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Tuesday's match was played by NCAA Division I rules where all three doubles matches count as only one point and a team needs to win two of the three to earn the doubles point. The Golden Suns (13-5 overall) won all three doubles matches, including winning at No. 3 by default and take a 1-0 lead in the match. Tech's No. 1 doubles of seniors Akanesi Fa (Suva, Fiji) and Mariel Alvarez (La Paz, Mexico) were given a strong test by UAPB's No. 1 team of Maria Cabane and Fabiola Cardoso. Fa and Alvarez won 9-7 to win its ninth straight match and improve to 11-6 on the season at the No. 1 spot.
Arkansas Tech claimed victory in singles action by taking all six matches, including junior Jessica Velasquez (Keller, Texas) winning at the No. 6 spot by default. In addition to Velasquez, freshman Aida Castany (Barcelona, Spain) improved to 9-4 on the season at No. 3 singles after earning a win over UAPB's Jarissa Greenard. Greenard lost 7-6 (2) in the first set, before being forced to retire in the second set.
The Golden Suns will close out their regular-season and Great American Conference schedule on Friday when they host Henderson State in a 3 p.m. match at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex. With a win, Arkansas Tech will win the inaugural regular season GAC title as the Golden Suns have already clinched a share of the title as they are 5-0 in league matches. Friday's match will mark the final home contest for Tech's four-member senior class — Alvarez, Fa, Rachel Stevens (North Richland Hills, Texas) and Brittany Turner (Pearcy).
Wonder Boys football first scrimmage
Arkansas Tech football coach Steve Mullins said Wednesday he thought the first major football scrimmage of the spring was a good one.
"I thought the defense had the upper hand the first half of the practice, then thought the offense came up later," he said about the 100-play scrimmage Wednesday afternoon. "There were positives and negatives on both sides of the ball. What I can see watching video are correctible mistakes. As long as they are giving the effort, we've just got to get them going in the right direction. There were no serious injuries, and I am beyond excited about that."
The Wonder Boys are off today, return at 2:30 p.m. Friday and will host their annual "Link It Up" golf tournament Saturday at Chamberlyne Country Club near Danville.
Softball Suns split with SBU
Arkansas Tech University and Southwest Baptist University split a nonconference softball doubleheader Tuesday at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex in the Suns' final games at home this season. ATU won game one 4-1, but the Bearcats came back to take the nightcap 4-2.
Arkansas Tech (15-23) broke a 1-1 tie in the opener by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Alicia Zack started the rally by reaching on an error. Four straight hits by freshman pitcher Victoria Huie of Pottsville, Hayley Hudson, Siarra Gomez and Ashton Long put the Golden Suns in front 4-1. Huie (9-8) took it from there by retiring nine of the last 10 batters she faced. She held the Bearcats to one unearned run on four hits over seven innings. It was her 13th complete game of the season.
Game two saw an equally dominating pitching performance through six innings by Southwest Baptist's Alexa Harvey (4-6), who held the Suns to just two hits over those first six innings while building a 4-0 lead, but then she lost the strike zone.
Harvey walked the first two batters she faced in the bottom of the seventh. Natalie Magie flew out to right and Cassady Haworth delivered an RBI ground out to cut the Bearcats' edge to 4-1 with two outs. Chandler Touchstone kept Tech's hopes alive with an RBI single. Walks to Zack and Maddie Roncketto loaded the bases, put the winning run at first base and chased Harvey from the circle.
Southwest Baptist (13-25) called on relief pitcher Alex Abernathy, who induced a ground ball from Huie that resulted in a game-ending fielder's choice. It was Abernathy's third save of the season.
The Golden Suns, who went 13-7 at home this season, will visit Pittsburg State (Kan.) for a nonconference doubleheader Tuesday.


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The first mc gear I bought in '79 was Barbour. Over the years I've had Langlitz, Aerostich, FXRG and Schott (current leather jacket).
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Snowshoe running is a perfect form of winter cross training for athletes in colder climates. Here's what you need to know to get started.
Whether you are still in the "offseason" mode or in full-time training mode, athletes in colder climates should welcome the winter weather and change things up a bit.
Get off the treadmill, remove yourself from the icy roads and trails, and strap on some snowshoes.
More: 4 Tips for an Effective Offseason
Benefits of Snowshoe Running
Snowshoe running provides a solid workout and helps strengthen the hamstrings, hip flexors, calves and other stabilizer muscles you never knew you had.
Since the snowy surface is fairly soft your body will take less of a beating, compared to running on pavement. It's an excellent form of cross-training and will greatly help build your aerobic engine.
More: Winter Marathoning Tips
Plus, snowshoe running is inexpensive and requires little experience. If you can walk or run you can snowshoe. It may feel a little weird at first, but with a little practice you'll soon be off running. And unlike a pair of running shoes, snowshoes will last for a few years.
Running with snowshoes can help correct inefficient running form and force you to run straight forward with your toes pointing ahead. If you don't run this way with snowshoes on, you will end up stepping on your shoes and clink and clank as your run.
Waterproofing Your Feet
Begin by running on packed or groomed trails. Cross country centers, golf courses and snowmobile trails are great places to unleash yourself.
Also, when you go snowshoe running you should wear running sneakers and not boots on your feet. Water proof running shoes and gaiters to help keep your feet dry. Tip: skip both of the suggestions above and use cycling shoe covers; neoprene works best.
Ease Into Training
It's best to track time and not distance, especially when you first get started. Don't get frustrated if you run for an hour and only find that you have covered three or four miles.
More: Train Smart This Winter: Base Training Basics
In order to keep things in perspective and prove to yourself you are getting in a serious workout, it's a good idea to use a heart rate monitor. You can expect your pace per mile to increase by three to five minutes compared to running on the road.
Because snowshoe running can be very challenging, it's smart to limit the time running in your shoes to 20 minutes.
You can slowly start to add time on to your runs once you start to build up your muscle and endurance required to run through the snow.
Equipment Needed
Finally, before you run off to buy some fancy new shoes make sure you buy run specific snowshoes. These are generally shorter, smaller, and lighter than your normal trekking shoe.
The "Atlas Run Snowshoe" is a good choice and can be bought on Amazon.com or at a place like Eastern Mountain Sports or REI.
You'll also want to use a pair of poles (similar to ski poles) that will help with balance, form, and making it up more challenging terrain. These can be purchased at the same place you buy your snowshoes.
Snowshoe Races
For all those competitors among us or for those who want to try a new kind of race, there are snowshoe races. This is a great way to test your early season fitness and try something new.
More: How to Pick Offseason Races
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The last time we were in this situation, our owner grew some balls, drew up a short-list of 1 man he wanted to restore honor to his franchise, realized there wasn't much punishment for tampering, and stole the Super Bowl leader of the AFC Champions.
Woody Johnson has the money to get one of the Top 5 coaches in the NFL. All he needs is the balls.
If any of those three elements are missing, I subtract games. As presently constituted, I will only attend 4 games next year and sell the other 4 for as much as I can to recoup the losses on the other 4.
Tailgating is another story, just a personal cause.
In all seriousness, from everything I have read, the one spot he may be lacking is a lot of input on the draft, but he's had every job a "football" guy can have, so I have no doubt he can spot talent.
Another guy I would like is David Caldwell from the Falcons. Spent 10 years under Polian in Indy, and his background is scouting, but this year was the Director of Player Personnel and started doing some more day to day Front Office stuff.
Better yet, your impossible scenario gives you future ammo to hate the owner you already hate, bonus points there. If Woody doesn't get Jesus Christ as Head Coach, he JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE BALLLLLLLLSS! Lol, thats awesome.
I do, tho, look forward to your scathing review of whomever we do hire, a few years into their tenure. Thats always a good read woth looking forward to.
I feel I lost it somewhere along reading this thread, is the QUITTING ON by the players or the fans?
I think the players have quit on Rex after Monday night v. Tenn. Fans quit a few weeks back prior to the Jag's game, no? The Buffalo game next week is going to get REALLY ugly on both sides of the ball. Good riddance to the 2012 season
Sarchez is bitter lol
This is part of SAR's schtick. The only Coach he "wants" is patently impossible to aquire, so when Woody predictably cannot/does not commit tampering and steal him away, Woody is a de facto bad owner. And SAR gets another 10,000 posts of trolling goodness hating the owner he already hates, and getting people to spurge replies at him on the interent.
I hate to disappoint you, but I've got no diabolical scheme to plot out my thoughts and answers a year in advance. I've got no master plan, no agenda. I'm just another fan with a keyboard, typing what's on my mind, nothing very remarkable.
Regarding Woody Johnson, do your homework if you want to take this Poster Critic thing seriously, Ebert. I don't hate our owner at all, he's my hero regarding finally allowing me to buy my way into a good seating location.
Regarding committing to a future head coach by name, I'm just not feeling anyone right now. I wanted Jon Gruden back when we chose Rex Ryan, can't say there's a person out there who inspires me right now. I know we need a disciplinarian, I know we need a non-rookie, and I know we need an offensive-mind. Like I said, "not Rex Ryan".
That work for you, Siskel?
Leon Hess used to play nice with the other owners, just a kind old man. And then one day he realized that he was a laughing stock, a horses-ass, and he didn't have many years left and he got angry. Very angry.
And as a result, he got ruthless, made a lot of owner enemies, tampered with the threat in his division, stole the best head coach in the NFL. Shortly thereafter, created a poison-pill provision that allowed him to steal a Hall of Fame running back, too. Strengthened his team at the expense of another team in his division. Masterful. Innovative. Shocking. Desperate. Fantastic.
This is another such juncture in our team's history. Woody Johnson is the only constant on this team. Ultimately, he's got to act like the ornery middle linebacker that Leon Hess once decided he wanted to emulate. Empty stadiums, unpaid season ticket invoices, defaulting PSL's, clownish back pages, dumb-as-f-ck head coach, the Patriots enroute to another Super Bowl, eventually something will make Woody Johnson pop and he may realize that it's all about time and money and just like Leon Hess, he may get the balls to go and get the very head coach we need by bending the rules and stop being Mr. Niceguy to the other owners.
I like how Sar gets attacked after he's been nothing but dead on accurate about these clowns since last year. Now it seems your all angry because he was 100% correct. I think I'll trust him on Sanchez now too. Good job Sar.


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A report released Wednesday from national lobbying group Transportation for America rates one in every 17 bridges in the Twin Cities as "structurally deficient."
The report finds nearly 70,000 bridges nationwide need substantial repair or replacement. According to the report, 8.8 percent of the state's 1,149 bridges are "structurally deficient". These bridges are crossed by 1.8 million people each day.
MnDOT spokesman Kevin Gutknecht said while the state's bridges are aging, crews perform regular maintenance and repairs.
"In 1956, Dwight Eisenhower signed the interstate bill and that is when all of the work began," Gutknecht said. "Yes, some bridges are ending what was considered to be their useful life, but with ongoing maintenance and with ongoing attention we can make bridges last longer than what their original life cycle was considered to be."
After the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis four years ago, the state began an extensive program to repair and replace bridges. About half of the state's bridges identified as critical in 2008 will be repaired by the end of this construction season, Gutknecht said.
The report estimates it would cost nearly $500 million to rehab the state's structurally deficient bridges.


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Ok this is a positive. to get the guide work you have to update the guide viewer.
Ok this is a positive. to get the guide work you have to update the guide viewer.
Update the viewer to at least v4.12 and it should work.
Confirmed: DL the new version and you'll be up.
I loaded the new version v4.12 of Dugi's Guide and then purchased the Alliance and Horde Dungeon leveling Guide update and installed it. It will not let me select a guide, but I can select a map. Plus my guide disapeared after I logged out and then logged back in to a new chacracter, but I got it back by typeing /dg. The thing now is, how do I get the dungeon guide to work so I can select a guide?
I just bought the Alliance dungeon guide and I when I go to the Dungeon guide tab it says I dont have any loaded.
I have updated the viewer and the dugeon guide is in the addon folder.
Alliance: 12 x 110 (12 Class Mounts).
Horde: 2 x 110, 3 x 100+ & 7 x 50+ ... Thanks to Dugi Guides.
I have deleted everything and re-installed everything and its still not working. I don't understand because everything works but the Dungeon guide and maps, hasn't anyone else encounter this problem? I have not tried the manual way yet but I can't see how it will help since the problem seems to be with the dungeon guide.
I'm having the issue of both having the same file name
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Headley, Leal and Merrill Jarchow. Carleton: The First Century. Northfield, 1966.
Leonard, Delavan. The History of Carleton College. Chicago, 1904.
Osterbrock, Donald. James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist. New York, 1984.
Pendray, G. Edward. Men, Mirrors, and Stars. New York, 1935.
Pursell, Carroll W., Jr. Astronomy In America. Chicago, 1967.
Wright, Helen. Explorer of the Universe: A Biography of George Ellery Hale. New York, 1966
Algol. 1889-1945.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vols. 11-13,1892-94.
Barnard, E.E. "Development of Photography in Astronomy," Science. Vol.8 (September 16-23,1898), pp.341-53; 386-95.
Carleton College Alumni Magazine. 1910-32.
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Holden, Edward S. "America's Achievements in Astronomy," Forum. Vol.15 (August 1893), pp.744-52.
Popular Astronomy. Vols. 1-59,1893-1951.
Sidereal Messenger. Vols. 1-10, 1882- 1891.
Annual Reports of the Director of the Observatory, 1910-65.
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Correspondence and conversations with Prof. Owen Gingerich (HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Prof. John Lankford (Department of History, University of Missouri), Prof. Joel Weisberg (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College), Prof. Emeritus Robert T. Mathews (Carleton College).
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Map fight
TIM FAULKNER — It appears Microsoft, with their "coincidentally"-timed press release announcing 3-D imagery in Live Search, was hoping to steal some of Google's thunder earlier today since it was widely speculated that Google would be announcing new features today at Where 2.0, the location-focused conference. Word of Google's Street View and a beta of Mapplets, map widgets, has largely negated that preemptive press strike.
However the tit-for-tat plays out, both companies are attempting to address many of the same potential feature add-ons to web-based mapping. Google had already featured some 3-D buildings with future enhancements likely based on recent licensing deals. Microsoft had already revealed a competitor to Street View as a beta preview, both of which are enhancements to A9's earlier photo-enhanced maps. Google's recently announced My Map's competes with Microsoft's Map Collections.
The battle for mapping supremacy continues with the rush to add new features. Unfortunately for Microsoft, being first has not been a valued differentiator. In most cases, Google's implementation is cleaner and more thoughtful (compare Street View's slick in-map photo views with Microsoft's silly car-based metaphor) and/or goodwill and search supremacy has carried it to broader adoption and press coverage.


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Knicks looking good against a very weak team
Knicks 60
Nets 57
Jefferies with a team high 11pts 3 three pointers
Knicks 2012
Knicks 60
Nets 57
Lmao, Jay. That's true. Jeffries for MVP.
Halftime. We're looking solid. Jeffries is 4-6 in 3pt shots!! Damn...did I see that correctly??? or is that fg shots???
I'm lovin' Toney Douglas' game. He's a good PG, he can defend, and he can score. He's gonna be one of the major steals of this draft.
Still can't believe Jeffries can shoot now. I hope he keeps it up for the rest of the season. He could actually be an important player for us if he becomes a consistent threat from 3. Besides the fact he'll be easier to trade.
Wow now that i think of it if Jefferies could've shoot like this all these years he might have actually been worth some of that contract
Knicks 2012
damn i missed the 1st qrtr and a half, where is nate, looks like douglas is getting all the minutes
and what about gallo , whats his stats
smh, im 100% sure jeffries will not have a consistent 3pt shot
Pre-season Knicks game>>>>>>>>>>>ny giants game
5 blks by the knicks the most i seen in like 2 seasons
Knicks 2012
Knicks with 8 Three-Pointers in the first half. And 5 blocked shots in the first half.
Great pass by Gallo for the assist to Lee for the dunk over Yi.
Nice hustle and feed by gallinari and feed by duhon
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Smoltz OK after 'pen session
Even with likely DL stint, righty shooting for April 6 start
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
After throwing for approximately 20 minutes on Thursday, Smoltz said that he was no longer feeling the tightness between his neck and right shoulder. He'd been fighting that discomfort over part of the previous week, and he was scratched from last Friday's scheduled Grapefruit League start.
"It was the best day that I've had down here," Smoltz said.
All indications are that Smoltz will begin the season on the 15-day disabled list, with the transaction being backdated nine days before the start of the regular season.
This will allow the Braves to carry an extra pitcher for the season's first five days and give Smoltz a chance to relocate the control he's lost while not throwing over the past week. He plans to take the next two days off and then prepare to start a Minor League game at Disney early next week.
"As I said earlier, [the shoulder] just needed some time to settle down," Smoltz said. "It's settled down. Now I'll be able to approach it the way I approach anything else."
If everything remains on schedule, Smoltz's season debut will come against the Mets at Turner Field on April 6. His likely mound counterpart will be Johan Santana.
Smoltz and the Braves don't seem concerned that he could enter the regular season having faced a Major League team just once this spring. He set a plan that allowed him to substitute his first three scheduled Grapefruit League starts with simulated games.
"He can pitch one time and have a couple of side sessions and be ready," Braves manager Bobby Cox said, while showing no concern.
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Smoltz's only true game this month came on March 15, when he allowed the Rays five runs -- three earned -- and four hits in 4 2/3 innings. Each of the runs scored against him came during the fifth inning.
During Thursday's session, Smoltz threw until he got tired, and he felt like he'd built some endurance in his arm. The 40-year-old veteran hurler will take the same approach when he throws in a Minor League game next week. By doing this, he's confident that his endurance will be where it needs to be for his first start.
"I'm just going to throw until I've had enough and I'll know when that is," Smoltz said. "Whatever I do will be sufficient. When I had enough, I got off the mound today."
Because of Smoltz's age and the fact that he was bothered by shoulder discomfort for the final four months of last season, there's at least reason to wonder if the right shoulder will prove to be a nagging problem this year.
But Smoltz is agitated by this thought, and he said that he's not allowing himself to even think about that being a possibility.
"I'm going to go out this year like I started and I'm going to have a really good time," Smoltz said. "I'm going to have a blast, and I'm hopefully going to win some games along the way. I'm not going to get consumed like I was before. I've got a lot of pitching left."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Alex Guarnaschelli's My Mother's Chicken with Barbeque Sauce
Serving Size:
4-6 people
- 3 cups ketchup
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup light soy sauce
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons dry mustard (preferably Colman's)
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 cup chili powder
- 1 "knob" fresh ginger (about 4 inches), peeled and cut in 3 pieces
- 5 large cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- 2 lemons, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
- 4 to 5 pounds chicken parts, a mixture of light and dark meat, all relatively the same size
- Kosher salt
Prepare the barbeque sauce:
In a medium saucepan or a large high-sided saute pan, combine the ketchup, cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, dry mustard, Dijon mustard and chili powder. Whisk to blend. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Add the ginger, garlic and lemon slices and stir to combine. Simmer until the vinegar mellows slightly and the flavors start to meld together, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Discard the ginger pieces.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Position the rack in the lower third of the oven. Line a baking sheet (or, if needed, 2 baking sheets) with foil. Season the chicken parts on both sides with salt, to taste. Pour about 1 1/2 cups of the barbeque sauce into a large bowl. Reserve the remaining sauce on the side. Submerge the chicken pieces in the sauce and arrange them on the prepared baking sheet with some of the lemon slices. The chicken should all be in a single layer with a little space between them. If additional space is needed, use the second baking sheet. Brush with barbeque sauce.
Put the baking sheet(s) in the oven and bake, undisturbed, for 20 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven and use a pair of metal tings to turn the pieces to the other side. Use a pastry brush to coat the second side of the chicken with the barbeque sauce from the bowl. Do not reuse that bowl or brush again. Return the sheet(s) to the oven and cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes. Poke a thigh with the tip of a small knife and verify the chicken juices run "clear" and not pink. Turn the broiler on and broil for a minute until the chicken is charred on top.
Warm the reserved barbeque sauce in a small saucepan over low heat. Pour into a serving bowl.
Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve immediately with the warm sauce on the side.
Recipe courtesy Alex Guarnaschelli, Executive Chef, Butter restaurant, and host of Food Network's Alex's Day Off


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Lego Lord of the Rings Mac release set
Lego Lord of the Rings arrives for OS-X on February 21, according to Gamespot. The adorable take on Tolkien hit PC, consoles and handhelds late last year and scored some decent reviews for its effort. The single release spans the whole film trilogy and uses dialogue taken straight from the movies. The Mac version was […]
Lego City: Undercover trailer details Chase McCain's adventures
Lego City: Undercover is the first Lego game from Traveller's Tales without a license attached to it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have personality, as this trailer more than demonstrates.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes vidoc shows Stark Tower gameplay
Lego Marvel Super Heroes will feature Stark tower, home to the mighty Iron Man. Developer Traveller's Tales has discussed the tower's design, creation and gameplay in a new video documentary.
Lego City Undercover trailer is Grand Theft Awesome
Lego City: Undercover has received a rather funny and playful Wii U trailer, showing off some cinematics, vehicle gameplay, bar brawls, and some high-flying action above the city streets. It's the smallest, most inoffensive take on street crime we've seen.
Lego City Undercover produces fresh batch of screens
Nary a license to be seen in these new Lego City Undercover screens, and for those of us who grew up with generic bricks rather than Batmans and Star Wars and Harry Potter, this is somewhat delightful. See the new shots through the break, or check out last week's. Lego City Undercover is expected on […]
LEGO Lord of the Rings reviews begin, get the scores here
LEGO Lord of the Rings reviews have begun sprouting up online, ahead of the game's November 23rd European launch. Does the latest plastic adaptation from Traveller's Tales do Peter Jackson's films justice, or is it a load of old Gollum dung? Find out below.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings Xbox 360 copies in the US contain demo disc - report
LEGO The Lord of the Rings launches today in the US, and it appears some of the Xbox 360 copies at GameStop contain a demo disc instead of the actual game, Game Informer reports.
LEGO Lord of the Rings screens show off the plastic Fellowship
LEGO Lord of the Rings is coming to the UK from November 23rd, and Warner Bros. has just fired across a batch of new gameplay and cinematic screens, showing the Fellowship trudging through snow, fighting creatures and more. Check out the shots below, and try the PC demo now if you can't wait for the […]
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AWARE Shark Conservation Opens New Doors to Ocean Protection
When Lee Johnson, owner of Perth Scuba in Western Australia, first read the AWARE Shark Conservation Study Guide he was horrified by the number of sharks killed every year. "The figures were very sobering. It makes you want to act to protect them, NOW!"
Lee has always had a fascination with sharks. Now Lee teaches AWARE Shark Conservation to inform his divers of major ocean protection issues and tell them how they can act locally and internationally to protect sharks.
"They might be a little apprehensive at first, but as soon as they become comfortable with them – they are so excited to have seen them. To be able to come close to a shark and even photograph them is a real buzz for everyone," says Lee.
But more importantly Lee recognises the role played by sharks in keeping the ocean healthy. A desire to protect the ocean compelled Perth Scuba to join a campaign for new marine protected areas for south west Australia. Recently Lee represented the Western Australia dive industry in high-level negotiations to help gain protection in a region where as much as ninety percent of marine life is found nowhere else on earth.
"It's great that AWARE Shark Conservation gives us a way to tell our divers about our local issues and campaigns. Awareness is the first hurdle. Once people see the damage done by taking too many sharks and the massive reduction in shark populations, they look at things differently and change their perception."
"Sharks have a really bad public relations rap. With this course we can help change that. Divers can help canvass to have areas protected and some shark species taken off the commercial fishing agendas."
AWARE Shark Conservation also shows divers how to discover their local sharks (or sharks of interest if no sharks are found in the location). For Perth Scuba Instructor Marc Van Der Poel, this feature is a highlight of teaching the course. "In class, we followed the links supplied in the Lesson Guides and found the conservation status of local sharks. Even my experienced students were unaware that some of our sharks are threatened. Right there in the classroom, students used their smart phones and tablets to learn about sharks!"
For Lee the shark conservation message is so important he is building the course into Perth Scuba's regular dive packages. "We will run AWARE Shark Conservation as a Project AWARE specialty and we have also spoken to our Instructors about adding the course onto our Open Water Diver courses. Since we told our customers about AWARE Shark Conservation, we have had very positive feedback and interest in it."
Although Lee enjoys teaching the course he is very aware of the seriousness of the shark conservation message. "The current catch rate of sharks is dangerously high and not sustainable. We must stop wiping out our sharks before we hit the point of no return."
To find out how you can help protect sharks contact your local PADI Dive Centre to complete certification as an AWARE Shark Conservation Diver. Divers and non-divers can learn more about shark conservation and how they can help protect sharks by reading the AWARE Shark Conservation Study Guide.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Qutluch, Apr 14, 2012.
I liked Kes, and I didn't have a problem with it, personally
I laughed myself stupid the first time I saw it, maniacal glee. Because well, I didn't like Kes at all.
It started off huge. Dark Phoenix Saga Huge and then it finished like the final episode of the Golden Girls.
(I assume three of the Golden Girls die in the last episode, and the last woman standing forgets where they lived and wanders off in a daze.)
LOL actually you would be wrong, one gets married and the other three move to another town and manage a hotel.
With Cheech Marin.
No one had any problems with their eyesight in that hotel.
They if you want to see funny, try the Golden Girls/John Laroquette Show cross over.
Scientific Method
The ship opens up with Paris romantically beaming himself in to give flowers to B'Elanna in the Jefferies tubes. He ditched her the night before and is trying to butter her up. They seem to be getting pretty hot and heavy, with some serious alone time needs.
The doctor is giving Janeway a pretty rough massage for the migraines she's been having. Stress seems to be taking its toll, and she hasn't been sleeping. Chakotay calls her to the bridge to see binary pulsars, and she almost walks out of the room in just her towel.
Paris shows up in engineering to 'drop off some reports,' and B'Elanna takes him up to the upper level and jumps him! Tuvok walks in, catching them in the act. Paris tries to find out whether or not he's going to turn them in, but Tuvok either doesn't care to turn them in, or simply doesn't care. Paris and B'Elanna talk over whether they should make their relationship public or not, but before they can make a choice, a very-stressed-out Janeway calls them out on it. She doesn't reprimand them, but reams them pretty good.
Chakotay goes back to his quarters, and we see him being viewed from a 3rd person perspective, with a full scan of his body. He suddenly feels pain, and then he doubles over. He reaches the mirror and all of his hair starts falling out. Once in sickbay, the doctor announces that he's aged 50 years instantly, and that there's no plausible explanation for it. Then, Nelix falls over in pain in the mess hall, seemingly having a sub-species level of his DNA become the dominant and active genetic material. As the two of them sit in sick bay, they banter back and forth about which one of them has the worst of it! SO funny!
The doctor and B'Elanna set up a science station, and find barcodes on the base pair sequences of their genetic code. This is a superior technology to anything they've seen, and have no idea how it's occurred. As they make this realization, the doctor's program flickers. Someone is trying to delete him. B'Elanna tries to transfer him back to sickbay, but suddenly collapses. The doctor finished the transfer and disappears.
Paris and the others find B'Elanna, but the science lab research was erased. The doctor is MIA and B'Elanna only barely survived. Seven suddenly hears the doctor, who has routed communications through her auditory processor. He tells her he's hiding in DaVinci's program, so he doesn't get deleted. Seven comes to him, and he adjusts her processors to see at a phased variance. She walks the ship, and sees aliens roaming the corridors, poking and prodding the Voyager crew. They're experimenting on everyone, including herself. She tries to tell Janeway, but Janeway has two aliens by her when she approaches, and a dozen needles sticking out of her head. Seven tries to do a ship wide sweep, but Tuvok catches her. As he tries to stop her, she shoots one of the aliens and makes her visible to the rest of the crew.
Janeway locks up the alien, but the alien tells her only that she's trying to research for her own kind's survival, and she won't stop the experiments. She's been raising Janeway's dopamine levels to see how she'll deal with stress, giving her the headaches and sleepless nights. She only assures Janeway that there will be minimal mortality.
One of the ensigns has a severe blood pressure. 360/80 (damn.) The ensign dies (Poor yellow shirt… you're the red shirt of the next generation.) and Janeway snaps. She takes the helm control and flies it directly through the binary pulsars. Tuvok comments that this is worse than her normal reckless behavior with less than 1:20 odds of survival; the alien tries to talk her out of it, and realizes that she's not bluffing. She flees, and two ships release from the hull. Only one of them made it out. Voyager flies to safety, and Janeway tells Tuvok "You've never told me I was reckless before." Tuvok responds, "It was clearly an understatement!"
The episode finishes with B'Elanna and Tom discussing whether they were actually interested, or if it was just the aliens messing with their hormones. They agree that they probably had been manipulated, and then start making out.
Favorite part: Nelix and Chakotay one-upping each other in sick bay.
Least favorite part: Harry Kim interrupting Tom and B'Elanna while they're trying to get their groove on. (DAMN YOU, HARRY!)
Harry Kim is like Keiko for a while there, always getting in the way of the real relationship.
Random Thoughts
Janeway, Neelix and B'Ellana have met a new telepathic species on a planet and are trading goods and merchandise with them. Tuvok and Nimira, the constable for the Mari people, are discussing how they have virtually eliminated all crime on the planet. Tuvok agrees to allow her to tour Voyager, in order to give her a better idea of their own legal system. Back on the planet, a man bumps into B'Ellana, and a few moments later loses control and assaults another person in the square.
As they are touring the ship Nimira tells Tuvok that she finds the idea of isolation barbaric. Completely cut off from all interaction deters personal growth, not enhances it. He replies that it has only been used roughly 1% of their voyage, which is interesting, because other than Suitor and his murder, who else has committed an act that has warranted the brig? Over ~3.5 years, that's still about a hundred days of brig time.
When the assault is reported, Neelix, B'Ellana and Janeway are interrogated, which involves reading their thoughts. After the interview, it is determined that B'Ellana's thoughts instigated the assault, as it had been passed onto the telepath assailant. She is sentenced to an engram wipe, which is a dangerous procedure. (I haven't decided if it was clever or cliché to personify the term 'thought police'…)
Tuvok investigates, and during the investigation, a second assault occurs. This time, an elderly woman kills the girl that Neelix was going on a date with. With the previous assailant and B'Ellana already under arrest, Tuvok realizes that there must be a separate cause of the attacks. He mind melds with B'Ellana, and finds that when she was bumped, the merchant she was with probed her thoughts in the moments directly afterwards. Tuvok seeks him out, and after initially giving him the brush-off, finds him dealing illegal thoughts. The violence prohibition has opened up a lucrative market in violence, and the merchant offers to deal with Tuvok for his. Tuvok threatens to take him in, so the merchant and his friends overpower him and try to probe his mind. Tuvok offers them willingly if they will mind meld, but then psychologically tortures the man. Tuvok brings him into custody right as constable Nimira has started B'Ellana's engram purge.
The last scene is Seven barging in on Captain Janeway without knocking. She argues that trying to reach home and meeting new species are incompatible goals. Janeway replies that it's the foundation of humans (and Starfleet) as a people, and to simply miss the opportunity they have would defeat their mission as a culture. Seven leaves with no ado, and Janeway is left a look that says she's going to soon readdress Seven's understanding of protocol.
Favorite Part: I like the idea of a prohibition style black market for thought; it says something about human nature.
Least favorite part: Nimira, she seemed quite unconcerned for the law as a woman of the law. She seemed more pissed off that she had to do work then she was over the beating or homicide. Also, Janeway looked a bit rough this episode.
Concerning Flight
Janeway is in her Da Vinci program, arguing with Leonardo about why he never finishes anything, when Chakotay communicates that they are under attack. The aliens are firing at voyager, but simultaneously beaming technology off the ship. They take the main computer core, weapons, torpedo casing, rations (WHY?), and the doctor's emitter. Naturally, the crew gets ready for a rescue/salvage operation.
Janeway and Tuvok head on a salvage operation, and find the alien who is selling their work. However, once they get there, they also find Da Vinci, who was also beamed off the ship since his program was running, and he is using the mobile emitter. He is acting as a living character who is now working for his patron prince. He has been designing his works, and the prince has given him a workshop filled with high end technology. Da Vinci believes that he is in America and that the Portuguese had brought him over on one of their advanced ships.
Janeway communicates to the ship that she has located the stolen goods, but the city is surrounded by a dampening field. As she finished her communications, she is caught by the alien who is selling the goods (Leonardo's "Prince"), but as he is about to shoot her, Da Vinci knocks him out and they flee from the guards.
As they flee, Da Vinci uses basic concepts to "brilliantly" give them advantages. Sun and shadows! The two of them go to the warehouse, and use signal amplifiers to have Voyager beam the computer out. As they flee out of the dispersal field, they get on his flying apparatus and glide off the cliff, out of the field and Voyager beams them up as the aliens passively watch them flying away.
Favorite part- Da Vinci raving about the Portuguese. It was also an interesting way to look at a technologically advanced unit from a non-technologically advanced point-of-view (Da Vinci). Da Vinici was enthralled by the advanced objects, but in the end, his simple craft brought them to safety.
Least favorite part- The whole episode seemed very contrived. I'm sure the writers just looked for a way to have Da Vinci be a full character in an episode and loosely wrote a weak plot around it.
To fuck with them I reckon. Like someone smashing your car window and stealing your wallet and the packet of cookies you'd left on the seat.
Harry Kim is like a black hole for all sexual desire. Not only does he screw up his own blundering attempts at relationships, but he has to cockblock everyone else at every opportunity.
Awesome! Well said.
Mortal coil
Neelix is the main character of the opener and it shows the various ways he is the "good guy" who goes out of his way to help people. He agrees to an away mission with chakotay, but before he goes he tells his god daughter a story about the great forrest( the Telaxian version of the after life), and helps 7 with her taste buds. While on the away mission, in the shuttle craft, Neelix is killed.
I knew he would be back somehow, it is Neelix! My husband kept taunting me that one of my favorite characters was dead, but I did not fall for it. How could we lose Neelix? He is to much of the "handy man/fix-all" to lose this early in the show. He lives because 7 is allowed to use her blood and nano probes to inject Neelix to bring him back to life. Janeway tries to make Neelix take time off, but he resists.
Neelix tells Chakotay he was disappointed because the great forest and guiding tree were not real, they did not show up when he was dead. chakotay tries to reassure him, but it did not work. He was angry and hurt. I like this episode because we get to see Neelix in a different perspective. He actually shows a new emotion besides happiness. Even when Kes left him he seemed content. In this episode we see his dark side. He is angry, hateful, and resentful.
When Neelix is putting Naoimi to bed she asks to her about the great forest and while he tried to settle her and make her sleep, you could hear the disillusionment in his voice. He lost his religion, and his wish to live. He no longer feels like himself any longer. He even hollowed at 7. He is so distraught that he asks Chakotay to aid him on a vision quest, so he could figure out what is wrong with him. After the quest Neelix feels that he needs to commit suicide.
A plea from Chakotay and a call from his goddaughter keep him from killing himself, but the episode never clarified what his final decision regarding his religion is. Did he reconcile himself with his religion in his decision to live, or did he chose to live because of his sense of duty?
Favorite part: the Kazon were unworthy of assimilation. Not sure why, but this cracked me up.
Least favorite part: the doctor tells Neelix he set a new world record for being dead the longest. The world? Which world? His home world? Earth?
I've said it before, but Ethan Phillips really showed his acting skills with "Mortal Coil". It had me wishing they'd given Neelix more serious moments dealing with his insecurities.
Message in a Bottle
Seven finds a communication relay that somehow extends all the way to the Alpha quadrant. At the exact time of finding it, a Starfleet vessel is in range of it, allowing them a chance for communication. For some reason, though, while they can see the other ship, they can't get a message through, so in a last ditch effort for communication, B'Elanna downloads the doctor and sends his program through the system.
The doctor finds himself in the sickbay of the Prometheus, a prototype starship in the Alpha quadrant. Unfortunately, the whole crew is dead, being killed by Romulans who are trying to steal the new technology on-board. The doctor activates the EMH on ship, who I assume was sardonically made to look like Andy Dick from their data base of 19th century earth as a joke, who has a typically whiny attitude and the Doctor must whip into line.
The Romulans are chased by a Federation ship, but they deploy a new tactical maneuver that breaks the ship into three parts and then disables it easily. The Doctor determines that they are headed back to Romulan space, and the two EMHs set to sabotaging the ship. The ship, being equipped with holoemiters everywhere, makes the whole ship accessible. However, one of the Romulans suspects them of their espionage, and is about to destroy the Doctor, when EMH mark 2 neutralizes the whole crew. However, the Romulans send ships to meet the Prometheus, and Starfleet has, too. They try to help, but only end up shooting a Starfleet vessel by accident. The Doctor remembers the separation sequence, however, and as the ship breaks apart, he remembers to tell the computer to shoot at the Romulans this time. They withdraw, and he saves the day.
The Doctor returns to Voyager, and relays a message to the Captain. Starfleet has begun working on a way to get them home. Suddenly 60,000 light years doesn't seem quite so far.
Favorite part: The doctor pushing around the newer, but bitchier, EMH.
Least Favorite part: While I know every other person out there is going to assume Andy Dick is front-runner, I have to go with the very premise of the storyline. You're going to send the doctor on a whim? REALLY? The most valuable, irreplaceable member of the crew for the entire crew's safety, and you're just going to shoot him through untested networks that can't send a verbal message with 45 seconds notice? He wasn't even asked. Mind you, an order is an order, but there's something about the way B'Elanna took him and sent him through that felt more like kidnapping.
Was Chakotay's warning that some people may not be over joyed that they are alive pointed at Janeway? Was that his hint to her that maybe your fiancé moved on, so keep considering me? Hint, hint, wink, wink....
I feel like Seven should be more confused. I like the idea of transforming a Borg, and adding her to the crew, but she does not seem to struggle enough. She is concerned about things that are important to Janeway and she responds to her like that is where her loyalty has always lain.
The ship receives letters from home. While this is a nice first transmission, should they not have sent useful information that may have helped them get home first? At least letters from home make for good TV. Neelix was the natural choice for the mailman.
Tuvok is so cute. He tried to pretend that he did not want to read the letter, but as soon as Neelix left he picked it up. Janeways response was sullen. I am not sure if she was happy about the letter from her fiancé or sad. Chakotay was sad because all of the Maquis except the Voyager crew are dead, slaughtered by the Cardassians and the Dominion.
The signal starts to degrade and seven goes in with Tuvok to fix it. She is worried about him going, thinking that it is an insult of the captains suspicion. As they come closer to the station,they are attacked and captured by hirogen hunters.
Tom gets a letter from his father. He's terrified of what it says. He has a better life on voyager than he ever had at home, and wanted to forget about it. Chakotay talks to Janeway, whose fiancé has married another woman. I feel like chakotay was veeeery interested to hear that... all in all, The letters from home haven't turned out very well for a lot of people...
Tuvok and seven have both awoken on the hirogen ship. They want to keep the trophies for their livers and intestines... I loved the exchange between the hirogen and seven... "What could you possibly want with my intestines?" "Men will envy me and women will desire me!" "You are a crude species."
The final conversation with Janeway and chakotay also felt like a very sexually charged atmosphere... Hoping to see some action for the officers soon!
Favorite part: the doctors musings with Seven about him becoming a hero, and her counter that they will probably erase his program and update him.
Least favorite part: the communication tower exploded...no more communications from home....sad, but understandable.
Imagine some aliens showed up out of no where and destroyed AT&T, if some space woogy got between you and your internet connection and you couldn't play World of Warcraft any more.
Qutluch is going to cut a B**ch.
The hirogen attack species8472 . I think the hirogen are going to get their asses kicked. Why is Seven hanging out on the bridge? Janeway certainly has a lot of patience with her. Janeway is very compassionate, and I sense she really wants to help Seven, but how much back talk will she take before her and Seven have to have a serious discussion? I just do not understand the role of Seven yet, although I love the acting! There just has not been enough conflict with her entry into the crew.
Members of Voyager board the damaged hirogen vessel. They save the pilot,and bring him to sickbay. Species 8472 also goes to the ship. The hirogen bargains with Janeway to let him hunt with her, and he will tell his species to leave Voyager alone.
Six ships are closing on their position, so time is running short in the hunt. 8472has sealed off a deck disabled the life support, and eliminated gravity. The crew, in their gravity suits, goes in with the hunter. There is a firefight, but the hirogen goes for a kill, making tuvok shoot him in the back. 8472 is injured and constrained by a force field. It makes a psychic link with tuvix, telling the story of its war against the Borg and how it only wants to go home. The captain tells seven to make a link to fluidic space, but she refuses. I think Janeway is losing her patience with Seven.
The six hirogen ships arrive, and they aren't ready. The hirogen approaches the force field, wanting to kill the alien, but the alien breaks free first. Seven hacks the transporters and beams them both to a hirogen ship. Voyager breaks free and flies to safety. Janeway reams Seven a new one, finally putting her into rank and file. She loses almost all of her privileges, and can either work astrometrics or stay in the cargo bay for the rest of the journey.
I assume the Hirogen will be the next antagonists for little while...At least I hope so. They amuse me with their hunting mentality. I do kind of wish we would have found out if the cauldron of boiling meat was their food....it would make a difference in how Startrek perceives them (at least I assume it would...I don't feel like Janeway would be as compasionate toward cannibals...)
Favorite part: Janeway finally puts Seven in her place.
Least favorite part: I really didn't dislike anything in this episode... Simply a well constructed piece of Star Trek !!!
8472: I see dead people!
That quip aside... commentary for a few episodes, you're back with a vengeance!
Message in a Bottle... cliche episode on a number of levels. If they got frequent flier light years for all the plot conveniences in this one episode, they'd be back home already. But despite all that Doctor centered episodes are fun. My favorite moment was when they fired and hit the wrong ship.
Hunters... well this really introduces the Hirogen. Sure they were in last episode briefly, but not much substance there. Or here really. They hunt people, they get off on it, they take trophies. Ah another cliche Trek race where all members conform to a single stereotype. Honestly I enjoyed the character moments the letters provided more than I did the "action" parts. But at least they got rid of that super plot convenience relay.
Prey... I guess it was nice to see Species 8472, and Tony Todd proves how awesome he is no matter what role he plays. No real lasting consequences on this one though. The Hirogen -will- still be after Voyager, 8472 won't care about them saving that fellow and Seven's grounding will last about as long as you think. As for your question regarding her role? Pretty much it's ship's smart person like Spock or Data. Unless you think the Kim/Torres duo did it properly?
Plus yeah... Janeway/Seven are either mother/daughter relationship or sleeping together. The fanbase is divided on this one to this day.
You know, that there are deleted scenes between those two in this episode? Scenes which show how close they could have been? But they cut the scenes.
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text: This is the Arizona state legislature for you. The Republican controlled legislature has approved of making Latinos second class citizens, claims President Obama is not a US Citizen (which I believe should qualify as treason), has said it is ok for husbands to rape their wives and that Martin Luther King Jr. is NOT a national hero. They are just one step away from putting Latinos into concentration camps, I better stop now, that just might give them the idea.


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ESRI (UK) partners with GeoComm to offer GIS Crime Analysis Capabilities to US Market
ESRI (UK), market leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), today announced that it has appointed public safety consulting and GIS specialists GeoComm as its exclusive distributor for the US launch of CrimeAnalyst, its crime analysis software already in widespread use around the world.
CrimeAnalyst is an extension for ESRI's ArcGIS which allows the public safety community to more effectively visualise, analyse and share crime data, going beyond traditional 'hot spot mapping' by considering not only "where" but "when" crimes occur through both spatial and time- based analysis, as well as other geographic profiling methods.
CrimeAnalyst increases analyst productivity by providing powerful insight into crime patterns in a community, and enabling repetitive tasks to be stored and re-used, saving valuable analyst time and allowing police resources to be targeted more effectively. The time saved can then be used to leverage CrimeAnalyst's more sophisticated capabilities, including repeat crime analysis or the visualisation of potential routes between crimes.
From its origins of having been widely employed within the UK police community and emergency services, CrimeAnalyst is now in use in more than ten countries around the world, including forces as diverse as Toronto Police, Zürich Police, Dutch National Police, Guatemala National Civil Police, City of Moscow, Bahrain as well as dozens of others forces and institutes.
GeoComm were ESRI's Business Partner of the year in 2008 and have developed a solid track record in the provision of GIS services and software to the public safety and law enforcement community in the US, with over 900 projects successfully delivered in 42 states since 1995. Now, CrimeAnalyst will add an important new analytical capability to their portfolio which already spans responder call mapping, vehicle location, emergency notification and data management systems.
"We are pleased to have this opportunity to provide law enforcement agencies a means to rapidly deliver geographic analysis of crime data for intelligence-led policing by using ESRI UK's Crime Analyst Extension," said Thomas Grones, GeoComm CEO/President. "This is a must-have tool for law enforcement agencies of any size. It can be easily incorporated into standard operations to aid in creating geospatial knowledge and situational awareness from a wide variety of data sources."
Richard Weiss, International Business Development Manager for ESRI (UK) believes GeoComm are the natural partner for CrimeAnalyst's expansion into the US market. "CrimeAnalyst has already proven itself around the world as an effective and easy-to-use tool for enabling police to meet their objectives more efficiently. We are delighted that forces in the US will now get to benefit from this product, and feel that GeoComm's vast experience in the public safety market will increase CrimeAnalyst's reach."
Branded for the U.S Market as GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst, it will be launched at the 2009 ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California 13-17th July, where both ESRI (UK) and GeoComm will provide further information and demonstrations for the public safety community.
About ESRI (UK)
ESRI (UK) is part of the global ESRI network. With the single, largest pool of GIS expertise in the UK, the company is the technical authority on GIS. ESRI (UK) provides solutions, technology and services including off the shelf applications built on the ArcGIS software suite and an extensive range of consulting and training services. Customers include Police Forces throughout England and Wales, all Scottish Police Forces, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and Community Safety Partnerships.
ESRI (UK) has been a trusted provider of GIS solutions and technology to the public sector for over 15 years, including working closely with the Public Safety community to deliver powerful solutions that help improve their service by extracting the greatest value from their information and enabling this intelligence to be more easily shared.
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North Carolina's top academic officer says reading specialist Mary Willingham's findings on athlete literacy levels are flawed, though she stands firm that her research is "100 percent correct."
In a meeting of the school's faculty council Friday, provost James W. Dean Jr. said there is "absolutely no basis whatsoever in the dataset to make any claim about the literacy of our student-athletes."
In an email to The Associated Press, Willingham said she had worked with "the overwhelming majority" of the students in the data set on reading and writing skills between 2004 and 2010.
The school has stopped Willingham's research until she receives approval from a review board due to privacy concerns. Willingham said she is scheduled to go before the board next week.


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Jeter takes batting practice; Granderson progressing
By Adam Berry / MLB.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- A day after running on the field, Yankees captain Derek Jeter hit on the field Wednesday for the first time since March 23.
Jeter took batting practice, fielded ground balls, threw to first base and ran three "arcs" in the outfield grass at the Yankees' Minor League complex Wednesday morning. Jeter ran a few sprints on the field Tuesday, which Yankees manager Joe Girardi considered a "big step" as Jeter continues to test his surgically repaired left ankle.
After going through four rounds of batting practice, Jeter played catch for a few minutes then moved to the infield grass to field 11 ground balls. He stepped back into the dirt and fielded about 40 more grounders at shortstop, moving a few steps to each side and making throws to first base for the first time.
Jeter then ran on the field for the second straight day, running back and forth three times between the foul lines on the shallow outfield grass, and walked off the field. He didn't appear to be running full speed.
Jeter hasn't played in a game since March 23, when he had four at-bats as the designated hitter in a Minor League game before experiencing soreness in his ankle. The Yankees haven't given a timetable for his return.
While Jeter took batting practice, Curtis Granderson was in center field tracking line drives and fly balls and flipping the balls back underhanded. Granderson, still wearing a brace on his fractured right forearm, said he should be able to start a throwing program Thursday, but he hasn't received final clearance to do so after undergoing follow-up X-rays on Tuesday.
Contrary to what Girardi said Tuesday, Granderson did not take any underwater swings Wednesday. Granderson was pleased with his progress so far, however, and hopes to start swinging a fungo bat this weekend.
"Everything's looking good," Granderson said.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Elk Mountains > Cathedral Peak > Climber's Log
Cathedral Peak Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: South Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006
|My first solo climb, and I'm glad I was alone. The rock fall in the gully is no joke!! The gully was free of snow and the dirt was very soft. I did not see anyone until my return to the lake. Unless you count the deer that was stupid enough to run out in front of my car in mile 8 of Castle Creek Road!
|Posted Aug 12, 2006 10:32 pm
|Cool Peak and Lake
Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2004
|Climbed in Fall with stud cuz Ross Schnell adn brother Dirk.
|Posted Jul 26, 2006 8:25 pm
|east couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006
|fun couloir! the snow was very hard in the top half requiring solid kick steps and front pointing with the ice axe for safe forward movement. this is an awesome peak!
|Posted Jul 1, 2006 12:28 am
|I love my Ice Axe
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|My first big mountain of the season and wow what a day it was! I went solo and made great time to the lake. 1.5 hours. Climbed the steep snow gully to the south ridge. The snow was very hard and difficult to get my ice axe into very far. After reaching the summit I admired the views and then headed back down the same route. The snow in the gully was still very hard and due to the steepness of the gully I didn't feal comfortable glissading. I opted to pludge step my way down and about half way down my boot slipped out and I started to slide out of control. This really freaked me out as the gully was so steep. Thank god I had my ice axe as I used it to self arrest successfully. Hate to think of what could have happened had I not arrested.
|Posted Jun 19, 2006 12:06 am
|via south ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
|A very rewarding climb, probably one of the most scenic I have been on in CO. There's the steep climb on a nice trail to Cathedral Lake, the routefinding, the boulder hopping, and the sweet snow climb up the gully to the ridge. I wouldn't do this peak without snow cover in the gully though. Incredible views!
|Posted Jun 13, 2006 10:50 pm
|Brian Kalet
|East Face
Date Climbed: May 28, 2006
|Skied from the summit!
|Posted May 30, 2006 4:28 pm
|Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: July 22, 2004
|The top half of the gully was "snow" filled, if you want to call it snow. It was a granular, miserable mix of wet, icy slush which provided adequate but not great footing. An ice axe was absolutely essential, not only on this stuff, but also in the soft dirt and mud in the bottom half. The fall risk was real. I stuck (excuse the expression) as much as possible to the right wall of the gully, using whatever hand holds I could find as I negotiated my way up. I used my axe like an ice climbing tool going up, digging into the snow for purchase. Getting up to the summit from the saddle was nothing compared to getting up the gully. Just before descending the gully a boulder the size of a small desk let loose from the saddle, going straight down and not stopping for anything. Anybody who would have been unfortunate enough to have been in its path at the time would have been creamed. Anyhow, the effort it took to ascend the gully made the climb most rewarding. This is a great mountain.
|Posted Jul 24, 2004 12:54 am
|Route Climbed: East Ridge. Date Climbed: 8-12-2002
|I absolutely love my hikes in the Elks. This was a quite eventful day. It started with a weird experience before the sun had come up. At 4:00 a.m. I was hiking with my headlamp on and remember almost tripping on some guy that was sleeping directly on the trail about 2 miles up from the TH. It spooked the hell out of me. Some old man just laying there in his nasty sleeping bag out in the wilderness.
"Persistance" seems to be a fitting word to describe this day. If your interested here is my trip report.
|Posted Jun 16, 2003 10:45 pm


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Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 7:30 until 4:30 during the school year. Summer hours are 7:30 to 4:30 on Thursdays and Fridays only. The Nursery School follows the same schedule as the local school systems. Additionally, it is closed most holidays.
Staff: Our staff is certified in CPR and First Aid. All staff members receive a minimum of 18 hours of training in child-related workshops. The director receives 18 or more hours of training annually.
Licensure: The center is licensed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services and is evaluated annually.
Contact: Judy Tucker at 984-0667
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|International Space Station Imagery
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|JSC2013-E-013835 (7 March 2013) --- At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 35/36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA (right) signs a ceremonial book March 7 during traditional pre-launch activities as his crewmate, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov looks on. Cassidy, Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin will launch to the International Space Station March 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo credit: NASA
Curator: JSC PAO Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 03/28/2013


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