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Boy Scouts of America Historical Highlights
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* The Cub Scout program is formally launched. There are 5,102 Cub Scouts at the end of 1930.
* The Cub Scoutprogram is formally launched. There are 5,102 Cub Scouts at the end of 1930.
* The first [[Silver Beaver]] awards are presented for distinguished service to boyhood within a council.
* The first [[Silver Beaver]] awards are presented for distinguished service to boyhood within a council.
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- 1910
- The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated on February 8 under the laws of the District of Columbia by W. D. Boyce.
- On June 21, a group of 34 national representatives of boys' work agencies meet, develop organization plans, and open a temporary national headquarters in a YMCA office in New York.
- Board members include the Boy Scouts of America's founding fathers: Daniel Carter Beard, national Scout commissioner; and Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief Scout.
- James E. West is appointed executive officer.
- 1911
- The first edition of the Handbook for Boys is published. Some 300,000 copies are printed.
- The National Council office is established at 200 Fifth Avenue in New York City on January 2, 1911, with seven employees.
- The Scout Oath, Scout Law, badges, and fundamental policies are adopted.
- The first awards for heroism are presented by the National Court of Honor.
- 1912
- By 1912, Scouts are enrolled in every state.
- The first Eagle Scout Award is earned by Arthur Eldred in Troop 1 in Oceanside, New York. A few weeks after becoming the first Eagle Scout, Eldred helps save another Scout from drowning and is awarded the Honor Medal for his actions.
- Scouts mobilize for the first of a series of national civic Good Turns, including the promotion of a safe and sane Fourth of July. Other community Good Turns begin.
- Sea Scouting for older Scouts starts.
- Boys' Life is purchased to become an official BSA magazine.
- 1913
- Norman Rockwell is hired as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine. He is soon promoted to art director.
- Scouting, the official magazine for Scouters, is first published.
- 1914
- The first Scout Sunday observance takes place.
- The first William T. Hornaday gold medal for the conservation of wildlife is presented.
- The BSA's first tree-planting project is held in New York.
- 1915
- The Department of Education establishes a national office to train all Scouters.
- The Order of the Arrow (OA) is founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council.
- 1916
- Congress grants the Boy Scouts of America a federal charter on June 15, giving special protection to the name and insignia and limiting membership to American citizens.
- 1917
- The day after war is declared on Germany, under the slogan "Every Scout to Feed a Soldier," BSA members are urged to plant vegetable gardens. In two plant-growing seasons, 12,000 Scout farms are established. At the same time, the BSA pledges to aid the American Red Cross and promises cooperation with the U.S. Navy by organizing Scout coastal patrols to watch for enemy ships.
- Scouting's full resources are placed at the service of the government as part of the war effort. From 1917 to 1918, Scouts sell 2,350,977 Liberty Loan bonds, totaling $147,876,902; and war savings stamps, to a value of $53,043,698. More than 300 million pieces of government literature are distributed, and services rendered include food and fuel conservation and Boy Scout war gardens.
- 1918
- After the signing of the armistice, the slogan "The War Is Over, But Our Work Is Not" is adopted. Scouts render nationwide service during the influenza epidemic.
- The first service club sponsorship of troops is inaugurated by Rotary International.
- 1919
- A systematic method of developing cooperation with religious organizations is adopted.
- The first gold Honor medals are awarded by the National Court of Honor for saving life at risk of the rescuer's own.
- 1920
- The First World Jamboree is held in England; Boy Scouts from 32 of 52 countries are present. The Boy Scouts of America sends 301 members.
- 1921
- Outstanding civic Good Turns are rendered in forest conservation and in connection with the floods at Pueblo, Colorado, and San Antonio, Texas.
- 1924
- The Every Scout a Swimmer program is inaugurated.
- The first achievement badges are earned by physically disabled Scouts.
- The Lone Scouts of America merges with the Boy Scouts of America.
- 1926
- The first Silver Buffalo awards for distinguished service to boyhood are presented.
- The National Executive Board authorizes development of a program for younger boys, which will eventually become Cub Scouting.
- 1927
- Eagle Palms are added to the list of awards.
- The National Council office moves to 2 Park Avenue, New York City.
- Three Scouts--David R. Martin, Douglas Oliver, and Dick Douglas--accompany the Martin Johnson Expedition to Africa.
- Sea Scout Paul A. Siple accompanies Commander Richard E. Byrd to the Antarctic.
- 1930
- The Cub Scout program is formally launched. There are 5,102 Cub Scouts at the end of 1930.
- 1931
- The first Silver Beaver awards are presented for distinguished service to boyhood within a council.
- 1933
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes honorary president, and former President Herbert Hoover becomes honorary vice president.
- The Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation is formally opened and dedicated.
- 1934
- In response to the request of President Roosevelt in a radio address delivered February 10, Boy Scouts perform a nationwide Good Turn, collecting 1,812,284 items of clothing, household furnishings, foodstuffs, and supplies for the distressed and needy.
- The Order of the Arrow becomes an approved part of the Scouting program.
- 1935
- The entire Scout membership celebrates the Silver Jubilee of Scouting.
- Membership in the Boy Scouts of America passes the 1 million mark.
- Boys' Life marks its 25th anniversary in March.
- The 5-millionth copy of the Handbook for Boys is published.
- The proposed national jamboree is canceled because of a polio epidemic.
- 1937
- The First National Jamboree is held in Washington from June 30 to July 9, at the invitation of President Roosevelt, with an attendance of 27,232.
- 1938
- Waite Phillips donates Philturn Rockymountain Scoutcamp (later to become Philmont Scout Ranch--see 1941) consisting of 35,857 acres of land on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, near Cimarron, New Mexico.
- 1939
- Philturn Rockymountain Scoutcamp opens for advanced Scout camping.
- 1941
- With the declaration of war, the government requests Boy Scout service for the distribution of defense bonds and stamp posters; collection of aluminum and wastepaper; defense housing surveys; victory gardens; distribution of air-raid posters; cooperation with the American Red Cross; and, by joint agreement with the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, services in three capacities--messengers, assisting emergency medical units, and firewatchers.
- Waite Phillips makes another large gift--land, residence and ranch buildings, livestock, operating ranch equipment--contiguous to Philturn Rockymountain Scoutcamp, bringing total acreage to more than 127,000 acres. The area is renamed Philmont Scout Ranch.
- 1942
- Scouts continue in war service. Twenty-eight projects are requested by the government, including the collection of 30 million pounds of rubber in a two-week drive; all-out salvage based on the government-issued pamphlet Scrap and How Scouts Collect It; distribution of pledge cards for war bonds and savings stamps; victory gardens; work on farms and in harvest camps; and government dispatch bearers.
- 1943
- Scouts render war service at the request of the government in four general classifications: collections--aid in salvage drives; distribution, as official dispatch bearers for government pamphlets and posters; production; and conservation.
- The first Silver Antelope awards are presented for distinguished service to youth within a region.
- Long trousers and the Scout cap become part of the official uniform.
- 1945
- The total Boy Scout war service includes 69 requests from the government during 1941 through 1945.
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower's outstanding Wastepaper Campaign culminates in the General Eisenhower Award; a gold medal is presented to him in December by the Boy Scouts of America in appreciation. Other service includes collections in many communities, distribution of circulars on conservation projects, and the Green Thumb program.
- Twenty thousand Scouts earn the General Douglas MacArthur Medal for growing food.
- 1950
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 40th anniversary.
- The Second National Jamboree, held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, June 30-July 6, brings 47,163 Scouts and leaders from around the nation and the world.
- Philmont Scout Ranch begins offering training courses.
- The U.S. Post Office Department issues the first Boy Scout stamp.
- 1951
- Scouts collect 2 million pounds of clothing for domestic and foreign relief.
- 1952
- Scouts distribute more than a million posters and 30 million Liberty Bell doorknob hangers in a get-out-the-vote campaign.
- Scouts cooperate in a national campaign to secure blood donor pledges, collect clothing for worthy causes, distribute seeds for Asia, and aid in conservation projects and civil defense.
- 1953
- The Third National Jamboree is held at the Irvine Ranch in Southern California, July 17-23, with 45,401 Scouts and leaders from around the nation and the world participating.
- Scouts assist in the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 1954
- The Boy Scouts of America conducts a National Conservation Good Turn, distributing 3.6 million conservation posters. In parks, rural areas, and wilderness areas, Scouts plant 6.2 million trees, build and place 55,000 bird-nesting boxes, and arrange 41,000 conservation displays.
- Boys' Life circulation passes the 1 million mark.
- The Webelos den is created to provide a means of maintaining the interest of Cub Scouts 10 years of age in Scouting and to provide a bridge for crossing over to Boy Scouting.
- 1956
- In a nationwide nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign, Scouts distribute more than a million posters and 36 million Liberty Bell doorknob hangers.
- Boys' Life magazine is among the top 17 American magazines.
- 1957
- The Fourth National Jamboree, at Valley Forge July 12-19, attracts 50,000 Scouts and Explorers.
- The 15-millionth copy of the Handbook for Boys is published.
- 1958
- National Safety Good Turns are conducted. The BSA delivers 40 million emergency handbooks prepared by the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization. Also, 50,000 posters are placed in post offices.
- Richard Lee Chappel of Eggertsville, New York, accompanies the National Academy of Sciences team on the International Geophysical Year Arctic Expedition.
- 1960
- During Scouting's Golden Jubilee year, thousands of boys earn the 50th Anniversary Achievement Award.
- Some 56,378 Scouts and leaders attend the Fifth National Jamboree, held at Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 22-28.
- The U.S. Post Office Department issues a Boy Scout commemorative stamp in February.
- The third national get-out-the-vote campaign is conducted.
- 1963
- Philmont Scout Ranch receives an anonymous gift of 10,098 acres.
- 1964
- The Sixth National Jamboree is held at Valley Forge July 17-23, with 52,000 Scouts and leaders participating.
- 1965
- The Inner-City Rural Program is launched.
- The 500,000th Eagle Scout badge is presented.
- The BSA's 40 millionth youth is registered.
- 1967
- The Boy Scouts of America hosts the 12th World Jamboree at Farragut State Park, Idaho.
- 1969
- Young women are accepted as participants in special-interest Exploring posts.
- The Seventh National Jamboree is held at Farragut State Park, Idaho. More than 35,000 Scouts and leaders attend.
- 1970
- Project SOAR (Save Our American Resources) is initiated as an ongoing BSA service project. It is estimated that during the year, 60,000 BSA units take part in SOAR-related conservation projects.
- 1971
- Scouting Keep America Beautiful Day is held on June 5, and Scouts collect more than a million tons of litter.
- 1972
- Nearly 4 million Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts take part in Scouting Keep America Beautiful Day.
- The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) is launched.
- 1973
- The 1973 National Scout Jamboree is held at two sites--Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania and Farragut State Park in Idaho--with more than 64,000 participants.
- 1974
- Scouting Environment Day is held April 27.
- The Cub Scout Safe Bicycle Driving program and Cub Scout Physical Fitness program are introduced.
- New Scout merit badges are introduced for Orienteering and Wilderness Survival.
- 1976
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates the nation's bicentennial.
- 1977
- The 1977 National Scout Jamboree is held at Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania.
- 1978
- Mark W. Leinmiller, Marietta, Georgia, is selected for the Antarctic Scientific Program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Reader's Digest Association.
- A public service advertising campaign is introduced featuring former President and Eagle Scout Gerald R. Ford.
- 1979
- The national office is moved to Irving, Texas, after 25 years in New Jersey.
- New editions of The Official Boy Scout Handbook and Wolf Cub Scout Book are published.
- 1980
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 70th anniversary.
- Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers pass out fliers across the country urging participation in the 1980 National Census.
- Cub Scouting celebrates its 50th anniversary and registers its 30 millionth Cub Scout since 1930.
- 1981
- The 10th National Scout Jamboree is held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
- 1982
- Alexander M. Holsinger becomes the millionth Eagle Scout registered.
- "Shaping Tomorrow," a project aimed at addressing critical issues of the1980s, is initiated in January.
- The Tiger Cubs BSA program is field tested and implemented.
- 1985
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 75th anniversary.
- The 11th National Scout Jamboree is held July 24-30 at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. First lady Nancy Reagan pays a visit.
- 1986
- The BSA is touched by the Challenger disaster, as two of the space shuttle crew members were active in Scouting as youths. Lt. Col. Ellison S. Onizuka attained the Eagle Scout rank in 1964 in Holualoa, Hawaii. Dr. Ronald E. McNair reached Star rank as a youth in Lake City, South Carolina.
- Boys' Life magazine celebrates its 75th anniversary.
- The BSA conducts a nationwide Donor Awareness Good Turn to inform American families of the urgent need for donated human organs and tissue. An estimated 600,000 youth members distribute 14 million brochures to families, informing them of the need for donated human organs and tissue and urging them to make a commitment to donate.
- 1987
- The Boy Scouts of America begins to address five "unacceptables" in American society: drug abuse, hunger, child abuse, illiteracy, and unemployment.
- The nation's largest anti-drug abuse education campaign is launched with the release of a booklet titled Drugs: A Deadly Game.
- 1988
- The first annual Scouting for Food drive collects more than 65 million containers of food.
- The campaign "Drugs: A Deadly Game" receives the 1988 Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives.
- 1989
- The 12th National Scout Jamboree, at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, draws 33,000 Scouts and leaders.
- The second annual Scouting for Food drive nets 72 million containers of food for the nation's needy.
- 1990s
- Pope John Paul II is presented with the BSA's Distinguished Citizen of the World Commendation.
- The new 10th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook is published. The initial demand for a million copies of the manual brings the total circulation of the Handbook since 1910 to 33,860,000.
- 1991
- The BSA funds training leaders from the former Soviet Union and the writing of the Russian Scout handbook.
- 1992
- A focused initiative in Urban Emphasis encourages the formation of Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, and Explorer posts in low-income and minority communities. The bilingual publication of Scouting literature is increased to serve Spanish-speaking parents and leaders.
- Scouts collect food and clothing, and offer a helping hand in the wake of Hurricane Andrew.
- 1993
- Nearly 26,000 youth attend the 1993 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
- The Scouting movement in the former Soviet Union turns to the BSA for help in producing the first Russian Scout handbook; 20,000 copies are distributed.
- 1997
- The 14th National Scout Jamboree, held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, is attended by 35,000 Boy Scouts and leaders.
- 1998
- The 11th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook is published. Its first printing yields 750,000 copies, bringing the total circulation of the Handbook since 1910 to nearly 36 million.
- The coed Venturing program is launched. Venturing quickly becomes the fastest growing Scouting program, with a membership of more than 288,000 young men and women by the end of 2003.
- Scouts collect more than 41 million cans of food to help feed the hungry.
- 1999
- The new Venturer Handbook is introduced. A record number of Boy Scouts and Venturers earn Eagle Scout awards, with 47,582 young men attaining the prestigious rank.
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 90th anniversary.
- The BSA's 100 millionth youth is registered.
- Scouts complete more than 214 million total hours of service for "America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth," surpassing the four-year goal of 200 million service hours by the end of 2000.
- The 15th National Scout Jamboree, held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, is the largest single-site jamboree since 1964, with more than 40,000 participants and an estimated 275,000 visitors.
- In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, Scouts respond to our nation's call for assistance by collecting gloves, socks, toothbrushes, bottled water, and other necessities requested by rescue workers and victims.
- The National Scouting Museum reopens in a new 50,000-square-foot facility next door to the National Council office in Irving, Texas. The museum was formerly housed in Murray, Kentucky.
- A total of 49,328 young men earn the rank of Eagle Scout--the largest one-year number ever in the history of the Boy Scouts of America.
- Venturing introduces the Quest Award for participants to learn about good nutrition, fitness, and sportsmanship.
- The BSA launches Good Turn for America, a national initiative to address the problems of hunger, homelessness/inadequate housing, and poor health. The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity join as national partners.
- Some 200 Scouts come to the aid victims in the wake of Hurricane Charley.
- The Boy Scouts of America helps kick off September as National Preparedness Month. Eagle Scout Tucker Barbour of Troop 500, chartered to the Capitol Hill Scouts in Washington, D.C., introduces Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the kickoff event on the grounds of the United States Capitol.
- The Boy Scouts of America celebrates 95 years of Scouting.
- Cub Scouting celebrates its 75th birthday.


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March 27, 2007
Security + Life Safety Systems
Best and Final Offer Lands Contract
By Russ Munyan
Anderson & Howard Electric comes in with a win
The University of California, Irvine (UCI), has a proud heritage as a leading educational institution; founded in 1965, the university is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the nation's best universities.
Its achievements have garnered an abundance of national rankings. It is among the top U.S. universities—public and private—in the number of undergraduate applications it receives annually. UCI boasts three researchers who have won Nobel Prizes—most recently in 2004.
But perhaps just as appealing to incoming freshmen is that UCI combines the strengths of a major university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location.
Laguna Beach, only 12 miles away, is always accessible after (or instead of) going to class. Los Angeles is 45 miles north, making it ideal for a day trip and beautiful San Diego is 80 miles to the south.
All of its combined accolades place UCI, with its 24,000 students, 1,400 faculty members and 8,300 staff members, among the fastest-growing campuses in the 10-school University of California system.
The UCI campus architecture reflects the high standards, which will be further illustrated when it opens its newest building: the six-story, 160,000-square-foot Bren Hall.
It will be the new home of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, which was renamed in 2004 in response to Donald L. Bren's $20 million contribution. Bren, who is chairman of The Irvine Co., a real estate development firm, is an area business leader and philanthropist.
Bren Hall will accommodate 10 classrooms; four lecture halls; 90 research labs, wet labs and/or research offices; more than 125 administrative offices; and administrative support areas for the school's 62 faculty members and approximately 1,700 students.
Originally, the project included two buildings: a six-story office and research facility and a two-story classroom building, for a combined 260,000 square feet.
However, when two original design/build competitive bids both came in over budget, the university's Design and Construction Services initiated a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) process.
Both of the original design/build teams were invited to redesign the project and resubmit bids that would meet the structure's educational objectives and budget requirements.
Go-to contractor
Both of the design/ build teams used Anderson & Howard Electric Inc., Irvine, as their lead electrical contractor. Anderson & Howard worked on its first UCI project in 1990, and has continually had crews on campus ever since.
It has worked on a total of 13 UCI projects and has billed the university for more than $52 million in that time. So when the Bren Hall project went through the BAFO process, it was nothing new for Anderson & Howard to be in pursuit of another major UCI project.
However, that process did require delicate balancing by the Anderson & Howard team as it worked on two competing BAFO designs with two different general contractors.
Eventually, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.—with Anderson & Howard on its team—won the $40.2 million Bren Hall contract for a single L-shaped structure.
Courtesy of Brad Rosen/Anderson & Howard Electric The sixth floor patio of Bren Hall overlooks a 19-acre botanical garden in the center of the UCI campus.
The new Bren Hall blends in with the overall campus theme, having a simple geometric form and a predominately flat roof.
It has an expressed base of darker textured concrete masonry, a body of plain stained concrete and a top of glazed ribbon windows and overhangs.
Like most UCI buildings, its primary structural and visual materials are beige-colored masonry and glass, with metal as a secondary structural material; terra cotta and brick are also visual elements.
As called for in the design/build specifications, the primary entryway "provides views into the space so pedestrians shall see the activity [within] providing for information, interest and discovery."
Furthering the building's open design, the Hensel Phelps/Anderson & Howard team built recesses between floors two through five for viewing of the open lobby area. It has both interior and exterior stairwells that are glass-enclosed for maximum viewing.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, which has now become the universal benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance buildings, will certify Bren Hall.
UCI has directed that Bren Hall's energy-efficient rating be 20 percent greater than required by Title 24, California's Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings.
"The electrical system was part of creating an entire energy-efficient envelope for the building," said Brad Rosen, an Anderson & Howard senior project manager for the UCI campus.
The new structure sits just outside of the UCI Ring Mall, the mile-long, main undergraduate campus pedestrian thoroughfare. As new buildings have populated the Ring Mall over the decades, space for additional buildings has grown tight.
Bren Hall is nestled with limited perimeter space between four preexisting buildings, which required some impressive space-saving innovations during construction.
Perhaps most noteworthy was Hensel Phelps constructing a 10-story tower crane in the Bren Hall elevator shaft.
Once the building topped out, the crane was disassembled and removed so that the elevator could be installed.
"It was really something to see that great big crane poking out of the top of that building," said Mike Andersen, a 22-year Anderson & Howard veteran and project manager for Bren Hall (but no relation to founder Roger Anderson).
Space and aesthetics drove UCI's decision to eliminate a dedicated external pad mount electrical transformer.
Anderson & Howard worked closely with UCI to design a 480V power feed from another new building to the immediate south of Bren Hall on which Anderson & Howard was also the electrical contractor.
Unfortunately, by the time UCI and Anderson & Howard devised the plan, the other building's concrete floor was already poured and the transformer installed.
Undeterred, the Anderson & Howard team chipped out the newly poured floor and installed a new buss duct overhead, navigating its way through all of the other recently completed work—HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire sprinklers, etc.
As a result of Anderson & Howard's hard work, the university avoided installing an unsightly exterior pad mount transformer in view of the nearby University Club, where outdoor social events are commonly held.
Another challenge for the Bren Hall project was that in the process of completing the BAFO design and squeezing two buildings into one, the Hensel Phelps/Anderson & Howard team reduced the size of each floor's electrical rooms on floors two through six to a mere 114 square feet (or smaller), with similarly intimate communications rooms.
To compensate, the company centrally located and stacked the reduced rooms in order to consolidate the rooms' equipment needs.
"But we still needed more than that," Rosen recalled. Anderson & Howard, therefore, enlisted the electrical gear manufacturer Cutler-Hammer to custom-build integrated facility system (IFS) switchboards to incorporate each floor's transformers, circuit breakers and panelboards for a complete custom "one-piece" lineup.
Besides the traditional electrical portion of the project, Anderson & Howard also participated in each element of the building's low-voltage requirements. It installed 600,000 feet of Belden IBDN GigaFlex 2400-Series Cat 6 telecommunications cable, carried along a Cablofil wire basket tray system to 3,000 locations over all six floors.
User workstation devices and fiber backbones (both outside plant and riser) were from Molex, with copper riser cables from Hitachi.
It installed NORDX GigaBIX hardware and DAMAC cabinets in the communications rooms.
Anderson & Howard partnered on the building fire alarm system with SimplexGrinnell, Westminster, Mass. Anderson & Howard installed all of the system conduit, wiring and devices, which included a voice evacuation system.
SimplexGrinnell then programmed the system for the UCI fire marshal to approve.
For the building security system and lecture hall audiovisual systems, Anderson & Howard provided all conduit, stubs and power for subsequent contractors' use during their installations.
'Highest level of planning and execution'
Anderson & Howard's decade and a half of service to the university was recognized in 2004 when the Orange County NECA chapter awarded its Ed Carpenter Award, which was imprinted: "Presented to the contractor exhibiting, on behalf of the client, the highest level of planning, coordination and execution of all electrical services ... for University of California, Irvine."
UCI's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, which became the first independent information and computer science school in the UC system in 2002, has become one of the fastest-growing programs of its kind in the nation.
The new Bren Hall is a giant step forward in the school's ability to continue to develop and deliver cutting-edge programs to students.
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The Sleepy Eye Indians have advanced to play in the state tournament after going 4-2 in the Region 2C playoffs.
The Sleepy Eye Indians have advanced to play in the state tournament after going 4-2 in the Region 2C playoffs.
On Aug. 9, the Indians traveled to Leavenworth and clinched a state tournament appearance after defeating the Orioles 10-4. Eight of those 10 runs were scored in a huge fourth inning for Sleepy Eye.
Sean Mathiowetz and Andrew Woitas got things going with base hits, and Mathiowetz was able to score off of a wild pitch. Two more Indians got on base, after Jake Bohnen was walked and Alan Woitas was hit by a pitch. Scott Salfer then hit a big double that brought in two more runs for Sleepy Eye. But the Indians weren't done there. Salfer scored off of a sacrifice hit, while Joey Walter and Mathiowetz got more base hits. Andrew Woitas then hit a double which brought in two more runs and Mathiowetz was able to score by another wild pitch thrown by Leavenworth.
Although the Orioles were able to score three runs in the late innings, the 8-0 lead set by the Indians in the fourth was too much to handle.
Andrew Woitas pitched seven innings and threw three walks and five strikeouts. He also went 3-for-5 at bat with two RBI. Other lead hitters included Salfer, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and Nolan Helget who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
On Aug. 10, Sleepy Eye hosted Stark for another important game for both teams. The Indians wanted the win because they would have faced the tough team of New Ulm Brewers the next day if they lost, while the Longhorns needed a win for a chance to appear at the state tournament.
Stark came out strong after they scored a run in the first and another in the fourth, but Sleepy Eye responded in the fourth after hits by Bohnen, Salfer and Alan Woitas loaded the bases. One run was scored from a sacrifice hit, and another was scored from a throwing error to third by Stark, which tied the game. Andrew Bach then had a crucial base hit which advanced one more runner.
The Indians' defense was able to hold off Stark for five straight innings, while Sleepy Eye scored four more runs in the eighth to seal the deal, winning 8-2.
Alan Woitas led on the mound and threw three strikeouts over eight innings. Walter and Mathiowetz led at bat, each going 2-for-5 with two RBI.
The Indians traveled to Lamberton the next day for a final playoff game to determine who would be the No. 1 seed for the state tournament.
The Longsox got an early 3-0 lead in the first inning and added to the lead in the fourth with two more. Sleepy Eye was able to rally back in the sixth and eighth innings, but Lamberton kept its lead after it scored single runs in the seventh and eighth and won 7-5.
St. James draftee Kyle Pinke pitched for seven innings and allowed six runs but threw four strikeouts to lead the Indians.
After the loss to Lamberton, the No. 2 seed Indians will face the Green Isle Irish in Maple Lake on Aug. 17 for their first game of the Class C Minnesota Baseball Association State Tournament.
Sleepy Eye Coach Bruce Woitas said he is looking forward to the state tournament.
"It's pretty exciting," Woitas said. "We were there in 2011 with a young group and kind of got bumped out last year so it's nice to be playing good baseball at the right time this year and getting another shot to go back up there."


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Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Windows.
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Mac.
Silk is a Fabric based tool for setting up Python WSGI apps on what I like to call the SNUG stack:
- Supervisord for starting processes and keeping them alive.
- Nginx for proxying between your WSGI app and the big bad web.
- Ubuntu as the OS of choice, enabling resolution of system dependencies with apt. Debian might work as well but hasn't been tested.
- Gunicorn for serving your WSGI app.
(I suppose it could also be the GUNS stack but that sounds far less friendly.)
Key Features
- Deploy your site to one or more servers with a single command ('silk push').
- Automatic configuration of Nginx, Supervisord, and Gunicorn to get your site running.
- Isolation of each site into a separate Virtualenv
- Support for differing app config depending on which role you deploy to (a different DB in staging than production, for example).
Use pip:
pip install silk-deployment
You can also install the current development version straight from bitbucket:
pip install hg+http://bits.btubbs.com/silk-deployment#egg=silk-deployment
(Almost) all of the commands below require that you specify a role name, like 'silk dosomething -R dev'.
Commands can generally be run from the site root directory or any subdirectory of it.
silk push -R rolename
This command is the main reason for Silk's existence. It does the work required to get your app running on a host (or set of hosts) given the configuration specified in site.yaml and the selected role .yaml file. 'push' does the following:
- SSHes to the remote server(s) specified in the role config.
- Creates a zipped up rollback archive of the old site if there's one there already.
- Creates a virtualenv for the site.
- Installs apt and python dependencies.
- Copies the site from your local machine to a temporary directory on the remote server.
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silk rollback -R rolename
This command is for when you have those 'OMG I BROKE THE SITE' moments. It will SSH to the push_hosts specified in your role file and restore the most recent archive of the site. Silk keeps 3 rollback copies of your site, so you could potentially run 'silk rollback' 3 times to go back to the state from 3 deployments ago.
silk run -R rolename
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When you get a shiny new server with that fresh Ubuntu smell, it needs just a tiny bit of setup before it will know how to serve silk-deployed sites. This command does that. It installs nginx and supervisord, and gives each of them a wildcard include in their configs for loading from /srv/<sitename>/conf.
silk pip_deps
This command wraps 'pip install' to install all of the python packages listed in requirements.txt into your local python environment. It's handy for grabbing all the dependencies when you're working with a new virtualenv on an existing project.
silk create_virtualenv
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A silk-enabled project should be layed out something like this:
mysite.com ├── deps.yaml ├── fabfile.py ├── membrane.py ├── roles │ ├── dev.yaml │ ├── staging.yaml │ └── production.yaml ├── site.yaml └── my-django-project
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All of the required files will be created for you with the 'silk skel' command.
- membrane.py - For Django projects it's nice to have a little shim to expose the project as a WSGI app. I like to call mine membrane.py. You can use whatever you like, or nothing at all, depending on your setup.
- my-django-project - Silk isn't restricted to Django; any valid WSGI app on your Python path should be servable. But for Django projects I think it makes sense to stick them right there.


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Thanks for reporting this Scott. I'm guessing one of two things is happening here:
On the other hand, if Archivo works just fine after uninstalling TiVo Desktop, then my guess is there was another application running that was temporarily blocking the port Archivo needed. The next beta release will be able to detect when this happens and give you the option of retrying the search, which might also help.
Maybe Norton was blocking Archivo from accessing the network port it needs to search for TiVos, but I'm not sure why installing TiVo Desktop would suddenly fix that.
I've received reports from a few folks that Archivo can't find their TiVos while certain other software is running, including older versions of Plex and certain releases of nVidia's Experience software. What seems to be happening is these programs are locking the port Archivo needs to search for TiVos, and as soon as they shut down the offending program, Archivo is able to find their TiVos. I'm guessing that may be happening here as well, because there's no link between TiVo Desktop and Archivo. To test this, you should be able to completely uninstall TiVo Desktop, then start up Archivo. If it suddenly can't find your TiVo again, then the idea that something in the TiVo Desktop installation opened up a hole in Norton's firewall seems much more likely, so the next troubleshooting step would be to disable the firewall and startup Archivo. If that works, then we know it's a firewall issue and I can look into ensuring Archivo is whitelisted by Norton going forward.
Thanks Todd—I'm traveling this week, I'll experiment when I'm back home next week.
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Thanks for reporting this Scott. I'm guessing one of two things is happening here:
— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/fflewddur/archivo/issues/53#issuecomment-189738499.
I've received reports from a few folks that Archivo can't find their TiVos while certain other software is running, including older versions of Plex and certain releases of nVidia's Experience software. What seems to be happening is these programs are locking the port Archivo needs to search for TiVos, and as soon as they shut down the offending program, Archivo is able to find their TiVos. I'm guessing that may be happening here as well, because there's no link between TiVo Desktop and Archivo. To test this, you should be able to completely uninstall TiVo Desktop, then start up Archivo. If it suddenly can't find your TiVo again, then the idea that something in the TiVo Desktop installation opened up a hole in Norton's firewall seems much more likely, so the next troubleshooting step would be to disable the firewall and startup Archivo. If that works, then we know it's a firewall issue and I can look into ensure Archivo is whitelisted by Norton going forward.
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Baseline characteristics of all patients and in each of the treatment arms are shown in Table 1 . No significant baseline differences were observed between the amlodipine and placebo arms. Baseline characteristics of the patients stratified into reduction and prevention groups are presented in supplemental Table 1, with no significant differences in treatment arms in these subgroups either. Cardiac iron overload defined by T2* <35 ms (MIC >0.59 mg/g) was observed in 50% of the amlodipine arm and 52% of the placebo arm, with 27% of the patients in the former arm with T2* <20 ms (MIC >1.16 mg/g) vs 14% in the latter ( P = .33). No significant differences in initial MIC were found in the reduction group between patients allocated to amlodipine or placebo treatment, with a median of 1.31 mg/g (range, 0.64-12.81) vs 0.77 mg/g (range, 0.61-4.34), respectively ( P = .17). There was 1 outlier in the amlodipine group whose removal brought the median in this group to 1.08 mg/g (range, 0.64-4.26). Because all other statistical results were similar after exclusion of this outlier, we chose to perform the analysis while keeping all patients.
Baseline characteristics of patients
Iron intake during the 12 months of follow-up was similar in both arms, with 173 ± 57 mg/kg per year in the amlodipine arm vs 177 ± 56 mg/kg per year in the placebo arm ( P = .82). No significant differences were observed in modifications in chelation therapy between the 2 arms ( P = .31): chelator doses were escalated by the primary physician in 30% of the patients in the amlodipine arm and in 24% in the placebo arm, and doses were decreased in 27% and 14% of the patients, respectively, with a full description of baseline and 12-month chelation regimens presented in supplemental Table 2.
Between-subject treatment effects analysis provided strong evidence of a significant interaction between treatment effects and baseline MIC and indicated that the effect of treatment differed depending on the initial MIC (
= .005 for interaction; supplemental Figure 1). As a result, the effects of amlodipine were evaluated separately in each subgroup and not as a main effect in the whole cohort. Individual patient changes for all subjects are presented in supplemental Figure 2. Patients treated with amlodipine in the reduction group showed significant decrease in MIC at 12 months (primary outcome of the study) compared with patients treated with placebo after 12 months of treatment (
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Skip to comments.Civil Rights in the days of Lincoln: even they understood natural born
Posted on 01/10/2010 12:35:31 PM PST by Man50D
American Grand Jury constantly receives letters from the Obots trying to explain away the natural born clause in the Constitution. These folks spend hours upon hours trying to validate Obamas citizenship. The problem with their letters is no historical evidence, laws or rulings exist that support the claim that any citizen can serve as the President. The fact of the matter is the law of the land is very precise.
Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution that clearly states:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
By the way, for those of you that would suggest the or a Citizen of the United States part makes Obama eligible, think again. This is the grandfather clause that made it possible for George Washington to be President, not Barry Soetoro.
By far, the biggest claim by the Obots is that Barry is a citizen who was born in the United States and that alone makes him qualified. These folks NEVER admit to the fact that natural born citizenship requires the person to be born of two US citizen parents.. parents as in plural. Obama has admitted in public and in his writings that his father was NOT a United States citizen. The 19 year old mother of Obama who disclosed that the father was a foreign national could NEVER under any circumstances convey natural born status upon her son at birth. It didnt matter where she lived at the time of birth, what her citizenship status was, where the child was born or how many Birth Certificate documents she applied for. Obama simply did not qualify as a natural born citizen because his father, Barack Obama Sr., was a British citizen, not a United States citizen.
Maybe this historical information will help you to better understand the meaning of natural born. During the post Civil War years many folks were concerned about citizenship and how it applied to their status.
Even the folks back in the days of Lincoln had it right:
Chief Justice Waite, in Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875), stated:
The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. Here we can see that the U.S. Supreme Court in all three of these cases adopted Vattels definition of what a natural born Citizen is, and specifically repeated his two U.S.-parent test.
Dred Scott even removed the word father and replaced it with the word parents.Vattels law: EXCERPT 2: de Vattels Law of Nations circa 1758 Book 1, Chapter XIX, &212:
The natives, or NATURAL-BORN CITIZENS, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Act of April 9, 1866) first established a national law that provided:
All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States. Civil Rights Act of April 9, 1866 (14 Stat. 27). Not being subject to a foreign power includes being free from any political and military obligations to any other nation and not owing any other nation direct and immediate allegiance and loyalty. The primary author of this Act was Senator Trumbull who said it was his intention to make citizens of everybody born in the United States who owe allegiance to the United States. Additionally, he added if a negro or white man belonged to a foreign Government he would not be a citizen. In order for this requirement to be satisfied, clearly both parents of the child must be U.S. citizens, for if one is not, the child would inherit the foreign allegiance and loyalty of foreign parent and would thereby belong to a foreign Government.
Rep. John A. Bingham, who later became the chief architect of the 14th Amendments first section, in commenting upon Section 1992 of the Civil Rights Act, said that the Act was simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen (emphasis supplied).
Rep. Bingham said parents. He did not say one parent or a mother or father.
John Bingham in the United States House on March 9, 1866
Why the mystery?
Why the obfuscation?
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I know what the motivations of the Obamabots are concerning this. But, other-wise regular people, who seem to be rational about other subjects, do not get this.
For instance, both of my parents were British Subjects, living here, at the time of my birth.
They owed their allegiences to the British Crown.
And more than that, my mother worked for the British Army.
Obviously, my parents were not under the complete jurisdiction of the United States of America.
They did not have all the rights of citizens, and were not under obligation to the duties of it's citizens.
Hence, I'm not a "Natural-born Citizen".
Key point: It matters not where Obama was born. The only issue is whether or not he qualifies as a "natural born citizen." There is no evidence at all that he does, and much strong evidence that he does not. The matter is well beyond any reasonable doubt.
( no Obama trolls yet...Amazing!)
Obama claims to have been born in Hawaii, to date there is no proff of that claim.
My blog covers the Natural Born Citizen requirement.
also Obamas Forged COLB
All that's needed is one state to require verification to be on their Presidential ballot.
Just one.
Imagine the fodder provided when a candidate cannot run in that one state!
Other folks NEVER explain where that requirement is enshrined in the Constitution.
They'll arrive by post #11.
Geesh, you have no reading ability? The essay explains what you deny and does so clearly.
Ignorance is a rapidly escalating condition. It takes valiant persistent effort to stop its deadly progression. Are you too far gone? Perhaps the great intellectual Hospice that is ObaameLove aka the Democratic Party will welcome you.
Like Mulder used to say, "I want to believe," but this statement does not, from the preceding statements, follow; it is the inference of the writer of the article, and has no supporting historical underpinning quoted in the article.
Everything that follows, therefore, is opinion, and you know what they say about those...
You almost provided a complete and lucid explanation.
But "almost" only counts in horseshoes.
If not a "natural born citizen," what are you? And what conclusive documentation do you have for that explanation.
Being modest, I'll agree that you are the superior reader. Perhaps not-so-clearly.
Just humor me and point out exactly where the "essay" explains that, and we'll go from there.
Warning. I happen to know the difference, in any given paragraph, between the quoted and unquoted segments.
Ignorance is a rapidly escalating condition. It takes valiant persistent effort to stop its deadly progression.
Not there, (yet)!!
The leaches must still be on somebody else body still sucking blood!!!
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Hey everyone, My name is Oscar, I'm from Houston, TX, I'm a newbie to the this board.......I have a 9 week old pit bull puppy that currently weighs 13.3 lbs. I was wondering what supplement would be best for my pup?
as far as food concerns, I have her on Nutro large breed puppy formula. I want her to have good weight & size, especially throughout her pup stage. Could anyone please suggest any good supplements for puppys? any feedback is greatly appreciatted, thanks in advance......
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Not sure about the supplements for her - there are so many to chose. But you may want to switch her food. Nutro is a good food. But, for the price you can put her on a better food. Innova is an exceelent food and the first 3 ingredients will provide her with true meat protein sources. Or, Canidae is another option. 3 of the first 5 ingredients are meat which will privde meat protein source. Nutro has only one meat protein source in the first 7(i think it's 7) ingredients. Meat is a better protein source than grains. You can get her on a High end multi-vitamin. But, Innova and Canidae have a lot of good stuff in them. The knock is that they have too many ingredients which could be a problem for sensitive dogs. But, a great choice for non-snesitive dogs
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I used Peak Performance Puppy Grow
You can use it up until 6 months old. I liked the results my dog got from it.
You can use it up until 6 months old. I liked the results my dog got from it.
A lot of times my foster pups turn up their noses at the good food since so many of them have had junk food before coming to me. With these pups, I mix in either canned good food or yogurt or something like that to make it taste really good. You can use quite a bit at first and then decrease the amount you use slowly as they get used to eating the food. They will usually eat it dry by the time they get adopted. Course a little canned food or yogurt doesn't hurt them at all either if you wanted to continue it.
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Everyone's favorite .211-hitting, PED-using centerfielder is coming back! Yep, the Braves, for some reason, have picked up Jordan Schafer off waivers from Houston.
I'm going to assume this is one of those what-the-hell-nothing-to-lose moves. If this is any indication of how we're going to replace Bourn, we shudder. It can't be. Then again, we replaced Greg Maddux with John Thomson. That was different, one spot of five. We only play one center fielder.
If Schafer opens 2013 in center field for the Braves, I'll read a book by Sean Hannity. I'd sooner eat the carpet under my desk chair than read a book by Sean Hannity.
In other matters, good moves to pick up the options of McCann, Huddy and Maholm. McCann will make a chunk of money. But you're highly unlikely to find anyone better for next season. Keep him one more year, and Bethancourt should be ready for 2014. Meantime, work to sign Heyward and Freeman long-term, now.


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Students 'take over' CSB/SJU social media
March 11, 2014
Followers of CSB/SJU on Instagram and Vine may notice some changes as they scroll through their feeds in the coming weeks.
Starting on Thursday, March 13, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University students will "take over" those official CSB/SJU accounts.
Students from the Communication Department's New Media Applications and Analysis course, working in groups, will apply lessons learned in classroom to generating photos and videos for the social networks on behalf of CSB/SJU. The course is taught by Associate Professor Kelly Berg.
Groups are responsible for setting goals for their takeover, creating a profile of a target audience and applying lessons learned about effective branding through visual communication. At the end of its assigned week, each group will assess the success of their strategies and offer suggestions to the institution for continuing effective communication through these channels.
This project is the first of its kind at CSB/SJU and will serve as an experiment for future crowd-sourced institutional content generation. Observe the experiment for yourself; follow @CSBJU on Instagram and Vine.


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Return to the Node.js module and the
server.js source file. You currently have enough Node.js logic to start up the XSJS compatibility and that's it. You would like to extend
server.js to also handle some purely Node.js code as well. At the same time we still want to support our existing XSJS and XSODATA services from this
Begin by adding two new Node.js module requirements toward the beginning of the file. One is for the http built-in module and the other is the popular open source module
express. One of the most common tasks in Node.js is acting as a web server and handling
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Express is a module that wraps and extends the low level http library and provides many additional services.
/*eslint no-console: 0, no-unused-vars: 0, no-undef:0*/
"use strict";
var https = require("https");
var xsenv = require("@sap/xsenv");
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https.globalAgent.options.ca= xsenv.loadCertificates();
global.__base = __dirname + "/";
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//Setup Routes
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//Start the Server
server.on("request", app);
server.listen(port, function() {
console.info("HTTP Server: " + server.address().port);
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initialize is called, and is supposed to be found in the current application directory. Under
js, create a directory called
utils and a file named
server.js script is calling two function modules,
initExpress and
initXSJS. You will define them here as reusable functions using
module.exports as in the code below. Copy it into the
initialize.js script.
/*eslint no-console: 0, no-unused-vars: 0*/
"use strict";
module.exports = {
initExpress: function() {
var xsenv = require("@sap/xsenv");
var passport = require("passport");
var xssec = require("@sap/xssec");
var xsHDBConn = require("@sap/hdbext");
var express = require("express");
var logging = require("@sap/logging");
var appContext = logging.createAppContext();
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var app = express();
passport.use("JWT", new xssec.JWTStrategy(xsenv.getServices({
uaa: {
tag: "xsuaa"
var hanaOptions = xsenv.getServices({
hana: {
tag: "hana"
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session: false
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SALT LAKE CITY – Cole Irvin tied the Oregon single-season win record Saturday leading the No. 8 Ducks to a 6-2 win over Utah on Saturday at Spring Mobile Ballpark.
The freshman lefty picked up his 11th win while allowing two runs on seven hits in eight innings pitched. The 11 wins match the school record Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year Alex Keudell set last season while leading Oregon to within one game of the College World Series.Oregon staked Irvin (11-3) to an early lead. The Ducks scored three unearned runs in the top of the third after the fourth error of the two game series by Utah on Oregon bunts. J.J. Altobelli singled in the first run scoring Shaun Chase who reached on a throwing error by starting pitcher Dalton Carroll on a bunt.
Aaron Payne drove in Altobelli with a base hit and then scored on a double steal where Scott Heineman broke for second before Carroll delivered the ball to the plate. Carroll stepped off and threw to second allowing Payne to break to the plate and score while Heineman retreated safely to first on the play to give Oregon (45-13, 22-7 Pac-12) a 3-0 lead.
The Ducks added two runs in the top of the fifth on a RBI single by Steven Packard. The Ducks' designated hitter lined a single to right field driving in Payne from second. Nick Catalano advanced to third on the hit and scored when Carroll threw the relay away trying to make a play on Packard advancing to second.
Tyler Baumgartner put Oregon up 6-0 in the sixth with a RBI triple to right field scoring Altobelli. Utah (20-31, 6-23 Pac-12) scored single runs in both the seventh and eighth off Irvin but couldn't get any closer giving Oregon the series win with identical 6-2 victories in the first two games of the series.Altobelli went 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored to lead the Ducks, while Payne was 2-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored.
Oregon will go for the sweep on Sunday against the Utes with the final game of the three-game series starting at 11:30 a.m. (PT). Jake Reed (6-4) will take the mound for the Ducks. With a win, Oregon will tie the school record for most wins in a season with 46.
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2013-14: Overall record: 56-12...NFC record: 27-3...NFC first team all-star...ranked 23rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional (3/9)...captured third place at the New England Championship (2/22)...tied for third place at The Big One Invitational (11/2)...went 12-3 in his NFC debut (11/16) by sweeping Boston University, UMass, and New Hampshire, going 2-1 versus Sacred Heart, and picking up a win over Brandeis...generated 2-1 decisions against Yale, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Columbia, and St. John's for a 10-5 total at the Brandeis Invitational (12/8)...defeated all of his opponents from Boston College, Vassar, Dartmouth, Tufts, and Brown for a 15-0 tally at the NFC season finale (1/25)...turned in a 14-0 performance at the Eric Sollee Invitational (2/2) courtesy of 3-0 outings against Stevens, NJIT, NYU, and Haverford while besting both of his foes from Hunter...finished with a 9-6 mark at the Duke Invitational (2/8) after sweeping Air Force and registering 2-1 ledgers versus UNC, Johns Hopkins, and Brandeis...blanked Boston College and tacked on victories over Brandeis and Harvard for a 5-4 record at the Beanpot (2/12).
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Malapterurus electricus
|Scope: Global & Pan-Africa
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Malapterurus electricus Lacépède, 1803
Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P. & Kazembe, J.
|Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.
This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for eastern, north eastern and western Africa. In north Africa, it is now rare in Upper and Lower Egyptian Nile. The species requires fast flowing water, a habitat which has been severely impacted by the Aswan High Dam. The species EOO is over 20,000 km2 but the AOO is less than 2,000 km2 and found in fewer than 10 locations based on the impacts from the Aswan High Dam. The species is also threatened by pollution of the Egyptian Nile and increasing salinity in the Delta area. It is therefore regionally assessed as Vulnerable.
|Range Description:
|Malapterurus electricus is widely distributed, from Senegal (and possible Mauritania) to Ethiopia, and along the entire length of the Nile from Egypt to Rwanda and the Great Lakes south to Malawi.
Eastern Africa: It occurs in Lake Tanganyika and lower parts of major affluents, including the Malagarasi and Rusizi, as well as the entire Nile system, and lakes Albert and Turkana. In Malawi it is also present in Lower Shire River.
Northern Africa: It is present but rare in Lower and This species is known from upper Egyptian Nile.
Northeast Africa: This species is found in the Ghazal and Jebel systems, and Lake Nasser (also known as Lake Nubia), Sudan. It is present in the Blue Nile and Baro Rivers, Ethiopia.
Western Africa: It has a typical Sudanian distribution, occurring in the Lake Chad and Senegal basin, throughout the Niger system as well as smaller southward flowing basins in West Africa (Bandama through the Volta rivers).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea; Malawi; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|No population estimates available.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|It lives in shallow water, with muddy or sandy bottom neighbouring rocky areas, and favours sluggish or standing water (Skelton 1993). This species is active at night, feeding mainly on fish stunned by electric shocks. The electric organ, capable of generating 300-400 volts, forms a sheath under the skin around the body, and is used for both prey capture and defence (Skelton 1993). Forms pairs and breeds in excavated cavities or holes (Skelton 1993).
|Use and Trade:
|It is marketable when caught but of minor commercial importance (Bishai and Khalil 1997)
|Major Threat(s):
|This species is threatened by overfishing in eastern Africa. In northern Africa, dams, water pollution (agriculture, domestic and commercial/industrial), groundwater extraction and drought pose possible threats.
|Conservation Actions:
|None known. More research is needed into this species population numbers and range, biology and ecology, habitat status and threats, as well as monitoring and potential conservation measures. Habitat conservation is required, as well as the establishment of protected areas within this species home range.
|Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P. & Kazembe, J. 2010. Malapterurus electricus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T182850A7985142. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- Greenville College senior Jonas McBride was the recipient of the NCCAA Pete Maravich Memorial Award.
Presented at the banquet preceding the NCCAA national tournament, it is given to the outstanding Christian basketball player in each of the NCCAA's two divisions who possesses a vital Christian testimony on and off the court and exhibits outstanding leadership qualities.
This award is sponsored by Gary Beck, manager of the Gary Beck Foundation and a former student-athlete at Greenville College.
Jonas, who has overcome Tourette's Syndrome to become an accomplished student and student-athlete, helped lead the Panthers to their best record (16-9) since 2003-04 while almost scoring 10 points per game in the recently completed season.


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The First Visit by a President of Ireland to UNESCO
On 19 February, 2013, H.E. Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, visited UNESCO and spoke before a packed assembly of Permanent Delegates on the theme of "Drawing Water from the Same Well – The Central Importance of UNESCO in Building Peace through the Recognition of the Power of Culture."
The Director-General, Ms. Irina Bokova, introduced the President, declaring that "Ireland is one of UNESCO's greatest champions -- a champion in its work to guide Education for All, in its engagement to advance human rights education, in its commitment to uphold cultural diversity." "But," she continued, "it goes deeper than this -- Ireland embodies values that are at the heart of UNESCO, the values of equality and respect, those of human dignity."
President Higgins spoke about the emancipatory power of culture for laying the foundations of peace in a world undergoing profound change, and he thanked UNESCO for providing an opportunity for peoples to come together. He underlined the importance of UNESCO's action "not just to build the defences of peace but to celebrate peace secured," through education for all, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
"The world is different than 67 years ago," said the President, "but the fundamental issues remain the same – human rights must be at the centre of all development."
President Higgins echoed the Director-General's call for a new humanism to guide human development in the century ahead, and emphasised that "these are times of change and also opportunity" – opportunities that must be seized fully for the inclusive and sustainable development of every society. The President said this calls for sharing the advances of science and technology for the benefit of all humankind. It calls for a renewed commitment to dialogue and respect between peoples of all cultures, in order to strengthen moderate views and the respect for human rights --"We need the constructive engagement of our different systems of thought". This calls especially, said the President, for a new vision of culture, a vision that "brings culture in from the margins, to the heart of public policy."
"Culture, heritage and diversity are central to meeting the challenges of sustainable development, including the ending of poverty and the elimination of gross inequalities," stated the President. He welcomed all of UNESCO's work to safeguard cultural heritage, especially when it is under attack, as in Mali. He highlighted the importance also of the forthcoming UNESCO Creative Economy Report, the Congress in Hangzhou, China, on culture and development and the forthcoming UN General Assembly debate on the same theme. He concluded by reminding all that culture must not be seen as a commodity – however important is its economic value for revenues and employment -- but as "an expression of memory and imagination."
"Culture is the ability to be human," declared the President. "Culture cannot be administered in the same way as any other administrative commodity," he said, adding that "there is no culture contingency that can infringe on human integrity."
Stepping away from the podium, the President received a standing ovation from the audience. The Director-General thanked him for sharing the passion and intellectual depth of his views. "We need this passion and this clarity of principle more than ever today, in this fragile world" she said.
"This is especially important for UNESCO now, as we define our Medium Term Strategy for the coming 8 years. We must be proud of our Organization, of our history, of the values that guide us and of our ability to meet the challenges facing societies across the world."
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