text: Just few clarifications for my not-so-carefully drafted words. I wrote: > (For sure others will point you to PVFS, which IMHO makes sense only > if network card is quicker than local disk.) I had no intention to insult any of PVFS authors, far from that - I highly value their work and their nice and polite way of any discussions related to PVFS. I took high PVFS credit for granted, something so granted that I did not mention it when I wanted to refer to just one specific situation: People on beowulf maillist often recommend PVFS without respect to particular needs of person asking the question. I expected that the the original poster will receive bunch of messages with good enough description of PVFS, as it usually happens, and just wanted to add my diff against them: The information that certain usage patterns may be served even better than PVFS can now. As he mentioned local filesystems, I guessed his usage patterns might benefit from persistent file cache, which may act in a manner similar to hand-distributing files but with much less administrative hassle. As I live in timezone with only short overlap with US working hours and it takes hours for messages to get through the beowulf maillist, I reacted even before I have seen these anticipated messages. My apologies for any bad feelings I caused by this. Walter B. Ligon III wrote: > If your application is such that you know where you data needs to be > before hand and you can run your computations on the same node, then > you don't need anything more than the local file system. ... If the > data you need is on the local disk, PVFS gives you local disk speeds. > If its not, you are limited by the network speed. There is no way > around that. Well, I thing there is a way around - if one can force regular usage patterns (e.g. by placing processes repeatedly accessing particular data on the same node again and again if possible), the persistent file cache could help a lot. Compared to the local filesystems only, one could save a lot of human work. > Our newest version of PVFS is designed so that things like that can > be added as modules. Thanks for hint, I will look into this possibility. Donald Becker wrote: > > I am looking for any working opensource solution for persistent file > > chaching. > > Ours is Open Source, but we don't document it or provide it separately. > It's an internal part of our system, not visible to users. Well than I do not feel too guilty that I did not know about it. It is perfectly legal for OpenOurce (GPL?) software not to be on any public server, of course. If it is GPL, it is also perfectly legal for any of Scyld customers to put it on public server. So, anybody will tell me - can I download it somewhere? At least some fragment? Or do you refer to BProc mechanisms? Or any improved version of them? > I just think that "working and actively being improved" should get > extra credit. Agreed, of course. Any my wording not looking like this is my fault, sorry. I am looking for technical solutions, not for possibilities to glorify vaporware. > It's frustrating to hear people talk about how wonderful InterMezzo and > Lustre _are_, and dismiss PVFS and GFS. Software that is not quite > finished is always better and faster than software that already > exists. It only loses speed and features when reality looms. I've said Coda, not Lustre. Coda is a reality. It is not my fault that some things related to Lustre upset some people (for good reason, probably). Best Regards Vaclav


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Passionate Arboisphile
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Northern California
Wild and Crazy Guy
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Here From the Very Start
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Hoke wrote:I'd add in the Ransom American Dry Vermouth (made by the same farmer that makes the Ransom Old Tom Gin---which is not a real Old Tom but really a barrel-aged gin that is pretty damned good; he also makes a light-aged young Whippersnapper Whiskey). The Ransom is pungent and full-flavored, and list all the botanicals clearly on the front label. It also makes some kick-ass cocktails,though a little goes a long way.
I personally believe there is a tremendous opportunity for the "aromatized wines" category---it's loosely defined and thus perfect for the American "anything goes" approach; easy to make as it requires a standard base wine widely available and inexpensive; and is determined by the style (taste preferences) of the person making the concoction, rather than getting TomHill all worked up over whether it has the proper terroir or varietal typicity. Appeals to the craft person in all of us and isn't that difficult to make.
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Totally agree. There are two genres that I feel are sadly neglected in Calif...passito/dessert wines and "aromatized" wines. The market for the first is there. For the second,
it needs to be developed. Most people regard "vermouth" as a spirt, to be used in mixed/high octane drinks. But they can be very nice, on their own. I'd love to see
some try a Chinato in Calif. Wouldn't sell at all...but I'd like to try one.
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Global Village Day, March 18, 2002
SOCORRO, N.M., March 18, 2002 -- Once again, international students at New Mexico Tech are gearing up for "Global Village Day"--an annual multi- ethnic festival of native costumes, cuisines, and crafts, which will be held on Saturday, April 6, from 2 until 5 p.m. in the Tech Gymnasium. Admission is free and open to the public.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to share in the many diverse cultures represented here in the Tech community," says Karen Schlue, Tech's manager of international programs. New Mexico Tech has about 118 international students enrolled this semester, representing 36 different countries.
The various exhibits at Global Village Day will include samplings of flags, maps, brochures, and posters--as well as the always-popular food and refreshments--from the students's native countries. Displays will consist of handcrafted items such as woven rugs, leather goods, musical instruments, jewelry, and apparel. Some of the exhibitors also will offer music and videotaped presentations throughout the afternoon.
As usual, souvenir "passports" will be sold for 25 cents each at the door, allowing visitors to collect "visa stamps" from each of the countries represented at Global Village Day. In turn, visitors who have filled their passports with visa stamps will be eligible for drawings for various door prizes.
"As for entertainment, we are fortunate this year to have the India Association of Albuquerque with us for the entire afternoon," Schlue says. "They will present instrumental music, regional and classical dances of India, a fashion show, and demonstrations of how to wear traditional Indian clothing.
"In addition, Melissa Begay-Ornelas, Tech's physical recreation director, will join her father and sister for several presentations of hoop dances from Santa Clara Pueblo," she adds.
Mark your calendars now, and bring along the entire family to Global Village Day!


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Constituent Update - February 7, 2014
Webinars Available: Scenario-Based Exercise Tool
FSIS has developed a new tool for use by the FSIS-regulated industry known as the Food Defense and Recall Preparedness: A Scenario-Based Exercise Tool. This scenario-based tool highlights the importance of having a voluntary functional food-defense plan and written recall procedures. The tool identifies key components of a food-defense plan and recall procedures that are relevant to an organizations' business. The exercise is designed to be completed within an hour's time.
FSIS is hosting webinars for industry to explain the purpose of the tool and to demonstrate how to use it. The planned dates for the webinars are as follows:
- Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, 10 a.m. ET
- Friday, March 14, 2014, 11 a.m. ET
Participants can register for the webinars at https://webtraining.rti.org/fsis. Questions regarding the tool and webinars can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The tool is available for free download at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-defense-defense-and-emergency-response. It is also located in FSIS' Guidance Documents at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-defense-and-emergency-response/preparation-and-prevention/guidance-documents.
Webinar Scheduled: Final Rule on New Generic Labeling
Effective Jan. 6, 2014, FSIS expanded the circumstances in which labels may be considered "generically approved." This new rule will allow establishments to label a broader range of products without first submitting the label to the agency for approval. Companies will still need to submit labels bearing certain claims, such as organic, natural or animal-raising, as well as labels for temporary approval; products produced under religious exemption; and export-only that bear labeling deviations. FSIS will continue to verify that labels are accurate, not misleading and in compliance with all labeling features.
FSIS will host webinar on this subject on Feb. 11, 2014, all at 2 p.m. ET. To access the webinar, go to https://connect16.uc.att.com/usda/meet/?ExEventID=85277207 and follow the on-screen instructions. Please be sure to log on as a participant. For registration questions, contact Kristin Goodwin at (301) 504-0878 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Export Requirement Updates
The Library of Export Requirements has been updated to reflect changes in export requirements for the following countries:
- Canada
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
Complete information can be found at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/exporting-products.
Egg Products Industry Survey
FSIS is conducting a survey of the egg products industry to add to FSIS' understanding of the processing practices and technologies used to control pathogens and promote food safety. In addition, FSIS will use the survey to compare the results to a similar survey that FSIS conducted in 2003-2004 to assess food safety and technology adoption trends over time. The survey will be sent to eligible egg products plants starting in March, and the survey will close at the end of May.
FSIS has contracted with RTI International to develop and conduct this nationwide survey. As it has done with other surveys that it has conducted for Federal agencies, RTI International will report individual responses to this survey to FSIS, but it will use data masking techniques so that individual plants cannot be identified. The results of the survey will be reported to the public only in summary form so that individual responses or respondents cannot be identified. Those who respond to the survey will receive a summary report of the survey results.
If you have questions about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Noyes at 301-504-3672 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NACMCF Subcommittees to Meet on Norovirus, Microbiological Criteria
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) subcommittees will hold public meetings at the Patriot's Plaza 3, 1st Floor Auditorium, 355 E. St., SW, Washington, DC 20024 on the following dates:
- March 18-20, 2014: A subcommittee on Control Strategies for Reducing Foodborne Norovirus Infections will meet on Tuesday - Thursday, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Subcommittee will continue discussions on improving control of the foodborne transmission of Human Noroviruses (HuNoV). The subcommittee will also assess the current state of knowledge on HuNoV.
- March 25-27, 2014: A subcommittee on the Study of Microbiological Criteria as Indicators of Process Control or Insanitary Conditions will meet on Tuesday - Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to develop guidance to assist the Department of Defense (DOD) in refining its microbiological criteria for evaluation of process control and insanitary conditions at the point of production using both pathogens and indicator organisms. Updated standards will assist DOD in their evaluation of whether product produced under certain circumstances destined for U.S. military personnel is safe and wholesome. The information obtained from this project will assist all U.S. food safety agencies.
If you would like to attend these meetings, please contact Advisory Committee Specialist Karen Thomas at 202-690-6620 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please note that due to increased security measures at Patriots Plaza III, all persons wishing to attend must RSVP in advance.
Get Answers at askFSIS
AskFSIS is a Web-based technology and policy question-and-answer forum on topics such as exporting, labeling, inspection, programs and procedures.
In addition, askFSIS offers Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds that link back to the Q&As. Visit http://askfsis.custhelp.com/ to view recently posted topics.
FSIS Policy Updates
On FSIS issues notices and directives to protect public health. All notices and directives are available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations. The following policy update was recently issued:
- Directive 5420.3 Rev 7, Food Defense Surveillance Procedures and National Terrorism Advisory System Alert Response for the Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit
FSIS Food Recalls and Alerts
Stay up to date on FSIS' food recalls and alerts by visiting FSIS' Current Recalls and Alerts Web page at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.
You can also receive e-mail notifications when public health alerts and recalls are issued. Register at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe.
Keep Food Safe During an Emergency
Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster or the loss of power from high winds, snow or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food?
To learn how to keep food safe, visit http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/emergency-preparedness/keeping-food-safe-during-an-emergency/ct_index.
Update: FSIS Testing for E. coli
Between June 4, 2012 and Jan. 26, 2014, FSIS laboratory services analyzed a total of 4,975 beef trim samples (4,318 domestic and 657 imported), 1,699 routine follow-up samples (1,585 domestic and 114 imported) and 34 non-routine follow-up/traceback samples.
Seventy-two samples were found to be positive; 35 were domestic trim samples; one was an imported trim sample; 33 were domestic follow-up samples; and three were non-routine follow-up/traceback samples. To date, two samples have been positive for both O157:H7 and non-O157 STEC and five samples have been positive for two different non-O157 O-groups.
To review testing results, go to http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collection-and-reports/microbiology/ec/testing-program-for-e-coli-o157h7-and-non-o157-stec.
Follow Us On Twitter
Find food safety information for at-risk people, along with tips and resources to keep consumers and other interested groups informed of the latest agency news and events. Follow FSIS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/USDAFoodSafety.
Also Tweet en Español
The FSIS Spanish language Twitter feed keeps consumers and other interested communities informed of the latest agency news and events and provides useful food safety tips. Follow FSIS' Spanish Twitter account at www.twitter.com/usdafoodsafe_es.


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Jason Campbell was participating in a walk-through practice session with the other Raiders quarterbacks Monday, throwing passes of 20 to 30 yards in range, beat writer Steve Corkran reports.
Campbell sustained a stinger and a right wrist injury in Saturday night's 28-24 loss to San Francisco, with coach Tom Cable saying during a conference call that the wrist injury was of bigger concern with regard to the season opener Sept. 12 against Tennessee.
The Raiders have just three days to prepare for Thursday night's game against the Seattle Seahawks, with rosters cut to 75 on Wednesday.
Among those who were on the field during the media window (practice is now closed to the media except for warmups and some drills) were center Samson Satele (ankle), Richard Seymour (triceps) and cornerback Chris Johnson (hamstring).
Those not present included wide receiver Chaz Schilens (knee), defensive tackle Desmond Bryant (elbow), cornerback Joey Thomas (concussion), running back Michael Bush (thumb), defensive end Alex Daniels (groin) and defensive end Jay Richardson (groin).
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NYC: Save the Date – "Situation Raw" – A Group Exhibition of New York City Artists
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NYC! Reserve May 9, 2013 for a night of fun and cool art for a new group show called "Situation Raw," taking place at the Wix Lounge (located at 10 West 18th Street).
Six local artists will be featured in the show: Jason Borbay, Jeremy Penn, Marie-Dolma Chophel, Brittany Brett, Jake Nelson and Cem Kurtulus. Raw emotion and stream of consciousness thought processes inspire many of the works shown. Each piece in this collection was chosen because of its emotional maturity and vulnerability.
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ASIS / SHRM American National Standard on Workplace Violence
On October 5, 2011 ASIS International and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) issued a joint "ASIS/SHRM Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention, American National Standard" aimed at helping organizations implement policies and practices to more quickly identify threatening behavior and violence affecting the workplace, and to assist in effective incident case management and resolution. This new standard reportedly reflects a consensus from professionals in the fields of security, human resources (HR), mental health, law enforcement and legal. I find it particularly symbolic that these two International associations, both the largest representing practitioners in their respective security and human resource professions, worked so closely on this standard. For years, I have been emphasizing the importance of security and HR departments within organizations working together to recognize and resolve these types of issues as a coordinated effort along with other disciplines such as legal, health services, law enforcement, and external experts on the subject. This standard is well written and robust while being flexible enough to be applied to just about any workplace or work environment.
The document addresses the scope of the problem by defining what types of conduct it has included in its definition of workplace violence. It outlines training suggested for employees, supervisors and the threat management team and encourages the use of external expertise to help conduct both the training and the case assessment process. It also references the subject of my last blog which was the recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) directive CPL 02-01-052 which established for the first time, general policy guidance and procedures for OSHA field offices to apply when conducting inspections in response to workplace violence incidents. The standard outlines problematic behavior patterns and highlights the importance of recognition and reporting of such behavior. From policy development, to implementation of preventive measures, to response options, I found this document to be very useful and one that could be used as a guide for companies just developing WV prevention programs or refining the ones they already have. It is also identified other sources of research information and listings of specific State statutes and executive orders regarding workplace and domestic violence.
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hey guys, just wanted to see who you were thinking would make it into the HOF this year? The main guy I was wondering about is Barry Larkin. IMO, Barry is in. He was a great player, played on some really good Reds teams, was really good on both sides of the Diamond.
What do you all think?
I also think Bert Blylevin should get in!
Baseball HOF
Talk about any other sports here.
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RobDIKUM wrote:I would say yes to Larkin, he is an era defining guy at the shortstop position. People will probably say he should get in, just not this year, but if he's worthy, he's worthy. Andre Dawson should get in too, that guy was awesome.
I totally agree with you on Dawson! That guy was a monster, he would have had to be scary to pitch to. I think Larkin should be a no brainer as a first ballot player.
I just hate the fact that these voters sometimes don't want guys to be first ballot hall of famers because guys in the past weren't. If a guy deserves it, under normal circumstances, he won't deserve it more later on. If he derserved it 20 years after retirement , he deserved it when he was eligible. Now, if the class is a big one (i'm not sure if they cap how many can be voted in each year), then fine, but not just because you think he should wait.
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i dont think larkin is gonna be in the first time. I've heard a few voters already say they are voting for no one. Is it possible for no one to be voted in? if so, i think this year might be one of those years.


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March 22, 2010
Yochai on the need for Net access competition
Yochai Benkler's op-ed in the NY Times takes the Broadband Strategy Initiative to task for not requiring more competition among access providers. Well put.
I believe that Harold Feld would agree with Yochai, but he nevertheless has a somewhat sunnier spin on the report, perhaps because, as Harold explained elsewhere, he earlier on gave up on getting the plan that he actually wanted.


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OpenGeo partnership
- July 3, 2011
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GeoBeyond Srl have partnered with OpenGeo. This partnership will offer enhanced OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition resell and technical support, and integration services to the SME Italian and European markets.
Check out this Press Release for more details.
OpenGeo is a social enterprise working to build the best web-based geospatial technology. The company brings the best practices of open source software to geospatial organizations around the world by providing enterprises with supported, tested, and integrated open source solutions to build the Geospatial Web.
GeoBeyond will take a lead role in the local expertise to provide robust, reliable and cost-effective open source geospatial solutions.
The OpenGeo Suite is the complete, OGC standards-compliant web mapping platform built on powerful, cutting-edge, open source geospatial components.
It brings together all of them into a single, easy-to-install integrated software package. Being, each individual component, developed individually, we ensure that the Suite integrates with existing systems—proprietary or open source. It is the fastest way to get your geospatial information on the web, leveraging the power of best-of-breed open source geospatial software.
The full stack of OpenGeo Suite is composed by:
- GeoServer A map and feature server providing standardized web access to GIS data sources and cartographic quality maps. More
- GeoWebCache A web map accelerator, intelligently caching and serving tiles to make maps scale. More
- PostGIS A Premier open source spatial relational database fast, robust and full-featured. More
- OpenLayers A Industry-standard Javascript map controls for viewing and editing data from multiple sources. More
- GeoExt A rich user interface controls for the geospatial web. More
We are glad to support you with it. Drop us an enquiry!Read more
Welcome on board
- July 2, 2011
- posted in: Geospatial,Security
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Why another start-up?
Currently it is not clear where money is going and things do not go right for the business world. Furthermore, it seems that companies are reluctant to invest in the ICT world even if it has been a dominant sector for long, and this does not let us know if it lost its old splendour.
However, there are hints on how businesses might recover their ability to raise funds. So here we are.
Though ICT investments are risky, we want to support them with our decade-lasting professionalism that has been tracing the evolution of proprietary vs. open source in the security and geospatial market.
Discovering how the majority of private and public organisations invested time and money in business models that are weak and keep generating losses prompt us to propose some changes.
Today, our challenge is to support them in generating essentially worth revenues.
Making geospatial and security happen potentially in the most profitable way
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It didn't take long, after the Rt. Rev. Douglas Leblanc and I started GetReligion.org back in 2004, for people to start suggesting that this weblog needed to hook up with a larger website or online institution that was about religion or journalism or, hopefully, both.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Best New Poets 2011 Final Fifty
2011 Finalists
Scott Abels, "As Rambo Lay Dying" (nominated by Juked)
Kaveh Bassiri, "See Also"
Ash Bowen, "How Gravity Hated Us"
Thea Brown, "Anxieties of the Living Dead"
Eric Burger, "The Friendly Neighbor"
Zach Buscher, "Nanopharmacology"
William Camponovo, "Elegy"
Brittany Cavallaro, "At the Illinois State Fair"
Charlie Clark, "Essay Against Symbolism"
Claudia Cortese, "She Wants to be All Horse"
J. K. Daniels, "Unmapped" (nominated by George Mason University)
James Davis, "Aa"
Jesse DeLong, "The Amateur Scientist's Notebook: Phosphorus"
Ansel Elkins, "Ghost at My Door"
Natalie Giarratano, "New Coyote"
David Gorin, "from Dust Jackets"
Rae Gouirand, "Ice Plant"
Kimberly Grey, "Conjugated"
Christian Harder, "A Difficulty of Flowers"
Rebecca Hazelton, "Book of Janus"
Hilary S. Jacqmin, "Wedding Album"
Janine Joseph, "Wreck"
Eric Kocher, "A Taxonomy of the Etiquette of Brandos"
Virginia Konchan, "Cafe Noir" (nominated by the University of Illinois at Chicago)
Kate Lebo, "Every Beginning Wants a Good Place to Start"
Julie Lein, "Fennel"
Nate Liederbach, "Untitled [There's only one kind of kindness...]"
Jennifer Luebbers, "Recess"
Jodie Marion, "The Exile's Wife"
Ayako Matsushita, "Lingering Summer Heat"
Gerardo Mena, "So I Was a Coffin"
Sara Michas-Martin, "Cage" (nominated by The Believer)
Hemant Mohapatra, "All That Bravery Got Us Nowhere"
Jacob Newberry, "Outdoor Sermon on the Concrete Foundation of What Was the First Baptist Church of Gulfport, Mississippi"
Angelo Nikolopoulos, "Daffodil"
Sarah Rose Nordgren, "Don't"
Pamela Johnson Parker, "Housewifery: An Annotation"
Nancy Reddy, "My Girlhood Apothecary"
Jonathan Rice, "Soon Ghost"
Matthew Ritger, "Thirty"
Dean C Robertson, "St. Catherine Yearning in North America"
Aubrey Ryan, "Sam and Lulu at the Very End of the World"
Nicole Sealey, "An Apology for Trashing Magazines in Which You Appear"
Emily T. Smith, "Sacagawea, That Strange Bird"
Jeff Tigchelaar, "Blurbs"
Stephen Neal Weiss, "Four Color Process"
David Welch, "17 Movements in Spring"
Josh Wild, "Self-Portrait after Paul Morphy's Stroke"
Cori A. Winrock, "Anterior of a Razed Room" (nominated by Black Warrior Review)
Chelsea Woodard, "Finding the Porn Magazines"
Number of submissions: 1363
Number of submissions sent to the guest editor: 185 (some with one poem, some with two)
Number of final selections: as always, 50
Number of male finalists: 24
Number of female finalists: 26
Number of finalists selected who were nominated by a journal or school: 5
Number of finalists selected from the Open Competition: 45
2011 Finalist Biographies
"As Rambo Lay Dying" (nominated by Juked)
Originally from Nebraska, SCOTT ABELS has an MFA from Boise State University. His recent work can be found in print and online with RealPoetik, Forklift Ohio, H_ngm_n, Juked, Lo-Ball, Sink Review, DIAGRAM, Sixth Finch, and others. He currently lives and teaches in Honolulu, where he edits the online poetry journal Country Music.
"See Also"
KAVEH BASSIRI is the co-founder of Triptych Readings and the literary arts director of the Persian Art Festival. His translation was the recipient of the 2010 Witter Bynner Translation Residency and the 2011 Walton Translation Fellowship. His poetry won the Bellingham Review's 49th Parallel Award and was recently published in Virginia Quarterly Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Drunken Boat, and Mississippi Review.
"How Gravity Hated Us"
ASH BOWEN's work has appeared in New England Review, Black Warrior Review, Rattle, Blackbird and elsewhere in print and online. He recently co-edited Two Weeks: A Digital Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. He is co-managing editor of Linebreak (www.linebreak)
"Anxieties of the Living Dead"
THEA BROWN grew up in Dutchess County, New York, and holds degrees from Cornell University, the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in H_NGM_N and Forklift, Ohio. She lives in Iowa City.
"The Friendly Neighbor"
ERIC BURGER holds an MFA from the University of Arizona and a PhD from the University of Utah. He has received fellowships/awards from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Writers at Work. His poems have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Black Warrior Review, The Missouri Review Online, CutBank, Phoebe, Hayden's Ferry Review, Gulf Coast, Sugar House Review, and Puerto del Sol, among others. He teaches at the University of Colorado and lives in Boulder with his wife Katherine and children Willem and June.
ZACH BUSCHER hails from the Wild West of Massachusetts. He recently received his MFA from the University of Arizona, where he was a Beverly Rogers Fellow and Poetry Editor for Sonora Review. He now teaches at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts. Previous poems have appeared online in 42opus, SHAMPOO, 580 Split, Otoliths, tinfoildresses, sawbuck, Wheelhouse Magazine, Spooky Boyfriend, Juked, My Name is Mud, Back Room Live, Spork, and La Petite Zine. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts and www.zachbuscher.com.
WILLIAM CAMPONOVO is from in-and-around the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia and Baltimore. He has studied creative writing at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Washington, where he has taught at its Seattle and Rome campuses. His poems have appeared in Iron Horse Literary Review, The Seattle Review, and the Language Exchange at the Campbell Corner of Sarah Lawrence College. He lives in Seattle.
"At the Illinois State Fair"
BRITTANY CAVALLARO's poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Gettysburg Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Indiana Review and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was the editor-in-chief of Devil's Lake. She has been a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Fellowship and the recipient of awards such as the David and Jean Milofsky Prize in Creative Writing, scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the Chancellor's Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she is a PhD candidate.
"Essay Against Symbolism"
CHARLIE CLARK's work has appeared in Blackbird; Forklift, Ohio; The Laurel Review; The Missouri Review; Smartish Pace; and other journals. He studied poetry at the University of Maryland and lives in Austin, Texas.
"She Wants to be All Horse"
A recipient of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Scholarship and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College's MFA program, CLAUDIA CORTESE was the poetry editor for Lumina Magazine. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals, including Crazyhorse, Bellevue Literary Review, RATTLE, Calyx, and Pank. She lives and teaches in New Jersey.
"Unmapped" (nominated by George Mason University)
J.K. DANIELS lived in Florida, Louisiana, and Georgia before settling in Virginia to obtain an MA and MFA from George Mason University. She is the former editor of So to Speak: a Feminist Journal of Literature and Art, a reader for the Northern Virginia Review, and an assistant professor at Northern Virginia Community College.
JAMES DAVIS holds an MFA from the University of Florida. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 32 Poems, Gargoyle, HTMLGIANT, and The New York Quarterly. He lives in Denver.
"The Amateur Scientist's Notebook: Phosphorus"
JESSE DELONG lives in Tuscloosa, Alabama, where he is working towards his MFA in Poetry from the University of Alabama. His work can be found or is forthcoming from The Offending Adam, Copper Nickel, Word Riot, Illya's Honey, 751 Magazine and elsewhere. His chapbook, Tearings, and Other Poems, was released by Curley Head Press.
"Ghost At My Door"
ANSEL ELKINS lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is a winner of the 2011 "Discovery"/Boston Review Poetry Prize. Poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Scholar, The Believer, Boston Review, Mississippi Review, Ninth Letter, The Southern Review, Third Coast, and elsewhere.
"New Coyote"
NATALIE GIARRATANO is a PhD candidate in poetry at Western Michigan University. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in American Literary Review, Laurel Review, and Hayden's Ferry Review. She was poetry editor for Third Coast for two years and an assistant editor at New Issues Poetry and Prose for three.
"Ice Plant"
RAE GOUIRAND's poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Columbia, The Kenyon Review: KROnline, Seneca Review, Bateau, Memoir (and), and Best New Poets 2009, and were recently selected for Verse Daily's Best of 2010 list. Her first collection of poems, OPEN WINTER, was recently selected by Elaine Equi for the 2011 Bellday Poetry Prize and will be published in November 2011. The winner of the Meijer Fellowship, the Hopwood Award, fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Santa Fe Art Institute, and a 2009 award from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation for outstanding work by emerging poets, she lives in Davis, California and serves as Writer-in-Residence for the Cache Creek Conservancy.
"from Dust Jackets"
DAVID GORIN is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD student in English Literature at Yale University. His writing has appeared in A Public Space, The Believer, The Boston Review, The Claudius App, and Jacket.
KIMBERLY GREY is a poet and photographer living in New York City. Her poems have appeared in Washington Square Review, TriQuarterly, The Awl, The Brooklyn Review, The Portland Review, Barrelhouse, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. Her website is www.kimberlyMgrey.com
"A Difficulty of Flowers"
CHRISTIAN HARDER is senior studying Literature at Virginia Tech University. He hopes to attend an MFA program upon his graduation. Otherwise, he regularly interviews writers on his blog Pages to Pixels.
"Book of Janus"
REBECCA HAZELTON has an MFA from Notre Dame and a PhD from Florida State. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Creative Writing Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison and from Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Pleiades, and other journals.
"Wedding Album"
HILARY S. JACQMIN earned her BA in English from Wesleyan University and her MA in Writing Seminars from The Johns Hopkins University. She is currently a third-year MFA student in poetry at the University of Florida. Her poetry has appeared in AGNI Online, Measure, The Urbanite, The Sewanee Theological Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review. Her poem "World's Fair" won Third Prize in The Atlantic's Student Writing Contest. Her poem "Ode to Our Magister" was selected as the Honorable Mention in Southwest Review's 2010 Morton Marr Poetry Prize contest. Her poem "The Good Girl" was selected as one of the winners of the 2010 AWP Intro Journals contest; it was published in Controlled Burn.
"Housewifery: An Annotation"
PAMELA JOHNSON PARKER is a medical editor and teaches creative writing and humanities part time at Murray State University in western Kentucky. Her chapbooks are A Walk Through the Memory Palace, which won the Qarrtsiluni prize, and Other Four-Letter Words.
JANINE JOSEPH's poems have appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, Third Coast, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Nimrod, among others. A Kundiman fellow, she holds degrees from UC Riverside and the Creative Writing Program at New York University. She currently teaches with Writers In the Schools and is a PhD student in literature and creative writing at the University of Houston where she is a poetry editor for Gulf Coast.
"A Taxonomy of the Etiquette of Brandos"
ERIC KOCHER received his MFA from the University of Houston and currently holds the writer-in-residence position at Hub-Bub in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Some of his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, DIAGRAM, H_NGM_N, Octopus, The Offending Adam, and elsewhere.
"Café Noir" (nominated by the University of Illinois at Chicago)
VIRGINIA KONCHAN's poems have appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, the Believer, The New Republic, Notre Dame Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Jacket, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. Her critical prose has appeared in Boston Review and Rain Taxi, among other places. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"Every Beginning Wants a Good Place to Start"
KATE LEBO is a poet and pie maker from Seattle, where she attends the University of Washington's MFA program. Her poems have appeared most recently in Poetry Northwest, Bateau, and The Portland Review, and she's the recipient of a Nelson Bentley Fellowship, a 4Culture grant, and a Soapstone residency. For more about Kate's zine, A Commonplace Book of Pie, and other tasty treats, visit Good Egg: goodeggseattle.blogspot.com.
JULIE LEIN is completing her PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah, where she also serves as Editorial Assistant for the online poetry archive Eclipse. A former poetry co-Editor of Quarterly West, she has received the Larry Levis Associated Writers and Writing Programs Poetry Prize and the University of Cincinnati's Playwriting Prize. Work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Antioch Review, Barrow Street, Bateau, Colorado Review, The Laurel Review, Many Mountains Moving, Phoebe, and elsewhere. She lives in the Salt Lake City area with her husband, infant daughter, and small dog.
"Untitled [There's only one kind of kindness...]"
NATE LIEDERBACH is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Utah. Author of the prose collection Doing a Bit of Bleeding and co-editor of the anthology Of a Monstrous Child: Creative Writing Mentorships, Nate's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Mississippi Review, Permafrost, Quarterly West, Georgetown Review, Oregon Quarterly, Versal, South Dakota Review, and more. Recently, Nate has assumed the role of Managing Editor for the Western Humanities Review.
JENNIFER LUEBBERS is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Indiana University, where she serves as Associate Editor of Indiana Review. Her work has appeared in Boxcar Poetry Review, Brevity, Iron Horse Literary Review, Naugatuck River Review, and San Pedro River Review, among others.
"The Exile's Wife"
JODIE MARION is from the Indian River region in Florida but has lived in the Northwest for the last 12 years where she mothers four wild children and teaches. Her manuscript eye teeth was a finalist in the 2011 BOOM/Bateau chapbook contest, and poems from it appear in The New Guard Literary Review, Floating Bridge Review, and VoiceCatcher. She received the 2011 Paula Jones Gardiner Award from Floating Bridge Press and is at work on a manuscript called Another Exile.
"Lingering Summer Heat"
AYAKO MATSUSHITA grew up in Hachioji city in Tokyo, and currently lives in Roanoke, Virginia, as a student of Hollins University's MFA program. She writes poetry and enjoys reading contemporary American and Japanese literature. Her tanka poems have appeared in newspapers and have been published in the book Heisei Manyo-shu.
"So I Was a Coffin"
GERARDO MENA is a decorated Iraqi Freedom veteran. He spent six years in Special Operations with the Reconnaissance Marines and was awarded a Navy Achievement Medal with a V for Valor for multiple acts of bravery. He won the 2010 War Poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers. He has pieces published or forthcoming in DIAGRAM, Nashville Review, New Mexico Poetry Review, Chautaqua, Barely South Review, and Spillway Magazine.
"Cage" (nominated by The Believer)
SARA MICHAS-MARTIN's poems have recently appeared in The Believer, Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Denver Quarterly, Word/for Word and elsewhere. She is a former Stegner fellow and Jones lecturer at Stanford. She currently lives in Denver and teaches for Stanford's Online Writers' Studio and Goddard College. For more information please visit www.saramichas-martin.com.
"All That Bravery Got Us Nowhere"
HEMANT MOHAPATRA's work has appeared in Eclectica, BrinkLit, Asia Writes and various other international literary magazines. He is the recipient of the 2011 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize (Honorable Mention), the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize and the Harper Collins Poetry Prize. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, traveling, photography, and playing the piano.
"Outdoor Sermon on the Concrete Foundation of What Was the First Baptist Church of Gulfport, Mississippi"
JACOB NEWBERRY is pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at Florida State University, where he held the University Fellowship. He was also recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing to Israel. His poetry and nonfiction have been published or are forthcoming in Granta, The Iowa Review, The Crab Orchard Review, River Styx, and Rattle, among others. He is the former poetry editor of The Southeast Review.
ANGELO NIKOLOPOULOS is the recipient of the 2011 "Discovery"/Boston Review Poetry Prize and a graduate of NYU's Creative Writing Program. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the Awl, Boston Review, Boxcar Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review, Meridian, New York Quarterly, and elsewhere. He hosts The White Swallow Reading Series in New York City.
SARAH ROSE NORDGREN's poems have appeared in Iowa Review, Pleiades, Quarterly West, Cincinnati Review, Hayden's Ferry, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of two poetry fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where she is currently in residence for the 2011-12 season, as well as both a Work-Study Scholarship and the Louis Untermeyer Scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is married to poet Michael C. Peterson.
"My Girlhood Apothecary"
NANCY REDDY's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Anti-, Cream City Review, Memorious, Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is currently a doctoral student in composition and rhetoric. She is also the reviews and interviews editor of Devil's Lake.
"Soon Ghost"
JONATHAN RICE's poems have been published in AGNI Online, Colorado Review, Mississippi Review, Sycamore Review, and Witness, among others, and were included or are forthcoming in The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia, A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry, Best of the Web 2009, and Best New Poets 2008. His poetry was also selected for the 2010 Indiana Review Poetry Prize, the 2010 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize from Crab Orchard Review, the 2008 Gulf Coast Poetry Prize, the 2008 Milton-Kessler Memorial Prize from Harpur Palate, the 2008 Yellowwood Poetry Prize from Yalobusha Review, and the 2006 AWP Intro to Journals Awards. He received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is currently a PhD candidate at Western Michigan University.
MATTHEW RITGER was born and raised on the coast of Maine. He studied English at Dartmouth College and recently enrolled in the MFA program at Cornell University.
"St. Catherine Yearning in North America"
DEAN C ROBERTSON was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently a contributing editor for the California Journal of Poetics and Poetry International. He currently lives and writes in San Diego, California.
"Sam and Lulu at the Very End of the World"
AUBREY RYAN's work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in DIAGRAM, Pebble Lake Review, The Dirty Napkin, Phoebe, and Booth Journal. She received her MFA from Northern Michigan University where she served as an Associate Poetry Editor of Passages North. She is currently living in Iowa with her husband and their new son, Arlo.
"An Apology for Trashing Magazines in Which You Appear"
NICOLE SEALEY is an Afro-Latina poet who was born in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., and raised in Central Florida. Nicole is a Cave Canem graduate fellow, Hedgebrook and Squaw Valley alumna as well as the 2011 Agha Shahid Ali Scholar in Poetry at the Fine Arts Works Center in Provincetown. A finalist for the 2011 Third Coast Poetry Prize, her poems have appeared in the Harvard Review, Third Coast, and Callaloo, among others.
"Sacagawea, That Strange Bird"
EMILY T. SMITH is from South Carolina where she also earned a BS from Wofford College. She is the author of a chapbook (baboon heart, 2006) and is currently a student in the MFA program at Florida State University.
JEFF TIGCHELAAR is a stay-at-home dad in Kansas. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Redactions, Tar River Poetry, Verse Daily, Hunger Mountain, Harpur Palate, Natural Bridge, and Margie. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has received a Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award and a fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council.
"Four Color Process"
STEPHEN NEAL WEISS is an MFA candidate at New York University, where he has taught creative writing. A former editor of the Yale Literary Magazine, his poems have appeared on NewYorker.com and in 42Opus. His prose has appeared in BlackBook, Gourmet, NYMag.com, Out and Salon.com. He is the co-author, with his wife Casey Kait, of Digital Hustlers: Living Large and Falling Hard in Silicon Alley (HarperCollins, 2001). They live with their children in South Orange, New Jersey.
"17 Movements in Spring"
DAVID WELCH has published poems in journals including AGNI, Indiana Review, and Subtropics. His poem "Tribute" appeared in Best New Poets 2007. He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
"Self-Portrait after Paul Morphy's Stroke"
JOSH WILD is a graduate of the MFA program at Purdue University. His poem in this anthology, "Self-Portrait after Paul Morphy's Stroke," originally appeared in Poetry. He lives in South Korea.
"Anterior of a Razed Room" (nominated by Black Warrior Review)
CORI A. WINROCK's poems have appeared in (or are waiting in the wings of) Colorado Review, Blackbird, Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, From the Fishouse & others. She is a recipient of a Barbara Deming Individual Artist Grant and was chosen as Editor's Choice for Mid-American Review's James Wright Poetry Award. She was an Emerging Writer Fellow at Kingston University in London, UK and runner-up for the 2011 Bucknell Stadler Fellowship. Her manuscript has been a finalist for a number of prizes including the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award and the Kore Press First Book Award. She received her MFA from Cornell University and starting this fall will be a Visiting Assistant Professor at Geneseo.
"Finding the Porn Magazines"
CHELSEA WOODARD received her MFA from the Johns Hopkins University and is currently a doctoral fellow at the University of North Texas, where she has worked as the assistant poetry editor for the American Literary Review. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the Southwest Review, Shenandoah, 32 Poems and other journals.
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Congratulations to the chosen, comisserative condolences to my fellow unchosens. I trust it will still be a great volume, even without us. Next year, maybe, unless we gain our big fame in the meantime, eh?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 2:10 AM
Congrats, you guys. The titles of the poems themselves are pretty amazing as a group.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 11:13 AM
I can't *wait* to read this collection. Congratulations, everyone!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM
45 out of 50 poems from the Open Competition is really surprising. Is that a continuation of a trend, or is that a new development? That's 90% of the poems. Even I can do that math!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2011 at 6:16 PM
This marks a major change from past years, when half the issue consisted of nominated poems. Was this the first year that judges were unable to differentiate between nominated poems and open competition poems? Because it always struck me that it would be easy to tell the difference -- nominated poems would be submitted as singletons, whereas open competition poems would come two-to-a-document.ReplyDelete
In any case, there must be some reason for the sudden shift away from nominations and toward open competition poems. Any insights, Jazzy?
- AnonymousAugust 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Thought folks might like to see this:ReplyDelete
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Deleted my last post for a typo. Apologies.ReplyDelete
Wonderful to see Nicole Sealey on this list.
That said, I have to wonder about the overall lack of Latino/a representation on this list. Are they not submitting work? Or is their work being overlooked? And what will BEST NEW POETS do to alleviate this situation next year?
Rich Villar
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM
I think that's why this process is anonymous. They don't pick poems based on style, ethnicity, color, creed, sex etc. The judge simply picks, what is in his/her opinion, the 50 best poems, simply honor the best poetry being written out there, regardless of background. The judge doesn't know anything about the poets when he reads the finalists. I think it's a wonderful process that really showcases the new, upcoming talent in contemporary poetry.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Congrats to all of you fifty. Next year is that much closer, everyone else.ReplyDelete
I've been looking forward to reading this for a while. I pre-ordered from Amazon, but they keep sending me emails saying that shipping is delayed. I came to the Best New Poets blog hoping to see news about when it will hit stores... any news?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM
They've updated in on some websites to say late December. So about a month's delay or so.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 2:56 PM
will there be a bnp 2012?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Yes, there will be an anthology this year. I don't know if you have Twitter, but you can always follow either Jazzy (who just announced she's taking part again this year) or--more directly to the point--the Best New Poets account. They'll keep you up to date.ReplyDelete


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Craig — A candidate for state treasurer stopped in Craig and Steamboat as part of his statewide listening tour.
In July, Broomfield Mayor Pat Quinn announced his candidacy for treasurer in the 2014 election and since then has been high-tailing it across each Colorado county as part of his "leadership begins with listening" campaign.
He thinks it's important to visit rural parts of Colorado to better understand the state.
So far, the Democrat has been through 38 counties, but his plan is to hit all 64.
"The perception is that the metro area is not aware of the rest of the state," he said. "If you want to be a state representative you have to talk to the state."
Quinn is a certified public accountant and has been in the business world for more than 20 years, which gives him the right experience for the job, he said.
Jane Yazzie, of the Moffat County Democrats, met with Quinn and said they had a productive conversation.
"He listened and he took notes," she said. "I think it's great. It's what more politicians who run for office should do."
They talked about the current issues that Moffat County is dealing with.
"I tried to make him realize that a county comprised mostly of public lands has a whole different concept of open space" from the metro area, she said.
Quinn said Moffat County faces many of the same issues that much of Colorado does.
"The dependency on one or two industries" is a constant struggle in the state, he said. But there are other tensions like "balancing environmental concerns with the production of coal."
He recognized the need to improve rural highways.
"In Moffat County and places like that, it's a function of safety," he said about roadways.
Quinn started his listening tour Aug. 10 and will be wrapping up before the end of October.
"It's pretty intense," he said, but "real worthwhile."
Erin Fenner can be reached at 970-875-1794 or email@example.com.
Craig police cite minor in possession: On the Record — May 22
8:38 a.m. On the 200 block of West Victory Way, Craig police responded to an agency assist call. Officers assisted Moffat County Sheriff's Office in a warrant arrest at the Moffat County Courthouse.


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The Priceline Negotiator is back! William Shatner is reprising his role as the campy, popular pitchman in a commercial for the travel discounts website.
His absence was short-lived -- it was only January when the Negotiator sacrificed himself to save a group of tourists, plunging off a bridge in a bus and meeting his purported demise in a fiery explosion.
At the time, 80-year-old Shatner told reporters he was in "grief mode." But then, 94% of customers told Priceline.com in a survey that they wanted the actor back.
In the latest television ad, set to start rotation this week, a Priceline.com agent finds Shatner's Negotiator on a remote beach and urges him to return to the fold.
"You've been busy for a dead man," the agent says, dramatic music tolling in the background.
Shatner, clad in a suit with the pants legs rolled up, surfboard under his arm, looks pensively at the sea.
"Surfing is my life now," he says.
He then delivers the Priceline.com pitch, touting the company's money-saving tactics for hotels, flights and car rentals.
Will he be back for more?
"We'll see where the waves take me," the Negotiator says, before hurtling into the ocean with a "Sayonara, brah!"
Priceline.com may need Shatner to save more than just customers' money. The company's stock was pummeled by investors last week after disappointing analysts with its third-quarter forecast.
The company said it was operating under the "assumption that economic conditions in Europe will further deteriorate." Much of the company's business comes from the beleaguered continent, where "concerns related to sovereign debt and the viability of the Euro have negatively impacted historical operating results and are likely to impact future results."
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Hong Kong on Tuesday sent bailiffs to evict protesters camped outside the HSBC bank headquarters, the last outpost of the anti-capitalist "Occupy" movement in Asia.
Unarmed officers began clearing around a dozen protesters from their camp on the ground floor plaza of the bank's office tower, which has been occupied since October last year.
Some of the defiant demonstrators were carried out but others remained despite remonstrations from the court-appointed officers.
A Hong Kong court last month approved the eviction on the grounds that the protesters could not provide sufficient reason to continue to live on the property, which sits in the middle of some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
The camp sprouted up in solidarity with the much larger Occupy movement which began in New York's Zuccotti Park last year and spread around the world.
The movement has largely petered out since police forcibly dismantled the New York tent city in November.
Only a handful sleep at the Hong Kong camp overnight, and during the day there are rarely more than 10, according to witnesses and bank officials.
An HSBC spokesman did not reply to requests for comment on the eviction.


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Linda Day of Central Oklahoma had worked hard all her life, but she still wanted an engaging activity to enjoy when she retired.
She started making quilts, a relaxing hobby that she and her husband could both share, and those quilts were given to the Veterans Administration hospitals and nursing homes. Linda made quilts so well and so fast, she realized the organizations couldn't take all the quilts she was making.
When Linda was younger and her children were small, she knew firsthand the difference The Salvation Army made in the lives of those in need. When her family faced a financial crisis and Christmas was out of the question, she turned to The Salvation Army, which provided her family with more than she thought possible.
Now, in a position to help others who are in need, she told her husband that she would start giving the quilts to The Salvation Army, and for the past two years, The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command has received more than 700 quilts from Ms. Day for the Christmas Angel Tree.
Ms. Day was one of hundreds of Salvation Army volunteers who gave so much of their talents and skills to The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command in 2011. She also received special recognition this morning at the Annual National Salvation Army Week Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast.
Although all our volunteers received certificates and thanks, a handful received special recognition for their outstanding contributions.
Boys & Girls Club: Shana Perry Principal Del Crest Middle School
Mrs. Perry has been an Advisory Council Member for The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oklahoma for about 1 year. Her leadership in helping the Club host the Harlem Ambassador's Charity Basketball Game enabled the Club to raise nearly $7,000. She was instrumental in securing a venue for the event and handled most of the logistics for the night. She went above and beyond the call of duty to make things happen and the event was a success.
Her participation on the Advisory Council has been helpful to the Club staff. Whenever guidance and advice is needed, she is there. If it's mentoring the kids that come to the Club, she is readily available. Mrs. Perry has a keen understanding of the environment that the Club kids come from and she understands what it takes for them to succeed. She was recently awarded Middle School Principal of the Year and The Boys and Girls Club is proud to honor her as our 2011 Club Volunteer of the Year.
Christmas Kettles Rotary Club 29
The Rotary Club 29 began their support of the Christmas Kettle drive in 1943 under the leadership of Rex Hayes. They started out as a small, but a powerful group of men and have grown to over 582 strong. With the growth of the club also came growth of their support. They now cover 14 kettle locations for an entire day during The Christmas Kettle season. Rotary Club 29 has raised over $260,000 throughout the years.
Seniors Programs:
Citadel Senior Center's Wanda McPherren teaches Bible study every Tuesday. She is dedicated to God and to teaching his word to the people that attend her class. She is faithful in her service and allows nothing to cause conflict with this commitment she has made. Our members look forward to her class every week.
Reding Center's Eva Zamora is a wonderful volunteer. She is still active at 85 years young. She speaks limited English but doesn't allow this to be a barrier in her serving. She faithfully wraps eating utensils, serves lunch and takes care of delivering meals to our homebound. The Reding Center is a better place for our members with having someone like Eva.
Warr Acres Senior Center's Oma Bennett Nolan is a dedicated volunteer and always full of fire and life. She is to do anything that needs to be done and always exceeds what is expected. Ms. Oma has a perpetual smile of joy, and her energy keeps the senior center hopping.
Shelter Programs: Rebecca Marfurt
Rebecca's first experience with The Salvation Army was at the annual bike assembly in 2009 when she helped assemble hundreds of bicycles for Angel Tree children. At the time, she had been going through a difficult time of life, and she decided that volunteering would lift her spirits and bring her happiness. After helping assemble bikes, Rebecca decided to look into ongoing opportunities for helping at The Salvation Army. When she saw the garden area for the Family Shelter, it peaked her interest.
Rebecca has a love for gardening and creating a beautifl space at the shelter was an opportunity for her to share that joy with others. It became her personal goal to make the entry to the Family Shelter inviting to whomever walked through the front gates. She gardens during her lunch break and she takes pride in the beauty that is shared daily with all who enter. "Volunteering for The Salvation Army has been far more rewarding than I could ever imagine," said Ms. Marfurt.
Social Services: Shannon Ballesteros
Since March 2011, one group of volunteers have provided thousands of hours and personal funding during 2011 by taking a "personal ownership" of the Social Services Department of The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command's "Food Pantry."
Although this is a family effort, Shannon Ballesteros took the lead, guiding her family in an effort to make the food pantry more efficient and organized. This family of volunteers began with that one vision and has since gone beyond what most volunteer groups can accomplish.
This group, compiled of seven volunters, has cleaned, sorted, built shelving, racks and carts, procured equipment, totally re-organized the pantry, trained others to be productive volunteers and solicited assistance from both area companies and individuals.
Ms. Ballesteros even used personal funds to purchase needed items that would have otherwise not been available. She can also be seen sorting and organizing the thousands of coats that are donated in the "Warmth 4 Winter" program.
Do yearn to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate? Do you have talents and time you wish to share with others.
Volunteer today with The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command. Call our volunteer coordinator at 405-246-1101.


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As Rae mentioned in her previous post we have split the "Best Wrestler" award into male and female categories. Not because we feel that female wrestlers are in any way inferior to male wrestlers, but due to the way they are portrayed. For the most part, they are very different entities. It would be lovely to think that this won't be the case by the time next year's awards come around, but I'm not that hopeful. In my "Best Match" award I explained how the idea of "gender free" wrestling is becoming more prevalent on the independent scene, but in the world that WWE occupy, it's not going to change much soon I'm afraid.
With that said, on with the show and our final look back at 2011…
If you've read any of the previous awards this year, or for that matter, anything else we write on the blog or Twitter, then this winner should come as no surprise. We are unabashedly in awe of Sara Del Rey. In a year in which we were cautiously optimistic in the WWE Women's division, only to be let down with Beth's (hopefully forced) "we're just giiiiiiiiirls…" whining and Natalya's inexplicable losing streak, Del Rey has gone from strength to strength.
A wrestler rather than a model (although Rae would like to point out that her thighs are the stuff of legend and her own training aspiration) Sara managed to have a banner year in CHIKARA, beating the likes of Claudio Castagnoli, winning the annual Cibernetico match and wrestling her idol Aja Kong. Add to this her continued appearances for the likes of SHIMMER, her ROH run as part of the Kings of Wrestling, and appearances for a number of other promotions and 2011 certainly stacked up as the year that everyone finally agreed she is one of the best wrestlers in the world.
One thing that Rae and I both find admirable is that Sara has always been very vocal about the end goal of her career. In an age in which many fans, wrestlers and promoters are incredibly dismissive of the WWE's output (particularly the Diva's division), Del Rey has continuously stated that she would like to be signed to a WWE contract. As a fan of the intimacy independent wrestling affords, it's easy to be selfish and hope this doesn't happen. You can imagine the cries of dismay as her FCW name is revealed to be Stephanie Queen and she jobs to Kelly Kelly after a few weeks. But let's be honest, financially the WWE is as good as it gets. Not only that, but the worldwide exposure is second to none. Sara knows what she wants, and it's admirable that she hasn't succombed to the easy elitist route of "Indie > WWE."
With the likes of Kings of Wrestling teammates Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero already in FCW, as well as fans and friends such as CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Beth Phoenix, Awesome Kong and Natalya, it will hopefully only be a matter of time before the call up comes. When it does, I'll look forward to seeing her on my TV every week.


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|Volume 20, Number 1
|Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
|Summer 2002
Frequently Asked Questions about Patents
|by Wen-Hsin Lin
1. What is the scope of patent protection?
A patent gives the holder the right to prevent others from making, using, selling or offering for sale, or importing within US and its territories what's covered by one or more claims of the patent.
A patent only gives the right to exclude. It does not give the owner the right to use the invention. Obtaining a patent on an improvement does not give the inventor the rights of the earlier patented invention on which he or she made an improvement. The inventor of a new kind of alarm clock will not have the right to use it since a prior patent will block the inventor's use. The inventor has only the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, offering, or importing the subject matter claimed in the patent.
2. What constitutes patent infringement?
Infringement includes making, using, selling, importing into the US, or offering for sale. The use of a patented invention without purchasing it, even if not for the purpose of making money, would constitute infringement. Publishing an article describing something that is within the scope of a patent is not infringement.
3. What can be patented?
Any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter can be patented.
Non-patentable subject matter includes: scientific principles and math discoveries (though methods of using them are patentable), atomic weapons, devices useful only for illegal purposes, business practices, naturally occurring and unaltered substances, and purely mental methods. For example, a method used to calculate tips in restaurants is not patentable, whereas the same method done on a computer would be patentable.
4. Can software be patented?
Yes. The US Supreme Court's 1981 opinion, Diamond v. Diehr, opened the door for computer software patenting. The Court held that use of a mathematical formula and a programmed digital computer does not prevent from being patentable a process involving transformation of uncured synthetic rubber into a different state.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in the Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions, states that patent protection may be granted for 1) computer programs embodied in tangible media, and 2) sequences of operations executed by a computer, provided that they are new, unobvious, and provide practical benefit in the technological arts.
5. How long does it take to get a patent?
A patent usually takes one to three years to issue after the filing of the application. For special circumstances, an applicant can file a "petition to make special", which can accelerate issuance to twelve to fifteenth months.
6. How long is a patent term?
A patent term is twenty years from the date of filing the application. For applications filed prior to June 8, 1995, the period is seventeen years from the date the patent was granted. After expiration, anyone is free to make use of the claimed invention.
7. How much does a patent cost?
Unless the inventor files the application, there will be two types of costs involved: legal fees paid to attorneys to procure the patent, and the actual fees required by the USPTO.
Legal fees for filing a patent application vary greatly depending on the complexity of the technology. For moderately complex patent applications in the electronics, computer software, and biotechnology industries, fees ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 are not uncommon.1
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Information night for indigenous knowledge course and Ojibwe Nation field study
An information night for the spring semester course "Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing in the North American Context" and Maymester field study (CED 497B and 497C) will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in 113 Thomas Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. This program offers students an opportunity to learn about the history, culture and ways of life of the Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth Ojibwe Nations in northern Minnesota through an unforgettable, immersive field study experience.
The spring class will prepare students for intensive engagement with Ojibwe culture and is a prerequisite for the Maymester field study. Students will be introduced to library resources in indigenous knowledge, including primary source materials on Native American culture and history. The class will also make a field trip in March to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The course will be led by Bruce Martin, an adjunct instructor in the College of Agricultural Sciences, who grew up along the northernmost point of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. Martin has led several seminars to Ojibwe country in the United States and Canada. It will be co-taught by Danna Jayne Seballos, assistant director of the Penn State World in Conversation Project, and Nonny Schlotzhauer, social sciences librarian and subject specialist for anthropology and psychology.
The field study program is tentatively scheduled for May 11 to 27. Students will stay at Bemidji State University and with host families in the Red Lake and Leech Lake Nations. During this time, students will take an active part in activities that are not generally open to visitors and have the opportunity to reflect orally and in writing on their experiences.
Students from all Penn State campuses are encouraged to apply. Virtual attendance at the spring course will be available. For more information and for details on how to register, go to icik.psu.edu/psul/icik/CED497.html. For questions about the physical access provided, contact Helen Sheehy, 814-863-1347/ firstname.lastname@example.com, in advance of participation.