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Edith and the Bees
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"Mama," she cried.
"Edith! What is wrong?"
"Mama, I was outside and some bees came and stung me. I've been stung ten times."
"Ok, Edith. Come into the kitchen and let me clean up your wounds. I also have some calamine lotion that I can put on the stung areas."
"Good, Mama! I'll be right there."
A few seconds later, Edith was in the kitchen. Her mother checked all over her hands and face to see how much was stung. After checking the wounds, she washed them with alcohol and applied some Calamine lotion. It made Edith feel much better.
"Mama, I feel much better. The lotion calmed down the pain in my arms from the stings. Do you think that I should go see the doctor?"
"Edith, I think that we should go see him just in case there are complications from the stings. I'll call the doctor in a few minutes. But first let me decide what to do about the bees. Maybe I'll call an exterminator to come take care of the bees. First let me call the doctor. Edith, stay inside until after the exterminator gets rid of the bees."
"Thanks, Mama! I'll go to my room and play."
"I'll make the phone calls and then I'll let you know if the doctor wants to see you."
A few minutes later, she came into the room where Edith was playing. "Edith, you have an appointment with Dr. Samuels for 3 p.m. today. The exterminator will be here at 12:30 to take care of the bees. You just stay inside until we leave for the doctor's office."
"Ok, Mama! I'll stay and play in my room. Can I have something to eat?"
"I forgot it is to time for lunch. I'll fix us both some Chicken Noodle Soup."
"Mama, I will enjoy that."
"Come to the kitchen in five minutes and I'll have it ready for you."
When Edith came into the kitchen, her mother brought the hot soup to the table. Edith seeing as she was hungry ate two bowls. She enjoyed the soup and went back to her room to play.
At 1230, the exterminator came and got all of the bees into a simulated hive. He didn't get stung because he was wearing protective clothing. After finishing the job, he talked with Edith's mother.
"You can tell your daughter that I've got all of the bees out of the yard. The bill for the service comes to $45."
"Good! I'll pay you right now with a check."
Several minutes later, she came back with the check. He thanked her and went on about his way. At about 2:30, Edith's mom called her to tell her to get ready for the doctor's appointment. Edith got into the car's front seat and her mother got into the drivers seat. It was a short ride to the doctor's office.
When they arrived at Dr. Samuels Office, the nurse took Edith to one of the exam rooms right away. The doctor came into the room to examine her right away. He told her that she should be careful and not wash the skin for the next couple of days. He also mentioned to her that she would not have to come back unless she had severe complications. These he described to her mother.
After that both Edith and her mother left the doctor's office for the trip back home. While in the car, Edith mentioned to her mom, "Mama! I'll never go near a bee again."
"That is okay! You don't have to worry. You've learned a lesson and you know what you did wrong."
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Dr. Colleen Brady, Associate Professor - Extension Education
Animal Science as a context for life science education, youth motivation for participation in life science based educational activities, technology as a delivery method for life science education.
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Informal learning, especially science learning through environmental and natural resources experiences. Student motivation and learning.
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Ethical Issues in Forensic Science
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Health risk message effects on diverse audiences; media effects on health/risk related beliefs and behaviors; development and evaluation of health communication interventions;
Dr. Aryn Dotterer, Assistant Professor – CDFS/Extension Education
My research is grounded in developmental and ecological approaches to the study of children's and adolescents' school experiences and academic achievement. I am particularly interested in gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic variations in school engagement and academic achievement, with attention to the role that families play in parenting and socialization. For example, I am currently comparing two models of family influence to examine racial disparities in children's pre-academic knowledge. A related area of interest is in development and growth of children's academic achievement over time and the use of the best methods to examine longitudinal models of process and change. I am currently using a multilevel modeling strategy to examine the extent to which early academic skills in pre-kindergarten are related to later academic achievement in early adolescence.
Dr. Levon Esters, Associate Professor - Extension Education
Career development theory and practice; career education; use of agriculture as a context for teaching and learning STEM; application of social cognitive career theory to diverse youth in urban life science educational contexts.
Dr. Neil Knobloch, Associate Professor - Extension Education
Motivation; personal epistemology; experiential learning; learner-centered teaching; science literacy
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James Cameron Not a Fan of Board-Game Movies
He sends a volley of haterade in the direction of Universal's 'Battleship.'
The two biggest trends in Hollywood right now are 3-D tentpoles and board-game movies, and you can guess which one James Cameron doesn't approve of. "We have a story crisis," the Avatar director told Der Spiegel (translated from the German by WorstPreviews). "Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead. And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are become more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema." Sunk! [Der Spiegel via Movieline]


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South African lifeguards have been praised for saving hundreds of lives over the last month or so.
One lifeguard told how he rescued a jet skier who fired flares after his machine lost power past shark nets. Lifeguard Slater Rudling told the South Coast Sun website, "While stationed at the Subway Beach stretch, a jet ski lost its power past the shark nets. The man set off flares to call for help. I used a knee board and paddled out to where the driver was. I then called for assistance from Warnadoone and in no time a boat was there to get the man and his vehicle to safety."
Other lifeguards described how they helped rescue children from drowning and even chased a bag-snatcher who pulled out a knife. Thankfully, police arrived quickly and caught the thief.
To thank local lifeguards in KwaZulu-Natal, management at the eThekwini beach in Durban held a breakfast for all 33 seasonal lifeguards at beaches between Isipingo and Umkomaas over the festive season. It took place on Amanzimtoti Main Beach at the appropriately-named Lifesavers Pub n Grill.
Cllr Andre Beetge praised eThekwini's lifeguards. "They went over and above with their duty requirements by not only being lifeguards who constantly monitored the booming beaches, but babysitters to lost children, paramedics in their roles as the first responders to the scene and even law enforcement officers when crowds of beachgoers got out of control."
The 33 lifeguards assisted with 178 rescues where people were revived, 500 rescues from the water and located more than 500 missing children, who were returned to their parents. The image is from the Lifesavers Pub n Grill Facebook page.


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Tourism Expo 2017
Thank you for having visited our stand at Tourisms Expo, Show Ground in Windhoek from 31stMay to 3rd June 2017. We had overwhelming interactions, speaking engagement and of cause constrictive critics with our visitors. What stood out for Move-Windhoek is that our visitors really like the new bus that was on display, which also forms part of 26 buses that the City of Windhoek with assistance from GIZ procured in 2016. Universal accessibility, comfortability for passengers and drivers, and general optimum conducive environment such as safety are some of fascinating features that made our visitors appealing for more buses of this type. Visitors were enlightened on Municipal bus network and its operation. What is more encouraging is that the visitors with and without international experience of public transport were able to understand how bus service works, what it has achieved to date and what the City of Windhoek intend to do in near future with appropriate resources in order to have effective and efficient Urban Public Transport Service.
Thank you for inspiring our shared vision: inclusive and sustainable transport system that meets the needs of our diverse and growing city; efficient, affordable, reliable, accessible and safe.
We value public participation in urban public transport service as we promote sustainable decisions, so that participants are provided with the information they need to ensure that their meaningful involvement and input affect our shared vision.
Those who had already registered your interests in any area of our services at Expo, please come back to us. We would also be happier to hear your suggestion, inputs and any constructive critics in any area of Bus Service and Sustainable Urban Public Transport Master Plan".


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NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS--The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is launching a series of workshops to help improve understanding of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections and immigration relief in general.
The first workshop will be held Wednesday, when Pope Francis launches a global immigrant-advocate campaign, Share the Journey.
"Through this historic campaign the Holy Father hopes to unite us all across the world as one family of God to support our brothers and sisters who have fled their homes seeking a safe and decent life for their families," said an email press release issued by José H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles. "With the end of DACA, more than 800,000 young people who had found hope under DACA are at risk of being deported from the only home they've ever known. That is why we will begin the Share the Journey campaign in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by offering a series of workshops to help process extensions for those who qualify for DACA renewal."
The initial workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Resurrection Parish in Boyle Heights. Other workshop times and locations will be posted on TheNextAmerica.org.
According to the email release, "the workshops are free, open to the general public, and offer those who are eligible the support and legal services necessary to complete and submit applications for renewal of DACA before the deadline of October 5. Those who are interested are asked to call (213) 637-7820 or email email@example.com to set an appointment."
The workshops follow President Trump's Sept. 5 announcement that DACA would be rescinded. He tweeted, "Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama administration was unable to do). If they can't, I will revisit this issue!" At Sen. Nancy Pelosi's request, Trump then tried to reassure DACA recipients by tweeting, "For all of those (DACA) that are concerned about your status during the six month period, you have nothing to worry about — No action!" Majorie Cohn's column at Truthdig illustrated the troubling nature of these messages:
Trump's [second] tweet was not reassuring. In fact, it was not inconsistent with [Attorney General Jeff] Sessions' announcement, which also said no action would be taken against the Dreamers [DACA recipients] for six months; then the axe will fall.
The White House Talking Points memo on the rescission of DACA advises, "The Department of Homeland Security urges DACA recipients to use the time remaining on their work authorizations to prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States — including proactively seeking travel documentation — or to apply for other immigration benefits for which they may be eligible."
Trump's "No action!" tweet indicates he is being pulled in different directions — by his right-wing nativist base, on the one hand, and by the majority of the population who oppose his heartless act, on the other.
Catholic support is strong for DACA recipients. Pope Francis was critical of Trump's announcement to end DACA, saying the president should allow undocumented children to remain in the United States if he is truly "pro-life."
"I have heard it said that the president of the United States presents himself as a man who is pro-life, and if he is a good pro-life [man], then he will understand that the family is the cradle of life and that it must be defended as a unit," the pope told America magazine.
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Britannia Choral Society
Our musical director, Robin Stubbs, began his musical education at Chester Cathedral and continued his studies in Manchester and London. He has had a busy and diverse career, with a focus on teaching, choral directing and organ playing. Robin is currently
Director of Music at Plymouth College Preparatory School and at St Mary Magdalene, Launceston. Community singing has always been at the centre of his music-making, inspiring choral groups with his fast-moving, inspirational rehearsal style.


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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
Since my mom moved to Los Angeles a month after me, I go to her place for dinner about once a week. This can be delicious and wonderful about 85 percent of the time. The other 15 percent of the time, though, it can be kind of awful (but also equally delicious.)
"Can I give you some constructive criticism?" she asks during one dinner, waving her hand in a circular motion over my face from across the kitchen table.
"You know you should've said no," my older sister says when I re-enact the conversation later in Chicago at Thanksgiving.
And I knew I should've. But I'm also trying to take what she -- and everyone else for that matter -- says less gravely. So I nod a little and say, "SURE."
"Your hair is just not working for you," she says. I sigh, lightly. "I had that hair cut and I have that face shape and I didn't like it on me."
"Yeah, Mom, you already told me this," I say. I reach down and pet one of my dog siblings, which is ALWAYS 100 percent awesome.
"And I was showing pictures of you with your longer hair to guys at my work," she says. "Everyone thinks you look prettier with longer hair."
(Stop here: 'Cause yes, this is creepy and weird -- in her defense, though, she works in a young, creative environment. Still, F those dudes! It was also probably ONE guy, as my mom tends to exaggerate, so F you, guy!)
I nodded, and brushed it off in the moment. And then I told the story to every single person who says my hair is adorable, AS THIS, MOTHER, IS BULLSHIT.
Deep breath! Anyway. My hair gains compliments from randoms constantly, might've made me two new L.A. girlfriends last night, and makes me extremely happy. Even though I was working towards Suki Waterhouse sex hair, I may now even keep my blunt shape because I am a spiteful, and quite obviously sensitive, brat.
I'll work on getting less defensive next year.
If you dig my 'do, AS YOU SHOULD -- or don't, and keep your long boring hair or whatever -- here's exactly how I got it:
Unlike the last time when I asked for a blunt cut and ended up with the Rachel, I brought in two pictures to show my stylist: This one of Nicole Richie, and this one I found on Tumblr.
I told her I wanted a blunt, long bob, and, "LOOK AT THESE PICTURES? DO YOU SEE THESE PICTURES, YES?" She reassured me that yes, she understood. I told her I wanted to keep my bangs long and rounded.
I went to the Hive in Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood because I am trendy -- and 'cause I could take a bus there when I didn't have a car.
My hair is normally SUPER thick and tends to get dry. I get highlights (GASP), which of course makes my hair even drier and prone to frizz.
I love, love, love and would do weird things to the personified version of Rehab Shampoo plus American Cream Conditioner, both from Lush Cosmetics. The combo has made my hair so healthy and shiny and wonderful and never crunchy like hay. (AH, I shudder thinking about the noise of damaged hair.)
Immediately after showering, I wrap my head in a towel, even though it sucks for your hair, woops. It's a ritual though, so.
Post very-hot shower lotioning, which is also a ritual, I'll unwrap my hair, put a little less than a quarter-size amount of Renewing Moroccan Oil by Organix ($6.79, drugstore.com) in my palm, heat up the product by rubbing my hands together, and rake it through my hair with my fingers, starting at the middle of the hair shaft. I don't put any on my bangs.
I'll brush my hair out how I'd normally style it, with my bangs down, and try to wait as long as possible to let my hair air-dry before knowing that my bangs will look jacked if I don't blow dry them RIGHT NOW.
Keeping my bangs in-tact and brushed down, I'll grab my two bling-y clips from NYC's Chinatown and three baby clips from Goody, and clip my hair into four sections: the two babies on the crown of my head, on opposing sides of my part, a bigger guy for the middle section, and another big guy for the bottom.
For each section, I twist the wet hair and secure with these wonderful little things:
I'll dry my bangs exactly how I described here when I said I wouldn't keep my bangs, HAHA -- they are such a pain in the ass sometimes, but I do adore them -- then I grab my last baby clip, pin my bangs out of my face, straight back towards the center of the head like a lil' pompadour. And then I'll do my makeup.
After my face is on (heave), I'll blow-dry each section of my hair using a paddle brush, with the air concentrator pointed at a downward angle, starting with the bottom section. This method prevents frizz, so go forth!
Once my hair is dried and voluminous and I look like a '50s robot housewife, I'll re-pin my hair into those aforementioned sections, and start curling the bottom layer.
I use Hot Tools 1-inch curling iron ($34, soap.com), which is what my stylist BFF in Chicago suggested I get. I scoffed at her and was like, "Less than $60 for a curling iron? Poo-poo!" But she was right. It rules.
The actual curling technique is KEY here, people: You'll want to clamp 1-inch sections of your hair, but leave out at least an inch of the hair at the bottom. I attempted to demonstrate below and almost burnt my scalp:
I switch directions of each "curl" at random -- with some curled away from the face, and some towards -- as to prevent that pageant-y look. I also comb my fingers through each section once it's done to make the curls look even more imperfect.
Once I get to the top, I start curling using ¼ inch sections of hair. I might back-tease the crown, and re-curl those strands for more volume. When I'm done curling like crazy I'll rake my fingers through my hair, and shake it out. (I've been likened to Ally Sheedy in "Breakfast Club" a trillion times, so I might as well embrace it. Except for the dandruff part. Ew.)
Using a fine-tooth comb and a 1-inch straightening iron -- I like Chi ($99.95, ulta.com) and have had one for ten years so DO NOT SUGGEST ANYTHING OTHERWISE TO ME EVER; OK I'LL TRY SOMETHING ELSE IF YOU SEND IT TO ME -- I then quickly straighten out my bangs to make them less poufy. Because again, they're full of cowlicks and junk and my hair is huge.
And that's how you get hair that my mom totally hates!
I could use some hairspray. But I ran out, so I just do touch-ups with my trusted tools, don't wash my hair ever, and use my favorite dry shampoo under my bangs when they start looking matted to my forehead.
Tell me about a time someone criticized your hair hardcore and it made you love it even more. Did I tell you guys I used to have a black and green mohawk that made my dad almost cry? That was fun.
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I hate admitting defeat, but I think it's time to admit that my Follow the Money campaign may be a total flop.
Somewhere in Kent, there's two £5 notes and one £10 note with my details scrawled on them, in the hope that someone will spot the messages and contact me, to let me know that they're in possession of my ex-money.
I don't know whether my messages simply haven't been spotted, whether they have been spotted but deliberately ignored or whether I've been unfortunate enough for all three notes to have been sent straight for incineration after I'd spent them.
I'm going to remain positive and hope that someone bothers to follow my scribbled instructions at some point. You never know, it may happen.


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When Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself," I must say that, through most of my life, I've heard much about the former -- you should love others; not much, however, about the latter -- you should love yourself.
To love yourself.
Just saying the words sounds a trifling selfish. Or, maybe that's just the conditioned baggage I still carry around within me. For example, I cannot think about loving myself without feeling and hearing the inner tapes judging, "How small of you, McSwain... proof still there's much self-centeredness in you that needs changing!"
In my better moments -- and I think I'm having one of those right now -- I know that I'm hardly free to love anyone else until I love me.
So what does it mean to love me?
Maybe to stop comparing myself to who I am not?
I don't know about you, but I seem to spend a lot of my time looking around at who others are, what they've done, who they know... who knows them...
I sat down on the plane the other day, for example, and the lady beside me, once she finally got settled (and that seemed to take fifteen minutes or longer) she pulled out about four or five different magazines to read on our short one-hour flight.
People magazine; InStyle, I think, Life & Style, too... a couple of Hollywood tabloids like Star and US Weekly. I don't know -- maybe some others. I could not help but observe how little text there was in the magazines. It was mostly just pictures and headlines and she just turned pages and looked and, yes, I looked out of the corner of my eye and hoped she couldn't tell I was curious... a little judgmental too.
I wanted to ask her, "What do you get out of those magazines?"
But then, it occurred to me, she probably gets the same thing I get out of reading about people I admire most -- people I secretly envy. No, I could care less to read about Brad Pitt or the latest Kardashian antics. I have a different crowd. And, I am no less interested than my seat mate on the plane in knowing what those I secretly admire are doing, what they're writing, what they're saying and, of course, wishing I were more like them, as widely known as they, or as admired by the world as they are.
I think I've decided that much of my preoccupation with others -- who they are, what they've accomplished, who knows them -- is really just a kind of self-judgment; the inner self reminding itself of who I'm not, what I haven't accomplished, who will not ever know me...
Isn't loving yourself simply the awareness you don't?
That's the place to start, at least.
It may seem odd to you but I'm 57 years old and just now learning how to love me...
But as I do, I love you.
You see, when I stop judging me, I no longer need to judge you;
When I can accept my achievements, or lack of them, I stop envying yours;
When I can forgive my screw ups, then I forgive you, yours;
So, if ever I criticize you... judge you... complain or call you names, or say things like, "You expect me to forgive you for..."
Just know that I have not quite figured out the mystery of life that Jesus was pointing toward -- a mystery so mysterious you could live 57 years and still not quite get it -- You and I only ever do to others what we're doing to ourselves. Right now.
When I'm afraid of me, I'm afraid of you -- so I stockpile guns in my home and call it my Second Amendment rights;
When I'm afraid of asking questions -- or, of living with doubts -- I create elaborate belief systems and insist that everyone else believe as I do... as we do...or, face eternal torment.
When I judge the world as filled with hate or as a hopeless place of war or...well...
Permit me to put it like this:
When there isn't much love in my world, I've learned to take a look within myself. For, when I love me, then you become my neighbor... and the world becomes a neighborhood.


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Arizona Hosts New Mexico
Dec. 8, 2009
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Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Time: 6:00 p.m. (MT)
Location: Olson Court, McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.
Radio: KTUC AM 1400 (Derrick Palmer, Alysiah Bond)
Tip Off Time: The Wildcats are hoping to extend their current winning streak to three games and wrap up a brief two-game homestand this Wednesday evening with a non-conference clash against neighboring New Mexico as part of a doubleheader with the Arizona men. Sean Miller and the Wildcats will host Louisiana Tech later in the evening on Olson Court.
Catch the Action: Entering his second season calling Arizona women's basketball games will be Derrick Palmer. He will be joined by Alysiah Bond, the Arizona women's basketball director of operations and former collegiate point guard at The Ohio State University. Wildcat games can be heard live on KTUC AM 1400. All broadcasts will start 15 minutes prior to tip-off for the pre-game show. Please visit www.arizonawildcats.com for all of your live stats, audio and video needs. Live stats will also be availabe with a link posted on both the Arizona and San Diego women's basketball schedule pages.
Last Time Out: Freshman guard Davellyn Whyte led all scorers with 19 points as Arizona cruised to a 84-57 win over visiting Nevada last Friday evening. The Wildcats scored the first 10 points of the game, then used a 19-4 run in the second half to blow the game open. The Cats forced the Wolfpack into 28 turnovers and dominated play inside to the tune of 50 points. Arizona was also solid at the free throw line, connecting on 19-of-23 attempts. Ify Ibekwe and Jennifer Kioa each added 12 points while Amanda Pierson chipped in with 10 points.
Series Notes: Arizona leads the all-time series with its neighbor New Mexico by a 10-8 ledger. The Wildcats captured the last meeting between the two schools, a 44-36 victory in Albuquerque back on December 15, 2007. Arizona has split the six previous meetings with New Mexico in McKale Center, dropping the last game in Tucson back in 2006, 76-63. Overall, Arizona has won 3-of-4 meetings dating back to 2002 and 6-of-9 over the past 18 years.
Conference Matchup: The Wildcats have an all-time mark of 36-44 against the eight member schools that make up the Mountain West Conference, a league that celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2008-09. The Wildcats hold a winning record against half of the teams and are an even .500 against two others, but have struggled to a combined 6-23 record against Utah and San Diego State, including the team's only loss of the season to the Aztecs back on November 21.
Welcome Back: Arizona returns four players from the 2008-09 season while also returning one more team member that sat out the entire season. Juinor all-American Ify Ibekwe heads the group of veteran Cats after leading Arizona in almost every statistical category and earning 1st-team All-Pac-10 and All-Defensive Team honors. Senior point guard Ashley Frazier also returns after averaging a conference-best and school-record 39.6 minutes per game while sophomore Reiko Thomas rounds out the returning members of the backcourt. Sophomore guard Tasha Dickey is back at full strength after sitting out last season to have surgery on an injured foot that did not heal properly during the off-season.
Fresh Faces: With just enough for a starting five coming back, head coach Niya Butts and her staff signed six players during the recruiting period and plan to bring a new look and attitude to Arizona basketball. Four junior college players, one four-year transfer and one high school standout make up the group of newcomers. Jennifer Kioa and Amanda Pierson are a pair of post players that give the Cats much-needed height inside as well as the ability to defend, rebound and run the floor. Soana Lucet is a versatile wing player with excellent offensive skills while guard Brooke Jackson is a three-point threat while also bringing a well-rounded overall game. Prep standout Davellyn Whyte was the Gatorade Arizona High School Player of the Year last season and is expected to make an immediate contribution. Junior point guard Shanita Arnold will redshirt after transferring to Arizona from the University of Arkansas.
Scouting the Lobos: New Mexico, under the guidance of 15th-year head coach Don Flanagan, bring a 5-3 record into McKale Center. The Lobos dropped their last contest, a 65-55 decision at Texas Tech, after knocking off in-state rival New Mexico State by a 92-85 scoreline one week ago. Three Lobos are averaging in double figures, led by Amy Beggin at 14.4 points per game. Lauren Taylor (10.9) and Sara Halasz (10.8) also contribute to the Lobos' 71.1 points per game. Amanda Best leads the way on the glass with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Rolling on Twenties: In just six games this season, three different players have scored at least 20 points in a game. Junior forward Soana Lucet scored a game-high 22 points against San Diego last Friday, joining Davellyn Whyte (27 vs. Iona) and Brooke Jackson (20 vs. Ole Miss) in the exclusive group. Whyte nearly added a second 20-point game to her tally, but came up one point short against Nevada. Over 31 games last season, only three players were able to accomplish that feat with Ify Ibekwe leading the way after going for 20 or more points in seven different games.
Preseason Picks: Arizona was picked to finish 9th in both the Coaches and Media polls that were released last week. In each vote, the Wildcats were picked to finish ahead of just Washington. Nine-time defending champion Stanford was picked to add another crown to its mantle in both polls. Junior forward Ify Ibekwe was one of five players named to the Preseason All-Pac-10 team after earning 1st-team all-Pac-10 and All-Defensive First Team honors last season.
Youth is Served: With just four returning players with Pac-10 experience plus one year of service from Tasha Dickey, Arizona is the fourth-youngest team in all of NCAA Division I. Both Tennessee-Martin and Tennessee Tech return just four seasons of top-level experience while Central Arkansas brings back only five seasons of play. Rounding out the top five was Monmouth, which claims eight seasons.
Defending Their Turf: The Wildcats have continued to make it quite difficult for opposing teams to put the ball in the basket since head coach Niya Butts took over prior to the 2008-09 campaign. Visiting teams averaged just 56.9 points per game while shooting a paltry .375 from the field last season. The Cats allowed 70 or more points only twice, one of those coming in an overtime game, and held the opposition under 59 points in over half of their contests that included four sub-50-point allowances. This season, the Wildcats have allowed an average of 58 points per game and have limited Ole Miss and Nevada to .324 and .294 shooting percentages, respectively.
Roster Update: Junior guard Faihza Hill recently informed the coaching staff that she will no longer be part of the women's basketball program. Hill played in two games this season.
Injury Update: No new injuries were sustained against Nevada, so all nine members of the Wildcats should be at full strength and ready for play on Wednesday evening against New Mexico. The Wildcats also had the luxury of only two players logging 30 minutes or more last Friday, keeping their legs plenty fresh for this final game before a 10-day layoff.
National Notables: Ify Ibekwe continued to be among the nation's elite rebounders as the second round of national statistics was released on Tuesday afternoon. Ibekwe is currently second in the NCAA in rebounds per game at 13.2. She is also 5th in double-doubles (5) and 17th in steals per game (3.3) while Brooke Jackson is 23rd in three-point field goal percentage (.500). As a team, the Wildcats are 9th in field goal percentage defense (.328)
Setting the Schedule: Once again, the Wildcats will embark on a 29-game regular season schedule that will prove to be one of the most difficult in the Pac-10. The Cats will play eight games against teams that participated in last season's NCAA Tournament, including visits to Mountain West champion San Diego State on November 21 and a trip to ACC-member Georgia Tech on December 20. The Wildcats will also play road games at San Diego and UC Riverside following the season-opening tournament at Iona. At home in McKale Center, Arizona will entertain SEC-foe Ole Miss, Nevada, New Mexico and Alabama A&M prior to the beginning of Pac-10 play.
Nothing Ify About Ibekwe: Junior forward Ify Ibekwe had one of the most impressive seasons in 2008-09 in recent Arizona history. She led the Wildcats in scoring (15.7), rebounds (11.6), field goals (173), free throws (109), blocked shots (52) and steals (60). She was the only player in the Pac-10 to average a double-double and finished tied for 6th nationally in rebounds. This season, she leads the Wildcats in each of those categories, sharing the team lead in field goals with Davellyn Whyte at 28, while also pacing the team with 20 assists.
Glass Eater: After posting three of the top four single-game rebounding totals in Arizona history last season, Ibekwe improved upon her own personal best by grabbing 22 rebounds in the season-opening win over Iona. Last season, she registered the first known 20-20 game in Arizona history with 26 points and 20 rebounds on December 29, 2008 in a win at Boise State, then matched that total on the boards against in-state rival Arizona State in McKale Center on February 21, 2009. Already the school record holder for single-season rebounding average, she holds second place all alone, sitting five rebounds behind school-record holder Jill Longanecker, who nabbed 25 rebounds against West Texas State on January 12, 1979.
National Notable: Her impressive numbers also landed Ibekwe on the Associated Press All-America honorable mention list. She became just the 7th player in Arizona history to be named to one of the All-America teams and the first since Dee-Dee Wheeler and Shawntinice Polk earned the honor following the 2004-05 campaign. Ibekwe was also a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the best player in collegiate women's basketball and was chosen to attend the USA Basketball Women's World University Games Trials over the summer.
Double Trouble: Ibekwe is currently in third place in the Arizona record books with 27 double-doubles after accomplishing the feat in each of the five games this season. The 16 she had last season was the second-highest total in school history behind the 21 tallied by Shawntinice Polk during the 2002-03 season. She is currently 9 double-doubles behind second-place Adia Barnes while Polk holds the career mark at 46, a number Ibekwe could pass this season at her current pace with no fewer than 25 games remaining.
Milennium Milestone: With a total of 768 points for her career, Ibekwe is on track to become the 16th player in Arizona history to amass 1,000 points. She would need to average just over 10 points per game to accomplish the feat by the end of the regular season. She is currently averaging 12.6 points per game after tallying 15.7 per contest last season. Ibekwe is 199 points from entering the Top 20, a spot held by Felecity Willis at 967 points.
Agent Zero: Taking a cue from former Wildcat Gilbert Arenas by wearing #0, freshman guard Davellyn Whyte has showed the all-around skills that made her the first prep player signed by head coach Niya Butts. The 2009 Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year was named the Most Valuable Player of the Iona College Tip-Off Tournament last weekend. Whyte logged 44 minutes in her Arizona debut, tallying a game-high 27 points while adding 8 rebounds in the 75-70 overtime win against Iona. She then scored 11 points against Miami (Ohio) and finished the weekend shooting almost 52 percent from the field while hitting 7-of-16 three-point attempts (.438). Whyte currently leads the Wildcats in scoring at 13.0 points per game while shooting a solid .367 from three-point range and grabbing 5.0 rebounds per contest.
Opening Act: Few players have had a bigger impact in their first-ever game as freshmen than Whyte did for the Wildcats against Iona. Over the past 10 seasons, only one player has scored more points in their Arizona debut. Shawntinice Polk bested Whyte by two points, registering 29 points in her first-ever Wildcat game on November 22, 2002 against LSU. It was also the highest point total by any Pac-10 player on the opening weekend of play.
Action Jackson: Sophomore guard Brooke Jackson has shown a tremendous all-around game in her brief time wearing a Arizona uniform. She scored 13 points in each of her first two games and also averaged 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest. She has thus far scored in double figures in 4-of-5 games, including a season-best 20 points against Ole Miss. Jackson is currently third on the Wildcats in scoring at 11.7 points per game and has hit on 12-of-24 attempts from beyond the arc, an incredible 50.0 percent.
Three For All: After connecting on just 95 three-pointers last season, Arizona has already dialed long distance 31 times through the first six games for an average of over five per game. With Jackson and Whyte combining to shoot over 40 percent from threedom, the Cats have increased their clip from distance by almost 100 percentage points from last season after shooting only 27.9 percent. The Wildcats have also drained three more treys than the opposition after allowing 113 more three-balls last season to opposing teams.
More About The Three Ball: The Cats are hoping to challenge the 1996 season, the best statistically in program history in regards to three-point shooting. That team hit 176 for the season and connected at a .382 clip. If the current Wildcats average six made three-pointers through the season and play 31 games like last season, the team would finish with a school-record 186 treys..
Long Way From Home: The Wildcats have had a number of players in the program from foreign countries in recent years, but none has had to come further to Tucson than junior forward Soana Lucet. The transfer from the College of Southern Idaho is a native of New Caledonia, a collection of islands located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. The non-self-governing nation is a territory of France and is approximately half the size of Taiwan at just over 7,100 square miles. Lucet is the first female from New Caledonia to play collegiately in the United States and was named her country's best Under-18 player two years ago. Lucet had her best game with the Wildcats against San Diego with 22 points on 10-of-17 shooting and is averaging 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Family Ties: Several members of the Wildcats have ties to either other Arizona teams, other colleges or professional clubs. The father of Tasha Dickey is currently an assistant football coach at Kansas State while Devon White, the father of Davellyn Whyte, is on staff with the Washington Nationals and was a Major League Baseball all-star during his career. Brooke Jackson welcomed younger sister, Cami, to the Arizona track and field team this season.
Up Next: The Wildcats will have 11 days away from game play after the New Mexico game before heading to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech on Sunday, December 20. The Cats will wrap up the pre-Christmas slate with a quick turnaround on Wednesday, December 23 at UC Riverside, both of those final two games set to tip-off at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific, respectively).
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I recently was present for oral arguments where a pastor was representing himself pro se. The judge mentioned that a party associated with the case was absent due to family health reasons, and the pastor requested that the court observe a moment of silence for the family. Not knowing how to respond, the judge and the rest of the court awkwardly complied and bowed their heads until the pastor declared the moment over, while I looked on incredulously.
This episode with a pro se litigant was unusual, but Deity is regularly invoked in many courtrooms. Where I currently practice, it is common for a court to open with with an announcement such as "May God save the United States and this Honorable Court." Many judges and members of the bar bow their heads as this invocation is proclaimed. In many jurisdictions the swearing of an oath ends in "so help me God," a phrase that was recently challenged again with respect to the swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Religious references are also common in the legislative branch. Sessions of Congress and state legislatures are traditionally opened with a prayer.
The bizarre courtroom incident with the pastor made me consider my own position on religion in the courtoom and other government functions. Despite being a personally religious person, I have always felt somewhat uncomfortable with the institutionalization of religion. Perhaps this is due in part to having grown up in a region of the United States where Mormonism was a very small minority religion. I had a sense that whenever God was invoked in public, it was done in such a way and with language that was different from my own religious beliefs. I also identified at an early age that there was a certain amount of hostility or rejection associated with my denomination. I was a Mormon kid, and being Mormon was a little weird. I only encountered invocations or public religious observations occasionally, but whenever they occurred I was keenly aware that they represented a difference between everyone else and me.
But even though I'm not always comfortable with religious references in government, I don't think that they should be done away with entirely. I think it's important that the democratic process be a free marketplace of all ideas, religious or otherwise. Consequently, I generally think that the exclusion of all religious references in any branch of government is inappropriate, and contrary to the purpose and language of the First Amendment. My general rule of thumb is that personal statements of conviction should always be allowed.
Prayers before legislative sessions or "so help me God" oaths are usually called "de minimis" religious references by the Supreme Court, and the Court seems to take a fairly tolerant approach to these references, since they were common practices long before the United States was even formed. But this isn't an opinion that is universally shared. In January, MichaelNewdow (the same litigant who challenged the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance) sought to exclude a clergy invocation and benediction from the presidential inauguration and enjoin Chief Justice John Roberts from using the phrase "so help me God" in the presidential oath. Mr.Newdow had filed a similar lawsuit before at the second inauguration of President George W. Bush, and this most recent wasn't likely to prevail because he made all the same arguments.
I noticed that U.C. Berkley Law professor Eugene Volokh had an interesting thought about the prayers at the inauguration. He suggested that "a President's inviting a particular clergyman to say things at the President's inauguration might well be treated as an extension of the President's own right to express whatever views -- including denominationally specific views -- he wants to express as part of his own speech." This seems like it touches on my rule of thumb regarding personal expression of speech, although it may not be applicable to courtroom oaths or legislative prayers because the courts and the legislatures are not embodied in one person.
As you likely know, Mr. Newdow's lawsuit was again rejected and both the oath and the prayers went forward as planned. And thanks to a slip of the tongue by the Chief Justice and racial rhymes in the inaugural benediction, the references to Deity became the least controversial parts of the day.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
God in the courtroom
Posted by Peter R. at 2:50 PM
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In the early 90s the Supremes ruled that school prayer was unconstitutional. Utah freaked out. Being a bit rebellious, during commencement I walked to the mic and offered a overly non denominational prayer. I thought I was doing the right thing. Now, not so much. The prayer did not bring me nor anyone else closer to the Savior. In hindsight I was much like those who want to be heard for their much speaking. We should remind ourselves that Jesus told us to go into our closets and pour out our hearts.ReplyDelete
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SOMERTON - July 2, 2012 --Philadelphia police are searching for the person responsible for slashing the tires on several vehicles early Monday morning.
The vandalism happened in the rear parking lot of Sweeney's Station Saloon, located in the 13000 block of Philmont Avenue in the city's Somerton section.
A total of four vehicles had their tires slashed. Customers discovered the damage around 2:00 a.m. as they left the bar.
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"It's like déjÃ* vu all over again."
As John McCain heads into the second round of presidential debates tonight, Yogi Berra's words come to mind. Mr. McCain could do worse than remind the middle class what happened to them the last time a charismatic Democratic candidate promised them a tax cut. While he's at it, he might also remind them how much more expensive it will be to send Barack Obama to the White House at a time when his fellow Democrats will have a majority in both houses of Congress.
The Clinton years hold some good lessons on both these scores. Back when Mr. Clinton was campaigning for president in 1992, he made a pretty direct pitch: Raise taxes on people making more than $200,000, and use those revenues to fund tax relief for the "forgotten middle class."
In an October presidential debate, then-Gov. Clinton laid out the marginal-rate increase he wanted and some of his plans for the revenue that would be brought in. He followed with a pledge:
"Now, I'll tell you this," he said. "I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for these programs. If the money does not come in there to pay for these programs, we will cut other government spending, or we will slow down the phase-in of the programs."
Mr. Clinton, of course, won that election. And as the inauguration approached, he began backtracking from his promise. At a Jan. 14, 1993, press conference in New Hampshire, he claimed that it was the media that had played up a middle-class tax cut, not him. A month later, he announced his actual plan before a joint session of Congress.
On page one of the New York Times, the paper described the fate of the middle-class tax cut this way: "Families earning as little as $20,000 a year -- members of the 'forgotten middle class' whose taxes he promised during his campaign to cut -- will also be asked to send more dollars to Washington under the President's plan."
In some ways, we are today reliving the campaign of 1992. As in 1992, the Democrat is promising a middle-class tax cut. As in 1992, the Democrat is hammering the Republican as a tool of the rich. And as in 1992, the Republican doesn't seem to have an answer.
Give Sen. Obama his due. His patter is direct and easy to understand. ("I will cut taxes -- cut taxes -- for 95% of all workers and their families," "if you make under $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes go up one dime.") And his language about putting working families first is hard to attack as class warfare when his opponent is blaming our financial woes on Wall Street's greed.
But this doesn't have to be 1992 all over again. Not, at least, if Mr. McCain begins to direct his fire as much against the Democratic establishment on Capitol Hill as against Mr. Obama. For one thing, Congress is even less popular than the president. For another, the need for a Republican check on a Democratic Washington is a potent argument.
That was one of the lessons from the Clinton years. For the first two years of his first term -- when Democrats controlled Congress -- Mr. Clinton was a different president. With Democrats in control of Washington, the middle-class tax cut vanished, a massive tax hike was approved, and the political debate centered around HillaryCare.
Then came 1994, the "Contract with America" -- and a reform-minded Republican Congress. Robert L. Bartley, the late great editor of this newspaper, liked to note the bracing effect the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress had on the market -- and the Democratic president. After a few skirmishes, President Clinton would go on to embrace welfare reform, sign a cut in the capital gains tax, and even declare that "the era of Big Government is over."
Barring divine intervention, a President Obama would not have a Republican Congress to worry about. Instead, he would be working with a Democratic speaker of the House who loaded billions in pork onto a bill meant to fund our troops; with a Democratic Senate majority leader who promised to change the way Congress spent but fought earmark reform; and with committee leaders such as Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, who did so much to bring us the financial implosion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
In this kind of Washington, the American taxpayer could use a Gary Cooper: the "High Noon" lawman willing to stand up for us when everyone else is ducking for cover. Marshal McCain, anyone?


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Brought forward for purposes of me knowing I'll forget to do this later: Katie West, my Canadian Filthy Assistant, is taking modelling commissions. I figure this is the least I can do for her helping me hobble around Toronto.
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England captain Root denies 'drinking culture' in his team
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With cricket pundits predicting another humiliation of England in the upcoming Ashes series, an unfazed skipper Joe Root said his side is better prepared to take on the hostile hosts and wiser than they were four years ago.
The Englishmen were thrashed 0-5 during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia, which has once again fuelled talks of yet another humiliation for the tourists in the upcoming five-match rubber, starting on November 23 at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Root, however, rubbished the predictions, saying the visitors are ready to face all the challenges during the series.
"There's been a lot of talk. Some of it exciting and some of it a load of rubbish. Especially from some of the Aussie players," Root was quoted as saying by ecb.co.uk on the eve of their final warm-up fixure against a Cricket Australia XI, here from Wednesday.
"Last time that caught us out, but I think we are a bit wiser this time. It's making sure we are absolutely prepared for any scenario and absolutely ready for that first game, whatever they do throw at us.
"We expect it to be hostile. We expect it to be a very loud and rowdy atmosphere at the Gabba. We are in a good place and ready for that. We have got our heads round what to expect.
"Fear is not the right word to describe England's attitude. Respect probably is. They have a lot of quality in their attack, but we have lots of quality in our side too," he added.
The 26-year-old also rubbished Australia's frontline spinner Nathan Lyon's threat of going after the English skipper, who has 13 hundreds and 32 half-centuries from 60 Test matches.
"I've heard a lot of chat about them targeting me in particular," Root told reporters on Tuesday.
"Bring it on. it's what it's about. You want that competitive element and there are little in-house rivalries.
"It should be a great series and they've got some great players within their squads and some good characters which will make for a great Test," he said.
Root, who has so far scored 58, 1 and 9 in three innings in Australia also spoke about his hunger for big runs during the series.
"That's one of the things we really want to get out of this game -- guys going on and making big hundreds.
"If we get the opportunity to do that, that's definitely the mentality of the batting side and that's something we have to have throughout the five Test matches.
"But ultimately getting runs and good habits here and getting in good habits is the way we have to approach it," he said.
The captain also revealed his playing XI for the four-day game, which will miss England's highest Test wicket-taker James Anderson because of illness.
Anderson, who was appointed Root's deputy is, however, expected to be fully fit for the first Test.
England will however, be bolstered by the return of spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali for the warm-up game.
England team for four-day tour game: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (Captain), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad, Mason Crane.
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1. The important thing to notice with the loadout options is that Redding's recommendation and the stealth option include two flash grenades.
2. Three guards patrol the immediate area. Hug the left wall to stay in shadow. Move slowly as the three lanterns on the wall are motion sensitive. (Note that a valve across the yard can be used to activate the sprinklers and disperse the guards if you like.)
3. Throw the circuit breaker to disable the front lights.
4. Wait in ambush for the guard who investigates. Interrogate him to learn about the motion sensors.
5. After a moment the second guard investigates. Knock him out and place both bodies in the dark corner. Repeat on the third guard. The yard is now clear.
6. Avoid the third patrol then pick the lock on the front door. The darkness conceals you from the security camera visible upper-right.
7. Opening the door illuminates your surroundings. Note the camera above the receptionist. Quickly enter the building and scurry into shadow.
8. The receptionist investigates. Play cat-and-mouse with him until you can grab him from behind. Interrogate him to learn that there are about 20 guards on duty - 16 after you knock him out.
9. Close the front door swiftly to avoid detection by the cameras. Use this computer to learn about a medkit in the first floor bathroom. Also learn that the security code for the first-floor security booths is 3624. Take a look at the security camera images as well.
10. Next, select "Security Access."
11. You are presented with a list of IP addresses. The display on the right will light with the correct octet for the IP you are trying to hack. Click on the number as it's lit and the wrong options are removed from the list. Wait to see all four options illuminated, or until you've eliminated all wrong options. Guess wrong or use up all your time and an alarm will sound.
12. Click on the correct IP and this new option appears, "Upload Fake Email." Select this to update your opportunity objectives.
13. Secondary fire from your SC Pistol disables the security camera long enough for you to slip back out through the front door. (If the door to the teller area is open, you may continue through there.)
14. Follow this path to the well-lit right side of the building.
15. Disable this security camera then climb the ladder far-right.
16. Grimsdottir suggests you look for a junction box to power down the dome windows' magnetic locks. Pick the lock on the indicated door.
17. Use this panel to disable the magnetic locks - and activate a laser grid.
18. Approach the far side of this open dome and choose "Grab onto rope" to descend.
19. This part looks cool, but why in the world is there a rope hanging from a bank ceiling? Talk to Turtle to learn that you need to authorize the vault access from three separate panels. Note the laser beams activated below.
20. Secondary fire from your SC pistol will temporarily disable a beam. You can also access any of the computers to deactivate the entire field.
21. You can also activate your EEV vision (default "1") and let your crosshair linger over the computer. Pressing the use key key will access the computer, letting you disable the grid remotely. (Hat tip: Phil Donahue.)
22. Slip out of the teller's area and approach this door. You can either grab the sleeping guard and use him to activate the retinal scanner, or you can hack the retinal scanner - my preferred choice. Continue through the door on the right.
23. Quickly hug the right wall to avoid the security camera above the Exit sign. The door on the right can be ignored for now -- it leads to a hallway which ends up at the door by the ladder you used earlier. Also ignore the door on the left -- we'll be back later.
24. Move quickly to grab this guard before he moves on to the security station. Knock him out in a dark corner. The guard working on the keypad ahead will mumble the keycode to himself, 8645. You can also interrogate him to get the keycode. Knock him out or wait for him to move away from the door.
25. 8645 gets you in.
26. This is the treasurer's office. Use this panel to enable the first of three authorizations.
27. Search this cabinet to update your secondary objective, "Look for any suspicious transaction records." Hack the computer to upload your second fake email.
28. Exit the room then quietly approach the security office across the hall. 3624 gets you inside.
29. Quietly enter the office and grab the guard farthest from you. Take him out to the hall and knock him out. I was consistently able to take out this guard so long as I grabbed him first.
30. This second guard is a bit more skittish. Grab him from this position seen here. Take him out to the hallway and put his body in a dark corner with the others.
31. Access this computer to read some background, view security cameras, and send your third fake email.
32. Slip outside and use your OCP to disable a camera to the right of the doors.
33. Overhear an enraged guard reveal the door code to the president's office - 3490. Interrogate the patrol to learn the back door code 3901. (Two alternate paths are nearby: A pipe just off-shot to the left leads to the roof, and a crawlspace to the left of the door leads to the treasurer's office.)
34. Backtrack to the Exit sign. Disable the camera with your OCP. This gives you enough time to pick the lock on the door opposite.
35. Enter this crawlspace.
36. Hold here. Don't exit the crawlspace until you see this guard enter. Note the medkit you learned about earlier.
37. Something about the Splinter Cell series and peeing guards. (See here and here.) Interrogate this guard to learn about the security camera control room on the second floor.
38. Open the door then disable the security camera across the hall with your OCP. Again, 3624 unlocks the door.
39. If you move quickly (and silently) you can grab the guard from behind before he turns around.
40. Access this computer.
41. Upload your fourth fake email and Lambert confirms there are four more to go. Read "RE: Security Room Door Code" to learn the main security room code 2306.
42. Exit the room, remembering to disable the camera above the door.
43. Turn left to continue through this door.
44. Ascend these stairs, careful to avoid the guard at the top. Use this camera angle to spy his location before you advance.
45. Grimsdottir reveals that the guards possess beacons that deactivate the laser beams. Shadow this guard and you can get past the grid.
46. Better yet, knock him out and carry his body around as needed. Access this computer to send fake email number five.
47. A second guard patrols around the next corner. As he heads left, you should head right. Continue left as he returns.
48. Ditch the body and turn right into this room. Beware the security camera on the left wall. Slip behind the curtain in the far-right corner.
49. This is the main security room you learned of earlier. Enter with the code 2306.
50. Just as before, it's easier to take out the guard on the right first. Interrogate him in the hallway (leave the door open as you enter so you can get him back out) to learn of a vent that connects the security room to the outside. This is an alternate entrance to the second floor, accessed by the courtyard pipe.
51. Grab the second guard and knock him out. The panel seen on the left enables the second of three authorizations for the main vault. Use the computer on the right to delete the camera archives and disable the camera system.
52. Use the computer the second guard was using to deactivate the ceiling fan and upload your sixth fake email.
53. Around the corner is the president's office. Enter with door code 3490.
54. Ignore the outer office. Instead, pick the lock to this office then hack this computer to send a seventh fake email. Use the panel on the wall to enable the third authorization for the vault.
55. Exit through this open window then drop to the ground below.
56. Re-enter through the back door, code 3901.
57. This door near the first security station is now open. Enter and make an immediate right.
58. Open box 1024, found in this corner. Pick up the supplies and head down to the vault.
59. Here's the vault. Two locks are found, one on each side of the vault door. Place a telemetric lockpick on one, then pick the other lock yourself.
60. Follow the instructions to simultaneously pick both locks. Basically, wait for the red light to turn green before proceeding to the next pin.
61. Place a charge on the vault door, then back away. When you are a safe distance from the vault, detonate the charge.
62. A most-impressive vault opening ensues.
63. Access this computer at the back of the vault.
64. Upload your final fake email, then choose "Open Cage."
65. This compartment opens behind you. Grab the $50 million to complete the objective.
66. Everything's done but the exfiltration. Don't be in a rush to leave the vault, though. Activate your thermal vision to spot a laser across the vault opening. Use your OCP to disable it before leaving.
67. Lambert radios that the exfiltration point is in the same spot as your dropoff point. Backtrack to the exit sign, this time actually using the door.
68. Follow the hallway then emerge here, on the side of the building you visited at the beginning of the level.
69. Work your way across the yard then find this spot on the wall to exfiltrate and end the mission. (For thrill seekers, a pipe on the right/front side of the building leads to a zip line which will place you at the wall.)


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Drink it. Drop it off. You don't need to clean it. Swap it out for a new one.
$2.00 refundable deposit
Watch it being made and sample it from the tasting room.
Find us on tap at local bars and restaurants, wherever good beer is poured.
Glass (500ml): $5.00
Little Brown Jug (750ml): $6.00
Howler (946ml): $6.92
Growler (1.89l): $12.34
Keg (19L): $111.15 + deposit
Keg (50L): $246.87 + deposit
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Reviewed By Leonard D (Hot Springs Village, AR) Reviewed for a 2010 Toyota Highlander —9/8/2017 5:03 AM
The hitch was delivered in a thick (and heavy) cardboard box in perfect condition. Hitch fit the pre-threaded mounting holes on my 2017 Acura MDX exactly. I installed it myself by propping one side up on an inverted 5-gal bucket and then lifting and threading the bolts on the other side. The hitch is hidden behind the bumper except for the receiver. Looks good. Free receiver cover is a nice touch.


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been on this forum a while now, since last april probably as thats when i got this car I thought i should start a build thread for my own benefit as well as others as im sure it will come usefull for myself at one point haha.
anyway got myself a s reg 318ti compact in silver with the aim of using it as a night event/road rally car. has the standard engine in for now but i have big plans just like anybody else whos into their rallying haha but this is my first ever car so i need to get some events in first before splashing out big style so for now the basic spec is
abs removed, bias valve, hydraulic hbrake etc
ferodo pads with standard vented discs
group 4 escort rear bilsteins and motorsport spec bilstein on front
medium case with 4.4lsd
sparco cage
home made sumpguard
lightforce spots
have done an autotest in it and loved it but first proper event will be next weekend on the valentine rally in anglesey
now some pics havent really got pics of throughout the build or how it was when i first got it.
think next on the list is sort a decent radiator and fan andthen lightened flywheel and clutch


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Vance & Hines Twin Slash 3" Slip-ons - Sportster
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IT security and compliance are at the top of everyone's agenda right now, and for good reason. The news over the past year seemed to be all about companies being breached in every industry.
These are hardly new problems, and any responsible company has been investing in IT security and compliance for a long time. The problem is that the environment has changed, and the way the IT industry addresses security and compliance has not kept up.
In particular, there are a number of distinctions and disconnections that are more of a product of technology and process limitations than real differences in approach. "Patching", "security" and "compliance" are often seen as distinct activities, implemented with different tools and sometimes even under different teams. At their core, though, all of them share the same characteristics and requirements. In the same way, the reasons behind these different activities may vary – some things are done as best practices, while others are mandated from outside – but the process is not that different.
There is a certain state that we need to work towards, there is the real world which is always some distance away from that desired state, and there is the plan to get to the desired state or at least close as possible.
This all seems very simple, but the problem we have – the reason why the last year was a never-ending parade of bad IT security news – is that this seemingly simple process has become disconnected. As IT became more complex, security had to become a full-time job. Today, dedicated infosec teams have become isolated from IT operations, and there is a communications gap between them. The two teams use different processes and even different tools, and all too often communication between them falls into the SecOps Gap.
Today, BMC and Qualys announce a new partnership to close the SecOps gap. Qualys is a great tool for vulnerability assessment, and infosec teams love it. In turn, BMC BladeLogic is a great tool for IT operations, and sysadmins love it. The problem is the communication between those two teams all too often was limited to emailing ten-thousand-line spreadsheets around. This is not ideal for anyone – so instead we built a SecOps Portal where users can see the current state of their environment at a glance, combining information from both Qualys and BladeLogic, and trigger automated actions to resolve vulnerabilities and document what has been done.
This unified approach gives everyone what they need. Response time to vulnerabilities is accelerated enormously, while fixes (whether patches or configuration changes) are deployed in a controlled manner without disrupting users of those systems.
We have been using this approach with some early adopters for some time now (BMC and Heartbleed Create New Security/Ops Software Class) and we are now ready to announce it more widely.
To request more information, please fill in the form at www.bmc.com/CloseSecOpsGap.
Let's work together to make the security news in 2015 very boring indeed!
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