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Chesapeake Virginia Driver Improvement - Classroom & Online Courses
Do You Have A Chesapeake Virginia speeding ticket or other moving violations? If you answered yes, then this
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To remove demerit points for
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To Satisfy A Virginia Court or
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To Add Safe Driving Points On Your
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To Satisfy Employer Fleet Training
(ordered by Employer or Safety Manager)
For Voluntary or Personal Use or For Insurance
If you are under 20 years old or hold a Virginia Commercial Drivers License (CDL) license, you may not take
the course online, but you may take the course at a
Virginia classroom traffic school location.
Also, all online
Virginia defensive driving courses require in-person completion of a brief final exam at a
testing center located in
Chesapeake Virginia Court Ordered Traffic School:
Drivers who have received a Virginia traffic ticket in Chesapeake might be
ordered by a
to attend an 8-hour traffic school program.
If this situation applies to you, you can probably take our online
Virginia Driver Improvement Program
course ,but you should still check with the
court first to make sure they will accept a certificate from a computer-based
Virginia D
(NOTE: Be sure to tell the court official that our course is fullyapproved by the
Virginia DMV.) If the court will not allow you tocomplete your driver
improvement course online, you can stillattend a Virginia classroom traffic
If you have been court-ordered to complete traffic school, the court will decide whether you are to receive demerit
points for your offense. You will need to know whether you are to receive demerit points so that you can select the
right reason for course attendance when you sign up. If you are not sure, check your court order or call the court
that ordered you to complete a Virginia defensive driving course.
Chesapeake Virginia DMV Ordered Traffic School:
In certain cases, a Virginia driver will be ordered by the
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
( DMV ) to complete
an 8-hour driver improvement course.
Our State approved computer-based clinic will satisfy the
requirements of the Virginia DMV for any driver who has
been ordered to attend traffic school. DMV ordered
attendance typically applies to drivers who have received
12 demerit points (negative points) on their driver license
within a 12-month period, or 18 points within a 24-month
period. Another common reason for Virginia DMV ordered
attendance is that a driver has collected too many points on his or her license.
If you are ordered by the Virginia DMV to attend a driver improvement clinic, you must complete the entire eight-
hour course within 90 days, or the DMV will suspend your driving privilege until this requirement has been met.
Students attending college outside of Virginia and members of the U.S. Military and their dependents who are
stationed outside of Virginia might be eligible for an extension of the 90-day requirement. The extension will be only
be granted to those who are in an area where no approved clinics are offered, and will remain in effect until a break
in schedule allows class attendance.
If you are not sure whether you have been DMV ordered to take a Virginia defensive driving class, please contact
your local Virginia DMV office for assistance.
Chesapeake Virginia Driver Improvement for Safe Driver Points:
The Virginia DMV allows drivers to receive up to five safe driving points
once every 24 months for completing an 8-hour Virginia defensive driving
school program. A driver may not accumulate more than five safe driving
points on his or her Virginia driver license. These points are in addition to
the safe driving points a Virginia driver receives each year for driving
without committing any traffic violations. If a court orders you to attend
traffic school, the court decides if you will be awarded safe driving points.
Chesapeake Virginia Auto Insurance Discount for Virginia Drivers:
Virginia drivers might be able to obtain a discount on their auto
insurance premium by voluntarily completing this defensive driving
course. In order to find out if you are eligible to receive this discount,
please contact your auto insurance provider for details.
(Note: that drivers who attend Virginia traffic school voluntarily for an insurance discount will not be eligible to
receive safe driving points for this purpose. Also, any driver who is ordered by a Virginia court to attend a driver
improvement clinic will not be eligible to receive an automobile insurance discount.)
Chesapeake Business and Industry
(Fleet Training):
Employers in today's market must not only contend with rising
fuel prices, but with costly vehicle repairs and downtime as
well. We offer employers and safety managers a proactive way
to address these costs with our state approved defensive
driver training program.
Many government-sponsored traffic safety studies have shown
that a Driver Improvement Course reduces a driver's chances
of being involved in a crash or getting a citation. Imagine the
money your company stands to lose from vehicle repairs,
injuries, property damage, higher insurance premiums, and other expenses if it has a fleet of drivers who have not
been exposed to research proven safe driving techniques. Even a small investment in driver training could save
your company thousands or possibly millions of dollars down the road. Why not join the long list of state agencies,
academic institutions, and Fortune 500 companies currently enjoying the benefits of loss reduction that can result
from using our programs?
If you are an employer or safety manager who is interested in driving down costs associated with auto accidents,
contact us to find out how you can take our online defensive driving course for a FREE test drive. Be sure to ask
about our special discount rates for corporate customers.
If you are an employee who drives a company vehicle, you can sign up for the course online, then turn in your
completion certificate to your supervisor or safety manager who requested that you take the course. You can also
check with your auto insurance company to find out if you are eligible to receive an insurance discount.
Out Of State Drivers With Chesapeake Virginia Traffic Ticket:
Drivers who receive a Chesapeake Virginia traffic ticket but are
licensed in another state can take the 8-hour Virginia defensive
driving course. However, out of state drivers should note that
they are
required to take their final exam in Virginia
at an approved testing center. Please consider this requirement
carefully before you decide to take a Virginia Driver Improvement
course. This rule even applies to states that border
Virginia such as North Carolina and Maryland, and we are aware of
no exceptions. It is our understanding that in certain instances
the Virginia DMV and some courts will allow a person to complete
an 8-hour traffic school course developed for a state other than
Defensive Driving Traffic School For Chesapeake Virginia:
Chesapeake traffic means lots of tourists and traffic jams.
Traffic violations in Chesapeake can result in speeding tickets
and high fines. Don't want the points on your Virginia driver license?
Choose the smart solution for a Chesapeake ticket by signing up
for our classroom or online driver improvement courses today.
Driving in Chesapeake can be maddening. You know this is true
if you've ever received a Chesapeake traffic ticket. Although
getting a traffic ticket in Chesapeake is not a pleasant experience,
we can help by taking the frustration out of going to traffic school.
If you need safe driver points to offset the points from your
Chesapeake ticket, or if you were ordered by a Chesapeake
Traffic Court to attend a Virginia Driver Improvement Clinic, why not complete your course online? Get started by
signing up for the course and selecting the location where you want to take your quick, easy final exam. We make
Chesapeake Defensive Driving School a breeze!
Our mission is to help Chesapeake Virginia Drivers:
We are committed to helping Virginia drivers with their defensive driving needs. We offer only DMV approved online
and classroom driver improvement and make every effort to provide reliable, error-free information to the Virginia
motoring public. If you have any questions or comments about our courses or the information on this website,
please direct them to the attention of the webmaster.
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I saw an interesting post last week on Silicon Valley Watcher. Tom Foremski was commenting on PR firm LaunchSquad and their launch of a new social media and marketing service, Original9 Media. Apparently, this new company was specifically created to combine content creation with online marketing. Foremski quotes LaunchSquad co-founder Jason Mandell as saying:
We will offer a full spectrum of premium content services including strategy, distribution, analytics, creative, web and mobile content and site/app development, infographic programs, blog creation and management and influencer recruitment, among others.
This is part of a reinvention plan that's been underway at LaunchSquad for several years. It's a new time for marketing and PR and we believe an amazing time to create new types of services based on the original creation and distribution of high quality content.
It's the middle ground between ad agencies and PR firms that everyone is acknowledging and running toward…
The creation of Original9 is interesting because it seems to split-off that work from the list of PR services that a PR firm such as LaunchSquad would offer. Will clients notice the difference? Or is this a move to help add revenues that would normally be funneled through PR services?
Thank you, Tom, for pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. C'mon. We do content development now! In fact, I would argue that 90 percent of my job these days is developing and distributing content created to reach customers, and perhaps press and analysts along the way. With the increased decline of reporters and publications and the increase in online publishing and self-publishing, those of us who used to feed the media information are now feeding the social media machine and the web. It's basically the same process with a different audience.
As Foremski notes, "In many respects, Original9 is acting as a publisher — a media company." This move essentially positions Original9 to become a paid content provider, creating information to appeal to a target audience, just like a publisher, or a PR firm for that matter. Semantics aside, what this new firm is doing is the same thing the old firm was doing, but now they get to change the labels and mark up the prices.
We already offer content services, strategy, distribution, analytics, etc., etc. In fact, targeting blogs and writing for blogs has become a major focus for my consulting firm. So if I call it something different, does that mean I can charge more for my services? I think my clients would notice. And I think they would go to a more cost-effective resource to help them spread the word.
Call it PR, or marketing, of content development, it's still working with clients, helping them package their story, and get that story into the hands of people who matter to the client. Whether you do it through handbills, press releases, or blog content, the process is the same.


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Derek Jeter waiting for A-Rod before addressing PED report
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yankees captain Derek Jeter plans to wait until teammate Alex Rodriguez addresses his latest off-the-field controversy before commenting on the matter.
The Miami New Times reported last week that Rodriguez bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables, near Rodriguez's offseason home.
The new public relations firm for the three-time AL MVP issued a statement denying the allegations.
"I don't comment on anyone until they speak first," Jeter said Monday. "Let him address his situation before I comment on it. Let him speak first and then we'll talk about that."
Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03. He had hip surgery last month and is expected to be sidelined until after the All-Star break.
Jeter started his second week of workouts on a baseball field after breaking his left ankle last October. The 38-year-old fielded 55 grounders on the grass in front of the infield dirt at shortstop at the team's minor league complex. He also hit in a batting cage.
The 13-time All-Star expects to start in New York's opener against Boston on April 1. He plans to start running later this month at spring training.
"Everything's been good," Jeter said. "Everything's right where it needs to be. The goal is April 1st, that's when we start our season. I'm right where I need to be. I've been progressing just fine."
Jeter broke the ankle lunging for a grounder in the AL championship series opener against Detroit on Oct. 13, and had surgery a week later.


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Michael Abend hopes his testimony will inspire future generations to be more tolerant of each other's differences. He also adds that the young people throughout the world will recognize genocide warnings and work together to prevent violence against ethnic groups.
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Holocaust survivor George Papanek encourages people to "think globally, act locally," and work together to create a better world.
Esther Bem with a Message to the Future
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Esther Bem desires future generations to know there were some virtuous individuals during the Holocaust, who sacrificed their security and life, in order to help others.
Kizito Kalima on the importance of learning the lesson
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Rwandan Tutsi Genocide survivor Kizito Kalima shares his hope that people take action to prevent future genocides. He vows to do anything necessary to ensure the world is a safe, peaceful place.
Yevnige Salibian
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Armenian Genocide survivor Yevnige Salibian speaks about forgiveness and current genocide denial.
Dina Angress remembers Anne Frank
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Dina Angress knew Anne Frank as a shy and quiet schoolmate in Amsterdam. Even though they weren't close friends, she speaks on how Anne Frank's diary was so relatable to her own story. Dina also relates on the importance of tolerance and Holocaust education.
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Jean Sothere Ndamyuwera reflects on life after the genocide in Rwanda and the lessons he learned. He also speaks on the importance of tolerance and forgiveness. Jean's testimony is featured in the IWitness activity, Information Quest: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Arsene Nsabimana on forgiveness
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Arsene Nsabimana encourages people around the world to stop fighting with one another and be respectful of each other's differences. Arsene also speaks on his decision to forgive his perpetrators and how forgiveness became a coping mechanism.
Cila Aaron with a message to the future
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Cila Aaron hopes her children will live in a world full of tolerance and peace.
Michael Abend with a message to the future
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Michael Abend hopes his testimony will inspire future generations to be more tolerant of each other's differences. He also adds that the young people throughout the world will recognize genocide warnings and work together to prevent violence against ethnic groups.
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Celina Biniaz asks future generations to see the good in others to prevent genocides from happening again.
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Renée Firestone reflects on the importance of tolerance and hopes that future generations will learn from her testimony, and stand up against prejudice.
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Sir Nicholas Winton, responsible for organizing the Kindertransport that saved the lives of 669 Jewish children, passed away at the age of 106. Here is his message to the future.
A series of clips featuring survivors recalling the difficulties of voting before and during the war in Europe and how it impacted their appreciation of the importance of participating in the democratic process.
A collection of Jewish survivors and other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust describe watching the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In preparation for the start of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Nazis in power decided to minimize the presence of anti-Semitism in the city.
USC Shoah Foundation presents 24 stories of genocide survivors who recall their experiences as refugees in their testimonies preserved in the Visual History Archive. Each clip of testimony to inspire, inform and shed light on the impact of war, genocide and massacre forcing individuals from their homes.
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From April to July 1994, one of the most brutal genocides in human history occurred in Rwanda. It claimed the lives of 800,000 men, women, and children, most of whom were of Tutsi descent. Kwibuka, the official anniversary of the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, is observed every year on April 7. Explore this selection of testimony clips of survivors and eyewitnesses to the genocide from the Visual History Archive.
At the end of each interview the Institute recorded for the Archive, the interviewer would ask the interviewee if he or she had a special message for future generations watching the interview. The survivors and other witnesses often spoken about such themes as forgiveness, the importance of individual action, and the need to teach children tolerance. Here are a few messages from the Institute's Archive.
Several people responded to active discrimination by helping the victims in different ways. This is a collection of clips highlighting testimony from survivors and aid givers themselves. One question that sometimes emerges in these clips is "what made you stand up to discrimination and racial intolerance?"
A series of clips from survivors speaking about their experiences with personal as well as institutional forms of discrimination. These clips include testimonies from the European Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda collections.
A collection of clips from the Institute Archive that focus on interviewees describing particular feelings and emotions they experienced, such as fear, gratitude, and attitudes about others.
Possibly the most well-known example of these rescue operations involved individual British families agreeing to "host" children from Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic through a program known as Kindertransport. Through this program, organized by Sir Nicholas Winton, an estimated 10,000 refugee children, most of them Jewish, were housed in the United Kingdom during the war. These children were able to avoid ghettoization and camp experiences; in many cases, they were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust.


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A Florida man called police to complain about a voodoo curse, saying he wanted the curse to be documented in case he became ill from it, authorities said.
The Fort Pierce man said he believed people in the Haitian community "had turned against him and placed a voodoo curse on him," according to the Fort Pierce Police.
The 35-year-old man said the curse, which had been placed on him for about a year, was designed to gather his personal information, police said.
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But the man said that "other Haitian people were jealous of him, and that is the reason they burdened him with the curse," according to the police report.
The man said he reported the curse because he wanted it to be on the record "in the event that he were to suffer ill effects from the voodoo at some point in the future," police said.
According to the police department, the man "seemed normal" and said he did not want to harm anyone else or himself.


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Pl let me know where to source the authentic version / online repository.
Dear GandhiServe,
I read this article "Misquotes that Bapu is forced to wear".. Is this true?? what's your take on this?
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See my above comments dt.
This appears to be a convenient makeover of what Gandhiji actually said, or wrote. Here are a few lines reproduced from a nytimes.com article titled "Falser Words Were Never Spoken" written by Brian Morton, on August 29, 2011
"Gandhi's words have been tweaked a little too in recent years. Perhaps you've noticed a bumper sticker that purports to quote him: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." When you first come across it, this does sound like something Gandhi would have said. But when you think about it a little, it starts to sound more like ... a bumper sticker. Displayed brightly on the back of a Prius, it suggests that your responsibilities begin and end with your own behavior. It's apolitical, and a little smug.
Sure enough, it turns out there is no reliable documentary evidence for the quotation. The closest verifiable remark we have from Gandhi is this: "If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do."
Here, Gandhi is telling us that personal and social transformation go hand in hand, but there is no suggestion in his words that personal transformation is enough. In fact, for Gandhi, the struggle to bring about a better world involved not only stringent self-denial and rigorous adherence to the philosophy of nonviolence; it also involved a steady awareness that one person, alone, can't change anything, an awareness that unjust authority can be overturned only by great numbers of people working together with discipline and persistence."
Further, the author writes, about all such misquotes -
"Thoreau, Gandhi, Mandela — it's easy to see why their words and ideas have been massaged into gauzy slogans. They were inspirational figures, dreamers of beautiful dreams. But what goes missing in the slogans is that they were also sober, steely men. Each of them knew that thoroughgoing change, whether personal or social, involves humility and sacrifice, and that the effort to change oneself or the world always exacts a price.
But ours is an era in which it's believed that we can reinvent ourselves whenever we choose. So we recast the wisdom of the great thinkers in the shape of our illusions. Shorn of their complexities, their politics, their grasp of the sheer arduousness of change, they stand before us now. They are shiny from their makeovers, they are fabulous and gorgeous, and they want us to know that we can have it all."
I feel that Gandhi-ism should be imbibed and followed in letter and spirit. Since his ideas apply well to all generations, there is simply no need to tweak what he said. And if tweaked, then desist from attributing the tweaked phrases to MKG.
Wonderful, Swarna, thank you for posting the article! I fully agree with your views and the views expressed in the article. I wished Gandhi was alive to react and comment on these false quotes. In fact, he was the only one to authenticate his words. I'm sure he would have had a wise and thoughtful reply on this!
Best, Peter
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The good side of the prion: A molecule that is not only dangerous, but can help the brain grow
Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: the metaphor of the good man who hides an evil side suits well the prion (PrPC in its physiological cellular form), a protein which abounds in our brain. Unlike Doctor Jekyll, the prion was at first considered for its upsetting properties: if the molecule abnormally folds over itself it unfortunately plays a crucial role in neurodegenerative processes that lead to dreadful syndromes such as the mad cow disease.
Prions, however, in their normal form abound in synapses, the contact points where the nervous signal is passed from a neuron to the next. Such protein relatively abounds in the brain of very young children, and this is the reason why scientists have assumed it may play a role in the nervous system development, and in particular in neurogenesis, in the development of new synaptic connections and in plasticity.
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Maddalena Caiati, Victoria Safiulina, Sudhir Sivakumaran, Giuseppe Legname, Enrico Cherubini, all researchers at SISSA, and Giorgia Fattorini of the Università Politecnica delle Marche have verified at the molecular level the effects of PrPC on the cell plasticity of the hippocampus, a brain structure which has important functions related to memory.
Maddalena Caiati and her colleagues have demonstrated that PrPC controls synaptic plasticity (the growth capacity of the nervous tissue) through a transduction pathway which involves also another protein, the protein kinase A enzyme (PKA).
The recently published research is only the starting point. As for the future, it will be interesting to get a closer look at the role played by the prion protein in the development of neuronal circuits both under physiological and pathologic conditions in neurodegenerative diseases.
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OHFL Sucks!
They cannot be serious, they think they should be given an arrangement that is comparable to recent negotiation concessions with YRC? But they are unwilling to state they have a inability to pay? The YRC concession were granted after a complete assessment of YRC's financial records if Oak Harbor is unwilling to submit to financial scrutiny by the union why should they expect any type of concession?
I say let them Piggyback on the YRC concession, let them have the work rules and see how they like it. When the 18 months is up or YRC violates the concession deal see how they like tripling their pension contributions, wage snap-back ect. remember that company stock in the the forum of warrants has been and will be issued to employees at YRC enguaged in concessions.
Better yet, I can think of another company out there that has not stated an inability to pay; ABF Freight Systems, I can see no reason why Oak harbor deserves anything less than
Sam arrogant pricks, same BS, I am sorry for all OAk Harbor employees your employer truly is evil.
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Dwyer earned All-New England Rookie of the Year honors after leading the team in scoring (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Five members of the Harvard men's lacrosse team have been named to New England Collegiate Lacrosse Association's All-New England teams, highlighted by Devin Dwyer's selection as the NEILA Rookie of the Year.
Dwyer became the first freshmen to lead Harvard in scoring since Jeff Cohen '12 did so in 2009, and is the third member of the Crimson to earn All-New England Rookie of the Year honors following Mike Meagher '02 in 1999 and Daniel Eipp '14 in 2011. Dwyer's 43 points rank seventh overall in the Ivy League while his 27 assists are third best in the conference. The freshman also registered 16 goals on the campaign, including six multi-goal performances and one hat trick. Dwyer scored at least one point in 13 of 14 games this season and tallied multiple points on 11 occasions. He notched a season-high six points on two goals and four assists against both Holy Cross and Quinnipiac, and closed the year out with multiple-point performances in six straight games. Dwyer was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week twice and as an All-Ivy League honorable mention selection.
Alex White and Jason Gonos were each named to the All-New England First Team. White, an All-Ivy second team pick, set career-highs across the board with 31 points on 22 goals and nine assists, as his 22 goals represented a team high. The senior from Summit, N.J., opened the year with hat tricks against UMass and Holy Cross, and scored at least one goal in 13 of the Crimson's 14 contests. He set a single-game high with five total points against the Crusaders, and was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll February 25 following a four-point effort against the Minutemen. White scored multiple goals in seven contests and finished the season scoring multiple points 11 times, including a string of seven straight multiple-point outings to close his career.
Gonos has anchored Harvard's defensive unit over the past four years. The Annapolis, Md., native collected 27 ground balls and caused 11 turnovers this season while helping the Crimson to a 9.97 goals against average. His seven ground balls against Bryant represented a new single-game high for the senior while his three caused turnovers against Albany matched his career best. Gonos was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award earlier this spring and was tabbed as an All-Ivy League honorable mention selection.
Harry Krieger and Peter Schwartz, both All-Ivy League second team selections, round out Harvard's All-New England picks as each was named to the second team. Krieger started every game for the Crimson and played all but 22 minutes in goal. The Timonium, Md., native ranked second in the conference in saves per game (11.21), second in save percentage (.536), and was sixth in goals against average (9.95). Krieger earned a pair of player of the week honors, most recently receiving the award from the Ivy League on March 25 for turning away 28 shots while allowing just 11 goals in wins over Bryant and Dartmouth. The senior also garnered NEILA Player of the Week honors March 11 after recording 12 saves in Harvard's 8-6 win over Georgetown. Krieger finished his career ranked sixth in program history with 481 career saves to go with a .525 save percentage and a 9.72 goals against average.
Schwartz ranked second on the team in points, goals and assists, totaling 34 points on 18 goals and 16 assists. Each of those totals represented a new career-high for the junior who registered three hat tricks on the year. Schwartz notched a career-best four goals and five points against Holy Cross in just the second game of the season, and finished the year with six multiple-goal performances. He also turned in hat tricks against Cornell and Yale with three goals in each of those contests, and was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll April 8 after totaling four points against the Big Red.
Harvard's five All-New England honors ties the Crimson with Yale for the most this year. It also marks the most All-New England honors garnered by the team since five were named to the first and second team in 2010.


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WASHINGTON — A new blog that exposes racial slurs on social media about President Barack Obama's re-election could draw the attention of the U.S. Secret Service, even though most of its subjects — two of whom are from Maryland — appear to be of high school and college age.
The website "Hello There, Racists!" which has only existed since Nov. 11, had "outed" 77 subjects by Thursday afternoon. Its creator, who has not been identified, did not respond to an electronic request for comment.
The blog, which is hosted by the popular microblogging platform Tumblr, welcomes its visitors with a challenge:
"The (un)official motto of the GOP is 'personal responsibility' — so with publicly available information, let the words, names, and faces of these racists be documented so that they may be responsible for them," the message reads.
Although its subjects clearly oppose Obama's re-election, not all of them explicitly identify themselves as Republicans. Some also state specifically that they are not racist.
Some entries involve racial slurs or threats of secession; others advocate openly for the assassination of Obama. One user posted a picture of Obama's face on a shooting target.
"Obama's president again," one message said. "Everybody put your stocks in Home Depot. Rope will be selling like crazy." Other posts are much more offensive.
One Maryland teenager posted two tweets calling Obama a racial slur, and he shared a photo of a person wearing a novelty mask resembling the 44th president performing a crude hand gesture. After being confronted with the website, the teenager deleted the messages, claiming his Twitter profile had been hacked.
Another Marylander posted "I demand a recount" 10 minutes after NBC News called the election for Obama. When one of his Facebook friends replied, "I want an assassination," the man said, "Hahaha likewise."
Although both Marylanders are identified on the website, Capital News Service is not naming them because they could not be reached for comment, nor their identities confirmed.
When the assassination comments on the site were pointed out to the Secret Service by a reporter, spokesman Max Milien said his agency doesn't have the luxury of ignoring any threats against the president, even if the messages originate from high schoolers.
"To me, anything that is brought to our attention — whether it be from a high school kid or an adult — we have the right as an agency to conduct appropriate follow-up," Milien said. "We have the right to determine any intent of the comments."
Appropriate follow-up, according to Milien, could mean anything from an interview to a full-blown investigation. He also said the Secret Service would look into the blog.
While the people behind the racial slurs may find themselves in legal trouble, the website's creator may be treading on ethically unstable ground.
"If all this stuff is publicly available, and they're taking the information without using any illegal methods, it's fair game," said Bradley Shear, a Bethesda lawyer specializing in social media and Internet law. "Everyone has a right to state their opinion; however, people also have a right to be held accountable."
Shear said social media users need to be aware of the dangers of reckless tweeting, but suggested the lesson could serve as a teaching moment — however bruising the lesson may be.
"It's so important to be so careful with anything you post online," Shear said. "You don't know where it's going to end up or who's going to use it. You should really think long and hard and wait, maybe count to 10 — 100 if it's necessary."
Editor's Note:
The website can be found here: http://hellothereracists.tumblr.com/archive. It contains extremely offensive material.


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Funeral services for Mrs. Jean Smith Curtis, age 87, are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, January 18, 2013 at Cherry Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Kyle Peters officiating. Interment will follow in Christ Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Curtis was born December 1, 1925 in Wilmot, AR and passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 from a sudden illness. She was a member of Cherry Ridge Baptist Church and a former longtime member of Bonita Baptist Church. She was beloved by her children and grandchildren. Jean had strong ties to her community and was a devout Christian who attended church regularly as her health permitted. Mrs. Curtis was a resident of Bonita, LA where she was a beautician until she moved to Bastrop in 2008.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Boyd E. and Ala B. Smith of Bonita, LA; two brothers, Boyd Smith, Jr., Kenneth Smith and former husband, Elmer Curtis.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by son, Cleve Curtis of Bastrop; daughters, Ronna McCarty and husband David of Bastrop, LA, Elizabeth Curtis Petrus of West Monroe, LA; sister, Mary Satterfield and husband Clifton of The Woodlands, TX; five grandsons, who affectionately called her "Mama Jean", David Mitchell McCarty of Lubbock, TX, Chris Petrus of Fairhope, AL, Eric Petrus of Warwick, RI, Jason Petrus of Monroe, LA, Ryan Petrus of Houston, TX; six great grandchildren, Cody Petrus, Kyle Petrus, Tucker E. Petrus, Sadie Petrus, Madison Petrus and Savannah Petrus.
Pallbearers will be; Roy Walton, Gary Cooper, Sam Petrus, Charles Cook, Ronald Long and Elroy Glosup.
Visitation was held Thursday, January 17, 2013 from 5 PM - 8 PM at Golden Funeral Home.


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"We had another record-setting year," Taylor said. "Forty different school records were set in either Indoor Track or Outdoor Track & Field.
"The men finished a program best fourth place in the outdoor ASUN conference meet. The men's DMR team set a new ASUN Indoor record. Ryan Chastain became the first ever Lipscomb man to win a conference championship (along with Isaiah Greer, Bobby Bassett and Andrew Jones in the Distance Medley Relay)…and he won three this year. Both teams scored more points at the conference meets than ever before. "
The awards are:
Men – Cormac Carolan-Tolbert (So. – Peachtree City, Ga.) "Cormac improved dramatically this season in every race from 400m to 5,000m, setting PR's in all of them," Taylor said.
Women – Louisa Van Batavia (So.– Burns, Ore.) "Louisa moved from being a middle distance runner last year, setting huge PR's in the 1500m and 3000m, to rising up in the 5000m this year setting big PR's, posting the top 5K time on the team for the season and really leading the way for the women," Taylor said.
Men – Isaiah Greer (Fr. – Johnson City, Tenn.) "Isaiah has the mind and heart of an athlete," Taylor said. "Whatever the race, he stepped up and everyone knew he gave his all. He is an incredibly tough athlete who is an incredible example to the whole team of what taking the fight to the race can do.
"As an example, Isaiah ran three events at the A-Sun Conference meet, where he went 1:57 for 800m; 4:00 for 1500m then broke 16 in the 5000m and finished as the second Lipscomb guy in the 5k."
Women – (tie) Meredith McFarlin (Fr. - Germantown, Tenn.) and Catherine Beals (So.– Glasgow, Ky.) "Meredith showed toughness throughout the season, but it was most apparent at the A-Sun Conference Championships," Taylor said. "Leading the 3000m steeplechase at about 1200m, Meredith tripped over a barrier hard, crashed to the ground, hit the metal curbing and lost a shoe. Somehow she got back up, got going again in dead last, ran the rest of the steeplechase with one shoe, and still ran down runners to finish eighth and score a point for the team.
" Catherine just always shows toughness. She is the most likely woman on the team to push the pace, take chances and show courage. She will hammer herself because her desire to succeed is so high."
Men – Andrew Shankles (Sr.– Knoxville, Tenn.) "Andrew is one of those rare guys that care 100 times more for his teammates than he does for himself," Taylor said. "He has been a team captain for three years, led the Spiritual Direction team and was the loudest and most consistent motivator and encourager from within the team."
Women – (tie) Caitlin Anderson (Jr. – Franklin, Tenn.) and Jenny Randolph (Jr. – Knoxville, Tenn.) "Caitlin and Jenny are the team captains and act as a leadership team taking care of the whole women's team," Taylor said.
Men – Andrew Shankles (Sr.– Knoxville, Tenn.) "Again, Andrew just cares about everyone and would give anything to anyone who needed it," Taylor said.
Women – Emily Longden (Fr. – Jacksonville, Fla.) "Emily, a varsity soccer player for Lipscomb, walked onto the track team and immediately blended in with the team and showed them how much she cares for others," Taylor said.
Men – Burton Elrod (Sr.– Nashville, Tenn.) "Burton has worked for several years to get the chance to compete this season," Taylor said. "Not only did he get to compete, he chose to go after the toughest event in track & field, the decathlon. Burton worked tirelessly at all the events, which culminated in five event PR's at the ASUN Championships and a surprise third place All-Conference finish."
Women – Catherine Beals (So. – Glasgow, Ky.) "Catherine wants herself and her team to succeed so badly that she does everything possible to put herself in the best place possible," Taylor said. " She works hard in practice, does the little things away from practice, and is courageous in competition, willing to push the pace and give herself and her team a chance at reaching the next level."
Men – Isaiah Greer (Fr. – Johnson City, Tenn.) "Isaiah set the tone for the team," Taylor said. "He broke the existing school record for 1500m in the same race that Ryan Chastain shattered it. Isaiah set huge PR's in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, led off the A-Sun Indoor Conference DMR that set a conference record, and he was a workhorse at the outdoor conference championships. "
Women – Brittany Duerk (Fr. – Auburn, Ala.) "Brittany walked on after completing her season with the Lady Bisons ' basketball team," Taylor said. "She immediately made an impact in the throws, winning the Vanderbilt Invite with a new school record throw in the javelin, and leading the conference for much of the season. She capped her season with a third place All-Conference finish in the javelin."
Men – Ryan Chastain (Sr. – Mitchell, Ind.) "There was no question that Ryan would earn this award," Taylor said. "Ryan set 11 school records, including a pair that had stood since 1969. He won A-Sun titles in the indoor mile and DMR, and the outdoor 1500m, and was the high point scorer for the men's team at both meets.
"He served as a team captain, a member of the Spiritual Direction team and was awarded the Byers Award as the top male athlete at Lipscomb University for 2009-10. He graduated with an Engineering degree and earned all A-Sun Academic honors every semester."
Women – Amanda Twigg (Fr.– Cumberland , Md.) "Amanda really led the way for the women's track team, setting school records in the indoor 800m, mile, 4x400 and DMR, and the outdoor 800m, mile, 4x400 and DMR," Taylor said. "She won several races and was a consistent top performer for the team all season long."
Priya Pappu – Indoor DMR (3rd team)
Emily Longden – Indoor DMR (3rd team)
Sara Stephens – Indoor DMR (3rd team)
Amanda Twigg – Indoor DMR (3rd team)
Isaiah Greer – Indoor DMR (1st team)
Bobby Bassett – Indoor DMR (1st team)
Andrew Jones – Indoor DMR (1st team)
Ryan Chastain – Indoor DMR (1st team)
Ryan Chastain – Indoor Mile (1st team)
Ryan Chastain – Indoor 5000m (3rd team)
Ryan Chastain – Outdoor 1500m (1st team)
Xavier Conley – Outdoor Long Jump (3rd team)
Burton Elrod – Outdoor Decathlon (3rd team)
Caitlin Anderson – Outdoor 3000m Steeplechase (3rd team)
Brittany Duerk – Outdoor Javelin (3rd team)
Adam Austin, Kevin Bass, Jared Carlson, Cormac Carolan, Ryan Chastain, Burton Elrod, Ben Fennell, Isaiah Greer, Hunter Hethcoat, Jeff Hoover, Alex Jerkins, Mike Knox, Brock Lutes, Chad Martin, Steven Mason, Tim Muller, Jeff Musick, Ryan Powell, Austin Ray, Logan Ray, Benton Reed, Andrew Shankles, Ben Wright, Paul Wright, Mike Yang Caitlin Anderson, Catherine Beals, Brittany Duerk, Paloma Floden, Ashley Lehman, Emily Longden, Jessi Marshall, Shelby Marvel, Taylor Mason, Meredith McFarlin, Priya Pappu, Anika Piorkowski, Jenny Randolph, Shannon Shoemake, Rachel Smith, Amanda Twigg, Courtney Watts, Valerie Winkler.
Men – Ryan Chastain, Benton Reed, Andrew Shankles, Steven Mason, Burton Elrod
Women – Caitlin Anderson, Jenny Randolph
"We had a lot of fun and laughs, we did community service projects every four to six weeks to impact the community in a positive way, both teams set the bar far higher in terms of athletic performance, and we excelled in the classroom again," Taylor said. " It's another wonderful step forward as we continue our quest to be one of the top NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field program in the nation in every single way.
"It was the best year yet. I really enjoyed this past year and am really looking forward to continuing our rapid progress in the years to come. "


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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A complete game all around from both the offense and defense led the Tennessee Tech baseball team to victory Saturday afternoon as the Golden Eagles won their ninth consecutive game by defeating Northwestern, 12-2, at Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex.
Tech clinched the series over the Wildcats behind the arm of right-handed starter David Hess and the entire starting Golden Eagle lineup, which went off for 18 hits. Hess collected his second win of the year, tossing six innings while allowing just two earned runs and five hits. The junior struck out seven Northwestern batters, his third start of the season with at least seven Ks.
All nine batters produced at the plate on the day, but four Golden Eagles stood out in the contest, including seniors Zach Zarzour and Brandon Thomasson and juniors Dylan Bosheers and Jordan Hopkins.
Thomasson and Bosheers each drove in three runs on the day with Thomasson finishing 2-for-4 at the plate and Bosheers delivering on three of his five trips to the plate. Hopkins added two RBI on a 3-for-3 day at the dish and Zarzour kept his hot bat swinging, collecting three more hits in the series. Miles had a great day at the plate as well, going 2-for-3 with three runs scored, an RBI, and two walks.
Northwestern looked sure on its way to a good day at the plate, as the second batter of the game, catcher Scott Heelan, drove a long ball over the right field fence to give the Wildcats an early 1-0 lead. Designated hitter Jack Livingston collected a hit in the next at-bat, leaving Tech fans maybe a little weary to start the game.
But Hess settled quickly, inducing a groundball and allowing his defense to turn a inning-ending double play. That was essentially all the Wildcats would get the rest of the game as Hess scattered three more hits across the next five innings, allowing just one more run to score. For good measure, he struck out the side to end in the top of the sixth to put an exclamation point on his win.
Relievers Justin Alexander and Kyle Keatts finished off the final three innings, surrendering a combined three hits with quick work.
Tech didn't score in the first inning, but went off over the next four, scoring 11 of its 12 runs in the contest.
Bosheers started things off for the Golden Eagles, drilling a lead-off single up the middle. Two batters later, Hopkins crushed a triple over the center fielder's head, driving in Bosheers to even up the score. Junior left fielder drove him in two pitches later, putting Tech on top for good.
The Golden Eagles tallied two more in the bottom of the third, using a two-out double from Bosheers to grab one and an RBI single from Hopkins to score the other.
The fourth inning was especially big as the Tech squad doubled its output with a four spot. Zarzour led off with a single to right field and was immediately followed by a single to center field by designated hitter Connor Goodspeed. Zach Stephens grounded into a fielder's choice as Northwestern chose to get Goodspeed at second, allowing Zarzour to advance to third.
Senior Daniel Miles took the next pitch through the left side, driving in Zarzour and putting two on base for Thomasson. The slugger looked at one before clobbering a fall off the center field wall for a two-run triple. Bosheers allowed no breath for the Wildcats, smacking the next pitch through the left side to drive in Thomasson and give Tech an 8-1 lead.
Three more runs in the fifth inning extended Tech's advantage to 11-2. Thomasson and Bosheers each picked up RBI and the third run came in on off a Northwestern balk.
The final four innings came and went with little excitement except for a brief moment in the bottom of the eighth. Pinch-hitting for center fielder Jake Rowland, redshirt freshman Hunter Hudson hammered his first career home run over the center field wall, providing the Golden Eagles with its final score of 12-2.
Originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. CT start, the third game of the series has been moved to an 11 a.m. first pitch due to impending weather expected in the area. Tech will go for the series sweep on Sunday, pitting lefty John Gora against Northwestern sophomore Reed Mason.


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This is the first time two updates were written on the same day - I feel like a writer more than a photographer/driver, but I think any film shooters living around or passing through this part of the country may appreciate this quick info.
While driving through Des Moines I stopped by Christian Photo today and found a wonderfully receptive and kind staff there who were genuinely excited to see The Photo Palace Bus outside of their establishment. Located on the northern part of town it is one of the bigger camera stores that I have found along this journey. I was happy to find a great selection of film (including the hard to find Fuji FP3000b) and a full line-up of darkroom supplies that's enough to start printing with.
Also they do have two cases full of film cameras - the one that is not pictured is more of a regular student selection and includes a good number of AE-1s and other cameras of similar type. The one I liked better is located behind the counter on the wall and has some nifty finds - if anyone wants a good deal on a Stereo Realist for just $50 (I checked it out and all the speeds are working, unlike in mine...) or a Contax RTS (Didn't ask how much that one was) - do give them a call at 515-270-8030 and I'm sure they'd be happy to help out. There was also a very odd old fold-out 35mm German camera the name of which I forget now, but all the shutter speeds were working great and it seems like for $30 it might have been a great deal, if only I had the extra $30 to spend... It is pictured on the same shelf as the RTS, third from left. Also - a fair deal on a Rolleiflex RIII lens hood - considering what I see them fetch these days on eBay $50 is not bad...
Thank you Christian Photo for your enthusiasm and commitment to film! Here's to many more years in business and to film never going away.
P.S. I am sorry I won't be able to make it to your photo walk-about tomorrow - it sounds like fun, but I would love to get two days to dig through and see what I can find in the archives of Topeka concerning some photos I have from 100 years ago, so I'm on the way there right after I post this and hopefully I'll make the 260 miles in one shot... I'll be back though and hope to catch one of these events next time. Cheers!


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FRISCO – The FC Dallas Academy and Pre Academy teams traveled south last weekend for a quintet of matches against in-state MLS rivals the Houston Dynamo. All five teams met the challenge and remain unbeaten on the young season after four wins and a draw against Houston.
FC Dallas U-18s: 3
Houston Dynamo: 0
After celebrating its first national championship in the Houston Dynamo's BBVA Compass Stadium, the FC Dallas U-18 Academy team returned to the Space City with a triumphant 3-0 shutout of the Dynamo. This one was over before the break, as forward Bobby Edet put Dallas up 2-0 with goals in the 10th and 21st minutes and Homegrown midfielder Kellyn Acosta capped off the scoring in the 40th minute with his second goal in as many games for the U-18s. Goalkeeper Jose Gonzalez maintained the shutout through the second half to clinch the second straight win for FCD.
The U-18s are now second place in the Frontier Division with six points and two games in-hand over first-place Sporting Kansas City.
FC Dallas U-16s: 4
Houston Dynamo: 2
The U-16s also remained perfect, doubling up the Dynamo with a 4-2 win in Houston. Three different players bagged braces in that match. Aaron Meyer scored the first goal of the match in the sixth minute, and Santiago Agudelo doubled the lead in the 28th. Christian Lucatero pulled one back for the home side in the 40th minute, but the lead was restored just before the half when Meyer scored his second of the match. Agudelo scored again nine minutes into the second half to make it a three-goal lead. Lucatero found the back of the net again in the 76th minute to pull his team to pull his team to within two, but it wasn't enough to deny FC Dallas the win.
The U-16s have also climbed to second in the Frontier Division with six points and two games in-hand over first-place Sporting Kansas City.
FC Dallas U-15s: 0
Houston Dynamo: 0
Although the U-15s didn't pick up a win over the weekend, they did remain undefeated after a scoreless draw with the Dynamo. The FC Dallas U-15s are in second place in the Texas Pre Academy with a record of 2-0-1 and seven points on the season.
FC Dallas U-14s: 5
Houston Dynamo: 3
The U-14s remained unbeaten after coming out on the winning end of a high-scoring affair with the Dynamo. Houston posted three goals in the match, but Dunan James, Benji Granillo and Chase Niece scored a goal apiece and Alejandro Zendejas bagged a brace to earn a 5-3 win for FCD. The U-14s are in third place in the Texas Pre Academy with seven points and a record of 2-0-1.
FC Dallas U-13s: 2
Houston Dynamo: 0
The U-13s are the only perfect FC Dallas Pre Academy side after earning a third straight win with a 2-0 shutout of the Dynamo. Aksel Gerber scored in the match and Simeon Salazar scored his second in as many games to earn the win for FCD. The U-13s are number one in the Texas Pre Academy with nine points through three games played.
Up Next: at Solar Chelsea SC and vs. Dallas Texans
The Academy teams will be back in action this Saturday when they visit Solar Chelsea SC for the first meeting of the season between the two clubs. The Pre Academy teams will be at home this Sunday, as they host the Dallas Texans at the Complex at FC Dallas Stadium.
Scoring Summaries:
U-18 Academy:
Edet, Bobby (2) – 10', 21'
Acosta, Kellyn – 40'
U-16 Academy:
Meyer, Aaron (2) – 6', 45'
Agudelo, Santiago (2) – 28', 54'
U-15 Pre Academy:
U-14 Pre Academy:
Zendejas, Alejandro (2)
James, Duncan
Granillo, Benji
Niece, Chase
U-13 Pre Academy:
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By Sgt. Michael J. MacLeodFebruary 7, 2013
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- When retired paratrooper Ronnie Bland asks, "What's not to like about playing video games all day?" he is only being half facetious.
As the senior enabler on a life-sized, virtual convoy-skills trainer called the Special Operations Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer, Bland likes knowing that the skills young soldiers pick up in the simulator may someday save a life or help to complete a mission.
"I wish we had something like this when I was in," said the former signal soldier, who deployed for Desert Shield/Desert Storm and twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Housed in a half-dozen trailers on the edge of Fort Bragg's weapons ranges, the convoy simulator incorporates four life-sized Humvees, each surrounded by screens with synchronized projected video of a mission scenario.
Each Humvee is outfitted with a field radio, GPS-based "Blue Force Tracker," and weapon options that include an assortment of machine guns, grenade launchers, rifles and anti-tank devices.
"We see the Tactical Trainer as a way for our soldiers to learn the fundamentals of battle drills without having to dispatch vehicles and draw weapons," said Capt. Robyn Boehringer, commander of a company that provides forward support to paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team.
When soldiers join the Army as part of the quartermaster corps, they're not really thinking about being on the road in combat zones and employing infantry-like tactics nearly every day, but as part of a forward support company, that's often what a deployment is like, said Boehringer.
"With my [noncommissioned officers], I'm giving them baseline infantry tactics that will hopefully save their lives," she said.
The virtual training was a prelude to live-fire training her company is scheduled to participate in within a month or two, she said.
Inside the trainer, the life-sized graphics, realistic sounds and pneumatically induced weapon recoil can be tailored to a unit's requests, said Bland. One room houses an array of monitors that acts as a tactical operations center during missions and as a debriefing room for after-action reviews during which missions can be replayed from a variety of viewpoints on several monitors simultaneously, he said.
Soldiers can practice maintaining vehicle-spacing intervals, using the radios, plotting routes and sending messages on the Blue Force Tracker, and reacting to enemy contact from roadside bombs, small-arms fire, tanks, aircraft and minefields.
"With this system, the soldiers have more time for training and less for administrative," said Bland. "He's not thinking, 'I've got to clean my weapon. I've got to clean the vehicle. When are we going to get done?'"
The trainer is ideal for new soldiers who have never deployed, said Sgt. 1st Class Robert Anderson, one of Boehringer's platoon sergeants.
With three deployments and nearly 20 years of service under his belt, Anderson was impressed with how collective skills were learned by his soldiers inside the Tactical Trainer.
"It gives them confidence that the man to my left and right, front and rear, knows what he is doing," said Anderson. "They know what each other will do in a given situation."
Anderson was complementary toward Bland and his associates who operate the facility, particularly on how they tailored the virtual experience for his platoon's needs.
"I tell my soldiers that in combat they're never going to see all the things these guys throw at them all at once, but they might. It's challenging. I have to remind them, they're not failing. They're learning," said Anderson.
Bland said the facility is easy to book, and even a squad leader can call him to arrange for an afternoon or several days of training.
All of the training is unit-led. Bland and his staff act solely as enablers, he said.


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The rover used the tools on its robotic arm to examine the texture and composition of target areas on the rock with and without the dark coating. The rock is about the size of a loaf of bread. Initial analysis was inconclusive about whether the coating on the rock is material that melted during the impact event that dug the crater.
The coating includes a layer in which peppercorn-size spheres nicknamed "blueberries" are densely packed.
Opportunity took this image in preparation for the first autonomous selection of an observation target by a spacecraft on Mars. The top target that Opportunity selected with AEGIS (from the more than 50 rocks in this image) is shown by the yellow marker.
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Analysis of Block Island's composition using Opportunity's alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, confirmed that it is rich in iron and nickel.
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One such experiment is studying tiny variations in the rotation of Mars to gain insight about the planet's core. Tools on Spirit's robotic arm can also study variations in the composition of nearby soil, which has been affected by water. Stationary science also includes watching how wind moves soil particles and monitoring the Martian atmosphere.
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SAN JOSE — The woman who prosecutors contend was raped by an on-duty San Jose police officer reported the sexual assault only after being arrested three weeks later on suspicion of drunken driving, this newspaper has learned.
Prosecutors don't dispute that the arrest by the CHP may have been the catalyst that drove the woman to report the alleged rape by an officer from a different agency. But they note that the case against the cop is supported by DNA and other evidence.
Even so, the timing of the woman's accusation against Officer Geoffrey Graves is likely to become a central issue in the case, experts say. The defense may seek to discredit the woman, suggesting she tried to barter her way out of her own legal predicament by implicating the officer. Her arrest also may bolster a possible defense claim that she has a drinking problem and is therefore unreliable.
But prosecutors are well prepared to make their case. In addition to DNA evidence bolstering the sexual assault charge, prosecutors say, the woman never requested leniency in exchange for reporting the San Jose officer. And court records show she pleaded no contest and received a typical sentence for a first conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol.
"Any notion that this report was made to avoid a DUI conviction is absurd," said Carlos Vega, the prosecutor in charge of the rape case. He noted that the misdemeanor DUI case was handled independently by a different prosecutor.
Regardless of how the DUI arrest figures in the cop case, it helps resolve a lingering question: What occurred to prompt the woman, who is in the country illegally, to risk deportation and level the explosive accusations?
Graves, who is free on $100,000 bail and on paid administrative leave, could not be reached for comment. He faces up to eight years in prison if he is convicted. His attorneys did not respond to several requests for comment.
The charges against the officer, whose department has struggled to build trust with the city's immigrant communities, stem from a Sept. 22 family disturbance call.
Graves was one of four officers responding to an argument between the woman and her husband. The officers noted that the couple had been drinking — an observation that may now take on more importance.
Graves and another officer traveled to a hotel and waited for the woman to check into a room so she and her husband could spend the night apart. After the second officer left to answer another police call, Graves allegedly stuck around and later returned to the woman's room, where he overpowered her and "forcibly engaged in sexual intercourse with the victim before leaving the hotel approximately 10 minutes later," according to a San Jose police report.
Twenty-one days later, on Oct. 13, two CHP officers on patrol near Moorpark and Leigh avenues pulled the woman over after she ran a red light in a green minivan and weaved across lanes, according to court documents.
The woman became extremely agitated and demanded in broken English to be let go. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit, according to CHP reports.
Apparently terrified of being sexually assaulted again by officers, she waited until she was in the safety of the Main Jail to report the Sept. 22 alleged rape, sources said.
During her first court appearance, on Jan. 22, she pleaded no contest to the DUI charge and was sentenced to three years' probation, nine days in county jail if she violates probation and eight days on the weekend work program, most likely cleaning up freeways. She also was ordered to pay fines and fees of about $1,900. She has no prior criminal record, according to court documents.
Vega said that rather than being a liability, the DUI charge carried a silver lining in that it may have made the woman more talkative.
"It was a blessing in disguise because it prompted her to report the rape," Vega said. "An intoxicated person's words are a sober person's thoughts."
Staff writer Robert Salonga contributed to this report. Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Follow her at Twitter.com/tkaplanreport.


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The semiconductor equipment sector's book-to-bill ratio dropped below parity level last month, but one glimmer of hope is that continued investment by wafer foundries and flash memory makers would bode well for the industry going forward.
The book-to-bill ratio is the three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. It measures new orders against products sold each month, with a ratio of less than on showing weakness, while a ratio greater than one indicates strong demand.
"The SEMI book-to-bill ratio slipped below parity as the three-month average bookings declined in August," Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) president and chief executive officer Denny McGuirk said in a press release on Thursday.
The San Jose, California-based SEMI is a global trade association that represents the semiconductor and flat-panel display equipment and materials industries, such as Applied Materials Inc.
"While some investment activity may be slowing, we see spending by foundries and flash memory suppliers to be key drivers for investments for the remainder of the year and into 2014," McGuirk said.
From January through June, the ratios had been above 1, meaning more orders coming in than products being sold each month. However, according to the semiconductor industry tracker's latest report, last month's ratio moderated to 0.98, the lowest level in the past eight months, from 1 in July.
SEMI's data showed orders last month dropped 11.9 percent to US$1.06 billion from July and were the lowest since April, when they recorded US$1.17 billion. Year-on-year, last month's figure fell 2.7 percent. Meanwhile, billings totaled US$1.081 billion last month, down 10.1 percent month-on-month and 18.7 percent year-on-year.
"The semiconductor industry is entering the traditional low season," SinoPac Securities Corp (永豐金證券) said in a note ahead of the release of SEMI's book-to-bill data. "The declining orders indicate that semiconductor companies have started lowering their capital expenditures while adjusting their inventories."
The semiconductor industry is expecting brand-name clients to start building up their inventories in a bid to meet an expected buying spree during the upcoming Chinese long holiday next month, and therefore lead to a potential upside for their third-quarter revenue.
However, SinoPac said the odds for semiconductor firms to increase their capital spending remain low, given uncertainty over end-product demand.
Even so, Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Ltd said in its latest industry report, released on Thursday, that it expects the "front-end" equipment orders to improve as Taiwanese foundries invest in new capacity in 20 nanometer (nm) and 16nm process lines, and South Korean NAND flash makers begin investing in next-generation technologies (3D NAND) from this month.
Front-end equipment includes facilities used in wafer processing, fabrication and automation, as well as those for masking and wafer manufacturing, while back-end category refers to testing and process diagnostic equipment, as well as assembly and packaging ones.
"With the investment cycle for leading-edge foundry logic process for 2014 around the corner, we expect to see continued positive momentum in the orders environment for semiconductor production equipment makers through first half of 2014," Credit Suisse analysts Hideyuki Maekawa and Akinori Kanemoto wrote.


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I wanted to share a story with you all that happened recently. So many times when working in an industry, we forget to look at the best practices of other industries and how we can apply them to our chosen professions.
My wife recently got hooked on blenders and purchased one that, after six months, did not perform to her satisfaction. I was promptly informed that we needed to upgrade. I did not fully understand why we needed to do this and the product she selected was, naturally, considerably more expensive. Somehow, when I was home from traveling, we ended up at Bed Bath & Beyond "just to look" at the potential new blender. Upon reviewing it (and the price), I must say that I was looking for the quickest way out, or the possibility of deferring this purchase to a milestone event, such as a birthday or Mother's Day.
As we were reviewing and discussing the price, a gentleman (A staff member named Tom) came by and told us that the blender of my wife's choosing was an incredible product. I am not 100% sure if Tom was teed up by my wife to walk past at that exact moment but I engaged him in conversation and began to ask questions about the blender. His product knowledge was incredibly detailed and when I informed him that we had purchased a blender of inferior quality, he said, "No problem, just return it." I informed him that my wife had purchased it six months ago, and he responded, "If you are not happy with the product, return it and we will exchange it for you."
This gentleman was professional, knowledgeable and personable and, as I found out after we went home and collected the old blender, Tom was the store manager. We received a full refund on the old blender and a 20% discount off the new one. Unfortunately, I was not aware that I would be forced to drink thick green beverages on a daily basis with this new blender but I do not blame Tom for that.
The moral of the story is that the service and the branding were unbelievable and Bed Bath & Beyond earned a customer for life. It was great to see a manager fully engaged with a customer, proactively sharing product knowledge and exhibiting incredible customer service.
I have been on both sides of the equation in our industry as a vendor and as a dealer, and too many times we fall into our own foxholes. We generally are reactive to customers when we should be proactive. We lose the personal touch of talking with people face to face and we get tunnel vision behind our desks and phones.
I know buying a car is not the same as buying a blender. However, every purchase, especially in today's economic climate, is an important purchase to a customer. At a past auto retailer, we offered a three-day return policy for any vehicle, new or used, with no questions asked. If memory serves me correctly, we returned one car with this policy. Over the same period of time, we sold more than 12,000 cars.
On the vendor side of the equation, we should be treating the customer the same way. We work in an industry that lives and breathes on customer service but, all too often, vendors are reactionary to their customers' (the dealers') needs. The game of duplicating leads and waiting to see if dealers ask for credits or if they will accept a 5% close rate from your product is deplorable. We should all take a page from Tom's book and walk the floor, getting in touch with our customers and providing them with a quality experience instead of a quick, final sale.
All customers want to know is that you are sincerely grateful for the opportunity to have earned their business and hard-earned money. I assure you that automotive dealers are just like any other customer – the same as I was at Bed Bath & Beyond!
So, now is the time for all vendors to take a look in the mirror. When was the last time you proactively did something refreshing and sincere for your customer base?
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Gives meaningful expression to the name "& Beyond". Interesting you make reference to BB&B. I, too, have noticed a new change on the floor of the store. Employees seem to have a new level of friendly training.
Connie-couldn't agree more! Thx for taking the time to comment and now vendors need to be looking "Beyond" the sale and supporting their Customer base!
Good article Simon. Having worked the dealership and vendor side as well this topic hits close to home.
At the CRM company which I currently serve dealerships we call every new salesperson or manager to get them set up in the system, offer initial training and make sure any questions are answered. We have found that employing this proactive approach has been essential in the success of our dealership partners with regards to CRM utilization.
Thank you for sharing your experience,
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favorite space food was peanut butter. I'm not a big fan of it on
the ground, but couldn't get enough of it in space."
Peggy Whitson,
Expedition 5 NASA ISS Science Officer
Imagine being
stuck in a house for months, not able to venture out to go to the
grocery store whenever a particular food craving hits. All that
you have to survive on is already stowed in the pantry. The items
in this pantry have been predetermined long ahead of time, and if
your taste buds happen to change, you are simply out of luck.
The Space Food
Systems Laboratory at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston does
all it can to ensure the astronauts are happy when it comes to their
Chicken ...'
Food choice
is extremely important to astronauts, and the longer the flight,
the more significant those choices become. The meals are stowed
pantry-style onboard Space Station, so crewmembers can eat food
items in any order they wish. For instance, if crewmembers want
to have chicken three nights in a row, they can do that.
on Space Station, so much of what is going on is beyond their control,"
said Vickie Kloeris, JSC manager of Space Food Systems. "And
so food is just a comfort thing that they would like to feel they
have some input on or some control over. It's just a big psychological
thing -- I don't know if we've flown anyone to Station that has
not been concerned about their food."
Emilce (Emmy)
Vest, Food Services director and executive chef for JSC, agrees
that comfort food is of the utmost importance, especially when astronauts
are in space.
"In situations
where there is little outside stimulation and we're somewhat lonely,
food becomes more of a focus because it gives us sensual and chemical
stimulation," Vest said. "We also crave the social payoff
in 'breaking bread' with our companions."
The Space Food
Systems Laboratory tries to vary the menus by allowing the crew
to take bonus containers into space, in which they can request special,
off-the-menu food items. These usually include commercially available
candy bars, cookies or crackers -- anything with a long shelf life.
Yet even with
the special goodies sent to the Space Station ahead of time, astronauts
inevitably return to Earth wishing that they could have had more
food variety in space.
More variety
-- especially fresh food items -- often shows up when a Russian
Progress vehicle docks to the Space Station. The unpiloted cargo
spacecraft usually brings fresh items such as apples, oranges, grapefruits
and other fruit items. The Russians also include interesting foods
that Americans do not typically eat.
"The Russians
will fly things like raw onion and raw garlic, because that's more
a part of their culture than part of our culture," Kloeris
said. "But it's interesting because some of our American crewmembers
have said that even though it didn't sound all that great ahead
of time, it actually was nice to have it because it was something
totally different."
Choosing food
items for Space Station crewmembers can also pose a challenge due
to the fact that most crewmembers say that their tastes change while
in orbit. While Kloeris notes that there is no real scientific data
to support that theory, there is plenty of anecdotal data.
For instance,
astronauts seem to like spicier foods and tart beverages such as
lemonade in space, while on the ground those items are not as appreciated.
Peggy Whitson's personal account of food echoes that thought. "When
STS-112 visited, I told the commander that I wasn't opening the
hatch unless they had salsa," said Whitson, the Expedition 5 Space
Station Science Officer. "My favorite space food was peanut butter.
I'm not a big fan of it on the ground, but couldn't get enough of
it in space."
The Space Food
Systems Laboratory learns more from each crew about how to keep
long-duration flight astronauts happy with their menus. And although
food seems so basic to the ordinary person, it is much more important
when you do not have ready access to a grocery store.
is one of the first senses with which we explore the world,"
Vest said. "There are a lot of chemical reasons for food to
be a comfort mechanism. However, our primitive brain is hardwired
to equate food with 'home' and safety. When we're hungry, we're
all two years old."
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photos were provided by Johnson Space Center's Roundup.
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Nico Rosberg pulls clear in title race after Lewis Hamilton's nightmare start
Lewis Hamilton's championship challenge is now out of his hands after yet another horror start saw him slip even further behind Nico Rosberg in the title race.
Rosberg sauntered to his ninth victory of the season in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix and while Hamilton recovered to finish third, the Briton is now 33 points behind his Mercedes team-mate.
Indeed Hamilton could win each of the four remaining races and still come up short in the championship.
Max Verstappen crossed the line in second, despite a late lunge from Hamilton at the chicane on the penultimate lap, while Mercedes wrapped up their third consecutive Constructors' Championship after taking an unassailable points lead over Red Bull.
Hamilton's championship defence has been plagued by engine problems and bad starts. Seven days ago in Malaysia he retired with just 15 laps to run after his engine blew up while leading, and here he dropped six places to eighth following another woeful getaway.
The Briton, who walked out of his press conference with the written media on Saturday night without answering a question in response to criticism courted following his antics on Snapchat earlier this week, was faced with a damp grid slot following overnight rain.
Hamilton felt obliged to inspect the area following the drivers' pre-race parade, and it looked as though it may have played on his mind. When the lights turned to green, Hamilton, for the fifth time this season - following poor starts in Australia, Bahrain, Canada and Monza - was painfully slow to get going.
By the time he got down to turn one he had been passed by both Red Bulls, both Ferraris and both Force India cars. Rosberg, who started from pole after topping every practice session, had no such concerns as he retained the lead and never looked back.
The same could not be said for his championship rival.
"Sorry, guys", a downcast Hamilton said over the team radio. "No stress, Lewis," came the reply from his race engineer Pete Bonnington.
With Rosberg cruising off into the distance, at one stage it appeared as though Hamilton would settle for the minor points, but on lap seven the world champion finally burst into life when he passed Nico Hulkenberg.
Both Sergio Perez and Kimi Raikkonen pitted for their opening stops one lap earlier then Hamilton, but they emerged behind Jolyon Palmer which enabled the world champion to leapfrog the pair when he came in for his change of tyres.
On the same lap he fought his way past Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo for a net fourth.
Hamilton then began his pursuit of Sebastian Vettel, which appeared as though it may prove to be a tall order. But a quick stop by his Mercedes team - as well as a sluggish response for Ferrari and a questionable move to the soft, less durable tyres - saw Hamilton undercut Vettel and move into third.
Max Verstappen was up next for the Briton. On the last but one lap, Hamilton attempted to pass the Dutchman at the chicane but Verstappen blocked his route and Hamilton was forced to take to the escape path. "Max moved under braking," Hamilton complained.
Hamilton hung on to third, but he is now left facing an ever-growing task to prevent an impressive Rosberg from marching to his first world title.
Vettel crossed the line in fourth ahead of Raikkonen and Ricciardo. British rookie Palmer finished 12th, while Jenson Button's miserable weekend here culminated in him coming home a lowly 18th.
"A big congratulations to the team and I am proud to be a part of it," Hamilton said. "I did the best I could from where I was in the race. I am happy to be in the points."
Regarding the daunting margin to Rosberg in the championship, Hamilton added: "I will give it everything I have got as I did in the race and we will see what happens."
Rosberg added: "What an awesome weekend, for sure. It felt great from the word go, especially on this legendary track. Congratulations to the team."
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