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Nearly all of the more than 5,000 respondents to a proposed plan to add a huge swath of wilderness to the national parks system are in favor the idea, federal officials said.
About 100 of the responses were against putting the so-called Rim of the Valley under federal parks protection, many of them representing groups who fear an extensive trails system could interfere with established activities, such as gun ranges, according to Anne Dove, the study's project manager.
The proposal could end up putting more than 490,000 acres under federal protection from development and keep the areas open for recreational use.
The so-called Rim of the Valley study contains two preliminary options for adding all or some of the mountains encircling the San Fernando, La Crescenta, Santa Clarita, Simi and Conejo valleys to the national parks system.
One would focus on connecting communities, adding Griffith Park, the Verdugo Mountains and portions of the Los Angeles River. The other would link natural habitats, adding the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains.
The public comment period on the two options closed this week.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), who sponsored the legislation that created the study, said he was happy the Rim of the Valley area had been recommended for the national parks system, and hoped both options for integration would be tapped.
"The combination of the two of them would be best — maintaining the natural resources of the ecosystems and the wildlife corridors — and at the same time preserving great recreational opportunities for people," he said.
The study found that the areas under consideration wouldn't warrant being made their own national park, but contain diverse enough biology and geology to be a valuable addition to the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area.
The study cites volcanic formations in the Simi Hills Mountains, the rapid growth of the San Gabriel Mountains — as much as 2 inches in height a year — and the role the Verdugo Mountains play as a link for plants and wildlife to surrounding ranges.
In addition to the natural resources, the study also found that the cultural resources in the area — such as the Mount Wilson Observatory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Rose Bowl — would add value to the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area.
If the Rim of the Valley does become part of the national parks system, it would benefit the public, Dove said.
"It provides for a more seamless experience [for users]," she said. "There are opportunities for [the National Park Service] to come in and help with surveys, planning, technical resources."
Dove also said the agency could provide the planning and oversight necessary to build the Rim of the Valley trail that would link all of the included areas.
Bob Thompson, a member of the Sierra Club's Crescenta Valley chapter, said he liked the idea of linking local wilderness areas and parks to the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area.
"I'd love to see a Rim of Valley thing come to fruition somehow and help increase our trails system, which is lacking in some areas of this valley, and link them up," he said. "And it will get more funding, I think, which is always the problem."
The public will next get another chance to weigh in on the proposal when Dove's team produces its draft report in 2014, after which the final report will be submitted to Congress for review.
While a congressional vote on the plan isn't expected for some time, Schiff said he hoped lawmakers would follow in the footsteps of their predecessors who created the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area.
"I hope when they finish their study we can implement the recommendations in Congress and show the same kind of foresight the Congress did in the late 1970s," Schiff said. "If we want to preserve these areas for future generations, this is our opportunity to act."
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I could seriously write essays on why Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the greatest shows of all time. Of all time. Doing so would simultaneously make me revere the creators and hate M Night Shymalamafailsauce for bombing the movie so spectacularly. But this is an art blog, so… I made art. I've been experimenting with semi-realism a lot, but drawing real people bore me. Drawing fictional people are more fun.
I am one of those girls who ship Zuko and Katara. As to Toph and Sokka, no, not really, but they were fun to color. Aang, Mai, Azula and Ty Lee remain sketches until I figure out something new to do with them. Maybe I will paint them in Photoshop.
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Texans benefit every day from the tireless work and countless hours contributed by a group of more than 7,300 men and women in communities across the state. These local volunteers are elected by their constituents and receive no compensation for their work as public servants. These men and women are the school board members of Texas.
January is School Board Recognition Month and Sweetwater ISD will take this opportunity to thank these local leaders for devoting time to support public education and serve our local schools.
"It's more important than ever before that the public shows support for public education. Board members face critical challenges in their roles as advocates, and they will continue to stand strong and guard against anything that takes away from our children and undermines our public schools," said Mr. Terry Pittman, Sweetwater ISD superintendent.
"Even though we are making a special effort in January to show appreciation to our board members, we realize their many contributions reflect a year-round commitment. They generously give of themselves to ensure that decisions directly affecting our local schools are made by representatives of this community, people who are close to our schools and know our teachers, parents, and students. In these challenging times, they face difficult choices and shoulder critical responsibilities. Their ultimate goal is always focused on the future success of the children in our district," Mr. Pittman said.
Major district achievements accomplished recently under the board's leadership include the iPad Initiative that expanded with the additional $100,000 grant, the Cool Schools Grant that paid for $1.1 million in new air conditioning, and $2.5 million in energy management improvements that will be paid through the energy savings.
The board members serving Sweetwater are Genevieve (Ginny) Mayes, Becky Jimenez, Mark Meneses, Russ Petty, Nancy Johnson, Leah Andrews and Neal Hoover.
"Our district benefits from the contributions of the dedicated efforts of these local citizens who truly care about our kids. Serving as a crucial link between the community and classroom, this board is responsible for an annual budget of $24 million, 2279 students, 380 employees, and 6 campuses. We applaud their willingness to serve as advocates for our children and the voice of public education," he said.


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text: URMC / Encyclopedia / Content Insects in a Child's Ear Insects may fly into the ear and become trapped when a child is playing outdoors. Other times, an insect can enter the ear while a child is sleeping. Sometimes the insect dies after entering the ear. In other cases, it may remain alive and try to work its way back out of the ear. In either case, the insect can cause fear and discomfort for a child. The insect should be removed right away. First-aid for insects in the ear Calm your child and let him or her know you can help. Don't try to remove the insect by poking it with a cotton swab or other probe. This may push the insect farther into the ear. Or it can damage the middle ear and eardrum. Tilt your child's head to the side and gently shake it. Don't hit your child's head. If your child has tubes in his or her ears or has a history of ear problems, call your child's doctor right away. The doctor can tell you what to do. If your child does not have tubes or ear problems, follow these tips: If you think the insect is still alive and it does not come out with gentle head shaking, pour a small amount of vegetable or baby oil into the ear canal. This will usually kill the insect. If you think the insect is dead and it does not come out with gentle head shaking, pour a small amount of warm water into the ear canal to flush it out. A bulb syringe like the kind found in over-the-counter earwax removal kits may be helpful. If you aren't sure the object is an insect, don't put water in the ear canal. If the object is a tightly wedged seed or bean, water may cause the object to swell. When should I call my child's doctor? Your child's doctor will figure out other treatment that your child might need. In general, call your child's doctor: To have the insect removed if it does not come out after shaking or adding water to the ear. Insects can damage the inside of the ear by stinging or scratching the eardrum. If you can remove only parts or pieces of the insect If your child develops signs of infection. These include fever or foul smell or drainage from the ear. Medical Reviewers: Fraser, Marianne, MSN, RN Kacker, Ashutosh, MD


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Less than two months after the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft continues to bolster its app store for its brand new platform. However, one crucial company has already declared that it will not be on board. On Wednesday, Google announced that it doesn't plan to develop any apps for Windows 8, including its widely popular email provider Gmail.
Due to lack of interest in the platform, Google is deciding to pass on creating applications for Microsoft's new software. Clay Bavor, Google's product management director for Google Apps, said that the search engine giant is "very careful" about where it invests its time and resources. As Slash Gear reports, Google said it only plans to go where the users are, and users "are not on Windows Phone or Windows 8."
Although Google hasn't expressed interest in developing for Windows 8 at the moment, the company could change its mind if its user base grows, Bavor said. Much of Google's time and resources are put toward improving its existing Android and iOS products, and the company is expected to further that notion come 2013. Bavor said that the new year will mark a time when Google makes "big investments" in its mobile properties. Bavor also added that the company's current apps are merely "first versions" of what's to come.
While Windows 8 users will still be able to access Gmail and other Google apps through their Web browser, they will not get the same user experience that comes with a native application. Windows 8 sales haven't been phenomenal thus far, as Microsoft analyst Paul Thurrott has written that some of his sources said the new OS isn't hitting Redmond's targets. According to the Windows aficionado, Microsoft is putting some blame on the OEMs for not delivering more inspiring hardware for its new platform.
Microsoft's Surface tablet hasn't exactly been flying off the shelves either. Earlier in December, brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton estimated that sales of the company's first self-branded tablet would fall below one million units this quarter. Windows Phone 8 may be seeing the most positive reception of Microsoft's recently launched platforms. Analysts predict that by 2016, Microsoft's mobile platform will account for 11.4 percent of the mobile market – a major jump from its current 2.6 percent ownership in the market. This is a 71.3 percent increase, and the projected percentage only falls a few numbers below Apple's iOS standings at 18.8 percent.
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Linkin Park Celebrate Global Leadership Award With New Initiative
Linkin Park have been known to rock for a good cause, and on Tuesday (Nov. 8), the band was awarded for their efforts with a Global Leadership Award at the UN Foundation and UN Association of the USA Global Leadership Awards Dinner.
Linkin Park started their grassroots 'Music for Relief' non-profit organization in 2005 and encouraged the music community as well as their fans to take part in awareness and fundraising to help raise aid for those in need all over the world with an emphasis on those impacted by natural disasters.
The UN honored the band for their recent efforts, which included raising over $500,000 for 'Save the Children' and kids impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
In accepting their award, Linkin Park also revealed their latest cause, their pledge to support the 'Sustainable Energy for All' campaign through their initiative 'Power the World." The band is planning to harness social media to help spread awareness with their fans. People interested in learning more can visit PowerTheWorld.org to get involved.
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What if Bella left Phoenix for a different reason? What if it wasn't because she wanted her mom to be happy? What if she was running away from something...or someone? What if Bella left her mom to be rid of Phil?
No one ever really goes in depth about Phil. He's just there a few times - you never really even get a gist of what he looks like! In this story, I'll probably jump around a bit, just to different parts of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, or Breaking Dawn that might have concerned Phil.
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"I can't live like this anymore, Mom," I said for the last of a thousand times.
"Please, Bella? Just give him one more chance. He doesn't mean it," she begged, tears forming in her eyes.
"I'm not gonna sit here and let him push us around, Mom. I don't care if you do, but I won't."
She stared at me with a shocked expression, betrayal in her eyes.
"How can you say that?"
"I'm not going to let him ruin my life anymore. I know you can't leave him, but you won't let me help you. I've tried to help you Mom, but you just have to do it on your own."
She said nothing, just stared at me in awe.
"Bella, don't do this," she begged.
"I'm leaving, Mom. I'm going to live with Charlie, and try to have a normal life again." I turned and approached the plane.
Holding onto the railing, I placed my foot on the first step, knowing it would be the first step taken to get away from him. I turned one last time to my mother.
"If he ever hurts you, I want you to tell me. Alright? I love you, Mom."
"I love you, too, baby," she mouthed, tears streaming down her cheeks.
With a heavy heart, I boarded the plane and watched out the window as my mother grew smaller and smaller as the plane went higher and higher up in the air.
Charlie pulled me into a tight hug as I stumbled my way off the plane. I winced as he pressed on a sore spot by mistake, but tried not to show it. He pulled back to look me up and down with a wary expression.
"It's good to see you, Bells," she said, pulling me to him once more.
"I missed you, too, Dad," I whispered, blinking away the tears. It had been two years since I'd seen my dad – much too long.
"How's your mom?" He asked, grabbing my suitcases – he refused to let me take one – and leading me to the car.
"She's fine."
We sat in the car for the hour long ride home, immersed in awkward silence. Charlie glanced over at me periodically with an anxious gaze, his eyes focused on a bruise on my cheekbone.
"So I found a car for you," he started conversationally.
"Really?" I asked in a raspy whisper, with the first trace of excitement I'd felt in ages.
"Sure did," he said with a smile, nodding once. "Remember Billy Black from La Push?"
"Not really," I said truthfully.
"Well, he's in a wheelchair now, and he can't drive it anyways, so he offered to sell it to me."
"How much?"
"Well…I sort of already bought it for you." He turned his head to smile sheepishly at me. His eyes centered on the bruise again, then he glanced back at the road.
"That's…that's…you didn't have to, Dad," I whispered, at a loss for words.
"Of course I did," he glanced at me again, "I'm your dad. I'm supposed to do things for you."
"Thanks, Dad."
We pulled into the drive beside a strange truck. I'd never seen it before, and so I took it to be my new car. It was a faded red color, with a big bulbous fender. It looked like it might be 1950's, early 1960's – a Chevy.
"Wow!" I exclaimed. "It's great! I love it, Dad."
"It's no problem, really, Bells."
That night, after unpacking and settling into my room, I stood in the bathroom, drying my hair and getting ready for bed. I stood before the mirror, surveying my arms. I had two bruises on my shoulders – easy enough to hide. I turned around to get a good look at my back, and saw the large patch of blue and purple that still hurt when I put pressure on it. That would be easy to hide, too.
After dressing in my old, ripped up sweats, I brushed my teeth in the small bathroom sink. I was just about to spit into the sink when there came a soft, timid knock at the door.
"Hold on!" I mumbled around the toothpaste that filled my mouth. I spit in the sink, then filled a cup with water and rinsed. "Come in," I called.
Charlie opened up the door and stepped in, looking awkwardly at his feet.
"What's up, Dad?" I asked in an offhand tone.
He fiddled with his thumbs and looked at the tiles on the floor. "You know I love you, Bells," he said shyly.
"Of course I do. What is it?"
"Well…it's just…" he glanced up, focusing on the bruise on my cheek, then back at his hands.
"Spit it out, Dad," I said with a laugh, trying to lighten the mood.
He looked back up, locking his eyes on mine. They were the exact same brown, something I had inherited from him, and he had inherited from his mother, and she from her father.
"I worry about you, Bella. And I want to know," his gaze flickered to my cheek, and then back to my eyes again, "did someone hurt you? Did Renee…Phil?"
I froze. What was I supposed to say? What would happen if I told him the truth?
"No, Dad," I heard myself say. "I fell – you know how it is." I smiled sheepishly at him. He grinned back, relieved.
"It's just a weird place, you know. How did you fall?"
Oh great, I thought. Now I have to come up with a story?
I waved my hand, as if to brush away the whole matter entirely. "Oh, you know how it is," I repeated from lack of anything better to say, "after a while, I can't remember where I get half my bruises." I laughed lightly to reassure him. He didn't seem reassured though, and, begrudgingly, turned and left. I finished up in the bathroom, and then went back to my room to pick out my clothes and go to bed.
I didn't feel out of place in my father's house, as I usually had. I felt safe. Secure. I knew that he wouldn't hurt me, that I could trust him. Knowing that, I fell into a peaceful sleep, not caring that the rain was louder than I was used to.
When I woke up the next morning, I felt different. Happier, calmer. I knew that, when I went downstairs, I would be allowed to eat breakfast. That I wouldn't be beaten for trying.
I dressed quickly, and then took the stairs two at a time. I realized I was starving – I couldn't remember when I had eaten last. I didn't get dinner the night before, or lunch…or breakfast for that matter.
"Good morning," Charlie said warmly when I entered the kitchen.
"Morning, Dad," I said, stretching up to kiss him on the cheek before I raided his fridge.
"I can make some bacon and eggs if you want me to," he offered, a curious tone in his voice. I looked up momentarily, shaking my head.
"No thanks. I don't want you to be late for work."
"Oh, right," he said, as if he had forgotten about it. "I guess I should get going then."
I pulled out the milk and reached into the cabinet for some cereal. All he had were frosted flakes and cheerios – but I wasn't feeling picky.
"Have a good first day of school," he said, pausing in the doorway.
"I'll try," I joked. "Have fun at work."
"Yeah, right," he mumbled sarcastically. I waved at him through the window as he drove off, and then turned to eat my cereal.
I left for school in a hurry, not wanting to be late on my first day.
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This is how I see them. I know they should all have long hair, but the images in my head tend to deviate from canon anyway. Enjoy!
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Poisoned Pen Oct 2002, 24.95, 248 p. ISBN 1590580165 On the Upper West Side of Broadway, there is a bar called Oscar's and the night bartender, forty-year-old Brian McNulty is familiar to the regulars who drink there every night. One night Angelina shows up, a beautiful, vibrant and enchanting young woman. She is a bit promiscuous but even when she stays in Brian's apartment, she doesn't sleep with him. One day she comes in throwing money ar...
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St. Martin's, Feb 2005, 23.95, 304 pp. ISBN: 0312322984 Brian McNulty is a bartender at Manhattan's Midtown Sheraton when an old friend Big John Wolinsky, a regional Sheraton manager, arrives in town ostensibly to fire his crony. The third member of the �three musketeers� Greg Phillips arrives at the bar. Greg is surprised to learn Brian works there, but says nothing further except he sounds in trouble. Big John says he has no plans to give th...


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Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I got a new DELL XPS 8500 with Windows 8. I understand that it has UEFI (as opposed to traditional boot-loading BIOS system).
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (not realizing that it doesn't work as well with the secure-load/uefi system). I partitioned my solid state drive so Windows was on one partition, and Ubuntu would be on a new one (sdb7). This always worked with my PREVIOUS computer... I had Windows XP on one partition and UbuntuStudio on a separate partition. Grub always gave me a boot menu.
Here comes the problem:
At first my computer wouldn't let me boot from the USB and with UEFI I can't get into the boot menu... with UEFI I have to access boot options via Windows. I had to un-select "secure" booting, which allowed the computer to boot from my Ubuntu USB.
I successfully installed Ubuntu, but when I restarted the computer it booted right into the USB again. I expected it to give me a boot menu (including Windows 8, Ubuntu, and the USB stick).
So I shut down the computer, removed the USB stick and restarted it... and I got the following error message on a black screen:
"Reboot and select proper boot drive or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key."
NOW this SHOULDN'T be a huge problem... I should just "select the proper boot drive"... but I can't access BIOS or a boot menu unless I'm inside Windows!! And I can't get into Windows!
What I can do (ALL I can do) is run Ubuntu live from my USB. I've looked at lots of forums and I've tried several things, but nothing works! This is kind of a new issue so maybe nobody has had this problem yet. Others had the same error message, but from different problems. They can usually ONLY log into Windows. I can't get into Windows.
When I boot Ubuntu live from the USB I can look into the files for my Windows and Ubuntu installations, but I can't boot into either one.
Here's what I tried (which didn't work so far):
-re-installing ubuntu 12.10 -boot-repair program in Linux
Here's another piece of information. When I tried boot-repair, it told me that "The boot of your PC is in Legacy Mode... You may want to retry after changing it to EFI mode."
I don't know how to change it to EFI mode.
ALSO... boot-repair tells me to: "remember to tell the bios to boot on sdb1/EFI/ubuntu/grubfix64.efi"
I don't even know what that means.
If you're interested... I tried the boot-repair three times and got these URLs:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1565228 http://paste.ubuntu.com/1565261 http://paste.ubuntu.com/1565303
Anyone with any info PLEASE help me out. My brand-new computer is unbootable...


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When this was photographed in 2012 it was a rare example of a company flying the flag for British manufacturing, even as traditional industries such as textiles continued to offshore. However in January 2014 the company announced it was going into receivership, calling the future of the business into question, and tempering the good news generated by the launch two years earlier.


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Game On! Sports Schedule for March 5, 2013
Will the Chicago Blackhawks ever lose?
The hottest team in any sport, pro or college, will seek to add on to its already-impressive NHL record for most games to start a season with at least one point when it hosts the Minnesota Wild tonight. The Blackhawks have been so dominant, they're already recorded a ridiculous 41 points in just 22 games. The lockout-shortened season has almost reached its halfway point, which means they may be impossible to catch for the top seed in the West.
Here's a look at the entire schedule for tonight. All times Eastern
Boston at Philadelphia 7 p.m. (TNT)
Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City 9:30 p.m. (TNT)
Denver at Sacramento 10 p.m.
NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25
(14) Ohio State at (2) Indiana 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Virginia Tech at (3) Duke 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
TCU at (9) Kansas State 8 p.m.
(15) Marquette at Rutgers 7 p.m.
St. John's at (24) Notre Dame 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
(25) Memphis at UTEP 9 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Tampa Bay at New Jersey 7 p.m.
Montreal at New York Islanders 7 p.m.
Boston at Washington 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Rangers 7:30 p.m. (NBC Sports Network)
Minnesota at Chicago 8:30 p.m.
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AUGUSTA — Eligible Maine seniors will be able to get free fruit, vegetables and herbs from local farmers through the state's Senior FarmShare program.
The state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry says the program is gearing up for another season.
Last year, more than 19,000 seniors and 130 farmers took part in the program, which provides $50 worth of produce to each participant. Qualifying seniors contract with local farmers for pickup or delivery.
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'Charles Bradley: Soul of America' (***1/2): So good you want to sing
How could a singer with the remarkably soulful voice of Charles Bradley not release his debut album until the age of 62? This excellent, life-affirming documentary has the answer, chronicling how Bradley didn't meet his mother until he was 8, ran away from home and lived on the subway at 14, formed a band that never reunited after the guys were drafted into Vietnam and coped with the murder of his older brother/surrogate father. At only 74 minutes, "Soul of America" doesn't feel fully comprehensive, nor does it add much through re-enactments that detract from a true-life story that needs no enhancement. Anyone with a heartbeat will be inspired as Bradley invites seemingly his entire New York neighborhood to the album release show for "No Time For Dreaming" (Daptone). Considering all of Bradley's adversity, including nearly dying when receiving penicillin at a hospital despite his penicillin allergy, the album had increasingly limited likelihood of happening, despite Bradley's success as a James Brown impersonator. On that note: Think of how good Brown sang about feeling, and know how you'll feel after watching this doc. See it: 9 p.m. Friday at the Society for Arts, $10
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Swara is going hyperlocal! Over May and June this year, we have deployed two replications of CGNet Swara, one in Andhra Pradesh and one in Jharkhand.
This brings the total number of Swara deployments (the ones we know about at least) to 7.
Swara AP or Andhra Swara is deployed in Vishakhapatnam at the Samata offices. After the deployment we also did a training workshop for users in partnership with volunteers from DHAN foundation, SITARA and AID India. The venue was a community temple in Teslapur village. Trainees attended from the neighbouring blocks including Indraveli, Utnoor and Asifabad.
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Swara JH or Jharkhand Swara is deployed at Solidarity Center in Ranchi. This one is a truly democratic platform…even the hardware is set up by coalition!
While Solidarity Center has volunteered to provide the physical space, electricity and a backup network connection, the SIM card was contributed by the Adiwasi Women's Network and the broadband datacard came from Safdar.
The training workshop at Bagaicha in Ranchi had a whopping 55 participants…very fortunately, we also had 7 trainers!
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Roberto Clemente Field Partnership
During the summer of 2009, Emmanuel College and the city of Boston partnered on a comprehensive restoration of Roberto Clemente Field, a city-owned field located in the Back Bay Fens just across the street from campus.
The field serves as home field for Emmanuel softball, men's and women's soccer and women's lacrosse teams, as well as the practice facility for men's and women's track and field.
Supported in part by a grant from the Yawkey Foundations, Clemente Field's restoration creates a facility for both varsity athletic teams and recreational use.
- 120,000 sq. ft., NCAA-regulation synthetic turf field
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A point of pride for the Fenway neighborhood, the field is also used by Boston Latin School athletics, Fenway High School gym classes, Colleges of the Fenway intramurals and adult and youth summer softball leagues. The all-weather track remains open to the public for recreational walking and jogging year-round. Read the featured article»
The ball field at Joseph Lee Playground was named "Roberto Clemente Field" in honor of the legendary Hall of Fame baseball player and humanitarian. Proclaimed by his contemporaries as "the greatest right fielder of all time" and lauded for his abilities on the field, the Puerto Rican-native is equally remembered for his tireless charitable work around the world. Tragically killed in a plane crash in 1972 while attempting to deliver relief supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims, Clemente's memory has certainly not been forgotten.
For his "outstanding athletic, civic, charitable, and humanitarian contributions," Clemente was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress in 1973. Since that year, Major League Baseball has annually presented the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award as a means of honoring his "spirit and goodwill." The award is given to the player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team."
Located within one of the city's premier parks, the Back Bay Fens, Clemente Field is part of the city's 1,100-acre chain of parks and waterways known as the Emerald Necklace. The Emerald Necklace was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, whose other well-known works include Central Park in New York City and the landscaping of the U.S. Capitol.
The Emerald Necklace was meant to serve the city as a place for both relaxation and recreation. At the foundation of Olmsted's plan to develop the Back Bay Fens was a desire to remaining true to "both the character of the land and the needs of the growing population." Although over time the area has undergone change, most notably in the early 20th century through the damming of the Charles River and the addition of new features, including the ball fields designed by landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff, Olmsted's vision of creating a park that meets the needs of the city's residents has remained strong.
The most recent restoration through Emmanuel's partnership with the city of Boston will ensure that vision lives on for generations to come.


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The American people have had a long love affair with cars. Whether it's a teenager's new found independence or a grown man's show of status and power, cars represent much more to people than just a way to get from one place to another. Cars make a statement about their owners--or at least how their owners wish to be perceived.
That being the case, there are likely no car owners who want to be perceived as hideously ugly, poorly engineered, or hazardous to life and limb. For that reason and many others, a lot of cars become consigned to the dustbin of history, forever branded embarrassing failures.
Some are off-putting because of styling as enticing as a leisure suit. Some earned a reputation as a danger to the driver…and everyone else on the road. The reasons for their failures are varied, and while some of the companies that manufactured them recovered, many didn't.
Which cars have been among the biggest failures in automotive history? Click ahead and find out.
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Some say they do, some say they don't
but we will never know for sure. That's one side benefit of the proprietary, closed source software.
It is not that big corporations would do such horible thing to their paying customers, God forbid!
Apple and RIM have denied providing the Indian government with backdoor access to customers' data, after the release of a memo that appears to suggest that they and Nokia did a deal in exchange for access to the Indian smartphone market. The document purportedly comes from the Indian Directorate General of Military …
How long was the Carrier IQ package left capturing all sorts of information on an otherwise partly open source phone? Are you sure there's no other things like it out there?
What about on the server side for things like BBM, iMessage, Google Talk? Do you have the source for those to make sure there's no backdoors?
Finally, most communications - voice, SMS or unencrypted data - can be captured and decoded by the network itself.
"We would never develop or help distribute a backdoor program regarding anyone's programs, mobile or otherwise. Ever."
That's a very unpatriotic attitude for an American company to take. Even if there was an ongoing war (on terror for example) that threatened the very fabric of the homeland's apple pie ?
They don't need to make a deal with the MMs, they just need to make a deal with the local distributor to preload a program that will upload all incoming/outgoing SMS/emails to some server. In many cases when you buy your phone new, you actually find the factory seal broken. The reason for that, the local shop already decided to load few programs for you and they have decided to jailbreak your phone for you*.
Backdoor will allow you into a system. A pre-loaded program that upload everything isn't a backdoor. So Symantec is right about not making a backdoor..... technically
* this is why I always demand for a phone with the factory seal unbroken. I see no reason to jailbreak my phone when I buy it without a contract!
The article is about India, even though I didn't buy a phone in India (never been there), I work with few Indians and that is how they tell me it is over there. The same thing apply in the middle east and Africa (where I am right now). Don't be surprised to buy a new phone then find out that it have already been jail-broken.
It is not just limited to phones, it applies to notebooks and PCs as well. I bought a new HP notebook from Dubai, I didn't think much of it when I noticed the box have already been opened. But I did get a bit pissed to find out that they did the setup for me ("user" + "user-pc") and they loaded few "outdated" programs for me (included VLC).
Sorry that my post wasn't clear regarding the location. But in some places, unless you demand for the factory seal to be unbroken, you can get a device that already have few extra programs on it.
P.S. many not most. There are still many shops that will sell their items with the factory seal intact.
"RIM told us that it "does not typically comment on rumors or speculation," and pointed out that it has no ability to provide its customers' encryption keys and doesn't do deals with specific countries"
Nooo, RIM Never does deals with specific countries....
You have to watch out for tricksy wordings in denials issued by corporate spokesmen and read between the line sometimes; they are PR, not unambiguous statements of fact. For example, Symantec's supposedly "unequivocal" statement is really no such thing:
>"We would never develop or help distribute a backdoor program regarding anyone's programs, mobile or otherwise. Ever."
That of course does not for one second say that they wouln't develop or help distribute an entirely legitimate lawful access program, does it? Because that's not quite the same thing as a "backdoor". None of those companies would usually deny for a second that they do co-operate with lawful access requests from governments and courts, so whatever they're denying here, it's not that, and if they regard the system discussed in the documents as lawful rather than backdoor, then I'm sure that's all the wriggle room they need to convince themselves that they can just issue denials.
The story is the same, private companies have to under contract provide support for surveillance and monitoring operations required by governments.
It had already happened in the recent past when hackers claimed that German officials had a backdoor trojan for spying on Skype, and don't forget the case of Carrier IQ, a huge story that has been hidden all too fast, maybe because the small company was under a Government commitment. The risks are many because of the interference of governments and the excessive attention paid in the name of security monitoring, which can easily spill over into censorship with serious repercussions. At stake there are the human rights that monitoring technologies contribute to violate.
At risk are not citizens but also the same companies. Infact in order to grab contracts and procuremenst they form dangerous relationships with governments. This means that the same companies are increasingly targets of hackers and hacktivist groups that might, as has happened, expose secrets and patents. A disaster for those who live and earn through technology.
Pierluigi Paganini