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I have to question the logic of cramming in an extra PPV in the month after Wrestlemania. Considering the amount of sales they expect for 'Mania, a bit of breathing space might be nice. Still, I'm sure they know what they're doing. This weekend is the second Over The Limit PPV, and just looking at the posters for the two years you can see how much times have changed. Daniel Bryan on a Pay Per View poster? Surely the true harbinger of the rapture…
Sidekick Andrew: First up, the obligatory Divas match for the "butterfly emblazoned title" (© wwe.com) Brie is inexplicably Divas Champion (a fact I had to enlighten Boss Lady Ray with, which should give you an indication of how successful a champion she is) and Kelly is looking for her first title. Of course, this is really about one person, and one person only…
Yep, pretty sure Kharma is making an appearance and saving this match from being as awful as it promises to be. Seriously, with Beth, Natalya, Kharma and Gail on your roster, Brie bloody Bella and Kelly Kelly are the best you have to offer? Sheesh… Anyway, I'm going to go with Kelly winning the title, after Kharma comes out and distracts Brie long enough for Kelly to sloppily pull off a roll up.
Boss Lady Ray: It's true. I, chief person in charge of being frustrated at the treatment of the Divas Division, had to ask the Sidekick who currently held the title. Times is bleak. I actually don't think either will win the match. I'm guessing Kharma will interfere and end it early. Kelly and Brie can finish it another time. More importantly, I'm desperately hoping Beth and Natalya come out to beat Kharma down. UHH. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. I know WWE people read this blog (hah!) so let's make it happen, people.
Sidekick Andrew: Hmm, I'll confess I've not been watching as much WWE as I perhaps should have been. Over than Tough Enough, Superstars and Z! The True Long Island Story we've been (slowly) working our way through King of Trios over the last couple of weeks instead. As such, I'm not sure what's going on with these two. I saw Chavo doing guest commentary on Sin Cara's match the other week, and they had a very manly handshake in the ring afterwards (complete with FORESHADOWING)
While I don't have much interest in the reasons for this match, I am looking forward to the actual match itself. Sin Cara is pretty exciting, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he performs on a PPV setting after his slightly shaky Raw matches. Chavo is a pretty safe pair of hands for him to go against, seemingly bringing the best out of the newer guys on the roster (I believe he had Daniel Bryan and Rey Mysterio's first WWE matches.) Pretty sure Sin Cara is winning this one though. If WWE are wanting to push him then a PPV win would be a nice start.
Boss Lady Ray: Unlike my slack colleague, I have been making an effort to watch WWE programming of late. We'll discuss this at your appraisal, Andrew. I do, however, agree that Sin Cara's got this one sewn up. He was such a huge acquisition and he's not had the brilliant start everyone was expecting. Chavo's a loveable dork and happy to put anyone over. It's a perfect marriage.
Sidekick Andrew: I have absolutely no idea what's going on here. I know R-Truth is supposedly a heel now, which means that everyone hates him…
I've literally nothing else to say about this one, other than I want Mysterio to win and that I'm looking forward to the Divas match more than this one.
Boss Lady Ray: You see, if Andrew had been watching Raw (which admittedly he's always avoided) he'd know that R-Truth is rather hilarious as a heel. He's still mad as a box of frogs, what with his krayzee-eyez, his waffle about kicking pets and hateful hospital food, but Truth is significantly more interesting now than when he's winning the crowd over with his low-rent rapping. He keeps telling us he's going prove his worth, so I think Truth will take this one in rather violent fashion. I'm still holding out for a promo to rival this one though:
Everything was falling apart around him. And he seemed helpless to halt the collapse; he could only witness it, completely impotent, snatched up and gripped by processes too powerful for him to understand. (Philip K Dick)
Sidekick Andrew: That was a bit geeky wasn't it, quoting sci-fi authors – but then I'm writing on a wrestling blog so the "cool" ship has pretty much sailed I'm afraid. The Corre is slowly collapsing under the weight of thousands of unsold t-shirts with that terrible logo on. Jackson has been ex-communicated in that particularly gangland method of kicking the crap out of him then tipping a wheelie bin full of invisible glass bottles on top.
Much as I love Barrett, and all local bias aside, I think Jackson might win this one. He needs the push much more than Barrett at the moment, and this could be the time for the Corre to implode completely. Slater messes up costing Barrett the title somehow; Barrett turns on him; Slater's hetero life partner Gabriel jumps in to interfere; end of the Corre. In fact, you could say… Corre no More! Get it! It rhymes and everything! Ah well, as the Space Pirates would say, "if you don't get it, just forget it."
Boss Lady Ray: I have no children and yet I know the theme tune to Space Pirates. I need to get pregnant so I can justify my unrelenting enjoyment of children's television. Clearly I'm made for motherhood! Anyway, I'm going to disagree with the Sidekick on this one. The Corre is definitely on its way out, but I think Wade's keeping the title and ditching his cronies for good. The Corre hasn't worked that well and Wade needs to get back to ticking 'World Domination' off his to-do list before he misses the boat.
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Sidekick Andrew: I'm pretty sure the only word to describe this match is going to be "ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww." The match itself won't be that great, although as long as Lawler gets the win and we can put an end to Cole wrestling I'll be happy. I'll be happy for Lawler to carry on feuding with Swagger or something, but just stop Cole's involvement… please?
My biggest issue with this match though is the stipulation – a "Kiss My Foot" match where the loser must kiss the winner's foot. As far as I'm aware, this has been done once before in the WWE with Lawler and Bret Hart, which does make me wonder just how much Lawler likes feet (if you know what I mean.) I did manage to find footage of a Kiss my Foot match in FCW between Katie Lea (later WWE's Katie Lea Burchill and TNA's Winter) and Milena Roucka (later that really flexible girl running from Rey Mysterio's uncle in the amazing Wrestlemaniac) but that probably appeals to a completely different market coughTurtlecough
Casting aside images of attractive women flexibly kissing each others appendages for a moment, do we really want to see Cole kissing Lawler's foot? His sixty two year old wizened goblin trotter, sweating and stinking from being cramped inside a tight boot and wrestling under hot lights for 10 minutes or so? Does anybody really enjoy that kind of thing? Kissing dirty feet?
Boss Lady Ray: Oh! Bloody brilliant! I've spent ages trying to rid this blog of sinister search terms and now they'll all be swarming over here like zombies running at a fresh human. Sod off, you creepy foot freaks! Be ashamed of yourselves. *SHUDDER*
I keep saying that Lawler will win because I'm so desperate for Cole to stay in his commentary seat and stop interrupting Divas matches. Using the skill of reverse psychology I'm going to predict Cole to win. I really can't lose. Either this feud ends, which is preferable, or I win a point in the predictions competition. Win-win.
Sidekick Andrew: No points for guessing who Boss Lady Ray is pulling for in this match. On the one hand we've got current Tag Team Champions Big Show and Kane, not exactly two of her favourite wrestlers. On the other team we have CM Punk, a man that the Boss has an almost ridiculous crush on (especially in those lavender trunks.) He's teaming with the best that Wales has to offer.
Only joking (please don't sack me Boss!) He is of course teaming with the "chainsaw temper and menacing muscle" (wwe.com again) of Mason Ryan. Now, I think even Ray will admit that Ryan is still slightly green in the ring, but even so I think he and Punk will take the titles. Ryan, with guidance, should be absolutely fine in tag matches with Punk, rather than being unfortunately exposed in singles competition. All he needs to do at first is look menacing and occasionally clothesline someone, and I'm sure he could do that pretty well. Basically, I have an overwhelming vision of Punk holding the title at the end of match with a massive shit-eating grin plastered across his face. Although, admittedly, this weekend should have taught both me and Harold Camping not to trust in visions.
Boss Lady Ray: Speaking of visions, I'm just recalling that dream I once had where Tom Jones showed up in his own version of a referee's outfit.
I was tempted to suggest that Mason would cost he and Punk the match, but I just can't do it. Punk needs a new title and I really want to see Mason win his first. This is love, lust and pride versus a couple of old geezers I've never much cared for. No contest. Punk & Bazza to win. Can we please hurry up with these? Tom Jones has just thrown some bubble-bath in the hot-tub and I want to get in on that action. HUH! *Jones-esque hip girations*
Sidekick Andrew: Randy Orton vs Christian: or, as we have taken to calling it in the Bunker, Vince McMahon vs The Internet. I've already written briefly about the frankly hysterical uproar when Orton beat Christian for the title, so I won't go back over old ground. Suffice to say that Orton's retaining the belt this weekend. There is definitely an argument to be made that the amount of complaints from fans and blogs online might make the WWE think that they made a mistake and that the title should go back to Christian. It might make Vince reconsider his apparent belief that Christian isn't a draw and shouldn't be in the main event scene. It might make him realise that the vast majority of the internet have lost interest in Randy Orton and… his… interminably… slow… delivery, both in ring and on the microphone.
It might do all this, if Vince McMahon cared even slightly what the internet thought.
Boss Lady Ray: If the whole purpose of giving Randy Orton the title so soon after he was drafted was so that he could become the face of Smackdown, it doesn't make any sense to take it away again. I've no doubt that Christian will get it back again, but I'm not sure it's happening before Summerslam. And if you think WWE panders to fans whining about who has the title, you're dreaming. Randy to retain.
Sidekick Andrew: Really? REALLY? Does anyone think Miz is going to take the title back this weekend? Much as I like The Miz, the idea of Cena saying "I Quit" is pretty unthinkable. He's been in three previous I Quit matches (against JBL at Judgement Day 2005, Orton at Breaking Point 2009 and Batista at last year's Over the Limit) and come out on top each time. Even wwe.com admit that the words I Quit "have never been in his vocabulary."
Cena's retaining the title. They're not going to take it off him this quickly, even if the internet want Miz to get to it back (see above.) Much as I would love to see the show go off air with Miz holding the title aloft and Cena having quit, it seems very very unlikely to me.
Boss Lady Ray: Yesterday when we discussed this in the Wrestle Bunker, I was all about Cena keeping the title. No way was Miz getting it back. I even did a sassy finger snap and a head bob to confirm my confidence. Today I'm not so sure. I'm going to say that neither will quit and someone will interfere. Who and for what reason, I have no idea. The Rock? HHH? Soapy Tom Jones? I'm just going on a hunch. An instinct. But we all know how terrible my instincts are. It's amazing I've made it through the first disc of L.A. Noire!


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Why does that make me even more nervous
No, I think it's just an inherent distrust of dentists. Not much more than that.
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Meet Dave Franco, James Franco's (Much) Hotter Bro – Hunk of the Day
James Franco, that actor who used to be all that, has come to the end of his reign as hunk. (Did he really think he could don a grill for that 'Spring Breakers' movie and still be considered hot stuff?) Fortunately, there's another Franco looking to replace him — James' little brother Dave.
At first glance, this guy looks like one of those d-bags we all came across in high school. And you'd be kind of right. Dave does mostly play the bully/popular-kid roles, like in '21 Jump Street,' 'Scrubs' and 'Fright Night.'
But on the double take, you get the sense that he actually has an adorable personality. (Let's face, he already looks like an Abercrombie model who just walked right off a billboard.)
In his recent interview with GQ for the March Style Bible, this side of him only really comes out in one place. It's when he's completely shocked that the magazine is buying him a beer. Although it happens so quickly, we could hear every woman on the planet reading the article at home let out a small, "Aww!"


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Corona del Mar High twin seniors Stephania and Ioanna Haralabidis hope to help the Sea Kings win the CIF Southern Section Division 1 girls' water polo title in February.
But over the weekend, the transfers from Greece earned another big title — and a gold medal.
The Haralabidis sisters helped Greece's youth national team win the inaugural FINA Youth World Championships in Perth, Australia. Greece beat the United States, 8-3, in the semifinals before topping Hungary, 9-5, in the championship match on Sunday.
Stephania Haralabidis scored three goals in the title match, and the lefty tied for the team lead with 16 goals in the tournament. Ioanna Haralabidis scored once in the title match, and 11 times in the tournament.
Team USA, which featured Newport Harbor High alumna Maddy McLaren, CdM senior Cassidy Papa and Newport Harbor sophomore goalie Carlee Kapana, finished fourth after a tough 13-12 loss to Russia in the bronze-medal match.
McLaren, the 2012 Newport-Mesa Player of the Year who is now at UCLA, scored five goals in the six-match tournament. Papa, who was team captain, had three goals. The United States finished 3-3 in the tournament.
"We were up by three [against Russia] going into the fourth quarter," said Papa, who returned to the CdM pool deck on Tuesday. "But overall, cool experience, for sure. It was very fun, because there were so many teams. It was very interesting to see the dynamics of every team. And we were in dorms with Romania's boys' team, the Uzbekistan girls and boys. It was super-random, everyone was together."
Papa said it was funny to compete against her CdM teammates, Stephania and Ioanna.
"I know how they play so well and their style," Papa said. "I was like, 'Wow, it's just a bunch of them put onto one team!' Greece was definitely the hardest team, I think, to play, just because they have such a unique style of play. But it was fun. I was up against Stephania for a little bit. I got to see their final game too, and they both played really well."
As team captain, Papa exchanged flags with the other countries during introductions. She brought home pendants from all of the countries that the U.S. played.
"From [training in] Hungary beforehand and New Zealand, I'm seeing a bunch of familiar faces now," she said. "I'm starting to get to know the captains of the other teams. It's an honor."
Papa said that she received updates from Australia on CdM's season-opening games in Santa Barbara last weekend. The short-handed Sea Kings, the top-ranked team in Division 1, went 2-0, including a big victory over No. 3 Santa Barbara.
"I was so excited," Papa said. "I was kind of bragging to everyone that was there a little bit. Luckily, there were no Santa Barbara or Dos Pueblos girls, because I was like, 'Yeah, CdM!' It just made me that much more excited to come back and be a part of it."
Papa, who has signed with Stanford, will resume practicing with CdM and prepare for the Sea Kings' next match, the Battle of the Bay against rival Newport Harbor on Dec. 21 at CdM. The USC-bound Haralabidis sisters are ineligible to compete for CdM until after Dec. 31, per CIF Southern Section transfer rules.
The U.S. men's youth national team, featuring CdM senior Reid Chase and coached by former Newport Harbor coach Jason Lynch, finished eighth at the FINA Youth Worlds. They were edged by Australia, 5-4, in the seventh-place match.
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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Denny Hamlin won his second straight Sprint Cup race, holding off Jeff Gordon in a green-white-checkered finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night.
Martin Truex Jr. appeared to be positioned for his first win since 2007 until Jamie McMurray smashed the wall on the front straightaway, bringing out a caution with three laps to go. The leaders went to pit road, and Hamlin's crew got him back on the track first, just ahead of Truex.
While Truex struggled to get up to speed on the restart, Hamlin pulled away with Gordon right on his bumper. The four-time Cup champion desperately needed a win to improve his chances of getting into the Chase, but couldn't get by Hamlin on the final lap.
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First Socorro Science Fiction Convention Features Nichelle Nichols, Sept. 16, 2008
by Kathy Hedges
Right: just another con guest. Credit: all photos in this article are courtesy of William D. "Schlake" Colburn.
SOCORRO, N.M., September 16, 2008 – When Nichelle Nichols walked into Socorro's Capitol Bar on Friday night (Sept. 12), she thought she was back on the Starship Enterprise.
The bartenders were all in Starfleet uniforms. So were half the customers.
Some of them sported Vulcan ears. Then a troupe of belly dancers with green skin jangled past.
It's either the 23rd century, or Socorro, New Mexico, during a science fiction convention.
Left: Nichelle Nichols poses with fans.
New Mexico Tech held its first science fiction convention on Sept. 12 and 13, 2008, to resounding success. Some 310 people – not a bad headcount for a first-time event – heard science fiction writers speak, got a signed photo of Nichols, toured the VLA and Tech's new Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), dressed up in space costumes, sang the theme from Star Trek, had a book or three autographed, and yes, even got to dance with Nichols in person at the Capitol Bar.
[Next year's convention has already been set: Sept. 11-13, 2009, with special guest Stephen R. Donaldson. Donaldson is a best-selling writer of fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries, including the Thomas Covenant cycle; the Gap cycle; and a series of mysteries called "The Man Who."]
Right: Nichelle Nichols gracefully makes a point during her keynote speech.
The highlight of the convention was the participation of Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek. Nichols was gracious and graceful as she autographed books and photos, gyrated with the belly dancers, and, in a keynote speech at an elegant dinner at Macey Center on Saturday night, urged upon the audience the importance of recruiting more women and minorities into STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). She concluded by singing her speech, gospel-style, with the audience clapping in time to the music.
Left: Panelists interact with the audience. From left, Prof. Penny Boston and writers Walter Jon Williams and Jane Lindskold.
The convention boasted a pretty interesting series of events. Two Tech professors who teach a class in astrobiology – Penny Boston and Michelle Creech-Eakman – gave a talk on exo-planets, the many new planets that have been discovered outside of our solar system. Writing professors gave mini-workshops. The director of MRO's optical telescope – Eileen Ryan – described how it is used to hunt down near-Earth asteroids before they become killer asteroids. Special guest writers Walter Jon Williams, Jane Lindskold, S.M. Stirling, and David Lee Summers gave tips on writing and signed books for fans.
Tech alumni were active participants in the event.
- Julie Johnson (right) (77, MS, physics) led a troupe of belly dancers who painted themselves green and billed themselves as "Slave Girls of Orion."
- David Lee Summers (88, BS, physics) described his transition from Tech student to writer. Dave was accompanied by his wife, Kumie Wise (87, BS, math) and their daughters Myranda and Verity. Myranda won a writing award.
- Richie Spangler (88, BS, geophysics; 89, MS, hydrology) came from Albuquerque with his wife RayeAnn and his daughter Lindy, who participated in the costume contest.
- Warren Marts (90, BS, computer science) won a silent auction, buying a copy of SPORE, which Walter Jon Williams kindly autographed for him (Williams wrote dialog for the popular game).
Winners of the various contests were:
Uber Geek Award, Jeff Bogzevitz (left, facing off with Andrew Murtland)
Costume Contest
- Jason Kooi, Most Authentic
- Jeff Bogzevitz, Best Overall
- Andrew Murtland, Best Cheapskate
- Paul Padilla, Best use of available materials
Imitation Contest (in which contestants portrayed a known science fictional character, either accurately or comically.)
- 1st place, John Russell
- 2nd place, Alaric Sessions
- 3rd place, Jeff Bogzevitz
Timed Writing Contest
- 1st place, Ralph Buttner
- 2nd place, tied between Jason Kooi and Myranda Summers
- 3rd place, Jeff Bogzevitz
The convention was organized by Miners' Ink, New Mexico Tech's literary and art journal. Karen Balch was convention chair, with Glenda Stewart-Langley serving as faculty advisor. Many members of Miners' Ink participated and helped in the event, including Tracy Baker, Noah Shepard, Jayson Barr, Jake Hopkins, Matthew Scholfied, Siona Curtis-Briley, Charles Brock, Christina Forbes, and Sara Corman.
The entire team reportedly survived and is enthusiastically planning next year's con. Information, as it develops, will be posted at www.nmt.edu/~ink.


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Your Career Choices after Graduate School and The Most-Neglected Item in your Career Development (2015)
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What are your career choices after graduate school? Will you develop technology yourself? Will you work in a team? Will you guide people? Where will you work: in industry, research lab, or academia? Regardless where you work, there is generally one item that you are not being taught in graduate school: your communication skills. Come and hear my personal perspective on working in Industry (Texas Instruments) for 4 years, in a U.S. government research laboratory (NASA JPL) for 6 years and in an academic institution (Purdue University) for over 5 years. Within the presentation I will highlight my "recipe" for a strategically structured presentation that is open and inviting to any audience. The key message is that about 1/3 of the presentation should introduce the overall topic and relevance of the problems to be solved. The next 1/3 of the presentation should highlight the beautiful solutions that have been achieved without any technical details. These 2/3 of the presentation should be accessible to all members of the audience. The next 1/6 of the presentation addresses details of the work that are understandable to experts in the audience, the last 1/6 gathers the whole audience and provides a perspective of what needs to be done with the topic in the future.
Gerhard Klimeck is the Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices (c-PRIMED) and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP),a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), a Fellow of IEEE and member of HKN and TBP.
He guides the technical developments and strategies of nanoHUB.org which annually serves over 320,000 users worldwide with on-line simulation, tutorials, and seminars.
Prof. Klimeck's research interest is in the modeling of nanoelectronic devices, parallel cluster computing, and genetic algorithms. He drives the development of the Nanoelectronic Modeling Tool NEMO5.
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Bulk Si eff. mass vs. biaxial Strain
Hello there,
I was simulating Strain sweep on Bulk Si. I applied biaxial strain from -0.015 to 0.015 in 001 direction. I am interested in hole effective mass change as a function of strain. For the HH effmass vs. strain data, the eff mass for strain=0 is 1/2 of the bulk case (0.049m0) as given in literature. Can anyone tell me if I am doing anything wrong? I expect to see bulk HH and LH mass for strain=0 and I am not getting that for any direction. Please help.
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
This little girl dressed in her finery on First Communion day...
...is here to make a special announcement. She is hanging out over at a new blog and would love for you to come visit!
The Catholic Gene is a brand new project in the works dreamed up by one of my favorite genealogy bloggers: Donna Pointkouski of What's Past is Prologue. The new blog will feature the writings of a chorus of Catholic genealogy bloggers who may already be familiar to you (including myself, pictured here on my First Communion day.)
If you have an interest in family history and (A) are a card-carrying Catholic or (B) have ancestors who were Catholic, do we have a treat for you! Whether the season is one of feasting or fasting, we'll be serving up a bountiful harvest of articles designed to inspire you in your genealogical pursuits related to the Catholic faith.
If you feel moved by the Spirit, take a Sunday drive on over to The Catholic Gene and join us in celebrating the joys of the Catholic faith and Catholic genealogical records. See you there!
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- Colleen G. Brown Pasquale said...
Hello. I keep checking in here & looking for new posts. I am hoping you will start up again soon.
- February 6, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- Lisa / Smallest Leaf said...
Thanks for your message, Colleen! I hope so, too! My family has been keeping me very, very busy, but I hope to get back into writing here more a little later this year.
Thanks for visiting!
- February 10, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Jim S said...
I just found your blog today through Geneabloggers. My daughter is going to be going to her first communion this year.
Regards, Jim
- March 2, 2012 at 9:10 PM
hello. I believe I am part of your family. My mother's name was Helen P. McCue Splaine.
- August 16, 2012 at 11:48 AM
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Hello Kate!
It is such a nice surprise to find your comment here. I'd love to talk with you. My grandfather was your Mom's big brother. Please email me at smallestleaf [at] earthlink [dot] net.
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So, in a similar vein to Aardenburg and Wilhelm for lightfastness, do we have any good sources of information at the moment regarding the chemical and humidity resistance of various print method/ink/substrate/sealant combinations? As in, actual tests on specific combinations, not just general and theoretical documents?
Henry does do testing for UV, humidity and ozone resistance but doesn't quantify the results, just gives general terms...the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) does testing for environmental conditions. Sadly, the IPI does contract testing and does not publish much publicly. There are some free papers and some paid for books...and they have a pretty cool online print comparison tool called the Graphics Atlas...
Could a scholarly answer to your questions about gas fade resistance be given? You bet. The I* metric and test targets used by Aardenburg Imaging & Archives for light fade studies would do a fantastic job at evaluating gas fade resistance. Of course, it would require about $100K in ozone generating equipment and monitoring instrumentation, and labor for each test would be about $1K per sample. Who would pay for this work, the manufacturers or the end user? Likely neither!I base my conclusion on the fact that the light fade studies I publish at no charge to the printmaking community fortunately took significantly less equipment investment than gas fade studies yet require about the same level of labor per sample as substantive gas fade tests. The light fade tests have been carried at a loss on my company books since I began doing them over six years ago. I rationalize the effort as a loss leader to other things I do, but I just can't take on any more of this "free information" initiative for the printmaking community, and I don't see how to properly fund any new work. Let me know if you have any brilliant funding ideas, but bear in mind that manufacturers will only sponsor tests when they can control the message, and that means you will hear only what manufacturers want you to hear.kind regards,Markhttp://www/aardenburg-imaging.com
Also, do we even know how durable inkjet receptive coatings are? It may well be that printing on sized, but uncoated paper is a much better option for archival prints than printing on any sort of coated medium...
I suppose if my boss said, "see what you can find out about all this stuff", I'd arrange an appointment with the conservators at the National Galleries in my country. I know they have a great reputation and hopefully would refer me on to where all this information is used by people in their daily work.I've seen some of their restoration and conservation work and I'm sure they have similar issues to us. Generally, in my experience, professionals are only too happy to pass on their expertise.
Thanks.So, the question I am trying to answer is this: when framed under museum glass and displayed in a typical room (moderate illumination, in a city with its usual atmospheric pollutants, with electrical devices adding to the atmospheric ozone), which will last longer without fading - a colour print using Cone pigment inks on uncoated paper, and sprayed with a protective spray, or a colour print on Photo Rag Pearl (or a similar paper) using highly lightfast HP Vivera pigment inks and sprayed with a protective spray?
Ozone is so reactive that it will never go under the glass under normal concentration. It will be destroyed on the glass. You really need very high concentration of ozone if you want some of it to find the way to the framed print, so high that you can smell it, even than it will be neglectable amount of ozone that can reach the print, especially if it is sealed on the back.My postgraduated study was about troposferic ozone, so I know what I am talking.
Absolutely and the larger question is what the level of indoor ozone concentrations are likely to be (I suspect quite small). This might only be an issue if you were displaying a print outside in an area where there is a lot of ozone generation by automobiles and industrial sources.
Have there been any serious efforts made into getting more pigment and less spreading onto proven, uncoated papers, or is it all about new, special unproven coatings these days?
When framed under a suitable glazing like acrylic or glass, informed collectors can protect a print to a large extent from gas pollutants. We can control light levels, temperature and humidity as well. However, many prints are stored "loose" or in albums that don't prevent airborne contaminants from discoloring the edges, and that edge discoloration sometimes reaches beyond margins and into image content. I've collected inkjet media sample books for several years, and in my rural location (Berkshire mountains of Western Massachusetts) well away from heavy industrial pollutants, I'm already observing the vast majority of microporous papers in these sample books exhibiting measurable discoloration on borders up to about 1 inch into the paper. Sometimes subtle, sometimes disturbingly obvious for samples that are now only a few years old. This issue definitely concerns me and suggests that the huge porous surface area associated with modern microporous coated media is indeed susceptible at a very rapid rate of uptake to airborne pollutants, ozone being a notable one, but S02, NO3, etc., also of concern. Bottom line, we need more research on sensitivity of modern microporous inkjet media to airborne pollutants, and we need to better understand the role of top coatings in protecting these highly "sensitized" microporous image layers from discoloration over time. Add to this issue the problems I'm seeing with light induced, post exposure dark storage staining of many modern RC papers, and we've got some critically important research still ahead. Yet this important work faces a general industry and consumer perception that pigmented inks have solved all the print stability problems. I wish pigmented inks had indeed fixed all the issues, but the evidence I have in my own laboratory samples suggests otherwise.
Again, I ask who will pay to see this research conducted, so that we can coax manufacturers into solving these issues they either aren't aware of yet, or choose to ignore because their customers will not likely be able to source the problems back to them? IMHO, The museum world isn't going to take this research challenge on any time soon. The manufacturers aren't going to take this on, either. That leaves us, the end users, to spearhead any efforts to better understand and improve the situation. I don't wish to sound cynical, but it's just not looking like a promising area of research in terms of finding the funding necessary to address these issues in any meaningful way.
Even with air conditioners, computers, TVs and any number of other electronic devices producing ozone? Also, combustion byproducts, e.g. candles and kitchens in restaurants, incense in temples and Orthodox churches, the atmosphere in cities, often include some sulfur dioxide, which eventually forms sulfuric acid, which is another significant source of oxidative attack on pigments and their substrates.
Even with air conditioners, computers, TVs and any number of other electronic devices producing ozone? Also, combustion byproducts, e.g. candles and kitchens in restaurants, incense in temples and Orthodox churches, the atmosphere in cities, often include some sulfur dioxide, which eventually forms sulfuric acid, which is another significant source of oxidative attack on pigments and their substrates.The other major issue is substrate stability - after all, a print only lasts as long as whatever it's printed on. Uncoated paper and canvas have hundreds of years of proven survivability in Europe, sometimes in suboptimal storage conditions. Paper also has more than a thousand years of proven survivability in China and Japan. Gelatin and gum arabic are also proving very stable, provided humidity is controlled. In contrast, the polyethylene and polyester coatings on RC papers have shown significant degradation after just a few decades. Inkjet coatings may be made from silica or various clays (many are also plastic), but the binder that holds them together is usually also some kind of oil-derived polymer. It'd be very useful to know how long these last - or, in forty years time, we might just find ourselves with layers of expensive, pigmented dust, falling off the front of perfectly-intact, high-quality paper backings.Have there been any serious efforts made into getting more pigment and less spreading onto proven, uncoated papers, or is it all about new, special unproven coatings these days? After all, the final pigment load and dot gain is all about pigment concentration in ink and drying time (whether by wicking away the solvent or by evaporation). Thicker ink and higher temperatures should help in each case. Shouldn't be too hard - after all, we now have inkjet printers which can print 3D objects using molten plastic, and experimental printers which an even print functioning livers!
It's been a lot of years since I took photochemistry as part of my undergraduate chemistry degree but I seem to recollect that it's the nitrogen dioxide and the high energy light source that is responsible for atmospheric ozone production. Sulfur dioxide is a key component in smog but doesn't impact ozone production and level inside of a house is still likely to be quite small. The biggest worry about prints in a home situation is direct exposure to sunlight or some other high intensity light.
Yes even with electronic devices in house - can you smell ozone - probably no - even if you can framed under glass print is protected.Other items that you list have no connection to the ozone which is discussed in this thread.
They don't produce ozone, but they produce other pollutants (e.g. SO2, which is oxidised and hydrated to form H2SO4) which are oxidative agents, attacking prints and substrates in a similar fashion to ozone.


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The Squaw Harbor Cannery was located on Unga Island, one of the islands that composes the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. It was one of the canneries acquired by Pacific American Fisheries (PAF) in 1917 when demand for salmon increased during World War I.
The cannery was last operated by Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc., which still maintains limited operations in Sand Point. Today, the former cannery is privately owned and home to a Bristol Bay fish tender operation.
Squaw Harbor is approximately seven miles from the Sand Point boat harbor and accessible only by boat. Inquire of the Sand Point Harbormaster for permission and transportation to visit the old cannery.


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Late Model Spotlight
Who says that a new-model car can't be a muscle car? Don't tell Blair DuBois that. We'll let Blair from Denville, New Jersey, tell you about his '10 Challenger R/T.
I installed a Classic Pistol Grip Shifter for the six-speed manual transmission. I added 20-inch Boyd Coddington Wheels, a chrome skull in the grille, and some old-school R/T badging. If you're wondering about color, on a '10 Challenger, it's called Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl.
If you're going to call it a muscle car, it better have the muscle to back it up. That's where Blair tells us his has the Hemi, which is equipped with a cold air intake. Not wanting to skimp on the creature comforts, the interior is black leather, with a DVD player in the head unit. He tells us that his wife even helped with the order form, by suggesting he get the sunroof. She's a very smart woman, says Blair. She even approves of my BACK270 vanity plates.
I have a lot of fun with my Challenger. Everywhere I go, people say good things about it. I have even won two trophies from two different shows. I love the classic lines and styling of this car. mm
Got a HOT ONE? Same idea here as for our Penta Stars section: Send a brief description of your late-model Mopar ('06-later Charger, Challenger, Magnum, or 300), and some choice pictures that show what you've got, and we'll run it in the monthly Late Model Spotlight.
High-resolution digital images work the best (4×6 inches file size, 750 kb-2 mb file size and 300 dpi resolution). We can also handle clear, sharp 4×6-inch color prints on photographic paper (not on computer paper), if you're still shooting on film. Email your submissions to: email@example.com or send 'em via U.S. Mail or Canada Post to: Mopar Muscle, c/o Late Model Spotlight, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619 USA.


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There's at least one connection between the Peninsula and the late, great Whitney Houston. Joseph Wooten, a musician who grew up in Newport News and who now plays keyboards for the Steve Miller Band, sang background vocals onone track of her self-titled debut album."Before Whitney Houston, nobody was singing that way," Wooten told Your News Now Buffalo. They were singing in what I call the Aretha Franklin school of singing or the Chaka Khan school of singing," Wooten said. "Whitney was the first one who sang that way. Now there's lots of them with Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, that whole way of singing is there because of Whitney."
Reached by phone in Buffalo, where he was speaking to public school students, the Denbigh High graduate elaborated on his connection with Houston.
The Wooten Brothers, the band comprised of Joseph and his siblings, signed with Arista Records at the same time as Houston, he said. They also shared a producer, Kashif.
Since Kashif was working with both acts, it was natural that the producer asked Joseph and his drumming brother Roy to add touches to Houston's record. Joseph ended up singing background vocals on her song "Thinking About You," included on Houston's 1985 debut. Roy played some percussion on "You Give Good Love" also from that album.
"She was already professional," Joseph said, thinking back to those days. "Her mother [Cissy Houston] was a professional, so Whitney was already a professional at beginning of her solo career. By that time she'd already sung a duet with Jermaine Jackson. So, among musicians, she was already known for having that great voice. I just got a chance to see it up close."
During that same era, Joseph Wooten also played in a band with Kashif. Wooten said he remembers a rehearsal where the producer arrived with a cassette scratch vocal proclaiming that it contained "the greatest R&B vocalist you've ever heard."
He played the tape of Houston and they could tell that he wasn't exaggerating. "Sure enough, it was some of the best," Wooten said. "To me, the rough vocal of that song was much better than the finished version that ended up on the album -- and the finished version was incredible. For the scratch version, she put her heart into it. The finished version was just more polished. The scratch vocal had more natural, raw one-take passion."
Wooten, who now lives in Nashville, said he didn't get the chance to hang out with Houston much. He did run into her from time to time during that time, though. "She was just a young, fun-loving person. I saw nothing bad," he said. "She and her friends were like normal 19 year olds. She was excited about what was coming.
"The thing that I really remember about Whitney is that she was just really good. When you heard her sing you knew that it was something special. She seemed to carry it well."


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Specializations in Explosives Engineering Offered, March 13, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 13, 2001 -- New Mexico Tech has harbored a longstanding tradition of educating professional engineers for the mining industry since the university's inception 112 years ago. And, as such, teaching its mining students to use explosives has always been part of the university's specialized curricula.
However, it wasn't until last semester that New Mexico Tech began offering its students the opportunity to pursue either bachelor of science or master of science degrees with specializations in explosives engineering. So far, two degree granting programs at the university have opted to offer degrees with particular emphases on explosives engineering. Mineral Engineering offers explosives engineering as a specialty on both the bachelor's level and the master's level, and Engineering Mechanics offers the specialization within its master's program.
In conjunction with these new academic degree specializations, New Mexico Tech also has established the Center for Explosives Research and Education, a new research entity designed to link all the existing academic programs at the university which are related to education and research in the various disciplines of explosives science and engineering.
The Center also was initiated as a means of fostering interdisciplinary education and research collaborations in explosives engineering among Tech, other universities, related industries and government agencies, and national laboratories.
"The Center for Explosives Research and Education has been set up primarily to educate Tech students," says Catherine T. Aimone-Martin, professor of mineral engineering at New Mexico Tech and coordinator of the university's mineral engineering program. "Every department that we have here at New Mexico Tech can participate in the Center.
"And, it's important to note that it's not a center supported by money," she adds. "Instead, it's a center supported by people."
"The Center is designed to function as a clearinghouse, or as a transfer station, if you will," says Harold Walling, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Tech. "As a result, the Center and the associated academic programs at New Mexico Tech in explosives engineering do not become internal programs, but instead become external programs."
Distance education, therefore, becomes an important aspect of the ongoing operations conducted at the Center for Explosives Research and Education, Walling points out.
"With distance education, the focus broadens from students who are at Tech for two or more years, pursuing graduate degrees, to include professionals who may already be working in industry or at Sandia or Los Alamos national labs and who also want to pursue an advanced degree in the field," Walling relates.
In turn, especially now through New Mexico Tech's recent connection to the state-of-the-art Internet 2, Tech students will have the opportunity to take classes transmitted from other universities on a real-time basis . . . and at a fraction of the cost the university would typically pay for a standard satellite- based instructional television hook-up.
In fact, on March 26, five New Mexico Tech students pursuing degrees with an emphasis in explosives engineering will begin taking an on-line course in "construction vibrations," being transmitted from Northwestern University through the Internet 2 and marking the first time the state-supported university in Socorro has employed the cutting-edge technology in one of its
"Through a reciprocal agreement, Northwestern University students will come to Tech later this summer to complete the field component of the course," says Aimone-Martin. "They'll get hands-on experience at a New Mexico mine site that they wouldn't be able to obtain at Northwestern. And, this coming fall semester, we'll be sending a drilling and blasting course back to Northwestern via the Internet 2.
"These type of cooperative agreements, spurred by the Center for Explosives Research and Education and the Internet 2, expand the capabilities of Tech, as well as other universities, and enhance the educational and research components of this university," she maintains.
"Interest in the new academic emphases available in explosives engineering is increasing," says Navid Mojtabai, associate professor of mineral engineering and chair of that department at New Mexico Tech. "Students here at Tech already are asking, 'How can I take some courses in this new program?' And, we've also had people from the mining industry, for instance, asking us, 'How do I get recertified as a blaster?' Through arrangements with this new center and Tech's existing Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, we'll also be able to provide certification in explosives processing."
And, to further underscore the burgeoning student interest in things that go boom at New Mexico Tech, Aimone-Martin points to a charter which was recently awarded to the newly formed Tech student chapter of the International Society of Explosives Engineers: "It's only the fourth student chapter that has been established among all the universities," she says, "and already there are well over 100 members, making it the fastest growing student organization on campus."


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Rapper DMX's estranged wife is preparing to file for divorce to end the couple's troubled 13-year marriage.
The embattled hip-hop star, real name Earl Simmons, wed Tashera in 1999, but their relationship has been rocked by DMX's frequent infidelity, and they separated in 2010.
The couple reunited to try and work out their problems on U.S. reality TV show Couple's Therapy earlier this year, but the recent season finale ended with Tashera asking for a divorce.
She insists the divorce threat wasn't just for TV and she cannot understand why her estranged husband, who has fathered six kids with other women, appeared shocked when she announced their marriage was over for good.
She tells lifestyle website Essence.com, "He couldn't believe it. I don't know why. After going through all the stuff we did – after he did all the things he has done and after us going through therapy – I was just like, I couldn't leave (the show) without asking for a divorce."
And Tashera Simmons claims she owed it to herself to walk away from the troubled relationship for good: "I felt like it was time. I'm (about) self-empowerment now, and I was so totally over the situation. I want to help other women, so I knew I needed to put my relationship on Front Street (on display) so they could see what I was dealing with, and what I chose to do."
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Camp Humphreys was one of Korea's largest Army installations in the 1970s. Units were also located at Camp Howard and Camp Ames. Camp Humphreys covers an area about one mile wide and two miles long.
Camp Humphreys in 1976-77 had several 3 story concrete block barracks as well as quasent huts. The camp had an NCO/EM club and an Officers club, Bowling Ally, Craft and Hobby Shop, Katusa Bar, PX, Class 6 store and several other stores. Camp Humphreys is located 55 miles south of Seoul on Highway #1 and eight miles east-southeast of Highway #1 on highway #45. It is eight miles west of the Bay of Asan on the West coast of Korean peninsula.
Camp Humphreys is also known as K-6. The airfield was initially constructed by the Japanese in 1939 during their occupation of Korea. After the Korean War broke out, the U.S. Air Force repaired and built a new runway to accommodate the Marine Air Group and the 6147th Tactical Control Group.
In 1962, the airfield was renamed Camp Humphreys, in honor of CWO Benjamin K. Humphreys, of the 4th Transportation Company, who died in a helicopter accident near here.
Camp Humphreys is the headquarters location for support of Eight United States Army and United States Forces Korea units south of Seoul and north of Taejon that includes units at Wonju (Camp Long & Camp Eagle), North East of Camp Humphreys.
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With all the hundreds of thousands that have served in Korea since the 50s, I thought it would be nice to have a place to leave messages and comments for others that served in the same area or unit. You can post up messages, stories, pictures, or what ever you wish, to pass on to others. The below forum is set up for your use.
|Cp Humphreys from 1960-1980
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I was there in 1978-79, assigned to Hq Company Garrison, and was the Maintenance Sgt and NCOIC of the Transportation Motor Pool (TMP). I also worked part time at the MARS Station.


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Slow Food USA's Time for Lunch launches in just over a week with more than 280 Eat-ins all over the United States.
Here at Slow Food Rhode Island, we're looking forward to an afternoon of good food and great company for a cause at Tiverton Four Corners Arts Center on Monday, September 7 at 2pm.
In addition to pot-luck dining, we are thrilled to have Deborah Lehmann, one of the editors - with Chef Ann Cooper - of School Lunch Talk, and Kimberly Sporkmann of Kids First RI on hand.
Deborah has spent 8 months traveling the United States researching school lunch. She'll share her observations and experiences with us at the Eat-in.
Kimberly coordinates the Farm to School program for Kids First RI. If you are unfamiliar with Kids First RI, they are very involved in child nutrition and physical well-being throughout the state. In addition to working to get Rhode Island-grown fruits and vegetables into schools, Kids First has a team of chefs who work with food service directors in every district to improve school lunch. This year, Rhode Island has new nutrition requirements that have been mandated. The standards are high and exceed the USDA requirements for whole grains, the amount and variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, and include sodium limits. Kids First works to help school food service change their practices and offerings to meet these new requirements, and also works with schoolchildren to educate them on nutrition and help them adapt to these changes that are being made.
Please spread the word to your friends, invite them to join you at the Eat-in, and if they are unable to make it, please encourage them to sign the petition and to contact their legislators to let them know that healthy food in schools is important to us all.
If you are able to join us, please rsvp to firstname.lastname@example.com, and please let us know what dish you'll be bringing. The Eat-in is BYOU - bring your own utensils (and plates, and cups!) - to cut back on waste at the site.
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Wabash Puts Undefeated Record, Ranking on the Lineby Jim Amidon • October 27, 2005 Share:
The Wabash football team's trek to Meadville, Pennsylvania feels a bit like a mouse trying to steal a piece of cheese from atop a trap while a crafty cat hides nearby. Perhaps a more fitting analogy would be the confident bird stepping to the river's edge for a drink of water while the alligator lies in wait.
Sure, Wabash enters the game with a perfect 7-0 record coming off a win over NCAC rival Wittenberg and a number two spot in the NCAA's North Region rankings. Sure, Wabash has the NCAC's top offense and top defense. Sure, Allegheny won its first game of the year just last week.
Still, the feeling at Wabash is that the Gators would like nothing more than to make their season by knocking off the Little Giants at Robertson Field, a.k.a. "The Swamp." Seems like the feeling is about the same in Meadville.
"We're excited heading into this week, because it can be a game of redemption for our players, getting a chance to knock off a very good team," said Gheny coach Mark Matlak in the school's pre-game feature on the web site.
Amazingly, Allegheny has lost five games this year on the final possession of the contest. "We really could be 6-1 if not for a few unlucky bounces," said Matlak. After the Hiram win, Matlak said Wabash was essentially "the same team we beat last year."
The gator awaits its prey in the swamp with momentum and a healthy running back in Mario Tarquinio, the current NCAC Offensive Player of the Week. Tarquinio. The talented tailback has returned from injury to rush for more than 100 yards in four straight games, including 101 in last week's win over Hiram. Wabash fans remember him well; Tarquinio gained 93 yards against Wabash last year and scored the winning touchdown in Allegheny's 16-10 overtime victory.
Gheny has rotated quarterbacks this season, featuring 2004 starter Jimmy Savage along side James Jones. Savage has thrown for 907 yards and two touchdowns, while Jones has thrown for 331 yards and four scores. Savage, too, has good wheels and has rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns on the year. Jones has carried only 39 times, but boasts 130 rushing yards and a touchdown to his credit.
Wabash will be hard-pressed to slow down receiver Kyle Geiser, who has hauled in 40 passes for 385 yards and two touchdowns this year. What Wabash must do is to put Savage or James in predictable passing downs and do so by containing Tarquinio.
By virtue of its 7-0 record and 26-20 win over Wittenberg, Wabash has vaulted to the number two position in this week's NCAA Division III North Region poll. A win at Gheny would lock up at least a share of the Little Giants' second NCAC championship with a November 5 date at home against Denison rounding out the league season.
Russ Harbaugh, who last year was limited to just 67 yards passing vs. Allegheny, enters Saturday's contest on a roll. He's hitting 68 percent of his passes, throws for about 300 yards per game, and has thrown 19 touchdowns against just two interceptions. For Gheny to knock off Wabash, it will again have to slow the Little Giants' offense as it did last year when the offense never dented the endzone and accumulated just 193 total yards.
It is, however, a very different Wabash team this year. The offense is clicking on all cylinders and Allegheny's defense will be put to test. Gheny is allowing 24 points and 354 yards per game. Teams average 3.8 yards per carry against the Gator defense, and opposing passers have averaged 214 yards per game.
Harbaugh has spread the ball around, hitting a dozen different receivers this year; five Little Giants have more than 20 catches thus far, led by Eric Summers (4 TDs, 33 catches), Mike Russell (5 TDs), and Graham Nelson (4 TDs).
Wabash's running game has been very good since Coach Chris Creighton installed the three-back rotation of Brandon Roop, Chris Ogden, and Don Juan Brown. All three have very different running styles, and together the trio averages 146 yards per game.
Allegheny will try to take Harbaugh out of the mix and make Wabash one dimensional, as it did last year. Leading the way for the Gators is safety Brad Stotsky with 45 tackles and three interceptions on the year; he had 11 tackles against Wabash last year and was quite impressive near the line of scrimmage.
If Wabash's offense has been efficient, its defense has been smothering. Wittenberg was the first team to solidly get in double figures against Wabash, but the Little Giant defenders limited the Tigers to a single touchdown after Witt jumped to an early 13-7 lead.
Aaron Selby, senior linebacker, didn't play in last year's Allegheny game. This year he is healthy and is coming off NCAC Defensive Player of the Week honors vs. Wittenberg. Adrian Pynenberg lines up along side him, and boasts 54 tackles, six sacks, and three interceptions. Josh Foster and Tim Parker are also playing at the top of their game, giving Wabash its healthiest linebacking corps this late in the season in years.
If Wabash has had a chink in its armor this year, it might be special teams. Wabash missed a couple of extra points last week, though Chad Finley did boot a 74-yard punt, second longest in school history. On the flip side, Allegheny boasts one of the nation's best punters in Jason Black (40.8 average), one of the best punt returners in Nick Jones (17.9 ave), and one of the best kick returners in Geiser (26.4 ave).
The Wabash faithful is behind its team, and hoping the Little Giants can become only the third team in school history to post a perfect 10-0 regular season record. Now 7-0, the first of three big steps begins Saturday in the Swamp, where the Gators hope the Little Giants take the bait.
Photographs from 2004 Game:
Top left: Allegheny's Mario Tarquinio, a 205-pound bruiser, picked up 93 yards vs. Wabash last year and is this week's NCAC Offensive Player of the Week.
Middle right: Gheny quarterback Jimmy Savage threw for 103 yards and rushed for 72 yards against Wabash last year.
Bottom right: Tamarco White scored Wabash's only touchdown vs. Allegheny on a 42-yard fumble return.


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Place a medium saucepan on a burner and add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and slowly whisk in all of the butter. Hold warm until ready to heat lobsters.
Marinate filets in 1/4 cup olive oil, cracked black pepper, and thyme for 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat a grill. Season filets with kosher salt and grill to desired temperature. Remove from grill and allow to rest for 4 minutes before serving.
While meat is coking, reheat the melted butter if needed. While meat is resting, place the lobster tails and claws in the butter and heat until warmed all the way through, about 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add chopped garlic and blanched baby spinach and saute until heated through.
For each dish, place a potato cake in the center of a plate, top with sauteed spinach, and a lobster tail. Thinly slice the filet into 6 slices and fan the filet out in front of the potato and spinach. Top with the lobster claw and pour sauce around the plate. Serve spaetzle as a side dish.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a baking dish, toss the whole potatoes with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast until mostly cooked through. Remove from oven and cool. Peel potatoes and grate. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Saute the onion until tender. Add the cooked onion to the grated potato mixture. Form into 4 patties, place on a cookie sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator.
Heat about 1/4 cup of olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add potato cakes and saute until golden brown on both sides and heated through, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Place lobster heads on a sheet tray and roast until slightly browned, approximately 15 to 20 minutes. In the meantime, sweat onion, carrot, celery, shallots, and garlic in 1/2 stick of butter in a large saucepan. Add brandy and reduce until almost dry. Add white wine and reduce. Add tarragon, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, basil, chicken stock, tomato paste, and roasted lobster heads. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 hours, skimming periodically. Strain through a chinois, return to the pan, and reduce by half until the sauce starts to thicken, approximately 30 minutes. In the meantime, reduce heavy cream by half in a small saucepan. Whisk in the heavy cream and finish sauce by slowly adding the remaining 1/2 stick of butter, 1 tablespoon at time. Keep warm until ready to serve.
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Some of the biggest names in American retail have been linked to a Jordanian garment factory that allegedly rapes, tortures, and abuses its female workers, according to a report by the Institute of Global Labour and Human Rights, formerly known as the National Labor Committee. In a petition on Change.org, the human-rights organization accuses supervisors at Classic Factory, which supplies clothing to Walmart, Target, Macy's, Kohl's, Hanes, and Land's End, of sexually assaulting dozens of migrant workers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, most of whom are virtually imprisoned in dilapidated surroundings. "We only went to Jordan to earn money to help our families," says a young woman who goes by the name "Nazma" to protect her identity. "We had no idea that factory managers would rape so many of us young girls."
The group's findings are the result of six-month undercover effort, says Charles Kernaghan, its director and lead author of the study. "One young rape victim told us her assailant, a manager, bit her, leaving scars all over her body," he says. "Women who become pregnant are forcibly deported and returned to Sri Lanka. Women who refuse the sexual advances of Classic's managers are also beaten and deported."
In addition to 13-hour shifts at the rate of 61 cents per hour, workers are "routinely cursed at, hit, and shortchanged of their wages."
In addition to 13-hour shifts at the rate of 61 cents per hour, workers are "routinely cursed at, hit, and shortchanged of their wages."
In addition to 13-hour shifts six or seven days a week, at the rate of 61 cents per hour, workers are "routinely cursed at, hit, and shortchanged of their wages" for failing to meet minimum production goals, according to eyewitness accounts. "To press the women to work faster, managers grope and fondle them," Kernaghan adds. They're also forced to live in bedbug-infested dormitories, without heat or hot water.
Although Jordan's Ministry of Labor has been made aware of the allegations as early as 2007, he says, it has done nothing. Neither have the American corporations that continue to buy Classic clothing and claim no evidence of wrongdoing. "The minimal efforts of Walmart, Hanes, and the other labels to monitor factory conditions at Classic," says Kernaghan, who wants the companies to immediately remove the accused perpetrators, compensate the victims, and enforce the worker's rights laws in the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.
"All we can do is cry," Nazma says. "We ask the people who buy our garments, please end this abuse and torture we face. We should be able to work without fear of sexual assault."


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ITT Educational Services missed a deadline last week for filing financial documents with the U.S. Department of Education. The for-profit chain's scramble to comply with the feds drew comparisons to the struggling [1] Corinthian Colleges. But ITT's situation is less dire.
ITT has 135 locations, currently enrolling 55,000 students in 39 states and online.
Much of the federal scrutiny of ITT revolves around its former private loan program, called PEAKS.
In February the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued [2] the company, alleging it pressured students into taking out high-interest, high-risk loans under the program. Critics also said the company used PEAKS to bring in more private money [3] to avoid running afoul of rules requiring that no more than 90 percent of for-profits' revenue comes from federal sources.
The company filed a motion [4] to dismiss the CFPB lawsuit, claiming it is legally flawed [5] and falls outside [6] the bureau's jurisdiction.
ITT's private loan program lasted from 2010 until 2012. But confusion on how to report the $300 million in loans has held up the company's financial disclosures for last year.
In March ITT asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for guidance on its accounting. The response came back on June 18, according to a corporate filing [7]. The SEC said the PEAKS program should be included in the company's consolidated financial statements for 2013.
That gave ITT less than two weeks to submit a wide range of federal aid documentation to the Education Department.
However, the company had given the feds a heads-up that it was unlikely to hit the deadline.
"We informed the department, in advance, that the audited financial statements and compliance audit would probably be late due to our inquiry to the SEC regarding accounting issues," an ITT spokeswoman said via email. "The department is aware that we hope to submit our audited financial statements and compliance audit within the next few weeks."
As result, experts said the department is less likely to impose the cash freeze it slapped [8] on Corinthian. That sanction, dubbed "heightened cash monitoring," can lead to held financial aid payments for 60 days or more.
ITT last Wednesday disclosed [9] the risks of federal penalties as a result of the missed deadline. They include tighter cash monitoring and the possibility of being required to issue a letter of credit to the department of up to $80 million. The department could also revoke the company's eligibility to participate in federal financial aid programs, according to the filing.
That announcement prompted some media outlets [10] and other observers to lump ITT in with Corinthian, which is working with the department to sell or close all of its 107 campuses and its online programs. But financial analysts said ITT is less likely to fail, despite the possible penalties.
Trace Urdan, a senior analyst with Wells Fargo Securities, said the letter of credit is highly likely.
"However we also believe that the company has the cash and borrowing capacity to accommodate this request," he said in a written statement.
Urdan said the Corinthian example [8] indicates a newly strict approach by the department, particularly with financial management of for-profits. But he said signs do not indicated that the feds would hit ITT with sanctions beyond the letter of credit.
The company probably also has the money to stay afloat even if it does face an aid freeze.
William Blair Equity Research said last week that ITT had made solid strides to resolve questions about its finances and that the company has a "very strong cash and real estate position."


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Federal, state and local governments are migrating to cloud services to take advantage of greater collaboration, agility and innovation at lower cost. However, despite clear benefits, 89 percent of IT professionals in government feel apprehension about migrating to the cloud.1 That being said, many public sector employees are less apprehensive and are adopting cloud services on their own, creating shadow IT. Under FITARA, U.S. federal CIOs have new obligations to not only oversee sanctioned cloud services procured by the agency, but also shadow IT, which has brought to light a great deal of uncertainty about how employees are using cloud services in government agencies.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: June 12, 2013
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z. Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189
CENTRAL COAST – Continuing the drive to rebuild the state's infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1 billion in funding for 153 transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs while providing congestion relief for motorists statewide.
"We're building transportation improvements that will benefit the state for decades to come and boost job growth in every region of California," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The allocations include nearly $541 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. In total, more than $15.5 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide.
Highlights of the funding allocations include:
- $382,000 for Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County--Upgrade metal beam guardrail, construct concrete barriers and upgrade drainage features at various locations on Hwy. 1 from the South Aptos Underpass to just north of Hwy. 9. This project will help reduce the number and severity of traffic collisions.
- $450,000 to the City of Santa Cruz--Install traffic signal and construct protected left-turn lanes at the Soquel Avenue/Park Way Intersection. This project will reduce collisions, delays, travel times, widen the sidewalk and improve access to transit.
- $2,000,000 to the City of Marina (Monterey County)--Construct Class II (non-separated) bike lanes in Marina on Imjin Parkway from Reservation Road to Imjin Road. This project will improve safety for bicyclists and add capacity for the regional bicycle system.
"These central coast projects will enhance safety for all users of our transportation system: motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists," said District 5 Director Tim Gubbins.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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