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Volume 6 Number 3 January 16, 2009
Next week, our country will join together to celebrate two remarkable journeys in our nation's history.
On Monday, January 19th, we celebrate civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. As Coretta Scott King once proudly said, Martin Luther King Day commemorates the timeless values Dr. King taught us through his examples -- the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined his character and empowered his leadership.
And on Tuesday, January 20th, Barack Obama will be sworn-in as the 44th President of the United States of America.
Nearly half a century has passed since Dr. King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, but as we watch part of his vision realized, we must also remember the many Floridians and Americans who have sacrificed their lives to advance civil rights in our country. If you are looking for a way to give back to your community on Monday, or any other day, visit www.usaservice.org.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink offered the following statement:
"Today's budget bridges our state's short-term budget shortfalls, but still fails to provide the type of long-term, fiscally-responsible approach that the people of Florida need from state government. I am encouraged that this debate will continue during regular session, and the Florida Legislature will identify more ways to reduce expenditures and make government more efficient. Our goal should be a state budget with a long-term, sustainable vision for Florida's future."
Left: A conversation with CFO Alex Sink at Polk Community College-Winter Haven Campus, shown with Dr. Eileen Holden, President. The audience comprised 100 Polk County School Board Members and Polk Community College educators. During this open forum event, the audiences' primary interests were topics concerning the 2009 state budget and the fallout pertaining to education and economic development.
Right: In a presentation before the Central Florida Development Council, Inc,. of Polk County, Florida, CFO Sink advised 60 community leaders and the Polk County Sheriffs Office.
The Central Florida Development Council (CFDC), Polk County's economic catalyst for growth representing 17 municipalities, hosted CFO Alex Sink for a discussion on Florida's financial future. CFO Sink told the audience that she was encouraged by President-elect Obama's stimulus package and the emphasis on green technologies that bode well for Polk County and its multiple growing seasons. She suggested that agriculture would be on the rebound as the nation focuses more on biofuels. She also congratulated the group on their work for diversifying Polk County's economic base following the 1980's downturn in the phosphate industry, a major Polk County employer.
Since its inception, the CFDC has helped generate more than 19,000 new jobs in Polk County with $3.2 billion in capital investment. "Florida's current economic and budget issues are very similar to what Polk County experienced in the 1980s," said CFO Sink. "I encourage this group to engage collaboratively with your legislators to share your entrepreneurial ideas, experience and successes to help them make the best possible decisions for Florida's future."
Below: Presentation of a plaque of appreciation to CFO Sink by the Central Florida Development Council.
Today, Colonel Vicki Cutcliffe announced that a team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will arrive Wednesday, January 21, to examine all aspects of the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud's (FDFS/DIF) policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, for the purpose of accreditation. The Division of Insurance Fraud has to comply with approximately 260 standards in order to receive accredited status.
"Accreditation is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence, and we are excited to achieve this noteworthy status," said Colonel Cutcliffe.
The Accreditation Manager for FDFS/DIF is Captain Robert Brongel. The assessment team is comprised of law enforcement practitioners from Florida law enforcement agencies: these assessors will review written materials, interview individuals, and visit offices and other places where compliance can be witnessed. The CFA Assessment Team Leader is Ms. Dianne Hill of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office; other team members include Lt. Sheila Rowden of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Lt. Marc Hayes of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office.
Once the Commission's assessors complete their review of the agency, they report back to the full Commission, which will then decide if the agency is to receive accredited status. The Division's accreditation is for three years. Verification by the team that the Division of Insurance Fraud meets the Commission's standards is part of a voluntary process to gain or maintain accreditation.
As part of the on-site assessment, agency members and the general public are invited to offer comments to the assessment team. Comments must be in writing and must address the agency's ability to comply with CFA standards. A copy of the standards is available through Florida Department of Financial Services Public Information Officer in Tallahassee at 850/413-2890.
For more information regarding CFA or for persons wishing to offer written comments about the Division's ability to meet the standards of accreditation, please write: CFA, 3504 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 380, Orlando, Florida, 32817, or email to email@example.com.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced today that over 350 homeowners in Cape Coral received free advice from lenders and counselors on how to avoid foreclosure at her first Florida Housing Help Workshop held Saturday. Many homeowners reported walking out with an agreement, or a tentative new financial agreement, with their lenders and feeling optimistic that they would be able to keep their homes. Others not yet in foreclosure received information about financing options and how to better manage their budgets.
"Thousands of families in southwest Florida need help," Sink said. "These workshops are designed to get struggling homeowners in one-on-one meetings with lenders and counselors who could help them identify alternatives to foreclosure. The best way to begin turning our economy around is by making sure we are taking care of our families."
Representatives from nine banks and lending institutions, a dozen HUD-certified housing counselors, and officials from local housing organizations were available at the workshop for one-on-one-meetings with homeowners. In addition, small business owners had the opportunity to meet with advisors from the Florida Gulf Coast University Small Business Development Center. Ten programs on subjects ranging from foreclosure law to real estate options were available throughout the day.
Sink oversees the Department of Financial Services, which assists consumers with insurance and financial matters and is available to conduct free outreach programs on a variety of subjects. The Florida Housing Help Workshop was produced by the department on behalf of the CFO's Financial Action Team (FACT), a broad coalition of financial and housing stakeholders. Sink created the FACT Team last year to ensure Floridians get all of the benefits they may be entitled to under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
For more information on the FACT Team or to schedule an outreach program, please visit http://www.MyFloridaCFO.com or call 1-877-My-FL-CFO (1-877-693-5236).
CFO Alex Sink was the inaugural speaker in Jacksonville University Davis Leadership Center's Thought Leader Speaker Series, where she expressed ideas about how the state can get out of economic troubles.
CFO Sink said that the state needs to create a more diverse economy and that Jacksonville has a more balanced economy than other parts of the state, citing Jacksonville's insurance industry, port, health care facilities, and military installations. Health care is going to be an increasingly important part of the economy and Florida should pursue high-wage jobs in biomedical research through more graduates in the medical and engineering fields.
CFO Sink said the state should consider tax increases, fee hikes and spending cuts to balance the budget. and that Florida's cigarette tax is among the lowest in the nation.
As Congress works on renewing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor proposed a plan that will expand health insurance coverage to more of Florida's and the nation's children. The plan was outlined in a letter to President-Elect Obama (attached).
Under existing rules, states must provide a match to the federal dollars they receive for children's health insurance. But as states grapple with multi-billion dollar budget deficits, state officials are having a hard time finding the funding to provide the match.
Sink and Castor are proposing a one-year waiver for states to provide the match if they meet both of the following criteria:
Florida meets both criteria, with roughly 800,000 uninsured children in the state, or 18.8 percent. That is the second-highest percentage of uninsured children in the country. Likewise, Florida's projected budget gap for fiscal year 2010 is nearly $6 billion, or about 25 percent of the general fund. For every 29 cents Florida contributes to the insurance program, the federal government provides 71 cents.
As unemployment soars, forcing more people to turn toward food stamps, children, too, will bear the brunt of this economic crisis. Providing comprehensive and accessible health coverage for children is a priority and can go a long way toward helping families make ends meet.
And, a newly released Families USA report found that unemployment benefits don't even cover the cost of COBRA.
CFO Sink is a strong advocate of Florida's KidCare program, the state children's health insurance program. During the first 20 months of her term, CFO Sink served as the Chair of the Healthy Kids Corporation, the Board that oversees the state's Healthy Kids program. Healthy Kids allows eligible working families to purchase affordable health insurance for their children, emphasizing preventative care.
In today's economy, searching for a job is a challenging process. Getting the job is another topic altogether, but knowing more about job search methods and application techniques can get you started. Here are a few resources to consider as outlined by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Personal contacts Many jobs are never advertised. People get them by talking to friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers, former coworkers, and others who know of an opening. Be sure to tell people that you are looking for a job because the people you know may be some of the most effective resources for your search. To develop new contacts, join student, community, or professional organizations.
School career planning and placement offices High school and college placement offices help their students and alumni find jobs. Some invite recruiters to use their facilities for interviews or career fairs. They also may have lists of open jobs. Most also offer career counseling, career testing, and job search advice. Some have career resource libraries; host workshops on job search strategy, resume writing, letter writing, and effective interviewing; critique drafts of resumes; conduct mock interviews; and sponsor job fairs.
Employers Directly contacting employers is one of the most successful means of job hunting. Through library and Internet research, develop a list of potential employers in your desired career field. Then call these employers and check their Web sites for job openings. Web sites and business directories can tell you how to apply for a position or whom to contact. Even if no open positions are posted, do not hesitate to contact the employer: You never know when a job might become available. Consider asking for an informational interview with people working in the career you want to learn more. Ask them how they got started, what they like and dislike about the work, what type of qualifications are necessary for the job, and what type of personality succeeds in that position. In addition to giving you career information, they may be able to put you in contact with other people who might hire you, and they can keep you in mind if a position opens up.
Classified ads/Internet resources The "Help Wanted" ads in newspapers and the Internet list numerous jobs, and many people find work by responding to these ads. The Internet includes many job hunting Web sites with job listings. Some job boards provide national listings of all kinds; others are local. Some relate to a specific type of work; others are general. To find good prospects, begin with an Internet search using keywords related to the job you want. Also look for the sites of related professional associations.
Florida employment service offices
The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) helps job seekers find jobs and helps employers find qualified workers at no cost to either party. As Florida's lead state workforce agency, AWI directly administers the state's Labor Market Statistics program, Unemployment Compensation, Early Learning and various workforce development programs.
Workforce development policy and guidance are provided by Workforce Florida, Inc. Workforce Florida and the Agency for Workforce Innovation are partners in the Employ Florida network which includes 24 Regional Workforce Boards who deliver services through nearly 100 One-Stop Career Centers around the state.
Employ Florida Marketplace Employ Florida Marketplace is a new state-of-the-art Web site for matching Florida's job seekers and employers. Get help selecting a new career, finding a new job, and locating suitable education or training at https://www.employflorida.com/
People First
Search for government jobs throughout Florida.
Florida School System Jobs
Search for a job with Florida's school system
A popular opinion in America is that Styrofoam (polystyrene) cups are bad for the environment. Chemically speaking, polystyrene is almost inert and will not naturally biodegrade, which creates this negative opinion. Polystyrene is also visibly persistent along roadsides, and so makes an easy target for environmentalists. But in the race to abolish polystyrene from our daily lives, we neglect its environmental benefits over paper cups in some cases.
In a paper published in the peer-reviewed magazine, Science, Dr. Martin Hocking compared polystyrene versus paper:
Uses less raw materials, including 20 percent lower fossil fuels, no wood pulp and three percent of the chemicals utilized in paper
Cheaper and easier to manufacture, costing two and a half times less and producing more (one ton of polystyrene yields eight times more cups than one ton of paper)
Less space in landfills, with paper taking up approximately eight times more mass
Lower energy and water use, with paper cups requiring more steam, electricity and cooling water in their manufacturing process
Both can be relatively non-biodegradable – Styrofoam is not easily composted, but paper cups with a wax or plastic lining are equally slow.
Technology is moving ahead with more efficient ways to manufacture, to recycle and to minimize waste. But sometimes what seems obvious is not necessarily the most energy-efficient action. In the case of Styrofoam versus paper, the best solution is to re-use a ceramic mug!


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Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Many patients today with chronic conditions, including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, have an interest in complementary and alternative therapies—these focus more on preventative care and pain management.
Surveys for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention) show more than a third of Americans (36 percent) use complementary and alternative therapies. These therapies include diet, herbs and supplements, mind/body therapies such as aromatherapy, yoga and meditation, physical therapies, exercise and the ancient arts of acupuncture and tai chi.
Much of the evidence supporting complementary and alternative therapies for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is anecdotal. Increasingly, researchers have studied complementary and alternative therapies particularly in looking at drug interactions, dietary outcomes and safety. Most complementary and alternative therapies are safe. However, some can interfere with your treatments prescribed by your doctor.
Always talk to your doctor or consult with a licensed health care professional before adding any complementary and alternative treatments to your treatment plan for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Find a Naturopathic Physician
Need help sorting through alternative treatments? Naturopathic physicians use diet, exercise, lifestyle changes and natural therapies to promote wellness in their patients' lives and help with disease management or minimize side effects from other therapies.
To find a licensed naturopathic doctor near you, contact NPF's Patient Navigation Center. We specialize in finding licensed naturopaths who also understand diseases related to the immune system, like psoriatic disease.
Or, locate a licensed naturopathic doctor through the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.
Diet and Nutrition
Many people with psoriasis have no doubt suspected what they eat affects their condition. Some wonder whether eliminating certain foods can help their psoriasis to clear. Learn more about how certain foods may impact your symptoms. View more about diet and nutrition »
Herbal Remedies
Many herbal remedies have become mainstream in recent years. Don't mistake the terms "herbal" or "natural" or safe. Read more about herbal remedies »
Mind/Body Therapies
Mind-body techniques can help reduce your stress levels. Learn about mind/body therapies »
Alternative Therapies
Some psoriasis patients report hands-on alternative therapies can help relieve their psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis symptoms. More about alternative therapies »
Physical activity is important for your overall health and especially so if you have psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis. Exercise can help you maintain a healthy weight and lower your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Your risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes is increased when you have psoriasis. Read more »
Yoga and Tai Chi
Yoga combines controlled breathing, stretching and strengthening exercises, and meditation to help control stress and improve blood flow to areas affected by psoriasis. Like yoga, Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese art that can be effective in treating arthritis. Learn more »


text: CNBC's Scott Cohn has the latest details on the hunt for the Boston bombing suspect. And, Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group president, addresses reports that the two suspects, identified as brothers, are from Russia, near Chechnya. Also, Peter Grupe, former SAIC/NY FBI, talks about the scope of the search for the remaining suspect.


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Fun for the Feet: Kilim, Over-Dyed & Zebra Rugs
Give your piggies a treat with these colorful, new (to you) kilims and carpets.
- Minneapolis, MN: Over-Dyed Rug - $280
- Brooklyn, NY: Turkish Kilim - $600
- Denver, CO: Wool Carpet - $350
- New York, NY: Custom Zebra Rug - $350
- Washington, DC: Madeline Weinrib Rug - $1000
Shoppers, check out the Classifieds for many more listings. Sellers, gather up your goods and list them in our Classifieds to turn them into a little extra spending cash.
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Dennis Yu Receives Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor at Clarkson University
Clarkson University President Tony Collins has announced that Dennis Yu has been granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of operations and information systems in the School of Business.
Yu joined Clarkson as an assistant professor of operations and information systems in 2006. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, his Ph.D. in operations research from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and his MBA and Ph.D. in operations and manufacturing management from Washington University in St. Louis.
His research interests are in the areas of interface of operations management and marketing, supply chain flexibility for mitigating risks, and revenue management in supply chain.
Yu's work involves studies on product and supply chain strategies in the presence of customer demand fluctuations, capacity investment strategies in managing operational flexibility of supply chain, and revenue management of alternative distribution channels in supply chain.
He enjoys the teaching of supply chain modeling and optimization with decision analysis techniques and tools of operations research. As the faculty advisor, he has led two Clarkson teams to participate in national material handling student design competitions sponsored by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education in the past two years.
Yu has co-authored one book chapter and published nine research papers in leading academic journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Omega, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and others.
He has delivered papers at some 30 professional and academic conferences throughout the world. Yu is also involved in two research projects on operations strategies funded by National Science Foundation of China.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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text: Steve is the President and owner of The ROI Alliance, LLC. He earned a Bachelor's of Science as a Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineer at the Colorado School of Mines and a Master's of Engineering with an emphasis on industrial and applied research. After graduation, he was honored with a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and spent a year in Europe studying the "Evolution, Fabrication, and Social Impact of the European Sword." Upon completion of the Fellowship, he began working for Alcoa and achieved the rank of Senior Metallurgical Engineer. During his time at Alcoa, he was trained in the Quality Sciences by Luftig & Warren International (LWI) consultants. Eventually, Steve joined LWI and worked there for six years in a variety of industries, including primary metals extraction and manufacture, baking, distribution, assembly, and auto parts manufacturing, among others. During this time, he became an expert in both the realistic application and the intelligible teaching of a number of advanced business and statistical tools. He was principal in developing the Six Sigma materials for LWI. He has received a Black Belt from Motorola University, a Master Black Belt from LWI. In addition to his duties as President, he is an instructor at the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado, Chief Consultant for the University's Center for Business Performance Excellence, and acts as an Advisory Board Member to Orion Registrar. He also writes a monthly feature article for Quality Digest called The Six Sigma Heretic. He lives in Colorado with his wife and two daughters.


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A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin's guild, the High Table, John Wick is ...
The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped ...
Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson star as female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, who team up to take down the men who have wronged them.
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam.


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If they stayed in France, this is a violation on the French Gov't
Are they not a major Tourist venue and this could affect how Tourists or anyone views when thinking of going to France
If we let this one go, it could happen to anyone else anywhere in the world. People should speak up, whether a person is in the public eye or not. Privacy should be private.
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Posted on Jun 04, 2014
Summer Fun for Seniors and In Home Elderly Help
Summer is finally upon us; and after a particularly rough winter this year, we are welcoming the warmth! If your senior loved one is still relatively active, being outside as much as possible is probably on their agenda.
Summer fun for seniors can include a visit to a local park and nature trail for a leisure walk with a friends or family. Sometimes just sitting under a shady tree on a warm sunny day will be a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Relax and reminisce about summer games your loved one used to play and reflect on some fun memories together. When we take the time to truly listen to our elder loved ones, we can make them feel wonderful and you will too!
Family and food always seem to mesh well together. Summer is a wonderful time to prepare fresh meals and snap beans, shell peas and shuck some corn together. Fresh tomatoes from the garden taste delicious in a summer salad served with simple grilled burgers or chicken. Encourage water intake with water flavored with orange, lemon or lime to stay hydrated.
When possible, go swimming. It may be difficult to take your senior loved one swimming, but many YMCA's and public pools offer senior swim times and early morning hours. Swimming is a great, low-impact activity, fun for all ages.
During the summer months, it is expected that the mercury will rise and we will be feeling the heat. It is advisable that the elderly do not spend extended periods of time outdoors during extreme heat and stay cool indoors. Seniors are more prone to heat-related illnesses, and should take special care that they do not get heat exhaustion. Summer fun for seniors can be taken indoors on especially hot days: take a course together a local recreation center or senior center. A fun class in dancing, art, or language lessons can be learned together for a special bonding experience.
If you would like to learn more about caring and consistent in home elderly help and the many benefits of professional in home senior care or dementia and Alzheimer's care, call Senior Helpers of Fort Collins to speak to a senior care specialist today 970-658-8228! The compassionate senior care specialists at Senior Helpers can also guide you through the process of receiving the Veterans Administration Aid and Attendance Benefit if your elderly loved one is a veteran. In home senior care and in home assisted living allows your loved one to stay in the comforts of their own home for as long as possible while receiving the level of care they need. Senior Helpers of Fort Collins provides a wide range of services including Alzheimer's and dementia care, personal assistance, companionship, and so much more to all areas of .


text: I was a little dismissive of the Emergency Stop topic. In an ideal world, a team from the law faculty and the engineering (both civil and electrical) and...yeah it's a mess. Peter On 4/17/07, David Mathog <mathog at caltech.edu> wrote: > > "Peter St. John" <peter.st.john at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 4. Physicist who builds his own damn Supercomputer agonizes for days > over > > the emergency shut off switch wiring, because he can, he teaches > > electricity; but he could just walk one hundred yards down Science > Drive and > > get an EE grad student to do it for him. > > The problem with the Emergency Stop switch is not designing or > building the electrical wiring to implement it, it's interpreting > the electrical code to determine if one is required. Parts of the > code were apparently written by a Zen master so that the answer to > what seems like a straighforward question "do we need an > Emergency Stop switch?" depends on the answer to "is this room full > of machines a machine room"? The latter is apparently an > electrical code koan, as only the enlightened can divine the answer. > And maybe not even then - there seems to be room for considerable debate > on the issue. Indeed, the answer may depend not so much on what > the room holds, but rather on how it was wired, as certain sections > of the code may be "relaxed" in machine room construction. > > Suffice it to say that a definitive "required" or "not required" > has not yet been obtained from the folks in charge of the room's > construction. > > Regards, > > David Mathog > mathog at caltech.edu > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20070417/6a796498/attachment.html>


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I was a very thin kid. I have photographic evidence to prove it. Like most mother's of the previous generation, mine too thought that a chubby kid is a healthy kid. Mine, a first-time mother at 25 took things in her own hands and started with a project of her own – liver juice for her toddler (me). She thought she could transform a scrawny kid and add blobs of protoplasm by feeding me spoonfuls of raw liver juice. Liver – a storehouse of nutrients is indeed good when it comes to proteins, vitamins and also packed with saturated fat.
But then raw liver juice revolted with my highly developed palate (at three years), and I would vehemently refuse to have it. Not surprisingly, what did go down well with me was this spicier version of Mete Chorchori for adults.
This is the first time in many years that I have cooked liver. And mostly out of taste memory of how my Mother does it. It was too late to call India and wake Mum up. So I went ahead and did it sans her long-distance help.
Ingredients for Mete Chorchori are:
300 grams liver (I only use kid goat's)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
5-6 baby potatoes, peeled (use 1-2 regular, cubed if you don't have them)
1 tablespoon green chili paste
1 tablespoon ginger paste
1 tablespoon garlic paste
Half tablespoon black pepper powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
Half teaspoon garam masala, coarsely ground (I used cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg)
1-2 bay leaves
3-4 tablespoons mustard oil
Cut the liver into bite-size pieces. My butcher had thrown in a heart too, which you can see in this picture.
In a bowl, mix together the liver pieces, green chili, ginger and garlic paste, turmeric, and a couple of tablespoons of mustard oil. Keep for an hour.
Heat the remaining oil in a thick pan and sauté the potatoes till they are lightly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon.
In the same oil, throw in the bay, coarsely ground garam masala and the chopped onions.
On medium heat, sauté the onions till they are golden-brown. With the spatula you are cooking, line the onions to the sides and expose the pan's base. Now add the marinated liver and turn the heat up to high.
Its important you cook the liver on high heat so that it gets browned nicely. Keep stirring continuously so that the wet spices do not stick to the pan. Once the liver is lightly browned, introduce the potatoes.
Add the black pepper powder and keep frying everything.
Towards the end, I did cover the pan to turned the heat on low to cook the potatoes. This should be done for about five minutes. Add salt and check the taste. Remove from heat.
The Mete Chorchori is now ready to be eaten with phulko ruti or paratha.


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Random musings on the birth of a new grandchild: You will forgive me if I digress this week from things agricultural. I am working at a strange computer in a place not my usual, without access to my files, and with an Internet connection that is, at best, glacial. Next week, I'll return to the ag fare.
We came late to grandparenting. Both our children married somewhat later than the norm and seemed not inclined to things parental. While our contemporaries bragged and showed photos of "grands" galore, even some great-grandchildren, we were pretty much resigned to having none.
Then, five and a half years ago, darling granddaughter Presley arrived to brighten our lives, allowing us to experience once again the wonder of watching a new life take shape (but without the 3 a.m. feedings, colic, etc., that come with one's own children), and to share the joys of her growth, walking, talking, learning, unabashedly loving one and all.
We'd pretty much accepted that she'd be a one and only.
But, surprise: Earlier this year, Presley informed us she would be having a little brother or sister. And on a breathtakingly splendid late November day, sister Audrey made her entrance into the world.
As I sat in the hospital room, watching her snuggled to her mother, sleeping so peacefully, tiny hands clasped in a cherubic pose, I could not help but think: Child, what a troubled, uncertain future you and all the new little babies everywhere are facing. You inherit a world of achievements and wonders your great-grandparents could not have imagined only a hundred years ago, and ahead of you will be equally incredible accomplishments.
Yet… and yet… perils also loom on a scale that could not have been dreamt a century ago. Man's appetite for destruction and inhumanity to his fellow man has, alas, more than kept pace with his laudable achievements. Not a pretty picture.
But, I reflected, hasn't it ever been so? The parents of the World War I era, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, surely had the same thoughts: What kind of world have I brought my child into?
I remember — on a bitterly cold winter's eve, after the Russians launched their crude satellite, Sputnik, touching off the space race and the Cold War nuclear arms buildup — listening on my army surplus shortwave receiver to the beep-beeping of the orbiting craft and agonizing over assertions of young men in our community that "we'll soon be at war with the Russians and it could be the end of the world." Instead, there followed an era of unparalleled technological/economic achievement.
The day after Audrey's birth, we joined Presley at her kindergarten for Thanksgiving lunch. It was pandemonium: perhaps 500 kids, bursting with energy, waiting to be served their food so they could eat and go out to play.
There, and in nurseries and kindergartens everywhere — yes, also in slums and ghettoes and the poverty of the Third World — lies the future. In the faces of these children are reflected our hope and our challenge. For each of them, at this season of Thanksgiving, let us be grateful.
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text: New scholarship opens door to research opportunities in China, El Salvador for Loyola sophomores and juniors in summer 2014 February 10, 2014 | By Nick Alexopulos Beijing, China A new scholarship available through Loyola University Maryland's national fellowships office will give sophomores and juniors the opportunity to travel to either China or El Salvador for a summer project focused on study, research, and service. The Jennings Family International Summer Research Scholarship for Undergraduates is made possible by a $25,000 gift from Katherine and Larry E. Jennings, Jr., parents of a current Loyola student. The scholarships are available for summer 2014 only and will fund the program cost, transportation, and other fees and expenses for up to five students, with preference given to applicants whose socioeconomic circumstances and/or academic major requirements would otherwise make it difficult for them to study abroad. "An overseas research experience is out of reach for many students without the one-of-a-kind opportunity afforded by the generosity of the Jennings scholarships," said Arthur Sutherland, Ph.D., director of the national fellowships office and associate professor of theology at Loyola. "But the value of this opportunity goes far beyond access; the unique programs in China and El Salvador will allow students to freely explore how significant global issues impact emerging countries, and ultimately use what they learn while abroad to take a critical step toward becoming an agent of social change." Students who are awarded a scholarship and choose to travel to China will participate in the ChinaGreen Summer Program in Environmental Sciences at the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies. The four-week environmental studies travel course involves introductory lectures and field research in Beijing, and almost two weeks of class excursions throughout China. Students will acquire an understanding of how sustainable systems work and how the structure and function of these systems is altered by human activities. Through first-hand experience, students will study the major environmental issues in China, including air pollution, water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and climate change. The program runs June 2 through July 1, 2014. Students who are awarded a scholarship and choose to travel to El Salvador will participate in the Silvia Arriola Summer Program offered through fellow Jesuit institution Santa Clara University. Students will focus on health care and public health through direct immersion in the country's poor communities. This intensive program explores what the health problems are in El Salvador, why the country has these health issues, and how they are being handled from a response and prevention perspective. The program runs June 15 through July 13, 2014. "Enriching immersion programs should be accessible to all exceptional students who strive to travel internationally for scholarship, and we are honored to open those doors for more students at Loyola," said Katherine Jennings. Student participants who travel to either location will have a number of responsibilities before, during, and after their time abroad. They will present a study abroad-based research project at Loyola's Undergraduate Research Colloquium in spring 2015, actively blog about their experience, and submit a detailed experience report, among other commitments.


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The Steelers have reportedly given quarterback Ben Roethlisberger more power in the direction of the offense.
How Roethlisberger will wield this power remains to be seen, but he could use it to push for more playing time for rookie running back Le'Veon Bell now that the Steelers have signed the second-round pick to a four-year deal. The Steelers announced the deal Monday, leaving them with three of their nine 2013 draft picks unsigned.
Bell ran for 3,346 yards and 33 touchdowns during his career at Michigan State and will have to beat out Jonathan Dwyer and Isaac Redman for playing time as a rookie. It should help his cause that the Steelers have talked him up as a three-down back thanks to his ability to both pass block and catch the ball out of the backfield for a team that likes to throw the ball.
The Steelers averaged 3.7 yards per carry in 2012, their lowest average since 2008 and a clear reason why the team addressed running back early in the draft. If Bell gives them better production than they got last year, the Steelers' chances of bettering their record will greatly improve.


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A story published Wednesday by online media company roopstigo accuses Auburn University of fixing grades and paying players on the team that beat the University of Oregon for the 2010 BCS national championship.
The story by Selena Roberts said Auburn football created an atmosphere of arrogance that resulted in the school covering up violations during the tenure of former coach Gene Chizik.
Roberts reported that as many as nine players might have been academically ineligible for the bowl game and cited one specific instance of a grade being changed from an F to C for a star player.
Another player, receiver Darvin Adams, said he was offered cash not to turn pro. McNeil and Blanc said in the story that Adams was offered thousands.
Adams refused the money and went undrafted, in part, he told Roberts, because Auburn coaches spoke poorly of him to NFL scouts. He now plays in the Canadian Football League.
Of course, they're in the SEC, so i'm sure nothing will be done about any of this.
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National has created the ProAm Series to help further the PGA's mission to grow interest and participation in the game of golf at local levels by, for the first time, linking together 82 new and existing amateur tournaments across the 41 PGA of America Sections nationwide. The series will run February through October, and one of the 82 winning teams will be randomly selected to receive a VIP golf experience with Keegan and Mark Bradley.
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National's "Go Like A Pro" mobile experience will be managed by IMG Live and will provide on-site activities for golf fans at select ProAm Series tournaments and events. The traveling tour bus will feature state-of-the-art Trackman swing analysis, allowing participants the opportunity to see how their swing compares with Keegan's, some of the golf industry's newest demo clubs, a club re-regripping service, and a Keegan Bradley replica golf bag. Mark Bradley will lend his years of experience as a PGA professional by offering participants online golf tips for common swing flaws at www.nationalcargolf.com.
"The National Car Rental PGA ProAm Series provides an exciting opportunity for PGA Professionals and thousands of amateur golfers across the country to experience high-profile events at the grassroots level," said PGA President Ted Bishop. "We are delighted to partner with National Car Rental and are pleased to have the support of the father-son PGA Professional team of Keegan and Mark Bradley."
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"He's a part of this team," the source said, adding that the team is resolved to bringing Bay back in 2013.
Bay is due $16 million next season. He has a $17 million team option (with a $3 million buyout), which is guaranteed with 600 plate appearances next season. The last time Bay had 600 plate appearances was 2009 with the Red Sox.
"I've played every day. I've not played every day," Bay told the Post, in regards to serving in a different role next season. "I don't know. I'll do whatever I can."
My advice: Take this with a grain of salt. The Mets have to say this, especially if they have any chance of trading Bay for an equally bad contract - or to a team that thinks it might want to take a shot on him (at New York's expense). Basically, saying Bay will be here is the right thing to do, whether there is a chance he is here or not. They did this with Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo, as well, if you recall: saying over and over and over again, all that winter, that Perez and Castillo would NOT be cut. Reporters wrote it, as well, citing team sources, over and over again. And yet, Castillo and Perez were cut.
I don't doubt the New York Post's reporting. I'm sure this is what the reporter was told and he's right to report it. But, I get the impression the Mets would love to move on from Bay, because I think they're all tired of justifying the situation and letting it impact how the roster and lineup are structured as they wait and wait for him to rebound. I think everyone knows they need to move on, including the player... But, again, the Mets need to say what they're saying. It's the right thing to do.
There will be lots of reports like this over the next few months. However, right now, so far from Opening Day, knowing all sorts of circumstances can change, they need to be taken as just good old-fashion Hot Stove rumors, and not as fact. Because, best evidence of whether Bay will be on next year's Opening Day roster will be when we actually see next year's Opening Day roster, which is a whole six months from now...
In August, FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal said the Mets and Marlins had discussed swapping Bay for reliever Heath Bell and catcher John Buck, who will combine to earn $15 million next year (when Bay will earn $16 million). However, Bell will also earn $9 million in 2014 with an incentive-based option for the same amount in 2015.


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Monday, March 5, 2012
sunday afternoon
Just something simple and sweet that makes me happy.
Wonder how he'll balance 3 kids on that lap in a few months?
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- nicole @ I am a Honey Bee said...
you guys will do a great job balancing it all. :-)
- March 5, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Live a Life EXTRAordinary said...
It will be fun, interesting, comical, and noteworthy to be sure-but you two will do just fine. :)
- March 8, 2012 at 12:01 AM
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By flexing his muscles, this guy has become an NES controller. It's a USB device that involves attaching EMG sensors to the left and right arms. The B button is a clench of the right hand; the A is a clench of the left. Left and right on the D-pad are the left and right biceps.
If you want to try it for yourself, Brian Kaminski, who holds a degree in biomedical engineering from N.C. State, has posted the plans on Instructables.
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• UCSB Advances To Third Straight Postseason Tournament
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
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• UCSB Advances To Third Straight Postseason Tournament
UC Santa Barbara will play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament for the first time when it travels to the University of Idaho on Wednesday night. The Gauchos will be making their third consecutive postseason appearance and their fourth in the last five seasons. In 2010 and 2011, UCSB won the Big West Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament and in 2008, it won the league's regular season title and played in the National Invitation Tournament. Overall, this marks the 13th time that the Gauchos have appeared in postseason, the sixth under head coach Bob Williams.
• The Gaucho Update
UCSB enters Wednesday's CIT game with an overall record of 20-10. The Gauchos have won five of their last six and eight of 10. The five-game winning streak that was snapped in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game by Long Beach State was their longeest of the season and their longest since the 2009-10 campaign. UCSB completed the Big West season with a 12-4 mark, tying Cal State Fullerton for 2nd-place.
• UCSB Wins 20 For Fourth Time Under Williams
The Gauchos' win over Cal Poly in the Big West Tournament semifinals gave them 20 wins for the season. This marks the fourth time that the program has hit the 20-win mark under head coach Bob Williams, including the third time in the last five seasons. Previously, under Williams, UCSB went 20-10 in 2009-10, 23-9 in 2007-08 and 20-11 in 2001-02. Throughout history, Santa Barbara has won 20 or more games 11 times. Jerry Pimm is the only other coach to have guided the Gauchos to 20 or more wins four times.
• The Gauchos And Vandals
UCSB and Idaho have played 17 times dating back to 1963. The Gauchos hold an all-time advantage of 10-7. The teams last met during the 2004-05 season, Idaho's last year in the Big West Conference, with Santa Barbara winning at home, 54-40. Earlier that season, Idaho won in Moscow, 61-50. The last time UCSB won at Idaho was by a score of 62-53 on Jan. 9, 2003.
• UCSB Guaranteed Of Seventh Straight Winning Season
UCSB's 20-10 record guarantees that the program will post a winning record for the seventh straight year, the longest stretch in school history and the longest current streak in the Big West Conference. Previously, the most consecutive winning seasons was six in a row 1970-71 to 1975-76.
• Williams Is UCSB's All-Time Coaching Victory Leader
UCSB's 58-57 win at Cal Poly on Jan. 2 pushed head coach Bob Williams to the top of the school's all-time list for coaching wins with 223. Williams enters the CIT game at Idaho with 237 victories in his 13-plus seasons and his winning percentage of .567 is also a school record. Williams broke the previous victory record of 222 set by his predecessor Jerry Pimm who guided the program from 1983-98.
• Probable Starters - Quick Fact
G - T.J. Taylor - Logged just 10 minutes in Big West title game.
G - Orlando Johnson - 1,806 career points is UCSB record.
G - James Nunnally - Averaging 4.6 assists in last five games.
F - Alan Williams - 40 blocked shots is UCSB freshman record.
F - Jaimé Serna - Had eight rebounds vs. LBSU, highest total in nine games.
• Probable Reserves - Quick Fact
G - Nate Garth - Played just eight minutes in last two games combined.
F - Keegan Hornbuckle - Made 6-of-7 shots in the last three games.
G - Kyle Boswell - Didn't make 3-pointer vs. LBSU, first time in 24 games.
F - Lewis Thomas - Scored in consecutive games, first time since November.
F - Christian Peterson - Has 33 offensive rebounds, 33 defensive rebounds.
C - Greg Somogyi - Has 11 blocks in last four games, 188 in his career.
• The Gauchos Away From Home
By going 2-1 in the Big West Tournament, UCSB is now 9-7 in games away from home in 2011-12. The Gauchos were 7-6 in true road games, after opening at 1-3. They have won eight of their last 12 games away from home.
• Johnson Adds To Scoring Record
Orlando Johnson finished with 17 points in UCSB's Big West Tournament title game against Long Beach State and in doing so, he added to his school record for points in a career with 1,806. Entering the game against the 49ers, Johnson was the only player in school history to score more than 1,700 and he is now the only player to score more than 1,800. He became the school's all-time leader in a Feb. 25 win over Cal Poly. Johnson is the only player ranked among the top-six on the Gauchos' all-time list to have achieved the feat in a mere three seasons.
• Nunnally Joins In The Climb
James Nunnally scored 17 points in the title game against Long Beach State and now has 1,660 in his career, fourth in school history. In the regular season finale against UC Davis, Nunnally became the fifth player in school history to eclipse the 1,600 point mark. His next target would be Carrick DeHart who finished his career with 1,687 points.
• A Right, A Left, A Right, A Left...
In 2010-11, Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally combined for 1,194 points, the most ever by teammates at UCSB. This season, Johnson and Nunnally have combined for 1,062 points, the second most in school history. The duo also ranks No. 6 on that list, combining for 965 points as sophomores in 2009-10. Johnson and Nunnally have combined for 3,221 points during their three years as teammates, by far the most of any Gaucho duo in the history of the program.
• Still, Not A Lot Of Turnover
While it had 15 turnovers in its Big West Tournament championship game against Long Beach State, UCSB has not turned the ball over much lately. In each of the first two Big West Tournament games, the Gauchos set a new season-low for turnovers. In the quarterfinal game against Pacific, the Gauchos coughed up the basketball just six times, two fewer than their previous low. In the semifinal win over Cal Poly, they had just three turnovers, half of what they had the previous night. In fact, in the last six games, including five wins, Santa Barbara has had just 54 turnovers, 9.0 per game.
• Williams Breaks Freshman Block Record, UCSB Builds On Team Mark
With his one blocked shot in the Big West Tournament semifinal win over Cal Poly, freshman Alan Williams broke the UCSB record for blocked shots by a freshman. Williams now has 40 blocked shots on the season. Also, with three blocked shots in the championship game against Long Beach State, the Gauchos have 158 on the season, an average of 5.3 per game. The 158 blocks is a new school record, easily more than the 133 that the team had in 2010-11, the previous school record.
•Margin Call
The Gauchos are outscoring their opponents this season by an average score of 72.9 to 65.4, a difference of +6.9 points per game. UCSB's all-time record for scoring margin over an entire season is +12.5 point per game in 1954-55. The 2011-12 average margin of +6.9 points per game is tied for the sixth largest in school history. The last time the Gauchos posted a larger average margin was in 1989-90 when they averaged +8.1 points per game. The largest previous margin by a Bob Williams-coached Gaucho team was +5.7 in 2001-02. Also, Santa Barbara has recorded 13 double-figure victory margins in 2011-12, including its last four wins. On the other side of the ledger, six of 10 losses came by a double-figure margin, including the last three in a row.
• That 70s Show
In 29 games this season, the Gauchos have allowed fewer than 70 points 19 times, winning each time. The 19-0 record is in stark contrast to the 1-9 record the team has when they allow 70 or more. UCSB has also allowed exactly 70 points on two occasions, going 1-1 in those games.
• In Defense Of The Gauchos
UCSB is limiting its opponents to 39.9% shooting from the field this season. The Gauchos have held three of their last four and four of the last six opponents under 40.0% shooting. Through 30 games, 19 opponents have shot below 40.0% from the field.
• Picking Up The Three-Point Pace
After stringing together three straight games with 10 or more three-pointers, UCSB had just 13 total in the final two games of the Big West Tournament. Still, the Gauchos have made 79 out of their last 172 three-point attempts, a solid 45.9%. On the sesaon, they are now shooting 38.1% from beyond the arc and they have made 50.0% or better seven times in their 30 games.
• Orlando Johnson Update
A First Team All-Big West choice for the third year in a row, Orlando Johnson enters the CIT averaging 19.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game...Had 17 points, six rebounds and six assists in Big West title game vs. Long Beach State...Six assists tied his second highest total of the season...Johnson is the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,806 career points...He is the only player among the top-five to have accomplished the feat in just three seasons...Johnson has gone 19-of-39 from three-point range in the last four games, 48.7%...Now has 179 career three-point baskets, seventh in UCSB history...His 67 threes this season are ninth all-time...His 592 points this season rank sixth all-time...Johnson also ranks first and eighth on the all-time list...Scored 10 or more 29 times in 30 games this season and 90 times in 92 games dating back to the 2009-10 season...He has scored 20 or more 48 times in his career, a UCSB record...Scored 383 points as a freshman at Loyola Marymount and now has 2,189 as a collegiate player.
• James Nunnally Update
A Second Team All-Big West selection, James Nunnally had 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists in Big West Tourney championship against Long Beach State...He is now averaging 15.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game...In the last eight games, Nunnally has averaged 18.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game...In the last eight, he has made 28-of-60 shots from three-point range, 46.7%...Has now scored 1,660 career points, fourth in UCSB history...With three three-pointers on Saturday, he has 184 in his career, sixth all-time...Has scored in double-figures 28 times in 30 games...Enters the CIT having made 21 consecutive free throws.
•Jaimé Serna Update
Jaimé Serna had seven points, eight rebounds and a blocked shot in Saturday's game vs. Long Beach State...He is now averaging 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game...Leads the Gauchos in field goal percentage at 61.1%...His career percentage of 56.0% (331-of-591) ranks third on UCSB's all-time list...Has 81 career blocked shots, seventh all-time, and needs two to move into sixth.
• Alan Williams Update
Alan Williams had 13 points and seven rebounds on Saturday against Long Beach State...The seven rebounds gives him 190 on the season, tops on the team, and the third most by a freshman in school history...He has blocked 40 shots on the season, a new UCSB freshman record...Had 10 boards in Big West semifinal vs. Cal Poly and now has double-figures five times and seven or more 17 times...Williams now has more defensive boards (96) than offensive (93) for the first time since prior to a Jan. 26 game at UC Davis.
• Kyle Boswell Update
Kyle Boswell was scoreless for the first time this season in 18 minutes against Long Beach on Saturday...Missed his only two field goal attempts, both three-pointers.... Leads the team in three-point percentage at 43.8%, but in the last 10 games he was 23-of-42, 54.8%...Has made at least two three-pointers 16 times and one or more 28 times.
• T.J. Taylor Update
T.J. Taylor played just 10 minutes and was scoreless against Long Beach State..Has six assists and no turnovers in the last four games...Has started 13 of last 14.
• Nate Garth Update
Nate Garth totaled just eight minutes in last two games, going scoreless in both...Has had three or more assists is six of last nine games...Has three or more assists 14 times and UCSB is 13-1 in those games.
• Keegan Hornbuckle Update
Keegan Hornbuckle played 56 minutes in three games at Big West Toiurnament...Made 6-of-7 shots in the three games, 85.7%, and averaged 4.7 points per game.
• Greg Somogyi Update
Greg Somogyi played 12 minutes and had six points and two blocked shots vs. Long Beach State...Has 11 blocks in the last four games...Now has 52 blocks on the season, sixth all-time, and 188 in his career, second in school history.


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As its name suggests, EVGA GTX 570 Super Clocked is a factory overclocked graphics card. Its GPU runs at 797MHz and the memory at 975MHz. Just to remind you, Nvidia's reference clocks for this card are 732MHz for the GPU and 950MHz for the memory.
A 65MHz GPU overclock is a respectable one and will surely bring about visible performance increase. However, any additional overclocking on our card was limited by the core's voltage.
MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 5 reports that the card's default voltage is 988mV, which limited us to 810MHz for the GPU.
We pushed the core voltage to 1088mV and achieved stable 870MHz, which was the maximum we managed. Note that Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 5's maximum voltage is 1100mV, but further voltage increases didn't do much to improve our overclocking results. We managed to push the memory to 1110MHz (4440MHz effectively).
Thermals and Noise
As far as noise levels go, the GTX 570 SC's cooler is almost inaudible when idle, with GPU temperature around 45°C. While the GTX 570 SC isn't too loud during operation, it was the loudest piece of equipment in our rig. In our case, intensive 3D resulted in GPU temperature of about 86°C.


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Ask any of your club members if they would like to receive fitness coaching from the personal trainer of Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and chances are you will get an enthusiastic "yes!"
Now, Chris Carmichael, whose training method helped Armstrong regain his strength and endurance after a successful battle against cancer, has partnered his company, Carmichael Training Systems (CTS), with Nevada-based Computer Screening Inc. (CSI) to bring training improvement programs directly to fitness facilities.
"We have been asked by lots of different health clubs to offer [our] coaching in clubs, and this is the first entry point," Carmichael said. "We know there is excitement in clubs [about this new program]."
For a fee, CSI supplies the club with a high-tech Internet kiosk, which is similar to those often seen in pharmacies and other retail establishments. At the kiosk, members can check their weight, blood pressure and other vitals. Members then log on to the CTS Web site and work directly with a personal fitness coach. Coaches are certified through CTS and are trained to help members reach their goals, whether their desire is to shed pounds or run a marathon.
"We think [clubs] can turn this into a great member retention program," says Charles R. Sullivan, executive VP of CSI. "It could also become a cash generator for the club."
According to Sullivan, this is because clubs have plenty of options when it comes to integrating the system into their facility's programming. Clubs can elect to charge members a fee to use the kiosk or they can incorporate the cost into the joining fees and monthly dues. In addition, the kiosk has a backlit display, which opens up an opportunity for clubs to sell advertising space to local fitness-related business.
Additionally, CTS and CSI said that this new offering is designed to add value to the club membership, as well as reinforcing club members' commitment to fitness by getting them involved in an individualized training program.
When a new client signs on with CTS, Carmichael said, their coach starts off by asking about the individual's health and exercise history, current health, fitness goals, and the amount of time he or she is willing to dedicate to the program on a weekly basis. Next, the client participates in a field test that gives the coach an idea of the client's current level. Based on the results, the coach develops a month-long plan for the client. And because the client is consistently checking in with the coach, the plan can be modified on a daily basis depending on how well the client is adapting to the program.
"What we do is follow the same training methodology used with top athletes," Carmichael said. "We individualize to {the client}."
Though the automatic assumption could be that using the CTS program in a club would compete with the personal training staff, the idea is for the two programs to work in conjunction with each other, according to the company. Trainers at a gym, for example, can help members use the kiosk and work with them on the fitness plan provided by their personal CTS coach. It also provides members with an easy way to track their results. Instead of keeping track of progress on a paper chart, members use a Web-based program, allowing them to log on to the CTS Web site and"meet" regularly with their CTS coach by using the direct dial phone attached to the kiosk.


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Solar Racing Team Slips Back, June 24, 1999
CLEMSON, S.C., June 24, 1999 -- New Mexico Tech's Corona has slipped back to last place in the 29-car racing field after yesterday's completion of the fourth day of Sunrayce 99, a ten-day, solar-powered road rally which is winding its way down highways in the Southeastern United States.
New Mexico Tech's solar racer dropped to the back of the pack after logging only 15 miles on its low-charged batteries on the 150-mile stretch between Charlotte, N.C., and Clemson, S.C.
New Mexico Tech's Corona was one of the 10 sunshine-powered vehicles which did not complete yesterday's course within the allotted eight hours as stipulated by Sunrayce 99 rules.
Sunrayce 99 continues today with a 135-mile leg to Mercer University in Atlanta, Ga.
On Friday, June 25, New Mexico Tech's solar racing team and all 28 of its Sunrayce 99 competitors will get a respite from racing with a "Rest Day" planned for the stay in Atlanta. Racing resumes on Saturday, June 26.
Teams from colleges and universities throughout North America, including New Mexico Tech, have been racing through five states this week, from Washington, D. C., toward a finish line at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the 10-day road rally wins the event.
The top three finishing teams will receive trophies and cash awards. Scholastic achievement awards will also be granted for technical innovation, engineering excellence, artistic talents, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
The biennial solar-car race was created by General Motors and the U. S. Department of Energy in 1990 to promote educational excellence in mathematics, science, and engineering by offering students a unique and highly valuable "hands-on" educational opportunity. Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) joined GM and the DOE as a co-sponsor of the event in 1993.


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Saint John XXIII, original name Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, (born November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy—died June 3, 1963, Rome; beatified September 3, 2000; canonized April 27, 2014; feast day October 11), one of the most popular popes of all time (reigned 1958–63), who inaugurated a new era in the history of the Roman Catholic Church by his openness to change (aggiornamento), shown especially in his convoking of the Second Vatican Council. He wrote several socially important encyclicals, most notably Pacem in Terris.
Early life and career
Angelo was one of 13 children born to Giovanni Roncalli, a tenant farmer of Sotto il Monte, a tiny village 7 miles (11 km) from the Lombard city of Bergamo. The Roncallis were poor but not nearly as destitute as some later legends would have it. "We had the necessities of life," the pope used to say testily, "and we were strong and healthy." Though Angelo, the third child and oldest son of the family, went off to prepare for the priesthood as a child of 11, he continued to spend vacations with his family and remained close to them throughout his life.
No matter how powerful he became, however, he never helped any of the other Roncallis to advance in the world. "The world is only interested in making money…," he wrote to his brother Xaverio after becoming pope. "A great honour has come to our family," he acknowledged, but he urged Xaverio and the others to remain humble, seek no honours or preferments, and take no material advantage of their relationship to the pope. "At my own death," he concluded, "I shall not be denied the praise which did so much honour to the holiness of Pius X: born poor, he died poor." In his last will he bequeathed each of the living members of the family a legacy of less than $20—his total personal fortune.
Angelo the churchman, however, was destined to spend most of his life among the powerful and cultivated. Inevitably, that set him apart from the other Roncallis almost from the beginning. While still a seminarian, he was already beginning to feel out of place in Sotto il Monte, where he was charged with priggishness and "putting on airs." "Only three days of the holidays have passed and already I am weary of them," he recorded in the diary that he allowed to be published after his death. He was eager, he wrote, to return to Bergamo, with its orderly life of study, prayer, and genteel fellowship, and to escape from the petty gossip, suspicion, and jealousies of the village.
Roncalli was not an especially brilliant student. He did well enough, however, to be sent to Rome for theological studies in 1900. After only one year at the Seminario Romano, his education was interrupted when he was drafted into military service and assigned to an infantry company conveniently stationed at Bergamo. Later, as a priest, he returned to the army during World War I. Again he served in Bergamo, first as a hospital orderly and later as a military chaplain with the rank of lieutenant.
Even with the time out for military service, he was not yet 23 when he was ordained a priest in Rome on August 10, 1904. The next day he said his first mass at St. Peter's Basilica. After a visit to his family in Sotto il Monte, he returned to the Seminario Romano for further study. Eventually he received a doctorate in canon law.
As a graduate student in Rome, Roncalli took the first step that was to lead to the papacy a half century later. Simply because he was a priest of Bergamo, he was asked by the reigning pope, Pius X, to assist in the ceremony of consecration for a new bishop, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, who had been appointed to take over the diocese of Bergamo. The new bishop, a member of the Italian nobility, was much taken by the young priest and asked him to serve as his secretary.
Back in Bergamo, Don Angelo, in addition to his secretarial duties, was assigned to the faculty of the diocesan seminary. For the next nine years he served as a professor of theology and spiritual director of the young men preparing for ordination. As the bishop's right-hand man, he gained a wide range of pastoral experience.
Roncalli had great esteem for his superior, who was known as the most progressive prelate in Italy. After the bishop's death in 1914, he wrote an appreciative biography of the prelate and sent a copy to the pope, Benedict XV, who had been one of Radini-Tedeschi's personal friends.
With the war behind him, Roncalli was summoned to wider service in the church. In 1920 Pope Benedict, recalling Radini-Tedeschi's biographer, named him a director of the Italian organization for the support of foreign missions. The position was not notably significant in a church top-heavy with dignitaries, but it brought him into personal contact with a number of important clerical figures throughout Europe, and his name became recognizable in ecclesiastical Rome. He also gained some attention because of his work as a part-time historian who specialized in some of the minor activities of Saint Charles Borromeo, a cardinal of Milan who played an important role in the 16th-century Counter-Reformation. It was Roncalli's researches for this project that first brought him into contact with Monsignor Achille Ratti, the Milanese librarian who would become Pius XI.
Service as a Vatican diplomat
Pius XI later remembered the Bergamo priest's gift for personal dealings and brought him into the Vatican's diplomatic service. Roncalli was appointed apostolic visitor to Bulgaria in March 1925. In keeping with custom, he was made an archbishop before he left Rome. He spent the next 10 years in that obscure but delicate post, where he was expected to protect the interests of a small Roman Catholic community in a country overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox. His diary reveals that he was often lonely and discouraged in Bulgaria, but he carried out the assignment with tact, patience, and notable good humour. Still, he was not deemed to be among the best-qualified clerics in the papal diplomatic corps.
Roncalli's next assignment was equally unpromising. He was appointed apostolic delegate to Greece, which was combined with naming him head of the Vatican diplomatic mission to Turkey. Again he was called upon to represent powerless Catholic minorities in an Eastern Orthodox nation, Greece, and a Muslim nation, Turkey. He made his home in Istanbul, where he was generally ignored by both the Turkish government and the Vatican but was warmly appreciated in the diplomatic colony as an amiable host and affable dinner companion.
None of these posts loomed large in the Western-oriented Vatican, and the archbishop had good reason to believe that his career had reached a dead end. Later he confessed that he was stunned by the announcement, at the end of 1944, that he had been named papal nuncio to Charles de Gaulle's newly liberated France; his first thought was that an assignment error must have been made in Rome.
The French post was particularly delicate at the time. Roncalli's predecessor, Monsignor Valerio Valeri, had been close to the collaborationist General Philippe Pétain during the German occupation, and de Gaulle made it clear to the Vatican that, since Valeri had become persona non grata to the French people, he would have to be replaced immediately. France was still seething with a spirit of vengeance against former collaborators. It would be the new nuncio's obligation to deal with the ill will created by his predecessor and by the bishops who had cooperated with the hated Vichy government. Someone in the Vatican remembered the genial archbishop languishing in the Middle East, and it was decided that, though he was not noted for his political astuteness, perhaps he had precisely the qualifications needed under the circumstances. Roncalli was told that he would be expected to cool the atmosphere, reestablish the independence of the church, and gain the release of a number of German seminarians who were being held as prisoners of war. In addition, he had to deal with an outburst of radicalism among the younger French clergy, which the conservative forces in the Vatican Curia found highly disturbing.
His success in carrying out the assignment was acknowledged by the papacy when Archbishop Roncalli was named a cardinal by Pius XII. In January 1953 the red hat, the symbol of a cardinal, was conferred on him by the socialist president of France, Vincent Auriol.
Reign as pope
As a cardinal, Roncalli immediately became eligible for one of the major Italian archbishoprics. Appointed patriarch of Venice at age 71, he had cause once more to believe that he had reached the end of the line. Thus, perhaps no one was more surprised than he when, after the death of Pius XII on October 9, 1958, he was elected pope on the 12th ballot—clearly a compromise candidate acceptable to all parties only because of his advanced years.
Perhaps a younger pontiff would have been less daring and innovative than John XXIII turned out to be. Soon after his coronation, he announced almost casually that he was summoning an ecumenical council—a general meeting of the bishops of the church—the first in almost a century. He said the idea came to him in a sudden inspiration. His purpose was to "bring the church up to date" (aggiornaménto) and to work for its spiritual regeneration. He was the first pope since the Reformation who acknowledged frankly that Catholicism stood in need of reinvigoration and reform.
It was long a truism among church historians that councils are followed by upheaval and disorder in the church. The pope's decision, consequently, was received coolly by his conservative Curia, who were convinced that the church had prospered under Pius XII's leadership and who saw no good reason for the changes John envisioned. Some of the Vatican cardinals in fact did everything in their power to delay the council until the old man had passed from the scene and the project could be quietly dropped. But the pope pushed on with his plan and lived long enough to preside over the first session of the Second Vatican Council in the fall of 1962.
In keeping with his wishes, the council fathers pledged that they would be consistently positive. No condemnations or anathemas were to be made; political hostilities were to be ignored; and the church above all was to recognize that it was not the master but the servant of humanity. The pope made it clear that the Second Vatican Council was convened as a pastoral council. No new dogmas were to be pronounced, though old doctrines and disciplines were to be reexamined. What John sought, he said, was a "New Pentecost," a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
The council, according to John's design, would make a new start toward achieving Christian unity by putting aside the hostilities of the past and acknowledging the Catholics' share of responsibility for the scandal of a divided Christianity. With his long experiences among the Eastern Orthodox, John's interest in Christian ecumenism seemed natural enough, but no one in Rome was quite prepared for the extent of his openness. He received Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Protestant religious leaders with extreme cordiality and made sure they were invited to send observers to the Vatican Council. He removed certain words offensive to Jews from the official liturgy of the church. On one notable occasion, he introduced himself to a group of Jewish visitors with the biblical words, "I am Joseph your brother," referring to the Old Testament story of the meeting of the sons of the patriarch Jacob at the court of Egypt.
John traveled around Rome freely, breaking with the tradition that the pope, deprived of his former temporal power, was a "prisoner of the Vatican." In an attempt to depoliticize the church, he played down his position as ruler of the Vatican and emphasized his role as "servant of the servants of God," a traditional title of the pope. In that spirit he called on the president of Italy and cordially received the son-in-law of the Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, in private audience. Among his other visitors were the archbishop of Canterbury—the first such meeting since the 14th century—the moderator of the Scottish Kirk, and a Shintō (the indigenous religion of Japan) high priest—the first such official in history to be received at the Vatican.
During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the pope publicly urged both the United States and the Soviet Union to exercise caution and restraint and won the appreciation of both President John F. Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev. His major encyclical, Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth"), addressed to all humankind, was received warmly throughout the world and praised by politicians as well as churchmen. Straightforward and frankly optimistic, it avoided the language of diplomacy and set forth the requirements for world peace in profoundly human terms. Distinguishing between the philosophy of Marxism and actual governments to which it gave birth, John suggested that peaceful coexistence between the West and the communist East was not only desirable but actually necessary if humankind was to survive. He thereby diluted the religious energy that had been poured into the Cold War as a result of the militant policies shaped by his predecessor.
John saw himself as a reconciler. In statement after statement he emphasized the church's significance as a suprapolitical spiritual force in the world. His greatest claim on the world's affection, however, rested on the warmth of his personality rather than on any of his formal statements. He remained simple and unaffected, in spite of the baroque setting in which he found himself, and instinctively appealed directly to human values that everyone could understand. "Since you could not come to me, I came to you," he told the inmates of a Roman prison. When Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of the president of the United States, came to call, he rehearsed "Mrs. Kennedy, Madame Kennedy" in his poor English. Then, when she appeared, he spontaneously spread open his arms and cried out, "Jacqueline!" He once told a communist diplomat, "I know you are an atheist, but won't you accept an old man's blessing?" When a shabby peasant woman reached up to touch him as he was being carried through St. Peter's, he stopped to clasp her hand. "There is no reason why you shouldn't get as close as the king of Jordan did," he said. The roly-poly pontiff—he was short of stature and never overcame a tendency toward corpulence—gradually became a kind of father figure for the world. When he died in 1963, it was generally recognized that he had become one of the best-loved men in the world.
There was nothing in the earlier life of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli to suggest that his reign as pope would be anything other than the decorous, tradition-bound, static pontificate the Sacred College of Cardinals was counting on when it chose him as an "interim" pope—a papa di passaggio—in October 1958. His brilliant, strong-willed predecessor had shaped a defensive policy for dealing with the modern world that the cardinals thought would serve the needs of the church for another century, and they had every reason to believe, from his past behaviour, that the elderly Cardinal Roncalli would maintain the status quo for the few years he had to live. Then, according to the plan, the church would be turned over to a younger prelate who was cast in Pius XII's mold. As pope, however, Roncalli put into effect so many of the ideas he had entertained privately during a half century of obediently serving others that the church was never the same again.
Angelo Roncalli might have lived and died as an obscure parish priest had he been less of a conformist throughout all but the last few years of his life. The child of a peasant family, he began his career in the church with no connections of any significance and no powerful patron to guide him through the maze of ecclesiastical politics. His steady climb was above all due to his readiness to subdue his own preferences, follow orders, and adjust without complaint to the will of his superiors. Such was the clerical ideal proposed at his seminary in Bergamo, and it guided him throughout his life.
His successor, Paul VI, instituted the formal proceedings that would lead to John's canonization as a saint. Had the ancient custom of popular canonization still been in effect in 1963, that honour would probably have been given to him immediately by the tearful crowd who were gathered in St. Peter's Square when his death was announced. In 2000 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. In 2014 he and John Paul II were canonized on the same day.John Cogley The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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