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Thinking MISO: Linking Strategy to Selection
By Colonel Reginald J. Bostick
Originally published in the October-December 2011 edition of Special Warfare
Today's operational environment has become increasingly more complicated, and the pervasiveness of information affects all aspects of society. Most military organizations have attempted to react and adopt innovative means of addressing information operations, but a significant gap continues to exist between their capabilities and information operations' potential.1
In an environment that is both interconnected and unpredictable, there is a persistent struggle between the application of power and the application of influence. The United States Special Operations Command, or USSOCOM, has identified both "credible influence" and "the operator" as keys to success in today's geostrategic environment.2
Beyond that recognition, the command has actually drawn a direct correlation between influence and the operator — a real innovation that marks the dawn of a new era in SOF's ability to change undesired behaviors while investing in the intellectual capacity required to translate information into meaningful action.
USSOCOM's informational influence platform is its capability for Military Information Support Operations, or MISO (Soldiers and units themselves are called Military Information Support, or MIS). The purpose of MISO (formerly known as Psychological Operations) is to influence the behavior of selected foreign target audiences by disseminating messages that are consistent with national objectives.3
The evolution of MIS began in 2006 when former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld realigned all MIS groups. The Army Reserve MIS groups were placed under the operational control of the Army Reserve Command, and the active component group was directed to exclusively execute and support special operations.4 This paradigm shift demanded that MIS be reinvented. Changes in doctrine, organization and training would be required to ensure that the active-component MIS group could fully conduct special missions and appropriately support SOF.
As USSOCOM continues to wield influence in the global environment, the command's leaders have also turned their attention to developing a new, expanded understanding of what sort of unique attributes are required of a modern SOF MIS Soldier — and new methods to identify, select and train him. The strategic environment clearly requires a more adaptive, flexible and intellectually sophisticated SOF MIS force than in the past.
This article will link USSOCOM's Command Strategy 2010 with the selection of MIS candidates and describe a suite of cognitive attributes that should be included in their assessment.
The Strategy and MISO
The environments in USSOCOM's assigned missions are predominately focused on addressing nonstate or transnational violent extremist threats. Future threats are emerging more from the complex convergence of crime, migration and extremism and less from traditional national-state adversaries. This "new normal" can best be described as "irregular" in nature, and as such requires more than military activities alone to address.5
— Admiral Eric Olson, USSOCOM commander
USSOCOM's strategic outlook begins by analyzing the realities that special operations face today: "nonstate actors, acting in state-like ways that challenge nation-states in competition for sovereignty and influence over the population."6 Given the mandate to respond effectively in this irregular environment, USSOCOM has made the population its strategic focus, rather than the threat itself.7
To secure victory in a globally unpredictable environment, USSOCOM systematically maps out a triad of ways, means and ends. For "ways," read "the operator"; "means," read "capabilities, authorities and capacity"; and "ends," read "credible influence."8
Defining the endstate as "credible influence" makes sense of what could otherwise be chaos.
USSOCOM aims to foster credible influence to "build the foundation for change, one which promotes ideologies that reject extremist affiliation, action and undercut recruitment efforts."9 And MISO is USSOCOM's primary means to counter violent extremist ideologies.10
In acknowledging the reality of acquiring credible influence, USSOCOM devotes special clarity to its "ways" — the operator. SOF operators are the focus of all efforts to develop, field and employ a special-operations force. In the end, we can never forget that the force we field must remain the most competent, respected, effective and lethal fighting force in the world.11
This perspective establishes the construct for the SOF operator and, by extension, has implications for the evolution of the SOF MIS Soldier. The prime directive for special operations is sustaining the operator and ensuring that he is the world's foremost expert in warfighting and foreign cultures, and that he can execute missions in a defense, diplomacy and development (3-D) construct.12
"The USSOCOM 3-D warrior is that special operator who is regionally grounded, diplomatically astute, an expert in SOF core activities, and whose actions produce tactical through strategic effects within a coordinated whole-of-government approach."13
In application, the SOF 3-D construct calls for MIS operators who exhibit exceptional intelligence and possess the right mix of cognitive abilities to bridge the gap between analysis and creativity.
The Way: Military Information Support Operators
MISO's primary job today is twofold: to craft effective messages and to provide commanders with the psychological implications of conducting operations.14 But MISO did not escape a trap common to many military forces coming of age in a technology-dominated era: too much emphasis on the equipment required to transmit messages and not enough placed on the messages themselves — or even more basic, on the skills of the individual crafting the transmission.
That oversight is now being rectified. USSOCOM's former commander, Admiral Eric Olson, recently directed that the MISO organizational focus shift immediately from hardware to the exponential expansion of intellectual capital. Finally, the operator is the acknowledged platform.
With MISO's focus now squarely on the human, not the hardware, USSOCOM is faced with a challenge: How do we invest in this new SOF MIS warrior?
Special operations have always placed a significant amount of emphasis on the quality of its people. Both by doctrine and in practice, special operations are conducted by specially selected, trained and equipped units with "highly-focused capabilities."15 In fact, the most repeated SOF Truth is, "Humans are more important than hardware." SOF assessment and selection is specifically designed to ensure that Soldiers who do not possess the right cognitive attributes for mission success are screened out as early as possible.16 That evolutionary process has consistently produced Special Forces, SEALS and special-operations aviators who are the best in the world.
In the same way, USSOCOM commanders believe that identifying the right set of suitability factors for MIS candidates will significantly increase both individual and organizational effectiveness.
The Model MIS Candidate
All elements of SOF seek similar qualities in those they select for training. Soldiers must demonstrate physical fitness, trainability, good judgment, motivation, a strong intellect and the capacity to be a team player.17 The ideal SOF MIS Soldier has the same virtues.
But the MIS mission demands an additional suite of cognitive attributes — intelligence and problem-solving capabilities that have special value in crafting effective messages and winning the battle for popular influence.
Psychologically, human beings are not created equal when it comes to their "smarts." Instead, people possess multiple, autonomous intelligences, as opposed to a single intelligence,18 according to Dr. Howard Gardner, a neuropsychologist who helped pioneer this field of study.
For example, many of us know someone with who possesses a near-magical ability to deal with computers (technical intelligence), but zero ability to get along well with others (personal intelligence).
Likewise, in defining an individual's psychological suitability for MISO, the key question is not if an individual is intelligent overall — that is just the minimum assessment and relatively easy to discern.
The much more complex question is whether the candidate has the right type of intelligence to make a successful MIS operator. In fact, the fundamental challenge in the MIS community is how to recognize the individual cognitive characteristics that contribute to mission success.
Based on operational engagement, observation, training and testing, the most successful operators possess three specific skill sets: an ability to read the desires and intentions of others; the ability to create mental images; and sensitivity to patterns in language, both written and oral. In short, they are "people smart" (personally intelligent), "picture smart" (spatially intelligent) or "word smart" (linguistically intelligent).19
In the case of personal intelligence, an individual can "read intentions and desires — even when these are hidden — for example, by influencing a group of disparate individuals to behave among desired lines."20
With regard to spatial intelligence, one has "the capacity to perceive the visual world accurately and the ability to recreate aspects of one's visual experience, even in the absence of relevant physical stimuli," according to Gardner.21
And in the domain of linguistic intelligence, "One has a sensitivity to the different functions of language — its potential to excite, convince, stimulate, convey information or simply please."22
MIS Soldiers who excel in these three cognitive attributes are a natural fit for the demands of the mission.
The cognitive capacity expected of a SOF MIS Soldier has never been greater. The development of a MIS assessment methodology that includes the measurement of personal, spatial and linguistic aptitude will provide the influence community with a stronger foundation for enhancing the cerebral development of MIS Soldiers.
Debates over MIS terminology, organization and integration often miss the main point: military information support is strategically important; and the MIS Soldier's cognitive capacity is the single most important factor in determining how effectively he will meet the complex challenges that special operators face.
As we develop the overall model for the ideal MIS operator, our efforts must focus on improving the evaluative mental models we use to select that Soldier. We must be more concerned with the influence operator's mental wiring than with most other aspects of his professional qualifications. The quality of that intellect will ultimately decide his or her capacity for the creativity, accuracy and organizational effectiveness so critical to today's mission.
Transforming the SOF MIS Soldier's selection criteria will not guarantee instantaneous behavioral change in foreign target audiences. But the quest to further refine assessment methodologies cannot help but improve the effective, agile and flexible application of credible influence which the U.S. military is able to exert in today's geostrategic environment.
Col. Reginald Bostick is commander of the 4th Military Information Support Group. In his previous assignments, he has spent more than 22 years in a variety of command and staff assignments with both conventional and special-operations forces. He has participated in numerous deployment operations. Col. Bostick's most recent assignments have been military assistant to the Secretary of the Army and senior military fellow at the Institute of World Politics, Washington, D.C. Col. Bostick holds a bachelor's degree in history from Wofford College and a master's in international relations from Troy State University.
1. Leigh Armistead, Information Operations Matter: Best Practices (Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2010), ix-xi.
2. Eric T. Olson, U.S. Special Operations Command Strategy 2010 (MacDill Air Force Base, 1 November 2009), 1-3.
3. Joint Publication 3-13.2, Doctrine for Joint Psychological Operations (Washington, D.C.: Joint Chiefs of Staff, 7 January 2010).
4. Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Gordon England, "Reassignment and Designation of Army Reserve Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Forces," memorandum for Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, Washington, D.C., 14 November 2006.
5. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, i.
6. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, 3.
7. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, 3-4.
8. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, 1-2.
9. Francis H. Kearney III, "Prepared Statement to the Senate House Services Committee on Countering Violent Extremism," 10 March 2010.
10. Kearney, 4.
11. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, i.
12. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, 3-4.
13. Olson, Command Strategy 2010, 5.
14. Eric T. Olson, "USSOCOM Commander's Guidance for 2011," 11 January 2011, 6.
15. Joint Publication 3-05, Doctrine for Joint Special Operations (Washington, D.C.: Joint Chiefs of Staff, 17 December 2003), II-1.
16. Thomas M. Carlin and Mike Sanders, "Soldier of the Future: Assessment and Selection of Force XXI," Special Warfare, Vol. 9, No. 2, (May 1996), 16-17.
17. Brendan Bluestein, Will Cotty and Jat Thompson, "The Whole Man Concept: Assessing the SF Soldier of the Future," Special Warfare, Vol. 17, No. 4, (April 2005), 18-19.
18. Howard Gardner, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, (New York: Perseus Books, 2004), XV.
19. My observations and conclusions come from multiple years of service in a variety of assignments in SOF's influence community, including detachment commander, battalion operations officer, battalion commander, deputy group commander, and more than 15 deployments worldwide.
20. Gardner, 239.
21. Gardner, 173.
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NH Sprint Cup owner running out of timeBy KEVIN GRAY
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 19. 2013 11:21PM
Frank Stoddard has one team, three major sponsors, four drivers - and not enough time.
The North Haverhill native, a 14-time winning NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief, owns the No. 32 Ford to be driven by Terry Labonte in next month's Daytona 500, the start of the Sprint Cup series.
With the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour set for this week in Charlotte, N.C., Stoddard has been busy adapting to the series' rules for 2013, which call for lighter cars and an assortment of new engine requirements. There are even new rules on paint schemes.
He will not attend this week's tour events, instead focusing on the work at hand.
"I'm wishing it was still December, I'll tell you that. We're all getting new parts and pieces from the manufacturers, and we're falling behind because we've had to wait on some things. Right now, I'm still waiting on a front windshield," said Stoddard, owner of FAS Lane Racing, which is sponsored by U.S. Chrome, Federated Auto Parts and C & J Energy Sources.
Terry Labonte, one of NASCAR's top 50 drivers, will take the wheel for four restrictor-plate races. Kenny Schrader, Boris Said and T.J. Bell will also take the wheel for Stoddard.
"Our team is a win-win for a lot of people. It's a complete luxury to have this type of setup," Stoddard said.
The new rules, designed for more competitive races and marketability, may throw a monkey wrench into the Daytona 500 on Feb. 24. Defending Daytona champion Matt Kenseth, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing this season, has posted some of the fastest times in preseason testing. However, nobody quite knows how carbon-fiber hoods and decklids will affect drafting and passing.
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GAINESVILLE, FL (WIS) - University of South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier received an award from Florida Governor Rick Scott Thursday.
Scott presented Spurrier with the state's prestigious "Great Floridian" award in a ceremony in Gainesville.
During his time as a student-athlete, Spurrier was a University of Florida Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and later served as head coach for the Gator football program. The "Great Floridian" designation is given in recognition of the outstanding achievements of men and women who have made significant contributions to the progress and welfare of Florida.
"It is an honor to present the 'Great Floridian' award to football legend and Florida Gator Steve Spurrier," said Governor Scott. "Coach Spurrier is an excellent role model for college student-athletes. As a player and as a coach, he has proven to be a true competitor and leader. Steve's innovative 'Fun and Gun' coaching style and talent changed the way football in the South is played. I am honored to recognize his accomplishments."
Steve Spurrier said he was honored to receive the award. "As a former football player in Florida and current coach, I understand first-hand the positive impact football programs have on college student-athletes," Spurrier said. "It builds leadership, teamwork, and commitment. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play football in Florida and help foster appreciation for the sport across our nation."
Only 70 people since 1981 have been given the honor. Those honorees represent former governors, civil rights activists, military heroes, Florida Supreme Court Justices and Florida sports figures.
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Jose Feliciano performed a rockin' version of the Star Spangled Banner tonight before the first game of the National League Championship Series (sigh) in San Francisco. It felt like closing a loop to watch it. In my first year as a baseball fan -- 1968, when I was 9 -- Feliciano was asked to sing the National Anthem before the World Series at Detroit's Tiger Stadium, and when he did his soulful, very non-tradional version, it caused a national uproar. This was the year of the RFK and MLK assassinations, the Tet offensive, and riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago, and now people thought the counter-culture was invading baseball. Nothing was safe!
You can read the fairly amazing backstory here. Now it's 2012, and no one says "boo" about the same version. A sign that we've come a long way, baby. Or is it...just San Francisco being San Francisco. The final bizarre kicker is that I suspect the Cardinals and Tigers will meet again in the World Series -- a 1968 re-match.
Programming note: I'm taking a well-deserved day off tomorrow. See you Tuesday for Debate Night in America.


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The young dynamic duo of Jake Dezoort and Tyler Hitchner advanced to the semifinals of the 31st State Four Ball Championship at NorthRiver Yacht Club on Saturday.
TUSCALOOSA | The young dynamic duo of Jake Dezoort and Tyler Hitchner advanced to the semifinals of the 31st State Four Ball Championship at NorthRiver Yacht Club on Saturday.
Starting off the round of 16, DeZoort and Hitchner eliminated the team of Grant Walker and Stan Sherlin in match play.
"We played better today and we made more birdies in those 14 holes than we did yesterday, so we definitely putted better," DeZoort said.
DeZoort and Hitchner matched Steve Hudson and Robert Nelson in the quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. They said they felt the pressure going into the round, which turned out to be a bit more challenging.
"Mr. Nelson and Mr. Hudson are great gentleman and really good players that we kind of underestimated," Hitchner said.
DeZoort described how they had trouble on the front nine but also had the luck of "gimme birdies" on the back.
"We had a couple of magical shots, but our opponents played fantastic and it could have gone either way, so we are fortunate it went our way," DeZoort said.
The hometown favorites had never played a match play event and were pleased with how their game was excelling in a tournament like this.
"This is one of the biggest tournaments I have ever played in," Hitchner said.
DeZoort explained how being the youngest duo in the tournament works to their advantage and goes hand-in-hand with having something to prove.
"I think that it is great that we are young and people may look at us and not think we will do as well, but that is the benefit in being the underdog," DeZoort said.
DeZoort and Hitchner said they feel a sense of nervousness advancing to the final day. Hitchner said the stakes are getting higher, but at least they can say they made it to the semifinals.
Their game plan for today is to stay on the same track of putting well and taking advantage of those "gimme birdies" as they come.
The final four team are DeZoort and Hitchner, Hunter Bronson and Brinson Holder, Bo Farlow and John Fulkerson, and last year's champions, Tommy Coggin and Doug Davis.
The semifinals will begin at 7:30 this morning and the surviving two teams will play in the afternoon for the championship.
Saturday's results
Round of 16
Bronson, H. / Holder, B. def. Jones, T. / McGowan, P. 3 and 2
Compton, C. / Lewis, M. def. Henderson, J. / Skaggs, C. 20 holes
DeZoort, J. / Hitchner, T. def. Grant, W. / Sherlin, S. 5 and 4
Hudson, S. / Nelson, R. def. Loftin, D. / Woods, M. 2 and 1
Coggin, T. / Davis, D. def. Dahlke, B. / Roberts, J. 1 up
Copenhaver, R. / Mozley, B. def. McClary, J. / Whitt, S. 5 and 3
Farlow, B. / Fulkerson, J. def. Eubanks, W. / Swift, W. 1 up
Barnett, J. / Miller, M. def. Kyatt, V. / McRae, A. 2 and 1
Coggin, T. / Davis, D. def. Copenhaver, R. / Mozley, B., 6 and 4
Farlow, B. / Fulkerson, J. def. Barnett, J. / Miller, M., 2 and 1
Bronson, H. / Holder, B. def. Compton, C. / Lewis, M., 4 and 2
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A Time to Ring in the New!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I am not understating the facts when I say- "It's been a LONG time". It has been 3 years!! Where does time go??? Well blog or journal? Good or bad here we go...
First of all if I blog and I post pictures that I like then when my laptop dies without backup ( I know! I KNOW!) I will have them. It's been so long I am not even sure that this will work so for my first post/picture here is my best girl in the whole world. I love this little pup with my whole heart. She is my best friend and being the only girls in the family well...we have to stick together.
Let me present MissB! She is a wild and crazy girl and she will snuggle with the best of them! She literally crawled out from under our camper 2 years ago. We later found out that her owners ( the ones I tried to find) never even looked for her because they thought something ate her!!! She weighed less than 2 pounds then....it would have to be something kinda big to eat her now!! She is the one that does the eating.
Still knitting and still have the best friends in the whole world. I am so lucky. Big knitting weekend looming up in the next few weeks- Can't wait!!
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James Hetfield on Metallica: 'There's No Reason for Us To Stop'
Metallica recently performed at Australia's Soundwave Festival, and during the Sydney stop, frontman James Hetfield sat down with Channel V for a video interview (watch below).
Hetfield was asked about Metallica being selected to receive the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Gods Awards in May. "We've been doing what we love for 30 years, and we've had many awards along the way," Hetfield said. "I think the biggest award is recognition for changing people's lives and making an impact on people, and that is another one of those awards that has done that. Besides getting kudos from the fans, we are totally blessed to get anything."
With such a rabid fan base, what will Metallica fans fill the void with once the band calls it quits? "There's no reason for us to stop, first of all," Hetfield remarked. "As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less. We're having a blast doing what we're doing. It's a beautiful cycle, because they think we inspire them, but they inspire us. It feeds itself."
Metallica has played countless concerts over the years, but for Hetfield, a fairly recent group of shows stands out as a career highlight. "It's an easy answer… the 30 year anniversaries we did at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Hometown gigs, celebrating 30 years of being together with fans from every corner of the world (that) traveled in for those shows. We did four shows. We had guests coming up from Ozzy to Halford to Biff from Saxon. Just having people up singing, jamming, it was a beautiful time."
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Fall 2012
5397 International Banking - ZAMORA- 34479
Stephen Zamora (Faculty In Memorium)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: International Law
Time: 2:30p-4:00p TThLocation: 209 BLB
Course Outline: This course will provide an introduction to international banking law. We will begin with basics: what is money, how is the value of money determined, how are exchange rates established, what is the balance of payments. We will then look briefly at international monetary law – primarily, the law and guidelines established by the International Monetary Fund. We will then move on to the following topics:
• National supervision of international banking
• International supervision of international banking
• Entry into host markets, by US banks abroad, and by foreign banks in the US
• International lending, and problems of sovereign debt
• Bank secrecy laws
• Economic sanctions and international banking
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Prerequisites: No
First Day Assignments: ASSIGNMENTS FOR FIRST WEEK OF CLASS
We will begin this course with a very basic consideration of general concepts that underlie international banking law, with a focus on international monetary law and the International Monetary Fund. The readings for the first week consist of photocopy materials for this course that may be picked up at the Copy Center in the Law Center basement, next to the Commons Thursday, August 16th.
Tuesday, August 28 – Read pages 1 to 25c, Introductory materials to international monetary law. The excerpt from Edwards, Briefing on Money, beginning on page30 26, is recommended, but not required.
Thursday, August 30 – Read pages 57 to end of supplementary materials.
Final Exam Schedule: 12/18 1-4pm 240 TU2
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Sneaky Zebra is a couple of creative guys from the UK whose work you may have seen on your YouTube thing or even around here (their Doctor Who cooking mashup, for one). Gary Scullion and Nick Acott are trying to make another, somewhat more ambitious video, and they're on Kickstarter looking for help financing it. It's a short Luke Cage fan film, intended as a spec film to show what a live-action take on the Marvel character would be (without Marvel's participation, it should be noted, and on a not-for-profit basis; the guys say that there have been other similar Marvel character projects done by third parties on a spec, nonprofit basis that have been successfully funded through Kickstarter, so there's that). It's about showing what can be done with one of the less-well-known characters in the Marvel Universe.
So, what do Gary and Nick think can be done with Luke Cage? Here's the plot synopsis:
Luke is (an) innocent man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and endeavours to make the best of a bad situation.
We find him already spending time behind bars and, despite his good behaviour, is singled out and bullied by a prison guard who abuses his position of power; however things are about to change. When a chance to escape presents itself Luke makes his move and this time he gets more than just a 'spring in his step'!
However, the wake of his escape has drawn attention from various strategic departments who are keen to find out just what happened, and will let no one stand in their way to obtain to the answers they seek.
And they explain further about the project:
Built on the foundation of Luke Cage from the comics over the years we've given our own Sneaky Zebra style to it.
A great inspiration for us was the first Iron Man film which does an amazing job at creating a grounded and realistic superhero film – you only have to believe Tony Stark is a genius who can create Arc reactor technology and the rest writes itself.
We wanted to capture a similar feel, with tense drama and high action, making our film easily slot right into the Marvel universe.
We will see Luke becoming more than just his former self but how he comes to grips with his new abilities and the consequences these will have on those who held him back before.
The money would go towards equipment, actors, and location/set dressing — most of the crew is working for free. They aim to shoot over three days with the Black Magic Cinema Camera and hope to be able to rent a better lighting setup than they usually use. And that's the impetus for the Kickstarter, which is looking for a relatively modest £3,128. With 15 days to go, they're over halfway there. There are, of course, premiums for pledging, including a DVD or limited Blu-Ray of the film and more for £50, all the way up to Executive Producer credit and a walk-on role (you have to get yourself to London) for £500.
The Kickstarter's open until 2:14 AM ET on June 21st. Find out more and make a pledge by clicking here.


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The SPH2O.50 is a heavy duty, waterproof headworn microphone with a connection for Audix. It has a replaceable cable and is perfect for wet and demanding environments. Designed for use in dance and fitness instruction, aerobics, theme park and amusement games, or anywhere there is a need for a waterproof microphone. Perfect for the sweaty environment of spinning classes. It's extremely rugged and features a detachable cable for ease of use. This microphone is designed for the active professional.
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Apr 29, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Last week, Harvard men's and
women's soccer hosted a soccer clinic with the group America
Scores. Over 100 kids came to Ohiri field to play soccer while
learning basic skills and techniques. Crimson players were on hand
to referee games and encourage the younger players the entire
America Scores serves as an after-school organization that helps kids to improve their academics, social skills, and teamwork. For more information about the organization, visit americascores.org.


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Matt Mullins Kicks Butt + Makes Us Swoon – Hunk of the Day
Matt Mullins is a multi-talented man. In addition to being a five-time martial arts world champion, he is also an actor. Check out the photos of him staring intently at the camera and generally looking hot, as well as demonstrating martial arts moves.
Not only is he shirtless and swoon-worthy, but he proves to be quite the contortionist. Now that's a true talent. We'd "rassle" with him any day of the week, month or year.
Drool, drool, drool.


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Preseason All-ACC Football Team
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Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina Lead With Four Selections Each
Courtesy: theACC.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Florida State, Clemson and North Carolina led all Atlantic Coast Conference schools each with four players selected to the 2012 Preseason All-ACC Football team in voting conducted by the media at the annual ACC Football Kickoff, which was held July 22-23 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro.
The Preseason All-ACC team was announced Wednesday.
In all, 19 of the 25 honorees on the team earned first or second-team All-ACC honors last fall, with eight having been selected to the All-ACC first team. Four of the selections are returning first-team or second-team 2012 All-Americas.
One of those returning All-America selections, Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins (Fort Myers, Fla.), who was named by the media as the ACC preseason Player of the Year on Monday, was the only unanimous selection on the team, being named on all 68 ballots.
Florida State, tabbed by the media at the ACC Football Kickoff to win its first ACC Football title since 2005, was represented by defensive end Brandon Jenkins (Tallahassee, Fla.), safetyLamarcus Joyner (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), placekicker Dustin Hopkins (Houston, Texas) and cornerback Greg Reid (Valdosta, Ga.), who was named as the specialist for his abilities as a punt and kickoff returner.
Jenkins was named to the preseason watch lists for four national awards (Nagurski, Bednarik, Lombardi, Walter Camp) while Joyner was named to three awards watch lists (Nagurski, Bednarik, Thorpe). Hopkins, who was a finalist last year for the Lou Groza Award, need just 68 points to become the ACC's career leading scorer. Reid ranks 5th on the ACC career punt return yardage list and is 180 yards away from the ACC career record.
Clemson, which captured the 2011 ACC Championship and was selected by the media at the Kickoff to finish second to the Seminoles in the Atlantic Division, also had four players selected in Watkins, quarterback Tajh Boyd (Hampton, Va.), center Dalton Freeman (Pelion, S.C.) and running back Andre Ellington (Moncks Corner, S.C.)
Boyd, named to four preseason watch lists including the Davey O'Brien Award, set an ACC record with 38 TDR last fall. Freeman, has been recently named to the watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi and Rimington Awards. Watkins was the 2011 ACC Rookie of the Year, who set ACC freshman standards for passes caught (82) , reception yardage (1,219) and receiving TDs (12), and became only the fourth true freshman in history to be named first-team All-America by the Associated Press and is on the Walter Camp Award and Maxwell Trophy watch lists. Ellington rushed for 1,178 yards and has been named to the preseason watch lists for the Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award.
North Carolina also had four players chosen preseason All-ACC in running back Giovani Bernard (Davie, Fla.), offensive tackle James Hurst (Plainfield, Ind.), offensive guard Jonathan Cooper (Wilmington, N.C.) and linebacker Kevin Reddick (New Bern, N.C.).
Bernard, who ran for 1,253 yards, the third-best in ACC history for a freshman, has been named to the preseason watch lists for the Maxwell and Doak Walker Awards. Cooper and Hurst have both been named to the watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award. Reddick has been named to four preseason watch lists (Nagurski, Bednarik, Butkus, Lombardi).
Virginia Tech, selected by the media to capture its sixth Coastal Division title in eight years, placed three players on the team, all from its defense, in defensive end James Gayle (Hampton, Va.), linebacker Bruce Taylor (Riceboro, Ga.) and cornerback Kyle Fuller (Baltimore, Md.).
All three Hokies have been named to the preseason watch list for the Nagurski Trophy, with Fuller and Taylor also named to the Bednarik watch list. Fuller is also on the Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list.
Three schools—Maryland, NC State and Virginia—each had two players chosen. Maryland was represented by All-America defensive tackle Joe Vellano (Rexford, N.Y.) and tight end Matt Furstenburg (Flemington, N.J.). NC State saw its All-America cornerback David Amerson (Greensboro, N.C.) and safety Earl Wolff (Raeford, N.C.) chosen to the team, while Virginia had linebacker Steve Greer (Solon, Ohio) and offensive tackle Oday Aboushi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) selected.
Vellano has been named to the preseason watch lists for five national awards: the Outland Trophy and the Nagurski Trophy, as well as the Bednarik, Lombardi and Walter Camp Awards. Amerson led the nation in 2011 in interceptions with 13, the most of any player in the NCAA's FBS in 43 years and is on the watch lists for four national awards (Bednarik, Nagurski, Walter Camp, Jim Thorpe). Greer is on the preseason watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy and Lombardi Award; while Aboushi was named to the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award watch lists.
Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami and Wake Forest each had one player selected. Duke had wide receiver Conner Vernon (Miami, Fla.) who enters this fall needing 35 catches to become the ACC's career receiving leader and is on the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award. For the second straight year, Georgia Tech was represented by offensive guard Omoregie Uzzi (Lithonia, Ga.), who helped the Jackets finish 2nd nationally in rushing last fall and who is on the watch list for the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. Miami's Dalton Botts (Taft, Calif.), who was named to the watch list for the Ray Guy Award, was named the preseason punter, while Wake Forest nose guard Nikita Whitlock (Wylie, Texas), a Lombardi Award watch list member, completed the team.
The four 2011 first-team All-Americas chosen were first-teamers David Amerson of NC State (Walter Camp) and Sammy Watkins of Clemson (AP) and second-team All-Americas Joe Vellano of Maryland (AP, Walter Camp) and Omoregie Uzzi (Si.com) of Georgia Tech.
Those chosen first-team All-ACC last fall included Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd and Dalton Freeman of Clemson; Dustin Hopkins of Florida State; Omoregie Uzzi of Georgia Tech, Joe Vellano of Maryland, Giovani Bernard of North Carolina and David Amerson of NC State.
The 11 selections who were named to the second team 2011 All-ACC squad were Conner Vernon of Duke, Brandon Jenkins and Lamarcus Joyner of Florida State; Andre Ellington of Clemson; James Hurst and Jonathan Cooper of North Carolina; Oday Aboushi and Steve Greer of Virginia, James Gayle and Kyle Fuller of Virginia Tech and Nikita Whitlock of Wake Forest.
Three of the selections were named Honorable Mention All-ACC in 2011 in Florida State's Greg Reid, NC State's Earl Wolff and Virginia Tech's Bruce Taylor.
Five members of the 2012 preseason team were repeaters from 2011 in Brandon Jenkins and Greg Reid of Florida State; Conner Vernon of Duke, Omoregie Uzzi of Georgia Tech and Andre Ellington of Clemson.
In all, eleven of the 12 ACC schools were represented on the preseason All-ACC team. A total of 68 ballots were turned in from the more than 362 media members in attendance at the 2011 ACC Football Kickoff.
Two members of the preseason All-ACC team were actually high school teammates. Florida State safety Lamarcus Joyner and North Carolina tailback Giovani Bernard played for St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Bernard, who ran for 1,253 yards in 2011 was the winner of the ACC Brian Piccolo Award for Courage last fall. The Award's namesake, Piccolo, played his high school football at Central Catholic High in Ft. Lauderdale, the predecessor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Preseason Team
Name (Votes)
Conner Vernon, Duke (41)
Miami, Fla.
Sammy Watkins, Clemson (68)
Fort Myers, Fla.
Matt Furstenburg, Maryland (35)
Flemington, N.J.
James Hurst, North Carolina (48)
Plainfield, Ind.
Oday Aboushi, Virginia (29)
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (57)
Lithonia, Ga.
Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (55)
Wilmington, N.C.
Dalton Freeman, Clemson (58)
Pelion, S.C.
Tajh Boyd, Clemson (29)
Hampton, Va.
Giovani Bernard, North Carolina (60)
Davie, Fla.
Andre Ellington, Clemson (53)
Moncks Corner, S.C.
Brandon Jenkins, Florida State (59)
Tallahassee, Fla.
James Gayle, Virginia Tech (31)
Joe Vellano, Maryland (58)
Rexford, N.Y.
Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest (33)
Wylie, Texas
Kevin Reddick, North Carolina (49)
New Bern, N.C.
Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech (42)
Riceboro, Ga.
Steve Greer, Virginia (32)
Solon, Ohio
David Amerson, NC State (63)
Greensboro, N.C.
Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech (25)
Baltimore, Md.
Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State (45)
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Earl Wolff, NC State (30)
Raeford, N.C.
Dustin Hopkins, Florida State (54)
Houston, Texas
Dalton Botts, Miami (65)
Taft, Calif.
Greg Reid, Florida State (35)
Valdosta, Ga.
The Voting By Position: (Top Four in Voting Only) Quarterback
1. Tajh Boyd, CL 29
2. Logan Thomas, VT 16
3. EJ Manuel, FSU 15
4. Mike Glennon, NCS 6
Running Back (Top 2) 1. Giovani Bernard, UNC 60
2. Andre Ellington, CL 53
3. Orwin Smith, GT 11
4. Perry Jones, UVa 8
Wide Receiver (Top 2)
1. Sammy Watkins, CL 68*
2. Conner Vernon, DU 41
3. DeAndre Hopkins, CL 15
4. Erik Highsmith, UNC 5
Tight End
1. Matt Furstenburg, MD 35
2. Nick O'Leary, FSU 16
3. Chris Pantale, BC 11
4. Colter Phillips, UVa 4
Offensive Tackle (Top 2)
1. James Hurst, UNC 48
2. Oday Aboushi, UVa 29
3. Morgan Moses, UVa 28
4. Emmett Cleary, BC 18
Offensive Guard (Top 2)
1. Omoregie Uzzi, GT 57
2. Jonathan Cooper, UNC
3. 55 R.J. Mattes, NCS
4. 8 Brad Linder, UM 4
1. Dalton Freeman, CL 58
2. Andrew Miller, VT 6
3. Camden Wentz, NCS 3
4. Jay Finch, GT 1
Defense Defensive End (Top 2)
1. Brandon Jenkins, FSU 59
2. James Gayle, VT 31
3. Malliciah Goodman, CL 20
4. Bjoern Werner, FSU 12
Defensive Tackle (Top 2)
1. Joe Vellano, MD 58
2. Nikita Whitlock, WF 33
3. Everett Dawkins, FSU 22
4. Sylvester Williams, UNC 13
Linebacker (Top 3)
1. Kevin Reddick, UNC 49
2. Bruce Taylor, VT 42
3. Steve Greer, UVa 32
4. Jeremiah Attaochu, GT 23
5. Kevin Pierre-Louis, BC 19
Cornerback (Top 2)
1. David Amerson, NCS 63
2. Kyle Fuller, VT 25
3. Xavier Rhodes, FSU 21
4. Greg Reid, FSU 11
Safety (Top 2)
1. Lamarcus Joyner, FSU 45
2. Earl Wolff, NCS 30
3. Rashard Hall, CL 21
4. Isaiah Johnson, GT 13
1. Dustin Hopkins, FSU 54
2. Chandler Catanzaro, CL 8
3. Casey Barth, UNC 4
4. Nate Freese, BC 1
4. Justin Moore, GT 1
1. Dalton Botts, UM 65
2. Nick Ferrara, MD 2
3. Brad Craddock, MD 1
1. Greg Reid, FSU 35
2. Sammy Watkins, CL 20
3. Michael Campanaro, WF 5
4. T.J. Thorpe, UNC 5 *Denotes unanimous selection
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Animasher Beta Launch, Take 2
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Internet, Movies
We first told you about Animasher in May but were cautioned by co-creator Martin Jacobson that we got a little too excited too soon. However, he let us know that the Beta launch is now official. Simply choose pictures, drag and drop, add music and sound effects, and you could be the next Monty Python or JibJab rival.
We understand that the Animasher originated in Sweden when Martin's programmer friend Samuel wanted to make fun of him online. Nine months later, Animasher was born. It must be some friendship to inspire an entire website, eh?
(Thanks, Martin)
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JCT production of 'Oz' to open this weekend
The Jamestown Community Theatre has announced the November dates for its production of "The Wizard of Oz." The November production coincides with the Jamestown Community Theatre's 21st anniversary.
Performances will be held on two consecutive weekends at the Jamestown Recreation Center: Friday, Nov. 11, and Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 4 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased in Jamestown at Baker's Pharmacy, Cathryn Jamieson Salon, Secret Garden and the Conanicut Ship's Store. In Newport, tickets will be available at Pleasant Surprise, and in Wickford at Midnight Sun. Ticket prices for seniors (65 and over) and children (17 and under) will be $8 in advance; regular adult tickets will be $13. Ticket prices will increase to $11 and $16, respectively, if purchased at the door.
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ARTM1020-A 2D Design Principles (Spring 2018)
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About The Instructor(s)
Session, Dates: 1 (01/08/2018 - 04/28/2018)
Days: M
Time: 02:00 - 05:50 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Wheatley Center 128
Seats Available: 6 Seats
Credits: 3
This studio course is a study of basic principles, materials and processes of two-dimensional design and its application to visual communication design. Through a series of interdisciplinary assignments, students develop a heightened awareness and sensitivity to the visual elements of design, increasing their confidence in creating two-dimensional images. Theoretical and practical aspects of the design process will be examined as well as visual. All assignments will stress experimentation and creative approaches to art and design.
Timothy J. Hadfield, M.F.A.
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Hosted by United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency invited governmental and technical support organisations involved in emergency management, and particularly those who were developing or involved in related processes for stakeholder involvement to attend the NEA Workshop on Practices and Experiences in Stakeholder Involvement for Post Nuclear Emergency Management. The workshop was held on 12-14 October 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, hosted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The NEA workshop provided a forum for participating organisations from many countries to:
Key lessons in nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response (emergency management), identified through events and exercises have led to improvements in emergency arrangements nationally and internationally. Among these lessons has been the recognition that the effective management of complex situations created by an emergency required the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders. In this context, stakeholders referred to organisations and individuals, including governmental and non-governmental entities and civil society, that had been involved in or affected by the management of the situation. To be effective, such involvement must begin and be organised as part of preparedness. This fact had been incorporated into the International Commission on Radiological Protection's (ICRP) new recommendations for the protection of people in emergency situations and for those living in long-term contaminated areas after a nuclear accident.
Since the early 1990s, the NEA/CRPPH has been investigating and promoting stakeholder involvement in radiological protection decision-making. This interest was most notably manifest in three stakeholder involvement workshops organised by the CRPPH in 1998, 2001 and 2003 (the Villigen series). In 2006, the CRPPH published a study of stakeholder interaction with radiological protection experts in the post-Chernobyl recovery situation, and had more recently has addressed the implications of stakeholder involvement on organisational structures.
In parallel, the post-emergency management situation, specifically the preparedness and response aspects associated with consequence management and transition to recovery, had been taken up by the CRPPH Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters in its international nuclear emergency exercise (INEX) series. Recent exercises addressing consequence management following a nuclear or radiological emergency had clearly demonstrated that the involvement of a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, while posing challenges to emergency management structures, presented opportunities for better identifying and implementing sustainable approaches to longer-term recovery. This workshop had been organised to further explore this key aspect of emergency management.
The objective of the Workshop on Stakeholder Involvement for Post Nuclear Emergency Management was to share practices and experiences in approaches to stakeholder involvement as part of preparedness for consequence management and recovery following a nuclear or radiological emergency. The workshop:
Interested participants were reminded that the workshop would not provide a forum for input into the decision-making processes of specific issues at the local or national level.
The workshop included a series of plenary presentations to provide participants with an overview of practices and experiences in stakeholder involvement in emergency preparedness and response from various countries and programmes. Follow-up break-out sessions were held to allow participants to address identified topics and related issues. Sessions were moderated by designated experts to allow participants to discuss their relevant international and national experiences in the context of the topic areas and to identify areas for enhancing stakeholder involvement in post-emergency management. Outcomes were presented in plenary followed by open discussion, with a view towards elaborating ways forward to achieve more effective stakeholder involvement as part of preparedness at the international and national levels. The workshop also included 2 topical sessions.
Following the workshop, the proceedings (presentations, discussion summaries and conclusions) were prepared and made available to participants and other interested parties.
Participants wee asked to indicate their preferred break-out session when registering for the workshop, although this might have been adjusted by the organisers to facilitate discussions.
The working language of the workshop was English.
The workshop was addressed to governmental, technical support and other relevant professional organisations involved in emergency management, and particularly those developing, or involved, in related processes for stakeholder involvement, such as:
Interested individuals were requested to register for the workshop with the NEA by the noted deadline. Organisers may have limited participation in accordance with the workshop venue and format.
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I've seen women come on here and say that their baby is "sucking to soothe" and that they're being used as a pacifier and my question was always: "How do they do it?" and "Do they not sleep?"
I am SO happy my baby was able to learn how to latch after a month of EPing... but now he can't be without a nipple in his mouth and I am so exhausted I'm on the verge of passing out and being toted to the hospital.
We can do the side laying position fairly well, but I am a DDD and if I don't hold my breast out of his airway he smothers. So that's out because I'm so tired I pass out and have woke up in a panic twice now. Luckily he had moved away from me.
Also, I've gotten grief over sleeping with him from two peds now and after a lot of googling I'm TERRIFIED of SIDS and that I'm going to kill him by bedsharing, even though I'm doing everything right in that regard. I've read all the stuff by McKenna and Sears etc, but I'm still just petrified.
I'm becoming a neurotic mess and I need sleep.
My husband is no better off and the baby has suddely demanded me all the time, the breast all of the time, and he once absolutely adored his daddy and now wants nothing to do with him so I can't even rest while daddy holds him.
ANy suggestions would be so appreciated...


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Women's Community Action Program to hold "Gardening for Profit" series
Mrs. Brooke Gurr Agriculture Facilitator with the Women's Community Action Program will be teaching a "Gardening for Profit" course. W-CAP of American Samoa has been awarded a grant by the Walmart Foundation and the Honolulu Walmart (Facility #3478) through the Local Community Contribution/Hunger Outreach Grant Program.
This grant supports "Where There Are No Jobs" micro-business courses offered by W-CAP for unemployed women of all nationalities, races and creeds. Upon completion of the course the women are eligible to apply for micro-loans available from a Bank of Hawaii grant to W-CAP.
W-CAP is offering a new course entitled "Gardening for Profit" to begin on Monday, March 19 through Friday, March 23 in Mesepa. Any unemployed women interested in creating a micro-business through home gardening may call to register for limited openings at 699-1842.


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By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Sherilee Lakmidas
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-year low.
The threatened action is to protest Amplats' plans to cut as many as 6,000 jobs in a bid to return to profit, down from the 14,000 it initially proposed, and comes just as a two-day wildcat strike ends at platinum producer Longman.
"Workers are going underground; everything is normal," Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole told Reuters late on Thursday.
A branch leader with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said earlier that miners would not work the overnight shift on Thursday, but another said later in the day that the action would commence on Friday.
"We decided that it would be tomorrow. It's not AMCU that have called the strike, it's the workers," said Evans Ramokga, an Amplats' labor leader also linked to AMCU.
Months of violent labor unrest in the mining sector last year, including the police killing of 34 strikers at Lonmin's Marikana mine, slowed the growth of South Africa's biggest economy and triggered credit rating downgrades.
On Thursday the prospect of another round of trouble sent the rand to four-year lows. Amplats shares fell more than 4 percent by the close and reached an eight-year low.
AMCU's leadership often distances itself from illegal strike action, but the leadership showed that it was in control this week, when leaders addressed the striking Lonmin miners and told them to return to the shafts, which the miners promptly did.
AMCU has succeeded in poaching tens of thousands of members from the once dominant National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
More than 50 people have been killed in more than 12 months of unrest stemming from a turf war between the two unions. The rivalry was stoked over the weekend when an AMCU organizer was shot dead in a tavern.
The current action comes shortly before a round of wage talks being billed as the toughest since the end of apartheid in 1994, as shrinking company margins and falling commodity prices combine with rising worker militancy.
Sithole said Amplats had received no notification of an intent to strike. The company fell to a loss last year in part because of the strikes, which shut its mines near Rustenburg for months.
NUM, an ally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), had enjoyed a near monopoly in the mining sector but started to lose members as a belief took hold that its leaders had become too close to management.
NUM says its rival AMCU has risen to prominence through violence and promises of unrealistic wage hikes at a time of razor-thin margins in the platinum sector in South Africa, home to 80 percent of known reserves of the metal.
NUM also points to its own success in wringing above-inflation wage hikes out of mining companies over the past decade.
The unrest is also rooted partly in glaring income disparities within the mining industry and the wider society.
Patience is wearing thin two decades after the end of white rule as much of the black mine labor force, which is semi-literate and drawn from poor rural areas, still makes only a few hundred dollars a month even after years of big wage rises.
And with an election looming in a year, the ANC is worried about the prospect of big job losses and forced Amplats to scale back its initial plan to shed 14,000 positions.
The cabinet is "extremely, extremely concerned" about the latest unrest, Environment Minister Edna Molewa told reporters at a post-cabinet news conference on Thursday.
(Additional reporting by Sherilee Lakmidas and Olivia Kumwenda in Johannesburg and Wendell Roelf in Cape Town; Writing by Ed Stoddard; Editing by Jane Baird and Cynthia Osterman)


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Of all her college experiences, Martine Ciccio says that reading to preschoolers through a University service program may have had the most significant impact on her future plans.
Through Jumpstart, a program that partners college students with low-income preschoolers, Ciccio has helped young children build language, literacy and social skills.
"Jumpstart ignited this ever-growing fiery passion within me that refuses to quit. I never thought preschool could be so empowering," says Ciccio.
"When I think about the person I was when I entered college, and the person I am now, I'm shocked at how much I've changed," she says. "Jumpstart has changed my entire world view. I'm more holistic in my thinking; my career goals have shifted from self-centered to service-centered; and I'm much happier working through the University's S.O.U.L.S. Community Engagement Center."
Ciccio has engaged in service all her life, but she says Jumpstart has had the most significant impact of all her activities.
Some of her closest friendships grew from campus activities, and she encourages other students to engage in campus life.
"Being involved allows you to meet like-minded people whom you can truly bond and collaborate with," says Ciccio. "Whenever I walk into S.O.U.L.S. I feel at home. It is a sanctuary of passionate idealists who work every day to make the change that they know is possible."
Ciccio, a senior environmental studies major and faculty assistant for service-learning classes, recently was named the S.O.U.L.S. Center for Community Engagement's Volunteer of the Month.
In addition to serving as a dedicated Jumpstart Team Leader, she has led two Alternative Spring Break trips and participated in Alternative Winter Break in El Salvador.
In addition, Ciccio spends a significant amount of time volunteering with other organizations such as Groundwork Somerville, Environment Massachusetts and Boston Youth Environmental Network.


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It's love all around for Kim Clijsters!
The former tennis champion and her husband Brian Lynch welcomed their second child — a boy! — on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Clijsters announced on Twitter.
"Jack Leon Lynch is born! Born at 7:06 p.m. tonight and we are both doing well," the new mom, who gave birth in Belgium, writes. "His big sister, mama and daddy are very proud and happy!"
Baby boy joins the couple's daughter Jada Ellie, 5½.
Clijsters, who retired from the sport after competing in the 2012 U.S. Open, announced her pregnancy in February.
"We are of course delighted," she wrote on her website. "I'm doing fine, even though I tire more easily right now."
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Native prairie grasses make for a carefree garden
Native grasses can be welcome additions in the landscape, adding beauty,
movement and sound.
Let's define "native" plant. The only truly native plants are ones that still grow where they originated. Most literature refers to native plants in the United States as plants that existed in an area prior to the arrival of European settlers. Prior to settlers in Illinois, the landscape consisted of 22 million acres of prairie. Today less than one hundredth of one percent of the original undisturbed prairies exist in Illinois.
Prairie plants have evolved with the climate, soils and pathogens in their native habitat for thousands of years. Some advantages of native prairie plant species include: extensive root systems that make prairie plants resistant to drought and dry conditions, prairie plants provide habitat for birds and other grassland animals, they can reduce soil erosion, they have few insect and disease problems, and, once established, prairie plants need minimum maintenance.
Native grasses provide year-round interest and offer a great diversity of leaf textures, colors and flowers. Most grasses flower in the late summer. Grasses can be incorporated into existing flower gardens or as separate prairie plantings in the landscape.
In 1989, Big bluestem was designated as the official prairie grass for Illinois. Big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii, is a warm-season grass that was once the chief plant of the tallgrass prairie. Big bluestem grows to between six to eight feet tall and has a fibrous root system up to 12 feet deep. This tall, slender-stemmed grass ranges in color from bluish-green in the summer to reddish-brown or orange in the fall. Flowers appear in late summer. This grass is easily identified by its purplish hairy stems, and its seed head which branches into three parts, resembling a turkey's foot. The leaves turn a yellow or coppery color in the fall.
Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, has bluish stems that change from orange to russet red color throughout the fall and winter. Little bluestem's common name refers to the bluish coloration at the base of the stem. It reaches a height of two to four feet and has a dense root system which may reach five to eight feet deep. Fluffy white seed heads are produced in late summer on arching stems.
Using native plants can cut down on exotic plants that invade our gardens. Prairie plants are best planted in the spring, while late fall is the best time to sow prairie plant seeds. Purchase native plant species from reputable local nurseries or mail-order catalogs. Usually plants from a local source are adapted to your area. Avoid digging native plants from the wild.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has a publication, Prairie Establishment and Landscaping, by William E. McClain, that is available om print and on the Internet at http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/naturalheritage/prairie/table.htm. This publication also offers a list of sources of native Illinois prairie plant seeds.


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This year, I decided to make quilts for my family for Christmas. Today I will be sharing two of those quilts that I made for my brothers. I wanted them to both be large quilts that would fit well on a couch.
The first was for my brother, Jonathan. This quilt used a variety of navy prints that I cut into 42 strips (2.5" x WOF). I used Kona White for the neutral strips. I followed the directions in this YouTube video to assemble the quilt top. I quilted this one with my usual wavy lines.
The second quilt I made was for Isaac. This quilt was made using my Arrow Quilt pattern from Quilty magazine. I used Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids for the quilt top. Again, this one was quilted in wavy lines. The three middle arrows look to be the same color in this photo - but they really aren't. I guess I should have taken pictures in better daylight!
I really loved making both of these quilts and am happy that both of my brothers have a large quilt to use in their apartments :)


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Man sought in Waukesha Check n Go robbery
Waukesha police have released photographs of a person wanted in connection with a weekend robbery.
Capt. Ron Oremus said the man in the photograph is believed to have held up an employee at Check N Go, 310 W. St. Paul Ave.
Oremus said the man entered the store around 1:10 p.m. Saturday, displayed a semi-automatic handgun and demanded money.
Officers responded after the hold-up alarm was activated by an employee at the business.
Oremus said the man was able to leave with an undetermined amount of money, and officers were not able to locate him following the robbery.
He said the employee of the store was not harmed.
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According to preliminary data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the birth rate fell to its lowest point since 1920, the first year they started keeping track. Analysis by the Pew Research Center closely ties the decline to the downturn in the economy, starting around 2008.
Plus: Pre-term Birth Rate Lowest in a Decade
The birth rate is the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime childbearing ages of 15 to 44. It was 63.2 in 2011, a dip of 8% since 2007. This decrease is led by immigrant women, who experienced a 14% drop in fertility rates since 2007. Mexican women comprised the steepest decline, at 23%.
"If you apply the common sense lens here, when it comes to decisions about when to have children, how many and how to space them, the economy clearly matters," said Bill Albert, spokesman for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, told CNN. It's unclear how much of a role the trend to marry later in life, and farther into a woman's fertility window, is playing.
Plus: CDC Reports Drop in C-Sections
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Bud dissection to evaluate the '07 crop, the impact of chilling hours on this year's crop and the impact of recent rainy weather and unseasonable heat on powdery mildew development were just three of the topics covered in the first edition of a new electronic newsletter for the California grape industry.
"The Grape Line" is e-mailed twice a month to growers, pest control advisers (PCAs) and others involved in producing and marketing California table, wine and raisin grapes. The information for the newsletter is gathered and prepared by the editors of Western Farm Press (www.westernfarmpress.com).
"The Grape Line" is sponsored online by Chemtura Crop Protection.
"Chemtura is pleased to sponsor 'The Grape Line' e-newsletter as an information service for the California grape industry," said Steve Kant, director of marketing services for Chemtura.
One reason Chemtura partnered with Western Farm Press on this new e-newsletter is the response from PCAs and others to the Chemtura sponsorship of two continuing education courses, one on powdery mildew management in grapes offered online on the Western Farm Press Web Site. The other online course is on almond pest management.
"We held meetings with PCAs in California earlier this year and we asked them how many were aware of these CEU courses and probably 75 percent of them were aware of the online courses," said Kant. "This tells us PCAs and others are relying increasingly on online services as relevant sources of timely information."
"That went a long way in convincing the marketing team at Chemtura to sponsor 'The Grape Line' e-newsletter published by Western Farm Press," added Kant.
Neil Budge, Chemtura regional manager in Clovis, Calif., said e-newsletters and other Web information providers are a growing source of information for people working in California agriculture.
"I am excited that 'The Grape Line'will become a vital information source for the ever-changing California grape industry and people anticipate the news it will offer twice a month," said Budge.
"This is our second e-newsletter to go online within the past year, with a third in development," said Greg Frey, publisher of Western Farm Press. "We track site usage closely and see the response to our online continuing education courses as clear evidence of a growing use of the Web by the agriculture community, particularly in the West."
"The Grape Line" e-newsletter is part of a growing platform of electronic information products from Western Farm Press, its sister agricultural publications and Penton Media.
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Perennial to trees, from membranous bulb, fibrous corm, scaly rhizome, or erect caudex
Stem generally underground
Leaves generally basal, often withering early, alternate, generally ± linear
Inflorescence various, generally bracted
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; perianth often showy, segments generally 6 in two petal-like whorls (outer sometimes sepal-like), free or fused at base; stamens 6 (or 3 + generally 3 ± petal-like staminodes), filaments sometimes attached to perianth or fused into a tube or crown; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, placentas generally axile, style generally 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal or septicidal (berry or nut)
Genera in family: ± 300 genera, 4600 species: especially ± dry temp and subtropical; many cultivated for ornamental or food;
some TOXIC. Here includes genera sometimes treated in Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and other families.
Perennial from spheric, tan, fibrous-coated corm; cormlets sessile
Leaves basal, 23, narrowly lanceolate, keeled, glabrous, entire, often withered at flower
Inflorescence umbel-like, open; axis 2100 cm, stiff, erect, cylindric; bracts ± lanceolate, ± scarious; pedicels ± erect, generally > perianth; flowers generally many
Flower: perianth tube generally funnel-shaped, lobes 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, generally ascending to spreading; stamens 6, filaments appendages generally 0, anthers attached at middle, generally angled away from stigma; style 1, stigma weakly 3-lobed
Fruit: capsule, generally stalked, ovoid, loculicidal
Seeds subspheric, black
Species in genus: 14 species: w North America, especially n&c CA
Etymology: (Greek: three complete, because all flower parts in 3's)
Reference: [Hoover 1941 Amer Midl Naturalist 25:73100]
Leaf 1525 cm, 410 mm wide
Inflorescence 1030 cm, smooth except weakly scabrous near base; pedicels 720 mm
Flower: perianth bright yellow or pale blue, tube 58 mm, lobes widely spreading, ± = tube, striped greenish; filaments attached at 2 levels, unequal (1.5 or 3 mm), linear or base barely wider, anthers 12 mm; ovary stalk ± = ovary
Ecology: Open conifer forest, dry slopes
Elevation: 6502200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High Cascade Range
Distribution outside California: sw Oregon
Synonyms: Brodiaea c. (A.W. Wood) S. Watson
Varieties need study.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Flower: perianth pale blue, lobes slightly fringed toward tips
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Habitat of sp.
Elevation: 12002000 m.
Bioregional distribution: c Klamath Ranges (Trinity Mtns)
Synonyms: Brodiaea c. (A.W. Wood) Greene var. m. (H.M. Hall) Munz
Horticultural information: DRN, DRY, SUN: 1, 7, 15, 16; DFCLT.


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Recap: Sochi Olympics opening ceremony
The competition has begun, but the ceremony signifying the start of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is set to kick off Friday morning.
What will Russia bring to the table? Join London Free Press reporter Patrick Maloney for live coverage of the opening ceremony. Our Sun writers in Sochi — Steve Simmons, Chris Stevenson, Steve Buffery and Rob Longley — will also chip in.
Get your vodka ready. Don't worry, Sochi is nine hours ahead of the eastern time zone.


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U.S. regulators are stepping up calls for banks to better-arm themselves against the growing online threat hackers and criminal organizations pose to individual institutions and the financial system as a whole.
The push comes as government officials grow increasingly concerned about the ability of a cyber attack to cause significant disruptions to the financial system. Banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Capital One Financial Corp. have been targeted by cyber assaults in recent years, including potent "denial-of-service" strikes that took down some bank websites off-and-on for days, frustrating customers. Banks have spent millions of dollars responding to or protecting against such attacks, including a wave of attempted online assaults targeting major banks beginning last year that U.S. defense officials say had the backing of the Iranian government.
The warnings reinforce the message from Washington that the private sector has primary responsibility for fending off attacks, even from groups the U.S. believes are tied to a foreign government. Some banks have bristled at the suggestion they can fend off a foreign nation and have asked the U.S. to intervene to mitigate such attacks, either by blocking the attacks or moving against those mounting them.
A banking industry official said the onus can't just be on banks to combat cyber attacks. "It needs to be collaborative; the industry can't take on foreign countries alone," the official said.
The U.S. has increasingly adopted a hard line toward firms whose systems are violated, holding companies more accountable for protecting themselves. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. alleging the hotel chain failed to protect the credit-card information of its consumers. In 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance requiring companies to disclose to investors more details when their computer systems have come under attack by hackers.
Regulators and the banking industry are coordinating efforts to respond to the growing threat, including a major cyber "war game" exercise slated for later this month involving top regulators, the Department of Homeland Security and major banks. Organized by the Securities Industry and Financial Management Association and titled "Quantum Dawn 2," the exercise is supposed to replicate a large, coordinated cyber attack to test the industry's response.
Officials from the Treasury Department and other financial regulators have been conducting regular classified and non-classified briefings with bank officers about the increased likelihood banks of all sizes could come under attack. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew last week met with roughly 40 executives in New York to discuss concerns, one in a series of meetings Mr. Lew has had on the topic with government and business leaders, according to the Treasury Department.
Last week, the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators formed a new "cyber security" working group to highlight the issue and better coordinate government responses. And earlier this week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency hosted a call with more than 1,000 community bankers, warning that cyber attacks are on the rise-particularly among small banks-as the number of potential targets expands.
"You have to think of cyber-risk as part of the other overall risks at your bank," said Valerie Abend, the OCC's senior critical infrastructure officer.
Regulators are counseling bank executives to change the way they think about cyber attacks, she said, and consider them as they do more traditional risks, such as lending and interest-rate risk, when making strategic decisions. As with regulators' recent push to step up enforcement of antimoney-laundering rules, banks are being told that they'll be judged on their preparation against cyber attacks when examiners gauge a bank's operational risk. Executives are being told to train workers on potential risks posed by hackers, and to be proactive in communicating risks to customers and employees.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, which Mr. Lew leads, cited cyber security as one of its key "emerging threats" this year. Mr. Lew raised the issue of cyber theft of trade secrets with his Chinese counterparts on a recent visit to Beijing.
While no specific incident is behind the focus on cyber security, regulators are concerned that the number of cyber attacks spawned by increasingly sophisticated hackers, criminal organizations, hactivist groups and nation-states is going to rise. The OCC said in its presentation to bankers that cyber attacks overall, including on banks, increased 42% in 2012, ranging from malicious software or phishing attacks, to well-publicized denial-of-service attacks.
The threat became apparent late last year when Iranian hackers conducted a wave of cyber attacks targeting major U.S. banks. The attacks disrupted banks' websites, flooding them with high volumes of traffic in order to render them unavailable, and leading to warnings from U.S. officials to halt.
Karl Schimmeck, SIFMA's vice president of financial-services operations, said the industry needs to gird itself for the reality of cyber incursions.
"We're a big target.... People don't go out and physically rob banks anymore. This is the best way to get access to what banks have" including money and critical information, Mr. Schimmeck said.


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Depression is a low mood that lasts for a long time, and affects your everyday life.
In its mildest form, depression can mean just being in low spirits. It doesn't stop you leading your normal life but makes everything harder to do and seem less worthwhile. At its most severe, depression can be life-threatening because it can make you feel suicidal or simply give up the will to live.
It feels like I'm stuck under a huge grey-black cloud. It's dark and isolating, smothering me at every opportunity.
We all have times when our mood is low, and we're feeling sad or miserable about life. Usually these feelings pass in due course.
But if the feelings are interfering with your life and don't go away after a couple of weeks, or if they come back over and over again for a few days at a time, it could be a sign that you're experiencing depression.
It starts as sadness then I feel myself shutting down, becoming less capable of coping. Eventually, I just feel numb and empty.
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There are also some specific types of depression:
See our page on postnatal depression for more information. PANDAS also has information and support for anyone experiencing pre- or postnatal depression.
PMDD is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Many women experience PMS, but for some women their symptoms are severe enough to seriously impact their daily life. This is when you might receive a diagnosis of PMDD.
While PMDD is not a type of depression, most women who experience PMDD find that depression is a major symptom. See NHS Choices for more information about PMS and PMDD.
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