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Reference for elementary physical education teachers, elementary classroom teachers who teach health or physical education, and elementary health educators.
Christopher A. Hopper, PhD , is associate dean for teacher preparation and credentialing and a professor of kinesiology at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He has degrees from the University of Exeter in England and the University of Oregon. Dr. Hopper is a specialist in adapted physical education and has helped promote active lifestyles for children with disabilities. He has played and coached soccer at the high school and college levels. Dr. Hopper has authored six other books and has served on numerous curriculum and advisory committees for Humboldt State University and has written dozens of articles and chapters in books. He has served as a consultant to school districts on promoting health and physical activity.
Bruce Fisher, BA , is an instructor at Humboldt State University focusing on teaching math and science in the elementary curriculum. He has also served as a fieldwork coordinator, supervisor of student teachers, and seminar instructor. He was a distinguished teacher in residence at Humboldt State from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Fisher is coordinator and trainer for Humboldt County Beginning Teacher Support and has been an elementary teacher, instructional services teacher, and teacher of the severely disabled. He has written three other books with the coauthors of this book, has written and published many articles, and has received numerous professional honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Humboldt County Office of Education and a National Educator Award. He has been a member of Computer-Using Educators, the National Teacher of the Year Association, the California Science Teachers Association, and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Kathy D. Munoz, EdD, RD , is a professor of nutrition and chair of the department of kinesiology and recreation administration at Humboldt State University. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and the California Dietetic Association (CDA) and has completed the certification in Adult Weight Management. She has published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Children's Health Care, Journal of Nutrition Education, and International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise. With the coauthors of this book, she has written a series of curriculum guides for elementary teachers, which is published by Human Kinetics. She is currently coauthoring a college-level textbook for beginning nutrition majors. Dr. Munoz has been recognized for her research in and development of asynchronous learning with an award from the Bbionic Course Contest, an international competition sponsored by Blackboard, Inc., which helps universities host classes online.
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AMD FirePro V9800 4GB Professional Graphics Card Review
The final piece of the FirePro puzzle
When the AMD Evergreen series of GPUs was released back in September of 2009, we knew that an update to the professional graphics lineup from AMD wasn't going to be far behind. We reviewed the first of the new cards in April as the FirePro V8800 and it was quickly followed by the V5800 and V3800 and then the V7800 and V4800. There was still one card missing from the family that we learned about in our initial briefings: the leader of the group, the V9800.
The FirePro V9800 and the V8800 share a lot of features and most of the primary performance options though the V9800 has some key items that differentiate it from the rest of the FirePro line. First, this card has a total of 4GB of frame buffer, double that of the FirePro V8800 and allowing the GPU to handle much larger data sets for higher quality rendering at higher resolutions. The GPU under the hood is still a 1600 shader processor Cypress core that supports DX11, OGL 4.0 and Shader Model 5.0 DirectCompute.
The second key product feature on the V9800 is the set of six mini DisplayPort outputs.
Since the word Eyefinity first reached us in the consumer space we knew that we were excited about the possibilities that having 3-6 displays would bring to the world of gaming. But in reality, the true winners with Eyefinity are going to be found in the professional workspace where support for up to 6 displays out of a single graphics card can increase work area and productivity and do it at a cost well below anything we have seen before.
The FirePro V9800 now completes the Evergreen family of professional series graphics cards ranging from $3500 down to $109 depending on your needs. An interesting note on the power consumption - the V9800 actually has a lower TDP than the V8800 even though it has double the memory capacity and uses the same GPU.
V9800 Differentiation
Obviously the biggest feature of the FirePro V9800 is the support for 6 displays on a single card that allows for developers and professional users to increase their productivity or even to create new workflow models for their business. Customers that are creating multiple panel displays for store fronts, exhibit halls or meeting rooms are also able to do more with less money than they have before.
Combining more than one V9800 card is possible using the FirePro S400 card - a small board that is responsible for synchronizing display outputs on multiple graphics cards. Using the S400 a system can support up to four FirePro V9800s (or any other GPU) for a total of 24 outputs in a single PC! While a set of four V9800 cards is going to be expensive ($14,000 or so), that cost is well below any other professional solution that provides that many display configurations.
AMD knows that visualizing and describing the benefits of the V9800 and its 6 display outputs can be difficult with traditional benchmarks and marketing. They sent along a handful of case studies from customers that were provided V9800 cards early in order to show the media how these large scale customers are utilizing Eyefinity technology. You can see on the right side of this image above that the organization is using one of the 6x4 display configurations as a huge single display.
AMD also knows that majority of professional graphics reviews focus on SPECviewperf testing among a handful of other tests and that their product might not stand out as much as it could without the use of more real-world testing scenarios. In these AMD-provided slides they have compared the V9800 ($3499) to the NVIDIA Quadro 6000 ($5999) and the V8000 ($1499) against the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 ($2249). The results are pretty close on either side of the debate but AMD still holds the price advantage and feature advantages.
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PS April Blog Train Comments
Thank you all for the splendid work with the BlogTrain. downloading right now!
@Christine: Keep trying! It seems there is a real run on my downloads, but in a couple of days I suspect things will 'cool down' a little. So please keep trying Christine, April is a long month
I just love your kit and alpha you are offerring for this blog train... So beautyful!! But i have try wrar... i dont even find it in my computer... i have tried everything for an hour and nothing work's.... Please help!!!!! I wont your kit so badly...lol!!
Thank's so much
chantal cloutier
Thank's so much to all of you for this wonderful blog train... The kits are just has beautyful one after the others.... Thank's for sharing your work...:-)
Cat Armstrong - Sorry to hear that, haven't got over there yet but on my way!!l
I Just Wonted You TO Know I Love Your Green Star Cat It is so cute Tina
Thank you! There were more comments as the day went on. Its not at all what I expected and I think it came across as complaining, but I really wasn't. I was just overwhelmed by how many visitors I actually got. I've never had that many people visit my blog in one day. I was just too tired to come back and clarify my post.
@Cat, I'm still processing through my download, ~ I go back after I get mine all unzipped and comment. I will say that I loved how you made the wings on the bees translucent looking.
@Chantal . . . I apologize again for the inconvenience. Newer versions of WinZip can open RAR files. I just downloaded the free version from here and installed it on my computer to test it and make sure I am not misleading you. You do not have to pay for it. You can download it for free and make use of the evaluation version and it will unzip the RAR files I have shared.
If this does not answer your questions, you can always Google for more information if I am not explaining this so you can understand. There are tutorials on downloading, installing, and unzipping/un-raring files on-line that might prove far more helpful than anything I can type to you here.
Thanks again for your kind words. I am thrilled you want my part of the blog train and i am sorry it is causing you so much trouble.
wow...Ladies, I'm still downloading things from the Blog Train! I've unzipped most of them now as well, and glanced through them. Everything looks SOOO GREAT! I don't work outside the home, and yesterday, I didn't even work inside the home- exept for getting hot drinks for a sick teen, though he slept till 2pm! I was glad we had soup and brisket left-overs for dinner so I didn't have to cook and could just play with getting the Blog Train kits!
Todays assignments:
1) Downloading the last 5 or so, and getting those on BOX which I couldn't get on my laptop...page never displays correctly from that site.
2) Checking TOU's and tagging stuff in Picasa so I can use them properly!
3) commenting on what I enjoyed the most from designers!
Well, it might be Wednesday before I get to #3. Don't think hubby will want brisket 3 days in a row! lol
I loved seeing everyone's pieces. What an awesome group for my first blog train! I used Google Drive and I think it was downloadable in one file-if people had problems will you let me know?
Thank you ladies for all the wonderful creations you are sharing. What a wonderful train.
Can someone please tell me how to get Mollys #24 as it goes to a weird site and asks me to log in. I can't find any download links for it.
Thanks again everyone, Lana
Thanks for your parts everyone! Hopefully I didn't miss anyone! You all really knocked this out of the park.
I'm having the same problem as Lana ... can't get Molly's #24
I am unzipping and leaving comments while downloading, so I haven´t downloaded many parts yet. Guess I´ll take some time to finish it too!
Thanks Melissa. I even went to her blog and facebook. nothing there. Hope it gets fixed so we can have it along with the other great pieces.
I too had problems with Molly's and I also had problems with one of Melo's downloads. I'll try again later.
However, I've been through the list, and I must say, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! So fun! Hopefully, I remembered to leave "thanks" where I could - if I couldn't or forgot - just know I appreciate each and every contribution!
It was also fun to learn about other designers and this thing called "art journaling" - which I started learning about from Violet's blog. Gonna have to research that some more. I like the artsy look of it. I get caught up in my own little world sometimes, and don't always realize what other things are being done/designed.
Again, great job everyone! Really excited to finish unzipping and exploring all the files!!
Thanks Brooke and I agree, Amazing!
Thank you for the many wonderful kits!
This blog train is a pleasure to ride. Everyone has created such wonderful art. I am very thankful and have left thanks on as many face book pages as possible. Cat I left a message on your face book page. I hope you can find it.
I did have trouble with opening downloads. Janet I have 3 of yours that didn't download and unzip. I had a couple others that did not work as well. What am I doing wrong? I have an old computer? It is still use my XP, I am thinking about upgrading. I need advice, I don't want to miss out on using all the beautiful artwork.
Whew! Finally made it through the whole list! I just wanted to let those of you without blogs know that I love and appreciate your work!
Thank you all for the efforts. Still have to unzip and organize but that has been added to my to do list.
@ Judy...I have an old Windows XP system as well. I've had at least 5 downloads that I had to redo, because when I tried to unzip they told me the file was corrupt. After a swinging back to those sites, I've been able to get most of them to work again. Still have 2 that I've yet to unzip and verify. So I guess I'd say try downloading them again if you can. Sometimes I think my trouble is a blend of and old system and perhaps not the best internet. We went high speed only 3 years ago, before that move we were only able to get dial-up. But then there are levels of High Speed access as well. Make a note of which ones you've had trouble with, and if you still are having trouble, I'd comment specifically here and on their sites. I'm sure they'd want to try and help you get a good file you can use...said as a first time contributor. Part of what I've been doing since I posted my portion was watching my blog AND here to see if anyone is having troubles with my files, or if anyone else had troubles at the few I had to go back to and try a second download at. I guess I've just seen and had so much troubles with computers that I expect a few glitches here and there, especially in SUCH A BIG blog train! I'm just so pleased with large participation and quality!
TYVM to everyone for sharing wonderful goodies, awesome brushes, papers and ellies. All of you do an amazing art and every month I was surprised with the fantastic kits. I adore the art journal and mixed media so I simply felt in love with the kits from Lou Anne and Violet.
I forgot: Molly It's impossible with tumblr. I tried to follow all the steps but stays asking me to enter the captcha +10 times, I got exhausted.
Laura and Judy,
I too get the file is corrupt message, but it is only because i am using Windows and the corrupted files are Mac.
When the message box appears telling me that the file is corrupt I just ignore/close it, I never click cancel. The file will then open ok.
This post is for all the generous designers whom I couldn't leave a message for on your blog....
@Saskia: Your part of the train is real cute - tyvm! I would have left a comment on your blog, but I am not a subscriber to AIM, Google, WordPress, etc. (sorry).
@Jill: I left a message on your blog, but I don't think it took so thought I should leave thanks in here, too, just in case. The honey splat was very cute, btw!
@Tina: Had a problem leaving a message on your blog, too (doesn't like the Name/URL selection maybe?), so thought I should say thank you in here, too, just in case.
@Harriet: Tyvm! Love the lattice papers & that spring WA... Any chance you have the splat (that's behind the WA) available for d/l, too? (crossing my fingers)
@Shelly: Tyvm! I really like the papers you created... I would have left a comment on your blog, but I am not a subscriber to AIM, Google, WordPress, etc. (sorry).
@Lorien: Great job - I really like what you created! Those hummingbirds are real cute!
@Sunny: Tyvm! I really like the bohemian print you put on some of your elements (like the bird) - it's cute!
@Laura: Tyvm! My favorite part of your kit were the monotone journaling cards you talked about in your blog entry - I really like them - simple, understated, yet beautiful...
@Lou Anne: I don't know if this is your first time designing or not, but you did a great job - thanks for sharing! I would have left a comment on your blog, but I am not a subscriber to AIM, Google, WordPress, etc. (sorry).
@Molly: Your papers are really cute - tyvm!
@JanetScott: Wow, it looks like you put together a fabulous kit! Hopefully I can get my son to d/l it for me, since I'm not on FB... (yup, I'm one of those - I want no part of FB )
Thank you so much ladies for all your wonderful kits. I love this color palette and the theme. I'm new to digital scrapbooking and I don't have the best program quite yet, but I am super excited to add your kits and alphas to my stash. Thank you again
love the colors, love the theme, love to meet some new designers! thankyou very much !!!
well, for me when I get to looking at most of the downloads that are "corrupt" they are not the right size. For some reason the download just stops at like 3,000Kb when the file is supposed to be 38 MB. But I rarely get any failure message on the download part. Could be Chrome browser or my internet provider. At least those were the issues I had this time. I don't recall which ones they were as to whether or not they had the Mac files in them...hmmm...I'll have to see if I can figure that out.
Well, since I number the kits so this OCD, (no CDO'er), can keep things straight and not miss anything...I just left them in while I went through to comment on things and say thanks! I left a few messages on the blogs, but honestly it's easier to copy and past my txt file from my log on the blog train and post all at once here.
#1 Pixel Scrapper ~ thanks for hosting and allowing us first timers to throw our stuff in the pot with the rest of you! I had 371 blog page views just since April, and this on a brand new blog! Also LOVE how several have joined Pixel Scrapper apparently because of the blog train! (okay, so now that I've got number #1 done, I can start counting. lol)
#2 Marisa ~ again, wonderful designs! Loved how you gave us the hexagons as tags/journal cards.
#3 Saskia ~ loved the scattering of the flowers, and I've got to use those brackets!
#4 Melouise ~ loved your felting and stitching WOW! so sorry I missed Sugar Butts tutorials on felting and stitches...ugh! BUT you did a Fantastic job!
#5 Brandi ~ your alphabet looks simply delicious - they just remind me of spring time and after school cookie snacks!
#6 Jill ~ loved the index file! I'm just an office supply nut I guess. The flowers with the feel of stain glass and pearls! wonderful.
#7 Jenn ~ loved all the journaling and desktop papers! and the ornate brad.
#8 Harriett ~ that lattice work! and I'm sure I'll find a place for your row of tulips and flowers! Oh the dancing varigated notes!
#9 Shelly ~ I really like the scroll work on the journal card.
#10 Emily ~ your corner swirls, and Alphabet! I also liked the hearts and swiggle on the flower petals, very original.
#11 Dana ~ you did a great job with the coloring on that honeycomb paper. They just say "Scrap with Me" for so many reasons. Love the eggs as well!
#12 Brooke ~ thanks for the brushes! I love the playfulness of the sketches! Speaks of spring and picnics with the kids!
#13 Lorien ~ loved the humming birds, and so will my grandmother! I also like the word art/quotes and papers.
#14 Tina Anderson ~ loved especially the journal card and banner.
#15 Sunny ~ I love the patterns on the elements and polariod frame. So glad you included the butterflies as well!
#17 Tina C ~ liked your ivy / leaves and the journal cards...also the peachy/yellow papers on the right of your sample really turned out great!
#18 Lou Anne ~ WOW, so much stuff for your first time! I really loved the cut out words and quotes! Papers are goreous!
#19 Sharon ~ I really loved your heart frame!
#20 Kaleena ~ You did a great job with your papers, especially liked the square patterned and your texture choice.
#21Cat ~ loved your layered floral elements!
#22 Jodi ~ loved your baby, and frames!
#23 Isa ~ I love your "dictionary" paper effect, it turned out just lovely!
#24 Molly ~ I'd love to see your full design, especially the darker brown paper...are you going to be able to post a link that will allow us not to have to join tumblr? I've just been so busy lately that I've not yet taken the time to jump through all those hoops.
#25 Denise ~ loved your Seuss mini theme! the feathers are great!
#26 Celeste ~ I just really loved that Bee badge! now that's a bee item I can use and not be worried over! Loved the patterns in your papers as well, especially the clouds.
#27 Holly Wood ~ loved your use of hearts in the designs, especially in the trees!
#28 Violet ~ thanks for those wonderful bird splats! lol. I especially liked the map bird! Thanks for introducing us to the art journaling stype! I love it! Thanks for the links to those that inspired you, I've read through your journaling page, but look forward to having some time to investigate your inspiration links.
#29 Nadia ~ especially loved your bird frame 1/journal card, I also really liked the your coloring effect on paper 1 with those orange birds!
#30 Shelia ~ your owl was so cute! Thanks
#31 Janet ~ Loved so many things, like there wasn't enough to love...lol. Thanks for including the wood papers! your Teal Birds in Corner paper, all those Borders! When I scrapped in the real world, that's what I used a lot of, but for some reason I've not used them in the virtual scrapping yet...now I've got some to head back to! I really like the corners and spatter border. Oh, I almost forgot those clothes pins! I use them for everything, but laundry around my house, now I can scrap with them as well!
#32 Jemiah ~ Love the rose and journal card. Thanks for sharing!
WOW! Very Successful Blog Train! Cudos!
Hi Jasmine,
I know what you mean about the hard-drive space issue. I'm using a fairly new (about 1-1/2 years old) laptop with a pretty good-sized hard drive (650MB). In addition, I have two 1TB EHDs and a 250MB EHD. You would think with all that storage capacity, I would have enough, but enough is never enough when it comes to collecting and storing scrapbook art!!!


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Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Buffer zone ruling by U.S. Supreme Court fuels abortion feud
June 28. 2014 10:20PM
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that states cannot unilaterally establish buffer zones around abortion clinics in order to block potential clashes between pro-choice and anti-abortion advocates and between patients and self-described "counselors."
New Hampshire's new law creating a 25-foot buffer certainly will be affected by the decision, but how much and in what way will take some time to determine, almost certainly through a court challenge.
Opponents of the New Hampshire law immediately declared victory, saying the law should not be enforced once it becomes effective July 30, but supporters said a legal review needs to be done to determine whether there is any impact.
While the nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices agreed the Massachusetts law and its 35-foot buffer zone is unconstitutional, they split 5-4 on the question of the constitutionality of buffer zones.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, which included the court's four liberals, said the 35-foot zone was unconstitutional because it overreached.
The opinion said clashes at one Boston clinic do not justify restricting free speech at all such facilities, and the state has other options to ensure protesters do not intimidate or interfere with patients.
The four conservatives said the buffer zone is unconstitutional - period.
However, the ruling left states and their lawmakers some wiggle room to craft narrow buffer zones to protect patients and staff while not restricting free speech and assembly rights.
While supporters of New Hampshire's statute may argue that the law was narrowly drawn - as did the bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester - others do not believe it is narrow enough to pass muster.
The American Civil Liberties Union has argued in support of abortion rights before the U.S. Supreme Court and elsewhere, but has also been a staunch defender of free speech on public streets and sidewalks, arguing that principle in both state and federal courts.Gilles Bissonnette, the staff attorney for the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, said Senate Bill 319 is likely not tailored narrowly enough.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling came in the case McCullen v. Coakley.
"As in McCullen, to the extent SB 319's 25-foot buffer zone deprives individuals of the ability to engage in personal and consensual conversations with women about various alternatives to abortion, SB 319 likely is constitutionally problematic," Bissonnette said.
But Bissonnette said the ruling explains the state could pass laws similar to the federal act that imposes criminal and civil sanctions for obstructing, intimidating or interfering with patients or staff providing health services.
Bissonnette also said the ruling notes that local ordinances can be used to address obstructing clinic driveways, while state laws could require crowds blocking entrances to a clinic to disperse for a limited period of time.
"We encourage the New Hampshire Legislature to consider these constitutional alternatives as it revisits SB 319," Bissonnette said.
The ruling also became political fodder for the Republican U.S. Senate contest and the governor's race.
Both gubernatorial candidates Andrew Hemingway and Walt Havenstein took aim at Gov. Maggie Hassan for signing the bill into law the month, saying it was clearly unconstitutional and asking why the state would want to jump the gun and face possible litigation when it could have waited until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
The GOP U.S. Senate race is a little different. Scott Brown voted for the Massachusetts law when he was a state senator and issued a statement strongly defending the buffer zone and urging Hassan to make the necessary changes to preserve the law.
Bob Smith and Jim Rubens applauded the ruling, and Smith went a little further, going after Brown, Hassan and U.S. Jeanne Shaheen, who said she was disappointed in the ruling.
"Scott Brown voted for the buffer zone bill when he was a Massachusetts state senator. Liberal Governor Maggie Hassan also signed the buffer zone into law in New Hampshire, and Senator Shaheen has long been an outspoken advocate for abortion," Smith said. "Once again, Senator Brown finds himself aligned with the left and out of touch with the Republican Party."
The next state legislature will have to decide whether the law will remain intact - and likely unenforceable after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling - or be redrawn to meet the court's limitations.
Ballot Law Commission: On Monday, the five-member commission will decide whether GOP gubernatorial candidate Walt Havenstein's name will appear on the Republican primary ballot.
Havenstein asked the commission to make a declaratory ruling to end the discussion over whether he is a New Hampshire resident even though he worked and lived in Maryland from 2007 to 2012 when he was an executive with two companies.
Havenstein says he temporarily lived in Maryland, but never changed his "domicile" since he moved to New Hampshire in 1999.
But Democrats argue he received a property tax break available only to Maryland residents, registered his car in that state and held a Maryland driver's license.
"Domicile'' is the key, but state law is not definitive and treats it more like a state of mind. "I intend New Hampshire to be my home."
But recent changes in state law require anyone claiming New Hampshire as his or her domicile for voting has to register his or her car in the state and have a N.H. driver's license.
Last week, Democrats sought additional information from Havenstein and a delay, but Chairman Brad Cook denied that request, saying he hopes to have the decision and the case closed by Monday.
Cook, who was one of the attorneys in the protracted 1996 fight between GOP gubernatorial candidates Bill Zeliff and Ovide Lamontagne over petitions needed to break the state spending cap, is not likely to want to see anything like that repeated.
Also, the terms of two of the members, Michael Eaton of Chichester and Martha Van Oot of Concord, end July 1, which could pose a problem.
If history is any indication, the commission will need some very convincing evidence, such as Havenstein voting in a Maryland election, to prevent him from appearing on the GOP primary ballot.
Nothing has surfaced yet to indicate Havenstein voted anywhere but New Hampshire.
Monday will be a long day.
ComeBack: Nuclear power watchdog Stephen Comley believes he is once again making some headway in his quest to hold the nuclear industry and regulatory officials accountable.
The longtime activist began his crusade when he did not receive what he believed were adequate answers about evacuating patients from his family-owned nursing home in Rawley, Mass., which is within the 10-mile radius of Seabrook Station.
Comley has been circulating a petition to urge an investigation into the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, saying it has been covering up evidence of substandard parts in nuclear power plants, his longtime contention.
He spoke at a hearing in December on Seabrook, expressing concerns about plant evacuation plans, and continues to push that point.
"I'm having a ball," Comley said after he went to Bike Week in Weirs Beach, leaving signs along the road asking President Obama to "Protect US Democracy" by investigating the NRC.
He said he has rallied Rawley townspeople and expects to receive a letter from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick asking the NRC to investigate evacuation plans at Seabrook Station.
Comley said he has been talking to Massachusetts state legislators, as well, and speaking to college students and his fellow residents in the Rawley area to rally support for his cause.
"Things are really starting to take off," Comley said last week, but noted he is yet to meet with key people in the New Hampshire governor's office to talk about his concerns about safety at the plant.
Gas Tax Protest: With the state gas tax set to go up about 4 cents Tuesday, the American for Prosperity N.H. group could not help itself.
The group's honorary chairman, Tom Thomson, will speak at the event along with others affected by the first increase in the tax since 1991.
"This 23 percent gas and diesel tax hike is coming at a time when gas prices are already at a six-year high," said Greg Moore, the group's state director. "Working families can't afford a huge new gas tax hike, and the increase in the tax on diesel will drive up the costs of goods - from groceries to clothes to furniture - for everyone in New Hampshire."
He said the people of New Hampshire need to hold accountable the leaders who supported the tax.
The protest takes place at 11 a.m. Monday at Mr. Gas on Route 3A in Hooksett, just off Exit 10 of Interstate 93.
Political Money: N.H. Rebellion wants residents to walk the state's Seacoast to highlight the problem with money in politics.
"The role that money now plays in the political process disrupts the free market, encourages polarization, forces politicians to cater to special interests, discourages new candidates from running and leaves the public ever more disillusioned," said the group's executive director, Jeff McLean.
From 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 5, anyone concerned about the role of big money in politics can walk the 16-mile stretch of coastline, starting in Hampton and ending at Fort Constitution in New Castle, McLean said.
More information is available at www.nhrebellion.org.


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Arvicola sapidus
|Scope: Global, Europe & Mediterranean
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Arvicola sapidus Miller, 1908
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|There are two subspecies of the water vole: Arvicola sapidus sapidus (Miller, 1908) and Arvicola sapidus tenebricus (Miller, 1908). A. s. sapidus is present in Portugal and southern Spain, while A. s. tenebricus occurs in France and northern Spain. A. s. tenebricus is dark to reddish brown, while the coat of A. s. sapidus is generally lighter and more yellowish (Noblet 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2ace+4ace ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Rigaux, P., Vaslin, M., Noblet, J.F., Amori, G. & Palomo, L.J.
|Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Temple, H. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
The water vole has undergone a marked reduction in both the absolute number of individuals and its subpopulations located throughout its traditional range in France, Spain and Portugal, and that this decline is continuing as a result of ongoing habitat modification/disturbance and competition with introduced species. Furthermore, the water vole is facing all the risks associated with geographically scattered and isolated subpopulations. It is suspected that the rate of population decline exceeds 30% over a 10-year period.
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|Range Description:
|The Southwestern Water Vole, Arvicola sapidus, occurs only in freshwater habitats in parts of France, Spain and Portugal, where it is found from sea level to a maximum of about 2,300 m in the Pyrenees (Le Louarn and Quéré, 2003).
In France, the water vole remains relatively common in only three regions: Charente-Maritime, Brittany and southwest France (Pyrenees), though its distribution is still patchy in these areas. In the French départements of Drôme, Var, Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Loire, Rhône and Ain, the water vole has become rare, with a maximum of only 10 locations per département. In the Ain there is only one location, two in the Rhône and no more than 6 or 7 in the Hautes-Alpes.
In Spain, the water vole is now restricted to the northern and eastern parts of the country, and has disappeared from central Spain, where it was formerly common.
Locations of the water vole in Portugal are not well-documented but, as in other parts of its range, the water vole seems to be restricted to fairly isolated subpopulations in only a few parts of the country.
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Native:France; Portugal; Spain
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|The water vole is declining in most parts of its range. In France it is much less common than it was 10-15 years ago (S. Aulagnier, 2006), and in the Iberian Peninsula it is considered to be declining as a result of habitat loss and degradation (Palomo and Gisbert, 2002), although it is not currently classified as threatened in Portugal (Cabral, 2005). Several studies have shown that, in optimal habitat, water vole density can reach five individuals per 100 m of river bank, but that it is unlikely to exceed this figure (Saucy 1999, Palomo and Gisbert, 2002). Population fluctuations are not known (Saucy 1999).
A recurring problem with accurately determining the full extent of water vole population decline is that the species has been poorly documented in the past, with older information on water vole population being anecdotal and patchy. For example, an atlas of mammals of France (1984, Société Française de l'Etude et Protection des Mammifères - SFEPM) mentioned no threat to the water vole, and reported a nation-wide distribution of the species, with the exception of Corsica, the North, North-East and the Alps. There were no national surveys on the water vole and the vole was not even mentioned in the Action Programme for wild fauna and flora, a wide-ranging survey published in 1996 by the French Ministry for the Environment. In contrast, over the last 10 years there has been increasing attention on the water vole, mainly owing to its apparent disappearance from many areas, a great cause for concern in a species with a normally high reproductive potential (3 to 4 litters per year, averaging 3.5 young per litter). These recent observations and studies all point to its rapid decline.
The water vole has previously been little known and studied in Spain, yet it is probable that its numbers have suffered drastic declines in recent years, making it crucial to carry out further research and monitoring of the species (J. Román pers. comm., 2007). Experts in Spain seem to agree that the water vole is facing similar threats in the Iberian Peninsula as those in France (M. Delibes pers. comm., 2007). The water vole is not currently classified as a threatened species in any part of its range in the Iberian Peninsula, yet its subpopulations in this region exhibit a marked reduction, due to human-induced habitat degradation, destruction or modification, such as cementing over of riverbanks, canal-building, destruction of vegetation along waterways, draining of wetlands and water pollution (Álvarez, 1985; Garde, 1992).
The water vole faces a situation similar in Portugal to that confronting its subpopulations in France and Spain, though its status in this country is perhaps the least well-documented of the three. Research conducted in several locations in Portugal where the water vole is present leads to the conclusion that it is scarce and under threat principally from habitat disturbance and predation, as well as isolation of subpopulations owing to the scattered nature of suitable habitat in Portugal.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The water vole is almost always found near to water, preferring small (under 8 ha) freshwater lakes, ponds and slow-moving rivers and streams with dense riparian vegetation (Saucy 1999, Fedriani 2002). It sometimes occurs in drainage ditches and wet fields. Abundant hydrophilic vegetation and shorelines suitable for water vole burrowing activity seem to be essential characteristics of water vole habitat. Its diet consists mainly of aquatic plants, grasses, and herbs, although small animal prey are occasionally taken (insects, fish, tadpoles, freshwater shrimp). The burrows of the water vole typically have two entrances - one primary entrance above water level and one underwater entrance. The water vole is mainly active during the day, with two peaks in activity in late morning and early afternoon, as well some nocturnal activity. It is active throughout the year, with no period of hibernation.
Reproduction occurs between March and October, with 3 to 4 litters of 2 to 8 young per litter, with the average reported as 3.5 to 6 young. The gestation period is 3 weeks. Sexual maturity is reached at 5 weeks old and the life span of the water vole varies from 2 to 4 years. The water vole lives in small family groups and, under optimal conditions, its density may reach 5 individuals for every 100 meters of riverbank (Saucy 1999, Palomo and Gisbert, 2002). There have never been any records of damage to human activity or agriculture by the water vole.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Use and Trade:
|In some parts of its range (Spain) the water vole is considered a delicacy and is still consumed occasionally.
|Major Threat(s):
Since the water vole is restricted to wetland areas, it faces all the usual threats associated with this habitat. The water vole only flourishes where the banks and vegetation have not been significantly altered by human activity. Consequently, habitat loss and degradation (as a result of drainage, dredging, canal-building, infrastructure development, intensive agriculture, and so on) are major threats. Competition with the introduced Coypu and Muskrat for food and dens is also a threat. In Spain, water vole decline is attributed primarily to anthropogenic habitat modification, but competition from the Norway Rat may be an additional factor threatening the water vole (Palomo and Gisbert 2002). Efforts to control invasive species by poisoning have resulted in accidental water vole deaths.
In descending order of importance, the principal threats are:
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The water vole occurs in some protected areas within its range, although this does not particularly improve the status of this species (European Mammal Assessment Workshop 2006). As yet, the water vole receives no legal protection under EU legislation (Cabral et al. 2005), nor under national legislation in any of the three countries where it occurs. Further research and monitoring is urgently needed to supervise the population trend, and the aquatic habitats where the water vole occurs require protection.
Nature et Humanisme and the SFEPM recommend the following methods for protecting the water vole (J.F. Noblet pers. comm.):
-Prevention of the use of rodenticides in the habitats occupied by the water vole.
Alternative methods of combating the proliferation of the Muskrat, Coypu and American Mink, by more selective means (live cage traps, etc.).
-Forbidding the raising, import, transport or release of these three animals.
-Legislative protection of the water vole, under Annexes I or II of the EU Habitats Directive, the Bern Convention, as well as in national legislation,Legislative protection of the water vole's habitat.
-Information campaigns directed at the concerned parties (local elected officials, waterway engineers, waterway management bodies, etc.).
-Regulation of management techniques of water ways and their shores, such as forbidding dredging and paving of water vole habitat and destruction of riverside vegetation.
-Forbidding destructive agricultural practices and associated water pollution.
-International cooperation between France, Spain and Portugal in protecting the water vole and coordinating research in cross-border areas where the water vole may occur.
-An ongoing research programme, in order to thoroughly map and monitor the remnant populations and their trends and to analyse the reasons for their ongoing decline.
-A captive breeding programme and eventual reintroduction of the water vole in suitable protected habitat.
|Rigaux, P., Vaslin, M., Noblet, J.F., Amori, G. & Palomo, L.J. 2008. Arvicola sapidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T2150A9290712. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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I am looking for an all-around twin-tip that goes upwind well, pops well, soft landings, is kind to my old knees and does not spray (much). I realize that some of these objectives are contrary, so I am looking for a balanced performance that hits them all well - but is not the best at any one aspect.
My weight is 190 lbs and based on reviews have it narrowed down to the Shinn Monk and the Wainman Joke.
I am thinking that these would be the sizes I would probably get:
Waiman Joke 138 x 41.5
Shinn Monk 132 x 41 or 135 x 42
I have an OR Mako 140 that I ride when its really nuking, wavy or super choppy. It rides like a smaller board due to rocker and concave.
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At El Camino College, we have 9 Academic Divisions which comprise over 75 academic programs. Each division offers a comprehensive transfer, degree or certificate program. ECC offers transfer majors for students planning to transfer to a university or professional school. We also offer an extensive list of certificate programs and A.A or A.S. Degrees.
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Lancaster Super Speedway roars back into racing action Saturday, Aug. 2, with six exciting divisions. The Late Models (Limited Late Models) will headline the program.
Other divisions racing will be Pro Street, the ever-popular Deal 1 Auto Sales Crate Sportsman, the fan-favorite Super Street, the wild M&M Garage Extreme 4 and U.S. Bonding Vintage.
Lancaster Super Speedway admission for Saturday, Aug. 2, is $20 for the pits and $12 for the grandstands.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., with the grandstand gates to open at 5 p.m.
Lancaster Super Speedway returns to racing Saturday night, July 26 for the Buddy Crook Memorial race.
The LSS track was quiet last week when rain forced the track to cancel its July 19 slate.
The Limited Late Models will return to Lancaster Super Speedway on Saturday, July 19.
The Limited Late Models were slated to run earlier this season at the big half-mile track, but the race was cancelled due to teams unable to make the field for the scheduled event.
Lancaster Super Speedway roars back into racing action Saturday night, July 12, with some real summer heat.
You could tell the racing season was heating up last Saturday, July 5, as tempers flared at the track all night long.
This week, the SECA Crate Late Models return with a $1,250 pot going to the main event winner and a $250 bonus to the highest finishing non-winner from the 2014 racing season.
Lancaster Super Speedway will host the 1st Franklin Financial Firecracker Spectacular on Saturday, July 5 at the half-mile dirt oval.
The event will be highlighted by a major fireworks during intermission.
The SECA Crate Late Models, with $1,500 to win, headline the Saturday, June 28 racing card at Lancaster Super Speedway.
The SECA Crate Late Models, part of six divisions of racing at LSS on Saturday, will feature a 25-lap main event.
Andrew Baker highlighted a return to racing at Lancaster Super Speedway with a pair of wins Saturday, June 21.
Baker took checkers in the pro street and super street as racing resumed after LSS's annual vacation break.
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Roland FA-06 Music Workstation with Headphones and Pedal
Roland FA-06 Music Workstation with Headphones and PedalDetails
Roland's FA-06 is a flagship music workstation for live and studio use. It's long been a dilemma that most workstations were good for studio applications or live, but never both. The new FA-06 has a built in audio interface and DAW integration for studio sessions whilst the pro quality keyboard and 5.7kg weight are great for live players. All this plus a huge collection of popular Integra-7 sounds spanning a huge musical range, 16 parts with their own effects engines with 67 effect types, dedicated processors for drums, EQ, chorus and reverb, a powerful sampler and easy to use sequencer. Everything you could possibly need! This bundle also includes a pair of headphones and foot switch.
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- Roland FA-06 Music Workstation
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Roland have completely re-imagined the workstation to maximise creativity and versatility. A 16 track sequencer with non stop loop recording makes it easy to build songs quickly. You can export your sequencer tracks to an SDHC card as a complete stereo mix or as a multitrack audio or MIDI data for use in your DAW.
Portable and Lightweight
The FA-06 workstation is light and mobile with an 61 note Ivory Feel-G keyboard that provides for premium performance and easy transportation, weighing only 5.7kg. Connect a mic, guitar or stereo line level device to the FA-06, which includes a high-speed USB audio interface, great for touring and playing live.
Built Around Great Sound
The FA-06 contains over 2000 sounds from the flagship INTEGRA-7 sound module, including SuperNATURAL synth and acoustic tones and drums giving you ultimate freedom. You can add even more tones via internal wave sound expansion slots or download sounds for free from Roland's Axial sound library.
Studio Features and Effects
The FA-06's onboard sampler is based on the SP-40SX and features 16 pads x 4 banks and direct recording/playback via SDHC cards. A multitude of studio quality effects including 16 independent MFX engines, six COMP+EQ processors for drums, unique TFX (total effects) and global EQ, chorus and reverb mean you can polish your sounds completely. You can tweak tones, effects and external MIDI devices in real time with six user assignable Sound Modify knobs.
Multiple Inputs and Connectivity
This Roland workstation has Guitar/Mic and Line input jacks for performing, sampling and DAW audio recording. A dedicated input reverb provides ambience for both performing and recording. USB ports allow for sound expansion data, updates and audio/MIDI interfacing with a computer. MIDI communication with an iPad is also possible using Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit.
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With onboard templates for Logic, Cubase and Sonar, the FA-06 will fit right into your existing DAW setup, eliminating the need to spend time learning another workflow. With the touch of a button you can instantly configure the workstation for use with your DAW via USB thanks to the streamlined interface with a large colour LCD screen. D-Beam, Rhythm Pattern, Arpeggiator and Chord Memory functions are all available tools to expand your creative palette.
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The on board 16-track sequencer is always recording, therefore will capture your ideas as they happen without risk of missing a take. Once the creative juices are flowing you can add finishing touches on board or export your sound to your DAW. Enjoy fast, flexible and frustration free workflow with the Roland FA-06 Music Workstation.
- Reimagined music workstation designed to maximise your creative flow
- Light, mobile body with 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard
- Over 2000 sounds from the flagship INTEGRA-7 sound module, including SuperNATURAL synth and acoustic tones and drums; add even more tones via internal wave sound expansion slots
- SuperNATURAL synth engine is fully compatible with the expansive collection of free INTEGRA-7 synth tones available from Roland's Axial sound library site
- 16-track sequencer with non-stop loop recording makes it easy to build songs quickly; export your sequencer tracks to an SDHC card as a complete stereo mix, or as multitrack audio or MIDI data for use in your DAW
- Onboard sampler based on the SP-404SX features 16 pads x 4 banks and direct recording/playback via SDHC cards
- Polish your sounds with a multitude of studio-quality effects, including 16 independent MFX engines, six COMP+EQ processors for drums, unique TFX (total effects), and global EQ, chorus, and reverb
- Tweak tones, effects, and external MIDI devices in real time with six user-assignable Sound Modify knobs
- Intuitive, streamlined interface with large colour LCD
- Press one button to instantly configure the FA-06 for use with your DAW via USB
- D-Beam, Rhythm Pattern, Arpeggiator, and Chord Memory functions to expand your creative palette
- Guitar/Mic and Line input jacks for performing, sampling, and DAW audio recording; dedicated input reverb provides ambience for performing/recording
- USB ports for sound expansion data, updates, and audio/MIDI interfacing with a computer; MIDI communication with the iPad is possible when using Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit
- Keyboard Section: 61 keys (with velocity)
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- Weight: 5.7 kg (12 lbs. 10 oz.)
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Hot Sugar - 'Moon Money' EP Out Now
The debut EP from Hot Sugar, Moon Money, is out now.
Armed with snares made from human bones, kicks fashioned from an ultra-amplified rat's heartbeat and melodies from the breathing of an 86 year old man covered head to toe in tattoos, New York City's Nick Koenig aka Hot Sugar has the ability to take even the most obscure found sounds and turn them into some of the most melodious and infectious compositions in electronic music today.
The ability to record every day sounds, or not so every day when it comes to standing outside in a hurricane to map the sound of the wind to a keyboard, and turn them into catchy, well disguised melodies and rhythms is a musical style Koenig has deemed Associative Music.
And, if Hot Sugar is Associative Music's founder, then Moon Money may play as its manifesto. From the yearning harmonics and soaring melancholy on "The Kid Who Drowned at Summer Camp" to the defamiliarised soundtrack to lunacy that is "#Mindcontrol", Koenig's grasp of melody is ever present and packs a visceral punch.
Moon Money is available now at the Ninjashop and Tunes. The EP launch party will be held at Littlefield, Brooklyn NY on 24 May, all info here.


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If we win, it will be because of our "D". If we play to our potential, teams will be lucky to get more than 20 shots against us.Rumsfeld wrote: It's a damn good thing we look so much better than everyone else at forward and defense, because I've never seen a best-on-best tournament where mighty Canada looked so weak in goal.
Mobile D, big forwards. Keep it against the walls. Grind out the goals. Play like the LA Kings circa 2012 and we'll be alright. Nobody can match our physicality. 2 lines built for speed, 2 lines built to punish, everyone needs to be able to skate on the big ice.


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I've decided at the last minute to get in a posting for the 68th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, "A Tribute to Women." My tribute is to my paternal grandmother's mother, Hassie Cora (Proffitt) Mertena. I've previously blogged about Hassie and my great-grandfather, Merlen Paris Mertena here. I've always admired my great-grandmother because she is the only one of my great-grandmothers who had a career before she was married and who has a college degree. I had the pleasure of getting to know her a little before she died when I was 5 years old. I think her death is actually the first time I had ever experienced anyone I knew dying. I remember playing with paper dolls at her house with my sister, and begging my mom to take me down to the little creek at the end of her dead end street.
Hassie was born on 26 Feb 1908 in Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma, to William Harmon Proffitt and Emmer Link Baker. She was the sixth of seven children. William was a minister with the Methodist Episcopal Church, so the family moved around quite often. In fact, William and Emmer had moved to Oklahoma around 1898-1899 from Tennessee in order to minister to the Native American population in Oklahoma.
Hassie is found with her parents at age 2 in 1910 in Harrison, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in the U.S. census. Kingfisher County is just one county west of Logan County where Hassie was born and where she later married, in north central Oklahoma.
Below is a picture of Hassie with her parents and siblings taken at Fort Supply, Woodward, Oklahoma, in the northwest part of the state. Hassie is the second child standing on the left. This picture appears to have been taken about 1915-1916.
She is next found in 1920 at age 11 with her parents in Rock, Ellis, Oklahoma. Ellis County is in northwest Oklahoma on the border with northwest Texas.
By 1922, the family had moved to Buffalo, Harper, Oklahoma, near the border with Kansas. Hassie graduated from the 8th grade at Buffalo High School in May 1922.
In 1925, Hassie graduated from Ingersoll High School in Ingersoll, Alfalfa, Oklahoma. Alfalfa is two counties east of Harper County, also on the Kansas border.
Below are pictures of Hassie and her friend Ramona Madison, Hassie and the Ingersoll High girls' basketball team, and the graduating class of 1925 from Ingersoll.
UPDATE: I posted this pic on a message board for Alfalfa County and received a message from Marty Myers who said she would love to pass on the pictures to a lady named Ila Wessells, who had written a book on Ingersoll. This is what Ila had to say about the pic:
The basketball team was coached by my father Elbert Marlatt. He was also princpal. Reading left to right-Ethel, Edna or Elnora Appleton, Lillie Gerrels, Fannie Gerrels, Helen Haas, Pearl Wheeler, Hassie Proffitt, Viola Easterling, Lucille Tullis and Hazel Easterling. Lillie and Fannie was my husband's aunts. Viola was my aunt.
UPDATE: After poking around in census records, it looks like this pic was likely taken after the family moved to Logan County in the late 1920s. I've found Ramona Madison in Mulhall for several census years. This photo appears to have been taken on the same day as some other photos I have with names actually written on the back (yay!), which are not posted here. Those names have also been found in Logan County for several census years.
The guy in the Ingersoll class picture must be Carl Weigand, the only guy mentioned in the graduation program. Hassie is the one on the far left. It's funny that the program only mentions 5 graduates, but there are 6 people here.
In 1925, Hassie started college at the Northwestern State Teacher's College in Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, the county between Harper and Alfalfa Counties. This was a 4-year teacher's college founded in 1919 that is now Northwestern Oklahoma State University. She transferred around 1928 to Central State Teacher's College in Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Central State Teacher's College was founded in 1890 as the Territorial Normal School. It became a 4-year college in 1919 and is now the University of Central Oklahoma. I have a suspicion the transfer was due to her father being transferred from northwest Oklahoma to Crescent in Logan County, returning to where Hassie was born. Logan is just one county north of Oklahoma County. Below are some of Hassie's report cards from college, as well as a picture that we think is her with her classmates at one of the colleges, perhaps her graduating class at Central. Hassie is the third one from the left in the front row.
After only attending school one year, it appears that Hassie received a teaching position in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, from 1926-1927. Pawnee County is two counties northeast of Logan County. Her teaching contract stated that she held a "certificate of the 2 year state grade." She made only $85 per month!! It appears from her report cards that she returned to college after teaching here. Perhaps this was something like a student teaching experience??
Below are pictures of Hassie with the family she boarded with in Pawnee County and her class.
In July 1928, Hassie was issued her teaching certificate from Oklahoma Department of Education.
Hassie taught at Lone Star School in Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma, from 1928 to 1930. Her parents were living in Crescent at the time. This is also where Hassie was born. Below are her teaching contract for the 1930-31 school year and one of her classes.
While she was teaching here, she met my great-grandfather, Merlen, who lived in nearby Mulhall. I believe Hassie's younger sister, Bessie, went to high school with Merlen. Merlen was two years younger than Hassie. They married on 14 Feb 1931, the topic of my previous post on them. They married at the Methodist church in Mulhall. My great-uncle, their oldest child, William John "Bill" Mertena, was born on 20 Aug 1931 in Frederick, Tillman, Oklahoma, where Hassie's parents were living. Tillman County is in southwest Oklahoma on the border with Texas. Below is a picture of Hassie with Bill at the house of her in-laws', John Henry Mertena and Blanche Welden, in Mulhall.
Like many women of her time, Hassie quit her teaching job once she married and had children, though the newspaper announcement of her marriage states that she finished out her school term. She and Merlen had three other children: Merlene Golda (my grandmother) in 1935, Joseph Henry "Tony" in 1941, and Jill Darlene in 1946.
Below are pictures of Hassie in later years. The one of her at the table with the Life magazine was taken by Bill around 1955-1960. The other was taken at daughter Merlene's house at Christmas time in 1981, the year I was born.


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Making Way for the Feds
Imagining a Bush-Era Crackdown on a Different Kind of "Evildoer"
December 2001/January 2002
"Good afternoon, Los Angeles, and welcome to Eyewitless News. Our top story this hour is now dramatically unfolding on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Let's go to the scene and hear from our reporter Tricia Le Pew. Trish, can you hear me?"
"Thank you, Jerry. I am Tricia Le Pew, and, yes, I'm standing here at the scene of a story breaking in a dreary stretch of commercial property in West Hollywood. Just moments ago, a veritable squadron of jackbooted federal agents traveling by government-issue undercover tanks pulled up in front of this plain-looking building and charged inside. Additional agents descended upon the roof of the building in a helicopter."
"Trish, that certainly does sound dramatic. I'm sure that many of our viewers may be wondering: Are invasions of non-descript commercial buildings in West Hollywood common?"
"No, Jerry, I am told that these types of invasions are not common. And amid all of the recent terrorist activity, it may not be reckless to speculate that this extraordinary raid could have a connection with the Bush administration's war on evildoers."
"Trish, have you seen any people enter or exit the building since you arrived on the scene?"
"No, Jerry, I have not. Let me try to get some information from one of the many bystanders watching this event unfold. Sir, are you a resident of this neighborhood? Did you witness the raid that occurred here just moments ago?"
"I am and I did."
"Sir, what can you tell our viewers about the occupants of this building that has just been raided by federal agents? Is this building a cell of international terrorism? A training facility for hijackers? Could Osama bin Laden himself be holed up in a secret lair in the Creative City?"
"I do not think so, pretty TV news lady."
"Thank you, sir, for that ignorant assessment of this internationally explosive situation. Jerry, just arriving on the scene is a group of people who appear decidedly annoyed about what is taking place here this afternoon. Let me try to get a comment from one of them. Sir? Could you share a few words with our viewers?"
"Absolutely, Tricia. I represent the local Chamber of Commerce and I would like to declare publicly that an assault on one of our members is considered to be an assault on all of our members."
"Sir, are you saying that the evildoers just raided by agents of the federal government are members of . . . the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Tricia, no evildoing is occurring in this building. Its occupants are upstanding members of our chamber and our community. And furthermore. . . ."
"Sir, if I may shove you and your parochial biases to the side, I see someone walking through the front of the building that has been raided. Sir! You have just exited the scene of a dramatic raid by federal agents. Tell me and our viewers: What kind of sordid malfeasance was taking place behind that door?"
"Malfeasance? Naw. No malfeasance at all. Just a bunch of us people with AIDS and cancer picking up prescriptions of medical marijuana to help us deal with the debilitating side effects of our miserable illnesses."
"Oh. I see. Well, there you have it, Jerry. Agents of the federal government have raided and closed down a major distribution site for medical marijuana for people who are sick or dying."
"Reporting from occupied West Hollywood, I am Tricia La Pew and I am flummoxed. Back to you, Jerry."
Back to the December 2001/January 2002 issue of Positive Living.
This article was provided by AIDS Project Los Angeles. It is a part of the publication Positive Living.


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Best practices, proper configurations and network monitoring can enable systems withstand 80 percent of attacks
National Security Agency information assurance director Richard Schaeffer says these three basic steps will enable your agency to withstand 80 percent of known cyberattacks:
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There are common steps that people could take to bolster computer security and make it more difficult for would-be-hackers to gain access, Richard Schaeffer Jr., the NSA's information assurance director, told the Senate Judiciary Committee's Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee today. He identified three measures in particular as being especially effective.
"We believe that if one institutes best practices, proper configurations [and] good network monitoring that a system ought to be able to withstand about 80 percent of the commonly known attack mechanisms against systems today," Schaeffer said in his testimony. "You can actually harden your network environment to raise the bar such that the adversary has to resort to much, much more sophisticated means, thereby raising the risk of detection."
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Or to put it another way - "Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts and put your seat backs in the upright position. The pilot is pleased to announced that we have an 80% chance of a successful landing today."
Please - this is not a model for true cybersecurity - it's still reactive. What is needed is intelligence - in real-time - about the motivations of attackers, their tools, and capabilities.
What a load of MALARKEY, Give it a break. The best thing for security is to take the final making decision authority away from the Senior leaders and DAAs who let people do what they want for the sake of a promotion.
Actually, it is that simple if you remove all the techno-geekery and haaakerfogg. Security practices don't require Nth degree Ninja degrees or "special moves." It's truly about defining one's goals, process and controls and then verifying everything falls within these parameters.
Sure, there are literally millions and millions of threat conditions and flaws that can compromise a system, network or data. By contrast, there are 30 to 100 parameters that "should" be found on the network. The administrators only advantage against the bad guys is "KNOWING WHAT SHOULD BE ON THE NETWORK." Armed with this knowledge it's a helluva lot easier to pick the hairs out of your pizza rather than chugging all the Infosec beer and slamming the pizza in one gulp.
Ben, Thanks for the effort on this article.
Did I miss something? It seems like after all this hard work and so many professional minds collaborating, that foresight would have taken hold. I didn't read where they applied their knowledge and implemented their theory so that the standard default configuration for Windows 7 would reflect "Best security practices, Proper network configurations, and Strong network monitoring>" If the goal is to secure the network why not secure it for those COT's type of "plug and play" consumers?
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V22.0101 Programming Assignment 2 Fall 2004
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Microwave ovens, clock radios, electronic watches etc. typically use a standard digital display where each digit consists of 7 bars (line segments) that are either lighted or not. For example, the digit 8 has all bars lighted, while the digit 3 has all but two lighted. This assignment asks you to read a String of 3*5 digits from a dialog box, display them in an applet in the bar format as three integers (five digits per line), and then add the integers and display the sum on a 4th line. Let ACCROSS = 5 be the final variable representing the number of digits in an integer and DOWN = 3 be the final variable representing the number of lines. After you type your 15-digit number in the dialog box and press Enter, you will have to resize the window to see all the digits displayed.
Start by creating the bare bones of your program, namely:
The work really begins with writing the method
public void drawBars(Graphics g, int xStart, int yStart, boolean upperLeft, boolean top, boolean upperRight, boolean lowerRight, boolean bottom, boolean lowerLeft, boolean middle)This method should draw a 7-bar digit on your applet, where the 7 bars are either "on" or "off" according to the parameter values. The drawing should start at pixel (xStart,yStart), which is the middle left of the digit, and move along the 7 bars making up the digit 8. Only draw the bars that are "on" (use the switch statement). For example, the digit 8 is displayed if all 7 Boolean parameters are true, and the digit 3 is displayed if all but upperLeft and lowerLeft are true. The size of the digit should be chosen so that each bar is 25 pixels wide. Debug this method by having paint call it directly with various input values (including combinations of bars that are not valid digits) before going on to the next part.
Method drawBars is at the lowest level of our design and will be called by the next method you write:
public void processDigit(Graphics g, int xStart, int yStart, int digit) { switch (digit) { case 3: drawBars(g, xStart, yStart, false, true, true, true, true, false, true); break; case 8: drawBars(g, xStart, yStart, true, true, true, true, true, true, true); break; ...... } }You need to fill in lines for the other digits. Debug this method by having paint call it for all the different digits (and different values of xStart, yStart) before going on to the next part.
Method processDigit is to be repeatedly called by the next method you write:
public void processLine(Graphics g, int yStart, String subString)This method calls processDigit to display one line of five digits across the screen, extracting the digits from subString one at a time. The tricky part is making sure xStart, yStart are set correctly each time you call processDigit, moving across the screen from left to right. Notice that yStart is a parameter supplied to processLine specifying the vertical position to write on the screen, but xStart, which specifies the horizontal position, is set to several different values inside processLine. Leave some space on the left before drawing the first digit (you will find out why later). Debug this method by having paint call it before going on to the next part.
Method processLine is to be repeatedly called by the next method you write:
public void processAllLines(Graphics g)This method calls processLine three times, extracting the relevant five-digit substring from the original String variable read by init. Each five-digit number should appear on a different line in the graphics screen, in a visually appealing way (e.g. no overlaps or giant spaces!). Some space should be left at the bottom (see next paragraph). This method is the one that paint calls in the final version of the program.
Once your program to accomplish all this is working, modify it further to include another method (also called by paint) to draw a line under the last integer displayed and write out the sum of all the integers below it, remembering that you need one extra space on the left for a carry digit in the sum. This makes the assignment trickier, because you need to translate the string input into integer format, in order to be able to add up the integers. Method processAllLines needs to do this translation as it extracts each substring from the string. There are several different possible ways to do this, that will be discussed in class. You can keep track of the sum by using one more instance or static variable, declared next to the String variable. Your program should be clearly organized and well documented with comments. All variables besides the String and sum variable should be declared only in the methods where they are needed. You can be creative with your use of color, but this is optional.
Don't forget that you can get help from your etutor by email or from the TA Anna Zaks at 14 Washington Place; see the main web page for his office hours.