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Books for children and teens are not Snuggies. One size doesn't fit all. So when choosing books for young readers this holiday season, it helps to know their style. Maybe he likes roomy epic fantasy novels he can get lost in, whereas she prefers the more tailored fit of a contemporary story with realistic characters and situations. He loves the retro flair of historical fiction, while she craves the space boots of sci-fi. And everybody enjoys a funny book, right? Well, what kind of funny? Slapstick humor—the literary equivalent of a squirting bow tie—or more subtle, sly wit, like a pair of SpongeBob boxers under a three-piece suit?
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Fortunately, the closet is deep. There's a book (or two or twelve) on the shelf to suit the pickiest recipient in every age group, even those who claim they hate to read because they've tried on books that pulled or bunched or itched or bored them to sleep. The gift of the right book at the right time can transform a child into that most estimable of fashionistas: a reader.
So check out our shelf, grouped by age recommendation.
Toddlers, preschoolers
Speaking of wardrobes, who knew Mother Goose had such an extensive one? Picture book illustrator Petra Mathers brings together lesser known rhymes and beloved standards in her exquisite The McElderry Book of Mother Goose (96 pages, Simon & Schuster, $21.99, ages 5 and up). Mathers' artwork is whimsical and inviting, and she doesn't shy away from poignancy in her rhyme selections. In one spread, for instance, she pairs the plaintive "Bye, O My Baby" with the silly tongue-twisting "Betty Botter," while noting in the book's afterword that "a big part of Mother Goose is based on real events. … Naturally sad things happen alongside happy ones."
By now it's clear: Picture book artist Jon Klassen has a thing for hats and petty theft. This Is Not My Hat (40 pages, Candlewick, $15,99, ages 3 and up), Klassen's sly, darkly comic tale of a chapeau-stealing fish, follows his best-selling sly, darkly comic "I Want my Hat Back," in which a rabbit's fate exemplifies why it's not smart to pilfer caps from bears. Perhaps he'll move on to socks or mittens next?
Take "The Little Engine That Could" off the tracks, make him seaworthy and you've got Stephen Savage's Little Tug (32 pages, Roaring Brook, $12.99, ages 2-5). Little Tug may not be the tallest, fastest or biggest boat in the harbor, but when tall, big, fast boats need a boost, he's the guy for the job. Bold graphics, simple text and the affection that flows between the cheerful tugboat and his appreciative pals add up to a near-perfect book for preschoolers, who will relish the reminder that being small does not mean being unimportant.
The elves, the flying reindeer, the white beard, the red suit: These and other details in the Santa story are common knowledge. But Judi Barrett's Santa from Cincinnati (48 pages, Atheneum, $16.99, ages 4 and up), illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, digs deeper into the legend to reveal that, at heart, St. Nick is really a down-to-earth Midwestern boy. This clever Christmas story from the author of the classic picture book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" manages to humanize Santa — he went to college in the North Pole, chose his workshop because it had central heating — without detracting from his magic.
Blowing out the menorah or squishing the chocolate gelt doesn't count as good Chanukah etiquette, even if you're an Arizonasaurus. Jane Yolen and Mark Teague's How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? (40 pages, Blue Sky Press, $16.99, ages 3 and up) is the latest installment in their amiable picture book parade of dos and don'ts, as demonstrated by oversized "children" with scales and tales and claws. A Scelidosaurus in a yarmulke playing dreidel? Why not? As long as he's polite about taking turns.
There's someone creeping through the house at midnight, but it's not Santa. The shadowy figure in Nighttime Ninja (32 pages, Little, Brown, $16.99, age 3-6) by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young, scales walls with hook and rope instead of in a sleigh. His mission? Snack retrieval — or so readers discover when Mom turns on the kitchen light and confronts her sneaky warrior. The young boy's imaginative adventure unfolds in stunning cut paper and fabric collages that incorporate Chinese calligraphy and natural imagery.
Abe Lincoln's Dream (32 pages, Roaring Brook, $16.99, ages 5 and up) by Lane Smith carries readers along on an equally imaginative journey. A schoolgirl on a White House tour wanders away from her classmates and meets a tall, thin, sad-looking man in a stovepipe hat who greets her and then walks right through a wall. Inspired by a recurring dream Lincoln reportedly had about riding on "an indescribable vessel moving rapidly toward an indistinct shore," this visually enticing picture book includes funny, touching dialogue between the two main characters as they fly through the air together discussing how the nation has changed since the 16th president's day.
In the Center for Cartoon Studies' Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special (64 pages, First Second Publishing, $9.99, ages 4 and up) by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost, Santa thumbs his cherry nose at the digital age and enlists the magical cartoon elf's help in creating a "great comic for one and for all!" Poking good-natured fun at both traditional "sappy" holiday stories and the season's commercialism — their comic is "cheap for the naughty and free for the nice!" — this third in a trio of pro-comic book comics nudges children to follow Santa's example and see what they can create with pen, paper and inspiration.
Elementary-school age
Becoming a Ballerina (48 pages, Viking, $18.99, ages 6 and up) by author Lise Friedman and photographer Mary Dowdle follows along on a fairy tale come true — not the horrible kind — for 12-year-old Fiona, cast as Clara in the Boston Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker. Beautiful color photos accompany Fiona's journey through auditions, rehearsals and the opening-night performance, as the text offers aspiring Claras insight into what it takes to play this coveted role. Says Fiona's older sister, who was Clara in two past productions, "Look, the most important advice I can give you is to genuinely have fun onstage."
It's not clear from Electric Ben (40 pages, Dial, $17.99, ages 6 and up), Robert Byrd's picture book biography of Benjamin Franklin, whether America's most famous Renaissance man was a dancer, but if not it's about the only thing he didn't do. Swimming, writing, newspaper publishing, politicking, inventing: His list of interests runs almost as long as his list of inventions, which includes everything from the lightning rod to swim fins to bifocals. Byrd's intricate illustrations, arranged in panels like a cartoon, and detailed text provide a well-rounded portrait of Franklin and show why he deserves his near-mythical place in history.
Legions of Lemony Snicket fans found it truly unfortunate when his "A Series of Unfortunate Events," after 13 volumes, came to an end. Who Could That Be at This Hour? (272 pages, Little, Brown, $15.99, ages 9 and up) is the auspiciously inauspicious beginning to Snicket's new series, "All the Wrong Questions," spoofing noir detective stories. "There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft," intones 13-year-old Lemony in the opening sentence, and he was "wrong about all of it." Readers can wrap themselves in Snicket's familiar humor as if it were a comfy old sweater and delightedly watch the hapless gumshoe's investigation unravel.
Like "Harriet the Spy," Newbery-winning author Rebecca Stead's Liar & Spy (192 pages, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, ages 9 and up) features a New York City kid on the lookout for suspicious activity. When seventh-grader Georges (named after the painter Seurat) responds to a notice on a community bulletin board in his new apartment building — "Spy Club Meeting—Today!" — he meets Safer, a boy from a quirky family, who trains Georges in the ways of observation while withholding information important to the "case." Multiple mysteries threaded throughout this nuanced, heartfelt novel will keep even close readers guessing up to the end.
A powerful weapon with heart as well as bite provides the subject for seasoned children's nonfiction writer Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Dogs On Duty (48 pages, Walker Books, $16.99, ages 7 and up) an engaging photo essay about the military's training and use of dogs in their operations. These faithful MWDs (Military Working Dogs) sniff out explosives, lie down across wounded soldiers to protect them and even parachute from planes. Children with family members serving overseas will find comfort in knowing that these incredible, loyal animals are on the job, helping keep their loved ones safe.
This year of the London Olympics and Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee also brings updates to several classics of British literature. Jacqueline Kelly's Return to the Willows (288 pages, Henry Holt, $19.99, ages 7 and up), illustrated with lush paintings by Clint Young, gamely — and successfully — takes on the challenge of creating rousing new adventures for friends Ratty, Mole and impetuous Toad from Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." David Calcutt and illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith flesh out traditional ballads in Robin Hood (112 pages, Barefoot Books, $24.99, ages 8 and up) to transport readers into the depths of Sherwood Forest. And, most ambitiously of all, young adult novelist Terry Pratchett tosses Charles Dickens together with one of his own characters in Dodger (368 pages, HarperCollins, $17.99, ages 12 and up) when a crafty young "tosher" (an urchin who combs the London sewers for loot) rescues a girl from being beaten and meets a journalist named Charlie who happens upon the scene.
Preteens, teens
Adam Gidwitz's irreverent, gleefully gory fairy tale mash-up "A Tale Dark and Grimm" gets a Part 2 — this time with Jack and Jill as the starring duo — in a companion volume, In a Glass Grimmly (192 pages, Dutton, $16.99, ages 10 and up). As in the first book, Gidwitz warns readers from the start that fairy tales were never meant to be cutesy or sweet. In fact, he says, original fairy tales were "horrible," as in "causing feelings of horror." But they were also "beautiful — like the gray and golden ashes in a fireplace. Or like the deep russet of a drying stain of blood." And, thanks to Gidwitz's unparalleled skill as a storyteller, here they are also horribly entertaining.
Though the spy thriller Bomb (272 pages, Flash Point, $19.99, ages 10 and up) by Steve Sheinkin reads like John le Carré, it's actually a thoroughly documented account of, as the book's subtitle succinctly puts it, "the race to build — and steal — the world's most dangerous weapon." Little did chemist Otto Hahn know that his 1938 discovery of nuclear fission, or the splitting of uranium atoms, would lead to the human race gaining the power to destroy itself many times over. But which country would be the first to develop atomic weaponry — The United States? Russia? Nazi Germany? Sheinkin immerses readers in the tense atmosphere of the early 1940s, when the outcome of World War II lay in the hands of scientists, and covert operatives infiltrated labs, determined to help their side win the dash to the finish line.
Sharon G. Flake's young adult novel Pinned (240 pages, Scholastic, $17.99, ages 10-14) gives voice to two unique characters: Autumn, a high school wrestling champion, the only girl on her team; and Adonis, the wrestling team's manager and a straight-A student, who was born without lower legs. Autumn is up front about everything, including her dismal grades, poor reading skills and her love for Adonis. Adonis is equally up front with his opinion that Autumn isn't smart enough for him. Still, he can't get her out of his mind. It's easy to connect with unpretentious Autumn, while not so easy, at first, to do so with haughty Adonis, which makes his narration all the more interesting. Flake is unafraid to create a complex, flawed, disabled character readers have to work to understand and like.
What's the best way to understand other people? The clichéd "walk a mile in their shoes" is something the main character of David Levithan's Every Day (336 pages, Knopf, $17.99, ages 12 and up) does, literally, every day — and not by choice. Every morning Levithan's 16-year-old narrator, A, wakes up in a different body. Male or female, gay or straight, popular or on the fringe: A has experienced it all; but what happens when A falls in love? Essential questions of identity and connection permeate this brilliantly conceived novel, which is like a whole library full of stories in one volume.
Or like a closet full of shoes. Go ahead, reader. See if they fit.
Christine Heppermann is a reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine and the author of several nonfiction books for children, including "City Chickens."


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Sunday Sweets: Wintry Wonders
Hey all! john (the hubby of Jen) here and it's my turn to pick today's sweets. It's finally starting to get a bit chilly here in Florida (60 degrees! Brrr!), and that has me in the mood to post a few icy beauties.
Check out this adorable little deer.
And for our mostly fondant free sweet, we have the Abominable Snowman also known as The Bumble from Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Cake Christmas ornaments! Brilliant!
And lastly:
...simple, elegant and fun. Gotta love it.
Nominate your own Sunday Sweet by sending it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.
- Similar Sweets: Winter Wonderland

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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern women's tennis team completed a season sweep of Albany State on Monday afternoon with a 9-0 non-conference victory at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex.
GSW (7-12) tallied a 96-9 advantage in games won against the Golden Rams.
Melinda Vansant did not lose a game in doubles or singles play for Southwestern. Vansant partnered with Kalie Douberly for an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles before cruising through her No. 6 singles match with a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
Mollie McGowan did not drop a game at No. 3 singles and Victoria Ondo kept Jasmine Williams at love at No. 4.
The Lady Hurricanes defeated ASU 9-0 on March 13 in Albany.
Southwestern travels to Montevallo on Friday for its final road match of the spring, a 3 p.m. contest against the Falcons.
|Singles competition
|1. Carly Cangelosi (GSW-W) def. Reanah Kellogg (ALBNYST) 6-1, 6-0
|2. Kalie Douberly (GSW-W) def. Brittany White (ALBNYST) 6-1, 6-2
|3. Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) def. Ashley Bynum (ALBNYST) 6-0, 6-0
|4. Victoria Ondo (GSW-W) def. Jasmine Williams (ALBNYST) 6-0, 6-0
|5. Ginny Jones (GSW-W) def. Jasmine LIvingston (ALBNYST) 6-1, 6-1
|6. Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) def. Williams (ALBNYST) 6-0, 6-0
|Doubles competition
|1. Carly Cangelosi/Ginny Jones (GSW-W) def. Reanah Kellogg/Brittany White (ALBNYST) 8-2
|2. Victoria Ondo/Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) def. Ashley Bynum/Jasmine Williams (ALBNYST) 8-1
|3. Kalie Douberly/Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) def. Jasmine LIvingston/Williams (ALBNYST) 8-0


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Pair a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard with HoloLens, then use them to interact with holograms and to type anywhere you'd use the holographic keyboard. Pair the HoloLens clicker for a different way to interact with HoloLens.
Other types of Bluetooth devices, such as speakers, headsets, smartphones, and game pads, may appear as available in HoloLens settings, but aren't supported. Learn more.
Pair a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse
Turn on your keyboard or mouse and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer's website to learn how.
Use the bloom gesture to go to Start, then select Settings .
Select Devices and make sure Bluetooth is on. When you see the device name, select Pair and follow the instructions.
Pair the clicker
Use the bloom gesture to go to Start, then select Settings .
Select Devices and make sure Bluetooth is on.
Use the tip of a pen to press and hold the clicker's pairing button until the status light blinks white. Make sure to hold the button down until the light starts blinking. Where's the pairing button?
On the pairing screen, select Clicker > Pair.


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2011 Letterpress Printers Gift Guide
This is a post not for admirers of letterpress products, but for the folks actually doing letterpress printing. Crafting high quality work is all about the details. Sometimes the littlest things make a really big difference. The black arts ain't always easy. In order to letterpress print professionally you need the right tools for the job. These are some of the things that we use daily in our shop. Individual items range in cost from $5 to $60. Granted, they are not items found in letterpress shops a hundred years ago, but that is a bonus you get for being a letterpress printer in the age of the glowing screen.
1. Schaedler Combo Ruler This ruler is used across every step of production in our shop. It has really tiny increments. So small that you can measure the lines on your typical ruler. They have it all on this one ruler: points, picas, metric, standard and decimal inches.
2. Depth Ruler This is the perfect tool to quickly square up your artwork to the press sheet. We don't use them for increments. We use them as a tool to slide the gauge and compare side to side on a press sheet.
3. Digital Thickness Gauge To adjust impression and do proper makeready you have to KNOW exactly what thickness you are putting in the press and adjust your packing accordingly. This is the tool to do just that. Find the overall thickness of materials in metric and decimal inches.
4. #99 Heidelberg GTO Suckers These will change your life if you run Heidelberg letterpresses. They are specifically useful if you have ever struggled with warping, wavy cover stock or heavy board stock. The accordion body on these offer a little additional reach beyond the disc type suckers, without double sheeting. We use them on both Heidelberg Original Cylinders and Heidelberg Windmills.
5. Dogwood Coffee Drinking on the job is almost a requirement in our shop. For consistently great coffee we love the micro-roasted batches from Dogwood Coffee. It's a daily ritual from folks that embrace craft like we do. They have sweet little holiday brewing bundles available on their site.
6. Linen Tester Magnifier See what is going on on your press sheet close up. You can then more quickly diagnose your print issues. Overinking, plate problem, impression, etc. We like the open body style of the folding linen tester magnifiers.
7. LED Magnetic Flex Light Have a hard time seeing an enclosed part? Ever drop something inside a press. We have. This bright little light is perfectly small and has a magnetic base to keep your hands free.
8. Precision Oiler We use a heavy weight press oil in this little guy to get a precision drop of oil right where it needs to go. Perfect for oiling the small parts around feeding and delivery, especially on Heidelberg Windmills.
9. Rosin Bag Originally a product used to add gripping precision in many sports, this little bag works well to add some stick to the rails your roller trucks ride on. Gets rid of that pesky little ghosting start mark by slapping this sack on your rails a few time. This is an especially good tip for Heidelberg Windmills.
10. Super Soap Sometimes is feels so good to be dirty. But to handle cotton paper you better get clean. This soap is easy on the hands and has a little sawdust grit for scrubbing action. 11. Teamster Shop Apron This is one mother of an apron. This is an extra long apron that We love the split leg design that allows you to get up and down to worship your iron beast.
12. Pressroom Creed Poster If you want your studio visitors to better understand your letterpress neurosis, hang this in your shop. (yes, this is a shameless promotion of our own product) It is a 13 x 20 sheet size, heavy 220lb cotton stock. "This is my printing press. There are many like it, but this one is mine..."


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The Global Garment Trail: From Bangladesh to a Mall Near You
As foreign retailers embraced Bangladesh's cheap and speedy garment-making prowess, Bazlus Samad Adnan sensed there was a moment to be seized.
"There's money in the air," friends of the entrepreneur recall him saying. "You just need to know how to grab it."
Mr. Adnan and a friend set up a small garment factory, New Wave...


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We evaluated various defensive methods with respect to their effectiveness against these malicious servers, namely blacklisting, patching, and using a different browser.
First, we evaluated blacklisting as a method of defense. We inspected 27,812 URLs of known bad sites. These URLs originate from the well known hosts file from www.mvps.org for DNS blackholing on a Windows machine, and from the clearinghouse of stopbadware.org. A large number of 1,937 URLs successfully attacked our client honeypot running Internet Explorer 6 SP2. This is a percentage of 6.9646%. It appears that the providers of these lists know about malicious URLs that exist on the Internet. However, they only know a minority of malicious URLs. Checking which of the servers that we identified as malicious appear in the lists of known bad sites reveals that only 12% of malicious servers are known.
Does this mean that blacklisting is an ineffective method? In order to answer this question, we repeated our analysis of the 306 malicious URLs on a client honeypot that uses a DNS blackhole list, including the servers in the hosts file from www.mvps.org and the servers in the clearinghouse of stopbadware.org, and repeated our analysis. Considering that only 12% of the servers we identified as malicious were included in our blacklist, one would expect a remaining high number of malicious classifications by our client honeypot. Surprisingly, only one URL remained malicious. We conclude that blacklisting is indeed a very effective method to thwart these attacks.
To understand why blacklisting is an effective method, one needs to take a closer look at the exploits deployed on the URLs. Primarily, exploits are not found directly on a page, but are rather imported from a server (for example, via iframes, redirects, JavaScript client-side redirects, etc.) that specializes in providing exploits as shown in Figure 5. These are centralized machines that are likely to be referenced from numerous URLs. The blacklist that we used seems to include most of these centralized exploit servers, but not the malicious web server that the client initially contacted. Despite this lack of knowledge of the malicious web servers, the exploit can still be successfully blocked via the blacklist because the follow up request to the exploit server that resulted from the redirect is blocked. In the side boxes on in-depth analysis, we take a closer look at the relationship between the input URL and the imported exploits of a specific site.
Figure 5 - Central Exploit Server
Second, we evaluated whether patching is an effective method to defend against malicious web servers. All malicious URLs that we have encountered to date (this includes 47 malicious URLs that were submitted to the client honeypot via our web site) were evaluated once again with a fully patched (as of May 10th 2007) version of Internet Explorer 6. A total of 2,289 URLs were inspected; this resulted in 0 successful compromises.
Patching does seem to be very successful as a defense measure. This comes as no surprise because attackers tend to rely known exploits if there is a chance of success. And it appears that the odds of success using these older exploits are high, because a large user base still does not seem to use automatic patching on their systems, leaving them vulnerable. The current browser distribution from w3schools.com reveals that Internet Explorer 6 is still used by 38.1% of Internet users worldwide as of May 2007. Considering that Internet Explorer 7 has been pushed as a high security update by Microsoft for several months, there is an indication that a large number of these users probably do not have automatic updates turned on. Some portion of these 38.1% that do have automatic updates turned on have probably made a conscious decision not to update to Internet Explorer 7, but rather to just accept Internet Explorer 6 patches. Nevertheless, we suspect that many simply do not have automatic updates enabled.
Despite its great success as a defensive approach, patching still does not provide complete protection. There is certainly the risk of zero-day exploits that can successfully attack a fully patched version of a browser. In addition, there is the risk of exploits targeting publicly disclosed vulnerabilities for which no patch is currently available. Users of Internet Explorer 6 were in this position recently: in September 2006 due to the VML vulnerability and in March 2007 due to the ANI vulnerability. These vulnerabilities, which allowed for remote code execution, were publicly disclosed and were left unpatched for about one week. We suspect that malicious servers are quick to distribute such exploits as they are very effective and easily obtainable. To confirm this we will need to collect data with our client honeypot farm once a situation similar to the VML or ANI vulnerability arises in the future.
Different Browser
Internet Explorer 6 SP2 is known to be at risk of being attacked by malicious web servers. As the final piece of this study, we evaluated whether using a different browser would be an effective means to reduce the risk of attack. We compared three browsers: Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Firefox 1.5.0 and Opera 8.0.0. Common perception about Internet Explorer and Firefox is that Firefox is safe and Internet Explorer is unsafe. However, a review of the remote code execution vulnerabilities (primary source: ) that were publicly disclosed for Firefox 1.5 and Internet Explorer SP2 reveals that, in fact, more were disclosed for Firefox 1.5 (see Figure 6) indicating more the opposite is true.
Figure 6 - Remote code execution vulnerabilities per browser
To determine which browser is actually safer to use, we set up our client honeypots to use these browsers to interact with the servers. Due to time constraints, we were not able to re-evaluate all 300,000 URLs with each browser, but we did reinspect the highly malicious category of adult content comprising approximately 30,000 URLs. As shown in Figure 7, these input URLs that resulted in a 0.5735% of successful compromises of Internet Explorer 6 SP2 did not cause a single successful attack on Firefox 1.5.0 or Opera 8.0.0. Particularly the results on Firefox 1.5.0 are surprising, considering the number of remote code execution vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed for this browser and the fact that Firefox is also a popular browser. We can only speculate why Firefox wasn't targeted. We suspect that attacking Firefox is a more difficult task as it uses an automated and "immediate" update mechanism. Since Firefox is a standalone application that is not as integrated with the operating system as Internet Explorer, we suspect that users are more likely to have this update mechanism turned on. Firefox is truly a moving target. The success of an attack on a user of Internet Explorer 6 SP2 is likely to be higher than on a Firefox user, and therefore attackers target Internet Explorer 6 SP2.
Figure 7 - Malicious classifications of adult content URLs per browser


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Although data networking has become the glamorous end of the cabling business, installing standards-compliant telephone lines into homes and small commercial buildings remains the bread-and-butter of most cabling contractors. In the near-term future, contractors should look forward to having the Plug-and-Play House become a reality.
The Home Plug and Play, or HPnP, is designed to be the umbrella communications language under which a broad range of home-energy entertainment and security products can talk to each other. The HPnP specification will work over many types of wiring. Mainstream-electronics firms and the CEBus Industry Council, which represents more than 70 companies, back the unification effort.
The EIA/TIA 570 Residential and Light Commercial Telecommunications Wiring Standard is being revised. The existing standard has largely been ignored. But with the development of the Internet communications and other services, the TR 41.5 working group is developing what should be a more relevant document dealing just with residential wiring.
For example, some vendors are exploring the use of a multimedia residential gateway. Media include fiber optics, UTP cable (both Category 3 and Category 5), coaxial cable, wireless, and satellite dish. Also, the cabling industry is considering requiring Category 3 UTP wiring as the minimum grade of cable for all residential applications to ensure minimum performance for home computers and compatibility with future applications.
To meet demands for higher bandwidths in high-speed LAN applications, cable makers have developed "enhanced" Category 5 and gigabit-speed structured cabling systems that are rated up to 200 MHz and higher. Many industry officials believe high-frequency applications have rendered today's standards obsolete.
The EIA/TIA 568-A Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard defines the current Category 5 performance for four-pair unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable at up to 100 MHz. However, cables performing at much higher frequencies are needed for video to the desktop, multimedia, 3-D imaging and other applications. Therefore, several new categories for copper-Category 6 rated up to 200 MHz, and Category 7 rated up to 600 MHz-have been proposed.
Presently, some of these high performance cables are sold under the designation of Level 6 and Level 7. They will all be part of the 568-A standard's next revision. Manufacturers continue to introduce enhanced Category 5 cables. And a host of products designed to meet the proposed Gigabit Ethernet standard are coming out. The problem is deciding what type of cable to install; replacing LAN cabling is difficult and expensive.
Users who specify enhanced Cat 5 are buying insurance and hoping to "future proof" their networks. UTP cable is expected to remain the dominant media for commercial telecom wiring over the next five years, during which Cat 7 products are expected to be the fastest-growing segment of the cable market. Concern over the availability of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) could affect deliveries of high-performance UTP cable.
Some manufacturers don't see a repeat of the 1995 shortage of FEP, which is used in the plenum-rated version of the cable. To help dispel market confusion, cable distributor Anixter Inc., Skokie, Ill., has expanded its Levels Program for cable-performance design specification. Early in 1997, Anixter announced its Levels 97 program, in which cable is tested in its performance testing lab, in conjunction with 40 UTP cable manufacturers.
Anixter recently announced that the Levels 97 program will include connectivity and modular cable assemblies. Copper cable specified as Level 5 must meet the stricter requirements for Category 5, as defined in the International Standards Organization (ISO)11801. Level 6 must meet more stringent four-pair NEXT (power sum) requirements than Level 5, ensuring a performance level matched to the newest four-pair-based network protocols through 100 MHz. Level 7 covers a new generation of cable products that meet at least twice the Category 5 bandwidth requirement. Level 7 cable can support multiple applications at different frequencies under one jacket, and will support Gigabit Ethernet at 100 meters.
Opto-electronics and the use of optical fiber cabling will be more important in the next few years. Higher bandwidth requirements and faster transmission protocols increase the opportunities for optical fiber in a building's premises network. For example, two key inventions in photonics will be widely applied. One is the optical fiber amplifier, a device that makes it possible to magnify the reach of a light pulse without first converting that light to electrical pulses and then back into light.
The second invention is wave division multiplexing (WDM). WDM simultaneously sends light pulses of different infrared frequencies down the same tiny fiber, allowing up to 40 Gigabits per second to be sent over 16 channels. Other new technologies will allow optical fiber to deliver high bandwidth to the desktop. For example, using V-groove fiber alignment along with new fiber optic duplex connector designs, fiber can match the density of copper.


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Policy: VIII.E.3
Issued: October 31, 1996
Owner: University Comptroller
Latest Revision: April 25, 2005
This policy is currently under revision at the University. Although the statements herein reflect enforced policy guidance, please contact the "Owner" listed above if you have questions about how this policy applies to your office. The statements herein are to be used as general guidance until the policy has been revised and added to the University Policy Directory. Thank you.
- 1.0 Purpose
- 2.0 Policy
- 3.0 Definitions
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- 5.0 Approvals and Revisions
This policy describes the process for acquiring research equipment and materials.
2.0 Policy [Top]
The University must be prudent in buying research equipment and materials. A review assures equipment is needed for the successful completion of the project and is not available from existing resources.
Prior approval by the sponsoring government agency is usually required before equipment purchase. Such approval may come through an approved equipment budget. However, in many cases the sponsor will require prior written approval even though the equipment is listed on an approved budget. The cost level requiring prior approval is usually given in the contract/grant. When prior approval is required, the principal investigator will send a request through OSP to the government agency, including the description, estimated cost, and technical justification for the equipment desired.
2.3 Under Department of Defense and NASA Contracts
Prior to the purchase of certain equipment with specified unit costs, certain forms will be prepared by the principal investigator and processed through OSP to the sponsoring government agency. If the required equipment is available from government stocks, transfer will be arranged. Otherwise, purchase will be approved. If approved, a copy of the form and/or letter should be attached to the Purchase Order when it is forwarded to Procurement Services for processing.
For automated data processing equipment costing $25,000 or more, a DD Form 1851 is required.
For items controlled by DIPEC, a DD Form 1419 is required.
For equipment items for NASA contracts costing $15,000 or more, a DD Form 1419 is required.
See also:
Procedure 8-50, "Preparation of DOD Industrial Plant Equipment Requisition," for specific categories of equipment for which it applies.
2.4 Fabricated (Constructed) Equipment
Equipment is considered "fabricated" if it is constructed at the University with contract/grant funds. Acquisition cost is the total of all charges, including material, specifically allocated salary charges (such as shop labor), and other proper charges. These latter charges may be estimated but should be sufficiently documented to satisfy audit requirements.
2.5 Government-furnished Equipment
A government agency may provide government-owned equipment or materials under the terms of a contract/grant. The items will often be specifically identified in the contract/grant document, but may also be itemized on a "Requisition and Invoice/Shipping Document," (DD 1149), or on other sponsor-provided documents. Requisitions for government-furnished equipment will be processed through the Fixed Assets Accounting Group (Property) of Financial Analysis.
2.6 Excess Government Property
Excess government property is equipment and materials with a remaining useful life but no longer required by the holding government agency. It has the same status as government-furnished equipment, in that it is owned by the government and accountable as such. LISTS OF EXCESS PROPERTY ARE PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Most government agencies encourage and authorize excess property acquisitions when the property furthers the work of an active contract/grant. Excess property may be requisitioned by completing the GSA Form SF 122. See also Procedure 8-53. Send the form to the Fixed Assets Accounting Group (Property) of Financial Analysis, with a letter from the principal investigator describing the justification and use of the equipment for a specific active contract/grant.
Excess government property CANNOT be requisitioned under the authority of a PHS grant. Only excess equipment and materials for specific purposes will be requested. In general, facilities and office equipment (items normally supplied by the University as "overhead") are not supplied through excess property listings.
Prior to the request, excess equipment should be physically inspected to ensure it is suitable.
Excess equipment may never be requisitioned for spare parts or components. The University must return excess equipment in the same condition as received, as long as title remains with the government.
See also:
3.0 Definitions [Top]
4.0 References [Top]
5.0 Approvals and Revisions [Top]
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(6) Options. The X10 is available for the KX450F, CRF450, RM-Z450 and YZ450F, while the latest KTM 350SXF model is in development. There is also a two-position handlebar thumb switch that allows the rider to switch between the best overall map and any selected map on the fly. The switch costs $50.00 extra.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will have that title until he retires, most likely. So, is that good for the Patriots?
Tom Brady just inked a new deal with the Pats that will keep him in New England until 2017, when he will be 40. While most Pats fans wouldn't want it any other way, a deal like this could cut both ways.
Brady continues to be at the top of his game, at least for now, but the Patriots are betting that he'll be able to maintain such a high level of performance very late into his career. Most quarterbacks at age 40 are no longer quarterbacks. Of course, there are a few who've managed to excel at that age, but there's no telling if Brady will.


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The city of Sydney is world famous for its beautiful beaches: kilometres of golden sand along the azure Pacific Ocean set against the backdrop of a stunning metropolis. The coastline is dotted with more than 100 beaches, from intimate coves to crowded wide sandy beaches near the harbour. Australia's most famous beach by far is Bondi Beach, a must for visitors to Sydney.
The word 'bondi' in the local Aboriginal language means the sound of crashing waves – a very fitting description for this iconic beach. As surfers from around the world brave the enormous waves, sun lovers stretch out to tan on the fine golden sand. The lively Campbell Parade runs along Bondi Beach and offers a shaded avenue lined with boutiques, ice cream parlours and bars. Look for ancient Aboriginal rock carvings, stroll across the stately Bondi Pavilion or watch the famous Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club hone their rescue skills.
Bondi Beach lies approximately 10 kilometres east of downtown Sydney. This wide sandy beach is an icon of Australian beach culture and has been attracting sun lovers and surfers for over 100 years. It is a popular destination year-round, and some of Sydney's largest cultural and music events take place here. In August thousands of runners kick up the sand during the City2Surf fun run, and for 2 weeks during October and November artists from around the world showcase their most beautiful work at the Sculpture by the Sea event.
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DALLAS - Like his coach, SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert laughed when presented with the question of whether he'd take the over or under on the Mustangs and Texas Tech combining to throw at least 80 passes in their season opener.
"It's going to be a lot," said Gilbert, who better make sure he warms up his arm.
When they play tonight, the Mustangs will debut an offense that is a meshing of coach June Jones' "Run and Shoot" with the "Air Raid" philosophy of new passing game coordinator Hal Mumme.
Kliff Kingsbury, the former Texas Tech quarterback, makes his head coaching debut at his alma mater. He threw for 12,429 yards and 95 touchdowns in 43 games with the Red Raiders, and his big-yardage ode isn't much different as a coach. He was Texas A&M's offensive coordinator last season with Heisman Trophy-winning freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel.
"I think he'll come out throwing and we'll come out throwing," Jones said of Kingsbury. "So it will be a lot (of passes). It will be a long game."
Gilbert played in a BCS national championship game for Texas before transferring to SMU for his final two seasons.
With presumptive first-time starter sophomore Michael Brewer dealing with a back issue, Kingsbury will send one of two true freshmen out with the first-team offense, a first for the Red Raiders in a season opener. They are one of only eight schools nationally without a quarterback on the roster that has some starting experience, so it will be either Davis Webb or walk-on Baker Mayfield at the helm.
Here are five things to watch when Texas Tech and SMU play:
Coordinating changes: Matt Wallerstedt is the fifth defensive coordinator in five seasons at Texas Tech. He was the linebackers coach at Texas A&M before leaving with Kingsbury for Lubbock. Wallerstedt had been the defensive coordinator at Wyoming, North Alabama and Air Force. Mumme joined old friend Jones as the Mustangs assistant head coach and passing game coordinator. Mumme and Jones have led some of the most prolific passing offenses in college football - and now they're together. Mumme's offense is known for stretching the field horizontally and Jones has generally gotten down the field vertically.
Red Raider dominance: Texas Tech has won 14 consecutive games when the former SWC rivals have played, a streak that dates back to 1989 when they were still in the same league. The Red Raiders lead the overall series 32-16. The Red Raiders have won the last five times they have played SMU in a season opener.
Friday night lights: The last time Texas Tech played a regular season game on a Friday was Sept. 27, 2002, when Kingsbury was the Red Raiders quarterback. He completed 41 of 59 passes for 407 yards and six touchdowns in a 49-0 victory at New Mexico. It will be Tech's second consecutive Friday game since that was the day of the week of their Meineke Car Care Bowl victory to end last season. SMU last played Friday games in 2010, when the Mustangs lost to TCU and East Carolina.
New league: SMU kicks off its first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, made up of the football-playing schools that were left when the basketball-only schools in the Big East left and kept that name. Being in the new league and with a non-conference schedule that also includes road games at seventh-ranked Texas A&M and 20th-ranked TCU, the only opponent the Mustangs play that isn't from an automatic-qualifying BCS conference is Montana State in their next game.
First score wins? During the last two seasons, SMU is 15-0 when it scores first and 0-13 when the opponent gets on the scoreboard first. That scenario isn't also reflective of what Texas Tech will do. The Red Raiders last season were 5-2 when scoring first, and 3-3 when they fell behind in the first quarter.


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The Pierre Fabre group is the second largest independent French pharmaceutical laboratory with a sales turnover of over €1.5 billion and 9000 employees. The group splits its activity between therapeutic drugs (oncology, cardiology and urology), health products and dermo-cosmetics.
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On the highest hill in Cochabamba stands the Cristo de la Concordia, the second-largest statue of Jesus in the world. At 112-feet tall, this steel and concrete "Christ of Peace" towers over the city with arms outstretched, tiny windows dotting his hollow body so that tourist inside can peer out into the world.
On our last day in Bolivia, we took the narrow, winding road up Sand Pedro Hill to see the statue. (Believe me, Elizabeth Esther and I will NEVER forget that ride!) Craning our necks and squinting our eyes, we stood beneath the statues' shadow to try and get a look at Jesus' face.
I confess I've always been a bit weirded out by giant renderings of Jesus. The radical rabbi from Nazareth spoke so often of humble obedience and quiet service, pomp and grandeur don't seem like his style. And after all we had seen with World Vision in Bolivia that week, this statue of Jesus, though beautiful, seemed so still and so removed from the people below, looming over a city where hunger, abuse, poverty, and despair still hide in shadowy corners.
I suddenly remembered a favorite poem from St. Teresa of Avila:
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
A statue cannot be Christ in this world because a statue cannot be animated by the Holy Spirit.
But people can.
And over the past three weeks, I've been lucky enough to catch glimpses of the real hands and feet of Jesus…
...in mothers who fight every day to preserve the dignity of their children,
...in World Vision staff members committed to lifting their communities out of poverty,
...in fellow team members who threw all their passion and energy into loving the Bolivian people and telling their stories,
...in women of valor who beat the odds to provide for their families,
...in the children who are at the heart of Christ's kingdom,
...and in those of you who responded to their stories with actions of your own.
So far, the Bolivia trip has generated over 120 child sponsors, and 20 of those came from you. I'm working with World Vision to try and find a way to thank each one of you personally, but for now I can only say with a humble and open heart—God bless you. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.
So when was the last time you saw the real hands and feet of Jesus?
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"To say gender relations have changed dramatically is an understatement," she writes. "Ever since the sexual revolution, there has been a profound overhaul in the way men and women interact. Men haven't changed much – they had no revolution that demanded it – but women have changed dramatically."
We're angry, she says. We're defensive and we've overstepped our bounds, fighting our way up the pedestal once reserved for men (and falling off of our own in the process). In short? "Women aren't women anymore."
Up until this point, I have to say Venker didn't blow my mind. It's not news that there's been a significant shift in gender dynamics as women enter the workforce in record numbers, and it sort of goes without saying that women of my generation (we of the Bring Your Daughter To Work Day tribe) don't buy the notion of "men's work" and "women's work," preferring the pedestal of success to be equal opportunity.
No, I wasn't wowed by her logic, but I wasn't as upset as my colleagues at Jezebel or even The Frisky—I can't say I've never asked myself the question of whether too many brilliant, self-sufficient women was at the root of the dearth of wedding bells among Millennials. It's a point that's been raised before, most recently by Hanna Rosin in "The End Of Men." In fact, I thought, if we put Venker and Rosin in one room I have a feeling they might agree on more than they'd argue about.
And then she went and did it.
The so-called rise of women has not threatened men. It has pissed them off. It has also undermined their ability to become self-sufficient in the hopes of someday supporting a family. Men want to love women, not compete with them. They want to provide for and protect their families – it's in their DNA. But modern women won't let them.
So what are men pissed off about? Venker's entire story seems to set up the argument that men are, in fact, threatened by women's onslaught. "Modern women won't let them" provide because they're making their own money. Modern women "climbing the pedestals" that rightfully belong to men. All that threatening would be an understandable cause for their fury. It's human nature to get angry when we're afraid.
But Venker says that's not the case. In an email today she answered my question: if it's not that men are threatened by the rise of women, what are they so upset about?
"Men are not pissed about women being successful in their own right -- they're pissed about never being good enough. About always having to change to accommodate the endless list of women's needs. It's to the point where there just isn't enough give and take: women are always suffering in some way."
In other words, they're modern men are fine with women's success—as long as they don't have to change themselves in the process. Modern women's goals—say, that both mom and dad can share professional work and domestic work equally—are unrealistic and a total turn-off to men. "Modern men have become more involved on the home front -- they cook, they clean, they care for babies -- but they're also expected to bring home a full-time income," she told me, "And even after all that, it's still not enough."
Women, do you hear Suzanne Venker? It's all your fault. The women's sexual revolution has left you too aggressive and too needy at the same time—two things "good men" absolutely abhor. But it's not so much the changing that's pissing mankind off, ladies. No, we're pissing them off by expecting them to change along with us. To help us.
Venker writes that women have changed in recent decades and that men have stayed the same--as there hasn't been a revolution that demanded it. But it seems that very revolution might be upon us. Modern men have two options: to change—or continue going the way of the buffalo.
"One of the reasons men are less successful today is because women have been insisting for decades [that] they don't need a man!" she says. "So men stopped reaching as high as they used to." But as women continue to reach higher and higher towards success, will men reach lower and lower? Will they even be able to lift a finger?


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Adelitas Way Unleash 'Criticize' Lyric Video
Adelitas Way are scratching and clawing their way up the rock charts with their latest single 'Criticize.' The song recently cracked the Top 20 of the active rock tally and the band is celebrating with a brand new lyric video for fans who want to sing along.
The Vegas rockers are still riding high with their third single and latest raucous anthem from their 2011 release 'Home School Valedictorian.' The lyrics of 'Criticize' take us through a range of emotions — primarily dislike, contempt and hate.
Vocalist Rick DeJesus sings out during the chorus, "I like the way you won't apologize / I like the way you demoralize / I like the way you always roll your eyes / Someone as perfect as you is hard to criticize."
The tune is a modern-day anti love song of sorts, so if you need to tell someone to get off your back, Adelitas Way have you covered.
As Adelitas Way continue to score big with 'Criticize,' the band has been out on the Avalanche tour with Shinedown. The trek wraps up tomorrow night in Baltimore, but Adelitas Way will also be making an appearance at this year's Rock on the Range, so catch them if you can!


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To the Editor
I attended Monday's City Council meeting where the fate of the old JC Penney building across from Radio Shack was decided. I didn't really know much about the proposal before I got there and still don't claim to know much more about it after hearing arguments from both sides. But here at least are the impressions I came away with overlaid with, what I like to think is, common sense.
It was apparent from their demeanor and body language that the council was predetermined to spend the money (more than half a million tax dollars) on the project regardless of how good an argument the opposition made against it and indeed in the end, I heard only one dissenting vote. Knowing the outcome in advance made the rest of the meeting feel almost ritualistic. The speakers from both sides were impressive and I found my opinion being swayed back and forth between them.
Now, after having slept on it and with the clarity each new day brings, I think I've digested enough information to comment on the project: Most importantly, it's purely speculative. That was driven home over and over in the meeting by its proponents - I guess to serve as a disclaimer in case someone ever tries to hold their feet to the fire. There's no guarantee that anything positive will come of it. It's something new, unlike anything the city has ever tried before. In fact, using the town's own best examples and if seeing is truly believing, the odds of success are pretty slim. That's the sum of what both sides seemed to agree on. Speaking from considerable experience, I can honestly say that a proposal such as this wouldn't stand a chance in a corporate boardroom, where an actual return on investment is expected.
One problem I noticed right off was that the city introduced the project as an "either/or" proposition - comparing the cost of demolishing the old building to the cost of renovating it as though there were no other options. It supposed the present owners will default on their property taxes if the city doesn't agree to pay for the building's renovation. Now right here was where logic fails me. Ordinarily when a property owner doesn't pay his taxes, the treasurer holds a tax sale. That's the way it's done all over the country. Why is the city getting in between that process? If nobody assumes the tax debt, isn't that the more appropriate time for the city to decide what to do about it? The old JC Penney building was purchased for $17K just three months ago by the Estherville Industrial Development Corporation (EIDC) Estherville's former mayor. Lyle Hevern, President. Why is the city so fearful Lyle won't pay the taxes?
Now there are generally 2 reasons people don't pay their property taxes: Either they can't afford to pay them or they don't think the property is worth the cost of owning it. Didn't EIDC take either of those things into account before it bought the building last October? If EIDC doesn't think the building is worth its taxes, why did it buy it and what possible reason could the city have for throwing over a half-million tax dollars at it? And by the way, that sounded to me like an obscene amount of money for the work being proposed. What's even more disconcerting is that no one at the meeting sounded the least bit optimistic about ever seeing a positive return on the city's investment. Granted there was some talk of an upstairs tenant but not the type (a telemarketer) with a track record of staying in one place for long or creating long-term, good-paying jobs - and not one that would pay enough rent to offset the building's monthly costs.
The nicety of preserving an historic old building was brought up. If you ask me, the old JC Penney building is depressingly ugly and will still be depressingly ugly even after it's restored. That could be one of the reasons the building hasn't seen much action over the years. I've never once seen or heard anyone admire it, in fact, most of the people I know don't even know where it is almost like it's invisible.
The other thing I noticed was the cost it kept going up. When the meeting started, the renovation cost was $400,000. Soon afterwards it drifted to over $500,000 and then to over $600,000 with no certainty where the figure might eventually top out. "In for a penny, in for a pound", I thought. No one challenged these projections. No one even challenged the suggestion that the building could never hope to pay for itself or that it had a strong potential of becoming an albatross around the city's neck. I would have also appreciated it if the speakers would have offered us full disclosure as to their financial interest in project. Unfortunately the City Council didn't ask them to do that nor did any recuse themselves from the vote.
In short, I heard absolutely nothing that would induce a corporate board member to support the expenditure. After all, the city was talking about buying a bill not a building. And that's when I knew the City Council would approve it. Why else would this proposal still be on the agenda? A measure to pour more than half a million dollars into a private property, alleged by its landlord not to be worth the value of its tax liability, should not be getting airplay in the City Council - but yet it was. Where so much money is at high risk, it's hard to understand the city's motives. I was thinking about some of the business owners in the room and on the council. How would they respond if someone pitched a business proposal like this to them? So it seems Estherville is now officially in the "bailout" business for landlords who are NOT too big to fail and do NOT provide jobs to the community. New territory indeed - territory not even the feds have so far dared to explore!
John Skrepak,


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Devin Hester will have to earn every minute of playing time with the Chicago Bears in 2013.
The record-setting kick returner isn't even guaranteed a spot in the return game.
"He'll compete to be our returner," general manager Phil Emery said Thursday from the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine, via the Chicago Sun-Times. "What he does beyond that depends on how he performs in that first role as a returner."
The former cornerback-turned-wide receiver hasn't panned out in the pass game. His production has dropped each season since quarterback Jay Cutler joined the Bears, bottoming out with just 23 receptions for 242 yards in 2012.
Hester was vocally bitter when the team fired Lovie Smith, going so far as to contemplate retirement.
The 30-year-old hasn't seemed completely comfortable in his six seasons at receiver. He did not score a return touchdown in 64 attempts for the first time since 2009, when he only returned 31 kicks.
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Is the name Mongo Mogolian?
In all seriousness, the Marlin is a great rifle, too. I own a Model 60, one of the best rifles ever made.
Brownings are nice, but in terms of quality AND accuarcy AND ruggedness, it's hard to beat the Marlin.
California sucks that's it.
Nope. Western.
Hey BO this might be a weird question but why do you like flashlights so much?
No man, Mongo is the guy on blazing saddles. Those pups are way cuter.
You've got to admit though, Mongo is a pretty tough sounding name.
Sure beats wife names for dogs, such as Fifi, Muffin, Poopoo, Pooky, and Sweetums. And tell her, NO RIBBONS!
Don't lie old man! We all know that's what you named them.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A hormone-like substance produced by the body to promote inflammation can cause an aggressive form of leukemia when present at high levels, according to a new study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).
The study shows that high levels of interleukin-15 (IL-15) alone can cause large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia, a rare and usually fatal form of cancer, in an animal model. The researchers also developed a treatment for the leukemia that showed no discernible side effects in the animal model.
Published in the journal Cancer Cell, the findings show that IL-15 is also overexpressed in patients with LGL leukemia and that it causes similar cellular changes, suggesting that the treatment should also benefit people with the malignancy.
"We know that inflammation can cause cancer, but we don't know the exact mechanism," says the study's co-senior author Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri, CEO of The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, and director of Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"Here, we show one way it can happen, and we used that information to potentially cure the cancer."
The study research was developed and carried out by co-senior author Dr. Guido Marcucci, associate director for Translational Research at the OSUCCC – James.
"In this study, we show how microRNA causes genetic instability and epigenetic changes that lead directly to cancer," says Marcucci, who notes that this work is part of a long history of research revealing the role of microRNA in cancer and its potential as a therapeutic target.
Normally, the body releases IL-15 to stimulate the development, survival and proliferation of natural-killer cells, which are immune cells that destroy cancer and virus-infected cells. This research shows that when IL-15 is present in high amounts in the body for prolonged periods, such as during chronic inflammation, it can cause certain immune cells called large granular lymphocytes, or LGLs, to become cancerous.
This malignant transformation begins when IL-15 attaches to receptors on the surface of normal LGLs, an event that boosts levels of a cancer-causing protein called Myc (pronounced "mick") inside the cells. The high Myc levels, in turn, bring changes that cause chromosome instability and additional gene mutations. The high Myc levels also activate a process called DNA methylation, which turns off a variety of genes, including important genes that normally suppress cancer growth.
"We stand the best chance of curing cancer when we understand its causes," says first author Anjali Mishra, a postdoctoral researcher in Caligiuri's laboratory. "Once we understood how this inflammatory hormone causes this leukemia, we used that information to develop a treatment by interfering with the process."
Caligiuri, Marcucci and Mishra were joined in this study by Dr. Robert Lee, professor of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical chemistry in Ohio State's College of Pharmacy and a group of collaborators. The investigators conducted the research using cells isolated from patients with LGL leukemia and a mouse model of the disease. Key findings include:
- Exposing normal, human, large granular lymphocytes to IL-15 caused cell proliferation, chromosomal instability and global DNA hypermethylation;
- Excessive IL-15 activated the cancer-causing Myc oncogene in large granular lymphocytes, leading to genetic instability, DNA hypermethylation and malignant transformation;
- Details of how Myc upregulation causes the genetic instability and hypermethylation.
Lee developed a liposomal formulation of the proteosome inhibitor bortezomib that shuts down the cancer-causing pathway, potentially curing the malignancy. Leukemic mice treated with the liposomal bortezomib showed 100 percent survival at 130 days versus 100 percent mortality at 60-80 days for control animals.
"We now plan to develop this drug for clinical use," says Marcucci, who holds the John B. and Jane T. McCoy Chair in Cancer Research in Cancer Research.
Funding from the NIH/National Cancer Institute (grants CA16058, CA95426, CA68458, CA09338, CA140158, CA102031 and CA149623) and the National Science Foundation (grant EEC-0914790) supported this research.
Other Ohio State researchers involved in this study were Shujun Liu, Gregory H. Sams, Douglas P. Curphey, Ramasamy Santhanam, Laura J. Rush, Deanna Schaefer, Lauren G. Falkenberg, Laura Sullivan, Laura Jaroncyk, Xiaojuan Yang, Harold Fisk, Lai-Chu Wu, Christopher Hickey, Jason C. Chandler, Yue-Zhong Wu, Nyla A. Heerema, Kenneth K. Chan, Danilo Perrotti, Jianying Zhang, Pierluigi Porcu, Frederick K. Racke and Ramiro Garzon.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute strives to create a cancer-free world by integrating scientific research with excellence in education and patient-centered care, a strategy that leads to better methods of prevention, detection and treatment. Ohio State is one of only 41 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of only seven centers funded by the NCI to conduct both phase I and phase II clinical trials. The NCI recently rated Ohio State's cancer program as "exceptional," the highest rating given by NCI survey teams. As the cancer program's 228-bed adult patient-care component, The James is a "Top Hospital" as named by the Leapfrog Group and one of the top cancer hospitals in the nation as ranked by
U.S.News & World Report.
Contact: Darrell E. Ward, Medical Center Public Affairs and Media Relations,
614-293-3737, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Just Because Two Things Are Similar Doesn't Mean One 'Rips Off' The Other
from the that's-crazy deptI was recently alerted to the fact that comic artist Kate Beaton got quite upset at a guy named Chris Bouldin, claiming that he had somehow "ripped her off" with a graphic he had created for a t-shirt.
Repeat it with me: You cannot own an idea.
And yet, so many people like to think they can, even when it's a totally simplistic idea that lots of other people also likely had. And, apparently blogs are springing up to "call out" people who "ripoff" others. First, in the comments to Kate's complaint, someone suggests submitting the story to You Thought We Wouldn't Notice, which is a blog that tries to call out and shame cases where they believe there's been "a blatant rip off of a creative work." And, just as I was going through that blog and shaking my head at the sheer disingenuousness of it, Parker sent over a very similar (if much more obnoxiously named) blog, Copy©unts. That one mainly focuses on ad agencies doing things similar to what others have done.
Now, to be clear, I've always pointed out in the past that sometimes shaming someone for blatant copying can be much more effective than reaching for the old "copyright" claim. You only have one reputation (it's a scarce good!), and if it goes bad, there are consequences. That's why social pressure can be much more effective than a legal attack to deal with questionable behavior.
But, here's the thing, these sites and efforts really seem to stretch the definition of what's "questionable." As seen in the very example up top, just because two people have a similar idea, that doesn't mean that one is a "ripoff" or that the person should be shamed. Lots of people have similar ideas, and even if one person is inspired by another, taking a stab at doing something different and unique around the same theme shouldn't be seen as a ripoff at all.
Certainly, some of the items that appear on both blogs do appear to be clear attempts to appropriate someone else's work in questionable ways and I can see how naming and shaming them might make some sense. But a lot of them really just appear to be similar ideas, or even very different attempts to build on a good idea. Take, for example, this post, which compares a bit of artwork of a little boy crying, with an advertisement that includes a boy crying:
And that's where these things start to become so troubling for me. They seem to become less about calling out misappropriation situations, and much more about pretending that an idea can be owned. Unfortunately, efforts like these merely perpetuate the myth that you can own an idea (even if others come up with the same thing independently). And that's really troubling.
Hell, if we're going to go down that route, can't we just say that one of these two blogs "ripped" off the other? After all, they seem to have the same basic idea, and the posts actually have a very familiar feel to them. So, damn it, what a ripoff! Everyone complain to one of these sites about how the other one "ripped them off!" It'll be so meta.
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