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Posters and Election Propaganda
A blog dedicated to the examination of communications in election campaigns, with a focus on posters
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Poland will elect its next president in October by direct vote to serve a five-year term, and the campaign has already begun. Although the president does not have much power, he or she can veto legislation.
Poland's election campaigns are much influenced by American political marketing practices and by its consultants. For example, Tomasz Nalecz of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDPL), erected billboards that featured not only his portrait but also that of Barack Obama. Nalecz was placed in front of the country's presidential palace with its equestrian statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski, and Obama has the U.S. Capitol behind him. Both look out at the voters, smiling. According to Jan Cienski, the billboard is controversial because permission to use Obama's photograph was not obtained. Nalecz's campaign maintains, however, that the photo is in the public domain.
American political techniques have influenced parties of the right, as well. In 2006, for instance, the Law and Justice party, was known for the "spin-doktorzy" practices by its strategists, Adam Bielan and Michal Kaminski, who also copied ads from the Reagan campaign, according to Cienski.
Other American campaign strategies, such as using social-networking sites, have also been used. The SDPL, for example, has a Facebook group.
Posters have been used extensively in Polish political campaigns, including by Solidarity, which displayed large posters (some of which were torn down by police, according to the party), as well as banners, TV spots, radio programs, bumper stickers, buttons, leaflets, and newspapers in its campaigns. In a special Solidarity poster for the 1989 campaign, Gary Cooper (as the American sheriff in the film High Noon) was shown with a ballot in one hand, instead of a pistol, along with the message "It's high noon, June 4, 1989."
To read more about Polish politics and posters, going back to the thirteenth century, see my book, Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History.


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Off the field, the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA have a budding rivalry. Fans from both sides showed up to Thursday's SuperClásico and once again brought an electric atmosphere to Home Depot Center.
But on the field, the Galaxy and Chivas once again went through the motions. The Galaxy scored early, Chivas had no answer and LA put the game away at the end.
For the 11th time in 19 regular-season meetings, the Galaxy beat Chivas USA. The latest triumph was a 2-0 score line, with Edson Buddle accounting for both goals.
At the start, it was like old times for the Galaxy. Chivas actually had the better of play for the first six minutes or so as the club's new-look lineup strung some passes together and maintained possession. But in the first real build-up for the Galaxy, they scored.
Off a quick re-start from the centerline, Landon Donovan found Sean Franklin on the right flank. Franklin had time and picked up Edson Buddle inside the penalty area. Buddle easily headed home the cross as Chivas' Michael Umaña failed to get a body on Buddle.
Chivas and the Galaxy spent much of the remaining half engaging in physical play and trash talking. Umaña picked up a yellow card after a hard foul on Buddle in the 16th minute while Chris Birchall flattened Justin Braun from behind in the 25th minute. Moments later, Sacha Kljestan ran into Buddle and the two players exchanged words. Smiling, Buddle's mouth kept moving and eventually saw yellow as well.
In the second half, Chivas took out Osael Romero and replaced him with Jesús Padilla. The former Guadalajara player was active and caused some problems for Donovan Ricketts. Padilla tested Ricketts from long range and got the ball past him but missed narrowly missed the post.
As the game wore on, the Galaxy looked disinterested in building an attack and dropped numbers behind the ball as Chivas maintained possession for large stretches of time but were feeble in the final third. Padilla had Chivas' best chance when he knifed through the Galaxy's defense and found himself in front of the goal with Ricketts behind him. However, Padilla lost his footing and could not get a touch on the ball. Maicon Santos sent his shot well high of an empty net but was in an offside position, and his failed chance would not have counted anyway.
Donovan and Buddle combined for one late goal. Donovan took control of the ball on the left side of the field, walked into the box and slipped a ball to Buddle, who ripped a shot into the back of the net.
Chivas failed to threaten the Galaxy's goal afterward as the Galaxy closed out their latest victory over their rivals.
Misconduct Summary:
CHV -- Michael Umana (caution; Tactical Foul) 19
LA -- Chris Birchall (caution; Reckless Tackle) 25
LA -- Edson Buddle (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 27
LA -- A.J. DeLaGarza (caution; Reckless Foul) 88
LA -- Michael Stephens (caution; Handball) 92+
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Corey Rockwell; Peter Manikowski
4th Official: Kevin Stott
Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.
Attendance: 19,805

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Changes to Clojure in Version 1.3 Beta
1 Deprecated and Removed Features
1.1 Earmuffed Vars Are No Longer Automatically Considered Dynamic.
1.2 ISeq No Longer Inherits From Sequential
1.3 Disallow recur across try
1.4 Removed Bit Operation support for boxed numbers
1.5 Ancillary Namespaces No Longer Auto-Load on Startup:
2 New/Improved Features
2.1 Enhanced Primitive Support
2.2 Better Exception Reporting
2.3 clojure.reflect/reflect
2.4 clojure.data/diff
2.5 clojure.core/every-pred and clojure.core/some-fn Combinators
2.6 clojure.core/realized?
2.7 clojure.core/with-redefs-fn & with-redefs
2.8 clojure.core/find-keyword
2.9 clojure.repl/pst
2.10 clojure.pprint/print-table
2.11 pprint respects print-length
2.12 compilation and deployment via Maven
2.13 internal keyword map uses weak refs
2.14 ^:const defs
2.15 Message Bearing Assert
2.16 Error Checking for defmulti Options
2.17 Removed Checked Exceptions
2.18 vector-of Takes Multiple Arguments
2.19 deref with timeout
2.20 Walk Support for sorted-by Collections
2.21 string.join Enhanced to Work with Sets
2.22 clojure.test-helper
2.23 Newline outputs platform-specific newline sequence
2.24 init-proxy and update-proxy return proxy
2.25 doc & find-doc moved to REPL
2.26 clojure.java.shell/sh accepts as input anything that clojure.java.io/copy does
2.27 Interrupte Handler Promoted to clojure.repl
2.28 Add support for running -main namespaces from clojure.main
2.29 Set thread names on agent thread pools
2.30 Add docstring support to def
2.31 Comp function returns identity when called with zero arity
3 Performance Enhancements
4 Bug Fixes
= 1 Deprecated and Removed Features =
== 1.1 Earmuffed Vars Are No Longer Automatically Considered Dynamic. ==
(def fred)
=> Warning: fred not declared dynamic and thus is not dynamically rebindable, but its name suggests otherwise. Please either indicate ^:dynamic ** or change the name.
== 1.2 ISeq No Longer Inherits From Sequential ==
This allows anything that implements ISeq from being exclusively in the map or set equality partition.
== 1.3 Disallow recur across try ==
A compile-time exception is thrown if you attempt to recur across a try
(fn x (try (recur 1)))
=> CompilerException
== 1.4 Removed Bit Operation support for boxed numbers ==
Bit Operations map directly to primitive operations
Replicate has been deprecated in favor of repeat
== 1.5 Ancillary Namespaces No Longer Auto-Load on Startup ==
The following namespaces are no longer loaded on startup: clojure.set, clojure.xml, clojure.zip
= 2 New/Improved Features =
== 2.1 Enhanced Primitive Support ==
Full details here: http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Enhanced+Primitive+Support and http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Documentation+for+1.3+Numerics
== 2.2 Better Exception Reporting ==
Details here: http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Error+Handling
Better error messages:
- When calling macros with arity
- For Invalid Map Literals
- For alias function if using unknown namespace
- In the REPL
- Add "starting at <line>" to EOF while reading exceptions
- Better compilation error reporting
== 2.3 clojure.reflect/reflect ==
Full details here: http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Reflection+API
== 2.4 clojure.data/diff ==
Recursively compares a and b, returning a tuple of things-only-in-a things-only-in-b things-in-both
(diff {:fred :ethel} {:fred :ethel})
=> fred :ethel}
== 2.5 clojure.core/every-pred and clojure.core/some-fn Combinators ==
every-pred takes a set of predicates and returns a function f that returns true if all of its composing predicates return a logical true value against all of its arguments, else it returns false.
((every-pred even?) 2 4 6)
=> true
((every-pred even?) 2 4 5)
some-fn takes a set of predicates and returns a function f that returns the first logical true value returned by one of its composing predicates against any of its arguments, else it returns logical false.
((some-fn even?) 2 4 5)
=> true
((some-fn odd?) 2 4 6)
=> false
== 2.6 clojure.core/realized? ==
Returns true if a value has been produced for a promise, delay, future or lazy sequence.
(let x (range 5)
(println (realized? x))
(first x)
(println (realized? x)))
=> false
=> true
== 2.7 clojure.core/with-redefs-fn & clojure.core/with-redefs ==
with-redefs-fn temporarily redefines Vars during a call to func. with-redefs temporarily redefines Vars while executing the body.
(with-redefs temp (println nil?))
=> :temp
== 2.8 clojure.core/find-keyword ==
Returns a Keyword with the given namespace and name if one already exists.
(find-keyword "def")
=> :def
(find-keyword "fred")
=> nil
== 2.9 clojure.repl/pst ==
Prints a stack trace of the exception
=> (pst (IllegalArgumentException.))
user/eval27 (NO_SOURCE_FILE:18)
clojure.lang.Compiler.eval (Compiler.java:6355)
clojure.lang.Compiler.eval (Compiler.java:6322)
clojure.core/eval (core.clj:2699)
clojure.main/repl/read-eval-print--5906 (main.clj:244)
clojure.main/repl/fn--5911 (main.clj:265)
clojure.main/repl (main.clj:265)
clojure.main/repl-opt (main.clj:331)
clojure.main/main (main.clj:427)
clojure.lang.Var.invoke (Var.java:397)
clojure.lang.Var.applyTo (Var.java:518)
clojure.main.main (main.java:37)
== 2.10 clojure.pprint/print-table
Prints a collection of maps in a textual table.
(print-table fred :barney fred "ethel"} {:fred "wilma" :barney "betty"})
=> ===============
:fred | :barney
ethel |
wilma | betty
== 2.11 pprint respects print-length ==
Assigning print-length now effects output of pprint
== 2.12 compilation and deployment via Maven ==
See the following pages for more information http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Maven+Settings+and+Repositories http://dev.clojure.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=950842 http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Common+Contrib+Build http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/How+to+Make+Releases
== 2.13 internal keyword map uses weak refs ==
== 2.14 ^:const defs ==
^:const lets you name primitive values with speedier reference.
(def constants
{:pi 3.14
:e 2.71})
(def ^:const pi (:pi constants))
(def ^:const e (:e constants))
The overhead of looking up :e and :pi in the map happens at compile time, as (:pi constants) and (:e constants) are evaluated when their parent def forms are evaluated.
== 2.15 Message Bearing Assert ==
Assert can take a second argument which will be printed when the assert fails
(assert (= 1 2) "1 is not equal to 2")
=> AssertionError Assert failed: 1 is not equal to 2
== 2.16 Error Checking for defmulti Options ==
defmulti will check to verify that its options are valid. For example, the following code will throw an example:
(defmulti fred :ethel :lucy :ricky)
=> IllegalArgumentException
== 2.17 Removed Checked Exceptions ==
Clojure does not throw checked exceptions
== 2.18 vector-of Takes Multiple Args ==
vector-of takes multiple args used to populate the array
(vector-of :int 1 2 3)
=> 1 2 3
== 2.19 deref with timeout ==
deref now takes a timeout option - when given with a blocking reference, will return the timeout-val if the timeout (in milliseconds) is reached before value is available.
(deref (promise) 10 :ethel)
=> :ethel
== 2.20 Walk Support for sorted-by Collections
Walk modified to work on sorted-by collections
let x (sorted-set-by > 1 2 3) (walk inc reverse x))
=> (2 3 4)
== 2.21 string.join Enhanced to Work with Sets ==
Just like join works on other collections
(join " and " #{:fred :ethel :lucy})
=> ":lucy and :fred and :ethel"
== 2.22 clojure.test-helper ==
All test helpers moved into clojure.test-helper
== 2.23 Newline outputs platform-specific newline sequence ==
Newline sequence is output as \r\n on Windows now.
== 2.24 init-proxy and update-proxy return proxy ==
Now you can chain calls on the proxy
== 2.25 doc & find-doc moved to REPL ==
Adds special form docs to the REPL
== 2.26 clojure.java.shell/sh accepts as input anything that clojure.java.io/copy does
This adds InputStream, Reader, File, byte[] to the list of inputs for clojure.java.shell/sh
== 2.27 Interrupte Handler Promoted to clojure.repl ==
Promoting this library eliminates the need for a dependency on old contrib.
== 2.28 Add support for running -main namespaces from clojure.main
This patch allows clojure.main to accept an argument pointing to a namespace to look for a -main function in. This allows users to write -main functions that will work the same whether the code is AOT-compiled for use in an executable jar or just run from source.
== 2.29 Set thread names on agent thread pools ==
It's a best practice to name the threads in an executor thread pool with a custom ThreadFactory so that the purpose of these threads is clear in thread dumps and other runtime operational tools.
Patch causes thread names like:
clojure-agent-send-pool-%d ��� should be fixed # of threads
clojure-agent-send-off-pool-%d ��� will be added and removed over time
== 2.30 Add docstring support to def ==
defs can now have docstrings
== 2.31 Comp function returns identity when called with zero arity ==
(= (comp) identity)
=> true
= 3 Performance Enhancements =
- Code path for using vars is now much faster for the common case
- Improved startup time
- Fix performance on some numeric overloads
- See CLJ-380 for more information
- Promises are lock free
- Functions only get metadata support code when metadata explicitly supplied
- definterface/gen-interface accepts array type hints
- nil? inlined
- PersistentQueue count is now O(1)
= 4 Bug Fixes =
The complete list of JIRA issues is here: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10052
- CLJ-8 detect and report cyclic load dependencies
- Patch restore detection of cyclic load dependencies
- CLJ-286 out being used as java.io.PrintWriter
- Patch fixes using Writer instead of PrintWriter
- fix clojure.main to not assume that err is a PrintWriter
- CLJ-292 LazySeq.sval() nests RuntimeExceptions
- Patch causes only the original RuntimeException to be thrown
- CLJ-390 sends from agent error-handlers should be allowed
- Patch allows agent error-handler to send successfully
- CLJ-426 case should handle hash collision
- There were situations where a hash collision would occur with case and an exception would be thrown. See https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/m4ZDWKSfmfo/discussion for more details
- CLJ-430 clojure.java.io URL Coercion throws java.lang.ClassCastException
- Patch correct exception to be thrown
- CLJ-432 deftype does not work if containing ns contains dashes
- Patch munges namespaces with dashes properly
- CLJ-433 munge should not munge $ (which isJavaIdentifierPart), should munge ' (which is not)
- CLJ-435 stackoverflow exception in printing meta with :type
- Patch fixes exception beeing thrown on certain type metadata
(with-meta {:value 2} {:type Object})
=> No message. Thrown class java.lang.StackOverflowError
- Patch fixes exception beeing thrown on certain type metadata
- CLJ-437 Bugs in clojure.set/subset? and superset? for sets with false/nil elements
- Patch fixes failing on subset? and superset? for sets with false/nil elements
- CLJ-439 Automatic type translation from Integer to Long
- Patch fixes increase coercion from Integer to Long
- CLJ-444 Infinite recursion in Keyword.intern leads to stack overflow
- No more infinite recursion with patch
- CLJ-678 into-array should work with all primitive types
- CLJ-680 printing promises should not block
- Patch allows printing of promises without blocking
- CLJ-682 cl-format: ~w throws an exception when not wrapped in a pretty-writer
- Patch fixes the following bug in cl-format with ~w:
- CLJ-693 VerifyError with symbol metadata, macros, and defrecord
- CLJ-702 case gives NPE when used with nil
- Patch allows nil to be used with case
- CLJ-734 starting scope of let bindings seems incorrect from jdi perspective
- Patch fixes local variables table to have the correct code index for let bindings.
- CLJ-739 version.properties file is not closed
- Patch properly closes version.properties file
- CLJ-751 cl-format: ~( thows an exception with an empty string
- Patch fixes the following bug in cl-format when format is nil
(cl-format nil "~a)" "")
=> NullPointerException
- Patch fixes the following bug in cl-format when format is nil
- CLJ-780 race condition in reference cache on Java 5
- Map.Entry instances can have null values prior to Java 6. This patch provides a workaround.
- floats were being boxed as Doubles, now they are boxed as Floats
- several "holding onto head" fixes
- Stop top-level defs from hanging onto the head of an expression that uses a lazy seq
- Stop multimethods from holding onto heads of their arguments
Jul 27, 2011
Link to http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Documentation+for+1.3+Numerics lacks the appropriate permissions for viewing.
Oct 25, 2011
This is out of date compared to the
changes.mdfile in git. Seems like this should be either updated or deleted.


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Designer dress
Made in EU
Devotion price
Notice: To fit high heels, we'll add an extra 2 inch (5 cm) onto custom-sized floor-length dresses and dresses with trains.
This gorgeous wedding gown, resembling an enchanting waterfall, will charge your look with unparalleled freshness and purity.
The flowing silk skirt visually lengthens your silhouette, and the bateau neckline highlights your slender arms. The lace appliqué is the most exquisite, and the embroidering on the back accentuates your perfect posture.
Enjoy the shower of compliments you are guaranteed to get in this stunning piece.
*The price doesn't include accessories.


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Year: 1931
Donation: Terry Brandt
Engine: Warner Scarab 125HP
WACO had learned that horsepower was an expensive way to quicken the pulse of sport pilots. The Model F had lines reminiscent of past WACO designs but in a smaller airframe. It was designed to give performance comparable to that of larger, more powerful airplanes while using an engine that was far less costly. Stable and easy to fly, the RNF was exceptionally capable and in the hands of a good pilot could be safely landed in the confines of a 100-foot circle. As the word spread sales flew as well as the airplane. WACO had hit the jackpot.


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Ed Brayton dug up this amusing preview by backslapping creationists of a movie that's in the works. It's a 3-D animated retelling of the book of Genesis — the whole thing is generated in the bowels of a computer, therefore it must have happened for realio, I guess.
It's an interesting argument. If this is how the universe works, I'm gonna look up Tony Stark next time I'm in New York. I hope they've repaired all the damage Superman did earlier this summer. I'm going to have to steer clear of my family on the West coast, though: I really don't want to get stomped by a kaiju.
One of the many benefits of living in Minnesota is that we don't have many horrible monsters or superheroes manifested by the magic of pixels around here.


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CNN contributor Roland Martin has once again made extreme, anti-gay comments – and this time GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has said, enough.
Are you on Facebook?
Would you please click "like" in the box to your right, or
12 States Where Same-Sex Marriage Isn't Legal — But Could Be
Vladimir Putin Just Made It Illegal To Tell Kids Gay People Exist
TX Man: After 34 Years My Partner's Sister Forced Us Apart, Took Our Home Because We Weren't Married
Marine War Hero Eric Alva Excoriates A Texas Crowd Who Booed Him Because He Is Gay
Gay People's Hearts 'Unsuitable' For Life Says Head Of Russia's State-Controlled TV News
Christian Polling Group Finds Atheists Divorce Less Than Christians
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Largest Study Of Children Raised By Same-Sex Parents Shows They're Healthier Than Their Peers
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When you travel through the London Underground you'll hear an automated message at every station warning you to be cautious before you step off. "Mind the gap" says the kind voice, as it urges you to be aware of the distance between the train and the platform.
After a while the frequency of the announcement becomes somewhat comical. We get it, "mind the gap". Thanks.
But the phrase has taken on meaning in the UK outside of just public transportation, and for many it's no joke when they say "mind the gap".
Take this year's English Premier League race for instance. While it came down to the final seconds of the season for the title to be decided, Manchester City have no hesitation in reminding their rivals Manchester United to "mind the gap" between the two teams, as the Blues claimed their first league title in 44 years.
So on Wednesday, the Canadian women's national team had to "mind the gap" when they played current FIFA Women's World Cup champions Japan.
The Asian nation were unheralded before last year's triumph, but they've proven to be worthy of their status. Canada, on the other hand, had an underwhelming campaign during the World Cup.
Now fast-forward back to Wednesday.
The first 20 minutes of the match did indeed show a gap between the two sides, as one team quite clearly looked superior to the other. That team, however, was the team in white with red trim.
As I sat only three rows from the field, I could see a Canadian side that was confident on the ball, dominating possession and not giving their opponents an inch when they did give the ball away.
The problem though was one we've seen all too many times before with Canadian national teams, an inability to find a creative way to generate scoring chances in the final third of the field.
The Japanese, meanwhile, were resolute in their play. Despite being outplayed, they remained patient and continued to play their game until they settled in and found opportunities. Once they did they punished the Canucks with two first-half goals.
Those goals knocked the Canadians off their game, and despite a second half goal which pleased the many red-clad fans in attendance, the Red and White couldn't recover to get a result.
In the end, the match proved that Canada do indeed need to "mind the gap" as they work their way through this tournament. But after showing flashes of promise, they should also keep this in mind:
It's still only a short step to the platform.


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A federal judge put a cloud over this year's health care reform legislation by ruling last week that a key provision – the individual mandate to buy insurance – was unconstitutional. But the judge declared the mandate "severable" from the rest of the law, meaning that everything else could continue.
That could create disastrous results for the federal budget, warns Joshua Gordon, The Concord Coalition's policy director. The individual mandate, he explains in a blog posting, "is a crucial leg in the stool of the expanded coverage provisions" of the law.
The law prohibits insurers from discriminating against sick people who want to buy health insurance. So without the individual mandate, many would have an incentive to game the system by refusing to buy insurance until they become ill. Insurance companies would be forced to raise premiums dramatically, Gordon says, and government spending on insurance subsidies "would skyrocket."
If the ruling ultimately stands, Congress would need to take action -- ideally, including strong new health care cost-control measures.


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Friends You Can Count On
Family Ties: Friends Turning into Family
Like many San Franciscans, my husband and I are transplants to the city by the bay. Since many of our close friends are in the same boat, we have become each other's families.
When I was pregnant and laid up with a gnarly cold, friends left baskets of food and flowers on my doorstep. When motherhood arrived, they brought homemade dinners to our house. And when hubby and I needed to escape to LA for a Foo Fighters concert, they babysat overnight. As far as I'm concerned, that deserves a ticket to sainthood. To see why I feel so lucky,
We are very good at graciously receiving gifts, but I hope that we are equally as good at doling them out. Today I am taking one of my "family" members to her OB/GYN appointment since her spouse is traveling. And, last weekend we took Chinese take–out to some other "family members" who are getting settled with their one–month–old.
My relatives are over 1,500 miles away so it's good to know I have people close by to cheer me on through the roller coaster of life.
The old saying goes, "You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family." But, in a way we have. So here's to our "family" members and everything they do for us.


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The institution may disclose records without consent if certain requirements are met, but it is not required to do so. Some examples of the exceptions to the release requirement include:
- Disclosure to another institution where the student seeks to enroll or is enrolled.
- Disclosure to the Department of Education or state and/or local educational authorities.
- Disclosure in connection with the receipt of financial aid.
- Disclosure to state/local officials in conjunction with legislative requirements.
- "School officials" with a "legitimate educational interest." Employees and legal agents have access to education records in order to perform their official, educationally-related duties.
- Disclosure to organizations conducting studies to improve instruction, or to accrediting organizations.
- Disclosure to parents of dependent students (IRS definition).
- To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena.
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- Disclosure of directory information, provided the student has not requested "no release."
For more information related to FERPA, please go to FERPA Information and Training under the Faculty and Staff tab or go to Notification of Rights Under FERPA under the Students tab.
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Punto's collection was shortstop heavy
Twins middle-infielder taught himself Ozzie's backflip
Nick Punto is a classic middle infielder who fields his position skillfully, hits the ball the other way, bunts runners over and rarely makes mistakes. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen nicknamed Punto "piranha" because he's a relentless player who just nibbles the opposition to death. So it's not so surprising to learn that Punto collected cards of baseball's best shortstops while growing up.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Whom did you collect when you were younger?
Punto: I can remember vividly as a kid collecting all the shortstops, because that was the position I played -- Ozzie Smith, Garry Templeton, Rafael Santana, Shawon Dunston. I also collected Tony Gwynn, but it was mostly the shortstops. I remember laying them out on the table and asking my dad who was the better player? I think I pretty much had every team. I would take them out when there was a game televised and check to see how those shortstops were doing. The only games televised were the White Sox, Cubs and Braves. I was a Cubs fan, but I grew up in Orange County (Calif.). I got to watch the Cubs day games and I played hooky from school. I watched Ozzie Guillen playing shortstop with the White Sox.
It didn't take long to get all these cards. The ice cream truck would come by, and I'd get a pack of cards for 50 cents from the ice cream man. All the kids in the neighborhood were trading baseball cards. I hope one day it's like that again.
Ozzie Smith was my guy. I taught myself to do a backflip like he did.
The sad part is I don't even know where those cards are today.
MLBPLAYERS.com: When did you first appear on a card?
Punto: I had a couple of Little League cards. My first pro card was Short-A, the Batavia Muckdogs, in the Phillies organization.
MLBPLAYERS.com: What is your favorite Major League card?
Punto: I like the hitting pose where they catch it right at contact or right after you swing. Not when the ball's in the catcher's glove. I'd like a diving, fielding shot, too. You can't go wrong with that.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Conor Sammon, Greg Cunningham and Ciaran Clark will start for the Republic of Ireland against Poland on Wednesday night at the Aviva Stadium.
Sammon will make his first appearance for Ireland as he partners Shane Long up front, while Cunningham and Clark will hope to impress Giovanni Trapattoni in defence.
David Forde gets the nod ahead of Kieren Westwood in goal as Trapattoni hinted at the weekend.
Hull youngster Robbie Brady will start on the right side of midfield, with Sunderland's James McClean on the righ, and James McCarthy will join Glenn Whelan in the middle.
Ireland XI to play Poland: Forde, McShane, O'Shea, Clark, Cunningham, Brady, McCarthy, Whelan, McClean, Long, Sammon.
Wigan star McCarthy will win his seventh successive senior international cap and with two vital World Cup qualifiers coming up next month in which the damage of a 6-1 home defeat by Germany needs to be repaired, he knows exactly what is at stake.
The midfielder said: "We need to try to put it (the negativity which surrounded the Germany game) to the back of our heads and try to really kick on now. We have got a friendly against Poland, which is not going to be easy.
"It's a good test for us and then next month, we have got the two qualifiers, and we need to go into those games and try to be as positive as we can.
"It's not going to be easy. Sweden and Austria are two massive games and two tough games. They could make or break the group, to be honest."
While welcoming an injection of younger talent, the 22-year-old is well aware of the value of the more senior players in the squad.
"It's always good to see the young boys coming through, but obviously the gaffer can't just blood all his youngsters at the same time," he added.
"We have still got the experienced pros in the squad and we always need that to help us and back it up."
It is a measure of McCarthy's quality that he has already made more than 100 Barclays Premier League appearances for the Latics since his move from Hamilton in July 2009.
The confidence placed in him by manager Roberto Martinez has paid dividends, and he has taken that on to the international stage.
Asked if he could have expected to have played so much top-flight football by this stage in his career, McCarthy said: "No, definitely not.
"I have worked hard and it's down to the gaffer giving me my chance at Wigan. He believed in me at a young age and he paid money to Hamilton.
"He's been brilliant for me since I went to the club. He's always believed in me and he's always given me my chance, and I am just happy to be part of that.
"It's a dream come true to go and play in the Premier League, to be honest."
Such has been McCarthy's form that he has been linked with a series of potential suitors with Arsenal among them during the most recent flurry of rumours.
However, he remains relaxed about his immediate future.
He said: "It's always good to see your name linked with big clubs, but I am a Wigan Athletic player. I will just keep working hard and if something comes up, then something comes up.
"But at this moment in time, I am happy to keep learning my trade at Wigan.
"Obviously, you want to play at the top level, but I am happy at Wigan just now and we just need to see what the next six months brings us."


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Passionate Porter prepared for Astros challenge
Houstonian discusses changing culture, honor of managing hometown squad
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
The 2013 season will mark one of change for the Astros, who are wearing new uniforms and are under the direction of new manager Bo Porter as they brace for a move to the American League West. Porter has implemented other changes as well, doing his best to overhaul the culture and environment of the team this spring.
Porter, who at 40 years old is the youngest manager in baseball, took some time to visit with MLB.com recently about the upcoming season, his first spring at the helm of the Astros and getting a chance to manage his hometown club.
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MLB.com: You're taking over the Astros at a time when change is all around you. What specific challenges has that presented?
Porter: I think the biggest thing is just changing the whole thought process of what it means to be a Houston Astro and the commitment that comes with being a Houston Astro, and then the opportunity that has presented itself to all of us throughout the whole organization.
MLB.com: You're not only moving to the American League, but into one of the toughest divisions in baseball. What can you expect from this young team?
Porter: When you look at divisions in baseball and someone deemed this division was tougher than this other division, but at the end of the day, it's Major League Baseball and every division is tough. When you start to look at our ballclub, I throw age out of the window, I throw experience out of the window. At the end of the day, they're going to put nine players out there, we're going to put nine players out there and the games are going to be won in between the lines.
MLB.com: You've gone to great lengths to change the atmosphere around the club. Why was that so important?
Porter: I think when you are laying the foundation to be a champion, you have to be "it" even before you are "it." And you have to lay a foundation that is built to last the test of time. When you start to talk about the commitment to doing things the right way, attention to detail, playing the game with intensity and passion, those things show up every day. When you talk about commitment and accountability to your teammates and paying attention to what's important now and keep pushing the wheel, all of those things are motivational factors that we talked to our players about at some point or another, whether or not it's a one-on-one meeting with me and another player or me and a group of players, or it's in-game conversation when you're taking advantage of teachable moments. But at the same time, you want to set that foundation so that as the course of the season goes along, you're a team, your organization is built for the long haul and it's built to last the test of time.
MLB.com: Management has said it's not going to spend significant money on free agency until some of the young players start producing at the Major League level. As a manager, is it hard to be patient?
Porter: You've never heard me use that word [rebuilding], and I'm not going to start to use that word today. I believe that this is Major League baseball and the 25 players we have in the big leagues, they're in the big leagues because as an organization we feel like they are Major League players. That standard is not going to be compromised by a dollar value, it's not going to be compromised by an age. This is a performance-based business, and you perform here or they find somebody else to perform, and I've said this to our players millions of times. I tell them all the time, "Ignore the noise." At the end of the day, it's not how much money you make, how much they're going to pay you every two weeks. It's you against the other team. If they just basically said we're going to set this schedule and the team with the highest payroll, "We're going to deem you the winner and the team with the lowest payroll, we're going to deem you the loser," why show up? It doesn't work that way. The games are won on the baseball field.
MLB.com: This team clearly has shown more power and better starting pitching depth this spring. How big of a difference do you expect that to make in the regular season?
Porter: Jeff [Luhnow, general manger] and I, the entire front office, the coaching staff, we all collaborated on it with each other and looked at areas which we could improve the ballclub, and we set out to improve the club in those areas. We went out and got some more experience as far as pitchers go. We've added depth in the organization, so that we not only have five starters, we have nine or 10. It gives you some margin for error or if you get a guy hurt, you have somebody else that you can call up that you have complete confidence in. We set out to improve the offense by infusing some power into the offense. You have a healthy Jason Castro, who will arguably be much a better offensive player so far than he's been in his Major League career. We expect him to have a breakout season. You add Carlos Pena, Rick Ankiel, Chris Carter -- you're talking about guys that we infused into the lineup that can change the game with one swing. What that does with the ballclub is it lets you know that you're never out of the game. You could be down, 4-1, in the second inning and just keep playing, because a 4-1 game all of a sudden in the second can change and it can be 8-1 by the seventh, because we have guys in our lineup that with one swing can change the game.
MLB.com: What's it like being the manager of your hometown team (having lived in Houston for 16 years)?
Porter: One, it's an honor. It's something that I really cherish. Because of the fact my wife was born and raised here and I know a lot of people here and the 16 years I've lived in Houston, I consider myself a Houstonian. I have great friendships, I'm embedded into the community and we do great things in our community through our foundation [Bo Porter Self Foundation]. Like I said when we had the uniform launch [in November], I will live, sleep and die with the day we can have a ticker-tape parade in Houston, Texas, as a World Series champion, and just for the city of Houston itself and for the fans. It's a huge baseball city. Our fans deserve a winner. They are absolutely starved and they want it just as much as we want it. It's an honor, and sometimes I can't even find the words to explain the joy I feel inside being the manager of the Houston Astros, but more importantly, the passion and desire that I feel to deliver a winner to the city of Houston.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Artists adding extra songs onto deluxe editions of full-length albums is nothing new, but French band Phoenix have taken the practice to an extreme on Bankrupt!, their forthcoming new album set for release on April 23.
According to a tweet from the band, fans who opt for the expanded version of Bankrupt! will be rewarded with a whopping 71 (yes, you read that correctly) bonus tracks on top of the ten new songs that make up the album. Although those extra tracks clock it at over an hour (the actual album is a taut 41 minutes), most of them are song fragments that last less than a minute.
Phoenix, who are one of the headliners for this year's Coachella music festival, were recently revealed as the Saturday Night Live musical guest on April 6 with Melissa McCarthy as the host. It will be the band's second time performing on the late-night TV institution.
The first single from Bankrupt!, "Entertainment," recently got the K-pop treatment in a grandiose new music video. Watch below.


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+ Half marathon yields temporary road closure
Runners in the Suncoast Half Marathon will make their way through the Lakewood Ranch community, traveling through parts of Summerfield, Riverwalk and all three sections of the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club, Sunday, Jan. 27. Hidden River Trail will be closed to vehicular traffic from 5 to 8:30 a.m.
+ Serenity Creek Subdivision to expand
The Manatee County Planning Commission unanimously approved an expansion of the Serenity Creek Subdivision in East County.
The addition of 26 lots on .86 acres of land on the east side of Pope Road, south of State Road 64, serves as a corrective rezoning to add lots that were inadvertently left off the original rezone, said Rossina Leider, senior development review specialist for the project.
Single-family residential lots will increase from 85 to 111.
Leider said the expansion of Serenity Creek, a project by Meritage Homes of Florida, is a logical expansion of the previous Planned Development Residential (PDR).
Compatible to other projects in the area, the project sits on open space and is low density, Leider said.
Meetings & Agendas
• Manatee County School Board Workshop — 3 p.m. Jan. 24, at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton
• Manatee County School Board Meeting — 5:45 p.m. Jan. 28, at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton
• Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Meeting — 9 a.m. Jan. 29, at the Manatee County Administration Building, 112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton
• Manatee County School Board Citizens Advisory Group Meeting — 6 p.m. Jan. 30, at the Professional Support Center, 2501 63rd Ave. E., Bradenton


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Canadian retailer RONA has named Michael Storfer, a veteran of plumbing specialist Noble Trade, to head the company's new commercial and professional division. Storfer formerly served as president of plumbing specialist Noble Trade, which was acquired by RONA earlier this year.
In his new role, Storfer will have overall responsibility for the Noble Trade banner and building materials specialist chains Curtis Lumber, Materiaux Coupal and Dick's Lumber, as well as RONA's existing commercial and institutional sales team. Storfer also will be part of the company's senior management committee.
RONA also announced two other appointments: Christian Proulx, a 20-year veteran of human resources management, was named senior vp-people and culture. Richard Brouillette, a longtime transportation, warehousing and distribution specialist, has been named vp-logistics.
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Another 15 pounds on Andrea is not something I want to hear unless it is accompanied by his speed and agility have also increased or he lost 20 pounds of fat.
Hopefully that is the weight of the new chip on his shoulder he needs to bring to play at a higher level !
As long as it's not 15 pounds of fat (which it doesn't sound like according to Casey), I'm okay with it. We all keep saying that Andrea is soft anyways, so maybe he's gotten a lot stronger and will actually use that new strength in his game. We'll see come the season-opener or even the pre-season.Im really happy that hes come into camp in great shape, 15 pounds heavier, stronger but hes playing at that high level that we saw last year, Casey said.
15lbs of muscle is a lot in that time frame. He must be dumping lots of whey in that Primo.
You are absolutely right though. Nobody adds 15 pounds of muscle unless they are 'roiding it huge. In fact I would find it hard to credit a bodybuilder with adding 15 pounds of muscle between the end of the season and now.
I don't think 15 pounds is that much considering the last game of the season for the team was April 26th and his was the 8th. That's just short of 6 months since he's played so even if he took 3 months to rest and do nothing (He's put on weight naturally by not working out) 5 pounds of muscle for 3 straight months is not out of this world. His weight isn't a concern for me it's his health and his fitness.
not to be a downer, but you ill informed fans are forgetting one scenario. The weight gain was unintentional, and was put on (and not lost) when he was recovering from his injury.
I don't think it's in bargnani's best interest to put on any weight, especially when he looked his most explosive at the beginning of last season at his lightest. Anyways we will see if he has lost any speed soon enough.
personally, I think the only person who should be happy about the weight gain is ED.
Some of that could easily be attributed to his body naturally maturing into a man's body. Look at any big man when he's 20 vs 26, and except for the "skinny as a rail" guys, there's a big difference almost always.
Something else to consider is the quality of the weight. I'm not 7 feet but I am 6'7"-8". I started working out seriously again in May of this year. First few weeks in I went from 250 down to 245. I was pleased because I had let myself go relative to the shape I was once in. Then I weighed in about 4-5 weeks in and I was back to 250. Then weighed in after 2 months and I was 255. I was feeling pretty down until I looked at the pictures I had taken on the 22nd of each month. There was a huge difference in appearance. As everyone knows muscle does weigh more than fat. I do hope Andrea has added good weight versus a summer of grandma's pasta.
15 lbs is a lot for the average human being to gain in 6 months. But for a 7 footer who "naturally" weighs 240 lbs, 15 lbs represents a small proportion.
If John Lucas said he gained 15 lbs, I'd be like, "Goddamn!". But it isn't nearly as impressive for the likes of Andrea, Jonas, Bynum, Howard, etc.
Lastly, we're not quite sure if we're talking about a 6 month, or twelve month window. They might be comparing Andrea's current weight to his 2011 preseason weight.
15 pounds of fat however.....that does just happen.
you don't think Bargnani with nothing to do but workout and lift for six months can't manage to put 15lbs of muscle on?
You've gone years of your life not pushing your body to the limit, getting fat off fast food and sitting at a computer, so a suddenly working out is going to change your body drastically.
Andrea Bargnani is a professional NBA player, with the best trainers in the world and the best workout plans that can be conceived to improve his game. He is a man who for all intents and purposes is in fantastic shape. If suddenly at age 26, in his 8th year in the NBA, he somehow gained 15 pounds of muscle he would have to have changed his workout plan in a very drastic way.
You don't just do the same routine as a pro and suddenly become that much bigger in pure muscle mass, it defies logic.
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City & Southern Realty Investors was a business trust created in Maryland under a declaration of trust on August 12, 1970. It qualified as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code. The purpose of the trust was to invest initially in short-term construction and development loans and in real estate equity ownership.
The trust commenced full-scale operations on October 8, 1970, when the proceeds of approximately $50 million were received from its initial public offering. Within three business days the trust had completely invested these proceeds in real estate and began borrowing money to fund additional investments.
In 1971 City & Southern had $127.5 million in assets, of which $120.2 million were in mortgages held. By the end of the following year, assets had nearly doubled, with $236.9 million and $218.2 million in mortgages. In 1972 the trust was committed to 276 investment properties in seventeen states. The majority of these properties were in Florida (60) and Georgia (166).


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Thanks for your comments guys! That really was actually painful... Ouch...
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Wow, they really treat Cyheria like a circus animal.....
I'm a guy and want to learn how to do this to a girl so bad!
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Cytherea: You are the bomb! FWIW, I like you better as a brunette. Would have loved to drink every drop of that last squirt of yours, it was epic! Wondering if that was you in a group of cheerleaders elsewhere on this site. One girl was getting squirted by the others. Hottest vid I've ever seen!
man that was hot but shit that squirt scared me lol
oh can any gal lik tht squirt on ma thirsty mouth
damn i want her to squirt all over me,yummmmmmyyy :)
PULL UP PULL UP! She's actually in a crashing plane. Also the camera-man wiping the lens: classic.
i need to learn how to squirt
I love peeing with another girl, especially if we are in a 69
"She took a giant piss ppl, ffs!!" Gotta love it when the kids visit. It's not piss, kid, it's a real live, full blown FEMALE EJACULATION. The wife did this for the first time ten years ago, and does it all the time now. Puts Cytheria to shame. Trust me, it's NOT piss. It smells totally different. You need to get away from your own hand more, and find out what real women are really like.
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not god for health . only permome sex after marriage
fucking amazing
hope you all like to be pissed on!!!! thats all shes doin! a real squirt doesnt shoot that far and its not as water based!!
That was one of Cytherea's all-time great squirts. The camera needed a windshield wiper.
Damn this is wonderfull
That was CRAZZZZZZZY!!!
pul up!!
love to lick that pussy
Wow what a powerful squirt wish i was their to get squirted on
Love cytheria
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That was awesome!!! I've been watching girls w machines and that's great too. but seeing girls get off as much as that is pretty hot! Jessica 6 I love your comment. Sounds like we could have some fun together, I'd love to fuck a girl while some other dude takes a turn a t you!
I swear she just pisses
What I wouldn't give to have orgasms like that!
I can help you
Awww I she ok
Lol when she carted tho lmao but dang I wanna squirt like that
She is pissing
Fuck me, she's fitting lol. Had to replay that several times! :)
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Best intense squirt I've seen in awhile..
I was laughing my ass off...she flopped around like a fucking fish!...lol!
It pissed myself with joy haha
I have been lucky make a lady squirt like that and full body cum!
When Can I fuck Cytheria?
I chummed three times
I love Cytherea . . . so emotional!
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This wasn't hot. I couldn't fap to it. I just laughed.
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as soon as i saw the camera guy cleaning the camera i LOL'D xD
Lol that was fucking mental. Nice
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I love Cytherea, she is the best. She should have stayed brunette though, that brassy hair makes her look old.
I'm straight, but I would have loved to had been in the middle of this. Mmmm. I want Cytherea to eat my pussy.
If you folks think that she's squirting kum, your mistaken. She's just pissing, perhaps right after she kums. But that's piss, am I right girls? If that's kum, I'll drink a gallon. I've eaten pussy for hours and had my partner kum several times while I'm down there (I LOVE EATING PUSSY as much as fucking-maybe more), and that ain't female ejaculate .. Is piss.
super yummy
Yummy indeed!
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first ive ever seen that the camera man has to clean the sight btw cyntherea is going crazy after squirt damn HOT!
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I love the fact that after the last orgasm, she totally loses her mind for a couple min, like she's in a state of trance and she can't catch her breath or something. Very realistic!
Cytherea and Ashley are terribly sexy. Cytherea always puts lots of emotion into her orgasm. It's great!
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Josh Zaffos wants to be a doctor, and his job is giving him a taste of his future. During spring break last year, he worked with the Georgia Eye Bank in Atlanta, and he became fascinated with exactly how valuable the human eye is and how precious vision can be. He learned about corneal transplantation and became qualified to perform enucleations (eye removals) and corneal excisions under state and federal laws and Eye Bank guidelines. Since March of 2005, he has been on call to recover corneal tissues from donor eyes so that they can be transplanted or used for research. He is the recipient of numerous university awards and honors including being a founding member of the university's academic honesty task force and vice president for Phi Upsilon Omicron honor society. After he graduates, he wants to go to medical school and become either an ophthalmologist or cardiologist.
Marietta, Georgia
High School:
Lassiter High School
Degree objective:
Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences with a major in Nutrition Science and pre-medicine intent
Expected graduation:
May 2007
University highlights, achievements, awards and scholarships:
I have received the Yum! Brands, Inc. Scholarship, the Glenn Bell Scholarship, and the Opal Ward Jones Scholarship. I made the President's List every semester since the spring of 2004, and I was named National Society of Collegiate Scholars "Scholar of the Day" on October 7, 2004. In addition to some of the awards I have earned, I have become involved with many clubs from community service-oriented organizations all the way to career-oriented organizations. Some of these clubs include the American Medical Student Association, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Professional Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Alpha Zeta honorary fraternity, Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society, and the National Society Of Collegiate Scholars. This semester, I have taken on leadership roles as ambassador for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and Vice President for Phi Upsilon Omicron honor society. Additionally, I am a founding member of the university's academic honesty task force. As a task force member, I have served on numerous hearing panels and given various classroom presentations on the importance of integrity and academic honesty.
Current Employment:
During my externship last spring at the Georgia Eye Bank in Atlanta, I learned about how donor eyes can be used for corneal transplantation or used for research. Soon after my externship ended, I underwent training to perform enucleations (eye removals) and corneal excisions under state and federal laws and the guidelines of the Eye Bank Association and Georgia Department of Human Resources. Currently, I remain on call for eye recoveries. I frequently travel to locations across the state of Georgia including hospitals, morgues, funeral homes, medical examiners' offices, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to recover the donated eyes of recently deceased people. This work has given me valuable experience and provided motivation to pursue a career in medicine. I feel blessed to be able to help restore the eyesight of people around the world.
I chose to attend UGA because…
...of the countless opportunities UGA's campus life offers to its students. There is a club for every area of interest, tons of people who share similar passions, and plenty of diversity to keep things interesting. Additionally, as a person who loves to exercise, work out, and play sports, I was thoroughly impressed by the Ramsey Center. To top it all off, the high academic standard here convinced me that the University of Georgia would satisfy my wishes for a top-notch education that would prepare me for any medical school I chose to attend a couple of years down the road.
My favorite things to do on campus are…
...escaping the books and walking through north campus to absorb the relaxing atmosphere. The Founders Memorial Garden and the fountain by Herty Field are a couple of my favorite places to simply slow life down. Also, I enjoy taking trips to Ramsey to play racquetball and work out.
When I have free time, I like…
...talking and socializing with friends and family. Whether it's helping to answer a homework problem or offering advice about everyday problems, I enjoy listening and offering wisdom to my friends whenever possible. Reading is another one of my hobbies, and I especially enjoy adventure and motivational books. Last, getting lost in nature's beauty is another one of my favorite things to do.
The craziest thing I've done is…
...get into a taxi during a two-week trip in Israel. I was praying for my dear life every inch we traveled! This taxi ride made Atlanta traffic look like a relaxing day at the beach!
My favorite place to study is…
...definitely my bed. It doesn't take long to get there, its comfortable, and if I get tired of studying a temporary escape route is only a lean away!
My favorite professor is…
...Lin Zhu. Dr. Zhu was my general chemistry professor my first year here at UGA. He showed a dedicated amount of charisma that I never expected from someone teaching a class of more than 300 students. Not only did he make every effort to teach in the most efficient and clear way, he made an effort to get to know as many students on a personal level as he possibly could. He dedicated significant amounts of time to his office hours during the week and visited almost all of the lab sections to help the teaching assistants and get to know his students. I believe Dr. Zhu genuinely teaches as if it was an enjoyable hobby rather than an occupation, which is an important quality that can help inspire students in large classes and large universities.
If I could share an afternoon with anyone, I would love to share it with…
...Mitch Albom. His books Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven have truly been inspirational to me. Albom offers such wonderful wisdom about how to approach everyday life. I strive to live up to some of the lessons I have learned from his books and to be the best person I can be by maximizing my full potential in everything I pursue.
If I knew I could not fail, I would…
...create an international healthcare system that provided high quality, free medical care to all third-world countries. I feel that people shouldn't have to endure such suffering where living life is anything but enjoyable. Establishing a free international healthcare system would dramatically reduce the amount of deadly diseases that many impoverished areas of the world are faced with on a daily basis. I believe inadequate access to healthcare is one of the greatest challenges the world faces today.
After graduation, I plan to…
...attend medical school with intentions to become either a cardiologist or an ophthalmologist.
The one UGA experience I will always remember will be…
...all of those crazy late night study sessions with my fellow pre-med roommates. We would start usually around 8 o' clock at night (after studying all day individually) and go until usually 2 o'clock in the morning. By the time it was 1 o'clock in the morning, however, we would all have an extreme case of the "sillys!" Although we didn't get much accomplished when it got really late, it certainly made for some of the silliest and most memorable moments for me here at UGA.


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Graduate students honored for excellence in teaching
The Princeton Graduate School has given awards to five graduate students in recognition of their dedication and effectiveness in teaching.
The annual Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Teaching Awards are sponsored by the graduate alumni and are selected by the Graduate School administration. The four 2004 winners are Sharon Bewick of the chemistry department, Kerry Bystrom of the English department, Stacy Janak of the chemical engineering department and Susan McWilliams of the politics department.
A fifth student, Pedro Silva Goldbaum of the physics department, received the Friends of the International Center Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given annually to an international graduate student.
More details are available in a news release.
Contact: Lauren Robinson-Brown (609) 258-3601


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Walt Disney World has provided us with this footage from the procession at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort earlier today. The newly crowned American Idol winner is seen traveling along the park's Hollywood Boulevard with Mickey Mouse up to the American Idol Experience, where he addresses the crowd of fans and hangs out with Mickey and Minnie Mouse before heading inside into the American Idol Experience to make a surprise appearance. Towards the end of the video, Lee answers some questions including his take on the American Idol Experience, his new-found celebrity and his expectations for his first album.
Warning: The video does contain excessively loud screams from fans, particularly during the parade portion. Do keep your volume low for these moments.


text: I haven't been using as much C++ these days as I would like to and am getting back into installing some libraries. I was just wondering, when creating projects using the libraries, there are the static libraries that are the standard .a files and the .a filles that are postfix with dll and come complimentary with dlls. If I remember the dll enabled libraries allow the compilation of the source code and allow the program to execute functions during runtime, while the .a files compile all the functions entirely. Am I correct?


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It's time to really start getting ready for Spring Training now. Once Jan. 1 hits, I shift back to heavier weight lifting and start doing more baseball-specific training -- swinging a bat, running, taking some groundballs.
The first month off, I try to relax and gradually wind down from the season, but by the end of November, I'm already doing a lot of cardio and light weight training. I work out five days a week at home in Texas during the offseason.
This is my fourth offseason in the big leagues now and my training program has evolved a little bit over the years. I tend to tinker with things that maybe haven't worked, but a lot of the things I've been doing have worked well for me.
I always want to improve my workouts, but at the same time I like to stay consistent with the things that I believe have contributed to my success.
Staying healthy is always important to me because I take a lot of pride in every single game. That's not easy playing in Texas where the heat can take a toll on your body. It becomes even more important to keep yourself hydrated and in good shape.
The things I do in the offseason are all geared toward being able to not just finish a long baseball season, but to finish it strongly and help extend it into October.
Our club is facing some challenges this offseason. We lost a number of quality players -- Gary Matthews Jr., Mark DeRosa, Adam Eaton and Carlos Lee. The list goes on. But we've begun to put the club back together by re-signing Vicente Padilla and bringing in Kenny Lofton, Marlon Byrd and most recently, Eric Gagne.
Padilla is the kind of pitcher we need on our club. He had a great year for us in 2006. He goes out there and throws 200 innings, gives us a lot of quality starts and keeps us in ballgames.
Signing those guys is a good start, but there's still work to be done before we have all the right players in place to compete.
For my part, I plan to improve. Baseball is a sport where no one has ever been perfect, so there's always plenty of room for improvement. You can always get better in every aspect of the game -- offensively, defensively, base running. You can improve as a teammate off the field, too.
My approach is to work on my game as a whole to keep getting better in every facet. Hopefully that translates into more wins for the Texas Rangers.
Mark Teixeira batted .282 with 33 homers, 110 RBIs and a .371 on-base percentage for the Rangers in 2006. Teixeira, a switch-hitting first baseman who was the fifth overall draft pick coming out of Georgia Tech in 2001, has averaged 35 homers and 113 RBIs per season over his four years with Texas and has played in all 162 games the past two seasons.
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About 3 weeks ago, while doing a antivirus scan, ZoneAlarm found a couple of Trojan viruses. It SAID it removed. I re-scanned, and there more Trojan viruses. After trying several things, including scanning with other products, almost every scan had 1 or more Trojan viruses. Not always the same name. Trojan=PSW.Win32.xxxx, Trojan-Spy.HTML.xxxx, etc. . I finally restored a 9 month old image. That appeared to work for about 1 week then the Trojan viruses started reappearing. They always appear in C:\Documents and Settings\LandHSystems3\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles.
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Parents and carers of children starting primary school in September have been told which school their child will be attending.
This year 94.6 per cent of applicants to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for places at infant, junior and primary schools got their first choice of school. A total of 41 of the 123 primary, infant and junior schools are oversubscribed, but all 482 East Riding resident applicants for junior school places got their first preference.
The majority (82.5 per cent) of the applications were made online, and the applicants were receiving letters and e-mails today (Wednesday 16 April) about the outcome.
This year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council received 3,270 applications for places at infant and primary schools.
Of those, 3,196 (97.4 per cent)) got a place at a school which parents had named as one of their top three preferred schools on their application forms. These included 3,066 (93.9 per cent) who got their first choice; 120 (3.7 per cent), who got their second choice; and 10 (0.3 per cent), who got their third preference..
Sixty four (two per cent) could not be given places at any of their three chosen schools and have been given places at alternative schools. Of the 64 who did not get any of their preferences, 43 have been placed at their catchment area school and 21 have been given places at another school.
In Goole, Kingsway Primary School, Marshlands Primary School and Parkside Primary School have agreed to help meet an increased demand by making more places available. Kingsway and Parkside Primary will now take in 90 children each instead of 60, and Marshlands will take 40 instead of 30. Additional accommodation will be added at each school to make sure the extra numbers can be catered for properly.
The schools admissions team has also processed 482 applications from parents applying for their children to transfer from infant to junior schools, and all the applicants for junior school places got their first preference.
Of the six junior schools, only Mount Pleasant CE Junior School in Market Weighton is oversubscribed – 88 first preferences for 75 places. The school's admission number will be exceeded and all 88 children will be offered places.
Councillor Julie Abraham, portfolio holder for children, young people and education, said: "At a time when many areas in the country are facing real difficulties in finding enough primary school places, it is good to see that we are still able to give most parents places for their children at the schools they want.
"Getting the balance right between the number of school places and the expected demand for these places is always difficult, even more so at times when the resources available for schools and school buildings are very limited.
"We have acted quickly to make more places available in Goole, where the numbers needing primary school places this year has been greater than expected. I am very grateful to the schools in the area which have responded so positively."


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A mistake is just a mistake, an error, a blip - the definition implies that it's somehow against what's expected, it's notable specifically because it's not in rhythm with everything else going on. Repeated mistakes, predictable mistakes, they're no longer mistakes. They're problems.
After yet another game marked by early concessions (and, at last, without the gritty comebacks that defined the Fire's breathtaking unbeaten streak) The Fire find themselves approaching halfway through the season with an opportunity to define their year.
Are all these frustrating early goals, the slow starts, the brief moments of futility - are they mistakes, errors, blips? Are they exceptions to the true Fire? Or will they define the Fire as a problem, and we'll look back sometime in the fall at a team that cost itself a playoff spot?
Pour some out for the exhilarating and dramatic nine-game unbeaten run. After Wednesday's game against San Jose, everything looked hunky dory. The Fire let in some goals, but they controlled the game, scored wonderfully, and showed just how much of a new team we were seeing compared to the disappointments of the spring. Now, the Fire will have to show whether Magic Mike Magee's impact is just makeup, MLS cover-all.
The best part of soccer seasons is that, eventually, your strengths and weaknesses are laid bare. There are deserved and deserved results, sure, but there's no such thing as a lucky season because there are enough games to balance out unlucky bounces, bad call, injuries, and so on. The points at the end of the season tell a complete story.
So, yes, Sunday was hot and humid. KC is stacked, with maybe the best back line in MLS. The Fire played on short rest. It was, in other words, the worst scenario to let in early goals.
But it also exposed the Fire's tendency to let in these goals that just feel wrong. The only word I can think of to describe the kinds of goals we've seen against the Fire is icky. They're icky. They're kind of gross. They feel wrong. They're not well worked, they don't really break the Fire down or come from great passing or individual brilliance. I'm thinking about Lindpere's own goal and Gordon's ridiculous crossbar assist to himself on Wednesday; Feilhaber's volley off the post and Zusi's wind-assisted Shross on Sunday. Going back, there are the Austin Berry gifts to Deshorn Brown of Colorado and Dominic Oduro of Columbus. You have to go all the way back to June 8th against Portland to see a really nice goal scored against the Fire in MLS.
That's a good sign, I think. I think it means that, once the Fire stop letting in these icky goals, Magee and the suddenly more clinical Duka - Nyarko - Rolfe supporting cast will continue to carry the Fire towards a playoff spot. It only seems right.
But with big road games in Vancouver and Houston coming up this month and the games starting to wear people down, the Fire are going to have to prove that their ascent is legitimate. They'll have to prove that June's run was no lie, that the early goals were a bunch of mistakes, errors, blips - not what defines them.


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Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson says 18-year-old Miguel Estrada was shot while walking home on Holly Street at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Thompson says Estrada was taken to a Blytheville hospital where he later died.
Police arrested a 16-year-old and 15-year-old in connection with Estrada's shooting. Their names weren't released because of their ages.
Thompson says Estrada knew the juveniles and that there was a "history of threats" between them.
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You are blindfolded before a table. On the table are a very large number of pennies. You are told 128 of the pennies are heads up and the rest are tails up. How can you create two subgroups of pennies, each with the same number of heads facing up, while remaining blindfolded?
AnswerCreate a subgroup of any 128 pennies. Then flip over all 128. That group of 128 and the group of all the remaining pennies will have the same number of heads facing up.
This works because the "tails" that you grab while making your subset of 128 will equal the "heads" that are left in the original pile. Once you flip your 128 coins over, these "tails" will turn into "heads" and the two groups will have a matching number of heads-up coins.
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He directly disagrees with the Buddha? That's interesting.Tom wrote:Since the context of the discussion was Tsongkhapa's views it might be useful to add that Tsongkhapa would not agree with the above statement. For him the initial cultivation of genuine insight must be proceeded by serenity. This is because, as he explains in the LRCM, without having first achieved the pliancy of serenity, analytical meditation is unable to bring about the pliancy required for it to qualify as genuine insight. So, for Tsongkhapa genuine insight requires serenity as a cause.Son wrote: At any rate, it is taught that of the four ways to achieve nirvana, three of them require both tranquility and insight in union. Tranquility preceded by insight, insight preceded by tranquility, or the two cultivated in unison. The fourth is a spontaneous realizing of self through calm recognition of dharma.
But I am curious now. Is he saying that one cannot accomplish insight meditation without first accomplishing tranquility meditation...? Or perhaps I'm just vague on the definition of "genuine insight" herein. From what I understand and according to common practice, samatha establishes serenity of mind, and vipassana establishes insight of mind. Is he suggesting that insight cannot be established without first practicing samatha per say? Or am I missing something? Because, for me and some renowned meditation masters I've spoken with, analytical meditation does provide serenity.
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Smoltz's stint marred by long ball
Braves' ace gives up homer in second inning of All-Star Game
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
Unfortunately for him, history will remember it simply as another one in which the one run he surrendered led to his second career All-Star Game loss.
While Smoltz's responsibility consisted of simply recording three outs for the National League in the 7-5 loss to the American League, he'll always be able to cherish the fact that was given the chance to complete at least one inning on a grand stage in front of a number of proud friends and family members from his native Michigan.
The only damage surrendered by Smoltz came when Miguel Tejada opened the second inning with a solo shot into the left-field seats. Ironically, a smiling Smoltz, claimed that it landed near Carl Wagner, a high school coach from Lansing, Mich., who became like a second father to him.
"I certainly didn't want to give up that homer right there," said Smoltz, who has allowed just two runs in the 5 2/3 innings he's compiled in seven Midsummer Classics."But one of the things that I've learned from my previous All-Star Games was that I was going to have fun today."
Smoltz, who was born in Detroit and raised in Lansing, spent much of the hours before the game realizing there were many friends that time hadn't allowed him to see. But the effects of a hectic two-day stretch didn't prevent him from realizing how important it would be to his parents to see him on the mound in the next few hours.
"You know me, I don't like to wait," Smoltz said about three hours before the first pitch. "It's hard for me to spend this much time at a ballpark."
Fortunately for Smoltz he didn't have to wait long. After the Cardinals' Chris Carpenter tossed a scoreless first inning, the Braves' veteran hurler entered and immediately fell victim to Tejada's power. The Orioles shortstop seemed to know the veteran hurler was going to attempt to come inside again with a fastball.
"I threw a bad pitch," Smoltz said. "During the regular season, I would have never tried that back to back. Tejada is such a great talent. Unfortunately, I got him out that way in Atlanta [two weeks ago]. I probably shouldn't have tried to press my luck."
Against his final four batters of the evening, the only hit surrendered by Smoltz came courtesy of an infield single by his good friend Jason Varitek.
Smoltz's other All-Star Game loss came during his debut in 1999. That one run scored against him came when Bo Jackson beat out a potential inning-ending double play grounder that Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith and Ryne Sandberg were attempting to turn.
"You tell yourself, 'It doesn't matter how you do, do the best that you can,'" Smoltz said. "But the atmosphere is different. The hitters are different. Everybody is different. It's not like a regular game when you can set up hitters. You don't know what to do but, just throw your best pitches."
During Smoltz's era as a closer, he was slected to play in both the 2002 and 2003 All-Star Games. This was his first selection as a starter since his 1996 NL Cy Young Award-winning season.
This was one special because it was in Detroit, where he'd always envisioned playing until the Tigers traded him at the age of 20 to the Braves. But now, at the age of 38, he's proven that he could make the successful conversion back to the starting rotation and that future All-Star Game appearances shouldn't be ruled out.
During Monday night's Home Run Derby, he promised his son, John Andrew, that he could shag balls in the outfield when he makes his next All-Star Game appearance.
Given that he's lived up to his promise that he'd thrive once again in the starter's role, there's no reason to believe he's just closed out the All-Star portion of his career.
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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Five Cowboys scored in double figures and the University of Wyoming men's basketball team took Western Michigan to overtime, before falling 75-67 in the CBI quarterfinals on Monday night in the Arena-Auditorium.
The Broncos (22-12) sent the game to overtime on a last-second three and outscored the Pokes (20-14) 16-8 in the extra period to break UW's 23-game non-conference winning streak in the AA.
"The last game of the season is always tough," UW head coach Larry Shyatt said. "Yes this one was tough, but I thought our guys played the game the right way.
12 year old Jaxon Parker was in Casper on Saturday for the State Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships.
Jaxon won the 12 year old division by making 21 out of 25 Free Throws he is a sixth grader at Holy Name Catholic School.His parents are Shane and Heidi Parker.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Lady Bronc soccer team split their opening conference matches over the weekend. they beat Cheyenne South 1-0 Friday and dropped a 2-0 decision to Laramie Saturday.
The Broncs whipped South 7-1 and dropped a 3-0 match at Laramie Saturday.
Both teams play once this week as they play at Buffalo Thursday night girls at 4:00 and the boys at 6:00.
BRONC / LADY BRONC TRACK - The Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams had their meet at Cody canceled Saturday, this week they will travel to an invitational meet in Gillette Thursday events begin at 10:00 am.
What was scheduled to be a pretty busy sports weekend in Johnson County fizzled fairly quickly with the weather moving in late Friday and into early Saturday, postponing soccer and track and field events at BHS.
The Bison and Lady Bison were able to get their Friday matches in before the snow hit hard.
Lady Broncs 1
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Laramie 2
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This week Broncs / Lady Broncs at Buffalo Thursday night 4:00 and 6:00.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers open their season at home Saturday, April 27th with a double header against Cody we will broadcast the home opener live on 87.7 FM ESPN radio.
One of the highlights of this year's Trooper schedule will be a trip to play in a tournament in Omaha. Nebraska.
The tournament will take place at the same time the college world series is going on an Trooper Head coach Ben Phillips says it will be a great experience for the players.
Buffalo High School athletes begin another busy weekend today, as the soccer teams are in action and the BHS track and field team readies for their annual track and field event scheduled for Saturday.
**Update from Wyopreps.com late Thursday**
TROOPER BASEBALL - Sheridan American Legion baseball held their annual player / parent meeting Wednesday night.
They were hoping to be on the field for the first workout Monday but Head coach Ben Phillips says the weather over the next several days has them pushing opening day back to the middle of next week.
The first question of a new season how many front line players are returning in 2013 Phillips says they have some key players coming back.


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Medicom Toy links up with Karimoku and Yoshida & Co. The bag company, Yoshida & Co, celebrates its 77th anniversary this year and for the occasion a limited edition wooden Bearbrick in 400% has been produced. Hinting at the collaboration is the matching wooden suitcase that the toy is holding.
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Explore The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, enjoy themed storytimes with SFPL children's librarians, dive into a hands-on Book Building Bash with SF collage artist Christian Robinson, contribute to an Ezra Jack Keats Community Mural, and enjoy a musical performance by indie-songster Frances England. SFPL's Green Bookmobile will be there too!
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Fredi planning to keep Gattis behind plate
Bethancourt likely to return to Triple-A when catcher comes off DL
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Catcher Evan Gattis seemingly provided a sign of encouragement when he crouched behind the plate to field a few between-innings warmup pitches during Tuesday night's game against the Mets. But Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he still does not expect Gattis to be activated from the disabled list immediately after the All-Star break next week.
Gattis has been sidelined since June 28 with a back injury. He was originally diagnosed with a strained rhomboid muscle, but an MRI exam showed a bulging thoracic disc.
Gonzalez said the plan remains for Gattis to catch some bullpen sessions this weekend. Because he suffered the injury while at the plate, swinging a bat will likely be the last hurdle he has to clear before he is cleared to begin playing in Minor League rehab games.
"With the bulging disc, it could still be a [rhomboid] muscle in addition to that," Gonzalez said. "So we'll take it slow."
Some members of the organization still seem to think it would be wise to move Gattis to left field when he returns. This would create the opportunity to continue using Christian Bethancourt, the better defensive option, behind the plate. But Gonzalez has never provided any indication that he is interested in this option.
If Gattis is used at the catcher on a regular basis after returning, Bethancourt would likely go to Triple-A Gwinnett, where he could continue getting the playing time he needs to further his development.
"I don't have plans for [Gattis] to play any other position," Gonzalez said. "I think we'll make the decision that Christian goes back -- he needs to play -- but I don't know when Gattis is going to be back."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.