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Yesterday on a panel on "Face the Nation," we briefly discussed Hillary Clinton's forthcoming memoir of her four years as secretary of state. It is called "Hard Choices"—they appear to be running low at the book-title store—and will be published June 10. The announcement of the title alone made news, which is a measure of how much interest the book, good or bad, will engender.
Books are good and it's good to write them; the always more or less beleaguered publishing industry needs bestsellers, and Mrs. Clinton has provided them, most spectacularly with her previous memoir, "Living History," in 2003. The public, which foots the bill for American diplomacy, has a right to be told as much as possible about the creation of U.S. foreign policy.
The book is being put forward as "a master class in international relations," which is quite a claim and a rather silly one: a professional diplomat would be slow to make it. But members of political dynasties are not in the modesty business.
A quick look at the political utility of the memoir.
First, the book itself can provide a template for a presidential run. It can make the case for a coming national candidacy by asserting a breadth of experience and accomplishment. At the same time it allows Mrs. Clinton to get everything out there that she wants understood about her tenure as secretary of state.
Second, the book tour can function as a discrete pre-presidential campaign before the real 2016 campaign begins. Actually it can serve as a perfect predicate for a big national campaign. The launch will be highly planned—staff, organization, an emphasis on presentation, appearances across the country and on every major television news show, etc. Mrs. Clinton will have an opportunity to share her views in soft-focus settings and will no doubt uncork a few amusing or spirited deflections when asked if she is running for president. Clips of these moments will be played all over the place. All of this will keep her candidacy in play daily and raise her elevation as the most interesting and important Democrat on the scene. If she does not run, her party will be left high and dry. She crowds everyone out even as she doesn't announce.
It will be interesting to see if in the book she reveals or unveils any 2016 campaign themes. She seemed to put forward a new line at Tina Brown's Women in the World Summit two weeks ago in New York. There Mrs. Clinton said partisanship is keeping America from greatness. This line manages to be critical of Republicans while also being obliquely critical of the president: It takes two to tango, and he led his partner poorly. No one can deny this has been a sharply partisan era; stressing the obvious is a triangulating move that suggests Mrs. Clinton is observing things from above the fray, which puts a happy emphasis on her maturity.
Third, the very fact of the book allows Mrs. Clinton to attempt to counter a growing perception, at least among Republicans, that she didn't really have any accomplishments as secretary of state, and also that in American diplomacy in general the past few years there have been few triumphs to claim and many embarrassments to explain. During her time at Foggy Bottom a trend that preceded her continued and worsened: Foreign policy didn't bubble up from the State Department anymore but was coming out of the political office of the White House. The secretary was more a public talker than a major voice in the creation of policy. Her communications people inadvertently lent credence to the charge by stressing that she'd visited more than 100 countries and traveled almost a million miles. Secretaries of state didn't use to live on a plane.
She was a good soldier and accepted the reigning reality. But her successor, John Kerry, like him or not, is an example of what a secretary of state who takes chances and claims some autonomy looks like.
To counter the perception that she has little to tout, Mrs. Clinton will probably go heavy on recollections of personal meetings with heads of state and foreign ministers, late-night phone calls, and the telling of a personal sense of satisfaction and disappointment in various outcomes. The publisher calls the book a "personal chronicle."
Fourth, Michael Duffy of Time magazine noted on "Face the Nation" that the book will be an opportunity to answer criticism in former Defense Secretary Robert Gates's own recent memoir. I'd forgotten that. Mr. Gates had praise for Mrs. Clinton and noted that both he and she had been offended by the "controlling" nature and obsessive credit-taking of the Obama White House. But he also charged that both Mrs. Clinton and President Obama had, as senators, opposed the 2007 troop surge in Iraq for purely political reasons. "Hillary told the president that her opposition to the surge in Iraq had been political because she was facing him in the Iowa primary," Mr. Gates wrote. Mr. Obama, he said, "conceded vaguely" that opposition to the surge had been political. "To hear the two of them making those admissions, and in front of me, was as surprising as it was dismaying."
It is hard to think Mrs. Clinton will not feel the need to answer that.
Fifth—we're still on the political utility of the book—it will be an opportunity for Mrs. Clinton to address on her own terms and with her own data the question of Benghazi, which still lingers not only among conservatives but among others, especially veterans, their friends and families, who have a strong impression something bad and not fully on the up-and-up happened there, and in the weeks and months following the attack. Mrs. Clinton's communications staffers will want to finish it off as a subject this summer so it doesn't dog her in the campaign. At the same time, they won't want the book tour dominated by the subject, which suggests a lot of interesting ground will have to be covered so that Benghazi doesn't stand out too much.
Mrs. Clinton's default is often to share her emotions about an event. Television interviewers like that too, because it makes for a dramatic interview. She and her advisors have a way of anticipating in advance what clips television producers will use in the making of a piece. One would be her famous retort to the questioning of a Senate committee: "What difference, at this point, does it make?" Those are among her most famous words. Something tells me they'll be followed by a lengthy meditation on her anguish at learning of the death of her friend, Ambassador Chris Stevens, in the attack.
Sixth, a book is an extended document you can hold in your hand. It is standard media practice for political figures who are often asked the same question because they never seem to answer it, to begin their reply with , "As I've said before . . ." "As I've previously suggested many times . . ." I think media professionals believe that noting you've answered the question before subtly suggests your interviewer may be cluelessly unaware of your previous answers, or hectoring you. I don't know whether this tack is effective or not—to me it always looks and sounds shifty—but Mr. Obama uses it a lot, as does Mrs. Clinton. Anyway, a book allows you to say, "As I've said before and as I went into at great length in my book . . ." It sounds like the predicate to something true.
Things to watch for? The degree, if any, to which she distances herself from the president; the degree, if any, to which she distances herself from ObamaCare. There's probably a safe spot between warm support for its intentions and general outlines and acknowledgement of its problems. Maybe she'll find it.
A final purpose of the book tour will be this: It will be personally energizing and heartening for Mrs. Clinton, who will be surrounded by her fans and by people saying, "Run Hillary, run." It will be politically pleasurable for her. It is an insufficiently noted aspect of adult life that everyone's pretty much trying to keep their morale up every day. A book tour is a morale enhancer for a political figure. If she didn't walk in wanting to run for president, she'd walk out that way.
The great question is how tough the press will be, how acute in its questioning, how disciplined and tough-minded. That is, how seriously journalists will take their role as questioners, on behalf of the public, of a potential candidate for president of the United States. That remains very much to be seen.


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|System: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
|Dev: Rocksteady
|Pub: Warner Bros.
|Release: October 18, 2011
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Alcohol References, Mild Language, Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence
Unlike the last two Spider-Man games, with their lack of true web-swinging, Arkham City allows the players to feel that they are actually traveling the way that Batman really would: through the rooftops, gliding from peaks, and grappling the side of a building at the last minute. There was not a single moment in which I felt I was not Batman in this game.
Since we're already on the subject of traveling through the city, I do have to bring up my personal annoyance with Catwoman. While it is acceptable for Batman to use his grappling hooks at great lengths, Catwoman's whip is much shorter; she should not be reach the same things with her whip that Batman can with his grappling hooks. I know this might seem completely petty, but it's one detail that pulled me out of the world that Rocksteady has so painstakingly created for this game. In fact, not even Catwoman's thief vision distracted me this much. With Catwoman's inclusion in the gameplay, however, Rocksteady captures another element that is usually missing from Batman games: the Batman of the comics doesn't usually work alone. But all of this does make me wonder how things will play out once Robin and Nightwing are added into the mission-based gameplay.
A simple list of the voice actors is enough to convince anyone with even the slightest bit of pop culture knowledge that Arkham City is a treat for the ears: Kevin Conroy returns as Batman, Mark Hamill returns as the Joker, and Tara Strong replaces Arleen Sorkin as Harley. But while all of these performances are stellar and unmatched, I have to give credit to some of the new additions to the cast. Corey Burton voices Hugo Strange, Troy Baker doubles as Two-Face, Stana Katic as Talia al Ghul, and probably the most surprising of them all is Nolan North as the Penguin. (I dare anyone to truthfully say they knew it was him without being told.) Mix all of this great voice talent in with the fantastic score, which combines elements from every incarnation of Batman from the 60s television show to the more recent Christopher Nolan universe, and you have an almost surreal amalgamation of the best of Batman audio to set the tone and pacing for Arkham City.
Admittedly, when I first heard of Arkham City I wanted to sit back and be that cynical comic book guy who refuses to believe in it. I wanted to watch it hit the shelves and then crash and burn. It wasn't because I wished ill of the sequel, it was just that comic book fans have been burned way too many times. But I'm so thankful to be wrong. Batman: Arkham City takes the formula we loved in Arkham Asylum and advances it to a level I would have not thought possible in this medium. In Arkham Asylum, I felt as if I was playing a Batman tale; in Arkham City, every takedown I preform makes me want to scream "I am Batman!" Come on, you can scream it too. You owe it to yourself.
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More rolls, sweet rolls w/poolish
Here was some rolls I made today. I started with a poolish because I did not want any sour at all, and dumped a bunch of real sugar, honey, butter and milk into it. Came out great, and these are very tasty.
The recipe I did:
140 grams whole-grain flour mix (I did a mixture of WW + rye)
167 grams white bread flour
338 grams whole milk
0.6 grams instant yeast
Final Dough:
All poolish
622 grams white bread flour
186 grams eggs
93 grams whole milk
93 grams butter
93 grams unfiltered honey
93 grams cane sugar
23 grams instant yeast
19 grams salt
Simple procedure:
1) Mix poolish, and let ripen. 12 hrs or so.
2) Cream the butter + sugar.
3) Mix everything together.
4) Bulk ferment 1 hr.
5) Shape into 40-60 gram rolls (I was not exact).
6) Let rise fully.
7) Brush with egg-wash, then bake at 375F for 30 mins.
8) Enjoy. :)
Delicious. :)
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|Oracle Workflow User's Guide
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Part Number B10285-02
Use Oracle Workflow Automatic Notification Processing to automatically forward your notifications to another role or respond to incoming notifications with a predefined response when you are not available to manage your notifications directly, such as when you are on vacation.
The Automatic Notification Processing web page lets you define the rules for automatic notification processing. Each rule is specific to a role and can apply to any or all messages of a specific item type and/or message name. A rule can result in one of three actions: reassigning the notification to another user, responding to or closing the notification, or simply delivering the notification to the original recipient with no further action.
Each time the Notification System sends or reassigns a notification to a role, Oracle Workflow tests the notification against that role's list of rules for the most specific match based on the criteria in the order listed below:
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GSW senior Chris Rawls has been named the Peach Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
Rawls averaged 18.0 points and 13.5 rebounds in two tough losses for the Hurricanes last week.
He began with 12 points and 13 rebounds, nearly 40% of the team's total rebounds, in a loss at No. 3 Valdosta State. He returned with a career-high 24 points and 14 rebounds in an overtime loss to Truett-McConnell.
The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native shot 70.1% (12-17) from the field and 67% from the line in the two games. He currently ranked sixth in the PBC in scoring (16.7 ppg), seventh in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and leads the PBC in minutes played (38.3 min. per game).
Rawls is GSW's third men's basketball player to receive the weekly honor since the Hurricanes joined the PBC in 2006. Anthony Sargent (2007-08, 2008-09) and Adrian Robinson (2006-07) are the other past recipients.
Southwestern is back in action on December 15 for rare a 1:00 p.m. weekday start against Carver.


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PrefaceAmateur radio communication has progressed in many ways since its beginning in the early 1900's. General communications progressing from spark to CW and voice from AM to FM and SSB. Similarly, data communications as a mode of amateur communications has progressed from using on-off keying (OOK) to FSK, and from RTTY to more modern modes of communications (synchronous and error-correcting). There has been a lack of good technical background material in amateur radio literature on the principles and design of synchronous digital modems.
The wealth and quality of literature in the professional world in the subject area is astounding, but much of it may not be readily accessible to the radio amateur, whether for reasons of advanced mathematics, or simple lack of availability.
In writing this book, the aim has been to bring a concise group of topics covering a broad spectrum of amateur synchronous digital communications subjects to print in one place, and to make it readily accessible to the radio amateur. This text aims to present the information in a clear and straight-forward manner, with the maximum use of graphical and computer-assisted aids, and with a minimum of rigorous mathematical theory. However, digital communications deals with the application and solution of statistical phenomenon, and a minimum background is necessary. Where practical, the appendices provide short summaries of some of the important mathematical concepts that will be needed in understanding certain areas.
Overall, the field of digital communications could be generally broken into two categories: bandwidth-limited communications and power-limited communications. Much of the professional literature focuses on the former, while in practice the amateur is many times concerned with the latter. This text focuses more on the subject of power-limited communications and emphasizes, through examples, the circuits and problems of the latter category of applications.
With time and the increasingly more crowded HF bands, however, the radio amateur will adopt more sophisticated data modems, offering higher throughput and narrower bandwidth operation under the demanding propagation conditions of the HF medium. This trend has already started and should accelerate as the cost of technology, particularly Digital Signal Processing, continues to decrease. So, this text includes information on the subject areas of DSP-based modem filters, and on forward-error-correcting codes, whose use by the radio amateur will become dominant within a few short years. While the data rate of VHF and UHF communications will increase, it is expected that, for the radio amateur, these will remain power-limited applications for some time.
In the preparation of this text, I have relied on the study of a number of exceptionally well written textbooks, and to the IEEE literature in the area, and these should be consulted whenever more depth or broader interest is desired. I would like to thank the reviewers of the text for many helpful comments, related both to the readability of the material, ...
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Thomas C. McDermott, N5EG
Dallas, Texas August 25, 1995
Tom's first book signing party!(January 5th, 1997)
Tom McDermott, N5EG, Greg Jones, WD5IVD, Lon Cecil, WB5PKJ, Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, and John Koster, W9DDD (left to right)
Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Definition of Information
- Source Entropy
- Fundamental Data Capacity
- Signal to Noise ratio - Eb/No
- Block Diagram of the Communication System
- Review / Definition of Some Key Concepts
- Eye Pattern
- Signal Constellation Diagram
- Chapter 1 - References
Chapter 2 - Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN)
- Definition of AWGN Noise
- Gaussian Distribution
- Calculating the BER given AWGN
- Generating a BER Curve
- Relation of Power Spectrum and AWGN
- Computing Noise and Signal Magnitudes
- Chapter 2 - References
Chapter 3 - Antipodal, Orthogonal, and Non-orthogonal Signaling
- Antipodal Signaling
- Orthogonal Signaling
- Non-orthogonal Signaling
- Analysis of FSK signaling
- Orthogonal Waveforms
- Orthogonal FSK Demodulators
- Chapter 3 - References
Chapter 4 - Carrier Transmission
- FSK - Frequency Shift Keying
- FFSK - Fast Frequency Shift Keying
- mFSK - m-ary FSK
- PSK - Phase Shift Keying
- mPSK - m-ary Phase Shift Keying
- OQPSK - Offset QPSK
- Received Phase Ambiguity
- Performance of PSK modulation in the presence of AWGN
- ASK - Amplitude Shift Keying
- MSK - Minimum Shift Keying
- OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- OFDM based on m-ary FSK
- OFDM based on ASK
- AFSK - Audio Frequency Shift Keying
- Summary
- Chapter 4 - Reference
Chapter 5 - Frequency and Impulse Response of Optimum Modem Filters
- Optimum filter criteria
- Raised-Cosine Filter Responses
- Filter Response Partitioning
- Filter Impulse Response
- Filter Response to an Isolated Data Bit
- Eye Pattern Generation
- Equivalent Noise Bandwidth
- Some Frequency Response Defects
- Impulse-Response Length Truncation
- Detailed Step-by-Step Procedure
- Dolph-Chebychev Transmit Pulses
- Chapter 5 - Reference
Chapter 6 - Matched Filters
- Matched filter for Rectangular Pulses
- Matched filter for Square-Root Raised-Cosine Transmit Pulses
- Use of the Matched Filter Symmetry to Equalize a Channel
- Chapter 6 - Reference
Chapter 7 - Data Codes
- Basic Data Codes
- DC-Balance (One's Density) of the Code
- Scrambling
- Forward Error Correcting (FEC) Codes
- Linear Block Codes
- AWGN Performance of Linear Block Codes
- Statistical Performance of Linear Block Codes
- Other Properties of FEC Codes
- Interleaving the Codewords
- Golay Codes
- Longer Codes
- Reed-Solomon Codes
- Convolutional Codes
- Decoding the Convolutional Code
- Convolutional Decoders
- Viterbi's Algorithm
- Summary of Viterbi Decoder
- Chapter 7 - Reference
Chapter 8 - Data Slicer and the Slicing Level
- Slicing Level Determination
- Source Statistics
- Non-Scrambled Data
- NRZI-Coded HDLC Calculations
- Scrambled Data Calculations
- Binomial Distribution
- Fixed Slicing-Level Methods
- DSP-Based Slicing-Level Determination
Chapter 9 - Clock Recovery
- The Importance of Accurate Clock Position
- Methods to Recover the Clock
- Closed-Loop Clock Recovery
- Clock Recovery Filters
- Filter Transfer Function
- Modulation-Based Clock Recovery
- Chapter 9 - Reference
Chapter 10 - Carrier Recovery
- Deriving a Carrier Reference
- Carrier Generation by Rectification
- Carrier Generation by Multiplication
- Other Methods of Carrier Generation
- 2PSK Carrier Recovery - Costas Loop
- Chapter 10 - Reference
Chapter 11 - Phase Locked Loops for Carrier and Clock Recovery
- Closed Loop Response
- Open Loop Response
- Lead Lag Filter
- Higher Order Loop Filter
- Parasitic Poles
- PLL Loop Lock time
- PLL Noise Bandwidth
- Types of Phase Detectors, Lock-in Range
- Control Loop Dynamic Range
- Chapter 11 - Reference
Chapter 12 - Frame Alignment and Data Carrier Detect
- General Data Carrier Detect (DCD) Acquisition
- DCD and Frame Alignment based on Message Content
- Median Time to False Frame Declaration
- Maximum Average Reframe Time
- Going Out of Frame
- Other Message Content
- Framing on Short Transmissions
- Chapter 12 - Reference
Chapter 13 - Propagation Channel Models
- VHF and UHF Channel Models
- Minimum-Phase and Non-Minimum-Phase Fades
- Rayleigh fading
- Circular Polarization
- Wideband Data Channels
- Rules of Thumb
- HF Channel models
- Signaling Rate Bounds
- HF Channel Simulation
- Coefficient Properties
- Bit Error Rate Performance of Rayleigh Faded Path
- Diversity Reception
- Approaches to HF Modem Design
- RTTY - Live With the Errors
- AMTOR - Simple Error Detection and Re-transmission
- AX.25 Packet Transmission - 300 baud HF
- More Recent Developments
- Pactor II
- Clover II
- Future Improvements
- Chapter 13 - Reference
Chapter 14 - Automatic Request for Repeat (ARQ)
- Simple ARQ
- Hybrid ARQ
- Performance of ARQ
Chapter 15 - Testing Considerations
- Bit Error Rate vs. Received Signal Level
- Baseband BER Test
- Butterworth Calibration Filter
- Radio Characterization for Data
- Radio-based Test
- FSK - Transmitter Characterization
- Other Transmitter Characterization
- FSK - Receiver Characterization
- System Characterization
- Theoretical Eb/No vs. Received Signal Level (RSL)
- Pseudo-Level Error Detection Margin
- Adjustment Aid - 'Click' box
- Bit Error Rate Test Statistics
- Chapter 15 - Reference
Appendix A - Some Useful Probability Distributions
- A.1 Probability of Events.
- A.2 Histograms, Probability Density, Cumulative Density
- A.3 Uniform Distribution
- A.4 Binomial Distribution
- A.5 Gaussian Distribution
- A.6 Poisson Distribution
- A.7 Rayleigh Distribution
Appendix B - Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence (PRBS) Generators
- B.1 Properties of a PRBS
- B.2 Construction of the PRBS Generator.
- B.3 Autocorrelation Properties
- B.4 Self Synchronization
- B.5 Self Synchronous Scrambler and Descrambler
- B.6 Binary Polynomial Arithmetic
- Appendix B - Reference
Appendix C - Discrete Fourier and Inverse Discrete Fourier Transforms & Complex Numbers
- C.1 The Fourier Transform and the Impulse Response
- C.2 Complex Number Representation
- C.3 Description of a Signal using Complex Notation
- C.4 Complex Conjugate
- C.5 Discrete Fourier Transform
- C.6 Power Spectral Density (PSD)
- C.7 Symmetry Requirement for Frequency Response
- Appendix C - Reference
Appendix D - Correlation, Convolution, and Laplace Notation for Filters
- D.1 Convolution and Multiplication
- D.2 Convolution
- D.3 Frequency and Impulse Response
- D.4 Correlation
- D.5 Cross Correlation
- D.6 Autocorrelation
- D.7 Complex Signals
- D.8 Laplace Notation for Complex numbers
- Appendix D - Reference
- TAPR Information
- Index


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Nov. 21, 2002
The Record: Overall 17-2-1 Big West 9-0-1
NCAA College Cup First Round
Saturday, November 23rd #12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. San Diego Toreros 7:00 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium
Best In History
It is safe to say that the 2002 UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team is if not the best, one of the best teams in school history, winning its second consecutive Big West Conference title and making the NCAA tournament for the first time in the 37-year history of the program. This year's team set numerous school records, starting with their 17 wins at the conclusion of the regular season. Santa Barbara's offensive onslaught, which has been one of the NCAA's top-10 all season,also set the UCSB record with 64 goals, surpassing the previous mark by 11. Currently the fourth-highest scoring team in the nation averaging 3.20 goals per game, UCSB boasts some impressive defensive numbers as well, ranking 17th in the nation with a 0.45% shutout percentage. Going undefeated in conference with a 9-0-1 record, the Gauchos led the Big West in every statistical catagory except saves at the conclusion of the regular season.
This Is My House
I know it has been talked about all season, but UCSB's home field advantage is extremely relevant heading into its NCAA First Round match-up with San Diego. There is no question as to why the Gauchos are 9-0 in Harder Stadium this season. Rather the question has more to do with just how dominant they have been. Santa Barbara has outscored its opponents 36-5, averaging 3.4 more goals a game than the visting squads. Posting six shutouts in nine home matches in 2002, the Gauchos have maintained an impressive 0.56 goals against average. Compiling a 16-2-3 home record over the last two seasons, UCSB has won 12 straight games in Harder Stadium, and are unbeaten in their last 14 having never lost a Big West game at home in the last two years. The average attendence for a game in Harder Stadium this season is 676, with two crowds growing to over 1,000 fans.
On A Roll
Santa Barbara is currently riding a six-game win streak to close out its regular season since its loss to then No. 1 Indiana. In the last six games the Gauchos have tallied 21 goals while giving up just 3 to the opposition and ending the regular season with 3 consecutive shutouts for a total of four blankings in the last six games. UCSB has not allowed a goal in the its last 302:22 minutes, scoring 12 unanswered goals heading into the tournament. All-Big West Second Team goalkeeper Danny Kennedy has been perfect allowing no goals in his last 245:22 minutes of play. Drew McAthy has led the offensive attack the last three matches, netting six goals, just edging out Rob Friend who has five, including four in the last three games. David McGill has done the most damage in the midfield, assisting on seven goals during the current win streak. Memo Arzate is second on the team with six assists in the last six games. But don't be fooled, eight different Gauchos have found the back of the net during this span, five of whom, McAthy, Friend, Arzate, Matt Bly and Gene Deering, have done so on more than one occasion. Of the six games, McAthy, a first team all-conference selection, has scored the game-winner in four.
Terrible Twosome
Forwards Rob Friend and Drew McAthy have established themselves as the greatest 1-2 punch in UCSB history, combining for 35 goals in the 2002 regular season. Friend and McAthy are one of only two combinations in the nation where both players rank in the top-20 in the NCAA in goals per game, Friend 8th and McAthy 20th. With a total of 11 game-winning goals under their belts, the two strikers spent the entire season one (Friend) and two (McAthy) in the Big West in goals, points and shots. And with Friend breaking the 20-year old Gaucho scoring record of 18 goals in a season last week with his 19th of the year, McAthy is next in line needing just two goals to tie the previous record. His 16 goals this season would have been the second-best scoring performance in school history, prior to 2002.
Nine Gauchos Named All-Big West
It was no surprise when the Big West All-Conference Teams were announced that the Gauchos would comprise a large portion of the selections, but to have nine of the starting 11 recognized was a surprise. Senior forward Rob Friend was selected as the conference's offensive player of the year for the second consecutive season, earning first team honors for the second time. Freshman defender Alan Keely was named to the first team as well, garnering the Big West's Freshman of the Year award. Joining Friend and Keely on the first team were Drew McAthy, Memo Arzate and Dan Young. Santa Barbara's Second Team All-Big West selection's were Tony Lochhead, David McGill, and Danny Kennedy, while Matt Kubota was an honorable mention.
Touching On The Toreros
This weekend's NCAA College Cup First Round match with the University of San Diego (14-5-0, 3rd WCC) will be the 12th meeting between the schools, albeit never on this stage. USD, who is making its fifth consecutive, and tenth overall, trip into the tournament, holds a 6-to-5 advantage in the overall series, winning the last six meetings after UCSB won the first five. The Toreros bring to the pitch the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year from the very strong West Coast Conference in forward Ryan Coiner and midfielder Scott Burcar, respectively. The Gauchos and USD have faced seven mutual opponents this season, UC Riverside, Cal State Fullerton, San Diego State, UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge, Loyola Marymount and St. Mary's. San Diego compiled a 6-1 record against these teams, and Santa Barbara went 9-1-1, with both teams losing to LMU in overtime. Comparing USD and UCSB head-to-head with these teams, the Gauchos have averaged 0.80 more goals per game and a +0.56 scoring margin advantage. Either way you way you look at it Saturday's match should highly contested affair, College Soccer News has said the game, "just might be the best first round match-up in the tourney."
Winner To Face Cal
The winner of Saturday's match will go on to face No. 23 Cal in the second round in Berkeley next Wednesday, November 27th at 1:00 p.m. Cal, who received a first round bye will enter at 13-5-2.


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State police said Friday that they are checking the security of the agency's computer system after an attack by hackers and they are investigating to determine the extent of the infiltration.
The Lulz Security hacking collective claimed on Thursday that it successfully accessed the Arizona Department of Public Safety computer system and took data including sensitive case files and the phone numbers and addresses of some officers.
Many of the files LulzSec posted online were innocuous and included invitations to conferences and even some inspirational messages. Others focused on the activity and habits of drug cartels and threats to homeland security, and many came from the Department of Homeland Security.
In one DHS assessment, the federal agency said drug trafficking and associated violence "represent the greatest threat to U.S. border security emanating from Sonora," referring to the Mexican state that borders Arizona. In another, the agency writes how terrorists can obtain acquire common chemicals to fashion homemade explosives.
So far, only seven out of DPS' 1,700 employees have had their email accounts compromised and their personal information seized by the group of hackers, an agency spokesman said.
"We're concerned that somebody was able to get that far," DPS Capt. Steve Harrison said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press. "We don't consider it so severe that it's going to compromise future investigations."
Harrison said it doesn't appear the hackers accessed DPS' main server, but they may have gained entry to a computer that officers use to log onto email accounts and download whatever information was on that server's hard drive.
Some of the data the hackers may have obtained is information that DPS doesn't want to fall into the hands of drug traffickers and other criminals, Harrison said.
"It could be how drug trafficking organizations work, drug concealment methods — things that we wouldn't necessarily want drug traffickers to know that we know," he said.
State police notified other police agencies after the attack occurred, urging them to apply security measures and protocols to check and secure computer systems in case LulzSec attempted to access other police computer systems in Arizona.
DPS has not received any reports of other police computer systems being compromised, Harrison said.
A spokesman for the Phoenix office of the FBI says the agency was aware of the computer hacking situation at DPS.
"At this time we're not confirming or denying that we're involved in the investigation," said agent Manuel Johnson, an FBI spokesman.
The head of the state police union said it is alarmed by the computer attack.
"We understand that some of the information that they have obtained could compromise the safety of our officers," said Jimmy Chavez, president of the Arizona Highway Patrol Association.
The cyber attackers said they were specifically targeting DPS because of the state's tough immigration enforcement law known as SB1070 "and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona."
The LulzSec group also said it planned to release "more classified documents and embarrassing personal details of military and law enforcement" every week, but it was unclear whether other Arizona agencies were targeted.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne said he was not immediately able to identify specific crimes involved with LulzSec's hack, but the group's actions could be prosecuted under either state or federal statutes.
Possible prosecution would have to wait "until DPS finds somebody to prosecute," Horne said.
Associated Press writers Amanda Lee Myers and Paul Davenport in Phoenix, and Raphael G. Satter in London contributed to this report.


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With the current interest rate environment and the influx of baby boomers continuing to move into retirement, more people will benefit from a personal retirement gap analysis than ever, says Gregg DiGeronimo, President, for FirstMerit Financial Services, Inc.
Even those who don't expect a gap between their income and their expenses in retirement can gain from such an analysis. "You will feel better knowing you have a plan in place and can see what options you have down the road," DiGeronimo says. "We take into account considerations you might not have today, such as healthcare costs.
A retirement gap analysis investigates an individual's expected retirement income streams, such as retirement accounts, required minimum distributions (RMDs) from any retirement accounts, Social Security, certificates of deposit (CDs), savings accounts, annuities and pensions. It also reviews what the individual expects to spend during retirement on such things as health care, housing, food, clothing, entertainment and travel.
A retirement gap is identified when a shortfall is predicted between income and expenses, DiGeronimo says. Knowing a gap is expected leads to the next step in the analysis—determining how to bridge that gap by looking at how big the difference is and identifying what steps can be taken on both the income and expense sides to lessen the gap if possible.
On the expense side, for example, DiGeronimo says he looks at the individual's mortgage to see if its impact in retirement could be minimized with a short-term refinance or whether credit card debt can be consolidated and paid off timelier.
On the income side, DiGeronimo looks at what can be done with the individual's investment portfolio to yield more money.
The analysis also takes into account the different stages of retirement – from the "go-go" years when a retired person normally spends the most money on things like trips to visit grandchildren and country club memberships, through the "slow-go" years in which their spending declines some because the person isn't as active, and into the "no-go" years when personal expenses are virtually non-existent but health care costs typically increase, DiGeronimo says.
"I joke around and say most people spend more time planning their summer vacation than they do planning for retirement, but it's true. You need to take a hard look at your financial plan annually to make sure you are in a comfortable position."
"We can all benefit from a wide range of free retirement calculators that can be found online. Many of these types of calculators take a high level, broad look at how you are doing on your financial path to retirement. Most, if not all calculators, use a questionnaire that models your existing investments and estimates what they might yield over time" adds DiGeronimo.
DiGeronimo stresses that a retirement gap analysis with a financial advisor will be more comprehensive. "The financial advisor takes an in-depth look at income, expenses, cost of living and the goals of your retirement lifestyle and interprets that data to make recommendations that are personal to you. We will also take into account things like your risk tolerance and the stock market. People who do this analysis themselves most likely don't have the financial background to make a recommendation for themselves."
It is also never too early to begin this analysis, DiGeronimo says. Retirement planning should begin in an individual's mid-20s or with his or her first job to avoid a future gap. "You don't want to wait until you're at retirement age to have this conversation," he says.
Want to learn more about retirement gap analysis? Contact Gregg DiGeronimo, Director of Sales, FirstMerit Financial Services, Inc. at [email protected]
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Steelers linebacker Jarvis Jones, whose head injury was indeed a concussion, has been listed as questionable for Sunday's showdown with the Ravens.
Per a league source, Jones' availability will be determined at game time.
It's currently unclear whether Jones has received final clearance from an independent neurologist to play. Even if clearance has been obtained, any return of symptoms would (or at least should) prompt the Steelers to shut him down for the game.
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|Rosie Arsenault of Palmer Road, PEI then Bemis, Maine
Tracing the families of Andre LaCombe and Marie Louise Gagne aka Marie Josette Quirion aka Marie Josette Roy aka Josette ______ who immigrated with their children in the 1830's from Beauce County Quebec and resettled in the Waterville, Maine area. Also tracing the families of Poulin and Rancourt and Voyer. These families traveled via the Old Canada Road that linked Lower Canada to Maine in the United States and were some of the earliest French Canadian families to resettle in Waterville, Maine.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Wordless Wednesday: Rosie Arsenault from Prince Edward Island
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Genealogy can be like a treasure hunt and when we have old photos, that is a bonus.ReplyDelete
How lucky you are to have photos. Mine is also Genealogy based this week!ReplyDelete
I treasure this old portrait of my grandmother. It had a lot of scratches and i worked on it a long time in photoshop. I'm happy with the way it turned out!ReplyDelete
I believe it was an engagement or wedding portrait, as her ringed hand is placed on a pedestal.ReplyDelete
She's very pretty! I love the dress and the bow in her hair.ReplyDelete


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Wearing leopard as blatantly as I can while I'm still young enough to do it! Once you hit your thirties, it'll be harder to dress in animal print and leather without looking like a cougar (or something else I'd rather not say.) I chose to wear this rather "mature" look with a cute kitty clutch and low heels to make it less rawrrr and more day time appropriate (although this doesn't quite scream sunday wear either!) I still love it though. Do you? Boom. Fierce! (Inside joke for everyone who watched this video! lol)
Shop This Easy top (similar here), Wicked Drops earrings, Clothes for the Goddess shorts (similar here), Romwe bag, Choies heels


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Southwest Wake: Community
Faith Notes: March 26
North Cary Baptist seeks worship leader
North Cary Baptist Church is looking for a volunteer to lead the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service at 505 Reedy Creek Road. If you are interested, email Gray Rinehart at firstname.lastname@example.com.
First Baptist Weekday Preschool
First Baptist Church - Cary's First Baptist Weekday Preschool has openings for children ages 18 months to 5 years for 2014-15. Summer camp is available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 2, to Friday, June 6; Monday, July 7, to Friday, July 11; and Monday, Aug. 4, to Friday, Aug. 8. The preschool is at 218 S. Academy St., Cary. For more information, contact Aliza Travis at 919-467-6356, ext. 114, or firstname.lastname@example.com, or go www.caryfbc.org/weekday.
Lent worship services
• First United Methodist Church - Cary will host worship services throughout Lent at 117 S. Academy St., Cary. For the schedule and details, go to www.fumc-cary.org/Lent.
• Christ the King Lutheran Church will host worship services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays through April 9 at 600 Walnut St., Cary. Dinner is at 5:45 p.m. Wednesdays before the 7 p.m. service. For details, go to www.christthekingcary.org.
White Plains United Methodist Church will host a 13-week series of GriefShare meetings from 7-9 p.m. starting Thursday, April 3, in room C205 at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. The series of grief support group meetings costs $15. For details or to sign up, call 919-449-6392 or go to www.wpumc.com.
Men's Breakfast
First Baptist Church - Cary will host a Men's Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, in the church dining hall, 218 S. Academy St. Former Appalachian State University football coach Jerry Moore will speak. To register, call 919-467-6356 or go to www.caryfbc.org/men.
Faith and Finance
Dorcas Ministries will host an 11-week financial management class from 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, April 8 through June 17, at 187 High House Road, Cary. Participants will learn about managing debt and loans, saving for emergencies and increasing their credit scores. The classes are free and include dinner. To sign up, call 919-469-9861, ext. 201, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunrise United Methodist Church will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10:30 to noon Saturday, April 12, at 5420 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs. The church is looking for volunteers to help set up the event. If you are interested, contact Mary Moss at firstname.lastname@example.com or Cris Preble at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Easter Festival and Egg Hunt
Ambassador Presbyterian Church will host an Easter Festival and Egg Hunt from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at 1010 Schieffelin Road, Apex. In case of bad weather, the event will be on Saturday, April 19. There will be an egg hunt for ages 12 and younger (in four age groups), inflatables, carnival games and prizes, crafts and a hot dog lunch. The event is free and open to the public. For details, call 919-249-0230 or go to www.ambassadorpres.org.
Palm Sunday
White Plains United Methodist Church will host worship services at 8:20 a.m. and 11 a.m. with a Palm Sunday event after the 11 a.m. service Sunday, April 13, at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For details, go to www.wpumc.com.
Christian Book Drive
Sunrise United Methodist Church will host the Christian Book Drive for Christian Library International, a ministry from Raleigh that distributes Christian reading material to prisons, through Sunday, April 13, at 5420 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs. Christian Library International needs Bibles and Christian books, novels, CDs, DVDs, videos, Bible studies and devotionals in English or Spanish. For more information, go to www.christianlibraryinternational.org.
Good Friday worship service
First United Methodist Church - Cary will host a musical Tenebrae service with Craig Courtney at 7 p.m. Friday, April 18, at 117 S. Academy St., Cary. For details, go to www.fumc-cary.org.
Christ the King Preschool registration
Christ the King Preschool of Christ the King Lutheran Church is accepting registration for ages 2-5 for the 2014-15 school year. The church is at 600 Walnut St., Cary. For more information, go to www.christthekingcary.org/Preschool/Registration.aspx.
Contemplative worship service
Woodhaven Baptist Church offers a contemplative worship service with meditation from 8:30-9:15 a.m. Sundays at 4000 Kildaire Farm Road, Apex.
Worship services at The Cary
First United Methodist Church - Cary hosts worship services at The Cary theater at 9:45 a.m. Sundays at 122 E. Chatham St.
Walk tHis Way
White Plains United Methodist Church will host Walk tHis Way, a walking and social group, from 7-7:45 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays in the Christian Life Center gym at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For details, go to www.wpumc.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Holly Springs United Methodist Church hosts "There is a Solution" Alcoholics Anonymous group meetings from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 108 Avent Ferry Road.
Sisters in Support
White Plains United Methodist Church hosts a support group for women who had or currently have breast cancer from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For more information, email Lee Heathcoat at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Family support ministry meeting
A family support ministry organized by Mary Williams-Farrington and the Pardoned by Christ Ministry meets the first, second and fourth Tuesday of every month at The Point Church, 1503 Walnut St., Cary. The ministry provides support for people who have been incarcerated or who have or have had an incarcerated family member. For details, call 919-272-3045 or 919-255-5883 or go to www.pardonedbychrist.org.
Overeaters Anonymous
Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church hosts Overeaters Anonymous meetings from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays in room 126, 100 Judd Parkway. The group's supportive meetings don't include weigh-ins, diets or fees. For more information, call 919-557-7712 or 919-771-1393.
Celebrate Recovery
Summit Evangelical Covenant Church will host Celebrate Recovery meetings for people recovering from hurting, hangups and habits at 8 p.m. Wednesdays at 590 Westhigh St., Cary. For more information on Celebrate Recovery, go to www.celebraterecovery.com. For more information on the church's program, go to www.summitnc.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Labyrinth meditation
Cary Presbyterian Church offers a labyrinth meditation walk from 5:30-7:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at 614 Griffis St. For details, call 919-469-1337 or visit www.carypresbyterian.org.
Cancer support group
A cancer support group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in Room WC108 at Colonial Baptist Church, 6051 Tryon Road, Cary. Details: Phyllis Travers, 919-233-0355.
Prayer study
Author and speaker Sarah Bush will host a 12-week study on prayer with her book, "The Invitation – Come Boldly to the Throne of Grace," from 10-11:30 a.m. or 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at 708 Town Side Drive, Apex. For information or registration, email email@example.com.
The Knights of Columbus Council 12119 hosts jackpot bingo at 7 p.m. Thursdays at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 1005 Wilbon Road, Fuquay-Varina. Doors open at 6 p.m. Food and beverages available. Details: Al Munno, 919-557-7718, or Sonny Butler, 845-797-0830.
Celebrate Recovery for Women
Celebrate Recovery for Women meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at the homes of members of North Cary Baptist Church. The group helps women with hurting, hangups and habits. Details: 919-469-8023.
Brown Bag Ministry
The Brown Bag Ministry, which feeds more than 1,400 people a week, is looking for middle- and high school-age volunteers. The group meets at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Apex about 9 a.m. Saturdays. Volunteers prepare bagged meals and hand them out in Raleigh. The group usually finishes by 1 p.m. Details: www.brownbagministry.org.


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This is how the final 3D Vision Discover anaglyph glasses should look like and from what we can see they won't be much different than the normal paper anaglyph glasses, besides being black and Nvidia branded. This teaser picture is coming from Andrew Fear, the product manager for 3D Vision at Nvidia (again thanks to twitter), so it should be the real thing. Still no information how and when we will be able to get the 3D Vision Discover glasses to actually compare them to a pair of normal paper anaglyph glasses and see if there is any difference or not. Meanwhile don't forget that 3D Vision drivers come with a free anaglyph mode (3D Vision Discover) that is usable even with normal paper anaglyph glasses so if you have any of these lying around you should check it out…
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- What do you love about your bedroom?:
- The rest of my house is colorful, eclectic and multi-layered, but my bedroom is very different in feeling, with gentle colors and accessories. Nothing slick or modern; all the built-in shelves and cupboards are simple and kind of rustic. It's in the back of the house on the top floor, so it's quiet with lots of natural light. It's also my only "room with a view," and I enjoy looking out the corner windows at the cityscape and my neighbor's trees and the birds living in them. My bedroom is definitely a retreat and a sanctuary (almost literally, given all the antique religious figures and art I like to collect!)
- What are your tips for creating a beautiful, healthy and organized bedroom?:
- I am lucky to have windows on three walls (5 in all), and I like to leave them partly open at night for the cross breezes. Keeping it picked up and making the bed every morning is key, as that immediately gives me a sense of order and calm when I enter. Other essentials are flowers on the bedside table and a potted plant or two (often lavender, which is supposedly a sleep aid.) Finally, no TV (or red wine!) allowed.
- In modern homes, bedrooms have become more than just a place to sleep; they can be a retreat, a home office, a library, a relaxation zone. What are some ways you make the most of your bedroom?:
- I like using it as a second library once spring comes. I have a little downstairs sitting room/library that is cozy when it's cold, but when the weather is nice, it is such a treat to relax with a book or a magazine on the corner chaise while the cats sprawl on the bed with the sun streaming in. (Sorry for the poor quality of the last shot, but it is the only one that shows the entry view accurately.)


text: « Return to Search Important Notice to Patients: New England Compounding Center October 16, 2012 Oct. 16, 2012 Dear Patients: The following is an update to our notice below. The FDA has advised all institutions that received any injectable medication from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) to advise patients that the sterility of any injectable drug are of "significant concern." They specifically state that "out of an abundance of caution, patients who received these products should be alerted to the potential risk of infection." The Mass. Eye and Ear did use one medications from the NECC for the purposes of anesthesia for eye surgery. We have no evidence that this medication used for these eye surgeries (eye block syringes) had any infectious agent. To be cautious, we are asking any patient who may have concerns to contact their ophthalmologist. The symptoms of concern for patients who had eye surgery for an infection include visual changes, pain, redness or discharge from the eye. If you have any of these symptoms, please contact your ophthalmologist immediately. Update on Oct. 22: Letters have been sent by U.S. mail to those patients who had this eye block during their surgeries. If you have questions about what medication you received during your surgery, please contact your physician. Oct. 9, 2012 Dear Patients: You may have heard in the news that Framingham based New England Compounding Center (NECC), a compounding pharmacy, has voluntarily stopped operations due to a number of issues, but particularly one that involved contaminated methylprednisolone injection. A number of patients who received this injection for back pain have developed aspergillus meningitis. The Mass. Eye and Ear has NOT purchased nor used any methylprednisolone from NECC, and this was the only drug identified with an infectious contaminant. Mass. Eye and Ear was NOT impacted by this recall. We did utilize this pharmacy for our prefilled eye-block syringes. On recommendation from the FDA, we have removed all existing supply from our hospital as of October 5. This was the only drug supplied to us by this compounding pharmacy. We have no reason to believe that there was anything amiss with our supply of drug, but we have removed it to be extra cautious. We now make up our own eye-block syringes here on site. Please be assured that the safety of our patients is of utmost importance at Mass. Eye and Ear. If you have any questions, please speak with your physician's office.


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Yeah, that storm caused my cable/internet to go out in my motel room, which prompted to my motel room-neighbor to call me in the middle of the night and say "Hey... I'm the tall Mexican across the hall and I think you are just gorgeous, and you really caught my eye" and then proceeded to tell me his life story.
I'm in a Dairy Queen using their Wi-Fi, and my battery is running out. I got a job. I'll have internet at this beginning of this week and I ate a motherfucking BEEF TONGUE Tostada!
Austin ROCKS.
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The Webelos Forester Activity Badge is one of 20 different Activity Badges that can be earned in the Webelos Scout Program. The requirements are typically worked on during den meetings or den activities while the skills are practiced at home, with the help of the Webelos Scout's family. The requirements are either completed with the den or at home with the den leader's approval. Projects are brought to meetings to share with the den and for Webelos Den Leader or Activity Badge Counselor approval.
Do five of these:
- 1. Make a map of the United States. Show the types of forests growing in different parts of the country. Name some kinds of trees that grow in these forests.
- 2. Draw a picture to show the plant and tree layers of a forest in your area. Label the different layers. (If you don't live in an area that has forests, choose an area that does and draw a picture of that forest.)
- 3. Identify six forest trees common to the area where you live. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them. (If you don't live in a region that has forests, read about one type of forest and name six of its trees and their uses.)
- 4. Identify six forest plants (other than trees) that are useful to wildlife. Tell which animals use them and for what purposes.
- 5. Draw a picture showing:
- how water and minerals in the soil help a tree grow
- how the tree uses sunlight to help it grow
- 6. Make a poster showing a tree's growth rings or examine the growth rings of a tree stump. Explain how the rings tell its life history.
- 7. Collect pieces of three kinds of wood used for building houses. Tell what kinds of wood they are and one place each of them might be used.
- 8. Plant 20 forest tree seedlings. Tell how you planted them and what you did to take care of them after planting.
- 9. Describe both the benefits and the harm wildfires can cause in a forest ecosystem. Tell how you can prevent wildfire.
- 10. Draw your own urban forestry plan for adding trees to a street, yard, or park near your home. Show what types of trees you would like to see planted.
| The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
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Video: "Caught Inside" live by Bad Things
Video by G.
On March 2, 2014, New Yorkers braved the threat of a massive snowstorm and skipped watching the Oscars to attend a sold out show from Bad Things at Mercury Lounge. The California based synth-rock band performed songs from their self titled debut which came out in January of 2014. Typically when you go to a show, the lead singer gets all the love and attention, but Bad Things has a quite famous bass player and all eyes were on him. Once the show got going, the crowd rocked out and one of the show highlights was the song "Caught Inside." Find out who the famous bass player is after the jump (or just click "play"). Also, if you missed this show, Bad Things will be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon later on in the week, so check your local listings!


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Things are very busy everywhere. I,ve been away on hols with the family…done lots of clinical placements…taken plenty of exams…tried to catch up on my History correspondence course…had a chest infection…and I,ve been on nights! Guess what?
I,m on nights again!!!
Nothing of any significance on the job front lately, just the usual assaults, alcohol related injuries, drug induced comas and elderly medical calls.
A couple of jobs stand out but I need to check them out a bit more before I write about them.


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For all the flaws of the Tennessee Titans' nonagenarian owner who from time to time likes to flash a middle finger (or two), he's never been under fear of a federal indictment.
That's important as it relates to the Titans, because as David Climer of the Tennessean points out "[i]t's no secret that the Haslam family once had its eyes on the Titans franchise." The Haslams abandoned their desire to buy the Titans once it became clear that the team would stay in the Adams family after his passing.
So it could have been the Titans who are dealing with uncertainty and a potential disruption of continuity (not to mention the embarrassment) that comes from its owner being forced to face federal fraud charges, if indeed criminal charges ever are filed against Haslam. And, as Climer writes, Titans fans should be grateful for not having to deal with that distraction.
Actually, Steelers fans should also be feeling a little grateful, too, since Haslam owned a double-digit share of the team before buying the Browns. If Randy Lerner hadn't decided last year to sell the Browns, the Steelers would be the team dealing with a significant minority owner dealing with a major legal problem.
Sure, it would be less newsworthy. Then again, maybe it wouldn't be, since it involves a nationally-followed team like the Steelers.
It doesn't matter, because this dark cloud ended up being parked over the Browns. Along with the many other dark clouds the franchise has suffered in recent years.
Hopefully, the clouds eventually will part for the Browns and their fans. That won't happen at least until the Pilot Flying J matter has been resolved, one way or the other.


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ASTROC Group Meeting & Dinner Preceding Paella Festival in Central Park
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When I recently heard a rumor that St. Luke CEO Jeremy Armstrong was going to leave the hospital, I hoped it was exactly that, a rumor that could be dismissed as soon as I could ask Armstrong about the situation. Unfortunately, it wasn't a rumor; it was accurate, and Marion will be losing an excellent community member in June.
The past eight years have been a tumultuous time for the health care field, especially for rural hospitals. Add into that the worst recession since the 1930s and for a rural hospital just to keep its head above water would be an accomplishment. What St. Luke got instead was a monumental building project, expansion, and renovation that improved the hospital while also bringing it more in line with the realities of modern medicine where fewer inpatients are staying in rural hospitals but more rehabilitation services are sought.
There are many people who deserve credit for that accomplishment, and Armstrong would be the first person to say so. But organizations take cues from their leaders, and Armstrong didn't settle for trying to weather the storm.
What has impressed me the most about Armstrong is what an even keel he has. I've never seen him get worked up about anything. That's a tremendous asset for anyone, especially someone in a leadership role. It helps make an honest assessment of a situation, which is the first step toward making a smart decision, and it can help other people stay calm.
Hospital board member Steve Smith raised another point about what has made Armstrong's time at St. Luke a success — he knows how to assemble other talented leaders and give them the support they need. While I don't know what Mitchell County Hospital's situation is, I'm confident Armstrong will do well there.


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It seems even a male companion isn't enough to protect a woman on a public bus in India.
Police in New Delhi have used water cannon to disperse crowds of people protesting about the gang rape of a young woman on a city bus over the weekend.
The 23-year-old medical student has been left fighting for her life after the attack, in which she was gang-raped by at least four men, brutally bashed, and then thrown out of the bus while it was still moving.
The driver of the bus and three other men have been arrested.
The rape has sparked widespread anger in India, with protests in New Delhi and other major cities including Mumbai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
Police used water cannon on one group of demonstrators as they tried to tear down steel barricades outside the official residence of Delhi's chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
Before the violence broke out, protesters carrying banners chanted: "We want equal rights for women."
The rape took place over a period of more than 40 minutes on Sunday in a bus which had stopped to pick up the woman and her male companion, who had spent the evening at a cinema.
"They began molesting the girl and her companion bravely fought back trying to save her but these men attacked him with an iron rod," police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said.
"The victim was dragged to the rear of the bus and brutally beaten and raped."
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Since they claim not to be able to control their behavior, perhaps "ball-brained".
A new name for perpetrators of such monstrous behavior, a name that strips away the respect we connote with "manhood" and "manly", would be a powerful part of that necessary message!
I don't know what to suggest. "Male"?...
It's telling that there's plenty of slang that expresses disdain and contempt for a woman's being a woman, but no similar putdowns for men. As if "boys will be boys" and males can do no wrong. (Yeah right!)
Not a new name, but a yell from a demonstration long ago comes to mind: Take the toys away from the boys! You can use a knife.
I was shocked to read this account of how horribly women are treated in Deli. Such information hasn't been widely shared in the US.
I agree that property rights are a critical foundation for this unendurable evil. But don't put the burden on Indian woman to rise up in anger. The men are festering with this disgusting disease, and need to look in the mirror.
That's where our personal views differ. I don't see most "social rights" of citizens as inherent, it's all a social construct. In this philosophy, I never expect my enemy to give me gifts, I expect to have to fight for them. It's not dissimilar to how the education is evolving, there is hardly any homework any more, as homework is now considered discriminatory against busy parents. Well fuck that, if a parent does not have time to help kids with homework, they should NOT have become parents. There is a saying in education... I can't teach you things... but it's up to you to learn them.
This attitude probably comes from the fact that I was raised religion free, I've never expected gifts, but I do expect rational thinking, and will fight any male who thinks his rights take priority over mine :)
I always want people to assume as much personal responsibility as possible in the fight to change a systematically unequal system.
The tide of public opinion is turning in India!
Indian Politician Accused of Rape Is Stripped and Publicly Beaten
... a politician in northeast India accused of rape was stripped and beaten by a crowd of women.
Local television stations released a video of a group of women tearing off Mr. Brahma's shirt and hitting him on the face and stomach.
He wasn't beaten, he received a couple of slaps!
Typical of patriarchal media Grrrrrrrrrr
Females have been slapping stupid males in the face for generations, that's not a turn in tides :(
Point taken. But I think it's new in India for a public video of a politician being slapped, and thus humiliated, for rape. But yeah, just a baby step.
I sad to hear that she died from her injuries. It says in the article that every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India.
Some additional details about the original assault.
Another woman has been gang raped by six men on public bus in India, but this time they didn't kill her.
A third gang rape/murder, this time a train passenger. A woman who had been prevented from getting off of the train at her stop, by overcrowding, jumped off before the next stop when the train slowed down. She was gang raped and hung.
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A Celebration Of Seuss: Look At This, Look At That
Gallery Nucleus, which hosted The JP Show: The Humans Of Jurassic Park just a few months ago, has done it again — and this time, it's Seussical...
Look At This, Look At That: A Tribute To Dr. Seuss is on view at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA for just 6 more days, but there are plenty of amazing works of art left to purchase. The best part is that you can vote for which pieces should be made into prints. Simply click the "I want this as a print!" button on all your favorites and hope for the best. Such a great idea! Here are a few that I would like as prints...
- I've long enjoyed the work of APAK, and Horton Hatches An Egg is the perfect merging of their style and Seuss'.
- Waiting For The Rain by Daniela Volpari is sold, but don't despair- prints are still possible.
- I like Today Is Your Day by Lee White for its own style, but also because it reminds me of the wonderful work of Ezra Jack Keats .
- Who Am I by Mari Inukai is so...poignant. Bright & striped, of course, but also dark and intimate.
- Seuss-scape by Nicole Gustafsson is just so sweet and gentle. I would like to live in that little cottage..
Any other favorite Seussian subjects you would have liked to see tribute paid to? Any pieces from the show you covet, either for yourself or a young Seuss-lover?
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ArcaniA: Gothic 4 Demo Hitting PC, Xbox 360 Later This Month
The demo, which was playable at Gamescom this year, will offer players "the first two hours of the game." This includes the tutorial level as well as "selected quests."
Gothic 4 is scheduled for release on PC and Xbox 360 on October 12. The PlayStation 3 edition has been delayed until the first half of 2011 to ensure PS3 players will, JoWooD says, "experience the same, high quality product as Xbox 360 and PC customers."
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"Mom & Dad" by Terry Richardson at Half Gallery
Photos and photos of Terry Richardson's photos by G.
Ever wondered what Terry Richardson's family album might look like? Wonder no more. His exhibit "Mom and Dad" at Half Gallery in New York is here! The photos are taken from a 2-volume coffee table book that was published earlier this year. The photos could only be Terry Richardson's parents as the artsy photos range from touching portraits to desperate times. Terry's parents divorced when he was young and his father has since passed on so this was Terry's way of bringing his folks back together – even if only for the duration of an exhibit.
The opening night reception (on 11/11/11) was quite a scene and I spotted former REM singer Michael Stipe in the crowd.
And of course, Terry Richardson was also in attendance. As always, he's a really cool guy. In other Terry Richardson news, Terry and Lady Gaga are releasing a collaborative book and they are going to be signing copies at the New Museum in New York on November 22, 2011. You have to purchase the book in person on November 15, 2011 beginning at 10 am. That's going to be quite a scene. Find out more details on the New Museum's website.
Thanks Terry! Love you, man! "Mom and Dad" by Terry Richardson is showing at the Half Gallery (located at 208 Forsyth) in Manhattan until December 4, 2011.


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Which do consumers want? To tune-in live for their favorite TV shows? Or to get news about them all day long? The answer, my friends, is both.
Not coincidentally, I have big news: My company Wetpaint has just been acquired by Viggle, the entertainment platform that rewards users for watching their favorite TV shows.
Viggle and Wetpaint make an excellent match — we both bring cutting-edge technology to serving the passionate audience of television fans — and in this partnership there is incredible potential for synergy. But that's not the only reason I'm excited: By combining forces, Viggle and Wetpaint are creating a media company that has what it takes to become the ultimate digital media company. Together, we have the potential to overcome the problems that the media industry has been struggling with since the dawn of the digital age.
Digital Quarters readers know that all of my waking hours (and probably most of my REM cycles, too) have been spent developing a vision for the future of media. And I know lots of other media CEOs who are losing sleep pondering the same. Everyone's been dying to know: How do you build a sustainable (let alone wildly successful) media company in the digital age?
If my years in this business have taught me anything, it's that there are three key things a media company must get right in order to succeed today:
- Create an amazing consumer experience
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That's why Viggle and Wetpaint make for such a powerful combination. Viggle is a master at incentivizing audience loyalty — their 4 million registered users earn points toward real-life rewards (gift cards, electronics, vacations) every time they log in to their favorite television shows. Meanwhile, Wetpaint's expertise lies in rapid and sustained audience expansion — with our original content and social publishing technology, we built an audience of 12 million in less than three years.
Above all, Wetpaint and Viggle are committed to delivering brilliant consumer experiences. We are constantly innovating with the aim of better connecting with our audiences, and better connecting them in turn with the media they're most passionate about. The future of media will be defined by this kind of transformation in the consumer experience — it will be about bridging the online and offline worlds by taking cues from what's happening in real life and enhancing the moment, rather than distracting from it.
There's been a lot of buzz recently around the "second screen" concept, which is supposed to do just that. But the second screen experience of Twitter and Facebook is insufficient, to say the least. When I need to log into my Twitter account and type "watching #RealHousewives!" in order to participate, the burden of weaving social media and television together is falling too heavily on the consumer. But Viggle takes it to the next level and actually meets you in your living room — their audio verification technology can automatically recognize the show you're watching just by listening.
While in the old days your favorite television show was a once-a-week affair, the future is about extending that experience before and after showtime — it's there whenever you want it to be. Wetpaint's original content and sophisticated distribution technology make it easy for fans to check in with their favorite shows and stars 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This "always on" entertainment experience is good for consumers, and it's good for marketers as well. Together, Viggle and Wetpaint provide an unprecedented level of access to the television viewing audience, allowing marketers to send targeted messages across multiple platforms before, during, and after programming. And combining real-time entertainment with great editorial content is a winning formula in all kinds of new areas that our teams have been dreaming about.
We know that consumers want digital technology to supplement and enhance the entertainment that they love. This will be the key going forward — the second screen that doesn't pull you out of the moment, but makes the moment (and the moments before and after) even better. That's what Wetpaint and Viggle are doing together. That's the future of digital media. And much more than TV is in our sights.


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SOCORRO, N.M.,October 18, 2000 -- U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today heralded the award of $3.5 million he secured for the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) domestic counter-terrorism training program in Socorro.
Awarded by the Department of Justice, the grant to New Mexico Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center will fund a course to provide technical training to emergency personnel to respond to potential acts of terrorism.
"New Mexico Tech is a world-class center for research involving explosives and the deterrence of explosive attacks, and has a great record on the technical training of emergency response teams for incidents involving explosives," Domenici said. "Tragedies such as the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings underscore the need for a ready response to acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. The First Responders program represents a forward-thinking initiative to prepare police officers, fire fighters, and others who are first on the scene after such acts."
The funding was provided through the Fiscal Year 2000 Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Bill, signed into law last November. Domenici, a member of the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee, secured the $3.5 million for New Mexico Tech as part of $14 million in the bill allocated for the Justice Department's First Responder program, a national effort to train local emergency personnel to respond to potential acts of terrorism.
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If the Raptors are just happy to be in the playoffs they will be out of them pretty quickly. The Nets have made it pretty clear that they targeted the Raptors to be their first round opponent. Go back further though and Terrence Ross as part of a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) said that the Raptors wanted to face the Nets. So it is safe to say that with this series of Division Rivals it is likely to get heated in a hurry.
Many look back to the Raptors last team to win the Atlantic Division that faced this same Nets franchise and it was a similar storyline. The much more experienced Nets against the young upstart Raptors. The main difference in that series was the presence of Vince Carter the public enemy of Toronto. Still a lot of things that applied to that series apply to this one as well.
The pressure in this series is squarely on the Raptors to begin with. They will have to defend their home court while trying to get out all the playoff butterflies that are sure to be there. A task the Raptors in 2007 were not able to accomplish losing the first game of the series and having the play catch-up the entire rest of the series. The main advantage this Raptors team would have compared to the 2007 Raptors is the ability to win on the road. That might be negated by the fact the Nets will be playing in Brooklyn not New Jersey and the excitement level of that crowd will be far greater you would have to imagine.
The Nets entered this season with big expectations and in the regular season they failed to live up to them. The Raptors entered the season with next to no expectations and a fan base that had strong support for looking to land a top pick to draft Andrew Wiggins. So the biggest thing the Raptors may face is the whole mindset of being happy to be here. Even the idea of brighter days ahead is nice to think and say but nothing is for certain. That begins with Kyle Lowry who will be a free agent when all of this playoff madness comes to a close. Things like injures and other unknowns can always happen.
If the Raptors have any kind of doubt the Nets will smell it like a shark smelling blood and the veteran team they have should be able to take advantage.
The other key to this will be the Raptors struggle to close out close games. It has been the one thing that the Rudy Gay trade has cost this team. Gay was the clear choice to finish games out and take the big shots. The Raptors have struggled to find a replacement for that. Lowry has at times filled the role or attempted too. DeRozan has as well both failing to have positive results.
The advantage in coaching experience the Raptors have is somewhat balanced out by the fact Kidd played under Casey in Dallas and should have a fairly clear understanding of his defensive sets and philosophies.
It should be a good series but all the little intangibles in it seem to favour the Nets if you're looking at it objectively. Objectivity has been in short supply during the last month or so when it comes to the Raptors performance. This team being declared the best of all time for having the most wins is really not exactly putting much thought into things. These Raptors do however do one thing that will serve them well in these playoffs and that is they always seem to fight and scrap no matter how far behind they might get. They will give you an honest 48 minutes of effort. It just might not be enough.
If you have any hopes of the Raptors winning this series they must win Game 1 if they fail to do so I see a fate that is very similar to that of the team in 2007 that lost to this Nets franchise.
Boo and hiss at me and hope as I do that I am wrong but I see this series as the Nets in 6 games.
Raptors Vs Nets Could Be A Replay Of 2007
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- AnonymousApril 17, 2014 at 9:02 PM
Lol. What a dumb post. You completely ignore the statistics in favour of the argument that if they lose game 1 then they'll lost the series.ReplyDelete
Yes because the playoffs are so often determined by stats....Such garbage. I swear this generation has been geared to believe stats are the be all and end all to everything. Physiology and the pressure of the moment means nothing. I sometimes wonder why some people watch sports at all just got enter all your stats in a computer and simulate the results that will be exciting as hell....Build robots and be dammed with human beings altogether.ReplyDelete
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