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Pati Jinich is a fan of skillet corn bread. Her oldest son, Alan, who was born in Texas, ate it as one of his very first foods. The crisp bacon in this version provides a subtle bite - not to mention tasty bacon fat, which goes into the batter and coats the skillet. Fresh poblano peppers, now available in so many places, bring a mild heat and a lot of exuberance. From Jinich, host of 'Pati's Mexican Table' on public television stations nationwide, author of 'Pati's Mexican Table,' chef and cooking teacher at Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington.
3 fresh poblano chili peppers 6 to 8 slices center-cut bacon (about 4 ounces total) 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 1 1/4 cups flour 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup whole milk 1/2 cup heavy cream 4 large eggs, well beaten 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese 2 cups fresh or frozen/defrosted corn kernels Place the poblanos directly on a gas burner over medium-high heat. Cook, turning them as needed, for 10 to 15 minutes or until they are charred all over. (Alternatively, position an oven rack 4 inches from the broiling element and preheat the broiler. Arrange the poblanos on a piece of aluminum foil and place on the rack to broil for 10 to 15 minutes; turn frequently until charred all over.) Transfer the poblanos to a zip-top bag and seal, or place in a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. When they are cool enough to handle, discard the blackened skin, stem, ribs and seeds, then dice the remaining flesh. (It is easier to remove the skin under running water, but some cooks say that washes away flavor.) Cut the flesh into small dice; the yield is a packed 3/4 cup. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a plate with a few layers of paper towels. Heat a 9- or 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisped. Transfer the bacon to the lined plate to drain. Turn off the heat, leaving the fat in the skillet. Combine the cornmeal, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and black pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk together the milk, cream and eggs in a large liquid measuring cup, then stir into the cornmeal mixture until just incorporated. Add the diced poblano, the cheese and corn. Crumble the bacon over the bowl. Pour all but 1 tablespoon of the rendered bacon fat from the skillet into the batter, stirring gently to incorporate. Heat that same skillet over medium heat. Once the remaining bacon fat shimmers, pour the corn bread batter evenly into the skillet. Transfer to the oven; bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cut into wedges; serve warm. Nutrition Per serving: 380 calories, 18 g protein, 35 g carbohydrates, 19 g fat, 10 g saturated fat, 140 mg cholesterol, 660 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 10 g sugar


text: Longwood Swallet is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI and is connected to August Hole. It is a very sporting cave, with an impressive main streamway. This is another video in the series - remember, we do these caves so that you don't have to.

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IX @ DEADTECH 2008 from IX h3x3n on Vimeo.
IX knows 9 spells:
- 0N: turns computer on
- 4W4Y: restarts computer
- data_disappear: makes data disappear
- 3T3RN4L_R3TURN: makes data reappear
- 54W: cuts the operating system in half
- R881X0R: runs the rabbit virus
- M461C14NZ_H4T: catches the rabbit virus in the magician's hat
- T3H_0RD3R_0F_0RD3R: creates order + nonsense
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In an upset that undoubtedly has laxbros crying into their Sperry Top-Siders, the Iroquois Nationals defeated Team USA at the U-19 World Championships in Finland today 15-13.
It's the first time the Six Nations national team has beaten Team USA in field competition, and it's an especially meaningful win after the Iroquois Nationals were unable to attend the 2010 Worlds due to bureaucratic nonsense in the U.S. and U.K. state departments, forcing the team to forfeit the competition. It was also a notable loss for Team USA, which before today had never lost a match to a team other than Canada.
From another perspective, it's a massive upset when the scale of the sport's players is taken into account; while there are roughly 150,000 competition-level U.S. lacrosse players, the Iroquois Nationals pull together a team from only 86 qualified competitors according to Indian Country Today Media Network. The win advanced the Nationals to the medal round semifinals, where they could face Team USA again.
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Michigan is my favorite college basketball team, and for the first time in awhile, they are threatening to make a deep tournament run. However, they just lost three of four during a tough stretch against Indiana (L, away), Ohio State (W, home), Wisconsin (W, away), and Michigan State (W, away). I'm not writing them off — they only lost the away games — but some bad signs appeared in these games. Here's the Game Stack for all four combined:
Michigan looks good on turnovers, but that comes at a cost — they get crushed on free throws and two point percentage. Having watched the games, I can connect the dots for you: the Wolverines don't drive to the hoop much against good teams. They have some great shooters who can get reasonably open (Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway, Jr.) who are happy to "settle" for jumpers.
This keeps the ball out of danger in the lane (low turnovers), but it means that Michigan never gets to the line and shoots a lower percentage on twos as well. Michigan also rebounds a lower percentage of their own misses than the opponent, which could be related — a lot of "second chances" are just put-backs after a shot close to the hoop.
So, is Michigan sunk? We'll see. I have some faith that Mitch McGary can improve and find some high percentage twos down low, but right now, Michigan is probably not efficient enough offensively and not good enough on the boards to compete with the best teams in the country. I would worry less about four games if the problem was just poor shooting in a small sample, but the problem seems to be about playing style against good defenses. I don't think that's going to change.
If you're interested, here are the Game Stacks for all four games. The trends I discussed are pretty consistent across the games:


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The Mona Lisa is 16th century oil painting created by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci. The work of art depicts an enigmatic woman gazing at the viewer, and it is said that if you move across the room while looking into her eyes, they'll follow you. It is definitely one of the most popular paintings worldwide and has been the center of many artistic, religious, and theoretical debates. The French government currently owns the Mona Lisa and it is featured at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The painting can also be referred to as La Gioconda or La Joconde.
The name of the painting stems from the name of the woman in the portrait, Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy businessman in Florence, Italy named Francesco del Giocondo. Mona means 'my lady' or 'madam' in modern Italian, so the title is simply Madam Lisa. Art historians agree that Leonardo da Vinci likely began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503, and completed it within 4 years. In 1516 the King of France, King Francois, bought the painting and it is thought that after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down. Some speculators think that the original had columns on both sides of the lady, whereas other art critics believe that the painting was never cut down in size. It has been suggested that there were 2 versions of the Mona Lisa painting, but many historians reject the second version. The duplicate copy can be found at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. After the French revolution the painting was moved to the Louvre, and Napoleon had it placed in his bedroom for a short time before it was returned to the Louvre. The popularity of the Mona Lisa increased in the mid 19th century because of the Symbolist movement. The painting was thought to encompass a sort of feminine mystique.
In 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. The art thief hid in a broom closet until the museum closed, stole the painting, hid it under his jacket and walked out the front door. Eduardo de Valfierno was the mastermind behind the theft and has planned to make copies of the original and sell them as the real thing. Eventually, in 1913, he was caught when trying to sell the original to a Florence art dealer. The Mona Lisa is most famous for her facial expression, her enigmatic smile and da Vinci's mastering of tone and color in the painting. There is much mythology and interpretations relating to the painting that mystify the world. Many art critics and art history buffs suggest that the Mona Lisa is actually a portrait of da Vinci himself in feminine form. In addition, most viewers see the meaning behind Mona Lisa's smile very differently.


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Liberty held its first official practice of the 2013-14 women's basketball season Monday afternoon.
The new-look Liberty women's basketball team held its first official practice of the 2013-14 season Monday afternoon inside the practice facility behind the Vines Center. Head coach Carey Green's Lady Flames, who have won back-to-back Big South Championship titles and three straight Big South regular-season crowns, feature seven new players and a new assistant coach (Brittany Campbell) on this year's roster. The newcomers will join a pair of returning starters, in redshirt junior point guard Emily Frazier and senior post player Jasmine Gardner. Also back in the fold are past Big South All-Freshman team honorees Reagan Miller and Ashley Rininger. Liberty is preparing for the earliest season opener in program history, a Nov. 8 contest at Charlotte. The Lady Flames will then return to the Vines Center on Nov. 12 for their 2013-14 home opener against James Madison.
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Variation in the mating and sexual signaling systems of African cichlids has likely contributed to the diversification of this fish family, which numbers more than 1,600 species. Studies of sexual selection—the evolution of features that influence mate choice—in these multicolored fishes have largely focused on visual signaling. In a recent paper, however, researchers have turned their attention to the overlooked role of sound as a matchmaking tool.
Karen P. Maruska and colleagues at Stanford University, California, tested sound production and hearing abilities in captive-reared Astatotilapia burtoni, a cichlid originally native to Lake Tanganyika. They placed males and females in tanks and used hydrophones and video cameras to record the sounds emitted by the fish and the associated courtship behavior. The team also determined the sensitivity of males of different social statuses and females at different stages of their breeding cycle to sounds of a range of frequencies, by playing back sounds and recording the fish's auditory evoked potentials—brain electrical response—through thin electrodes inserted near the braincase.
In close proximity to receptive females, dominant males produced low-frequency sounds as they displayed quivering movements—a courtship behavior. Those females, in turn, preferred playback of male sounds to control noise. Hearing in females was strongly affected by breeding stage: those ready to lay eggs were two to five times more sensitive to low-frequency sounds than those that had already spawned and were in the mouthbrooding phase.
Interestingly, subordinate males were more sensitive to frequencies characteristic of smaller, rather than larger, dominant males. That sensitivity might explain how subordinates manage to dash into a courting scene and spawn just ahead of a small dominant male—while not risking a challenge to a larger rival. (PLoS One)


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DWTS Season 10 – Who's Dancing What…and Other Stuff
This is shaping up to be an interesting week on Dancing with the Stars! First off, we get an all male pro dance during the results show – Derek, Damian, Dmitry and Tony. I feel warm already. 🙂 The guys are dancing to Debi Nova. From a reprinting of the ABC Press Release by J! Ent:
Also this week, Platinum-selling soul star Maxwell will perform his chart-topping single "Fistful of Tears" on Tuesday. The singer/songwriter recently scored a three-peat with "Fistful of Tears," his third consecutive No. 1 on Billboard's Urban Adult airplay charts, making him the first male artist to achieve this feat. Grammy Award winner superstars Maxwell and Jill Scott will kick off their U.S. arena tour on May 21 in Cleveland. Maxwell is catapulting off his two recent Grammy Awards and his No. 1, platinum "BLACKsummers'night" (Columbia), which dominated year-end critics lists. Last fall, Maxwell entered the history books at Billboard when "Pretty Wings" and "Bad Habits," the first two singles from "BLACKsummers'night," monopolized the top two slots on the Adult R&B radio airplay chart.
Costa Rican singing sensation, Debi Nova, will perform her newest single "Drummer Boy," while pros Derek Hough, Damian Whitewood, Tony Dovolani and Dmitry Chaplin accompany her on the dance floor. Her first single was co-written by Nova and produced by Marius de Vries and Dreamlab. Nova is set to release her Spanish/English, hybrid debut album, "Luna Nueva," on Decca/Surco Records this May. Nova has amassed an impressive body of work including six Grammy-nominated projects, a No. 1 single, collaborations with the likes of Black Eyed Peas and Ricky Martin, and touring the world. She has been writing and performing professionally since the age of 14 and signed her first songwriter deal at the age of 17, subsequently penning songs for Latin recording artists Belinda and RBD, Sean Paul, Mark Ronson and her own single, "One Rhythm," which reached No. 1 in Latin America and on the U.S. dance charts. The forthcoming "Luna Nueva," co-produced by Surco Records founder Gustavo Santaoalla (two-time Oscar winner, multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner, Juanes, CafŽ Tacvba) and Marius de Vries (five-time Grammy Award nominee, two-time BAFTA winner, Madonna, Josh Groban), is an irresistible hybrid of Latin rhythms and straight-ahead pop.
The Macy's Stars of Dance is featuring an appearance by Debbie Allen, but none of our Pros are listed, so it's either all or none. 🙂
Now, in terms of the performance show, below is what I have for each couple, including the movie if I know it. I've been watching (and participating in) a lot of debate on Twitter – is it any song from a given movie? Is the movie given to them, but not necessarily the title song – if there is a title song?? For example, Derek and Nicole's movie is Pretty Woman. I made the assumption based on what Tom said that it's a movie song, not a theme night, so therefore, Derek and Nicole are dancing to "Pretty Woman", not another song from the movie, such as Wild Women Do (which would, apparently, make a much better tango). So, I will list what I know, below, and you guys tell me if it's the title song or some other song.
Pam/Damian – Quickstep – This doesn't bode well for Pam, I don't think. I will be very happy to be wrong. But a quickstep doesn't have the passion of a Tango or a Rumba, and doesn't have the jiggle factor of a Cha Cha. I guess we'll see. I'll be happy to be surprised once again.
Kate/Tony – Fox Trot – Again, possible disaster, but it probably won't matter. Kate says they are dancing to a song from an 80's movie, a movie she is familiar with. Since the Press Release mentions Breakfast Club, that's what I'm betting on for Kate. Which song from this movie is the "iconic song"? Don't You Forget About Me, by Simple Minds? If they are doing a Fox Trot, it's can't be We Are Not Alone, can it?
Evan/Anna – Rumba – I think Evan will dance it very well, for sure. But will he have a connection problem with Anna? This dance really requires it, and the best dancer on the show (Nicole) can't call this her very best dance. Entertainment Tonight (or similar show) said that they are dancing to a romantic song from an action movie. Any ideas out there? 🙂 Something from Independence Day? I have a song right on the tip of my brain but I can't come up with it. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith – from the movie Armageddon??
Jake/Chelsie – Cha Cha – A Cha Cha to Risky Business, no less. At least, that's what I got from one of the entertainment shows from which I will be posting video later. Please, god, no tighty whities. Please? At this point, I wouldn't count Jake out, although I think he's on the bubble. Will he be able to handle the cha cha? No idea. If he does do the Tom Cruise iconic look from this movie, I can guarantee a low score from Len.
Chad/Cheryl – Quickstep – I don't believe I've heard what song they are dancing to, but I smell trouble for Chad. Cheryl tweets that he's doing well, but really? A quickstep? Again, I would be happy to be wrong.
Niecy/Louis – Jive – Dancing to La Bamba. A Jive to La Bamba? Geez, I dunno. That song doesn't seem quite right, seems a little slow. So, title song, or another song from the movie. Watching Niecy and Louis on the entertainment shows, I'm saying title song.
Erin/Maks – Jive – to Pulp Fiction? I'm worried about this one. That scene from Pulp Fiction was "iconic" for sure, but for a Jive? It sounds awkward. I hope I'm wrong. Okay, after watching the scene from the movie which is, IMO, "iconic" – maybe Maks and Erin don't have it so bad. I can see a Jive to this song.
Nicole/Derek – Tango – to Pretty Woman. I'm on the title song bandwagon, but hoping like hell I'm wrong. Wild Women Do would be much better, I think. Plus, a little bird tells me that is the song played when Julia is shopping on Rodeo Drive. And where are Derek and Nicole doing an out of studio package bit?? Rodeo Drive. I guess we'll see.
Of what we know so far, I think Derek and Louis are going to have to work choreographic magic to get appropriate dances from that music. Either that or play with the music, which Maks indicated that he was doing. Anyway, my pre-dance prediction is that Kate is safe yet again and either Niecy or Jake are in deep doo doo. I reserve the right to change my mind once we see the dances.
A note to the Kate Haters: You have to VOTE for another couple (or all the other couples) if you really want Kate to go home. I don't hate Kate, actually, but what I do hate is better dancers leaving before her. Up to now it hasn't pissed me off. But if she stays again on Tuesday, it WILL piss me off. Because for her to stay, it means a MUCH better dancer will have to leave, instead of only a slightly better dancer. It means that Jake, or Niecy, or Chad, or Erin, or Nicole, or Pam will go home instead of her. Not Evan, of course, because he's the ringer to beat. 🙂 But all the rest of them are in danger, some more than others.


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Hola family and friends!
We hope everyone is doing GREAT!! As for us, well, AUGUST is a pretty busy month in our home!! We have enjoyed our time together as a FAMILY now since June 23rd!! it has been WONDERFUL having james HOME AGAIN!!!!
First, I MUST start with some WONDERFUL news that we received this week…..i am pretty sure you know that I think my WONDERFUL hubby is a HERO to our FAMILY, well, this week he got something so BIG and WONDERFUL given to him by the U.S. ARMY……our HERO got word that he will be receiving the THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so PROUD OF HIM!!!!!!! This is such an HONOR for him and us and we could not be more proud of him!!!! I am not sure when they will be awarding him but I will let ya'll know!!
Well on top of that news, this month, we have celebrated 2 special BIRTHDAYS!!!
On August 10th, we celebrated our big boys 6TH BIRTHDAY!!! YIPPEEE!!! So hard to believe that he is now 6 years old!!!!! AMAZING! We had a little party for him at a pizza place and we had a BLAST!!! It was really bittersweet because he actually asked james, after asking who was going to be there, "daddy, will you be there too?" and james said "of course I will be" and then he realized WHY he was asking, and he went on to hug him and told him that THIS YEAR daddy would be there for his birthday!! Awwww…..this last year he has grown SO MUCH…both physically and mentally! He is just such a smarty and is doing so well homeschooling!! We are really proud of him and all he has done this last year….He is starting 1st grade and we bought his FIRST true curriculum and we are so EXCITED!!! I can't wait to get started…I know we will be a bit rusty but we sure are going TRY!! and he retains so much info, he can remember AMAZING facts!!! so awesome! he is excited about getting started doing class!! we ordered his curriculum and it is FAITH BASED so we will BOTH be learning so much about GOD and the world around us together!!
And then on August 25th, we celebrated our little baby's 1st birthday!!!! WOWOWOW….hard hard hard to believe that he is ONE already!!! It seems like just YESTERDAY, I was in shock after finding out that on NEW YEARS 2007 that I was PREGNANT!!!! Awww, it has been just be such an awesome year….he has grown so much from that little bitty 6 lb 4 oz baby to a 17lb 8 oz little boy…he is pulling to stand, cruising, standing & babbling!! And his first word?!?!?! MAMAMAMAMA!!! AAWWWW!!!! I am so happy because that is my first baby that has EVER said my name FIRST!!! YIPPEEE!!! He is truly a mama's boy and I am so happy! J FINALLY!!!! Anyway, he is doing well and such a little guy!! one bad habit is that he puts EVERYTHING---EVERYTHING IN HIS MOUTH!!! OMG, i have such a FEAR that he will choke on something! and i sweep and mop and this little one will FIND something to put in his mouth!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!! this is my first baby that has done that. i think because alex was our first and we kept him CONFINED to a specific area (because he was the only one) but now with 3 boys and a nurse, well, we can't and he has the run of the HOUSE!!! YIKES! We are so BLESSED to have him in our lives! And for his BIRTHDAY, he FELL OFF THE BED AT 3 AM!!!!! OMG, talk about SCARY!! Thank God he was just fine except he scared MOMMY AND DADDY like crazy!! Just our luck, after a YEAR of sleeping with us, his birthday would be the day he FALLS off the BED!!! He was fine, just scared himself and most of all US !!!! we are going to go out to eat at a favorite restaurant and just CELEBRATE his life!!!
Well, for the month of JUNE, and JULY we took some time off to be TOGETHER…we spent 2 wonderful weeks RV'ING together, just us, our little family of 5! It was really awesome to just BE together, without nurses, therapies and drs appts!! Wow, back to just being us….we spent our first week in ROCKPORT….we stayed at an RV PARK out there…it was WONDERFUL!! The ONLY bad part was MAN, those mosquitos were just about ready to TAKE US AWAY!!! Thank GOD we were SLIGHTLY smaller than THEY WERE!!!!!! Yep, they were pretty big and VERY BOLD….they would just STICK to you, without a thought on their mind except to eat off you!!! My little matthew and daddy got the worst of it (over 27 bites on matthew!)….anyway, it was nice just being together as a family….we did a lot of fun things around that area like the aquarium, fishing, the jetties, etc….very nice!!! We also took another 8 days at a WONDERFUL place called GUADALUPE RIVER RV RESORT….and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! It was just BEAUTIFUL and peaceful….defiently a place to go! They have lots of cabins if you don't have an rv and if you do, well, YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT!!! We had so much fun in Kerrville , tx!! it was just really relaxing and peaceful and just having so much fun swiming and being together. and THE RAIN HELD OUT until we got HOME!!! yep, GOD sure BLESSED us because our whole trip, we had no rain and just BEAUTIFUL days....and on our way home, the HURRICANE that hit texas came in THAT DAY!! the rain even waited until we got EVERYTHING OUT OF THE TRAILER!!! THANK YOU GOD! Anyway, we have pictures up at FLICKR for anyone wanting to see some pictures!!! And if you are up to READING , you can check out my BLOG for a COMPLETE (J) account of our vacation…and I do mean COMPLETE!! And you KNOW I can WRITE!!!
Well, MATTHEW is doing AWESOME!! We are so happy! Since late MAY early JUNE, he has been CLEAR IN THE LUNGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wowowowow, it has been so NICE to not have him SICK!!! ONE WHOLE YEAR of it…james likes to credit HIMSELF for matthew getting BETTER saying that he just missed daddy and that is why he was so sick for the past year…..pawsha!!! I told him it was the ANTIBIOTICS that he has been on since april/may and will continue to be on thru the winter….just as a precaution! So far so good!!! We are just trying to get him STRONG so that he can learn to WALK and TALK!! He is just getting BIGGER…he is such a HAPPY boy and now with daddy home, well, he is that much more HAPPIER!! He LOVES wrestling with his BROTHERS and boy, he is REALLY good at it!!! His baby brother enjoys tormenting him and vice versa….he is now got an ATTITUDE and before, if someone took something from him, he would just watch him do it and not say ANYTHING, well, NOW, boy, he lets you know if you are doing something he does not want you to do!!! He YELLS AT US!!! It is too cute to hear him just go off!! NEVER before has he really showed that kind of EMOTION and it is so awesome to see!!! And to see him get mad….josh doesn't know what to make of it when he does it but he usually backs off if he does!!! He will be starting school soon and get back into the rhythm of it all!! YAYAy!
Well, as for james, apart from being home again, THANK YOU GOD, he is also back at work after over 40 days on leave!!! We are now starting to get into that kind of rhythm but we are so happy because he is now on working 4 days a week so that means we get him for 3 WHOLE DAYS….awww…that is so awesome and we are so happy about that! We can take a quick trip out of town if we wanted to…very nice!!! But he is back to working out and keeping in shape….we are just so happy to have him HOME!!
AS FOR ME, well, I am just hanging out with all my boys! It has been so AWESOME having my family back together. We are just EXCITED on everything…it is kinda bittersweet because whenever we do something, we always seem to ask our self, when was the last time we did this and sometimes it is almost 2 years ago!!! We lost a WHOLE YEAR TOGETHER….it sometimes doesn't hit you until you think about that. And then there are the things we are doing that we realize it has been OVER a YEAR since we did it together….like going to CHURCH, going to eat somewhere, etc…just today, we started home school and how nice it was to have james here to ask alex how his day went and all of that…he even got to help get alex study area set up!! Anyway, it was just really nice!! I finally got a diagnosis for my arm that has been paining me in FOREVER…TENNIS ELBOW!!! Yeah, you know with all the time I have, I do SOOOOO MUCH tennis playing at the local country club….yeah right!!! I know that you can get it with out that but what a diagnosis…and with the FIBRO, it just amplifys the pain I am in!!! after josh is weaned, I hope to finally get some PAIN RELIEF from my FIBRO….i can't even IMAGINE what it feels like to be PAIN FREE….soooooonnn!!
sooo, that is our AUGUST for 2008!! we are SO PROUD of JAMES and his BRONZE STAR METAL!!! just amazed and so happy that he is who he IS!! and then our boys turning one year older....we feel SOOOOO BLESSED, THANK YOU GOD!!
i put together some MONTAGES for both boys!! i hope you check them out!!
ALEX'S video montage
James Alex Turns 6!
JOSHUA'S video montage
Happy Birthday, Joshua Michael!
well, that is it for now...i know it has been a LONG TIME since i have kept up with ya'll and my blog but that will GOD WILING change now....
Proud Army wife to James, mommy to Alex(5), Matthew(4) & Baby Joshua (1)
Friday, August 29, 2008
Hola family and friends!


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Since Sept. 30, 2012, the S&P 500 is up 16.7%. The Sharpe ratio of the monthly returns over those 12 months was 1.84. This is nearly twice the risk-adjusted return of the average 12-month period for the most common equity market barometer since 1928.
Why are we citing these statistics to kick off this edition of the Volatility Advisor blog series? We're highlighting this anomaly of short-term performance not simply to demonstrate the impact of QE on the equity markets, but to set the table for an expansion on last's month's topic: to make the case for a hedged equity allocation as part of a portfolio.
The S&P's momentum has created a market of cheap premiums and fewer opportunities to arbitrage implied volatilities. From a fundamental standpoint, one could point to record profit margins, P/E levels or rising interest rates as indicators that the rally is over-extended. But ask traders and allocators whether they think the next move in the market is up 20% or down 20%, and you're likely to get an equal set of responses.
In a market that many investors believe to be increasingly affected by Fed policy, what's becoming a concern is portfolio managers' ability to maintain discipline in the face of rising equity markets and relative underperformance. Whether the market continues to climb from here or not is out of portfolio managers' hands. What can be anticipated is that, eventually, volatility will return to the markets. When it does, protection via options strategies may smooth the ride.
Since inception of the CBOE BXM Index as a published index in May 2002, index returns have proven the validity of covered call strategies as risk-return enhancing components of a portfolio. These results occurred despite the steady rally of the past year.
Shown a different way, look at the comparison of monthly and daily return distributions of the two indices. By design, the BXM provides a less volatile return stream. For investors focused on long-term performance, the risk-adjusted return impact is likely to be additive to the portfolio.
If we focus our attention inside the tails of these distributions, we see further the value of a covered call writing strategy during normal markets. Since the BXM Index inception, 71% of monthly returns have been between -4% and +4%. During these months, the BXM has captured 119% of the return of the S&P 500.
The BXM's long-term upside capture of 64% vs. 72% on the downside is not particularly desirable at first glance. But taken in the context of the return capture of the past 12 months that we highlighted at the onset (19% of S&P since 9/30/13), this balance is understandable. Of course, the stated strategy of the BXM is to cut off some of the upside by writing at-the-money calls on the SPY each month.
Another way of demonstrating the value of owning BXM-like volatility is during the most extreme environments in the equity markets. The following chart from the CBOE depicts several of the most volatile periods in the market over the past 20-plus years. Please note this return period extends the BXM Index to years prior to its official published date using the same methodology that currently exists of rolling monthly covered call options.
What stands out is the protection the BXM provides during down markets. Just as appealing however, is that in strong up markets the index generally keeps pace with the S&P 500.
So where does this leave the equity investor that has made roughly 20% thus far in 2013? Again, with the macro headlines today and the lack of compelling alternatives on the traditional side (fixed income, cash), the advantages of an equity substitute with a structural objective to reduce volatility could make sense.
As investors continue to seek daily-liquid assets that are less correlated and/or hedged, the BXM and strategies focused on delivering similar return characteristics may begin to draw investor attention.


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February 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The United States embassy in Khartoum issued a statement condemning a pardon issued by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to a man who was convicted as an accomplice in the escape of four men who were sentenced to death over the killing of a US diplomat and his driver five years ago.
Mubarak Mustafa was released this month as a result of the amnesty, his lawyer Abu Bakr Abdel-Razik told local media last week. The Sudanese presidency has remained a silence over the issue.
John Granville, of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and his driver, Abdurrahman Abbas Rahma came under a hail of bullets before dawn on New Year's Day 2008. The incident remains an anomaly with foreigners in Sudan rarely targeted in assaults of this nature.
"The pardoning of Mustafa runs counter to previous assurances by the Government of Sudan to hold accountable all those involved in the murder of Granville and Rahma or those responsible in any way," the statement by the US embassy said.
"In the interest of justice, we urge the Government of Sudan to immediately rescind the pardon and return Mustafa to prison to serve out his term. Failure to retract this pardon is contrary to the commitment of both the United States and Sudan to combat terrorism and hold accountable those responsible for terrorist acts".
Sudanese authorities eventually managed to capture five men, believed to be belonging to the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Tawhid, and charged them with the killing of Granville and his driver.
Four of them were sentenced to death by hanging in 2009 but a year later they managed to escape from death row in Khartoum's maximum-security Kober prison.
The warden of Kober prison was suspended from duty over the incident but was later reinstated after being cleared from negligence.
One of them was recaptured while another was reportedly killed in Somalia. The other two remain at large and the US has offered a $10 million reward to anyone with information leading to their capture.
In late December Al-Qaeda affiliate released a detailed 41-minute video on YouTube purportedly filmed inside prison showing the escape route and plan of the four men.


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Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory lung disease involving recurrent breathing problems. The characteristics of asthma are three airway problems:
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- inflammation
- hyper-responsiveness
What are the symptoms of asthma?
The following are the most common symptoms for asthma. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently.
In some cases, the only symptom is a chronic cough, especially at night, or coughing or wheezing that occurs only with exercise. Some people think they have recurrent bronchitis, since respiratory infections usually settle in the chest in a person predisposed to asthma.
Asthma may resemble other respiratory problems such as emphysema, bronchitis, and lower respiratory infections. If it is not detected, many people with asthma do not know they have it. Consult your physician for a diagnosis.
What causes asthma?
The basic cause of the lung abnormality in asthma is not yet known, although healthcare professionals have established that it is a special type of inflammation of the airway that leads to the following:
- contraction of airway muscles
- mucus production
- swelling in the airways
It is important to know that asthma is not caused by emotional factors - as commonly believed years ago. Emotional anxiety and nervous stress can cause fatigue, which may affect the immune system and increase asthma symptoms, or aggravate an attack. However, these reactions are considered to be more of an effect than a cause.
What happens during an asthma attack?
Persons with asthma have acute episodes when the air passages in their lungs get narrower, and breathing becomes more difficult. These problems are caused by an oversensitivity of the lungs and airways.
- Lungs and airways overreact to certain triggers and become inflamed and clogged.
- Breathing becomes harder and may hurt.
- There may be coughing.
- There may be a wheezing or whistling sound, which is typical of asthma. Wheezing occurs because:
- muscles that surround the airways tighten, and the inner lining of the airways swells and pushes inward.
- membranes that line the airways secrete extra mucus.
- the mucus can form plugs that further block the air passages.
- the rush of air through the narrowed airways produces the wheezing sounds.
What are the risk factors for an asthma attack?
Although anyone may have an asthma attack, it most commonly occurs in:
- children, by the age of 5
- adults in their 30s
- adults older than 65
- people living in urban communities
Other factors include:
- family history of asthma
- personal medical history of allergies
How is asthma diagnosed?
To diagnose asthma and distinguish it from other lung disorders, physicians rely on a combination of medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests, which may include:
- spirometry - a spirometer is a device used by your physician that assesses lung function. Spirometry, the evaluation of lung function with a spirometer, is one of the simplest, most common pulmonary function tests and may be necessary for any/all of the following reasons:
- to determine how well the lungs receive, hold, and utilize air
- to monitor a lung disease
- to monitor the effectiveness of treatment
- to determine the severity of a lung disease
- to determine whether the lung disease is restrictive (decreased airflow) or obstructive (disruption of airflow)
- peak flow monitoring (PFM) - a device used to measure the fastest speed in which a person can blow air out of the lungs. During an asthma or other respiratory flare up, the large airways in the lungs slowly begin to narrow. This will slow the speed of air leaving the lungs and can be measured by a PFM. This measurement is very important in evaluating how well or how poorly the disease is being controlled.
- chest x-rays - a diagnostic test which uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
- blood tests - to analyze the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the blood.
- allergy tests
Treatment for asthma:
Specific treatment for asthma will be determined by your physician based on:
- your age, overall health, and medical history
- extent of the disease
- your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
- expectations for the course of the disease
- your opinion or preference
As of yet, there is no cure for asthma. However, it can often be controlled with prescription medications that may help to prevent or relieve symptoms, and by learning ways to manage episodes.
Managing asthma:
People with asthma can learn to identify and avoid the things that trigger an episode, and educate themselves about medications and other asthma management strategies.
According to the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:
- Asthma is a chronic disease. It has to be cared for all the time - not just when symptoms are present.
- The four parts of continually managing asthma are:
- Identify and minimize contact with asthma triggers.
- Understand and take medications as prescribed.
- Monitor asthma to recognize signs when it is getting worse.
- Know what to do when asthma gets worse.
- The four parts of continually managing asthma are:
- Working with a healthcare professional is the best way to take care of asthma.
- The more information a person with asthma has, the better asthma can be controlled.
Four components of asthma treatment:
- The use of objective measures of lung function- spirometry, peak flow expiratory flow rate - to access the severity of asthma, and to monitor the course of treatment.
- The use of medication therapy designed to reverse and prevent the airway inflammation component of asthma, as well as to treat the narrowing airways.
- The use of environmental control measures to avoid or eliminate factors that induce or trigger asthma flare-ups, including the consideration of immunotherapy.
- Patient education that includes a partnership among the patient, family members, and the physician.


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Computer security has been described as a game of one-upmanship, an ongoing escalation of techniques as both sides attempt to find new ways to assault and protect system vulnerabilities. The most prevalent forms of incursion over the last decade have been aimed at computer memory -- and of these, the newest, most popular weapon of choice for attackers is a technique known as "heap spraying."
Heap spraying works by allocating multiple objects containing the attacker's exploit code in the program's heap, the area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation. Many recent high-profile attacks, such as an Internet Explorer exploit in December 2008 and one of Adobe Reader in February 2009, were examples of heap spraying.
Heap-spray attacks are difficult to detect reliably, but Ben Livshits and Ben Zorn, researcher and principal researcher at Microsoft Research Redmond, respectively, have been studying this problem. They are confident that, in Nozzle, they have a tool for identifying heap-spray attacks that is reliable, general, and practical. During the 18th Usenix Security Symposium, not only did they present their paper, Nozzle: A Defense Against Heap-spraying Code Injection Attacks, co-authored with Paruj Ratanaworabhan of Cornell University, but they also showed a live demo of their solution.
A Brief History of Memory Exploits
The goal of any attack is to get the targeted computer to run exploit code supplied by the attacker. To achieve this, two things must happen: The code must end up on the computer, and the computer must run that code.
The earliest type of memory exploit took advantage of buffer-stack overflows. Attackers found ways to overwrite a buffer on the stack and used that vulnerability to change or insert program code to make the program jump to instructions provided by the attacker. Stack-overflow attacks diminished in effectiveness as programming languages evolved to prevent buffer overflows.
Memory exploits then focused on heap-based overflows, in which, instead of placing instructions on the stack, attackers found ways to insert them into the program's heap. Nowadays, heap-based exploits are more difficult to achieve. Operating systems such as Windows Vista use a technique called "address-based layout randomization," in which the base address of the code, the heap, and the stack change each time the program runs. This prevents attackers from reliably predicting target addresses for code locations, and if there is one copy of the exploit code in a large heap, it's akin to finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Heap spraying circumvents this challenge by allocating, or "spraying," multiple copies of exploit code to increase the odds of finding a copy in the heap. The attacker can allocate hundreds of thousands of copies of exploit code into the heap. All that's needed is for one random program jump to land on one copy of such code, and a successful attack begins.
But how does an outside entity manage to allocate thousands of copies of exploit code onto a remote computer?


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What's in a Name?
Sonoma State University is well known for its academic excellence, savvy students and illustrious/esteemed alumni who positively affect an international community with creativity, critical thinking and a sense of global responsibility.
A strong brand identity reinforces those qualities and helps distinguish Sonoma State from other universities. It also contributes to its reputation, and thus its ability to recruit outstanding students, faculty and staff, and engage alumni and the community.
Placement of the University logo, use of its colors, and how staff members refer to themselves help define the Sonoma State identity, and are critical to maintaining a consistent style and voice among the various publics, both on and off campus. The Identity Toolkit is intended to provide guidance on how to best showcase SSU's visual representation in those realms.
This section is essentially a living document and will be updated as needed. We invite you to look through this Identity Toolkit and contact me with any questions or suggestions.
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The thin man with the bright blue eyes and ready smile, walking the little dog named Big. Kip Lawrence Powell was born at home in Keego Harbor, Mich., to Frank and Virginia Powell (Patterson). After his father"s death in 1958 when Kip was only 2 months old, his mother moved the family to Arizona where Kip spent most of his childhood and developed a love for the Arizona Cardinals Football team.
In 1966 his adventurist mother relocated to California and discovered and fell in love with Fort Bragg. Kip went to grade school and high school in Fort Bragg. He worked for many years at the County of Mendocino and then drove a logging truck on the coast. Kip had a great sense of humor and told many stories of his adventures in his truck.
Besides his faithful dog, Big Fella, he is survived by his wife, Susan, daughters, Christina Powell and Jennifer Sotelo, a granddaughter, Abby, and a grandson, Julius, sisters, Penny, Susan, Judy and Carol and brothers, Barney, John and Rowdy, plus many nieces and nephews in California, Arizona, Florida and Michigan, and by many friends. Kip was preceded in death by his beloved sister, Sherry, and his mother and father.
Kip had many friends and acquaintances and was grateful for all the kindnesses shown him during his illness by his special friend, Kim Perkins, and her beautiful boys, the Four Square Church, Hospice, Alcoholics Anonymous and the Hospitality House for caring and sharing with him at his time of need and their acceptance of him when others rejected him. Kip will be remembered by many. I know that another Christmas Angel will be in heaven watching out for all the ones he loved.
Memorial services will be held after the death of Big Fella at Glass Beach. (To be announced).


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Big Sioux Crests Below Record; I-29 to Re-Open
There's good news from the lower Big Sioux River in the southeastern corner of South Dakota.
The National Weather Service says the river crested at Sioux City early Friday, below expectations and below the record level.
State Emergency Management officials say that means Interstate 29 at North Sioux City, SD can be open again later Friday.
The highway had been closed between the Vermillion exit and Sioux City so crews could build a levee at Exit 4 to hold the water back.
State officials say the road surface on I-29 stayed dry.


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McCoy to give graduation address
PLAINVIEW - Brian McCoy of San Marcos, owner and chief executive officer for McCoy's Building Supply Centers, will give the keynote address for Wayland Baptist University's winter commencement ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.
Approximately 65 students will receive diplomas ranging from baccalaureate to master's degrees during the ceremony, to be held in Harral Memorial Auditorium. Joell Beagle, a senior from Alamogordo, N.M., will give the student address.
A native of Galveston, McCoy earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Texas Tech University. McCoy's company operates 85 locations in five states. McCoy is also chairman of the board and majority owner of Balcones Bank in San Marcos. Additionally, he is a partner in McCoy Land & Cattle Company, a cow-calf operation with land holdings in far West Texas.
Active in church and civic affairs, McCoy also serves on the board of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas, KIXL Broadcasting and Intimate Life Ministries.
McCoy and wife Wetonnah are involved in marriage and family ministry at Solid Rock Church, where he serves as trustee. The couple has a grown son, Reid, who serves in the U.S. Navy, and a daughter, Meagan, a senior at the University of Richmond in Virginia.


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With more English learners in American schools, it's important to equip teachers to make learning accessible for all students. A new tool for coaching teachers can help schools meet this challenge.
Angela Sandino writes about strategies that school leaders can follow to create optimal conditions for their teachers with English learners in their classrooms.
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Do English learner students miss more class time due to discipline than their non-English learner peers? Art Burke examines this and other questions in his newly published REL Northwest study.
My sister is about to become the first college graduate in our family, and we were chatting recently about the things that our future holds as well as our childhood. We were looking through some old baby pictures—cringe-worthy ones, may I add—and we started talking a lot about our upbringing. Both
In our region—Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington—young people between the ages of 13 and 17 are more than twice as likely to be foreign-born immigrants than children from birth to the age of 12. Oregon and Washington have the greatest concentration of immigrant adolescents, where there
Looking at the assets (rather than the deficits) of English learners is a way of reframing the conversation.
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While in an UVNC session, I always have to check the option "Snap to grid" manually (for the desktop icons) in the context menu of the desktop of the remote machine, because that option is unchecked after I started an UVNC session, even after making sure it was checked right before I started the UVNC session.
After such a session it is still unchecked, if I don't check it within the session.
Both computers are in the same home network, btw.
What can I do do have that option permanently checked, please?
I'm on XP Home SP3 and UVNC 126.96.36.199.1 for both of my computers.
I haven't updated to 22.214.171.124.2, yet, since I found the latest update just a few minutes ago.
I will update to that version tomorrow.
Problem solved (hopefully!).
After the mentioned update, it didn't happen again, so far.
I guess, something about the previous installation got broken, lately.
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For "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Kyacey Uscola (18-15), former WEC champion Doug "The Rhino" Marshall (12-3) is just a minor obstacle.
The real test comes from within.
"I can take him down all day long, but I'm stubborn," Uscola told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I just like banging, and its gotten me in trouble. I've lost a couple of fights that I should have won."
When Uscola meets Marshall in the main event of Thursday's GoFightLive.tv broadcast-Tachi Palace Fights 6 event, standing and banging will likely not be "Ice Cold's" best option. A former heavyweight turned WEC light heavyweight champion turned middleweight contender, Marshall packs dynamite in his right hand.
Uscola, who owns 12 knockout or TKO wins of his own, must resist the urge to prove a point, and he knows it.
"I think this is a very beatable opponent," Uscola said. "I think he's pretty much one-dimensional. I'm not afraid of being on top of him at all. I'm not going to get submitted. The only thing I've got to worry about is his big right hand.
"He has low kicks that I'm going to check the [expletive] out of and get takedowns off of. This is one of those fights where I'm switching my gameplan and I'm going to use what works for me. I kill everybody in the gym by taking them down and smashing them. I can stand on my feet with anybody, pretty much, but the smart thing to do is to take him down. That's what I'm going to do."
Whether he'll stick to the plan, of course, remains to be seen. Uscola has been fighting professionally since 2004, but taking the smart approach hasn't always been his hallmark. While his record is somewhat pedestrian, it deserves a closer inspection.
In 2007, Uscola fought Chael Sonnen and Gegard Mousasi in back-to-back outings.
In a span of just eight months in 2009, he fought three future UFC fighters in Kyle Noke, Michael Guymon and Xavier Foupa-Pokam.
Go further back, and you'll see fights with Trevor Prangley and Joey Villasenor. There are early career losses to Josh Burkman and Jaime Jara, too.
But of course, to be at the top level of the game, one must take fights such as those. Of course, you don't necessarily have to take them in the manner Uscola did.
"I was just content with going through my life and making my paychecks when they came and doing my things on the side," Uscola said. "My whole career, I was always like, 'Hell yeah, I'll take that fight.' It's nipped me in the ass really."
Did Uscola stay in shape between fights? Not really. Did he ask for ample preparation time? Nope. Did he have A-level training partners sharpening his game in practice? Not for much of his life.
But now all that's changed, and it all happened during the filming of "The Ultimate Fighter." Sure, the show itself – the competition, the training, the exposure – all helped, but it was an event that took place back at home that really changed things.
Charles Champ Uscola, Kyacey's first child, was born.
"I'm not out doing my wild things like I used to be," Uscola said. "I'm at home with my girl and with my child. I've got to take it a little bit more serious these days. I've got more than just me to look out for.
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The first examination comes Thursday night.
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I see settled science has settled again. Anthropogenic Climate Change (AGW) is a bore and its believers even bigger bores, but what sustains it? Is it the harbinger of a new religion – or rather an ancient, pre-rational religion in a new guise? Check out these bonkers quotes to test the idea.
- If there is to be any hope of avoiding civilization-threatening climate disruption, the U.S. and other nations must act immediately and aggressively on an unprecedented scale. That means moving to emergency footing. War footing. "Hitler is on the march and our survival is at stake" footing.
- Britain's winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives.
- We, the people, demand the President of the United States and it's legislative body recognize Climate Change as great and Grave a threat to this nation as they would any other aggressive enemy. We demand that the President and Congress act against Climate Change as they have acted against Saddam Husein, Bin Laden, and Hitler for that matter
There are shed loads of this stuff – much of it even more bizarre and extreme than the examples above.
Yet why do people claim to believe in AGW when their lifestyles give the game away just as emphatically as the silliness of their words?
How many AGW cult members have moved to a carbon neural lifestyle? Or is it merely self-serving rhetoric – asking nothing from middle class believers in the way of inconvenient lifestyle adjustments?
How many refuse to consume electricity, fossil fuels, plastics and powered transport? How many eat no food produced beyond walking distance? How many do without clothes, mobile phone, computer, fridge, freezer, heating, lighting, bricks, mortar, water supply or sewage disposal? How many refuse to use computers?
Okay, so more rational folk probably don't expect AGW cultists to build Iron Age villages all over the place, but something rather more convincing than solar panels and recycling is surely indicated if we are to accept their professed beliefs as genuine.
Yes the whole silly business is a tedious bore and has been for some years, but why are the AGW believers such fanatical and unrepentant liars? They no more believe CO2 to be dangerous than I do.
They don't even acknowledge the jaw-dropping dishonesty of it all as they hurtle down the motorway at 80mph in a Toyota Prius before jetting off on their hols. I don't begrudge them the modern comforts and the consumption, but why lard it with lies? Why the scams? Why the frauds? Why did science have to be thrown to the bureaucratic wolves?
Yet people still claim to believe in AGW. Businesses claim to be observing the mantras and climate change legislation hasn't been repealed. The science is falling apart because the climate won't play ball and politicians sense an uninterested public. Yet still the lies come.
It tells us something about ancient cults, human nature and the sneaking, alluring rhythm of the political drumbeat – not the climate.


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Published 1/6/2014, Highlands Ranch Herald
I just cut a Box Top for Education out of a cereal box to earn a few cents for my children's school. It is mid-year, so I expect to get a second request for school supplies soon, too. Meanwhile, the district office continues to waste money on advancing their political agenda, while breaking the law in the process.
The Douglas County School District has just been found guilty of violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act by hiring a consultant to write a favorable report about the district, then disseminating it to 85,000 people as if it was an independently written report, thereby influencing voters.
Not only was that illegal, but it cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars that should be spent in our classrooms. The district paid for the writing of the report, then paid outside legal counsel to defend their illegal act. Now they are promising to appeal, which will cost thousands more in legal fees, in addition to the hours spent by district personnel obtaining the report and defending their actions.
I am disgusted that our school district would stoop to dishonest behavior to win an election and waste taxpayer dollars in the process, instead of concentrating on educating our children and providing them the tools they need to learn.
Responsibility, honesty, and respect are some of the character traits my children's school strives to instill in its students. I would expect to see those traits in the people in charge of the schools. All district officials who were involved in this deceit should lose their jobs. As taxpayers, they work for us and need to be held accountable.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sociology is a highly esteemed field with a massive canon of literature, but according to Andrea Tapia, an associate professor at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), many sociologists are not well-versed in using social media to promote their research and activities. As a recently appointed member of the American Sociological Association's (ASA) new Task Force on Social Media, she will have an opportunity to help other sociologists gain greater exposure by using social media as a publicity and networking tool.
"The purpose of this task force is to increase the visibility of sociological research through social media," Tapia said. "We will consider specific ways to improve ASA's use of existing (and new) social media tools and to develop approaches for the association to help sociologists expand their personal skills to promote their own sociological scholarship."
Tapia, who is one of 12 to 16 members of the task force, said that the honor of being chosen is especially rewarding due to the size of the ASA. The association has more than 14,000 members and is home to 44 special interest sections with more than 21,000 members and hosts an annual meeting with more than 6,000 participants.
Tapia, who has a doctorate in sociology from the University of New Mexico, has expertise in social research methods and social theory, applying those to the study of information and communication technologies and their context of development, implementation and use. Her work has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, United Nations and Penn State's Schreyer Honors College.
According to Tapia, the ASA has "worked hard to keep pace with the changes in social media" by adopting practices such as maintaining a Facebook page and working with Twitter. However, she added, many sociologists lack the experience and knowledge to fully utilize social media. While in graduate school, sociology students are required to read an extensive amount of literature that goes back hundreds of years but do not receive comparable training in using online tools.
"The purpose of the task force is to think more broadly about ways in which we can help to shine a bright light on sociology," she said. "For example, many members are eager to promote their books. But some members don't quite know how to go about it."
Tapia has been ahead of the curve in regards to using social media to promote her publications and build her professional network. She says she has found Twitter to be particularly useful as a backchannel at professional conferences to promote dialogue among attendees.
The Task Force on Social Media will hold its first face-to-face meeting at the ASA Annual Meeting in New York City on Aug. 10. The bulk of the task force work will be done by sub-committees operating electronically and by conference calls over the next 18 months. There will be a second face-to-face meeting in August 2014 at the ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.