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St. Bonaventure University presented alumni from three decades with William P. "Stax" McCarthy Alumnus of the Year honors during the annual Reunion Weekend, held June 7-9 on campus.
Honored were Larry Weise, '58, Robert Mantilia, '73, and Denise Romand, '83. The award is named in memory of former annual fund and alumni director William "Stax" McCarthy, '72, and is presented to a St. Bonaventure graduate who offers continued service to the university and captures the spirit of Saints Francis, Bonaventure and Clare.
"We are grateful to all of our honorees for their extraordinary support and contributions to the rich history of St. Bonaventure," said Monica Mattioli, '77, executive director of Alumni Operations.
After starring on Eddie Donovan's first two National Invitation Tournament teams in the mid-1950s, Weise became the winningest men's basketball coach in school history, racking up 202 wins between 1961 and 1973.
Weise led the Bonnies to five postseason appearances: the National Catholic Invitational Tournament (NCIT) in 1963, the NIT in 1964 and 1971, and the NCAA Tournament in 1968 and 1970, when St. Bonaventure reached the Final Four.
Weise was the university's athletic director from 1973-1991, leading the university into the Atlantic 10 and serving as commissioner from 1985-1988. Weise was elected to the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1971.
A donor since 1985, Weise is retired and lives in Pittsford, N.Y., and North Port, Fla., with his wife, Julie. They have four grown children.
Mantilia has been a devoted university volunteer for 40 years. A longtime member of the National Alumni Association Board, he served as president from 1992-1994.
Mantilia has served also as chair of the Devereux Fund; national chair of the Bonaventure Fund; Matching Gift corporate captain; volunteer for the Office of Admissions SHARE program; and member of the university's President's Council and New York City Gaudete Committee.
A donor since 1973, Mantilia and his wife, Susan, '74, live in New Canaan, Conn., and have two grown children. He is senior vice president of Darien Rowayton Bank.
Romand has an extensive record as a volunteer with the Bonaventure Fund, Career and Professional Readiness Center, Office of Admissions, and as president of the Albany, N.Y., alumni chapter.
After graduating from St. Bonaventure, Romand served as an admissions counselor and transfer coordinator at the university from 1983-1986.
A donor since 1985, Romand lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She is a medical staff recruiter and practice liaison at Saratoga Hospital.
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Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, who had been in Sarasota, Fla., rehabbing from hip surgery, has rejoined the team and will travel with the O's throughout the postseason.
"This is something that I've wanted to experience for a long time," Roberts said. "It doesn't take a genius to know it would feel a lot better on the field, but at the same time, I'm extremely happy for the organization and the city and the fans and the Angelos family and everyone who's worked so hard through so many struggles the last 15 years to experience this."
Roberts, who had surgery Aug. 2 to repair a labrum tear, said he's taken a significant step in his rehab. On Monday he began running and doing leg strengthening exercises. He said he's optimistic he can be ready by the beginning of spring training.
"That's kind of your first major milestone," Roberts said of running. "Everything is good. It's going as smooth at it can go post-surgery. That's definitely the goal and we have it laid out pretty well at this point."
Roberts missed 13 months recovering from multiple concussions before returning June 12. His comeback lasted just 17 games before he was shelved with the hip injury.
Thome on playoff baseball in Baltimore
Designated hitter Jim Thome is the only player in the O's clubhouse who has experienced the feel of a playoff game at Camden Yards.
The 42-year-old Thome was a member of a Cleveland Indians team that beat the Orioles in the 1997 American League Championship Series, the O's most-recent playoff series. He also was on the Indians team that lost to the Orioles in the 1996 American League Division Series.
"Baltimore is a great baseball town. I've experienced it from the other side," Thome said. "I think when you haven't been there in a while the city is thirsting for a championship, and its fun to be on their side right now. Hey, let them have it."
Around the horn
The American League wild-card game is scheduled to begin at 8:37 p.m. Friday and will be televised on TBS. ... Wilson Betemit will likely head to Sarasota after Wednesday's game to begin hitting progression on his sore right wrist. ... Despite the fact that lefty Zach Britton hasn't made a start since Sept. 15, manager Buck Showalter said he remains a possibility to start in the postseason. ... The Orioles' 1-0 win Tuesday was their first without a plate appearance with runners in scoring position since Sept. 14, 2008, when they beat the Minnesota Twins, 7-3. Nick Markakis and Oscar Salazar each homered twice in that game, and Lou Montanez also homered.


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Dear Self,
On May 11, 2013 you ran your very first quarter marathon. You ran your first postpartum race, 10 months after giving birth to a You ran the farthest you have ever run in your life. You dedicated yourself to running 3-4 Times per week for the last 4+ months and stuck to it. So what happened last week? Did you know that you went 10 days without running? On top of that nine of those days you weren't working out either!
So how do you feel? Probably pretty sluggish, tired out and probably a little disappointed in yourself. Let's be honest there really isn't any good reason why you couldn't have gotten in a workout or a run. You were being lazy. You were getting in your own way.
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Wednesday you got out and did that run you were supposed to do Tuesday. On top of that you did it in the cold, windy rain while pushing Edith in the BOB. Nice job!
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Gary Oldman wrapped up his 3-day, 7-film retrospective at New York's Landmark Sunshine Cinema with a fun, extended Q&A after Wednesday night's screening of his Oscar-nominated performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The first time Academy Award nominee fielded questions from a theater filled with hundreds of his fans with nearly an hour. Oldman also hung around for autographs, pictures and additional questions. Hit the jump for stories from the set of The Dark Knight Rises, his paralyzing doubt on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and what he thought while watching Heath Ledger as The Joker.
The event, co-sponsored by Focus Features (Tinker Tailor's distributor) and WNYC (public radio) is one of several recent 3-day retrospectives of Oldman's work in Los Angeles and San Francisco, held in conjunction with the film's nationwide rollout. Sid & Nancy, JFK, The Contender, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Prick Up Your Ears and State Of Grace all screened in the days and hours before Wednesday night's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy showing.
The film is the latest adaptation of John Le Carre's novel. Sir Alec Guinness (Star Wars, Lawrence Of Arabia) preceded Oldman in the role of spy George Smiley, to huge success in a 1979 miniseries based on the book and a follow-up miniseries Smiley's People in 1982. The new version features several generations of elite UK actors, including John Hurt, Oldman, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy. The plot is a jigsaw puzzle of espionage, murder, and double agents. Any real explanation would involve far too many spoilers that would lead to a rather angry comments section below.
So, before you see the film, enjoy the highlights from Wednesday night's event:
-Oldman told the crowd his Tinker Tailor character, George Smiley, is dangerous because he fades into the background easily and that director Tomas Alfredson told him "You've sort of got to play boring. You can't BE boring." He compared Smiley to a "leopard in the jungle" that you don't see coming.
-On Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy petrifying him: "There's always an element of doubt and fear when you take on a project." He was, "for the first time (in his career), paralyzed with fear" due to the overwhelming success of Sir Alec Guinness' portrayal in the 1979 mini-series adaptation. He said, given the source material, he would have to "arrive at the same destination as Alec Guinness. It's not like Hamlet," where there is room for interpretation on age and level of sanity, with the Shakespearean creation.
-Also for the first time in his career, Oldman "dithered" for about a month, until he was "pressured" into doing the film that he is now grateful to have made. His doubt was so pronounced that one week into the shoot, as the director, Tomas Alfredson, filmed the opening sequence in Budapest (that did not require the star onset), Oldman called to say, "Maybe I'm not your man." He admitted that he was sure the producers would not have let him quit.
-Having lived in America for two decades, Oldman's British accent had changed over time and was compromised by too much time away from England. "I'll pronounce certain words (with an American accent) and I won't hear them." It presented a big issue when playing the Brit, Smiley. "Believe it or not, I (went) to a Jewish New Yorker voice coach (Elizabeth Himelstein) to get my English accent back." (He was in good hands with Himelstein, who's worked with dozens of stars challenged with dialect, including Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer on True Blood, Andrew Garfield on The Amazing Spider-Man and Drew Barrymore on Grey Gardens).
-On the Oscar nomination: "I'm having a terrific time… I think you can either be overwhelmed, stressed, cynical about the whole thing or you embrace it and enjoy it … I've been in the front cabin. I've always wondered what was beyond that curtain (in first class)."
-Funny Oscar luncheon story. Oldman deadpanned, "We had our picture taken. I met Meryl (Streep)." Then he relayed that in 1979, at his first acting job in theater, a teenage Janet McTeer was working the counter in the theater's cafe. They discussed her future and after she revealed that she wanted to be an actress and had just applied to the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts, he wished her luck. 33 years later, with Oldman nominated for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and McTeer nominated for Albert Nobbs, the two stood side-by-side in the "class picture" at the Oscar luncheon. He marveled, "She was (the) girl in the coffee bar. Amazing, isn't it?"
– Of the characters he's played: "They're all outsiders, in one way or another … you don't get offered every script." He said after the two films he did with Luc Besson, Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, he was typecast in villainous roles for years.
– On Dracula: He says, "I wanted to play that role just to say" the line, "I've crossed oceans of time to find you." Interestingly, Oldman delivers the line off-camera as the camera is on a tight shot of Winona Ryder's face.
-On Francis Ford Coppola's direction of Dracula: "It's a movie that ran away with Francis, a little. I think he had this idea that he wanted to do little corners of sets … and it just (became) an opera … a big grand thing for him." Going along with the grandiosity of that shoot, he later spoke of the famous wig, which he referred to as "Mickey Mouse ears" and "butthead." He added, "It was nice to see it parodied on The Simpsons."
-Oldman considered his 34 year-old Tinker Tailor and The Dark Knight Rises co-star Tom Hardy "sort of a contemporary" but "I've got 20 years on him, almost." He's reminded of his age "when Tom says '(I) used to watch you when I was a kid.'" Oldman admits he was the same way around John Hurt, who plays Oldman's superior in the film. "I was like a fanboy."
-Fatherhood: Referencing each of his three divorces as a "domestic accident… I've had a few," Oldman was a single father with two kids. He says as film production shifted to Eastern Europe, he turned down several films so he could stay closer to home. Oldman expressed gratitude for "the blessing" of his role as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter film series "falling from the sky," because it allowed him the freedom to raise his children, without being away too much. As his children have gotten older and Oldman is settled into a happy marriage, he says he may begin to pursue some of those roles again.
-Fans recognize him most often in public for Leon: The Professional. If I have the mustache and I'm wearing glasses, then it's Commissioner Gordon" from the Dark Knight films. However, he's "most famous at (his kids') school" for being the voice of Reznov in the Call of Duty video game series. "I drop my son off at the school and I'm leaving and (he) grabs a friend of his and runs to the gate and he goes 'Dad! Dad! Do Reznov!'"
-Oldman joked that the moment he realized he was going to be an actor was "when I realized I wasn't going to be a musician." He explained that it was actually an early experience seeing Malcolm McDowell onscreen with a mix of menace, vulnerability and unpredictability that drew him to acting.
-Oldman revealed the origin of his character, Drexl Spivey, in True Romance. He was in a trailer on the set of Romeo is Bleeding during a night shoot in Brooklyn, when he heard a group of guys walk by and one had a voice that struck him. He recalls, "I ran out and I said to this kid… Can I borrow you?" The two reviewed the True Romance script in the trailer with Oldman asking him "How would you say this?" and "What words here don't work?" The encounter led to the formation of Spivey.
– He gave up details on a key scene in The Dark Knight Rises: "There's an emotional scene coming up in the next Batman, which I am obviously, absolutely sworn to secrecy about… They would kill me. Well, I'd do the press junket and then they'd kill me." He said, "Watching Michael Caine work, as Alfred, was a great lesson for me. Just focus, concentration. He has this emotional scene. I'm kidding you not. It was tears and the whole thing. And it's 'Take 1.' (Oldman snaps his fingers) He got it. 'Take 2' (snaps his fingers again), Got it. Take 3 (snaps his fingers) Got it. He's just on the money. Every single time. It's just extraordinary… You get inspired by it." He added that Caine "loves cricket. He loves soccer. So, he comes to the set and (he) wants to get it done. He doesn't fuck around because he wants to get back to cricket." He even gave a little Caine impersonation, "I've got to get back."
-After praising director Mike Leigh's unconventional style of direction on their work together in the 1984 film Meantime, Oldman deadpanned "I would never work with Mike Leigh again. I'm too famous. I'm not too expensive. Too famous."
-He called Sid & Nancy, "a thorn in my side." Oldman didn't entirely back away from his past criticism of the film, saying, "It IS an old work. It's cold coffee for me… I'm hyper-critical of what I do and so I watch (it) and go, 'Oh, get off Gary.'"
-On playing the contained character of George Smiley "was liberating" after decades of emotionally and physically demanding roles. He used Dracula to make the point. Although the sets, makeup and wardrobe help, "the tears are Gary's tears. It's not Dracula crying. It's Gary crying. So, then you have to go somewhere to find it, and then that will contaminate you … there's a headspace that you have to be in to conjure it up. With Smiley, that melancholy or sadness that he walks around with" did not require Oldman "to demonstrate it or physicalize." He was "able to do that at home and then all I had to do was have it inside."
-Saying that age may prevent him from the type of outsized roles he played earlier in his career, he continued, "I look at Heath Ledger. You know, that extraordinary performance as the Joker, and I would think, rather you than me, kid. You know, I look at Tom Hardy and those actors (in) Warrior. What a f—ing day that must have been… You gotta do THAT. It's really asking something of someone and so (Tinker Tailor) was such a relief to keep it in."


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Canada's Alexandre Bilodeau performs a jump during practice for the men's freestyle skiing moguls competition on Cypress Mountain ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 11, 2010. REUTERS
WEST VANCOUVER - Alex Bilodeau lost his World Cup crown this season to Canadian expatriate Dale Begg-Smith.
He also fumbled away the tag of Canadian medal favourite in men's moguls on home snow.
But go ahead and tell Bilodeau his chances of knocking Begg-Smith off the podium rank about as high as a forecast for weeks of sunny skies in the Lower Mainland.
The Rosemere, Que. native believes it possible to conquer the so-called impossible.
"Talk to my brother," Bilodeau says. "The doctors told my parents he would not walk after he was 10 years old. And that he would be in a wheelchair all his life."
Now 28, Frederic Bilodeau plans to stand in the crowd tonight and cheer Alex on in his quest for gold.
Fredric has cerebral palsy.
"My brother is still walking and still skiing," says Bilodeau, 22. "He's pushing the limits every time. Even though his abilities are getting lower, he's trying to improve every time.
"So where's my limit? If he's still skiing, where is my limit?
Bilodeau stands to answer that question Sunday on Cypress Mountain (weather permitting) against the masters of the bumps from all over the world.
The most dominant among them, Begg-Smith, grew up just down the hill and over the highway in West Vancouver. A self-made Internet millionaire, Begg-Smith split from the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association back in 2001 over philosophical differences. In simple terms, the budding computer genius needed time in his moguls raining schedule so he could build his Internet advertising empire. So he moved to Australia and proceeded to win gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Bilodeau arrived on the international scene that same season and finished with a second-place ranking in the world. At the Olympics, the sensational rookie placed 11th.
"The guy was seen as a favourite almost in his first year on the World Cup," says coach Dominick Gauthier. "He won medals really quickly.
"But then he realized that you can rely on your talent, but you have to work on the physical side to become a better skier."
With 2006 gold medallist Jenn Heil as his training partner, Bilodeau has worked on the physical side. Hard.
He's a regular visitor to the legendary "puke bucket" on hand at their gym in Montreal.
"Jen has a lot of experience winning, and that's something priceless," Bilodeau says. " I have the mentality that you learn from the best.
"So training with the best is the best way to go."
Bilodeau became the best last year. He captured the World Cup overall title as the winner of four straight World Cup events.
On two of those occasions, Canadians swept the podium with Bilodeau, Vincent Marquis and Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau winning various shades of gold, silver and bronze.
This season, Bilodeau is ranked fourth in the world. Marquis sits in ninth place followed by Maxime Gingras (10th) and Rousseau (17th.) Begg-Smith missed almost all of last season with a blown-out knee. He's back and blowing away the competition with three golds and two silvers in five World Cup events.
But Gauthier, for one, believes Bilodeau can knock Begg-Smith — along with Jesper Bjoernlund, of Sweden, and Guilbaut Colas, of France — off the podium.
Provided he skis and jumps to his potential. Provided he reaches for his personal limits and maybe even exceeds them.
"Look at Fred," Gauthier says. "He's really smart. He knows more than I ever would about the history of Rome and the history of Paris. He's just slow physically, unfortunately.
"And I think Fred is a great inspiration. When Alex has a bad day on the hill, he remembers it's tough for Fred from the first time he puts his foot on the floor in the morning. And he goes through it all with a big smile.
"That helps Alex be a kid with his feet on the ground as much as his feet are up in the air."


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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is something of a polarizing figure. His loud, bombastic style on stage stands in stark contrast to the generally more reserved demeanours of other CEOs, and his tendency to gloss over what he sees as irrelevant detail with a cavalier "blah blah blah" rubs many the wrong way. Even after thirty years at Microsoft, Ballmer is nothing if not enthusiastic about the company and the work it does, and sometimes that enthusiasm boils over.
The contrast is particularly striking when we look at Apple. Though there are certainly similarities between Jobs and Ballmer—neither CEO is a straight-laced, buttoned-down, ordinary businessman, both have high-profile public images and personas, and both, apparently, have tempers—Steve Jobs is seen as almost the diametric opposite of Steve Ballmer. Steve Jobs does go off the reservation from time to time, but his manner is orderly, precise, and controlled.
The different characters of the two men lead to very different perceptions in the media and beyond. When Steve Jobs makes an absurd pronouncement—for example, his recent (and thoroughly dishonest) claim that Apple's Facetime is "the first video calling on mobile devices"—he's almost allowed to get away with it. It's just part of the Reality Distortion Field, the aura of marketing spin (and occasionally outright deceit) that surrounds the man. Rather than criticizing that the guy is living in a fantasy land, it's just attributed to the strength of his vision and belief in the company's products.
On the other hand, when Steve Ballmer says that "we're early" on mobile—a reasonable statement in the broader context of the speech he was giving (the modern era of the smartphone market is still in its infancy, and it is still early in the Windows Phone 7 lifecycle)—unscrupulous hacks are happy to invent new context just so they can paint the man as "bonkers." That's not to say Ballmer gets everything right—his early predictions about the iPhone now look wildly misguided, and he would have been better served being a bit more guarded and circumspect. But bonkers? That's not at all justified.
Ballmer's sanity and enthusiasm were both on display when I sat down to speak with the man himself. My time with Ballmer was brief. Twenty minutes, slap-bang in the middle of the keynote presentation at PDC. While Bob Muglia was on stage talking about Windows Azure, I ducked out of the presentation to have a chat with Steve. After a brief mix-up over meeting rooms—Microsoft has an awful lot of meeting rooms—we were together, along with Frank Shaw, corporate vice president of corporate communications. Steve, drained from his on-stage performance, made a beeline for the soda selection—Microsoft has an awful lot of soda, too—and grabbed a Pepsi. "I'm running on fumes," he exhaled as he cracked open the can.
It's dangerous to form too many opinions of people in this kind of context. Naturally, company representatives tend to be on their best behavior when talking on-the-record to journalists. Microsoft employees are, in my experience, frustratingly well-trained and careful about what they say. Though the CEO obviously has more freedom than the rank and file, one nonetheless expects him to be somewhat guarded, and to only give answers that are politically acceptable and in line with existing public information. Though sometimes, even public information can surprise people.
In person, Steve Ballmer was as enthusiastic, emphatic, and excitable as he appears on stage. Key points were reinforced with a clap of the hands, gestures, sketches on whiteboards. He was also jokey and self-deprecating—and interested in Ars and its operations.
The cloud
The big themes at PDC were cloud computing and Windows Phone 7, and it's with cloud computing that I kicked off the questioning.
Ballmer has made clear that "the cloud" is of strategic importance to Microsoft. He describes the company as being "all-in" on the cloud: products like Windows Azure and Exchange Online have the potential to be hugely damaging to Microsoft (they could devastate license revenue as people switch to cheaper online services instead of running their own servers), but if the company gets it right, and becomes a dominant provider of these services, they could cement its status as the cornerstone of business computing for decades to come. What's not so clear is what this means for Microsoft's considerable consumer business.
Ars Technica: I can see how cloud computing is pretty transformational for the enterprise market, both with Azure and Exchange Online, that kind of thing—you're covering a wide range of stuff there. Can you see a similar transformation taking place in the consumer space? What sort of shape that would take, what sort of timeframes, because the enterprise is happening now.
Steve Ballmer: Well in a sense I'd tell you that I think the consumer stuff is happening now but this may be definitional, so let me explain what I think will happen in the consumer space. Number one, the percentage of applications that consumers use that are cloud-based is probably already higher than the percentage of applications that business people use that are cloud-based. That's number one.
Number two, the developers who build sites for consumers have every bit, if not more—and I'd say probably more—motivation and more open-mindedness about using cloud-based back-end to target consumers than enterprise developers do, both because they tend to either be already in the consumer world, or because they tend to be smaller. And if they're smaller, then [there are] advantages particularly for something like Azure, where you can get rapid deployment and a high-level management I'd say almost for free.
AT: So it's very easy to start small and get bigger as you need.
SB: That's right, that's right. So it fits well with the consumer world.
There is certainly some truth in what he says. Regular consumers have been using "cloud e-mail" en masse for many years, and while this kind of outsourced e-mail provision is common in small businesses, it's still quite unusual in larger organizations. The integration of cloud mail into a wide range of organizations represents a switch to a more consumer-like way of using mail services.
But overall, the response doesn't really answer the question. It might well be the case that home users never see a great transformation—the lure of local processing power and storage is enormous, as it's a great enabler for a lot of things—but that's looking less certain than it once was.
I don't think that we're ever going to live in the Sun fantasy world of network computers, where we only have dumb terminals and all the power is elsewhere, but I think there's clearly going to be a greater mix of devices. Windows Phone 7 is already cloud-synced for the most part; it needs the Zune software for loading music, but even that is something that will diminish in the future as mobile networks improve. Future tablets will almost certainly have a similar dependence on the cloud for storage and backups. It just makes sense: using the cloud for mass storage protects your data, and that's extremely valuable for these highly portable, easily losable (or stealable) gadgets. These are areas that will almost certainly expand, and these devices will equally occupy a greater part of our lives.
They won't be able to do everything, and the conventional PC won't disappear. But even it, too, can benefit from such things as online backups and simpler application delivery. One of the features suggested for Windows 8 is a kind of reset switch that would allow a PC to be restored to its factory configuration but without wiping out stored data or desirable applications. Being able to retrieve that data and those applications from the cloud would make this kind of capability a cinch. It would offer the same kind of convenience as Steam does for games and game settings, but for the entire PC.
And then we get into even more exotic applications; Microsoft's Office 365 provides cloud-based access to various Office tools, but we could envisage this going further still—selling remote access to the Office desktop applications running on remote virtual machines, for example. It doesn't make much sense to run every application virtually in this way, but for Excel to balance a checkbook once a month, or Word to write a school report once a week, it could be the right approach: better software than the Web applications but without those pesky piracy concerns.
Of course, that might be too close to network computers and dumb terminals; it may never fly, even if it would make sense for some users. But if Microsoft is really "all-in," the company should be saying something about these kinds of scenarios, I think. The point of being "all in" is that you have a make-or-break commitment: if it pays off, you win big, and if it doesn't, you lose everything.
Now obviously, the CEO of a company Microsoft's size doesn't get to literally bet the farm on any one product or venture—even the bankers aren't that stupid—but if the cloud is really fundamental to Microsoft's future, and that's certainly company's message, then I think the company should be telling us more: the impact in the enterprise space is important, of course, but the consumer space is also a substantial part of Microsoft's business.


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Global demand for food will double in coming decades, through population growth and rising levels of consumption. Ensuring the planet produces enough food for all in a sustainable way will be a real challenge, and climate change will hamper our efforts if it is not tackled.
Food security is crucial to helping the poorest countries help themselves out of poverty. This is why the United Kingdom is leading on making food security an issue that is discussed at a global level. Starting at the upcoming G-8 summit, we will help launch a new alliance to lift 50 million out of poverty over the next ten years, using private sector investment to help people achieve the food security we all take for granted in the U.K.
For nearly 50 years, there were grain mountains in Europe and North America, with prices at historic lows. Yet hundreds of millions of people still faced chronic hunger and malnourishment, which blighted generation after generation of children. One in three Africans still go hungry today, in a world of plenty, so it is vital we help the poorest people access the food that is available.
The simple reality is that people go hungry because they are poor. Perversely, poverty is deepest and most extensive among rural populations dependent on agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forests for their livelihoods and food security.
Part of the answer clearly lies in supporting wider economic growth. But rural poverty will persist unless we step up efforts to transform smallholder agriculture. Smallholder farmers in Africa can achieve much higher yields with increased use of fertilisers, irrigation and improved varieties of seeds. The key to unlocking this potential on a huge scale is political leadership combined with private sector involvement.
We must tackle difficult policy issues such as land tenure, agricultural subsidies and the regulatory environment for trade and investment. Public spending must be well targeted. When the public and private sectors work together, from the smallholder farmer to the large-scale agribusiness, trade and investment can take off. That is why the U.K. Department for International Development is supporting, for example, Aid for Trade in Africa, challenge funds that support innovative agricultural enterprise development and partnership, and land reform in Rwanda enabling women to own the land they farm.
Agriculture and climate change
When transforming agricultural practices, it is crucial we also pay close attention to environmental issues. Many parts of the developing world are already facing serious problems of deforestation, fresh water scarcity and pollution, and land degradation and desertification alongside loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity.
The long and dark shadow of climate change means rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, which will reduce average agricultural yields by over a quarter in some African countries. More urgently, extreme weather events, particularly dry spells and periods of extreme heat, will lead to crop failure and local food crises. We must therefore build resilience to shocks and stresses at every level of the system, from livelihoods to national policies and institutions, when planning for sustainable agriculture and food security.
Climate adaptation funds must be used to help rural farmers, the majority of whom are women, who otherwise face a bleak future. The U.K.'s support for Climate Investment Funds is helping 45 developing countries pilot low-emissions and climate-resilient development to achieve growth and reduce poverty.
Finally, climate change is intimately linked to the global demand for energy, which is driven by the growth of emergent economies and projected to increase steadily. New sources of fossil fuel are being discovered and developed – but generally at higher cost than in the past. We must all drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions if global temperature increases are to be kept within a safe level. This means investing in renewable energy sources or improving the efficiency and carbon capture from fossil fuel power stations. This is why the U.K. announced its continued support for the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program at the Sustainable Energy for All conference in London.
Global food prices are becoming increasingly linked to energy prices as the main costs of food production, such as fertilisers, transport and cold storage are all energy-related. While the prospect of food prices generally increasing is good news for farmers, this does not help the urban poor, rural landless or the hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers who do not produce enough to feed their family, let alone sell to market.
The urgency of helping smallholder farmers seize economic opportunities cannot be understated. This help needs to be underpinned by a clear vision of the looming challenges of climate change and planetary limits to land, water and energy sources. The U.K. will play a full and constructive part in the discussions at Rio to ensure a future without hunger and a world without poverty, looking at how to support the green economy, provide sustainable energy for all and recognition of GDP+. And the U.K. will continue to fight the ravages of climate change, build resilience to climate shocks and support economic growth.
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Racial Justice Online Lecture (2 CEUs)
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Advancing Racial Justice in Our Communities: Organizing Together for Racial Justice Online Lecture (2 CEUs)
Presented by: John H. Jackson, Ed.D., J.D.
Themes explored include current issues on racism, particularly in the wake of increased violence, police use of force, and unrest on college campuses. Dr. Jackson speaks on the need to address shifting the thought from "achievement gap" to "opportunity gap" when explaining the differences in accomplishment along racial, ethnic, and gender lines. We are looking for inspiration for all of us to work together to be part of the solution to create programs and influence policy both in education and in our communities.
Lecture Objectives:
1. How bias and prejudice develop, and how they become structured into institutions and systems.
2. How stereotypes inform our implicit biases and how implicit bias impacts our interactions.
3. Explore norms and learn strategies for having open and honest conversations about the content.
Click here to take this online course: http://continuingeducation.socialwork.wayne.edu/advancing-racial-justice-lecture
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WASHINGTON — Three years after President Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules, execution of the law is behind schedule with scores of regulations yet to be written, let alone enforced. Meeting privately with the nation's top financial regulators on Monday, Obama prodded them to act more swiftly.
The president's push comes as the five-year anniversary of the nation's financial near-meltdown approaches. The law, when passed in 2010, was considered a milestone in Obama's presidency, a robust response to the crisis that led to a massive government bailout to stabilize the financial markets.
But the slow pace of implementation has prompted administration concern that banks could still pose potentially calamitous risks to the economy and to taxpayers. Obama hoped to convey "the sense of urgency that he feels," spokesman Josh Earnest said before the president convened the meeting with the eight independent regulators in the White House Roosevelt Room.
Lehman Brothers collapsed into bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, and the administration has wanted to use that dubious milestone to look back on the lessons of the crisis and progress so far to prevent a recurrence. In a statement at the conclusion of the meeting, the White House said Obama commended the regulators for their work "but stressed the need to expeditiously finish implementing the critical remaining portions of Wall Street reform to ensure we are able to prevent the type of financial harm that led to the Great Recession from ever happening again."
Not everyone feels that way about the law, known as Dodd-Frank after its Democratic sponsors, Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Christopher Dodd.
Republican House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, an early opponent of Dodd-Frank, dismissed Obama's meeting with the regulators, saying, "Much like Obamacare, Dodd-Frank is an incomprehensibly complex piece of legislation that is harmful to our floundering economy and in dire need of repeal."
Three years after passage, many other Republican lawmakers also see the law as more negative than positive.
The law set up a council of regulators to be on the lookout for risks across the finance system. It also created an independent consumer financial protection bureau within the Federal Reserve to write and enforce new regulations covering lending and credit. And it placed shadow financial markets that previously escaped the oversight of regulators under new scrutiny, giving the government new powers to break up companies that regulators believe threaten the economy.
But because of the complexity of the industry, the law gave regulators extended time to write the new rules that would enforce its provisions.
So far, regulators have missed 60 percent of the rule-making deadlines, according to an analysis by the law firm of Davis Polk, which has been tracking progress on the bill. Even so, the rules are so complicated, that the ones that have already been written have filled about 13,800 pages of regulations, compared to the 848 pages it took to write the law itself.
"I would have to give it a mediocre grade at this point," said Sheila Bair, the former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. "Most of rules have not been finalized. A lot of them haven't even been proposed yet. When some of the rules have been proposed , they 're highly complicated, they're riddled with exceptions, they're watered down."
A key goal of the legislation was to prevent a rebuilding of a financial system that would permit banks to become so huge and intertwined that they would be "too big to fail."
But the nation's top banks today are bigger than they were in 2008. A key proposal in the law would restrict banks from trading for their own profit, a practice known as proprietary trading.
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Pope Francis: Use Well-Formed Intelligence to Understand Signs of the Times
Our conscience is a great gift from God, he said, but not a weak conscience, formed by the world.
VATICAN CITY — During a daily Mass last week, Pope Francis spoke of the importance of man's intellect in understanding the Lord and cautioned those present against "restricted" thought which keeps us focused on ourselves.
"What path does the Lord want? Always with the spirit of intelligence with which to understand the signs of the times, it is beautiful to ask the Lord for this grace," the Pope said in his Nov. 29 daily homily.
Pope Francis directed his reflections to those present in the St. Martha guest house of the Vatican, where he resides.
He began by recalling how, in the Gospels, the Lord taught his disciples to pay attention to the signs of the times, which the Pharisees failed to understand, emphasizing how one must think not only with the head, but also with the heart and the spirit in order to fully comprehend "way of God in history."
"In the Gospel, Jesus does not become angry, but pretends to when the disciples do not understand him," the Pope explained, adding that at Emmaus Jesus says, "'How foolish and slow of heart.'"
"He who does not understand the things of God is such a person," noted the Holy Father, emphasizing how "the Lord wants us to understand what happens, what happens in my heart, what happens in my life, what happens in the world, in history."
"What is the meaning of what is happening now? These are the signs of the times!"
"On the other hand," he continued, "the spirit of the world gives us other propositions, because the spirit of the world does not want a community: It wants a mob, thoughtless, without freedom."
Explaining that, while the spirit of the world tries to lead us down a "restricted path," the apostle Paul warns that this spirit "treats us as though we lack the ability to think for ourselves; it treats us like people who are not free."
"Restricted thought, equal thought, weak thought, a thought so widespread. The spirit of the world does not want us to ask ourselves before God: 'But why, why this other, why did this happen?'"
Or, the Pope observed, this worldly spirit "offers a prêt-à-porter ('ready to wear') way of thinking, according to personal taste: 'I think as I like!'"
While there are many who say that this attitude is okay, the Holy Father noted, the spirit of the world does not want "what Jesus asks of us: free thought, the thought of a man and a women who are part of the people of God, and salvation is exactly this!"
Pope Francis then encouraged the Mass attendees to think of the prophets who proclaimed that "You were not my people, now I say my people," stating that "so says the Lord."
"And this is salvation: to make us people, God's people, to have freedom."
Reflecting on how Jesus asks us to "think freely … in order to understand what happens," the Pope stressed that "we are not alone," and "we need the Lord's help" in order to "understand the signs of the times."
In order to do this, the Pope went on to say, the Holy Spirit "gives us this present, a gift: the intelligence to understand."
Emphasizing how the Lord always wants us to walk along the path of intelligence, Pope Francis highlighted how "it is beautiful to ask the Lord for this grace, who sends us this spirit of intelligence, in order that we avoid weak thought, we do not have a restricted thought, and we do not have a thought according to personal preference."
We must only have "a thought according to God," he stated, adding that, "with this thought, which is a thought of the mind, of heart and of soul; with this thought, which is the gift of the Spirit, [we] look for the meaning of things and to understand the signs of the time well."
Bringing his homily to an end, the Pope said that we must ask the Lord for the grace to have "the ability which gives us the spirit" to "understand the signs of the time."


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The Latest News From The Industry
Power Wagon Upgraded For 2014
Many of the same improvements Ram made to its new heavy-duty pickups—a more powerful Hemi and coil-spring rear suspension, to name just two—are on the new Power Wagon. But then Ram enhanced some of those components and added a few more to improve the truck's 4-wheeling capability.
For example, throttle response for the 6.4L Hemi, which puts out 410 hp and 429 lb-ft of torque, softens when the transfer case is in low range. The coil-spring suspension is damped by Bilstein shocks at each corner, and the solid axles feature electronic lockers at both ends (and a disconnecting sway bar in front). Two inches of lift bring up the truck's approach and departure angles, while new 33-inch Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tires contribute to 141⁄2 inches of ground clearance. As with previous Power Wagons, the '14 is equipped with a front-mounted winch, in this case a 12,000-pound Warn winch tucked behind the front bumper.
This year's Power Wagon is based on the 2500 Crew Cab and is available in Tradesman, SLT and Laramie trim levels. They should be on sale as you read this; prices start at $45,690 for Tradesman models and run to $56,015 for the high-end Laramie (including destination charges).
Past Power Wagons
When Ram delivered the news about the latest Power Wagon, it also included a few archival photos of historic Power Wagon models. We thought they were cool.
Six Special Jeeps Headed to Moab
Jeep and Mopar have put together six new modified Jeeps for the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab. Three are Wranglers, two are Cherokees, and one is a Grand Cherokee, each outfitted with a number of Mopar and Jeep Performance Parts. We thought we'd share details of two of the Wranglers; once the guys get back from Moab they'll have more info on the others.
The black Wrangler is the Level Red edition, named for "the highest level of difficulty an off-road trail can be designated," says Jeep. It rides on Dana 44 axles front and rear with 4.10 gears; between them is the Rock-Trac transfer case with 4:1 gearing. A Jeep Performance Parts 2-inch lift makes room for 35-inch BFG Mud Terrains wrapped around prototype 17-inch beadlock-capable wheels. The half-door kit is from Mopar, and the tire carrier is a prototype Jeep Performance Parts piece.
The blue Wrangler is called Maximum Performance, and it brings to the party a pair of Dana 60 axles with electric lockers and 4.88 gears. This one is shod with 37-inch Mud Terrains and has 4 inches of Jeep Performance Parts lift. The rear tire carrier is a Jeep prototype part, as are the flattop fenders.
Land Rover's Transparent Hood
Or should we say "bonnet," as the British call it? Either way, Land Rover's idea takes the concept of the forward-facing camera to an entirely new level. Under-vehicle cameras feed data to a head-up display that stretches across the bottom of the windshield. When the system is switched on, it looks like the hood has disappeared and you're seeing the terrain below instead. This transparent hood, says Dr. Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology for Jaguar Land Rover, will "give drivers an augmented view of reality to help them tackle anything from the toughest off-road route to the tight confines of urban parking."
The system makes its U.S. debut at the New York Auto Show on board a futuristic Land Rover design exercise called the Discovery Vision Concept car. More than just a platform for futuristic electronics, the Vision Concept should provide some clues to the upcoming design direction of the Discovery.
This Just In
• One of our favorite people, Rod Hall, has been named Grand Marshal for the 2014 NORRA Mexican 1000 rally. For most of you Hall needs no introduction; for those new to off-road racing, he is one of the sport's pioneers, having run in every single Baja 1000 race since the inaugural event in 1967. His stats are amazing: He is the 10-time winner of the Mint 400, a 10-time winner of the Parker 400, the 12-time winner of the Fireworks 250, 12-time winner of the Baja 500, and the only 17-time winner of the Baja 1000. "Going back to Baja without the pressures of racing but with the excitement of seeing all these guys and their unique machines will be great," said Hall. "You get to an age where pulling on the old driving suit isn't as important as it once was. I am just tickled to go down there with NORRA and hang out for a week just being Rod Hall."
• For the seventh South American running of the Dakar rally, organizers are planning to return to a loop route, rather than a point-to-point course. Start/Finish will be in Buenos Aires, and the rally will run through Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. The race begins January 4, 2015.
• Though he said conditions were the worst he's ever competed in due to torrential rain and standing water on the track, Robby Gordon won the season-opening race in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series (formerly Stadium Super Trucks) held at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida. The weather changed for the better on the event's second day, and PJ Jones was able to hold Gordon off to win the second Florida race. From here the trucks move to another street course—the Long Beach Grand Prix in Southern California.
• Ford reports that 57 percent of F-150s sold in the first two months of 2014 were V-6 powered. The EcoBoost accounted for most, at 46 percent of total sales, while the conventionally aspirated 3.7L accounted for 11 percent. The V-6 model mix could grow next year when the '15 F-150 arrives, as it will be offered with three V-6 engines.
• If you'd like to run on the same race-spec Toyo tires that the Trophy Truck and Class 1 trucks use, contact Toyo Racing Tires in Anaheim, California (which also happens to be Robby Gordon's off-road shop). It has the 39- and 37-inch racing tires the Trophy Trucks use, plus 35- and 33-inch sides for Class 1 trucks. The shop also sells wheels, from racing beadlocks to street rims. Log on to www.toyoracingtires.com for more info.
Coolest Reading Place, End of the World Edition
I just finished reading about the Alaska Treasure Trek, and saw the picture of someone holding up your magazine at Deadhorse. It made me remember this picture my boyfriend Scott took of me in 2012. As I am waiting for the next 12 inches of snow to fall tonight and over the next few days and we will be lucky to hit a high of zero, I am reminded of warmer weather elsewhere in the world.
It was the end of January and we went to the ancient Mayan city of Tulum in Mexico. It was hard to find a place to take this picture because there were literally thousands of people there. According to our tour guide, this is the place where they think the Mayans discovered that the end of the world would be in December 2012. So this was a hot spot for tourists around the world. At the time who knew the world would still be here today? Also, I would like to thank my dad (Karl) for all his help with my truck.
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F-150 Mr. Plow Edition
OK, maybe the Simpsons tie-in is a bit of a stretch. But we thought this looked a lot like the Mr. Plow rig Homer used to clear driveways (and charm Marge) back in that '90s episode of the show. So here's the real news: Ford will offer a snow plow prep option across all cab styles of the '15 F-150 when that model arrives in showrooms this year. The option package requires the truck be equipped with a 5.0L V-8 engine and 4WD, and it's designed to shut off nonessential functions to direct maximum power to the plow. (Plow hardware will have to be installed by an upfitter.) The maximum light-duty plow weight will be more than 450 pounds.
Earth Watch
• According to SEMA, a bill has been introduced in the U.S. Congress to include National within the name of the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Last year, congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which designated nearly 100,000 acres of Johnson Valley, California, as a federal OHV recreation area. Under the new law, about 79,000 acres of the same area was transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps for military training needs. Although the State of California had set aside most of Johnson Valley in 1980 for OHV recreation, last year was the first time the federal government had specifically dedicated land for this type of motorized activity. "This might seem like a small change, but it's important," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA). "It will show that Johnson Valley is of national significance, raising its profile for economic purposes and within the federal government, which owns the land."
• SEMA also reports the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1459, the "Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act." Introduced by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) and supported by SEMA, the bill would require a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study for any national monument designations of more than 5,000 acres. Currently, the president of the United States has the authority to declare a parcel of public land with "historic or scientific interest" to be a national monument. Such a designation can lead to road closures for motorized recreation, among other impacts. H.R. 1459 would place limits on that authority. The president could declare a monument of less than 5,000 acres, but that declaration would need congressional approval within three years. A larger parcel of land would require a NEPA environmental study along with a congressional study estimating long-term costs to manage the land. The president would also be limited to one declaration per state during any presidential term unless there was congressional approval. H.R. 1459 will now be considered by the United States Senate.
High Country Heavy Duty
High Country is Chevrolet's premium pickup trim level, introduced with the all-new '14 Silverado 1500 trucks last year. Now Chevy has applied the same thinking to its heavy-duty line by producing the Silverado High Country HD. Available for 2500 and 3500 crew cab models, the High Country trucks are recognizable by their chrome grilles, body-color bumpers, chrome tubular steps, and chrome wheels (except for the dualies, which receive polished aluminum wheels). Inside is saddle brown upholstery; the front seats are heated and cooled; and occupants are treated to premium Bose audio and Chevy's MyLink connectivity. Options include a sunroof, navigation, a rear-seat Blu-Ray/DVD entertainment system, and powered trailering mirrors with heat and turn signals in the glass.
All three HD powertrains are available in High Country trim—6.0L gas, 6.0L bi-fuel (gas and CNG), and the 6.6L Duramax turbodiesel. Look for them on dealer lots this summer.
Done the Rubicon? Try the Grizzlycon
Don Alexander's Backcountry 4x4 business produces trail maps of Southern California's Big Bear Lake area and recently opened a 4WD driving school there. Now Alexander has come up with a way to provide Rubicon Trail-like 4-wheeling in his neck of the woods—the Grizzlycon. This is not a new trail; locals have been running in these areas for years. But Alexander's spin is to link Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead's various Black Diamond-rated trails, like the John Bull, Gold Mountain Jeep Trail, Holcomb Creek Jeep Trail, and others, into a 57-mile-long adventure trip that includes 27 miles of seriously challenging 'wheeling.
We've run many of these trails and agree with Alexander that you can definitely approximate the Rubicon experience in this forest. What's nice, too, is that there are lots of hotels and restaurants in the area, plenty of campsites for those who want to sleep near the trail, and easy access from anywhere in SoCal. Check out Don's website for more info: backcountry4x4.com/grizzlycontrail.html.
• July 11-13: 4 Wheel Jamboree
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg, PA. Info: www.4wheeljamboree.com
• July 12: Night Run
Kansas Rocks Recreation Park, Mapleton, KS. Info: www.ksrockspark.com
• July 12: Advanced Black Diamond class by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 12: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures
Hungry Valley SVRA, Gorman, CA. Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 13: Getting Unstuck Vehicle Recovery Class by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 13: Winch Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures
Mojave, CA. Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 17-19: Killington Jeep Jamboree
Killington, VT. Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• July 17-19: Northwoods-Mole Lake Jeep Jamboree
Crandon, WI. Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• July 17-19: Crawl for the Cure
Iron Range Offroad near Minneapolis/St. Paul. MN. Info: www.crawl4cure.org
• July 17-19: East Coast Xterra Challenge by the North East Xterra Club
Rausch Creek Off Road Park, Tremont, PA. Info: www.ecxc.com
• July 18-20: Grizzlycon Trail Adventure by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 19: Grapevine Canyon, White Mountain Challenge by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 19: Rock Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures
Johnson Valley, CA. Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 19-20: Black Bear Backwards trail ride by the Wild Bunch 4WD Club
Telluride CO. Info: 970.209.1771, www.wb4x4.com
• July 19-20: Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Info: www.stadiumsupertrucks.com
• July 19-20: W.E. Rock Western Series
Goldendale, WA. Info: www.werocklive.com
• July 19-21: Total 4x4 Adventure Class by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 20: Cleghorn Ridge, Pilot Rock, Willow Creek Jeep Trail Alternate by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 20: Jeep Owner Orientation Class by Backcountry 4x4
Big Bear Lake, CA. Info: jeep4x4school.com
• July 23: Jeepers Jamboree Vendor Show and Outdoor Expo
Georgetown, CA. Info: 530.333.4771, jeepersjamboree.com
• July 24-27: Jeepers Jamboree, Rubicon Trail
between Georgetown and Lake Tahoe, Northern California. Info: 530.333.4771, jeepersjamboree.com
• July 24-27: SCORE Reno 500, Tahoe Reno Motorplex
Reno, NV. Info: SCORE, www.score-international.com
• July 31-Aug. 2: Coal Mountain Jeep Jamboree
Shamokin, PA. Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• July 31-Aug. 2: Roof of the Rockies Jeep Jamboree
Snowmass, Aspen, CO. Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Note: If you have a 4WD event you want us to publicize, please send the date, location, a description of the event, and contact info—phone numbers and/or email/website address—to Calendar, 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245; fax 818.566.8501; email 4wheeloff firstname.lastname@example.com. Please submit your info at least four months in advance of the event due to our press lead times.


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Welcome to ATX Learning!
| ATX Learning is looking for qualified School Psychologist for our sites in Benton City, WA. This is an exciting opportunity to join a stable and growing organization. Candidate must have a current license to practice as a School Psychologist and comfortable working with all age groups.
Essential Functions:
1. Consults and collaborates with parents, school staff, and outside agency personnel regarding the psycho-educational needs of students, their implications, and means of intervening.
2. Conducts multi factored psychological and psycho-educational assessments of children and youth, as appropriate, such assessments may use a variety of standardized and non-standardized instruments/procedures to collect data; areas assessed may include social-emotional adjustment, cognitive and aptitude, academic achievement, language and communication skills, learning styles, sensory and perceptual-motor functioning, adaptive behavior, environmental and cultural influences.
3. Participates in facilitating the design and development of building level procedures to prevent educational failure and meet the mental health and learning needs of students.
4. Integrates information into an accurate and useful overview to be used for determining intervention, programs and service needs; participates as a multidisciplinary team (MDT) member and compiles information, which may include a written report integrating assessment results and implications, and providing feedback to MDT members and parents for all students formally referred.
5. Consults and collaborates in developing and maintain positive relationships among students, parents and teachers, and involving them in assessment, interventions, and program evaluation procedures.
6. Provides, as appropriate, direct and indirect psychological interventions to facilitate the functioning of individuals and groups, such as developing, implementing and monitoring behavioral management strategies, providing group and individual counseling, designing intervention programs to enhance cognitive, affective, social, and vocational development in the school environment.
7. Initiates, expedites, and manages referrals to other agencies and specialists, as appropriate.
8. Integrates and interprets the steps and processes involved in implementing Board policies and other appropriate laws used in determining students· program and service needs.
9. Develops and assists in the development of in service and other skill enhancement activities for school personnel, parents and others within the school and district, where appropriate.
10. May consult with program staff on how to design and interpret research to improve program effectiveness within total school programs, as appropriate.
11. Performs related duties as assigned.
Masters' degree in school psychology
Valid Washington State ESA School Psychologist Certificate Knowledge of:
State and Federal laws in assigned area.


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Now, you can truly have it all! An alarm clock that not only wakes you up, but leaps off your night table, forcing you to chase it!
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I know this would work at my house, but only once. The alarm might not wake me up, but Blackdog frantically barking at it rolling across the floor would, and then I'd have to get up to clean the puddle where terrified Snowball pissed on the carpet when he thought it was coming to get him. And I wouldn't need to hit the snooze button because in the next minute psycho Cooper would tear it to pieces. And $39.95 seems like a lot of money to me for a 1-time-use appliance.


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With apologies to Aussie Dodger for the blatant plagiarism...
1. What was your draft strategy?
2. Who do you think was the steal of the draft?
3. Who do you think was the reach of the draft?
4. Who do you think will finish in the top 3?
5. Who do you think will finish in the bottom 3?
6. The best pick that you made
7. The worst pick that you made
8. What player is the biggest key to your success?
9. Your team's weak/strong points


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Marine Gen. John Allen's massive trove of e-mails to the Florida woman at the center of the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal were of "an inappropriate and flirtatious nature," a senior Defense Department official said Tuesday.
The DOD's Inspector General was poring over the exchange of more than 30,000 pages of e-mails between Allen, the allied commander in Afghanistan, and Jill Kelley, a social liaison at MacDill Air Force Base to determine whether there was a violation of Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice against conduct that would bring discredit to the military, the official said.
Allen "has denied having an extra-marital affair" with Kelley, whose complaint to the FBI about threatening e-mails from Paula Broadwell led to the exposure of the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus, the official said.
When asked to characterize the Allen-Kelley exchanges, the official said "they're not security related -- they're not hate (related) or threatening." But the official said "there was an inappropriate and flirtatious nature to these e-mails."
The official said that "flirtatious" in context of the investigation "could cover anything from innocuous to 'sexting.'"
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who was traveling in the Pacific and was arriving Tuesday in Australia, has not yet spoken with Allen, the official said, but Allen has contacted Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The official declined to state whether Dempsey offered support to Allen, who was in Washington and was scheduled later this week for Senate confirmation hearings on his appointment to become the next NATO commander and head of the European Command.
Panetta has since asked to delay Allen's nomination process as the Defense Department investigates the relationship held between Allen and Kelley. Panetta also asked the Senate to speed up the nomination process of Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, Allen's replacement as Afghan commander.
Allen could face significant disciplinary actions if it is found that he was carrying on an affair with Kelley. Adultery is a punishable crime under the UCMJ.
White House spokesman said President Obama has not yet spoke to Allen about the emails. However, he said the president was "certainly surprised" by the Marine Corps general's involvement in the Petraeus sex scandal.


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2 sought in shooting of man in Brooklyn Park
Police release photo of possible getaway vehicle
Anne Arundel County police are investigating the attempted slaying of a man in Brooklyn Park.
Officers were called to the area of 4th Street and Orchard Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Thursday after getting reports of a shooting.
Detectives said they found a 24-year-old man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body. He was taken to Shock Trauma with life-threatening injuries.
Investigators said they believe the man was targeted and that the shooting wasn't random.
Detectives are looking for two men and a dark-colored vehicle, possibly a Ford Ranger-style pickup truck, that they believe the culprits used to get away. An image of the vehicle of interest is posted above.
Anyone with information on the case should call detectives at 410-222-6018.


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The Hope College Concert Series will present Brett Dennen on Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Dennen began modestly, playing his guitar fireside as a camp counselor. Fans began to form as he played at local coffee shops, eventually leading to the release of his breakthrough 2006 album, "So Much More." "Rolling Stone" named him an "Artist to Watch in 2008."
With the release of his third album in 2008, titled "Hope for the Hopeless," Dennen saw an explosion of success. His 54-city, country-wide tour quickly sold out and "Rolling Stone" was quick to give another prediction: "with his third disc, Dennen threatens to give Dave Matthews a run for their tour grosses." Following the endorsement, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Good Morning America Weekend," "The CBS Early Show" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" offered invitations for him to play his Top Ten hit, "Make You Crazy."
Dennen has toured with artists such as The Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, the John Butler Trio, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Ben Folds, and his song "Ain't Gonna Lose You" has been featured on "Grey's Anatomy."
Tickets cost $20 for the general public and $10 with a Hope College ID, and are on sale at the ticket office in main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. on the night of the concert.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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1 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers! 2 Don't you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can't you decide even these little things among yourselves? 3 Don't you realize that we will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life.
What does the passage above mean when it says "believers will judge the world and the angels"?


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CFP: [General] The Sublime Today (NEMLA 2009)
Call for Papers
The Sublime Today
40th Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Feb. 26-March 1, 2009
Hyatt Regency - Boston, Massachusetts
>From the Peri Hypsos of Longinus through formulations by Burke, Kant,
Hegel, de Man, Lyotard, Nancy, Jameson, Badiou, and others, where do we
stand today in relation to this ancient aesthetic category? Is the sublime
a "cultural dominant" in a postmodern mediascape of simulation and
simulacra or rather an aesthetic "event," in Lyotard's sense? What are
some other ways to consider the relevance of the sublime in a post-9/11
world? Proposals considering any aspect of the history, theory, and
politics of the sublime as well as examples from literature, art, and
popular culture are welcome, as are comparative approaches. 300-word
abstracts to Gillian Pierce, Boston University, 871 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, MA 02215, gpierce_at_bu.edu.
Deadline: September 15, 2008
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee)
The complete Call for Papers for the 2009 Convention will be posted in
June: www.nemla.org.
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel;
however panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants may
present a paper at a panel or seminar and also present at a creative
session or participate in a roundtable.
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Rena Sarigianopoulos is a reporter and co-anchor of KARE 11 News Weekends and KARE 11 Saturday morning. She has won regional Emmys as well as a National Edward R. Murrow Award for hard news reporting in 2012.
Rena came to KARE in 2005 after spending several years anchoring and reporting at WITI in Milwaukee. She has also worked in Madison, Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa.
Rena is from Ohio and graduated from Youngstown State University, home of course, of the fighting Penguins!
When I was young, I wanted to be: A dentist or in the Air Force.
Favorite food: Seriously?? Whatever is sitting on the plate in front of me.
Favorite movie: I know this isn't cool, but I love the movie "Cutting Edge."
Proudest moment: When my Dad became chief of police.
Who's your idol? My parents. All of them. I have four (I count step-parents) and each one has taught me something important about life and about being a good person.
Favorite subject in school: History
Favorite sport to watch: FOOTBALL!!
Favorite sport to play: I love to run. Does that count as a sport?
Dream story: Covering the Packers (that's right) or the Cleveland Browns in the Super Bowl.
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"My confession: I yell at my kids. I yell in the house, sometimes closing the windows so the neighbors won't hear. I yell in the car. I try not to yell in public, but I'm great at that poisonous, through-the-teeth hiss that's almost as good. I also threaten to withhold treats, to send a misbehaving child to bed early, and to turn the car right around and drive straight home—and then I somehow end up never following through.
So I tend to dread it when a parent asks me questions about discipline—especially if she wants to know what I do with my own kids. Then, as so often happens in this life, I have to choose between honesty and the professionally correct party line. Because while my own disciplinary techniques (yelling and making largely empty threats) have the patina of antiquity and have worked to at least partially civilize my three children, they're not recommended by any pediatric organization or serious parenting expert.
When I find myself offering what I know is the correct by-the-book advice, I'm nervously looking over my shoulder for the reality-TV crew with the surprise footage of my own family on vacation. (Why, who is that mother, waving her arms and screaming? Can it be our very own self-righteous Dr. Klass, who just told us that time-outs should last one minute for every year of a child's age and always be promulgated with calm firmness?)
The miserable truth is this: I've never succeeded at putting one of my children in a time-out. I don't understand how to do it. For starters, what makes a child actually stay in one place? Could it be the parent's moral authority? (Maybe that's my problem!) Yet I'm told that in daycare each of them cheerfully time-outed when necessary. Still, even in the depths of my shame, I accept the job of talking to parents about discipline, tempering good advice with realism and, above all, the understanding that you can't do anything for a small child just once and assume it's done for good—not wiping her bottom, helping her pick up her toys, showing her how to hold a fork, telling her not to pinch her brother or teaching her that the letter B makes a "bbb" sound.
The subject of discipline leads inevitably to rules, golden or otherwise, and even commandments. These are the ones I've learned over the course of bringing up my kids-even if I don't always live by them. (And, in fact, that really should be Rule #1: All you can do is your level best.)
Commandments 1 - 4
1. Thou shalt render unto an infant that which is an infant's, and to a toddler that which is a toddler's.
Discipline strategies should be age-related. You can't "spoil" a 3-month-old by picking him up when he cries. Infants need to know that their caregivers are responsive to their needs and wants and that hunger, discomfort and, yes, even loneliness will be addressed.
For most children, discipline first becomes a real issue between 12 and 18 months. They're up and walking at that point, the word "no" is likely to be understood (and used), and most parents start to recognize that mischievous little self-conscious twinkle in the child's eyes that says, I know I'm not supposed to do this, but I'm going to do it anyway.
My younger son was particularly adept at this—he always knew exactly which button he was pushing when he messed up his older brother's chess game. At this age, discipline is mostly about patience, firmness and endless repetition. Say "no" firmly and take away the problematic object, move the child away from the danger zone or put the biter down and leave him alone.
2. Know thy child—and thyself.
Some kids, from an astonishingly young age, seem to be vastly entertained by rules and penalties and parental emotion. I've discovered that often you'll do best if you treat discipline as a game you're all playing together. My younger son, the one with the mischievous twinkle in his eye, often seems to be holding back his amusement when I'm at my most stern. He's 8, and I can't help feeling he thinks it's quite a giggle when Mom comes on strong.
Other kids are easily crushed if a parent seems at all angry. As you get to know your child's personality and temperament, you also learn more about your own. There are patient parents and short-fused parents, easygoing parents and rigid parents and even though every advice book counsels consistency, many of us go through all these different incarnations—sometimes in a single car ride.
3. Pick thy battles.
If you turn every transgression into a grand opera, you'll risk losing the parental high ground. Changing a child's behavior can be a long, hard slog—for you, for her, for the rest of the family—so save your energy for the lessons she really has to learn.
Let's say you're working hard on table manners, reminding your preschooler at breakfast, lunch and dinner to chew with her mouth closed and use her napkin and not her sleeve. Don't distract from those rules by then arguing with her about, say, her insistence on dipping her carrots in ketchup. Or suppose your 5-year-old's been put in a time-out twice for clobbering his brother (assuming that you, unlike me, understand how to put a child in a time-out). You shouldn't get on his case about wiping his nose for now, especially if no one else in kindergarten seems to have mastered nose wiping yet. (After all, if you can pick your battles, why can't he pick his nose?)
4. When thou hast picked thy battles, be prepared to fight them over and over and over.
There's just no way around this. We teach our kids by repetition, or, to use the technical term, nagging. When you've decided what it is you want your child to do—or, more likely, not to do—you'll have to say it again and again. For many children, it takes approximately 2 million repetitions before they start to recognize, spontaneously, that something's not okay before they say it or do it, before they pass the point of no return.
I'm not just talking about the "Say thank you" prompts or the "Did you wash your hands after you used the bathroom?" queries, which become so automatic for some of us that we're constantly at risk of using them on our spouses. I also mean the harder-to-learn rules of acceptable social behavior, like "Use your words"—a catchphrase that many of us utter at those moments when a young child resorts to screaming, crying, hitting, biting or outright mass destruction. But repetition works: I've had to live with the humiliation of having my kids, well trained from their years in daycare, remind me to use my "inside voice" instead of yelling. You can hear 3-year-olds on the playground admonishing each other to take turns or even, in your more progressive preschool environments, prissily informing one another that "That behavior is not acceptable" or, more casually, "That's not okay."
Commandments 5 - 7
5. Thou shalt strive ever to change behavior, not to teach moral lessons.
In other words, discipline isn't about convincing Suzy that she really likes Billy, it's about convincing her not to kick him, no matter what stupid thing he said to her or how much blue paint he spilled on her painting of Barbie's moon landing. Discipline is about helping children regulate their behavior rather than their thoughts. For instance, I've tried hard to teach my kids to be good hosts and guests, but I've never reproved them for expressing less-than-enthusiastic sentiments about the other child when the visit is over. I think they're entitled to their preferences, as long as the rules of polite hosting and guesting are observed.
If we teach our kids properly, they'll grow up to be good, hand-washed citizens, capable of lavishly thanking someone for unwanted advice and able to restrain themselves from kicking an irritating colleague.
6. Do unto your child as you would have others do unto your child—or whatever you do, don't hurt anyone.
Many elements of child rearing are tough—discipline, consistency, keeping your temper—even with someone much smaller than yourself, even with someone you love dearly. If you ever find yourself over the edge (scaring your child, grabbing her too tightly, feeling like you might just snap), have your mother or a friend take over for a while and get some backup and support. Don't risk losing control and doing something you don't actually want to do that could haunt both you and your child.
7. The end does not justify the means (and discipline is the means).
To put it another way, even if your daily life is full of disciplinary moments, don't let those moments take over. If the sum total of life with your child seems to be about saying no and scolding and handing out penalties, then something's gone wrong. Even if you're doing all that disciplining in the most approved gentle and consistent way, it shouldn't be the main tenor of your days. Look for activities you and your child enjoy doing together (reading aloud; eating finger foods outside, where table manners don't count; legitimate mess making; plain old silliness). This will take the pressure off and help you both have some fun in situations where there are absolutely no formal lessons to be learned.
That said, parenthood can be profoundly educational, and while we're learning some difficult home truths about the nature of our own character and disposition, we might at least have the pleasure of reading Curious George or learning to finger-paint along the way."
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Memorandum Monday - 7th March - Girls Just Wonna Have FunI was reminded on Saturday just how much I value my friends. I spent the day with my two most favourite female companions (there were 16 other ladies there too but I will just talk about these two) at my crop. My two absolutely best friends Eileen and Denise.
Eileen had been
exiled living in Scotland for several years as her husband's job took them there but he has now relocated much closer to home and she was able to come along. Our friendship started when our daughters (both only children) became friends at school. Up until Eileen I didn't really do girlfriends as such I had friends who were women but none I would say I was really close to. But Eileen persevered with my slight indifference about female friends and showed me the joy of having a best female bud.
I met Denise through scrapbooking a few years ago and liked her immediately she is kind, funny and very talented, as is Eileen who is my scrap hero. Denise and I are quite similar in many ways and we share an immense love of our family, Denise's love for her husband and boys shines through every page she makes.
So on Saturday I relearnt that there is no better way to spend a Saturday than in the company of your two BFF's.
Reason to be cheerful
That Eileen persevered and showed me that having a girlfriend is one of life's essentials and that I had my friendship with Denise to rely on when Eileen was away.
Look out world the Three Musketeers are back together!
Joining in with Sian's Memorandum Monday.