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I donno why some guys take pride in vouching support to a foreign country.. To give you an actual heads on.. this is regarding the India- Australia match. I appreciate if it just stops with supporting Australia on the sport front, but if ppl start saying that Australia is a better place to live and kinds.. and tell Indian supporters that India is a worst place to live in the world and things like that! I just cant tolerate.. I don�t know why these guys assume themselves to be the citizens of Australia! and fanatically vouch for it.. Guys may be India is not that good place to live, when compared to that of Australia, but this is the place where we Live, I am really proud about my country and my people. May be if a foreigner states that India is not that good place to live in, then I can tolerate, but if an Indian says this, I just cant.
Guys, (who assume yourself to be the citizens of Australia or US or UK , I am referring to Indians who tries to act smart and behave as if they are from a foreign country), don�t you think by uttering such untamed remark are you not insulting yourself?? I just cant understand your motive behind this! Are you so stupid to insult yourself?
If you feel you don�t belong to this country then why are you still in here! Get out and get lost! We Indians know what our country means to us.
I am sorry if this hurts any of you, but cant stop from blogging this.
This is strange...can you figure it out?
Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD!
* Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
* There's no trick or surprise.
* Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time
and as quickly as you can!
* Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of
them ... really.
OK Here is the test.......
1. Think of a number from 1 to 10
2. Now, multiply that number by 9
3. If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together
4. Now subtract 5 from the result.
5. Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you
ended up with
(for example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.)
6. Think of a country that starts with that letter
7. Remember the last letter of the name of that country
8. Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter
9. Remember the last letter in the name of that animal
10. Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter
are you thinking of this ??
Select the text using your mouse from here tiil the end of this blog..
Are you thingking of....
Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmarkeating an Orange?
I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're among the 2% of the population
whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people
will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise.
From an Ant�s Perspective!
I get locked in questions like how will the humans look like in the other creatures eyes. Do we look like huge monsters that wanders, killing these small insects and animals. Are we the dinosaurs for them! We mercilessly stamp on them and kill em! How do we look like from their eyes! But how cud they are calm when such a huge demon comes near it and watching it??
Do we reside on a sub-atomic particle called Earth?
Don�t you feel a striking similarity between how atoms and our universe are positioned! Atoms have lotsa electrons and in our solar system we have planets..
Like we examine atoms and study abt it. Does some one who has such a huge stature that even our solar system is just atom like structures are examining us?
What are we doing here. Whatz the destiny? Are we true? How do we prove?
Am I sounding crazy.. Sorry abt this guyz..
Interesting stuff.. Just came across the mirror.sytes.org .. Just type in http://aravinthan.blogdrive.com.mirror.sytes.org and see what happens..
Very interesting isnt it.. If your site needs to be mirrored :) just type in your site name and append .mirror.sytes.org and enjoy the fun J
Its bin a long time since I played table tennis (TT). Last time I played was in Vijay�s house about 2years back, if I am rite. After that, I played TT in my office only yesterday. It was really refreshing. I started to enjoy playing it again. Yesterday, since I was playing after a lonnggg GAP of more than 3years, just played all possible strokes! We are planning to play it daily.
It all began when we (myself and my PL) were discussing on playing TT. We planned to play it on last Saturday, actually I was fully prepared to play on Saturday and we came to office at around 10.00 to play TT. Our plan was to play from 10.00AM to 1.00pm in the afternoon and then go home and retire. But all our plans to play went in vain, due to a scheduled dance rehearsals that was carried out in the same place.. So we returned back to our desks disappointed. Did some pending work and went home to watch the India-Australia match..
Which again was a gr8 disappointment!
So when we came yesterday to office, we had even stronger resolve to play TT!
We decided to play TT at around 8.00pm;). SO when the time struck 8.00, we went running to setup the board and started playing TT.
We played till around 9.00pm then two other guys came and joined us to play doubles. I was in a very fierce and aggressive mood. Poor guys, I literally went for all shots possible and landed most of them into the table too J. Hope fully they don�t take those smashes as my actual quality! I generally don�t do it though! Since it was after a long time, I played like that.
It was a good feeling playing TT after a long time..
And one good newz is my best friend Vijay is coming down to Chennai in Dec, we are also planning to play TT!! Awaiting him to come over here and we shall relish playing TT together!
Do you play Table tennis?
It was pretty tightly scheduled day yesterday (28th October 2003) and was pretty busy. I was working and got a call from my mom..� Aravinth.. its already 9.15PM where are you??�..Me still in office! Uh.. My chappatis are waiting for me.. is the news that I heard from my mom..
As its already pretty late.. started from my office.. (I reside approx 22km from my office.. and it normally takes 45mins for me to travel back � due to bad roads and traffic)..
So reached home at 10.15pm! And all were asleep!..
So I took the chappatis from the kitchen, took the palak and started to have my dinner!
I Didn�t want my mom to wake up.. so I replaced these utensils without any noise.. J (See how goody guy I am)..
When I was almost about to retire to my bed.. My mom woke up! And enquired abt the dinner..! How caring she is! I just love my mom to the core! Its all natural.. anyone would love their mom!
As a daily routine She went to check if everything is okey in the kitchen.. (I usually forget to keep the milk in the fridge .. etc.. etc!)..
I was feeling bit thirsty and wanted some water, since she has gone to kitchen . I thought I would ask her to get me some water.. but as she hasn�t returned back.. I thought I would close my eyes for some minutes,as my eyes were actually tired.. (due to the continuous work and stare at the monitor!)
After a few minutes, I opened my eyes! I thought that I should not disturb her .. rather I go myself and get the water.. so went to the kitchen and took some water.. !
While returning back.. I saw the time ! how is this possible.. its already 5 in the morning! I cant believe this..! What has happened.. Did I Sleep like that.. !
I am usually pretty sensitive to sounds and I wake up for even small chirps.. but today.. how could I sleep like this! The worst part is my mind hasn�t got any rest. I still feel that I didn�t have my quota of sleep! I feel as if its only some 30mins of sleep that I had slept!
I want to fill my quota of 7hrs of sleep! But its already time to get up!
Now I am at office� still yearning for my rest 6.5 hours of sleep..! Still missing it!
Do you have similar experience??
if u were born on the 1st,10th,19th,28th of any month you are Number One...You are Smart, straight talking, Funny, stubborn, hardworking, Honest, jealous on competing basis, Kind hearted, Angry, friendly, authorities, Famous Person.. always want to be and regarded as First on pol position, they are often like to be independent, will never be under others, self confident people! you are most likely to fall in love in the younger age, but will get marry when you mature! you are likely to have problems with people who have opposite views and you are most likely to take revenge over your enemies in a long time basis. you are a spender, but you will have a good profession in the future, if you are guy you will be very popular that everybody will have mental attraction n respect at you, you can go anywhere from the local shop to the heart of the parliament so because you are positive and well talented in numerous issues!! but make sure in your life you will always have some people who will work hard to bring you & your name down this is undercover!! coz of your smart behavior you will be hated by some people too.. your family life is very cool, you will have a very nice partner & wonderful children...You are Pioneer, Independent & Original
Your best match is 4,6,8
good match is 3,5,7
If you were born on the 2nd,11th,20th,29th of any month then you are number 2..no matter what you will be loved by every one coz your ruler is the Moon and every one loves the Moon Huh!!
well.. you are a person who Day dream a lot, you have Very low-self confidence, you need back up for every move in your life, you are very much unpredictable means you do change according to time and circumstances, kind a selfish, have a very strong sense of musical, artistic talent, verbal communication, your attitudes are like the Moon comes to Gloom and fade away so everybody can expect changes in you, you can be a Next Mahatma Gandhi who is peace loving or you can be a Hitler who wants to destroy the Man kind and peace I mean in the community and your own Home. If you really have a deep thought about your own believe in God you can feel the difference which will make you stronger! most of the time your words are a kind of would be happening True! so without any knowledge you can predict the situation.. You will become Poets, writers, any artistic business people! You are not strong in Love, so you will be there and here till you get marry.. if u r a girl you will be a responsible woman in the whole family, if u r a man you will involve in fights & arguments in the family. or Vice-Versa means you will sacrifice your Life for the Goodness Sake of your Family.., You are Gentle ,Intuitive, with a broad vision, a Power behind the scenes, Well balanced People!!!
Your best match is 2 ,5 ,9
no other people can put up with you!!!
If you were born on the 3rd,12th,21st,30th of any month then you are number 3..you are a person of hard hearted, selfish most of the times, religious, loves to climb up in your life, you always tend to have lots of problems within your family in the early stages but you will put up with everything.. you have the strong word power, pretty happy face.. so wherever you go always you have got what you wanted!!! and from the birth always wanted to work hard in order to achieve something.. you will not get anything without handwork! when you become a Man/Woman age you want other younger once to listen to you, because you want younger people to Respect people older than them.. you do set so many examples to others!. generally you are not a cool person. its not easy thing dealing with you.. a tough player you are! but once you like someone's attitude then here you go, what can I say? it will be a lasting friendship. you always have respect from others
your life seems to have lots of worries and problems but sure they wont be long.. you will always have brilliant Kids!!! you love the money a bit too much so temptation will push you to endless trying and trying.. if you are a guy then its over looking after your family helping friends, so you will spend a life time just being generous and kind (except 21st born Men). and Number 3s .you will be such an example of how to be in the culture & Life!!! if you are girl then its your good character and culture & hardworking attitude you always follow..
You are a Freedom Lover, Creative, Ambition focused who brings Beauty ,Hope & Joy to this world!!!
your best match 6 ,9
Good match 1 ,3 ,5
If you were born on the 4th,13th,22nd,31st of any month then you are Number 4...you are very stubborn too, very hard working but unlucky in important matters in life, very cool, helpful, you have rough word power.. might put lots of people away from you, you may cause nuisance to others if you are a man, you often understands others well. n. their problems, if you are a girl you are very good with studies and Arts, if you are guy you spend most of the time after girl friends (almost) at times, you will have sort of too much fun life with mates&Girls your friends will spend your time & money and get away with their life and you will become empty handed and don't know what to do.. so be careful!! you love to spend anyway!!! your good will is you are always there to help family and friends.. tell you what you people are little Gems. specially the Girls.. you always fall in love in younger age as well.. often you people live with disappointments, for an eg- say you have got a degree in some thing.. but you will be unemployed.. or will do very ordinary jobs, but you will take care of your family very well.. all you need to be careful of people who will take advantage of your Kind heart!!! and beware of your relations too.. You are Practical, patient, Persistent, a bit old-fashioned, You live with Foundation & Order!!!
Your best Match 1 , 8
Good match 5 ,6 , 7
If you were born on the 5th,14th,23rd of any month then you are number 5..well forward you are very popular within the community, you can get things done by just chatting.. to even Enemies! you have a pretty good business mind, you are often have no-idea what is today is like, or tomorrow is like, you are a person who does anything when your head thinks lets do this!!! you will be famous if you open up a business, get involve in share dealings, music etc.. very popular with sense of humor ,you are the one your friends and families will always ask for help, and you are the one actually get money on credit and help your friends!! you will have more than 1 relationship, but when u get settle down you will be a bit selfish anyway, coz your other half will have a pretty good amount of control in you, be careful you tend to go for other relationships/contacts even you are married at times. coz your popularity.. you are some one who get along with anyone. coz the number 5 is the middle number..
Changes & Freedom Lovers you are! You are a Explorer with Magic on your face, You learn your life through experience and its your Best Teacher!!!
Your best match 1 ,2 ,9
Good match 6 ,8
If you were born on the 6th,15th,24th of any month then you are number 6..ooopppss.. you are born to enjoy.. you don't care about others I mean you are always want to enjoy your life time, you are a person.. You will be very good in either education or work wise or business management! you r Talented, kind (but with only people who you think are nice), very beautiful girls and guys..,popular.. and more than Lucky with anything in their Lives.. all the goodness does comes with you., there mind, and body is just made perfect for love...they are lovable by any other numbers, but If you are a number 6 man.. you will experience kinda looks from most girls and will involve in more than few relationships until you get marry!!! if you are girl.. well most of them will get marry/engage early.. you are caring towards your family & friends .if you miss the half-way mark then you are about to suffer physically and mentally..
Generally.. you will lead a very good inner-home Happiness with Nothing short of.. You are a person of Compassion, Comfort & Fairness, Domestic responsibility, Good judgment, and after all you can Heal this worlds Wounds to make Peace for ever Lives coz you have the Great power of caring Talent to make this world of love one step further...
Your best match 1,6,9
Good match 4 ,5
O.k.. If you were born on the 7th,16th,25th of any month then you are number 7 straightaway.. you have got the attraction to anyone out there, you are realistic, very confident, happy, such a Talented individual with your Education, Music, Arts, Singing, and most importantly Acting too.. you have real problems with bad temper!! if you are girl you are popular with the subjects listed above, you give up things for your parents, I mean you value your family status a lot, you will be in the top rank when you reach a certain age! if you are a guy you are popular with Girls, you are a very talented too! most of the number 7 s face lots of problems with their marriage life.. only a very few are happy!! when everything's there in their life.. but still always number 7s have some sort of un-fluffiness, such worries all their lifetime! its probably the Lord given you allsorts of over the standard Humans talents and you are about to suffer in family life.. so you need to get ready looking for a partner rather than waiting.. if you don't then you might end-up single!!! so take cares with this issue.. o. k
You are a wonderful ,Friendly, Artistic ,Happy person.. you are born to contribute lot to this world!!!
Your best match is 2
Good matches are 1,4
If you were born on the 8th,17th,26th of any month then you are number 8..You are a very strong personality, there's no one out there will understand you, you are very good at pointing your finger at some thing and say this is what!!! you are more likely to suffer from the early ages..poverty, if your times are not good you might lose either of your parent and end up looking after your entire family, you often suffer all the way in life.. the problems will not allow you to study further, but you will learn the life in a very practical way!!! you are the one will fight for Justice and may Die in the war too.!!! you are normally very reserved with handful of friends and most of the time live life lonely,, and always prepared to help Those, well.. once you get marry (which is often late) then your bad lucks will go away a bit, then you become safe.. beware of un-expected problems from the terror, government, Poisonous animals & accidents.. You are some one with Great Discipline, Persistence, Courage, Strength which will take you to the Success! You are a Great part of a team, Family a Fighter!!!
Your Best match 1 ,4 ,8
Good match 5
If you were born on the 9th,18th,27th of any month then you are number 9..Hey.. you guys are the un-compatible people in the world, you are so strong, physically and mentally.. you are often have big-aims.. you will work hard and hard to get there, normally you suffer in the early age from family problems and generally you will have fighting life.. but when you achieve what you have done, its always a big-Task you have done!! you are so much respected in the community, you are a person who can make a challenge and successfully finish the matter off.. you are very naughty in your younger age often beaten up by your parents.. and involve in fights and you seemed to have lots of injuries in your life time, but when u grow you become calm and macho type!!! tell you what Love is not a easy matter for you.. you are good in engineering or banking jobs.. coz people always trust you! your family life is very good, but will have worries over your children.. Your such qualities are Humanitarian, Patient, very Wise & Compassionate, You are Born to achieve targets and serve every one all equally without any prejudice! You are totally a Role Model to anybody in the world for a Great Inspiration!!!
Your Best match 3,5,6,9
Good match 2
Hey.. at short notice.. its kinda tough.. and you couldn�t prepare.. I was intimated just one day b4 that I need to take a training session to some freshers at HCLT!
Its all about UML- from requirement analysis, to Designing..
The problem is .. I had pretty busy schedule and I know that I wouldn�t be able to concentrate on this presentationJ As my HR promised me that the target audience are freshers.. I am quite okey with it.. I don�t mean freshers are that easy to do with, my only concern is if there are some UML expers among the audience.. I know I would be done with it J ! Uh� I have already forgot lotsa terminology in UML.. its been more than 6months that I took a session! As I have to make some project release to my client last week it was kinda tough..
So the next day I checked the schedule for the training� wow mam. Its mentioned its only on this Friday.. which means I have one more extra day.. thought my HR is very kind to me.. so didn�t care abt the presentation and thought I shall start on the evening of Thursday(today 16th Oct 2003). So started to concentrate on my project and stuff�
You know.. I kinda wrote some new recursive algo for some undefined tree searching J was proud at the end of finishing the algorithm. Started to implement..in c#, the language I have just started loving. I was deep into the monitor.. carving out my code .. then at about 11.30AM suddently a new pop came! It was a mail alert. The from address told me its from my HR.. thatz okey.. then the subject virtually devastated me.. it was a reminder mail ..the subject went similar to this.. �Reminder for the UML presentation held today at 3.00pm in Platinum Conference room�!!!!! whaaaaatttzzzzzz.. that!
I quickly checked with my HR to find that the program was not advanced and I mistook the date to Friday..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my God save meJ.. Poor me.. Poor me�
So started hurriedly preparing for the presentation.. Thank God ..i didn�t forget some concepts of Uml.. but other than that � almost most of them have already drained out of my mind�.. might be due to this unplanned event (No fault of HR anyway. Its all my mistake to read the mail wrong)!
Scanned my hard-disk for any of my previous presentations on UML..
The search was pretty slow today,� I have a feeling suddenly that the time is biking at 100kmph and all my work is progressing at a mere 15kmph! Hmmm.. got it atalst.. there is one presentation on UML that I have given previously. So took it and started to scroll thru it.. !
Did I prepare the presentation ??? I couldn�t attribute the examples inscribed in it�.. I knew I composed the presentation long back.. the problem with me is I tend to forget things J Though my only advantage is I can grasp new things fast� but I forget at the same speed..
I went thru the 90 odd slide presentation to understand what I have written first� then started absorbing/ refreshing the concepts.. One more glance of the presentation would give me the confidence�. So went to the first slide to plan for a different presentation and flow of my session.. then a new alert came from my outlook J Its time.. snooze 5mins b4 the schedule?? Looked at my watch to find its 2.45pm J cool buddy.. still 15mins left.. so went thru the presentation again.. and was pretty confident J
It was almost 2.55 .. I started to the conference room and reached there at 3.00pm to start.. ! The guy who took the previous session has switched off the projector.. Today nothing seems to go for me.. I tried to switch it on.. but each time I press the power button in the remote.. it seems as if I have switched it off!! No lights coming out of it�.
So as I couldn�t do much with , I just looked upon the audience for help�.. eeeeeekkkkkkk.. what am I seeing @#$$@@ where are the freshers????????????
Oh.. I could spot one gal pretty young.. could be a frsher or some 3+yrs exp! But the rest of the ppl.. I know definitely there are not freshers!! GOD help meeeeee� plzzzzz
I already knew am gonna spoil my reputation J And its never possible for ppl with such experience to be ignorant of UML.. So I am already feeling dead..
Now I told myself.. look my dear aravinth.. its part of life.. its just another good situation to tackle.. lemme take it that way J told myself to take the challenge on its face..
After such a revelation abt life in that flash momement.. I got so much confidance in me that I started with a bang..
SO I started my presentation and it was real interactive session. I even organized some �dumb chariots� kinda stuff in the session, I asked one person to act out �Sun� and asked ppl to guess it.. each of them guessed a different answer. This I used that to emphasis on the need to have good communication / standard. AS the communication is the key to pass on the design/requirements.. it has to be properly communicated to at various stages in the organization. This illustration is to emphasis that a standard like UML is used to help bridge the communication lag .. so that different ppl can interpret the same design in the same way intended by the architect who designed it..
Ppl were kinda impressed with my approach to UML.. it all went well.. until the last 10mins.. One of the project managers sitting there started asking me about the sequence diagrams in detail.... you know ..I started to answer his question� and there was no response from my brain .. the stimuli for sequence diagrams seems to be corrupted! And my brain would have done some garbage collection on those affected part of my memory.. clearing all sequence diagram related stuff from my brain!!!!!
.. I knew that I am doing a spoil sport at the fag end..! but some how managed to answer his questions� luckily my logical reasoning skills which were still part of my brain.. helped in answering his queries..
Then showed my last slide of �Thank you� and packed back sharing my presentation and case study to them.
But even now am feeling pretty bad for the last 10mins.. I know that I wasn�t answering them properly due to lack of preparedness.. whatever excuse that I can give for those last 10mins.. I still feel bad.. I am not supposed to give them some �may be answers�.. thatz not the way I am supposed to be atleast.. This was totally not the way I used to be.. !
I was feeling very bad abt it.. but now kinda okey.. you cant be always successful in what ever you do.. rite..
Any way its part of life.. lemme take it in the same sense.. J
If you have read till this line.. then I can infer two things abt you..
1)you like the way I write J ..
2)we might gel as good friends..
why don�t ya mail me what you feel..
to email@example.com and also put your comments..
I felt this story below is pretty interesting to sahre it with all of you :) Read on..
An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to
spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work.
His only son, who would have helped him, was in
The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned
his situation:
Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks
like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this
year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your
mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting
too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were
here, all my troubles would be over. I know you
would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.
Love, Dad
Shortly, the old man received this telegram:
"For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!!
That's where I buried the GUNS!!"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and
local police officers showed up and dug up the entire
garden without finding any guns. Confused, the
old man wrote another note to his son telling him what
happened, and asked him what to do next. His son's
reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.
It's the best I could do for you from here.
Moral of the Story:
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NICEVILLE � Several North Okaloosa residents are among Northwest Florida State College's 522 fall graduates.
NICEVILLE � Several North Okaloosa residents are among Northwest Florida State College's 522 fall graduates.
This graduates list appears in the March 8, 2014 Crestview News Bulletin. Pick up a copy at these locations>>
The levels of recognition for students enrolled in baccalaureate and associate degree programs include Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Cum Laude.
Recognition levels for students enrolled in Career and Technical, Vocational, College Credit or Applied Technology Diploma programs include Highest Honors, High Honors and Honors.
Earning Summa Cum Laude, a 4.0 grade point average, are:
Associate in Science: Tammy Ann Albers, Crestview.
Associate in Arts: Ishshah Hazel Consuelo Bell, Crestview.
Earning Magna Cum Laude, a 3.80-3.99 grade point average, are:
Associate in Science: Teresa F. Benthal, Crestview.
Associate in Arts Degree: Alisha Faye Gennaro, Crestview.
Earning Cum Laude, a 3.50-3.79 grade point average, are:
Bachelor of Applied Science: Katerina P. Huff and Francis Philip LoCicero, Crestview.
Associate in Applied Science: Rachael R. Collazo, Crestview.
Bachelor of Science: Rebekah Ann Marrero, Crestview.
Associate in Science: Sondra M. Cuayo and Sharie Lucas, Crestview.
Associate in Arts: Katie Marie Towe, Baker; Nicholas Gregory Allen, Tara Shelby Brady, Amanda Marie Gonzalez, Tolly Ray Lawhern, William Guy Mavity Jr., Amanda Elizabeth Wahl and Jennah White, Crestview.
Earning Highest Honors, a 4.0 grade point average, are:
Vocational Certificate: Kayleigh Samantha George, Crestview.
Graduates earning High Honors, a grade point average of 3.8 to 3.99, are
Technical Certificate: Sara J. Vazquez, Crestview.
Vocational Certificate: Cody J. Bahler, Crestview.
Earning Honors, a 3.5 to 3.79 grade point average, are:
Technical Certificate: Connie G. Collins, Sharon Denene Harris-Davis, and Craig Scott Ness, Crestview.
Vocational Certificate: James Brunson, Stephen M. Sipher, Baker; Patricia Saucedo-Giese Hipwell, Nicole Mojica, Keng Singletary, and Zachery Lucan Wyatt, Crestview.
Students who successfully completed degree or certificate requirements include:
Bachelor of Applied Science: Jillian Ashely Barton, James Wesley Puckett, Baker; Jared F. Armstrong, Nathan Everett Bell, Mikel M. Currie, Darren Randy Faircloth, Susan Elaine Hagood, Oliver Lee Jordan, Erin Keith, Katiana Morales, Travis Kane Sartele, Brenda Lee Schindler, Warren Carter Singleton,
Crestview; Charles Kenneth Franklin, and Deidre Ann Harrison, Laurel Hill.
Associate in Applied Science: Jillian Ashley Barton, James Wesley Puckett, Baker; Darren Randy Faircloth, Susan Elaine Hagood, Hannah Leigh Hensley, Brittany Linda Mcvey, Craig Scott Ness, James Pepper, Brenda Lee Schindler, Tammy A. Thompson, Scott Edward Williams, Crestview; and Charles Kenneth Franklin, Laurel Hill.
Bachelor of Science: Autumn M. Ball, Baker; Kayla M. Tillman, Crestview; and Loren Folkerts Fowler, Laurel Hill.
Associate in Science: Matthew M. Constable, Baker; Brandy Nicole Barger, Johnny Joseph Cervantes, Jennifer Jane Harden, Rose Leno, Tanya M. Simon, Crestview; and David Scott Hatfield, Laurel Hill.
Associate in Arts: Promise Ann Carr, Jessica M. Geohagan, Tiffany Anne Mathews, Christopher A. Nixon, Kaitlyn Rickmon, Rebecca/Samantha Smart, Baker; Joshua Bokern, Jasper Dave Cabigas, Cory Joseph Gautreaux Carte, Rachel Casillas, Johnny Joseph Cervantes, Sean Phillip Chaloupka, Wesley Cope, Cassandra Lee Davis, Patricia Lee Duncan, Michelle Eubanks, Mark Anthony Forbes Jr., Amelia Frost, Valeria Sabina Gamboa, Tonya J. Gandy, Elpidtha Maria Gibson, Pamela Hayley Gilmore, Ashley E. Grice, Omar Hammad, Matthew D. Harms, Miya Shahzad Hayward-Barber, Katerina P. Huff, Jessica A. Lancaster, Kevin C. Lewis, Christopher A. Missler, Selyna Evalyn Moczary, Katiana Morales, Miranda Jeanne Sasser, Robert Shimmel, Warren Carter Singleton, Beatriz E. Smith, Jessica E. Teasedale, Antoine Tillman, Andrea Leigh Vida, Natalia Miyoko Wakayama, Crestview; Carrie L. Dunning, Holt; Thomas Michael Andrews, Jr., Mercedes Jones and Laurel Hill.
Applied Technology Diploma: Terri Y. Goodson and Christie Leigh Spikes, Crestview.
Technical Certificate: Julia Hudson, Baker; Colby S. Cook, Alexandra Gatten Echols, DeAngelo DeShun Gilliam, Kizzie Felicia Martin Coleman, Craig Scott Ness, Roger Dale Riley III, Anthony Joseph Romero, Christopher Duane Sapp, Amanda Elizabeth Wahl and Gina Lynn Wetzel, Crestview.
Vocational Certificate: James Pepper, Case Pratt, Thomas Jeffrey Salka, Crestview; and Michael A. Reahl, Laurel Hill.

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In yet another example of outright barbarism, a Pakistani mob wants to set an 11 year old girl, who may have Downs syndrome, on fire for blasphemy for using pages of the Quran to start a fire for cooking — along with Christians in the area. Since the girl is illiterate, she had no way of even knowing they were from the Quran.
An 11-year-old Christian girl has been arrested after being accused of blasphemy by burning pages of the Quran in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
According to a statement released by the president's office Sunday, the girl, identified as Ramsha, was accused by a local resident of burning pages of the Muslim holy text after she gathered paper as fuel for cooking.
Local media reports said the girl has Down syndrome. CNN was unable to confirm these reports, and a local police official said they are not true.
Qasim Niazi, the police officer in charge of the station near where the incident took place, said the girl does not have a mental disorder but is illiterate and has not attended school.The accused girl had told him she had no idea there were pages of the Quran inside the documents she burned, he added.
Niazi said that 150 people had gathered on Friday where the neighborhood's Christian population lives and threatened to burn down their houses.
"The mob wanted to burn the girl to give her a lesson," he told CNN.
The government's response is welcome but still irrational:
The statement from President Asif Ali Zardari said he has called for an urgent report on the incident and added that vulnerable sections of society must be protected "from any misuse of the blasphemy law."
"Blasphemy by anyone cannot be condoned but no one will be allowed to misuse blasphemy law for settling personal scores," said the president's spokesman, Farhatullah Babar.
No. The problem is not the "misuse" of blasphemy laws, the problem is the existence of blasphemy laws. Even if this girl knew she was burning pages of the Quran, it should not matter at all. Killing someone and burning down homes in response to such behavior is barbaric and insane.


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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
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Shakespeare in Love (US - BD RA)
Jonathan reviews the movie people hate for beating Saving Private Ryan..
When William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production. (From the Lionsgate synopsis)
I feel like an apologist when I tell people that I like Shakespeare in Love, which is odd for a film that won seven Academy Awards. It seems the most common criticism of the film is that " Saving Private Ryan was better". I'm not one to disagree. And I understand that mentality. I'll always hold a grudge toward Dances with Wolves for winning over Goodfellas, but I feel like the upset over the 1998 Best Picture category caused a lot of people to undeservedly revile Shakespeare in Love instead of criticizing the Academy for their voting. Judged on its own merits, it is a delightful comedy and an enormously clever take on a historical figure that we've all come across in our education.
Weaving together references, characters and lines from a variety of Shakespeare's work, Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard have created a unique screenplay that puts an unusual twist on the tired forbidden love plot line. The cast is extraordinary. Joseph Fiennes, who has never really caught my attention, makes for a believable young William Shakespeare. Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck give hilarious supporting performances that do wonders for the movie's charm, and Gwyneth Paltrow gives the best performance of her career. Say what you want about the Best Picture category, but she earned her Oscar. Judi Dench, on the other hand, does a fine job but her role in the film is far too brief and limited to be award-worthy.
Though I praise the storytelling and the magnificent cast, I'm not in love with John Madden's directing or the cinematography from Richard Greatrex. The productions values that went into sets and costumes are astounding, but the technical work surrounding the filming process doesn't feel nearly as inspired. The sword fighting scenes are particularly clumsy. I don't need a martial arts masterpiece, but the continuity and plausibility of the brawls leave something to be desired. Luckily, such scenes are not why you watch a film of this nature. For a romantic comedy it is startlingly mature and effective and it uses brilliantly uses Shakespearean history to witty effect and to elicit a strong emotional response. It's also really funny at times.
Shakespeare in Love is a loaded with brilliant colours, particularly when it comes to the costume and set design. The best thing I can say about this 1080p transfer is that the colours look absolutely rich and vibrant. Almost too vibrant, as if they've been digitally boosted. It would come as no surprise to me, as other elements of the transfer show traces of digital tinkering. There's evidence of edge enhancement, though not a fatal amount. You can even see some faint haloing where the picture meets the matting.
Though it was filmed on 35 mm, the picture is suspiciously free of grain throughout most of the film. I'm left to believe that DNR has been applied. Special effects shots look especially rough (see the second screen cap) but given the films age I'll chalk it up to the source. Bit rate doesn't seem to be the issue. The feature is an unusually large 36 GB on a BD-50 and only has one audio track. As a result the picture is relatively free from compression artefacts. If you stand far back the image looks pretty good, but when viewed on a big screen and put under the magnifying glass, the digital fiddling rears its ugly head. The level of detail and the colours especially have something to gain from the high definition presentation, but I'm sure this film could look a lot better with more time and effort put into a remastering.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio track is a surprising treat. Outdoor scenes are filled with the sounds of villagers and nature, filling the surround channels nicely to create a sense of time and place. The same impressive sound spread is prominent whenever an audience watching a play shares a collective gasp or applause. There's a scene where characters dance and the soundtrack is populated with air and string instruments that have a believable dispersion within the environment. Dialogue is easy to make out, even if it takes a little work to interpret the Shakespearean manner that most of it is spoken with. Lastly but not least, Stephen Warbeck's score is especially pleasant sounding and moving on the track. The overall quality sounds a bit dated, understandably, but this is still an exceptional effort.
There are two Audio Commentaries. The first, and my personal favorite of the two, is with director John Madden. I haven't heard a commentary track from him before, and he's easy to listen to. He spends most of the time going into detail about the shooting process, working with the actors, and shares some memories from being on set. The second commentary track features a whole slew of people. There are producers Donna Gigliotti and David Parfitt, screenwriters Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, costume designer Sandy Powell, cinematographer Richard Greatrex, production designer Martin Childs, and actors Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow. I don't know if I've ever seen a commentary track with more people, but it is impressively edited from separate recordings to make sure that the person speaking is an expert on what's happening in the film. Those looking for an informative look at the production will find tons of information here.
Shakespeare in Love and on Film (SD, 21:40) is a dated but informative behind-the-scenes look that was made after the film's Oscar success. It has a hammy narration over segments of it, and seems intended to promote the movie even though it spoils much of the plot, but there is some good interview footage with cast members and filmmakers. Madden, Stoppard and Norman give a lot of insight into the origin of the project and how it developed. There's also a brief look at some Shakespeare stories on film.
Academy Award Winning Costumes (SD, 02:27) is a short but neat look at costume designer Sandy Powell ( Velvet Goldmine). She talks about her inspiration for the costumes and seems very happy with how it turned out.
Deleted Scenes (SD, 10:49): A handful of mostly alternate footage from the movie. There's an alternate version of the ending, the brawl at the Rose Theatre, and some more footage from the tavern. There's not a lot of new or particularly memorable material here, and it's all lumped into one viewing portion with no introduction or commentary options.
Lastly, there is a Theatrical Trailer (SD, 02:03) and TV Spots (SD, 09:47) for if you're feeling nostalgic about 90's movie advertisements.
Shakespeare in Love receives some misguided criticism for its infamous Best Picture win, but when I set that aside and look at the film for what it is I feel a great fondness for it. The inspired writing and talented array of performers were fun to revisit, and I won't wait another decade to rewatch it after this viewing. The Blu-ray from Lionsgate is the best the film has ever looked, but it still leaves room for improvement. The audio track is is impressive, and the extras ported over from the Miramax Collector's Series are enough to satisfy fans.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Disc Details
Release Date: 31st January 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, English, Spanish
Extras: Audio Commentary with Director John Madden, Audio Commentary with Cast and Crew, 'Shakespeare in Love' and on Film, Academy Award Winning Costumes, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, TV Spots
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Length: 122 minutes
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Marvin E. Clark
80, of Hannibal
Marvin E. Clark, 80 of Hannibal, MO died at 7:55 p.m. December 31, 2012, at the Beth Haven Nursing Home in Hannibal, MO.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 3, 2013, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Hannibal, MO. Fr. Mike Quinn and Fr. Pat Pierceall will officiate. Burial will be at Holy Family Cemetery in Hannibal, MO.
Visitation will be Thursday, January 3, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the church.
Mr. Clark was born February 9, 1932 in Hannibal, MO to Ernest and Alleen Lightbody Clark.
He was married on July 10, 1959, to Dobrinka Pavlovic in Burlington, Iowa. She survives.
Also surviving are five children: Martin Clark, Archie Clark, Katherine Cornelius, Stephen Clark, and Suzanne Ridenhour; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Clark was preceded in death by his parents.
Marvin was a 1950 graduate of Hannibal High School. He retired from the Burlington Northern Railroad as a conductor after 42 years of service. Marvin enjoyed gardening and watching St. Louis Cardinal's Baseball. He especially enjoyed trips to watch the Cardinals in spring training with his wife to St. Petersburg, FL and Jupiter, FL. Marvin was a Third Degree member of the Hannibal Knights of Columbus Council #907 and a member of Holy Family Catholic Church where he enjoyed being an usher for many years.
Pallbearers will be Darryl Pryor, Tom Murphy, Robbie Ferrel, Roy Que Ferrel Jr., Gary Tucker and Jerry Distler.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Willett, James Murphy, Kenneth Dusenberry, and Harley Hirner.
Memorials may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church in care of the James O'Donnell Funeral Home of Hannibal, MO.
Online condolences may be made at www.jamesodonnellfuneralhome.com
Marvin E. Clark
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Inspiration is everywhere!
Good morning all you lovely readers!
We have another wonderful Saturday at hand, so let's visit! Recently, a reader asked how designers arrive at color schemes for rooms. That is a very loaded question because there are actually many, many ways to arrive upon a color palette. One method—that is oh so successful—is to use a photograph. Back when I was in school, a million years ago, this was referred to as "the concept photo." That concept photo worked well then and it still works today.
Inspiration is Everywhere
Let's suppose you are one of those forward-thinking people who keeps an entire file of wonderful photos of completed room interiors and other photos of inspiration (otherwise known as your dream file!). Perhaps this file includes several photos of incredible landscapes, city scenes, or even a hillside of fascinating cottage-type homes featuring a bazillion colors and shapes. You have hung on to these photos because you enjoy the composition, but you don't really know why or what to do with it. Well, you can put that photo to use as the catalyst for your next room renovation color palette.
In fact, while teaching about color palettes in my classroom, I always brought in a monster-sized Italian cookbook. Why? Because it is loaded with amazing photos of tile roofs sitting atop stucco homes, open-air markets with fruits and vegetables of every imaginable color and shape, and exquisite Italian food beautifully crafted and displayed artfully on a tablescape. Obviously, you can find color palettes in the most unexpected places.
Make a Plan
Deciding on a color palette for a home is a very exasperating exercise to some. Nobody wants to make a mistake and be forced to live with colors that just don't seem right and even, possibly, make you unhappy. This type of mistake, whether it be a new paint choice or new carpet selection, is costly and disappointing. But if you develop your color palette with a plan in mind, you will be able to sail into color decisions with ease.
Let's consider the family room, where everyone hangs out during some portion of the day. The furniture has been enjoyed and lived a good life, the carpet or rugs are seeming a bit dated, and the room's paint color just seems off! So a refresh and redo is at hand! If only one room is in the budget at this time, then the new room will still need to blend in with the rest of your home. (Otherwise, the fresh new room might make the rest of the house seem tired and you don't want that!)
To get started on a room refresh, start with a real tour of your home. Take notes on the common colors that run so effortlessly through your home, and maybe even take photos and study them. You will be surprised how you have incorporated similar hues throughout your home, maybe without any foresight. Certainly these colors that you identify need to be in the new redone room's color palette. Of course you can make the color a bit stronger or a bit more reserved, but definitely include it. After all, it must be a color you prefer if you unconsciously sprinkled it throughout your home. Make sense?
OK, once you identify at least one or two colors that need to be part of let's say a family room's redo color palette, start looking for inspiration. Review art books, cookbooks and art you already own. Take a lovely walk and snap a picture of something that makes you stop and take notice—maybe the stone picnic areas at Garvin Park with the backdrop of a brilliant blue sky, trees and grass.
What I want you to do is look for texture and color in this exercise; don't look for a completed room to clone. For example, the stones in the picnic area feature six or seven detectable variations of gray, the foliage is several shades of green or completely gone, the classic Kansas sky goes from cerulean blue to soft gray. Imagine if, by chance, a cardinal lands on the stone table. Well, there it is in all of God's glory—the family room color palette! Quietly placed right in front of you, please don't miss it!
Putting Your Color Palette to Work
Now, how do you actually fit all these magical pieces together? Let me explain! This is one of those hallelujah moments in life when you get the opportunity to completely redecorate a room—wahoo!
First, take the photo and stand in the room. Begin to imagine the possibilities inspired by the colors and textures in the photo! Maybe you decide to focus on cleaner lines and fewer accessories. Take the variations of gray from the stone fireplace, find a wonderful tweed fabric and upholster a sectional to create a perfect spot for movie night or the sporting event of the moment. If blue is one of your favorite colors—as it is for about 40 percent of the population—paint the walls that wonderful dusty blue variation of the sky in your photo.
With inspiration from Garvin Park alone, the room is beginning to develop a personality. So far, you have the dusty blue along with multiple variations of gray, creating a sophisticated, relaxed and family-friendly room. You can incorporate the red of the cardinal into the entertainment cabinet—such a striking contrast off the wonderful dusty blue wall. The cardinal red is your blast of color, so use it at least three times in the room. Consider decorative red pillows for the sectional. (When selecting these pillows, remember to use the same character of fabric as your tweed sectional. I would suggest denim, flannel, wool, a heavy cotton plaid or a large scale botanical print on a canvas like fabric. This is not the place for a silk pillow! Think sturdy and make your fabrics all blend with the same personality!) Now, for that last dose of the color blast, maybe add an area rug of predominantly cardinal red.
What you have done is literally striped the room with your punchy color by placing it on the floor with the rug, in the middle of the room with pillows and above your head in the entertainment cabinet. Let's say you observed a strong influence of gold throughout your home. Add some gold fabrics to your decorative pillows and use a rich warm gold fabric for window treatments.
As you had heard me preach a dozen times rooms are literally boxes! What you do with your box can make such an impact on how life is lived in that box. With a family room like this, inspired by a park, a touch of wallpaper can drop you into a forest, a room of clouds or even a stone picnic area. Black Crow Studios creates amazing hugely scaled wallpaper murals that engulf you into an astonishing world. Don't be frightened by the word wallpaper—once it's up, you will love it! Get ready to be amazed and excited when you visit www.blackcrowstudios.com.
If you are not feeling that gutsy, but still have a fearless attitude, consider this Lee Jofa wallpaper (SKU: 95/5032.CS/White) featuring a collection of exquisite bare winter trees with golden pears, see how the gold was introduced so naively? Just envision standing in your own forest of tall birch trees with the occasional golden pear, oh my gosh! This is a perfect paper to make the ceiling in the room soar, as the trees rise to the heavens! You will find that this room will soothe and charm you and your family—all inspired by a simple afternoon walk in Garvin Park! Now aren't you the smartest fancy pants ever gorgeous!
So, to wrap it up for today, I want you all to think outside the box when it's time to select a new color palette for one of the boxes in your home.
Have a marvelous and merry week! I will be here next week to chat!
Happy Mother's Day to all of the glorious Moms!


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- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Centos 6.5
It was working fine until 10pm last night. No one made any changes and now no new spam will go into quarantine.
@bypass_virus_checks_maps = (0); # controls running of anti-virus code
@bypass_spam_checks_maps = (0); # controls running of anti-spam code
$bypass_decode_parts = 1; # controls running of decoders&dearchivers
@local_domains_maps = ( [".$mydomain","xxx.net"] ); # list of all local domains
from what I have read, these 2 things are the only reason why it wouldn't add the Spam score to the header.
Any ideas or suggestions? Not sure why it would just stop working after working fine.
also, side note incase this is relevant. When I try to restart Amvisd I get this:
[root@mail ~]# service amavisd status
amavisd (pid 30917 25223 25150 24992 24981) is running...
[root@mail ~]#
[root@mail ~]# service amavisd restart
Shutting down amavisd: The amavisd daemon is apparently not running, no PID file /var/run/amavisd/amavisd.pid
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — When the Bureau of Land Management retreated from a standoff with Cliven Bundy, a few hundred people traveled to his Nevada ranch to protest what they see as an overreach of the federal government.
One protester from neighboring Utah, Stephen L. Dean, 45, called the Bureau of Land Management's actions "tyranny in government." And a banner at the protest site blared: "Has the West been won? Or has the fight just begun!"
The Bundy standoff is emblematic of the larger anti-government sentiment around the country that has been amplified with the creation of the tea party movement in 2009. But the latest move in a two-decade-long tug of war between Bundy and the federal government is bringing to light the delicate balance that has lasted between citizens in the West and the federal government over the use of federally owned land for generations.
Private rancher on public lands?
Bundy tends his 900 cattle grazing on taxpayer-owned land about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.
To an East Coast dweller, the concept of public lands can be a foreign one, as people own or rent their plot of space in urban, suburban and commuter towns that crowd the Eastern Seaboard.
But out West, public lands are a big deal. Almost everyone uses them or depends on them. They are key to people's recreational hiking, fishing, hunting and skiing. And they are critical to people's livelihood, as they are used to cut timber, drill oil, mine coal and ranch cattle.
Vast swaths of the land in the West are predominately public. In Nevada, for example, 87% of the state is owned by the federal government, and the BLM oversees 245 million acres of public lands mostly west of the Mississippi River, not including the lands overseen by the National Forest Service and half a dozen other federal agencies.
"Public lands are true assets of the U.S.," said Bob Abbey, former director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Can everybody decide what the law is on their own? No, there has to be a legal process. But I think there is definitely a philosophic debate over who should own the land.
–Sen. Rand Paul
How did Bundy ever get use of federal lands?
In Nevada, ranchers depend on the federal lands for their livelihood.
The government began allowing the use of the land in 1877 to promote the economic development of dry, difficult-to-cultivate desert areas. So it offered land for dirt cheap. Bundy says his family has owned the ranch since about the time the Desert Land Act passed.
A version of the law still exists today, allowing ranchers to graze their cattle on public lands for a nominal rate. The fee is cheaper than what the rancher would pay the state or a private land owner, but the tradeoff is that the rancher has to share the land with the public.
The history
This is not the first standoff between public land users and the government. The most famous one, the Sagebrush Rebellion in the 1970s, pitted ranchers, loggers and miners against the federal government. They thought the Jimmy Carter administration was too heavy-handed in its regulatory and environmental policies.
Former Nevada state Sen. Dean Rhoads, who is also a rancher, led the negotiations with the federal government, which he said were peaceful and productive.
Ronald Reagan, Carter's opponent in the 1980 presidential election, sided with the Sagebrush rebels, saying, "The next administration won't treat the West as if it were not worthy of attention. The next administration will reflect the values and goals of the Sagebrush Rebellion. Indeed, we can turn the Sagebrush Rebellion into the Sagebrush Solution."
Reagan was a former governor of California, where the federal government owns roughly half the state's land
Since then, the BLM and the corresponding state agency have confiscated cattle from violators, but nothing escalated to the temperature of the Bundy Ranch situation.
The Bureau of Land Management
The BLM is a federal agency that operates predominantly in the West and is in charge of managing these lands. It must balance the desires of ranchers, environmentalists, recreationalists, and industrialists.
"I think a lot of people who live in the East don't understand the BLM," said Abbey, the former director.
John Griggs is manager of the 200,000-acre Maggie Creek Ranch in Elko, Nevada, a third of which uses public lands. He says he's sympathetic to the BLM, citing its difficult job.
"A lot of times they don't make anybody happy," he said, because the bureau is responsible for managing lands for so many uses. "I think that folks on the ground at BLM are good folks trying to do the best they can."
But this system unique to the United States brings conflict.
The environmentalists
The balance between conservation and public use is a major source of tension when overseeing government land.
The desert tortoise is a factor in the Bundy equation, and the rancher was ordered to remove his cattle from public lands in 1993 after the tortoise was placed on the protected species list. Bundy refused to comply, and he racked up more than $1 million in fines.
Brian O'Donnell, executive director at the Conservation Lands Foundation, called Bundy "one of the most selfish and irresponsible users of public land that I've ever witnessed."
"The key tenet in public lands in America is they belong to all of us," he said. When one person puts his "own selfish interest above everyone else's, the whole system falls apart."
Ranchers' sentiment
The Bundy situation is a common topic of conversation in rural Nevada, a part of the country filled with libertarian sentiment distrustful of the government, Griggs said. And like his, he said people's feelings are mixed.
While the ranch manager is sympathetic to the BLM's mission, he said its tactics were the wrong approach. Griggs said he understands where Bundy is coming from, saying the BLM "put his back up against the wall."
But Griggs also said that Bundy lost all efforts at appeal and that now he should follow the law.
"I think it's a mess any way you slice it," he said.
'Welfare ranchers'
Because of the cheap rent, some, including fellow cattlemen who don't ranch on public lands, call public land ranchers "welfare ranchers" and have no sympathy for the Western lot.
But Griggs said they don't understand that ranching public land is "not a bargain."
"On public lands, you might get kicked off at any moment for a turtle. That's kind of the deal," he said.
Rhoads, the former Nevada state senator, said 600 ranchers are currently paying their fees to the federal government for use of the land. He says that because of Bundy, people will "think that us in Nevada are getting away with not paying the government what it owes them."
The politics
Unsurprisingly, Bundy has become a political symbol.
Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nevada, called him a "domestic terrorist."
"These people who hold themselves out to be patriots are not," he said in Las Vegas.
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus told journalist John Ralston that Bundy is "not a folk hero," Ralston tweeted, but said Reid shouldn't call him a terrorist.
But libertarian-minded Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky criticized the federal government's response, saying it "shouldn't violate the law, nor should we have 48 federal agencies carrying weapons and having SWAT teams."
"Can everybody decide what the law is on their own? No, there has to be a legal process," he said on WHAS radio in Louisville. "But I think there is definitely a philosophic debate over who should own the land."
The future
The BLM might have lost the latest battle with Bundy, but it has other tools at its disposal, including arresting Bundy for failing to follow the law, seizing his assets through the Treasury Department or sending the case to the Department of Justice.
The agency has not yet said what its next course of action will be, but former BLM director Abbey said that it must prevail because of the precedent it would set. If Bundy gets away with illegally grazing on lands and not paying fines, it could encourage other ranchers to follow suit.
While Bundy is a source of contention, ranchers out West are watching the BLM's next steps in the Bundy standoff, and they are worried about the BLM's next major action: Conservationists are asking for protection for the sage grouse.
The Nevada Cattlemen's Association says the BLM's draft proposal includes "overly burdensome grazing requirements." It would also reduce the number of grazing permits.
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For Hood River County School District, Tuesday was the first day of school for sixth graders, Hood River Valley High School freshmen, and new students. Wednesday is the first day back for all seventh and eighth graders and returning students in grades 10-12.
Horizon Christian School started on Tuesday, with 158 students. This is the inaugural year for the school, which formed over the summer with the merger of Shepherd of the Valley and Summit Christian schools. Horizon maintains two campuses, at Valley Christian Church and First Baptist Church. The school serves grades kindergarten through 12.
Mosier School: Students at Mosier, five miles west of Hood River in Wasco County, started class on Thursday. The expected enrollment this fall is 100 children.
The numbers:
Hood River County School District officials expect a slight increase over the first-day figures last year, which was 3,758. On June 13 there were 3,640 students registered.
New administrators:
Hood River Schools have three administrative changes for 2001-2002, besides the hiring of new superintendent Jerry Sessions. Two of the administrators are familiar faces in the district:
Prinicipal Chris Daniels leads Cascade Locks School, succeeding Bob Baldwin, who took the principal's job at Siuslaw High School in Florence. Daniels has taught math at Cascade Locks since 1992, in the middle and high school. Before that he taught in the Salem-Keizer and Willamina school districts. He earned his Master's degree in education from George Fox University in Newberg.
Cindy Schubert is the assistant principal at Hood River Middle School. She was hired as interim assistant principal during the 2000-2001 school year when Martha Capovilla moved to the high school assistant principal job. Schubert previously taught in the Summit Center at the high school.
Justin Christofferson is the new transportation supervisor, based at the bus barn in Odell. He succeeds Jim Eastman, who semi-retired in June. Eastman will manage the maintenance department this school year.
Please turn to page A9 for photos and biographies of the 16 new teachers in the Hood River County School District.
Contacting your school
Here are the schools and their phone numbers:
Cascade Locks -- 374-8467; Hood River Middle School -- 386-2114; Hood River Valley High School -- 386-4500; May Street Elementary School -- 386-2656; Mid Valley Elementary School -- 354-1691; Parkdale Elementary School -- 352-6255; Pine Grove Elementary School -- 386-4919; Westside Elementary School -- 386-1535; Wy'east Middle School -- 354-1548.
Meal prices:
Breakfast is now $1, a 25-cent increase over last year. (Prices had remained unchanged since 1998-99.)
Lunch prices have also gone up 25 cents. They now cost $1.50 for grades 1-5, $1.75 for grades 6-8, and $1.75 for grades 8-12. The adult lunch went up in price 75 cents, to $2.75.
Based on bids approved in May, the district will pay the following prices for food units this school year:
15-ounce French bread: 90 cents
Hamburger buns (package of 12): 80 cents
Half-pint two-percent milk: 19 cents
Foreign Exchange
Students from other countries are enrolled in Hood River County School District this fall.
Kai Mathar of Germany and Lina Lischka-Haydu of Germany will attend Cascade Locks School. Both are with Quest International.
Hood River Valley High School has four students registered:
Carina Coppers, Germany, Quest International;
Christiane Erkens, Germany through Quest International;
Felix Stroebel, Germany, through EF Foundation;
Erika Suzuki, Japan, Tsuruta Japan Sister City Program;
Suyuri Yomoguita, Mexico, Rotary International.
School Board schedule:
It is legal, and encouraged, to attend school board meetings. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m., at rotating locations around the district. For September through December, these are the locations:
Sept. 12 -- Hood River Middle School
Sept. 26 -- District Office
Oct. 10 -- Cascade Locks School
Oct. 24 -- District Office
Nov. 14 -- Mid-Valley Elementary
Dec. 12 -- Westside Elementary
Think snow:
In June, Norm Hand of Hood River donated to the district a $1,500 John Deere snow blower.
Safety and style:
Oregon Department of Transportation officials make the following suggestions about outfitting children for school:
Bikes and Helmets: make sure the helmet fits properly, and that the bicycle is the right size. How much has your son or daughter grown this summer?
One potential hazard is if your child carries a backpack and rides his or her bike. The load can make the child top-heavy, and liable to crash.
Clothing: Backpacks and bags with reflectors often cost a little more, but make a big difference in visibility on overcast fall days. Attachable reflector key tags or other accessories are available for purchase.
Shoes: Good shoes need not be expensive, and can make walking to school and other points more comfortable. Shoes with reflectors show up better in low-light conditions, and are an extra safety measure in case of an ill-timed fall by hurried feet.
Walk the Talk
Parents can do a lot to help their child succeed in school.
Setting the stage for school success is important in helping children become good learners, writes Karen Lytle Blaha of Northwest Regional Laboratory, a Portland non-profit institution supporting schools in the western United States.
Since "the job of the child is to learn,' parents can do the following to help them:
Show a sincere interest each day in what your child did in school.
Establish a daily family routine for meals, homework, family talk, chores, and bedtime.
Talk regularly with your child about positive values and personal traits such as respect for self and others, and hard work. Then walk the talk.
Use television wisely; limit viewing on school nights.
Read with your child, even if he or she is older; talk about the text and your thought processes as you read or heard it.
Stay in touch with your child's teachers, and ask how you can support learning.
Ask your child's teacher to show you examples of successful student work so you can know what your child's performance should look like.
Tell the principal or teacher if the family is experiencing any problems that might affect your child's learning.
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St. Charles North product Trace Evans helped Colorado State to its sixth Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Assocation national title last month, playing longstick midfielder for the 21-0 Rams. A sophomore, Evans appeared in 16 games and scooped 33 ground balls while notching one assist. Since returning from Fort Collins, Colo., he is enjoying summer in the Fox Valley, working for Naperville-based New Wave Lacrosse while also playing in a Tuesday night men's lacrosse league at Moore Park in Geneva. Kane County Chronicle sports reporter Kevin Druley addressed these topics and more and more while catching up with Evans for the latest installment of the Weekend Chit-chat. The following is an edited transcript:
How long is the shelf life of a national championship celebration?
It definitely feels good, but I'm only going to be a junior next year so there's a long road ahead of us. I definitely want to keep going and not be satisfied with where we are.
That's got to be pretty weird playing Colorado for the title in Greenville, S.C., right?
Yeah, definitely. It was pretty bizarre to see them in the finals. We thought that Michigan State was actually going to knock them out. That's what our coaches were saying and what we were thinking … We had seen CU twice and beat them both times during the regular season. Going into that third game, we knew it was going to be tough to get them that third time, but we had confidence. … That rivalry is such a strong rivalry that it was definitely fun seeing them in the finals.
What has everyone said to the women's team after it won a national title, too?
It's interesting. We don't see them all that often. But going into it, I talked to one of their star players and she was talking about how they had lost a lot of players from the year before but everyone had stepped up. … It worked out pretty good for both teams. It was a cool experience.
Do you get many questions or looks about the team being the top level of club as opposed to NCAA Division I?
It's always so hard because we have that stigma, and I have a bunch of friends that are at Division I, II and III schools playing lacrosse. I definitely would like to play one of their teams just to see how we match up. … Our head coach makes it real serious in practice every day and sends us emails each day to see what we should be focusing on. The lacrosse team is definitely his job and keeping us focused, and we keep it real serious, too.
Prep lacrosse in St. Charles was a co-op when you played. What have you observed about the East-North split?
I know it's been a struggle, but it's really cool to see it spread out and more coaches devote time and more kids come in. But I'm glad I got to play with the combined team. … It was really neat to get that across the river [bond] with St. Charles East.
You had one assist this season, in a game against Utah. How did the play develop?
I got a takeaway on the other end of the field, scooped it up and pushed the fast break going the other way. I saw one of the attackmen, Chris Roach, kind of back-cutting, sprinting across the crease, so I saw him flashing and got him the ball. You kind of see that connection and it's a sneaky play.
What's the significance of your jersey number, 58?
I was assigned that number at Haines Middle School for football and somehow just picked that number again for high school and stuck with it.
You talked about working for New Wave. What's the approach when you're trying to expand leagues to other parts of the state?
New Wave, they have a certain way of running things. It's a lot of lacrosse. When I went down to central Illinois recently, to Bloomington-Normal, the first thing I had to tell them is the players are on one side of the field and the parents are on the other. … We want it to be professional and want it to look that way, too. … It's definitely catching on.
What are you studying at CSU?
Double major in business management and then environmental communications … It's good. I was taking 18 credit hours last semester which is kind of hard with the season, but it's interesting. I think this can help me land a job where I'm helping people and working with people but also bringing that business aspect into it.


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Kutless to Headline Big Weekend Concert
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University will be rockin' during Big Weekend, March 31-April 1, as the Christian rock band Kutless takes center stage at the annual concert event at 7:30 p.m., Friday in Harral Auditorium.
Kutless will be in concert along with Falling Up, Disciple and Steller Kart as part of their Hearts of the Innocent tour.
Tickets are included with the registration fee for Big Weekend and will also be on sale at the University Bookstore in Plainview, at Lifeway Christian Store in Amarillo and Lubbock and at Mardel's in Lubbock. Tickets cost $10.
The concert is the feature event for Wayland's college preview. High school juniors, seniors and college transfer students are invited to Wayland to experience college life on the WBU campus. Prospective students may sit in on college classes, attend chapel, audition for music, art and theatre, tryout for the cheerleading squad and the junior varsity basketball teams, attend an academic fair, watch a baseball game and learn all about WBU.
Friday morning, prospective students are encouraged to attend classes and chapel with the afternoon set aside for fun and games. The concert takes place at 7:30 followed by a late-night breakfast where faculty and staff members serve students and prospective students in the cafeteria.
"That is actually my favorite thing," WBU Director of Admissions Jennifer Beal said of the late-night meal. "The best thing about Saturday is 'All About WBU' and the 'Academic Fair.' Those events give prospective students and their parents an opportunity to see what Wayland has to offer, and it gives them a chance to meet and visit with faculty and staff."
A special breakfast will be held for the parents where a panel consisting of parents of current students will discuss Wayland and answer questions from the parents of prospective students.
"Parents will be able to voice their concerns and make sure the needs that they have are being addressed," Beal said.
Wayland's offices will be open on Saturday to answer questions concerning financial aid, registration, admission requirements and other areas of concern.
Big Weekend will conclude with a Baptist Student Ministries praise service following dinner on Saturday.
Approximately 80 students have registered for the event so far. Beal is expecting that number to reach nearly 200. Last year's event had 184 participants.
Prospective students may register for $25 which includes all meals, lodging and a concert ticket. Students may purchase a Big Weekend t-shirt for an additional $8. Parents and sponsors may register for $20 each. That price does not include lodging.
For more information, contact the Office of Admissions at 806-291-3500, 1-800-588-1928 or visit our Web site at www.wbu.edu.


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The dusty protoplanetary disk around the young star HL Tau.
Updated animation of multi-planet solar systems discovered by
the Kepler mission.
An image covering the entire sky from the Wide-field Infrared
Survey Explorer has just been released.
There have been two different sets of physical processes that
astronomers have proposed for forming planets around stars.
Recently a third possibility has appeared.
Animations showing the possible multi-planet solar systems
discovered by the Kepler mission.
New Hubble Space Telescope image of colliding galaxy pair Arp
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Hewlett Packard Co. has been named the Defense Information Systems Agency's prime contractor to provide analytics that will be able to measure Defense Department enterprise networks and connected IT systems against DOD standards and spot any system vulnerabilities.
The contract, awarded under DISA's Encore II contract vehicle, is valued at up to approximately $39.8 million over seven years, according to the April 20 announcement from the computer giant.
Under the terms of the contract, HP Enterprise Services' Assured Compliance Assessment Solution will be available as the compliance solution throughout the DOD. HP will ensure that strict compliance levels are met by providing DISA with implementation, training, help desk and project management services.
The work will help enhance the DOD's ability to detect IT system vulnerabilities, ensuring improved and efficient security, the announcement said.
HP also will provide integrated services for ACAS, which include the Tenable SecurityCenter product by Tenable Network Security Inc.
This integrated solution provides DISA with instant access to its global footprint and technology expertise, while delivering a turnkey solution that will achieve all information security compliance initiatives.
"Providing robust cybersecurity protection and defenses to DISA and across the DOD enterprise is a top priority for DISA's leadership," said Betsy Hight, HP Enterprise Services vice president of cybersecurity practice in the company's U.S. Public Sector.
Hewlett Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif., ranks No. 7 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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Duuuuuuude--Take a bong hit for our homies! Two Albuquerque bands have been invited to play in The Stoner Hands of Doom, the largest festival of stoner-rock in the Southwest. Devil Riding Shotgun and SuperGiant were selected to appear with more than 40 bands near Phoenix, Ariz., this Labor Day Weekend. Unfortunately, Devil Riding Shotgun won't be able to attend due to a work scheduling conflict. "It would have been great to go and represent Albuquerque. We'll just have to wait for the next opportunity and play around town, [which] is great to play in," says DRS bassist Neb. "Well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it." So now it's down to SuperGiant, who'll perform alongside the likes of Graves at Sea, Super Heavy Goat Ass, Acid King and Sasquatch. "A lot of bands have gotten discovered at this festival," says Jeremy, Alibi webmonkey and nimble-fingered lead guitarist of SuperGiant. En route to the festival, SuperGiant will make a pit stop in Flagstaff on Friday, Sept. 1, where they'll knock the plaster off the Hotel Monte Vista. It's an unlikely venue, but the venerable old hotel is reputed to be haunted by 10 different ghosts. So that's kind of rocking. Learn more about the ghosts at www.hotelmontevista.com. Details about the festival can be obtained at the event's crappy website, www.cherylsweb.com/shod/index.html.
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When talking to Will Johnson of Denton Texas' Centro-matic, you get the feeling that, as thoughtful and succinct as his comments are, there's something else going on inside the mind of this man who's been the driving force behind eight albums produced in 10 prolific years. Johnson admits he's inundated with melodies. They constantly run through his head, often accompanied by lyrics that sometimes even he doesn't completely comprehend. The indie-Americana identity that Centro-matic has forged is a tender confection of alt.country riffs, faintly haggard vocals and meticulously thought-out melody that paints a vague but still tangible sonic picture. About to embark on the West Coast leg of the band's tour, Johnson talks with the Alibi about songwriting, musical influences and coming of age.
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DJ Ginger Dunnill found herself on the fast-track from tomboy to temptress. On a normal day, the pretty, petite Dunnill sports baggy hip-hop gear in an attempt to take a pin to the balloon of stereotypes inflated around women in the hip-hop world. She wants respect for her work, her emceeing, her DJing, her artistry—not for her body.
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MIDDLEBURY — Poet Philip Levine mentored scores of aspiring wordsmiths during the 1980s as a faculty member of Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Levine, now 83, will return to the nationally renowned, 10-day conference in Ripton on Thursday, Aug. 18 — this time with a different role and some loftier credentials.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington last Wednesday announced Levine as the nation's new Poet Laureate for 2011-2012.


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(05/08/13) HONOLULU – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to receive a total of $400,000 in Brownfields Assessment Grants to be used for site assessments at Kakaako on Oahu.
"These grants will go a long way to bring areas in Honolulu back into productive reuse while involving community members in the process," said Jared Blumenfeld EPA's Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. "EPA is pleased to be able to fund these local projects that will help address contamination, revitalize neighborhoods and spur economic activity."
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will be receiving two brownfields assessment grants, $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum contamination. The hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct Phase II environmental site assessments on
six parcels in Kakaako Makai. Grant funds also will be used to conduct community engagement
Nationally, 240 recipients have been recommended to receive $62.5 million in grants to protect people's health and the environment in local communities. These new investments, funded by EPA's Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) grants, provide communities with funding necessary to assess, cleanup and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment.
These Brownfields grants target under-served and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods – places where environmental cleanups and new jobs are most needed. Approximately $29.5 million are going to communities that have been impacted by plant closures. Other selected recipients include tribes and communities in 45 states across the country, and nearly half of the grantees this year are new recipients.
There are an estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated sites in the United States. More than 20,000 properties have been assessed, and more than 850 properties have been cleaned up through EPA's Brownfields program. EPA's Brownfields investments have also leveraged more than $19 billion in overall cleanup and redevelopment funding from public and private sources. On average $17.79 is leveraged for every EPA Brownfields grant dollar spent. These investments resulted in approximately 87,000 jobs nationwide. When Brownfields are addressed, nearby property values can increase 2-3 percent.
A 2011 pilot study indicated Brownfields site redevelopment increases location efficiency, which means that residents live closer to where they work and play reducing their commute times and greenhouse gas emissions. EPA's preliminary research has also shown that redeveloping Brownfield sites results in an efficient reuse of existing infrastructure and decreasing instances of stormwater runoff. These projects can have a positive impact on community revitalization by leveraging jobs, producing clean energy, and providing recreation opportunities for surrounding neighborhoods.
More information on Brownfields grants by state: https://cfpub.epa.gov/bf_factsheets/
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