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Tuesday was Day 4 of the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event, and 18 players returned to action. When play was all said and done, six contenders remained at the official WPT televised final table. Josh Hale leads the group with with 7.325 million in chips. Joining him are notables Greg Mueller, Ali Eslami and Jeff Madsen.
WPT Legends of Poker Final Table
|Max Steinberg
|Jeff Madsen
|Raouf Malek
|Greg Mueller
|Josh Hale
|Ali Eslami
The action kicked off around 1300 PDT (2100 BST) and within about a half an hour, the first player was eliminated as Joseph Cheong hit the rail in 18th place. According to the WPT Live Updates team, Cheong was all in during he first level of the day with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/3,000 holding the . He was up against the of Jim Willerson. The board ran out and Willerson's straight was the winner.
After Cheong was eliminated, Efren Abustan, Antonios Roungeris and Sam Barnhart hit the rail. The last of that group, Barnhart, fell to Hale during Level 24 with the blinds at 12,000/24,000/4,000. As reported, Barnhart got the in preflop against the for Hale. The flop, turn and river ran out and Barnhart was eliminated.
It was then time for Ramzi Srour, Alan Myerson, Cyrus Farzad and David Marshall to go. On the hand in which Marshall busted, Hale was against the one yielding the sword and gained a massive chip lead with the pot.
The blinds had increased to Level 25 at 15,000/30,000/5,000 when a flop of fell in the middle of the felt. Hale checked and Marshall bet 160,000. Hale check-raised Marshall's bet to 450,000, but Marshall had other things in mind and moved all in for approximately two million. Hale was holding bottom set with and quickly made the call. Marshall held . Marshall didn't find the miracle, come-from-behind victory she was looking for as the turn and river completed the board with the and .
That pot vaulted Hale to a huge chip lead with nearly five million in chips and sent the tournament to the final table of 10. To give you an idea of how big Hale's lead was exactly, when the player redrew to one table of 10 and the stacks were counted, Hale's closest competitors were Eslami and Madsen, both with 1.48 million. Hale had about 3.5 million more than either one.
After the redraw, it took 12 hands before Art Alaniz fell in 10th place. Jesse Martin then exited in ninth, followed by Stephen Granerp in eighth place, and with seven players left, the official WPT final table bubble had arrived.
Graner went out on the 76th hand of the final table and the bubble lasted just three hands from there. Willerson, the man who had eliminated Cheong as the first elimination of the day, fell in seventh place. With the blinds at 30,000/60,000/10,000, Max Steinberg raised from under the gun to 150,000. Willerson reraised all in for 1.025 million and then Hale reshoved for roughly six million. Everyone folded back to Steinberg, and he also gave it up.
When the hands were tabled, Willerson showed , but had unfortunately run into the of Hale. The flop came down and Willerson was still behind. He was looking for a king or running clubs to stay alive, but the on the turn meant only a king would do it on the river. The dealer burned one last time before slapping the on the river, which eliminated Willerson in seventh place. For his finish, he took home $60,400.
Hale will begin the final table with 7.325 million in chips and the button. He has over double Mueller's second-place stack and what looks to be a stranglehold on the tournament. Surely, he's in the best position to take the title, but each of the other five competitors want the $500,000 first-place prize just as badly. None of these players have earned a WPT title before and only Mueller and Eslami have made an official WPT final table before, placing fourth and sixth, respectively.
The final table is scheduled to have cards in the air at 1600 PDT (0000 BST) and you can be sure to find the complete recap of the action right here on PokerNews following the completion of play.
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Were you aware that emoticons are being used by adults, not just 14-year-olds on AOL Instant Messager, MySpace, Twitter, or whatever the kids are using these days? Now professionals are signing off emails with a smiley or winky face, and it's either a helpful way to convey tone, or a sign that we've all become illiterate and will soon be watering crops with Gatorade and taking health advice from Dr. Justin Long.
The New York Times blows the lid off the trend in an article that feels like it could have run at any point in the past decade, but was actually published today (I double checked the date). Perhaps I'm over the idea of emoticons in the workplace because as someone who writes online for a living, much of my communication with coworkers is done via email and IM (and we already discussed the great emoticon debate nearly two years ago). However, it seems even jaded bloggers can learn a thing or two about the dangers of expressing yourself symbolically through punctuation. For instance, did you know that there's an emoticon for "splayed lady parts"? Allow the paper of record to explain:
Emoticons can produce another layer of confusion, however: they don't always read the same way across different technical interfaces. "In the text function of my BlackBerry there is a sidebar menu of emoticons (how ridiculous is that?) that shows the yellow smiley faces, except they are also crying and raging, and winking and blowing kisses, etc.," Dr. [Lisa M.] Bates wrote. "I sent a fairly new acquaintance a 'big hug' emoticon - which, for the record, was ironic. But anyway, on his iPhone it came up with the symbols, not the smiley face, which don't look anything like a big hug. From his perspective they look like a view of, er, splayed lady parts: ({})."He then ran around his lab showing colleagues excitedly what I had just sent him. Half (mostly men) concurred with his interpretation, and the others (mostly women) didn't and probably thought he was kind of a desperate perv."
Knowing the shorthand for gaping vagina (with spikey piercings on either side) is certainly going to come in handy! For example, the next time I need to convey to my significant other that there's trouble in my nether regions and I need him to pick up some Monistat, I'll text "({}) :-(" and he'll get the message. Need some tampons? Just write, "({}) ===—~~." There's no way teenage boys will take this symbol and give it an disgusting, non-anotomical meaning!
But beware: Not everyone will be receptive to your new mode of communication. In fact, some will be so offended that they'll have a totally irrational response to seeing punctuation used in a nontraditional manner. From the Times:
Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that writers and teachers of writing are among the last emoticon holdouts. "I am deeply offended by them," said Maria McErlane, a British journalist, actress and radio personality on BBC Radio 2. "If anybody on Facebook sends me a message with a little smiley-frowny face or a little sunshine with glasses on them, I will de-friend them. I also de-friend for OMG and LOL. They get no second chance. I find it lazy. Are your words not enough? To use a little picture with sunglasses on it to let you know how you're feeling is beyond ridiculous."
Before you start using emoticons with abandon, make sure the recipient won't be deeply offended by your attempt to digitially smile at them.
If You're Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too? [NYT]
Earlier: The Great Emoticon Debate Rages On ;-)
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New Horizons: October 2008
Also in this issue
Herman Bavinck: His Life and Theology
by Cornelis P. Venema
The Witness of Scripture to Itself
by Lane G. Tipton
by "Uncle Glen"
Helps for Worship #33: What to Do after Worship
by William Shishko
The Breadth of Grace and Infant Baptism
by Shane Lems
Although the name of Herman Bavinck may be unfamiliar to some readers, his labors have probably affected all those reading these lines. Bavinck's legacy to the Reformed world, like that of his contemporary, Abraham Kuyper, was disproportionate to the size of his native Netherlands.
I write these lines on the eighty-seventh anniversary of Bavinck's death (he lived from December 13, 1854, to July 29, 1921). He is reputed to have said on his deathbed: "At this point all my knowledge avails me nothing; neither does my dogmatics; faith alone will save me."
True enough, Bavinck was saved by faith alone. Yet his erudition continues to benefit us today, with its fruit of a massive dogmatics, together with penetrating insight into philosophy, educational psychology, natural science, and modern culture.
This year marks the centennial of Bavinck's Stone Lectures at Princeton (published in book form as The Philosophy of Revelation). This year also features the completed publication of the English translation of his monumental Reformed Dogmatics (4 volumes, Baker Academic), along with a number of smaller accompanying volumes of Bavinck's works in English translation. In addition, a number of theological journals and international conferences will be paying tribute to Bavinck's lasting legacy this year.
Bavinck's professional career spanned forty years, from 1881 to 1921. This period featured a number of significant intellectual and religious challenges to the Christian faith in general and the Reformed faith in particular. A eulogist writing in the Princeton Theological Review, comparing Bavinck with his contemporaries, opined that his scholarship was perhaps the broadest and technically the most perfect.
A number of biographers have written of Herman Bavinck as a man between two worlds, the worlds of pietism and modernism. A pietistic spirituality characterized the so-called Dutch Second (or Further) Reformation of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Netherlands. It sought to maintain a healthy balance between heavenly-mindedness and this-worldliness, both of which are features of historic Calvinism. In the face of declining faith and morals in Dutch society, this emphasis on personal faith and godliness promoted renewal throughout society. As it developed, however, the Second Reformation showed spiritual affinity with more mystical, anticultural, and ascetic ideals. Of this piety Herman Bavinck was an heir.
Bavinck's confrontation with modernism began with his studies at the state university in Leiden, which then was the seat of modernist theology in the Netherlands. Here he was exposed to a rigorously historical-empirical approach to philosophy and history that influenced his own fair-minded and balanced treatment of theological friend and foe alike.
In Bavinck's day, these two worlds collided. The collision involved the relationships between faith and reason, revelation and science, and religion and philosophy. The ripened fruit of the Enlightenment was being peddled aboutthe fruit of antisupernaturalism, with its denial of the transcendent, of the miraculous, of faith as a source of knowledge. By his example and by his publications, Bavinck sought to encourage his fellow Dutch Reformed believers to live out their faith in the modern world.
The term neo-Calvinism identifies the restoration of Calvinism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Holland, led by Abraham Kuyper, F. L. Rutgers, and Herman Bavinck, and continued by their followers around the world. Naturally, restoration is more than repristination, which merely seeks to reproduce past forms and formulations. This central feature of neo-Calvinism has supplied its opponents with more than enough ammunition for criticizing it as a deformation of Calvinism rather than a continuation of it. Nevertheless, some of the more responsible neo-Calvinists since the days of Kuyper and Bavinck have acknowledged defects in it, especially in Kuyper's views on regeneration and common grace.
When Bavinck came on the scene in the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, evolutionism and naturalism had begun to dominate the sciences. Already the socio-political thought and philosophy of Ernst Troeltsch, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and the like, had achieved international stature and acceptance. Thus, to the extent that the application of Reformed doctrine to these issues was new, the theological and philosophical reflections of Bavinck and his contemporaries constituted a new phase in the history of Calvinism.
In applying Calvinism to these modern problems, Bavinck avoided simplistic, fundamentalist argumentation. He was thoroughly acquainted with both the history of Reformed doctrine and the history of its opponents. His astute familiarity with the philosophy and scientific theories of his own day led to an evaluation of them that was unusually balanced and nuanced. Rather than isolate theology from the burning philosophical questions of his day, Bavinck sought to integrate them in his fresh formulation of Reformed doctrine and life.
For example, Bavinck was fond of the notions of "organic" relationships and of "organism" in reference to bodies of reality. Perhaps the key to his understanding and application of these notions is the premise that divine grace does not eliminate nature, but restores it in service to God. "Grace restores nature" became one of Bavinck's widely applied principles in every area of doctrine and life, including the organic inspiration of Scripture, the organism of the divine Trinity, and the church as organism.
Another example of the "new" in Bavinck's Calvinism is his discussion of the biblical doctrine of creation, found in volume 2 of his Reformed Dogmatics. Confronted with the theory of evolution and various attempts to harmonize the results of modern science and the biblical account of creation, Bavinck argued for the legitimacy of the scientific method applied in its own field, while at the same time defending the historical reliability of the creation account in Genesis 1. Regarding the length and nature of the creation days, the various editions of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics demonstrate an openness and flexibility with regard to biblical interpretation. In the first edition, he expressed sympathy for viewing the days as periods of time. In the second edition, he suggested that the first three days were extraordinary cosmic days, keeping open the possibility that the second set of three days were also extraordinary. He repeatedly insisted that the word "day" in Genesis 1 denotes an extraordinary day, God's own workday. Moreover, the fall into sin introduced cosmic alterations of such a kind that the situation after the Fall cannot simply be projected back to the time before the Fall. Bavinck later abandoned the view that the creation days referred to "time periods," but he nevertheless continued to speak of them as extraordinary days, as God's workdays.
Finally, the "new" of Bavinck's neo-Calvinism is visible in the cultural awareness embedded in his work and writings. He departed from a more Anabaptist cultural stance that had prevailed among the Reformed in the Netherlands. As a son of the churches born in the Secession of 1834, Bavinck was reared among, and later pastored, church members who had little positive interest in education, politics, social policy, and culture. This son of the Secession, who had been trained among modernists in Leiden, would spend his professional life seeking to apply the principles of the Christian religion to public, scientific, and cultural life. Later in life, Bavinck became active in politics, and was elected to serve in the Dutch national government from 1911 until his death. In this capacity, Bavinck led his nation in education reform, and guided his countrymen in reflecting carefully on the problem of war. His interest in developing a Christian approach to society bore the fruit of essays on the Christian family, the role of women in modern society, and woman suffrage.
The enduring relevance of Herman Bavinck's life and labors lies in his development, within the context of these modern discussions, of a positive, presuppositional Calvinist response in the fields of science, education, social politics, and psychology. Bavinck contributed to the formation of what has come to be called "a Reformed world-and-life view."
Two features of that Reformed worldview deserve our commitment and imitation today. The first is Bavinck's constant attention to the historical development of theology in general and of Reformed doctrine in particular, especially in terms of the biblical and confessional sources of dogmatics. The second is his openness and courage to interact with, and address the gospel to, the problems raised by modern science and culture.
May the Lord in his mercy grant the heirs of Herman Bavinck's legacy the same biblical erudition and courage in our generation!
The author is professor of ethics and New Testament at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. Reprinted from New Horizons, October 2008.
New Horizons: October 2008
Also in this issue
Herman Bavinck: His Life and Theology
by Cornelis P. Venema
The Witness of Scripture to Itself
by Lane G. Tipton
by "Uncle Glen"
Helps for Worship #33: What to Do after Worship
by William Shishko
The Breadth of Grace and Infant Baptism
by Shane Lems
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Ken Ham & Terry Mortenson, Ph.D.
Ever heard one of these claims? Perhaps you've even said one yourself. Over the years, we've heard them all—but they're all false, or at least they imply a falsehood.Common claims by non-Christians:
"Science proves the Bible is wrong."
"Evolution is science, but the Bible is religion."
"Evolutionists believe in science, but creationists reject science."
Common claims by Christians:
"I believe the Bible over science."
"Creation is religion, but evolution is religion, too."
"Creationists believe in the Bible and reject science."
The Bible's account of beginnings cannot be tested in a laboratory, so secular scientists—and even some Christians—believe it is not science and must be classified as religion.
Secular scientists claim that their view of beginnings (evolution) can be tested in a laboratory, so their view is scientific. For instance, they point to mutated fruit flies or speciation observed in the field (such as new species of mosquitoes or fish).
But this is where many people are confused—what is meant by "science" or "scientific."
Before we get caught up in a debate about whether the Bible or evolution is scientific, we have learned to ask, "Could you please define what you mean by science?" The answer usually reveals where the real problem lies.
Defining Science
People are generally unaware that dictionaries give a root meaning, or etymology, of science similar to this one from Webster's: "from Latin scientia, from scient-, sciens 'having knowledge,' from present participle of scire 'to know.'"
And most dictionaries give the following meaning of the word: "the state of knowing: knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding."
Although there are other uses of the word, the root meaning of science is basically "knowledge." In fact, in the past, philosophy and theology were considered sciences, and theology was even called the "queen of the sciences."
But over the past 200 years, during the so-called Scientific Revolution, the word science has come to mean a method of knowing, a way of discovering truth. Moreover, many people assume that modern science is the only way to discover truth.
To help people clear up the confusion, we have found it helpful to distinguish between two types of modern science, and compare how each one seeks to discover truth:
1. Operation science uses the so-called "scientific method" to attempt to discover truth, performing observable, repeatable experiments in a controlled environment to find patterns of recurring behavior in the present physical universe. For example, we can test gravity, study the spread of disease, or observe speciation in the lab or in the wild. Both creationists and evolutionists use this kind of science, which has given rise to computers, space shuttles, and cures for diseases.
2. Origin science attempts to discover truth by examining reliable eyewitness testimony (if available); and circumstantial evidence, such as pottery, fossils, and canyons. Because the past cannot be observed directly, assumptions greatly affect how these scientists interpret what they see.
So, for example, how was the Grand Canyon formed? Was it formed gradually over long periods of time by a little bit of water, or was it formed rapidly by a lot of water? The first interpretation is based on secular assumptions of slow change over millions of years, while the second interpretation is based on biblical assumptions about rapid change during Noah's Flood.
The Nature of the Debate
At this point, most people realize that the debate is not about operation science, which is based in the present. The debate is about origin science and conflicting assumptions, or beliefs, about the past.
Molecules-to-man evolution is a belief about the past. It assumes, without observing it, that natural processes and lots of time are sufficient to explain the origin and diversification of life.
Of course, evolutionary scientists can test their interpretations using operation science. For instance, evolutionists point to natural selection and speciation—which are observable today. Creation scientists make these same observations, but they recognize that the change has limits and has never been observed to change one kind into another.
Until quite recently, many geologists have used studies of current river erosion and sedimentation to explain how sedimentary rock layers were formed or eroded slowly over millions of years. In the past few decades, however, even secular geologists have begun to recognize that catastrophic processes are a better explanation for many of the earth's rock layers.
Also during this time, creation geologists have been identifying evidence that points to the catastrophic formation of most of the rock record during the unique global Flood of Noah's day.
These present-day observations help us to consider the possible causes of past events, such as the formation of the Grand Canyon. But operation science cannot tell us with certainty what actually happened in the past.
After we explain these two types of science, people usually begin to recognize the potential problems with the statement "evolution is science, but the Bible is religion." Molecules-to-man evolution is not proven by operation science; instead, it is a belief about the past based on antibiblical assumptions.
The Bible, in contrast, is the eyewitness testimony of the Creator, who tells us what happened to produce the earth, the different kinds of life, the fossils, the rock layers, and indeed the whole universe. The Bible gives us the true, "big picture" starting assumptions for origin science.
Different Histories
Thus, creationists and evolutionists develop totally different reconstructions of history. But they accept and use the same methods of research in both origin and operation science. The different conclusions about origins arise from different starting assumptions, not the research methods themselves.
So, the battle between the Bible and molecules-to-man evolution is not one of religion versus science. Rather, it is a conflict between worldviews—a creationist's starting assumptions (a biblical worldview) and an evolutionist's starting assumptions (an antibiblical worldview).
The next time someone uses the word science in relation to the creation/evolution controversy, ask him first to define what he means. Only then can you begin to have a fruitful discussion about origins.
Proven Facts
Let us be clear. Accurate knowledge (truth) about physical reality can be discovered by the methods of both operation science and origin science. But truth claims in both areas may be false. Many "proven facts" (statements of supposed truth) about how things operate (in physics, chemistry, medicine, etc.), as well as about how things originated (in biology, geology, astronomy, etc.) have been or will be shown to be false. So, as best we can, we must be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11 and examine every truth claim against Scripture and look for faulty logic or false assumptions.
Which Worldview Is Correct?
There are many ways to test the accuracy of the biblical worldview against naturalistic atheism (the worldview that controls most origins research). When our research is based upon biblical truths about the past, we find that our interpretations of the biological and geological facts make sense of what we see in the real world, whereas evolutionary interpretations don't really fit what we see.
Let's look at an example. The Bible says that God created distinct groups of animals "after their kind" (see Genesis 1). Starting with this truth of the Bible as one of our assumptions, we would expect to observe animals divided into distinct groups, or kinds. Creationists postulate that our creative God placed phenomenal variability in the genes of each kind, so there could be considerable variety within each kind. But the preprogrammed mechanism for variation within the kind could never change one kind into a different kind, as evolutionists claim and their belief system requires.
Ken Ham is the founder and president of Answers in Genesis–USA. He has authored or co-authored many books concerning the authority and accuracy of God's Word and the effects of evolutionary thinking, including Genesis of a Legacy and The Lie: Evolution.
Dr. Terry Mortenson earned his doctorate in history of geology from England's University of Coventry and his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is a popular writer, speaker, and researcher for Answers in Genesis–USA.


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Which garment is best to wear under a pair of jeans without showing the leg lines?
You may want to try our ADRIENNE panty shaper, it has a smooth texture front, sides, and back. It helps flatten your tummy and shapes your behind too!
What would you recommend as the best transitional piece from Winter to Spring then maybe even to Summer?
Vedette shapewears come in different compression and textures that will allow you to choose depending on your needs. For winter, some prefer to wear thicker and more coverage shapewear pieces.
And now that Spring time is coming, and the weather is getting a bit warmer, you could probably get a lighter and thinner compression of shapewear just like the MARI. It has a medium control so it won't be too tight on the body allowing more room for your skin to breath.
If you're on hunt for a fun and flirty spring shapewear, then this VERONIQUE bodysuit is for you! It comes in a spring lilac hue touched with tiny polkadots. It's a bodysuit with bra cups. It's pretty so when you feel like going for a bit flirty look, this would perfectly pass as an outerwear.
Now for summer season, the weather is humid. So I think separates would be best during this time. Try TATIANA, a matching long line bra and panty shaper. So when days you only need a support on your bottom area, you can wear the panty shaper, or when you needed that boost in your chest area, you can wear the bra. Plus you can move much easier than wearing a bodysuit.
Which piece do you recommend for casual,long, strapless spring dresses? I want to be comfortable but I want to look cute as well.
When wearing a dress, always make sure to wear an undergarment that will give you the right coverage. A good short panty is the best underneath so in case the skirt of your dress flies, you look decent and covered underneath.
Try wearing our strapless VEVA short panty bodysuit. Or if you wait onesies, you could wear a panty shaper that does not only covers your legs, but also give you a proper shaping compression to give good shape on your hips, behind and thighs :)
Which shapewear gives a perfect fit and fresh feel for the upcoming months of summer clothing?
Try picking our MEDIUM CONTROL shapewear. They have a lesser compression as compared to the other compression categories. The lesser the tightness, the comfier and fresher feeling your body will experience!
What is the shapewear looks best on me?
Honestly, you have the power to know what it is. You just have to understand your body and its needs. And ask yourself what you aim for why you want to wear a shapewear.
Amanda Davis
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Data collected at elevations of up to 20 kilometers should make it possible to predict future changes to the ozone layer with greater accuracy
An international team of researchers is investigating ozone depletion in the polar stratosphere using data gathered during flights over the Arctic region at elevations of up to 20 kilometers. The team of atmosphere researchers, among them Stephan Borrmann, Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry in Mainz, hopes to discover how long the processes that result in the formation of the hibernal holes in the ozone layer at the polar caps actually take. It is also expected that the data collected during the flights undertaken with the high-altitude aircraft M55 Geophysica will provide insight into what effect climate change is having on the physical and chemical processes that influence the ozone layer. This would make it possible to extrapolate the future development of the ozone layer under the conditions obtained during on-going changes.
The chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) released by humans on the surface of the earth are gradually transported into the stratosphere. Here the CFCs are exposed to powerful ultraviolet radiation which decomposes the chlorofluorocarbons to finally release chlorine. This chlorine usually reacts with other chemicals and is bound in substances such as hydrogen chloride vapor and chlorine nitrate, which are not detrimental to ozone. However, in the stratospheric clouds located over the poles, the clorine from CFCs can form aggressive ozone-destroying chlorine monoxide radicals (CIO).
Analysis of these clouds is thus essential to the research being conducted by the Mainz team under Stephan Borrmann. And it is these extraordinary but natural clouds that are formed only in the stratosphere over the Arctic and Antarctic regions during the cold of the polar winters that are implicated in the formation of the holes in the ozone layer.
"As the warming of the atmosphere attributable to climate change also has a direct effect on the physical and chemical processes associated with the ozone layer, we urgently need to conduct new research into this aspect," explained Borrmann. The scientists are able to directly analyze the properties of the particles making up these polar stratospheric clouds, i.e., frozen droplets of ice and nitric acid with an approximate diameter of 3 to 20 micrometers, using instruments attached to the aircraft. In order to be able to determine the rate and extent of ozone depletion, the scientists need to find out exactly what size these droplets are and how many of them are present in these polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). The Mainz team is using additional instruments to evaluate the characteristics of ultrafine airborne aerosol particles that are also present in the stratosphere and play a role in the relevant processes. Remarkably, the presence of meteoric dust was even detected in the stratosphere during the data-gathering flights conducted between mid-January and mid-March 2010. It has also proved possible to collect significant amounts of data directly from PSCs. "We were amazed to discover that there were surprisingly large particles present in polar stratospheric clouds. These has a diameter of up to 30 micrometers, and they were rapidly precipitated thanks to their weight. This causes the substances contained in them to be irreversibly removed from the stratosphere, thus promoting the process of ozone depletion," Borrmann explains.
Originally a Russian spy plane, M55 Geophysica is one of only three aircraft worldwide that are able to reach the stratosphere – and it can do this while carrying a payload of nearly one ton of metering instruments and other equipment. Such flights are the only way in which the atmospheric researchers can collect the information they still need to understand the correlations between ozone depletion and climate change.
Researchers from nine countries are taking part in the measuring flights, which start from Kiruna, located in the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden. The campaign is part of the EU project "RECONCILE" (reconciliation of essential parameters for an enhanced predictability of arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions) that is being coordinated by scientists of the Jülich Research Center.


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Is Your Office Cold in the Summertime? That's Crazy!
Here in Gawker Media "HQ," the temperature, in the summertime, stays at approximately 43 degrees Fahrenheit (estimated), due to the wonders of air conditioning, necessitating the wearing of winter clothes inside the office during the most sweltering season of the year. Now—in a classic example of the mainstream media turning a minor everyday nuisance into something I can write a blog post about (thank god)—the Washington Post reports that office workers in DC are also very cold in the summer, because of the air conditioning. Coincidence—or trend????
I tell ya, when it's freezing inside the office, but hot outside the office, it makes me be like... "Really??" I'm always turning to my coworkers like, "Really??" I then explain that cranking up the air conditioning so far that one is forced to wear winter clothes when it is summer outside is like, pardon my French, bananas. "It's bananas!" I say, pulling on my hoodie sweatshirt—in the summer, mind you! I have to literally leave a sweatshirt in the office, in the summer time, because the air conditioning makes it so cold inside, even though it is hot outside.
Isn't that interesting?
So, office workers of America: what are your strategies for coping with a cold office in the summer time? I'll go first: I leave a sweatshirt at the office and I wear it when it is cold. What do you do? I'll tell you another thing I've tried: I ask the guy to turn up the thermostat a little bit. Sometimes that works. What do you do? Leave your coping strategies in the discussion section, and we'll discuss who's "hot"—and who's not!
Sometimes I just work from home too because I can more easily control the temperature. What do you do? Tell us in the discussions. (Scarf? Tell us in the discussion section.)


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Kegland Keg Sale! w/Exclusive Hang Tab Design – 15% Off Two or More, Mix & Match
For a limited time William's Brewing is discounting their lineup of brand new Kegland Kegs, by 15% when you buy two or more. Options include 1.75 Gallon, 2.5 Gallon and 5 Gallon. All are brand new and NSF rated.
Kegland Kegs also have a unique hang tab lid design. This tab is welded onto the inside of the lid to make it easier for you to suspend dry hopping bags and hop infusers
No promo or coupon code is necessary, the discount will be shown when the add at least two kegs to your cart.
Kegland Kegs at William's Brewing
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Street Trucks Magazine: Inside Job- From the wrecking yard to SEMA in six months
Click to get the whole story!
About Rockford Corporation
Setting the standard for excellence in the audio industry, the Rockford Corporation markets and distributes high-performance audio systems for the car, utv audio, and marine audio aftermarket and OEM market. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Rockford Corporation is a publicly traded company and manufactures or distributes its products under the brand: Rockford Fosgate(R). For more information, please visit: rockfordfosgate.com.


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Photos of Kurt Cobain's death scene will not be made public
SEATTLE – The Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled that photographs from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's death will not be released publicly.
KING5-TV reports the court ruled Tuesday that the photographs are exempt from Washington state's Public Records Act and releasing the photos would "violate the Cobain family's due process rights under the 14th Amendment."
Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and his daughter who was a toddler at the time of his death, Frances Bean Cobain, filed testimonies to keep the photos from being made public.
The ruling comes after Seattle journalist Richard Lee appealed the case's dismissal. Lee has pursued the release of 55 photos in an attempt to prove Cobain did not die from suicide in 1994, but rather was killed.


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new user here, coming over from Agent. Figured out most of my filters, but my "not" filters are giving me trouble... It's a hard one to search for as "not" is a common word.
I'm looking to filter any subject with .rar that does not include partxx. The basics of this are easy enough, ie "part[0-9]+", "\.rar" - I just can't seem to find the right combo, having tried several iteration of ^, NOT, AND NOT, etc...
So I would like to filter... "Some random subject.rar" while keeping posts such as "Other random subject.part01.rar" - if that makes sense.


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Life goes where you look.
Drift is inevitable.
Course correction is normal.
Cars and motorcycles drift where drivers look. Skiers and runners go where their eyes go. Individuals and organizations drift toward short-term views and urgencies. Drift demands intervention.
Uncorrected drift always end badly.
"Everything's running smoothly," may indicate drifting. No one notices gentle drift. Sudden changes and giant shifts grab attention but drift invites slumber.
Drift always becomes crisis. Organizations quietly drift until someone looks around and says, "How the heck did we get here?" That's when finger pointing starts. But fingers often point in wrong directions.
Drift is always leadership's failure.
Neglect allows drift.
Organizations drift because:
- Pointing out drift makes you look foolish because drift is no big deal, at first. Other's wonder what you're all excited about. They say, "Chill! It's no big deal."
- Day-to-day dominates attention.
- Busyness is honored.
- Productivity isn't measured.
- Urgency defeats priority.
Focus on today while managing. Focus on tomorrow while leading. Bennis said, "Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led."
Dealing with drift:
- Pay attention to attention. At lunch evaluate morning focus, for example. What captured your thoughts? What attitude dominated your thinking? How are you making others feel?
- Set appointments with forward-thinking-time. Ask, "What destinations are established by current directions. If nothing changes where will we be next year?"
- Courageously, "Act like then is now," Andy Stanley.
- Clarify mission and vision, constantly.
- Face problems with optimism, not blinders.
- Create celebration points. Celebrations help others focus on what's important.
Focus don't drift:
What you pay attention to, you become.
- Focus on what can't be done to feel powerless.
- Concentrate on problems apart from next steps makes you negative.
- Appreciate and develop strengths to feel capable.
What causes personal or organizational drift?
How can you begin dealing with drift, today?


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Financial Reporting and Changing Prices (Issued 9/79)
This Statement applies to public enterprises that have either (1) inventories and property, plant, and equipment (before deducting accumulated depreciation) amounting to more than $125 million or (2) total assets amounting to more than $1 billion (after deducting accumulated depreciation).
No changes are to be made in the primary financial statements; the information required by the Statement is to be presented as supplementary information in published annual reports.
For fiscal years ended on or after December 25, 1979, enterprises are required to report:
- Income from continuing operations adjusted for the effects of general inflation
- The purchasing power gain or loss on net monetary items.
For fiscal years ended on or after December 25, 1979, enterprises are also required to report:
- Income from continuing operations on a current cost basis
- The current cost amounts of inventory and property, plant, and equipment at the end of the fiscal year
- Increases or decreases in current cost amounts of inventory and property, plant, and equipment, net of inflation.
However, information on a current cost basis for fiscal years ended before December 25, 1980 may be presented in the first annual report for a fiscal year ended on or after December 25, 1980.
Enterprises are required to present a five-year summary of selected financial data, including information on income, sales and other operating revenues, net assets, dividends per common share, and market price per share. In the computation of net assets, only inventory and property, plant, and equipment need be adjusted for the effects of changing prices.
Illustrative formats for disclosure of the required information are included in this Summary as Schedules A, B, and C (pages 32-34 of the Statement).
To present the supplementary information required by this Statement, an enterprise needs to measure the effects of changing prices on inventory, property, plant, and equipment, cost of goods sold, and depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense. No adjustments are required to other revenues, expenses, gains, and losses.
In computations of current cost income, expenses are to be measured at current cost or lower recoverable amount. Current cost measures relate to the assets owned and used by the enterprise and not to other assets that might be acquired to replace the assets owned. This Statement allows considerable flexibility in choice of sources of information about current costs: An enterprise may use specific price indexes or other evidence of a more direct nature. This Statement also encourages simplifications in computations and other aspects of implementation: In particular "recoverable amounts" need be measured only if they are judged to be significantly and permanently lower than current cost; that situation is unlikely to occur very often.
The Board believes that this Statement meets an urgent need for information about the effects of changing prices. If that information is not provided: Resources may be allocated inefficiently; investors' and creditors' understanding of the past performance of an enterprise and their ability to assess future cash flows may be severely limited; and people in government who participate in decisions on economic policy may lack important information about the implications of their decisions. The requirements of the Statement are expected to promote a better understanding by the general public of the problems caused by inflation: Statements by business managers about those problems are unlikely to have sufficient credibility until financial reports provide quantitative information about the effects of inflation.
Special problems arise in the application of the current cost requirements of this Statement to certain types of assets, notably natural resources and income-producing real estate property. The Board will consider those problems further and address them in an Exposure Draft with a view to publishing a Statement in 1980. This Statement gives guidance on the treatment of those assets and related expenses for enterprises that present current cost information for fiscal years ending before December 25, 1980.
This Statement calls for two supplementary income computations, one dealing with the effects of general inflation, the other dealing with the effects of changes in the prices of resources used by the enterprise. The Board believes that both types of information are likely to be useful. Comment letters on the Exposure Draft revealed differences of opinion on the relative usefulness of the two approaches. Many preparers and public accounting firms emphasized the need to deal with the effects of general inflation; users generally preferred information dealing with the effects of specific price changes. The Board believes that further experimentation is required on the usefulness of the two types of information and that experimentation is possible only if both are provided by large public enterprises. The Board intends to assess the usefulness of the information called for by this Statement. That assessment will provide a basis for ongoing decisions on whether or not provision of both types of information should be continued and on whether other requirements in this Statement should be reviewed. The Board will undertake a comprehensive review of this Statement no later than five years after its publication.
The measurement and use of information on changing prices will require a substantial learning process on the part of all concerned. In view of the importance of clear explanations to users of financial reports of the significance of the information, the Board is organizing an advisory group to develop and publish illustrative disclosures that might be appropriate as a guide to preparers in particular industries.


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Lalith Wijeratne from Sri Lanka writes:
I connect my HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) modem to my desk top and access Internet. I want to know whether it is possible to connect a laptop also, and access internet at the same time. (like a Wi-Fi router with ADSL)
An HSPDA modem is a device that allows the user to access mobile broadband. What you'll want to make sure you have is an HSDPA Router, also sometimes known as a hot spot. Then it should support multiple devices. You will need to check the specification for your device to see how many devices it can support.
If you are connecting the desktop computer to the router via USB, you probably won't be able to connect to multiple devices at the same time. However, you can connect multiple mobile devices to the router at the same time.
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Hi everyone :-)
Here is the 6x4 mini album booklet tutorial using the new Cityscapes collection from Graphic 45.
This is a one part start to finish tutorial and I will also show how to make the base for the Children's Hour mini album booklet in the end of the video.
Video tutorial
The belly band closes with magnets.
Template for the Cityscapes album
Some close up pictures of the album.
I will link to the blog post where I show all the pictures bellow.
Lots of room for journaling and pictures.
Great to take with you on tavle and as a masculine gift idea.
All pages folded out
And the other side.
Have used a lot of metal on the front and it can also be decorated with a key hole over the chipboad frame.
Children's Hour album.
These 2 albums can be decorated horisontale or vertical.
Template for the Children's Hour album.
All the pages folded out.
The album can be displayed open.
On the backside of the album I also used a chipboard frame.
The chipboard inside circles are fastened with magnets.
Other side of the folded out album.
Sweet and grunge together
Old, vintage and grunge looking :-)
Supply list :
Graphic 45 Cityscapes and Children's Hour 12x12- 8x8- 6x6- chipboard cut outs , pockets and tags,Policy Envelopes, brads, key and key hole from Graphic 45. Chain,Metal corners,black Bazzill cardstock, distress ink, Black paint dabber,glue, pop dots, chain and magnets
Here is the link to the originale blog post for more pictures,
Here is the link to an Ebay seller for strong magnets,
Just type in 8x1mm magnets in the search felt.
Here is the link to butterbeescraps,
Regarding questions there is a video where frequently asked questions are answered and here is the link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgsJnzDCHkAFor other questions they will be answered here on my blog where I will post new questions that has not been answered before.
Here is the link,
Hope this tutorial is helpful and have fun creating :-)
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Christopher Merrill
Christopher Merrill has published four collections of poetry, including Brilliant Water, and Watch Fire, for which he received the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; translations of Aleš Debeljak's Anxious Moments and The City and the Child; several edited volumes, among them, The Forgotten Language: Contemporary Poets and Nature and From the Faraway Nearby: Georgia O'Keeffe as Icon; and four books of nonfiction, The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer, The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee, Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars, and Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain.
His work has been translated into twenty-five languages, his journalism appears in many publications, and his awards include a knighthood in arts and letters from the French government. He has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and now directs the International Writing Program at The University of Iowa.
Christopher Merrill on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | Issue 118
Leaving Afghanistan
Christopher Merrill
'An Afghan saying – if you turn over a rock, you will find a poet.'
Essays & Memoir | Issue 118
Double Vision: The 'Other' Twin Towers
Christopher Merrill
'Two pairs of towers celebrating economic might, two visions of modernity: a double-sided mirror of the international order.'


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Another collection coming out on December 26, 2011. It think this is the 3rd incarmation of this type of product. Actually, the Metal X premiered in 2007, but a few years before, there was another version of the creamy eyeshadow that was not received very well. I have eye shadows from both of those collections and the 2007 set was a definite improvement on the previous kind, but they still were not well received. So, just a warning. I may pass on these, I have to see what they look and feel like in the store first.
So, again, these will be available from December 26th in North America and in January internationally. All information is courtesy of M.A.C. and Specktra.net.


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After Six Years, I Finally Noticed This Heart Rock Embedded In The Step At The Front Door Of Our House
A year of Daily Photos ago: Big Chip
Ahhh, that's beautiful!ReplyDelete
Come here almost every day, but I don't comment much. This one really seemed appropriate for us, today is our anniversary--think the "heart rock" quest, rocks.ReplyDelete
maybe it's the universe's way of sending you a great big hug...ReplyDelete
Such a treasure! Do you think it was placed there when being being made or was just a coincidence?ReplyDelete
I love your website. Keep reading for some months now - it is so relaxing. Greetings from SwitzerlandReplyDelete
Wow. Just after mother nature sent you a storm, she reminded you that life is also good. I enjoy your perspective and your acute powers of observation. The photos are truly unique!ReplyDelete
Only six years? LOL
Gotta love country talk ;)
December 2015 update: Hi! For some reason I can't figure out, Blogger hasn't been letting me leave comments on my own blog (!) for the last several months, so I've been unable to respond to your comments and questions. My apologies for any inconvenience! You're always welcome to email me: farmgirlfare AT gmail DOT com.
Hi! Thanks for visiting Farmgirl Fare and taking the time to write. While I'm not always able to reply to every comment, I receive and enjoy reading them all.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and I especially love hearing about your experiences with my recipes. Comments on older posts are always welcome!
Please note that I moderate comments, so if I'm away from the computer it may be a while before yours appears.
I try my best to answer all questions, though sometimes it takes me a few days. And sometimes, I'm sorry to say, they fall through the cracks, and for that I sincerely apologize.
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Roger Penske may have been the communitarian entrepreneur who spearheaded the transformation of Detroit for the last Super Bowl seen played on Michigan soil, but his real credit ought to be given to him for assisting a "shift" in the auto retailing world.
You see, Penske has applied a systems lens to the interconnectivity of dealer operations which has created the #2 auto retailer in the U.S.
I have personally witnessed how Penske places retail with a keen awareness of how service and sales interplay to support clients in Nissan, Audi, and Mercedes stores. Penske also seems to promote his organizations to learn from one another by creating brand managers to act as conduits to each specific brand. Even the business development centers are inspirited by casual loop diagramming to ensure call routing and client delight. These centers are home to proficiently cross-trained professionals acting like a double-A baseball team for Penske auto campuses. Operational knowledge and experience ripen their likelihood for internal promotion.
The auto business, though, is a tough racket plagued with undercurrents promoting norms of "getting the deal done" at all costs. Movies, like True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger, have depicted car-sale reps in a similarly unfavorable light. But, people, yes human beings do comprise the human activity systems that sell, service and promote automobiles, so how can this be a missed part of how we respond to this market segment?
Certain aspects of Penske's business acumen have made front-page headlines, like his ability to turn-around Detroit Diesel. But, strikingly, his efforts to shift the systems of auto retailing seems to have never reached any public news outlet.
More recently I was checking up on this complex industry by reading Automotive News and Penske's intuition about be systemic seems to have been creating a favorable market response.
My left-brain was flooded with these newsworthy facts:
- >> Same-store retail revenue increased for Penske in the fourth quarter by 8 percent.
- >> Average gross profit margin per new vehicle sold rose 8.4 percent, and the average transaction price for a new vehicle rose 4.4 percent to $38,800—a figure that's above the industry average because Penske is weighted heavily toward premium and luxury cars.
- >> At the end of 2011, premium brands of cars accounted for 70 percent of Penske's new vehicle sales, up from 68 percent a year earlier. BMW, Volkswagen AG's Audi brand, and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz accounted for 48 percent of new vehicle sales in the fourth quarter.
These key performance indicators may not hit the mark for you if you are a pragmatic Prius or Jetta driver, like me. However, if you consider it evidentiary support of how systems theory in action may be a difference-maker in a seemingly stodgy business, then it certainly is worth noting.
Creating systems may not be easily taught to the classic auto dealer and operator, but Penske's spinning up quite a lesson on how being conscious of how people communicate, budget, leverage technology, and integrate knowledge can create profits in an industry hopefully leading to elevating the expectations of consumers as well.
Perhaps the next stop on the ever-changing yellow brick road of auto retailership could be cultural intelligence learning. I'd love to see Penske plug into the transforming culture of dealerships. Systems thinking may create profits, but conscious cultures of collaboration are not automatically born from these systems.
In fact, I suspect Tony Hsieh from Zappos could lend a helping hand. Zappos' book Delivering Happiness introduces a nice, grass-roots way for leaders and managers to understand how culture is the gorilla glue that holds together talent today. But it is not the "holding together" of people that matters only; being contributory to the organization daily also creates the "culture pump" of internal change necessary for productive, engaging workplaces. These workplaces are where modern-day employees belong and thrive.
There may not be an Automotive News report for cultural factors and I don't expect one to appear anytime soon. I do know that if auto retailing in the U.S. is going to truly transform, organizational culture issues may be the ones that matter most rather than the unit sales made.
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JetBrains DataGrip 2022.1.4 (x64)
JetBrains DataGrip 2022.1.4 (x64) | 375 MB | Language: English
DataGrip is the multi-engine database environment. We support MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, SQLite, HyperSQL, Apache Derby and H2. If the DBMS has a JDBC driver you can connect to it via DataGrip. For any of supported engines it provides database introspection and various instruments for creating and modifying objects.
Database objects
DataGrip introspects all objects in your databases and displays them grouped in folders by schemas. It also provides UI for adding and editing tables, columns, indexes, constraints etc.
Quick navigation brings you to any object no matter if it has just been created in your code, or has already been read from a database. Navigate to symbol action lets you find objects by their name.
Table editor
Powerful table editor lets you add, remove, edit, and clone data rows. Navigate through the data by foreign keys and use the text search to find anything in the data displayed in the table editor.
Code completion
DataGrip provides context-sensitive, schema-aware code completion, helping you to write code faster. Completion is aware of the tables structure, foreign keys, and even database objects created in code you're editing.
Code generation
Forget about writing typical code manually: DataGrip will do that for you. It generates code for changing objects like tables, columns, etc., based on UI. Moreover, it helps you to get DDL for tables and provides DML queries from result-sets.
Renaming and finding usages
DataGrip correctly resolves all table and column references in your SQL files. If you rename any variable or alias, they are renamed throughout the entire code. When you're renaming database objects from SQL, they will also be renamed in the actual database.
System requirements:
64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8
2 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended
2.5 GB hard disk space, SSD recommended
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We do provide the option for you to pay the deposit using your PayPal account. However please note that not all properties accept Paypal, so this is why you may not see the option when you try to select PayPal on the page where you enter your details to book.
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Dr. Eugene W. Hickok is the United States Deputy Secretary of Education. President Bush named him to the position on April 19, 2004. Hickok had served since July 2003 as both under secretary of education and acting deputy secretary of education. The deputy secretary is the chief policy advisor to the secretary. In this position, Hickok oversees and manages the development of policies, recommendations and initiatives that help define a broad, coherent vision for achieving the president's education priorities, including the No Child Left Behind Act.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Hickok was Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, responsible for overseeing the state's education system - kindergarten through college. A powerful advocate for parental choice and accountability in education, Dr. Hickok helped implement a sweeping education-reform agenda. Pennsylvania now has higher standards for students and teachers; a strong accountability system; locally designed charter public schools; stronger reading, literacy and library programs; and a model education technology initiative. He also served on the boards of trustees of Pennsylvania's four state-related universities, and on the State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors. During his six years as Secretary of Education, Dr. Hickok also testified before the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the U.S. Congress about Pennsylvania's education policies and initiatives.
Dr. Hickok also was a founding member and chairman of the Education Leaders Council, a group of reform-minded education chiefs who oversee 30 percent of the nation's K-12 public school students.
For 15 years, Dr. Hickok taught political science at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and served as director of the college's Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues. He also was an adjunct professor at the Dickinson School of Law. He was recognized as an outstanding teacher and was twice awarded Dickinson's prestigious Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching in 1985 and 1990.
Dr. Hickok also was an associate director of the political science department at Mississippi State University, and the director of financial aid for Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
An expert on public policy, the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Dr. Hickok has published numerous articles and books on government and public policy, and has made presentations on these topics before myriad local, state and national organizations. In 1991, Dr. Hickok was a consultant to the governments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia regarding constitutional, political, and economic reform.
In 1986 and 1987, Dr. Hickok served as a special assistant in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also has served as an adjunct scholar at the Heritage Foundation, where he was a resident scholar in 1990 and 1991.
He was elected as a member of the Carlisle Area School District Board of Directors and served until his appointment in 1995 as Education Secretary.
Dr. Hickok is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He also received his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.


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Aside from the lack of homosexual characters, I had the chance to ask Mass Effect 2 project lead Casey Hudson at last month's GDC about one thing my friends (both male and female) and I have noticed when we first got the game: Miranda's ridiculously tight outfit.
Here's part of our conversation from the brief game demo...
Me: I have to ask about Miranda's super-tight outfit and Jack's lack of a shirt. Can you talk about their character designs and what went into their clothing, or um, lack thereof?
Hudson: I think people will look at the initial view of the characters and say oh, they're going after "this market," especially with Jack. With Jack, people were like, "Oh, it's a marketing thing. They're going after this audience." Of course we don't do that. What we do is, "We're going to create 10 to 12 characters, and we want each of them to be really different." The other thing is there are so many different kinds of players. We like to create all different kinds of characters so that all different kinds of personalities of players that play our game are able to identify differently.
That's one thing we tried with Jack and that's why we make a character like that. A lot of people are repelled by that kind of character. There are other people that see what she's about. That's what we want. The other thing is though that there's always more to that character. So in the case of Jack for example, she becomes someone you care about when you don't initially. Her story makes you kind of care about her and her love interest is intriguing at a superficial level, but the superficial level prevents you from getting to know her. But if you ignore that and try to get to know her, there's so much more there.
Likewise with Miranda. She's genetically engineered to be perfect and beautiful, and she uses that. That's why her outfit is sexy and tight and everything. But, again, it's something she struggles with. She uses it, it's been her gift, but it's also the thing that she feels she's stuck with. That becomes part of it.
Me: I'm not trying to be antagonistic because I love the game, but can you talk about this shot?
Me: The camera angle is an interesting choice...
Hudson: It is an interesting choice. It's also not a transient shot, when you see it there that long (as a dialogue option)...
Me: When you were making the game, did you notice this shot?
Hudson: Oh, of course... Can I ask why was that picture so important to you? I guarantee we've got shots like that of Jacob as well.
Me: Maybe it's because I'm a woman, or I'm a female Shepard, but my other friends — both male and female — also noticed that shot and found it be to be gratuitous. I did notice that Jacob's uniform is pretty tight too, but you can only tell when you stand behind him, and these shots of Miranda just could not be missed. So why...
Hudson: That's part of her character design, she's the femme fatale. It's part of her character and the fact that she's beautiful and this beauty is part of what helps her. As you get to know her, you realize there's more to her.
I understand the idea of Miranda's character, who was made to look the way she did (based on the ideal standards of female beauty) by her creepy dad in order to give her an advantage as an expert Cerberus agent; she even has personal conflicts about being made as the "perfect" woman, which she expresses in the game. However, through the course of my playthrough, I never saw Miranda use her appearance to give her this alleged advantage as a "femme fatale." I like the idea that Miranda could have ambivalence about her appearance and how it's being used, but aside from a few complaints to Shepard about it, there isn't much to show for it except her skintight outfit.
Hudson also makes a point about how pretty Miranda is, as if to explain that's why the camera is on her all the time. But I noticed a lot of shots within the cut scenes that obviously featured Miranda's chest and backside moreso than the other characters, not to mention the ostentatious shot shown above; Jacob's outfit might be tight, but there are no lingering shots of his behind, and he's not sexualized by the camera angles. If Miranda is so self-aware, and if she is such a deep character, why do the camera angles emphasize her appearance so often? While many gamers who play Mass Effect 2 are males, it's instances like these that remind me that the game was not made with female gamers in mind, even though many women may play it.
Also see:
BioWare Explains Why There's No Homosexuality in Mass Effect 2
BioWare: We've Got 'Tricks Up Our Sleeves' for Mass Effect 3
BioWare Talks Collaboration Among MMOs, Warhammer Expansions
BioWare Doctors Talk DLC Strategy, How DLC Is Not 'Lunch Meat'
Reprinted with permission from Tracey John.
Tracey John has written about video games for MTV Multiplayer, Wired, Time, Massively and ToyFare, and is currently an editor at UGO Entertainment.


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AT&T on Tuesday announced the availability of Sony's dual-screened, folding, Nintendo DS-inspired Tablet P — again. The Honeycomb-powered slate is equipped with two 5.5-inch displays, a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra processor clocked at 1GHz and HSPA+ connectivity. The device also comes with 4GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, a VGA front facing and 5-megapixel rear camera. Along with the Android Market, the Tablet P is PlayStation Certified and has access to the Sony's entertainment suite and services. The device will be available starting March 4th for $399.99 with a new two-year agreement. Read on for AT&T's press release.
Sony Tablet™ P Available on AT&T 4G Network
Unique Tablet Design Features Two 5.5 Inch Screens, Easily Fits into a Pocket or Purse
DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T* today announced Sony Tablet™ P, a dual screen, multi-functional tablet ideal for mobile communication and entertainment, will be available beginning March 4. The 4G tablet will be sold for $399.99 with a two-year service agreement in more than 1,000 AT&T company-owned retail stores and online at http://www.att.com.
The new Sony Tablet P pushes the design of a tablet even further by elevating the user experience to entirely new levels. The unprecedented dual-screen layout of Sony Tablet™ P allows its two 5.5-inch displays to be used for different functions such as playing video on one screen while using the other as a controller, or checking email on one screen while using the other as a keyboard. Customers can also combine the displays into a single large screen and its unique folding design means it can fit easily into a pocket or purse.
At launch, users will be able to download apps optimized for the dual screens of Sony Tablet P via Sony's "Select App," including games, entertainment and lifestyle applications. In addition to optimized apps, Sony Tablet P users will have access to the full suite of Android applications via Android Market. Like its predecessor, Sony Tablet P is PlayStation™ Certified and provides access to the full suite of Sony Network Entertainment services. Sony Tablet devices are distinguished by four key features that set them apart from any other tablets on the market. These include: uniquely designed hardware and software, a "swift and smooth" experience (which includes Sony original features, Quick view and Quick touch), network entertainment services and cross-device connectivity.
Running on Android 3.2, Sony Tablet™ P is 4G**capable and Wi-Fi compatible. With a qualifying data plan, users of Sony Tablet™ P also have access to AT&T's mobile broadband network and unlimited access to AT&T's nearly 30,000 hot spots nationwide. With both 4G and Wi-Fi, customers can browse the Internet, access digital content including videos, games, and check e-mail, while on the go, nearly anytime.
Data Plans
Customers who sign a two-year service agreement have two postpaid data plan options to choose from, including:
AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $35 for 3GB
AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB
Customers may still choose from the existing monthly billing options, or prepaid options, with no long-term commitment. The Sony Tablet P without a long term contract will cost $549.99.
The prepaid plan options include:
AT&T DataConnect 250MB: $14.99 for 250MB
AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $30 for 3GB
AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB
Resolution: 1024 x 480 (each screen)
Screen Size: 5.5″ (x 2 – dual screens)
Camera: Front – 0.3 Megapixel Rear – 5 Megapixel
Inputs and Outputs
Headphone Output: 1
MicroUSB: 1
Internal Memory: 1GB
Battery Life (Approx): Up to 7 hours (based on general usage)
Battery Type: Li-Ion
Processor Type: NVIDIA® Tegra™2 mobile processor, dual-core 1GHz
Operating System: Android 3.2
External storage: microSD card slot (expandable up to 32GB, 2GB microSD card included)
Internal Storage Capacity: 4GB
Weights and Measurements
Dimensions (Approx.): Open – 6.23l x 7.09w x 0.56h (inches) Closed – 3.12l x 7.09w x 1.03 h (inches)
Weight (Approx.): 0.83 lbs
Bluetooth® Technology: Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR
Wi-Fi: IEEE802.11b/g/n


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A round-up of results featuring Tyne Bridge Harriers. [updated 2 August 2016] Please get in touch if you've took part in an event which isn't listed, ran a Personal Best (PB) or set a club record. Chevy Chase (20 Mile Fell race): Saturday 2 July 2016 Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon: Saturday/Sunday 2 & …
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