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Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder seems like a really nice guy. He's a good talker, which makes him a media favorite.
But he's just not a very good quarterback. Yet.
He abandons the pocket too quickly. When he does, he's not very accurate. Of course, he's not very accurate before leaving the pocket, either.
In a crucial Week 14 game against the Bears, Ponder has completed six of nine passes for 54 yards and an interception. Another ill-advised throw, which Ponder threw to no one in particular as he was being spun to the ground, came a few degrees away from being ruled a fumble that would have been returned for a Chicago touchdown.
At some point, the Vikings need to ask themselves whether they are interested in making it to the playoffs or developing a young quarterback. If it's the former, maybe it's time to see what Joe Webb can do.


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Kings of Leon's Nathan Followill Welcomes Daughter
The Kings of Leon extended family keeps on expanding. Drummer Nathan Followill and wife Jessie Baylin welcomed a daughter, Violet Marlowe Followill, as a belated Christmas present. Little Violet was born in Nashville on Dec. 26.
"Mom, Dad and baby are doing well and are so in love!," the band's rep confirmed to PEOPLE. We hope that Followill tweets some photos of his newborn daughter soon. We bet she's adorable.
Violet made her grand entrance at 4:01PM, weighing in at 7 lbs., 13 oz. She is the couple's first child. Followill and Baylin married in Nov. 2009.
Little Violet follows cousins Dixie Pearl, the daughter of singer Caleb Followill, and Knox Cameron Patrick, the son of guitarist Matthew Followill. There's a lot of musical DNA right there. Perhaps the mini trio will eventually take up instruments and form a band, taking after their famous fathers. It certainly wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened. See the Mamas and the Papas and the Beach Boys for evidence of family-band hybrids.

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Toad (Super Mario Bros.) – Cosplay of the Day
Despite having been voiced by a woman, Toad is actually a boy. But the little mushroom-headed steward of the Mushroom Kingdom has received a gender-bending cosplay treatment to become our Cosplay of the Day!
Toad is a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom and is often seen supporting Mario and the rest of the crew on their adventures, whether they're saving Princess Peach, playing tennis, or racing around in little karts. We've never really paid much mind to the little guy, but we guess someone thought he'd make a great crossplay outfit!
And that someone is Emily Rose, from White Noise Cosplay. Here she is rocking Toad's signature vest, white pants, brown shoes, and mushroom hat (or is that part of the character's head? We're not sure). She looks much like a genie this way, but we already feel like our wishes have been granted! Emily Rose seems to retain the lighthearted goofiness that Toad carries around with him, but also mixes it up with a sort of subtle sexiness that's appealing. After all, what could be better than a mix of funny and sexy?
Take a look at the rest of Emily Rose's costumes on her deviantART, a lot of which include variations of Rose Tyler, from Doctor Who!
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In addition to the standard research/teaching equipment common to every chemistry department (UV-vis, FTIR, GC, HPLC, CD, etc.) the department houses several specialized facilities for NMR, mass spectrometry, and computation. Details of those facilities can be found below. In addition, the department's faculty host sets of equipment dedicated to, for example, electrochemistry (electrochemically active planar waveguide), materials (Bruker Tensor 37 IR with IRRAS capabilities, Kurt J. Lesker Nano38 thermal evaporator, Gaertner Stokes Ellipsometer, Shimadzu 2550 UV-vis with ISR-2200 integrating sphere), macromolecular crystallization (Gryphon liquid handling system/crystallization robot), environmental analysis (TXRF), and surface patterning (NanoInk NSCRIPTOR DPN/AFM). Optical and electron microscopy facilities (including SEM and TEM) are hosted within Loyola's Bioimaging Facility. Finally, the department is also home to an electronics shop for equipment maintenance, repair, and custom construction.
NMR Facilities
- Varian Inova 500 MHz, a multinuclear, 3 channel broadband, triple axis gradient spectrometer capable of indirect detect and all modern NMR techniques
- Varian Inova 300 MHz, a multinuclear, dual broadband, single axis gradient spectrometer capable of all two dimensional experiments
- Varian Gemini 2000 300 MHz, a system dedicated to routine proton and carbon experiments
Mass Spectrometer Facilities
- ThermoFinnigan Advantage LC-Q Ion Trap LC/MS with Nanospray and APCI capability
- ThermoFinnigan Trace GC/MS with Negative Chemical Ionization
- Agilent 6460 Triple Quadrupole with an Infinity 1290 LC
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- Apple Xserve cluster with 84 quad-core and 20 eight-core Xeon processors and state-of-the-art graphics terminals
- Apple Xserve G5 64-processor cluster
- 2 Linux-based 20-processor clusters
Large scale simulations on these systems are mainly employing Gaussian03, Gausian09 and Spartan programs for quantum chemistry, CHARMM and Q programs for molecular dynamics, and Mathematica 6.0.3 software for statistical and physical applications. In addition, there are six dual-processor Power Mac G5 workstations and 15 dual-core Intel workstation for additional computations and 3-D molecular graphics.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Land Grant Analysis
The following pages show how this can be done using graph paper. [By now you should have bunches of this stuff!] Making a scale that can be used to give a general outline of a land amounts can be useful. The upper page is taken from an article written 1997 outlining the use of maps. It ends with the outline shown giving one square mile to every 640 acres of land. A line is then drawn showing that at 2 square mile = 1280 acres, 3 square mile = 1920 acres, 4 square mile = 2560 acres, etc., etc... If you have an ancestor who takes up a land patent of 4,000 acres, he would have a land area of six miles long and one mile deep, or any short of other combinations. If his initial grant was along one of the water courses marked by "mile markers", this would directly apply. [This was true of the first land grants in Virginia along the water highways!]
The figure to the right tries to show an enlargement of the graph which can be scaled to plot the grants as recorded. A beginning way to think about land grants!
Taken from: The Jones Genealogist, Vol. IX, No. 2, July/August, 1997, p. 4.
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I read a great article with lots of detail on how to draw up plats. I have a current GIS map of the boundaries, and several deeds, but have not been able to piece together all the parts that go into making the original land grant...about 100 years prior to the time I have been researching. The land markers are trees and stakes which have not survived over time. But I would love to be able to see what it looked like before the family started dividing their portion since about 1757. I started trying to trace back the deeds, but found that some citations were not recorded accurately. Do you have any practical suggestions on how to reconstruct how the land might have looked like over a hundred years prior?ReplyDelete
Great question! Water courses are often used and frequently stay at the same general location. Mile markers may survive in some areas. Generally the court house location remains the same and some early churches may be in their original locations. In some cases, there are historical maps made of the area, and provide some distinctive landmarks. You may need to begin at a known location and build from that. In some cases I have found historical atlases to be helpful. Try to find one geographical area that seems to be the same from your time period. This becomes a starting point.ReplyDelete


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More bad fiscal news for New London
The New London City Council will need many questions answered before it should entertain approving four ordinances authorizing the borrowing of up to $6.6 million - not to build anything, but to address long-standing fiscal problems that make it difficult for the city to pay its bills.
Essentially, the administration is asking the council to borrow its way out of the money problems. That deserves a skeptical response.
Jeff Smith, the finance director, points to several causes for the problems.
There is the collapse of the city's fund balance. Cities maintain this rainy day fund to provide fiscal breathing room. The balance, which stood at $6.3 million in 2011, dropped to $1.4 million at the end of fiscal year 2013, ending last June 30. Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio blames this largely on deficit spending before he took office in December 2011 as the first mayor elected in the change to a mayor-led government.
Mr. Smith reports that between 2007 and 2011 the city over spent a number of capital projects by a total of $1 million.
Most alarming, the finance director reports that the city failed to collect about $5.3 million in state reimbursements for school construction projects dating back to 2000 and $1.6 million in matching grants for two city projects - Veterans Field and the Parade reconstruction - because the city did not provide the necessary paperwork to the state.
These overruns and the failure to pursue and obtain state matching grants resulted in deficits in the capital (construction) fund. That has been offset by tapping the general fund, meant to cover the day-to-day operations of the city. With the fund balance largely exhausted, however, the city found itself in a negative cash position - more dollars going out than coming in.
Mr. Smith tells us he has dealt with this over the last two years by borrowing on a short-term basis to meet the city's financial obligations, with the assumption that the city could recapture some of the state grants it claims it is owed. That hasn't happened.
"The initial optimism has not proved correct and the City must now move with deliberate speed to fix our balance sheet so that we can continue to pay our bills and meet our payrolls," reports Mr. Smith in a March 24 memo to Mayor Finizio and Council President Wade A. Hyslop Jr.
The proposed solution, he says, is to pass ordinances approving:
• $3.3 million in bonding in anticipation of obtaining those outstanding state grants.
• $1.1 million in bonding to cover the construction projects that went over budget.
• $1.1 million in bonding to repay the general fund for money spent on capital projects.
• $1.1 million to cover money spent in 2013 on vehicle purchases.
Mr. Smith also concludes he has authorization to issue up to $3.3 million in long- or short-term debt for the Jennings Elementary School project, dating to 2002, in which the cost exceeded available revenues by $3.7 million.
All told, Mr. Smith wants authorization to borrow up to $9.9 million. This would address the structural problems created by years of overspending on construction projects and failing to recover state grants, he said, ending the cash-flow problem, at least for now.
We offer a few questions.
How much of the $3.3 million in outstanding state grants can the city realistic expect to recapture? Mr. Smith says he does not know.
Why did the city report a $200,000 surplus at the end of fiscal-year 2013? Given the facts now presented to the council that was certainly illusory. Councilor Michael Passero expressed skepticism about the numbers at the time. It appears he had a reason.
What is the potential damage to the city's credit rating if it must borrow to pay unmet debts? What could this approach end up costing the city with interest and what will be the tax impact?
These appear to be legacy issues, problems that date to before the mayor took office. That distinction is likely to be lost on weary New London taxpayers, who have had to stomach much bad fiscal news since Mayor Finizio arrived in office. However it originated, the problem is now his and the council's.
In the end, the council may have no choice but to swallow the fiscal director's bitter fiscal pill, but not until they are assured it is the only viable prescription.
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International Center Work/Volunteer
The following are links to opportunities for working & volunteering. Some opportunities are abroad, others are international and in the USA.
The Career Center has just subscribed to International Career Employment Weekly (ICEW), an excellent resource that lists international and internationally-focused job and internship opportunities. The bulk of the listings are for opportunities overseas, with the remainder primarily in U.S.-based international development organizations or those concentrating on international issues (World Bank, UN, etc.). The domestic positions tend to be concentrated in the NYC/DC corridor, but are scattered throughout the U.S. as well.
This is the best, most comprehensive resource for such positions that is available to us and it is now available to you.
We've purchased an online subscription. Each week the URL, username and password to access it changes. To properly distribute this resource to those interested, we'll manage an ICEW listserv. Each week, we'll forward those on the listserv the access info for that week. Issues generally come out on Thursdays.
Here is a list of POSSIBLE overseas work or volunteer opportunities. We do not endorse, guarantee or recommend any of these following opportunities. Checking the competence and viability of these programs is your responsibility.
We do nothing more than tell you that these may be opportunities of interest. You are on your own otherwise.
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Moto GP rider, Andrea Iannone will be at the Dainese D-Store San Francisco answering questions and signing autographs for fans.
The Dainese D- Store San Francisco will host an in-store appearance with Moto GP rider, Andrea Iannone, on the Wednesday prior to the California Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix . Racing for the Pramac Ducati team, the 24 year old Italian rider enters his first season in MotoGP and debut at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Sponsored by Dainese and AGV, Iannone is wearing head to toe protections from the Italian company including the revolutionary D-Air system racing suit. Fans can submit questions for a Q&A through D-Store San Francisco Facebook page or email, regarding topics on his career, the bikes, his gear, and future plans. Following the interview, there will be an autograph session for the attending guests.
The event will begin at 5 P.M. on Wednesday July 17th. Complimentary posters will be available. There will also be a raffle directly benefitting Riders for Health. Prizes for the raffle will include donations from photographer Scott Jones, grand stand seats from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and more. Tickets for the MotoGP will also be for sale at the D-Store starting at 4pm.
The D-Store San Francisco is Dainese's largest flagship showroom outside of Italy. One of only three D-Stores in the U.S., the shop carries Dainese's full collection of motorcycle, ski/snowboard, bicycling, and equestrian apparel and protections, as well as AGV helmets.
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abnoch posted a topic in soompi hangoutThese days I drink Toraja coffee. The beans are from Indonesia, Sulawesi. It's easy to get since I'm here right now (haha). The taste seems rustic sweet, lots of fruit notes, and the accidity level is vibrant. One of my favorite. Prefer it dark roasted to give more bitter taste. Luckily I found nice local place, so I become kinda regular here What coffee you drink these days?


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100 songs that changed history
Time Out explores the music that changed the course of world events
Breakdown of the songs that changed history
'Irhal' – Ramy Essam (2011)
Irhal means 'leave' (as an imperative) in Arabic and became the anthem of the Egyptian protests in Tahrir Square against President Mubarak's dictatorial regime.
Popular poetry, improvised colloquial verse and a mix of high and low Arabic characterised the protest's political slogans, and singer Ramy Essam set this particular chant to a simple acoustic guitar backing. He became a YouTube sensation and a revolutionary figurehead of the Arab Spring.
Mubarak finally got the message to 'Irhal' and was forced to resign, but when Essam returned to the square after this historic announcement, he was identified as an agitator, arrested and detained for four hours, during which time he was beaten and Tasered.
'Irhal' is one of the most influential songs on the mordern age. And so it should be, considering the source material: the song itself was stitched together from the catchiest chants Essam heard while camped out in Tahrir Square.
But what really makes 'Irhal' significant is how it caught the public imagination, and conscience, at precisely the right moment. 'Irhal' struck a resonant chord with Egypt's dissatisfied citizens, and the rest is, literally, history. It's this ability to give a unified voice to a disparate crowd which makes music such a powerful catalyst. Intriguingly, the acoustic flamenco stylings of 'Irhal' belie Essam's actual musical tastes, which run more toward metal. He didn't think he could make a living playting heavy rock, however, so it'll be interesting to see if 'Irhal' opens up a new future for him.


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Happy times with kids call for cheerful cupcakes. Easier to serve than cake, cupcakes require no slicing, no plates, and no forks -- and every child gets her fair share of icing.
The designs on this page start as Chocolate Cupcakes or Vanilla Cupcakes iced with Swiss Meringue Buttercream -- perfect for spreading in thin layers or sculpting into thick mounds (and licking from the bowl).
The cupcakes can be baked a week ahead and frozen, but decorate them no more than a day before serving. Set up an assembly line, and put kids in charge of affixing candy eyes, gumdrop cheeks, and other trimmings. Pack the cupcakes in a shallow plastic container, and stuff crumpled waxed paper in between. Then dole them out and watch kids marvel for a second before opening wide!
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|Eight-year-old Masao (Sekiguchi) lives with his grandmother. His father is dead and his mother lives in a distant town due to her job. Bored on his summer vacation, the boy decides to visit his mother--accompanied by the tough-guy husband, Kikujiro (Kitano), of a neighbor. Only this guy doesn't have much of an idea about kids and their travels lead to some unpredictable adventures. Clumsy and protracted; Japanese with subtitles.
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As Secretary Kerry landed in Riyadh to begin the Gulf leg of his journey, he was invited by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal to enjoy a cup of Saudi coffee in a traditional welcoming ceremony, a first stop often made even before departing the airport terminal in the Kingdom.
Taking time to sip hot cardamom-infused qahwa from a small cup accompanied by fresh dates is the standard welcome provided by any host in the Kingdom, and the ceremony is steeped in etiquette, whether the cup is offered by the youngest son pouring rounds for guests in private homes or by waiters circling tables at a grand banquet hall.
It was only the first of many ceremonial coffees offered during a trip filled with bilateral meetings on a broad range of shared concerns, as Secretary Kerry met not only with Saudi officials including Crown Prince Salman and Foreign Minister, but also with the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman as well as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas -- an aromatic pot steamed next to a plate of golden belah dates outside nearly every meeting in Riyadh.
Henry in the U.S.A. writes:
The Saudi regime is more corrupt and despotic than any of the other nations in the region where the US has demanded regime change, including Syria, Libya and Iraq. And unlike those countries, the Saudi government has a documented role in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Why has President Obama reneged on his pledge to declassify the material from the Senate 9/11 hearings on that topic?


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Vaccines are used to boost your immune system and prevent serious, life-threatening diseases.
Vaccinations; Immunizations; Immunize; Vaccine shots
Vaccines "teach" your body how to defend itself when germs, such as viruses or bacteria, invade it:
Four types of vaccines are currently available:
For a few weeks after birth, babies have some protection from germs that cause diseases. This protection is passed from their mother through the placenta before birth. After a short period, this natural protection goes away.
Vaccines help protect against many diseases that used to be much more common. Examples include tetanus, diphtheria, mumps, measles, pertussis (whooping cough), meningitis, and polio. Many of these infections can cause serious or life-threatening illnesses and may lead to lifelong health problems. Because of vaccines, many of these illnesses are now rare.
Some people worry that vaccines are not safe and may be harmful, especially for children. They may ask their health care provider to wait or even choose not to have the vaccine. But the benefits of vaccines far outweigh their risks.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Institute of Medicine all conclude that the benefits of vaccines outweigh their risks.
Vaccines, such as the measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and nasal spray flu vaccines contain live but weakened viruses:
Thimerosal is a preservative that was found in most vaccines in the past. But now:
Allergic reactions are rare and are usually to some part (component) of the vaccine.
The recommended vaccination (immunization) schedule is updated every 12 months by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Talk to your health care provider about specific immunizations for you or your child. Current recommendations are available at the CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules.
The CDC website (http://www.cdc.gov/travel) has detailed information about immunizations and other precautions for travelers to other countries. Many immunizations should be received at least 1 month before travel.
Bring your immunization record with you when you travel to other countries. Some countries require this record.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Frequently asked questions about thimerosal (ethylmercury). Updated August 20, 2014. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/thimerosal/thimerosal_faqs.html. Accessed August 30, 2014.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Immunization schedules. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules. Accessed August 30, 2014.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccine safety and adverse events. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/safety/default.htm. Accessed August 30, 2014.
DeStefano F, Price CS, Weintraub ES. Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with risk of autism. J Pediatr. 2013; DOI10.1016/j.peds.2013.02.001.
Institute of Medicine. Immunization Safety Review Committee. Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004.
Orenstein WA, Atkinson WL. Immunization. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 17.


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Works on "flip4mac" a free download from MS that plays Windows Media thru Quicktime. Does a good job of it, too. Wish everything was Quicktime for all formats, but they gotta bitch fight over everything.
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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Leaves simple or compound, cauline (or most in basal rosette), alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cymes, heads, or flowers solitary
Flower: calyx generally 5-ribbed, ribs often connected by translucent membranes that are generally torn by growing fruit; corolla generally 5-lobed, radial or bilateral, salverform to bell-shaped, throat often well defined; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, attached at same or different levels, filaments of same or different lengths, pollen white, yellow, blue, or red; ovary superior, chambers generally 3, style 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: capsule
Seeds 1many, gelatinous or not when wet
Genera in family: 19 genera, 320 species: Am, n Eur, n Asia; some cultivated (Cantua, Cobaea (cup-and-saucer vine), Collomia, Gilia, Ipomopsis, Linanthus, Phlox )
Recent taxonomic note: *See also revised taxonomy of Porter and Johnson 2000 Aliso 19(1):5591; Porter 1998 Aliso 17:8385
Annual, perennial herb, generally erect
Stem glabrous, hairy, glandular, or cobwebby
Leaves simple, generally alternate; basal generally in rosette, toothed, pinnately lobed, or entire; cauline generally reduced; leaf tips, calyx lobes acute, acuminate, or needle-like
Inflorescence: flowers solitary or clustered, 1many in axils of bracts
Flower: calyx membranous between ribs, membrane splitting or expanding; corolla > calyx, lobes generally ovate
Fruit generally ovoid; chambers 3, valves separating from top
Seeds 3many, brown, generally gelatinous when wet
Species in genus: ± 70 species: w North America, South America
Etymology: (Felipe Gil, 18th century Spanish botanist)
Plant glabrous or slightly glandular-puberulent; glands black
Stem: branches spreading
Leaves cauline, linear to narrowly elliptic, generally entire; lower rarely pinnately lobed
Inflorescence loose, spreading; pedicels thread-like
Flower: calyx glabrous, lobes tapered, fine-pointed, membrane in fruit splitting between lobes; corolla funnel-shaped, tube generally exserted, lobes ovate-acute, pink; stamens unequally attached in throat, style and longest stamens well exserted
Fruit < calyx; valves detaching
Seeds 13 per chamber
Ecology: Common. Open, rocky areas in forest or meadows
Elevation: 9003100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, s Sierra Nevada Foothills, High Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: Oregon
Forms large showy populations. Sspp. intergrade
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Big-time events
The 2012 season culminates with championship weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Along the way there are some other notable big-time events. The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic tripleheader will be played March 10 at M&T Bank Stadium. Princeton faces North Carolina, Steele Stanwick and Rob Pannell go head-to-head as Virginia and Cornell square off, and Hopkins plays UMBC in the nightcap. The Big City Classic drew more than 25,000 fans last spring in East Rutherford, N.J. The lineup on April 1 at MetLife Stadium features Notre Dame vs. St. John¿s, Duke vs. Syracuse and North Carolina vs. Johns Hopkins. The inaugural Mile High Classic, featuring Virginia-Penn and Duke-Denver, will be played on April 27 at Sports Authority Field in Denver, home of the Broncos. There are also some notable additions to the men's landscape this season. Michigan is the first Bowl Championship Subdivision school to add lacrosse in 30 years. The Wolverines debuted with a loss Sunday against Detroit Mercy. They will struggle this season but have made terrific headway on the recruiting trail. It's only a matter of time before they are a Top 20 contender. Marquette joins next spring, and Furman announced last week that it is adding a Division I men's team. Boston University made a splash Tuesday, announcing that it is targeting a 2014 start date and will be fully funded with 12.6 scholarships. The Terriers will compete in the America East Conference. These ripples create positive momentum but remember that there isn't a single Division I team in the Southeastern Conference , Pacific-12 or Big 12 and just three in the Big Ten. Financial considerations and Title IX remain the roadblocks. Are schools such as Wake Forest, USC, BYU, Oregon, Texas and Arizona State considering? That would be big news.
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See also STATEMENT/14/124
1. What will change? What information will be disclosed and how?
Current EU legislation, in particular Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, addresses the disclosure of non-financial information. However, the requirements of the existing legislation have proved to be unclear and ineffective, and are applied in different ways in different Member States. Currently, fewer than 10% of the largest EU companies disclose such information regularly. Over time, some Member States have introduced disclosure requirements that go beyond the Directive. For instance: the UK introduced legislation in 2006 and updated it in 2013; Sweden adopted legislation in 2007; Spain in 2011; Denmark amended its legislation the same year and France in 2012.
This Directive amends Directive 2013/34/EU. The objective is to increase EU companies' transparency and performance on environmental and social matters and, therefore, to contribute effectively to long-term economic growth and employment.
Companies concerned will be required to disclose in their management report relevant and material information on policies, outcomes and risks, including due diligence that they implement, and relevant non-financial key performance indicators concerning environmental aspects, social and employee-related matters, respect for human rights, anti-corruption and bribery issues, and diversity on the boards of directors.
Companies will retain significant flexibility to disclose relevant information in the way that they consider most useful, or in a separate report. They may use international, European or national guidelines according to their own characteristics or business environment (for instance, the UN Global Compact, ISO 26000, or the German Sustainability Code).
2. Why does business transparency matter? Is disclosure of environmental and social information important?
Transparency leads to better performance. This is true not only about disclosure of financial information, but also as regards information on environmental and social matters. Transparent companies perform better over time, have lower financing costs, attract and retain talented employees, and are ultimately more successful.
Investors are more and more interested in non-financial information in order to have a comprehensive understanding of a company's development, performance, position and impact of its activity. They thoroughly analyse this information in their investment-decision process.
3. Why a legal requirement? Would a purely voluntary approach not be enough?
Over the years, we have seen the limits of a voluntary approach. Today, around 2 500 large EU companies disclose environmental and social information regularly, which is less than 10% of the EU large companies. Regulating some minimum requirements, whilst avoiding any undue administrative burden, in particular for the smallest companies, is the right decision at this time.
4. Who will benefit from this measure?
Each individual company disclosing transparent information on social and environmental matters will realise significant benefits over time, including better performance, lower funding costs, fewer and less significant business disruptions, better relations with consumers and stakeholders. Investors and lenders will benefit from a more informed and efficient investment decision process. Society at large will benefit from companies managing environmental and social challenges in a more effective and accountable way.
5. How does this legislation avoid undue administrative burden, in particular for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs)?
SMEs will not be required to disclose environmental and social information. This does not mean that they would not benefit from better transparency. The same logic applies as for larger companies. But smaller companies may lack appropriate human resources and information handling costs may be proportionately higher. Thus, the overall administrative burden may be disproportionately high.
In itself, this Directive will not result in a direct administrative burden for smaller companies. Nevertheless, as companies of all sizes develop their businesses, they are likely to experience transparency demands from their customers, employees, consumers, investors, lenders and other business partners and stakeholders.
Several measures have been taken to limit the administrative burden for larger companies too. For instance, the disclosure requirements may be fulfilled once at group level, rather than by each affiliate in the group, and auditing aspects are limited to an annual check.
6. How many companies will be subject to the new reporting requirement?
A fine balance has been achieved so that the benefits of enhanced transparency are realised, whilst any undue administrative burden, in particular for smaller companies, is avoided. To be clear, millions of EU SMEs will have no new obligation whatsoever.
Currently, around 2 500 large EU companies disclose environmental and social information regularly. The Directive will apply to large public-interest entities with more than 500 employees, i.e. approx. 6 000 large companies and groups across the EU. Public-interest entities include listed companies as well as some unlisted companies, such as banks, insurance companies and other companies that are so designated by Member States because of their activities, size or number of employees.
7. How much will this cost companies?
Costs associated with the required disclosures are commensurate with the value and usefulness of the information, and with the size and complexity of the business. It varies according to the internal use and external visibility. Many companies have realised the strategic value of reporting on social and environmental matters for their internal business-decision process, and for their external communications.
The Directive does not require comprehensive reporting on environmental and social aspects (although the Commission certainly encourages it). The Directive requires only the disclosure of certain information on policies, outcomes and risks. This is estimated to result in an additional direct cost for large companies of less than €5 000 per year, i.e. less than €30 million euro on an EU basis.
8. How does this Directive relate to integrated reporting?
The Directive focuses on environmental and social disclosures. Integrated reporting is a step ahead, and is about the integration by companies of financial, environmental, social and other information in a comprehensive and coherent manner. To be clear, this Directive does not require companies to comply with integrated reporting.
The Commission is monitoring with great interest the evolution of the integrated reporting concept, and, in particular, the work of the International Integrated Reporting Council.
9. Why does the EU act on boardroom diversity?
Large listed companies often have important international activities in different sectors, while many of their shareholders may also be international. Evidence shows however that EU companies often do not have a diverse board. Company boards comprising members with a similar educational and professional background, age or gender may be dominated by a narrow "group think", which can lead to management decisions not being challenged effectively and to innovative ideas not being taken on board.
In view of the key role of the board in the governance of companies, it is important to ensure that listed companies reflect better on the composition of their boards. To this end, this Directive will require large listed companies to be transparent about their diversity policy. However, they remain free to define what kind of diversity policy is appropriate to their specific situation.
10. What is the connection with the Commission's initiative to increase the presence of women on boards of directors (IP/12/1205)?
The objective of both initiatives is similar: to diversify the composition of boards of directors so that they better supervise the company's management. However, the logic is a little different. The initiative on increasing the presence of women on boards covers gender aspects only, and is based on reaching a certain percentage. This Directive also covers other aspects of diversity, such as educational and professional background and age. Companies will be required to disclose their diversity policies. This is expected to exert indirect pressure by encouraging more diversity. Therefore, both initiatives are complementary.
11. What is country-by-country reporting on tax matters and why is it important?
On 22 May 2013 the European Council called for some measures to fight tax evasion and fraud, including examining the Directive on disclosure of non-financial information with a view to ensuring country-by-country reporting by large companies and groups.
Country-by-country reporting refers to the requirement for large companies to produce certain information, notably on taxes paid, by each country where they have operations. With more transparency, tax evasion and fraud will become more difficult. Transparency is complementary with other measures, such as strengthening international cooperation.
The Directive requests that the Commission examines and reports back by July 2018 on the possibility of introducing an obligation requiring large undertakings to produce, on an annual basis, a country-by-country report, containing information on, as a minimum, profits made, taxes paid on profits and public subsidies received.
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'The Voice' Top 4: It's Team Blake Shelton vs. Team Cee Lo Green
'The Voice' Top 4 have been chosen, and as we mentioned in Monday night's recap (Dec. 3), Blake Shelton appears to have the strongest team in the finals for Season 3. His fellow coach Christina Aguilera even said it out loud, showing her support.
The elimination results were revealed last night (Dec. 4), and both Team Blake competitors Terry McDermott and Cassadee Pope have advanced into the Top 4! But Team Blake faces some tough competition, as Cee Lo Green also has two horses in the race. So it's Team Blake vs. Team Cee Lo in 2012. Put up your dukes, boys!
Adam Levine, who won Season 1 of the show, saw his remaining contestants eliminated on Tuesday, while Aguilera's final team member was sent home two weeks ago. Shelton won Season 2, and Green has never won a season, so competition during the final weeks of the show will be fierce.
Scottish rocker McDermott -- who has shown that he can handle classic rock anthems with a modern, pitch-perfect flair -- and pop rocker Pope, who wasn't afraid to add a little country twang to her repertoire with renditions of both a Miranda Lambert song and a Rascal Flatts song during the live shows, will represent Team Blake well.
Shelton has a 50 percent chance of winning his second season in a row with either of these contestants. Remember, his Season 1 contestant, Dia Frampton, was the runner-up, so it appears that the strongest coach on the show is Shelton. Contestants should consider that fact when picking their coaches during Season 4.
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Irving, Texas-based Hostess Brands turns back the clock with a limited edition of 1970s inspired packaging for Chocolate CupCakes, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos.
Even more exciting, Hostess Twinkies (with the original Banana Twinkie filling) return to your supermarket. Twinkies were developed by Hostess bakery manager James Dewar (aka Grandpa Twinkie) 81 years ago and were called the "best darn tootin' idea." But the banana filling was changed to vanilla crème during World War II, when bananas were hard to obtain, and was never changed back. Incidentally, 500 million Twinkies are baked each year.
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I have searched everywhere for information on being HIV + and working in the medical field. I am a nurse and have been restricted from doing IV's, Blood draws, ect. What are the rules?
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All healthcare workers are required to follow infection control practices and these are outlined in Policies of the institution. It does not make a difference if you have HIV, HEP C, etc. you still follow the guidelines that will help to prevent every patient from any potential infection, blood borne or otherwise. I believe the American Nurses Association has taken a position on this issue. Check out their website to see their recommendations and for contact information (http://www.nursingworld.org).
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NEW ORLEANS — Brett Favre is returning to the NFL — to work for the NFL Network.
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There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, will be dry by 2021 if the climate changes as expected and future water use is not limited, warn researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego.
Without Lake Mead and neighboring Lake Powell, the Colorado River system has no buffer to sustain the population of the Southwest through an unusually dry year, or worse, a sustained drought.
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"We were stunned at the magnitude of the problem and how fast it was coming at us," said Barnett. "Make no mistake, this water problem is not a scientific abstraction, but rather one that will impact each and every one of us that live in the Southwest."
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Barnett and Pierce conclude that human demand, natural forces like evaporation, and human-induced climate change are creating a net deficit of nearly one million acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River system that includes Lake Mead and Lake Powell. This amount of water can supply roughly eight million people.
Their analysis of Federal Bureau of Reclamation records of past water demand and calculations of scheduled water allocations and climate conditions indicate that the system could run dry even if mitigation measures now being proposed are implemented.
The Lake Mead/Lake Powell system includes the stretch of the Colorado River in northern Arizona. Aqueducts carry the water to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and other communities in the Southwest. Currently the system is only at half capacity because of a recent string of dry years, and the team estimates that the system has already entered an era of deficit.
"When expected changes due to global warming are included as well, currently scheduled depletions are simply not sustainable," wrote Barnett and Pierce in their paper, "When will Lake Mead go dry?," which has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal "Water Resources Research," published by the American Geophysical Union.
Barnett and Pierce note that a number of other studies in recent years have estimated that climate change will lead to reductions in runoff to the Colorado River system. Those analyses consistently forecast reductions of between 10 and 30 percent over the next 30 to 50 years, which could affect the water supply of between 12 and 36 million people.
Barnett said that the researchers chose to go with conservative estimates of the situation in their analysis, though the water shortage is likely to be more dire in reality.
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"Today, we are at or beyond the sustainable limit of the Colorado system. The alternative to reasoned solutions to this coming water crisis is a major societal and economic disruption in the desert southwest; something that will affect each of us living in the region," the report concludes.
The research was supported under a joint program between UC San Diego and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and by the California Energy Commission.
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When Sustainable Hydropower becomes Unsustainable - Lake Mead Could Dry Up by 2021 warn researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, will be dry by 2021 if the climate changes as expected and future water use is not limited, warn researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego.
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State law requires that you be informed of the following:
- With few exceptions, you are entitled on request to be informed about the information the University collects about you by use of these forms;
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- Phone Log for University provided communication devices
- Related Party Disclosure
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- Justification of Untimely Submittal
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Records Retention
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- Request for Disposal of Duplicate or Convenience Record Copies
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Safety & Risk Management
- Application to Establish, Modify or Eliminate a Campus Carry Exclusion Zone
- Auto Loss Report
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- Hot Work Permit
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- Liability Release of Injuries
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- Photo/Voice Release Form
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- Release and Indemnification Agreement
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Standard Agreements
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- Child Support Certification OGC-S-1999-25
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- Contract Service Agreement OGC-S-1994-04-UHV
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- Counseling Affiliation Agreement OGC-S-2008-01
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- Facility License Agreement
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- Guest Housing Agreement
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- Interagency Cooperation Contract OGC-S-1998-10
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- Interlocal Cooperation Contract OGC-S-1998-22
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- School of Nursing Affiliation Agreement OGC-S-2008-05
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- Psychology Affiliation Agreement
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- Speaker Agreement OGC-S-2002-3
- Used for agreements when engaging speakers under $200. The form includes language incorporating the speaker's obligation to indemnify the University.
- Standard Purchasing Agreement OGC-S-2010-06
- This standard agreement replaces the following: Independent Contractor Agreement; Letter of Contract; Purchasing Agreement for Goods & Services, Consulting Agreement and the Independent Contractor Agreement on Service Order Basis.
- Standard Purchasing Agreement Service Order (OGC S-2010-11)
- To be used with Standard Purchasing Agreement (OGC-S-2010-06) only needed when the particular goods/services are being purchasing on a service order basis.
- Student Teacher Internship Agreement OGC-S-2005-5
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This post is an explanation of my absence, and a preview to anticipated changes over the next several months. Read on…
It has been a while since I've posted anything. A few days ago, when I tried to enter a new post, I discovered it had disappeared. All I could think about was years' worth of data down the tubes. Quite a bit of activity involving this site occurred during the past several months, it turns out, which collectively resulted in the site "going away" temporarily. No, I didn't miss any payments; and no, I didn't accidentally wreck it myself. Here's what happened.
Recently, this site was to be updated by someone, a professional site developer and marketing person who also happens to be a relative. Instead of being updated, the site was basically destroyed. My suspicion is that the updater was less familiar with the site configuration than she believed herself to be. Unfortunately, she did not want to admit this and made the classic "young person's" mistake of not backing up the site before "updating" it. I was afraid I would need to start all over again. However, between WordPress and GoDaddy (where I host this site), enough backup information was available from the last successful post on this site that everything was restored. (Hooray for WordPress and GoDaddy!!) From now on, all changes will be done by me, regardless of my limited computing skills. Both companies offer plenty of resources and certified web site developers that, if I get frustrated, professional help is available.
Another reason for no activity here: a month or two ago, a serious illness knocked the wind out of my sails, leaving me unable to work much on the computer at all, much less at almost anything else. Although I still have more "off" days than "on" ones, I've made the decision to concentrate on my blogs and the distribution of information related to education, and stop worrying about consulting. There will be some changes to the way the site looks as well as the way the site operates. However, the information will be as up to date as possible, and I hope to reach not only education professionals, but also parents and other professionals who work with children. Features I hope to add include webinars and recorded videos targeted at learning problems and behavioral issues. There will be guest blogging professionals, both in text and visual media. Links to related reading and other materials and resources will be increased for your convenience. These changes will take place gradually, so don't expect everything at once. As I said, I'm no longer a professional computing person, and it will take some time to get everything up to speed. But updating this site will be as much a learning experience for me as a way to share what I know, especially about special education and behavioral issues.
So please bear with me as this site gradually develops into something more useful to all of us. Thanks for your patience with me and support for the posts to date. Without your readership, this blog would have folded long ago.
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The Falcons' early offensive approach to taking on the Saints' defense is simple Run it right down their throats.
On Thursday night in Atlanta, the Falcons' opening drive consisted of just one pass (a nine-yard completion from Matt Ryan to Tony Gonzalez), with five runs: A 35-yard run by Michael Turner, a five-yard run by Turner, a pair of 14-yard runs by Jacquizz Rodgers, and then back to Turner for a three-yard touchdown.
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Final Chance to Speak Up for Polar Bears
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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In the last few months, almost 2 million people like you made history with the strength of your support for limiting the carbon pollution that drives global warming and harms polar bears' future.
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text: Greetings Jakob: Jakob Oestergaard wrote: > Hi all, > > While not a typical beowulf, I thought the list would have some input for this > "storage cluster" or whatever we should call it :) up front disclaimer: we design/build/market/support such things. > I'm looking at getting some big storage. Of all the parameters, getting as low > dollars/(month*GB) is by far the most important. The price of acquiring and > maintaining the storage solution is the number one concern. Should I presume density, reliability, and performance also factor in somewhere as 2,3,4 (somehow) on the concern list? > The setup will probably have a number of "head nodes" which receive a large > amount of data over standard gigabit from a large amount of remote sources. > Data is read infrequently from the head nodes by remote systems. The primary > load on the system will be data writes. Ok, so you are write dominated. Could you describe (guesses are fine) what the writes will look like? Large sequential data, small random data (seek, write, close)? > The head nodes need not see the same unified storage; so I am not required to > have one big shared filesystem. If beneficial, each of the head nodes could > have their own local storage. There are some interesting designs with a variety of systems, including GFS/Lustre/... on those head nodes, and a big pool of drives behind them. These designs will add to the overall cost, and increase complexity. > The storage pool will start out at around 100TiB and will grow to ~1PiB within > a year or two (too early to tell). It would be nice to use as few racks as > possible, and as little power as possible :) Ok, so density and power are important. This is good. Coupled with the low management cost and low acquisition cost, we have about 3/4 of what we need. Just need a little more description of the writes. Also, do you intend to back this up? How important is resiliency of the system? Can you tolerate a failed unit (assume the units have hot spares, RAID6, etc). When you look at storage of this size, you have to start planning for the eventual (and likely) failure of a chassis (or some number of them), and think about with a RAIN configuration. Either that, or invest into massive low level redundancy (which should be scope limited to the box it is on anyway). > It *might* be possible to offload older files to tape; does anyone have > experience with HSM on Linux? Does it work? Could it be worthwhile to > investigate? Hmmm... First I would suggest avoiding tape, you should likely be looking at disk to disk for backup, and use slower nearline mechanisms. > One setup I was looking at, is simply using SunFire X4500 systems (you can put > 48 standard 3.5" SATA drives in each 4U system). Assuming I can buy them with > 1T SATA drives shortly, I could start out with 3 systems (12U) and grow the > entire setup to 1P with 22 systems in little over two full racks. > > Any better ideas? Is there a way to get this more dense without paying an arm > and a leg? Has anyone tried something like this with HSM? Yes, but I don't want to turn this into a commercial, so I will be succinct. Scalable Informatics (my company) has a similar product, which does have a good price and price per gigabyte, while providing excellent performance. Details (white paper, benchmarks, presentations) at the http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com web site. > > Thanks all, your input will be greatly appreciated! :) > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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Discovering two new cave-dwelling species before lunch
I'm in the north of Guangxi in southern China feeling privileged to be working in such a dramatic karst limestone landscape and part of another great project team. The conical and vertical towers of limestone jut out of the flat agricultural land, sometimes in single sentinels and sometimes in great families of jagged, pointed peaks, no two alike. At Mulun National Nature Reserve which abuts the Maolan World Heritage Site in Guizhou, there is nothing but these towers, and this is one of the sites getting detailed attention within our Integrated Forestry and Conservation Development Project. One sub-component of the project is directed at cave biodiversity. In that regard, we recently made some remarkable discoveries at Mulun.
As I have mentioned in an earlier blog post, cave biodiversity gets appallingly little attention relative to its significance. It is surely the most unknown of the terrestrial ecosystems, and it makes me drool to be close to places for which so little biological information is available.


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Lisa Anderson
Class of 2015
Major/Minor: English & Philosophy
Campus Involvement
- Varsity Volleyball
- Apeiron (philosophy journal), Editor-in-chief
- Washington College Review, student editor
- Philosophy Club
- Writer Center consultant
- notetaker for Office of Academic Skills
Hometown: Parkville, MD
What are you up to this summer? I have an internship on campus with the Washington College Review. I will also be training for volleyball and hopefully, traveling.
How has WC changed your life? WC has taught me to try new experiences and to open up to others. With every semester, I become more confident in myself and come closer to achieving my goals. Because of the small size of the school, I have become close to peers, professors and staff; establishing relationships that mean a lot.
What should every student do before graduating? Every student should visit the waterfront and attend a campus event.
How do you unwind? I read, listen to music, exercise, write in my journal or spend time with friends.


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Adapted from a $300 Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter, the SkyNET drone has been constructed by a group of scientists at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The Terminator-inspired machine is equipped with an injection-enabled Wi-Fi card that has the ability to scan, attack, record and join Wi-Fi networks in the area. A second Wi-Fi card communicated with an Ad-hoc wireless network to receive drone commands. The drone contains an extremely light single board computer using the Linux operating system. The drone is also outfitted with a 3G connection for flight operation as well as a GPS receiver to transmit latitude, longitude, and altitude. The GPS receiver also allows for a predetermined flight plan to be programmed before takeoff.
When accessing a wireless network from the air, the drone can be be used to convert computers on the network into botnets and use those infected computers for denial-of-service attacks as well as other malicious uses. The technical additions to the drone can be purchased for about $250 to $275, making this project just under $600 in total cost. The average battery life for the drone with all hacking features turned on is approximately 10 minutes and the average speed of about 4 meters per second allows the drone to travel nearly 2 miles at a time. In addition, the drone can land at a predetermined spot to conserve battery power and continue hacking networks in the area.
The group tested the drone on a one block perimeter in Manhattan, NY, but had to wait for specific weather patterns for the test flights. High winds or more serious inclement weather will ground the drone. A similar device was recently displayed in Nevada during a hacking convention. Adapted to a large remote-controlled plane, the drone was able to brute force attack Wi-Fi networks as well at AT&T and TMobile cell towers to potentially record conversations.


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Richard Breitmeyer, formerly California state veterinarian, has been named director of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory system headquartered at the University of California, Davis. His appointment became effective Nov. 4.
The laboratory system is a partnership between the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, providing veterinarians and livestock and poultry producers throughout the state with rapid, reliable diagnoses of animal diseases. The system operates labs in Tulare, Turlock and San Bernardino, as well as at UC Davis.
The lab has played a prominent role during recent years in conducting surveillance for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), West Nile virus, H1N1 influenza and exotic Newcastle disease, and in testing seafood from the gulf oil spill and pet food for chemical contamination.
"Dr. Breitmeyer has an outstanding record of working effectively with livestock producers, veterinarians and public health officials at the state and federal level," said Bennie Osburn, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine.
"We are truly privileged to have him return to his alma mater and assume leadership of the laboratory system, which plays such a critical role in protecting California and the nation from some of the most serious threats to animal and human health," he said.
Breitmeyer joined the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a veterinary medical officer in 1984. He was appointed to be California's first state veterinarian in 1993 and served in that position under three governors until 2010.
As state veterinarian, he had statutory authority to quarantine domestic animals or food from animal products when necessary to protect the health and safety of animals and the public. He provided advice to the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom and led the state in battling an outbreak of exotic Newcastle disease in Southern California that began in 2002.
Breitmeyer also served as the state's director of Animal Health and Food Safety Services, overseeing programs devoted to animal health, milk and dairy foods control, meat and poultry inspection and livestock identification
He is credited with establishing quality assurance programs in food safety for the poultry and dairy industries and contributing to the Foreign Animal Disease Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A native of Orange County, Breitmeyer grew up on his family's egg-producing poultry farm in Orange. He completed his undergraduate studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, before going on to earn his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1980 and his Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degree in 1988, both from UC Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine.
After graduating from veterinary school, he worked for three years in a large animal practice in Arcata and then in a mixed practice in Arroyo Grande.
As he assumes leadership of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory system, Breitmeyer steps into the post held for 21 years by Alex Ardans, a professor of veterinary medicine who retired in June 2008. Hailu Kinde, a professor of clinical diagnostic microbiology and manager of the system's San Bernardino laboratory, has served as interim director since Ardans' retirement.


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11-year-old struck, killed by commuter train
An 11-year-old boy was struck and killed by a commuter rail train in Salem, Massachusetts Friday night.
Police said the boy was struck and killed just after 8 p.m.
According to the Essex County District Attorney's Office, the boy was gathered with a group of other boys at a nearby park. According to witnesses, the boy was crossing the tracks to retrieve his bicycle.
An outbound train passed by and then an inbound train went by about a minute later. Investigators believe that the boy was not aware of the second train.
A passenger on the train described what happened. "I'm on the train, next thing you know we feel a lot of braking and then soon enough we saw a body on the train tracks."
The child's mother and the train's conductor were reportedly both taken to the hospital to be treated for stress and shock.
"There are no adequate words to aptly convey the utter tragic event this is," Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police said in a release.
The name of the victim was not immediately released.
The Essex County District Attorney's Office said the incident appeared to be a tragic accident and no foul play is suspected.


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It's a long weekend over here, Monday being a holiday (well, not for me), and Halloween looming ahead, so I can feel the buzz of planning all about. Many I am sure are escaping the confines of the city, but we have decided to lazily stay put. The streets are pleasantly quiet for once and I feel I have hours before me to fill with all manners of puttering and weekend idleness. And although I love to travel and explore, I also love (and probably more so now that I have children) that decadent bordering on guilty feeling of having a free patch of time to just be.
Our apartment building held a little trick or treating for the children yesterday, which they do every year, and we decided to plan a simple film-showing with snacks afterwards. Everyone pitched in and I am proud to report we had a good bunch of happy kids, satisfactorily stuffed, sprawled in our lobby, watching Hotel Transylvania. These cookies were my contribution (along with a batch of these too).
This is basically just this dulce de leche spread in the middle of two of these brown sugar cookies. So simple to make because both can be done in advance. Well, to a certain extent at least. The dulce de leche can be done well in advance. In fact, I like to make 3-5 cans (what can fit in my biggest pot) and have these stored in my pantry for any sort of challenge in need of a sweet solution – which is, let's face it, most. The cookie dough can be frozen (I like to think of my freezer as an extension of my pantry) in logs, and subsequently sliced and baked when needed.
With Halloween treats, and the kids of our building, taken care of, I am now languorously cushioned in bed for a few golden moments of blog catch-up before throwing together some sautéed sausages for an impromptu neighborly get-together in our flat.
Tomorrow may see us at a barbecue with friends…kids playing and dog yipping. More low-key yet high-pleasure activities (at least in my book). Hmmm…maybe I can make something for that as well. I should have gotten that skirt steak I saw at the grocery. Ah the luxury of time and choice! Not one I take lightly.
I might even have time to make a batch of granola…a girl can dream!
What are you all up to this weekend?


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You could see the spark of life in the short-handed but determined Steel City squad, with only 11 skaters staring down the Gotham juggernaut that had beaten them by 244 and 374 points in their last two meetings.
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text: > To the point - does anyone actually use Sun's Grid Engine, and what sort of > pro's and con's have they experienced? Run well? Enough functionality? > Stable? How's the api to it, as far as development of other tools? Our experience: We use it, it is stable, developers are extremely helpfull and nice, it does more than we need. If you need new functionality which is not there yet, you can design it and implement it together with developers. Good ideas seem to be welcome. And it is free (though I think you can buy esentially the same software as well if you want). It is opensource project (yes, really opensource, no nasty hooks involved) and industry (Sun) pays developers. Software heaven :-) Regards Vaclav