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Breaking Down the Bullpen for 2010
By Tom Nichols | March 3, 2010 5:19 AM ET
Today we look at the bullpen.
Possibilities: Donnie Joseph, Jordan Hotchkiss, Ezequiel Infante, Brian Pearl, Doug Salinas, Jamie Walczak, Mike Konstanty, Junior Martinez, Hector Santana, Adian Kummet, Arshwin Asjes, Daniel Corcino, and others already previewed in the starting pitcher breakdown.
As noted in the Dragons 2010 starting pitching preview, projecting in early-March which pitchers will finish spring training with the Dragons is a roll-of-the-dice process. Some of the pitchers here could wind up as starters after the Reds evaluate their fit in Goodyear later this month. Some will also be candidates to make the Lynchburg roster. And of course, some of the pitchers listed in the starting pitcher preview could wind up in the Dayton bullpen.
In the interest of accuracy, there are several other pitchers not listed here who struggled at Billings in 2009 but could lift themselves into contention with a good spring. Among those pitchers are Ricky Bowen, Jason Braun, Forest Cannon, Tzu-Kai Chiu, Greg Dombrowski, (missed all of 2009), Luca Panerati and Jake Wiley. Those pitchers are not previewed here.
Donnie Joseph
Donnie Joseph was signed by the Reds after being drafted in the third round in June, 2009, out of the University of Houston, becoming the highest-drafted Conference USA player selected in 2009. Joseph had a solid first year of professional baseball and is now considered by many to be the top left-handed relief pitching prospect in the Reds organization. He is listed as the 21st best overall prospect in the Reds system by Baseball America. Joseph will also be a candidate to begin the 2010 season with Lynchburg.
Joseph was an outstanding three-sport athlete at Hays High School in Buda, Texas, once scoring 30 points in a basketball game and finishing his football career as the second leading receiver in school history. Joseph was utilized as a starting pitcher in his freshman and sophomore seasons at the University of Houston, and the results were mediocre at best. But in the spring of 2009, he was moved to the bullpen and was an instant fit. His deceptive motion and outstanding slider led to his selection as the lone relief pitcher on the 1st Team All-Conference USA roster. He went 3-1 with 11 saves and a 2.16 ERA in the spring of 2009 at Houston, allowing just 33 hits in 50 innings and striking out 75.
After signing with the Reds, Joseph was assigned to Billings and allowed just one earned run in eight relief appearances there, leading to a promotion to Dayton. With the Dragons, Joseph made 16 relief appearances, going 2-2, with a 4.35 ERA with four saves. But his final ERA was very misleading. Entering his final inning of the year with the Dragons, Joseph had a 2.61 ERA. In his final game, the biggest game of the year for the Dragons, Joseph had already pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief (already his longest outing of the year) when he went out for the 10th inning of a tie game. Joseph simply ran out of gas, allowing four earned runs without recording an out as his ERA ballooned. It was an unfortunate ending for Joseph and his final numbers were not indicative of how well he had pitched for the Dragons. Between Dayton and Billings for the season, Joseph allowed just 19 hits in 32 innings and struck out 42.
Jordan Hotchkiss
Based on performance alone, Jordan Hotchkiss clearly deserves a promotion after a strong season in Dayton in 2009. He probably will get to Lynchburg at some point in '10, but the logjam of available arms could result in a return to Dayton at the start of the season.
Hotchkiss was a 31st round draft pick by the Reds in 2007 out of Brevard College in North Carolina. He filled virtually every role on the Dayton pitching staff in 2009, working as a starter five times, serving as a closer (three saves), pitching in long relief and working in middle and set-up roles. He was the hard-luck member of the staff, finishing with a 3-6 record despite a fine ERA of 2.73. In his five starts, Hotchkiss allowed a total of just five earned runs, yet posted a record of 1-2. Overall, he walked just 19 and struck out 75 in 85.2 innings and was one of the most consistent pitchers on the staff from opening day until the end of the season. He will turn 24 years old in April. If he returns to Dayton to start 2010, he should be one of the league's best hurlers.
Ezequiel Infante
Ezequiel Infante is a 21-year-old left-hander who has primarily pitched out of the bullpen over the course of his career, but he did make seven starts for the Dragons in 2009. Infante, a native of the Dominican Republic, spent the 2007 and '08 seasons with the Reds Dominican Summer League team, and the results in '08 were eye-popping. He pitched in 26 games covering 47 innings and allowed only one earned run, posting an ERA of 0.19. He began the '09 season with Billings and made just three relief appearances before being promoted to Dayton.
With the Dragons in 2009, Infante was 2-2 with a 3.44 ERA in 15 games. He walked just nine and struck out 46 in 52 innings. His first start was his most memorable when he fired six no-hit innings to earn Midwest Pitcher of the Week honors. Like Hotchkiss, Infante could also be in the mix for the Dragons starting pitching rotation. Infante and Joseph are the only left-handers on this bullpen preview list.
Brian Pearl
Brian Pearl began his college career as the starting shortstop as a freshman for the University of Washington in 2007. He split his sophomore season between third base and the Huskies bullpen, and then moved to the mound full-time in 2009. Pearl was drafted by the Reds in the ninth round in 2009.
Entering the 2009 college season, Pearl had garnered just 11 innings on the hill during his career at Washington. In 2009, he pitched in 23 games at UW, notching eight saves with a 1-5 record and a 3.05 ERA.
Pearl signed with the Reds and was assigned to Billings, where he served as the Mustangs' closer. He appeared in 20 games and posted eight saves, going 1-0 with a 3.77 ERA. He struck out 43 batters in 28.2 innings. He got better as the season progressed, allowing runs in only one of his final nine outings. Of all relief pitchers on this list, he is probably the closest to a sure thing to begin the year with the Dragons.
Doug Salinas
Doug Salinas was acquired by the Reds from the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2009 Minor League Rule V Draft. He will spend his first year in the Reds organization in 2010.
Salinas is in the somewhat unique position of being with his third different professional organization prior to spending a day with a full-season affiliate. He was originally signed by the Seattle Mariners in 2005 and spent three years in their organization. He was released by the Mariners after the 2008 season and signed by Tampa Bay. He played with Hudson Valley of the New York/Penn League in 2009 and put up solid numbers, going 5-0 with a 2.61 ERA in 22 relief appearances. His secondary numbers were even better. He limited opposing batters to a combined average of just .201 while walking only eight and striking out 36 in 41.1 innings. Minus one bad outing in July, his ERA for the year was 1.85. He is only still only 21 years old. Regardless of his long term potential, he looks like a great pick-up by the Reds farm department and should add quality depth to the bullpen.
Jamie Walczak
Jamie Walczak was drafted by the Reds in the 15th round in 2009 out of Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. At Mercyhurst, an NCAA Division II school, Walczak was an All-Conference center fielder, but the Reds like his future as a pitcher.
Baseball America chose one sleeper for each of the 30 Major League organizational drafts in 2009 and Walczak was the player selected from the Reds draft class. The magazine commented that Walczak features a 92-94 mph fastball with a solid curveball.
Walczak started all 55 games in the outfield for Mercyhurst in 2009 as the team advanced to the NCAA D2 Regionals and finished as the #25-ranked team in the country. He batted .357, setting the school record for most hits in a season, with six home runs and 19 stolen bases. On the mound, he appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen and posted a record of 4-3 with a 0.93 ERA and five saves, but logged just 19.1 innings.
Walczak joined the Billings Mustangs after signing with the Reds and appeared in 18 games out of the bullpen, going 2-2, 3.94. He struck out 33 batters in 29.2 innings. After nine of the 18 games he pitched in, his ERA stood at 7.59. Over the last nine games, his ERA was 1.89. Like Brian Pearl, Walczak is a converted position player without a lot of innings of experience as a pitcher.
Mike Konstanty
Mike Konstanty spent the 2008 and '09 seasons as a first baseman/outfielder in the Reds organization before being converted to pitcher during the Reds Fall Instructional League program after the '09 season. Konstanty, the grandson of 1950 National League Most Valuable Player Jim Konstanty, was drafted by the Reds in the 39th round in 2008 out of SUNY-Albany. He has excellent size at 6'4", 230 lbs. Konstanty played at Billings in '08 and batted .253 with 10 home runs and 43 runs batted in. With the Dragons in 2009, he hit .218 with 3 HR and 21 RBI in 156 at-bats.
Konstanty impressed Dragons pitching coach Tony Fossas with his arm late in the '09 season and began working with Fossas in side sessions in the bullpen. He pitched in four games in relief with Dayton before becoming a pitcher full-time in Instructional League. Fossas feels that Konstanty can develop a consistent 90+ mph fastball with improved mechanics and experience and was encouraged by his audition on the mound in '09.
Junior Martinez
Junior Martinez, according to many observers, is the hardest thrower in the Reds organization. He regularly reached 97 miles per hour with his fastball in 2009. Unfortunately, his ability to throw strikes was lacking, as evidenced by the fact that he walked 26 batters in 20.2 innings.
Martinez was signed as an international free agent by the Reds before the 2006 season and has spent the last four years in the organization. He performed in the Dominican Summer League in '06 and '07 before coming stateside with Billings in '08 when he made 19 relief appearances and went 1-0, 6.67. With the Dragons in '09, Martinez occasionally showed signs of emerging as a threat out of the bullpen, but he could not find consistency. In 17 games, he posted a record of 2-1 with a 9.15 ERA. Over the last two seasons, Martinez has logged 50.1 innings and walked 52 batters while striking out 37. He suffered a knee injury that shortened his 2009 season.
Martinez, a native of the Dominican Republic, will turn 24 in April. He has strong support from Fossas, who stated in 2009 that he felt Martinez had the potential to be a big league closer. Martinez faces a make-or-break 2010 season.
Hector Santana
Hector Santana was signed as a 16-year-old international free agent by the Reds in December of 2004 out of the Dominican Republic. He pitched in the Dominican Summer League in '06 and '07 and spent most of '08 with the GCL Reds. Santana began the 2009 season with Billings, working in 10 games out of the bullpen. He went 0-1, 3.38 in 21.1 innings. He made six appearances with the Dragons in '09 and pitched well (2.92 ERA in 12.1 innings). Overall in 2009 between Dayton and Billings, he went 0-1 with a 3.21 ERA, issuing just six walks in 33.2 innings while striking out 21. Over his career, he has given up just 17 walks in 85.1 innings with a 2.85 ERA in 54 games.
Adian Kummet
Adian Kummet was drafted by the Reds in the 31st round in 2009 out of the College of St. Scholastica, a powerhouse NCAA Division III program in Duluth, Minnesota. College of St. Scholastica has posted the highest winning percentage of any D3 team in the nation over the last 10 years and went to the NCAA Regionals all four years that Kummet played there. Kummet went 24-6 over his four-year career at CSS, posting the second highest victory total in school history. He was a 1st Team All-Conference selection all four seasons. In 2009, Kummet went 6-2 with a 1.87 ERA that ranked 10th in the nation among D3 players. Opposing batters hit just .180 against him as he was selected 2nd Team All-American and 1st Team All-Midwest Region.
Kummet was just the second player in school history to be drafted. After signing, he was assigned to Billings and pitched in 19 games (one start), going 1-2 with a 4.31 ERA and three saves. Similar to the notation on Jamie Walczak above, he was much better in the second half than in the first. His ERA over his first nine games was 6.17. The rest of the season, over 10 appearances, his ERA was 3.20.
Arshwin Asjes
Arshwin Asjes (pronounced AH-shez) is an interesting story and one of several players with a connection to Reds scout Jim Stoeckel. Stoeckel has served as a manager or coach with the Dutch National Team on several different occasions over the last 30 years. The Team Netherlands roster in the 2009 World Baseball Cup, with Stoeckel as a coach, featured five players with Reds and/or Dragons connections including '09 Dragons pitcher J.C. Sulbaran, '07 Dragons pitcher Alexander Smit (still a member of the Reds organization), shortstop Mariekson Gregorius (expected to be the 2010 Dragons shortstop), Reds outfielder Wladimir Balentien, and pitcher Arshwin Asjes, who was, at the time, a member of the Midwest Sliders of the independent Frontier League. Impressed by what he saw, Stoeckel signed Asjes as his contract was purchased by the Reds from the Sliders.
Asjes was born and raised in the same town as Sulbaran on the island of Curacao. He moved to Maine during high school but received no scholarship offers with a fastball in the low 80's. Despite speaking little English at the time, Asjes set out on a mission to contact virtually every college and junior college coach on the east coast in an effort to continue his playing career. Eventually, he found a taker at Gloucester County College in New Jersey and when the coach there moved on to Temple University, Asjes followed. In his senior year at Temple in 2008, having lost 35 lbs. and added about 10 miles per hour to his fastball, he set a school record with 10 saves to lead the Atlantic 10 Conference. Undrafted out of college, he signed to play independent baseball in the Frontier League and appeared in 33 games out of the Sliders bullpen. He tied for fifth in the league with 12 saves while posting a record of 1-4 with a 5.00 ERA that ballooned over his last few outings. His ERA over his first 17 games was 0.89 and it was still a solid 2.45 through 26 games before he allowed 12 runs in 6.2 innings over his last seven outings to more than double his ERA over that short period. Asjes is 24 years old.
Daniel Corcino
Daniel Corcino, a 19-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic, is the youngest pitcher on this list. He has drawn some comparisons to fellow Dominican and former Dragon Johnny Cueto because of a fastball that can get into the mid 90 mph range and his sub-six foot frame (Corcino is listed at 5'11"). Corcino spent most of 2010 at Billings, posting a record of 1-4 with a 4.91 ERA. He struck out 30 batters in 25.2 innings. Cueto blossomed in his third professional season with the Dragons in 2006, and Corcino will enter his third year in the Reds system in 2010. Dragons pitching coach Tony Fossas was highly-impressed with Corcino in instructional league. Among the pitchers on this list, Corcino, Pearl, and Infante were listed by Baseball America as honorable mention prospects who missed the Reds top-30 list (Joseph made the list at #21). If Corcino makes the kind of jump that Cueto made in Dayton, he will certainly be on the BA top prospects list next spring.
2009 Dragons Relief Pitchers
Mace Thurman: Expected to play at Single-A Lynchburg or Double-A Carolina in 2010.
Aguido Gonzalez: Expected to play at Single-A Lynchburg or Double-A Carolina in 2010.
Scott Gaffney: Expected to play at Single-A Lynchburg in 2010.
Andrew Bowman: Expected to play at Single-A Lynchburg in 2010.
Donnie Joseph: Expected to play at Single-A Lynchburg or Dayton in 2010.
Jordan Hotchkiss: Expected to play at Lynchburg or Dayton in 2010.
Mike Bohana: Will battle for a job with Lynchburg or Dayton in 2010.
Mark James: Will battle for a job with Lynchburg or Dayton in 2010.
Ezequiel Infante: Expected to play with Dayton in 2010.
Junior Martinez: Will battle for a job with Dayton in 2010.
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|Public Law 91-424
|Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wis. Establishment.
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|Land acquisition.
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|Owners of improved property, retention rights.
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|Termination right of Secretary.
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|"Improved property."
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|Hunting, fishing and trapping.
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|46 Stat. 1053.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to conserve and develop for the benefit, inspiration, education, recreational use, and enjoyment of the public certain significant islands and shoreline of the United States and their related geographic, scenic, and scientific values, there is hereby established the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (hereinafter referred to as the "lakeshore") in Ashland and Bayfield Counties, Wisconsin, consisting of the area generally depicted on the map entitled "Apostle Islands National Lakeshore", numbered NL-AI-91,000, sheets 1 and 2, and dated June 1970. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
No lands held in trust by the United States for either the Red Cliff Band or Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, or for allottees thereof, shall be acquired or included within the boundaries of the lakeshore established by this Act, with the following exception:
If the Indians who own more than 50 per centum of the interest in allotment number 74 GL or allotment number 135 in the Red Cliff Reservation agree to sell the allotment to the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"), the Secretary may consent to the sale on behalf of the other owners,
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purchase the allotment for the negotiated price and revise the boundaries of the lakeshore to include the allotment.
The Secretary may acquire within the boundaries of the lakeshore lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but lands and interests in lands owned by the State of Wisconsin may be acquired only by donation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal property located within the boundaries of the lakeshore may, with the concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without transfer of funds to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of the lakeshore.
(a) With the exception of not more than eighty acres of land to be designated within the lakeshore boundaries by the Secretary as an administrative site, visitor center, and related facilities, as soon as practicable, any owner or owners of improved property on the date of its acquisition by the Secretary may, as a condition of such acquisition, retain for themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and occupancy of the improved property for noncommercial residential purposes for a definite term not to exceed twenty-five years, or, in lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death of the owner, or the death of his spouse, whichever is the later. The owner shall elect the term to be reserved. The Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market value of the property on the date of such acquisition less the fair market value on such date of the right retained by the owner.
(b) A right of use and occupancy retained pursuant to this section may be terminated with respect to the entire property by the Secretary upon his determination that the property or any portion thereof has ceased to be used for noncommercial residential or for agricultural purposes, and upon tender to the holder of a right an amount equal to the fair market value, as of the date of the tender, of that portion of the right which remains unexpired on the date of termination.
(c) The term "improved property", as used in this section, shall mean a detached, noncommercial residential dwelling, the construction of which was begun before January 1, 1967 (hereinafter referred to as "dwelling"), together with so much of the land on which the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, as the Secretary shall designate to be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial residential use, together with any structures accessory to the dwelling which are situated on the land so designated.
The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the boundaries of the lakeshore in accordance with the appropriate laws of Wisconsin and the United States to the extent applicable, except that he may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting, trapping, or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing any such restrictions shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency responsible for hunting, trapping, and fishing activities.
The lakeshore shall be administered, protected, and developed in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S. C. 1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented; and the Act of April 9, 1924 (43 Stat. 90; 16 U. S. C. 8a et seq.); as amended, except that any other statutory authority available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of the Act.
In the administration, protection, and development of the
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lakeshore, the Secretary shall adopt and implement, and may from time to time revise, a land and water use management plan which shall include specific provision for—
(a) protection of scenic, scientific, historic, geological, and archeological features contributing to public education, inspiration, and enjoyment;
(b) development of facilities to provide the benefits of public recreation together with such access roads as he deems appropriate; and
(c) preservation of the unique flora and fauna and the physiographic and geologic conditions now prevailing on the Apostle Islands within the lakeshore: Provided, That the Secretary may provide for the public enjoyment and understanding of the unique natural, historical, scientific, and archeological features of the Apostle Islands through the establishment of such trails, observation points, exhibits, and services as he may deem desirable.
There are authorized to be appropriated not more than $4,250,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not more than $5,000,000 for the development of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
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The lessons of Manasseh and Amon
Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and afterwards upon Israel. Guilty of sins which God could not forget, his personal repentance in his captivity procured him personal restoration and peace through the mercy of God; and after his return to Jerusalem he acted faithfully and was jealous for the glory of God; for the time of Judah's judgment was not yet come. His son Amon followed him in his iniquity, but not in his repentance, and he dies by the hand of his own servants.Synopsis by John Darby


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Dedicated teachers, dynamic researchers and faculty devoted to the betterment of Montana are among the winners of the top Montana State University 2013 faculty awards announced this week. The annual awards honor achievement in faculty research, teaching, outreach and creative projects. The awards will be presented at the MSU Spring Convocation, set for 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, in MSU's Procrastinator Theater.
The Cox Family Faculty Excellence Award
Jeffrey Conger, professor of art; Robin Gerlach, professor of chemical and biological engineering; John Peters, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and Jessi L. Smith, psychology professor, are the recipients of the 2013 Cox Family Awards for Creative Scholarship and Teaching. Each will receive a $2,000 honorarium from the Winston and Helen Cox Family Endowment, as well as an $800 stipend to buy books dedicated in their honor at MSU's Renne Library.
Conger is a talented designer, photographer and teacher. His students annually place in the top 10 in the prestigious Society of Publication Design student competition in New York City. He helps prepare students for a successful career in design by planning an annual trip for the senior design class to visit firms and advertising agencies in Seattle or Portland. He oversees a popular annual photography class in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. His photographs have appeared on motorsport magazine covers and with articles in the U.S. and Europe. In 2004, Conger was named one of America's 40 most influential creative individuals by ID Magazine.
Gerlach has an international reputation for groundbreaking research, from studying the complex network of interactions between biofilm growth and environmental conditions, to studying contaminant transport and transformation on certain surfaces. He has worked on using biofilms to create subsurface barriers for use in bioremediation of environmental contaminants, as well as in carbon sequestration and bioenergy. He is a researcher with Center for Biofilm Engineering and director of the Environmental and Biofilm Mass Spectrometry Facility and has been repeatedly published in Environmental Science and Technology.
Peters has a thriving research program that is focused on the study of enzymes that are important for fundamental biochemical processes. He is a superb mentor for a large number of students who work in his well-funded and productive research lab. In addition to running his lab, Peters serves as director for the MSU Center for Astrobiology and Life in Extreme Environments and for the Thermal Biology Institute. He also has developed new curriculum so that MSU can offer a minor in astrobiology. Peters has published more than 100 papers and has given many seminars and presentations.
Smith's research focuses on the roles that gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation play in understanding stereotypes. She has published 31 research articles in top-tier peer reviewed journals in her discipline --12 of those included MSU students as co-authors. Smith also published five book chapters and one edited book. Smith has been awarded four federally funded grants totaling more than $4.8M from competitive NSF and NIH programs. Her research on breastfeeding and gender objectification led to the establishment of MSU's first Family Care Room and creation of the family advocate. She is the principal investigator of the $3.4 million NSF ADVANCE grant, which has the potential to transform MSU by increasing the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM and social/behavioral science careers.
Wiley Awards for Meritorious Research and Creativity
Brian Bothner, chemistry and biochemistry; Susan Cohen, history and philosophy; and Benfang Lei, immunology and infectious diseases, have won this year's Charles and Nora L. Wiley Faculty Awards for Meritorious Research and Creativity. Each will receive $2,000. Sponsored by the MSU Foundation, the prizes are given in honor of the Wileys, who were pioneer ranchers in eastern Montana.
Bothner is widely recognized as a pioneer in developing mass spectrometry methods and the creative use of mass spectrometry to understand how viruses and biological systems function. His research program is said to be one of the most vigorous, productive and creative in MSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, giving him an international reputation for the questions he tackles. Bothner has published more than 50 papers. His research group currently involves eight graduate students, two postdoctoral researchers, and eight undergraduate researchers. Bothner's research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Naval Research and the Department of Energy.
Cohen is known for her novel and creative approach to research and her dual ability to conduct meticulous field work and synthesize valuable lessons from that work. She analyzes settlement patterns, the rise of urbanism and international interconnections in the second millennium B.C.E. in the eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the Middle Bronze Age in the southern Levant (present-day Israel/Palestine). During her first year at MSU she completed a book that has been used in courses on Middle Bronze Age studies at Brown University and in a seminar at Harvard University. Since then, she has published a second book and has two more currently in press, which add to the understanding of the history, archaeology and culture of the Near East. At the same time, she conducted archaeological digs that trained students and made her research accessible to undergraduates.
Lei is an expert in the area of bacterial pathogenesis and known for making groundbreaking contributions that will have long-lasting medical relevance. He received two major grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2012 to elucidate how bacterial pathogens evade host immune system and develop therapeutics to treat streptococcal bacteria-caused devastating diseases in humans. He has published 56 papers so far, many of them high-impact papers in top-tier journals. He supervises graduate students, mentors biotechnology internships and has directed numerous undergraduate researchers in his lab.
James and Mary Ross Provost's Award for Excellence
Eric Funk, music, received the 2013 James and Mary Ross Provost's Award for Excellence, which recognizes excellence in teaching and scholarship. Funk receives a $2,500 honorarium for the award. Funk teaches some of MSU's most popular classes and serves as creative director and driving force behind the award-winning "11th & Grant with Eric Funk" on MontanaPBS. He is a jazz musician, recording artist, conductor, band director and church musical director, but most of all he is a composer with more than 121 major works, including nine symphonies, four operas, 16 concertos, five string quartets and an extensive list of choral and chamber works. His "Concerto for the Violin Alone, Op 109," written for Hungarian violinist virtuoso Vilmos Olah, will be featured on "The Violin Alone" documentary debuting on MontanaPBS in the spring.
Academic Advising Awards
Doug Downs, professor of English; Steven Holmgren, chemistry and biochemistry; Rob Maher, professor and department head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Sheila Nielsen-Preiss, director of the Health Professions Advising Office and research professor in immunology and infectious diseases, won the inaugural Academic Advising Awards. Each receives a $2,000 award.
Downs, who says that he believes advising to be "the space between course instruction and long-term mentoring on the overall spectrum of teaching," is adept at blending the humanities' concern for liberal education with students' needs for career preparation. A specialist in the area of rhetoric and composition, he is the adviser of record for 30-40 English majors per year, spread among the three options of writing, teaching and literature, but unofficial mentor to many more. His colleagues say advising is something that Downs "is," rather than just does, and his skill as an adviser is connected to his teaching and research.
As part of the teaching faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Holmgren teaches a variety of undergraduate courses at MSU, ranging from an introductory seminar to a 500-level safety and risk management course of K-12 science teachers. He also serves as adviser to all undergraduate chemistry majors. As part of that work, he mentors students and introduces them to research and takes an active role in the recruitment and retention of MSU's undergraduates.
Maher was recognized for his commitment to academic advising with the National Academic Advising Association's 2012 Outstanding Advising Award in the faculty category. MSU's annual survey of graduating students named Maher's department the best for student advising satisfaction. Fellow faculty members credit him with establishing a culture of superior faculty advising of current and prospective students, and for creating extensive advising resources on the department's website.
Nielsen-Preiss assists students in understanding academic and extracurricular requirements for health professional schools as well as exploring possible career options in the health care delivery system. She advises more than 350 students each year who are applying or preparing to apply to health professional school. Nielsen-Preiss also serves as the director and academic adviser in the Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate program and the Master of Science in Health Sciences program, as well as faculty adviser for the Pre-Health Professions Club, the Pre-Health Professions Honor Society and the Pre-dental Club. She meets with nearly 100 prospective undergraduate students and their families each year, in addition to those whom she meets in group settings, such as MSU Friday.
Betty Coffey Award
Bethany Letiecq, health and human development, received the Betty Coffey Award. The award was established in memory of Betty Coffey, an engineering professor from 1977-1984 who was noted for her teaching excellence and her championing of women's equity and minority issues in the curriculum. It comes with a $500 honorarium. Letiecq conducts community-based action research with the goal of ameliorating health disparities among families on the economic and social margins. She is currently working in partnership with Latino migrants in the Gallatin Valley to develop interventions to improve migrant mental health and well-being. Colleagues call her work a successful integration of scholarship and engagement, both at MSU and in the community. They say it also raises awareness of important issues and causes MSU students to examine their own lives more deeply.
President's Award for Excellence in Service Learning
Carolyn Wenger and Perry Roberts won the inaugural President's Award for Excellence in Service Learning. Wenger is a member of the College of Nursing faculty on the Billings campus and Roberts is the executive director of the Montana Rescue Mission. The award carries an $800 award.
Since 1988, Wenger has engaged students in service learning experiences through the Montana Rescue Mission, which serves the homeless in Billings. As part of a nursing course, Wenger's students work with the organization to meet the healthcare needs of homeless individuals. Colleagues say the project engages MSU students and helps them apply their knowledge of nursing to serve a population in need. They call it a tremendous vehicle for students to deepen their understanding of the roles they can play in communities as members of the nursing profession. Roberts has worked with Wenger since 2010 to integrate MSU's student nurses into mission program activities.
Phi Kappa Phi Award
Bill Wyckoff and Linda Young won the Anna K. Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award given by the Phi Kappa Phi honorary, sharing a $1,500 cash award.
Wyckoff has taught at MSU for 26 years and has earned high praise from his colleagues and students for his enthusiasm, energy, knowledge and compassion. He is praised for his mentoring of both undergraduate and graduate students. "He always has an open door," one student writes, "and I see students taking advantage of this daily." Colleagues praise him for his ability to bring his research into the classroom and to keep students informed about ways to think about changes in the cultural landscape.
Young is in her 17th year of teaching students at MSU about the international political economy. Colleagues praise her for her ability "to translate the most complex economic theories and policies into language that is accessible and exciting to her students." Students praise her for inspiring them to craft careful and thoughtful responses to difficult questions about economic and political developments and "to be meticulous and detail-oriented" in their own work. Highly regarded for her work on food security, Young helps students understand that their world is constantly being shaped and reshaped in light of international economic and political developments.
Teaching Innovation Awards
Brock LaMeres, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Charles "Bill" McLaughlin of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have won Teaching Innovation Awards, which honor faculty who have incorporated outstanding innovative teaching practices into their classes. Each receives a $2,000 award.
LaMeres developed "remote laboratory" technology under funding from the National Science Foundation that allows students to control laboratory equipment on campus from any other computer. It allows students to complete the laboratory component of a course without having to come to campus and promises to expand the online offerings of engineering courses throughout the state. LaMeres is known for his work with undergraduate student design teams, including serving as the primary adviser for MSU's NASA Lunabotics team over the past 3 years. The team won the systems engineering paper category in 2012 and won the national championship for mining in 2010.
McLaughlin is known for introducing chemistry to majors, as well as to students from other disciplines, using innovative classrooms that offer real-world demonstrations and the technology of online learning. McLaughlin connects with students of diverse backgrounds in large lecture courses and analytical chemistry using digital materials, online/virtual office visits, generous office hours. He also uses "smart" pen technology to extend contact hours with students. McLaughlin incorporates live demonstrations into nearly every lecture and his "chemicast" Web-based pencasts offer students another look at his presented material
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Glenna Burg, nursing, has won the Excellence in Online Teaching Award honoring faculty who have provided outstanding teaching, course development, mentoring of students, and service to online education. The prize comes with a $2,000 honorarium. Colleagues call Burg a pioneer in online course teaching and development. She developed and taught several of the first fully online courses for the nursing curriculum beginning in 2003. She continues to regularly teach a variety of courses online. She also served as a member of the committee whose mission was to review and score proposals for a new learning management system, which resulted in the implementation of Desire2Learn, or D2L.
Provost's Excellence in Outreach Award
David Bertelsen, Extension agent for Wibaux County, and David Lageson, geology/Earth sciences, were selected as the 2013 recipients of MSU's Provost's Excellence in Outreach Award. Each receives a $2,000 honorarium.
As a longtime MSU Extension agent in Wibaux County, Bertelsen has made significant contributions to Extension programs, including agriculture, 4-H, horticulture and community development. Working to connect Wibaux to MSU's outreach resources, Bertelsen initiated a community-visioning project that has sought to grow this "gateway" community. From this effort came a visitor center and rest area that attracts freeway traffic into Wibaux. Bertelsen has helped with the Winter Ag Series, a program that has connected MSU researchers with area producers for 19 years.
Lageson has made a lifetime commitment to outreach, but he literally took that commitment to new heights when he joined a 2012 educational expedition to Mount Everest. As its chief scientist, he helped develop and implement an extensive education and outreach program that inspired students, teachers and the general public in Montana and around the world. He also wrote a chapter on the geology of Mount Everest for a new National Geographic book. Lageson's chapter explains the origin of Mount Everest and the tectonic evolution of the Himalayas. Lageson also organized National Geographic's "Young Explorers" program to help develop the next generation of explorer/journalists.
Provost's Award for Undergraduate Research/Creativity Mentoring
Maire O'Neill, architecture, and David Varricchio, Earth sciences, have won the Provost's Award for Undergraduate Research/Creativity Mentoring awards. Each receives a $2,000 honorarium.
O'Neill has had a productive professional career in architecture, an exemplary record of research and creative activity as well as 22 years of teaching, mentoring and collaborative research with students at MSU. Her mentoring of students takes them from the beginning of their degree program through their master's thesis design projects. She also excels as a teacher and mentor in the Core 2.0 curriculum. As a result of her work, many of her students have received external recognition, such as awards, conference presentations and exhibits, every year from the early '90s. Recently, one of her students was a finalist for the prestigious Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence and received the Berkeley Prize Traveling Fellowship.
Varricchio has a sustained and successful record of mentoring students, providing both field and lab paleontology research opportunities. He has made student research central to all of his classes, as well as his own research. To provide opportunities for student research engagement, Varricchio has made student participation in his grants a significant factor. He is the recipient of an NSF Career Award, which included as a major component an educational plan for extensive student participation. Varricchio has also co-authored a number of refereed journal articles with students, guided student presentations at national and international venues, and mentors students formally and informally.
President's Commission on the Status of University Women Award
Betsy Danforth, director of the MSU Women's Center, was awarded the inaugural President's Commission on the Status of University Women Award given to a member of the faculty or staff who has established a record of working to improve issues related to gender, equity and diversity on any of MSU's four campuses. The award includes a $2,000 honorarium. Danforth served on the committee that founded the Victim Options in the Campus Environment (VOICE) Center, revitalized Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Choice. She has served on the Women's and Gender Studies Committee since its inception. She works closely with the Diversity Awareness Office, the VOICE Center, the Women's and Gender Studies minor as well as a number of off-campus organizations linked to her work at MSU.
Vice President for Research's Meritorious Technology/Science Awards
Phil Bruckner and Luther Talbert, both in plant sciences and plant pathology, and Kevin Repasky, electrical and computer engineering, received MSU's Meritorious Technology/Science Award. It carries a $2,500 honorarium and recognizes MSU faculty members who have made at least one significant technological or scientific contribution that could be transferred or already has been transferred to the private sector.
Bruckner and Talbert together have contributed immeasurably through their research, plant breeding expertise, student development and new varieties of wheat. The winter wheat breeding project led by Bruckner has developed varieties that resulted in four licenses to two international seed companies.
Three of those varieties have generated sales of 300,000 bushels and plantings of more than 250,000 acres in Montana and the region. The spring wheat breeding program led by Talbert has developed higher yielding and pest resistant varieties including the two leading spring wheat varieties planted in Montana. They have been grown on approximately 15 million acres in Montana since 2000.
Since joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty Kevin Repasky has staked an international reputation in the field of laser remote sensing, with a strong record of technology development and transfer. In addition to work that has offered innovative designs for laser source development and sensor systems, Repasky has put the technology into new and important uses. Laser remote sensing devices Repasky has helped develop are used to study and predict weather, model climate change, monitor carbon dioxide at carbon sequestration study sites and assist in removing landmines from war-torn countries.
Women's Faculty Caucus Distinguished Mentor Award
Laura Black, business, received the Women's Faculty Caucus Distinguished Mentor Award. It carries a $1,000 honorarium. The award recognizes an MSU faculty member for mentoring junior women faculty members by helping them negotiate the promotion and tenure process, encouraging their research and teaching activities, and providing "whole woman" role models. Colleagues say that since coming to MSU in 2002, Black has been a dedicated and committed advocate and mentor for numerous female faculty members in the College of Business and across campus. She has created a supportive research and teaching environment for those faculty members and has initiated informal mentoring relationships with junior faculty in the College of Business. Black regularly shares resources, creates opportunities for others and provides guidance in teaching, research and administration.
President's Excellence in Teaching Awards
Florence Dunkel, plant sciences and pathology; Christina Hayes, mathematical sciences; and David Lageson, Earth sciences, were awarded the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award. Each will receive a $2,500 honorarium.
A strong believer in collaborations and community involvement, Dunkel has developed discovery-based teaching that links MSU students with Mali, the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and the Crow (Apsaalooke) Indian Reservation. She knows what students want from their education, demands high scholarship and teaches skills that students need to address critical needs. One of her former students went on to become a Rhodes Scholar. Other highlights have included the establishment of an entrepreneurial incubator and the production of a film illustrating the intense teaching and learning that can take place between native cultures. She and her students also collaborated with a Malian village to eliminate malaria there.
Hayes is known for her creativity and passion for teaching mathematics and statistics. In addition to being a highly effective instructor who has used Oprah Winfrey's salary, interpretive dance and lie detector tests to help students learn, she is said to be the heart and soul of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. She created a recruitment campaign for mathematics, statistics and math education majors. She was instrumental in founding the math club and encourages students to branch out into research. She organizes undergraduate seminars and recruitment visits and advises students participating in an international math modeling competition.
Lageson has been called a force of nature and a great ambassador for MSU and the Department of Earth Sciences. Even after 32 years at MSU, he continues to inspire students with his infectious enthusiasm for geology and ongoing excellence. Since his best learning experiences have always been in the field, his career-long goal is to expose his students to those same opportunities. Even indoors, he has gained recognition for his dynamic lectures, his innovative curricular development and his sustained commitment to outreach. His lifelong commitment to education was demonstrated again this past year when he incorporated numerous learning activities with a trip to Mount Everest.
Rufus T. Firefly Award for Excellence in Innovative Service
Laura Humberger, associate vice president for financial services, has won the inaugural Firefly Award of Excellence given to an employee who holds a professional position within the university system and who has demonstrated tangible innovation, positive and broad impact on student experience, and/or leadership distinguished by role modeling in a professional capacity. The award carries a $1,500 honorarium.
Humberger was recognized for her proposal that eliminated MSU's $10 online payment fee. Humberger argued that eliminating the fee would improve service to students by encouraging online payment and eliminating long waiting lines at the cashier's office. The change improved credit card data security. The new procedure debuted fall 2012, increasing online payments 62.5 percent to approximately 10,650 and reducing manual payments by 43.6 percent, to about 5,960. The changed resulted in a secure and more efficient payment option for many students and their families. It also reduced the workload at fee payment time for the student accounts office and avoided the need to hire additional employees to serve MSU's growing number of students.
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The Bradley method is a childbirth education approach based on the philosophy that with preparation, education, and a supportive coach, childbirth without drugs or surgery is possible for most women. This method is named for its founder, Robert A. Bradley, M.D. (1917-1998), who has been credited for getting fathers back into the delivery room.
Your hospital or community center may provide many different types of childbirth education classes for you and your partner. These classes help prepare both of you for the many decisions ahead: How can I tell if something's wrong? Is it OK to exercise or have sex? How will I know when I really go into labor?
Though each approach varies, the general goal of childbirth education is to empower you with knowledge so that your fears diminish, your confidence increases, and you can make informed decisions. Many approaches teach you drug-free techniques, such as paced breathing, that you can use to minimize the pain and discomfort of late-stage pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
The Bradley method is a natural childbirth approach that involves prenatal education, relaxation techniques, and partner participation. The goal of Bradley method training is to ensure a safe birth with reduced pain and anxiety. The Bradley method organization claims that over 86% of couples trained in the Bradley method have un-medicated vaginal births. Critics point to the absence of controlled studies showing that it works, a sense of distrust in health-care professionals in the teachings, the for-profit nature of the organization and the reliance on extensive coaching from the partners as weaknesses to this method.
Parents who wish to participate in this method are encouraged to take initial "early birth" classes, followed by weekly classes beginning in the sixth month of pregnancy. The course covers:
Your obstetrician, primary physician, or health care provider may have information on Bradley method or other childbirth education classes in your area.
Q: What if I change my mind and want to have childbirth, with medication or an epidural block?
A: Many women who plan for natural childbirth have these thoughts during labor. The choice to use medications or anesthesia is always available for you, and felt to be safe. However, first try to talk about these feelings with your nurse, labor coach, partner, and midwife or doctor. Support from these people and suggestions about other methods to help you cope with the pain and discomfort can often help you continue without medicines or epidural blocks.


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Hello muts and all the new community here.I want to make a question. Until now i used bt4 pre final and now i installed the final version of Bt4. My laptop got Ati mobility radeon x700 and i want to tell you that i got many tries to install the ati drivers with apt-get but i got many errors and usually it returns to me broken packages. I even try to install the 9.3 catalyst driver to previous kernel on Pre final version but i got the same: only errors. So i hope you can give me some help or even if someone know if my card is not compatible with that new kernel?
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Actually today i installed envyNg and it finds my recommended drivers for my Ati but when i'am tryiing to istall it returns me Error: EnvyNg has detected that the headers for your kernel are missing and cannot be installed.
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Companies are ranked by 2013 brokerage revenue generated by U.S.-based clients. MJ Insurance was recognized by the publication in 2013 as well. The agency increased revenue by more than 11 percent from 2012 to 2013.
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I'm new to this but I've done a crap load of reading and testing and I think I can help you out here...
Firstly, you must use mon0. Do not use wlan0. EDIT: On further reading I'm not so sure now if you must however you will save yourself a lot of confusion by just using the same one all of the time (mon0).
I think I can see a few problems in your commands. Firstly, in airodump-ng you've used the -w syntax but have not specified a filename. You also used -c but have not specified a channel. You also have bssid, but that should be --bssid <AP MAC>. But as I understand it, using --bssid is not essential, it is just a filter.
It is also a good idea to specify a channel when starting the interface in monitor mode, i.e: airmon-ng start wlan0 11 (if your target AP is running on channel 11). Then specify that same channel in airodump-ng using the -c syntax.
I've only been at this for 2 days now (I knew practically nothing of linux before) but I think I'm getting the grasp of things. A good tutorial I found was simple_wep_crack [Aircrack-ng]
I'd also recommend reading the documentation for the aircrack-ng suite to get a better understanding of the what is going on when you use those options.


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(NEWSER) – The parents of the teen who gained national notoriety for his "affluenza" defense after a deadly DUI crash will pay a paralyzed victim almost $3 million. The family of Ethan Couch reached the settlement with the family of Sergio Molino, who was riding in the back of Couch's pickup when it crashed last year in Texas, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Four people were killed, and today Sergio can do no more than blink and smile, say his parents. Couch got a light sentence of probation and rehab, after a witness argued that his rich parents coddled the 16-year-old so much that he didn't have a good sense of right and wrong.
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Congratulations to newly married Kelly Clarkson, who also just released a short snipit of her wedding video and let us tell you, it is nothing short of BEAUTIFUL. The shots basically look like they were taken straight off a Pinterest board. Clarkson and her new hubby Brandon Blackstock are glowing and show snippets of their intimate day which only included Brandon's two children and the minister! When questions started to arise if Clarkson's mother was upset for not being invited she surprisingly said, "We just wanted her to be happy and not stressed out…I think the biggest thing for us to do was to allow her to do what she wanted to do." Be sure to check out the breathtaking video!
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Chris has given me the OK to post a link to a new web site and forum.
StrikeForce Archery in Statesville, NC has a new website. And, they have a forum as well. The site and forum are only about a month old.
StrikeForce Archery is a pro shop. Rodney Galloway, the owner, is pretty sharp on technical stuff. He also builds custom strings and cables. You can get the skinny by visiting their site.
Everyone is welcome. Altho, I feel that Piedmont and Western NC, as well as VA. shooters will find the most benefit from the site and forums.
On the forums there, I am known as Bambi Killer. Please check the site and forums out. Should you register for the forums, please post that you were invited by Bambi Killer.
Here is the link to the site http://www.strikeforcearchery.com/
Here is a direct link to the forums http://www.strikeforcearchery.com/forums/index.php?
I will be posting a link back to these forums, as well as the 3Dshoots page as well.
BTW, our archery deer season opener is tomorrow here in NC. Good luck to all !Take a kid with you. Show them the Great Outdoors. Pass it on.
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GSA Announces Firms Selected for $15B Alliant Small Business GWAC Contract for IT Services
December 17, 2007
Contact: Dirk Fillpot (202) 501-2699
Washington, DC – The U.S. General Services Administration announced today the selection of 62 firms to receive awards under the Alliant Small Business contract worth up to $15 billion. Alliant Small Business is the first small business set-aside Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) awarded by GSA. It provides federal agencies a centralized source to acquire integrated information technology (IT) solutions worldwide.
"Alliant Small Business demonstrates GSA's ongoing commitment to supporting our nation's small business community as well as our federal agency customers," said GSA Administrator Lurita Doan. "This contract provides GSA's customers with easy access to innovative IT solutions from small businesses and is an exceptional vehicle for federal agencies to meet their small business contracting goals."
The contract provides streamlined access to a broad range of management and technical support services, enabling complex IT solutions to be acquired under a pre-competed multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. Alliant Small Business represents one of the most flexible small business contracts for IT solutions in government. The contract, valued at $15 billion, has a five-year base period with one five-year option.
"Alliant Small Business is a key component of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) portfolio of technology solutions. This contract allows our customers to acquire IT solutions in a streamlined, flexible manner, while meeting their socio-economic responsibilities," FAS Commissioner James A. Williams said.
In concert with the President's Management Agenda and initiatives to enable performance-based contracting, the Alliant Small Business GWAC supports goals for streamlining acquisition processes and delivering cost-effective IT solutions to federal government agencies to improve service and increase efficiency. The Alliant Small Business contract also supports the objectives of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) program and has been developed within the framework prescribed by the new IT investment budget guidance issued by OMB—easily allowing agencies to comply with federal policies governing IT investments.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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Gerard Butler Talks "Playing for Keeps" on "Good Morning America"
Making the crowd of women swoon, Gerard Butler made an appearance on "Good Morning America" in New York City this afternoon (December 5).
The 43-year-old actor looked dapper in a grey suit as he greeted his adoring fans at ABC studios before chatting with Josh Elliot about his film "Playing for Keeps."
In the flick, the "P.S. I Love You" star portrays a former soccer star that's trying to win back his lost love portrayed by the lovely Jessica Biel.
During today's interview, Butler reminisced on his own soccer stardom, which occurred back when he was nine-years-old. "It just so happened all the schools were out at that moment, so they were watching this play."
"I think it was 3-0, and it was the most exciting game I ever played. All of a sudden that ball was there on the goal line and it was scramble… I kind of kneed [the ball] in and I never had a crowd go so crazy… and for that moment, I was the guy."
The Scottish-born actor also explained that the training for his film was familiar, adding, "This is what I grew up doing."
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PHOTO: Idris Elba is officially a new daddy!
Idris Elba, is a father again.
He welcomed a baby boy Thursday with girlfriend Naiyana Garth, he tweeted.
"My Son Winston Elba was born yesterday..Truly Amazing :-)" Elba, 41, posted next to a picture of the baby holding his finger with his tiny little hands.
My Son Winston Elba was born yesterday..Truly Amazing :-) pic.twitter.com/MrSEQPZo4z
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) April 18, 2014
This is the second child for the "The Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" actor. His daughter, Isan, was born in 2002 from a previous relationship. And she's just the right age to start babysitting and diaper duty.
What a strong and esteemed name Idris' baby boy has, "Winston." Turns out Idris' father is named Winston, according to Wikipedia, so this moniker is so appropriate for his first male child. Congrats to the happy family!
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From: Imre Ispanovits [mailto:iimre at vnet dot hu]
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Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] pb26 released
I have downloaded the cdrom image, it doesn't boot for me. Md5sum is O.K. I
have tried with more different cd-s as well.
Anybody else experienced this problem?
2004-01-24, szo keltezéssel 19:00-kor Manuel Kasper ezt írta:
> This release adds a few new features and fixes some bugs with IPsec
> and the traffic shaper. I want to remind everyone that even though it
> may not seems so at times, we're still in the "public beta" stage, so
> especially new features may be broken because I do only a limited
> amount of testing on them. The rest is left to the beta testers - you
> all. :)
> As always, everybody is advised to upgrade because of the bugfixes -
> keep your config backup and previous image around just in case.
> Last but not least, in case you'd like a T-shirt with the m0n0wall
> logo, Marcin Gryszkalis is selling them for about $9 at
> http://butik.pl/forkpl?l=en
> Changes:
> - new feature: "server NAT"; makes it possible to map ports on
> multiple WAN IP addresses to different servers (instead of just 1:1)
> - the parsed XML configuration file is now cached in PHP's native
> binary serialized form to reduce webGUI page load times on slow
> platforms (486-based in particular) where parsing the XML
> configuration is relatively expensive
> - added "Disable console menu" option to advanced setup page
> - firmware upload now uses HTTP instead of FTP; the FTP server has
> been removed (uploading files for diagnostic purposes may be done via
> exec.php)
> - the firmware upload page now checks for new versions of m0n0wall
> online (and displays the results, if available, on the firmware upload
> page). Timeout is 3 seconds, and the following information is sent to
> the server: platform and m0n0wall version
> - added interface menu to IPsec tunnel edit page (local endpoint does
> no longer have to be the WAN interface)
> - "reject" type filter rules are now supported (returns TCP RST or
> ICMP port unreachable for UDP) - contributed by Peter Allgeyer
> - added file up- and download via HTTP to exec.php
> - renamed "Log blocked packets by default" option on System logs:
> Settings page to "Log packets blocked by the default rule" and changed
> its behavior: it only controls whether packets that got blocked by an
> automatically generated rule (usually the default-to-block rule in
> absence of a matching pass rule) are logged. Logging of packets that
> are blocked by user-defined block rules is now no longer affected and
> only controlled by the per-rule log option. Logging for pass rules
> remains unchanged.
> - changed policy level for IPsec VPN tunnels to "unique" (was
> "require") to solve a problem with multiple tunnels to the same
> endpoint
> - fixed FQDN "my identifier" for IPsec mobile clients
> - kernel patch for problem with traffic shaper rules for inbound
> packets on WAN (FreeBSD kernel bug, see FreeBSD PR kern/61685)
> - various IPsec GUI fixes
> Regards,
> Manuel
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Part 15 - Uploading the Site
Learn how to publish your site by uploading your files to a web server that is accessible to the public online. (For a real project you'd need to have your own service provider. This lesson only serves as a guide for this final step.) Learn how to configure Dreamweaver to connect to your web server using the login information provided by your web host. After uploading, you should be able to test out the live site online on the web.


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Independent Study Validates Strong Consumer Confidence and Demand for Finsphere Card Protection Solution
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FORTUNE magazine's the "Best Workplaces" lists feature the top corporate cultures in the United States, as evaluated by employees. This is the fifth honor for Rally in 2012 as a top-ranked workplace.
ZeaChem Selected for $4.6 million Award from California Energy Commission to Develop Renewable Low-Carbon Biofuels
October 18th, 2012
Company developing C3 platform at its Menlo Park, Calif., research and development facility
October 5th, 2012
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Such was the frustration of Chelsea fans at the game against Bolton that when retired winger Jesper Gronkjaer limped round the pitch at half-time to nostalgic applause, the Shed end chorused 'Bring him on, bring him on, bring him on…'.
The weekend's league game, billed as do-or-die for under-fire gaffer AVB, stood at 0-0.
It ended comfortably enough at 3-0, but the sense of unease was palpable.
Andre Villas-Boas admitted it was 'an extremely anxious stadium', especially as owner Roman Abramovich – back in his usual seat after a couple of weeks away on business – was gazing down from on high.
In truth, the jury is still out on AVB.
His youth and relative inexperience are simultaneously assets and disadvantages.
Where they count against him is in being able to draw on a reservoir of accumulated wisdom when confronted with, say, having to claw back a two-goal deficit in a high-pressure Champions League match.
If the 34-year-old can produce a result against in-form West Brom on Saturday, it might give him the momentum to defeat Birmingham City in the FA Cup replay next week, and get the necessary result against Napoli at the Bridge the week after.
But recent stuttering performances suggest that's a tough ask.
The team appeared more together and focused last weekend, but they will need yet more sharpness and edge in the coming fortnight… and that's still without dealing with the elephant in the room, Fernando Torres.
AVB defends the performances of his £50m striker by saying he contributes a lot of assists. But Torres wasn't bought to assist, he was bought to make the net bulge 20 times a season for five years.
As long as he sits on the bench, or comes on for spells where his contribution is good without being spectacular, it will remain an issue.
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News about Hoshyar Zebari, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
After Delay, Iraq Appoints Two to Posts for Security
Parliament approved two appointees to lead ministries responsible for the nation's security forces, vacancies that had highlighted sectarian tensions and generated weeks of negotiations....
October 19, 2014, Sunday
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Rift With Kurds Widens as Iraqi Leader Replaces the Foreign Minister
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's decision to replace Hoshyar Zebari came as Kurds seized two oil production facilities in Kirkuk Province....
July 12, 2014, Saturday
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Times Minute | Advice for Karzai
Also on the Minute, in Hollywood, a mega-talent agency is born and tragedy on the Olympic torch relay....
December 18, 2013, Wednesday
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A Top Iraqi Official's Advice to Karzai? Take America's Deal
With the benefit of hindsight, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, urged President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to get over his differences with the Americans and sign a security agreement with the United States....
December 18, 2013, Wednesday
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Syrian War Fueling Attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq, Officials Say
The Syrian war has proved to be a sanctuary for the group's Iraq affiliates, drawing jihadi recruits and leading to a rise in suicide bombings in Iraq, American officials say....
August 16, 2013, Friday
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Iraq's Kurds at the Eye of Regional Storm
From the peace of northern Iraq, Kurdish officials are closely monitoring the violent upheavals afflicting their immediate neighbors. With developments in the wider region closely linked, they cannot afford to ignore the consequences....
May 2, 2013, Thursday
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Syrian Army Attacks Village Near Jordanian Border
The move into Tal Shehab is the latest step in a sweeping military campaign seeking to wipe out the opposition and raises fears that tens of thousands of refugees who have been fleeing across the border may be cut off....
September 6, 2012, Thursday
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Iran, Excluded From Other Meetings on Syria, Hosts Its Own
There were no conclusions or declarations by the 30 participating nations, including Russia and China, according to diplomats....
August 9, 2012, Thursday
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Ready or Not, Iraq Ascends to Take Helm of Arab Bloc
Iraq's troublesome democracy will be on display in May as it hosts the Arab League's annual summit meeting....
March 24, 2011, Thursday
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Iraqi Treasures Return, but Questions Remain
Iraq announced the return of hundreds of antiquities that had ended up in the United States, although 632 pieces repatriated last year were now unaccounted for....
September 8, 2010, Wednesday
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Now that fall is coming to an end, winter color palettes of white, gold, red, green and black will be featured in lots of weddings-and even on cakes. Fall in love with these winter-inspired cakes that have pine cones and branches as rustic accents, fresh red roses and holly berries and all that glitters gold. You can have any of these combinations to add character to your cake. In fact, you can get even more in the spirit of the holidays by choosing a distinct cake flavor like pumpkin spice, gingerbread, caramel buttercream or chocolate peppermint. These flavorful cakes will make it hard for your guests to resist having seconds. For more inspiration, check out our winter wedding cakes photo gallery.


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We live on a planet that is constantly moving, which affects what we see in the sky. As the Earth rotates on its axis, we experience day and night. As the Earth orbits around the Sun, we experience the seasons. For each season we see different constellations in the night sky. For example, the constellation of Scorpius is best seen during winter, while the constellation of Orion is visible on summer evenings. The Southern Cross is a good constellation to watch throughout the entire year because it never disappears below the horizon. It can always be seen circling around the South Celestial Pole.
The information given is for around 8pm (AEST) during June.
The Southern Cross in WinterCopyright: Melbourne Planetarium.
The Southern Cross is facing the "right way up" and at its highest point in the south. The Two Pointers lie to the left of the Cross. Between the two brightest stars of the Cross, Alpha and Beta Crucis, is a dark nebula called the Coal Sack.
The Milky Way is the faint band of stars high in the south arching from east to west.
In Scorpius, the scorpion, a bright red star called Antares is nearly overhead.
Sagittarius, the archer (sometimes referred to as the teapot), is just above the horizon in the east. The centre of the Milky Way Galaxy lies towards Sagittarius.
The star Spica in Virgo is now high and overheadand the orange star, Arcturus in the constellation of Bootes, the Herdsman, is in the north.
Near the Southern Cross is Omega Centauri, a large globular cluster of stars. Through binoculars it looks like a fuzzy star.
In Scorpius we find a few star clusters. Near the star Antares is the globular cluster M4 and there are two open clusters near the 'sting' of the Scorpion. The open clusters are M6, known as the butterfly cluster, and M7, one of the brightest clusters of all.
Not far from Omega Centauri, is the Centaurus Galaxy. This elliptical galaxy, has a dark dust band across its centre, most likely due a collision with a spiral galaxy.
In Sagittarius, we can find the Lagoon, Triffid and Omega nebulae.
Hi Omeo! It will be Jupiter, which is rising in the east around 10pm. Hope this is useful!
Hi Sally - Advice about buying a telescope from the museum's Astronomy Curator can be found on a previous 'Ask the Experts' question here. Happy sky watching!
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You can find information about how to find and view Venus in the Planetarium's Skynotes for August. Good luck!
Hi Sally, it is Venus. Its proximity to us as one of our closest planetary neighbours and its thick cloud cover reflecting sunlight combine to make it the brightest object in the night time sky apart from the Moon. It can even be seen soon after sunset while our sky is quite light (the reason it's often called the "Evening Star").
A little to its right and down a bit is fainter Mars, our other close neighbour, which has an orange tinge through our atmosphere. Also, at present, below Venus about half way to the horizon is Saturn the second largest planet although not particularly bright. And finally you can also see Jupiter, the largest planet (brighter than Saturn but not as bright as Venus), as it rises in the east from about 9.30pm.
However, higher in the sky due south would be the bright star alpha centauri, the brightest of the two pointers. The two pointers of course point to the Southern Cross. Unusual for stars high in the sky to keep changing colours, but it does depend on how much pollution there is in the atmosphere, so it could be that.
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First, be sure to remove the warm baked cake from the baking pan following recipe instructions. That way moisture won't get trapped between the pan and the surface of the cake. Then, allow the cake to cool on a cooling rack, preferably on a counter or tabletop away from the oven, where air can circulate around the cake layers.
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Allstate® Fan Fest to Entertain Sugar Bowl Fans on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
Friday, December 21, 2012
FUN. and Huey Lewis and the News to headline main stage performances leading up to the Allstate® Sugar Bowl®
Tuesday, Jan. 1
The Allstate Fan Fest is free to the public between the hours of 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. 1. Fan Fest is located at Jackson Square in the Jax Brewery parking lot off Decatur Street (418 North Peters Street).
Allstate will celebrate its seventh year as the title sponsor of the Allstate® Sugar Bowl® held in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Jan. 2, 2013. The game will be broadcast on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. CST.
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Course Descriptions for the Communications Department
COMM4010 - Public Relations Campaigns
Fall 2013
This course simulates the "real world" at a safe distance. The course is presented in an experiential, problem-based learning format where students work with clients on perfecting public relations skills and techniques. Students apply their theoretical foundation to work place scenarios to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and continual development of their public relations skills in a safe and collegial environment. Students will create their own public relations firm devoted to recruiting and servicing clients in a professional and intellectually stimulating manner.
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