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One could have been forgiven for thinking One Direction was in town.
Queenslanders haven't turned out to see a youthful royal couple woo a crowd since the early years of Charles and Diana's marriage some 31 years ago.
In true style, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge won the hearts of 10,000 people along the streets of Brisbane's South Bank precinct under a clear blue sky and 28C heat.
Adoring royal watchers offered flowers and soft toys for nine-month old Prince George, who was absent on the couple's fourth day in Australia.
In some areas, 20-deep crowds lined the streets and held up their mobile phones hoping for a glimpse of his glamorous parents.
Brenda Stephens, a 73-year-old former British Air Force nurse, was among those who shook hands with Prince William, a former RAF pilot, after an eight-hour wait in the sun.
"I've just had a triple bypass so it was really special to me to shake the Duke's hand," she told AAP.
"He's a very charming man."
The avid royal watcher also managed to see the couple from a front row vantage point, with tears in her eyes, despite passing out earlier in the day waiting for their arrival.
Even republicans were enthralled, with Agnes Delos Santos happy to wait hours.
"This is history ... their visit to Brisbane," she said.
Inside Brisbane's Convention and Exhibition Centre starstruck rugby league greats Johnathan Thurston and Jharal Yow Yeh nodded seriously as they briefly chatted with the duke.
But as Prince William moved to greet another dignitary, the beaming sporting heroes high-fived each other and fist-pumped like school boys.
In the same room, the youngest person to sail around the world solo, Jessica Watson, was impressed by the duchess.
"You feel like you know them, and they treat you like you do," she told AAP.
But not everyone was so welcoming, with a crowd of about 30 Aboriginal rights activists chanting "No treaty, no peace" and "Always was, always will be Aboriginal land" before police disbanded them.
Outgoing Queensland Governor Penelope Wensley and Premier Campbell Newman had dashed back to Brisbane from Amberley, near Ipswich, to greet the royal couple for the second time in a day.
Afterwards, as they walked outside, cheers and shrieks followed them as the royals made a street walk, stopping to chat to the old, young and everyone in between.
Sue Gillies was there with her daughters Rebecca Gillies, 27 and Jodie Taranto, 34 from 7.30 in the morning.
"It was worth it," Rebecca said.
"It would have been nice if they'd sent Harry."
The duchess needed an army of helpers to pass on the gifts handed over security barricades - everything from modest posies of carnations, to stuffed kangaroos, chocolate bunnies, and a soccer ball bearing a map of Australia.
After more than half an hour greeting the crowds, the royal couple then climbed into a car, bound for the airport and a full schedule of events in Sydney on Easter Sunday.


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January 28, 2013 09:27 ET
Company reports on corporate highlights of 2012 and outlines vision for 2013.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 28, 2013) - EasyMed Services, Inc. (CNSX:EZM)(OTCBB:EMYSF)(MUN:EY6) (the "Company" or "EasyMed") is a global medical information technology company delivering an end-to-end patient care solution through mobile phone, PDA and server technologies.
Mr. Tejinder Sahota, EasyMed's Chief Executive Officer, is pleased to provide an update on the progress and developments of EasyMed. In 2012 the Company made substantial progress advancing its business, and the board of directors looks forward confidently to prospects for 2013.
Dear Shareholders,
As Chief Executive Officer of EasyMed, it is my great pleasure to address you today and review our corporate growth over 2012 and outline our vision for 2013. This year promises to be an exciting time for our company, and we intend to inform our shareholders and potential investors regularly of our progress as we move aggressively to roll out and commercialize our International Medical Passport and Easy SmartCare products.
Major Highlights of 2012
We are happy to have finalised the development of the International Medical Passport and are achieving positive marketing and sales results as it is recognised as an important service for all business travellers by making their medical records accessible worldwide by smartphone and combining a host of other features, including instant access to pre-approved doctors, clinics and hospitals around the world; pre-travel information such as vaccines and political situations on 300+ destinations; medication reminders; drug interactions and international equivalents.
The signed commitments by large international corporations for a trial of the International Medical Passport should leverage into considerable revenue streams in the B2B model for the company. Examples of these are French State Theatre Group, Comedie-Francaise, and Nexter Group, a European leader in the defence systems industry, who have signed trial commitments for their respective executive management teams and employees. These installations represent thousands of individuals utilizing the passport in travel to hundreds of countries around the world.
The Easy SmartCare software is also fully developed and achieving positive marketing results as a product that automatically allows healthcare providers to communicate with their patients via the Internet/mobile phones/PDAs or via SMS messaging which will ultimately improve patient care and deliver medical services at reduced cost. Examples of functions that Easy SmartCare automatically enables on behalf of healthcare providers include meeting confirmations and reminders; distribution of pre-visit questionnaires and preparation requirements; transfer of patient's medical files; delivery of reminders to patients concerning medications; and delivery of follow-up questionnaires.
We were very pleased with the results of the publication of a large-scale study by the University Hospital of Geneva (UHG). The study was performed by UHG's Division of Primary Care Medicine using EasyMed's Easy SmartCare technology and concluded that the EasyMed solution reduced patient absenteeism by 27.1%. This result validates the Company's position that the effective use of technology will significantly reduce rapidly growing healthcare costs around the world and positions EasyMed's Easy SmartCare solution as a leader in the growing field of mobile healthcare.
On the corporate and financial side, we recently closed a Private Placement for gross proceeds totalling CDN $1.25 million, which shows continued confidence in EasyMed's business model and the company as an emerging market leader in the growing field of mobile healthcare. The terms of the agreement included a $0.85 share and a warrant at $1.20; we believe this was again a positive signal to the markets of the continued confidence of our valued investor base.
We secured Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) eligibility for the Company's shares trading on Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. Securing DTCC eligibility simplifies how EasyMed's securities may be traded or exchanged, thereby providing efficient means for settling trades electronically and providing shareholders greater liquidity, and broadening the scope of investors who will invest in the Company.
Further to this, we also recently filed our audited financial statements for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 with the SEC and OTC markets as a beginning step as the company moves to uplist from the "pink sheets" to the OTCQB. The OTCQB listing is expected to provide enhanced liquidity for our shareholders.
Needless to say, we are thrilled to have achieved these milestones and we look forward to continuing our momentum in 2013. With these operational goals achieved during 2012 our talented management team has been actively building the Company's business development pipeline and we are optimistic that 2013 will be a breakthrough year for EasyMed.
Strategic Vision for 2013
Our focus on developing our B2B market space is gaining traction and we are very excited about the opportunities we see on the horizon but the consumer space will become increasingly important as well. Our primary directive this year is the rapid commercialization of our International Medical Passport to the general public. In this regard, I am happy to report that we see this as a clear opportunity to drive top-line revenue with an unequivocal commitment to building shareholder value.
The fastest growing segment in the Mobile Health Market is the use of mobile applications and devices to monitor patient health remotely. Patient non-compliance contributes to over $100 billion in losses annually, and prescriptions filled each year that are not taken correctly contribute to over 125,000 deaths annually in US. President Obama's re-election has further changed the landscape of the Healthcare market. Under his administration every American citizen should have an electronic health record in the next few years.
We feel our timing to focus on the end consumer could not be better. The International Medical Passport makes the user's complete medical record accessible on a smartphone anywhere in the world and includes access to pre-approved doctors, clinics and hospitals. Our Medical Passport works on all phone, PDA and web platforms and operates in over 80 countries with 300+ mobile carriers. It is Cloud-based, secure, compliant, and accessible on iPhone, Android, Windows and BlackBerry platforms.
We are happy to report that we are launching a country-wide, cross-media marketing campaign in the USA in Q1 this year. Additionally, using key relationships with multinational corporations, with large consumer memberships, EasyMed hopes to accelerate growth in North America exponentially.
I am happy to report that our European business development efforts, aided by our strategic investor base, including Mr. George Koukis, are bearing fruit and allowing the company to benefit from a very robust international network. We have several international opportunities at the table, including finalizing a distribution agreement with the largest UK monopoly supplying primary care software, supporting over 38 million patients in the UK. Further, we are close to finalising an agreement with one of Europe's largest health portals. We look forward to updating you on our progress on these fronts.
We see the global mobile healthcare megatrend continuing to grow for many years to come and look forward to leveraging our hard work to position ourselves as a critical solution to the mHealth sector with our leading technology.
I thank you for your continued attention and support and look forward to communicating with you again soon.
About EasyMed Services Inc.
EasyMed Services Inc. (CNSX:EZM)(OTCBB:EMYSF)(MUN:EY6) is a global medical information technology company delivering an end-to-end patient care solution through mobile phone, PDA and server technologies offering specialized services and applications for healthcare, insurance and pharmaceutical industries. We are committed to world-class customer service and the protection of our clients' information. To learn more, please visit www.EasyMedMobile.com.
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Just another ho-hum NFL Sunday.
Houston beat Jacksonville. Atlanta beat Arizona. Dallas beat Cleveland.
What else would you expect from three home teams favored by a combined 33 points?
Now, please excuse those winning teams as they strap on oxygen masks and practice some deep-breathing exercises. They all came a little closer to losing than anyone anticipated.
The Texans and Cowboys squeaked by in overtime. The Falcons overcame five Matt Ryan interceptions, and played from behind for 31/2 quarters before edging the woeful Cardinals, 23-19.
"Part of playing this position is knowing there are going to be times when you make mistakes, when you fall flat on your face," said Ryan, who had never had more than three passes intercepted in a game. "You've got to get up and keep playing, keep throwing it. In those kind of situations, I'm just worried about the next play."


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Meeting of October 23, 2008 – Issues Facing Hispanics in the Federal Workplace
Chair Earp, Vice Chair, Commissioners, Colleagues, and Friends.
Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the EEOC on the issues and barriers facing the recruitment of Hispanic Americans into the Federal Service. It is an honor for me to appear today to present our sub group's recommendations and identify some recruitment issues faced by the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal Departments and agencies.
While I recently changed positions to become the Executive Director for Human Capital Operations and Services, I previously served as DHS's Director, Recruiting and Diversity. I continue in that role at this time even given this new position.
By way of background, I hail from New Mexico where I received an MA in Government (Ethnic Politics) with an emphasis on Native American and Mexican American politics. I am also a proud Latino Veteran. I began my Federal career at the National Endowment for the Arts as a GS-4 Personnel Clerk. I also spent 24 years at the Internal Revenue Service in various management positions, where I was very active in IRS' affinity group for Hispanic employees….Hispanic Internal Revenue Employees (HIRE). After not being selected for IRS' SES Candidate Development Program, and a brief previous stint at DHS, I applied for an ad hoc SES vacancy at the General Services Administration (GSA) and was selected in June 2004. I came back to DHS in May 2006 as the Director, Staffing, Services, and Recruitment.
While at DHS, I have spearheaded our efforts to establish a Department wide Diversity program. In that effort, I work closely with the DHS Diversity Council, as well as our Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties' EEO function. Indeed, the Department's Deputy Officer for EEO and I co-chair the DHS' Diversity Sub Council, which surfaces issues and recommended actions to the Diversity Council.
In my experience as DHS' executive recruiter, as well as the experience of other members of our sub group, we have identified several potential barriers or issues to making the Federal Government competitive in today's labor market. While many of these issues may hamper the Federal Government's recruitment efforts as a whole, they do impact adversely on Hispanic recruitment; possibly disproportionately.
In order to be competitive in today's labor market, the Federal Government must radically change its current, dated hiring practices and align them more with major corporate employers, who are competing with us for top talent. Much of the recent efforts to streamline hiring process timelines are commendable, but their focus has been primarily on "cycle times". We believe there are also more substantive aspects we must address as well. We must look at the hiring "infrastructure" if you will.
First, a candidate should not have to formally apply for a Federal vacancy. Selecting officials should be able to hire when a job becomes vacant without an announcement and use resumes previously collected and judged eligible. We believe that this could be achieved and still adhere to Merit Principles, which are the cornerstone to Federal staffing.
Second, if applications must be required, there should be alternate ways to apply in addition to using USA Jobs, which many applicants find to be user unfriendly. We would encourage OPM to obtain "abandonment" data on those applicants who just gave up on applying because of this system.
Third, the Government must rely less on the use of narrative statements to address Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). Having to address KSA's is unfamiliar to applicants who are accustomed to applying for private industry jobs. In my judgment, KSA's are a tool passed on from the days of the SF-171 application form for use by HR specialists. Their use discourages applicants and does not necessarily yield top talented applicants. Specialized experience, selective placement factors, quality ranking factors and 'desirable' experience or education can produce highly qualified applicants, as well as result in more applicants given a more applicant friendly approach.
Fourth, and finally, the current General Schedule (GS)'s qualifications for college graduates with no experience are sorely out of date and a significant barrier to attracting these bright, young people, many from Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Currently, a graduate with a BA and no experience qualifies for at the GS-5 level; an MA a GS-9; a PhD a GS-11. These qualifications must be revised to reflect both today's competitive labor market and the level of achievement demonstrated by earning these degrees.
We believe that radical changes to the Federal Government's hiring infrastructure, including greater use of career patterns, would enhance our ability to compete in today's labor market and to attract top candidates, including more Hispanics. In addition to these infrastructure changes, we have also outlined the following recommendations specifically targeted to Hispanic job seekers:
Given that Hispanics are the most under represented group in the Federal Government and given that there is an Executive Order addressing these issues for Hispanics, unlike other groups, we believe the Federal Government must take a more assertive, proactive approach to Hispanic recruitment. This would entail greater resources; innovative hiring practices and procedures; use of data driven, targeted recruitment efforts; and new measures and outcomes. To that end, Departments and agencies, with the assistance of the EEOC and OPM, must begin to better and more consistently collect pertinent data on the number of Hispanic applicants. Further, the Federal Government must pursue a legal, defensible means to better identify the diversity of applicant pools for positions in order to determine, for example, whether a job announcement should be closed without action to allow recruitment efforts to be re-focused to attract a more diverse pool.
Finally, there must be greater Government wide efforts to attract and recruit more Hispanics into the Senior Executive Service ranks. These executives would serve as role models and mentors for Hispanics moving up the career ladder for sure. But, just as significantly, they can lead their agencies and Departments from within in identifying and implementing effective means to attract and recruit more Latinos to the noble calling of public service.
I thank the Commission for your time today and for your attention to this important matter.


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Forest and Climate
When forests are destroyed, they release large quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change.
Reducing deforestation and forest degradation must be part of the solution to the global climate change problem.
Forests have a critical role to play in combating climate change, and WWF is implementing a strategy around the world to win that battle.
This includes:
- ensuring that the new climate change deal provides incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and land degradation
- assisting countries, especially developing countries, to develop national and regional approaches that tackle forest-based emissions and benefit local communities


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Archived Events
School of Nursing Family Weekend Program and Open House
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 am
Location: School of Nursing | 1710 Red River, Austin, Texas | Room 1.112 (MPR)
Please join the School of Nursing for our annual Family Weekend program. Faculty, administrators, students, and staff of the School of Nursing will participate and have planned a special informational program. Coffee and a continental breakfast will be served at 9:00 am. For more information call Student Services at 512-232-4780.
Family Weekend Parking Information
For the School of Nursing Breakfast and Program on October 16th there are several parking options.
- If you are planning to attend multiple events during this weekend, you may want to purchase a special-event swipe card and park in UT Parking garages. Information about this can be found at Texas Parents.
- You may park in Lot #108 (15th Street and Red River), on a space available basis. Some metered parking is also available on Red River.
- Parking is also available in State Parking Garages on weekends. Enter on Trinity Street.
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A Chicano writer known for the portrayal of life influenced by two distinct cultures will visit Texas A&M International University April 29 to give a reading from his collection of short stories.
Wendell Mayo, winner of the 1996 Premio Aztlán literary prize, will read from his short story compilation, Centaur of the North , during his appearance at 7 p.m. at the Great Room of the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library.
The reading is sponsored by A&M International, Arte Público Press and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Admission to the reading is free and the public is welcome to attend.
Written over the course of six years, the stories in Centaur of the North represent Mayo's personal struggle to speak to the historical, cultural and individual consequences of managing two cultures, loss and recovery.
Mayo was born in 1953 at the naval base in Corpus Christi, Texas while his father was on tour during the Korean War. In Corpus Christi, Mayo spent his boyhood in a Mexican American community off Old Brownsville Road with his mother in the household of his grandfather, an immigrant from Cuba, and his grandmother, whose family came from Veracruz, Mexico.
After Mayo's father returned from duty at sea, he moved the family north to Cleveland, Ohio. From this point on, Mayo lived in a household of two cultures - the dominant one, his father's, of European origins, and his mother's more hidden, Mexican-American roots.
In 1975 Mayo received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Ohio State University and proceeded to work as an engineer. In 1980, he began to pursue his lifelong ambition to write and finished his baccalaureate studies in journalism at the University of Toledo. He published his first two short stories in 1984. In 1988, Mayo received his master's degree in writing at Vermont College. In 1991 he completed his doctoral studies in 20th century literature with a creative dissertation. Since that time, he has published more than 50 short stories in major literary magazines such as The Yale Review, The Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review, New Letters, and Western Humanities Review. In 1995, Centaur of the North was selected as the Finalist from a field of 421 entries in the Associated Writing Programs Award Series in Short Fiction.
Awards for his work include: the Mississippi Review 1995 First Prize for Fiction, Finalist in the 1994 Faulkner Prize for Fiction and First Runner-up for the 1994 New Letters Literary Award in Fiction.
Mayo is currently a professor of creative writing at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
For further information, please contact the Office of Public Affairs and Information Services at 326-2180. University office hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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By DAN SPATZ
The Dalles Chronicle
July 23, 2005
Development of a permanent campus in Hood River for Columbia Gorge Community College came closer to reality this week, as directors approved acquisition of property from a private seller.
The site comprises approximately 13.5 acres immediately west of 12th Street (Tucker Road) on the Heights in Hood River, adjacent to the Ford dealership. The site borders a stream and has limited frontage along 12th Street.
Acquisition for $1.3 million, plus a share of closing costs, is contingent upon site inspections and other work to ensure the property is appropriate for development. A due diligence period started Friday, and the closing date is Sept. 21.
The property is known as the "Gaddis site" for a former owner, who sold it only two weeks previously to another subject. The current owner's name has not been made public.
"It provides an opportunity for growth in the future, and a site in Hood River," noted David Fenwick, a college board member from Hood River. He identified conditions in the site's favor as "the sheer beauty of it, and the fact that it's on a road that makes it accessible to everyone."
Proximity to the creek, he added, "is absolutely a plus."
The college has reviewed 11 sites in Hood River over the past four years. That process gained new urgency with passage of the bond measure last November, and has been guided in part by the college's development of an academic master plan. This process, led by Dr. Susan Wolff, dean of instruction, will help determine infrastructure design in both The Dalles and Hood River.
"Of all the sites we've looked at this one seems to be the most conducive to the master plan we've worked out with the community," Fenwick said. "This seems to fit better with the conclusions of that master plan."
"It truly does provide all the opportunities our planning group wanted to make available," said Dr. Wolff, speaking after the meeting Thursday night.
The special meeting, much of it in executive session to discuss the real estate transaction, was conducted via conference call.
The vote was 5 to 1 in favor of the acquisition, with the lone opposing vote cast by Meredith Van Valkenburgh of The Dalles.
VanValkenburgh argued it was "poor judgment" on the board's part to pursue the acquisition. This followed discussion in open session on apparent alterations made to the property's boundaries, and the overall size of the parcel, following the board's initial review of a site map at an earlier meeting.
The previous sale price was $925,000.
"I'm not really considering the ... profit being made by the seller," Fenwick said, arguing in favor of the purchase. "We have looked at a lot of other property and this still looks like the best deal per acre, and the most usable for the college."
"It's another step as we continue to invest in the future of the college," said Dr. Frank Toda, college president. "This is a critical step as we extend services in Hood River, as per the commitment made during the bond campaign. With this major decision made, we can bring the focus on the master plan we've been working on."
Toda noted the college used a "criteria-based assessment" process in winnowing 11 potential sites in Hood River, and he thanked his staff for their work.
Voters in Wasco and Hood River counties last November approved an $18.5 million bond measure, with proceeds to be used for new construction in The Dalles and Hood River, and renovation of existing buildings on The Dalles campus.
Pending a permanent site, the college is leasing space temporarily from the Port of Hood River in the "Big 7" building.
The overall construction program is still awaiting the Oregon State Legislature, where lawmakers are debating an additional $10.8 million pledged for college construction.
Expenditure of the $18.5 million bond approved by voters is not contingent upon the state money, but if lawmakers approve state funds it would affect building design, allowing the college to plan for long-term growth as well as immediate needs.
However, the college cannot delay construction much longer. Passage of the bond measure established deadlines to initiate the project, and the college must proceed with the work later this year.
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Kristen Stewart of 'The Runaways'
Anyone who's seen her appearances on talk shows, award shows or red carpets probably would expect that the star of "The Runaways" and the "Twilight" series would be a terrible interview. So I was pretty thrilled to get a lot of great stuff out of Stewart, so much so that I became the envy of many of her fans on Twitter for a while. Proud of this one. Click here for the full Q&A
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Stars & Stripes Painted Shirt
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Nearly every year I make a shirt for the July 4th holiday. Here's my latest design that demonstrates my heartfelt patriotism. It's a quick and easy project with my free stencil. My usual thought would be to make the shirt but I painted a purchased shirt this time which made it faster to complete. To get the stencil and see hot it's done,click on "USA" in credits below.
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rhinestones, shirt, paint
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- Summer
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- Unisex
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Jul 3, 2011, 04.51 PMby zaarissima
This is simply great! Happy 4th July!!! I love your painting clothes!!!
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Jul 3, 2011, 11.06 PMby domestic-divaonline
I appreciate all your generous comments, Zaarissima!
Jun 28, 2011, 07.10 PMby michelle ><><><
Great job, Happy 4th <><
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Jul 1, 2011, 04.05 PMby domestic-divaonline
Thanks Michelle! Have a great holiday!
Jun 27, 2011, 09.46 AMby Adrienne Hendrix
Great shirt!!!! I am going to download the pattern and make one for each member of my family to wear on the 4th and think I will use premade tops as well since it will make it go much faster. Happy Sewing (and painting)!
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Jun 27, 2011, 03.04 PMby domestic-divaonline
Thanks Adrienne! I created the design myself so you won't find anyone else wearing the same shirt… except the rest of your family! : )
Jun 28, 2011, 10.21 AMby Adrienne Hendrix
Maybe I should change it up a bit so it isn't exactly like yours…lets just hope I find the time to get them all made in time. They may be wearing them on Flag day or next 4th. Again thanks for the pattern as I have missed painting on clothing and this gives me the inspiration to do it again, but I do mine by hand, don't own an air brush.
Jun 26, 2011, 07.51 PMby dottty
Makes me wish i was American jj:)x Happy forth of July America x
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Jun 26, 2011, 08.24 PMby domestic-divaonline
Thanks dotty! We'll let you wear the shirt anyway!
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Design and construction activities occur across all of the UNC campuses. While each campus is unique, there are many standard procedures and forms in use University-wide. This section is intended to provide a central repository of information for those interested in design and construction, whether as a service provider in the design and construction industry, an employee directly involved in these activities, or an interested constituent student, faculty, staff member, or citizen.
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After building a successful wealth management business himself, Shaun Stimpson now manages and advises wealth managers.
There needs to be a strong sense of trust between someone and the individual who advises them on their finances and investments. Financial advisers endear themselves to their clients, gaining their whole trust, and often becoming personal friends. But who advises the advisers?
Shaun Stimpson does.
Stimpson, who is a 2005 finance graduate, is now the Business Development Manager at Morgan Stanley in Portland, ME, where he manages a team of financial advisers, helping advisers get their businesses off the ground or take them to the next level. The same level of trust money managers forge with their clients, Stimpson forms with the advisers he works with.
"Yesterday, a financial advisor called me to tell me that he really appreciated the help I've been giving him regarding his practice, and he felt I genuinely cared about him and his business — which is something he hasn't felt in a long time," says Stimpson, who was in the Honors Program while studying at Suffolk. "That made me feel really good about what I do every day."
From his time at Suffolk, Stimpson identifies two main takeaways that have brought him success both as a financial adviser and as a manager to financial advisers: the ability to work with people from different backgrounds, formed from Suffolk's diversity; and the realization that when a professional steps out of his or her comfort zone, good things will happen. He says both of these virtues contributed to his building of a successful wealth management business upon graduation.
"I had a tiny network of people within the financial services community, and by doing things I at first wasn't comfortable doing like meeting people at networking events, reaching out directly to alumni, and meeting people at other types of events at the school, I was able to build a solid network," he says.


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fathomdigital necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Design a logo for "AudioPoint", a new company that sells high-tech audio installations for stores and events. Logo should include up to 3 colours/tones and reduce/monochrome well. I've provided examples of what we like.
AudioPoint is a high-tech, new-media company run by web strategy and marketing guys. We wanted to sell a product, and now we have one. We sell high-end audio/visual technology for boutique stores. We need a brand!
Our flagship product is "directed audio beam generators" which "point" sound in a specific area, making them great for stores and galleries. Think of it as a "sound spotlight" projecting to an area of 1m squared.
Deliverable 1: 4-colour Logo (winner will need to deliver EPS)
- Anything from the "Jott" logo upwards on this page is a good reference of the quality and style: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/200…ive-logos/
- We are web 2.0 workers, so we appreciated the style of common web 2.0 logos (think: 37signals, 9rules) that use clean vector lines.
- The logo will be used on printed collateral (cards, brochures) plus our website
- Non-standard clean, sans or tech font (i.e. no helvetica or VAG rounded please, I could do that myself). Find something we haven't seen before :)
- Icon plus wordmark would be good, otherwise a logotype integrating design and font
- Hate that "glass-floor" effect e.g: http://www.fortysomething.ca/mt/etc…006938.php
- Admiral blue and orange combo. This colourway will not help us stand out. Anything else would be good.
- Serifed font
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WASHINGTON - For the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Chair Cari M. Dominguez today will accept the Charles H. Best Medal for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Diabetes at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association. Presentation of the award will take place during a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. CDT. Press are welcome to cover Chair Dominguez's acceptance speech on site at the meeting. For more information, contact the American Diabetes Association's newsroom at (504) 670-7133.
The American Diabetes Association is honoring the EEOC, which enforces the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, for the agency's persistent and successful efforts on behalf of people with diabetes who have experienced workplace discrimination. This occasion marks the first time in the 30-year history of the prestigious annual award named for physician Charles Best that a federal agency has been selected by the association's Executive Committee. Previous recipients include Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, Senator Lowell Weicker and Lee Iacocca.
"I cannot express how proud I feel to accept the Charles H. Best Medal on behalf of this agency," said Chair Dominguez. "Since Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act, EEOC has worked tirelessly to ensure that the promise of equal employment opportunity becomes a reality for all of our nation's people with disabilities. Unfortunately, existing attitudes about diabetes have not kept pace with medical and scientific progress. Too many workplace policies continue to exclude people with insulin-treated diabetes from certain jobs, even though the laws require that a separate assessment be conducted for each individual based on his or her unique situation. We still have a lot of work to do."
In addition to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments, the EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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FY05 Arts on Radio and Television
Capital Concerts, $35,000
The National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth are two patriotic concerts at the United States Capitol that will be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2005. A national television audience of 13 to 15 million watches each of these 90-minute programs every year.
From the Top, $65,000
To support the production of new programs for the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by exceptional young classical musicians (ages 9 to 18), interviews, guest artists, and a teenage "roving reporter" who profiles the young musicians.
Minnesota Public Radio, $150,000
To support the production and national broadcast of classical music programming. In 2004-05, St. Paul Sunday, Pipedreams, and broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra series will reach millions of listeners each week.
National Public Radio, $150,000
To support the Classical Music Initiative. The project will include the recording, acquisition, and national radio broadcast of selected American orchestral performances on Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Creators @ Carnegie; the presentation of American operatic productions for the World of Opera radio series; and the coverage of classical music throughout NPR's news programs.


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Top Overlooked Compact Cars
If you're looking for a compact car, chances are you've considered the usual suspects, such as the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. We think those are good vehicles -- but we've made a list of some commonly overlooked compact cars for shoppers who are interested in adding a few more choices to their shopping lists.
Buick Verano
Unlike the rest of the cars on this list, the Buick Verano is a luxury model -- and compared to some cars its size, it carries a premium price tag. But as luxury cars go, it's a stellar deal. Exterior and interior styling are clear high points: The Verano is an elegant car, especially for its $24,000 base manufacturer's suggested retail price. We also appreciate its two engine choices. One is for shoppers who want to conserve fuel (a 180-horsepower 4-cylinder that returns up to 32 miles per gallon on the highway), while the other (a 250-hp turbocharged 4-cylinder) gives sport-minded drivers a home in the Buick family. Most importantly, the Verano boasts a long list of standard equipment such as Bluetooth, a remote engine starter, Buick's IntelliLink infotainment system and a rearview camera.
Chevrolet Sonic
Chevrolet's recent history in the compact-car segment hasn't been highly exceptional. But the brand's latest subcompact, the Sonic, helps to change all that. Offered as a 4-door sedan or 5-door hatchback, the Sonic boasts impressive levels of fit and finish, along with reasonable pricing and handsome styling. We're also impressed with the Sonic's gas mileage, which reaches as high as the all-important 40-mpg figure. And we love the long list of available features, which includes luxury-car options like MyLink infotainment, a power sunroof, leather seats and a remote starter. The Sonic starts around $15,000 for a sedan, or $15,600 for a hatchback.
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Dodge Dart
The Dodge Dart isn't a perfect car -- but it's a great effort that boasts many standout points. Among them is one of the best infotainment systems in the business, which is optional on most Dart models. And while some shoppers complain about the Dart's lackluster performance, the latest Dart GT -- which adds 24 hp to the fray -- is sure to change that gripe. We're also impressed with the many available choices, from a bare-bones, base-level SE model ($17,000) to the sporty GT ($22,000) and the fuel-efficient Dart Aero ($17,000).
Ford Fiesta
Most shoppers know of the compact Ford Focus. But not enough drivers are yet aware of the subcompact Fiesta, which made its debut for the 2011 model year. Available as a sedan or 5-door hatchback, the Fiesta combines driving excitement with handsome styling and reasonable pricing. We also like its interior, which boasts a unique design and more style than you might expect from a small car. If you're interested, the Fiesta starts around $14,000 for a sedan or just under $15,000 for a hatchback.
Kia Rio
Many shoppers think of the Kia Rio as a bargain-basement subcompact. That's because the small Kia was sold for years as America's cheapest new car. But these days, things have changed -- and while the Rio is still reasonably priced, it's also a well-built, handsome new vehicle with a long list of features. We especially like the sporty Rio SX, which includes a rearview camera, Bluetooth, remote keyless entry and available navigation for around $19,500. But even a base-level Rio LX offers a long list of standard equipment -- including air conditioning and a USB port for music -- for less than $14,500. Best of all, the Rio can reach an Environmental Protection Agency rating of 30 mpg city/36 mpg highway, which are exceptional figures that will surely save you money at the pump.
Subaru Impreza
The compact Subaru Impreza is surprisingly unknown considering its many positive attributes. One is obviously its all-weather capability: The Impreza is the only compact car that comes standard with all-wheel drive. But the Impreza also offers sturdy construction, a highly straightforward interior and available luxury-car gadgets such as a rearview camera and a navigation system. You may not be interested if you don't need all-wheel drive. But if you do, the Impreza is worth a look -- especially at its base price of around $18,500.
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What it means to you: Our list of overlooked compact cars should point you in the right direction if you want to avoid what everyone else is driving.


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By Billy Graham • January 12, 2012 • Topics: End Times
The Bible doesn't tell us exactly when Jesus will come again — but it does promise that someday He definitely will return. As Jesus returned to heaven at the end of His ministry, the angels promised His disciples that "This same Jesus… will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11).
Most of the "predictions" claiming the world will come to an end in 2012 aren't based on the Bible, but on a calendar from an ancient civilization that actually ended hundreds of years ago. Most experts deny that the calendar even says this — but if it did, why should we believe it instead of the Bible? Jesus warned, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven" (Mark 13:32).
Why is Jesus' return important? For one thing, it gives us hope — hope that someday all the evils of our present world will come to an end, because Christ will rule in glory. It also assures us that God — not Satan — is in control, and someday (as the Lord's Prayer says) His Kingdom will come, and His will shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
The real question, however, is this: Are you prepared for Christ's coming? Once He comes, it will be too late to repent and turn to Him — for He comes to judge the living and the dead. Make sure of your salvation by turning to Christ and welcoming Him into your heart and life today.
Amen!!! I am ready and can't wait! But I do pray that the Lord will guide me and keep me strong before He comes. Also, we have to try to reach others before it is too late.
Amen!!! I am ready and can't wait! But I do pray that the Lord will guide me and keep me strong before He comes. Also, we have to try to reach others before it is too late.
Jesus will soon come, but none of us know exactly when he will come, so we as a christian we have to get prepared for his second coming
True Jesus is coming back some day but what is important now is to be born again this instant, serve Him everyday out of a pure heart. Just rest in what His word says, repent, witness and keeping lending on His ever lasting arms.
I KNOW he will return, but when, we don't know, not even the angels who are there with him. We just need to be READY as if he is coming right now! Praise God.


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Wanberg Receives Academy of Management Award
Recognized for year's most significant article in human resource management.
Professor Connie Wanberg, the Industrial Relations Faculty Excellence Chair and next Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, recently won the Academy of Management's Human Resources Division's Scholarly Achievement Award.
The award was given for "The Job-Search Grind: Perceived Progress, Self-Reactions, and Self-Regulation of Search Effort," which was published in the Academy of Management Journal in 2010. Wanberg's co-authors include HRIR PhD graduate Jing Zhu and Edwin can Hooft.
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Gibson Honors Princess Diana by Donating Guitars to Charity
Prince William and Prince Harry recently marked the 10th anniversary of the death of their mother, Princess Diana, with an event to celebrate her life.
At the Concert for Diana on July 1, three Gibson guitars were signed by performers at the event and are now for auction on eBay, along with the designer's model of the stage used for the show.
To help in the commemoration of Diana's life and legacy, the guitars donated by Gibson were signed by David Beckham, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joe Perry, James Morrison, Rick Parfit, Francis Rossi, Fergie, Kiefer Sutherland, Bryan Ferry, Nelly Furtado, Rod Stewart, Roger Hodgson, Tom Jones, Lily Allen, Joss Stone, and members of the bands Take That and Orson.
Proceeds from the auction will be divided equally amongst the charities of which the Princess was patron at the time of her death; the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund; and the Sentebale charity founded by Prince Harry in her memory.
The auction will run through July 12.
James Morrison
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Nelly Furtado
To bid on the Concert for Diana celebrity-autographed ES-335 Dot, Flying V X Factor, and Les Paul Classic, visit http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=concert-for-diana.


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The widespread view that Archaeopteryx was a primitive (basal) bird has been recently challenged by a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis that placed Archaeopteryx with deinonychosaurian theropods. The new phylogeny suggested that typical bird flight (powered by the front limbs only) either evolved at least twice, or was lost/modified in some deinonychosaurs. However, this parsimony-based result was acknowledged to be weakly supported. Maximum-likelihood and related Bayesian methods applied to the same dataset yield a different and more orthodox result: Archaeopteryx is restored as a basal bird with bootstrap frequency of 73 per cent and posterior probability of 1. These results are consistent with a single origin of typical (forelimb-powered) bird flight. The Archaeopteryx–deinonychosaur clade retrieved by parsimony is supported by more characters (which are on average more homoplasious), whereas the Archaeopteryx–bird clade retrieved by likelihood-based methods is supported by fewer characters (but on average less homoplasious). Both positions for Archaeopteryx remain plausible, highlighting the hazy boundary between birds and advanced theropods. These results also suggest that likelihood-based methods (in addition to parsimony) can be useful in morphological phylogenetics.
1. Introduction
The status of Archaeopteryx as a primitive (stem, basal) bird has been almost universally accepted since its discovery over 150 years ago, and this iconic creature has occupied centre stage in debates about avian origins and evolution in general [1,2]. A recent study [3] presented the most compelling evidence to date challenging this long-held assumption: addition of an intriguing new dinosaur fossil (Xiaotingia) to one of the most comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of theropods removes Archaeopteryx from birds and places it with deinonychosaurs. Thus, Archaeopteryx becomes just one of a plethora of advanced bird-like dinosaurs [2–6], no more closely related to living birds than (for instance) Velociraptor. This phylogeny has important implications for the evolution of many features in early birds, such as the morphology of the skull and the flight apparatus [3,6]. However, it was acknowledged that the new phylogeny required further investigation, owing to weak support (Bremer support of 2 and bootstrap less than 50%; [3]). Also, as with most morphological studies, only parsimony (cladistic) methods were employed.
Here, we show that maximum-likelihood and related Bayesian methods, which are widely used in molecular biology but infrequently in palaeontology and morphology, robustly restore Archaeopteryx as a basal bird. Such likelihood-based methods are widely [7], but not universally [8], thought to be superior to parsimony if, for instance, some taxa are on disproportionately long branches, or particular characters have evolved much more rapidly than others. Such complexities are inherent in palaeontological data, with stratigraphically young and/or rapidly evolving taxa at the end of long branches, and certain characters evolving much more rapidly than others [9]. In particular, where one topology is supported by many fast-evolving (homoplasious) characters and another by fewer but more conservative characters, equal-weighted parsimony might favour the first solution, whereas likelihood methods might favour the second solution.
The divergent retrieved positions of Archaeopteryx (with birds using likelihood, with deinonychosaurs using parsimony) indicate that a dramatic reinterpretation of bird origins is not yet required, and demonstrate the potential utility of likelihood-based phylogenetic methods in morphology.
2. Methods and terminology
Avialae sensu [3] refers to the most-inclusive clade-containing modern birds (exemplified by Passer domesticus) but not deinonychosaurs (exemplified by Dromaeosaurus albertensis). Aves is often applied to a more restricted node-based clade, e.g. that containing Archaeopteryx and modern birds (see [2,4,5]). In the current phylogenetic context (figure 1), the above meanings of Avialae and Aves contain the same set of (known) taxa; we use the vernacular term 'birds' to refer to these taxa.
The data matrix of Xu et al. [3] was analysed using parsimony, maximum likelihood (RaxML) and Bayesian inference; formatted datasets with commands are appended in electronic supplementary materials, S1–S3.
To confirm the published tree, the data were analysed in PAUP [10], a different parsimony program to that originally used. The following commands were used to sample multiple tree islands but avoid memory overflow on any large single island: hsearch addseq = random nreps = 100 nchuck = 1000 chuckscore = 1. Strict and majority-rule consensus trees were computed from the most-parsimonious trees.
The data were also analysed with maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference. Both analyses used the Lewis [11] stochastic model with a gamma parameter to account for rate variation across traits; Allosaurus was set as the outgroup, and multi-state characters were unordered (as per the original analysis [3]). Likelihood analyses (figure 1) employed RaxML v. 7.2.8 [12], with 1000 bootstraps followed by a maximum-likelihood search: commands employed were -f a -m MULTIGAMMA -K MK -#1000. As RaxML cannot accept polymorphic cells for morphological data, these were changed to '?' for the RaxML runs. This affected only eight out of 33 286 cells (0.024%) and was expected to have almost no influence on the resultant topology; parsimony analyses were performed with the polymorphic cells altered to '?' to test this assumption.
Bayesian analyses (figure 2) employed MrBayes v. 3.1 [13], with coding set to variable (to reflect lack of invariant characters in matrix). Four independent runs were used, each consisting of four (one cold and three heated) chains of 10 million generations, sampling every 2000 generations, with a majority-rule consensus. The first 40 per cent of each chain was discarded as burn-in. Convergence across runs in topology and parameters, respectively, was confirmed by (i) split frequencies which had a low standard deviation of approximately 0.01 [13] and were highly correlated [14] (figure 2b), and (ii) effectively identical distributions of parameters which all had high effective sample sizes exceeding 1000 [15].
To evaluate whether differential treatment of fast-evolving (homoplasious) characters might be driving the different topologies retrieved by parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian analyses, pairwise comparisons of trees from these three methods were performed using PAUP. The single best likelihood tree was used, along with the resolved majority-rule consensus trees from parsimony and Bayesian analyses (as characters should not be optimized on unresolved strict consensus trees). The characters which differentially supported each tree and their average consistency and retention indices [16] were ascertained. Analogous calculations are not possible in current versions of RaxML and MrBayes.
3. Results and discussion
Analysis using PAUP confirmed the heterodox position of Archaeopteryx with deinonychosaurs retrieved by parsimony [3], exactly replicating the strict consensus tree, and optimal tree length of 1404, found in the original study using a different program. While many more most-parsimonious trees were found (99 000), the original study [3] did not claim to exhaustively sample MPTs, and the true number is likely to be much higher than even the number found here. Changing the eight polymorphic cells to '?' (question mark) resulted in exactly the same consensus topology and tree length of 1404 (i.e. all eight polymorphic cells were analytically equivalent to '?'). Thus, the necessary recoding implemented in the RaxML analysis is unlikely to have biased those results.
The maximum-likelihood and Bayesian analyses produced a similar overall topology to parsimony, but with one striking difference (figures 1 and 2a): Archaeopteryx and the very similar Wellnhoferia grouped with birds, rather than with deinonychosaurs. Notably, this more orthodox grouping of Archaeopteryx and birds has at least moderate support (73% ML bootstrap, 1 Bayesian posterior probability). In contrast, the heterodox grouping of Archaeopteryx with deinonychosaurs in the parsimony analysis was acknowledged to be weakly supported [3]. The positions of Xiaotingia and Anchiornis are poorly resolved; they group weakly with troodontids among deinonychosaurs [17] (figure 1) and if so, are no longer part of Archaeopterygidae sensu Xu et al. [3].
Examination of the character support for the parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian trees suggests a possible explanation for the divergent placement of Archaeopteryx. 'Unweighted' parsimony remains the most common method of analysing morphological data, and treats changes across all branches and across all characters equally [18]. In contrast, the likelihood and Bayesian models used here preferentially concentrate homoplasy on longer branches and/or faster characters (characters are assigned to rate categories following a discretized gamma distribution, using information intrinsic to the dataset). Examination of the characters which differentially support one tree over another is illuminating (table 1). More characters support the parsimony tree over the likelihood tree than vice versa (64 versus 49). However, the characters supporting the parsimony tree are generally more labile than those supporting the likelihood tree (ci 0.312 versus 0.354, ri 0.665 versus 0.728). The same pattern is found when the parsimony and Bayesian trees are compared (69 versus 51; ci 0.310 versus 0.369, ri 0.677 versus 0.729). This is consistent with the difference in tree topologies being at least partially driven by parsimony preferring trees supported by more (but on average more homoplasious) characters, and likelihood and Bayesian analyses preferring trees supported by fewer (but on average more conservative) characters. As expected, very few characters differentially support the (very similar) likelihood and Bayesian trees (12 versus 5), so not much weight should be put on the differing average ci and ri of these small suites of characters.
The likelihood and Bayesian topology is supported by several derived characters which are unique and unreversed (but which are homoplasious on the parsimony tree). These include traits unique to Archaeopteryx and other birds, such as evenly spaced anterior maxillary teeth (character #89) teeth and anterior chevrons with flattened plate-like base (#122; but see [19]), as well as traits unique to Xiaotingia, Anchiornis and troodontids, such as anterior caudal vertebrae with distally tapering transverse processes (#373). Conversely, some of the similarities between Archaeopteryx and deinonychosaurs, interpreted in the parsimony analysis as shared derived characters [3], need to be reinterpreted as primitive characters of all birds and deinonychosaurs (paravians), secondarily lost in birds above Archaeopteryx and Wellnhoferia. These include hyperextensibility of the second (= first functional) toe (character #323), a posterior process on the ischium (#334) and a distally located obturator process (#167).
The reinstatement of Archaeopteryx as a basal bird in both likelihood-based analyses contradicts macroevolutionary inferences that relied (at least partly) on the shift of Archaeopteryx into deinonychosaurs. For instance, it does not support the proposal that robust skulls and herbivory are primitive for birds [3]. It also has important implications for the evolution of flight. Powered, forewing-only flight typical of modern birds has been generally inferred to be present only in Archaeopteryx and other birds [2,5,20]. The flight capabilities of some deinonychosaurs remain contentious: the most proficient, Microraptor gui, used both the forelimbs and hindlimbs, and has been argued to be a glider [21] and asymmetric pennaceous feathers indicating aerodynamic ability are known only in dromaeosaurus outside of birds [22]. The likelihood-based phylogenies are consistent with a single origin of typical forewing-driven flight with no losses in basal birds (i.e. the taxa here sampled); in contrast, the parsimony tree implies either minimally two origins (in Archaeopteryx/Wellnhoferia, and in 'true' birds), or an earlier origin at the base of Paraves (with subsequent reduced flying ability or modifications to four-winged locomotion in various deinonychosaurs; [17,21]).
The results here do not demonstrate unequivocally that Archaeopteryx belongs with birds rather than with deinonychosaurs; bootstrap support is only approximately 73 per cent, while the posterior probability of 1 is tempered by arguments that Bayesian inference can greatly overestimate support if the models implemented are inadequate [8,23]. Resolution of the precise position of Archaeopteryx will likely require more empirical data such as new fossils or novel characters. The alternative placements of Archaeopteryx highlight the closure of the morphological gap between birds and theropod dinosaurs [2–6,17,22], and also suggest that dramatic reinterpretations of early bird evolution are not yet required. Furthermore, the more generally accepted tree, found with likelihood-based methods (and the strong contrast with parsimony), suggests that likelihood-based phylogenetic methods should be used more often in palaeontology and morphology [24], especially for large datasets [3] that have sufficiently large numbers of characters to allow critical parameters in likelihood models to be robustly estimated.
We thank the Australian Research Council linkage grant scheme for funding, Xing Xu and two anonymous referees for comments, and Sam Morrison and the Australian Research Collaboration Service for use of cloud computing.
- Received September 12, 2011.
- Accepted October 6, 2011.
- This journal is © 2011 The Royal Society


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Bank Robbers Don't Stand a Chance with MPD Detectives on the Case
August 10th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
Catching bank robbers is an often-told success story in the Milwaukee Police Department's Metropolitan Division. The Bank Robbery Unit is made up of seasoned detectives who stay on the trail until the arrest. Additionally, they train financial institution personnel how to behave during a bank robbery to ensure they stay safe during these dangerous crimes.
During the time frame of May 26, 2012 thru June 25, 2012, the Milwaukee Police Department was actively involved in the investigation of five south side bank robberies in Milwaukee. The suspects were also believed to have committed a bank robbery in an outside jurisdiction.
Following are the Milwaukee bank robberies:
1. Layton State Bank Occ 5-26-12 at 2740 W. Forest Home Ave.
2. Tri-City Bank Occ 5-29-12 at 3378 S 27 St.
3. North Shore Bank Occ 6-8-12 at 4232 W. Oklahoma Ave.
4. Associated Bank Occ 6-8-12 at 2590 N Downer Ave.
5. Tri City Bank Occ 6-25-12 at 3378 S 27 St.
On Friday, July 13, 2012 at 11:12 a.m. the Tri-City National Bank in Wauwatosa at 10859 W. Blue Mound Rd. was robbed by a lone actor who ran away but was arrested by Wauwatosa police who were saturating the area. This suspect was identified as Michael R. Levitson.
Metropolitan Detectives coordinated efforts with Wauwatosa Police and a suspect was identified in several of the offenses. Metropolitan Detectives Ralph Spano and Gary Thundercloud questioned Levitson who confessed to his involvement.
On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 8:58 a.m. Metropolitan Detectives along with members of the ATF Task Force and the MPD Tactical Enforcement Unit conducted a search warrant at a residence in the 3300 block of N. 26 St. An additional suspect believed to be involved in the bank robberies was arrested on the scene.
Continued investigation led officers and detectives to a West Allis hotel, where a female suspect, also believed to be involved, was arrested. Detectives Thundercloud and Kevin Klemstein questioned her and received additional information. Of note, Levitson had disguised himself with women's clothing owned by the female suspect during the commission of several of these bank robberies.
On Friday, July 26, 2012 at 9:55 p.m. the final suspect believed to be involved was arrested by Police Officers Michael Tanem and Fawn Schwandt in the 3100 block of N. 29 St. Detectives Ralph Spano and David Anderson questioned the suspect.
Levitson was already on parole for a 2006 M & I Bank robbery. He was released from prison in 2010. He was charged with with four counts of Robbery of a Financial Institution.
A great job by all, notably Metropolitan Division Detectives Ralph Spano, David Anderson, Gary Thundercloud, Kevin Klemstein and Patrick Pajot; Intelligence Fusion Center Detective Michael Caballero; ATF Task Force Police Officers Dean Newport, Juan Duran, Rodolfo Ayala, Michael Wawrzyniakowski; Neighborhood Task Force Tactical Enforcement Unit officers under the supervision of Lt. Jutiki Jackson and Sgt. Bradley Buddenhagen.
The Bank Robbery Unit has cleared 17 of the 22 bank robberies that occurred in the city of Milwaukee this year. Additionally, good work by MPD cleared two bank robberies this year that occurred in other jurisdictions.
These cases are solved with dogged police work, persistence and the cooperation across bureaus and partnerships with other law enforcement agencies. We are proud to share these stories here.


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Orange County is a place known for its respect for the American flag. So the reaction was swift last week when a student group voted to ban Old Glory and other flags in parts of UC Irvine.
So does UCI hate the American flag? Not exactly. Here's a rundown of what happened.
UPDATE: UCI cancels student meeting on flag ban; 'viable threats' cited
A resolution adopted by a vote of 6-4 by the legislative council of the campus' Associated Students called for removing all flags from the lobby area of student government...


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Lester has a quizzical head tilt; he was hit by a car some time ago. From his Wyandanch stoop, this big Chihuahua watched while Little Shelter workers weighed and wormed his puppies. Then it was Papa's turn. They'll be back next month to give the pups a distemper booster. So far the owner doesn't want to surrender the litter to Little Shelter or neuter Lester, but they'll keep asking...gently.
Little Shelter knows that there is more to animal welfare than the Cinderella stories. At their shelter on Warner Rd. in Huntington, rescuers can strive for the fairy tale endings- the neglected dog or cat now adopted into a doting home. Little Shelter's mission ventures far beyond. Their Animal Soup Kitchen (ASK) travels into low income areas to provide free pet food, medicine, shelter and spay/neuter. Guard dogs on chains; pitbull puppies in back yard pens; feral cats rummaging for food may not live "happily ever after", but their quality of life is vastly improved.
ASK is based on Training Wheels(r), the brainchild of acclaimed animal behaviorist Sue Sternberg. Her progressive program, successful in places like the South Bronx and Harlem, combines intervention, education and outreach with the goal of bringing the services of a shelter to the people before the people bring their pets (and their pets' progeny) back to the shelter. Little Shelter's ASK van has wandered through Wyandanch for 2 years. Last week 87 homes were on the list for monthly deliveries of more than 6,000 pounds of pet food. Drop offs of insulated igloo doghouses and straw for bedding have stepped up, now that winter is near. Workers are sure to mention that the straw goes inside the igloo.
Led by Little Shelter's dog coordinator, Linda Klampfl, also an RN, the team began in '04 by knocking on doors, offering food, shots, and what seems, to some but not all, like the ultimate bonus- free pet neutering. Although ASK workers do not condone outdoor tethering, or pit pups sold for profit, or dogs kept hungry to make them mean, their approach is soft and firm, yet non-judgmental... something, I must admit, that comes hard for me. They were ready to throw me back in the van when I started with the "let Little Shelter neuter your male now and take your tiny female for a C-section when her pups are due" spiel. Linda and the vet techs, leave their card, then quietly remind the ASK families to call, if they want help.
Though not oblivious to gang and drug dealing nearby, the grassroots effort operates one on one and relies on rapport with the community. ASK volunteers have earned trust and aid those, who for financial reasons, be it poverty or priority, cannot afford or are unaware of basic pet care. At times expensive ATVs intersperse the chained dogs. Once each month 3 ASK vehicles make the big delivery with "ice cream man" fanfare. If no one is home, the food is piled by the door. Everyone knows Linda by name. Cars stop to join the program. She adds their names to her overflowing clipboard. Monitoring ongoing medical concerns, she checks vision on a partially blind cat; the healing of a bitten ear; and sets up a new pen where a pup was hospitalized for a rare canine tetanus infection, reminding the young owner, one more time, to cement the floor.
Weekly, vet tech, Elizabeth Moschner, known locally as "Miss Liz", does the pick ups for spay/neuter. The animals return home the next day. So far, 177 pets have been altered via ASK. Last trip 2 potential patients in crates relaxed (a third owner wasn't home) while Miss Liz finished her stops. With the strength of a tiny teamster, she recycled an igloo because these plastic dog domes cost $100 each. Later she dropped off more food, buckle collars, eye ointment, applied mange cream to pups to keep the skin condition from spreading. The trapping of some feral cats for TNR would have to wait a few more days.
Earlier intervention: other Little Shelter workers visit Wyandanch elementary and middle schools twice a week to teach humane education, to regard pets as precious, not merely property. The kids explore their needs vs. the animals' needsin this head start toward kindness. Classes at LaFrancis Hardiman School are giving back now by collecting "Pennies for Puppies".
With welcome wags, ASK pups, like Pogo the Shepherd in his new comfy pen, recognize Linda and the Little Shelter crew too. His owner is proud of Pogo's recent weight gain. Because of an expanding demand for help, the ASK program is distributing more supplies than Little Shelter collects. You can help with donations of money, pet food, dog houses (used or new), or even by buying a $100 chance in "Little Shelter's 6th Annual Mercedes Raffle". Only 600 tickets will be sold. On 11/19 you might be lucky enough to drive away in a '06 Mercedes- Benz C-230 or walk away with $25,000 in cash. Contact: email@example.com .
"Elmo", one of the poster pups this week is at Little Shelter (631-368- 8770). He's a 2 yr. old Tree Walking Coonhound mix, who likes other dogs. This handsome fellow was rescued from a Virginia shelter. There's also "Susie" a tiny blind Poodle.
The rest of these adoptable cats and dogs are waiting at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset. "Cotton"#1050, a beautiful longhaired muted calico kitten, is posing next to Lady & the Tramp. "Benji" #991 the gorgeous Maine coon mix has moved to a lobby cage. See more photos on Petfinder.
More: "Creamcicle" #859- the friendly pumpkin- colored polydactyl; "Joltin' Joe" #893- a white Shepherd; "Dee Dee"- #1010- a Pointer mix; "Kelly"#860- a deserving gold Shepherd mix.


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The 3J's Motorcycle Days' 20th charity event in Sonoma will take over the raceway on Wednesday, April 30, and will include a full track day of riding around the 12-turn road course, a catered lunch, T-shirt, 20th anniversary commemorative item and an evening reception for all riders. It's truly the perfect day for any two-wheel enthusiast. Cost is $275 and all riding levels are welcome.
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Both of these events are part of Sonomafest 2014, five days of great two-wheel action on the Sonoma Raceway road course. Sonomafast features a 3J's Motorcycle Day (April 30); American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (May 1-2); and the American Federation of Motorcyclists (AFM) featuring the GEICO Motorcycle Superbike Shootout Series presented by Yamaha, as well as Supermoto USA (May 3-4). For more information on any of these events visit www.racesonoma.com/sonomafest.


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At 9:31 p.m. Monday night, September 1, 2008, there was a report of smoke in a men's residence room at Meier Hall. The fire alarm system was activated in Meier Hall and the building was evacuated. The Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township and Eau Claire fire departments responded to the call.
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2014 SDSU Signing Day Recap
BROOKINGS, SD -South Dakota State University head football coach John Stiegelmeier announced Wednesday that 21 student-athletes — 19 high school standouts and two junior college transfers — have signed a National Letter of Intent, officially committing to play football for the Jackrabbits starting in the fall."We really feel we have put together a great class," Stiegelmeier said. "We were able to fill our needs with a number of student-athletes who have the ability, desire and commitment to win a championship at SDSU. I am again extremely appreciative of all the hard work of our assistant coaches in putting this class together."
The recruiting class consists of:
• Christian Banasiak, 6-3, 230, defensive end, Cape Coral, Fla.;
• Malik Bondon, 6-0, 215, linebacker, Quincy, Ill.;
• Jordan Brown, 6-1, 175, wide receiver, Scottsdale, Ariz.;
• Joe Carbis, 6-6, 260, offensive lineman, Council Bluffs, Iowa;
• Trey Carr, 5-11, 175, cornerback, Omaha, Neb.;
• Andre Chisley, 6-2, 220, defensive end, Minnetonka, Minn.;
• J.T. Hassell, 5-11, 195, linebacker, Titusville, Fla.;
• Quinten Hunt, 6-2, 185, wide receiver, Buckeye, Ariz.;
• Chase Kern, 6-3, 225, defensive end, Sioux City, Iowa;
• Tyler Lindsey, 5-9, 180, cornerback, Owasso, Okla.;
• Chris Little, 6-2, 195, quarterback, Evanston, Ill.;
• Tywan Ramsey, 6-4, 280, defensive lineman, Milwaukee, Wis.;
• Thor Riemer, 6-5, 275, offensive lineman, Osceola, Wis.;
• Alex Romenesko, 6-0, 185, safety, Pewaukee, Wis.;
• Landon Schultz, 6-2, 250, defensive end, Mason City, Iowa (transfer from Iowa Western Community College);
• Makiah Slade, 6-1, 200, linebacker, Omaha, Neb.;
• Isaac Wallace, 6-1, 195, running back, Ralston, Neb.;
• Tyler Weir, 6-4, 280, offensive lineman, Arvada, Colo.;
• A.J. Westrude, 6-1, 210, fullback, Prior Lake, Minn.
• Zach Zanello, 6-6, 215, tight end, Rockford, Ill.;
• Travis Zimmerman, 6-4, 285, offensive lineman, Huxley, Iowa (transfer from Iowa Western Community College).
Banasiak was a four-year letterman and three-year starter who began his prep career at Riverdale High School before transferring to Island Coast High School. As a senior, he earned first-team all-area honors and was an honorable mention all-state selectionafter tallying 77 tackles, nine sacks and two forced fumbles. Banasiak alsocaught two passes for 49 yards. An honor student, he has been invited to play in Miami Dade vs. Florida Nike All-Star Game.
Bondon was a three-year starter and two-time captain for Quincy High School, playing on a state runner-up team as a junior. He tallied 121 total tackles, including 83 solo stops, during his senior season, when he earned first-team all-state honors and was regional defensive player of the year. Bondon plans to major in sports management.
Brown broke every receiving record at Paradise Valley High School, tallying 159 receptions for 2,277 yards and 26 touchdowns over three seasons. Earned first-team all-section and second-team all-state honors as a junior, when he recorded 54 receptions for 862 yards and eight touchdowns. Moved up to first-team all-state as a senior, totaling 68 catches for 968 yards and 14 touchdowns. Brown also tallied 400 punt return yards with three touchdowns and added two interceptions as a senior. In addition, he played on a state championship basketball team and has competed in track and field. Brown intends to major in athletic training.
Carbis earned all-district honors on both sides of the ball during his prep career at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was second-team all-district selection as a defensive lineman as a junior, then earned the same recognition as an offensive lineman during his senior season. Carbis plans to major in exercise science.
Carr excelled at Burke High School in Omaha, earning Metro Player of the Year honors from the Omaha World Herald. He also was a first-team all-state selection and first-team Super State honoree. Carr intends to pursue a degree in health science.
Chisley started three seasons at Hopkins High School and served as a team captain as a senior, when he eared first-team all-conference honors and was named team defensivemost valuable player. Chisley is under consideration to play in Minnesota's North-South All-Star Game this summer. He also has been a member of the varsity wrestling team for two years.
Hassell recorded more than 100 tackles in each of his varsity seasons between Titusville andAstronaut high schools. He earned all-conference, all-Space Coast and second-team all-state honors during a prep career in which he forced 20 fumbles, intercepted five passes and scored four touchdowns. Hassell plans to major in mechanical engineering.
Hunt got the job done both on the field and in the classroom at Buckeye Union High School. He was a first-team all-Division III honoree in football after catching 37 passes for 736 yards with seven touchdowns. Hunt displayed big-play ability in other areas of the field as he rushed 19 times for 356 yards and three touchdowns, and notched punt and kickoff for touchdowns. Defensively, Hunt was credited with 17 solo tackles and three interceptions. For his work in the classroom, Hunt was named to the 2013 All-Academic Football Team and was a second-team scholar athlete. He plans to major in education, history and religion.
Kern excelled both on the field and in the classroom at Sioux City East High School. During his senior season, he recorded 116 tackles, including 17 tackles for loss and seven sacks, en route to earning first-team all-district and all-Siouxland honors, as well as second-team all-state accolades from both the Des Moines Register and the Iowa Newspaper Association. A member of the National Honor Society and an honoree on the all-Northwest Iowa Academic Team, Kern plans to pursue a pharmacy degree.
Lindsey had a nose for the football as a three-year starter for Owasso High School. A two-timeall-metro and all-conference selection, he notched 12 interceptions and broke up more than 40 passes during his prep career, adding 135 tackles and two punt returns for touchdowns.
Little started at quarterback for two seasons at Evanston Township High School in suburban Chicago. He threw for 954 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior, while also running for three touchdowns. During his senior season, Little completed 58percent of his passes for 1,565 yards.
Ramsey earned first-team all-conference and all-regional honors as a defensive end for the conference championship team for the Milwaukee Mesmer/Shorewood football team. He also received all-suburban recognition after recording 79 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss and five sacks. Ramsey intends to major in nursing.
Riemer was rated one of the top 10 linemen in Wisconsin during a career in which he earned all-conference honors twice at Osceola High School. He also has competed in track and field and wrestling. Riemer was a state qualifier in the shot put as a junior and is a four-year starter on the varsity wrestling squad, going undefeated in conference wrestling matches as a junior. An honor student, he intends to major in either finance or psychology.
Romenesko was a member of back-to-back state championship teams at Arrowhead High School in Hartland,Wis. A starter since his sophomore season, he played at strong safety, outside linebacker and cornerback, earning second-team all-conference honors as a junior. Romenesko missed his senior season due to injury. He plans to major in business or sports science.
Schultz joins the Jackrabbits after a successful junior college career at Iowa Western Community College. He played at defensive end for the highly successful Iowa Western program that posted a 23-1 record over two seasons and won the 2012Junior College national title. During the 2013 season, Schultz was creditedwith 27 tackles and three sacks. He is a 2011 graduate of Mason City High School, where he was a two-time first-team all-conference selection and all-area honoree. Schultz plans to pursue a degree in business.
Slade played on both sides of the ball at Lincoln Northeast High School, where heearned all-city, all-conference and second-team Super State honors. As a senior, he rushed for 900 yards and 11 touchdowns. Slade also served as a team captain was named defensive MVP of Nebraska Top 50 Combine. He plans to pursue a degree in criminal justice.
Wallace put together a memorable senior season at Ralston High School, in which he earned first-team all-state and Class B honorary captain. Other honors included being named to the 2013 Nebraska Super State Team and MaxPreps all-Nebraskasquad. Wallace rushed for 2,549 yards, averaging 9.17 yards per carry and 231.7 yards per game. During the 2013 season, Wallace scored 37 rushing touchdowns and two more receiving, and went on to set state playoff single-game records with 404 yards and eight touchdowns. A member of the National Honor Society, he intends to major in either pre-medicine or engineering.
Weir was afour-year starter between Dolores and Pomona high schools. He earned all-conference honors three times and was named lineman of the year on two occasions. Weir also has competed in basketball, baseball and track, playing for a two league championship teams in baseball. He plans to major in sports management.
Westrude played both at linebacker and running back at Lakeville South High School, where he named to all-conference and all-Metro squads after leading team in tackles, fumble recoveries and defensive touchdowns scored. He plans to major in entrepreneurial studies.
Zanello was a three-year starter and an all-conference selection his junior and senior seasons for Rockford Lutheran High School. He caught 35 pases for 470 yards and a touchdown as a junior, followed by 28 receptions for 455 yards and three touchdowns as a senior, when he also served as a team captain. A member of the National Honor Society and a two-time academic all-state selection, Zanello plans to major in either biology or engineering.
Zimmerman was a key player for the highly successful Iowa Western Community College team the last two seasons. He earned first-team all-conference honors on the offensive line for a program that combined for a 23-1 record and won the 2012 Junior College national championship. An academic honor squad selection at Iowa Western, Zimmerman graduated in 2011 from Ballard High School, where he was an all-area and all-state selection in football.
In addition, nine other high school standouts have been accepted for admission to South Dakota State and plan to join the Jackrabbit football program in the fall. The list of committed players includes:
• Dalton Cox, 6-1, 200, linebacker, Aberdeen, S.D. (Roncalli H.S.);
• Emmanuel Ehrich, 6-1, 195, linebacker, Maple Grove, Minn. (Maple Grove H.S.);
• J.J. Hejna, 6-4, 205, wide receiver, Tabor, S.D. (Yankton H.S.);
• Jackson Love, 5-10, 215, running back, Norfolk, Neb. (Norfolk Catholic H.S.);
• Zach Morehead, 6-4, 270, offensive lineman, Tea, S.D. (Tea H.S.);
• Noah St. Pierre, 6-2, 175, cornerback, Wagner, S.D. (Wagner H.S.);
• Dakota Thorstenson, 6-5, 200, defensive end, Selby, SD. (Selby Area H.S.);
• Jacob VanderHeiden, 6-4, 275, offensive lineman, Hutchinson, Minn. (Hutchinson H.S.);
• Keith Wolverton, 6-1, 185, quarterback, Seward, Neb. (Seward H.S.)
South Dakota State finished the 2013 season with a 9-5 overall record, including a 5-3 mark in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and made its second consecutive appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The Jackrabbits ended the season ranked 13th in the Sports Network media poll and 14th in the FCS Coaches' Poll.
Additional information online at Signing Day Central
Courtesy: Jason Hove, Assistant AD-Sports Information, South Dakota State University
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