text: Student Profiles Laura Han '05 Laura Han '05 Hometown: Fulton, Illinois Major: Gender and Women's Studies, with a minor in Economics Why did you come to Bowdoin? My sister, Paula, first told me about Bowdoin when I was a freshman in high school. So I was able to research the school before officially starting the college search. After going through the whole application, I got to the day before enrollment cards were due, still debating between Bowdoin and another liberal arts college. Bowdoin was the only school I hadn't visited, and actually I ended up applying [here] sort of on a whim. But for some unknown reason, the couple weeks before I had to make a decision, I ended up really attracted to the school. At that time, I had always put so much thought into everything I did, so all of the time and careful consideration I invested in the college search sort of went out the door. I guess I decided to take a risk and I submitted the Bowdoin form. How did you decide on your major? I took Introduction to Women's Studies spring semester of my freshman year with a visiting professor, Rachel Groner, who made me very proud to learn the material being studied. Women's Studies, now Gender and Women's Studies, is also an interdisciplinary major, which is wonderful because you get the opportunity to cover and discover a variety of issues, and explore new topics. What I learned from GWS program was to welcome everything as a way to create new knowledge. What has been your favorite class at Bowdoin? This is tough because I have enjoyed many of my classes. But one that sticks out in my head is Economics of the Lifecycle with Professor Rachel Connelly of the Economics Department. I took this course (which was cross-listed with Women's Studies) spring semester of my junior year and liked it because we were able to work with Maine's childcare policies. And by then, I had learned about Iowa's childcare policies through previous summer internships, so it was interesting to be able to compare the methods used by each state. It also sparked my interest in possibly doing policy work later in life. Have you ever done any independent studies? During the fall semester, I worked with [Associate Professor] Jennifer Scanlon of the Gender and Women's Studies Department to analyze the effects of government policies on the interpretations of East Asian women in U.S. film. This topic had been an interest of mine since I took the Gender, Film and Consumer Culture class with Professor Scanlon the spring of my sophomore year. That class opened my eyes to the many ways images of women (of color) are portrayed through film, as well as advertising. I will probably never look at film the same again. I also did an independent study while I was abroad in Jamaica, fall semester of my junior year. As a part of the program, each student had to conduct a month-long independent study project (ISP) on a topic of his/her choice. I chose to analyze the feminization of the Jamaican household and its impact on women and children. A requirement of the ISP was doing field research, so I interviewed ten teenaged girls and their mothers. From these interviews, I was able to delve into specific issues of nurture, allocation of income and gaining agency as a woman in an impoverished country. I hadn't really been able to get to know too many people at this point, so I probably learned the most about certain Jamaican life experiences from these interviews. What extracurriculars do you participate in? Do you have an on campus job? I was active with the Bowdoin Women's Association, as co-chair of the group. The format of the leadership duties was great this year. There were five of us sharing responsibilities, so we were all able to bring our own agendas to the table for discussion/action. My agenda was to revive the campus women's publication. With joint effort from other members, Kerry Elson '05, Alison Driver '08, and Tasha Graff '07, we created The F-Word. By including a combination of personal narratives, factual information about women - emergency contraception, for example - and campus news, we created a magazine for everyone. I have worked on campus for the past four years at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. The past three years I worked specifically with the Maine InfoNet department, processing the incoming and outgoing materials within Bates, Bowdoin and Colby. I enjoyed my job very much and I enjoyed the company of the librarians. They were always so friendly - even when I was feeling down, they could put a smile on my face. Did you study abroad? As I mentioned earlier, I studied abroad in Jamaica the fall semester of my junior year. I stayed in Kingston, the capitol, with a host family. What I enjoyed most about the experience was meeting new people. I was so unfamiliar with Jamaican culture that all I knew was that I was going to meet a variety of people unlike others I had ever met. Though this happened for the most part, I also realized that despite the cultural barriers, I could joke and form friendships with anyone in Jamaica the same way I would if I were in the U.S. What's your best Bowdoin memory? There are many, but I guess one of my best Bowdoin memories is arriving on campus the first day of orientation and meeting my two roommates, Jenny Bordo '05 and Catherine Davies '05. My sister, Sandra, helped with the move and she was getting confused, which I thought was funny because she was a fresh college graduate at the time. Anyway, I remember the dorm room being a mess with computer boxes and luggage, and without a moment to really relax, we all scurried into the proctor's room so we could meet each other. That is when I caught my breath, looked at everyone and realized that I did not have a single clue as to what was in store ahead. What are your plans after graduation? I will be taking a couple of years off school and working as a litigation legal assistant in New York City. I had been interested in law since high school but sort of got sidetracked from it after my first year at Bowdoin. I am now interested again, and this experience is what I want before going to law school. But then again, who knows what will happen in the next few years - I may join the circus or something. What advice about the Bowdoin experience would you give to a prospective student? I have two pieces of advice. The first is pretty simple: be nice. Each person's presence creates and changes the campus dynamic, and kindness or a simple kind gesture is an easy way to make the Bowdoin experience a positive and memorable one for everyone. Secondly, earlier in the semester, a friend pointed out how every semester is and can be really different from the previous one, which I think is true. So Bowdoin can be whatever you want it to be. Make it what you want and get out of it what you can - learn about yourself, others and life. Story posted on August 05, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Thierry Cohen on Starry Skies, Astronomy, and Pioneering Digital Photography
Artsy Editorial
Parisian photographer Thierry Cohen depicts cityscapes with night skies artificially voided of their usual light pollution. Although Cohen began focusing solely on this project—titled "Villes Enteintes" (Darkened Cities)—in 2010, he has been working as a professional photographer since the 1980s, pioneering the use of digital technology. To produce his striking images, Cohen uses Photoshop to alter and combine metropolitan cityscapes with starry skies from deserts and plains, which he photographs at the exact time, angle, and latitude of the respective cities (including Shanghai, New York, and Rio de Janeiro). Although Cohen's process uses modern technology, his work recalls the composite seascapes of 19th-century photographer Gustave Le Gray—equally innovative in his time—who used multiple negatives to grant a single image with a perfectly exposed sea and sky.
French, b. 1963, Paris, France, based in Paris, France
Thierry Cohen on Starry Skies, Astronomy, and Pioneering Digital Photography
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Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson Memorial Post #3792 near Townsend hosted the 13th annual National Medal of Honor Ceremony on March 25.
S.R. Smith has been coming to Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson Memorial Post every March 25 for the past 13 years.
And he wasn't going to let Monday morning's snowfall keep him from missing the VFW Post's annual ceremony to commemorate those who have received the national Medal of Honor.
"It's always an honor, and very humbling to be here, but I usually sit in the back because it's not about me; it's about him," the Middletown farmer said referring to his great, great grandfather Samuel Rodman Smith, a captain in the Fourth Delaware Infantry division who received the Medal of Honor for swimming across the partially frozen Rowanty Creek in Virginia under enemy fire in an effort to establish a crossing for Union troops during the Battle of Hatcher's Run in the waning days of the Civil War.
"I'll remember him, because I'm a descendant," he said. "But for the average person, it's events like this that make them remember, think about and understand that somebody sacrificed for their freedom."
Due partly to Monday morning's heavy snowfall, Smith was the lone relative of Delaware's 15 national Medal of Honor recipients to attend this year's ceremony.
Several current and former top ranking officials with the Delaware National Guard also braved the weather to attend Monday's ceremony, including Major Gen. Francis Vavala, the state's adjutant general.
"It's altogether fitting that I'm here as a spokesman for the Delaware National Guard," Vavala said. "Of the 15 Delaware recipients, seven of those were national guardsmen who received this award for action during the Civil War."
Vavala said the men and women of today's Delaware National Guard are following in the footsteps of those Medal of Honor recipients.
"Every day, we've got personnel from our organization that are placing their lives on the line for all of us," he said. "God bless all of you patriotic Americans for your perseverance in not letting today's members of our military … go unheralded. By your presence today, you show your commitment to honoring the men and women of our military, past and present."
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Frank Ianni said it's important to also remember the ultimate sacrifices made by men and women who were not so fortunate as to be recognized with the nation's highest military honor.
"Many people get no medal for many brave actions," he said. "There is never any great fairness about who is awarded and who is not, but in the end those who are cited, you always have to put yourself in their place and imagine what they went through."
Retired Brig. Gen. Terry Wiley, a lifetime member of the VFW Post in Townsend, echoed those statements by quoting poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"A hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer," he said, after recalling the humble statements of several recent Medal of Honor recipients who insisted they were only doing their job. "These actions reflect how quickly the episodes came upon the recipients and how they reacted out of training, and direction, and by a spirit to survive."
Each of the speakers at Monday's ceremony also took a moment to recognize Paul Cathell Jr., the president of the Delaware Medal of Honor Historical Association, and his wife, Cassie, who have organized the annual ceremony that first began in 2001.
"What got us started was our realization that most people, myself included at the time, don't know who these recipients were, what they did or how much it means to earn a Medal of Honor," Cathell said. "What we want is for people to remember the fact that these gentlemen and ladies have done something no one else did, and for most of them, it was the actions they made, in just a few minutes or less, that made them a hero."


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"It has been a privilege," the Hall of Fame coach said Thursday during a press conference. Summitt will become head coach emeritus and longtime assistant Holly Warlick has been promoted to replace her.
"I just felt like it was time for me to step down knowing that Holly was going to be in great hands," said Summitt, who revealed on Aug. 23 that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. "She's a great coach and you know I'm going to continue to support her. You know It's never a good time but you have to find the time that you think is the right time and that is now."
Summitt, who won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball during her 38 years at Tennessee, discussed the decision to step aside on the court named for her after her 1,000th win.
"It was really a great ride for me," Summitt said.
The ride on the coaching carousel may be over for Summitt, but there are other challenges and honors ahead.
The White House says later this year Summitt will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
President Barack Obama said Summitt is an "inspiration" as the coach who has won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball history and for her willingness to "speak so openly and courageously about her battle with Alzheimer's."
"Obviously, I didn't see it coming, but that's a tremendous honor," Summitt said of the Medal of Freedom honor.
In her new role at Tennessee, Summitt will report to athletic director Dave Hart.
"I made a choice early in my career to challenge myself to step up my game each and every day," Summitt said. "You can be sure I will take this same attitude into my new role as head coach emeritus and continue to teach our players the same commitment. I can promise you ladies I'm here for you. Trust me that that will happen."
The 59-year-old coach revealed Aug. 23 that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. Warlick, Summitt's longtime assistant, has been promoted to replace her.
During the press conference, Summitt called Warlick over and handed her a whistle.
"It is now time to turn over my whistle to you," said Summitt, who hugged Warlick and the crowed gave them a standing ovation.
"I know this works because I've heard it a lot of times," Warlick said, referring to the whistle.
Warlick isn't the only coach on the move. Tyler Summitt, Pat's son, will be an assistant women's coach at Marquette.
"This was her decision and I think that she took time after the season, thought about everything and the thing my mom's always taught me is to put the team before yourself," Tyler Summitt said. "She really felt like this was the best thing for the Lady Vol program. She's still going to be in a mentoring role."
Also on hand for the news conference were Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley and men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin.
Summitt tried to show people that it was possible to function even in the face of dementia and Alzheimer's. She had the blessing of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek to keep coaching.
She delegated duties to Warlick, the associate head coach who directed the Lady Vols during games and addressed reporters postgame with other assistants taking on much more of the workload in an emotionally draining season that felt like a farewell tour it wound up being.
Yet Summitt's every move was studied to see how she felt, down to how many officials she yelled at or her icy glares at a player while overseeing a Division I program with a busy national travel schedule. After losing to eventual national champ Baylor in a regional final, Warlick's tears during the postgame news conference gave a glimpse of how exhausting the season had been and the possibility it was Summitt's last game.
"It has been a privilege to make an impact on the lives of 161 women who have worn orange," Summitt said. "I am so proud of them the Lady Vols student athletes and the honor to see them graduate and become successful young women."
Now Summitt can focus on her health and taking on duties that will keep her with the program she guided to eight national titles since taking over in 1974.
Summitt's new role will include helping with recruiting, watching practice, joining staff meetings, helping coaches analyze practice and games, and advising the Southeastern Conference on women's basketball issues and mentoring players. Summitt also will be working as a spokeswoman in the fight against Alzheimer's.
Summitt's final record stands at 1,098-208, 16 regular-season Southeastern Conference championships and 16 SEC tournament titles - the last won a month ago. During her time, Tennessee never failed to reach the NCAA tournament, never received a seed lower than No. 5 and reached 18 Final Fours. Those Final Fours tie the UCLA and North Carolina men for the most all-time by a college basketball program, and she never had a season with a losing record.
"Pat started coaching at a young age and no one will ever pass her on anything that she has done," Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. "There may be coaches that have more national championships but there will never be anyone who has meant so much to women's basketball. Pat now moves to the next chapter of her life."
Every Lady Vol player who has completed her eligibility at Tennessee graduated under Summitt, and 74 former players, assistants, graduate assistants, team managers and directors of basketball operations are currently among the coaching ranks at every level of basketball.


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STOCKTON - Creditors battling Stockton in bankruptcy court take issue with the city's new police contract, which upon approval this month erased a $13 million lawsuit officers filed in exchange for a few extra vacation days.
STOCKTON - Creditors battling Stockton in bankruptcy court take issue with the city's new police contract, which upon approval this month erased a $13 million lawsuit officers filed in exchange for a few extra vacation days.
The city next seeks to settle a minor lawsuit by comparison, paying $55,000 to a man who said officers in 2010 roughed him up. In the proposed deal, Christopher Hallon will drop his suit, and the city will have one fewer lawsuit to fight.
Yet, capital market creditors, who stand to lose millions invested into Stockton, objected to both instances in court papers made public Thursday. They accuse the city of skirting the bankruptcy procedure designed to treat all of its creditors fairly.
"If Chapter 9 means anything, it means that a debtor cannot sidestep the plan process so easily and effortlessly," attorneys said, accusing the city of secret dealing.
Stockton filed Chapter 9 on June 28, making it the nation's largest city to seek bankruptcy protection. Officials cited years of overspending, high employee pay and the economic recession for Stockton's collapse.
Assured Guaranty Corp. and National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. are two bond insurers that object to the city filing Chapter 9 in the first place.
In overarching arguments, they accuse Stockton of failing to take enough austerity measures before filing bankruptcy, and officials didn't negotiate in good faith by not asking California Public Employees' Retirement System, the city's largest creditor, to renegotiate its contract.
In this subplot regarding settlements, creditors contend the city is attempting to make an end-run around the bankruptcy process by resolving lawsuits outside of court.
Stockton voluntarily filed Chapter 9, which the creditors say puts the city by its will under a judge's control. By bringing proposed settlements to court, the creditors say they would have a say in any deals that might treat them unfairly.
The creditors fear that because they are locked up in bankruptcy court, they will end up with pennies on the dollar, while favored litigants making side deals will be compensated fully.
Stockton has yet to file a response, but the city's lead bankruptcy attorney, Marc Levinson, has argued that the judge does not have the power to dictate how the city spends its money or sets policy.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein also acknowledged the limits of his powers early in Stockton's case, ruling that he could not force the city to resume paying for retired city employee health care. Yet, Klein also asked for more briefing when posed with this situation last month.
The creditors in court papers argue that Stockton officials overstepped their boundaries when the City Council approved a contract with the Stockton Police Officers' Association. The new contract settles a lawsuit in which officers sought $13 million in back pay.
In the deal brokered outside of court, the city agreed to compensate officers for foregoing back pay, not in money, but with 44 hours of extra vacation time they can use over the next three years. That, creditors say, is an example of the city's "cavalier disregard" for the bankruptcy rules, creditors said.
David Mastagni, an attorney representing the Stockton police union, said that given the judge's prior ruling against the city retirees, Klein is not now going to second guess the city.
"Given the compelling need to retain officers," Mastagni said, "I doubt the court will entertain the capital market creditors' efforts to interfere with the police labor contract."
Klein is expected to take up these arguments Jan. 30 in his Sacramento courtroom.
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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Announcing Our New Website
After months of work by the Drachen Foundation Board, the entire Foundation staff, and technical work by two outside organizations, the new Drachen Foundation website is here. These months have taken us back in time to when the organization started, by reminding us of many of the projects, books, workshops, exhibits, and kite stories we've been involved in. Likewise, the new website will revisit all of these endeavors – in a new and exciting, easy-to-navigate format – and bring the Foundation back to its original mission: to disseminate kite information, worldwide.
Key Features
How to Use This Site: http://www.drachen.org/how-use-site
Online Collections: http://www.drachen.org/collections
Our fifteen year history has allowed us to accumulate a large collection of kites, photographs, books, and kite ephemera. With today's technology we have been able to digitize the majority of our collection and we will soon offer it online for the first time. One of the original purposes of the Foundation was to collect and maintain a kite archive. We are excited to open that archive to the world kite community. Please be patient as we render our collection for online access. It will go up shortly.
But the most exciting aspect of today's technology is that it is interactive. We now have the ability to make the website a living, breathing, growing entity that gets stronger with more use. Worldwide users will be able to contribute pictures, articles, kite plans, or any of their favorite kite memories.
Interactive Features
Drachen Blog: http://www.drachen.org/blog
Kite Biographies: http://www.drachen.org/bio
Kite Cultures: http://www.drachen.org/learn/kite-cultures
Virtual Exhibits: http://www.drachen.org/exhibits
Discourse Archive: http://www.drachen.org/articles
A large portion of our site will be dedicated to teachers, as they have become our largest audience. We hope to provide examples of kite curricula, workshop ideas, and inexpensive kite kits and materials. All are clearly explained and easily adaptable to any teacher's classroom.
Educational Features
Kite Lessons: http://www.drachen.org/teach/lessons
Free Kite Plans: http://www.drachen.org/learn/drachen-kite-plans-materials
Online Store: http://www.drachen.org/catalog
Finally, the key to the website's success will be defined by your use and interaction. We need your feedback as you become familiar with the site and especially when you find obstacles to your searches. We know there will be a period of time that programming adjustments must be made and we'll need your input to make those work for you. We hope this site will allow you to find and use information you might not otherwise locate, to ask questions that can be answered by the Drachen Foundation staff or by the Foundation's worldwide audience, and to enable you to build, write about, or teach about kites more successfully.
New Website Survey
Survey ends September 1st: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PJYFBH8
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Gears of War 3
Xbox 360 (out now), £40
One of the greatest action games of all time has now made it to trilogy status and, unlike Return of the Jedi, this won't disappoint. The third-person, cover-based action in Gears of War 3 is more cinematic than ever and now lets four players tackle the campaign mode together. Guns like the digger, which fires missiles underground into enemy encampments and a multi-player horde survival mode make this an essential buy.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
PC, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 (November 8), £40
One of the most eagerly anticipated games of all time, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be running at an eye-bulging 60fps. A useful addition when playing the new co-op survival mode where you must fend off ever tougher waves of enemies. With levels based in London and New York it's set to be the most epic game of the series yet. Book time off work now.
Resistance 3
PS3 (out now), £40
One of the most jaw-dropping games to be released on the PS3, Resistance 3 adds 3D visuals and PlayStation Move controls to one of the console's earliest FPS games. Keep an eye out for the mutator gun that makes enemies rapidly grow boils that explode. Yummy.
Battlefield 3
PC, PS3, Xbox 360 (October 28), £40
The direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2 is actually the 11th game in the series. Complications aside, EA has had plenty of practice and in Battlefield 3 you'll find a perfectly honed first-person shooter. The graphics incorporate the ANT system used in FIFA for true-to-life body and facial graphics, while there are perks off the ground, too – like piloting a jet fighter.
Unchartered 3: Drake's Deception
PS3 (November 2), £40
Drake and his witty charm are back for the third instalment of Uncharted. With new melee attacks, multi-opponent fights (a bit like Batman: Arkham Asylum) and stealth options, Uncharted 3 should score off the chart. We'll be bringing you a review of Drake's 2011 antics as soon as a copy hits our desks.
Forza Motorsport 4
Xbox 360 (October 14), £40
You could risk it and steal a Lamborghini, outrun the police and defy death at every nearly-out-of-control turn before succumbing to that inevitable prang. Or you could get involved in Forza 4, which is so realistic and has so many cars (500), it's almost better than the real thing. Almost.
Batman: Arkham City
PS3, Xbox 360, PC (October 21), £40
The Dark Knight returns to tackle more fiendishly evil bad guys than ever with the likes of The Joker, Dr. Hugo Strange, The Riddler and Bane all out to have the cape of our favourite crusader for their very own. Now you can play as a faster character in the form of Catwoman. Yes we're skeptical about games with more than one protagonist too, but after a quick go with Catwoman (not like that), it feels like a sped up version of Arkham Asylum – which is a very good thing.
Driver: San Francisco
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC (Sept 24), £40
The most stylish driving game of all time is back with overhauled graphics, breath-taking stunt driving and over 200 missions. The '70s cop show inspired theme works perfectly and leaves you feeling decidedly cooler in real life when stepping into your Nissan Micra.
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PS2, PSP, 3DS (September 30), £40
FIFA is fast leaving its main rival, Pro Evo, weeping in the dressing room as FIFA 12 extends its goal difference with the new Impact Engine. Real physics is applied to the movements of the ball and players based on varying physical forces which translates into realistic play like no football game before. A new Tactical Defending system that emphasises manual defending while Precision Dribbling varies ball control depending on the player's position.
Rise of Nightmares
Xbox 360 (September 24), £25
Horror gaming is about to get real. Using the magic jiggery-pokery of Kinect you can traverse the blood stained world of Rise of Nightmares using a bevy of blunt and sharp weapons to take out the hungry zombies. Look out for electric knuckle dusters that can be used to explode zombie heads. They're fun.
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Hogs Fall to Syracuse
Orange Beat Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena Friday
Hogs Fall to Syracuse
Orange Beat Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena Friday
Sophomore BJ Young scored 25 points for the Razorback basketball team on Friday night against Syracuse in a nine-point loss, 91-82, at Bud Walton Arena in front of a season high 19,259 fans.
Arkansas (3-3) played in front of its largest home crowd since the 2009 season which included more than 4,000 students.
Young finished the game with 25 points off 10-of-23 shooting to lead Arkansas on the court. Junior Marshawn Powell also finished with a double-digit scoring game with 19 points. Powell and junior Coty Clarke would both lead Arkansas with seven rebounds each.


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WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.
Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. She says in the six-minute video that gays and lesbians are "full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship."
"That includes marriage," she says, adding that she backs gay marriage both "personally and as a matter of policy and law."
Clinton's announcement is certain to further fuel the already rampant speculation that she is considering another run for president in 2016. Other possible Democratic contenders — including Vice President Joe Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley — all back the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said Monday that it will be "very difficult for any ultimate nominee, Republican or Democrat, to be against marriage equality" in the 2016 election.
Polls show that public opinion on gay marriage has shifted perhaps more rapidly than on any other major issue in recent times. In Gallup polling last November, 53 percent of adult Americans said same-sex marriages should be granted the same status as traditional marriages, while 46 percent felt they should not be valid.
In 1996, when Gallup first asked about gay marriages, 27 percent felt they should be valid.
The shift among the major political parties has been equally swift. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Clinton and rival Barack Obama both backed civil unions for gay couples, but not same-sex marriage. In the lead-up to the 2012 election, Obama announced his support for gay marriage and Democrats backed the right of same-sex couples to wed in their party's official platform.
The GOP officially opposes gay marriage, though several high profile Republicans have publicly backed the right of same-sex couples to wed. On Friday, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman became the first Republican senator to announce his support for gay marriage, saying he had a change of heart after learning that his son is gay.
More than 100 Republicans also submitted a "friend of the court" brief to the Supreme Court asking the justices to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The court will hear oral arguments on California's Proposition 8 measure next week.
Justices will also hear arguments in a related case concerning the constitutionality of a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. President Bill Clinton signed the act into law in 1996, but said earlier this month that he now believes it is unconstitutional and should be overturned.
Despite holding back in supporting same-sex marriage, Hillary Clinton was a strong support of gay rights, both in the U.S. and abroad, during her tenure at the State Department. Under her watch, the U.S. government made it official policy to promote gay rights around the world.
She also spoke positively of the New York State Legislature's approval of a same-sex marriage law in 2011 but stopped short of endorsing the measure.
Clinton links her decision to back gay marriage to both her personal and professional experiences. She speaks about her daughter Chelsea's wedding, saying that to deny the opportunity to marry to anyone's daughter or son on the basis on sexual orientation "is to deny them the chance to live up to their own God-given potential."
She also said her conversations as secretary of state with everyone from foreign leaders to a young Tunisian shaped her decision to back the right of same-sex couples to wed.


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This activity explores how ancient Sun observers made use of natural and built structures to mark solar alignments observed at different times of the year, particularly around the solstices and equinoxes. In Part 1, the teacher prepares a horizon... (View More) table that represents the Earth's horizon. In Part 2, students create functioning models of an existing ancient solar observatory or design their own observatory. In Part 3, students test their model using the horizon table and a flashlight as the Sun. The lesson includes discussion questions, background information about Maya astronomy, a checklist for science notebook write-ups, and a math extension activity that measures shadows. This activity is the seventh lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum. (View Less)
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In this activity, students begin learning about archaeoastronomy much as the first skywatchers began learning about the sky: by observing and wondering. Students observe photographs and drawings of petroglyphs, pictographs, and natural and... (View More) human-made structures believed to be ancient observatories or of relevance to ancient astronomies and astronomers. They discuss and record observations (I notice…) and questions (I wonder…) on chart paper. This activity, which is the first in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum, allows teachers to discover students' prior experience and knowledge, thus helping them personalize the other activities in the curriculum for their classes. (View Less)
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Hormonal effects in newborns occur because, while they are in the womb, babies are exposed to many chemicals (hormones) present in the mother's bloodstream. After birth, the infants are no longer exposed to these hormones. This exposure may cause temporary conditions in a newborn.
Newborn breast swelling; Physiologic leukorrhea
Hormones from the mother (maternal hormones) are some of the chemicals that pass through the placenta into the baby's blood during pregnancy. These hormones can affect the baby.
For example, pregnant women produce high levels of the hormone estrogen. This causes breast enlargement in the mother. By the third day after birth, breast swelling may also be seen in newborn boys and girls. Such newborn breast swelling does not last, but it is a common concern among new parents.
The breast swelling should go away by the second week after birth as the hormones leave the newborn's body. Do not squeeze or massage the newborn's breasts because this can cause an infection under the skin (abscess).
Hormones from the mother may also cause some fluid to leak from the infant's nipples. This is called witch's milk. It is common and usually goes away within 2 weeks.
Newborn girls may also have temporary changes in the vaginal area.
These changes are common and should slowly go away over the first 2 months of life.
In: Kliegman RM,Behrman RE, Jenson HB,Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbookof Pediatrics.19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011: chap XX.


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Blaze destroys home in Keene; cause undetermined
June 16. 2014 8:31AM
KEENE — An unoccupied single family home on Rule Street was destroyed in a two-alarm blaze Monday morning.
Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Leslie said the fire at 72 Rule St., reported at 12:47 a.m., went to a second alarm when firefighters arrived three minutes later and saw the building in flames.
"There was a partial collapse in the rear of the building," he said.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
The residence, built in 1945, is owned by Juanita Kern of Severn, Md., according to the city's online assessor's database. The building is assessed at $4,300, while the total property assessment, including .19 acre, is $53,000.


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General Practice, Solo & Small Firm DivisionMagazine
Volume 17, Number 7
October/November 2000
Closing the Deal
Assuming your efforts in planning have paid dividends and you have successfully used the concepts of leverage to put your deal points within sight, the outcome of months of effort can hinge on what is done or said over the span of only a few minutes. At this point, the only thing that counts is the ability to get the other side to say the magic word—yes. Every lawyer has at least one sad story about the big one that got away. In many of these situations, the deal was lost because of an inability to close.
The right time to close a negotiation is when everyone is ready, willing, and able to say yes to all of the terms embodied in a proposed agreement. Conversely, the wrong time is any other time. Your sense of timing and judgment become critical in making this determination. Often, internal or external deadlines will dictate the right time to close negotiation. However, in situations in which there is little or no deadline pressure, it will be incumbent on you to take the initiative to close. Here are the three don'ts of closing:
1. Don't press for a closing until you have all the relevant information to make an intelligent offer or an informed response to an offer.
2. Don't press for a closing if you feel the other side is not ready to close and would view your efforts with mistrust or suspicion. Being premature or overanxious can scare the other side away from a deal they would otherwise be willing to make.
3. Don't allow the other side to press for a closing until you are ready to close. Too many people find themselves swept into deals they were not ready to make because they fell victim to closing tactics used against them.
Besides never getting around to concluding the deal, the biggest mistake negotiators make in closing is not knowing when to quit. Once the other party has agreed to your terms, stop! Too many people continue to sell a deal after it's been sold. Continuing to talk after the deal is done can only result in disaster.


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Playground a perfect fit for center's disabled students
Like most 9-year-olds, Bryce DePalma was most interested in what came after the speeches at the ribbon cutting Thursday at the Sargent Rehabilitation Center.
It was for the playground that he and other students watched being built over the last several months. Now it was finished, and it looked beautiful. More than that, it looked like fun.
That's what Bryce's parents, William and Sharon DePalma, like about the Sargent Center. Bryce is happy at the center. He's having fun and, more importantly, he's making greater progress than they believed possible, had he stayed in the North Providence School system.
But Sharon is careful when she talks about North Providence. They really cared and tried to do everything they could to help Bryce, whose disabilities became evident when he was 18 months. His speech wasn't developing. He underwent multiple tests. He entered the school system's early intervention program at 3 years old.
"He would open his mouth and nothing would come out," said Sharon.
On Thursday, more than 150 people gathered in the shade of a tent to celebrate the opening of a $200,000 state-of-the-art ADA approved certified green playground-recreation/sensory-reflection garden.
Noting that the playground was completed on time, under budget and is fully paid off, Mayor Scott Avedisian commended the center.
"There are not many non-profits talking about expansion," he said, adding the center is "expanding services when most are trying to hold the line."
Daniel Flaherty, board member and father of a day care student, talked about those who had worked hard to make the playground a reality.
Sargent Center CEO and President Marilyn F. Serra presided over the event like a proud mother hen and spoke about the "dream team" that pulled everything together.
Primary funders include The Champlin Foundations, the June Rockwell Levy Foundation, The Fogarty Foundation, Ocean State Charities and Rhode Island Legislature, in addition to the center's own capital fund drive.
The playground, recreation area and sensory reflection garden has its traditional slides, see-saw, basketball hoop, cushioned court, in addition to water spouts and raised gardens, where students are encouraged to touch the plants. It is designed for students aged 3 to 21 with severe sensory and motor disabilities.
When it came to the monkey bars, Bryce was anything but impaired. He swung from bar to bar and then hung upside down for his parents amusement.
"I see a child that is happy," Sharon said. "He's getting what he needs academically, emotionally and physically."
She said the team at Sargent "customizes" programs to fit the needs of an individual. In particular, she noted the work of speech therapists and how they have drafted a program for Bryce that is at his level, yet still challenging to him. She doesn't believe public schools – because of larger and more diverse populations – could offer such individualized attention.
Founded in 1917, the Sargent Center specializes in providing rehabilitation and education services to children and adults with traumatic brain injury and stroke. They also treat autism spectrum disorders, complicated learning disorders and other neurological disorders to provide skills for a productive life. The center serves more than 1,500 individuals and families throughout Rhode Island and surrounding states.
"The people [at Sargent] are amazing," says William. "This is such a collaborative effort."
The decision to take Bryce out of the public system was reached after consulting with the public system itself.
"The school system doesn't rehabilitate … it's a different mindset [here]" said Sharon.
She said some of the things Bryce's speech therapists do are so "out of the box" that she finds herself "giggling" with hope for her son's future.
Sharon and William meet at least every six weeks with Sargent staff members to review their son's development. They review videos of his in-class performance and consider recommendations as to how they could enhance his progress.
As a special education student, North Providence pays the cost of sending Bryce to Sargent.
"He comes home happy and tired," Sharon says of Bryce.
What does she see for Bryce?
"I believe he'll be a fully functioning adult," she answers.
Undaunted by the monkey bars, Bryce was ready to move on to the next feature of the playground. He had plenty of company. Other center students and their parents were reveling in the improvements.
Bryce gave fellow students and faculty high fives. And, most gratifying to his parents, he was articulating his excitement.
"You've got to try the monkey bars; they're great," he said.


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Debra Messing, Alexandra Wentworth, and Mariska Hargitay embodied the uplifting spirit of the 6th Annual Joyful Heart Foundation Gala in New York City as they squeezed together to snap a selfie on the red carpet. The event raised funds for the Joyful Heart Foundation, an organization Mariska Hargitay started in 2004 after she began playing Detective Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. The content on the show opened her eyes to the staggering realities of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and she decided to form a foundation to help empower, heal, and educate survivors of abuse. To learn more about the foundation head to joyfulheartfoundation.org. Plus, check out more of this week's parties by clicking the photo above.
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Last week, I wrote about my initial experiences with Google's Android smartphone OS and the well-designed Motorola DROID X, triggering an avalanche of feedback and commentary. As you might expect, it was all over the map, with some condemnation from the Apple crowd, some very helpful tips from Android converts (thanks for those), and a slew of questions about what this all means to Windows Phone 7 and the other contenders in the smartphone wars.
There are no easy answers here. But I think we can come to some basic understanding about what it means to be a smartphone, circa late 2010, which platforms make the grade, and what this all means for IT.
For some reason, this is controversial in certain circles, but as far as I'm concerned it's just common sense. Smartphones, like PCs before them, have evolved over time. So while a phone that offered, say, email access in 2006 might have been considered a smartphone, the bar has raised significantly since then. Some want to term these newer, high-end devices as "super phones." Rubbish, I say. The name is the same, but how we grade these devices changes over time.
Today's smartphones require the following features and functionality:
- Push
- Over-the-air access to multiple email, contacts, and calendar accounts
- A modern, full-fledged development environment and platform for developers to target
- A way to deploy, market, and monetize apps through an online store
- Advanced hardware features like fast CPUs and GPUs, accelerometers, and multi-touch screens
- A way to manage the phone's features, through policies, so that these useful devices aren't used against businesses
Today, many regard Nokia Symbian as the world's number one smartphone platform, but I feel that this aging and rarely updated system doesn't even qualify as a smartphone using reasonable modern standards like those outlined above.
What we're left with are Google Android, Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad), Microsoft Windows Phone 7, and Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry. Each of these platforms meets the criteria established above, and when you consider which platforms constitute modern platforms, these are the real choices.
Of course, it's more complicated than that. Simply establishing your technical credibility doesn't mean you make the grade. That's why HP Palm webOS isn't on the list. On paper, Palm did all the right things when it created webOS, at least from a technical perspective, and its plan to base the development environment on well understood web technologies seemed like a good one. But the company was struggling by this point and didn't have the resources to get webOS widely adopted. As a result, I feel that webOS is on the way out, though that could change with HP's largess now backing the company. Frankly, I doubt it.
RIM BlackBerry, too, is a long shot, which might seem odd given that it's currently the number one smartphone platform in the US. But as is the case with Nokia—which is number one worldwide—RIM's early dominance of the market doesn't guarantee future success, and the company has been a follower, not a leader, since the iPhone appeared in 2007. So yes it hit all the bullet points, but one gets the feeling that RIM is a company already in retreat. It never would have pursued touch screens, multimedia features, or an online store with any alacrity if not pushed to do so.
Compared to Apple, the other smartphone platform makers are all followers. Its iOS system, popularized by the iPhone, will remain the safe choice going forward, with the most curated and protected ecosystem, and the largest base of content, both apps and digital media.
Google, which is poised to dominated the smartphone world with its Android platform is essentially cheating to do so, stealing the best parts of Microsoft's and Apple's playbooks while also stealing, according to Oracle, the Java system required to make it happen. Android is like a plague of locusts, messy but unstoppable.
And Microsoft screwed up its smartphone platform so badly it had to literally start over from scratch. I like what it's done with Windows Phone 7 though, and think it's got a smart design, solid underpinnings and, go figure, the superior underlying platform and developer environment. The company's decision to promote the cross-platform possibilities of this environment is particularly smart.
Looking forward, my take on all this is that Android, iOS, and Windows Phone will be the smartphone platforms that matter because only these three environments offer first-class experiences across all the criteria I previously established. RIM will remain popular with businesses largely out of inertia, but it will never gain internationally like it did in the US. HP will see nothing but failure with webOS; it's just too late. And I wouldn't be surprised to see Nokia abandon Symbian and become the biggest Windows Phone partner in the world.
Looking ahead, I plan to rate these three most important systems against each other. I'm particularly interested in the ever-evolving ways in which they support corporate policies, which prevent smartphones from being used as weapons against the companies that deploy them. Ultimately, the market will decide which of these platforms is the most popular. For now, what I'm most interested in is which is the most worthy, both for you as an individual and for the environments you manage. But I think it's down to those three.


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text: News Posted 01-09-2014 SHOT Show Live on OC OutdoorChannel.com to air reports from the show floor 2014 SHOT Show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. (James Overstreet photo) By: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com Can't get to the SHOT Show? We'll bring it to you. OutdoorChannel.com will air live updates from the SHOT Show, Jan. 14-17. Come each morning at 8:25 a.m. PT as host Tommy Sanders gives a show rundown before the doors open at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at 8:30 a.m. PT. Click here Jan. 14-17 for live updates from SHOT Show Each day at noon PT, Sanders will give show reports and interview Outdoor Channel personalities like Realtree's Bill Jordan, Matthews TV's Dave Watson, Michael Waddell and the Bone Collectors, the Drury Brothers, Pat and Nicole Reeve, MidwayUSA's Larry Potterfield and more. Tuesday through Thursday at 4 p.m. PT, Sanders will recap the day and Michael Bane will provide reports from the shooting/personal defense arena, which continues to take up more and more of the 630,000 square feet of show space. The SHOT Show is the largest trade show of its kind and Las Vegas' fifth largest trade show. Last year the event attracted a record attendance of 62,371 with a new high for buyers and more than 2,000 media personnel. Not open to the public, the trade-only show had 1,600 exhibitors and attracted industry professionals from all 50 states and 100 countries. Along with the webcasts, OutdoorChannel.com will provide stories, features, new products and photos. Our coverage begins Monday with Media Day at the Range. So whether you're stuck at home, at the office or even if you're in one of the 1,600 booths, visit OutdoorChannel.com for live reports and exclusive coverage of the 36th SHOT Show. Go to Shot Show 2014 Share This Story Related Shooting : Posted 01-09-2014 'Original Henry Rifle' Selected as 2014 SHOT Show Rifle View Shooting : Posted 01-06-2014 Benelli Presents The ETHOS View Shooting : Posted 01-06-2014 Gamo Outdoor USA Announces Its Participation In The 2014 SHOT Show View Shooting : Posted 01-06-2014 36th SHOT Show® Brings Outdoor Industry Professionals Together View Comments Participating Sponsors


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Jan. 9-12
Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.Tonight A 50 percent chance of showers after midnight. Increasing clouds, with a low around 36. East wind 6 to 13 mph.Thursday Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 58. East wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.Thursday Night Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight. Low around 45. Southeast wind around 9 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 9 to 14 mph.Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.Saturday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46.Saturday Night A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 40%.


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WASHINGTON — The White House and an aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton are pushing back against Republican strategist Karl Rove for suggesting that the former secretary of state's health could be an issue if she runs for president in 2016.
Clinton was hospitalized in December 2012 following the discovery of a blood clot near her brain, and Rove told Fox News on Tuesday that Clinton's health could be an issue in a presidential campaign.
The New York Post reported Tuesday that Rove suggested at a private conference near Los Angeles last week that Clinton suffered brain damage in a fall in December 2012.
Rove is disputing, though, that he referred to any brain damage.
A Clinton spokesman says the former first lady is "100 percent."
White House press secretary Jay Carney mocked the former George W. Bush adviser as "Dr. Rove."(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Buffalo School Board candidate turns down city job
A candidate for the Buffalo Board of Education's Park District seat has turned down Mayor Byron W. Brown's job offer and plans to file signature petitions to qualify for the ballot by Tuesday's deadline.
Adrian F. Harris, who was offered a civil service job as a recreational aide Friday by the mayor, said the early evening work hours would have prevented him from serving on the School Board, which meets Wednesday evenings.
"I have invested way too much into this campaign to ever make a decision any other way," Harris said. "The opportunity was great, but they waited six months to get back to me, and they never did."
If he gathers enough signatures, Harris would compete against Buffalo developer and former GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl P. Paladino, who also is running for the Park District seat being vacated by Louis Petrucci.
Harris interviewed in October with the Parks Department after scoring highly on a civil service exam, and he said he was told someone would be following up in a matter of days. Instead, he wasn't contacted until Wednesday, when a call came saying the mayor wanted to meet him Friday about the job.
Harris said he was discouraged from taking the position by what he considered a lack of professionalism in the job interview process, as well as the prospect of departing his current job as a teacher's assistant in Lancaster High School in the middle of a semester, leaving students and faculty in the lurch.
Harris said the mayor, who makes the final decision on civil service jobs, offered him the position, which pays in the mid-$30,000s, but seemed surprised to learn he held a master's degree in education.
"I would have thought if the mayor offered me a job he would know my credentials. Instead, he was kind of surprised," Harris said.
In contrast, Harris said, his current employer "knew what my credentials were and what I brought to the job."
"There wasn't the level of professionalism I would have expected," Harris said of the city's interview process.
The timing of the job offer raised suspicions that it was the result of an alliance that appears to have formed between Brown and Paladino, who got the mayor's support in February for a development project featuring a hotel, office space, apartments and restaurants near the Erie Basin Marina.
Michael DeGeorge, Brown's spokesman, said Friday that nothing improper or out of the ordinary took place, noting that the mayor regularly meets "with all levels of employees."
Harris, an electoral novice with no political affiliation, said he planned to deliver more than 1,000 petitions by Tuesday's deadline. He said he has ordered 100 campaign signs and is ready to mount a campaign.
"I'm going out there and trying to win. I want to convince people I'm better at getting people together and working for the City of Buffalo and the students and parents to make this a better place for kids," Harris said.
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Fowler overcomes slow first half to beat state champ Bluejays
The Fowler Goldbugs took everything the Class 1-Division I defending state champion Ashland Bluejays threw at them Tuesday night in the first half before dominating the second half on the way to a 76-51 road victory in Southern Plains-Iroquois Activities Association action.
The Goldbugs remained unbeaten on the season at 8-0 (including a dominating performance last month over the Bluejays), but it was their toughest test so far this season.
Fowler had been known for starting the game strong, but the Bluejays (4-5) stayed with the Goldbugs throughout the stanza and only trailed 31-29 at halftime.
The Goldbugs grabbed control of the game in the second half as they outscored the Bluejays 25-10 in the third quarter and 20-12 in the fourth to cement the victory.
Taylin Bird scored 20 points (including five 3-point baskets) to lead the Goldbugs, while Ty Clark added 17, Tem Shetley 16 and Jett Reese 13.
Hodgeman Co. 69, Ingalls 42
JETMORE — The Longhorns outscored the Bulldogs 38-21 in the first half and never looked back in recording the home victory in SPIAA League action.
Hodgeman County (3-4) was 29-of-54 from the field in the game with four players scoring in double figures: Jared Borger (18), Austin Pfannenstiel (16), Brennan Harms (11) and William Fierro 10.
Zeke Cox led Ingalls (1-5) with 11 points.
Meade 68, SW Heights 42
MEADE — The Buffaloes outscored the Mustangs 18-5 in the opening quarter and increased the lead to 21 by halftime in remaining unbeaten after seven games with the Hi-Plains League victory.
Morgan Davis scored 22 points to lead the Buffaloes, while Jett Little added 18 and Morgan Friesen eight in the victory.
Ben Johnsrud (13) was the only player to score in double figures for Southwestern Heights (6-3).
Meade 51, Southwestern Heights 27
MEADE — The Lady Buffaloes gave up only 12 points in the first half on the way to leading by 19 at halftime and extended their margin to 42-16 by the end of the third quarter of the Hi-Plains League matchup.
Bailey Olvera scored 16 points to lead Meade (4-3) and Kinzie Friesen added 10 in the victory. Ivon Amparan scored nine points to lead Heights (6-3).
Ashland 60, Fowler 41
ASHLAND — The Lady Bluejays outscored Fowler 24-3 in the opening quarter and coasted to the win in the SPIAA league showdown.
Canaan Endicott scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds for Ashland (8-1), while Nichole Borgelt added 13 points and five boards in the victory.
Fowler fell to 3-5 on the season.
Cimarron 77, Larned 34
CIMARRON — The Lady Bluejays led 22-4 after the opening quarter and extended the lead to 33 by halftime in recording the home rout to improve to 8-0 on the season.
Ashtynn Burns scored 22 points to lead the Lady Bluejays, while Eva Koopman added 17 and Morgan Ediger 16 in the victory.


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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
LOS ANGELES – Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left Satantic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison official said.
Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin's death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure. Prison officials said they could not release further details on the cause of death, citing federal patient privacy laws.
Ramirez had been housed on death row for decades and was awaiting execution, even though it has been years since anyone has been put to death in California.
At his first court appearance, Ramirez raised a hand with a pentagram drawn on it and yelled, "Hail, Satan."
His marathon trial, which ended in 1989, was a horror show in which jurors heard about one dead victim's eyes being gouged out and another's head being nearly severed. Courtroom observers wept when survivors of some of the attacks testified.
Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and 1985 as well as charges of rape, sodomy, oral copulation, burglary and attempted murder.
The killing spree reached its peak in the hot summer of 1985, as the nocturnal killer entered homes through unlocked windows and doors and killed men and women with gunshot blasts to the head or knives to the throat, sexually assaulted female victims and burglarized the residences.
He was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the press while residents were warned to lock their doors and windows at night.
Some of the crimes were grisly beyond imagining: A man was murdered in his bed and his wife was raped beside the dead body. The killer beat a small child and attempted to sodomize him.
There were also signs of devil worship – a pentagram drawn on the wall at one murder scene and survivors' accounts of being ordered to "swear to Satan" by the killer.
Ramirez was finally chased down and beaten in 1985 by residents of a blue-collar East Los Angeles neighborhood as he attempted a carjacking. They recognized him after his picture appeared that day in the news media.
The trial of Ramirez took a year, but the entire case – bogged down in pretrial motions and appeals – lasted four years, making it one of the longest criminal cases in U.S. history.
Because of the notoriety, more than 1,600 prospective jurors were called.
The trial was almost aborted in its final stages when a woman juror was murdered during deliberations. Jurors were 13 days into talks when the juror failed to appear one morning. She was found beaten and shot to death at the home she shared with her boyfriend. The next day, the man committed suicide and left a note saying he killed her in an argument.
Jurors wept when they learned of the tragedy, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan was faced with one of his most trying legal challenges. Lawyers said there were no legal precedents for the situation.
Defense attorneys argued the jurors were too distraught to resume their talks and noted the murder was similar to the gruesome attacks attributed to the "Night Stalker."
Tynan decided to move forward. "We must get on with the task life has given us," he told jurors, ordering them to begin deliberations with an alternate juror.
Jurors later said the death of the juror did not influence their decision.
After his conviction, Ramirez flashed a two-fingered "devil sign" to photographers and muttered a single word: "Evil."
On his way to a jail bus, he sneered in reaction to the verdict, muttering: "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."
The black-clad killer, unrepentant to the end, made his comment in an underground garage after the jury recommended the death penalty for his gruesome crimes.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused in 2007 to review the convictions and sentence. Ramirez still had appeals pending when he died.


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You are not a size
We live in a world of polarizing extremes. I recently got rid of a book I purchased a few years ago, titled " So and So's method to a flat stomach" I don't know why I even purchased the book, lets just say it was an impulse buy during a massive outbreak of PMM- Pre-menstrual-mania. I'm sure I even purchased the book at some super cute Starbucks-BarnesNobility along with a frosted orange-cranberry -scone (my favorite treat , in case you were wondering what to bring me as a baked-good surprise. )
I'm not immune to the strobe-light eye-bulging-pings of pictures of muscled up models , with their fashionably tousled, frazzled hair and looks of undeniable pain and beautiful desperation in their face with quotes such as "If you do not look like me while you are working out, then you should go eat that orange-cranberry -frosted scone while you sob in the corner for not pushing yourself this morning, you lazy , sad person" Yes, I'm being facetious with my quote; however, unless you live in a hole, you have seen something of this sort somewhere in a magazine, in social media or at the nail salon while buffing up your nails.
I have been down the exercise-lunatic road- secretly running at 3 am in Boston Massachusetts, ironically "hiding" my completely obvious obsessive compulsive-exercise disorder in the depth of the pre-Team Jacob hour, praying that no-one would notice my mania. I would- pretend I was "just taking out the trash" when I came back dripping wet, limping from overused tendons and shaking from hunger in my "running clothes." I have had to ceremoniously burn all my fitness fanatic magazines as a form of therapy to rid myself of the demons to have what I thought might have been the perfect figure because I imagined that punishing myself for eating would bring me peace, content and eternal happiness.
I really do not know many women (and some men) who struggle with their body size, image & food intake, etc on a daily basis. Lest, here I am again , teaching fitness , joining a run club and blogging about what continues to creep into my mind , yes sometimes on a daily basis Am I dancing with the flame that burnt me to the ground twenty years ago? Should I teach Dance as fitness? (which I came to the conclusion after a few classes that , no , this might not be my skill set , as Carlton Banks tried to sue me for stealing his patented moves) I have also listed other questions that pop up in my mind and minds of others due to the insidious ADHD'ness of the fitness-fanatic posts..
"Am I working out enough? Am I eating too many carbs? Am I eating enough carbs? Are carbs and grains really that bad for you? Seriously now fruit has too much sugar in it?? Am I doing the right exercises? Should I be lifting weights more because strong is the new sexy which is the new skinny which, inevitably the people lifting still look pretty darn skinny so that's just totally confusing and overwhelming? Should I try to lose 5lbs because someone asked me to be in their challenge group to "get fitter?" STOP!!!
I want to inspire and motivate people to be and live a healthy lifestyle; yet not let it consume them in a negative self-centered, controlling manner. I haven't figured out the best means to carry out this message, but I am learning slowly that standing up for the us "middle-grounders" is a good place to start. You can be healthy, run, exercise, walk, jog, crawl, teach, box, tae-bo, turbo, ski , jump, hop , bungy jump , swim, zumba, dance, frog jump, play red-light , green light or what have you and ENJOY IT! I guess I just feel like health& fitness on social media sends the message that inevitably frightens people the most that really need a reason and an authentic, stimulating catalyst to get up and start appreciating exercise as a part of their life that's flippin' fun! not agony!!!!
As I am trying to put into my own words, I'll lean on the very media that sometime pushes the negative voices in ourselves to an advertisement that literally makes me want to cry because I'm so in love with the message. I'm referring to the Special K advertisement currently on tv. (google it!). In a nutshell it's a variety of beautiful women, all different shapes and sizes, trying on "size-less' jeans ,with words of inspiration as tag instead of "size x, y or z". This advertisement is such a breath of fresh air betwixt the other messages of "do or die to get to a size" .
The inspiration for this blog was my post on Facebook today "What do you think of the popular fitness/health Facebook post "Abs are made in the kitchen". Here is a quick summary on how I feel about this post:
- Being healthy & exercise is more about how I feel than looks. Yes- I want to feel confident about myself- but quilting my way out of something enjoyable to have ripped-up abs- is just not my cup of Joe- Plus Cups of Joe should be starting in the kitchen..For me, it about feeling peaceful & healthy and intuition and moderation play and major role in my decision making when it comes to eating. I do not measure, count calories or weight myself. (ok, occasionally I step on the scale, but I really try to avoid at all costs) I am not saying that people who want to lose weight – should follow my protocol, I'm just saying that if I'm not listening to my body in terms of what I feel like I need to eat , and stop when I am full and I'm going by a calorie counter- I end up feeling deprived, restricted and angry.
- Please let it be noted, I'm not disrespecting anyone who uses these methods to stay healthy, I think that's awesome! I'm a HUGE HUGE fan of weight watchers and my fitness pal.c om because it does encourage moderation and nothing is "off limits, I'm simply referring to how my brain works and hoping to inspire people to think about a variety of ways to be healthy, lose weight, gain muscle – etc!
In closing, Do not let your self worth be determined by number on a scale, jean size at Jones, or a flat stomach flapping in magazine in front of you. Ok, I wanted my blog to have more of a humorous slant, but for me this is a serious subject too because of the fact that anorexia and obesity are one of the same disease. They are eating disorders, and both should be treated as such. Do you know that when I was anorexic, my therapist made me go to Over-eaters Anonymous? What the frack? Well, what I realized is that OA, is not just about – overeating!, it's about using food to control your emotions!!! Therefore, my message to anyone that may be struggling with eating and health, if you feel like you have a serious problem- there is help, and getting control of the emotional aspect of literally "what's eating away at you", is the first step in freeing yourself from emotions that bind you into using food/exercise (lack of /overuse) I will list a few hotlines, links below. Thanks so much for reading! I hope i have inspired or helped at least one person to take the step for a health life , that is not driven by a jean size or a scale number.
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This blog is like the ridiculous sweater I bought at Anthropologie a few years ago. It was on sale and the sales lady told me "it looks awesome on you." It's the most bizarre sweater, and whether it looked good on me or not, is highly debatable. Like these blogs, I look at them at say "Yeesh, what was I thinking,," or laugh or bath in their cathartic qualities. The sweater stays for the same reasons.


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Old Drugs – New Cures?
From James Beck, Ph.D., Vice President of Research Programs Using old drugs as new cures seems like a surefire winner. It may be. However, after attending a recent meeting outside London hosted by the Cure Parkinson's Trust, a small yet impactful British charity, it is clear that this path is neither clear nor easy. A committee of experts at the meeting evaluated and prioritized dozens of existing compounds – many are drugs used to treat other diseases – based upon their potential to stop Parkinson's disease.


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[Sample: **Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay**]
(Guard 1) Ever hear of a…cockmeat sandwich?
(Harold) What's a cockmeat sandwich?
(Guard 1) You're about to find out
**Beat drops**
(Big Bob) You boys ready for your cockmeat sandwich?
(Harold) Uh…No
(Big Bob) Well you better get hungry real fast 'cause I got a whole lot of sandwich waiting for you. Ain't nothin' gay about gettin' your dick sucked! You the ones that's gay for suckin' my dick! In fact, in creeps me out just bein' around you fags
Around you fags (repeated)
[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire:]
Looks like you boys done fucked up
[Part 1]
I'm 'bout to make my ex sorry that she ever left me
Murder everything; she [edited]
Some vodka in her belly mixed with ice that's from the deli
That's my daily regiment, my tolerance is getting deadly
Eddie Hazel Smedly Smergenoff be bumpin' out my Lexus LE
Makaveli mended me my mind so military
Ready for whatever evils that demons bringin' at me
We be laughin' at you niggas if you want it, come and get it (Fuck college!)
I ain't scary actually its quite the contrary:
Very scary, never ever think that you get dare me
If your wifey says she met me, that means that she's in my celly
And I took her to the deli, stuffed some cockmeat in her belly
I don't rock with Pelle Pelle rather Dr. Romanelli
If you got no clue what that is than you've got some steps to catch me
Hipster Pac with odds against me, obviously I'm relentless
Common sense should tell you that
You ain't equipped to come against us
[Hook 1]
I'm servin' cockmeat sandwiches
If ain't seen Harold and Kumar that means to SUCK MY DICK
And that's some real disrespective shit
But whatever, as long as niggas know they can't FUCK WITH THIS
I'm the shit
Oh my god!
**Beat changes**
You are now listening to
The sounds of Peel Off Entertainment
If your bitch want to suck my dick
I'm probably gonna let her
So you should just get used to tastin' it
I'm just sayin'
[Part 2]
Niggas stop me in the street like, "eX, I knew you from back in the day!"
I be like, "Good for you, my dude, now get the fuck out my face"
Moet, Rozay metal thingy twister cork popper rock star e pill downer rama don-dana
Megatron Arm, 50 Shot Drum
Rum Pum Pum Pum
Dump leave chumps, slumped
In The Back of a Mazda - Miada
Swing the Katana like a Highlander
Rag top on a tan Phantom
A bad bitch like the Phantasm
APC denim saggin' off my ass
So hard I fall and hit will crack
A basket case in a deep-frier bubbling
Nut case in a bitch face if she suck a dick
Audi R8, chrome body like Collasus
Ain't really got it but FUCK YOU, that line was sick!
Naughty home-girl told me I'm obnoxious
I forgot her name but FUCK YOU, you snobby bitch!
They can't rattle me 'cause niggas ain't half of me
My life-story's like a dystopian tragedy
My mentality is money-orientated
I'm destined to live this dream for those who said I wouldn't make it
Its 2010 and ain't nobody five-percent-ers
These little niggas is ignorant, preachin' to get your head up
Pick up and hit up (again)
Bitch I'm from Brooklyn, pissin' between cars on the C-train to Euclid
My stop is Utica, get off walk 3 blocks
Turn by the chicken spot and come and fuck with the squad
Critical Plot, administered by the nigga who
Critics consider the illest shit in the city now
Bitch lie me down, so hot I could drown
I got em right where I want em and the tables are turnin'
Tell me who's laughing now?
Without a doubt I'll pound on these clowns
They talk fowl about me, but when I'm around I never hear a sound
You know my style, coke mixed with Brugal
Two wack hoes from Elmont, I switch up fuckin' 'em doggystyle
Throw in the towel, I got this for now
Probably forever 'cause I'm only gettin' better
Time to hand me my crown
Fuck ya'll niggas
(Stay off his dick)
[Part 3]
Chumps don't think I can flow
So here we go, release a new track to show the wack
That I can throw styles back and forth, fast and slow
Mothafuckas actin' like I never bust' they ass befo'
Well now you know; shout out to my cousin Goldie Glo
'Cause he kept them hoes but my nigga, Vanessa, let her go
Mind on my money
Doin' crimes we never really fail
I die for a dollar, imagine what I'll do for millions
Shout out to my other cousin Reem
And his main man Lump in Scranton doin' their thing
Shout outs to the haters who talked shit about me
Knowin' damn well that they ain't shit without me
Its like **Perfect Strangers** Balki
Niggas sheep: bunch a weak niggas who follow niggas who weak
[Outro: Female Voice Speaking]
I need to find me a nigga that know what to do with me. Know how to give it from the back, mmm, and bend me ova', and then he gon' spank that, yeaaa. I want me a hood nigga. I want me a hood nigga to do those crazy things to mee. Make me bust that nut, water pussy. Yea. I like the big dick…
Yo your shits good
(eXquire) Oh thanks yo
Yea, I'm sayin' its good though like…
(eXquire) Oh aight you wanna…
Yo you should rap on it too, maybe you get more confidence when you see that you can do something
(eXquire) Nah
I need some sort of payment… How are they gonna…
(eXquire) We gon' have to record this…
You want me to… oh ok…
Hidden behind an obscene and inappropriate Harold and Kumar sample are some of Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire's best rhymes, as he shows off his lyrical skills over three different beats using many different flows on the longest track on his masterful Lost in Translation mixtape.
eXquire takes a leaf out of fellow Brooklyn native Biggie Smalls' book by recording his dick getting sucked and putting it at the end of a track, a la the masterful Ready to Die track Respect. Like that track, you might wanna cut this one off when you hear the girl talking at the end.


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bynum ultimatum
Posted July 25, 2008 - 09:41 AM
i heard that his agent is asking for a max contract, should we give it to him? considering he is coming from an injury and he is still young and not in his peak form...coz if we dont, he might bolt against us next season and it will be a great loss for us...
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Posted July 25, 2008 - 09:44 AM
Bynum is not going anywhere.
Posted July 25, 2008 - 09:48 AM
I want so badly for Andrew to be the next dominant Lakers center... so we can all take Shaq off that pedestal.
Posted July 25, 2008 - 01:22 PM
Laker Hater:
"Kobe can't do it without Bynum!"
Posted July 25, 2008 - 10:33 PM
The only reason to sign Bynum to an extension right now is if you believe he'll be a max player in the future (I do). This way, you get a player at a bargain. The NBA is not only about getting the right guys (see 2000s, Suns), but also getting them at the right prices (see Dynasty, SAS). If you don't, you're team breaks apart quickly and you cannot add the pieces you need to get over the hump.
Because Bynum will accept nothing less than the max (assuming that's true), you must wait as long as possible to give it to him. By doing this, you have more knowledge of your player and you may avoid a franchise crippling mistake. In the event he proves he is NOT a max player, you can still keep your guy, but at a realistic price.
I know there are concerns that this approach may piss a player off and cause them to leave (see Davis, Baron), but the saving grace here is that if he truly proves he is a max player, we can pay him MORE than any other team can because of the Larry Bird Rules. We can give him the 6 year contract while other teams can only offer 5, we can give him the 10.5% raises while other teams can only give 8% yearly, and we can flat out PAY HIM MORE MONEY. If it's all about the money, which it somewhat is when you claim nothing but the maximum suffices, and we can give him the most money, as well as the other perks of being in L.A., we still get our guy in the end even if we annoyed him a little in the process.
Patience. Don't jump the gun.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:04 AM
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:19 AM
Great centers are a rare bunch and Bynum has shown alot of potential that he can be one of the greatest, to the Lakers that is more than enough to give him the max. I'd hate to see Bynum wearing any other color besides Purple and Gold 'cause we wanted to be patient.
If money is what he's after we can pay him more than anyone else due to the Larry Bird rules: more money, one more year, and higher % raises.
There is no reason not to take our time which is exactly what Mitch is doing at the moment.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:29 AM
From what I heard in the radio today, their going to talk five weeks before training camp starts.
If money is what he's after we can pay him more than anyone else due to the Larry Bird rules: more money, one more year, and higher % raises.
There is no reason not to take our time which is exactly what Mitch is doing at the moment.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:31 AM
Lakers center Andrew Bynum was in Los Angeles earlier this week, working for the Lakers team doctors and was cleared for everything, according to his agent David Lee.
Bynum is now down in Atlanta working out with his personal trainer. The Lakers, Lee said, have a standing invitation to drop in on Bynum down in Atlanta and see his progress.
"He's absolutely fine, he's going to come in as a beast," Lee said. "He's got no atrophy anywhere. The kid's in great shape. Maybe it comes with being 20 years of age."
As for the negotiations on Bynum's contract status, Lee said that the discussions have been tabled until September.
"We aren't going to talk again until September until they have a chance to see what they're getting," Lee said.
"But I don't have any concerns about it." Lee said that once negotiations begin, it was "very important" that the extension be completed by the time the season starts. Lee will be seeking a max (five year, $80 million) extension for his young center. "I know what we want, I know what the rest of the league thinks of Andrew. I just hope the Lakers are on the same page," Lee said.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:51 AM
Posted July 26, 2008 - 01:48 AM
That was his agent speaking and he has every reason to lie about it.
Yeeeeah... and from what the trainer said his his absolutely fine. Theirs no reason for him to lie about that?
Oh, I absolutely agree. In order to find out what exactly they are getting themselves into, though, they need to see him in L.A. after he finishes his summer workouts. From there, they will test him and that MIGHT give them the information they need to make a final decision.
Am sure the Lakers know what their getting themselves into. I mean, their not going to give the guy the max 'til they know 100% sure that he has the potential to be the beast this trainer said.
That's not the Lakers front office I know. They are extremely, extremely patient. Kobe demands something happen immediately? What do they do? Nothing. The team was sinking for two years, do they make a panic move? Nope. Sasha is a RFA. Do they immediately push their offer onto him? Nope. They waited.
However, the Lakers are willing to take chances on this kid. I wouldn't put it pass the Lakers if they offered him a contract on the spot.
I'd be absolutely shocked if the Lakers immediately threw down the max because that is not their MO and it makes more sense to work him out, test the knee, and see his summer improvements first. The more knowledge they have going into the situation the better. Even if they wait some, they are in no danger. They can simply pay him way more money than anyone else.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 05:48 AM
blog.travisjrodgers.com (Lakers stuff)
Posted July 26, 2008 - 10:28 AM
Oh, am fine with the waiting... the thing is, am not sure if the Lakers can risk waiting on it. I just believe the Lakers should sign him before he can get any other offers from other teams. That scares me.
Yeah, I saw that comment from Bynum's agent previously. It's a good sign. Let's don't rush into anything. Let's see how he looks on the court and worst case scenarios: he gets hurt and is injury-riddled so we don't offer him max...or he is amazing and wants max...and we can provide him with "more" max than anyone else. I'm fine with waiting on this one.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 10:47 AM
Posted July 26, 2008 - 12:40 PM
Oh, am fine with the waiting... the thing is, am not sure if the Lakers can risk waiting on it. I just believe the Lakers should sign him before he can get any other offers from other teams. That scares me.
The good thing here, is that he'll be an RFA, so anything anyone offers him, that he accepts, we can simply match and he's our player.
Posted July 26, 2008 - 03:17 PM
Posted July 26, 2008 - 05:55 PM
Posted July 26, 2008 - 06:51 PM
I'm quite sure that he will get the max...
Truth is, this year's performance was max or near max worth. Even if he does nothing but gives us the same, I can't see the Lakers not maxing him out...or any other team for that matter.
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Posted July 26, 2008 - 06:53 PM
if he didnt get injured he would have ended the season with 20/13/ 3 blcks IMO
Posted July 26, 2008 - 06:55 PM
Considering that his injury ran months longer than expected, I don't think this is a minor issue. They should vigorously and thoroughly test his health before offering what could be, if he didn't pan out as expected, a franchise killing max contract.
All we need to see is that he's healthy. When healthy, there is no doubt that he's a max player.
That said, I also agree that his performance in limited minutes was absolutely exception. Based on what Bogut was paid, even Andrew's performance in the small 35 game sample that he played was worth near the maximum.
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Justin Holmgren
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto High School
Grade: Senior
Rock Band, casual tennis, eating lots of food, and learning (almost) anything math/science related
I am a member of my school's Math Club, engineering president of our Science Olympiad club, co-founder of our Computer Science Club, and a not-very-active member of our FIRST Robotics team.
USA Math Olympiad Qualifier, USA Computing Olympiad Silver Division, Caltech Signature Award, Yale Book Award, National Merit Finalist.
I was born in Summit, New Jersey on August 14, 1991, but I moved to Palo Alto, California when I was four. When I was a young kid, I wanted to be an inventor, and asked my poor dad every conceivable question about how things work and why various phenomena happen.
It didn't take too long for me to discover that mankind's collective knowledge of how the universe functions was far beyond what I could fathom, but I just tried to learn as much as I could. It took me longer to realize that there were also many, many formidable unsolved problems. As just one simple example, we know almost nothing about analyzing fluid dynamics in turbulent conditions.
If I have one regret about my high school life, its that I didn't seriously pursue intensive extracurricular academics until my junior year, when I studied contest math and qualified for the USA Mathematical Olympiad. After discovering how fun these olympiads were, I also took the Chemistry and Physics Olympiad tests. Apparently I qualified for Physics Camp, and I also qualified for the Chemistry National Exam.
I will probably be going to MIT this fall, but I'm also considering Caltech. At either place, I hope to participate in more academic competitions and scientific research. Although I don't find my previous example of fluid dynamics particularly interesting, I hope to research other topics in physics and computer science.
Anyways, I'm really excited about spending two weeks learning intensive physics, and I'm also looking forward to meeting all of the other physics campers.
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