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OLD HICKORY, Tenn. – Shooting a four over par, 572, the Lipscomb men's golf team took home top honors in the 3rd-Annual Trevecca Nazarene Spring Invitational at Old Hickory Country Club.
The Bison were led by freshman Nate Johnson, who finished tied for third with a three under 139 (69, 70) after an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to finish the tournament.
"I am really proud of this bunch," said Lipscomb head coach Buddy Harston. "They spent their entire spring break in Florida playing and practicing. It obviously paid off.
"Nate's maturity on the course is growing as his mistakes don't seem to overwhelm him like they once did. He can be as good as he sets his mind to be.
Dustin Wilder finished in a 7-way tie for 14th with a plus-three 145 (72, 73). Blanton Farmer finished only two shots behind with a 147 and a tie for 21st. Paul Klien-Kracht and Alex Cox both finished with a plus-six 148 one shot ahead of Nathan Mueting and Ryan Terry, who tied for 33rd.
Host school Trevecca Nazarene finished in second place with a 12-over 580 one shot ahead of Cumberland, who finished in third.
The Bison men continue spring action at the Jacksonville University Invitational next week.

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Wise Up! program on May 8 encourages learning and living well at any age
In celebration of National Older Adult Month, the San Francisco Public Library is holding a free Resource Fair for seniors and caregivers on Saturday, May 8, from 12 to 4 p.m. in the Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street.
The resource fair will be an informative and entertaining afternoon that will give attendees the chance to learn about programs, services and volunteer opportunities offered by San Francisco institutions. The fair will be peppered with bursts of live music, prizes and other fun activities. Among the topics offered are medical and financial information, educational opportunities, residential and environmental programs, and culture and leisure activities.
In addition, free hearing screening will be offered by the Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California. Other medical screenings also will be offered. This is a Library Wise Up! program for learning and living well at any age.
Participants include:
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers
- California Telephone Access Program
- Canon Kip Senior Center
- Community Music Center
- Department of Aging and Adult Services
- Episcopal Community Services
- Episcopal Senior Communities
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Independent Living Resource Center
- Institute on Aging
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (SFSU)
- Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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OTTAWA — Janelle Forest had it all. Beauty, brains, her own career, and an engagement to an NHL hockey star.
But inside the soon-to-be Mrs. Nick Foligno, hateful thoughts hammered away: I am fat. I am ugly. I am stupid.
When she was a teenager, this unrelenting "voice" drove her to anorexia. Eighteen months ago, as she prepared to enter a world where hockey wives are lavished with attention and high expectations, she feared the bullying voice that still haunted her would become deafening. So before walking down the aisle with her hockey-player hunk, she finally sought help to quiet the voice.
And this past week, in a bold move, the newly minted Janelle Foligno began telling her story to Grade 7 and 8 students. In six-session workshops in four Ottawa middle schools, Foligno probes body image, self-esteem and the negative thoughts that hobble many adolescents.
Her decision to not only go public with her eating disorder, but also to reach out to young people, is a part of her healing process that she hopes will have residual positive effects for those vulnerable to the same condition.
She has been hailed as "courageous" by those in the Sens camp, as well as her hubby, who is cheering her on.
"Janelle deserves a lot of credit for being this brave," says Jennifer Graves, a fundraiser for the Sens Foundation and the co-founder of F.A.B. Women, which educates and empowers those suffering from eating disorders and disordered eating. "She has a public face in this community. It is a scary spot for her to be in. I am proud of her for being so forthcoming with her own story."
Hockey players' wives invariably seem to be beautiful, effervescent and charitable, called on to lend their time and their names (or those of their husbands) to good causes.
We all know the most famous among them: Mike Fisher's Carrie Underwood, Mike Comrie's Hilary Duff, and going back a few years, Alexei Yashin's Carol Alt.
The women behind these men have significant roles to play in a hockey city. There is a lot of pressure to be your best, and look your best.
Foligno had long hidden her struggles with body image and a high-school bout with an eating disorder, but she knew that if she was to survive and thrive in the limelight, she had to confront her body image and disordered eating. "I was still battling these voices in my head," she says recently in a candid interview. "And I really wanted them to stop. I was engaged and I didn't want my future children to see this in me and perhaps develop similar thought patterns. So I wanted to heal myself before I could have a family and be the best person I could be for them."
And she feared her future.
"In this new role I had to make sure I didn't put any more pressure on myself."
Speaking with Foligno, the word "perfect" pops up frequently as she describes her struggle.
"Looking back, I put a lot of pressure on myself to have perfect grades and to look perfectly. I was very much a perfectionist," the 25-year-old says. Yet, that constantly belittling "voice" told her she was nowhere near perfect. "I looked at myself as being ugly and stupid and fat and there was nothing positive at that point going through my head."
As a Grade 12 student in Sudbury, where she was raised and met her future husband, the nagging voice overpowered her fragile psyche. She started restricting calories.
She won't get into the nitty-gritty of her eating disorder because she doesn't want to supply ideas to others who are vulnerable. "Let's just say I started off cutting foods here and there, and then getting almost addicted to that feeling of losing weight and then restricting even more." She'd also spend two hours a day at the gym moving from rowing machine to stair climber to treadmill to force her weight down further. She dropped 30 pounds off her already petite five-foot-five frame.
"I had been a very social person, but I didn't go out. I focused my entire life on school. I wanted to have really high grades going in to university." She graduated with a 94-per-cent average.
Friends and teachers expressed concern. Her mom and dad were the last to notice. "I became really good at hiding it and lying about what I was eating."
When her parents realized their daughter was starving herself, they intervened. They made her realize she was harming herself and must stop. After many emotional conversations, "I just literally started eating again," Foligno recalls. She didn't want to disappoint her parents.
But not seeking professional help was a mistake, she says. "Maybe we didn't think it was as serious as it was, so we didn't seek that help."
At Laurentian University, where she earned an undergraduate degree and attended teacher's college, she stopped the compulsive exercising and calorie-restriction, but the voice grew louder.
"I gained weight, so the mental part of it was probably the worst. The self-hatred was really intense."
It was during this time she began dating her future husband, who played for the Ontario Hockey League's Sudbury Wolves. Nick Foligno was a big deal.
The Folignos were hockey royalty in Sudbury. Dad Mike, who was born there, spent 15 seasons in the NHL. Nick's brother Marcus now plays for the Buffalo Sabres.
When Nick and Janelle started dating, she didn't share her fears with Nick, nor the details of her eating disorder. She was too ashamed. She also kept her "daily struggles" from him. In 2006, Nick was selected by the Senators as a first-round draft pick, 28th overall. When he joined the roster in 2007, Janelle planned her move to Ottawa.
She quickly got a job teaching elementary school French immersion, and turned that into a full-time job.
When she was welcomed into the fold of hockey wives and girlfriends, she kept her struggles from them.
The hateful voice again grew louder.
"I think a lot of people would look at me and think that I was this confident person when I was the exact opposite." She says bluntly, "It was among the lowest points in my life."
She was also dealing with health issues that had resulted from her high-school battle with anorexia. "Digestive problems, mostly. Your organs don't work properly when they are not nourished properly."
What helped turn her situation around was a conversation with Jennifer Graves, a fundraiser for the Sens Foundation, who'd suffered from an eating disorder for 25 years. She was founding F.A.B. (Free as a Bird) Women, an organization to help people "become free from poor body image, eating disorders and disordered eating." Graves' mission and enthusiasm spoke to Foligno, who confided her own struggles.
"I wanted to help her, but I realized I couldn't be a hypocrite," Foligno says. "I needed to start healing so I could help others."
A first big step — about a-year-and-a-half ago — was telling Nick how sick she'd been, and how she continued to battle low self-esteem.
"I realized to heal I couldn't hide it from him any more." His biggest reaction, she says, was "surprise."
"He saw me as a very confident person." Since then, he has been "amazing and supportive. He believes I can get through this."
She also stopped teaching full-time to focus on improving her health and dealing with her digestive problems. She still exercises, but her goal is to be healthy and strong, not a "particular size or weight."
She began telling people about her struggles, and was one of the faces at a F.A.B event in February to raise money. "The other wives and girlfriends have been incredibly supportive of me. They were part of the group that didn't know I had struggled with it … It was very emotional to have them all there for me (at the February event)."
Admitting she had a problem and seeking help has been liberating.
"I came finally to the realization that I don't have to live with this negative voice in my head forever. It was a revelation. I said, 'You know what, this doesn't have to be me. I could have optimal health and I deserve that. It's time to silence that negative voice and focus on the positive.'" She now works hard to address the negative feelings about herself, instead of just pushing them aside. "I need to feel those emotions so I can move on."
She has developed a school program for Grade 7 and 8 students, based on the Ontario curriculum, which focuses on body image and healthy living.
"With my teaching background and my personal experience, I knew I needed to reach these students at a deeper level rather than just going in once and talking to them about the subject," she says. "It's about positive body image, and self love and self confidence."
Her workshop includes writing in journals, identifying each student's positive characteristics and learning how to celebrate them, instead of focusing on the negatives.
This past week she led sessions at Henry Munro Middle School and D. Roy Kennedy Public School. Next, she will hold workshops at Pinecrest Public School and St. Laurent Academy. Next September, if her pilot project is well received, she hopes to be in more schools.
Jay Blauer, vice-principal at Pinecrest Elementary School, says he welcomed Foligno because "any chance I get to have that discussion about body image and well-being out in the open and to make connections to their health, I feel I've done what's in best interests in the kids."
"The great thing about Janelle is that she is a teacher. And her ability to work with young people is unparalleled. And she is very courageous. In my mind, she has put herself out there a bit. And I believe part of this is her own healing." Foligno says she talks about her negative self-talk with the students, "because I think some of them have their own voices and demons in their heads."
One of the most common questions she gets, is, "How can someone who looks like you think she is so ugly?"
She explains the immense pressure she put on herself, but also that eating disorders are mental illnesses and sometimes hard to explain.
She encourages students to "embrace the people" they are, in different sizes and shapes. "You are special for certain reasons and someone else is special for other reasons. Be the best you that you can be."
But that doesn't mean her own critical voice is gone.
"Before it was all-consuming. And exhausting. It's still there, but quieter. I have come a long way."


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This sounds familiar, and then I realized it reminds me of some discussions about the Live Control knobs on the PSR-S970/770/670. Don't those models behave in a similar manner if you use their Live Control knobs to adjust the overall balance between their Keyboard parts and their Style parts, or something like that?
Hi all.Tonight I remarked a thing is not very good about Live Control Sliders. A big BUG....For Slider 9, assigned as KBD level volume, (Left, and those 3 Rights parts) if we have initially different volumes on those parts, when we use that slider, to increase or decrease volume of all parts in the same time, it will reset all parts volume to the same value... Youtube Video
I don't know Michael, I didn't own a PSR ....
If you read the manual you will see these sliders are assignable so are different to Tyros 5.


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POL317 The American Judiciary
Federal and state courts examined from a political perspective. Federal and state court structure, methods of selection of judicial personnel, aspects of the legal profession as practiced in America that affect judicial decisions, intricacies of court procedure, and personal background characteristics relevant to judicial decisions.
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How can I rename relative vertex keys in ipo-window?
I just can do in the action-window.
Is there any possibility?
If not, maybe you could consider this feature in future development... Would be VERY usefull!
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The White River being named a National Blueway will help the White River Irrigation District's Grand Prairie project, but not financially.
Earlier this year it was announced that the White River and its watershed would be considered the nation's second National Blueway.
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes said that the collaboration taking place in the White River watershed is a model of successful river conservation for the 21st century.
Although this was a grand announcement for the area it left some asking questions, mainly from the White River Irrigation District about the Grand Prairie Project — a water delivery system that hopes to provide a dependable supply of irrigation water to farms in the Grand Prairie region.
Would this announcement help or hinder?
Col. Vernie L. Reichling Jr., commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' Memphis division, was at the District's headquarters in Hazen on Tuesday and spoke briefly on this topic. The clear answer was the White River being named a National Blueway will help, but not financially. Being attached to the Blueway as a partner will give the project recognition.
"The National Blueway designation recognizes that strong, diverse partnerships are the best way to address the modern-day threats to our nation's most important rivers, and the White River is an outstanding example of that approach," Hayes said. "The river is the recreational and economic lifeblood of communities from the Ozarks to the Mississippi. River users and river lovers of all stripes have banded together to protect the White River watershed and maintain this magnificent resource for the region — and for the nation."
In May 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar established the National Blueways System, a new designation for rivers and watersheds of national significance designed to promote and conserve the economic, recreational and natural values of healthy river systems from source to outlet and across watersheds.
The initiative is part of President Barack Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to establish a community-driven conservation and recreation agenda for the 21st century. The designation does not establish a new protective status or regulation, but rather is intended to recognize and support existing local and regional conservation, recreation and restoration efforts by coordinating ongoing federal, state and local activities.
"Fundamental things to take away is that this project is tied to it, so the people above will see that," Reichling said. "We need your input, want you in the process. Everybody is in on it so that our partners are included, local — that is the key task. We need to make sure you are part of the process."
Reichling feels this will be a great opportunity for the Grand Prairie Project.
"There are only two in the country — this is the current administration's priorities. Even though it isn't funding, it can't hurt to be tied to it."
He said the partners at the local level can't help to be highlighted if they are tied to a river that is receiving such national significance.
Flowing for 722 miles from its headwaters in the Ozarks to its mouth at the Mississippi River, the White River drains a watershed spanning 17.8 million acres across 60 counties in two states. It is home to 1.2 million people who rely on the economic impact that recreation, tourism, agriculture and commerce along these rivers provide to watershed communities. The White River is an important part of the wildlife-related economies of Arkansas and Missouri, which statewide accounted for $1.8 billion and $2.8 billion in 2011, respectively. Public and private landowners in the watershed have already conserved more than 3.2 million acres of their land for the benefit of people and wildlife.
The White River National Blueway was nominated for this designation by 26 stakeholder groups including the National Wildlife Refuge Association, The Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited, The Conservation Fund, Audubon, the Arkansas Canoe Club, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the cities of Augusta and Clarendon, Ark., local businesses and federal partners from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior and the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture.
In support of the new White River National Blueway, senior leaders from supporting federal agencies announced new projects that will enhance the river's natural resources and create economic opportunities for the region.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved a 101,110-acre expansion to the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge — named for one of the White River's main tributaries — that will protect valuable floodplain habitat through conservation easements and acquisitions from willing landowners.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks to build on the great conservation work by our state, federal, conservation and sportsmen partners," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said. "These partners are protecting and restoring bottomland forests across the Lower Mississippi Valley, and today's recognition formalizes something all of us already know: The White River watershed is special. We are committed to passing on to future generations the chance to hike, paddle, hunt, fish, and otherwise enjoy this exceptional watershed."
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that they are moving forward with the Lower Cache River Basin Restoration Project, which will restore flows to meanders cut off by flood control work and will increase fish and wildlife habitat.
"In keeping with President Obama's commitment to the America's Great Outdoors initiative, the Corps is proud to be a part of the National Blueways initiative, which recognizes and supports stakeholder partnerships," Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said. "The Corps' Lower Cache River Basin Restoration project is part of this effort."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that in FY 2013, working with the Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts to establish priorities, it will commit more than $22 million to soil and water conservation in counties located within the White River Watershed through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Approximately $13 million of those funds will be directed to pasture land to provide soil and water conservation needs that arose from the drought in 2012.
"This new investment in the White River watershed represents a major commitment by the USDA and by the Natural Resources Conservation Services" Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture Ann Mills said. "These new resources will make a real difference on the ground for the people of Arkansas and Missouri."
Additionally, the USDA Forest Service manages more than 1 million acres of federal forest land within the boundary of the Blueway, and is engaging in dozens of projects aimed at improving habitat within the watershed.
"We need you at the table — we need your input," Reichling told WRID group members sitting in front of him Tuesday.


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Ahead of the upcoming New York Auto Show, Fisker Automotive just released a teaser image of its new Nina plug-in hybrid. As you can see, there isn't really much to go off of. From what we can tell, the Nina seems to slightly resemble the Karma, albeit without such an elongated front end.
Other than a rough outline of the Nina's appearance, the only other nugget of information we have on Fisker's latest is that it will be about the size of a BMW 5 Series, and be powered by a four-cylinder BMW engine. There are also rumors going around that production on the Nina could begin as early as 2013. Although that is purely speculative at the moment, so we'll take that with a grain salt. We'll definitely learn more once the show approaches in a few weeks time.
While some eyebrows may raise at the idea of Fisker bringing another vehicle to production – seeing as how they have yet to fully sort out issues with the Karma – we think the Nina could be exactly what the automotive doctor has ordered. If all goes smoothly with the Nina, Fisker will not only be able to divert attention from all the negativity surrounding the Karma, but also reach out to a larger consumer base that, well you know, doesn't have $100,000+ laying around for a luxury hybrid sports sedan. Of course, that also depends on the company keeping its financial situation in order.
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The prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity among young U.S. children seems to be on the decline, according to government researchers.
In a study of almost 27 million children ages 2 to 4 living in low-income families, obesity prevalence fell slightly between 2003 and 2010, from 15.21% to 14.94%, after steadily increasing since 1998, Liping Pan, MD, MPH, of the CDC, and colleagues reported in a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The prevalence of extreme obesity -- having a body mass index (BMI) above 120% of the 95th percentile -- fell from 2.22% to 2.07% during that time.
This is the "first national study to show that the prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity among young U.S. children may have begun to decline," Pan and colleague wrote.
They noted that few studies have focused on extreme obesity because of its relatively low prevalence in national data, so Pan and colleagues looked at data from the Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System, on 26.7 million children in 30 states and Washington, D.C., who were eligible for federally funded maternal and child health and nutrition programs.
All had consistently reported height and weight between 1998 and 2010.
They measured obesity and extreme obesity; the former was defined as being above the 95th percentile for BMI for age and sex.
The researchers found that the prevalence of obesity rose from about 13% in 1998 to 15.21% in 2003, and extreme obesity rose from 1.75% to 2.22% during that time.
But that started to fall after 2003, with obesity prevalence dropping to 14.94% in 2010 and extreme obesity declining to 2.07% at that time.
Specifically with regard to extreme obesity, its prevalence increased overall and in all groups except Asians/Pacific Islanders between 1998 and 2003, they reported.
The greatest average annual increases were among 4-year-olds and non-Hispanic whites, they found. For instance, the prevalence among 4-year-olds was up from 2.4 in 1998 to 3.21 in 2003, and from 1.17 to 1.64 in whites during that time.
But extreme obesity fell between 2003 and 2010 overall and in all groups except American Indians/Alaska Natives (adjusted odds ratio 0.983), they found, with the greatest decreases among those ages 2 and under and among Asians/Pacific Islanders.
Study limitations included the lack of data from every U.S. state.
The results suggest "modest recent progress of obesity prevention among young children," Pan and colleagues concluded, but pointed out that that they still "may have important public health implications because of the lifelong health risks of obesity and extreme obesity in early childhood."
The researchers reported no conflicts of interest.
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Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference: Pan L, et al "Trends in the prevalence of extreme obesity among US preschool-aged children living in low-income families" JAMA 2012; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.108099.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — The University of Alabama appears to have no plans to modify its contentious grounds use policy following a public letter admonishing UA's protection of students' First Amendment rights and calling for change.
On July 1, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) posted a letter to their website addressed to UA President Judy Bonner on behalf of an abortion rights student group who say police ordered them to stop distributing flyers on campus during the spring semester.
The letter, originally sent in late May, requested comment from Bonner by mid-June. As of Friday, FIRE has received no response from the University, according to Peter Bonilla, the associate director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense Program .
A university spokeswoman did not directly answer a question regarding Bonner's intent to respond to the public letter. When asked if the university has any plans to modify the policy after a contentious semester, she said the grounds use policy was implemented in response to the size of the student body and therefore an increased demand for the use of campus grounds and facilities, but that the university regularly reviews the policy "to be sure that it continues to meet our needs."
According to the policy posted online at www.uafacilities.ua.edu, the policy was last revised in August 2010.
Though UA's grounds use policy was subject for debate following February's failed Harlem Shake event, when a student organizer was questioned and ticketed by police after amassing a crowd of hundreds to film a viral dance video, FIRE contacted UA students after members of the Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice were threatened with arrest while passing out flyers on the quad in April.
AASRJ was attempting to counter-protest Bama Students for Life anti-abortion photo display on April 10 when they were approached by police who ordered them to stop.
They attempted to apply for a grounds use permit that day, hoping to resume their activities on April 11, but the University said it would take days to process their request.
The fact that the university is not compelled to return a permit application within any defined time period has been a major sticking point in the debate.
A permit is not coordinated through one specific department and could possibly have to go through red tape with as many as nine separate entities.
Samaria Johnson, president of AASRJ, said the grounds use policy is not only confusing but not well communicated to students required to follow it.
On the UA Facilities page alone, there are two separate Grounds Use applications, a "Grounds Use Permit" form and a Student Events Grounds Use registration form. The second form redirects applicants to the Greek Affairs website, though it's not clear if it is for all student organization or strictly greek organizations.
There are also two separate documents on the Facilities site containing various rules and regulations which total 14 pages combined: Use of University Space, Facilities and Grounds Policy, and General Terms and Conditions for Grounds Use. There is another separate Grounds Use Policy entry in the Student Handbook.
Even Bama Students for Life, which received a permit and held their protest without incident, took issue with the application process. Following FIRE's publication, they tweeted support of AASRJ's First Amendment rights, despite their opposing views:
It took us nearly a MONTH to get Genocide Awareness Project approved. Glad FIRE is standing up for students' rights http://t.co/F6vZeOwJO6
— Bama Students 4 Life (@Pro_Life_Bama) July 1, 2013
Glad FIRE's standing up 4 AASRJ's rights. We always welcome dialogue; UA ordered students 2 desist @TheCrimsonWhite http://t.co/ydxtMmCk9B
— Bama Students 4 Life (@Pro_Life_Bama) July 1, 2013
Though Andreen said the university is able to provide a grounds use permit on "a quick turnaround, when an organization has an urgent need," AASRJ representatives don't believe this is the case.
Johnson suspects every grounds use permit is not treated equally.
"I don't at all doubt that the university's administration interferes with how grounds-use permits are processed," she said. "Politics is powerful. The University has a local and national reputation to consider, donors to appease, parents to please — a raging arguments on the quad between two groups with such a major cultural divide, no matter how civil it might be, doesn't exactly lend the university a brochure-read Kodak moment."
Though FIRE reached out to the group following the incident, Johnson said the AASRJ is still strongly considering contacting ACLU Alabama following the "permit debacle."
"The University has a history of ignoring student and organization complaints; any made by AASRJ, being publicly and unabashedly pro-choice, would have been quickly regulated to the trash bin without powerful backing," she said.
While Bonilla said FIRE will wait out the next few weeks to see how the administration responds to the issue, Johnson was less optimistic that changes will be made.
"…Without extreme pressure and national attention, the university will count on us to conveniently forget, if not forgive," she said. "No one expects us to turn to the ACLU or the media and speak out, because self-preservation is quite the incentive against an entity like the University of Alabama."
Bonilla said while grounds use policies are common and constitutional at universities around the country, the strict nature of many infringes on the rights of students
"A pretty common feature in a lot of these policies are the inflexible demands on the students who have to reserve a place a minimum number of days in advance, not allowing a more spontaneous event responding to unfolding news," Bonilla said. "It doesn't leave groups a lot of options when they only learned about the event 24 hours beforehand."
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Time and money are needed for a child to play sports. What happens when there is not enough of either? The amount of time required for a child to attend team practice, games, and home practice requirements can be stressful on an already full schedule. The financial commitment can be tough to manage on a tight budget.
Families who have children in school or local sports know that the cost can be high. Fees, travel, and the cost of private lessons if needed can reach upward of hundreds of dollars. Budgeting for these sports can be hard, especially for those that require full body protection.
Some sports, such as basketball or running, don't require anything but proper shoes and possibly a ball.Some sports, like baseball and soccer, require special shoes and only minimal safety gear. Other contact sports, such as hockey, lacrosse, or football require full body protection. The gear require for hockey includes skates, gloves, pads, hockey helmets, neck guards, sticks, and more. This list could run a price tag of a couple hundred dollars, and more if you add the team jersy and socks. The gear required for football and lacrosse is similar, although you may not use a football or hockey helmet when playing lacrosse, and vice-versa. Using anything other than a lacrosse helmet is illegal.


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BLBG: Japanese Notes Rise on Speculation Central Banks to Cut Rates
By Theresa Barraclough
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year government notes advanced by the most in more than two weeks on speculation central banks in Europe, Japan and the U.S. will cut interest rates this year to avert a global recession.
The notes completed a second week of gains as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday said policy makers discussed cutting interest rates on signs growth is ``weakening.'' The Bank of Japan pumped 800 billion ($7.6 billion) into the financial system today to free up capital.
``The theme is changing to the economic deterioration and expectations of an interest-rate cut,'' said Nobuto Yamazaki, executive fund manager at Diam Asset Management Co. Ltd. in Tokyo. ``As economies slow and inflation settles, it is natural to expect a reduction in borrowing costs by central banks.''
The yield on the 1.1 percent bond due September 2013 fell 6.5 basis points, the most since Sept. 16, to 0.98 percent as of 3:02 p.m. in Tokyo at Japan Bond Trading Co., the nation's largest interdealer debt broker. The price rose 0.307 yen to 100.566 yen. The yield has fallen 11.5 basis points this week.
Ten-year yields declined 7 basis points to 1.45 percent. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. Ten-year bond futures for December delivery gained 0.44 to 137.68 as of the afternoon close at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The yield on the 10-year German bund fell 6 basis points to 3.93 percent yesterday after the ECB kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25 percent. Its yield advantage over similar- maturity Japanese debt was at 2.41 percentage points yesterday, the lowest in 4 1/2 months.
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``There is an exceptionally high level of uncertainty'' stemming from the credit-market turmoil, and as a result, ``upside risks to price stability have diminished somewhat, but have not disappeared,'' Trichet said at a press briefing in Frankfurt after the ECB rate decision.
Speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will also lower borrowing costs increased after a government report showed first-time jobless claims rose to a seven-year high.
``Expectations of rate cuts in Europe and the U.S. will increase speculation of a coordinated effort that includes the BOJ,'' said Kazuhiko Sano, chief strategist in Tokyo at Nikko Citigroup Ltd., a Japanese unit of the world's biggest bank by assets.
Fund Injections
Japan's overnight call loan rate traded at 0.50 percent, from 0.46 percent before the BOJ operation, according to Tokyo Tanshi Co. The BOJ has poured more than 20 trillion yen into Japan's banking system over the past two weeks, the most in at least six years, amid the global credit freeze.
A shortage of dollar credit is forcing foreign banks to pay 0.73 percent for overnight loans in yen, while Japan's banks pay 0.44 percent. The BOJ's interest-rate target is 0.5 percent.
``The BOJ will have to continue injecting money into the market,'' said Yuuki Sakurai, general manager of financial and investment planning in Tokyo at Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co., which manages the equivalent of $54 billion in assets. ``There is a limit to what the BOJ can do, as a lot of investors are avoiding foreign banks at the moment.''
The central bank may lower its growth forecasts to zero for this fiscal year ending March, the Nikkei newspaper said yesterday, without citing sources. In July, the BOJ cut its growth forecast to 1.2 percent from 1.5 percent.
Stock Losses
A central bank survey this week showed Japan's manufacturers are the most pessimistic in five years. Other reports this week showed industrial production fell at the fastest pace in five years in August, household spending dropped for a sixth month and the jobless rate reached a two-year high.
There is a 30 percent chance the central bank will reduce its target rate to 0.25 percent by year-end, according to calculations by JPMorgan Chase & Co. using overnight swaps.
Bonds also gained as Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell below 11,000 for the first time in more than three years, boosting demand for the safe-haven of government debt.
``Weaker equities means you are left with government bonds,'' Fukoku's Sakurai said.
Benchmark bonds handed investors a return of about 1 percent in the three months ended Sept. 30, according to indexes compiled by Merrill Lynch & Co. The Nikkei lost 16 percent in the same period.
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In 1988, my most prized possession was a set of fluorescent markers. I eagerly colored everything I could get my hands on in shades of neon yellow and orange, bright blue and green, and in-your-face hot pink. This childhood obsession might help explain why I'm so excited to see neon colors coming back in a big way.
So the shades that dominated the 80s are back, but, fortunately, with a little more restraint this time around. Try adding just one neon object to a room of otherwise well-behaved shades. I love how just a tiny touch of these bright, bold colors can instantly make a room more lively and playful.
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The sophomore year of high school where all the jitters are gone from freshman year and you know you should be doing all your work but you just don't. Most students effected by sophomoritis drink and smoke the year away. Usually leads to junioritis cause we realized we fucked up. Sophomoristis, We'd fight for a cure but we're too immature.
by causeimcoollikethat April 17, 2006
The disease many Sophomores in high school are stricken with. Usually occurs once an individual has become accustomed to the routine of high school. Symptoms include laziness, the gradual discontinuation of homework being completed, elevated sociability, and a desire to partake in the use of drugs.
Shirley was a straight-A student last year, but she's not doing so well academically this year. I think she has a case of Sophomoritis.
by Maxamillion W. September 23, 2008
Inflammation of the sophomore's ego because they're no longer freshman.
"freshman suck!" ~sophomoritis
by jfsaoitlka August 04, 2011
A disease that affects a wide number of sophomores. Most common causes include their first Honors and AP classes, often including AP Biology and/or AP World History. Symptoms include increased complaining about arbitrary things like B's in English Honors, sleeping at 2 AM, poorer study habits, and increased social awareness--including the fact they "may be single for the rest of their life." It is not life-threatening and pales in comparison to Senioritis; however, people experiencing sophomoritis may be prone to extreme mood swings and bitchiness. Sophomoritis is often the precursor to the more serious Junioritis.
Sophomore: Dude. I have a C+ in AP World History right now. I think I'm going to get a 3.5.
Senior: Calm down. Sophomoritis is nothing; I'm literally failing all my classes and I might get rescinded from college.
Senior: Calm down. Sophomoritis is nothing; I'm literally failing all my classes and I might get rescinded from college.
by zeke87 May 06, 2013
A high school sophomore who is often led to be consumed by teenage drama, failing classes, and quite frankly not giving a damn. At this point in their high school career, people affected by Sophomoritis usually look down upon Freshman, and have let go of their feeling of being the underdog. More cocky than Freshman, but often leading to Junioritis during the following year.
"Joe asked Kristina out, and Mike says he's failing three of his classes. I'm not sure if I can stand all these freshman this year, and I really don't care anymore. It's Sophomoritis, and I don't want to hear any more of this!"
by RhiaLirin April 24, 2006
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Teddy Ryan Zeigenbein, 20, was charged with the class B felony of kidnapping for confining a woman without her consent for a substantial amount of time.
A 20-year-old Crocker man has been charged after being accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend early Saturday morning and holding her against her will for several hours.
Teddy Ryan Zeigenbein, 20, was charged with the class B felony of kidnapping for confining a woman without her consent for a substantial amount of time.
According to court documents, the victim told police that her relationship with Zeigenbein had ended on Tuesday, Aug. 19, but he continued to harass her through threatening text messages.
On Aug. 23, the victim agreed to speak with Zeigenbein outside her home to discuss his problems. She told police that when she sat inside his pickup truck to speak with him, he took off, and she did not have her shoes on or her cellphone with her.
Soon after leaving, the victim called her roommate from Zeigenbein's phone and requested that her friend call 911 because she believed "Teddy was trying to kill her," according to police documents.
The victim's roommate then called the police, who began searching for Zeigenbein's truck.
At around 2:38 a.m. Aug. 24, the victim's stepmother made contact with Zeigenbein and her stepdaughter. The victim told her stepmother that "Teddy was threatening to kill himself and refused to let her go."
The victim's mother also made contact with Zeigenbein several times throughout the night. At 3:36 a.m., Zeigenbein told the victim's mother that he would bring the victim home and wouldn't hurt her.
At 6:02 a.m. the victim told her mother that she was scared and asked Zeigenbein to let her out of the truck but he refused.
At 6:15 a.m. Phelps County sheriff's deputies located Zeigenbein and the victim in the Rolla area. Zeigenbein was arrested without incident.
The victim said Zeigenbein told her that he was going to die with her in the truck and that would make him happy. He further stated if she "tried" anything, he would put her in his truck and set fire to it.
The victim told police they ended up in Salem before she was able to convince him to travel back to Rolla.
Zeigenbein is currently being held in the Pulaski County Jail on a bond of $100,000.


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Going to be thinking on this.
Good gasp or bad gasp?
I can't believe I'm actually considering this, but this actually looks retardly fun.. if I get to be a villian... I'd like to throw my name in the hat for the spot... if you still want a male villian..
How many skill points per level?
I've done my own share of GMing and DMing.. so feel free to just whip up whatever you feel appropriate, and I'll rock npc all day.
Pondering if I should join.
Bad or good gasp?
How about items? Do we have a panoply or just mundane gear? I can imagine we won't get much more as time goes on...
Ok. I might make healer-type girl, but I'm still pondering joining.
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By Abby Schultz and JeeYeon Park, CNBC.com
Stocks closed broadly lower Wednesday amid sliding prices for precious metals and oil, and news of weakness in the U.S. economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 83.93 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 12,723.58, after edging into positive territory by less than a point at the end of a choppy session on Tuesday.
Among Dow components, Caterpillar, DuPont and General Electric fell, while Intel gained.
The S&P 500 fell 9.30 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 1,347.32, while the Nasdaq fell 13.39 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 2,828.23. The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, rose above 17.
Most key S&P 500 sectors sank, led by materials, energy and industrials.
Commodity prices fell amid concerns of an economic slowdown in India, China and the U.S., on news of weakness in the service sector and jobs.
Silver futures plunged below $40 an ounce, taking a breather from its rally in the last few weeks. Silver futures had skidded nearly 8 percent on Tuesday, as increased costs for trading futures pushed investors from the market. Gold futures fell more than 1.5 percent, dropping to below $1,515 an ounce.
The dollar hit a three-year low against a basket of currencies, as the euro gained to nearly $1.50.
And oil continued to trade lower. London Brent crude fell 1 percent to close at $121.19, while U.S. light crude fell 1.63 percent to $109.24.
Most oil giants declined across the board, including ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron.
The market is likely to be choppy in May through July, as it has been in past summers, but stocks should turn higher again before the end of the year, Jordan Kotick, global head of technical strategy at Barclays Capital, said on CNBC.
"We're at the highs for the last couple years. This is like the commodity markets, warning us that the market is going to step back for a bit, reassess," Kotick said. "That should give risk a reason to fade into May, June and July."
News that the service sector slowed in April triggered the broad downdraft in the market, which had hit multi-year highs in April, said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist and technical analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald.
"We had seen the pendulum swing since Monday in favor of the bears," Pado said. The weak data, including a slowdown in private sector jobs growth, provided "a nudge in the direction we were already going."
Long-term investors weren't all shaken by the day's downdraft. "The long-term trends in the markets are still favorable, still going up," said Mebane Faber, cofounder and portfolio manager at Cambria Investment Management.
Cambria runs an actively traded exchange-traded fund that invests in U.S. and global stocks as well as currencies, commodities, bonds and real estate. The fund is fully invested across all asset classes, although it is short the dollar in favor of foreign currencies, and has a "half weighting," in financials, because the long-term trends point lower.
The portfolio also continues to have a long-term investment in precious metals and energy, although they have scaled back in base metals and agriculture, Faber said.
In market news, Renren surged more than 40 percent on its first day of trading. The Chinese social network firm was priced at $14 a share, at the high end of expectations, before the market opened.
On the tech front, Apple traded flat. Before 11 a.m. ET, a single trade of 100 shares, executed at a sharply lower price, was cancelled, BATS Exchange confirmed.
And Intel gained after the company said it redesigned the electronic switches on its chips, known as transistors, to allow it to make the switches cheaper and faster.
In M&A, Ralcorp Holdings surged to new highs after news ConAgra Foods proposed to buy the Post brand cereals maker and other food products for $4.9 billion in cash. ConAgra, which owns Dennison's and Swiss Miss brands as well as commercial food products, also gained.
And Varian Semiconductor Equipment skyrocketed after news Applied Materials is buying the smartphone and solar equipment maker for $63 a share in cash.
The M&A activity failed to lift the semiconductor sector, however, as more than 50 percent of semiconductor stocks slid. The iShares PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund slipped.
Among the day's earnings, Kellogg fell after the cereal producer's earnings fell shy of expectations, while Time Warner slipped even after the entertainment conglomerate delivered better-than-expected results, thanks to a boost in advertising sales at the entertainment company's cable TV networks.
Meanwhile, Comcast and CBS traded higher after both media giants reported a rise in profit. CNBC is 51 percent owned by Comcast. Meanwhile, at least four brokerages raised their price targets on CBS.
Anheuser-Busch InBev fell even after the world's biggest brewer reported higher revenue and profit thanks to higher prices.
Electronic Arts, Transocean and Whole Foods are among companies scheduled to release earnings after-the-bell tonight.
GM was slated to post earnings before-the-bell Thursday.
April retail sales trends were mixed as signs emerged that rising gas prices were beginning to effect consumer behavior, according to the SpendingPulse report from Mastercard Advisors. Apparel sales rose 10.4 percent in April from a year ago, while e-commerce spending surged 19.2 percent last month from a year earlier.
More news on retail sales is expected when chain-store sales for April are released on Thursday. Analysts expect sales will show a boost Easter's late date.
Also on the IPO front, Dunkin Brands, owner of Dunkin Donuts and Baskin & Robbins, filed to launch an IPO of up to $400 million on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "DNKN."
Commodity trader Glencore set a price range of 480-580 pence per share for its initial public offering. The first day of trading in London will be May 19. The price range values the company at around $61 billion at the mid-point of the range.
Volume on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange was 4.5 billion shares, whlie 1.1 billion changed hands on the NYSE floor.
In the day's economic news, the Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing index fell to 52.8 in April from 57.3 in March. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected the index to remain essentially flat at 57.4.
The ADP Employment Report showed a gain of 179,000 jobs in April, down from a revised gain of 207,000 in March. The March gain was previously reported as 201,000. Economists surveyed by Reuters had expected a gain of 200,000.
And according to another reading of employment, Challenger, Gray & Christmas said employers planned to fire 12 percent fewer employees in April than they did in March, 5 percent fewer than a year ago. The number of job cuts at 36,490 is the lowest total of the year.
Investors are awaiting a key government labor market report due Friday, which is expected to show a rise in overall nonfarm payrolls of 186,000 in April and a gain of 200,000 in private payrolls, according to a Reuters survey.
Falling interest rates spurred a pickup in mortgage loan activity. The Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly index of mortgage loan and refinancing activity rose 4 percent in the week ended April 29.
In Europe, Portuguese bond yields fell after Portugal agreed a three-year 78-billion-euro ($116 billion) bailout with the EU and IMF.
European shares closed at a two-week low, as mining company stocks fell. The ECB meets Thursday, and is expected to keep rates on hold. The ECB raised rates in April.


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Ensembles a Treat on Family Dayby Steve Charles • November 2, 2010 Share:
Children sang a Banyoro-Batooro people's teaching song; woodwinds played Lennon and McCartney's "When I'm Sixty Four"; the brass chimed in with J.S. Bach's The Art of the Fugue while the jazz band played "Satin Doll." And, of course, there was the inevitable sea chanty.
In other words, something for everyone as the five Wabash College music ensembles capped off Family Day with rousing performances for an appreciative audience much larger than one ever would have expected on "trick-or-treat" night.
See photo albums from the evening here, here, and here.
In photo: Bryan Burzon '11 plays the apila for the Wamidan World Music Ensemble during Saturday night's Family Day Concert.


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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore is the only elite back in the 2013 draft, but because of his knee injury he's a wild card, said ESPN's Mel Kiper, Jr. on Tuesday.
Kiper, Jr., who has served as ESPN's draft analyst since 1984, said Lattimore's apparent decision to enter the 2013 NFL Draft makes sense because of the junior's current medical situation.
"He's had multiple injuries now in two successive years," said Kiper, Jr. "You can't afford a third. He probably figures now is the time to go into the NFL. He's already shown when he's healthy he's a great college back. There's nothing more he can do."
ESPN's Joe Schad and the Associated Press reported Monday that the state's 2010 Mr. Football has chosen to try his luck with the NFL instead of return to the Gamecocks. In the days after his horrific knee injury against Tennessee, Lattimore indicated his intention was to play at least one more season for the University of South Carolina.
"To go back and risk another injury at South Carolina doesn't really make a whole lot of sense when you think about it," Kiper Jr. said.
Kiper, Jr. said there are not a lot of teams looking for running backs this year, but he wasn't comfortable projecting the round in which Lattimore might be taken.
Lattimore's official announcement is expected later this week.
Kiper, Jr. said if Jadeveon Clowney was eligible for the NFL Draft this year he would be the number one overall draft pick. Clowney has already said he will only play one more season for the Gamecocks.
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PEORIA – For most of the last mile, Crystal Lake Central's Alex Baker and Glenbard South's John Wold ran stride-for-stride, neither allowing the other to gain any ground.
Finally, in the final 400 meters, Wold was able to shake Baker.
"I was dead at that point," Baker said. "He started to pull away and it kind of demoralized me. There were so many emotions."
Mainly, there was joy. Although Baker could not catch Wold, he beat everybody else to finish as Class 2A boys' runner-up at the IHSA Cross Country State Meet Saturday at Detweiller Park. It was the highest place for any boys' runner in Central's school history.
"It was fun," said Baker, who took fifth last year. "I came into this race with a lot of confidence."
Baker finished in 14:21, 5 seconds behind Wold. Prairie Ridge's Joe Cowlin (14:39) was close behind to take fourth place and seemed just as excited as Baker.
"Second and fourth for the [Fox Valley] Conference, that's right," Cowlin said to his teammates. He even ran with a slight hindrance when his left shoelace came untied 600 meters into the race.
"I had tightened it before the start," Cowlin said. "I was so scared the whole time my shoe was going to come off. This is the best race of my life."
In the boys Class 3A race later McHenry sophomore Jesse Reiser finished seventh. In Class 1A, Richmond-Burton's James Kaht was 19th to earn All-State honors and helped the Rockets to fifth place, their best team finish ever at state.
The places for Cowlin and Reiser also were the best in school history. Cowlin passed four runners in the final 800 meters to take fourth.
"That's what I've always been good at is closing hard," Cowlin said.
Central's Ryan Pitner was 23rd in Class 2A and the Tigers were fourth as a team with 182 points, missing a trophy by one spot. Chicago Jones Prep (85), Belvidere North (126) and Yorkville (129) were the top three teams.
"Teamwise, we ran awesome," Central coach Bill Eschman said. "That's about the best we could get."
Reiser, who has been impressive all season, did it again Saturday.
"Oh, yeah, that's my best race," he said. "At a mile and a half, I was surprised a little and I stuck with it. My goal was just to get All-State [top 25]. This is way better than what I thought I'd get. I feel honored to have a great team and coaches to help me through this."
R-B took advantage of dropping from Class 2A to 1A this year by qualifying as a team. The Rockets won the Lisle Sectional last week.
"I think we ran fine," R-B coach Keith Forth said. "There's a lot of good competition here. This is where you're supposed to turn it up a notch."
Kaht certainly did that in the last 800 meters, moving into the top 20.
"I'm pretty shocked," Kaht said. "In that last half mile I made my move and got as many guys as I could. I was really trying to figure out what place I was in, but you don't really think that much when you're out there, you just try and do it."


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Fallout 3 takes place after the nuclear holocaust that nearly wipes out civilization and leaves the world an irradiated mess. The vault, or fallout shelter, you are born in is Vault 101, situated in the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area. The premise of the game is that the Vault has been sealed for 200 years and now your father has opened the vault and escaped without a trace. The Overseer believes you are involved, so you must escape as well into the wasteland that was once our nation's capital. I find myself looking for landmarks since I am familiar with the streets of Washington DC.
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With both systems sporting a strong video card (HD4870x2) the results show the difference in the two systems are more than just skin deep. The new technology is just beating our testbed into the dirt.


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Featuring a sleek, thin-profile, this orange LED Light Panel from Porta-Trace / Gagne is a portable light box offering a viewing area of 6 x 9" for inspecting transparencies, film, and other translucent materials. A thick Plexiglas work surface is durable and also helps to evenly diffuse the light from the bright white LEDs for even, uniform lighting from edge to edge. Additionally, the aluminum alloy frame also contributes to the overall durability and is also lightweight to complement the thin, portable design.
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|Approx. 50,000 hours
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|Wall Mountable
|Anodized aluminum frame and plexiglas work area
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Removable AC adapter
100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
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22 Fast, Fresh Pasta Dishes for Weeknight Suppers
When it comes to weeknight cooking, pasta rules in our household. A hot dish of pasta, cooked up quickly, with a sprinkling of fresh cheese and herbs or a quick sausage sauce — it has all the fullness of a truly homecooked meal, with the ease of takeout. Here are twenty-two (yes, twenty-two!) pasta dishes from our archives that are fast, fresh, and just right for now.
Most of these are very quick, like eat in an hour sort of quick. Others take a little extra preparation, but if you roast squash or simmer a sauce the night before, it can feed you a couple meals during the week.
• 1 Pasta with Brown Butter and Fried Sage
• 2 Pasta with Mint Pesto, Peas and Ricotta Salata
• 3 Velvety Broccoli and Feta Pasta
• 4 Pasta alla Norma
• 5 Rich No-Cream Wild Mushroom Pasta Sauce
• 6 Orecchiette with Sausage and Kale
• 7 Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
• 8 3-Sausage Pasta Sauce
• 9 Pasta Carbonara
• 10 Anelletti Pasta with Sausage and Greens
• 11 Quick Lunch Pasta with Greens, Mushrooms and Meats
• 12 Italian Chicken Salad...Pasta
• 13 Roasted Garlic, Olive and Tomato Pasta Salad
• 14 Lemony Ricotta Pasta with Basil
• 15 Lemon Pepper Pasta with Capers
• 16 Pasta with Pesto
• 17 Basic Tomato Sauce (with Optional Zing!)
• 18 Pasta with Butternut Squash, Sage, and Pine Nuts
• 19 Greek Chicken Pasta with Olives and Feta
• 20 Spinach Pesto Pasta with Fresh Peas and Mushrooms
• 21 Ridiculously Quick Pasta al Pomodoro
• 22 Broccoli and Feta Pasta Salad
Originally published September 3, 2009.
Related: Twelve Steps To a Better Pasta Salad
(Images: See linked posts for image credits.)


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Go to a benefit, win a Mercedes? You could at Men for the Cure
There are raffles, and then there are raffles like the one to be held at the 12th anniversary Men for the Cure where the grand prize is a 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class.
Were you to buy one from, say, Mercedes-Benz of Littleton, it would set you back $135,000.
Odds of winning the luxury auto are decent. Only 1,000 chances will be sold, at $200 each.
The drawing will be held Oct. 16 during this annual fundraiser for the Diane O'Connor Thompson Breast Center at University of Colorado Hospital. The winner need not be present to win.


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about 27GB of the N900 internal flash memory are reserved for a VFAT (FAT32) partition which is mounted on /home/user/MyDocs and exported as USB mass storage.
The VFAT filesystem is an ancient, slow, inefficient (cluster size, bad for many small files) non-POSIX compatible (no symlinks, permissions etc) filesystem and only used for maximum compatibility when exporting it via USB mass storage.
It would be nice if it could be replaced by a ext3 or any another modern POSIX filesystem and merged with the /home partition so that all advantages of those file systems can be used.
This would remove the 2GB limit for the home partition and make a more standard Linux home directory layout possible (eliminating MyDocs, new directories Pictures, Documents etc. in the home directory).
For USB mass storage mode file system images with any file system (e.g. FAT32, ext3, NTFS, HFS+ depending on the users desktop OS) and arbitrary size could be stored on the partition and exported using loop devices.


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Benton man arrested in Little Rock for alleged indecent exposure
Little Rock police arrested a Benton man on Friday for an alleged indecent exposure incident, and he could be linked to more incidents.
Brandon Runion, 32, was charged with felony indecent exposure and traffic violations.
Sgt. Cassandra Davis said Runion was taken into custody in the 5300 block of Evergreen in the Hillcrest neighborhood, which is near Mount Saint Mary Academy.
Davis said Runion could be responsible for several indecent exposure incidents that have occurred in the area since May.
In at least one of those reported incidents, witnesses told police that a white man was exposing and touching himself inappropriately in front of children.
Lt. Terry Hastings previously told the media that the suspect was wearing a ski mask and driving a dark-colored Jeep.
Runion also reportedly has previous arrests for indecent exposure, authorities said.


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Markham Small Business Centre (MSBC) is an innovative public and private sector alliance providing a complete source of services and programs for Markham entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Funded by the City of Markham and the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, MSBC provides Markham's aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small businesses with high quality one-on-one management consulting, educational training, and the business resources needed to sustain their growth in today's competitive marketplace.
Poised and ready … we will help identify opportunities during and after your business start-up – and guide you through a step-by-step plan to communicate your business activities to your selected target market.
We produce results through partnerships. MSBC can assist you with sources of financing and provide you with links to relevant business information, marketing management and leadership skills.
At MSBC, we nurture opportunities through knowledge. We believe in goals and objectives, and focus on long-term results!


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A city man, armed with an aluminum baseball bat, severely beat a cat after it scratched his ex-girlfriend's 18-month-old granddaughter under the eye, police and family members said.
NEW BEDFORD — A city man, armed with an aluminum baseball bat, severely beat a cat after it scratched his ex-girlfriend's 18-month-old granddaughter under the eye, police and family members said.
Manuel Erinna, 55, of 50 Nye St. is being held at the Bristol County House of Correction, Dartmouth, on $1,500 cash bail, according to Bernard F. Sullivan, a spokesman for Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson and court records.
Erinna was arraigned on a charge of animal cruelty Monday in New Bedford District Court. He is scheduled to return to district court on July 15 for a pre-trial hearing.
Manny Maciel, the city's director of animal control, said one of the cat's eyes was removed during surgery on Tuesday because there was such extensive damage.
The cat, though, is expected to survive, he said. "Hopefully with surgery, she will do really well and we'll get her a new home," he said.
The ex-girlfriend, who does not want to be identified, said she was holding her granddaughter in her apartment and talking to Erinna on the phone about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Her granddaughter pulled the hair on the cat's back and the feline scratched the child under the eye, causing her to cry, she said.
Erinna heard the child crying over the phone and when he learned what happened said, "I'm going to take care of that cat," according to court documents.
A short time later, he arrived at the woman's apartment, carrying an aluminum baseball bat and again saying "I'm going to take care of that cat," court records show.
He shut the bedroom door, where the ex-girlfriend was with her granddaughter, and she could hear "banging" coming from the living room where Erinna and the cat were, court documents say.
When the woman emerged, she found the cat lying in the corner of the living room, bleeding from the head, according to police.
She said she signed over custody of the cat to the city's Animal Control Department after the incident.
She and her 16-year-old daughter said in an interview Tuesday that the cat's name is "Smudge" because the feline has a black dot on her nose. She was a house cat and she was about eight months old when they got her in 2010.
"She was like a person to us," she said. "The cat isn't used to children. It's a spoiled cat. She thinks she's human."
She said the cat actually belonged to her daughter, who also asked not to be identified.
The woman said she and Erinna broke up a few weeks ago but were on friendly terms until he beat the cat. "I'm disappointed. He needs to get some serious help," she said.
The cat will be going to Habitat for Cats, New Bedford, and hopefully will be adopted out "to a loving home," according to Maciel.
Donations can be made to the "Smudge Fund" at Hidden Brook Veterinary Services, 726A Dartmouth St., Dartmouth, which performed the surgery, to help with the costs.
Animal cruelty is a felony under Massachusetts law. Chapter 272, Section 77 of the state's criminal laws says the maximum penalty is either five years in state prison or 2 1/2 years in the House of Correction or a fine of $2,500 or both.


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"You're late!" I barked opening the door at 8.30pm.
The two young pretty girls standing there in the cold trembled, made as if to go away. "Sorry, sorry" they whimpered.
"All right then you can come in" I allowed grumpily, beckoning them in "we'll just have to put the table back. You've missed the first course"
"Don't worry about the first course, if you like" they said in their piping voices.Ross, Scottish Front of house, swivelled into the living room, carrying a 2 person table over the heads of the diners, plonking it down in front of the fire. The girls sat down obediently, coats still on, as table cloth, napkins, cutlery were gradually placed on the table. Two glasses of grog were dolled out.
"No. It's fine." I said with an air of martyrdom.
"Mum you can't talk to guests as if they are your children. It's not me coming in late after a night out."
I reacted with outrage "What does she look like?".
"I told you there was corkage beforehand. It was listed on the website. Plus it's not expensive".
The poor woman, taken aback, said "it wasn't me, it was her" pointing to her companion.
Who then said "It is expensive".
"NO IT ISN'T' I insisted "plus if you thought it was, why did you book?" I finished with triumphant logic.
What would be a typical Georgian meal?
If you were going out to a pub or inn during the day, they served a thing called 'the ordinary', which was the hot dish of the day, or it would have meant cold meats and cheese on a sideboard, with a small salad selection.
If you ate in, it would be common to have a soup or a fish course, even it was just a couple of grilled or pickled herring/oysters, followed by dressed meat of some description or a pie served hot. It was good drills to have at least one salad and a crisply cooked green vegetable. Not so different to us now really. Portions weren't enormous, so when you see loads of different dishes on a table, it doesn't mean it amounted to gargantuan amounts of food. I can PDF you Hannah Glasse's Art of Cookery if you like. @msmarmitelover


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A surprise popped up in the iTunes Store Friday: an iPhone version of Microsoft Office.
The app has its limitations. It's free to download but only works for those who subscribe to Microsoft's Office 365 service, which costs $10 per month or $100 per year. It isn't meant for the iPad, whose larger screen would make it easier to work with documents. And it only works with the three core programs of Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
But it is Office. And it's on the iPhone. That counts for a lot.
Users can edit existing documents started on other screens from Word, Excel and PowerPoint using the app, making it easier to incorporate last-minute changes and suggestions into shared meeting materials that everyone on a team can see.
Users can also make new Word and Excel files from their phones, which is particularly convenient for those times when you want to get a thought or figure down, but don't have a laptop handy.
Because the app works with Office 365's cloud capabilities, the changes you make on your phone will show up across all your devices. So the next time you pick up the document on your laptop or desktop, it should reflect all the tweaks you made on the go.
The app comes after long speculation over whether Microsoft would come up with a way to run its essential software suite on smartphones from competitors. Office is one of Microsoft's most important and iconic products and has been a major selling point for Microsoft's Windows Phones and tablets running Windows RT and Windows 8.
But adding iOS support gives Microsoft the opportunity to reach a much wider audience in the smartphone market and sell more of the subscriptions it's pushing for the wider Office suite.
For consumers, it's certainly a plus. To this point, most of the Office alternatives that have popped up to fill a demand for productivity software on the iPhone are, by and large, not as stable, feature-rich or easy to share with others as Microsoft's files.
That's not to say that there isn't some competition. Google, which has challenged Office with its flexible and portable Google Docs suite, has a Drive app for the phone that also lets users make new word-processing documents or spreadsheets from the iPhone. Users can also upload photos or videos using the app, and edit a wider range of Drive documents.
And Apple announced earlier this week that it's adapting its iWork suite for iCloud, providing a more competitive product to take on Office 365. The additions mean that Apple's productivity software will give users a way to work with Pages, Numbers and Keynote files on the Web. Those files will also be Office-compatible, the company said.
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Carly Kontra
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SILC Alumni Member (Former SILC Graduate Student Member, University of Chicago; Human Performance Lab) and member of our Spatial Network.
Currently, Research & Analytics Senior Associate with Medallia, Palo Alto, CA.
Dr. Kontra worked with Dr. Sian Beilock at the University of Chicago and was involved with the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC). She investigated the behavioral and neural consequences for sensory and motor experience and explored the cognitive science applications in education.