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NetApp Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Major Analyst Firm's Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software Magic Quadrant
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-May 1, 2012-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that Gartner, Inc. positioned NetApp in the Leaders quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software.[1] Storage resource management is critical to NetApp's ability to drive innovation that transforms business and to enable customers to gain the agility, efficiency, and flexibility to achieve successful business outcomes, as well as to offer partners the best technologies, solutions, and programs to grow their business.
In the recently released research report "Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software," Gartner asserts that vendors in the Leaders quadrant "have the highest combined measures of Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. They have the most comprehensive and scalable products. In terms of vision, they are perceived as thought leaders, with well-articulated plans for ease of use as well as how to address scalability and product breadth. For vendors to have long-term success, they must plan to address the expanded market requirements for change management, root cause analysis and performance analysis."
"We believe our position in the Gartner Leaders quadrant is strong recognition of NetApp® storage management solutions and demonstrates the flexibility and efficiency our innovations offer customers to address their storage infrastructure manageability requirements," said Krish Padmanabhan, vice president of Manageability Products, NetApp. "As customers increasingly move to virtualized, shared infrastructures and service-based cloud environments, they are turning to NetApp OnCommand® to maximize storage and service efficiency and drive greater business impact by leveraging powerful yet simple storage automation and analytics."
The NetApp OnCommand product portfolio of management software improves storage and service efficiency through functions that help customers control, automate, and analyze their shared storage infrastructure. Control products enable element management and monitoring of NetApp storage with System Manager, Report, and My AutoSupport™ products. Automate products, including Unified Manager and Workflow Automator, enable storage management at scale with policy-based automation, service catalog, and SnapManager® software for application and platform awareness and protection. Analyze products represent the Insight and Balance products for performance, configuration, and capacity management of NetApp and third-party storage. Most recently, Insight Balance was selected the Gold Product of the Year for Best Storage Management Tool from Storage Magazine-SearchStorage.com. For more information regarding OnCommand, visit www.netapp.com/oncommand.
To view the Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software, visit www.netapp.com/templates/mediaView?m=ar-gartner-magic-quadrant%20-for-storage-resource.pdf&cc=us&wid=145885525&mid=145885525.
Discuss this news in the NetApp Community, where you can exchange thoughts and ideas on a variety of topics with our community members. Collaborate with our company, engage in conversation with NetApp leaders and employees, and participate in our passion to go further, faster. Join now at www.netapp.com/us/communities. To discuss storage management and OnCommand visit https://communities.netapp.com/community/products_and_solutions/storage_management_software.
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[1] Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software, Valdis Filks, Gene Ruth, March 27, 2012.

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Behind the Sweets: Christine McCabe Bakes Up Raspberry Pop-Tarts at Interurban Cafe
When Christine McCabe went on a search for a production kitchen for her soon-to-be-opened stand in the Grand Street Red Line Station, she found a great space in an alley off the intersection of Armitage and Halsted. The kitchen happened to feature something that made it pretty hard to pass up: a large walkup-style window that opens right into the alley. Now Christine has opened up Interurban Cafe & Pastry Shop out of that production kitchen and has been able to build her customer base as the finishing touches are put on her stand in the L station, which is set to open sometime in February.
Since Christine trained in both sweet and savory—and worked every station at Charlie Trotter's before working as a consultant for several years and opening Sugar: A Dessert Bar and Glazed & Infused—Interurban offers a rotating selection of soups, chili, and focaccia as well as an ever-changing menu of sweets such as scones, bread pudding, and a delightful take on the pop-tart, which Christine makes with a pie dough recipe adapted from her grandmother and a variety of homemade fillings. Click through the slideshow for a look at how she puts her pop-tart together.
If you'd like to stop by Interurban's alley window, find your way to the northwest corner of Armitage and Halsted. Walk west along Armitage until you reach the first alleyway. Take just a few steps into the alley and you'll find Interurban's window, a bright beacon of warmth, tucked away to the right.
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Veterans Honored and Thanked at SUNY Canton's Living History CeremonyTuesday, November 12th, 2013
SUNY Canton welcomed more than 30 World War II veterans and thanked the servicemen and women for protecting American freedoms at Friday's Veterans' Living History Ceremony.
There was an audience of about 200 family members, friends and area politicians to support the former service personnel.
The event was punctuated by the first public viewing of a 20-minute slideshow with a soundtrack of oral histories from World War II veterans collected by Michael T. Magilligan, assistant librarian at the Southworth Library Learning Commons.
"I couldn't believe how willing these brave men were to let me into their homes and share their lives with me," Magilligan said. "I didn't just interview them, they've become my friends."
Magilligan began recording the stories of North Country veterans in June and made copies of their old photographs. "When you hear these stories told to you by the people who were there it's as if you are right beside them," he said.
The accounts retold ranged from storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, The Battle of the Bulge and attacks against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater from approximately 70 years ago.
The assistant librarian will be adding all of the digital content to a database at the Southworth Library Learning Commons. They will also submitted to the Library of Congress and the New York State Veterans' History Museum in Saratoga.
As part of the ceremony, the SUNY Canton Veterans Association and retired Major General Robert J. Kasulke presented each veteran with a SUNY Canton challenge coin. Challenge coins are typical given in the military to prove membership, award special achievement and enhance moral. At SUNY Canton, the Veterans Association issued the coin as a symbol of pride and camaraderie, according to William J. Fassinger, the faculty advisor for the student club.
Other representatives included Daniel L. Kaifetz, director of North Country Honor Flight, an organization dedicated to transporting veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials dedicated to their sacrifices. Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas W. Geddings was representing Fort Drum at the event.
About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier College for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The College delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management, and public service to students in the North Country, New York State, and beyond. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to their academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as eight exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The College's 14 athletic teams compete in state-of-the-art facilities as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.


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Ed Miliband has condemned the expansion of Israeli settlements on the Palestinian West Bank and warned they pose a "mortal threat" to hopes of securing a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict.
The Labour leader is a supporter of "the homeland for the Jewish people" but has made clear he does not give blanket backing to the actions of the Israeli government.
Mr Miliband, who is of Jewish descent but an atheist, made his strongest criticism yet during a visit to the Middle East, blasting the policy as "wrong and illegal".
He spoke out after visiting the Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin camp on the West Bank where families, who are among 2,300 Palestinians in Area C, are facing forced displacement if Israeli settlements go ahead.
The Labour leader said: "What I have seen today shows that the expansion of Israeli settlements on the Palestinian West Bank is not only wrong and illegal but represents a mortal threat to the two-state solution and to a successful outcome of the peace process.
"If we are going to have a viable, democratic Palestinian state the more we see an expansion of settlements the more it becomes difficult to construct this state."
The Labour leader, who has been accompanied on the trip by wife Justine, had a kickabout with football-loving children in the camp before meeting community leader Abu Khamis.
He is on the last leg of a three-day visit and will stay overnight in Ramallah, in central West Bank, tonight - the first leading British politician to be able to do so as a result of improved security conditions.
Mr Miliband has already held talks with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and will meet with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas before he leaves tomorrow.
His visit comes just one month after Prime Minister David Cameron's Middle East trip where he pushed for the premiers to agree an outline deal.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has led international attempts to rekindle the peace process but the fragile negotiations again appear to be on the brink of complete collapse.


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The kids are edgy already. All have been through trauma, whether abuse or neglect or abandonment. Then they enter the facility in Houston.
And they see him.
All 300 sculpted pounds of him.
"And they're like, 'Oh my gosh,' " Daryl Gardener says. "They think, 'This monster's going to do something to me!' "
The 36-year-old unleashes the same booming laugh that reverberated throughout the Dolphins' locker room from 1996 through 2001. Sometimes, you heard it after some WWE-style proclamation, such as when the self-proclaimed "Modern Day Gladiator" bet a Sun Sentinel columnist about the Dolphins' record (winning the right to write a column), or when he declared that the Dolphins would "lock the doors and throw away the key" against the Rams. (The Rams won.)
Six years after his NFL retirement, Gardener is focused on opening doors ... to children.
Yes, his body is hard as ever. That's part of his post-retirement story, and the pictures prove it. More on that later. But then there's the part that pleasantly surprises.
He has revealed a softer side than the public saw during his playing days, days that started when Jimmy Johnson picked the defensive tackle in the first round and ended after eight seasons and two back surgeries. While a Dolphin, Gardener worked as a guardian ad litem, speaking for abused kids in the court system. He also spoke frequently with teammate David Bowens, who bounced around in foster homes until being adopted and who became an inspiration for Gardener to get into a line of work he calls "harder than football."
That's working with kids in a residential treatment program called Gardener's Kids Centers. The center holds up to 16 residents ages 8 to 17. While the state provides funds, Gardener has started a nonprofit entity to make sure the kids' needs are met.
Gardener has also teamed with a respiratory therapist named Melanee Albright to work toward nationwide expansion (including Florida) of his program, so children and teens are not shuffled endlessly from one facility to another, each with little connection to the last. The goal is to never turn any kids away, and to keep them in Gardener's Kids facilities until college - protecting, nurturing, listening.
"I am with these kids until I die," Gardener says.
He says they are his focus now, since football is finished. His career? Marked by extremes. Few in NFL history had his physical gifts: 6 feet 7 inches, 315 pounds with single-digit body fat. At times, he could be dominant. Yet he also played hard off the field: "I lived a great lifestyle." That meant cars, clothes, clubs, late nights, big bills. Watching $10 million mature in the bank? No way.
"I was going to enjoy it," Gardener says.
At first, he expresses no regret, then relents: "I wish I would have done some things a little differently." He expresses gratitude to the Dolphins organization and for "having a chance to work with a legendary coach like Jimmy Johnson." Dave Wannstedt? No such love.
Wannstedt cut Gardener before the 2002 season, citing missed workouts and unreturned phone calls. After inviting reporters to his spacious house to give his side, Gardener signed with Washington. He was the Redskins' defensive MVP before one turbulent final NFL season in Denver.
Does he miss football?
"No, no, no," Gardener says.
Well, nothing other than being backed against his own end zone with Dolphins fans chanting, "Defense!"
"I did my damnedest to make sure they got their money's worth," he says, "and I think we did that most of the time."
His own money? He is careful with that now, vowing to direct it to the program rather than his wants. He watches his behavior too, sensing the kids holding him to a higher standard: "I am learning from these kids like they are learning from me."
He promises to base a major decision on them.
Gardener was always fanatical about training, so much so that John Gamble, then the Dolphins' strength coach, would pack a special "Daryl Gardener trunk" with dumbbells on road trips. During the week, Gardener would frequently come to the weight room before dawn, sometimes to avoid less savory alternatives, though sometimes to the chagrin of Dolphins officials.
"That's been his refuge his entire life," says Neil Schwartz, his longtime agent. "His home away from home."
On one Thanksgiving, Gardener was in Gamble's home. Gamble was a champion power lifter who competed in the World's Strongest Man event. Gardener saw Gamble's bronze sculptures, earned for squatting and dead-lifting victories.
"I looked at them like, 'Wow!' " Gardener says.
It stuck with him. After gaining a little weight in retirement, Gardener began training, for aesthetics as well as strength. His legs lagged, because of that bad back, but he learned to compensate. At 298 pounds, he won his first show last July, in the novice heavyweight division, then finished second in another one week later. Frustrated by the sport's politics, he stopped.
"The only thing that will change it is if the kids say, 'Mr. Gardener, why aren't you bodybuilding? I'll be your supporter,' " he says. "Then I will be right back in the gym."
Aiming to compete for Mr. Olympia 2013.
"I was excited when I saw he got into competing in bodybuilding, and I was so impressed with what I saw in the photos," says Gamble, now Dolphins director of player development. "He looks awesome. It's even more exciting, though, to see what he is doing with the kids."


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The ECE has inspired several books which represent the ideas of the ECE as well as practical methods toward becoming a Congregation of Learners and a Self-Renewing Congregation.
The Self-Renewing Congregation, by Isa Aron (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002). Based largely on the work of the ECE over its first 10 years, this book identifies organizational strategies for revitalizing congregations of all denominations and sizes. In order to become self-renewing, Dr. Aron suggests that congregations develop four "capacities" or abilities which include: being both reflective and proactive; practicing collaborative leadership with professionals and lay leaders; accommodating diversity while building one community; and balancing tradition and change. The book illustrates each capacity with examples from actual congregations across the country that are making significant progress toward revitalization.
Becoming a Congregation of Learners: Learning as a Key to Revitalizing Congregational Life, by Isa Aron (Woodstock, Vermont, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000). This book draws on the experiences of the first 14 congregations that participated in the pilot ECE process. In it, Dr. Isa Aron, Founding Director of the ECE, sets out the key ideas that distinguish the ECE's approach to synagogue transformation. Isa shares vignettes that illustrate what it means to be a Congregation of Learners, and a wealth of exercises, handouts, text-study materials, and vision statements that flesh out the practical realities of the ECE's demonstrated five-step process of synagogue change.
A Congregation of Learners: Transforming the Synagogue into a Learning Community, edited by Isa Aron, Sara Lee, and Seymour Rossel (New York, UAHC Press, 1995). This volume compiles papers of scholars, educators, and congregational leaders that laid the foundations for the ECE.
Sacred Strategies: Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary, by Isa Aron Steven M. Cohen, Lawrence A. Hoffman, and Ari Y. Kelman (Herndon, VA, The Alban Institute, 2010). Sacred Strategies is co-authored by founding director of the ECE, Dr. Isa Aron. It embodies many of the philosophies and methodologies that the ECE adheres to.
The Unique Place of Congregational Education in the Lives Of Children, Teens, and Families - The Jewish Theological Seminary


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Haier continues to extend its global brand market share to 8.6%, gaining the top spot in Euromonitor's Global Major Appliances 2012 Brand rankings for the fourth consecutive year.
QINGDAO, China, Dec. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Haier announced today that Euromonitor International, the global leader in consumer market strategy research, has again ranked Haier as the number one major appliance brand in the world with a 8.6% retail volume share in 2012 marking the fourth consecutive year Haier has been given this honor.
According to the report from Euromonitor, in terms of retail volume share, Haier gained the top position again in several product categories:
According to the report, the need for global household appliances continues to decrease due to the effects of financial crisis and the European debt crisis. However, Haier has won global consumers' favor with its differentiated products, and its global market share has increased continuously. The report indicates that, Haier again ranked as the number one major appliances brand in the world, with a 0.8% growth for Haier in global brand market share from 2011.
The reason of Haier's growth in spite of global slowdown is following the trend of Internet. In the Internet era, in order to achieve higher click-through rate, Haier has developed a win-win mode of Individual-Goal Combination, and it also has created its organizational structure to a closed-loop network. The goal of Haier is to build a platform, in which consumer needs and global professional resources can be matched.
About Euromonitor
Euromonitor International Limited, founded in the UK in 1972, is the world's leading independent provider of business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. The Global Major Appliances Brands 2011 rankings are based on 2011 data from trade sources and national statistics.
About Haier
Founded in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, in 1984 under the leadership of Mr. ZHANG Ruimin, its current Chairman and CEO, Haier is the No. 1 major home appliances brand in the world and China (Source: Euromonitor International Limited; retail volume sales in units based on 2011 data). Haier Group employs more than 80,000 people around the world and distributes products in more than 100 countries and regions with global revenues reaching US$23.3 billion in 2011. Haier's subsidiary, Qingdao Haier Co. Ltd (600690:SH), is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Haier's subsidiary Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd. (01169:HK) is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Writing Homework One
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First Assignment
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Correct the following (using editing marks or, if done online, by rewriting it while preserving everything that is correct):
1. Its his bad attitude thats the most biggest problem. Irregardless, you can not judge a book by it's cover.
2. Me and Davey gone to the football game that day, and we didn't see nothing there. Instead, the cop yelled at us, "Get lost before you are arrested by me!" Davey got real scared, and he didn't arrest us.
3. Newt Gingrich declared, "the media is terrified that the audience is going to side with the candidates against the media, which is what they've done in every debate." What mistake(s) did Newt, who has written many books, make in his statement? Explain.
4. A good student is someone that can both write very well and quickly.
5. Runing inside to avoid the rainstorm, my new sweatur was mostly dry.
6. These three things needed to be completed Wedesday morning, and it was: calling my friend, finishing this homework, and jog one mile.
Write a flawless essay of 300-500 words (you will be graded both in technical correctness and style) on one of the following topics:
1. Why you don't throw people off a lifeboat to make it float better, even if it looks like the lifeboat will sink.
2. A nagging fear that you have.
3. Who you think will win the Republican nomination for president.
4. Your favorite passage in the Bible, and why.
5. "Almost everything in school and beyond is easier for those who improve their writing skills." Discuss.
6. Describe how and why the writing (lyrics or screenplay) is so good in one of your favorite songs or movies.
7. A very short story of fiction.
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Does the OPC believe that the Bible is the completed revelation of God to man, or does it hold that there are still extra-biblical revelations today (tongues, visions, dreams, etc.), as emphasized in charismatic circles?
Thank you for your question. It is certainly a crucial one today. And I am thankful that I can answer you clearly. I do not do so with my own words, but with the words of the Westminster Assembly, a Reformation-based gathering of theologians, pastors and elders that met some 350 years ago in London to draw up a Confession of Faith (and two Catechisms). The Orthodox Presbyterian Church still holds to these documents (with slight amendments).
Here is what it said about your question. I quote two sections from the first chapter of this Reformation-based Confession. I underline the specific declarations that are relevant to your question.
Chapter 1: OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE
1. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation. Therefore it pleased the Lord, at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterwards, for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing: which maketh the holy Scripture to be most necessary; those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased.
6. The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word: and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature, and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.
I am the author of a commentary on this great Confession of Faith. In this commentary I make the following comment:
It will be noted that the Confession sharply contradicts the view popularized today by the neo-Pentecostal movement. In essence this view would have us believe that we can have the same charismatic gifts that we read about in the age of the Apostles—such as prophecy, speaking in tongues, and healing—today. This is a very serious error. In essence it is a result of a failure to grasp the biblical teaching concerning the history of salvation. The Bible itself makes it clear that there are many things in the history of redemption that cannot, and will not, be repeated. There will never again be a universal flood, or a crossing of the Red Sea, or a virgin birth. Never again will there be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit such as took place on the day of Pentecost. The sending of the Holy Spirit is just as much an unrepeatable event as the birth of Christ was.
It is for this reason that the miracles—the signs and wonders—that we read of in the Bible were not constantly occurring, but rather centered upon the major events in the process of revelation. Note, for instance, how few the miracles are in the Bible until we come to the time of Moses (the author of the first part of the Bible). Note also how the signs and wonders that we read of in the book of Acts are always associated with the presence of the Apostles. For these, and similar facts, there is a reason. The reason is that these signs and wonders were given by God to attest and confirm the fact that these men were his spokesmen. And since this process came to completion in the finished work of Christ, and the testimony of these men is now deposited in the Scriptures, the Bible alone is God's present revelation. Of this we shall see more in the sections that follow.
I then go on to say this:
Christ said that he was "the truth" (John 14:6), and we believe he embodied the whole truth (Col. 2:9). Is this not the point of comparison in the opening statement of the Epistle to the Hebrews? "God at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets" but now he "hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son" who is the "express image of his person." Is this not a contrast between that which was provisional and that which is final; between that which was incomplete (and therefore constantly being added to) and that which is complete (and therefore incapable of being added to)? But the truth which Christ contained within himself, he in turn, according to his own testimony, disclosed to others. "All things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you" (John 15:15). If Christ, at the time of his incarnation, could say "I have made known all," then how can anyone maintain the possibility that there might be more needed before Christ returns?
Christ, then, made a disclosure of all truth to the apostles. We see then that Paul could rightly claim that he had declared "the whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27). "I kept back nothing that was profitable," says Paul (v. 20). Every apostle could make the same claim. How, then, could there remain anything yet to be disclosed which would be of any profit? And even if they (the apostles) had failed to disclose to us (by means of a written record) what Christ disclosed to them, would it not be impossible for anyone but an apostle to supply the deficiency? But Paul's testimony in 2 Timothy 3:15–17 plainly indicates that there is no such deficiency, since they are able to furnish the believer unto perfection. And if the Holy Scriptures are not sufficient and finished, what would a comparison between Hebrews 10:10 (or 10:12, 7:27, etc.) and Jude verse 3 lead to? Can Christ's "once for all" sacrifice be added to? If it cannot, then how can "the faith once for all delivered to the saints" be added to? And how could Paul in Ephesians 6:10 encourage us to "put on the whole armor of God" in order to "be able to stand against the wiles of the devil"? One part of this panoply is "the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God." But if God's Word is not yet complete, how could that armor be whole? Would it not then be defective? And if it were defective, how could we be able to stand?
It is on the basis of such biblical teaching, found in many parts of the Bible, that the Reformers and authors of the Westminster Confession of Faith reached their conclusion. And we remain convinced that they were right in what they confessed.
It is my hope that this may contribute in some small way to your own understanding of this truth.
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Notice that she has straight hair and a fair complexion (that will come up later in this article). If your argument is that she might still be black because this comic isn't in color, here is how she appeared on the cover of TMNT #2 in its third printing, art by Richard Corben:
If your argument is that the cover wasn't drawn by Eastman or Laird so her being white doesn't count, here is the colorized version of TMNT #2 as it appeared in the First Comics TMNT Vol. 1 trade paperback (1986):
And for the record, when the issue was recolored for IDW's TMNT Classics Vol. 4 trade paperback (colors by Digikore Design Limited), April looked like this:
Also, the woman Eastman was referring to is the late April Fisher, whom Eastman was also married to for a time.
Lending some credence to the idea that April's redesign in TMNT #4 was inspired by Fisher, Eastman does have a history of designing female characters in his comics in the likeness of his current spouse. In the period in which he was married to actress Julie Strain, many of the women he designed (usually in conjunction with artist Simon Bisley) looked similar to her. Below you can see Midnight from the TMNT miniseries Bodycount as well as Julie from Heavy Metal 2000 (incidentally, voiced by Strain in the film, and also incidentally, her love interest was designed to look like Eastman).
Currently, Eastman doesn't insert his wife Courtney into too much of his work that I can find. He and Courtney appeared on the cover to the Capital City Comic Con edition of IDW's TMNT: 30th Anniversary Special (art by Paolo Pantelena), and Courtney provided the voice for April O'Neil in the 2016 TMNT short film "Pizza Friday" (though April was not redesigned to look like Courtney):
So it would certainly be naïve, or deliberately obtuse, to ignore the possibility that April's redesign in TMNT #4 was inspired by Fisher. But the takeaway should also be that it was a redesign removed from April's first appearance; it was not her original look. It was also a design that was only temporary and faded away when the big hair trend of the '80s ran its course.
As for Peter Laird's take on the subject, he had this to say in an August 6, 2009 edition of "Ask Peter" at his blog:
The question has apparently been posed to Laird on several other "Ask Peter" Q&As. Here's one from November 18, 2013:
Regarding those sketches Laird was referring to in the quote, here are his early designs for April (then referred to as "assistant") and Baxter. You can see that he had multiple ethnic options in mind for Baxter, though April's design was more or less settled on from the getgo (and thanks to the Anonymous poster in the comments section for sharing these with me!).
And you know what? All this talk about April's race in the Mirage comics is kind of moot, anyway, as Laird revealed in TMNT (Vol. 4) #22 that she was never human to begin with. Mirage April is, in fact, a drawing brought to life by a magic crystal.
I don't think there's anything more to say. This misconception has been floating around for years, though it seems to have kicked into overdrive with the reveal of the upcoming Rise of the TMNT animated series from Nickelodeon, in which April will be black.


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With director Joe Carnahan's (Narc, Smokin' Aces, and The A-Team) awesome survival-action flick The Grey now playing, I recently got the chance to talk with the cast and Carnahan about making the movie. Starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Nonso Anozie, and Joe Anderson, The Grey is about a group of oilmen who have crash landed in the hunting zone of a rogue pack of wolves in the Alaskan tundra. If you're a fan of the cast, Carnahan, or just well made movies, The Grey will not disappoint.
During the press junket I got to talk to Carnahan twice. The first time was just about making The Grey. However, when we spoke the second time, we talked about deleted scenes, what his friends and family screening told him about the movie (especially what he learned from Warrior director Gavin O'Connor), why Liam Neeson is a great action star, what's up with Mark Millar's Nemesis (and how Neeson would be a perfect Blake Morrow), Killing Pablo, and reveals that he'd written the opening of the The A-Team Sequel that he planned had the first film done better commercially. Hit the jump to watch.
Before getting to the interview, a huge congrats to Carnahan for having The Grey open as the #1 movie this weekend, and for giving me such honest answers during the interview. While I usually say use the time index to watch the parts that interest you, this is one of those conversations that I really recommend watching the whole thing.
Finally, if you missed them, here are my video interviews with Liam Neeson, James Badge Dale and Frank Grillo, and Dermot Mulroney and Dallas Roberts.
- :27 Talks about whether or not he had the ability to show the film to a lot of test audiences. He showed the film to friends and other filmmakers that he trusts to get input and did only one public test screening.
- 1:33 Reveals some of the comments he heard from other filmmakers. Says Gavin O'Connor (Warrior) told him "more pop, less poetry", and that led to Carnahan trimming the movie down from 2 hours and 20 minutes to an hour and 48 minutes.
- 2:17 Deleted scenes. Talks about scenes he had to cut out from the film and whether or not we'll see them on the DVD/Blu-ray.
- 3:40 Says he would be partial to including deleted/extended scenes as separate supplemental material rather than releasing an "extended cut" of the movie. Talks about why he prefers to release only one cut of the movie.
- 4:39 Talks about Liam Neeson becoming an action star. Says Hollywood is full of boys instead of men nowadays, and the reason why Neeson is having a career swing is because of a lack of men.
- 5:33 Can Neeson greenlight a movie now? Says Neeson's starpower has grown so much that he shot only a week on Battleship but is extremely prevalent in the film's trailer.
- 6:56 Reveals that he and Mark Millar were talking about Nemesis and he mentioned that Neeson would make a great Blake Morrow. Talks about how Neeson inspires other projects for Carnahan.
- 9:15 Talks about The A-Team 2. Describes the opening for the sequel that he planned had the first film done better commercially.
- 10:13 Reveals why he thinks The A-Team didn't do very well. Says he was leery about releasing the film on opening day of the World Cup, and was confused by critics taking the movie too seriously.
- 11:40 Talks about why he's so brutally honest. Says you've gotta call yourself on your own shit.
- 12:43 Gives status update on the Nemesis movie. Says he and Mark are in discussions and it's in ongoing discussions.
- 13:12 Says his dream project to do next is Killing Pablo, and he turned down Umbra because he didn't want to film outside of Los Angeles on a project he wasn't intensely passionate about.
- 14:00 Talks about how he'd love to do Killing Pablo in the fall if The Grey does well.
- 15:13 Does he have anyone specific in mind casting-wise for Killing Pablo? Talks about how success begets success.
- 16:45 Talks about the Killing Pablo script. Says it's the best screenplay he's ever written.


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First came the deep cold, then sharply higher heating bills.
Bone-chilling temperatures have rattled consumers across the nation since mid-December. Bitter cold is likely to linger over the Northeast and Midwest, and unseasonably low temperatures are forecast for the Southeast, so millions of consumers who've seen skyrocketing utility bills are likely to see another spike in January and February.
The Energy Information Administration predicted that more than 90% of the nation's 116 million homes would have higher heating bills this winter, projecting rises of 2% (for those heating with electricity) to 13% (natural gas). Homes heated with propane were expected to spend 9% more than last year, while those using heating oil were expected to get a 2% price break. Those estimates came in October, before two-decade-low temperatures, rising demand and lower energy stockpiles gripped much of the nation. Revised EIA estimates from earlier this month peg some home heating bills rising as much as 23.5% in the Midwest. But even those estimates may be too low.
"I don't think they factored in the polar vortex or what's happening now," says Steve Schork of energy markets tracker The Schork Report, who says extended cold temperatures could push winter utility bills to their highest levels since 2008.
Propane, the primary heat source in 6 million homes and 2 million businesses, jumped nearly $1 to $4.37 a gallon Thursday at one the nation's prime trading hubs. Prices in some tight Midwest markets shot up to nearly $5 a gallon.
For some, it's not just rising costs, but getting tanks refilled. Stronger exports, higher agricultural demand and supply-chain woes are depleting stockpiles and driving record prices, says Roy Willis, CEO of the Propane Education and Research Council.
"It's not only unprecedented, it's inexplicable, given that we're producing more propane than at any time in my 15 years (at PERC). It's been a perfect storm of issues, and we could have two more solid months of demand," Willis says.
Rising utility bills could pinch consumer spending.
"It's been hard enough for households to keep warm. But I'm afraid they're going to get another punch a month from now, when their heating bills show up," says Sue Tierney, energy and environmental economist at Boston-based Analysis Group. "All of those furnaces working around the clock have increased demand for natural gas, contributing to price spikes, especially in the Northeast. That's a tough combination for households on fixed budgets. Some of the numbers, especially for low-income people, could be staggering."
In normally winter-temperate regions such as Texas, many consumers who typically don't have to turn up the thermostat already are seeing red. About 30% of the state's residents use electric heat.
"This time last year, I was spending about $45 to $50 a month. This year, the bill has almost tripled," says computer systems engineer Lewej Whitelow, whose Dallas apartment is heated by electricity.
Reliant Energy, which supplies about 1.5 million customers in Dallas and Houston, says "heating degree" days for the region through mid-January – the average day people turn up the heat – have climbed 40% to 50% over last winter. Moreover, electric heaters use three times as much energy as air conditioners, says Bill Clayton, vice president of customer care operations.
In Iowa, where 15% of residents use propane as their prime source of heat, officials fret over rising bills. About 15% of state households use propane for their prime source of heat. "Families can't budget for double, triple the cost," says Harold Hommes, a market analyst with the Iowa Department of Agriculture,
Iowans owed $34.9 million on over 283,000 utility bill accounts in Decembver. That's the most since 1999, when Jerry McKim, who heads the state's energy assistance program. began tracking. "It doesn't bode well, particularly since the January bills haven't hit yet," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if January's bills are a record for any month."
In Wisconsin, where temperatures have been 33% colder through mid-January than last year, utility bills are also up. Wisconsin Public Service expects bills for 321,000 natural gas customers to rise. "So far, customers could easily be spending $50, $80 more than last year," spokesman Kerry Spees says.
Elsewhere, consumers hope to ride the winter chill out.
Naomi Wright, a Department of Justice administrative staffer from Waldorf, Md., says her latest utility bill nearly doubled to $95, but there's not much she can do about it. "I'm not going to be cold, I'm not going to suffer," she says. "I need my heat."
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Planning for Planck's science
With ESA's Planck microwave observatory in its final phases of development, mission scientists are stepping up their activity ready to exploit the mission once it is in orbit.
Scheduled for launch next year, Planck will survey the Universe at microwave wavelengths, making the most precise study yet of the 'echo' of the Big Bang.
About 250 scientists of the 'Planck Consortium', are gathering this week in the Pierre Baudis Congress Centre, Toulouse, France, for their yearly meeting. This year's meeting is special, however, since it is likely to be the last before the launch in 2008. It is focussing on the science that Planck will perform. "We have all the proposals for scientific activity in and now we will begin to discuss their practical implementation,' says Jan Tauber", ESA Planck Project Scientist.
Planck is designed to study the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Referred to by some as the echo of the Big Bang, the detection of this radiation ranks as one of the greatest triumphs of twentieth century science. It is a universal bath of microwaves that strongly supports the idea that the cosmos began with a 'big bang' of some sort. By studying the background radiation, astronomers can determine information about the conditions in the Universe shortly after this Big Bang.
Using the subtle variations of temperature in the microwave background, scientists are able to ascertain the initial conditions from which the galaxies grew. The detection of these ripples in the early 1990s by NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite led to the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics being awarded to astrophysicists George Smoot and John Mather.
NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) took the study of these ripples further and now the world's astronomical community is ready to take the next step. "People are becoming quite excited about the mission; the interest is noticeably building as we come closer to launch," says Tauber.
Planck carries a 1.5-metre telescope that feeds two instruments. The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) is a collection of 22 radio receivers that will be operated at –253°C. These receivers will detect microwaves at three frequencies between 30 and 70 GigaHertz. The High Frequency Instrument (HFI) is an array of 52 detectors that convert the radiation to heat, which is then measured by a tiny electrical thermometer. The array will detect six frequencies between 100 and 857 GigaHertz and will be operated at just one tenth of one degree above absolute zero (-273.15 °C).
Planck's measurement of the microwave background radiation will be so precise that astronomers will be able to measure the curvature, the expansion rate, and other fundamental parameters of the Universe to an accuracy of a few percent. These parameters allow us to understand the main constituents of the Universe with unprecedented precision. Planck will also be able to distinguish the regions in the microwave background that evolved into individual filaments of galaxies visible today.
One of the key discussion topics for the meeting is how to manage the many and various science topics that Planck will address. "This is the first meeting where we will be looking in detail at all the intertwined scientific activities that we must carry out during the mission," says Tauber.
In 2008, the final preparations for the launch of Planck will commence. Then, once Planck is safely in space and the science phase starts, the hard work will truly begin.
For more information
Jan Tauber
ESA Planck Project Scientist
Email: Jan.Tauber @ esa.int


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The Central Connecticut softball team tied the program record for wins in a season with a sweep of Holy Cross on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Devils (29-19) topped the Crusaders (9-36) by a score of 8-3 and 13-2. Freshman Kat Malcolm had six hits and six RBI on the day.
The Blue Devils' 29 victories tie the program record for wins that was set by the 2011 squad that went 29-22-1.
Game One
The Blue Devils earned an 8-3 victory over the Crusaders in game one behind seven innings from freshman Laura Messina.
Messina allowed three runs on four hits to earn her 21st victory. She tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts and did not allow a walk.
The Blue Devils scored a pair of runs in the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead. Freshman Ashley Black, batting in the two spot in the order, reached on an error and sophomore Tessa Brown doubled to plate Central's first run. Brown scored the second run of the inning on a passed ball.
Holy Cross scored a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning.
Central responded with a six run inning that was highlighted by a two-run home run from sophomore Arielle Bruno.
Junior Stephaine Chotkevys started the frame with a single and Bruno followed with the home run. Black restarted the rally by tripling to right and Brown hit her second RBI double of the game to plate Central's fifth run. Malcolm doubled to score Brown and then came in to score on an error by the Crusader catcher. Singles by senior Sarah Vlahos and junior Macy Stefanski helped the Blue Devils score their final run of the game.
Malcolm and Brown both went three-for-four in the game. Stefanski also had a multi-hit game.
Bruno and Brown both had two runs batted in in the game.
Game Two
The Blue Devils eight-run ruled Holy Cross in the second game of the doubleheader. Malcolm launched two home runs in the game including a grand slam in the six run fifth inning.
Malcolm got Central on the board with a one out, solo home run in the second inning. Freshman Alyssa McCoart followed with a single and Stefanski and Chotkevys each recorded RBI doubles to put the Blue Devils ahead, 3-2.
Both offenses went quiet until the top of the fifth when the Blue Devils scored six runs to break the game open.
Chotkevys started the inning with a double, sophomore Emily Pogemiller pinch-ran at second and came around to score on a single by Bruno. A walk and a fielder's choice loaded the bases for junior Nicole Springer who delivered an RBI single, but the bases remained loaded. Malcolm was the next batter and she came through with the grandslam, which officially broke the game open.
Junior Jordan Tingley pitched a scoreless bottom of the inning, setting Central up for another big frame.
The Blue Devils tacked on four runs in the sixth inning with the first two coming on a home run by Bruno, her second of the day. Black, Brown and Springer strung together three consecutive singles to score a run and McCoart ended the scoring with an RBI ground out.
With a 13-2 lead, Tingley worked a quick sixth inning to close out the victory.
Tingley improves to 5-3 on the season with the victory. She pitched six innings and allowed two runs on six hits. She struck out five and did not walk a batter.
Malcolm went three-for-four in game two with five RBI. She finished the day six-for-eight with two home runs and six RBI.
"It is nice that we were able to match our win total from last season, but obviously we fell short of our goal to reach the NEC Tournament," head coach Jeff Franquet said after the game. "Laura and Jordan did a great job in the circle and Kat put some great swings on the ball to spur some big innings."
Tingley and Messina combined to pitch 13 innings ans strikeout 18 without allowing a walk.
The Blue Devils will have a chance to reach 30 wins with a doubleheader at Bryant on Sunday. The game will be the regular season finale for both teams.


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- Designed to be repaired
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The Lowe Alpine Contour Mountain 40 is a wonderful day pack. I would recommend it it anyone. It is designed to fit regular sized women to big men. The fit has quite a large range. The harnesses are comfortable and easy to adjust. On a hot day, with a lot of activity, my back does get pretty sweaty.
The CM40 supposedly holds 40 litres, but is my suspicion that its capacity is much greater. This pack holds a lot and can carry great quantities of weight. The CM40 is designed to fall forward so it rides very close to the body. This makes any size load easy to manage. The compression straps are long, so it transforms from a very small pack to a pretty big pack easily. The shovel flap comes in handy for more than just the shovel. It is durable, because it is constructed with 500D Cordura and tightly knit webbing.
Lowe Alpine packs are designed to be repaired and come with a lifetime warranty, so when the zippers wear out, Lowe Alpine will repair them quickly, at no cost to the customer. I have had my CM40's for many, many years and I continue to use them everyday.
Source: bought it used
Price Paid: $40
I think this is a great pack. I've used it as a weekender a number of times and have had it out twice for about 5 days at a time. I've carried around 30 pounds on the longer trips, and was able to carry tent, sleeping pad, ground cloth, alcohol stove, a change of clothes, rain gear, food and water, etc. Very nice compression system. At its heaviest the pack was a little uncomfortable on the shoulders, but after eating a day or two worth of food it was fine.
This pack has been in the Grand Canyon, Tetons, on the AT, China, Thailand, Colombia, and other places. It's held up very well, and when clean looks like new. It makes a great carry-on bag. You can put a lot in it and still fit it under the seat, and when you get off the plane you can make tracks. A very useful pack, and money well spent.
Design: rucksack
Size: 2400 c.i.
Number of Pockets: Main plus smalltop pocket and shovel pocket
Max. Load Carried: 30 pounds
Height of Owner: 5'8"
Price Paid: $45
This is a great pack. Had it for 5 years and it never let me down. It's comfortable - carried loads of 20kg (44lb).. it was heavy, and hurt a bit, but not too bad, considering that load. Needless to say, the pack itself shows no signs of distress, even after having slid down rocky mountain sides and used by Lowe as an emergency brake!
The side pockets are really useful for water bottles and tent poles. Contour shape fits snug, and keeps weight lower down, making for better stability.
Pros: Tough, side compression straps, wand pockets, ski-carry system for that extra gear you can't leave behind...
Cons: The waist belt is not padded... but i see they've fixed this in the latest model!
Design: contour
Size: 40lt
Number of Pockets: 1
Max. Load Carried: 44lb, 20kgs
Height of Owner: 1.7m
Price Paid: $89
I've had the Contour Mountain 50 for about 3 years, and liked it so much, I bought a Contour Mtn 40 for snowshoeing (and the Diamond Mountain 30 as a general daypack). I love these packs. The 40 and 50 are no-nonsense, no-bells-and-whistles packs that carry decent-sized loads, have easy access water bottle mesh pockets, and shovel pockets for snowshovels, tevas, a jacket, whatever.
I use the Mtn 50 for overnight summer backpacking when I don't need to carry a tent or a lot of clothes. The pack doesn't look too big; it has a narrow profile, but release the side compression straps and you can shove some serious stuff into that pack. And the zippers are good quality that stand up to years of overstuffing. I've used Mtn 50 for extended eco-vacations as well; and it holds up well to being tossed on top of busses (and off again). And packed carefully (carry your tevas & jacket) and it will fit in airline overhead compartments.
The Mtn 40 is the perfect snowshoeing or other winter sports. It's just big enough to carry my shovel, extra clothes and food, first aid kit, camera bag, without any wasted space or weight. Ski or trekking poles can be easily attached to daisy chains and loops. The only complaint I have about the Mtn 40 is that the waist belt is a wimpy nylon strap (Mtn 50 has a standard backpack hip belt), so you can't pack a ton of weight in the Mtn 40, or you'll be carrying the weight on your back, not your hips.
Overall, though I love these packs and use them all the time. These are great packs even at full price. If you can find them on sale, so much the better!
Design: Internal
Size: 2800 (Mtn 40)
Number of Pockets: 1 + main compartment. Mesh water bottle holders
Max. Load Carried: 40-ish
Height of Owner: 5'8"
Price Paid: $80 (on sale)
A no-frills roomy rucksack that you can stuff to death! Comfortable shoulder straps and a sternum strap that keeps everything stable. The waist belt could be beefed up a bit though. Expandable shovel pocket is also great for sandals or a shell. Great pack for carrying skis too. Overall an excellent pack for the money.
Design: Daypack
Size: 2400
Number of Pockets: 1 Lid, 2 Side
Max. Load Carried: 8-10 kgs.
Height of Owner: 6' 4"
Price Paid: $100 Can.
I bought myself the 50-liter size and got the 40-liter as a gift. Liked them both so much I decided not to return one (kept them both!).
the 50-liter is the perfect ski pack. The reinforced ski slots on the sides make carrying skis (alpine or telemark) easy, secure and hassle-free. Shovel pocket on the outside is very versatile! The pack is the perfect size for ski boots, camelback, food, extra layers of clothes. Then when you get to the top of the hill, take out the ski boots, use the multiple compression straps to squish everything down, and start skiing! It's teardrop shape hugs your body and interferes less with your skiing than any other pack I've tried. It is the perfect Tuckerman's pack!
The 40-liter size is a bit smaller (obviously) and does not have a padded hip belt. I understand that it because it is designed more for ice-climbing -- where a thick padded belt might interfere with your climbing harness. Well I haven't tried that yet, but it sounds logical. But I do use it all the time for day hikes and for hauling climbing gear to the crags. The 50-liter is almost too big for these kinds of things. The 40 is just right!
They are both very good packs. The tear-drop shape is a different strategy than what most companies are doing. It has advantages and disadvantages. I love them both. I would recommend them more for technical kinds of uses rather than pure "trail-walking with a load" though. The lack of a suspension system does hamper them there.
Design: rucksack
Size: 40 liters
Number of Pockets: 2.5
Max. Load Carried: 20 to 30 lbs
Height of Owner: 5.10
Price Paid: a gift
The Contour Mountain 40 has been a very comfortable and conveinient pack. Complete with a shovel pocket and daisy chains, this pack couldn't offer more. It is easily adjustable and extremely comfortable. I highly recommend this pack- it is excellent on day trips and light overnights.
Design: rucksack
Size: 2400
Number of Pockets: 4
Max. Load Carried: 25
Height of Owner: 5'8
Price Paid: $70
I was looking for a backpack instead of the fanny pack I had been using for search and rescue operations I had looked at some other packs that looked great and then I saw the Lowe Alpine CMM40 and decided it was a quality pack. It is but the weight limit should be carefully watched, the pack has no frame therefore it is tough on the person carrying it when it is overloaded, it is very rugged and I wouldn't ask for more in a rucksack, If you aren't going to get it look for a pack that has the same type of flap because it is the best feature next to compression straps and good padding, it can carry everything from shovels to camelbaks.
Design: Rucksack
Size: 2400
Number of Pockets: 3
Max. Load Carried: 30
Height of Owner: 5'10"
Price Paid: $99
The Contour Mountain 40 is the best skiing pack I have ever used.
The compressions straps can make the pack paper thin when carrying a light load. The pack fits very comfortably. Unlike some packs well placed buckles make adjustment easy so the contents will not move around during descent. Its only problem is that the hip belt is unpadded.
Design: rucksack
Size: 2400
Number of Pockets: 3
Max. Load Carried: 30
Height of Owner: 6'0"
Price Paid: $80


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John Crouch, chief executive officer (CEO) of the world's largest beef breed registry and a pioneer in the performance movement, has announced his intention to retire from the American Angus Association later in the year. He made his intention known Feb. 20, during a regularly scheduled Board of Directors Meeting in Saint Joseph, Mo.
The Board reluctantly accepted Crouch's decision, Association President and Chairman of the Board Paul Hill said, noting Crouch is the first executive in 45 years to retire from the post.
"John Crouch has dedicated 34 years of his life to the American Angus Association," says Hill of Champion Hill Farms, Bidwell, Ohio. "He's the only chief executive to start within the organization as a regional manager, progress to director of performance programs, and then on to become executive vice president and CEO of the Association. The entire beef industry is indebted to John Crouch for advancing leading-edge genetic evaluations."
It was the performance push that first attracted the Tennessee native to join the Association staff, Crouch says. Early involvement in the purebred industry relied on the showring for evaluation, and winning in the showring for a marketing strategy. But experience gained in managing a Chuckey, Tenn., commercial herd, where income from cows was expected to make the farm payment, he says, helped him see the writing on the wall: Profit is a matter of pounds and the inputs it takes to generate them.
Meanwhile, the Association was launching into the performance movement. Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR®) were introduced in 1958. The Association issued its first performance pedigree in 1966 and calculated its first estimated breeding values (EBVs) for growth in 1972. Crouch accepted the position as regional manager for the Southeast in March 1974, the same year the Association published its first Angus Sire Evaluation Report.
"It was one of the happiest days of my life," Crouch says of the day he was named regional manager for Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina. Getting in a car to go visit with cattlemen and share what was going on in the Angus business, offer management tips and talk cows "was as close to heaven as you could get," he says.
At the time, the Angus business was floundering. Registrations had peaked in 1968 at 406,310, but the breed's small, compact frame was becoming more and more a detriment. The late 1960s push for growth and performance was starting to deter people from buying the smaller-framed, early-maturing cattle. Commercial breeders looked elsewhere, and when they couldn't find answers with the British breeds popular in the United States, they turned to Continental bloodlines from overseas.
As a regional manager, Crouch encouraged participation in AHIR, but said the movement did not gain widespread acceptance until the introduction of the performance registration certificate (PRC) in 1981. Introduction of the PRC coincided with Crouch's move to Saint Joseph. It was in that year that Richard L. "Dick" Spader, who had been serving as director of performance programs, was promoted to executive vice president. He subsequently asked Crouch to take the helm as director of performance programs.
After seeing the difference that performance records could make among some of the progressive herds in his territory, Crouch says, he jumped at the opportunity and began to work to develop the world's largest database of beef cattle performance records.
From inclusion of birth weights in AHIR to electronic submission of data to fostering the research and adoption of ultrasound to develop ultrasound-derived predictions of progeny carcass merit, Crouch has been at the forefront of breed improvement programs in the beef industry.
"Without a doubt, John has to be considered one of the pioneers in developing performance programs for the beef seedstock industry as we know them today," says Bill Bowman, Association vice president of information and data programs and Crouch's successor as director of performance programs. "Innovations such as National Cattle Evaluation (NCE), utilizing field data, and the development of the methodology to use ultrasound measures on yearling bulls and heifers to improve carcass merit are just a few highlights of his career.
"The leadership he has provided to the Angus breed and to the entire beef industry will have an immeasurable impact," Bowman continues. That leadership elevated the American Angus Association to the industry's No. 1 source of beef cattle performance data and expected progeny differences (EPDs) and provided members with the tools to make genetic progress.
Crouch smiles when someone calls him "Dr. Crouch," assuming his knowledge base to be backed with years of schooling and advanced degrees. His highest degree is a bachelor's in animal husbandry from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He's quick to attribute much of his "schooling" to participation in the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF), which provides a platform for discussion and knowledge transfer among academia, breed association representatives and some of the leading cattlemen in the industry.
"If you want to learn, there are plenty of good teachers," Crouch says, naming Frank Baker, Robert De Baca, Martin Jorgensen, Richard Wilham, Doyle Wilson, Larry Benyshek, Roy Wallace, Bill Graham and Henry Gardiner among his teachers. "BIF has served an important role in standardizing collection and reporting of performance data so that more cattlemen could benefit from it."
Crouch served 16 years as a committee member for the organization. He was honored both with the organization's Pioneer Award and Continuing Service Award.
Through the use of EPDs, Angus breeders were able to increase the growth and performance of the breed while maintaining its position as the calving-ease leader. Commercial cattlemen recognized the Angus cow for her maternal value. The Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand was successful in generating premiums for Angus cattle, capitalizing on the breed's ability to grow rapidly to a point of harvest and its inherent ability to marble. Registrations were on the rebound at the turn of the century, reaching 271,222 in fiscal year 2000.
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Just as the future started to look bright, the Angus industry was turned upside down with Spader's unexpected death in October of 2001. Crouch was immediately appointed the interim executive vice president and guided the Angus community through one of its most heart-wrenching periods. He was officially appointed to the position at the February 2002 Board Meeting.
Crouch has continued to support innovative performance programs. The introduction of dollar value indexes ($Values), calving ease EPDs, a temperament research evaluation, heifer pregnancy EPDs and research into feed efficiency and marker-assisted selection, demonstrate the priority still given to breed improvement.
As the Association's executive, his untiring and unyielding dedication have for the last six years been commandeered to bolster other departments and entities of the Association as well.
Angus productions Inc. (API), under the leadership of Terry Cotton, has expanded its services as the Association's publishing arm, including the addition of a Web Services Department and a Creative Media Department.
Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) was launched in 2007 under the direction of Bill Bowman. While universities are reducing their commitment to conducting genetic evaluations, AGI now offers a data analysis service to the industry.
The Angus Foundation, under the leadership of Milford Jenkins, has flourished. A net worth now exceeding $5.4 million has allowed the nonprofit affiliate to expand its support of education, research and youth initiatives.
Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) has withstood the loss of export markets to Japan and other countries due to the "cow that stole Christmas"; has refined its original specifications to better meet customer needs and ensure supply of CAB product; and transitioned leadership to John Stika, who now serves as president, following the retirement of Jim Riemann.
"Since I have been with the program," Stika says, "John has been nothing but proactive in finding ways to support the direction of CAB rather than dictate or direct it. I think that is reflected in the attitude of the team of people that makes up the Association, API, AGI, the Foundation and, obviously, CAB.
"It carries through to the industry, too," Stika continues. "Producers can sense there's a cohesiveness there that is targeted and is driving value for their cattle. John is creating that synergy and feeling of unity."
Crouch says the role he played as executive vice president and CEO was to make sure good leaders were in every leadership position, to help them do their jobs, and to help them work together.
"John's been an outstanding leader," says Jarold Callahan of Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla., and a director for the Association. "Under his tenure, Angus has experienced unprecedented growth due to his ability to work with people and get people to pull in the same direction.
"Even though he is very hands-on, he's put good people in good places and allowed them to do their jobs extremely well," Callahan continues. "He's been easy to work with; he has outstanding vision; and we're going to miss him and his leadership at the American Angus Association."


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The Ockley Green Girls: Four Nice Women and One Not-So-Nice Woman
Lois Gaither Hallock BA '52 tells the tale of "five funny women from Portland, Oregon, then and now." Hallock and her four friends met as kindergartners, went their separate ways after high school, and reunited at their 50th high school reunion. Now they get together every year at the beach.
Dog Ear Publishing, 2012. 112 pages.


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CyberCapture is a feature of Avast Antivirus that detects and analyzes rare, suspicious files. If you attempt to run such a file, CyberCapture locks the file from your PC and sends it to the Avast Threat Labs where it is analyzed in a safe, virtual environment.
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- Once Avast Threat Labs have analyzed the file, a notification about the security status of the file is displayed.
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- Scroll to Enable CyberCapture Technology and tick the Ask me about decision option.
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Opening a file when it has been detected by CyberCapture:
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- Click Run anyway (not recommended). If you are sure that the file is safe you can untick Upload file to Avast Virus Lab for deep analysis.
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We do not recommend preventing CyberCapture from sending detected files to Avast Threat Labs for analysis, but for specific purposes this option is available. This option works regardless of CyberCapture settings.
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We do not recommend excluding files from any scan to ensure optimal protection for your PC. However, this option is available if you need to exclude a file temporarily for troubleshooting purposes. You can exclude certain files temporarily from all scans, shields, and CyberCapture at once.
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Md. educator named National Teacher of the Year
A chemistry teacher from Frederick is the 2011 National Teacher of the Year.
The Washington-based Council of Chief State School Officers said Sunday it has selected Michelle Shearer for the honor.
Shearer teaches at Urbana High School in Frederick.
The 14-year classroom veteran was recognized for her passion, her embrace of technology and her focus on teacher-student interaction.
Shearer also is fluent in American Sign Language and taught at the Maryland School for the Deaf.
She was named Maryland Teacher of the Year in October.
Shearer will get a day off Tuesday when she and the other state teachers of the year travel to the White House to be recognized by President Barack Obama.


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Steve Smith
Dec 01, 2008
Staying ahead of the curve in content management is a tough assignment when Web 2.0 technologies, user habits, and content distribution methods seem to evolve on a daily basis. The decade-old content management fixture Ektron not only kept up in 2008, it led the market into technologies that embraced the social networking phenomenon as well as the ways in which user-generated content make all sites hyperdynamic. The 7.5 upgrade of the core CMS product, CMS400.NET, drove Ektron's substantial business growth last year as well as spearheaded its innovation. The new version introduced out-of-the-box social networking functionality so users could create their own personalized workspace to discover and communicate with others on-site. "We believe social networking is going to play a big role in searching on people and to find content," says CEO William Rogers. Ektron maintains a vision of usability, making a CMS suite that is deep enough for developers but easy enough for the folks in the cubicles to update and manage. "We need to make these things available to the world to drag and drop and to customize," he says.
In 2008, version 7.5 paid off for the company, which enjoyed 60% growth, now with a roster of 7,000 clients. The company was included on Inc.'s list of 5,000 fastest growing private companies and was among Deloitte Technology's Fast 50 list for New England. The Nashua, N.H., firm has about 200 employees and counts LG, Sony, and Johnson & Johnson among its clients. Vignette, Interwoven, and SilkRoad are just some of the vendors that OEM the Ektron product. While Ektron has been a major presence in the U.S. market for some time, in the past 2 years it has put deeper stakes abroad to stimulate international expansion, opening offices in Australia, Canada, and the U.K., as well as in San Francisco.
Just as version 7.5 of CMS400.NET drove Ektron's growth and philosophy in 2008, the September 2008 release of 7.6 charts the company's future. The revised CMS anticipates the Web 2.0 world in which most sites will live in 2009 with greater personalization features for users on the front end and more sophisticated back-end management of multisite businesses and marketing. The new design recognizes the importance of the search ecosystem and now builds in SEO-friendly features such as human-readable automated URL aliases and an SEO Site Checker that maps a site's visibility to search engine crawlers. Synchronization "will be revolutionary" to content management, Rogers promises. In the old days, simply synchronizing information from a staging environment to a development environment was the trick. "In Web 2.0 that becomes more complicated," he says. User-generated content, wikis, blogs, forums, commenting—all dynamically change your site in ways that are hard to track and develop around. The new version of CMS400.NET includes eSync, a technology that synchronizes production and staging environments in a highly dynamic UGC world. It even allows for geosynchronization of multinational environments and facilities, so company sites around the world can sync overnight. "I believe this will be the most significant feature Ektron has ever delivered into the market," says Rogers.
Ektron maintains its prominent place in the market by staying spry and by looking down the road and having a good idea of what is around the next curve. Rogers sees much greater enterprise demand for Rich Interface Applications such as Silverlight and Adobe Flex as authoring tools. RIA further democratizes the authoring environment by letting nontechnical people within organizations construct real applications. "We think as time goes on more and more companies will use this richer experience but manage it through content management."
And while it takes a couple of years for the reality to catch up to the hype, Rogers believes mobility is about to have its impact on web-based CMS structures. iPhones and smart phones are following that lead and finally impacting the way organizations view their own web content. "We are starting to see different types of devices getting to web content, including more and more cell phones. There will be an explosion in how people get information out of their websites and onto these devices," says Rogers.
The Ektron staff certainly won't mind content becoming more accessible from mobile devices. The crew has a penchant for staff clubs and teams that involve things such as floor hockey, hiking, gardening, and even cricket. How do the top execs such as CEO William and COO Ed Rogers stay ahead of the curve? Well, one way is that they are both members of Ektron's company motorcycle club.
Fun Fact: Before the company's founding in 1998, William Rogers built a management system for a dentist who wanted to manage and edit dental wellness articles from his website. That system evolved into Ektron's first product, eWebEditPro.
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By Michelle Rindels
A new report shows 200 people reported food poisoning symptoms after dining at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip.
Southern Nevada Health District data released Friday show the salmonella outbreak at the Firefly restaurant in late April was more extensive than previously thought. An earlier report showed nearly 90 people sick.
Officials say patrons reporting illness hailed from 20 different states and two foreign countries.
Investigators say they haven't pinpointed a menu item or ingredient that's the likely culprit. Inspectors who visited the restaurant on April 26 documented food stored at improper temperatures and employees handling food without gloves.
The restaurant was one of Vegas' most highly rated eateries on the review site Yelp.com. Health District spokeswoman Stephanie Bethel says it was shuttered April 26 and remains closed.