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For more information about the First Year Experience Learning Community, please email FYE Co-Coordinator and Counselor Will Sapigao or call (650) 738-4147. Also, you can look at the FYE brochure here, it outlines basic information regarding FYE.
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The First Year Experience (FYE) Learning Community is a yearlong program in which a group of students (cohort) stay together in a set sequence of classes. Counseling and case management are linked with Math, English and other required courses to provide a holistic foundation for success. The FYE program is geared toward full-time students who want support transitioning into college-level classes while completing the algebra sequence. The program is also a good choice for those who would like to transfer and/or receive an AA/AS degree as quickly as possible.
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To assist students in successfully completing their first year in college as well as persisting with their academic and career goals.
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- Learn about themselves and choose career goals related to their values.
- Employ interdependence through developing a network of support on campus including peers, faculty and staff.
- Be able to think critically across several disciplines, connecting concepts from different courses with the others.
Who is eligible?
Eligible students include anyone placing into both Math 110 and English 828 or 846, and also committing to the entire FYE package of courses.
Who are the instructors?
The instructors in the FYE program are all dedicated to increasing the success of students who normally struggle in the early part of their college education. These teachers have self-selected to be a part of this collaborative program and represent decades of experience at Skyline College.
Why these courses?
The courses were selected by a group of faculty who are well acquainted with the patterns of student success and failure at Skyline College. This set of courses strikes a careful balance of required and transferable units to assist students attain college levels in Math and English. The core of the program is getting students through the required Math sequence and developmental English sequence while establishing foundational knowledge. Students will learn to navigate the educational system, access resources, develop study skills and create a network of learners at the college.
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Somehow, in these parts, "black" seems an even more fitting adjective to describe the day-after-Thanksgiving shop-a-palooza last week.
But it has nothing to do with company profits. Because for all of those lucky enough to be able to hit the malls and big-box stores and fill up their carts this holiday season, there are many, many others across New Jersey who won't be able to provide as much as they once did for their children, thanks to the dual challenges of a still-struggling economy and the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Sandy.
For those people, Black Friday has a very different meaning this year.
We don't hear much from Gov. Chris Christie about the "Jersey Comeback" anymore. The superstorm has a lot to do with that, of course. But even Christie has undoubtedly noticed what everyone else has, that jobs haven't returned to New Jersey en masse, that wages are stagnant and that, generally, far too many individuals and families are still backed into a tight financial corner.
Sandy gave the governor an excuse to drop the comeback talk without admitting how much he had exaggerated.
In October 2007 there were 197,343 unemployed New Jerseyans, at least officially, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was out of a workforce of more than 4.46 million - so a 4.4 percent unemployment rate.
Last month, there were 447,294 unemployed New Jerseyans, according to the preliminary numbers from the BLS. That's from among a labor pool of about 4.59 million - so a 9.7 percent unemployment rate. All told, just in October, New Jersey shed 11,700 jobs, the largest single-month decline all year in the state.
In five years, 250,000 more New Jerseyans are without jobs - that's enough to fill up a few stadiums several times over. It's scary, and all too real.
To those who make it out to the stores this season buying up gifts for family and friends, we just ask that you also remember those who've taken the hardest hits, who've lost their jobs and haven't been able to claw back, financially, to where they were, and to those who have suffered most from the ravages of Sandy.
Too often, we don't stop to think about how many people there are in our own neighborhoods who, a few years ago, didn't need a box of charity food from their church or to seek out donated toys to give to their children. Now they need the help. Many are unwilling to ask at all, and among those who finally do, most don't want it known. Few people who've built a comfortable life around a job and a home, only to see it shattered, want to accept the idea of being a charity case.
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So this year, when you're out shopping, buy a few extra toys or grocery items and give them to your church or the civic group in your town that's collecting. Donate to your local food banks, or find a dropoff point for Toys for Tots and leave a few gifts. And of course, there's always the Salvation Army, which has several programs for helping the needy this time of year.
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Title: Connacht Provincial Council Minute Books
Covering Dates: 1934-1983
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Extent: 4 volumes
Biographical history
The Connacht Provincial Council was formed in 1900 and administers the GAA throughout the five counties of Connacht; Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
The Provincial Convention is held, at least six weeks before the GAA Annual Congress, to consider audited accounts, motions and general Provincial activities. The Convention also elects the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary and PRO. Only motions carried at a County Convention may be submitted for consideration by the Provincial Convention. The Provincial Convention may make Bye-Laws, which shall become operative, when sanctioned by the Management Committee (Coiste Bainistí) on behalf of Central Council.
The Provincial Council consists of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary and two Representatives from each County, as elected by the Provincial Convention. The Provincial Council remains in office until the conclusion of the following Provincial Convention; meeting no less than four times per year. Subject to the overall jurisdiction of the Central Council, the functions of a Provincial Council include the management of the Provincial Hurling and Football Championships; all matters relating to the management and selection of its Inter-Provincial teams; the control of financial and all other affairs of the Association that are not under the jurisdiction of a County Committee; to carry out the duties of a suspended County Committee; to submit one motion to the Annual Congress; to publish an annual report on the state of the games and games development in the counties under its jurisdiction and to approve physical developments by Clubs and to recommend County Grounds Development to Central Council.
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Minute books contain the meeting minutes of the Connacht Council, subsidiary committees and the Annual Provincial Conventions.
Topics of note recorded in the minute books include the composition of the Connacht Council, in particular the elections of Provincial Officers (Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Treasurer) at the annual Provincial Conventions and the appointment of the Provincial Secretary; the establishment of subsidiary committees (finance committee, development committee, grounds committee, hurling committee etc); the financial situation of the Council; the administration, and development, of games and competitions throughout the Province including the inauguration of various competitions (Connacht Club Championships, Under 21 competitions etc); the fixing of dates and venues, the appointment of referees, the hearing of appeals and objections and the acquisition of trophies; the inclusion of Galway in the Munster hurling championships; the inclusion of New York and London in the Connacht Championships; the administration of the Accident Scheme / Fund throughout the Province; the organisation and administration of Gaelic games in the Connacht schools and colleges; the development of grounds throughout the Province including the administration of the various Provincial and Central Council Grounds Schemes; the effect World War II had on the Council; the administration of handball and camogie throughout the Province; the relationship between the Connacht Council and the Central Council; the Council's 1916 commemorations and the Council's relationship with the media (print, radio and television)
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Take, for example, a tradition the Bremen Elementary principal has held for years to celebrate the birthdays of every student at his school. Once per month, he hosts a special lunch for all the students who have a birthday that month. In May, he makes sure to have a party for those students whose birthdays fall during summer vacation. ...


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The National Standards for Arts Education have been posted online by ArtsEdge at the Kennedy Center, In fact, ArtsEdge has...
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The National Standards for Arts Education have been posted online by ArtsEdge at the Kennedy Center, In fact, ArtsEdge has posted all of the national Standards at their site, if you are looking for them. The National Arts Standards site is used regularly by my student teachers, graduate students, and the public school teachers with whom I work. This site is clear and organized. A Table of Contents, a Preface with Defining Terms, and Introduction (which I often use with my students to help them understand the rationale for arts education and national standards), and the actual standards themselves are all here. The Introduction portion also has a section on Context and Issues that addresses nine big topics such as Standards Incorporate Cultural Diversity and the Standards Provide a Foundation for Student Assessment. The information is very accessible and easy to locate.
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GarcherLancelot wrote:Steveyboy wrote:beautiful breath wrote:Hi, can someone tell me how Deities exist? A blunt question but after man y years studying in the Tibetan Tradition I still struggle with how some can speak of Deities as if they have an independent existence - then in the next breath explain how they're as empty as anything else.
My experience of phenomena is that conventional truths appear to my mind and are valid appearances. I have no such experience of Deities other than a Generic image that I liken to the ones I have of Tolkien characters. PLEASE don't be offended by that statement its meant literal not glib.
The pantheon of deities exists because they represent the practitioners of the distant past have realized Buddhahood and manifests in these forms to benefit sentient beings. According to the King of Prayers, one of the abilities of the Buddha is the 'Power of Magical Emanation' and that means the Buddhas can manifest in countless forms simultaneously to benefit us. Many of the pantheon of Buddhas like Manjushri, Chenrezig, Tara and so forth have appeared to yogis and great masters of the past and they have recorded it down as sadhanas so we can propitiate them for a particular result or blessing. Their appearance is not arbitrary and when visualized correctly, it will have a certain blessing/effect upon our mind. I hope this little explanation answered your question.
Why is it that when we visualized them,it will have a certain blessing upon our mind?what if we visualized our friends or video game characters or others?. ..Does it have any effect?. ..
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The Big Ten already has started conference play Wisconsin beat Purdue 41-10 last weekend but this Saturday is the first marquee game between league opponents.
Wisconsin at Ohio State in Columbus.
The 23rd-ranked Badgers endured one of the more bizarre losses of the college football season at Arizona State on Sept. 14. The clock ran out as Wisconsin was trying to set up a field goal to win the game. The Pac-12 later issued a statement acknowledging errors by its officiating crew.
A win against fourth-ranked Ohio State would go a long way toward helping the Badgers get past the loss to Arizona State if they havent already.
The Buckeyes and Badgers wont have to share the spotlight much. Half the Big Ten has an open date this weekend.
As Wisconsin and Ohio State prepare for their showdown, heres a look at five story lines that have unfolded through the first month of the season:
Still the favorites
Braxton Millers injury has done little to slow Ohio State. The Buckeyes (4-0) raced out to a big lead and won 52-34 at California, then beat Florida A&M 76-0 last weekend. They did that without Miller, who sprained a ligament in his left knee in the second game and hasnt played since. Kenny Guiton stepped in at quarterback and played well. Coach Urban Meyer said hes confident in both quarterbacks, and Miller could start against Wisconsin (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) if he has a good week of practice.
Theyre both great quarterbacks, without question. Kennys done a tremendous job of controlling the offense, Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen said. Hes very poised, and its amazing that they do have two quarterbacks of the quality that they have.
All over the map
In-state rivals Michigan and Michigan State still could be in the hunt for a conference title when they play each other Nov. 2, but the Wolverines and Spartans have their share of concerns. Michigan (4-0) looked impressive in beating Notre Dame at home, but the Wolverines easily could have lost their next two games against Akron and Connecticut.
I thought we played hard for 60 minutes, I dont know if we played well, Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Tuesday, three days after the win against UConn.
Michigan State, meanwhile, hoped it had finally solved its uncertainty at quarterback when Connor Cook was named the starter before last weeks game against Notre Dame. The Spartans (3-1) still struggled on offense, though, in a 17-13 loss.
Nebraska's problems
Cornhuskers coach Bo Pelini has had a lot to deal with lately. Nebraskas defense isnt good a problem that dates at least as far back as the teams 70-31 loss to Wisconsin in the 2012 Big Ten title game. Then theres the matter of the 2-year-old audio of Pelinis expletive-filled rant against fans, which was leaked to the Deadspin.com sports website recently. Solve the defensive problems, and fans might be likely to forgive and forget. The Cornhuskers (3-1) allowed 41 points in a loss to UCLA earlier this month.
Were examining everything, Pelini said. We need to clean ourselves up. We talked at length about it. ... We have to get it fixed.
Unblemished so far
Northwestern and Minnesota are 4-0. The Wildcats were expected to be good after winning 10 games in 2012, and theyve won at California and beaten Syracuse at home this year.
Minnesotas wins have been less glamorous. The Golden Gophers were able to beat Western Illinois after coach Jerry Kill missed the second half because of a seizure. Minnesota hosts Iowa this weekend.
It certainly will be an old-fashioned football game, and I like that, Kill said. We know weve got a big challenge ahead.
On the rise?
Illinois went winless in Big Ten play in 2012, and 2-10 overall. Already, there are signs of improvement for the Illini. They routed Cincinnati 45-17 and rallied late before losing 34-24 to Washington. Illinois (2-1) had last weekend off before this weeks game against Miami (Ohio).
I think (the week off is) advantageous for us, just because of the youth of the program, coach Tim Beckman said. Hopefully well see this weekend.


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The council of British Druids have been working through the night to restore ley lines which have been damaged by recent storms. Many households have been without spiritual energy throughout the Yuletide holiday which has affected psychic connections in many parts of the country.
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Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville directs his team during practice on media day in preparation for game one of the 2013 Stanley Cup final against the Boston Bruins at the United Center in Chicago.
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Predators defenseman Hal Gill is a veteran of two Stanley Cup finals (2008 and 2009) and won a Stanley Cup in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. His analysis of the Chicago Blackhawks vs. Boston Bruins series:
It's going to be gritty series. Both teams are going to try to establish themselves physically. There will be a point when they back off physically and start to play hockey, and I think the team that does that first and composes itself and establishes itself is going to be the most effective.
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Should bar codes—or other means of automatically identifying medical devices—be required?
The GS1 global Healthcare User Group (GS1 HUG; www.gs1.org/hug [5]) is a voluntary and open group formed by 40 leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies, wholesalers, hospitals, and trade associations from around the world. They have come together to develop automatic identification standards specific to the needs of the healthcare industry. Given FDA's recent exploration of unique medical device identification, PMP News sought the perspectives of industry leaders involved in GS1 HUG. Volker Zeinar, a freelancer for B. Braun who is handling the coordination of auto-ID affairs and is HUG cochair, and Peter Tomicki, global project manager for Baxter and HUG leadership team member, offer their insights below.
Why is (or why isn't) unique medical device identification necessary?
Zeinar: Unique device identification could no doubt improve patient safety. Nevertheless, all-inclusive statements are not very helpful. Medical devices are extremely diverse in size, materials, processing, use, and criticality. There is a huge range of products (e.g., cannulas, syringes, IV sets, catheters, adaptors, lines, stopcocks, needles, pumps, filters, motor accessories, cardiovascular systems, gloves, bandages, clothing, surgical instruments, implants, cement, sutures, tissue staplers, utilities like wheelchairs or beds) with different characteristics (e.g., sterile or nonsterile, single or multiple use, very high or very low value, always in contact with a patient or never in direct contact with a patient, large or very small). Differentiating them according to international accepted risk classes (Classes I–III) could be a suitable method of resolution.
Tomicki: For patient safety, unique medical device identification may not be necessary in all circumstances for all products, but cases can be made for the value it adds in certain circumstances. Unique medical device identification will be helpful in some areas. These include track-and-trace functions, adverse-event reporting, supply-chain and reimbursement-efficiency gains, references to databases of product attributes, and additional details not able to be carried by a data carrier, allowing reductions in keystrokes leading to error when handling product, and others.
Are the current systems being used for medical device identification appropriate for unique identification?
Tomicki: Appropriate systems are in use today. However, the key is the harmonization and-or global standardization of these approaches. I believe that Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) following GS1 HUG allocation rules offer the strongest approach to global harmonization and are pervasive in healthcare today.
Zeinar: GS1 offers tools for numbering systems, data carriers, etc., that are variable and powerful enough to identify medical devices. The GTIN, in combination with various application identifiers, is sufficient to fulfill the requirements.
All product-related characteristics (e.g., size, color, route of administration, etc.) should never be part of the identification system. Instead, this information has to be stored in a master database. The GTIN serves as a key to the material master data.
There may be a special situation regarding very small items, such as instruments for neurosurgery, which have to be serialized and need direct marking. To address space issues with these products, we need a compressed serialization schema—the less digits or characters, the better. That's a typical business requirement that we have to discuss in the HUG Work Teams in the next months.
Is serialization necessary?
Zeinar: Yes, partly. But not all products have to be serialized. The business driver for serialization of medical devices is not counterfeiting—it's traceability. Track-and-trace requirements for surgical instruments could be extremely important in the case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). In France, for instance, it is mandatory to document the last five patients on which an instrument has been used.
Implants also have to be documented in the patient files. Administration of electronic machines (motor systems) is based on serial number level (asset management, maintenance activities, etc.). But serialization is not necessary for all mass products, such as syringes or cannulas.
Tomicki: All the stakeholders responsible for healthcare products in the supply chain need to help answer this question. This is a great question for two current GS1 HUG Work Teams: AIDC Data and Serialization.
What technologies are viable?
Tomicki: Printing and direct part-marking technologies currently offer the most pervasive and standardized technologies for implementation of these types of products and packaging, including standard bar codes or symbologies. RFID is possible for some applications and is being investigated for many others.
Zeinar: For marking of packaging, linear bar codes and two-dimensional codes would work, using all print technologies, especially laser technology. For marking directly on the product, Data Matrix can be applied through laser etching, laser bonding, micropercussion, or ink jet. RFID tags could also be applied directly to the product.
Should the pharmaceutical industry serve as a model?
Tomicki: There are likely many overlaps in possible applications and business cases for various stakeholders. It will therefore be important to have pharmaceutical and device industry participation in the discussions to develop global standards that may affect all healthcare products. The pharmaceutical industry certainly has a jump on the device industry when it comes to implementation, and brings much experience to the table.
Zeinar: I don't think so, because we don't have a global standard available. For pharmaceuticals, there is a wide range of country-specific models (bar code types, numbering systems, packaging levels to be marked, Italian Bollino sequential-marking rules, etc.).
Should the identification systems and standards developing for both be the same?
Zeinar: In healthcare, the most important data are product ID, expiry date, and batch number. A selected group of products each additionally needs a serial number. Many manufacturers produce products of both categories, and medical institutions (hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors) handle a mix of these products.
To manage different systems (IT, master data, etc.) in parallel would cause higher costs. Therefore it makes sense to develop a common standard, independent from the category. Standard means to use the same numbering system and data structure. It doesn't mean to have the same information machine readable at the item level for all products.
What challenges do medical device manufacturers face?
Tomicki: Variety and practical technical solutions are the two most significant challenges. The standardization of machine-readable data encoded on the wide array of device products in healthcare is not a simple task. There are also the additional technical considerations of where and how to apply machine-readable data onto products and/or packaging. The question of which data should be answered, and then the technical solutions to carry that data, should be sought.
Zeinar: Different requirements from different markets (regions, trade channels, authorities, and customers) are challenging.
Often the surface of the packaging material is critical. Absorbency of materials, color, transparency, shine, smoothness, etc., influence bar code printing and legibility. Requirements for sterile packaging and bar code legibility may contradict each other. In some cases, the consequence of introducing bar codes could be a modification in the design of the packaging as well as changing packaging material or working with additional labels.
Another issue concerns data content, which has to be included in the bar codes. If the product ID is sufficient, preprinted packaging materials can be used. If variable data (expiry date, batch number, serial number) are required, then online printing during production would be necessary.
Also, the different distribution channels have to be taken into account. Currently the auto-ID requirements of hospitals and retail trade are often different. It may therefore be necessary to keep an old solution (e.g., linear EAN13) and, in addition, make a new solution (e.g., expiry and batch numbers in GS1-128) available.
Global manufacturers have production plants all over the world. The technical levels of the packaging lines are often very different. Validating production equipment after installing additional or new printer or reader technology and software integration has to be done by engineering specialists.
Of course, the necessary investments and the impact of manufacturing costs have to be considered. Therefore it's almost impossible to fulfill auto-ID requirements short-term.
Is this a global issue? Is one region or country ahead of the rest?
Tomicki: Without question it is a global issue. The United States is one of the leading countries in these discussions.
Zeinar: It is a global issue. In contrast to pharmaceuticals, we can produce medical devices for the world market (usually pharmaceuticals are country specific, given license numbers, mandatory texts and symbols, etc.). The packaging and labeling of medical devices are often multilingual, often up to 20 different languages. Country- or customer-specific auto-ID requirements would have an extremely negative impact on manufacturers—it would increase product assortments, supply-chain efforts, and product costs.
What needs to be done?
Tomicki: Standards need to be developed, incorporating all of the patient safety and business rationale required for a viable solution. After the standards are in place, it will be up to the stakeholders to begin implementing or using them appropriately.
Zeinar: The developers of a global standard need to consider the needs of all supply-chain stakeholders. As much as possible, supply-chain stakeholders should be actively involved in the development process. We must convince authorities and healthcare providers to adopt the global standard.
What is the HUG proposing?
Tomicki: Currently, the GS1 HUG is working toward global application standards for supply-chain stakeholders to implement and use AIDC technologies on all regulated healthcare products for the purposes of patient safety. The GS1 HUG also will be moving toward data management and synchronization, and other work associated with standards use in healthcare supply chains. The development of global standards will be according to the HUG roadmap.
Zeinar: We must expand HUG membership and keep in close contact with legal bodies. We must try to involve more representatives from the hospital side.
How have these ideas been received around the world?
Tomicki: The GS1 HUG has a measure of success in the attempt to use the global nature of the GS1 organization, and all of its member organizations around the world, to draw stakeholders to participate at the table and to communicate further the progress and results of the standards development work.
Zeinar: We now have regular HUG conferences in the Americas (or the United States) and Europe and in the future, the Asia Pacific region. We are establishing HUG-LITs (local-interest teams). GS1 member organizations, currently more than 100, are forwarding the HUG messages and solutions in their domestic markets.
What do you predict will happen in the next two years? Five years? Ten years?
Zeinar: In two years, there will be global standards developed by the HUG and approved by GS1. In five years, a significant number of products will carry unique identification at the unit-of-use level (2D codes, linear codes). Hospitals will be more prepared to use the information in terms of their hardware and IT systems. In ten years, a significant number of products will carry RFID tags. The costs of tags will decrease significantly. RFID technology will offer new opportunities to improve processes. An increasing number of hospitals will be ready to use this technology.
Anything else?
Zeinar: Machine-readable product identification is an appropriate tool to improve patient safety and decrease costs in healthcare systems. But before we can get these benefits, all supply-chain stakeholders must make investments and process changes. To put bar codes or RFID tags on products is only one task. Using this information during daily business processes, such as in bedside scanning at hospitals or in the OR, is another challenge.


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Paul Simon PS2
Source: Sounding Board Newsletter Vol 13 - Jul.. 2002
PS2 (Paul Simon)
The success of the first Paul Simon Martin Limited Edition guitar (introduced in 1997) has prompted another exciting collaboration between the singer/songwriter and the Martin Guitar Company. The new Paul Simon signature edition, the PS2, is a more economically priced model than its popular predecessor. This is in keeping with Paul's wish to design a guitar that would be more affordable and accessible to as many players as possible. Through its special appointments, the guitar also celebrates Paul's affinit y for exploring worldwide musical languages, colors and rhythms.
From his early "folk years," Paul Simon has been a universal musical traveler, student and collaborator. His music reflects many ethnic and cultural influences and, throughout his career, Martin guitars have played an important part in Paul's music. On Wednesday Morning 3 AM (Simon and Garfunkel's first Columbia album), Paul used a D-18 that fit perfectly with the duo's folk-based repertoire. On their follow-up album, Sounds Of Silence, the power of Paul's Dreadnought combined with his masterful jazz/blues approach made Davy Graham's "Anji" the instrumental highlight of the album. Paul later switched to a D-35S for recording and concert work. In recent years, he has gravitated to smaller bodied instruments, such as the Martin OM and now the shorter scale 000, which he has specified for the PS2 Martin Signature Edition guitar. The size, tone and scale of the 000 are particularly wellsuited
for fingerstyle guitarists desiring a balanced sound. The PS2 features a body of solid, selec t East Indian rosewood and a top of premium Sitka spruce with scalloped "hybrid" bracing. A style 45 rosette is tastefully inlaid with a ring of colorful blue Paua shell; a style 45 multi-colored mosaic joins the two-piece back. The guitar is bound in tortoise color with simple style 18 inlay lines. Highly polished lacquer (with aging toner) gives the body a mellow, vintage appearance. Unlike his first signature model, Paul has specified a short scale, "Modified V" 14-fret neck for his new edition. This shorter scale allows for a more fluid, expressive tone, particularly in bending notes.
The neck is crafted of genuine mahogany and features the traditional Martin diamond volute. The solid squaretapered headstock is faced with polished African ebony and inlaid with a green malachite and blue lapis reconstituted stone "World" inlay centered under the Martin gold foil "script" logo. Ebony is also utilized for the fingerboard with long-point "diamond & squares" position markers of blue Paua shell. Paul Simon's signature is inlaid in white pearl between the 19th and 20th frets.
Other features include a ramped ebony belly bridge, Style 42 bridge and end pins (black with abalone dots), and genuine bone nut and saddle. Each guitar will be numbered in sequence and personally signed by Paul Simon and C. F. Martin IV. A Martin #630 hardshell case is included with each guitar. A critic once noted, "Paul Simon could create magic out of thin air should he wish; his talent is that immense, that extraordinary." We at Martin Guitars, of course, are delighted that he chose to create some of that magic with two signature instruments that bear our name and his. Given its high quality, great tone and value, the new PS2 should be a welcome and worthy successor to the OM-42PS - worldwide! .


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Autopilot Off is a North American punk rock band from Orange County, New York. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus.
Autopilot Off formed in 1996 under the name Cooter. They slowly gained in popularity by doing live shows throughout the 90's while sharing the stage with more popular bands such as MXPX, (American band)|H2O? and Sum 41. They eventually recorded their first full length album, Looking Up. They then signed with their major label, Island Records shortly afterwards. After this they released their eponymous debut EP in the spring of 2002, later to be renamed Autopilot Off.
In 2004, under their new name Autopilot Off, they released their major debut album, Make a Sound. This included the single "What I Want", which was co-written by Rancid's Tim Armstrong.


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From March 6 to 11 the professionals will have an opportunity to watch the new documentary films from the region of the Central and Eastern Europe. Not only the films previously included in the 8th edition of the East Silver Market, but also 61 additional titles recently finished will be available in the videolibrary, which will provide its regular services for guests and producers.
The new collection of films will feature films from DOK Leipzig and Krakow Film Foundation selection as well as Eastern European docs from the One World festival programme.
DOK Leipzig selection:
Bad Weather
Germany, United Kingdom, 2011, 90 min, HD, Creative, Human Rights, Religion, Social Issues
Bad weather tells the story of Banishanta Island. It is made up of a community of sex workers. Living on a tiny sliver of land 100 meters long and only ten meters wide in the Bay of Bengal, south Bangladesh, this community survives at the frontline of climate change. The rising river, soil erosion and frequent cyclones are slowly destroying what is left of the island. Razia, Khadija and Shefali, three of the last 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their homes, the future of their families, and even their quest for true love. As they strive to hold onto their livelihood, time is running out. Soon the whole of Banishanta will be totally submerged under water, making it one of the first real casualties of the shifting global environment.
Becoming German
Werden Sie Deutscher , Germany, 2011, 86 min, HD, Creative, Human Rights, Social Issues, Society
An integration course, its participants and a difficult question: what is "German", what is "integrated"? Is there such a thing as German humour? Is it permissible to leave one's shoes outside the door?
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Herz des Himmels, Herz der Erde , Germany, USA, 2011, 98 min, HD, Environmental, Human Rights, Religion, Society
The great cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar will end on December 21st, 2012. How does the story end? Do the oceans collapse? Does the sky fall as the last tree is cut? The remote homelands of the present day Maya in Mexico and Guatemala present a perfect microcosm to show how unhindered globalization is already destroying the Earth and indigenous cultures now under attack for their natural resources from all sides. Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth presents another worldview, following six young Maya into their daily and ceremonial life, revealing their determination to resist the destruction of their culture and environment. They put forth a wholly indigenous perspective in their own words, without narration. Each touches upon a facet of the current global crisis. The intimate accounts and experiences of the protagonists interweave with images associated with the fragile beauty of nature and the sacred creation myth of the Popol Vuh.
Life in Stills
Israel, 2011, 58 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Creative, Portrait, Social Issues
At the age of 96, Miriam Weissenstein never imagined that she would be facing a new chapter in her life. But when "The Photo House" – her late husband Rudi's life's work – was destined for demolition, even this opinionated and uncompromising woman knew she needed help. Under the cloud of a family tragedy, a special relationship is forged between Miriam and her grandson, Ben, as they join forces to save the shop and its nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments. Despite the generation gap and many conflicts, Ben and Miriam embark on a heart-wrenching journey, comprising many humorous and touching moments – a journey that requires a lot of love, courage, and compassion.
Water Children
Netherlands, 2011, 75 min, Beta, Gender, Society
Filmmaker Aliona van der Horst follows the trail of the unconventional Dutch-Japanese pianist and artist Tomoko Mukaiyama who made a huge work of art on the theme of womanhood and fertility. She created a cathedral-like space out of twelve thousand white silk dresses in which visitors, as in a ritual, roamed around and fell silent. And where people confessed intimate details about children who were or were not born, about sexuality and life-choices. In a visual and poetic way, the film penetrates into what is probably still one of the greatest of taboos, menstruation, and, as a consequence, touches upon universal themes around life and death.
Krakow Film Foundation selection:
Hakawati , Poland, 2011, 40 min, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Human Rights, Social Issues, Travel
Hakawati in the Arab tradition is a master of storytelling, a brilliant raconteur who tells stories to everybody willing to listen. Hakawati played a very important role in the Arab culture: they gathered crowds of people eager to hear new fairy tales and strange stories. And now there are no real Hakawati left. In the contemporary world people have no time to listen to stories. The director sets off to search for true story tellers and finds the remnants of the tradition...
Hitting the right keys
Trzeba uderzac we wlasciwe klawisze , Poland, 2011, 55 min, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Music, Portrait
The documentary offers an opportunity to find out more about the jazzman, pianist and composer of international renown, Adam Makowicz. The protagonist, who went to New York in the late 1970´s and has been travelling between Poland and the USA until today, describes the circumstances of finding himself in the jazz Mecca. The story is supplemented by interviews with such artists as Tomasz Stańko or Ryszard Horowitz who met Makowicz at different stages of his long and successful career.
We Will Be Happy One Day
Kiedyś będziemy szczęśliwi , Poland, 2011, 42 min, Digi Beta, Portrait, Social Issues, Society, Youth Documentary
"We will be happy one day" is a documentary film about Daniel, a young man from Lipiny - the poorest town in the southern Poland. Daniel wants out of the omnipresent misery. With a mobile phone camera in his hand he wanders round his neighbourhood asking kids and grownups questions about their dreams. Are they going to come true, at least, for some? However, in the process of Daniel's filming there emerges a hidden layer: the love between him and his charismatic grandmother. But will he ever manage to complete his film?
Films in programme of One World festival:
Al Entisar - The Boat of Hope
Al Entisar - Loď nádeje , Slovak Republic, 2011, 26 min, HD, Current Affairs, Human Rights, Personal View, Politics
We set out to Libya from Slovakia, a country where it is no longer customary to sacrifice one's life for one's own land, for freedom; and if so, then only for money. Fighting in Libya was going on for several months. The rebels in Misurata had their own slogan: "We won't surrender, we'll either win or die..." There is only one ship plying between Malta and Libya. A single ship that gives strength to the rebels in a besieged city.
Argentinian Lesson
Argentyńska lekcja , Poland, 2011, 56 min, Digi Beta, Creative, Personal View, Society, Travel
In 1998 Wojciech Staroń made the documentary film "The Siberian Lesson". The film told the story of a young teacher who emigrated to the vicinity of Lake Baikal in order to teach Polish deportees' descendants their native language. Many years later, as a married couple with two children, the director and his wife are leaving for Argentina. For their little son, this trip will not only be an encounter with an unknown language. Influenced by their Argentinian friend, Janek enters the fascinating world of imagination, and is introduced to the bitterness of childhood prematurely contaminated by the problems of grown-ups.
Bakhmaro , Georgia, Germany, 2011, 58 min, HD, Social Issues, Society
A journey into a lively, yet desolate building in a provincial Georgian town. It once used to be a hotel called 'Bakhmaro'. At the center of the building there is a restaurant with its walls covered in bright green and orange plastic foam and where the tables are set waiting for customers who rarely come. A Chinese shop, slot machines and a political party office can also be found here. The building is a microcosm sodden with the constant anticipation of change. It is a model of one troubled country with its endless demonstrations and opposition rallies. At the same time the backdrop of political situation only mirrors the life people live here.
Finland, Lithuania, 2011, 60 min, DCP, Human Rights, Social Issues
In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. The peope, trying to find him, are drawn into a world where they see encounters, diviners and legal advisors, the torturers and the tortured, secret prisons and mythical lakes. When the missing ones appear in those people's dreams, they say, they come from Barzakh - a land between the living and the death.
Chernobyl Forever
Belgium, 2011, 56 min, Digi Beta, Current Affairs, Environmental, Health, Reportage
After 25 years of Chernobyl, we have forgotten the danger of nuclear power. The consequences of this disaster are still not controlled. The latest circumstances in Japan show that up till now, we have not learned from our mistakes. Now, how will Japan cope with this major catastrophe? The atom has a long lifetime, whereas mankind has a short memory...
Schwarzkopf , Austria, 2011, 90 min, 35 mm, Music, Portrait, Society
This is the story of two generations of neo-Austrians - "darkheads", as they call themselves - born and raised in Europe, but misfits nonetheless. Nazar, our 25-year old protagonist, an armed robbery suspect, is released from prison and confronted with his troublesome financial situation. Jobless, he seeks sanctuary in a world where he is respected and well-known - in the world of German rap music. While confronted with this situation, Nazar and his two best friends look back at a life of disruption - shattered families, street life and delinquency. A past connecting them with the present life of a new generation of immigrant descendants...
El Medico: The Cubaton Story
Cubaton , Estonia, Sweden, 2011, 104 min, DCP, Arts and Culture, Creative, Music, Portrait
Can a capitalist music producer and a communist doctor and artist work together? In Cuba they can! Michel Miglis is a Swedish music producer, known for his provocative ideas and El Medico is a doctor and a singer, born and raised in the midst of the Cuban Revolution, whose values are in total contrast to the cynical, Western music industry.
Family Portrait in Black and White
Canada, 2011, 99 min, HD, Current Affairs, Human Rights, Social Issues, Society
Olga Nenya, from a small Ukrainian town, is raising sixteen black orphans in a country of Slavic blue-eyed blonds. The reality of growing up as a bi-racial child in Eastern Europe, a rare and truly visible minority, is not for the faint of heart. While Olga is on a crusade to save her children from the unjust world, she is also determined to shape their future according to her own, sometimes limited vision.
From Cherries to Cherries
Od višní do višní , Czech Republic, 2010, 57 min, DVD, Portrait, Youth Documentary
The director made the documentary film From Cherries to Cherries about her mother after the death of her father. Against the backdrop of one year in the garden, which the father used to take care of, mother and daughter are looking for emotional attachments to men in the family and their mutual relationship. Although the film's main theme is death of close relatives, the starting points are life itself, understanding and forgiveness.
Into Oblivion
Mrtvá trať , Czech Republic, 52 min, Beta, Creative, Experimental, Personal View, Social Issues
Stalin grasps a pencil in his hand as he prepares to draw a line on a map of the Soviet Union. Where the graphite touches paper, some 80,000 people - almost all of them gulag inmates - will build a railroad in the gruelling conditions of the polar taiga. It is a railway line of almost no strategic importance, built on permafrost and polar marshes, using limited technology and equipment. For four years, they will slave away, succumbing to exhaustion, illness, cruelty, and solitary confinement before, finally, the death of Stalin himself. In just a few weeks, there will be nothing left of their hectic activity except for empty camp barracks, old locomotives, bits of track, embankments, telegraph wires. All left to slowly return to the taiga…
Life in Stills
Israel, 2011, 58 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Creative, Portrait, Social Issues
At the age of 96, Miriam Weissenstein never imagined that she would be facing a new chapter in her life. But when "The Photo House" – her late husband Rudi's life's work – was destined for demolition, even this opinionated and uncompromising woman knew she needed help. Under the cloud of a family tragedy, a special relationship is forged between Miriam and her grandson, Ben, as they join forces to save the shop and its nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments. Despite the generation gap and many conflicts, Ben and Miriam embark on a heart-wrenching journey, comprising many humorous and touching moments – a journey that requires a lot of love, courage, and compassion.
Love in the Grave
Láska v hrobě , Czech Republic, 2011, 78 min, Digi Beta, Longitudinal, Social Issues, Society
At the beginning of the second millennium, a group of homeless people found refuge at a German protestant graveyard in Prague - Strašnice. Among them, there is a couple of eternal fiancés: thirty-three-year-old Jana and fifty-year-old Jan. As soon as Jana and Jan get settled in a neogothic tomb, the police raid the graveyard...The film has been made as an observational documentary in the years 2007 - 2011.
The Magical Journey of the Useless Things
Die Wundersame Reise Der Unnützen Dinge , Germany, Poland, 2010, 58 min, Digi Beta, HD, Creative, Environmental, Personal View, Social Issues
For some it's garbage, for others a good gaining worth with every mile driven towards the East: Just before the annual removal of bulky refuse dozens of old Polish vans cue in the streets of the villages around Mainz, Germany. Drivers skim through piles of garbage to find whatever can be sold back home. Piotr and Jan are in this business for 15 years. The film accompanies an old tricycle, a sofa and other items from the streets of the German villages via Piotr's van to his second hand shop in Poland and to the final new owner. Thereby it tells the stories of the people met on the way and shows a facet of a modern Europe, where prejudices are still common.
Mama Illegal
Mama Illegal , Austria, 2011, 95 min, HD, Drama doc, Human Rights, Reportage, Social Issues
They gave the smugglers all their money and risk their life on their journey across borders: Three women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live a life in illegality without documents, far away from their children and family for years.
The New World
Uus Maailm , Estonia, 2011, 86 min, HD, Creative, Politics, Society
How to create an urban living space? How to change the world/your neighborhood? How to make the revolution? This film is about the New World Society, a citizens' initiative in Tallinn, Estonia. The New World is an observational documentary. It follows the main characters and the dynamics of their revolution from the very beginning of it - four years ago. We see euphoria, passion, compromises, frustration, hurt feelings and broken hearts. It is the anatomy of one revolution.
The Price of Sex
USA, 2011, 70 min, HD, Human Rights, Reportage, Social Issues, Society
The Price of Sex is a feature-length documentary about young East European women drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.
Punk in Africa
Punk in Africa , Czech Republic, South Africa, 2011, 82 min, Digi Beta, HD, Arts and Culture, Music
Three chords, three countries, one revolution… Punk in Africa is the story of the multi-racial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In these societies, the punk subculture represented a genuinely radical political impulse, playing out against a backdrop of intense political struggle, economic hardship and even civil war.
Race to the Bottom
Závod ke dnu , Czech Republic, 2011, 82 min, Digi Beta, DV, Creative, Social Issues, Society
Capital mobility vs. people who stay behind. The end of human labour - a flaw in the system, design of the elites, or a new opportunity? Are labour unions a thing of the past? Have the unemployed become heroes of the 21st century? This complex if not exhaustive documentary film captures various aspects of labour in several companies, multinationals and plants that produce various objects ranging from textiles and glass to cars, matches and IT. Why is the gap between work efficiency and wage costs getting bigger? Work, theory and practice within the context of major global trends.
Solar Eclipse
Pod sluncem tma , Czech Republic, 2011, 81 min, DV, Creative, Current Affairs, Portrait, Social Issues
In 2006, Milan and Tomas electrified a school campus and a hospital in a detached Zambian village. After four years, they return for the last time to find out about their system's failures, repair it and hand it over at last. The film follows them through chaotic days as well as pitch black nights and provides a fresh insight into the pitfalls of humanitarian development projects. Short circuits of all sorts, blending and dissolving of different worlds, rituals of gratitude and concepts of solutions. With no attempts to declare or evaluate anything, Solar Eclipse becomes a situation probe examining various forms of light and darkness. Will the two Czech linkboys succeed in lighting up the Zambian bushland?
Trafačka - Temple of Freedom
Trafačka - Chrám svobody , Czech Republic, 2011, 75 min, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, Longitudinal, Portrait, Society
Made since 2006 by means of the observational method, the documentary captures the development of a former transformer repair plant in Prague's Vysočany quarter, starting from the moment when a group of artists converted the plant into an alternative art centre. The documentary includes the life stories of tenants of an adjacent gallery house as well as archive material reminiscent of the socialist era and its "five-year plans".


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Honouring Our Deceased
Ivy on February 20th, 2009
Memorial. (Gr. Μνημόσυνο Mnemosyno – mnee moh see no). A special service held in the Orthodox Church for the repose of the souls of the dead. Memorial services are held on the third, ninth and fortieth day; after six months, and after one or three years after death, then annually. Boiled wheat is used as […]


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An estimated 5.1 million Americans have heart failure, a figure that is expected to increase 25 percent by 2030. Heart failure is a serious, chronic condition associated with frequent hospitalizations and a high rate of death.
Living with heart failure requires vigilance in self-management and monitoring, including early recognition, interpretation and reporting of symptoms. For many patients, taking care of their heart failure is challenging, as symptoms may be vague, may wax and wane over time, or may overlap with other conditions and medication side effects.
A study conducted by Dr. K. Reeder is aimed at helping patients manage heart failure, improve quality of life, and avoid hospitalization. Dr. Reeder is a nurse researcher at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2010, Dr. Reeder received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) to study how patients recognize, interpret, and manage heart failure symptoms. Descriptions of patients' symptom experiences will enhance understanding of how patients perceive their symptoms and the self-care strategies they use to relieve their symptoms.
Findings from Dr. Reeder's study indicate patients often fail to recognize and attribute signs and symptoms to their heart, even though all of the patients interviewed experienced at least one of the three most common symptoms leading to hospitalization: 1) shortness of breath, 2) fatigue, and 3) swelling or weight gain due to excess fluid retention. Patients participating in this study often reported that their symptoms were caused by a variety of things other than heart failure, such as changes in their diet or medications and other illnesses such as pneumonia or diabetes. One patient said, "I couldn't walk to the mailbox without shortness of breath. I would sit and rest halfway to the mailbox, and then my shortness of breath would disappear. I never recognized it as my heart. I thought it was my lungs, probably pneumonia."
Patients in this study also delayed reporting symptoms to a health care provider; some delaying for over two weeks or until symptoms were severe. One patient said, "I thought I had an upper respiratory infection and would get over it. I had shortness of breath approximately six weeks, but it got worse in the last two weeks. My friend took me to the emergency room."
Other studies have found that early recognition and reporting of symptoms to health care providers is an important step in preventing hospitalizations, yet Dr. Reeder's study showed that recognizing and interpreting symptoms related to heart failure may be difficult, leading to use of various self-care strategies and delayed reporting to health care providers.
If you are living with heart failure (or know someone who is living with heart failure), think of your heart firstsm when you feel changes in your health.
- Think of your heart firstsm if you have shortness of breath, fatigue, or swelling and weight gain, and report these symptoms to your health care provider.
- Even if you have other diseases or illnesses that could be causing your symptoms, think of your heart first when you have symptoms, as symptoms of other conditions are often related to your heart.
- Think of your heart firstsm by recognizing early signs and symptoms, and reporting them to your doctor. Be aware of signs and symptoms such as a cough that won't go away, upset stomach, nausea, or lack of appetite, confusion or altered thinking and racing or throbbing heart.
For more information about this research, please contact Dr. K Reeder, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, 314-286-2654, firstname.lastname@example.com.
This project is supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health under award number R00NR012217. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research.


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By Dayn Perry
The Phillies might be progressing toward a contract extension for lefty Cole Hamels. Or both sides might be locked in a holding pattern. The Sporting News takes the former position, while Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com tweets that the latter is the case.
Hamels, who's entering his walk year, will make $9.5 million for 2012, and, given his performance history and age (he won't turn 29 until December), he'll command a hefty contract on the market. The challenge for the Phillies is to lock him up before he gets there.
On the other hand, while the Phillies are flush with revenues these days, they're also committed to more than $112 million in payroll spread across just 12 players for next season. As well, they're also faced with losing Shane Victorino after this season, and following the 2013 season Chase Utley and Hunter Pence are both eligible for free agency. In a related matter, it's quite possible that the Phillies are going to run up against the luxury tax threshold in the near future. That's surely going to be part of their calculus.
Hamels's profile means he's likely going to command a contract of at least six years and at something north of $20 million per, unless, of course, the nebulous "hometown discount" comes into play. Are the Phillies willing to pay those rates and pony up for Victorino and take care of business with Utley and Pence when the time comes and perhaps pay the (luxury) tax man? Those are the difficult questions GM Ruben Amaro will soon be forced to answer. In all likelihood, everything starts with Hamels.
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The pieces are fitting nicely into place for York High boys' basketball team, which is seeking to put together a fifth straight season as the winner of York-Adams Division I.
The Bearcats have been tested only a few times by league opponents, but they haven't been toppled.
York High is a perfect 10-0 in York-Adams play and 14-2 overall with the losses coming to non-league opponents, Williamsport and Lancaster McCaskey.
Central York pushed York High before falling, 76-71, and Dallastown hung with the Bearcats for the better part of the game before going down, 70-61.Other than those games, York's dominated league opponents winning every game by least 24 points.
The Bearcats began the season with two talented returning starters.
Tavon Parker and Derek Wilson were the known players, but Coach Troy Sowers had to find replacements for three other starters, Collin Smith, Dejian Williams and Na'Shon DeShields, who combined for 43.8 points a game.
Sowers found the help from players who didn't see a lot of playing time last year and players who weren't even on the roster last year.
Ramel Stephens, who averaged just 2.4 points a game on the 2011-12 team is averaging 10.9 a contest this year. DaiQuest Casiano, meanwhile, has bumped his scoring average from 1.3 points a game to 8.3
Jahaire Wilson, Derek's brother and a sophomore in his first season on varsity, is averaging almost 10 points a game (9.9).
Then there's Stephen Dickson, who moved into the city over the summer and is contributing 5.3 points a game. Ohsajid Beard and Davante Jackson, 6-4, and 6-8, respectively, are contributing 5.7 and 2.1. Neither player was on the team last year.
Parker and Derek Wilson are the stars, as expected with averages of 19.8 and 13.7. However, the Bearcats are much more than a two-man team.
They're leading the division, but they still have a lot of work to do to win it one more time.
On Wednesday, they'll begin a challenging stretch of four road games in seven days as they travel to Central (Wednesday), South Western (Friday), Reading (Saturday) and Dallastown (Tuesday).
The regular season closes for York High Monday, Feb. 4, and the York-Adams Tournament opens on Friday, Feb. 8.
The District 3 and PIAA state tournaments follow the York-Adams event.
York High, with its rich basketball history, has its eyes on the York-Adams and district prizes and will aim to make a run in states.
How far the Bearcats can advance in the two closing tournaments, district and states, remains to be seen. The Class AAAA fields almost always feature elite teams. For right now, though, York's focus is solely on Central. The Panthers are a huge rival of the Bearcats and would love, on Wednesday night, to hand the visitors their first league setback.
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El Paso District Attorney Jaime Esparza filed a petition in state district court on Friday that may lead to the removal of the Socorro City Council.
The petition alleges Socorro City Council members are illegally holding office after the state Attorney General's Office found that the council violated state law by extending the length of terms.
The Socorro City Council will have a special meeting today to consider calling for a general election in May to propose an amendment to the city charter.
"We have petitioned the court in quo warranto questioning the authority by which the Socorro City Council holds office because of the way they extended their terms," said Renee Railey, spokeswoman for the El Paso district attorney.
A judge will decide on the petition, which alleges that the members of the Socorro City Council have "usurped, intruded into, and/or unlawfully hold the elected position of Council Member for the City of Socorro, Texas."
The document was filed against all the members of the council: Maria Reyes, Gloria M. Rodriguez, Mary B. Garcia, Jesus "Jesse" Gandara Jr. and Guillermo "Willie" Madrid Jr.
The petition asks that if the council members are found guilty, they be removed from office, pay the cost of the prosecution and be fined an unspecified amount. No date has been given when a decision might be made.
Socorro city spokesman David Garcia said he could not comment on the petition because he had not seen the document, which was filed at the district clerk's office Friday afternoon. The council members had not yet received the document.
In December 2011, Socorro City Council members changed the election date from May 2012 to November 2013 and adopted an ordinance changing office terms from three to four years.
On Tuesday, the attorney general found that a home-rule city like Socorro must hold a charter amendment election to change the terms of office to more than two years.
The Socorro City Council will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. today at the City Hall chambers, 860 N. Rio Vista. The council will consider calling for a general election in May to propose an amendment to the city charter.
The action comes after the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday released an opinion stating that Socorro violated state law by extending the terms in office of the mayor and City Council members.
Socorro approved a charter amendment in 2008 to allow the City Council to have three-year terms that were staggered. In 2010, the mayor and all council members were up for election, and for them to have staggered terms under the new three year-term limit, the mayor and two council members were set to serve two-year terms.
The change by the council gave former Mayor Trini Lopez and Madrid and Gandara three-year terms, instead of two-year terms, which is in violation of the city charter.
The terms of city Reps. Reyes, Rodriguez and Garcia were set to expire in November 2014 instead of May 2013.
The Socorro city spokesman had said that the city's lawyers were confident the council was compliant and that the terms in office were changed based on the provisions of Senate Bill 100, which authorizes the extension of terms of office without a charter election.
Today's agenda includes the discussion in executive session "regarding procedures in connection with Trini Lopez's resignation as mayor of Socorro."
Lopez resigned in October, saying that he did not want to be in violation of the law by staying in office longer than what the city charter mandates.
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One of the latest promotional images from The Snowmen, this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, has possibly revealed some new information about the character of Madame Vastra*. If you look "closely" you'll notice that her hands her most definitely human. Now either one of two things has happened here:
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Chairman Signs New Bilateral Accord to Combat Mobile Phone Theft
Download OptionsReleased: November 13, 2012
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COMBAT THE THEFT AND CROSS-BORDER TRAFFICKING OF MOBILE DEVICESFCC and Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport to extend agency cooperation to crack
down on the theft and cross-border trafficking of stolen mobile devices
Washington, D.C. – FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski today announced the signing of a new bilateral
agreement with Mexican Communications Under-Secretary Hector Olavarria Tapia to combat the theft
and cross-border trafficking of mobile devices between the United States and Mexico. The agreement
builds further on the FCC's 'PROTECTS Initiative', and the recent participation of U.S. and Mexican
mobile providers in an international stolen device database, which will prevent mobile devices stolen in
New York, Los Angeles and other U.S. cities from being re-activated in Mexico, and stolen Mexican
devices being re-activated in the U.S. market. U.S. carriers were able to join the database from October
31st. The agreement also commits the FCC and Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport
(SCT) to extend their inter-agency cooperation to crack down on the international trafficking of stolen
mobile devices through a series of new action steps using technology and transparency.
Among other measures, Chairman Genachowski and Under-Secretary Olavarría agreed that the FCC and
the SCT will closely track, analyze, and report progress in preventing mobile device theft. Both agencies
will also develop and share best practices with respect to theft prevention and consumer education,
especially the use of pins, passwords and mobile apps designed to protect sensitive information on mobile
devices. Today's action is just the latest step forward in the FCC's 'PROTECTS Initiative' to combat
mobile device theft and trafficking.* Chairman Genachowski and Under-Secretary Tapia were joined at
the agreement signing at FCC headquarters by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief of Police
Cathy L. Lanier, who has been leading the call to action on the issue of cell phone theft.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said, "New mobile devices are delivering tremendous benefits. They
help connect, inform, and save lives. They are helping grow the American economy – and economies
around the world. But the rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets is also creating very real safety
concerns. Today's announcement cracks down on the growing trend of stolen mobile devices. U.S. and
Mexican collaboration to block reactivation of stolen mobile devices in both countries sends a clear
message to thieves and criminal gangs: this is a crime that does not pay."
Under the terms of the new agreement, the FCC and SCT will also twice a year compile a report
providing information and data, including compliance with carrier commitments, for FCC and SCT
leadership, which will also be made publicly available online.
In Washington, D.C., New York and other large American cities, roughly 40% of all robberies now
involve cell phones – endangering the physical safety of victims, as well as the security of the personal
information on the stolen devices. Reports also suggest that some stolen devices in the U.S. are being
resold in Latin American markets, including Mexico.
"Theft of personal electronics is an international problem," said MPD Chief of Police Lanier. "I am very
pleased that the FCC, the SCT and the wireless carriers have recognized the importance of taking the
profit out of stolen devices. The initiative announced today is a huge step in rendering stolen devices
useless, which will ultimately reduce thefts and injuries to victims."
The signing of the agreement by Chairman Genachowski follows the recent progress in the Commission's
PROTECTS Initiative, a first-of-its-kind effort to combat mobile device theft that was launched in April
2012. U.S. and Mexican mobile providers – covering over 95% of wireless consumers on GSM-based
networks in both countries – recently announced their participation in the international stolen device
database, which is used to identify and deactivate a stolen device after it has been reported. U.S. wireless
providers have been able to access the database for information about stolen devices in each country since
October 31st.
The participation of U.S. companies (AT&T, T-Mobile, Cincinnati Bell) and Mexican companies in the
international database will enable providers in both countries to share information and, when necessary,
deactivate stolen devices so that they cannot be trafficked from one country and reactivated on the other
country's wireless networks. As such, government and industry leaders aim to deter criminals from
targeting consumers who carry mobile devices.
In April 2012, Chairman Genachowski joined public safety leaders, representatives of the carrier,
equipment and operating system communities and local officials to announce the PROTECTS Initiative,
an FCC-led effort to combat the growing problem of mobile device theft
The PROTECTS Initiative consists of three key pieces.
1. Creating a database to prevent use of stolen smartphones and tablets. The database enables
carriers to disable stolen smartphones and tablets, dramatically reducing their value on the black
2. Putting in place automatic prompts on smartphones and tablets for consumers to set up
passwords and take steps to secure their devices
3. Launching a public education campaign urging consumers to use applications that increase
security and reducing the value of stolen devices, including apps that enable consumers to locate,
lock and wipe missing smartphones and tablets.
RELATED LEGISLATIONOn May 15, 2012, Senator Schumer, of New York, introduced in the United States Senate S.3186,
legislation that would make it unlawful or remove the identification number of a mobile device. By
creating a separate cause of action against would-be criminals, this legislation provides an important
additional step to deter mobile device theft and an additional tool to law enforcement officers around the
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