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Mons Graupius is in my mind undoubtedly the iconic battle of "Scottish" freedom. Tacitus records the first words of any Scot giving a speech that undoubtedly inspired the Declaration of Arbroath as well as the American declaration of Independence.
Whenever I consider the origin of this war and the necessities of our position, I have a sure confidence that this day, and this union of yours, will be the beginning of freedom to the whole of Britain.
Given that Mons Graupius symbolises the original call for freedom and independence from Rome, this new discovery confirming the field marks of the Roman marching camp overlooking the hill of "Quarrel wood" could not have happened at a more politically charged time. Indeed, we must not forget the context of the original speech speech was also highly charged nor that the discoverer (Mike Haseler) could be seen as politically controversial.
A message from the past?
Indeed, when I realised that having sat up after the discovery (as a result of watching BBC4) and so I had published it early on the morning of the 100th day to the referendum vote, I could not help wonder if I were to believe in such things, whether I would have seen this as a message from the past directly aimed at our modern society. However, whilst the time, the iconic nature of the battle and my own "interesting" position might hint at more than just chance, I am actually at a loss to figure out its meaning. There are in fact three contradictory interpretations of the meaning of this discovery:
- Scottish freedom - this was the slant I gave in May 2011 when on my Climate Sceptic blog I first wrote about it (without a location) in: Mons Graupius
- Independent from a European Superstate - this is what I decided that I would not have the time to make further progress on the discovery and gave the discovery "to the world" giving its location. The slant had to be changed as I was becoming UKIP Scotland Energy Spokesman: Mons Graupius revealed (I have now left UKIP)
- A United British people - having thought that only the SNP could be interested in this site, I reread the speech by Calgacus and realised that speaking of "Britains" (there being no Scottish nation at the time), it could also be taken as a call for unity of Britain.
So, rather than me trying to tell you what it means, I shall let you decide: For the Britons, undismayed by the event of the former action, expecting revenge or slavery, and at length taught that the common danger was to be repelled by union alone, had assembled the strength of all their tribes by embassies and confederacies. 4 Upward of 88 thirty thousand men in arms were now descried; and the youth, together with those of a hale and vigorous age, renowned in war, and bearing their several honorary decorations, were still flocking in; when Calgacus,3 the most distinguished for birth and valor among the chieftains, is said to have harangued the multitude, gathering round, and eager for battle, after the following manner:
Whenever I consider the origin of this war and the necessities of our position, I have a sure confidence that this day, and this union of yours, will be the beginning of freedom to the whole of Britain. To all of us slavery is a thing unknown; there are no lands beyond us, and even the sea is not safe, menaced as we are by a Roman fleet. And thus in war and battle, in which the brave find glory, even the coward will find safety. Former contests, in which, with varying fortune, the Romans were resisted, still left in us a last hope of succour, inasmuch as being the most renowned nation of Britain, dwelling in the very heart of the country, and out of sight of the shores of the conquered, we could keep even our eyes unpolluted by the contagion of slavery. To us who dwell on the uttermost confines of the earth and of freedom, this remote sanctuary of Britain's glory has up to this time been a defence. Now, however, the furthest limits of Britain are thrown open, and the unknown always passes for the marvellous. But there are no tribes beyond us, nothing indeed but waves and rocks, and the yet more terrible Romans, from whose oppression escape is vainly sought by obedience and submission. Robbers of the world, having by their universal plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If the enemy be rich, they are rapacious; if he be poor, they lust for dominion; neither the east nor the west has been able to satisfy them. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace. (The beginning of the speech by Calgacus a leader of the Caledonian tribe as given by Tacitus )
Political Context of Mons Graupius
Roman rule started in Britain when it invaded in 43AD. But Britain did not exist as a country and there certainly was nothing akin to the modern idea of Scotland or England. Instead Britain was divided amongst various tribes. Slowly, one by one, over the decades after the Roman invasion, these individual tribes were overcome by the Romans as they moved north. Then around 80AD Agricola brought an Army into (modern) Scotland. Calgacus was undoubtedly not the first or last political leader to stand up to Roman rule, the Caledonian union wasn't the first coalition in Britain to take on the Romans, but it was the most successful forcing Rome to turn tail and head back south. This is perhaps why Calgacus is almost unique in having his words recorded by the Roman writer Tacitus.
Agricola - the general
The single account we have of this battle and Calgacus is by a Roman Tacitus. He wrote a book "Agricola" which is the account of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, one time governor of Roman Britain and an eminent Roman general. The book has both factual details such as the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain but it is also overtly political in that Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire. It also contains vicious polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome. So, in a modern sense Tacitus was Agricola's "PR man". This, and the inability to find the site, has led many historians to doubt the account by Tacitus and even to suggest Calgacus did not exist. Agricola began his military career in Britain. He was appointed quaestor in Asia province in 64AD, Plebeian Tribune in 66AD, and praetor in 68AD. He supported Vespasian during the Year of the Four Emperors (69AD), and was given a military command in Britain when the latter became emperor. When his command ended in 73AD, he was made patrician in Rome and appointed governor of Gallia Aquitania. He was made consul and governor of Britannia in 77AD. While there, he completed the conquest of what is now Wales and northern England, and led his army to the far north of Scotland and the battle of Mons Graupius in 83AD or 84AD. Soon afterwards in 85AD he was recalled from Britain.
Tacitus - the author
Tacitus claims Domitian ordered Agricola's recall because his successes outshone the Emperor's own modest victories in Germany. The relationship between Agricola and the Emperor is unclear; on the one hand, Agricola was awarded triumphal decorations and a statue (the highest military honours apart from an actual triumph); on the other, Agricola never again held a civil or military post, in spite of his experience and renown. What is clear is that Tacitus delayed writing about his father in law for a decade until after the assassination of Domitian in 96AD. Amid the turmoil of the regime change, Tacitus used his new-found freedom to publish this, his first historical work. The proud tone of the Agricola is similar in style to the laudationes funebres (funeral speeches). Tacitus exalts the character of his father-in-law. He shows how, as governor of Roman Britain and commander of the army, he attends to matters of state with fidelity, honesty, and competence, even under the government of the hated Emperor Domitian. Critiques of Domitian and of his regime of spying and repression come to the fore at the work's conclusion. In contrast Agricola is portrayed as being uncorrupted, but dying in disgrace under Domitian. Tacitus makes no clear statement as to whether the death of Agricola was from natural causes or ordered by Domitian, although he does say that rumours were voiced in Rome that Agricola was poisoned on the Emperor's orders.
The political context of Mons Graupius
The Boudican Revolt 60 AD
Boudica was queen of the British Iceni tribe. Her husband Prasutagus ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome and left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and the Roman emperor in his will. However, when he died, his will was ignored by Rome and the kingdom was annexed as if conquered. Boudica was flogged, her daughters were raped. In response in 60 or 61 AD, while the Roman governor (Gaius Suetonius) was leading a campaign on the island of Anglesey in Wales (against rebels including Druids), Boudica led a revolt burning Camulodunum (Colchester) to the ground and killing the inhabitants who had shelted in the temple. Boudica then led 100,000 Iceni, Trinovantes and others to burn and destroy Londinium, and Verulamium (modern-day St Albans). But the Romans, regrouped his forces in the West Midlands, and despite being heavily outnumbered, defeated the Britons in the Battle of Watling Street. The crisis caused the Emperor Nero to consider withdrawing all Roman forces from Britain, but the eventual victory over Boudica confirmed Roman control of the province. Boudica then either killed herself or fell ill and died.
The Jewish Revolt
In 66AD the Jews expelled the Romans from Jerusalem, and overwhelmed a Roman force in the pass of Beth-Horon. A revolutionary government was set up and extended its influence throughout the whole country. The Roman emperor Nero despatched a force to crush the rebellion. The Roman armies entered Galilee, where the historian Josephus headed the Jewish forces. Josephus' army fled. In 70AD, Jerusalem fell and the Temple was burned. The Jewish state collapsed, and much of the population fled, was enslaved or like the garrison of the fortress of Masada (which was not conquered until April 73AD) committed suicide.
The impact on the Caledonians
So in 83/84AD the Caledonians and other Britains would have known of these Roman atrocities. Indeed Calgacus specifically refers to the Iceni/trinovantes revolt in his speech:
The Trinobantes, even under a female leader, had force enough to burn a colony, to storm camps, and, if success had not damped their vigor, would have been able entirely to throw off the yoke; and shall not we, untouched, unsubdued, and struggling not for the acquisition but the security of liberty, show at the very first onset what men Caledonia has reserved for her defense?
Was this reference to Trinobantes rather than Icenii because part of his force were exiled Trinobantes from East Anglia in England?
The Nature of the Caledonian "Union"
One key question in understanding the "meaning" of Mons Graupius in the modern context is the nature of the Caledonian "Union". Was it "Scottish" (a much later term), "British" or indeed a more international coalition? We are not told much about this except that Tacitus introduces Calgacus' speech this way:
For the Britons, undismayed by the event of the former action, expecting revenge or slavery, and at length taught that the common danger was to be repelled by union alone, had assembled the strength of all their tribes by embassies and confederacies. Upward of thirty thousand men in arms were now descried; and the youth, together with those of a hale and vigorous age, renowned in war, and bearing their several honorary decorations, were still flocking in; when Calgacus, the most distinguished for birth and valor among the chieftains, is said to have harangued the multitude, gathering round, and eager for battle.
Tacitus refers to "Britons". But he didn't have name for what we now call "Scotland" so this doesn't help us understand the extent of the coalition. But could the coalition have included non-Britains? In one part of Calgucus' speech there is a hint that "our own" is international in Character because after referring to "our own band" there are refers to Britons, Gauls and Germans:
In the very ranks of the enemy we shall find our own bands. The Britons will acknowledge their own cause. The Gauls will recollect their former liberty. The rest of the Germans will desert them, as the Usipii have lately done.
Certainly the Roman army was certainly international in character:
These Gauls and Germans, and, I blush to say, these numerous Britons, who, though they lend their lives to support a stranger's rule, have been its enemies longer than its subjects, ... Fear and terror there certainly are, feeble bonds of attachment; remove them, and those who have ceased to fear will begin to hate. All the incentives to victory are on our side.
Common sense tells us that with so many being oppressed within the Roman Empire and on its borders, there must have been many refugees fleeing Roman oppression. Where could they have gone except to those areas like Caledonia beyond the borders of Rome? Calgacus' speech is certainly international in character, so, it is very likely that he had met many others who had confronted Rome. So, it is very likely that, part of the Caledonian success in confronting Rome, was because in this union there were not only many from Scotland, but also "English" such as the Trinovantes & Icenis, and also many from abroad such as Gauls, Germans and even perhaps some from further afield such as Jewish refugees. These rebels would have provided an invaluable insight to the fighting tactics of the Romans and this may go part of the way to explaining the apparent success of the Caledonians at least as far as sending the Romans back south.
The Aftermath
At the end of the day, the Tacitus claimed the Romans won the battle, but it seems the Caledonians won the war, for Argricola quckly turned tail and no further attempt by a Roman was made to go so far north.
The meaning of Mons Graupius
In this battle we have at least three themes: The noble caledonians coming together to fight off aggressors from the south and maintain their independence and liberty. We have the call of Britains to unite. And, we have the call to reject the "European superstate" of Rome. But perhaps the biggest message we have is a sense of liberty and freedom for people and whatever our identity, whether "Britains", "Caledonians" or "Romans" the theme of freedom and liberty that Calgacus' speech presents, is as important today as it was then. Compare these passages of Calgacus and the Declaration of Arbroath
Calgacus 83/84AD
our united efforts on the present day will prove the beginning of universal liberty to Britain. For we are all undebased by slavery;
These plunderers of the world, after exhausting the land by their devastations, are rifling the ocean: stimulated by avarice, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor: unsatiated by the East and by the West: the only people who behold wealth and indigence with equal avidity. To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
Our children and relations are by the appointment of nature the dearest of all things to us. These are torn away by levies to serve in foreign lands. Our wives and sisters, though they should escape the violation of hostile force, are polluted under names of friendship and hospitality. Our estates and possessions are consumed in tributes; our grain in contributions. Even our bodies are worn down amidst stripes and insults in clearing woods and draining marshes. Wretches born to slavery are once bought, and afterward maintained by their masters: Britain every day buys, every day feeds, her own servitude. And as among domestic slaves every new-comer serves for the scorn and derision of his fellows;
The Trinobantes, even under a female leader, had force enough to burn a colony, to storm camps, and, if success had not damped their vigor, would have been able entirely to throw off the yoke; and shall not we, untouched, unsubdued, and struggling not for the acquisition but the security of liberty, show at the very first onset what men Caledonia has reserved for her defense?
Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April 1320
Thus our nation under their protection did indeed live in freedom and peace up to the time when that mighty prince the King of the English, Edward, the father of the one who reigns today, ... The deeds of cruelty, massacre, violence, pillage, arson, imprisoning prelates, burning down monasteries, robbing and killing monks and nuns, and yet other outrages without number which he committed against our people, sparing neither age nor sex, religion nor rank, no one could describe nor fully imagine unless he had seen them with his own eyes. But from these countless evils we have been set free, ..
"As long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
There is a clear theme of liberty and freedom from oppression that flows through these these texts. But it does not stop there. In recognition of the 6th April (Tartan Day) the Us Senate passed a Resolution acknowledging that the Declaration of Arbroath was an inspiration for the US Declaration of Independence:
April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and especially those Americans of Scottish descent, because the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, was signed on April 6, 1320 and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled on that inspirational document;
And so, now we see how the Words of Calgacus have inspired concepts of freedom and liberty through to our day as the similarity of the following shows:
American Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
And as the US declaration has itself inspired almost every declaration of independence and human rights ever since, the importance of Mons Graupius is that in the words of Calgacus, we have the original declaration that inspired them all.
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- Mike first stood as a Lib Dem for a council election.
- He left over Europe and the Lib Dem's attitude to business.
- In 2003 Mike was selected by the Scottish Green party as second on the MEP list.
- However Mike refused to stand after he learnt that the first placed candidate refused to oppose the planned closure of A&E at Stobhill hospital (against a massive local campaign).
- After working in the wind industry he left because of the unethical nature of the business. However his interest in energy and science background led to him becoming concerned at the whole basis for predicting catastrophic global warming. As a result following the disclosure of emails from climate academics showing malpractice such as "Mike's Nature trick", Mike created the petition in 2009 that led to the Climategate inquiries.
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- Within weeks, he had been asked to be the Scottish Party's Energy Spokesman.
- However, UKIP Scotland were beset by internal problems. After an English NEC member found himself "top" on the Scottish MEP ballot, the Scottish membership rebelled. In November 2013 this led to an EGM with various votes of no confidence. This EGM was cancelled by the English NEC, the Scottish leader was sacked and the Chairman resigned. In response many others either resigned their post or like Mike, left the party.


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I have the pleasure of sharing with you a YouTube video of the "Printemps des Femmes"/"Women's Spring Forum" a gender diversity event, initiated by Cisco and co-organized by 9 companies which took place in France on March 21, 2011.
The idea for this event came from Cisco. Sandy Beky, a Business Operations Manager in Cisco's European Services organisation and an Inclusion and Diversity Ambassador, attended the 2010 edition of the Women's Forum Global Meeting where she met many diversity leads from other corporations. Sandy felt that these diversity events often attracted the same attendees and wanted to create an event to provide women (who contribute to gender diversity related employee resource groups) the opportunity to network with other women to share and exchange their corporate best practices in the area of gender inclusion and diversity.
In true diversity style, nine different companies – Areva, Bain&Company, Cap Gemini, Cisco, Deloitte, Lathams&Watkins, Nissan, Orange et Sodexo – worked together to virtually organise the Women's Spring Forum. Between 10 to 15 female representations from these companies attended the afternoon event, which began with a plenary session facilitated by a well known speaker in France; Veronique Preaux Cobti, Founder and Managing Director of DIAFORA which specialises in promoting gender diversity in corporations. Veronique gave her audience top tips on how they can widen their professional and personal network, explained about the importance of networking and the barriers women can impose on themselves. This plenary session also gave women hints and tips on effective networking; for example how to introduce oneself at the event and how to continue networking after attending an event like this one, and Veronique encouraged women to practice this both during the event and after the event too.
Following this session, attendees were encouraged to attend practical workshops on the following topics: Personal Branding, Mentoring, Telecommuting, Assertiveness and Leadership. Each workshop gave women tools that they could immediately implement and take back into their everyday life. Feedback from the event was extremely positive – 88% of the women scored the event 4 or 5 on a scale from 1-5.
As a young female employee of Cisco, I cannot stress enough the importance of networking events like the Women's Spring Forum. Cisco is founded on the principle of networking – Welcome To The Human Network after all! And although women make up approximately 60% of graduates, there is still a shortage of women going into the technology sector. Networking events like the Women's Spring Forum show the opportunities technology companies like Cisco can offer to women. I myself do not have an engineering degree and if you asked me to fix your computer or explain to you how a computer works, I wouldn't be very useful! However, Cisco has provided me the opportunity to not only put my strength – including creativity, interpersonal skills and being able to take a complex idea and make it simple – to good use but also do what I love the most – communications. And Cisco has also opened my eyes to new opportunities like Inclusion and Diversity. It is one of my goals in Cisco to share my experiences with other young women and to encourage more females to apply for jobs in technology.
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Government officials raced to get gasoline to frustrated and frightened motorists across the New York metropolitan area on Friday, suspending rules and opening waterways closed by debris from Sandy's onslaught.
But there was only limited progress in dealing with the biggest reason for the fuel shortage—blackouts that left more than 3.5 million utility customers still without power days after the storm and made it impossible for many filling stations to pump gas even if they had it.
"This continues to be an issue of electricity generation and not an issue of supply," said Avery Ash, spokesman for AAA, which reported that about half of the gas stations in New York City and New Jersey were still without power. Hess stations, many of which had generators to power their pumps, reported lines of cars that stretched for up to three miles.
The storm's U.S. death toll rose to 110 across nine states, most of them centered in the New York City area.
But there were signs of progress in New York. Power was restored Friday afternoon to parts of lower Manhattan, causing people to rejoice on the streets as the lights flickered on in restaurants, apartments and office towers. The Staten Island Ferry resumed service and the city lifted occupancy restrictions on vehicles entering Manhattan.
City officials still face enormous challenges. Sunday's New York City Marathon was canceled amid complaints that resources were being diverted from hard-hit areas, and that it was unseemly to hold the event when neighborhoods still were reeling.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency set up its first mobile recovery center in New York City, distributing water and food and taking applications for disaster assistance.
Gasoline shortages emerged as one of the biggest headaches. The federal government estimated that only one-third of gas stations in the metropolitan area had fuel for sale, based on a survey that found more than half were shut down.
Petra Marfil, 35, of Newark, N.J., had been parked for hours outside an empty Lukoil Station there, hoping for a delivery to fill up her minivan. "I've been looking for gas since Wednesday," she said, adding that her house has no power. "I am cold, hungry. It's been frustrating."
Gov. Chris Christie late Friday ordered odd-even gasoline rationing in 12 New Jersey counties starting at noon Saturday. Drivers with license plates ending with an even number can only buy gasoline on even numbered days of each month, and vice versa.
Late Friday, the White House said the Defense Logistics Agency would buy up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel and send it by tanker trucks to communities affected by the storm. The federal government also said Friday it will lend diesel fuel from a strategic stockpile to emergency agencies to help keep supply trucks, power generators and water pumps running.
The Department of Homeland Security said it was suspending laws so tankers can move fuel quickly from Gulf Coast refineries to the Northeast. Two million barrels of gas have been delivered so far, according to Rear Admiral Daniel Abel, the region's Coast Guard commander.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo waived a tax on tankers docking in New York Harbor, a major fuel distribution hub, and said the harbor had been cleared of storm debris. "There should be a real change in condition, and people should see it quickly," the governor said. "Millions of gallons of gasoline are now through the harbor and going into the distribution network."
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Some have taken matters into their own hands. In Breezy Point, Queens, devastated by floodwaters and fire, Michael Leonard, 31, and a group of his friends were moving through the neighborhood siphoning gas from cars that had been swamped, then delivering it to neighbors with generators.
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But there are other problems hampering fuel distribution. Storage tanks and delivery equipment have been damaged. Salt water swamped several large fuel-distribution centers in New Jersey when Sandy's storm surge hit Monday night.
A major fuel pipeline to the Northeast operated by Colonial Pipeline Co. was out of service for part of this week. Refineries with a combination of one million barrels a day in capacity shut down or cut operating rates temporarily. Colonial said Friday it had restarted fuel deliveries through its pipeline bringing Gulf Coast gasoline and diesel to New Jersey. The operations there have been relying on portable generators.
One bright spotK: The storm hasn't resulted in a significant increase in gasoline prices. They were up about a cent from Thursday in New Jersey, at $3.56 for a gallon of regular unleaded, but still below a week ago, according to AAA. In New York, a gallon of regular cost $3.93. The national average price was $3.50 per gallon on Friday.
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Every year, thousands of foreign students start living in London to begin their studies at university. There are a number of excellent universities in the city and if you have children of college age, then moving to London and attending a university there can be an enriching experience. There are several requirements for attending university in England, and you will be able to apply at several universities even before you leave home.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to launch his second-term push for a U.S. immigration overhaul during a visit to Nevada next week and will make it a high priority to win congressional approval of a reform package this year, the White House said on Friday.
Obama, who met leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, intends to use his trip to Las Vegas on Tuesday to "redouble our efforts to make comprehensive immigration reform a reality," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
He said Obama's proposals would be based on a "blueprint" the president put forth in a 2011 policy speech he delivered near the U.S.-Mexico border. The administration never put much effort into turning that plan, which included a controversial path to "earned" citizenship, into legislation.
Immigration reform, largely sidelined by economic issues in Obama's first term, is part of an ambitious liberal agenda he laid out in his second inaugural address on Monday, which also includes gun control, gay rights and fighting climate change.
The chances of a bipartisan agreement to revamp the U.S. immigration system are looking brighter despite the strong political passions that surround the issue.
Obama wants a deal and so do many Republicans in Congress, after having seen Hispanics vote overwhelmingly for the president and his fellow Democrats in the November 6 election.
Some political analysts have said Republicans must seize the chance to help achieve immigration reform or else forfeit the chance of gaining significant Latino electoral support for a generation or more.
Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican often mentioned as a future presidential contender, has begun drawing up his own set of proposals he hopes can appeal to conservatives. The White House has voiced interest in hearing more about his ideas.
Rubio has proposed giving illegal residents a way to earn a working permit and then one day citizenship, but they would have to wait behind legal immigrants.
As early as next week, a bipartisan group of senators could announce a set of principles for immigration reform consistent with what Rubio has been advocating, according to a Senate aide.
"We are encouraged by efforts under way in Congress to move forward on this issue, to address it in a bipartisan way," Carney told reporters. "It is certainly a top legislative priority for the president."
Carney said Obama would use his event in Las Vegas to push the broad proposals he laid out in May 2011. Nevada has a fast-growing Hispanic population that helped Obama carry the state in the November election.
Obama's earlier plan, which he unveiled in El Paso, Texas, called for creating a path for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the United States to earn citizenship.
Some Republicans have argued that would amount to amnesty, but administration officials have denied that, saying it would include fines, payment of back taxes, a lengthy probationary period and other hurdles to obtain legal status.
Obama's previous proposals also called for strict border enforcement, tough penalties for businesses that hire illegal workers and creation of a guest-worker program to meet agricultural labor needs.
Last summer, Obama took executive action so that the federal government stopped seeking to deport certain illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States as children - a dramatic change that was celebrated in the Hispanic community and seen as key to his re-election hopes that November.
After winning the bitterly fought election, he promised to tackle the issue comprehensively early in his new term.
Republicans have begun softening their stance after the party alienated many Latinos with hard-line rhetoric on immigration during the election campaign. Obama's unsuccessful Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, caused a stir by advocating "self-deportation" of illegal immigrants.
Republicans in Arizona and other states in recent years have pushed through tough laws cracking down on illegal immigrants.
Obama told Hispanic lawmakers on Friday, "There is no excuse for stalling or delay" on immigration legislation and promised to "move this debate forward at the earliest possible opportunity," according to a White House statement.
"The president will be traveling to Nevada on Tuesday to redouble the administration's efforts to work with Congress to fix the broken immigration system this year," the White House said. Obama has also promised specifics on immigration in his State of the Union address to Congress on February 12.
Representative Xavier Becerra of California, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said afterward: "Immigration reform is not a matter of 'if' but 'when.' Now is the time and this is our moment."
Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who has been part of Senate talks on immigration reforms, said Obama's leadership on the issue was essential.
"I applaud him for announcing his commitment at the very beginning of this term and hope that the bipartisan process that is ongoing in the Senate will lead us to passage of a bill he can sign," he said.
Additional reporting by Rachelle Younglai, Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Peter Cooney


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PLTW Students Integrate LynxMotion and VEX
Do you get hungry? Do you enjoy eating food more than you enjoy making food? If you answered "Yes!" to both of those questions, you'll be happy to know that the future engineers of America have you covered.
Students from two Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Schools have integrated the sensing and control capabilities of the VEX Cortex Robotics system with the advanced articulation capabilities of the LynxMotion Robotics system to create highly capable (and delicious) assembly lines.
The first two videos are brought to us by students in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) class at Kings High School in California.
Robotic Sandwich Factory:
Buttered Toast Factory (complete with real-life toaster):
The work behind the last two videos was done by students in another CIM class at Lancaster High School in New York.
Coffee Manufacturing Line:
Widget Assembly Line:
Well done to all the students involved, and to the instructors that inspired them. Keep up the great work!
If you're looking for more information, additional videos and explanation can be found on their respective YouTube channels.


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There's one US league that's shifting to the international calendar.
On Friday the US Soccer Development Academy, the elite competition for youth players around the country, announced it will be moving to a September-June season beginning with the 2012-13 campaign, spreading matches across 10 months.
"This is the model that the best countries around the world use for their programs, and I think it makes perfect sense that we do as well," said US national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann in a US Soccer statement. "The Development Academy 10-month season is the right formula and provides a good balance between training time and playing competitive matches."
While some US Soccer Development Academy clubs in both age categories — U-15/16 and U-17/18 — have already implemented the switch in their current 2011-12 schedule, other teams currently operate with a more condensed format, often playing matches on both Saturdays and Sundays. The new mandate issued by the US Soccer Federation is designed to cut down these situations.
By eliminating the fixture congestion and extending the season, the changes are intended to free up more time for practice sessions and allow players to focus on single matches every weekend.
"The format provides the ideal platform to place an increased emphasis on the value of training on a regular basis, and offers the opportunity to play in quality, competitive games throughout an extended season," said US Soccer youth technical director Claudio Reyna in a statement. "This schedule puts our elite players in line with kids in their age group internationally, and places the appropriate physical demands at this stage in their development."
High school coaches around the country will see the move as forcing elite players to decide between playing for their high school or their club team. The US Soccer Federation does not shy away from the topic and explains in a Q&A on its website why it shouldn't prove a major concern.
"Every player has a choice to play high school soccer or in the Development Academy," US Soccer states in the Q&A. "We believe that for those elite soccer players who are committed to pursuing the goal of reaching the highest levels they can in the sport, making this decision will provide them a big advantage in their development and increase their exposure to top coaches in the United States and from around the world.
"Overall, only one percent of all players currently playing high school soccer are involved with the Development Academy. We are only talking about a small percentage of elite players who have the goal of playing soccer at the highest levels. High School soccer will continue to make an important contribution to the soccer landscape in this country."
There are 15 MLS academies currently participating in the US Soccer Development Academy program:
Frontier Division: Colorado Rapids, Sporting Kansas City
Great Lakes Division: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew
Texas Division: FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo
Liberty Division: New York Red Bulls
Mid-Atlantic Division: D.C. United
Northeast Division: New England Revolution
Northwest Division: Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps, San Jose Earthquakes
SoCal Division: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, RSL Arizona


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Barely past the 100-day mark in his Presidency, Barack Obama already has an opportunity to shape his legacy: The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal's world-wide news box, and Los Angeles Times lead, and the New York Timesoff-leads, with speculation about the type of judge the president will appoint to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Obama will personally lead the search for a nominee, and his background as a constitutional law professor and community organizer is a likely influence behind his desire to appoint someone who will show "empathy" toward "people's hopes and struggles," as he said in yesterday's press briefing.
The NYT leads with a look at the U.S. government's outreach to Nawaz Sharif, the chief opposition to the Pakistani president. While the United States had avoided Sharif before due to his ties to Islamists, the Obama administration now views those connections as a useful way to prop up a government that is losing influence to Taliban insurgents. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Richard Holbrooke, special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, are encouraging Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari to work together, although the two men are fierce rivals.
Appointing a Supreme Court justice gives the president a chance to leave a lasting impact on the judicial system, and Obama is under pressure to choose someone who is not only qualified but also symbolic. The papers are already speculating that he will lean toward a female or minority candidate, or possibly a dyed-in-the-wool liberal like former Justice Thurgood Marshall. There is a general consensus among the coverage that Obama could consider Sonia Sotomayor, a New York federal appeals court justice who would be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice; Elena Kagan, the former Harvard Law School dean already tapped to be solicitor general; Stanford professor Kathleen Sullivan; or Diane Wood, an appellate judge from Chicago. The WP and NYT also make the stretch to suggest Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick as a contender with political and legal experience, after Obama admired a former governor who became chief justice on the campaign trail.
Conservative activists are already protesting the president's criteria for going "beyond what is necessary for choosing a justice," the WP reports. But perhaps Obama needn't worry too much: Sen. Lindsey Graham has already commented that the Democrats can't really "screw this up" unless the president nominates a radical or someone with a shady financial history.
All the papers front updates on the challenges ahead for Chrysler in the wake of the company's filing for bankruptcy protection. Dealerships are scrambling to find sources for customers' loans, and four plants have already shut down ahead of Monday's planned closure date. In its partnership with Chrysler, Fiat will try to streamline production costs, increase sales, and turn around the company's "battered image," says the LAT. Fortunately, Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne won the same fight when he took control of the Italian automaker five years ago. The WP profiles the Maryland-based great-grandson of Chrysler's founder, who has been cataloging the company's history for years with a museumlike display in the building that houses his furniture-making business. Lately, he has thrown all his effort into a letter-writing campaign to the president and others to save the ailing company. Meanwhile, the United Automobile Workers union is feeling pretty good about their unparalleled support in the bankruptcy proceedings beginning in New York; the Treasury Department will provide Chrysler's union members with retiree medical benefits and protection for their pension plans.
Swine flu stories move inside today in all the papers except the WP, which fronts news of school closures in Maryland. The LAT points out that closing the U.S.-Mexico border is unlikely to stop the spread of the virus, as past pandemics have proven. The WSJ points to a survey that shows Americans are avoiding public places like malls and sporting events, while in Mexico City, medical teams are going house to house to uncover new cases of the flu. In her NYT column, Gail Collins calls Vice President Biden "the perfect warning bell to show the White House when things are veering out of control" and "a kind of mental canary in the governmental mine shaft," following the frank concerns he expressed on the Today show yesterday about venturing onto airplanes, subways, and other enclosed places.
There is no word yet on whether the vice president will be tweeting from the White House's new Twitter account. Just in time to communicate news about the swine flu outbreak, the White House announced yesterday that it has joined Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.
A few months after the president announced his plans to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the Obama administration is thinking about reinstating the controversial military courts there. Although the current administration would revise the military commission system, human rights groups are concerned it might still circumvent laws upheld in American courts. Others worry that trials would lack the power to convict suspected terrorists.
Across the pond, the WP reveals that British taxpayers have spent $900,000 in legal fees, covered by the government, on behalf of three associates of Osama Bin Laden who have been fighting extradition to the United States since 1998. The three suspects in the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania "have plodded through the British bureaucracy with no end in sight, undermining transatlantic cooperation on counterterrorism and highlighting how easy it can be for international terrorism suspects to elude the reach of U.S. prosecutors."
In the ongoing elections in India, Rahul Gandhi tries to cash in not on his dynastic legacy—as the fourth generation of a long-revered political family—but on his youth, according to the WSJ. The 38-year-old grandson of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is up against candidates in their 70s and 80s at a time when people under the age of 40 make up 70 percent of the country's population.
The grass may actually be greener in front of foreclosed homes in California. With "a bit of water, a few chemicals, and the willing suspension of disbelief," a local entrepreneur is reviving dead lawns by painting them green in the hopes that this will help sell houses.
The WSJ surveys the betting field for today's Kentucky Derby. Most people place their bets on horses with catchy names. While their monikers don't say much about their chances for success, this year's pack may be worth a gamble, at least, with names like Recapturetheglory, I Want Revenge, and Chocolate Candy. TP has a soft spot for General Quarters.


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CHESTER - Jim Curtin didn't sugarcoat the predicament to his Philadelphia Union team this week.
With a second straight home game looming in the aftermath of Saturday's wasteful draw against Colorado, Wednesday's meeting with New York wasn't do or die, but it was about as close to that imperative as a midseason fixture will allow.
The squad - a group that's been through a coaching change, a trip to the lower rungs of the Eastern Conference ladder and a four-month winless run at home - probably didn't need the reminder. But based on the effort in a 3-1 win over New York, it resonated.
'I told you guys on (Tuesday), our response there was going to dictate how the rest of our season went,' Curtin said Wednesday night. 'If you lose again at home and then you have to go quick turnaround on the road to Chicago, a team that's hungry, you're in a big hole.'
Curtin's address to the team contained the requisite elements of coach-speak. But central to his message was a kernel of truth: That the Union, for however miserable the start to the season they endured was, are in the thick of the playoff hunt in a thoroughly underwhelming Eastern Conference.
The next chance to assert a claim to legitimacy comes Saturday when the Union visit Chicago.
Though the opening three months of the season were sufficiently anemic to cost John Hackworth his job, the Union are somehow still in the playoff hunt, thanks in large part to an Eastern Conference loaded with mediocre teams.
The Union (5-8-7, 22 points) sit sixth through 20 matches, one point behind New York for the fifth and final playoff spot. The Union have played the most games in the Eastern Conference, and as a result, they rank seventh in points per game at 1.10, trailing Chicago (19 points from 17 games, 1.12 ppg) ever so slightly.
Last year, it took 1.44 points per game to get into the playoffs in the East; as the league stumbles past the midway point of 2014, only three teams have matched that pace. The team in fourth, New England, is at a mere 1.28 ppg.
That leaves the field wide open for a team to declare its postseason candidacy. For the Union, which plays eight of its final 14 and seven of its last 10 games at home, the schedule is ripe for a late charge. (Positing that a team with two wins in its first nine home games could suddenly surge on home turf requires a leap of faith, but the fact that the possibility even exists is a testament to the East's futility.)
While the Union have a window of opportunity, there's a finite amount of time to capitalize, and returning results against teams like the Fire (3-4-10, 19 points) is a good way to start. The Union already have a result in Chicago this year, a 2-2 draw in April preserved by Zac MacMath's stunning double save on a Mike Magee penalty kick late in regulation.
Chicago doesn't have the sting of a midweek game in its legs like the Union do, but the Fire are hardly fresh. Like the Union, they've advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup, meaning Saturday represents their fifth game in July. That level of fatigue is familiar to the Union.
'It's tough. We've had a lot of games,' Conor Casey said Wednesday. 'We've had three games a week for a couple of weeks now, but luckily we have a deep team. We've got a lot of guys that are coming off the bench.'
Last week's win over New England - a 1-0 decision thanks to Sean Johnson's late penalty save - was the Fire's first since mid-May, curtailing a six-game winless jaunt.
The Fire have a pair of injuries, with Benji Joya (quad) and Patrick Nyarko (knee) officially listed as doubtful. Their newest summer acquisition, Romanian central midfielder Razvan Cocis, won't be available, leaving captain Jeff Larentowicz and either Matt Watson or Chris Ritter to patrol the center of the pitch. Given how well the Union controlled that facet against New York, they should have a decided advantage with the restoration of Amobi Okugo and Michael Lahoud from suspension.
The Union will have to compensate for the likely loss of Cristian Maidana, who left the Red Bulls game with a hamstring knock that has him listed as questionable. But with Vincent Nogueira able to go the full 90 last week in a holding role, the Frenchman should have no problem stepping into Maidana's vacated spot as the playmaking, central prong in the triumvirate of the 4-2-3-1 formation.
The Union backline will have its hands full with reigning MVP Magee, red-hot Quincy Amarikwa and dangerous rookie playmaker Harry Shipp. But Curtin has options, with former Fire player Austin Berry pushing Maurice Edu and Ethan White, the latter of whom has been stellar the last two games, for a place in the back four.
Whoever happens to get the nod, they'll carry with them the sense of urgency Curtin has impressed upon the squad.
'We're running out of games,' he said. 'The season goes quickly with these Saturday-Wednesdays. It disappears fast.'


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The week in review
Worst weekend for murder: Matt Nelepa, 20, is shot early November 20 at 7-1/2 Street near Cherry Avenue. The body of Sarah Louise Crawford, 33, is found around 1:30am November 22 in the Quality Inn on Emmet Street. Her estranged husband, Anthony Dale Crawford, 45, of Manassas, is arrested in Florida November 26 and faces charges in Charlottesville.
Worst attempted matricide: Three Madison County teenagers plead guilty November 22 to a plot to poison one conspirator's mother, Olympia Meola reports in the Daily Progress.
Worst ear shooting: Marcel Ross, 19, is charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling. According to an article by Reed Williams in the Progress, Timothy Brown found Ross in Brown's bed with a woman November 22. Brown called his girlfriend– Ross's mother– and the son threatened to "pop a cap in my butt," Brown said. Instead, Ross allegedly fired a .22-caliber bullet through the bedroom door that ricocheted and hit Brown in the ear.
Worst hit and run: Martha Jones overturns her Jetta on Earlysville Road November 29. As she attempts to crawl from the car, another driver strikes her car and flees in what's described as a maroon or red compact pickup with a camper shell. Jones, 19, is pronounced dead at the scene.
Saddest Waltons ' loss: Marion Hamner Hawkes, older sister and inspiration for the character Mary Ellen in brother Earl Hamner's iconic series, The Waltons, dies November 22 at age 74.
Biggest move: Albemarle County police relocate to Fifth Street Extended.
Worst setback for Ivy activists: The Virginia Supreme Court refuses, on October 29, to hear the Ivy Community Association's lawsuit challenging Albemarle's zoning decision that a Faulconer Construction facility was a "light industrial" use. However, Faulconer received a setback of its own two days earlier when the Board of Supervisors unanimously sent Faulconer's site plan back to the proverbial drawing board.
Most voters: 3.2 million Virginians got out to vote November 2, the largest turnout ever, according to the State Board of Elections, which certified the tallies November 22. But because of heavy registration, that works out to only 71.3 percent of eligible voters.
Latest Liberty University honor: The Young American Foundation names Jerry Falwell's Lynchburg school one of the top 10 conservative colleges in the U.S.
Biggest pot case: The Supreme Court hears arguments November 29 about whether states have the right to allow the use of medical marijuana.
Worst deer hunting massacre: Six people are killed in Wisconsin when a trespasser in their deer stand opens fire on them November 21.
Biggest pall over Hunt Country: The British House of Commons outlaws fox hunting in England and Wales November 18.
Best spin on a bankruptcy: Donald Trump calls his casino's filing for Chapter 11 protection "a success," according to the AP.
Biggest changing of the network-anchor guard: CBS's Dan Rather announces he'll step down in March after nearly 24 years. And NBC's Tom Brokaw does his final newscast December 1.
Worst list to end up on: Filmmaker Michael Moore tops FilmThreat.com's "Frigid 50" compilation of the least inspiring, least intriguing people in Hollywood.
Best tout of a Charlottesville writer in Vanity Fair: In the November issue, Tom Waits lists the late Breece D'J Pancake among his favorite writers.
Best example of "bad journalism at its worst": The Hook's coverage of rape at UVA and the Andrew Alston trial, according to self-appointed media critic Nick Chapin in the November 30 Cav Daily.


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Honey Bunches of Oats Adds Greek Yogurt To the Mix
In another expansion of wildly popular Greek-style yogurt, Post Foods LLC, Parsippany, N.J., adds Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch cereal to the Honey Bunches of Oats cereal line. This unique, crunchy cereal combines real Greek yogurt bunches, crispy whole grain flakes and a touch of honey.
"Honey Bunches of Oats revolutionized breakfast in 1989 by combining four different cereals to create the perfect blend, and it has been a staple at the family breakfast table ever since," says Mark Izzo, vice president of research, development and innovations. "In recent years, Greek yogurt has become a breakfast favorite, as well." The company is making it easy for consumers to get both breakfast favorites in a single bowl.
The new cereal features crispy whole grain flakes and two distinct crunchy granola clusters made with real Greek yogurt -- one that has the Greek yogurt baked into the cluster and one that blends it into a creamy Greek yogurt style coating -- for an unmistakable crunch and sweet tangy flavor. In addition to its unique taste, each one-cup serving of Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch has 33g of whole grains, 80 percent of the Daily Value for iron and is a heart-healthy choice to start mornings off right.
A 15.5-oz. box sells for about $3.59.


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KABUL - Afghanistan's new cricket academy coach, Peter Anderson from Australia, has started work in Kabul, officials said Monday, as the fast-developing team prepare for their debut at next year's World Cup. Anderson coached Papua New Guinea for two years before joining Afghanistan, where cricket is a rare symbol of optimism in a country beset by war, corruption and poverty.
"I am excited to be here," Anderson, 52, said in a press release from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). "I hope I can make a contribution to the quality of cricket here. I will start slowly, watching, listening and learning." Anderson played 56 first-class matches for Queensland and South Australia as a wicketkeeper, scoring 1,399 runs at an average of 17.93. "We are pleased to be welcoming a person of Peter Anderson's calibre to head our new Afghanistan Cricket Academy," said Noor Mohammad Murad, head of the ACB.
"He brings to us 35 years of cricketing experience both in Australia and internationally. His experience with Papua New Guinea Cricket, a developing cricket country, will fit him well for his work in Afghanistan." Anderson will head the new academy, which will seek out and train players from youth level through to the full national squad. Afghanistan's cricket team have taken big strides over the last decade, gaining one-day status in 2009.
The side have featured in three World Twenty20 tournaments and qualified for the 2015 one-day World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The International Cricket Council has given $1 million funding to each of four World Cup qualifiers -- Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Ireland and Scotland -- and has arranged training camps in Australia and New Zealand later this year.
Afghanistan are in Group A along with Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Bangladesh, England and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan will also feature in this year's Asian Games cricket tournament in Incheon, South Korea.


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David Norris and his 11-year-old son, David Thomas Norris, were outside the arena, peering through the glass of the Thunder team store prior to Stockton's season opener Saturday.
David Norris and his 11-year-old son, David Thomas Norris, were outside the arena, peering through the glass of the Thunder team store prior to Stockton's season opener Saturday.
Sizing up the merchandise, David Thomas spotted a foam hockey puck fashioned into a hat. He asked his dad if he would buy it for him.
"Yeah," David replied.
Mind you, when the Norris boys were sizing up the goods of the team store, the doors at Stockton Arena weren't set to open for 45 minutes, and an additional 100 or so Thunder fans were waiting anxiously nearby to enter from the southwest corner of the arena - almost all of them wearing the team colors, black and yellow. At the northeast main entrance, hundreds more were waiting for the doors to open.
This was Thunder hockey on Opening Night, the ninth rendition.
These are Thunder fans. Devoted. Passionate.
And, yes, some are downright nuts, figuratively speaking, of course.
Take Eric Kenney, for instance. The 38-year-old Lodi resident could have been an award winner at last summer's Stockton Con given his get-up Saturday night.
Kenney had ditched his daytime identity as a husband and truck driver and donned his alter-ego, Thunderman - protector of all things Stockton Thunder. (Kenney has a facebook page devoted to Thunderman, just so you know).
With black and yellow theatrical face paint applied in an Ultimate Warrior sort of pattern, the 6-foot-5 Thunderman was wearing his Thunder jersey and a yellow wig peaking out from beneath an adorned black work helmet that he ordered from a company in Detroit. Thunderman and his devoted sidekick - his wife Lorri, who was wearing a Thunder jersey sans the face paint, wig and helmet - were ready for battle.
"I'm just an excited fan that loves the game," Eric Kenney said. "It takes about an hour for me to get into full gear."
Kenney explained the origins of Thunderman.
"This persona started in the latter half of last season, so it's pretty much a staple right now," he said. "I thought I'd start the season on a roll."
Yes, Thunderman did stick out in the crowd, but he wasn't the only fan dressed in some sort of expressive way.
David Norris, for example, wore "Thunder mittens" that lighten the impact when he slaps the glass and a jersey worn by Stockton left wing Garet Hunt during last season's Kelly Cup Finals. Hunt, a Thunder fan favorite in his sixth season with the club, must have had a heck of a game that night, as the jersey has rips, tears, holes and worn spots. To Norris, the battered jersey that he won in an auction last year was nothing less than a cloak of distinction.
"I really like Hunt," Norris said.
Hunt received the loudest ovation from the 6,786 fans when he skated onto the ice during pre-game introductions holding high above him the Western Conference championship trophy Stockton earned last season.
Hunt stopped at center ice inside the darkened arena and hoisted the trophy, bathed in a spotlight. The crowd let out a mighty cheer to acknowledge the Thunder's first conference championship.
Hunt skated to the west end of the rink where he was joined by other Thunder players on this season's roster who contributed last season and former team president, Dan Chapman, who resigned after the 2012-13 season to accept a position with the University of the Pacific.
After posing for a photo with the players, Chapman took the trophy and scaled the arena steps and placed it on a table at the fan deck.
The crowd was asked by the public address announcer to count down from 10 ... and so on to 1 - when the first Western Conference championship banner in Thunder history was raised at the west end of the arena to thunderous cheers.
"It felt sensational," said Chapman's successor Brian Sandy, who became the Thunder's president just 93 days ago. "For me, I've done 20 opening nights and this one is really special. Stockton is such a special franchise because of the fans. They deserve it. I have goose bumps, I won't lie."
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Global Semiconductor Alliance's 'Dr. Morris Chang Award' Given To 'Father of Flash Memory Cards'
Milpitas, CA, Dec 11, 2008 -SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, today announced that Dr. Eli Harari, SanDisk founder, chairman and CEO, will receive the Global Semiconductor Alliance's Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award at the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The prestigious award recognizes individuals whose contributions to the semiconductor industry exemplify a transformative vision and global leadership.
Dr. Harari, along with his colleagues Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan, founded SanDisk in 1988. Since then, SanDisk has grown into the world's largest supplier of flash memory cards, with revenues in excess of $3.89 billion in 2007. Under Harari's leadership, SanDisk invented flash mass storage cards and pioneered USB flash drives, developed CompactFlash®, SD™ and microSD™, and co-developed Memory Stick PRO™ and Memory Stick PRO Duo™ card formats. SanDisk also invented Multi-Level Cell (MLC) technology, greatly increasing the capacity of NAND flash memory.
SanDisk holds more than 1500 patents worldwide, which generated licensing revenues of $450 million in 2007. SanDisk sells removable flash memory products at more than 240,000 retail outlets worldwide, and is the world market leader in removable flash memory cards for use in mobile phones, digital cameras, and camcorders. SanDisk's Sansa® line of digital audio and video players has the number two market share in the United States.
Eli Harari holds a Ph.D. in solid state sciences from Princeton University, and received a B.S. in physics with honors from Manchester University. In addition to inventing EEPROM, the precursor to flash, Harari's technical resume includes more than 100 U.S. and foreign patents. Harari has won numerous awards and honors in recent years, including: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2006 Reynolds B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award for "leadership in the development and commercialization of flash EEPROM-based data storage products"; Electronic Business Magazine's 2006 CEO of the Year Award; and the Ernst and Young 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, Sansa and CompactFlash are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. SD and microSD are trademarks. Memory Stick PRO and Memory Stick PRO Duo are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, markets and/or customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, these products may not perform as expected, these products may not be available when expected or at the prices expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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Australia's Next Top Model Host Admits She Just Guessed Who the Winner Was
Sarah Murdoch—daughter-in-law of Rupert and host of Australia's Next Top Model—has a very good explanation for why she announced the wrong winner on live TV: At the moment of truth, nobody told her who won, so she guessed.
The last thing that had been communicated to me through my earpiece was Kelsey 1, Amanda 2... And we had this great idea that we wouldn't use a card, that we would have it all communicated to me through an earpiece, so that I too in that moment would find out who the winner was. And I thought it will be great. So having heard the last thing was Kelsey 1, Amanda 2, I went into the read... the winner of Australia's Next Top Model is ... nothing. Nothing. So all I knew was the last thing was Kelsey 1, Amanda 2 ... The point was, it was going to be communicated through my ear and it didn't come at that moment. So I went with what I had been told ... just before that segment. It is a genuine miscommunication. As far as I knew it was the right call.
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Fair Use Protects Some Uses, But It Is Still Way Too Weak To Be Effective For Many
from the we-need-to-exercise-it,-but-it's-still-scary deptA few weeks back, we wrote about Andy Baio's excellent video concerning the limits of fair use, in particular his awful and soul-wrenching experience being sued for infringement in a situation that was almost certainly fair use. Baio eventually settled for $32,000 rather than deal with a long and expensive trial that might end poorly. Baio points out that even when we have fair use, the fact that you can still be sued and can still have to fight your way through the court system is incredibly scary, and creates a chilling effect on creativity.
Following that, Pat Aufderheide, one of the world's foremost experts on fair use, and someone we've discussed before, wrote a response to Andy's presentation challenging some of the claims he made, and arguing that people need to strongly exercise their fair use rights and that we shouldn't be fearful of such lawsuits. Aufderheide, along with Peter Jaszi, have been creating "best practice" guides in fair use for creators to rely on, hoping that having some clear and accepted guidelines will help creators more confidently express and use their fair use rights.
What happened to Andy Baio is creepy. But Andy inadvertently is making things even worse. He generalizes dangerously from his experience, and spreads wild and false charges in the last part of his presentation. The chilling effects of his talk could be considerable.When two people who I normally agree with are in disagreement with each other, I sit up and take careful notice. It surprised me at first to see these two clear supporters of remix culture and of fair use disagreeing so vehemently with each other. I think they both make points that are correct, as well as points that are exaggerated for effect. I think that the two would actually agree more than they disagree, and the disagreements are much more in the margin than is implied above.
He claims, astonishingly, that "fair use is not a law." Uh, it's section 107 of the Copyright Act. Like other parts of the law that protect free expression, it is applied by courts case by case; you exercise it in context, and courts take that context into account. That doesn't make it "not a law," nor does it make it impossible to apply. Creative people make judgments all the time about whether our works are obscene, libelous or treasonous, for example; there are no bright lines there, either, but we act with confidence, knowing the law is on our side.
True and False.
Andy warns ominously that "anyone can sue you for anything, always, and even without grounds." Yup. That is true, and just as true for obscenity, libel, or treason charges, and in a million other places in life. If someone slips on the sidewalk in front of your house after a snowstorm, or chokes on an appetizer at your dinner party, or objects to your choice of lawn furniture, they can sue you. Copyright trolls like Prenda are suing people who have done nothing at all. But we somehow conduct our lives and even have dinner parties knowing this ugly reality.
He warns fellow remixers everywhere, "fair use will not save you," and "nothing you have ever made is fair use." Whoa. Neither of these statements is true.
While Aufderheide is correct that there are lots of things that people can sue you over, those kinds of lawsuits are not the same as what Baio was talking about, in a few ways. First, the statutory damages associated with copyright are so out of line with any potential harm created by the situations that Baio is talking about. If the requirement involved some showing of actual damages and/or much lower statutory damages, I would be more inclined to agree with Aufderheide on this point. Second, while she is correct that fair use has been "riding high" in a number of court cases lately, that is not always the case. Fair use determinations by courts quite frequently have the appearance of arbitrariness. I've seen copyright lawyers note that it is possible to make the four factors test in fair use come out on either side in almost any case if you really want to. That uncertainty and that risk is a concern.
I applaud, wholeheartedly, Aufderheide and Jaszi's tireless work at reducing that uncertainty with their attempts to "reclaim fair use." And I hope that one day, the uncertainty will be greatly minimized. But we really are just not there yet. Baio's case is hardly an outlier.
As for Baio's claim about fair use and the law, he was making an inexact statement that within the context did, in fact, make sense. Yes, fair use is a part of the law, but copyright maximalists, and some courts, have treated it merely as a defense, rather than a direct right. This is almost certainly a misreading of the law, because the law states clearly that a fair use is not an infringement ("the fair use of a copyrighted work... is not an infringement of copyright") but if fair use is merely a defense than there would have to first be infringement. So, clearly the courts have misread the law there. However, Baio's statement was about the practical reality of this, in that in order for him to plead fair use, he effectively has to go through a full legal process, which is timely, costly and risky.
I agree that we need to "reclaim" fair use and that one way to do this is to continue to exercise those rights. But I don't think it's right to suggest that relying on fair use is a guaranteed safe place under the interpretations of the law today. Should it be? Yes. Should we strive to drive the law and the judicial decisions in a way that establishes a clear safe place for fair use to occur? Absolutely. And while Aufderheide and Jaszi have done incredible work on that front, the points Baio made still ring true for the vast majority of people who might face the threat of a copyright infringement case concerning a fair use remix, or another transformation of a copyright-covered work.
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'Bachelorette' alum Ali Fedotowsky has been covering the 2014 Winter Olympics for E! and has picked up a cuddly new companion in Sochi, Russia. Fedotowsky shared a pic of the adorable pup on Instagram today, Feb. 21.
"Got this little gal at a Sochi shelter. On my way to the vet to get her a health certificate and passport so I can hopefully bring her back to the USA to be adopted," the reality star captioned the above photo. "I can't save them all, but I know someone in the states would love to have this little sweetheart!!!"
Before the Olympics began, Sochi issued an order to "get rid of" (read: kill) all of the stray dogs in the city, sparking outrage amongst many. In Fedotowsky's Instagram snap, she is shown wearing a forest green hat emblazoned with the log 'PovoDog,' a makeshift shelter organized by one animal lover (and Russian billionaire) to help save the dogs of Sochi.
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The launch of the book Ordinary in Brighton: LGBT, Activisms and the City was on the 23rd November 2013 3-5 at the Friends Meeting House, Brighton.
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This book reflects on learning from the stories, hopes and views entrusted to the Count Me In Too research project, and develops thinking, linking and extending the research literature whilst also seeking to honour the contributions of those who took part.
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