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Fernandez sets Marlins franchise rookie record
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- The record came in a bittersweet first inning on Friday night for Jose Fernandez, but the big picture puts the achievement in perspective.
With an 81-mph curveball, Fernandez struck out Chris Johnson swinging to establish a Marlins rookie strikeout record.
The K, his second in the inning, gave Fernandez 167 on the season, breaking Scott Olsen's previous mark of 166 set in 2006.
Fernandez turned in a solid performance on another frustrating night for the Marlins, who lost, 2-1, to the Braves at Turner Field.
In six innings, Fernandez allowed two runs on three hits, and he finished with eight strikeouts, giving him 173 on the season.
Like he's done with everything in his rookie season, Fernandez is taking his strikeout record in stride.
"I don't know what to say about that," he said. "I guess it's good. It's whatever, though. Hopefully, we'll get a win tomorrow and have fun."
Facing a tough Braves lineup at Turner Field, Fernandez wasted little time matching Olsen's record that stood for more than 6 1/2 seasons.
Fernandez struck out Jordan Schafer with an 82-mph curveball to lead off the first inning. From there, Miami's rookie ace encountered some trouble. He allowed a double to Elliot Johnson, followed by an elevated changeup that Freddie Freeman crushed for a two-run homer to center.
After falling behind by two quick runs, Fernandez quickly struck out Johnson.
Friday's loss was the first for Fernandez since July 7 at St. Louis. In August, the rookie has been dominant. For the month, he struck out 49 in 39 innings. It's the second-highest strikeout total for any month in Marlins history. In 2008, Ricky Nolasco fanned 51 in August.
One of the promising young pitchers in the game, Fernandez is making his mark on team history in a season he was initially expected to start off at Double-A Jacksonville. But due to shoulder injuries to Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez at the end of Spring Training, Fernandez was a surprising choice to make Miami's Opening Day roster.
Five years after defecting from Cuba at age 15, Fernandez found himself in the big leagues two years after being Miami's first-round pick in 2011. He also made the leap without previously pitching higher than Class A.
"I started thinking about it," said Miami manager Mike Redmond, a former catcher. "I caught Francisco Liriano, Johan Santana, Dontrelle Willis, Josh Beckett, A.J. Burnett, Brad Penny. It's a pretty decent list of pitchers there."
Of all of them, Redmond notes Fernandez is the "most polished" as a rookie.
"Josh had a real good fastball and a decent changeup," Redmond said. "He didn't really locate his breaking ball. That was a work in progress.
"A.J. had a really good fastball and a big curveball, he struggled throwing it for strikes. A lot of those guys, it took them a few years to really perfect their pitching and how to pitch. Jose had a real good feel for pitching and how to pitch. His pitches are pretty polished."
Dietrich among Marlins prospects to play in AFL
ATLANTA -- The Marlins have yet to announce whether Derek Dietrich will be part of their September callup group, but the 24-year-old second baseman already is committed to playing fall ball.
Dietrich is one of seven Miami prospects slated to play for Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.
Dietrich is currently playing for Double-A Jacksonville, where he is starting to heat up. He's riding a four-game hitting streak, going 9-for-14 in the stretch.
He did exit after an RBI single for the Suns on Thursday due to back spasms.
Over his last 10 games, Dietrich is hitting .412. For the season, the former Georgia Tech star is hitting .271 with 11 homers and 38 RBIs at Double-A.
Dietrich spent time this season with the Marlins, getting promoted in early May due to an intercostal injury to Donovan Solano.
In 57 games with Miami, the rookie batted .214 with nine homers and 23 RBIs. Combining his big league and Minor League totals, Dietrich has connected on 20 homers.
Still, there are parts of his all-around game the club would like to see improvement, which is why he will be heading to the Arizona Fall League.
"We're looking for him to be more consistent in the strike zone and hit some offspeed pitches," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "He's still got areas of his game he needs to sharpen up and work on. We talked about when he came up that he really wasn't a guy we anticipated coming up when he did. He did a nice job and he learned a lot. At the same time, too, the Fall League is a good time to extend his season a little bit. Give him some more time and give him the best opportunity to come into Spring Training and make the team."
Also heading to the Arizona Fall League is lefty Andrew Heaney, 22, the organization's top pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Miami's No. 2 prospect is a combined 9-3 with a 1.60 ERA overall at Class A Jupiter and Jacksonville. Since joining the Suns, he is 4-1 with a 2.94 ERA in six starts .
Third baseman Colin Moran, Miami's first-round pick this season, also will be heading to Arizona. So is lefty reliever Edgar Olmos, 23, who had a brief stint with Miami and is now at Double-A.
Right-handed relievers Nick Wittgren and Colby Suggs are on the list, as is Double-A outfielder Brent Keys.
Rookie reliever Ramos racking up strikeouts
ATLANTA -- Another hard-throwing Marlins right-hander ranks among the rookie leaders in strikeouts.
A.J. Ramos has fanned 73 batters, which is tied for the second most of any MLB rookie reliever.
Miami's Jose Fernandez tops all rookies with 165 strikeouts entering Friday. But among rookie relievers, St. Louis' Trevor Rosenthal leads the pack with 87 strikeouts. Ramos and Cleveland's Cody Allen are tied for second.
"I've thrown a lot of innings, so I've had a lot of opportunities to strike out people," Ramos said. "I guess I've taken advantage of that."
Ramos actually paces all rookie relievers innings pitched with 68 2/3.
Along with a 95-mph fastball, Ramos has logged his share of strikeouts with his slider and curveball. And against left-handed hitters, he's used his changeup to put batters away.
Ramos has been used primarily in the seventh and eighth innings. Like all relievers, he aspires to someday close. For now, he is gaining valuable experience trying to log those final outs.
"The eighth and ninth innings are when people start to press and put on the pressure," Ramos said. "We put a lot of pressure on ourselves, too. For me, the main thing is slowing the game down.
"Taking it pitch by pitch instead of trying to go for that third out when you only have one. Sometimes you look ahead too far, and it can mess with your focus."
Webb recovering from being struck by foul ball
ATLANTA -- Marlins reliever Ryan Webb is fine after receiving a scare on Thursday during batting practice at Washington.
In a fluke incident, Webb was struck on the back, in his spine, by a liner off the bat of Nationals veteran Scott Hairston.
Webb was limbering up with the team in foul territory on the third-base side when Hairston -- hitting inside the cage -- severely pulled the ball into foul territory.
Hairston immediately checked on Webb, who was knocked down and dazed because he didn't realize what happened. Hairston and Webb were teammates a few years ago in San Diego, and the two talked after the game.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gamify is a PHP class that can manage user experience points and achievements to implement site game logic. It can create database tables that can record the values of experience points earned by site users that accomplish certain achievements. The class can manage the records of site users participating in the site gaming activities, the user achievements, the levels, and experience that they earn. It can also obtain user statistics and top users listings.
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"Gorday traces the complex situation in Fénelon's time and the varying perspectives of his interpreters. He declares him not cunning but tough as a thinker. In this book, we get not only a fascinating story but also a subtle guide to self-examination."Eugene TeSelle


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5th International Congress for Cognitive Psychotherapy
Gothenberg, Sweden (June 14-18, 2005)
Dr. Beck receives honorary doctorate degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Aaron T. Beck, M.D. and Matthew Schure, Ph.D. (Courtesy of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bruce Fairfield, photographer.)
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There are too many fake client and freelancer in odesk. Now its so tough to get a job. Do you know any other alternative site like odesk??
How Important to give a test in odesk?? I think buyers are not search the profile and the don't see the result. My assumption may be wrong. But i think.
Why odesk don't delete the fake client account that is not verified..??
as per my observation and experience, i find odesk the best platform to get online job or to get your work done online. You are right, there are some issues with fake clients, but this is what happens when you work Online. About tests, yes they are important, but again it depends what type of tests you have given and what type of test your Employer is looking for.
Thanks for your advice .
Hey Chelsea - sorry so late to this. I can tell you from the perspective of hiring freelancers..we've used freelancer.comgroups.drupal.org/jobsauthenticjobs.com
Good Luck!
Odesk is the best.Nothing can be compared with odesk.But i heard that elance.com is a popular site for the freelancers.I have a account there.Odesk delete fake client cause they post a job bt they dont hire anyone.they make the workers frustrated.
look at the reviews about the client before applying for job in odesk.
I know I'm late to the party but I only wanted to comment something about this. Fake clients have always existed, online or offline
The main difference is that offline you may know his real name and face
@ChelseaDCollins ;
That is not a good idea, because you will never know if is a fake client or new client (willing to pay).I'm both a freelancer and client in odesk.I also hire freelancers in odesk as a client.
Odesk is best. Odesk is best source to get online job. peopleperhour, freelancer etc also good option. I have account on odesk from 2010, but i still not get any job from there....
So it's the best source to get a job, but you haven't gotten any for three years now? That's a bummer, isn't it?
I not get any project from odesk on my profile, is true. There can be reasons because I not worked so much for my odesk profile, I have my company profiles on odesk and I work from those different profiles and our company not get any problem from odesk.


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Clarkson University Magazine: Faculty Research Briefs
Mechanical engineering professors Douglas G. Bohl and Brian Helenbrook are working to design a faster, more aerodynamic sled for the USA Luge Team in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The Clarkson team is looking at the aerodynamic shell and aerodynamic shape of the sled as a whole. Luge is the only Winter Olympics gravity sport measured to 1/1000th of a second, so very small changes in drag can greatly affect times.
The researchers have developed a computer model of a sled with a slider on it, computing the drag and examining the flow, and are working with an actual sled in Clarkson's wind tunnel to make drag measurements.
Eventually, a sled will be built based on the Clarkson team's research and taken to the low speed (sub-sonic) wind tunnel at the San Diego Air and Space Technology Center where USA Luge sleds are tested.
Placid Boatworks, a custom canoe shop in Lake Placid, N.Y., builds the pods that act as a seat for the athletes. The kufens, which are the bridge between the steel runners and the pod, are hand carved from ash and wrapped in fiberglass.


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There are a number of challenges to saving an endangered language from documenting to teaching, but those aren't stopping language specialists from the Cherokee Nation, the University of Kansas (KU) and the University of Oklahoma.
The nation has been working on a number of initiatives over the last two decades to revitalize the Cherokee language including establishing a searchable Cherokee Electronic Dictionary (CED) and the Cherokee Nation Immersion School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
The CED has helped with the challenge of documenting the language. "I think we have much better ways of documenting languages now than just writing it. Writing is important, but technology has helped us record the spoken voice in action and preserve it in many different ways," Akira Yamamoto, professor emeritus of anthropology and linguistics at KU, said. He is on the linguistics team that is developing the CED.
The latest effort—the Documenting Cherokee Tone Project—will add a spoken element to the 10,000 entries in the CED. That's where Lizette Peter, an assistant professor of curriculum and teaching and a specialist in second language acquisition in KU's School of Education, comes in. She ended up in one of Yamamoto's endangered language courses as a graduate student and was hooked. She now works with the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina and the Indigenous Language Institute in New Mexico to help preserve the language.
Peter is one of three recipients of grants totaling just under $200,000 from the Documenting Endangered Languages program—through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation—that will be used to document Cherokee tone and vowel length.
She said the project will improve proficiency in the Cherokee language and increase linguistic understanding of tonal languages.
"Cherokee is a tonal language, and a shift in tone or the length of a vowel, or both, can change the meaning of a word," Peter said. For example, expressions for the term meaning "food or groceries" or "time to eat" differ only in the initial tone on the first and last vowels.
"A unique component of our project," Peter noted, "is that we pair fluent, native speakers with highly proficient second language learners to do the documentation work. This builds internal capacity for knowledge of the language."
This goes back to the teaching challenge, while there are nearly 300,000 Cherokee Nation citizens, few under the age of 40 can converse in Cherokee.
During the first year of the two-year tone project the group will focus on recording and transcribing audio for every entry in the CED. The second year will focus on developing materials and methods to teach language students to hear and pronounce the distinctions of vowel lengths and tone.
The Cherokee Immersion School—a place where all lessons are taught in Cherokee—opened in 2001, and will be a site for the tone project's teaching component. Peter has been working with the staff there since it started, and feels that being bilingual offers a great advantage to students.
"I feel very committed to this," she said. "This has been a mutually respectful relationship," Peter said of her work with the Cherokee. "Together we've developed a curriculum with their teachers to educate the children, and they've allowed us to do research on saving languages with them."


text: MINNESOTA: Well, I went and did it. I bought a motorcyle. Wanted a BMW since I was stationed in Germany in '79. All you pros may think me crazy but I went in all the way and got a 2008 K1200GT. I have an old friend that has 130,000 milies on his BMW. He coached me and I'll take the course and start off slow. Will need your help too as I start this journey.


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The people have spoken. And surprise, surprise, they got it right.
Bryce Harper did not win the online voting contest for the final spot on the NL All-Star team. He finished third. Expect Harry Reid to demand an investigation into voter suppression any second now.
The Senate Majority Leader was part of the misbegotten Get Out The Bryce Vote campaign in Washington. Wow, what if Harper led the league in hitting and steals?
He'd be Mike Trout. And they'd already be building a monument to him on the National Mall.
Such is the fascination with Harper, which is why the fan voting was so unexpected. We live in the Age of Kardashian, where popularity trumps accomplishment.
I'm not saying that Bryce is the next Kourtney or Kim, but I would have bet Bruce Jenner's Botox budget that hype alone would have gotten Harper to next week's game in Kansas City.
Fans will now have to get by on another rookie phenom, namely the guy from Anaheim. Trout deserved a starting spot but still made it as a backup.
I just wish there would have been a head-to-head fan vote between Trout and Harper. That way we could have really put popularity vs. accomplishment to the test.
Trout is batting .348, with 10 home runs, 38 RBIs and 26 steals. He also had the catch of the year, when he almost leaped over the fence to steal a home run in Baltimore last week.
Closer to Earth, Harper is batting .283, with 8 home runs, 25 RBIs and 8 steals.
Those are mighty impressive numbers for a 19-year-old. It's just that every time I see a Harper update on ESPN, which is about 18 times a day, I can't help thinking of Trout.
To be fair, Trout does have the advantage of being a year older than Harper. Both started the season in the minors and made their 2012 debuts on April 28. It's no coincidence that the Nationals and Angels are among the majors' winningest teams since then.
The last time a Washington team led the standings on July 4 was 1933. The operative phrase right now in D.C. is "Natitude," and a lot of it is thanks to Harper.
Baseball has been awaiting his arrival since he made the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 16-year-old. It's not just Harper's skills. It's his swagger, his hair and just his overall Bryce-ness.
When he told a reporter, "That's a clown question, bro," the phrase became the rage. Under Armour started selling clown-themed shirts for $24.99.
In a Congressional first, Reid used the line to respond a reporter's question about the Dream Act. Like Harper, Reid is from Nevada. His fascination with the Las Vegas native isn't just political.
Trout has to leap over fences to get noticed. Harper does it without even trying. Fans are already split on whether they prefer to see him hit a home run or get dusted by a pitcher.
That makes him great for TV ratings and merchandise sales, which is really all that matters these days. FOX executives were undoubtedly bummed when the fan voting was announced Thursday.
The All-Star Game is also the debut of baseball TV rookie Erin Andrews. The paparazzi would have swarmed as she sat in the dugout next to Harper, giving him tips on how to make "Dancing With The Stars." You know at least one senator would vote for him.
"Today I'm casting a big vote: Bryce Harper for All Star team," Reid tweeted earlier this week.
If only he would organize a vote on the national budget. But Bryce Fever trumps everything right now in D.C. John Wall, Brian Orakpo and Robert Griffin III were also part of the Twitter campaign.
When the ballots were counted, all the king's horses, all the Congressional pressure and all the ESPN exposure couldn't get Harper to Kansas City.
It was a setback for hype but should at least temporarily restore your faith in the voting public. However, Bryce fans shouldn't be too depressed.
He'll probably make the next 15 All-Star teams, and deservedly so. This year, however, only one phenom earned the honor.
If you have to ask who it is, that would truly be a clown question, bro.
MORE: Harper having fun, learning the game from Nationals' veterans


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The win not only secures them a spot in the Class 2A state tournament, it marks the most points the team has scored all year.
"We're very excited," head coach Cody Vaught said. "The team believed they coudl win, but I don't think they believed they could win by such a wide margin."
The Wildcats wracked up 20 assists, which Vaught said was key to their winning the game. Jordan Chisum had eight assists and Hunter Davis had four.
"We played tough man-to-man defense," Vaught said. "We kept at it and we moved the ball really well with 20 assists."
The Wildcats only led by three after the first quarter, 20-17, but began widening the margin by halftine. When the teams took to the locker room for the break the score was 47-34. After the third quarter, Hector outscored Magazine 28-7 to put the game out of reach.
Chandler Stanek led Hector in scoring with 26 points, followed by Hays, who finished with a double-double: 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Davis knocked back 15 points and Jacob Cronister added 13 to contribute to the Wildcat victory.
"We have our spot in state," Vaught said. "From here we're just playing for seeding."
Dover Lady Pirates slip from tournament
MAUMELLE — After winning the 4A District tournament, the Dover Lady Pirates were bumped from the first round of the 4A Regional tournament held in Maumelle on Thursday. The Lady Pirates slipped behind the Gentry Lady Pioneers 54-42.
Dover led 11-9 after the first quarter and continued to lead, 20-15 at the half, however, a 23-9 run by the Lady Pioneers in the third halted Dover's hopes for a state championship run.
Kaitline Meador chipped in 14 points for the Lady Pirates, followed by Carlee Williams who scored 10 points.
Prairie Grove SG 51, Dardanelle 23
MAUMELLE — The Dardanelle Lady Sand Lizards saw their season come to a close with a 51-23 loss to the Prairie Grove Lady Tigers in the first round of the 4A regional tournament.
Korlin Cunningham put in 16 points for the Lady Lizards, but it was to no avail. Amy Duncan added three points and Kelly Farris and Stefanie Traigle each added two.


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McMurry University hit 20-of-24 free throws in the second half to overcome a 39-36 halftime deficit and slipped past the University of the Ozarks 75-69 in American Southwest Conference play Tuesday night.
The Eagles (5-7, 4-4) held a narrow 3-point advantage at the half and limited McMurry (7-5, 5-3) to only one lead in the first 20 minutes of action.
Ozarks jumped out to a 12-7 lead when Ted Beard converted two free throws at the 15:08 mark. McMurry battled back to take a 15-14 lead with 12:53 left.
Ozarks then made a nice run when Chris Clark made a 3-pointer and Chris Williams hit a jumper and a free throw to give Ozarks a 23-17 advantage with 10:07 remaining. Ozarks pushed its advantage to as many as seven points on two occasions, but McMurry narrowed the gap going into halftime.
Ozarks had the lead for most of the second half, including a 67-64 advantage after Habeeb Kareem scored on a layup with 2:31 left.
Kareem led Ozarks with 22 points and Chris Clark had 11 points. Ted Beard added 10 points. Chris Clark led with nine rebounds. Jeremy Clark had five assists.
Ozarks is scheduled to travel to Marshall, Texas, to face East Texas Baptist University today and Longview, Texas, to face LeTourneau University on Saturday.
Tipoff for today's game is 5:30 p.m. for the women and 7:30 p.m. for the men.


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Date: February 20, 2012 11:21AM
I am considering putting together a slideshow of photos/info of raw eaters.
If I get enough submissions, I will release the link to the public.
For those who wish to participate, I will be taking the following:
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Guest Opinion: Businesses Bring Loyalty and Profitability
The pace of small business growth has been unprecedented over the past few years. Small businesses employ nearly half of the U.S. private payroll, accounting for nearly two-thirds of job growth since 1993.
Credit union CEOs and boards not offering business services currently are evaluating the opportunity to serve these members as part of their strategic planning. The opportunities for profitable growth from offering small business services are generally outstanding, as these members tend to be the most loyal and profitable to the credit union.
Loan Growth—In addition to contributing to the credit union's balance sheet growth and profitability, business loans enable the credit union to have a more diversified loan portfolio. This can improve profits and lower risk in the long term.
Deposit Growth—Growth and revenues for business deposits and cash management products often outpace business loans in credit unions.
Personal Products/Services—Business owners tend to move most or all of their personal deposits, consumer loans and real estate loans to the institution that meets their small business needs. As a result, the total relationship is very profitable and is sustainable.
New Select Employee Groups— Although many credit unions have moved to community charters, adding SEGs is still an excellent marketing and sales strategy. Credit unions that offer business services have a new source for adding SEGs and building lasting relationships. Even if your credit union has a community charter, SEG relationships offer the least expensive, most rewarding means of direct marketing.
If your credit union is not already providing services to small businesses, evaluating this opportunity can be part of your next strategic planning meeting. The facilitator can open the session by providing a review of the strategic analysis and present research that includes both external and internal considerations as the foundation to evaluate the opportunity.
External Considerations
The external analysis should include various trends, driving forces and other factors that will influence the organization's direction and goals. External considerations may affect your decision to offer business services, or provide insight into how to offer the service while mitigating risk and maximizing service to members.
A few statistics offer proof.Small businesses employ 44% of U.S. private payroll and generated 65% of new jobs over the past 17 years.
New small businesses use owner equity for financing but receive about three quarters of their funds from banks.
Banks are not meeting the needs of many small businesses. Consolidations have alienated many business customers. Despite an increasing need, bank loans to small businesses have declined recently. Community banks under $1 billion in assets have been weakened by high-risk construction and commercial real estate loans. As a result, many cannot meet the needs of a growing small business market.
Effective July 21, 2011, Regulation Q, which prevented banks from paying interest on business transactions, is no longer in place. This presents an opportunity for credit unions, as banks will be reluctant to change their pricing.
Technology advances allow small businesses to complete their transactions without visiting a branch. This allows credit unions to compete while keeping costs down.
CUNA is urging Congress to increase the member business lending cap to 25%, projecting the creation of 125,000 new jobs. Low-income designated credit unions already have an MBL exemption. Rules to obtain an LID recently changed. Credit unions previously ineligible using the standard process can now use member income verification.
The internal trends analyze strengths and weaknesses unique to each credit union. What follows is an analysis of the overall credit unions industry. Your team's work will provide specific data to include for your strategic planning meeting. Consider the following:
Overall Growth
Membership growth continues to be slow and was only 0.7% in 2010. Deposit and loan growth declined from the prior year with 4.4% deposit growth in 2010 and a negative 1.2% loan growth in 2010. The loan to savings ratio declined from 82.3% in 2006 to 72.2% at year-end 2010.
Loan Growth
Growth in member business loans outpaced all other loan categories each year since 2006:Growth in other categories was low or negative in 2010:
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The best way for fifth graders at Russellville's Upper Elementary School to learn about etiquette is practice. The school's Valentine Tea provided the perfect setting in which to do it, according to Counselor Mary Baker.
"It's like anything else," Baker said. "We can talk about it and practice it in the classroom, but it takes on a whole different meaning when they come in here. It's that final step."
The school has hosted a Valentine Tea for its students every year since fifth graders from various elementary schools throughout the district were brought together at Upper Elementary, Baker said.
For the special occasion, students are asked to dress more formally - girls in dresses or skirts and boys in suits or slacks and dress shirts.
Baker said what the students have been learning about manners for the last four weeks comes together at the tea.
"They go through the line and serve themselves," she said. "They have to hold the plate and cup in their laps. We also have a time where the students mingle and introduce themselves to members of a different class. We ask them to find someone they don't know and learn something they have in common with that person and something that's different."
Students are served finger sandwiches, cookies and small candies as well as punch. Baker said they must apply what they've learned about manners when they're serving themselves as well as when they're eating and visiting with other students.
"As this day approaches, they get excited," Baker said. "But they also have a lot of questions. They really have to be aware of how to act appropriately in different settings."
The tea was held throughout the day, with two classes participating at a time. Baker said classes from different groups were paired for the tea so the students would meet other students they didn't already know.
She said students respond well to the event.
"Their appearance completely changes their whole behavior," Baker said. "It almost makes you want to dress them up every day."
According to Baker, the event originally started with fifth graders at Oakland Heights Elementary School.
"When all of the fifth graders came together, it was something we wanted to do for all of them," she said.
"This is the beginning of their pre-teen years, and they're going to be going through a lot of new experiences. The need for that new behavior is so important."
Baker said she begins teaching fifth graders a unit on etiquette and manners following the Christmas break.
She said one important lesson the students must learn is that the more formal an event becomes, the more planning is involved and the more ordered and quieter it becomes.
"That's all about growing up," Baker said. "Learning the right behavior, the right dress - it's all important for them to learn to behave appropriately for all occasions.
"It's all about who we are. This is not just a Valentine Tea. This is something you need to know for the rest of your life."


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She had hosted Susan Steele Sampson, wife of Kentucky's governor, the previous year at her first American Folk Song Festival, held at the Traipsin' Woman Cabin. Now, in August 1931, Jean Thomas found herself invited to the Governor's mansion in Frankfort to discuss the creation of an American Folk Song Society and an annual festival open to the public. How did Thomas get to this point, and why did she call herself the "Traipsin' Woman?"Jean Thomas was born Jeanette Mary Francis de Assisi Aloysius Marcissum Garfield Bell in Ashland, Kentucky in 1881. She earned the nickname "Traipsin' Woman" when, as a teenager in the 1890s, she defied convention to attend business school, learn stenography, and become a court reporter, traveling by jolt wagon to courts in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.
Using money saved from her court reporter wages, Thomas moved to New York, where she attended Hunter College and the Pulitzer School of Journalism. She married accountant Albert Thomas in 1913, a marriage which lasted only one year. She then held a variety of jobs, including work as a script girl for Cecil B. de Mille's The Ten Commandments, as secretary to the owner of the Columbus Senators of the National League and as press agent for Ruby "Texas" Guinan, the notorious entertainer and owner of prohibition-era speakeasies.
In 1926 Jean Thomas met William Day, a blind fiddler from Rowan County. Using the skills she had acquired as press agent and manager, she changed his name to Jilson Settles, secured recording contracts and booked him (as the "Singin Fiddler from Lost Hope Hollow") in theaters. Day eventually played in London's Royal Albert Hall. He was the subject of Thomas' first book, Devil's Ditties (1931). Thomas went on to author another seven books including the semi-autobiographical The Traipsin' Woman (1933), The Singing Fiddler of Lost Hollow (1938), and The Sun Shines Bright (1940).
The first American Folk Song Festival was held in 1932 in Jean Thomas' home town of Ashland, and featured 18 acts. During the early years of the American Folk Song Festival, Jean Thomas carried a camera wherever she went as she sought out musicians who would perform at the annual event.
At the 8th festival, TIME magazine (June 30, 1938) noted with amusement that the musicians were presenting not only "ballads and hymns that can be traced to Elizabethan England," but also "ballads from yesterday's newspaper headlines." One such example, titled "Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Brave Engineer (to the tune of Casey Jones)" [musician not cited in article]:
Now some folks kick, say he didn't cut his pay
Remember, he's not fishing, he's working every day
He gave the Republicans a mighty slam
He didn't take twelve years to start the Coal Creek Dam
He sent word to foreign countries, both near and far
Just what to expect if they started to war
He put the mills to working under the N. R. A.
Which means shorter hours, and much more pay
He's made his stand, and you know he's tried
He's made many friends on the Republican side
He's balanced the budget with revenue
He's brought back whiskey and the three point two
With the exception of the years 1943-1948, the American Folk Song Festival was held annually until failing health forced Thomas to retire in 1972.
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BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins Juniors team of the Salvation Army League got in the win column last week with a 21-13 win over county rival Snow Hill.
The Dolphins Juniors team, ages 11-13, had taken a couple of tough losses early in the season, but beat the Eagles, 21-13, for their first win. The game started rough for the Dolphins, who fumbled the opening kick-off and watched Snow Hill march down the field for an early 6-0 lead. However, the Dolphins answered quickly, ending a long drive of their own with a two-yard keeper by quarterback Danny Beck. The Dolphins converted the extra point and took an early 7-6 lead.
Snow Hill responded quickly, however, marching straight down the field for a touchdown and a successful extra point to take a 13-7 lead. Again, Berlin had the answer, going on perhaps their best drive of the season, a 10-play drive punctuated by a five-yard TD run by Jared King to retake the lead at 14-13 going into halftime.
After the wild scoring barrage in the first half, the Berlin defense settled down and dominated the second half. The score remained 14-13 for much of the third quarter before the Berlin defense forced the issue. Berlin's Gus Esham forced a fumble on a quarterback sack, scooped up the ball and returned it deep into Snow Hill territory as the third quarter came to an end.
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I've been walking on egg shells ever since the mysterious chest pains two weeks ago described here. The symptoms didn't match a classic MI, but they didn't respond quite like an ulcer or a gall bladder deal either, and they seem to get a little worse when my heart rate increased. That last thing scared me shitless. It started when I saw my PCP last week, she suspected some sort of upper GI issues and did a routine EKG as a precaution. A few minutes later she came back in, looking grim, and told me I needed to see a cardiologist immediately. She wouldn't say what her concern was, I'm not sure if she knew, but the look on her face scared me. So off I went to the cardio and found out I DO have a serious condition …
After checking me out the cardio scheduled some bloodwork, but he was able to put my anxiety at ease telling me "I have a strong suspicion what's going on". First he explained that just like some people have larger or smaller hands for their size, hearts also vary a bit. He told me I happen to have a large heart for my size, the exact words he used were "A large, well conditioned, middle-aged but athletic heart."
It seems I'm just a big-hearted guy! And that can cause little features on the EKG to look markedly different, especially when hooked up by a non cardio PA and read by a non specialist PCP. To the untrained eye, there's one little inverted wiggle that can superficially signal a number of things, one being a grossly enlarged heart (the feature is called an inverted T-wave). An enlarged heart can mean left ventricular hypertrophy, which would mean early congestive heart failure usually produced after years of hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, years of alcohol/drug abuse, and/or congenital heart probs. It can be mitigated if caught early, but pronounced LVH means at best a complete lifestyle change, it commonly involves surgery at some point like a bypass or angioplasty, maybe a pacemaker and embedded shock device as it gets worse; LVH is usually progressive and, technically, terminal. People diagnosed early can lead more or less normal lives for a few years, sometimes even fore decades, but more often than not it tends to get worse and in really late stages can only be treated with a heart assist of some kind, transplant, or death.
That's alway bothered me from a solution perspective. Unlike your liver or pancrease or so many other organs, the heart performs one simple task: it's a pump, we all know what it does, it's a mechanical device. Considering that the failure of that pump for one reason or another is the leading cause of US deaths, it just seems like we could and should have more research into better artificial hearts,
But my cardio could tell with tests, listening to it and by examining film that that's not the case for me. He also poked around, had me lay prone and in various positions and then laid the mostly likely verdict on me: An aggravated upper GI hernia!
Hernias come in two main flavors, hiatal or upper hernia and a lower hernia. Both occur when a pinch of bowel gets in between the GI tract and the holes in the diaphragm where the GI tract goes in right before the stomach or back out right before the rectum, but they produce different symptoms. The upper version is notorious for feeling like a scary chest pains and/or a terrible case of heartburn. Mine had both qualities.
It hurt more when I ate AND when my heart rate increased, but never goes completely away. It turns out it's not the heart or the stomach per se, it's the increased stomach activity produced by food moving through and touching the pinched section, diet, antacids and blockers would offer some comfort there but they won't address the underlying cause. The increased agitation produced by the diaphragm on the hernia from the jostling around, stretching, and especially deeper, faster breathing that activity and particularly exercise entails neatly explains why it seemed to flare up a bit when I was more active.
It's probably aggravated because I have AS, which can cause any little thing to swell and hurt worse, or it can be extra painful when the part of the stomach involved is at or near more active regions by the gall bladder ports or the valve before the duodenum. Now it makes sense why it superficially resembled an ulcer or GERD — in act there probably was and still is some moderate GERD.
The cardio also noted it's not that unusual, in fact I'm classic: when a middle aged man dramatically transforms from a big fat flabby guy to a more buff thinner dude over the space of a few short months — because Workout Girl does not fuck around, she hurts me in the gym, and just seeing her beautiful body, a true work of art imo, inspires me — hernias can result. The diaphragm can lose muscle tone, it gets flabby over the years of like any other under used muscle in a sedentary person, and all the gasping and stress from a new rigorous exercise regimen can eventually allow some slippage.
The condition can be serious, requiring surgery in some cases. But I don't care; this thing can hurt, it has even doubled me over at times, it may become chronic and may even need surgery one day, but it can't fucking kill me! Best of all the prescribed course of action is a super healthy low-calorie, low bulk diet and losing the last 20 stubborn pounds that are still clinging to my slowly hardening body. Lose enough weight and don't over strain, and that pinched section can and often does slide partly or completely back into place. IOW, I have to get buffer and thinner! As treatment goes, that's not exactly the worst fate,.Plus, I got nicotine patches when this shit started and I'm close to being weaned off of them!
I'll see a gastroenterologist and confirm the diagnosis soon, but my symptoms read like a WebMD post on classic upper abdominal hernia and, compared to finding myself on the emergency heart transplant list, I'm both stoked and grateful that's all it is. Look out world, 2013 is going to be the year of the buff, healthy Stephen DarkSyde Andrew starting right the fuck now!
Guys I feel so good about all of this it's almost spiritual in our secular skeptical way. Today is the first day or the rest of my healthy life, at age 50 I want to make every single day count. It's Jan 9, a cold, rainy morning, I've been prescribed a slightly stronger painkiller, plus mild sedatives to sooth my anxiety and relax the smooth muscle tissue, I'm off for three days. So this glorious nasty day has been set aside for me to wait hand and foot on Workout Girl. I'm going to cook delicious healthy meals for her and massage her entire body to show her what a valued wonderful queen she is to me. We're going to lay on the loveseat wrapped around each other like human vines all day, with our furry little tiny Dachshund/Terrier mongrel burrowed in under the covers next to us, watching movies and hugging and kissing, and whatever else comes with it. Carpe Diem freethinkers, Carpe freaking Diem!
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Rivals.com was back in the house at Bloomington (Minn.) Thomas Jefferson for the second day of the 10th annual Sabes Invitational. With all seven courts in use for the tournament housed under one roof, we had the ability to roam easily from game to game and get a lay of the land. While there wasn't a tremendous amount of "star" power on hand, we did get a chance to get some long looks at some under the radar guys and witness a breakout performance from 2013 wing Justin Jackson of the Houston Hoops 16 and under squad.
Houston Freshman Jackson One To Watch
When we stopped by to watch the Houston Hoops 16 and under team Saturday afternoon, we asked 17 and under coach Marland Lowe who to watch for. Among those he mentioned was Justin Jackson. A long and lean wing who stands near 6 feet 5, Jackson is an outstanding looking prospect and did lots of nice things while we watched.
While it's not surprising that he's lacking in strength and makes some head scratching decisions -- like launching a three with 20 seconds left as they were trying to run clock, he did hit it, though -- what was surprising was his impressive array of skills. He handles the ball quite well for a young wing, is an alert passer who finds cutters and he's got a pretty well developed scoring game. He can drain three pointers with ease, attacks off the dribble with either his right or left hand, hits floaters and is a willing defender. It's still early and Keith Frazier and Julius Randle have been getting the bulk of the attention of the state's budding 2013 talents, but Jackson (who is home schooled) has the look of a potential high level prospect.
More Saturday Standouts
We really liked the day that Playground Elite combo guard Tre Burnette put together. At 6-foot-3, he appeared comfortable handling the ball and setting up others as a primary handler. Then, he slid off the ball to bury jumpers and make use of a sweet little running floater that he can make going right or left. We were surprised to learn that he's received basically zero attention from division one programs at this point and the 2011 prospect certainly deserves looks on the mid to upper mid major level.
Shooters are always at a premium and there are few who shoot from range with the accuracy of KC Pump 'N Run'sTyler Kalinoski. A lean 6-foot-3 shooting guard, Kalinoski was smoking hot from deep Saturday afternoon as he swished home deep three after deep three. Comfortable letting shots fly off the dribble or catch, Kalinoski is also an outstanding defender who understands how to play angles and moves his feet very well. We'd expect that Midwestern mid majors are going to take a very long look come July.
We mentioned Friday night that we were curious to get a look at J'Mychal Reese as he handled more point guard duties for the Houston Hoops. For the most part, the 6-foot-1 southpaw from the class of 2012 looked quite comfortable running the show. However, Reese is a scorer at heart and he's at his best using a hesitation move and then exploding for two and three dribble pull-ups. As he moves forward, he'll have to become a little less dominant with his left hand.
Fresh off of a huge sophomore campaign at Saint Louis (Mo.) Cardinal Ritter, 6-foot-5 wing Cameron Beidscheid is the next high major level wing out of a city that has three big timers in the class of 2011. A lean athlete who can get to the rim with a quick first step, Beidscheid is also an ace jump shooter who has very soft touch and a quick trigger. We'd like to see him be a little less reliant on that jumper, but he's right on track for four star status in the class of 2012.
We don't make a habit of writing about kids who haven't even entered high school yet, but we have to at least mention 8th grader Tyus Jones Howard Pulley's 16 and under Blue team. Slated to attend Apple Valley High in the south suburbs of Minneapolis, the 5-foot-11 floor general is in total control of the game. He can score with ease in the lane, shoots with range, and has a way about him that allows him to lead his teammates.
When we first sawMarvin Singleton as a rising freshman, he was a wiry strong 6-foot-5 insider. While he's never grown any taller, Singleton has gotten much stronger and he's willingly accepted his role as a slightly undersized power forward and has been getting the job done for Howard Pulley Blue. He fights for rebounds, runs the floor and has developed a solid low post game thanks to his comfort with turning and scoring over either shoulder. He should get plenty of looks as a mid level prospect.
Notes From Around the Gym
Milwaukee (Wisc.) King's Cimeon Bowers informed us that he'll be making a move to the class of 2012. A horse Ike Wilson's Playground Elite, the strong 6-foot-6 combo forward sat out this past high school season and says that the will be able to play both of his remaining years in Wisconsin. He's an aggressive kid who is definitely looking to score and he knows how to use his powerful shoulders to ward off defenders. … We liked what we saw out of Dakota Schoolers wing Zach Horstman. At 6-foot-4, he can shoot off the catch and also makes his way to the basket where he's got some athleticism to finish at the cup. … Kansas City native D.J. Jackson has had a very productive spring so far. The 5-foot-11 point guard is quick off the dribble, an intense on the ball defender and he's turning into a much more dangerous shooter. If he continues on the path he's on, he could be in line for a big summer. …
Wichita (Kan.) Southeast sophomore Gavin Thurman has twener size at 6-foot-6. A faceup four man, he's got a sweet jumper that is pure to the three point line and he can score on a pretty good assortment of moves in the post. However, he either needs to become much stronger with the ball or work on his lateral movement so that he can make a move to the wing if he wants to maximize his potential. … By the end of the summer, we think that Houston Hoops forward TaShawn Thomas is going to be a hot commodity among mid to upper mid major programs. He can run the floor, has some athleticism and can score a bit around the rim and out to 10 feet. … Howard Pulley point guard Siyani Chambers isn't the biggest kid around but he played large for stretches on Saturday. A skinny 5-foot-10 point guard from the class of 2012, he's quick off the dribble, likes to get in the lane and can supplement his play making for others with his scoring ability off the bounce. … Finally, 6-foot7 junior Christian Kirk continued what has been a fine spring for him with KC Pump 'N Run. A wiry strong insider, he boasts pretty good footwork and he's explosive off the floor and looks to dunk on defenders whenever possible. …
School Lists
Cimeon Bowers lists LSU, Miami, Minnesota, Illinois, Marquette and Michigan as those pursuing him the most aggressively. Bowers also mentioned that Miami is his leader. … Corey Hilliard rattled off a list that included Missouri State (offer), Missouri, Kansas State, Minnesota and Arizona State. … Hilliard's KC Pump 'N Run teammate Christian Kirk listed Butler, Missouri State, Southern Illinois, Arizona State, Stanford, Alabama and Minnesota. … TaShawn Thomas of the Houston Hoops gave a short list of Texas State and Wichita State. … Joe Coleman listed offers from Minnesota, Colorado State, and Santa Clara to go along with interest from Texas A&M, USC, Seton Hall, Iowa State and Wisconsin among others. …


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Wanted to share a few pictures from our vacation on St. George Island FL - we drove down from Atlanta THROUGH Fay (after changing our flights to miss actually flying into the storm) and left the beach as Gustav was making his way south of the Island toward Louisiana!
Made for some wonderful boogie boarding waves!!
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Gustav clouds.....
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As you listen to Friday evening's rousing shanties of the Fishermen's Friends, you'll be so pleased you chose a Port Isaac cottage for this year's holiday. In fact, they might be your main reason for coming here, a ten-strong line-up of pals, known far and wide for their joyful renditions of popular folk songs. Or will it be the setting that attracts you, the village that's become famous as the backdrop for the comedy capers of Martin Clunes in Doc Martin? One thing's for certain, Port Isaac is truly delightful.
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Thank F*CK for JR Smith
Woody given Melo the business and the what-for. Nice.
I just hope someone got on Melo's ear when he had that mini tantrum episode in the first half and didn't run back on defense. He has to know that he needs to lead by example for the team to succeed.
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What the HELL does Melo have to do to get a whistle for a foul! Damn!!!
I'm glad to see a game like this to be honest. We've pretty much destroyed everyone so far this year, Dallas was a tougher game but even that was not much of a challenge for us.
Now we will see how this Knicks team plays when sh*t is serious.
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An exhibition featuring materials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) archive opened Thursday, Feb. 21 at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library.
An opening celebration on Friday, Feb. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. will feature remarks by SCLC leaders Charles Steele Jr. and Bernard Lafayette (board president); and Dorothy Cotton (SCLC education director 1960-1968).
Titled "And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Fight for Social Change," the display documents the Atlanta-based civil rights organization's history, progress and continual work for equal rights. Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) holds the SCLC archive.
The Woodruff library is located at 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870. The exhibition, which runs through Dec. 1, is in the library's Schatten Gallery and the Jones Room, both located on the third floor of the Woodruff Library. The exhibition and celebration are open to the public free of charge.
"With this exhibition and related events, we feel so honored to have this opportunity to recognize the historic contributions of SCLC and all those associated with it, past and present," says Rosemary Magee, director of MARBL. "They represent the hope and the drive to seek equality in all aspects of life. The library is a perfect place to honor these shared aspirations for all people."
The exhibition focuses on the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights in the years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The documents on display include letters, photographs and flyers that promote gatherings and protests. The show spotlights SCLC's major programs from the 1970s through the 1990s, beginning with the Poor People's Campaign in 1968.
Other initiatives highlighted in the exhibition include:
• SCLC's efforts to combat apartheid in South Africa;
• Programs in the 1990s designed to engage youth, such as Rappin' for our Future (an amateur talent program promoting a nonviolent lifestyle); and
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To establish a system of safeguards enabling the Commission to satisfy itself that source materials and nuclear products are used exclusively for the uses declared by their users.
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 3227/76 of 19 October 1976 concerning the application of the provisions on Euratom safeguards [Official Journal L 363 of 31.12.1976].
Amended by the following acts:
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 220/90 of 26 January 1990 [Official Journal L 22 of 27.01.1990];
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 2130/93 of 27 July 1993 [Official Journal L 191 of 31.07.1993].
Chapter 7 of the Euratom Treaty establishes a safeguard system designed to ensure that civil nuclear materials are not diverted from the civil uses for which they are intended, as declared by operators of nuclear installations.
Pursuant to Article 81 of the Euratom Treaty, the Commission may send inspectors into the territories of Member States and, under Article 82, it also has the power to impose sanctions on operators who have infringed safeguard requirements.
The safeguard system must also ensure that Member States fulfil the undertakings concerning nuclear safeguards they have entered into within international organisations and with third countries. In particular, all Member States are signatories to the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty signed in 1968, which allows the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify that civil nuclear materials are not diverted for the purpose of producing nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices. In this connection, nuclear safeguard agreements have been concluded between the Member States, the European Commission and the IAEA.
Following numerous changes in recent years, it has proved necessary to strengthen the system of safeguards applied by the IAEA. In 1998, the Member States signed additional protocols to the verification agreements concluded with the IAEA which widen the scope of those agreements.
The changes to these international undertakings have been incorporated into a new proposal for a safeguards regulation (COM(2002) 99 final), presented by the Commission to the Council.
Safeguards cover the entire nuclear fuel cycle, from the extraction of nuclear materials in the Member States, or their importation from third countries, to exportation outside the European Union.
A distinction should be drawn between Euratom safeguards, which involve only measures taken to control the use of nuclear materials, and nuclear safety, which concerns measures taken to limit the risk of accidents in the operation of nuclear installations.
Basic technical characteristics and particular safeguard provisions
It falls primarily to the person or undertaking setting up or operating an installation which uses nuclear materials for any purpose, such as production, storage, separation, research, etc, to declare the basic technical characteristics of the installation, as specified in the Regulation.
Operators of new installations must declare their technical characteristics at least 200 days before the first consignment of nuclear material is due to be received. They must specify:
- the identification and the general arrangement of the installation and of the nuclear materials;
- the accounting and control system for nuclear materials.
Moreover, a preliminary declaration is required 200 days before the installation is built.
Outline programme of activities
The persons responsible for an installation must draw up an outline programme of activities relating to each installation and forward it to the Commission department responsible for Euratom safeguards. It must contain the following information, to be provided at the intervals specified:
- annually, an outline programme of activities;
- at least 40 days before beginning the taking of a physical inventory, the programme for such work;
- at least 40 days before starting to shut down a reactor for reloading, the programme for the shutdown.
The Commission may adopt particular safeguard provisions in respect of a specific installation, for instance concerning the frequency of, and procedures for, drawing up physical inventories.
Particular safeguard provisions
In the particular safeguard provisions, the Commission specifies the procedures by which the persons or undertakings concerned must meet the requirements imposed on them in relation to safeguards. These procedures are to include:
- the designation of material balance areas (areas where the quantity of nuclear materials transferred may be determined upon entry and exit) and the selection of strategic points for determining the flow and stocks of nuclear materials;
- the procedures for keeping records of nuclear materials;
- the frequency of, and procedures for, drawing up physical inventories;
- the type and content of the regular and special reports to be submitted to the Commission;
- the information to be included in the documents presented for control measures.
Accounting for nuclear materials
A system of accounting for, and control of, nuclear materials which are stored and used at the installation must be established. Such a system must make it possible to establish and justify the declarations submitted to the Commission and to ensure that the nuclear materials currently in use or stored are subjected to close supervision.
Information on the nature, form and composition of these materials, their actual location and the relevant obligation and data relating to transfers are particularly important.
Under this system, those responsible for installations must submit regular reports to the Commission, including accounting reports, material balance reports describing changes in materials, inventory change reports and an annual summary of physical inventories (sum of all measured or calculated quantities of nuclear materials located in a material balance area at a given time).
Special reports are also provided for in special circumstances such as the loss of nuclear materials.
There are two distinct types of record:
- the accounting record, which contains the following information:
- the operating record is a category of documents which, for each material balance area, contains:
For each material balance area, the persons and undertakings operating an installation are to transmit to the Commission, no later than 15 days following the end of the month, inventory change reports for all nuclear materials held.
A special report must be made without delay following any unusual incident or circumstances or if the containment has unexpectedly changed from that specified in the particular safeguard provisions.
Ore producers are subject to a different accounting system. They must indicate, in particular, the quantity of ore extracted and its average uranium and thorium content, and the stock at the mine. These accounts must also contain details of shipments, stating the date, consignee, and quantity in each case.
Transfers between States
Exports of source materials and special fissile materials (principally plutonium 239, uranium 233 and uranium 235) to a third country and from a Member State which is not a nuclear weapon state to a Member State which is a nuclear weapon state, or vice versa, must be notified in advance to the Commission.
The same applies to installations which, within the same Member State, transfer materials the total quantity of which over a twelve-month period could exceed one effective kilogramme (an effective kilogramme is a special unit used for nuclear materials in the context of safeguards).
However, notification is not required if the quantity does not exceed one effective kilogramme. The same conditions apply to the importation and receipt of nuclear materials by Member States.
Each year, producers of ores must inform the Commission of the amounts of material dispatched from each mine during the previous year. Exporters of ores to third countries must inform the Commission of such exports no later than the date of dispatch.
The Commission must receive advance notification of most operations concerning the treatment of waste. In the case of transfers of nuclear waste which can no longer be used as nuclear materials, for instance waste embedded in cement (conditioned waste), the person responsible must notify the details to the Commission and submit an annual report on the location of the conditioned waste containing certain nuclear materials such as highly enriched uranium.
Specific provisions applicable to Member States which are nuclear weapon states
The Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty recognises two EU Member States as nuclear weapon states, namely France and the United Kingdom.
Euratom safeguards do not apply to nuclear installations or nuclear materials intended to serve the defence needs of France or the United Kingdom. Nuclear materials or installations declared by those countries to be materials or installations intended for civil uses, and those which could be used for defence purposes, are subject to certain controls, provided such controls do not constitute a threat to national security.
For further information, please visit the DG TREN site on nuclear energy:
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Regulation (Euratom) No 3227/76
Regulation (Euratom) No 220/90
Regulation (Euratom) No 2130/93
4) implementing measures
5) follow-up work
Proposal of 23 March 2002 for a Council decisionapproving a Commission Regulation on the application of Euratom safeguards [COM(2002) 99 final - Official Journal C 227 E of 24.09.2002].
Since it entered into force twenty-five years ago, Regulation No 3227/76 has made it possible to apply Euratom safeguards. However, the new proposed regulation responds to the needs resulting from the new legal framework (the Additional Protocols), developments in the nuclear industry and the extensive possibilities offered by information technologies.
The main elements of the new regulation are as follows:
- inclusion of articles and annexes concerning reporting under the Additional Protocols;
- reporting of waste, including clear definitions of the categories of waste;
- derogation from reporting in the case of installations holding material of lower strategic value;
- new reporting format involving changes in the format and content of accounting reports;
- use of the gram as the only unit of weight, and the requirement for electronic recording and reporting.
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Operation of Euratom Safeguards in 2002 [COM(2003) 764 final - Not published in the Official Journal]
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 302/2005 of 8 February 2005 on the application of Euratom safeguards - Council/Commission statement [Official Journal L 54 of 28.02.2005].
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"Can you what?" I asked in complete shock while I accidentally dumped the sand from Owen's shoes onto the carpet.
"Play Angry Birds," she repeated with the tone of a tech-savy teenager. "It's a game on the phone. But like a really big phone," she said as she held up her hands to approximate the size of an iPad.
"First of all, we don't have an iPad. And second of all, I don't like the name of that game," I said.
"It's fun. Can we get an iPad?" Josie asked. "Maybe 2. One for me and one for Owen."
'And so it begins,' I thought. I was hoping to avoid conversations like this until my children were old enough to have chores and homework. Then I could stall by saying things like, "have you done all your chores?" and "did you finish your homework?"
"We don't have in iPad because we don't need an iPad. And neither you, nor your brother nor mommy is careful enough with things to have an iPad. Maybe when we're older," I said with a wink. Fortunately, she moved on...for now.
It's impossible to live in an area like Mountain View and not appreciate technology and all the cool gadgets that make life easier and more fun. I want my children to know everything about technology so they can excel in school and in the real world– but does that mean I should buy a $500 handheld device and let them play games with Angry Birds?
Last year, I read an article in PC WORLD that called iPad the "Children's Toy of the Year." At the time, I thought it was ridiculous - How would a child even know what to do with an iPad? But, less than one year later, my 4 year-old daughter would probably sell her little brother on eBay to get one.
I know there are plenty of educational games and tools on the iPad that help with cognitive development and hand-eye coordination. Likewise, I am sure there are plenty of reasons why it's bad for a child to sit with eyes glued to a handheld device. So I remain undecided on the issue – for now still confident and a little relieved that the price is too much for us.
Eventually, maybe even tomorrow, Josie will go on a play date and jump at the chance to use her friend's iPad. Deep down, I'm happy - maybe even a little jealous - that she gets to use one. When mom's away, Angry Birds will play. And maybe, just maybe, in between bird attacks, my daughter will learn something worthwhile about technology.


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The Magic Brewing Machine by Corby Kummer
The Atlantic, December 2007
"The Clover hit the coffee world with the force of a sexy stranger new in town. The stir was understandable. No coffee machine looks quite like it. The action is not in the front but on top, where customers can see it. And it is hypnotic.... I kept ordering different coffees, less to sample them than to watch the machine, which had the appeal (if not the colored lights) of a vintage jukebox. Every time the screen rose majestically, I half expected a miniature band to be on it, à la Radio City...."


text: I have three rackets which have user adjustable length. These are pictured below. From left to right: Vollmer Parabolic Magnum, R a y c o Ruler and Puma Boris Becker Super. I know that there were several other variations of the Puma/Becker racket that were length adjustable but what other rackets have this feature?


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During the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, Yuk Yuk's founder Mark Breslin was angry over the anti-Israel protests that stemmed from the festival's spotlight on Israeli films.
He wondered what would happen if he brought a group of Israeli comedians to Yuk Yuk's. Would they picket him?
Although that idea didn't come to fruition, the Israeli Consulate in Toronto recommended instead that he take a group of Canadian comedians on a tour of Israel.
So last June Breslin took a group of six Canadian comedians – only two of them Jewish – for a week of performances in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The experience was filmed by Torontonian Igal Hecht, and the resulting documentary, A Universal Language, will have its première at next month's Toronto Jewish Film Festival.
"The film explores this uncompromising, uncensored tour of Canadian comics in which they put on comedy shows for Jews and Arabs and anyone who would come, and share some really good laughs with people by telling very, very, dirty jokes," Hecht explains.
The tour got off to a rocky start. The first show was at a community centre in Jerusalem. Most of the guests were, as one comedian put it in the film, "Old people and their parents."
"The comedians were really freaking out," Hecht says. "This wasn't their audience."
The show went on as planned. For the most part, the comedians kept their usual filthy acts and, though some people walked out, in the end it was a success.
"That first night there was a woman with a walker," Hecht recalls. "Although she laughed and stayed till the very end."
But that was nothing compared to what was to come later at a hotel in East Jerusalem. This time, the guests included mostly Palestinians and North American NGOs. The problem was when the comedians used the word "Israel" in their acts. Some comedians got heckled. "Learn your history," one shouted. Other guests walked out.
But as Hecht points out, sadly, the problem wasn't with the Palestinians. It was the Canadians. "The Palestinians there were very warm and receptive to the comedians. It was a lot of the Canadian and American NGOs there that were leading the charge. There's a line in the film where Jean Paul [one of the comedians, who is black] says, 'I wish white people would stop being offended on behalf of other people,' and he's right," Hecht says.
"These NGOs come there and have one specific way of looking at things, and anything else, even a comedy show, offends them. Once those people left, the show went very well."
As Breslin says in the movie, "one thing I've learned is I won't be opening up a Yuk Yuk's in east Jerusalem."
Despite some early setbacks, the tour went over well. The comedians toured Israel and incorporated some of their observations during their acts.
"Comedians are very, very smart. They look at the world very different than most people do," Hecht says. "I also found they like to drink. You'd be surprised what you can find on a Friday night in Jerusalem at 3 a.m."
The comedians were also visibly moved by the experience, especially Aaron Berg.
"Aaron really re-connected with his Jewish roots. He really started thinking about his Jewish identity and I think now goes to a synagogue which he didn't do before."
The film also shows a scene of another comedian, Sam Easton, crying outside Yad Vashem. It turned out that although he isn't Jewish, his grandfather was and his whole family died during the Holocaust.
"Sam was really moved by it," Hecht says. "That scene was an honest moment that was only brought on by the trip. It all came to the surface by coming to Yad Vashem. He was really emotionally impacted by that."
Several local Palestinian and Jewish comedians are also featured in the film, which makes observations on the differences between Israeli and Canadian comedy.
"I think Israelis don't want to talk about politics most of the time in comedy because they talk about it all the time in their lives. Israeli comedy is more about punch lines and making fun of people's backgrounds, whereas North American comedy is more about telling a story and making observations about mundane things," Hecht says.
A Universal Language is a bit of a departure for Hecht, who's developed a name for himself making controversial/political films such as The Hilltops, My Flag and Shunned for his company Chutzpa Productions.
"Of all the films I've filmed in Israel over the last 10 years, this was the most fun," he said. "It's not stressful, and you're not thinking of who's going to shoot me and things along those lines."
Hecht says it's been about four years since he's made a political film and will return to what he calls his "traditional Chutzpa roots" for his next few films.
"They will be provocative and political, not so much about Israel and the Palestinians but more about major issues in the Jewish world."
Hecht will miss the première of A Universal Language because he's filming in Israel, but Breslin and several of the comedians will be there.
A shorter version of A Universal Language will also air on CBC's Documentary Channel on April 18 at 9 p.m.
TJFF — www.tjff.ca — screening times have not been released at time of writing.


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Facilities and the Built Environment
"Sustainability isn't just a bandwagon we're hopping onto. It's woven into the very fabric of our identity, and history, as an institution."
President Purce, 2007.
Evergreen's grounds and facilities are managed to minimize environmental hazards and other adverse impacts through emphasis upon resource conservation, low-impact cleaning and maintenance, native landscaping, stormwater runoff reduction measures, and LEED certification for new and renovated buildings.
Two campus buildings, Seminar II and the College Activities Building (CAB) are LEED Gold certified (new construction and renovation respectively). Seminar II, in particular, was designed to require more user interaction than is common with large buildings.
The Longhouse, Library building, and Communications Laboratory (COM) were renovated to non-certified LEED Silver standards. The Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory (SAL) was designed and constructed to non-certified LEED Silver standards.
In addition to these academic buildings, many of the residence buildings have been renovated with a goal of maximizing water and energy conservation, minimizing landfilled construction wastes, and utilizing low impact materials and methods. In student housing, the Sustainability Community residences offer students an opportunity to experience and learn about green-built homes and more sustainable lifestyles.


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Obama: Sequestration Would Affect ATC
If Congress doesn't act before next Friday, March 1, the automatic spending cuts that would take effect would result in cutbacks for air traffic controllers, President Obama said on Tuesday. The FAA budget could be cut by $600 million, and controllers would likely be furloughed for one day per pay period through the end of September, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "The result will be felt across the country, as the volume of travel must be decreased," he said in a letter to the Senate appropriations committee last week. Aviation safety staff also would have to cut their hours on the job, with impacts on airlines, airplane manufacturers, and pilots that need their services, LaHood said.
LaHood said the budget cuts also could delay the implementation of NextGen technologies "for years to come." In a study of the likely impacts of the sequester, completed in December, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said services, programs and pilot training would be affected. "As the front line safety professionals in the aviation community, it is our role to warn the rest of the country that these cuts will be detrimental to our National Airspace System and the economy," NATCA President Paul Rinaldi said. "We urge Congress to act to prevent the sequester before it's too late." Already, the threat of sequester has been cited for the cancellation of several military airshows across the country, including last week's cancellation of an event at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Other military shows also have been called off -- a March show at Luke Air Force Base, in Arizona, and a show scheduled for May at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in North Carolina. Other shows, such as the U.S. Navy's El Centro air show in California, are moving ahead but have announced that some military aircraft will not appear due to budget concerns.


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The only presupposition is the fact that Shakyamuni taught only what we know as Sravakayana to his arhat disciples, since those were the only type of teachings transmitted for the first several hundred years of his dispensation. The Mahayana teachings only appeared later, and we have to accept this as fact. My faith in the Mahayana is not predicated on the need to blindly accept the mythic narrative of Mahayana traditions, which flies against the face of reality on the ground, vis a vis textual history and archaeological evidence.Aemilius wrote: What are your grounds for saying that? That line of thinking presupposes that Buddha Shakyamuni knew only shravakayana, that he didn't know Mahayana, that he didn't know the symbolic transmission outside the sutras! Which is worse than ridiculous! Bhagavan Shakyamuni was fully enlightened, he didn't hold back teachings, but taught everything, including Mahayana and the symbolic transmission of Zen/Dhyan school, when the situation or opportunity arose for it.
As a Mahayanist, I believe Bodhisattvas must retain their faculties of intellect and reason, and not abandon these in favor of blind fundamentalism. That is one of the greatest homage I can pay to the masters of Mahayana, in return for the teachings they left behind.Aemilius wrote: There is no need to believe that few narrow minded individuals were the essence of Dharma, that there was nothing else. Have you read the Transmission of the Lamp (or Transmission of the Light)? What causes your unbelief in these early masters of Mahayana?
I have no problem if you think that I have lack of insight in these matters. The fact is that the Mahayana sutras all contain information about the state of the Sangha and historical developments that prove that they were not composed during the time of the Buddha, since they reflect the philosophical and soteriological concerns of the day.Aemilius wrote: As it is only your personal lack of faith, it should not be presented as "truth". It has no other justification than your lack of insight in and knowledge of the nature of Mahayana/Chan.
It is widely known that Dharma existed as an oral tradition for several hundreds of years, and even more than a thousand years. This should not be forgotten and dismissed as nonexistent, when it carries the true nature of Dharma. It has been the true nature of early Mahayana Dharma, and also the nature of much of the later transmission of Dharma.
There is absolutely no need to force oneself to believe that sutras such as the Lanka, Lotus and Avatamsaka were spoken by the historic Buddha. For me, I believe that the teachings of these sutras were inspired by dhyana masters who received them amidst visions of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas in samadhi, and hence written down and passed on to posterity. If you truly accept the concept of the timelessness and unobstructed nature of the Dharmakaya, then this won't post a problem.


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Monday night at 10 p.m ET on a special edition of HLN After Dark, Vinnie Politan is one-on-one with the Zimmerman prosecution team to try to find out what happened. HLN has been all over this case, and nothing is off-limits in this primetime interview.
Editor's note: Darren Kavinoky is a criminal defense attorney at the Kavinoky Law Firm in California. He is a TV legal analyst, keynote speaker, and the creator and host of "Deadly Sins" on Investigation Discovery. He is on Twitter.
What role might the jury instructions play in the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin?
Coming soon to HLN: Georgia v. Andrea Sneiderman
First, a little context. The role of the jury is to act as the fact-finder and to apply those facts to the law as instructed by the judge. The jury instructions, which are read to the jurors by the judge and also given to them in written form for use during deliberations, are like the rule book in the case. They tell the jurors exactly what law they are supposed to apply to the facts that they've found to be true.
We've seen both the prosecution and defense argue strenuously for certain jury instructions to be given (or not given) and for good reason: If jury selection is the most critical part of the case, since even the most compelling arguments will fall flat with an unreceptive audience, then the instructions that the jury receives are a close runner-up in terms of importance to the outcome of the case. The instructions represent the law that must be applied, and while jurors may debate the facts, the law is non-negotiable.
What many consider fascinating about the instructions themselves is that they begin not by defining the crime of murder, or even the lesser crime of manslaughter (which is also an option for the jurors), but by discussing when killing in self-defense is justifiable or excusable.
When the jurors retire to deliberate, there is no instruction manual telling them how they must approach their task (beyond selecting a foreperson); they are free to take on the debate and the instructions in any manner they choose. But if they structure their deliberations based on the order of the jury instructions as they are presented, the first issue they will confront is whether Martin's killing was justifiable.
This, quite obviously, is the dispute that is at the center of the Zimmerman trial, but if it is determined at the outset that it is justifiable, then we can expect a verdict to be reached in short order.
Second-Degree Murder
The most serious charge against Zimmerman is that of second-degree murder. Unlike first-degree murder, which requires premeditation and deliberation, second-degree murder has no such elements. The following is indicated in the instructions themselves:
"To prove the crime of Second-Degree Murder, the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Trayvon Martin is dead.
The death was caused by the criminal act of George Zimmerman.
There was an unlawful killing of Martin by an act imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life."
The jury instructions then go on to define several of the key terms used in these elements as follows:
"An 'act' includes a series of related actions arising from and performed pursuant to a single design or purpose."
"An act is 'imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind' if it is an act or series of acts that:
-A person of ordinary judgment would know is reasonably certain to kill or do serious bodily injury to another, and
-Is done from ill will, hatred, spite or an evil intent, and
-Is of such a nature that the act itself indicates an indifference to human life.
In order to convict of Second-Degree Murder, it is not necessary for the State to prove Zimmerman had intent to cause death. If there is reasonable doubt about any one of these three elements, Zimmerman is entitled to an acquittal."
The jury instructions also explicitly indicate that even if jurors are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman is guilty of murder, they are then to consider whether he is guilty of the lesser included crime of manslaughter. (If they do return a guilty verdict on the murder charge, the manslaughter charge is rendered moot, and the jurors do not need to decide it. Zimmerman will not be convicted of both. It will be one or the other, or neither.) As per the instructions, jurors must consider the following:
"To prove the crime of Manslaughter, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Trayvon Martin is dead.
George Zimmerman intentionally committed an act or acts that caused the death of Martin.
Zimmerman cannot be guilty of manslaughter by committing a merely negligent act or if the killing was either justifiable or excusable homicide."
Many expert observers view the manslaughter allegation as the most potentially dangerous, since it invites the opportunity for a "compromise" verdict in a case that has captured international attention. This is a drama that will play out on the world's stage in just moments and to many represents the ultimate in reality TV.