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The NFL draft is nearly a week away and we need to make sure Miami Dolphins fans are ready for what's to come.
The Sun-Sentinel has provided you Dennis Hickey's check-list of things the Dolphins need accomplishing (click this link to see the 10 items), and now it is time to see if you've been paying attention the past few weeks.
Here's the predraft Pop Quiz:
1. Who are the four offensive linemen projected to be taken in the first top 15 picks?
Auburn's Greg Robinson, Texas A&M;'s Jake Matthews, Michigan's Taylor Lewan, and Notre Dame's Zack Martin. Most draft analyst expect these four player to be gone by pick No. 15. The Dolphins don't need to pressure themselves to get one because Miami needs a right tackle, not a left tackle in this draft. Who trades up for a right tackle or a guard?
2. Name three second or third day offensive linemen that fit the zone blocking scheme Miami plans to use?
Any of the following names will do: Nevada's Joel Bitonio, Virginia Morgan Moses, Tennessee's Ja'Wuan James and Antonio Richardson, UCLA's Xavier Su'a-Filo, LSU's Trai Turner, USC's Marcus Martin, Arkansas' Travis Swanson, Colorado State's Weston Richburg, Stanford's David Yankey, Notre Dame's Chris Watt, Ohio State's Jack Mewhort, Clemson's Brandon Thomas, North Carolina's James Hurst, Michigan's Michael Schofield, Vanderbilt's Wesley Johnson, Boise State's Charles Leno, Stanford's Cameron Fleming, Missouri's Justin Britt, Boston College's Matt Patchan, Hurricanes offensive linemen Seantrel Henderson and Brandon Linder, Kansas State's Luke Lucas, Nebraska's Spencer Long and Tennessee State's Kadeem Edwards. My personnal preference is Bitonio, Moses, James, Martin, Yankey, Mewhort, Johnson and Lucas.
3. How much is Ryan Tannehill's fifth-year option worthy, and when do the Dolphins need to decide on it?
Tannehill's fifth-year option is presently worth $14.66 million, and must be decided on by the first week of May in 2015. That gives the Dolphins one more season to evaluate him, and one offseason to possible work on a contract extension that's more realistic. While the option is guaranteed only for injuries before the start of the 2015 regular season, Miami would have to release Tannehill to void it. The bottom line is this is Tannehill's make-or-break season.
4. What are the two elements the Dolphins' passing game is presently missing?
The Dolphins are missing weapons that can produce run after the catch yards (that's difference from long bombs), and a jump ball target in the red zone, which can either be a tight end or a receiver that excels at high-pointing the ball.
5. How many Pro Bowlers did Jeff Ireland add to the Dolphins' roster since 2008? And name them.
Eight is the right answer. Jake Long and Mike Pouncey were the Pro Bowlers Ireland drafted. Cameron Wake, Brent Grimes, Randy Starks, Richie Incognito, Dan Carpenter and Brandon Marshall were the players Ireland signed who made it to the Pro Bowl during his run as the Dolphins' general manager. That doesn't factor in Brandon Fields, Paul Soliai, Yeremiah Bell or John Denney, who were Pro Bowlers on the team during Ireland's era, but wasn't brought to Miami by Ireland.
6. What are the concerns about Alabama inside linebacker C.J. Mosley?
Alabama products are usually maxed out from a coaching standpoint, and Mosley is nursing hip and shoulder injuries heading into the draft, which gives him a medical redflag.
7. What receiver produced 837 yards after the catch last season?
Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins, who can play every position in the NFL, and is the cleanest receiver prospect since Julio Jones and A.J. Green.
8. How many points is Miami's first-round pick worth, and is it easier to trade up or down in this draft?
The Dolphins No. 19 pick is worth roughly 950 points, and it is easier to trade up than down in this draft because there's a premium placed on having more picks, not higher picks. Therefore, you gain value going up, and lose value trading down in this draft.
9. Why is Teddy Bridgewater's stock falling in the 2014 draft?
Bridgewater has a thin frame and small hands. The three-year starter at Louisville reportedly struggled with his board work for teams during the NFL combine, and had a disastrous Pro Day, where he struggled with accuracy and ball placement inside Louisville's practice facility. However, Bridgewater's game film far exceeds that of his contemporaries, so it should be interesting to watch how this draft day drama plays out. Bridgewater, or one of the top three quarterbacks, will likely be on the board when the Dolphins select at No. 19. However, I'm pretty certain Miami won't take one because they haven't properly evaluated the top tier passers.
10. How much guaranteed money has the Dolphins given out in contracts this offseason?
The Dolphins have spent $132.5 million on new contracts this offseason, and $71.7 million of that money is guaranteed following the addition of center Mike Pouncey's fifth-year option, which is worth $7.4 million in 2015.

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Early Estimates Put MN Flood Damage At Over $32 Million
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Initial estimates from recent flooding across Minnesota put the public infrastructure damage at $32 million, with more assessments to come that will push the total up.
Gov. Mark Dayton and his emergency managers provided the estimate Tuesday. They said it makes them confident that the state would be eligible for federal assistance to offset costs of response and recovery. Flooding damage was seen in nearly half of Minnesota's counties.
Carver County, to the southwest of the Twin Cities, has the biggest damage total so far at $9.2 million because of problems with roads and a wastewater treatment plant.
The state has a $3 million relief fund to help match federal disaster aid. Dayton says it's possible a special legislative session will be needed if the state account is tapped out.


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Get up close to a giant maori wrasse, follow a turtle over colourful coral gardens or swim with a reef shark when you dive, snorkel and sail the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns with Passions of Paradise.
The locally owned company has more than 25 years' experience in operating personalised day tours to the Great Barrier Reef. A commitment to research, education and conservation of the World Heritage area has earned Passions many environmental awards.
Your reef adventure begins with an informative briefing by an eco-guide before exploring two pristine Great Barrier Reef locations at moorings owned exclusively by Passions of Paradise.
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The cruise departs daily to the outer Great Barrier Reef. Emphasis is placed on the crews interaction with the passengers and their specialty is helping nervous snorkellers, first time divers and 'rusty' certified divers. Passions of Paradise can choose from a number of excellent private sites. Introductory divers can try a 10 minute, 'free' demonstration hand-held dive. In keeping with their tradition of providing a fun filled day, the crew offer snorkel tours, sail handling demonstrations, and reef briefs throughout the day.
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The BAT Levitating Wireless Computer Mouse Aims to Float Above Carpal Pain
Designed with carpal tunnel sufferers in mind, the KIBARDIN levitating wireless computer mouse, The Bat, is the most futuristic mouse design we've ever seen. Like Marty McFly's hoverboard, The Bat floats above a magnetic base, all in the hopes of relieving "pressure on the median nerve". It also just looks awesome...
The Bat is currently a concept only, but reported to be in testing period and is planned to be manufactured in both the Netherlands and China according to designers, Kibardin Design (the same team who designed the White & White LED digital clock that was all around design blogs just a year ago).
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's World Campus is responsible for the University's largest increase in enrollment for 2010-11, trustees learned today (Nov. 5). Enrollment of students studying exclusively online in the World Campus grew by 19 percent over last year, reported Rob Pangborn, vice president and dean for Undergraduate Education.
Pangborn was joined by Anne Rohrbach, executive director for Undergraduate Admissions, and Anna Griswold, assistant vice president for Undergraduate Education and executive director for Student Aid, in discussing fall enrollments and updates on admissions and financial aid during the trustees regular November meeting.
The University's official enrollment census represents a snapshot of enrolled students taken at the end of the sixth week of fall semester classes. It shows that total enrollment for fall semester 2010 increased by 1,532 students, or about 2 percent, compared to last year. The total enrollment, just shy of 96,000 students, includes all undergraduate, graduate, online, law and medical students. World Campus enrollments account for 8,524 of the total, an increase of 1,386 over last year.
University Park enrollments remained relatively steady at 44,034 students. "An additional 783 students registered at University Park are either studying abroad, participating in internships and co-ops, or in other off-site programs including Continuing Education," Pangborn said.
Pangborn also reported robust enrollments at campuses outside of University Park. "This is the fourth straight year of more than 8,000 baccalaureate admissions at our Commonwealth Campuses."
Pangborn also reported:
-- The campuses have seen a significant jump in upper-division enrollments. Juniors and seniors remaining at the campuses number more than 9,000 for the first time.
-- This year Penn State has the largest international student enrollment at all levels in the University's history, topping 5,200 students.
-- Total minority enrollment continues to follow a 10-year pattern of year-to-year gains, and today accounts for about 16 percent of overall University enrollment.
More detailed information about Fall 2010 enrollment is available at http://live.psu.edu/story/49319 online.
Looking at financial aid, Pangborn told the board that funding from all sources exceeded the $1 billion mark this past year, assisting more than 71,000 undergraduate, graduate, medical and law students. This represents approximately 76 percent of total enrollments at Penn State in 2009-10. "The majority of funding goes to our undergraduates, assisting just over 62,000 students," Pangborn said. Undergraduates received $896 million, or about 86 percent of all student aid funding from federal, state, University and private or outside funding sources.
Student loans made up 65 percent of all student aid funding to undergraduates in 2009-10, with grants contributing 25 percent and scholarships nearly 10 percent.
"Federal work-study funding comprises less than 1 percent of all student aid," Pangborn told the board. Also, he said these sources do not include part-time jobs that students secure on their own either on campus or in the community.
Pangborn reported that last year, approximately two-thirds of undergraduate baccalaureate students graduated with student loan debt, with the average debt just over $31,000. The latest information on student loan default rates shows a 3.4 percent rate for Penn State students, which is considerably lower than the national rate of 7 percent or the 6 percent rate for all four-year public schools. "In light of the economic conditions and the high unemployment rates across the country, our graduates are doing very well managing the repayment of their student loans," he said.


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I visited the library to access the repetoires of the French parishes in New York where I can read all the Bova, Beauvais, Bissonnette, Bissnett, Lacasse, Rivet, Rivest, Millotte, Mailloux, Mireault and Wills baptisms, marriages and burials in alphabetical order.
I found some interesting and new information that I did know before.....
Milo Benjamin Mylott converted to Catholicism as an adult after his 1910 marriage to Edith Lida Glode. Benjamin Mylott was from Whitehall and although descended from French Canadians, his parents and grandparents were Protestant. He was 27 years old when he was baptized in St Anne's Church in Northside, Waterford, NY. The record states his name as Benjamin Napoleon Mylott. "Napoleon" was his baptismal name, no doubt taken because his sponsor was Napoleon Glode, the brother of his wife. His other sponsor was Aurelie Hamel. The record goes on to state "Adult conditional baptism; date of baptism is not given; in register between 28 April 1911 and May 1911".
|The former Ste Anne's Church.in Northside, Waterford, NY
Now a Wesleyan Congregation
So despite the great Catholic-Protestant divide among the people of the early twentieth century, both of my sets of grandparents compromised a Catholic grandmother and a Protestant grandfather. In the Glode-Mylott union, my grandfather Benjamin Mylott converted to Catholicism. In the Bissonnette-Wills union, my grandfather John Albert Wills continued to be Protestant but he agreed to raise all his children Catholic.
Here are the baptisms of all of his nine children with names as recorded by the parish priest, sponsors, when and where the baptisms occurred:
- Celanire Anna Wills (Celena), baptized in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cohoes, NY on 19 September 1904. Her sponsors were her uncle Joseph Bissonnette and Celanire Bissonnette (Celena).
- Anna Elizabeth Wills, baptized in St Joseph's Catholic Church, Greenwich, NY on 30 September 1906. Sponsor was Mary Bisnett.
- Marie Anna Julie Wills, birth recorded 5 July 1908. Baptized in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Schuylerville, NY. Her sponsors were Augustin Galipeau and Julie Bissonnette.
- John Albert Wills (son), baptized in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cohoes, NY on 23 October 1910. His sponsors were John Hayes and Olivine Ethier.
- Elizabeth Wills, birth recorded 12 January 1913. Baptized in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Schuylerville, NY. Her sponsors were Alfred Bissonnette and Elizabeth Bissonnette.
- Mary Dorothy Wills, birth recorded 15 July 1916. Baptized in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Schuylerville, NY. Her sponsors were Louis Bissonnette and Marie Louise Beauvais.
- Marie Etta Wills, baptized in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cohoes, NY on 28 September 1917. Her sponsors were Louis Ethier and Elizabeth Henri.
- Earl Lawrence Wills, baptized in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cohoes, NY on 4 April 1920. His sponsors were Wilfred Hebert and Celina Wills (his oldest sister).
- Robert William Francis Wills, baptized in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cohoes, NY on 9 December 1923. His sponsors were Henri Chabot and Julia Wills (his older sister).
|St. Joseph's, Cohoes, NY
This church is now a closed parish
|Posterior of the grotto
|The grotto of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Schuylerville, NY. Now the church is Notre Dame Visitation.
The former Irish parish is united with the French parish.
And finally in Greenwich, New York is the Church of St. Joseph
|Interior of St. Joseph's, Greenwich
|Exterior of the Church of St. Joseph, Greenwich, NY


text: WGN-AM 720 is a Chicago radio station owned by Tribune Co. From March 29, 1924, until the split of Tribune Publishing from its parent company, WGN was considered the newspaper's radio station, and they worked on projects together. The call letters originally stood for "World's Greatest Newspaper." Programming over the years has included news, sports, live music, political debates and talk shows. A number of national programs, including "Little Orphan Annie," originated at the station. From the beginning, WGN was a pioneer in sports broadcasting, airing the Indianapolis 500 live in 1924, for example. In 2015, the Chicago Cubs also will part company with WGN Radio after 90 years. Current programming is a mix of talk (including sports), news, traffic and weather.


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Business as Mission: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice.
InterVarsity Press, 2009. (528 pages.)
"Life Without Ethics." Foreword, in How Do Ethics Affect Your Bottom Line? Considerations for CEOs and Senior Administrators, Randall A. Smith, ed. Jackson, Mississippi: Belhaven Books, 2007.
"The Distinctives and Challenges of Business as Mission," with Steven L. Rundle. In Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered, Tom Steffen and Mike Barnett, eds. Pp. 16-36. William Carey Library: Pasadena, CA, 2006.
"God's Transformation To, Within, and Through the Marketplace: Toward a Marketplace Missiology." A paper presented at the IFMA/ EMS national conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 24, 2005.
"Business as Mission: The Distinctives and Challenges of a New Approach of a New Approach to World Mission'" with Steven L. Rundle. A paper presented at the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) and the Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS) national conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 23, 2005.
"Transformation to, within and through the Marketplace." In A Unifying Vision of the Church's Mission, Luis K. Bush, ed. Pp. 63-69. Pattaya, Thailand: 2004 Forum for World Evangelization.
"God's Mission To, Within, and Through the Marketplace: Toward a Marketplace." PhD dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2004.
International Faith and Work Directory 2003-2004. Co-editor with Mike McLoughlin, David Miller and Os Hillman. Cummings, GA: Aslan, 2004.
"Book Review of On Kingdom Business." In Missiology: An International Review (April 2004) XXXII(2):245-246.
"Marketplace Missiology." In The Mentor (January/February 2004). La Mirada, CA: Biola University School of Business.
"Toward a Marketplace Missiology." In Missiology: An International Review (January 2003) XXXI(1):87-97.
Directory of Marketplace Ministries 2003. Editor. Pasadena, CA: Institute for Marketplace Ministries, 2003.
"Glad You Asked!" In The Bible in Business, R. Jenson, ed. Pp. 19-21. Sisters, OR: Questar, 1989.
"Living Wisdom." In The Bible in Business, R. Jenson, ed. Pp. 75-77. Sisters, OR: Questar, 1989.
Dr. Johnson speaks at a wide variety of conferences, symposia, workshops, is guest lecturer at many different universities and preaches in both churches and Christian conference settings domestically and internationally. His primary topics are business as mission, faith and the workplace, God's calling, globalization and missions.


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Champions League: Bayern dump Arsenal; Atletico advance
Holders Bayern Munich kept their hopes alive of becoming the first team to retain the Champions League trophy while Atletico Madrid also progressed to the quarter-finals of this season's competition on Tuesday.sports Updated: Mar 13, 2014 02:00 IST
Holders Bayern Munich kept their hopes alive of becoming the first team to retain the Champions League trophy while Atletico Madrid also progressed to the quarter-finals of this season's competition on Tuesday.
Bayern - who have reached the final of the past two Champions League campaigns - were held 1-1 in Munich by Arsenal, but just as they did last year against the same opposition at the same stage, the Germans went through, this time 3-1 on aggregate.
However Bayern's joy at going through was somewhat soured after Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger accused Dutch wing Arjen Robben of diving throughout the two legs.
"Robben dived tonight (he was told to get up by the referee when he went down early in the second-half in the penalty area) and he dived in the first leg," said Wenger.
Robben, who won a penalty for Bayern in the first leg which saw the Arsenal goalkeeper sent off, was dismissive of the remarks.
"Great managers don't need to resort to claims like that. I don't want to have to defend myself against remarks like that," he said.
Guardiola, who has won the trophy twice as coach of Barcelona, looked annoyed when told about the comments.
"The best team won over the two legs that is what happened," he said.
Atletico - who are the surprise package of the competition this season as well as in the La Liga title race -- reached their first Champions League quarter-final since 1997, when their present coach Diego Simeone was in the side, with a far more emphatic 4-1 win at home to Italian side AC Milan, to prevail 5-1 on aggregate.
It left Italy without a side remaining in the competition as Napoli and Juventus went out in the group stage.
Simeone, a former combative Argentinian international midfielder who was capped over 100 times, said he was proud of his side and tried to play down expectations by saying Atletico were very much the underdogs still.
"It is a very nice moment, after such a long time," said the 43-year-old.
"But we are still at the beginning of the knockout stages, and we must continue to get better.
"A difficult and dangerous quarter-final awaits us and we will have to recuperate and continue on the path we are following.
"There will be seven great sides in the last eight and one which will be very enthusiastic and capable of upsetting the others.
"As for Diego Costa he continues to progress, he has great physical strength and presence. He reminds me of some of the great strikers."
In Munich Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring for the hosts - his first goal since October - before Lukas Podolski equalised for Arsenal against his former team, just as he had done in last season's first leg match.
The hosts could have won the match itself right at the end but Thomas Mueller's penalty was saved by Lukasz Fabianski.
In Madrid the result never looked too much in doubt, once Diego Costa got the opener after three minutes, despite former Real Madrid star Kaka levelling halfway through the first-half.
Turkish international Arda Turan restored the one goal lead before the break with a half-volley that took a wicked deflection and Raul Garcia and Costa added two more in the second-half, the latter taking his tally in all competitions this season to 29, including seven in the Champions League.
Milan's rookie Dutch coach Clarence Seedorf said the second goal had been the killer for his side, who are a shadow of the great Milan sides he was when he was a player.
"For a game and a half we saw a very good AC Milan side," he said.
"The team responded with courage from a great goal by Costa until their second goal, that was a very tough blow to overcome.
"The players tried to react, but they weren't able to."
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NaturalPet necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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We specialize in healthy food and treats for dogs and cats. We carry unique toys, treats and supplements that are not found in the big box stores. We run a cat adoption and rescue service and offer dog & cat grooming.
Our current logo is boring and forgetable. We want something that is up to date and modern. I would like to keep with the circle design if possible, but am open to a completely new look. We only cater to dog and cat owners so a logo with either dogs and cats or pawprints would work well for us.
We will be using this new logo for just about everything from shirts, business cards, website, sinage, etc... Keep in mind that it will be used on our street sign. We are located in a small strip mall with 10 other business, so it needs to pop out at people as they drive/walk by.
A lot of our customers are females typically ranging in age from 30 - 50yrs. They treat their dogs and cats a members of the family (or better) and are looking to provide them with the best nutrition, treats, toys and grooming that our area offers.
Our slogan is "Keep your pets healthy & happy", we do not want this incorporated into the design.
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Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member ever of the US Congress, has died at the age of 92, a spokesman said today.
Democratic senator from West Virgina, who was a member of the Ku Klux
Klan before becoming a civil rights advocate, died peacefully at Inova
Fairfax hospital outside Washington, Jesse Jacobs said.
Byrd was
an influential politician under a dozen presidents and his death, which
follows that of Edward Kennedy in August, means the Senate has lost two
of its most illustrious figures.
"I love to serve. I love the
Senate. If I could live another 100 years, I'd like to continue in the
Senate," Byrd said in a 2006 interview with Reuters.
In a notable
moment of his career, Byrd spoke eloquently against the Iraq war, when
so many of his colleagues were cowed into submission by the Bush
administration. He also warned against a build-up of US troops in
Byrd's death is not expected to change the Democrats'
majority in the Senate. The West Virginia governor, Joe Manchin, a
Democrat, is expected to appoint a Democrat to serve the remainder of
Byrd's six-year term, which expires in 2012.
Byrd was first
elected to the House of Representatives in 1952, serving six years
there before moving to the Senate. In his early campaigns the
self-described "hillbilly" used his musical skills as a bluegrass
fiddler to help draw big and enthusiastic crowds.
His politics shifted considerably over the years, as he moved away from his hard-right origins.
I got here, I was to the right of Barry Goldwater," Byrd told Reuters,
referring to a conservative Republican senator and failed 1964
presidential candidate. "I moved more to the centre."
In the
early 1940s, before being elected to Congress, Byrd belonged to the Ku
Klux Klan, a membership that he attributed to youthful indiscretion.
has emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me and has taught
me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one's life,
career and reputation," Byrd wrote in a 1987 memoir, Robert C Byrd:
Child of the Appalachian Coalfields.
In Congress, Byrd denounced
the civil rights leader Martin Luther King as a "self-seeking rabble
rouser", before turning into a leading backer of civil rights.
the record-setting 18,500-plus Senate votes Byrd cast, he said his
biggest regret was opposing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a landmark law
that brought down barriers for black Americans.
He said his views
changed most dramatically after his teenage grandson was killed in a
1982 traffic accident. "The death of my grandson caused me to stop and
think," Byrd said. "I came to realise that black people love their
children as much as I do mine."
Byrd was born Cornelius Calvin
Sale Jr on 20 November 20 1917 in North Carolina and was sent to live
with relatives in West Virginia after his mother died in the 1918 flu
pandemic. His new family renamed him and Byrd grew up desperately poor
in the West Virginia coal fields. Unable to afford college, he worked
as a meat cutter during the Great Depression and as a welder building
ships during the second world war. Byrd married his high school
sweetheart, Erma Ora James, in 1936. They had two daughters and six
"For two hillbillies – that is what we are, two
hillbillies – from West Virginia, it has been an exciting and wild
ride," Byrd said in a Senate speech marking their 65th anniversary. She
died in March 2006.
Byrd set the record for congressional longevity last November, eclipsing the mark held by the late Carl Hayden.
that day, Byrd said: "My only regret is that my beloved wife, companion
and confidante, my dear Erma, is not here with me. I know that she is
looking down from the heavens smiling at me and saying,
'Congratulations my dear Robert – but don't let it go to your head.'"


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Joy Castro Enjoying the Success of Her Memoirby Wade Coggeshall • December 19, 2005 Share:
Joy Castro knew writing a memoir about her childhood abuse at the hands of a tyrannical stepfather — who twisted Jehovah's Witness doctrine to suit his own foul value system — would generate negative responses, but she hoped for positive feedback as well.
Not only has that happened, but other developments since the Wabash College English professor published the autobiographical "The Truth Book" have made the experience absolute gravy.
Released in September, "The Truth Book" chronicles, in part, the two-year period in Castro's life when she and her brother Tony lived with their mom and stepfather in West Virginia.
The stepfather was a church leader in the Jehovah's Witnesses, a hard-line sect of Christianity. He subjected Castro and Tony to constant beatings, starvation and near isolation before Castro ran away and legally emancipated herself to live with her father and his new wife. Tony made his escape six months later.
Jehovah's Witnesses preach female subjugation to males, an axiom Castro rejected. She later earned her bachelor of arts in English at Trinity University and her master of arts and Ph.D. in the same at Texas A&M.
It was in 2002, when Castro's father committed suicide, that she began to take stock of her life. At a writer's retreat in Minnesota a month later, she churned out 300 pages of tight, emotional prose in a feverish three-week time frame. It later formed "The Truth Book," named after Jehovah's Witness literature that's considered required reading.
Since the book's publication, it's been reviewed in such periodicals as the Boston Globe and Sacramento News & Review. Subsequent book tours have taken Castro to Tampa and the northwest. Overall she describes her readings and discussions and encounters with readers as positive.
"Most of the reviews have been very nice, certainly as positive as I ever could've hoped for, for a book with controversial topics in it," Castro said. "It's going to push some people's buttons, and I understand that. At all the meetings I've done, the response has been very warm, and that's been touching. People have had a lot of questions, made a lot of comments. A lot of people have shared their own experiences because of things I've read out loud or they've read in the book. So that's been interesting. It's been a real way to connect with a huge range of people."
Outside classrooms and bookstores, "The Truth Book" also has led Castro into other mediums. She's done readings at Crawfordsville's Rotary Club and a local Presbyterian Church. She was a speaker at the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault's conference in Bloomington in early December, where she led a workshop on writing as a way of overcoming trauma. These forums have brought Castro face to face with people who have similar stories to tell. It's the type of response she's both happy and sad to share in.
"I feel sad for them if their experiences have been negative ones," Castro said. "I'm glad they're feeling OK talking about that because I think one of the things that's problematic for people is a sense of shame or inhibition — that they're responsible for the abuse that happened to them and that they can't speak up about that. I'm happy they feel able to communicate. I guess I feel sad that it's common, but not surprised."
Castro can share in their discomfort. The toughest part for her has been baring her past to strangers, especially during public readings and the expected discussions that follow.
"I'm a shy person, so getting up in front of people and reading this gut-wrenching, personal material is a challenge," she said. "I would often go back to my hotel very drained — sort of exhilarated because of all the positive responses and interesting things I learned from other people — but also very tired. It just takes a lot of willpower and effort for me to do that. I think some people really get energy from performing. For me it sucks all my energy, and it's hard. That challenged my comfort level."
In one case Castro was able to take potentially inimical feedback and make it productive. While she was sitting in a women's study course at Indiana State University, "A woman raised her hand and said, 'I'm a Jehovah's Witness. Nothing like that ever happened to me. I want to say (your book is) not representative,' " Castro said. "I said great, thank you, I'm glad and tell us your story because mine is the story of my individual situation. It's not a blanket condemnation of a religion. It happened to be weirder to be abused in a situation where people were preaching love and kindness. But abuse happens in lots of religions."
With the favorable reviews, Castro also can bask in the affirmation she's received on "The Truth Book" from literary scholars. The book will be taught this spring in graduate and undergraduate creative-writing courses at Ball State University. Kalamazoo College in Michigan will study it in a creative non-fiction class. Other institutions of higher learning, including Texas A&M, plan to incorporate it into their curriculums.
Most important of all, Castro wondered how her own community at Wabash would react to her revelations. The returns have been better than she ever imagined.
"One of the things that was troubling to anticipate was how my students would respond to the book, because it is so personal," Castro said. "I'd walk into class and wonder what they were thinking. I had such positive, warm responses from students. It's touched many students personally. Some students have bought extra copies for their moms. That's been amazing. I always knew Wabash was a very supportive community, but I had no idea how supportive. That was one thing that was unexpected about the book — to be supported by the people you work with every day."
Coggeshall is a reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal Review. This story first appeared in the newspaper.


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Bethesda, MD – November 23, 2011 PTFS/LibLime, a provider of software and service solution to libraries, has been granted provisional use of a trademark for the use of the term Koha as it applies to Integrated Library Software (ILS) in New Zealand.
When PTFS/LibLime purchased LibLime in March, 2010, one of the assets acquired was the trademark on the term Koha as it applies to ILS software in the United States. PTFS/LibLime has held that trademark in trust, purposefully choosing not to enforce it in order to insure that no individual, organization, or company would be prohibited from promoting their services around Koha in the United States.
Another one of the assets acquired in the purchase of LibLime was an application for the trademark of the term Koha as it applies to ILS software in New Zealand. That application has now been accepted. PTFS/LibLime will hold that trademark in trust as well, and will not enforce it in order to insure that no individual, organization, or company will be prohibited from promoting their services around Koha in New Zealand.
PTFS/LibLime is prepared to transfer the trademark to a non-profit Koha Foundation with the provision that the Foundation hold the trademark in trust and not enforce it against any individual, organization, or company who chooses to promote services around Koha in New Zealand. PTFS/LibLime encourages a direct dialog with Koha stakeholders to determine an equitable solution for the disposition of the trademark that serves the best interests of the libraries who use Koha.
About Koha
Koha is an open development ILS application first conceived in the late 1990's in New Zealand. In the twelve years that the source code has been available, the application has been enhanced by hundreds of individuals, organizations, libraries, and companies around the world. With all of this enhancement, much of it in the last five years, the application has evolved into a fully-functional ILS capable of supporting most of the workflow needs of a library. The Koha software is owned by no company and various versions of the application are freely available to libraries throughout the world.
About PTFS/LibLime
PTFS is an industry leader in content and knowledge management solutions, deploying its ArchivalWare digital content management system to institutions throughout the commercial and government sectors. Founded in 1995, PTFS provides software and service solutions to libraries through the LibLime Division, and offers complete content conversion solutions from analog to digital. PTFS also specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements and metadata keying services. For more information, contact us at http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.


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Salam ala kum,
From my research, one of the main (and possibly THE main) reason for dis-unity in the Muslim Umma is a misunderstanding of the meaning of Wilayat after the death of the prophet.
If one reflects on the history of the Muslims, one will surely be amazed at the unity of the Muslims, while under the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad (a.s.). In contrast to this, we see that after the dealth of the prophet the "troubles" began. Some of the prominent companions supported Imam Ali (a.s.), and others supported Abu Bakr as the rightful successor to the Holy Prophet.
One of the reason for this schism was a misunderstanding (among the general Muslim population) of the meaning and dimensions of Wilayat. SIDE NOTE- I find this somewhat surprising, given that the well -established practice of previous prophets of nominating a successor (or Waly, who was sometimes a prophet and sometimes not).
I would like to include some excerpts from the book, " Master and Mastership" from the respected scholar (and Shaheed) Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari to illustrate this further.
The entire book can be read here: http://al-islam.org/mastership/
" The Holy Qur'an has talked much of Wala, Muwalat and Tawalla (friendship and cooperation). This Celestial Book has discussed a number of questions under these headings. A thorough study of the Holy Qur'an indicates that from the Islamic point of view there are two kinds of Wala; negative and positive i.e. on the one hand the Muslims have been asked not to accept one kind of Wala and to refrain from it, and on the other hand they have been asked to observe another kind of Wala. The positive Wala enjoined by Islam has two forms; general and special. Again the special form of Wala is further subdivided into several categories; Wala of Love, Wala of Imamate, Wala of Leadership and Wala of Control...."
"The believers, men and women are the Waly (guide) of each other; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. They keep up prayers and pay zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger". (al-Tauba,9:71)
The Muslims are closely linked together and as such they support one another. They are interested in one another's fate, in reality in their own fate, for they, all together form one compact unit. That is why they exhort one another to do the good and abstain from doing the evil. ..."
The affection toward the Ahl al-Bayt (the Prophet's progeny) is the special form of the positive Wala...
"Say: I ask you no reward for my preaching save love and affection toward my progeny". (al-Shura;42 23).
"Your Waly can be only Allah, His Messenger and those who believe and establish prayers, and pay zakat while they kneel down in prayer". (al-Ma'idah, 5:55);
was revealed in respect of Imam Ali. Tabari, in his ''Exegesis'' [2] of the Holy Qur'an quotes a number of reports in this connection. Zamakhshari, who is one of the most eminent Sunni scholars, is definite when he says: "This verse was revealed in respect of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Though it refers to a single person, plural form has been used with the intention of exhorting the Muslims to follow the good example set by him, and to emphasize that even prayers may be delayed for doing good to the poor and the needy". ..[3]
This kind of Wala when used with reference to an Imam means religious authority and the right of leadership, and when used with reference to the Muslims means the acknowledgement of this right.
[2] Tafsir al-Tabari Vol. 6, pp. 288�289.
[3] Al-Kashshaf Vol.1 p.505 printed in Egypt in 1373 A.D.
"The structure of faith is supported by four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad."
Imam Ali (a.s.)
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Salam ala kum,
I have thought a little more about delights question" If an Imam can guide without being in power,like the 12th Imam,why do shia fight for the right of succession of Ali?" and I think I may understand it.
The Prophet (a.s.) and his purified projeny, or, the Ahly al'Bayt (a.s. to them all) are a the hujjat (proof (of Allah's authority over his creation)) and the Imam whether or not their authority is recognized. In fact, those who sincerly wish to lead the Muslim Umma in an upright manner will have no choice but to refer to them for leadership and guidance (as Abu Bakr and Omar both discovered). In fact, even corrupt Caliph's, such as Haroon Rashid turned to the Imam (of Ahl' Al-Bayt) for guidance and recognized their rightful position (although they were not given their rights, and their guidance was often not followed). Despite this, the Imams did and still do guide anyone who wishes to seek their guidance, and they are the source for those who want to understand Quran, Fiqh, Usool, Hadith, Namaz, etc.
In conclusion, The Imam is not in need of our alligience. If we fail to obey the Prophet (a.s.) in regards to his Alhly Al'Bayt, then we are the losers (i.e., we will become misguided). If we obey the Ahly 'Al Bayt, then they do not gain anything (as it is well-known that they were not concerned with worldly titles, wealth or power), it is only we that gain by being a unified and effective Umma united under the banner of Rasool Allah (a.s.) with Imam Ali (a.s.) as the standard bearer.
"The structure of faith is supported by four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad."
Imam Ali (a.s.)
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Report: John Edwards Asked Rielle to Marry Him (Updated)
That strange shifting you just felt in the ground? Elizabeth Edwards rolling over in her fresh grave. The National Enquirer reports John Edwards "proposed to Rielle Hunter. Apparently Elizabeth's children are already working on their escape pumpkin. [via HuffPo]
As many of you pointed out, this post originally linked to an article dating to early 2010, whereas the correct one—which is on the cover of this week's Enquirer— is here. Maybe the Enquirer could consider posting publication dates next to its articles on the Web, so we might avoid this sort of thing in the future? —Editor


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I sent the following thoughts to Fred Allen at Forbes.com about how bloggers made The Huffington Post what it ultimately became, and profited all along the way. For Fred Allen, Lewis DVorkin, and all of Forbes' leaders, they are taking on the challenge of merging world-class editorial and brand reputation with the new reality that one can't pretend to serve one's customers best by writing all the good stuff onself.
Just realizing that the formula needs to change though is only the beginning. It immediately leads straight to serious questions to conceptualize and implement: now they have to figure out how to combine two different philosophies – one of proprietary branded editorial, and one of curation.
It's a live laboratory as we get to see them take on the challenge, even as AOL and Huffington Post have a similar challenge of bringing their own two approaches together.
My comments to Fred are reprinted below; and Fred's thoughts are here at Forbes.com.
There has been a backlash against Huffington Post in light of its acquisition last week by AOL.
People who were willing to contribute to HuffPo for free are suddenly irritated that the AOL deal creates a payoff for shareholders but not for them. Since AOL is a publicly held corporate entity, these contributors' expectations have changed, and now they want to get paid.
It's a noisy revolt, but I think HuffPo's dissident contributors are waving spatulas in the air, rather than guns.
Underlying these revisionist claims of exploitation, one thing has been clear from the get-go: The dominant motivation of the bloggers who have posted on Huffington Post has always been far more about narcissism than altruism.
The reason Arianna Huffington was able to attract such thoughtful and provocative bloggers in the first place was because her site is a promotion machine. With each new post and blogger added, Huffington's creation became a more powerful destination. And that meant that the site was even more attractive to the next potential blogger. The choice for a new contributor was simple: Set up your own blog, and patiently hope you can build audience over a period of years, or join the club and get instant exposure. Like the AAA automobile club or AARP, the more members in the club, the greater the value became.
The benefits of joining Arianna's legions were numerous: Posting at HuffPo offered instant reach, credentialing, and ego gratification. Make no mistake about it, these benefits were valued by contributors all along the way. (If they weren't, then Huffington Post wouldn't have any contributors in the first place.) In fact, these non-financial benefits have proved far more valuable to contributors than cash.
Looking back, then, it's definitely been a win-win: Bloggers built their own value while creating value for HuffPo at the same time. And in the AOL transaction, absolutely nothing changes that value equation retrospectively—except jealousy.
Now, on a prospective basis, the only question is whether the value received by contributors going forward will be just as great.
In terms of traffic, there's no doubt that it will be. But the real issue is whether the HuffPo brand under AOL's auspices will be as valuable when it comes to providing the most important of all of Huffington Post's assets—the halo of its brand prestige. From my perspective, this remains to be seen.
And, finally, consider this: If The New York Times had acquired HuffPo, would there be a blogger revolt at all? Absolutely not!
This highlights the greatest opportunity and the greatest risk for AOL and Arianna Huffington. If they can truly enhance the Huffington Post Media Group so that it's an even stronger and more prestigious media destination, then their pipeline of great content will expand further, because the benefits of contributing will continue to grow. On the other hand, if the brand is diluted down to "old AOL" standards, then all will be lost.
Tim Armstrong was wise to put Arianna Huffington personally in charge of this, because the success of last week's deal may very well hinge on her ability to promise, persuade, and deliver at a high bar. AOL will be relying on her strength of vision, her standards, and her personal brand to bolster not only the Huffington Post's brand, but AOL's as well.
So the real threat to Huffington Post's contributors is not that they will be exploited; rather, it's the potential loss of the media machine that has been promoting them for so long.


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What is biodiesel?
What is the John Deere position on biodiesel use in its engines?
What is the difference between ASTM D6751 and EN 14214?
Which John Deere engines can be used with biodiesel?
What are the advantages of biodiesel?
Why does John Deere support the use of biofuels?
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Do I need to modify any service intervals when switching from petrodiesel to biodiesel?
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How does using biodiesel affect the engine warranty?
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Styrofoam, or Polystyrene Cup
The Styrofoam cup. It seems like a simple unitasker, one that holds liquids and is a good insulator. Why is it a good insulator and so light? Styrofoam is the the brand name that Dow Chemical uses for its version of polystyrene. Polystyrene is a polymer, which is a substance that is made up of repeated units, monomers, bonded together. What makes Styrofoam special is the process in which it is made. During the process, gas is blown into the polystyrene causing the material to be mostly empty space. The Styrofoam is very low in density becuase the mass of the polystyrene is contained in a larger area. It is a good insulator because the air spaces that make up the foam deters heat energy flow. The above video demo shows what happens when the polystyrene is dissolved in acetone. The polystyrene structure basically collapses and condenses, leaving a hardened, more dense mass.


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Using the four definitions of socialism provided below, even a cursory glance at Barack Obama cannot fail to yield the conclusion that his political framework for viewing the proper role of government in society is socialism. There can be little argument that Barack Obama is a socialist. But Republicans like John McCain and George W. Bush would do well not to apply this term as one of derision- they are socialists too. More on that later. The following list of definitions includes corresponding explanations as to why Obama fits each of them.
Socialism has been variously defined as:
- Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy. [1]
Any Americans paying attention during the 2008 Presidential Campaign or to any of Obama's rhetoric in the aftermath of his electoral victory should be able to recall that the solutions he is proposing take for granted that it is the proper role of a centralized government to plan and control the economy in order to strengthen and improve it. Can anyone argue that Obama, McCain, Bush, and most contemporary politicians have not assumed it as their proper role to plan and control the economy? Just read the economics issue page at Mr. Obama's website. It is filled to overflowing with "tax this... subsidize that... invest here... fix that."
You may object that the definition above implies total government ownership of property and the means of production, and that Barack Obama does not advocate this. If you do so object, then I must ask what it means for us to own our property. When a government can control, appropriate, distribute, and dispose of a very significant amount of its citizens' property without their individual consent, is it not the operating premise that government owns everything and that you use your property only with government's tacit consent, and only as long as government doesn't presently wish to revoke your rights to this or that portion of your property? In such a society government presumes to be lord of all and the law of the land is "render unto Caesar whatever he says is his."
- The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved. [1]
This definition is another, quicker answer to such an objection as that above. The word "socialism" does not necessarily imply explicit, total ownership of property by the state, but a society in transition from capitalism to communism, an economy increasingly controlled and governed by the laws and policies of the state. An entirely controlled economy would be more like true communism in action, an entirely free and uncontrolled one would be more like capitalism. The much-pined-for "middle ground" of a mixed market economy with the productive power of capitalism, but also plenty of government controls and intervention, is more akin to socialism. Obama and his political allies on "the American Left" are not alone in supporting such a state of affairs.
- An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity. There are many varieties of socialism. Some socialists tolerate capitalism, as long as the government maintains the dominant influence over the economy; others insist on an abolition of private enterprise. All communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists. [2]
Here is another definition which serves as an excellent rebuttal to any objections that Barack Obama is not a socialist because he does not support an explicit and total government takeover of all the major industries and means of production in America. This definition really helps to clarify the nuances behind the meanings of the words "socialism" and "communism." Again, a quick reference to Obama's issue pages shows that he is categorically a socialist. It is not only in terms of policy, but in his broader approach to the role of government that Obama is clearly a socialist. For him, change means for government to change things. Fixing the economy means for government to fix the economy. Leading means leading from the Capitol Building and the White House. To Obama and most other politicians, a necessary precondition for prosperity is direct government involvement in the workings of the economy, as opposed to government acting only to maintain a civil society (i.e. one free of aggression).
- A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. [3]
Imagine conducting this survey:
Circle yes or no: Does the following statement accurately describe Barack Obama's message and self-portrayal?
A social reformer who seeks to fundamentally reconstruct American society to create a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor.
How many of the respondents do you imagine would circle "yes?" It's practically the bite-sized version of Barack Obama's entire campaign platform. And the key means of this reconstruction of American society that Obama envisions is government control and manipulation of the wealth and property created by its citizens. Can there really be any argument over Obama's socialist agenda? I don't think so because it is categorically true, it's a necessary conclusion based off of our definition of the word "socialist." It's also true that George W. Bush and John McCain are socialists. The three of them are more alike than they are different in their view of government, as few of their passionate supporters as there are who would be willing to admit it.
Now if you want, you can argue that it's not a bad thing to be a socialist. That's a great discussion to have, and I will say up front that one of the main focuses of this blog is why socialism is a bad thing, it's just not the focus of this particular essay. For that, allow me to refer you to the following:
Barack Obama's Victory and the Nature of Change
What is Capitalism? The Nature and Advantages of the Free Market
Libertarian Books: The Humble Libertarian's Recommended Reading
End Notes:
1. socialism. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socialism
2. socialism. (n.d.). The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socialism
3. socialism. (n.d.). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socialism


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Bulldogs To Meet Eagles Thursday In Lee Amphitheater In First Postseason since 1979
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University women's basketball team learned late Monday night that it will play at least one more home game before the 2010-11 season has ended. Yale will host Atlantic Coast Conference power Boston College on Thursday. The game will be played inside John J. Lee Amphitheater on the Yale University campus. The time of the game will be announced Tuesday afternoon.
Fans of the Bulldogs can keep checking YaleBulldogs.com for updates.
Yale, which finished the regular season with a 14-14 record, is making its first-ever appearance in the WNIT and is appearing in its first postseason tournament since 1979. Yale has played in a postseason tournament only three times in its 38-year history, in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Late Monday, the Women's National Invitational Tournament announced the field of 64 teams that will compete in the WNIT Postseason Tournament. Yale was one of 31 teams to earn an automatic berth in the WNIT. The remaining 33 teams earned at-large berths.
"I am so excited we are playing at home! I think it's going to be awesome," Yale senior captain Yoyo Greenfield said. "B.C. is definitely a strong opponent, but I am very confident in our team. We have done a lot of amazing things so far this season and we all want to keep it up for as long as possible. We played them in a tough game my freshman year, so it is kind of bringing it full circle."
The WNIT will open with first-round games Wednesday through Friday, March 16-18. All games in the single-elimination tournament are held on the campuses of participating schools. Second-round games will be played Saturday through Monday, March 19-21. Third-round games will be held March 23-25. The WNIT quarterfinals are scheduled to be held March 26-28. The WNIT's Final Four semifinal games will be played on March 30-31. The WNIT Championship game will be held on April 2, and will be hosted by one of the two final participating schools.
"We had a very good feeling that our opponent in the first round would be Boston College. We are absolutely thrilled, however, that the game is going to be played on our home court," Gobrecht said. "The whole postseason experience has been a little foreign to us, but playing at home I think will keep us comfortable in this exciting opportunity."
Should Yale advance past Boston College on Thursday, it will face the winner of the St. Joseph's-Virginia Commonwealth matchup.
In Yale's 38-year history, it is 0-2 versus Boston College and 2-8 against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference. However, the Bulldogs have won their last two meetings against ACC opponents, including a 91-85 win over then-No. 15/14 Florida State on Dec. 18, Yale's first-ever win over a ranked opponent. Yale also defeated North Carolina State University 65-61 on Nov. 22, 2008, during the Subway Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.
Yale's only two meetings with Boston College include a 58-38 home loss on Dec. 29, 1997, and a 57-55 loss at Boston College on Jan. 13, 2008.
"We weren't very good back then but still put up a good fight," Greenfield said. "It's kind of cool that we are playing them again my senior year because we have changed so much as a program. The difference from where we were then and where we are now is huge. We hope to prove that in our game this Thursday. It's a chance for Mady and I to show everyone how far we have come and everything we have given to Yale basketball.
"They are bigger than any girls we have played in a while so it's going to be a challenge, but we are up for it. The fact that we are playing at home is great in my opinion. We are the most comfortable here and usually knock down the most shots here. We are so excited to hopefully make some history and take our program to another level."
The WNIT awards an automatic qualifying berth to each of the nation's 31 conferences. The spot goes to the team that finishes the highest in the regular-season conference standings that does not advance to the NCAA Tournament. If there is a tie, the WNIT abides by the conference tiebreaker. A team earns the automatic qualifying berth regardless of its overall record. However, to be considered for a WNIT at-large berth, a team must have an overall record of .500 or better.
Yale earned the Ivy League's automatic berth after finishing the regular season tied with Harvard in the League standings with a 10-4 record. The Bulldogs won the tiebreaker by virtue of sweeping the Crimson in the season series for the first time since the 1993-94 season. The Bulldogs finished 10-4 in Ivy League play for only the second time in their history, matching their Ivy League finish in 1988-89.
After a 4-10 start to the season, the Bulldogs' 10-4 Ivy League finish gives them momentum heading into the WNIT and opens the door to an opportunity to take the women's basketball program to a level that it has never reached in its 38-year history.
"It is really hard to believe that after four years, Yoyo and I have been lucky enough to help make such a lasting mark these past couple of weeks on women's basketball here at Yale," Gobrecht said. "We know how special this particular team is, and it would have broke my heart and felt absolutely unsatisfactory to end the season without the accomplishments this team has achieved. I know this program is headed in an amazing direction, and I am beyond ecstatic to know that Yoyo and I are here to experience the start of it before we leave Yale."
This year's field features five teams apiece from the Southeastern, Colonial, and Atlantic 10 Conferences, and four teams from the Missouri Valley and Mid American Conferences. The Pacific 10, Conference USA, Big 10, Mountain West, Big West, and Big 12 each have three teams in the WNIT. Other conferences represented in the field include: West Coast (2), Atlantic Coast (2), WAC (2), American East (1), SWAC (1), Big East (1), Ohio Valley (1), Big South (1), Ivy (1), Southern (1), MAAC (1), Horizon (1), Northeastern (1), MEAC (1), Southland (1), Sun Belt (1), Atlantic Sun (1), Summit (1), Patriot (1), and Big Sky (1).
Here are the first-round pairings:
First-round games
Wednesday, March 16
- Pepperdine at Oklahoma State
- Portland State at Wyoming
- Butler at Wisconsin
- Wichita State at Kansas
- Delaware at Toledo
- Loyola-Maryland at Old Dominion
- Liberty at Charlotte
- Appalachian State at South Carolina
Thursday, March 17
- Boston College at Yale
- UC Riverside at Colorado
- California at Cal Poly
- UC Santa Barbara at Southern Cal
- Nevada at St. Mary's CA
- Arizona at Utah State
- Denver at BYU
- Central Michigan at Illinois State
- Kent State at Duquesne
- Rice at Missouri State
- Lamar at Arkansas
- Southern at Tulane
- Oral Roberts at TCU
- Lehigh at St. Bonaventure
- Monmouth at Syracuse
- Michigan at Eastern Michigan
- UNC Wilmington at Richmond
- Creighton at Northwestern
- Alabama at Memphis
- Auburn at Tennessee Tech
- VCU at St. Joseph's
- Morgan State at Virginia
Friday, March 18
- UMBC at Florida
- Drexel at FGCU
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This delicious Linguine with Fresh Corn Pesto comes right from the pages of the August Bon Appetit magazine. I am trying to make more recipes out of all those cooking magazines I have. I am always so excited when they come in the mail and I pick so many things I want to make, then during the week I get so caught up with everything that I usually resort to an easy favorite for dinner, forgetting that I have so many new recipes to try.
This recipe was not so easily forgotten. Corn is at the peak of the season here in Southern California, and it is sweet, abundant and really inexpensive, so this was the perfect recipe to throw into the mix. Pasta is usually a once a week meal anyway so there was no excuse not to try something this easy using fresh, sweet corn. We chose to have this as a side with some grilled chicken and a green salad, but you could easily mix in some chicken pieces and make it a one bowl meal.
Tagliatelle with Fresh Corn Pesto
(adapted ever so slightly from Bon Appetit August 2010)
4 bacon slices, chopped
4 cups fresh corn kernels ( I used 4 ears of corn)
1 large clove minced garlic
1 1/4 tsp.Salt
3/4 tsp freshly ground Pepper
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
8 oz tagliatelle or any pasta you choose
3/4 cups torn basil leaves.
Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp and brown. Remove from pan, leaving bacon drippings, and let bacon drain on a paper towels. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of drippings from skillet. Add corn, garlic, salt and pepper to the skillet. Saute over medium high heat until the corn is tender, but not brown, about 4 minutes. Reserve 1 1/2 cup of the corn mixture and scrape the remaining corn into a food processor. Add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and pine nuts to the processor and with the machine running, slowly drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube. Blend until pesto is almost smooth.
Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until done. Drain pasta, reserving 1 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Place pasta in pasta bowl, add pesto, reserved corn kernels and about 1/2 cup of the basil. Toss pasta adding reserved cooking water to thin to desired consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with remaining basil and reserved bacon. Serve with additional grated Parmesan cheese.
Note: the amount of pesto from this recipe could easily sauce 1lb of pasta. The recipe called for 8 oz of pasta, I used 12 oz of linguine and had plenty of pesto sauce.
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. wholesale prices rose for the second month in a row, suggesting that pricing pressures are building despite an extended period of low inflation.
The producer price index rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent for the month of April, up from 0.5 percent in March, according to the Labor Department. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch estimated a 0.2 percent increase.
Despite the low inflation, wholesale prices last month were up 2.1 percent on an annual basis. Rising prices could suggest a rebound as global growth begins to pick up. It could also ease the apprehensions the Federal Reserve had about inflation remaining below the 2 percent mark.
Whole food sales rose 2.7 percent in April, the biggest jump since February 2011, and saw a 8.4 percent surge in the cost of meat, the highest gain since 2003. The drought in the West and porcine epidemic diarrhea have been putting pressure on the prices of beef, pork and other meats.
Energy prices were up 0.1 percent and core goods prices -- which excludes food, energy and services costs -- have risen 0.3 percent in three of the last five months.
While producer prices are important and one of the three inflation gauges used by the Labor Department, the true cost of living is reflected by the consumer price index, which measures what people actually pay.


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This week's writer is Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, a grassroots nonprofit organization based in Danby that follows major energy projects throughout the state. Its objective is to bring "environmental justice and corporate accountability to Vermont communities." Smith is a paid staff member, and an environmental lobbyist.
How Not to Build a Natural Gas Pipeline


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A lambswool yoga mat without cotton-edging (shorn from living sheep).
The 1200g/m² offers a soft and well insulated, feel-good mat.
The non-slip underside of 50% natural rubber, 18% PU and 32% acrylic resin is long-lasting and durable.
Wool is a natural material with excellent characteristics: it is self-cleaning and stain-resistant, flame-resistant and durable.
Please observe that the mat are not mashine washable, we recommend regular airing and beating/vacum cleaning. Hand wash cold with a little detergent and no fabric softener is possible. Then gently dry (not in direct sunlight or directly on the radiator).Not spin or tumble dry!
Weight: 1,8kg
The lambwool mat will fit into our yogamat backback, but if you plan to also carry along a couple of cork bricks then we recommend the "Wide" or "XL" version of the back pack.


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Cowboys Fight Past Fresno State 55-51 in Overtime
To say the game was physical, does it no justice. In another defensive slug fest, the Wyoming Cowboys out-lasted the Fresno State Bulldogs 55-51 in overtime Saturday at the Arena-Auditorium. The Cowboys out-scored Fresno State 14-2 over the final 8:20 of game action, including the overtime period.
Wyoming (18-7, 4-7) managed to scrap together six points and hold the Bulldogs to two in the extra five minutes. Derrious Gilmore hit a basket and two free throws, while Leonard Washington and Riley Grabau added one free throw apiece. It was enough for the Pokes to win back-to-back games in conference play for the first time this season.
Gilmore said, "We're gonna fight all the way to the end, no matter what's going on, no matter how bad things look. We're going to stick together, and we're just going to play till the last buzzer sounds."
Washington led UW with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Gilmore scored 12, while Nathan Sobey added 10 off the bench. The Cowboys were 18-40 (45%) from the field, just 2-11 (18.2%) from beyond the arc and only 17-33 (51.5%) at the foul line.
Kevin Foster came off the bench and had 14 points to lead Fresno State. Tyler Johnson chipped in 13. The Bulldogs shot 21-63 (33.3%) on field goals, were 4-18 (22.2%) from deep and just 5-8 (62.5%) at the charity stripe. They out-rebounded UW 42-31, which included 17 offensive rebounds.
Fresno State (8-16, 2-9) had a 14-point lead, at 35-21, early in the second half before Wyoming steadily chipped away. An 8-0 run over the final 2:02 of regulation tied it at 49. A key steal and dunk by Washington got the Cowboys within one, at 48-49, with 27 seconds left. After another Bulldog turnover, Gilmore hit 1-of-2 free throws and tied it at 49 with 9.6 second to go. Fresno State had an opportunity to win it, but Kevin Foster missed an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer.
In the heart of the game two things happened said Wyoming head coach Larry Shyatt, "I thought our guards finally started to fight ball screens, and fight and squeeze over hand-offs, which would take pressure off of Leonard and Nance inside, and they could patrol a little better, and they did, Sobey in particular. Then I thought when (Jack) Bentz came in the game, because I knew Derrious was ill, and I knew he didn't have probably the energy to last 40 minutes, I thought he really steadied the ship and did exactly what we wanted."
It was tight game until the last five minutes of the first half. Following a Sobey 3-pointer at the 5:55 mark pulled UW within one, at 16-15, Fresno State ended the first half on a 15-6 run. Foster came off the bench and scored all 10 of his points on 4-of-4 shooting, which included a pair of 3's, to spark the Bulldogs run.
Sobey said of the physical nature of the game, "They're a hard playing team and play like that for the whole 40 minutes. So, it was always gonna be hard for us to just come out think it's gonna be easy getting through screens and stuff like that. Yeah, it was like a war."
Wyoming returns to action at San Diego State on Tuesday night. Game time is 8 p.m. You can listen to Cowboy basketball on Y95 Country with coverage starting at 7:30 p.m.


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|From: Todd O'Bryan (toddobryan at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 9 20:00:23 EDT 2009
Thanks. I'll do it the way you suggested... On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Carl Eastlund<carl.eastlund at gmail.com> wrote: > Todd, > > I believe the ability to put predicate types in require/typed is > unsound and soon to be unsupported. Sam can probably say more on that > subject if need be. I recommend using number? to point Typed Scheme > in the right direction (as in the email I sent a few seconds ago, > which you likely had not received when you sent the below). > > Carl Eastlund > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Todd O'Bryan<toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote: >> As so often happens, just after sending this message I realized that I >> needed to convince Typed Scheme that real? is a predicate for Number, >> so I added >> >> (require/typed scheme [real? (Any -> Boolean : Number)]) >> >> at the top, and it now works. >> >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Todd O'Bryan<toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thank you. I'm now making progress... >>> >>> However, I've hit a Typed Scheme hiccup. >>> >>> (define (positive-real? v) >>> (and (real? v) (>= v 0))) >>> >>> won't type check because it thinks the second v is just an Any. >>> >>> I tried adding a type annotation (ann v Number) with a begin around >>> the second part of the and, but that didn't help. >>> >>> Anybody know how to give Typed Scheme the hint it needs here? >>> >>> Todd >
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GTA 5 Game Informer reveal set for today at 5pm GMT
Grand Theft Auto 5 will get its long-awaited gameplay reveal today via the digital edition of Game Informer's December issue. Editor-in-chief Andy McNamara has teased that the 18-page reveal will be the biggest in the magazine's history. Check out the reveal details below.
McNamara took to Twitter to hype up the reveal and stated, "GTA V tidbit: Tomorrow's reveal will have more screens & information than any previous Rockstar reveal we have done (maybe any cover)."
An update on the Game Informer site breaks down the reveal plans.
From 5pm GMT, the December cover will be revealed, along with a breakdown of the 18-page feature. Then at some point after the reveal, gamers will be able to download the digital edition of the magazine in full, although Game Informer can't say exactly how long this will take.
What they can say however, is that the article will feature a wide selection of gameplay screens, and will hit print newsstands from November 16th. The second GTA 5 trailer is scheduled to launch on November 14th. It's all rather exciting.
We'll check out the digital edition when it releases to give you a run-down of the GTA 5 reveal. Stay tuned.
Grand Theft Auto 5 launches on PS3 and Xbox 360 in Spring 2013.
Thanks CVG.


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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
March 2010
It Takes Some Chaos To Get Order
Deputy Director of Research at Molecular Foundry discusses material formation at seminar series
Jim DeYoreo
Creating ordered materials, in nature or in the lab, often requires a level of disorder, according to Dr. Jim DeYoreo, Deputy Director of Research at the Molecular Foundry. DeYoreo discussed his work into the molecular systems that control the formation of S-layer protein crystals and biomineralization to an inquisitive crowd at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Frontiers in Materials Sciences Seminar Series. The series features academic, government, and industrial leaders who discuss novel ideas and advances in research and development.
Research into molecular control systems is a vital part of the research into engineering new energy solutions, such as mass market fuel cells and battery systems for renewable energy solutions. For it is by first determining the molecular control for material formation that scientists can then control those systems. DeYoreo discussed two examples of material formation, one in the laboratory and one in nature.
Inspired by nature: Many living organisms, including the human body, build minerals using molecular templates. Scientists would like to devise self-assembled monolayers that can serve as templates for forming minerals in the laboratory. DeYoreo and his research team found that these highly organized materials form by first creating disordered materials and require templates that are flexible enough to reorganize during this process.
Goldilocks' effect: Looking at self-assembly of prototypical S-layer protein, DeYoreo noted their formation requires just the right amount of nonspecific bonds to be formed. If the bonds are too weak, the proteins cannot condense. If the bonds are too strong, the proteins cannot relax and form ordered structures. This bonding requirement must be considered in models of protein self-assembly.
About Dr. Jim DeYoreo: His research has spanned a range of materials-related disciplines, including low-temperature solid-state physics, geophysics and geochemistry, laser materials, crystal growth, and biomolecular materials. He serves as the Deputy Director of Research at the Molecular Foundry, a user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
DeYoreo has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 150 papers, books, and patents; chaired scientific conferences; and received a 1994 R&D 100 award. He served on Congressman Honda's Blue Ribbon Panel on Nanotechnology and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community.


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If you want to connect your Xbox 360 console to Xbox Live and you do not have a router, you can connect your console to your Windows computer and use its Internet connection.
Note Windows Internet Connection Sharing may not work on Windows 8.1 when the PC network is connected by using the Point to Point Protocol (PPP). If you use a PPP connection, you will have to use either a wired or wireless router. For help, see the Xbox Live first-time connection solution.
There are two ways that you connect to Xbox Live without using a router.
You can use Windows Internet Connection Sharing to share your Internet connection between your computer and your Xbox 360 console. If you do this, both the console and your computer can access the Internet at the same time.
To use Internet Connection Sharing, you must have the following:
Note Most laptop computers have two network adaptors, one for a wired connection and one for a wireless connection.
Set up Windows Internet Connection Sharing
The following steps show Windows 7 and Windows 8 screen images. However, the steps are the same for earlier versions of Windows, unless otherwise indicated.
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Troubleshooting Internet Connection Sharing issues
Solution 1: Make sure that Windows Internet Connection Sharing is set up correctly
If the Sharing tab is not displayed or, in Windows XP, you do not see the option Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection, one of the following might be true:
Solution 2: Set your console's IP settings manually
If you receive either of the following error messages, try the steps below:
Can't obtain an IP address from your router or modem
Your DNS server can't resolve Xbox Live server names
If you have a laptop computer with both wired and wireless network adaptors, you can use your laptop to connect your Xbox 360 console to Xbox Live. This type of connection is called a network bridge connection. .
This connection is quick and easy, but you cannot access the Internet on the laptop when the laptop is connected to your Xbox 360 console.
To use a network bridge connection, you must have the following:
Set up a network bridge connection
Note The following steps show Windows 7 and Windows 8 images. However, the steps are the same for earlier versions of Microsoft Windows, unless otherwise indicated.
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