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Here's the situation. We have an academic schedule for a women's college to design, and for a photo this straight-at-you, red-haired, freckle-faced model. The goal is to look fresh, alive and personal (no building-and-grounds shots), while conveying a sense that the program is serious and businesslike. A note of trendiness will be good. Color is involved in all of it.
No single visual element has more effect on a viewer than color. Color gets attention, sets a mood, sends a message. Working with color should be fun and it is! But what colors are the right ones? We all have favorites, but personal preferences are unreliably subjective. There's more science to it than that.
The key is that color is relational. Colors don't exist in a vacuum, but are always seen together and affect one another. To illustrate how, we'll start from our photo, find its colors, relate them to others, and when we're done, we'll have a coordinated, message-making page. Watch:
1 Select colors from the photo
The photo is the foundation for our color choices. What's here?—skin tones, red hair, blue eyes, blue jacket. Zoom close in on a photo, and if you haven't done this before, you'll be astonished at how many colors there are! First reduce the total to a workable number. Then with an eyedropper tool, work from the biggest color—the one you see most of—to the smallest. You'll need contrast later, so pick up dark, medium and light pixels of each.
Work first on the big colors. These are the ones you see at a glance; her skin and hair colors and blue jacket. Then do the small colors—her eyes, lips, the highlights in her hair and soft shadows. You can see in this image a light side and a shadow side; it's subtle, but pay attention. Finish each area before moving on. Sort your results by color, then each color by value (light to dark). Discard lookalikes. You'll be thrilled by what you find.
2 Try each one on
Try the photo on a swatch of each color. (Actually do it; don't guess. Color perception is affected by adjacent color.) The results are pretty, aren't they? What's fun is that no matter what your photo, the results will always coordinate attractively, because the colors you're using are already there. This is a rule of design. Work with what's in front of you. Don't make stuff up.
Warm colors These are the warm colors—pinks, salmons, sepias, browns—of the red-haired model. The warmer colors make her look softer and more feminine. These colors would be good for a cosmetic message or a caring message.
Cool colors The cool colors—blues, mainly—make for a more serious, businesslike relationship, and convey a direct and to-the-point message. Note that as the values get darker, her face gets perceptually brighter and appears to rise off the page toward you.
3 Make a color palette
Add colors to the colors! Pick any of the colors—let's use this blue—and find its location, or at least its general vicinity, on the color wheel. We'll call this the base color. We already know that the base color goes with the photo. Our job now is to find colors that go with the base color. Keep in mind that if type or other graphic is involved (pretty typical), you'll need both dark and light colors for contrast. Possibilities:
4 Edit and apply
Set type and lay out the page, and now is time to make real choices. With so many beautiful possibilities, how do you choose? Think message. You'll find yourself naturally favoring some colors. Don't jump. Whether working alone or with a group, keep weighing everyone's preferences against the original purpose, which is, what is this design to say? In this case, the goal is to have a look that's serious, direct and businesslike, while feeling fresh and even a bit trendy.
Do any of the color choices shown here convey those qualities to you better than the others?
ALL BUSINESS Mid-range blue is everyone's favorite color. What's interesting here is that blue and orange are native to the photo, giving it excellent natural contrast. The blue background swallows her jacket, allowing her intense gaze to lift right off the page. Handsome and businesslike—and most likely to be chosen.
CASUAL Analogous to the blue—a step toward green—is teal, a beautiful color not in the photo. Its difference adds depth and vibrancy and relaxes the message somewhat; it's trendier now, more approachable. Her eyes, which against blue looked blue, now look green. Type color, still light orange, is a soft contrast.
PRETTY One step the other way is blue-violet, another color not in the photo. Blue-violet is a shift toward red; the result is a slightly flatter image, because face, hair and background are now more alike. Blue-violet is a cool color normally associated with softness, femininity, and springtime (with undertones of freshness).
INTENSE The highlights in her hair carry this page; the blue accent lends contrast and depth. An unexpected focal point is the yellow headline, which seems cut out of the photo. Dimensionally flat, this mix is intense and engaging (and would win the design contest), but only a daring client would choose it.
SERIOUS This palette began in the deep red of her hair, and for an accent took two steps toward yellow. Her eyes and jacket, which on blue receded into the background, now stand in contrast. Note that the red in her hair is a mere highlight, but filling the page it acquires real weight. Serious, warm, draws the reader in.
This article is excerpted from Before & After, How to design cool stuff, Issue 31, Nov. 2002, and is reprinted here by permission. Copyright ©2003, Before & After magazine, all rights reserved.


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|Rev. William Harmon Proffitt
|Emmer Link (Baker) Proffitt
I read several moons ago about the United Methodist Church's Genealogy Search service provided by the General Commission on Archives and History. For $30, they will do up to one hour of research on any ancestors that were ministers or missionaries of the United Methodist Church (UMC) or any of its predecessor churches. I knew that William Harmon Proffitt was a Methodist Episcopal minister in Oklahoma from about 1900 until sometime between 1930 and 1940. I knew this because a) my grandmother is still living and he was her maternal grandfather that she knew personally during her childhood and b) he is listed as a minister in all census records from 1900 to 1930. In 1940, his employment status is listed as Other. I presumed he had retired from the ministry, as he was approaching 70 years old.
I've been focusing my research on my Proffitt ancestors lately, as part of my efforts to get all sources for my great-great-grandparents into my RootsMagic database and properly organized in my paper files. I'm also trying to make to-do lists for each of my great-great-grandparents and actually accomplish the tasks on the list. One of the tasks for William was to request the research provided by the UMC archives. I figured it couldn't hurt to see what they had in their files. It only took about 2-3 weeks and I received the obituaries via email that were originally published in the West Oklahoma Annual Conference Journals for 1944 (William) and 1950 (Emmer).
For those of you who don't know the church history, the present-day United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 with a merger of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Prior to that, The Methodist Church was formed in 1939 from a merger between the Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church. The Evangelical United Brethren Church was formed in 1946 from the merger between the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ.
An annual conference is an organizational unit of churches in a given geographical area. Each year, an annual conference is held and attended by both lay members and clergy from that geographical area. The appointments for clergy are announced at the annual conference and various other administrative type topics are discussed. The annual conference journal is published once a year and contains information about clergy, churches, and ministries of the conference. Among other things and lucky for me, it contains obituaries for church clergy and their spouses.
Below is a transcription of William's obit:
William Harmon Proffit was born July 12, 1871 at Chestnut, Sevier County, Tennessee, and departed this life at the Alva, Oklahoma, Hospital July 3, 1944.
In Tennessee he attended school and grew to manhood, entered the Ministry and at the age of 25 married Emmer Link Baker. In 1900 with his young bride he moved to Oklahoma and served a number of pastorates with the United Brethren church. In 1911 he transferred to the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving his first pastorate with the Methodists at Quinlan, in Alva district. For 18 years he served a number of pastorates in Northwest Oklahoma. While serving Quinlan for a second time, because of poor health, he was forced to retire in 1934.
In addition to his wife he is survived by three sons, Foster of Oklahoma City, James of Jenks, Oklahoma and John of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; four daughters, Golda Curtis of Waynoka, Oklahoma; Kathrine Marshall of Omaha, Nebraska; Hassie Mertena of Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Bessie Kruse of Oklahoma City, and one brother, Samuel Proffitt of Longdale, Oklahoma.
Reverend Proffit was an able preacher, studious, and a man fully devoted to the ministry. He faced life's problems cheerfully and courageously.
Funeral services were conducted at the Waynoka Methodist Church by the pastor, George B. Baker.There were several pieces of info that I did not know prior to this obit, the most noteworthy being that he was actually a United Brethren minister for at least 11 years or so before he became a Methodist minister. I had no idea. Now I've got it on my to-do list to research the United Brethren churches in Northwest Oklahoma and East Tennessee. I also did not know when he retired. Now I know that my assumption of sometime between 1930 and 1940 was correct. As a side note, his birthplace is likely supposed to read "Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee." It is right near the border of Sevier County.
Emmer's obit provided interesting information as well:
Mrs. William H. Proffitt, nee Emmer Link Baker, was born September 20, 1875, in the state of North Carolina, and passed away at Waynoka, Okla, July 5, 1949.
She was married to Mr. Proffitt in 1896 while he was serving as a local Methodist preacher in Tennessee. Their lives were spent together in parsonages in Tennessee and Oklahoma.
They came to Oklahoma in 1899 and filed on a homestead near Buffalo but later sold the relinquishment and Mr. Proffitt gave his time to the ministry. While the northwest section of the state was developing, Mr. Proffitt worked for some time with the United Brethren Church. Later he became as accepted supply with the Oklahoma Conference and then became a conference member in 1921. He was forced to retire from the active ministry because of ill health in 1935 and he and Mrs. Proffitt settled in Waynoka. He preceded his wife in death in 1945.
Seven children were born to this couple. N.F. Proffitt followed in his father's footsteps and became a Methodist preacher. He also preceded his mother in death. Six children survive: James Proffitt of Gage, Mrs. Golda Curtis of Waynoka, John Proffitt of Bartlesville, Mrs. Katherine Marshall of Omaha, Nebr., Mrs. Hassie Mertena of Ponca City and Mrs. Bessie Kruse of Oklahoma City. Fifteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
Both during the years when her husband was in the active ministry and in later years, Mrs. Proffitt's life was given to the service of Christ and His Church. There was no task too humble for her to undertake. She asked only that she might use well the talents which had been entrusted to her. When no car was offered, she walked to do God's errands. She rejoiced to see flowers at the altar of the church on a Sunday morning and planned her garden to this end. These flowers reflected the love in her heart. The gardens around the heavenly mansions and in the parks of God's Kingdom now have another gardener and she is happy there working to maintain the beauty of the better home.
Funeral services were conducted at the Waynoka Methodist Church, July 7, 1949, with Rev. George Parkhurst, district superintendent, Rev. George Baker of Weatherford, and Rev. Henry Morton, pastor, having part.According to her obit, there was actually a homestead filed for in Buffalo, Harper, Oklahoma in 1899. I have it on my to-do list to request a lookup in the Federal Land Tract books on microfilm at the OK Historical Society. The cost is only $10. This will give me the location of the application and patent that I can then order from the National Archives. One discrepancy, though, is that they were living about 90 miles from Buffalo at the time of the 1900 census. Another interesting point is that is says he worked as an "accepted supply" with the Oklahoma Conference. I've googled this and found out that "supply" is a term to akin to interim pastoring. Between the two obituaries, it sounds like perhaps he pastored churches for short periods of time as an interim pastor for about 10 years before he became a full-time pastor in 1921. This obit makes it sound like he was a Methodist pastor in Tennessee, but worked with the United Brethren in Oklahoma. His obit made it sound like he was a United Brethren pastor in Tennessee. I will need to research this discrepancy as well.
My next stop is the Oklahoma City University Archives, which holds all the records from the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The records of the annual conference will list the annual appointments of ministers. From 1911 onward, I should be able to find his appointments.
I need to figure out where the United Brethren records are in Oklahoma from 1900-1911. I would like to verify my great-grandmother's supposed birthplace of Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma, in 1908. If I can find out where her father was appointed, then maybe I can confirm her birthplace. I suspect that she was not born in Crescent. This is the birthplace listed on her death certificate, but it was given by her husband, who was obviously not present at her birth. She met my great-grandfather while she was teaching in Crescent, but I don't think that she was born there as well. Her parents moved all over the state because of her father's work as a minister, so I think it would be too much of a coincidence that she was born in the same town where he met her.
Have you tried finding obituaries for your ancestors in church publications? If not, I highly suggest you give it a try. You never know what you may find!

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Davis Dairy, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee on Wildwood.
Taken by Judith Richards Shubert, September 28, 2005, Copyright
Friday, January 9, 2009
Spence with His Oliver 66
This is one of my favorite pictures.
WHO: William Spence Davis, Sr.
Father of William Spence, Jr., Marilee, and Suzanne
Husband of Mary Sue Delozier
Son of James Pinkney Davis and Sue Burns Davis
WHAT: Photograph taken on his farm at the foot of the Smokey Mountains in Maryville, Tennessee.
WHEN: Taken in the early 1950s by his daughter, Marilee.
WHERE: His grandson, Robert Allen "Bobby" Shubert remembered his mom going out into the cornfield and asking to take his picture. Bobby said "Grandpa said reluctantly, oh, alright!" He was cultivating the cornfield with his Oliver 66 tractor.
WHY: This is one of my favorites because my husband, Bobby, treasures it. He spent many summers working on the dairy farm with his grandpa, his uncle, cousins and little brother. He enjoyed those summers and has many stories about the times he and his brother spent there. Bobby drove that tractor, saying he spent many hours gazing at the Blue Ridge just over the rise, then looking back at the uneven rows of his plowing!
I enlarged this little 3 x 5 picture to an 8 x 10 for Shubert's Christmas present a year ago. He was so surprised he was nearly speechless. He proudly tells our visitors stories about the picture, the Oliver 66 and his time on the dairy.
11 comments:
- Taylorstales-Genealogy said...
A great picture and thanks for sharing the who, what, where, and when and of course why it is one of your favorites!
- January 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- Nikki-ann said...
That's a great pictue and I can see why it's treasured :)
- January 11, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Andrea Christman said...
I LOVE this photo. I think it is important to have photographs of our ancestors doing things that they loved or things that earned them a living. The photos give us an insight into their lives more than a portrait setting. I don't seem to have as many of these "casual" settings as I would like. Thanks for sharing!
- January 11, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
All of you are very welcome! I'm glad you've enjoyed my picture and the post. I look forward reading more you all.
- January 11, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Oh my goodness! This brings back so many memories. I can still remember him calling me "Little Dutchman". I enjoyed life on the farm and following granddaddy around.
- January 13, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
I'm so glad you liked the picture and the post, Brenda! I'm sure you and all of the grandkids have many interesting stories about your Grandpa Spence.
- January 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Terry Thornton said...
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful family photograph. A great subject --- and from a great location. Maryville TN is one of my all-time favorite spots! How fortunate that Shubert spent time driving that tractor and looking at the Great (and beautiful)Smoky Mountains.
Terry Thornton
- January 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Thanks, Terry. Yes, Shubert relives those times often. We still have family there and it is one of our favorite places!
- January 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- tipper said...
A very neat picture!
- January 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Brett Payne said...
Thanks, Judy, for the great photos and stories, old and new. They give one a very good feel for the country!
Regards, Brett
- February 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Thanks, Tipper and Brett. The country has always had a certain draw for me. Even today I want so badly to move from this busy metroplex that is Fort Worth/Dallas back to my little piece of land near Lingleville, Texas. But I'd also be happy with a little place near Bob's beloved "Dairy Farm" and my kids all love to visit the mountains.
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I serve on the operating committee of that organization as does Heather Lloyd Martin of SuccessWorks, Mike Moran of IBM, Andy Wetzler of More Visibility, Jeanette Kocsis of Harte Hanks, Amanda Watlington of Searching for Profit, Doug Garfinkel from Epsilon, Detlev Johnson of Position Technologies and Lisa Merizio Smith from the DMA.
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Less than five months after approving a reauthorization of federally-funded unemployment insurance benefits as part of an agreement to extend tax cuts for those with the highest incomes, leading members of Congress are looking to break that agreement and dismantle the unemployment benefits program while leaving the tax cuts for the wealthy in place.
A bill introduced yesterday in the House by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and in the Senate by Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, would give states the ability to seize the federal funds allocated for unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and use them for other purposes, including bailing out state government funds and substituting for employer unemployment taxes.
The measure would also allow states to reduce the number of weeks of federally-paid emergency and extended unemployment benefits, reduce the amounts paid or eliminate the benefits entirely. One provision would allow a state to take the federal benefits funds and use them to finance its depleted unemployment trust fund rather than collect employer taxes, or to pay regular state benefits instead.
The bill is rather cynically titled the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services Act of 2011 (pdf) – the "JOBS Act". They can call it whatever they want – it's still just a vehicle to steal the guaranteed benefits from long-term unemployed job-seekers, those workers hurt the worst by the continuing unemployment crisis. More than 4 million workers currently receive federal benefits through either the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) or Extended Benefits (EB) programs. And, as Congressional research has shown, the nation's unemployment insurance system has kept more than 3 million Americans from falling into poverty.
Federal unemployment insurance benefits are only available to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and have not been able to find work after exhausting their eligible weeks of regular state benefits, which in most states includes up to 26 weeks. These federal benefits continue to be an essential means of support for those seeking new work in a job market that is barely growing fast enough to keep up with population-related increases in the labor force. And while the unemployment rate is back at 9 percent nationally, the average duration of unemployment for jobless workers is nearly 9 months.
But these facts and the struggles of millions of unemployed workers seem to hold little sway with some lawmakers, who appear bent on shutting down unemployment insurance programs at every level. They couch this proposal in language reminiscent of the welfare reform debate of the 1990s — with lots of references to "flexibility". In a statement announcing the bill, Rep. Camp says it's "about giving States the flexibility to spend current funds better," and Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY), a co-sponsor, says the bill will give "States the flexibility to make better choices about how to spend Federal unemployment benefit dollars."
But unemployment insurance is not welfare – it's an insurance program that guarantees benefits to eligible workers to help them sustain themselves and their families while they search for new employment. It is those guaranteed benefits that this proposal would allow states to take away from jobless workers and use for things like bailing out state trust funds or substituting for employer taxes.
Other members of the House Ways and Means Committee were quick to blast the measure. Ranking Member Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued a statement saying the proposal "takes a hatchet" to the unemployment insurance program. Rep. Levin said the bill's supporters are "proposing to end this year's guaranteed benefit for the long-term unemployed, just like they've proposed ending the guaranteed benefit for Medicare recipients."
"This legislation takes money out of the pockets of the long-term unemployed and throws it to states, many of which have mismanaged their trust funds," Levin said.
"This is a surprise assault on the jobless, which encourages the states to terminate assistance to 4 million long term unemployed Americans," said Rep. Doggett. "It represents only the latest attempt by Republicans to blame the unemployed for unemployment on the very day that ongoing unemployment claims had their largest weekly increase since last July."
Unemployed workers are already facing attacks on benefits in a number of states. Michigan and Missouri have recently cut their maximum state benefit weeks from 26 to 20. Florida is close to enacting even harsher reductions in state benefits eligibility. In addition, states including Tennessee, Wisconsin and North Carolina have already allowed federally-paid extended benefit programs to cease making payments.
It is true that many states now have insolvent unemployment insurance trust funds, and have taken on debt to the federal government by borrowing to pay state benefits. And both the high numbers of jobless workers and the prolonged duration of the labor market downturn have contributed significantly to that insolvency. But many of those states failed to adequately finance their trust funds during good economic times, and thus were not sufficiently prepared for the recession. Some now look to use their current solvency issues to go after the very benefits that the unemployment insurance system is there to provide – as the newly-proposed "JOBS Act" would encourage them to do.
Attacking unemployment benefits will not restore solvency to unemployment trust funds, or solve the issues relating to state debts and employer taxes. A bill introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – the Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act – would address those issues, allowing states to waive interest payments for two years, averting immediate tax increases for employers, and maintaining benefits for jobless workers.
Meanwhile, with the introduction of the benefit-robbing "JOBS Act" the assault on unemployed workers by some in Congress has achieved a shocking new low. By seeking to break the agreement to continue federal unemployment benefits, allowing states to dismantle the federal program and steal unemployment benefits from jobless workers — while maintaining the tax cuts for the wealthy — some lawmakers are turning 'trickle-down' pseudo-economics into sado-economics.
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Entering his final year of eligibility Kevin McQuaid thought it would be a culmination of the player he had developed into in his four years on the Santa Clara men's tennis team. Unfortunately for McQuaid, this season was not what he had projected due to a career-ending knee injury that would not rehabilitate well enough to play competitive tennis again. While he was disheartened that he would not be able to compete on the courts in a Santa Clara uniform during his final academic year, he did want to stay involved with the program as much as possible. This dedication to the team allowed McQuaid to become the student assistant, working directly under Head Coach Derek Mills.
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As a player, the Huntington Beach, Calif. native earned All WCC Honorable Mention for his performance on the court in his freshman season after posting 18 singles and 12 doubles victories. After redshirting his sophomore year due to a knee injury that would persist to bother him and eventually lead to ending his career as a player, McQuaid came back in his redshirt sophomore season to get 20 wins in doubles and be named to the All WCC Second Team. In his redshirt junior season his knee injury continued to be bothersome.
"I had to have knee surgery mid-season, which was a difficult choice to make," said McQuaid. "After the surgery I worked tirelessly rehabilitating, but I was not healing as fast as I had anticipated and the trainers would not clear me to play. I was finally cleared to play in our match versus Harvard and played at the No. 1 doubles position with Jan Macek for the first time. We were able to pull out an 8-5 win to get us the doubles point and edge us over Harvard 4-3, for the win. It was a great win for me after missing much of the season, coming back and helping the team win."
McQuaid fondly remembers that match as the biggest win of his career. As this season concludes he will be graduating from Santa Clara and will not be part of the active roster after this season; however Kevin McQuaid will always be a Santa Clara Bronco.
He will be honored on Monday April 14, before the men's tennis team's final home match versus Texas-Pan American at 5:00 p.m.


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U.S. Set to Face Canada on June 2nd
CHICAGO (May 21, 2013) – U.S. Women's National Team head coach Tom Sermanni has named a 21-player roster that will travel to Canada in preparation for the USA's friendly match against the host on June 2 at Toronto's BMO Field. The match will kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on ESPNews. Fans can also follow live online via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and Twitter @ussoccer_wnt.
Sermanni named 15 players currently competing for clubs in the National Women's Soccer League, four players who are playing in Europe and two rising college seniors. Sermanni will name 18 players from the training camp roster to suit up against Canada at BMO Field, which is sold out for the first meeting between these two countries since the epic semifinal match at the 2012 Olympics.
The match, which marks the first friendly for the U.S. Women during the inaugural season of the NWSL, is part of U.S. Soccer's Centennial Celebration weekend, which also includes the U.S. Men's National Team facing Germany at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., on June 2 at 2:30 p.m. ET, live on ESPN2, WatchESPN and UniMas.
"It's always an important match when you play a neighbor, and with the strong contingent of Canadian players in the new league and how close the competition has become between the two countries over the past few years, there's an intensity about this game far greater than a typical international friendly," said Sermanni. "I know our players are really looking forward to the match and to the crowd, but also to getting back together as a national team and continuing to evolve in a positive direction."
U.S. Women's National Team Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): Nicole Barnhart (FC Kansas City), Ashlyn Harris (Washington Spirit), Jill Loyden (Sky Blue FC)
DEFENDERS (8): Rachel Buehler (Portland Thorns FC), Crystal Dunn (North Carolina), Whitney Engen (Liverpool), Julie Johnston (Santa Clara), Ali Krieger (Washington Spirit), Kelley O'Hara (Sky Blue FC), Christie Rampone (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (FC Kansas City)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Amber Brooks (Bayern Munich), Lauren Cheney (FC Kansas City), Tobin Heath (Paris Saint-Germain), Carli Lloyd (Western NY Flash), Kristie Mewis (FC Kansas City), Heather O'Reilly (Boston Breakers)
FORWARDS (4): Sydney Leroux (Boston Breakers), Alex Morgan (Portland Thorns FC), Christen Press (Tyresö), Abby Wambach (Western NY Flash)
Due to the one-off match, which takes place on an official FIFA match date, as well the roster limitations, Sermanni chose not to call up several European-based players who were with the USA at the Algarve Cup in Portugal, including midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who has the UEFA Women's Champions League Final coming up as well as the championship match of the French Cup with Olympique Lyon.
"Megan has two big matches coming up and we thought it best for all involved for her to stay in France to properly recover from the first and prepare for the second without that international travel mixed in between," said Sermanni. "We wish Megan the best in her pursuit of what would be a tremendous achievement in winning the treble with Lyon, and we'll see her on the East Coast for the South Korea matches in mid-June."
The two college players named to the roster are defenders Crystal Dunn and Julie Johnston, both critical components of the team that won the 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Japan last year. Both have performed well since debuting for the USA at the beginning of 2013. The only uncapped player on the roster is midfielder Amber Brooks, a former U-17, U-20 and U-23 U.S. international. A veteran of two FIFA youth World Cups for the USA, she trained with the team in Germany in April, but this the first time she has been named to an official WNT roster.
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo, who underwent wrist surgery in early March, will join the U.S. team in Canada for some training and evaluation of her wrist but will not be on the game roster. The U.S. coaching and medical staff is hoping for the world's top 'keeper to make a return to full fitness by mid-June.
"Hope's rehabilitation has been progressing well, but we want to make sure she doesn't jump back into competition prematurely," said Sermanni. "The week in Canada seemed like the perfect time to give our medical staff and our goalkeeper coach, Paul Rogers, the chance to gauge her progress. Then we can take the appropriate steps to make a plan for her return to action."
The match also marks the return to the U.S. roster of midfielder Carli Lloyd and goalkeeper Jill Loyden, both of whom have recovered from broken bones (shoulder and hand, respectively) suffered last March at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. Lloyd debuted for the Western New York Flash on May 11 while Loyden has yet to see league action for Sky Blue FC.
Additional Notes:
- FC Kansas City is the most represented team on the roster with four players. Their opponent for Saturday May 25th, Sky Blue FC has three
- Abby Wambach heads into the match with 155 career goals, just three short of tying Mia Hamm on the world's all-time scoring list. #ChasingMia
- The USA's quartet of forwards – Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Christen Press and Sydney Leroux – has scored 15 of the USA's 24 goals so far in 2013, led by Press with a team-high six goals.
- The four forwards have also gotten off to a great start in their clubs' seasons with Leroux (four goals) Wambach (three) and Morgan (three) among the NWSL leaders. Press has found the net three times in six games so far for her Swedish club Tyresö.
- U.S. captain Christie Rampone is currently the second most-capped player in U.S. history and the most-capped active player in the world with 280 career games played.
- The USA will be without 186-capped midfielder Shannon Boxx, who is recovering from minor knee surgery.
- BMO Field, which opened in 2007, has a capacity of just over 20,000 fans. A grass surface replaced the artificial turf in 2010.
- The USA has played Canada in Canada five times, running up a 4-0-1 record. The most recent match was the USA's only previous visit to BMO Field, a 4-0 victory in March of 2009.
- The USA is 44-3-5 all-time against Canada and has not lost to the Canadians since March of 2001.
- The match in Canada will feature the world's top two active scorers in Abby Wambach (155 career goals) and Canadian striker Christine Sinclair (145).
- The match will also be broadcast live nationally on all four regional Sportsnet channels in Canada.


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- A PLO official accuses Hamas of sabotaging efforts for U.N. status as a non-member state
- Hamas protesters say President Abbas abandoned a demand for a "right of return"
- Abbas says he did not, and that he was only speaking for himself
- Israeli PM Netanyahu says if Abbas is serious, peace talks could start today
Hundreds of Hamas supporters took to the streets of Gaza on Saturday, protesting against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and accusing him of giving up a key demand from Israel: a so-called "right of return."
Abbas, however, said he did no such thing. And a Palestinian official accused Hamas of trying to undermine Palestinian Authority efforts at the United Nations
Abbas leads the Palestinian Fatah movement based in the West Bank, which has battled Hamas for power.
Over the weekend, in an interview with Israel's Channel 2, Abbas spoke about being originally from the town of Safed in northern Israel.
He said he would want to go back to visit, but not to live.
"I want to see Safed. It's my right to see it, but not to live there," he said. "Palestine now for me is '67 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital," he added, referring to the borders that existed before the 1967 war.
"I believe that West Bank and Gaza is Palestine, and the other parts is Israel."
Many Palestinian officials have generally argued that Palestinians should have a right to return to their ancestral homes in what is now Israel.
Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil, speaking at one of two Hamas rallies Saturday in Gaza, said Abbas "must apologize to the Palestinian people" for his remarks. Protesters trampled on posters of Abbas, saying he had abandoned the demand for a right of return.
But Abbas insisted that he was only speaking for himself.
Palestinian state-run news agency WAFA carried a quote from an Abbas spokesman saying that whoever "accepts a temporary state is the one who gives up the right to return."
That idea has long been suggested: that Palestinians who would choose to live in an independent Palestinian state would give up demanding a right of return.
Saeb Erakat, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told CNN,"Hamas taking to the streets and doing all of this is an attempt to undermine the PLO and our attempt to go to the U.N.," where the Palestinian government plans to push for Palestine to become a nonmember state based on 1967 borders. Erakat said Hamas was "sabotaging" those efforts.
The Palestinian Authority is made up of PLO committees.
"We are not going there to confront the Americans or to isolate Israel," Erakat said of his government's U.N. plans. "We are going there to support and facilitate the two state solutions and to sustain the two state solution."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he had seen the televised interview with Abbas, and heard that he "has already gone back on what he said. But this only proves how important it is to get into direct negotiations without any preconditions. Only direct negotiations will allow us to clarify what the true positions are."
Netanyahu added that if Abbas "is indeed serious and intends to push the peace process forward, as far as I am concerned, we can sit together immediately. Jerusalem and Ramallah are seven minutes apart. I am prepared to start the talks today."
He called on Abbas "to return immediately to the negotiating table without conditions."


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PHILADELPHIA — Florida Gulf Coast went from shocking the college basketball world to downright impressing it. And the Eagles were smiling the whole time.
Playing loose and easy, little-known FCGU beat San Diego State 81-71 on Sunday to become the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.
"We don't take ourselves too seriously," said Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield, whose players tossed him in the air and poured water on him in raucous celebration before his postgame interviews. "We try to have fun, get serious when we have to.
"Our goal was to make history and we did it."
The next opponent for the upstart state school will be the main campus, third-seeded Florida, on Friday night in the South Regional semifinal in Dallas.
"We tried to scrimmage them early in the season in the preseason, now we get our shot," Enfield said.
Bernard Thompson had 23 points and Sherwood Brown added 17 for FGCU, the 16-year-old school in just its second season being eligible for postseason play.
In its first-ever NCAA tournament game on Friday, the Atlantic Sun champion busted brackets everywhere with an upset win over No. 2 Georgetown, a game the Eagles took control of with a 21-2 run in the second half.
It went much the same way against San Diego State.
This time the run was 17-0 and Brown, who was saddled early in the second half with foul trouble, had eight of the first 10 points of it. When it was over the Eagles led 71-52 with 4:19 to play and the only decisions left were how the players and fans were going to celebrate.
After at least one basket, Brown opened his mouth and waggled his tongue at FCGU as he ran up court.
And after the game, the whole team joined in a bird dance that the players on the bench.
On the court, FCGU played like it had nothing to lose. And really, the Eagles didn't. Given their school's short history, nobody expected them to win a game at the NCAA tournament, let alone two.
Brett Comer, who didn't have as many lob passes for dunks as he did against the Hoyas, finished with 10 points and 14 assists, some of which resulted in dunks that had the crowd cheering and wanting more.
FGCU even unleashed another offensive weapon. Christophe Varidel, a native of Switzerland, hit two big 3s early for the Eagles and finished with 11 points after going scoreless against Georgetown.
Jamal Franklin had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the seventh-seeded Aztecs (23-11), who were trying to reach the regional semifinals for the second time in three years.
Xavier Thames' layup brought the Aztecs within 54-52 with 11:33 to play but the Eagles were off on their run about 90 seconds later. FGCU held San Diego State without a field goal for 7 1-2 minutes as it again pulled away again against a teams with much bigger national profile.
The Eagles shot 55.9 percent for the game (33 of 59), including going 7 of 18 from 3-point range.
The Aztecs finished at 44.3 percent (27 of 61) and were 8 of 23 from beyond the arc.
FGCU had one of its highlight plays in the first half when Comer flipped the ball up toward the rim and a flying Eric McKnight grabbed it for a one-hand jam with 8:50 to play that woke up the crowd at the Wells Fargo Center.
Suddenly it sounded a lot like Friday night, when the Eagles had several jams on lob passes that were a big part of the Georgetown upset.
Florida Gulf Coast reaches Sweet 16
PHILADELPHIA — Florida Gulf Coast went from shocking the college basketball world to downright impressing it. And the Eagles were smiling the whole time.


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Pocket 4.2.6 For iOS Update Improves Evernote and Twitter Integration
Pocket is quickly rising to the top as the premier "read it later" app for mobile devices. Pocket makes it super easy to save content you may want to check out later, especially if it's a long read and you don't have the time, or want to check it out on a larger screen. There are some times when you want to do more than just save it for later, and Pocket has recognized this and countered with some nice improvements to how iOS users can share and save content to Evernote, Twitter, and 3rd-Party Twitter client Tweetbot.
For Evernote, users can send Pocket content to specific notebooks, add tags to quickly find content, and you can choose to save the entire article, instead of just bookmarking the link. Personally, I compose stories in Evernote, and the ability to save Pocket content comes in handy for when i'm reading a something on my smartphone and want to send it Evernote to possibly create a blog post from it.
For Twitter, users can reply, favorite, mention, and retweet content without leaving Pocket. Users can choose to open Twitter.com on Safari to view a user profile, or open the Tweetbot app compose a tweet or a draft. Additional improvements and fixes can be found on the Pocket Blog.
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I noticed that lots of my spam is now comprised of messages that are just a picture. They also get sent from varied, not repeated addresses.
I can't see anything anywhere to identify as consistent so I can set up a junk filter.
What can I do? I'm sure this is a common problem.


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Concluding the large "Fury" (火大) protest in Taipei on Jan. 13, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) announced plans to seek the recall of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators who have "failed to listen to the voice of the people" and possibly President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).
Such an effort, though deriving from justifiable anger at the Ma administration's less-than-stellar performance on a variety of fronts, cannot serve as a stand-in for actual policy alternatives on the opposition's part.
In fact, the recall of officials, which the smaller Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) has since said it would support, is a non-policy that, if mishandled, could undermine the democratic foundations of this country and end up hurting the opposition's image.
Aside from making the DPP and TSU sound bitter for failing to secure more seats in last year's legislative elections, recall plans set a precedent that could come back to haunt them in future. Most problematic is how one defines a legislator's failure to "listen to the voice of the people" — and who gets to do so.
Although the "recall list" has yet to be unveiled, it has already become clear that the DPP's definition of "failure" coincides perfectly with a target's opposition to DPP policies. In other words, DPP policies and "the people" are one and the same, though the extent to which the people will have input in the recall decisions remains to be seen.
There is undeniable danger in a political party resorting to undemocratic tactics — however much one resents the policies adopted by some KMT legislators, those legislators were elected by the public — to solve problems. Unless a legislator has actually broken the law or it has demonstrated that he or she is undermining national security through his or her actions, their removal, much as that of government officials, should be conducted through democratic procedures. This is why elections are held on a regular basis, so that voters can use their retributive powers to remove the bad weeds.
By seeking to work around the system, and by having final say as to which legislators pass muster and which do not, the DPP and the TSU arrogate upon themselves powers that share too many attributes with authoritarianism for comfort.
And in the end, even if the opposition succeeded in removing reprobate legislators, they would find themselves in the same position as insurrectionists who, after toppling a loathed government or political system, are then responsible for running the country. Removing governments is the easy part; governing a nation is where the real challenge lies and for that, one needs a viable alternative in the form of policies that appeal to the public and that can be implemented.
Opposition for the sake of opposition, or the even more drastic removal of elected officials, falls short of meeting public expectations and by no means ensures that come the next elections, the opposition will be able to secure the votes it needs to make progress within the system.
The DPP is perfectly justified in mobilizing against the Ma administration and the KMT, as opinion polls attest to sky-high discontent with their performance. However, channeling that discontent is itself insufficient to turn the DPP and its allies into a political force to be reckoned with, and one that Taiwanese will be willing to give another shot at running the country.


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This spacious apartment is located in the Linzergasse pedestrian area, a minute walk from Salzburg Train Station and a minute walk from Mirabell Palace and the Getreidegasse shopping street.
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My name is Dinesh Wagle. I am a journalist by academic training and work experience. I analyse politics for a living. I have worked for several Nepali publications including Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post, both national daily newspapers.
During my last year as a fulltime journalist at Kantipur, I led a team that produced the Saturday edition of the paper. Before that, as the paper's New Delhi bureau chief from Nov 2008 to Feb 2011, I filed stories and columns for Kantipur and The Post (and Kantipur TV and Radio Kantipur) on Nepal-India relations, Nepalis in India, and Indian politics and society.
I was born in Ramechhap, eastern Nepal. I live in Kathmandu.
Email:Hello Dinesh Wagle
On Twitter, I am Follow @wagle and Follow @diwagle
Open the WSJ Cupboard:
1. Annapurna Trekking: From Ulleri to Ghorepani (Day 2)
2. The Motorcycle Diary: Nepali Version!
3. Nar Phu Trek: At The Top Of Kang La Pass: Day 12 of 16
4. All About Nepali Press Conferences (Including Two by Jimmy Carter)
5. Clear View of Himalayas from Kathmandu
6.When You Meet Wine and Women of France Together
7. Inviting Nepal To Gmail: An Experience
I am also a blogger who started what everyone later found out to be Nepal's first blog site. Quite a few national and international media (new and old) have noticed that.
- Between activism and journalism -AsiaMediaNepalese journalist, blogger, activist Dinesh Wagle walks a fine line to fight for what he believes in
Not just critics. WEBLOG WATCH -BBC
Not so long ago, many blogs were not unlike LiveJournal diaries: all personality quizzes and LOLs, but the form is versatile, it's developed, and some bloggers are getting serious. Very serious.
And outside of the West, that change has been fast. A good example is given by Dinesh Wagle, who set up Nepal's United We Blog! resource.
Nepalese bloggers, journalists defy media clampdown by king -Online Journalism Review
United We Blog was launched only last October by a group of journalists who write for the Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Daily, and Nepal Weekly. The blog's co-founder Dinesh Wagle, 26, is a gregarious Kantipur Daily reporter who covers technology issues. His crusade to get Nepalese journalists to blog has made him a leading figure in the nascent Nepalese blogosphere, and United We Blog has gone from a personal forum to a much more politically charged outlet.
Nepali Bloggers Break Media Blockade -WACC
Dinesh Wagle, Salam Pax of Kathmandu
Journo, blogger, activist: An 'uneasy combination' in some parts, says Nepalese blogger– OJR
Journalist. Blogger. Activist. All three labels describe Dinesh Wagle, whose blog United We Blog!, has literally changed the face of journalism in his native nation of Nepal.
Online Opposition American Journalism Review
Within days [of the Royal coup], the media community began fighting back. Some took an activist role, helping organize street demonstrations and devising ways to circumvent censors. A small cadre of journalists took to the Internet as soon as access was restored a week later. One of the leaders was Dinesh Wagle…
Nepal scribes evade censors with blogs Reuters/The Telegraph (Calcutta)
Journalists in Nepal are going hi-tech to sidestep tight censorship imposed after last month?s royal coup.
Outspoken web logs, or blogs, are springing up and being widely quoted and linked to in the blogosphere, the mushrooming cyberworld rapidly establishing a place for itself as an alternative source of news and information.
"I feel that our very own survival, intellectually and mentally, depends on freedom," says Dinesh Wagle, a newspaper journalist who runs United We Blog! (www.blog.com.np).


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Moffat spills beans on Doctor Who
Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has delighted fans of the show at London Comic Con by revealing some inside information on the hit sci-fi show.
Steven answered questions from the audience about the series, which is due to start again in August with Peter Capaldi as the Time Lord, at the fan event.
According to the Radio Times, he sat alongside Jenna Coleman who plays Doctor's assistant Clara Oswald and revealed some details about what it is like on set, and what is in store for the next series.
One fan tweeted: "Some nasty and unpleasant scenes coming up in series 8 says Steven Moffat. - Told you. He's not the man you thought you knew."
Another tweeted that there would be no cross over with Steven's other hit show Sherlock, for a good reason: "Q: 'Any chance of a Sherlock crossover?' Moffat: 'No, because he's fictional in the DW universe. Madam Vastra's the real Holmes'."
Other revelations posted on Twitter included: "Steven Moffat reveals he has a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in their Sherlock outfits in the TARDIS," and "Steven Moffat reveals Matt Smith's final filmed scene on Doctor Who featured him in a harness with his trousers down. (Scene unused)."
Meanwhile, the first episode of series eight, Deep Breath, which introduces Peter's Doctor has been leaked online from part of the BBC's commercial arm in the US, according to The Sun.
Steven said of the leak, which is a black and white rough edit minus special effects: "Someone has screwed up. The launch of a new Time Lord is the most exciting but the most dangerous moment in the show - so let's keep Peter Capaldi's first episode special.
"Don't peek early - temptation is deadly but resistance is not futile."
A BBC Worldwide spokesperson said: "We'd like to thank the amazing Doctor Who fans who are continuing to keep fan sites and social media spoiler-free. We would remind anyone downloading and sharing this material that it is illegal to do so."
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At a dinner party the other night inCambridge, Massachusetts, I was asked if I was looking forward to November 7, 2012, when the U.S. presidential election would be over. I responded that I hadn't been following the election because (a) I assume the Barack Obama will be reelected, and (b) there wouldn't be any dramatic changes if Mitt Romney were elected.
The host, who'd grown up in a wealthy New York family, and is a passionate Obama supporter, questioned me regarding this. I said "Well, under Bush we were embroiled in foreign wars, subsidizing government cronies with tax dollars, watching states bankrupt themselves with public employee pension commitments, and watching our children walk into some of the world's most expensively funded and least effective schools.
Obama is about as different from Bush as a U.S. politician could be and yet nothing substantive has changed. Why would we expect huge changes from Romney? And if we don't expect huge changes, why it is worth spending a lot of time and energy following the election?"
This segued into a discussion regarding Obama's achievements in office. It turned out that, for the host, Obama's most important achievement was "standing up to Netanyahu". The host regarded Israel's 7.5 million people as the greatest reservoir of wrongdoers on the planet, apparently, and was impressed by the Commander in Chief of the world's largest military "standing up" to the leader of a country whose $243 billion GDP is comparable to the combined GDP of Baltimore and Cincinnati.
What do the readers think? Perhaps we can fill up the comment section with what folks think are Obama's biggest achievements over the past 3.5 years. For comparison, here's the semi-official list for Eisenhower.
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How to Chop Up a Perfectly Good Set of Engine Mounts
By now, you guys should all know that I'm never one to leave anything alone. It doesn't matter if it's new, old, broke, not broke, good lookin' or ugly. If I can get my hands on it, it's never gonna be the same. Now, sometimes this can be a good thing—if it's broke I often fix it. If it's fine, I often break it—then fix it. And sometimes I even have to mess with it just to make it work—sometimes.
Well, this time around I ordered and received a really high-quality engine mounting kit from Speedway Motors. I've been using Speedway products for a good 35 years now and I honestly don't recall ever returning anything other than items I've ordered incorrectly. Now, that's not to say that I haven't sliced and diced more than my share of Speedway wares in my day. But it's always been to make something work for something it's never been designed for. The following is a perfect case in point. The engine mounting kit that's the subject of this story is an item designed specifically to allow the installation of a small-block Chevy into a '55 to '59 Chevrolet pickup. And out of the box they'll do just that—handily I might add. But, this is me we're talking about here, not some enthusiast who goes by the book. As is the case with almost everything I've constructed, my '57 Chevy small-window was sliced and diced as soon as I got my greasy mitts on it. And sometimes the slicing and dicing has been necessity rather than a whim—but not often.
This is one of those rare times where a bit of modification was actually required not just desired. And though the Speedway engine mount kit in question was perfect for its stated use, it wasn't ideal for a truck that'd been subjected to the Rizzo touch. The aftermarket IFS system I'd installed required cutting out the original front crossmember and the partial boxing of the frame. The boxing and crossmember are what necessitated my day of slicing and dicing because the mount kit was specifically engineered to fit an unmolested frame—and as I've said, no vehicle I own sits unmolested. So, though most won't run into this situation hopefully it'll give you an idea of how an item that almost works can be transformed into an item that does work—with a bit of imagination. CT


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Taiwan has been sending "mixed signals" to Washington on whether it really wants to buy F-16C/D jets, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Representative to the US Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said on Monday.
Orders for the advanced fighters have been pending for years, but the administration of US President Barack Obama continues to withhold permission for the sale.
Addressing the press on the sidelines of the annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, Wu said that he had learned that Washington seems to believe that Taipei is blowing hot and cold on the proposed sale.
Some US officials involved in the potential sale "get the feeling" when they visit Taiwan that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) does not want to buy the jets, he said.
"The Taiwanese government is giving the impression that it is reluctant to buy them," Wu said.
He stressed that the DPP believes the gap in the nation's air defense is widening, with China's deployment of fifth-generation fighters and increasingly deadly missiles.
"Taiwan has a tremendous need to get the next generation of jet fighters," the DPP official said.
Wu said the main thing he had learned at the conference, which was to end yesterday, was that many US experts on Taiwan believe that Washington is not paying enough attention to the country, but also that Taiwan is not paying enough attention to its own defense.
In a keynote address to the conference, Wu said the question of whether Taiwan under Ma would drift further away from the US' security arrangements in East Asia remained unanswered. Claiming that the Taiwanese military has deteriorated since the DPP lost power, Wu said that the Chinese military threat across the Taiwan Strait was intensifying.
"New weapon systems have been tested or deployed by China that can be used in a war with Taiwan," he said. "Neither our defense budget, nor our military preparedness is enough to deal with the looming threat. Taiwan needs drastic policy and actions soon."
He said that a retired senior air force official had told the DPP that by 2020, China's People's Liberation Army Air Force would have about 100 fifth-generation fighters, including J-20s, J-21s and Su-35s, in service, while Taiwan was still struggling to advance beyond the current generation.
A quite different picture was painted at the conference by Vice Minister of Armaments General Yen De-fa (嚴德發) in a separate keynote address.
"The Republic of China [ROC] will never give up its military buildup even when the cross-strait tension is gradually relieved," Yen said. "We have learned from history that only the strong control and the weak can only be controlled."
The ROC government would never stop building up sufficient defense forces, while simultaneously promoting cross-strait relations, which had moved into a systematic negotiation phase, he added.
China has become "increasingly aggressive" in its objections to US-Taiwan arms sales, the general said, urging the US to "fulfill the commitments" of providing required defensive weapons such as advanced fighter jets and diesel-powered submarines.
"With these weapons, we would be able to build up deterrent and peacekeeping capabilities," he said.
Yen also called for increased cooperation between US and Taiwanese defense industries.
"The US and the ROC have common security interests and democratic values," he said. "Our countries have fought side by side for more than half-a-century and this close bond will never be abandoned."


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>Try to make contact with the diver. Do you know whether this diver has a history of anxiety-related issues when diving, or is he having a real problem with his regulator or air supply? For example, see if the tank is attached to the backpack. Is the regulator attached to the tank? Is the first stage leaking? Is the mouthpiece attached to the regulator? Does the regulator work? Is the regulator leaking? Does the octopus work? Can you see other equipment problems?
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>Has anything like this happened before? Does the diver have a significant medical history, such as high blood pressure or cardiovascular illness? Is there trauma ? i.e., do you see any wounds?
>Many callers to the DAN Medical Information Line have said that just before they panicked, they had experienced the sensation of not getting enough air; others had noted that they felt like they were "breathing through a straw." It is difficult to communicate respiratory (breathing) distress underwater, and it very quickly turns to panic when the diver sees no real option except bolting to the surface for air.
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>Time is a definite concern in a rescue like this. The panicked diver?s tissues will consume oxygen, even while he is not breathing. This means that during the ascent, as oxygen concentrations in the lung decrease and gas expands, the diver is at risk of losing consciousness (called shallow-water blackout) and perhaps in danger of an arterial gas embolism from lung overexpansion.
>On the other hand, if the diver is unconscious, he may relax the pharynx and allow passive exhalation. This will allow air to vent out of the lungs without over-pressurization and barotrauma.
>The diver, whether conscious or not, may also experience laryngospasm, a reflex spasm that occurs when water enters the throat. Because the spasm may completely or partially close the airway, an ascending diver experiencing this reflex risks arterial gas embolism.
>Dealing With Complications
>The central task in the rescue of a panicked diver involves helping him make a normal ascent without inhaling water and holding his breath. Assuming this is a standard no-decompression recreational dive, the best assistance is to hold onto the diver to help control the rate of ascent. A distressed diver in this situation will likely do everything in his power to hold his breath and not breathe in water voluntarily. Expanding lung volume usually forces some air to escape through the mouth and nose, but the risk of AGE still exists.
>Drowning or near-drowning is also a possibility, but you shouldn?t have to cover both the mouth and nose during the ascent. The diver may still have his mask. If he has panicked, however, both the regulator and mask may come off, making the situation grave indeed. We have a natural protective mechanism to continue to breathe after we lose consciousness. If that were to happen underwater, however, it could result in drowning or near-drowning.
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County Tourism Bureau Is working on Rebranding
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[June 11, 2014]
- The Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County has been busy
at work in 2014 on many projects. One of the biggest and most
important has been to clearly define the role of the Tourism Bureau
and how to best serve Logan County. "After the process with the UOC
(United Organizations Committee) it became obvious what our role
is—to market Logan County to the world", said Andy Anderson,
President of the Tourism Bureau.
The next step in the process of defining the Bureau
was creating a brand that guests to Logan County and potential
guests would be drawn to and could identify with. After interviews
with a couple of marketing firms that specialize in branding, the
Bureau decided on DCC Marketing out of Decatur, IL. Jean Bruner
Jachino and Tom O'Donohue were appointed by the board of directors
to take the lead on this initiative with DCC Marketing. The
following is a recap of the work that has been done thus far and
what the areas they are focusing on.
"We are hoping the results of our work will drive the rebranding of
the region and define measurements of success." said O'Donohue.
O'Donohue said the new brand is meant to highlight the destination
of Lincoln/Logan County region, not the Tourism Bureau itself.
In the first meeting with the consultant company discussions were
had around the topics on the culture and tourism of Lincoln/Logan
County (i.e. warm, inviting, positive energy, historic, potential);
and the desire for the look and feel of the new brand. Examples: fun
yet professional, inviting and memorable, and highlighting the
unique flair of the area.
The group focused on some of the great features of our area: Lincoln
Logan County is the hub of Central Illinois, nestled 30 minutes away
from almost every metropolitan center of Central
Illinois. Lincoln/Logan County is a relaxing getaway in nature with
the nostalgic flair of the Midwest.
The group also discussed Logan County's features that set us apart
for other areas that DCC considers to be "Logan County's current top
draws for tourism": Route 66, Abraham Lincoln Heritage, Museum,
Covered Wagon, Walk where he walked, Festivals including the Lincoln
Art & Balloon Festival, and Mt. Pulaski's Christmas Festival to name
a few.
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They identified areas in which tourists miss: Downtowns –
Old-fashioned shopping districts, foodie eateries, weekends –
leisure travel.
The following indicators were identified to drive the measurement of
success for the rebranding and promotion of Lincoln Logan County:
Attracting more sporting events, increasing tours and tour bus
groups, growing occupancy in hotels and bed & breakfasts, and the
need to focus on both historical and economic drivers.
In May DCC supplied Bruner Jachino and O'Donohue with naming
recommendations and logo design drafts. DCC took feedback from the
two Tourism reps and are now making final changes on the designs.
The Tourism board is anticipating voting between two to three
proposed new logos at the last meeting of the board in June.
In July key stakeholders in the community will be invited to attend
a focus group planning session run by DCC to help them better
understand Logan County and the needs of our community. This next
step will help DCC in creating an overall branding initiative
including an ongoing marking plan.
O'Donohue stated that creating a unified brand for Logan County was
an initiative that came out of the first meeting of the UOC with the
consultant. "It was crystal clear to us what our mission is. The UOC
process has helped us become very focused which has driven every
decision we've made since that process in February."
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I am sad that a really great lady has passed on, but I know that she is with her loved ones that passed before her.
From this morning's obituary section of The Evansville Courier & Press:
"Evansville, Ind. - Eleanor Glenn (Bryant) Tenbarge 95, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at her home. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. A retired bookkeeper, she was an active genealogist and contributed many articles that were published in "The Packet", the quarterly publication of the Tri State Genealogical Society, of which she was a Charter Member. She was a member of several other genealogical societies, and a member of the Vanderburgh Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She published one book, "Early Death Records of Vanderburgh Co.", and received a "Certificate of Appreciation" from the D A R. She was credited with "saving" a cemetery of 200 graves adjoining Mater Dei High School. She has been a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church (city) since 1937."
Glenn was a great friend of mine... she supported, advised, and encouraged me as President of TSGS when I needed it the most! She was positive & up-beat. She contributed so much information for our TSGS quarterly, "The Tri-State Packet" especially Vanderburgh County naturalization records. She did a monumental published work for TSGS: 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The book was huge and included more details than most census books. The book was donated to TSGS for sale to raise money to buy more books for use to everyone at Willard Library. She worked very hard in preserving the cemetery that was "lost" near a high school on Evansville's west side.
Glenn served many years as a TSGS Director of the Board making suggestions that was always very useful to making some good, sound decisions for our society's success. At one point, the Board voted to make her a Director Emeritus of TSGS (the first & only person to be recognized with this honor!). She recieved several TSGS Certificates of Appreciation.
I have missed her presence at TSGS meetings & events these last few years. I will miss her smile and soft voice, but will hold her in my memories. The genealogical community has lost one of the BEST!
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Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (FAFS-AUB)
TEES Research Professor at Texas A&M University
Dr. Rabi Mohtar is the TEES Endowed Professor at Texas AM University, College Station, USA. He is the Founding Director of Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) a member of Qatar Foundation, Research and Development and the Founding Director Strategic Projects at Qatar Foundation Research and Development. He was also the inaugural Director of the Global Engineering Programs at Purdue University, Indiana USA.
Professor Mohtar focused on conserving natural resources (including land, water, air, and biological resources) that face global challenges such as increasing food and water supplies for a growing population. He developed environmental and natural resources conservation engineering programs that evaluate the environmental impacts of land use and water management; developed innovative soil and groundwater remediation technologies; applied numerical methods to biological engineering systems; characterized the soil water medium at the pedon, field, and watershed scales. He also designed and evaluated international sustainable water management programs that deal with population growth and water shortage conditions in arid climates. His research has resulted in improved methods for environmental and natural resources engineering, many of which have been adopted by other professionals and agencies internationally.
He received numerous international research awards and honors including the Kishida International award for contributions to agricultural research. He served on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on water security since 2009-11 (vice chair 2011), climate change agenda council 2011-present), board of governors of the World Water Council (2012-present), advisory board of the UNFCC momentum of change initiative (2012-present), advisory board of the President of the University of Alberta Water Initiative (2012-present) among many other global leadership roles. Prof. Mohtar has published over 200 publications including peer-reviewed articles and refereed conference proceedings; and book chapters.


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Jump Around – Pitchers & Catchers Report in a Little Over Two Weeks!!
I was out running errands this afternoon listening to a pretty decent punk set on one of our local radio stations – Bad Religion, Social D! – when the DJ threw House of Pain's Jump Around into the mix, a fun hip hop song from my high school days now known to Angels fans everywhere as the Rally Monkey's song. I was already kind of rocking out in my car to the Social D but I happened to be at a stop light when House of Pain came on and, I couldn't help myself, a full on car dance ensued. That song has so many great memories for me – fun with friends, school dances and many, many Angels rallies – that I did not care who saw my goofy display. What? Like they've never given in to the urge to car dance before? Anyway, Jump Around lead to Blitzkrieg Bop and then what do you think the DJ played next? Yeah, no joke – Muse's Uprising, the song played in the middle of the 1st inning before the Angels' first at bat. Strange Clear Channel pre-programmed play list coincidence or Angels fan DJ in mid-Winter withdrawals? My evidence is entirely circumstantial, but I prefer to believe the latter.
My point in sharing this (other than offering yet another example of how Uprising has been following me everywhere, haunting me all winter long and hopefully a small amount of entertainment) is that, in addition to my usual instant goose bumps, Angels related songs are finally starting to make me feel giddy excited again instead of just wistful. Pitchers and catchers report in a little over two weeks!! I am excited about the Angels 2011 season, something I definitely was not a few weeks ago when every free agent so many of us coveted for a Halos uniform donned other baseball caps instead.
A large part of my excitement stems from reports that the Angels and Jered Weaver are starting to talk long term contract extension instead of just the standard salary arbitration talk. Honestly, if the Angels can make this happen and keep Weaver in a Halos uniform well beyond 2012, I would consider this a pretty successful offseason. Seriously, pay the man. It doesn't sound like he's being unreasonable and, to all appearances, last year was just a taste of what he's capable of achieving in the years to come. Even more important? It's my birthday in a little more than two weeks and a long term Angels contract extension for Weaver would be simply the best birthday present this girl could ask for. Yes, I am sure the Angels understand the significance of the birthday argument and care deeply. Why do you ask?
Another part of my excitement? I keep reading and listening to more interviews with Vernon Wells and, I have to say, his excitement about joining the Angels and assertions that this is a competitive team that doesn't sit at home in October are infectious. I may be a stat loving (recovering) math geek, but I am far more moved by those intangible player traits – heart, clutch, grit – and my own gut reaction to certain players. Yes, he's streaky and I understand about the splits but I have a good feeling about this. Right now, listening to Vernon Wells' interviews, it sounds like he is genuinely excited to come to Anaheim this season, ready to move to wherever the team needs him to move in the line-up and in the outfield and eager to get out there and win – all traits that remind me of other successful Angels players and make me think Wells will fit right in. I recently learned that Torii Hunter had been lobbying hard for the Angels to sign Wells – silly perhaps, but that endorsement carries a lot of weight with me. Perhaps my gut is overly optimistic but right now it's telling me that 2011 is going to be one of Wells' strong years…and I say that after never having felt truly optimistic going into the 2010 season.
Oh, and most exciting of all? Kendry's coming back!! This is reason enough to prompt its own happy dance, car, Angels related music or no. Hey, it's been 11 whole days since I've mentioned this and I thought it was worth repeating…yes I counted. Recovering math geek, not recovered math geek. Now where did I put that iPod? I feel a little House of Pain coming on!


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This is School of the World
Founded in 1997, the School of the World combines elements of Costa Rica surf camp, language school, yoga retreat, photography workshop and boutique hotel under one roof. Like-minded travelers from all over the world come here to pursue a passion, learn some new skills, and make lifelong friendships.
Learning Vacations for AdventurersThis isn't your typical vacation. This is a chance to vacation with a passion. Learn to surf, speak Spanish, practice yoga, or master digital photography, all in the beautiful tropical setting of Playa Jaco, Costa Rica.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."- Gandhi
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