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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – For the second time in his career, senior outfielder Joey Epperson delivered a walk-off hit for UC Santa Barbara over a nationally-ranked opponent, giving the Gauchos a 3-2 win over fifteenth-ranked Cal State Fullerton with an RBI single up the middle to break a 2-2 deadlock and score Cameron Newell in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The third walk-off win of the season for UCSB improved the team's record to 21-8, 3-5. The Gauchos had previously scored last minute wins against Pepperdine and Wichita State. Epperson's memorable first career walk-off was a two-run homer to beat then-No. 19 UC Irvine 7-6 on May 5, 2013.
With the loss, the Titans dropped to 18-12, 3-2.
Epperson's game-winning hit was the culmination of a tense ninth inning that pitted the baseball brains of head coaches Andrew Checketts and Rick Vanderhook against one another. After Newell opened up the frame with a leadoff single to welcome Koby Gauna, CSF's first relief pitcher of the day, the strategy showdown was on.
With a runner on first and nobody out, UCSB's senior catcher Jackson Morrow was directed to lay down a sacrifice bunt, but quickly found himself in an 0-2 hole after fouling off the first offering and taking a borderline pitch for a called strike. Despite the two-strike count, the Gauchos decided to stick with the bunt, and Morrow made the gambit worth it by getting the bat on a high fastball and allowing Newell to take second.
Now with a runner on second and one out, Fullerton opted to pitch to Epperson, who entered the weekend with the highest batting average in the country, instead of facing junior shortstop Peter Maris, who had three hits in four at bats to that point. Epperson, a Golden Spikes Award nominee, quickly made the Titans rue that decision by lining an inside fastball back up the middle to easily score the speedy Newell.
Epperson and Maris, who combined to go 5-9 with two of the team's three RBIs on the day, provided the majority of offense on a day in which the Gauchos relied on steady relief pitching and clutch defense to stay in the game after falling behind on two occasions.
Sophomore lefty Domenic Mazza was justly rewarded with the win after allowing just one hit – a fifth inning J.D. Davis single – and striking out five in 5.2 innings of relief. He had entered the game in the most dangerous situation for either team in the fourth inning, as the Titans had scored a run and loaded the bases with just one out against UCSB starter Shane Bieber. Mazza responded by striking out CSF leadoff man Clay Williamson before inducing a harmless inding-enning foulout to third base from designated hitter Tanner Pinkston.
The changeup specialist remained strong throughout his outing, facing just one batter over the minimum over the rest of the day. However, he and Bieber both were assisted on the day by top-level defensive play from their outfielders.
In the top of the second inning, Epperson gunned down Greg Velasquez at home with a perfect one-hop throw after he tried to score on an Austin Diemer base hit.
Redshirt freshman Andrew Calica saved the defensive play of the game for the top of the seventh, making a diving catch of a screaming Matt Chapman line drive and doubling up Williamson, who broke for home on contact and surely would have scored the go-ahead run, at second base.
Cal State Fullerton had opened up one-run leads in both the third and fourth innings, but both times Maris helped erase those advantages. Shortly after the Titans opened up the scoring on a Pinkston RBI single, Maris answered with an RBI single of his own that plated Newell, who had reached on an error to start the inning. Maris came around to score the Gauchos' second run of the day on a Calica RBI groundout after having reached on an infield single.
Titans starter Grahamm Wiest received a no decision on the day despite allowing just one earned run in a commanding eight-inning outing. UCSB's Bieber was sharp to start the game, retiring the first four batters he faced, but allowed multiple hits in his final three innings on the bump before making way for Mazza.
Before the middle game of the series, the Gauchos and Titans concluded Friday's series opener which had been suspended due to darkness. After taking over four hours to play the game's first 10 innings, it took CSF just 15 minutes to score two runs on a Davis double before the two-way player pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 11th for the win. To read a full recap of the series opener, click here.
UCSB and Cal State Fullerton will conclude their series with a Sunday rubber match, scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start. Sophomore righty Kenny Chapman, coming off 4.1 shutout innings of relief against Cal Poly, will start for the Gauchos as they seek their first home series win over the Titans since 1985. He will be opposed by righty Phil Bickford, who is 3-1 this season with a 2.02 ERA.


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CSIRO opens Cape Grim pollution data
Also opens new solar power demonstrator
Amid Australia's acrimonious debate over climate science, the country's peak science body, CSIRO, has taken the bold step of making 35 years' worth of atmospheric CO2 data directly available to the public.
It comes in a debate so inflamed that even a call for more reasoned debate was enough to bring death threats directed towards the CEO of the Federation of Australian Science and Technological Societies yesterday. Anna-Maria Arabia was leading a group of 200 scientists who visited the Australian parliament to ask politicians to help fight misinformation in the public debate.
In part, CSIRO hopes that its open publication of the data – which has previously been released through the much slower processes involved in international bodies – can take some heat out of the argument.
"The data are publicly available, with no strings attached and no outside interpretation," said Dr Paul Fraser of CSIRO. "It's freeing up the process by which the public has access to this data."
CSIRO's data provides records collected at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania since 1976. According to Dr Fraser, Cape Grim's records provide high-quality data for the Southern Hemisphere that covers concentrations of CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC and HFC, perfluorocarbon, and sulfur hexafluoride.
At launch, the site provides the data as graphs, but Dr Fraser said the public will shortly be able to download the raw monthly mean data that the station collects.
Over time, he said, CSIRO plans to extend the release to include "proxy" data such as CO2 concentrations measured from Antarctic ice cores.
Fraser also says the site is able to distinguish between volcanic CO2 and that caused by combustion. "Volcanic CO2 has a certain isotopic signature, which is completely different to that coming from fossil fuels," he said.
The correlation between CO2 concentration and oxygen concentration is also indicative, he said: when an increase in CO2 is mirrored by a decrease in oxygen concentration, "that's clearly indicative of a combustion process."
However, he emphasized that the data release isn't about CSIRO's interpretation: anybody who wants to conduct their own analysis can do so, and will be able to discuss their interpretations of the data with scientists.
It's been a busy week for CSIRO, which on the weekend opened a solar-thermal demonstration site in Newcastle over the weekend. The solar thermal field, tower and research facility will use focused mirrors to heat air to drive its turbines, rather than water – making the technology suitable for a country that suffers from a chronic lack of water.
On the 4,000 square metre demonstration site, incoming fresh air is heated to more than 900 degrees Celsius by 450 heliostats. The hot air then drives a 200kW air turbine in a 30-metre tower.
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Can We Please Put The 'Amateur Brain Surgeon' Strawman To Rest?
from the please,-make-it-go-away dept
Along those lines, we've now got people using the same bogus "brain surgery" myth to attack the concept of "citizen journalism":
First, would you trust a citizen neurosurgeon to remove your kid's neuroblastoma? No, you wouldn't. You would not trust a citizen dentist either for your cavities. Or even a people's car repairman.Of course not. But most people seem to recognize the basic difference between reporting on something and cutting into someone's brain. And, many people also recognize that most reporters themselves are often not experts in the field they're reporting on -- and what participatory journalism and the internet enable is the ability for actual experts on the topic to take part in the discussion and reporting as well.


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Yipit needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Our website allows people to build a custom bar that sits at the top of their web browser, allowing them to browse other websites below it.
We are looking for five creative themes that users can use to customize their personal bar. If we select your themes, we also will credit you on our website (where the user selects the themes).
UnHub allows people to showcase their online identities via a narrow bar that allows others to navigate their profiles below. The bar contains links to a person's web profiles, showcasing their multiple online identities in the same place.
We are very, very excited about our response so far. We've signed up thousands of accounts and are approaching 100k profile views in our first week. Hopefully this will be a good platform to showcase your talents.
One thing users have asked for is a way to customize their bar, so we want to provide five attractive, creative themes (think wordpress, gmail, tumblr) for a user to personalize their profile bar. The bar will be a minimum of 45px high (e.g., http://unhub.com/barackobama) up to 153px high (e.g., http://unhub.com/example).
Just the top bar needs to be designed. As you can see, it's a very small space so this job should be fairly simple. Let us know any questions, thank you.
- Highly creative background image, typography, color schemes for the bar
- Please submit 5 themes, we will award the best package with the most themes we like.
- Feel free to provide an exciting name for the theme, if you think it makes sense (see Gmail themes, wordpress, Tumblr, etc.)
- Retain integrity of sizing of the major areas (but feel free to change the font sizes, etc).
- Note how the height of the bar can change based on the number of links a user adds. Design / background should look good if the bar is 45px high or 153px high.
- Keep the icons in place, but feel free to alter the "X" on the right which closes out.
- Layered photoshop file, no coding, html, css required
- No need to create a logo or new icons
- Must not change the sizing of the major areas (font size changes are ok, height, width changes of the components are not)


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- Inside Athletics
- Tickets
- Fan Zone
- Media Zone
- Social
- Shop
- Donate Now
BOCA RATON, Fla. (May 11, 2006) - Thanks to a five-run third inning, the fifth-seeded ETSU softball team topped six-seed Gardner-Webb, 5-0, in the Atlantic Sun Championship Tournament, Thursday at FAU Softball Stadium. Freshman Jessie Hackworth (
ETSU improves to 21-35 with the victory, while Gardner-Webb ends the season at 12-38, following its second loss of the tournament.
Down 3-1, sophomore Briana Knight (Brier,
Amanda Haverman (
The Runnin' Bulldogs got their three runs in the first, starting with an RBI-triple from Christie Barlow. Lindsey Whitfield and Joanna Ward followed up with a pair of RBI-doubles to take the early lead.
The Lady Bucs answered in the second, when a Stephanie Cope (
Sophomore Brittany Lehrschall (
Bulldog Haley Scism took the loss, after giving up nine hits and four earned runs. Taryn Beck also made an appearance on the mound, allowing two hits and one earned run.
Senior Jessica Lonsinger (
The Lady Bucs are scheduled to play again tomorrow, drawing fourth-seed Campbell. Campbell lost to FAU by a 5-1 margin, after downing Mercer in the first round. Game time is set for 5 p.m.


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Michael Woodham made his second straight trip to the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 110 meter hurdles ... ran 14.25 in the prelims and finished one spot out of qualifying for the semifinals ... won his first Big West 110 meter hurdles title in a career-best 14.09 ... his time ranks sixth in Northridge history ... became the sixth CSUN hurdler to win the 110 title in the last eight years ... also spent time during the season as a member of the 4x100 relay team ... also clocked a lifetime-best 55.24 in the 400 hurdles at the Cal State LA Twilight Open ... placed third in the 60 meter hurdles at the MPSF Indoor Championships ... clocked a career-best time of 8.09 in the final which ranks fourth in Matador indoor history.
Woodham earned his second straight berth in the NCAA West Region Championships and first in the 110 meter hurdles ... finished 28th in the prelims in a time of 14.47 ... finished a career-best second in the 110 hurdles at the Big West Championships posting a time of 14.62 ... ran a career-best 14.40 in the preliminary round ... competed in his second Big West decathlon but did not finish day one's competition ... ran a personal-best 10.79 in the 100 meters at the Steve Scott Invitational (May 2) ... had a lifetime-best 22.34 in the 200 at the Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe, Ariz. (Apr. 10) ... finished fifth in the 60 meter hurdles at the MPSF Indoor Championships in a career-best 8.23 ... ran an indoor-best 7.04 in the 60 meter prelims ... scored a lifetime-best 4,322 points in the heptathlon at the UW Invitational (Jan. 29).
Made his NCAA Regional debut as he was among six Matador sprinters available for the 4x100 meter relay ... finished sixth in the 110 meter hurdles at the Big West Championships in a time of 14.84 ... ran 14.88 in the prelims ... clocked a season-best 14.77 in the prelims of the Cal-Nevada Championships (Mar. 29) before running 14.96 in the final to take eighth ... had Northridge's best 400 meter hurdle time of the season with a 57.01 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational (Apr. 11) ... finished seventh in his first Big West decathlon scoring a career-high 6,078 points which included 890 points in the 100 and 834 points in the 110 hurdles ... ran a season-best 8.31 in the prelims of the 60 meter hurdles at the MPSF Indoor Championships but did not reach the event final ... posted a season-best 7.11 in the prelims of the 60 meters.
Competed in track and football at Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Ariz. ... earned all-city honors for the Pride track team ... was also Central Region champion as well as state champion ... also ran the relays for the track squad and played wide receiver, quarterback, cornerback and safety for the football team ... graduated in 2008 with a 3.0 grade point average.
Born July 8, 1990 in Phoenix, Ariz. ... mother is Audra Hines and stepfather is Kelvin Hines ... also runs for the Do Right Track Club ... was also recruited by Colorado State, Purdue, Navy, Arizona State and Northern Arizona ... favorites include the Dallas Cowboys, actor Will Smith, the movie "The Wood" and the band LSG ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "we get to travel" ... says the toughest thing about being an athlete in "we miss a lot of class" ... major is Accounting.


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Classic Fall Treat: 9 Gingerbread and Gingersnap Recipes
Gingerbread and gingersnaps, those unassuming, rust-colored sweets, are a quiet herald of the holiday flavors to come—sweet and spicy but not full-on nutmeg and cinnamon just yet. We're huge fans of the cake and the cookies, and we've got nine interesting recipes to try. Some even include chocolate.
FIRST ROW: Gingerbread
1. Dark Gingerbread Pear Cake. We've made this many times, always to rave reviews. It's easy and beautiful.
2. Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Gingerbread Cake, from A Cat in the Kitchen. Topped with a thick, chocolate icing. Unconventional, but how can it be bad?
3. Chocolate Gingerbread Bars, from Everyday Food. Another combination of gingerbread and chocolate, cut into brownie-sized pieces.
4. Gingerbread, from Gourmet. A solid, basic recipe for the purists.
5. Upside-down Quince Gingerbread Cake, from Redbook. This calls for a boxed cake mix (we guess it's troublesome enough to find good quinces), but you could easily make your own. It would be good with apples or pears, too.
SECOND ROW: Gingersnaps
6. Jamie Oliver's Ultimate Gingerbread. Ok, this is sort of a hybrid—a gingery shortbread that's mostly cookie but certainly not the traditional snap.
7. Classic Gingersnaps. Emma's recipe for simple, comforting, spicy cookies.
8. Chez Panisse Gingersnaps. A great make-ahead recipe (you freeze the dough and slice off cookies) with an interesting back story.
9. Gingerbread Christmas Tree Ornaments, from Chocolate Shavings. Too early? Make pumpkin-shaped ones and hang them from a chandelier.
Related: DIY Recipe: Gingerbread Latte
(Images: Faith Durand; Dagmar/A Cat in the Kitchen; MarthaStewart.com; Stephanie Foley/Gourmet; Tina Rupp/Redbook; Chris Terry; Emma Christensen; Jennifer/Chocolate Shavings)


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Jun 2012 15:15 UTC, submitted by Jos
And the burning platform is still, uhm, burning. "Chief Executive Stephen Elop is placing hopes of a turnaround on a new range of smartphones called Lumia, which use largely untried Microsoft software. But Lumia sales have so far been slow, disappointing investors." It's a shame to see a once proud company in such a downward spiral, but alas, it's the way of business. If you get complacent - as Nokia had gotten - you will fail.


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Newton, defense lead Panthers past Rams 30-15
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers appear to have found their stride.
While the St. Louis Rams' season is suddenly in a state of flux following a knee injury to Sam Bradford.
Newton turned in his second straight quality start, completing 15 of 17 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown and the Panthers defeated Rams 30-15 in a heated game Sunday that included several fights and personal foul penalties.
In the past two games, Newton is 35 of 43 for 464 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions as the Panthers (3-3) have won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
"I feel like I am progressing," said Newton, who is 16-22 as an NFL starter.
Newton said he believes he's making better decisions, although he chided himself for taking sacks on two plays that essentially ended drives.
"I've got to throw the ball away," Newton said. "Just give my guys a chance and when we do that, it's exciting to watch. Anytime I have got an opportunity to give a dink or dunk to these guys, they make the big plays."
Steve Smith caught five passes for 69 yards and a touchdown and Mike Tolbert scored his third touchdown rushing of the season.
The Rams, meanwhile, are concerned about their franchise quarterback.
Bradford was scheduled to have an MRI on his left knee after the team landed in St. Louis. He was injured in the fourth quarter when he landed on it after being shoved out of bounds by Panthers safety Mike Mitchell.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Bradford "was in significant pain on the sideline" but the team wouldn't speculate on how long he'll be out.
"I'm not going to deal with hypotheticals until I find out what's going on with him," Fisher said.
Before losing their quarterback, the Rams (3-4) lost their cool.
They were flagged for five personal foul penalties and defensive end Chris Long was ejected from the game for throwing a punch after one fracas involving more than a dozen players.
Long admitted after the game he lost control of his emotions and said he apologized to his teammates.
"Having to watch the rest of the game in the locker room was probably one of the low points of my career," Long said. "I can't let that happen again. ... I need to be stronger than that. I play this game with a lot of emotion. I won't change that. I can't let people provoke me."
Mitchell, a free agent pickup, was instrumental in the Carolina win.
He not only had eight tackles and two forced fumbles, but also goaded offensive lineman Harvey Dahl and wide receiver Brian Quick into unnecessary roughness penalties.
"We wanted to do a better job of being more mature, being the more composed team," Mitchell said. "We had the game in hand and we could tell by the way they were playing that they wanted to get somebody cheap, try to get us a penalty, something like that. We weren't going to give it to them. We just needed to stay disciplined."
The Panthers were flagged for two personal fouls.
It was a rough day all around for Bradford.
Panthers cornerback Captain Munnerlyn intercepted the former No. 1 draft pick on the game's first play and returned it 45 yards for a score. Bradford also had a long TD pass to Tavon Austin called back on a penalty, and Quick dropped a pass in the end zone.
The Panthers' third-ranked defense forced three turnovers and had four sacks.
The Rams threatened to tie the game early, but failed to convert on fourth-and-goal from the 1 when Bradford was pressured into an incompletion.
The Rams scored on the next play when Eugene Sims tackled Mike Tolbert in the end zone for a safety — the first points surrendered by the Panthers in the opening quarter all season.
After the teams traded field goals, the Panthers took a 17-5 lead just before halftime on a 1-yard plunge by Tolbert.
Down 20-5, Bradford connected with Quick on a 73-yard completion, setting up a short TD pass to Zac Stacy to trim Carolina's lead to eight.
But Carolina came right back as Newton drove Carolina 72 yards, hitting Steve Smith for his 800th career reception, a 19-yard touchdown for a 27-12 lead.
The Panthers have a chance to get above .500 for the first time since the end of the 2008 season when they travel to Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Newton's steady play is a big reason for the team's optimism moving forward.
"He has done a great job," Rivera said. "You talk about things that he does and his reads and learning to go through his progressions the right way. ... When you see him doing those types of things to give us a chance to win, you know that he has matured."
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I'm thinking of making a quick mini kit about soccer for my brother-in-law-to-be. However, I don't know much about soccer, such as what words to include, besides the obvious "Goal!" So if you can help me out that would be great.
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Soccer/Football Kit Theme Help
Oi Marisa, tema incrível e difícil encontrar, adorei!Pensei nos temas....I love football, ball world,Football and art ou então poderia ser...the art of football....amei o tema!
Here's some (American) Soccer words:
Defense! ... Foul ... Penalty ... Offsides ... Hands ... Head ... Trap ... Chest block ... Winger ... Offense ... "Get that ball!" ... Out of Bounds ... Penalty Kick ... Sudden Death ... Sudden Death Kick ... Half-time ... End of Quarter ... Block ... "Make a Wall" ... "Cut 'Em Off" ... Cut Down the Angle ... Pass the ball ... I'm Open ... Time Out ... Face Off ... Throw it In ... Sideline Kick ... Yellow Card ... Red Card ... "Stick It!" ... Dribble
If you meant what American's call football, I can't help much with that...
If you're going to make a soccer kit you should include umbrellas and hot chocolate! Here in the Pacific Northwest you can't have a soccer game without parents huddled on the sidelines wrapped in blankets, huddling under umbrellas, and sipping a hot drink. It's kinda miserable. I'm glad my son stopped playing soccer!
Thanks! That's all really helpful.
Maybe when you're picking colors for your kit you could tie them to his favorite team colors. A soccer kit would probably be a huge hit with so many kids playing soccer and moms needing something to do with all those shots
There are not many sports related kits out there.....(ones that I have LOVED anyway). Can't wait to see how this kit turns out, know it will be awesome!
I realize it's tricky with teams being different colors. My brother-in-law's team is red. And I guess soccer balls are black & white. What kind of color scheme would you like to see for a soccer kit?
well, my town has 5 soccer teams, and, in a kit with black-white-green-red, you could have things for them all, as one is red white and black, two are black and white, one is green and white and one is green red and white
LOL! if you keep getting input you'll be making a full size kit before you know it!
My hubby is from England and is a football (soccer) fanatic. His team is Newcastle United...so the colors are black and white.


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Getting lost in the narrow winding medieval streets of the center, hand by hand, strolling along on the banks of the Arno to admire a romantic sunset on Ponte Vecchio and share a romantic kiss with the backdrop of some street musician.
Climb up to Piazzale Michelangelo to see the stars, admiring the lights of the city that light up and then have a candlelight dinner in one of the many restaurants. This is what Florence offers to romantic lovers.
Start your day from Piazza del Duomo, the heart of Florence. You can climb the tower to see Florence from above, or - if you prefer - take a walk along the alleys of the old town, admiring the shops and shop windows. Who knows ... you may want to make a special present for your sweetheart!
When you feel the need of a sweet stop, take a chocolate ice cream. Continue towards the river Arno, and on the way stop at the Loggia del Porcellino and throw in a penny, to be sure to return to this city for another romantic holiday.
If you don't want to stop for a real lunch, buy a piece of pizza and eat it while walking in the street, or sitting somewhere. The "lungarni" are much loved by young lovers who like to sit on the banks, particularly at the Uffizi Gallery. The best point to admire Ponte Vecchio in all its beauty, with the water reflecting on the colored houses on the bridge above.
Once on Ponte Vecchio you will be enchanted by the magical atmosphere here. This unique moment will make it very special. A memorable photo is now necessary to capture one of the most intense moments of your holiday.
If you are tired, and you want to be a bit crazy: a carriage ride through the streets of Florence. Suddenly you feel like a king with his queen, with horses, the coachman and everything else. And you can admire the city from an unusual point of view. An hour well spent!
Conclude the day by leaving for the last, the place that all lovers prefer: the Piazzale Michelangelo. The best time is sunset when all the roofs and monuments are shades of gold and orange and even the Arno river looks like a silver river.
By bus in about 15 minutes. After a walk along the square, sit on the steps watching the Fort Belvedere. Together with couples from all over the world watch the sun setting on the horizon. If you're lucky a few notes will be heard from some guitars to accompany this moment.
When it's evening by walking down the steps to the district of San Nicholas famous for intimate restaurants, where dinner is by candlelight.


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CIA and U.S. State Dept. Knew of Plans to Kill Jesuits in El salvador
Not surprising to learn that the CIA and U.S. State Dept. knew of the El Salvador military's plans to murder Jesuits at the UCA in 1989. Anyone who has read Teresa Whitfield's superb Paying The Price: Ignacio Ellacuria and the Murdered Jesuits in El Salvador (Temple U. Press 1994) [http://www.amazon.com/Paying-Price-Ellacuria-Murdered-Salvador/dp/1566392535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1259640003&sr=8-1-spell ] knows how deeply implicated the U.S. government was in the horrors in El Salvador in the 1980s. - Rick
EL SALVADOR: Declassified Docs Shed Light on Jesuits' Murders
By Edgardo Ayala
SAN SALVADOR, Nov 27 (IPS) - Thousands of pages of declassified U.S. documents shedding light on the 1989 murders of six prominent Jesuit clerics, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter in El Salvador could give a new twist to the case that opened in the Spanish courts in January.
The documents, which were presented to Spain's National Court by attorneys representing the victims' families, provide new clues that could lead to an increase in the number of people accused of the murders, Spanish lawyer Almudena Bernabeu, who is representing the organisations that brought the case, told IPS in a telephone interview from Madrid.
The declassified documents from the late 1980s and early 1990s indicate the CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) and U.S. State Department had foreknowledge of the Salvadoran military leadership's plan to kill the then-rector of the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador, along with four other Spanish priests and a Salvadoran priest on Nov. 16, 1989.
The documents, which include cables to Washington from U.S. embassy, military and CIA officials, "provide important, compelling elements," said Bernabeu, without entering into detail, because the case is in the hands of the justice system.
The lawsuit was filed in Spain's National Court - the high court - in November 2008 by the Spanish Association for Human Rights (APDHE) and the California-based Centre for Justice and Accountability (CJA).
Fourteen Salvadoran military officers and soldiers are under investigation, and former president Alfredo Cristiani (1989-1994) himself was accused of cover-up and obstruction of investigation.
The 14 members of the military include generals and colonels accused of planning the crime, such as the then minister and deputy minister of defence, the general chief of staff, the air force commander, the deputy minister of public security, the commander of the first infantry brigade, and the director and assistant director of the military academy.
Officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the U.S.-trained Atlacatl counterinsurgency battalion have been charged with committing the murders.
Although presiding Judge Eloy Velasco did not accept the charge against Cristiani because covering up a crime against humanity does not fall under the principle of universal jurisdiction - which permits prosecution of the worst atrocities no matter where they were committed - "the judge left open the possibility of including him in the future, if new evidence arises," said Bernabeu.
The CJA decided to file the legal action in Spain because that country has an extradition treaty with El Salvador, and because Spain's judges admit the principle of universal jurisdiction, already applied by Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón for the 1998 arrest in London of the late former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
The documents, which the Washington-based National Security Archive helped bring to light, were reported on by the El Mundo newspaper in Spain on Nov. 16, the 20th anniversary of the murders of the six clerics and two women.
One of the documents shows, for example, that in a meeting of the military brass a few days before the murder, then chief of staff General René Emilio Ponce gave the order to assassinate UCA rector Ignacio Ellacuría, and specifically stated that no witnesses were to be left.
There are also records of a meeting between Cristiani and then defence minister Humberto Larios the night before the killings.
Ponce and other officers had already been blamed for the murders in the 1993 report by the U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission created by the 1992 peace agreement that put an end to the 12-year civil war between the Salvadoran military and the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), which claimed the lives of some 80,000 people, mainly civilians killed by the security forces and allied death squads.
But Salvadoran society had never seen any hard evidence of Ponce's participation in the murders.
The killings of the Jesuits were committed during the first major military offensive to be carried out in the capital by the FMLN - which became a political party after 1992 and is now governing the country for the first time ever, led by President Mauricio Funes, who took office in June.
The military chiefs used the opportunity to kill the Jesuits, highly respected intellectuals who were viewed by the Salvadoran right as instigators of leftist subversion for their advocacy of "liberation theology" - a progressive current in the Catholic Church that declares a "preferential option for the poor" and fights for social justice - and their opposition to the war.
Immediately after the murders, the Cristiani administration and the armed forces accused the FMLN of killing the priests.
But under heavy international pressure, especially from Washington, the Salvadoran courts brought nine members of the military to trial for the massacre in September 1991.
However, only two were found guilty, and sentenced to 30 years in prison: Colonel Guillermo Alfredo Benavides, the director of the military academy, and Lieutenant Yusshy René Mendoza - despite confessions from several of the other defendants.
Both of them were released under a 1993 amnesty law.
"I believe it is here in El Salvador that the case should make more progress, and what is being done in Spain underscores the need for justice in this country," Benjamín Cuéllar, director of UCA's Human Rights Institute (IDHUCA), told IPS. "We are going to continue the battle here, through domestic institutions or the inter-American system of human rights."
IDHUCA and the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington in 2003.
The El Mundo newspaper also reported that according to experts who were consulted, everything indicated that the Spanish intelligence agency of the time, CESID, was also fully aware of the information in the hands of the CIA.
But other newspaper reports in Spain said CESID officials had pulled out of Spain in March 1989, eight months before the Jesuits were killed.
The Salvadoran on-line journal, El Faro, reported that William Walker, U.S. ambassador to El Salvador at the time of the killings, sent a cable to the State Department in November 1989 reporting that members of the then-governing right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) had met the day before the murders, to plan the crime.
According to the publication, Walker states in the cable that information in his possession led to a disturbing conclusion: that the murders of Ellacuría and the seven others could be traced back to a Nov. 15 meeting among Roberto D'Aubuisson and his closest followers in COENA (ARENA's national executive council).
Army Major D'Aubuisson, the founder of ARENA, was widely considered to have been behind the death squads that abducted, tortured and killed thousands of students, trade unionists, teachers and leftist political leaders and activists in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Truth Commission determined that D'Aubuisson ordered the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who was shot by a sniper while saying mass.
D'Aubuisson died of cancer in 1992, without ever having been brought to trial.
Ricardo Valdivieso, a member of COENA at the time and a friend of D'Aubuisson's, told IPS that Walker's claims in the cable to the State Department were "absolutely ridiculous, absurd. That was just part of the gossip at the time, which the ex-ambassador could have heard."
Valdivieso added that he knew Walker before he was named ambassador and that he considered him a friend. But he said the U.S. diplomat was prone to being drawn in by unconfirmed information.
At a ceremony on Nov. 16, the 20th anniversary of the killings, President Funes honoured the Jesuit clerics "for extraordinary service to the nation."
"Today, 20 years after their cruel murders, putting in the hands of their families and colleagues…the highest award granted by the country, the Orden José Matías Delgado, signifies for me pulling back a heavy veil of darkness and lies, to let in the light of justice and truth," said the president.
"We want this to be an act of recovering our collective memory," added Funes, a former TV host and journalist who was educated by the Jesuits, like so many of his fellow Salvadorans.


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On Wednesday, six Republicans will be duking it out in the first Twitter debate among presidential candidates.
Tweeting – posting messages within Twitter's 140-character limit – may seem like the ultimate form of sound-bite politics. But the popular social-media site has the potential to deliver more depth than a typical television debate, organizers and political science experts say. That's largely because of Twitter's interactive nature and the ability to include Internet links within tweets.
"It could be very substantive because [a candidate] could say, 'I have a 10-point plan to revive manufacturing.... Click on this site and read a 25-page paper,' " says Darrell West, vice president of governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "In a TV debate you might have a minute to summarize your answer, but you don't have the Web link that enables [you to convey] other types of information."
The debate, scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, is sponsored by TheTeaParty.net, a national organization that supports tea party events and groups across the United States.
The candidates who will be squaring off for 90 minutes: Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Gary Johnson, and Thaddeus McCotter.
The moderators are conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp and radio talk-show host Rusty Humphries. Along with TheTeaParty.net organizers, they've been collecting questions tweeted from the field.
To join in the action on Twitter, follow or tweet using @140townhall. For easier viewing during the debate, organizers set up the website 140TownHall.com. There you can watch one column for the moderators' questions and candidates' answers. In another column, you can see the public's tweets, slowed down to a reasonable speed for reading along.
If such an event happened in just one stream on Twitter, "the candidates would end up getting drowned out" with the fast flow of public comment, says Adam Green, CEO of 140 Dev, a consulting company that helped create the debate website.
So, how will people judge who wins in a Twitter debate? That remains to be seen, but one big measure, organizers say, will be who gets retweeted the most – in other words, how many members of the public click on a candidate's response to send it to their own Twitter stream to share with their followers.
"No other medium allows you to do that kind of reporting," says Andrew Hemingway, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire. He came up with the idea for the Twitter debate and is one of its producers.
Candidates will also be able to see quickly how well people respond to their points on various issues, and they could even identify big fans who may not have been on their radar screens.
Since the candidates will be logging onto Twitter from whatever location and digital device they choose, a certain amount of trust is required.
"Do we have some secure way to prove they are [the ones tweeting]? No, we don't," says Mr. Hemingway, who is also a consultant for politicians delving into social media. "But I don't know any candidate who's going to allow their junior staffer or new-media guy to go answer questions in a debate for them, no matter what format."
Many politicians use Twitter and other social media simply to post campaign ads or other information they want to broadcast, Hemingway says. But one of his clients is a high-ranking Republican in Congress who will personally respond to tweets within five minutes.
Those who are using it "as a conversation tool, those are the guys getting the most out of it," Hemingway says. "It's a real-time 24-hour, seven-days-a-week town hall.... That's the beauty of it."
About 13 percent of American adults use Twitter, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, up from 8 percent in November 2010. Mr. Gingrich alone has more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter. Ms. Bachmann has just over 62,000.
Tim Pawlenty, a Republican candidate not participating in Wednesday's debate, delivered a "tweetnote" speech and then took questions Tuesday from attendees of the American Jobs Conference on Twitter.
President Obama raised the profile of the social-media site by holding a Twitter town hall two weeks ago. Twitter users sent in 60,000 questions in advance using the hashtag #AskObama.


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Edwin Blue: Modern Heirloom Furniture
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We've no sooner put together our list of favorite American furniture makers and now we're already seeing folks to add to next year's list. Like Edwin Blue, for instance. The craftspeople at Edwin Blue create modern heirloom-quality furniture in a century-old stable in Kansas City.
Founded by industrial designer Clayton Vogel and architect Matthew Hufft, Edwin Blue creates modern furniture that is thoughtfully produced by a small team of craftspeople. The company's nod to traditional manufacturing speaks to their desire to honor the US's history as a country that makes things.
You could say that the quality of furniture is only as good as its materials. In this case, Vogel and Hufft source materials that meet strict sustainability requirements. In addition to using locally sourced lumber, Edwin Blue also uses FSC-certified Machiche, a durable and richly grained that is grown in Guatemala by local farmers.
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Cellebrite UFED
The Cellebrite 'Universal Forensic Extraction Device' , or UFED, is a unique and very cost effective mobile phone forensic device that is completely stand alone.
As of September 2008, the UFED is compatible with 1,625 mobile phones (including GSM, TDMS, CDMA), with the standard package containing 66 different phone cables. Wireless connection options are also integrated into the UFED, such as IR and Bluetooth.
The UFED also supports native iPHONE extraction on both 2G and 3G versions. This is clientless, and via a physical cable, and works on jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices.
Using the MD5 Hash Algorithm, retrieved data includes:
– Phonebook
– SMS and MMS messages
- SIM data
- SIM cloning
- Multimedia (images, videos, audio, ect.)
- Date and Time stamps
- Deleted data
- HEX Dump
- and much more.
The UFED is flexible enough to be used in many environments, such as:
- Fixed to a desk in a crime lab connect to a PC
- Fixed to a desk in a crime lab (stand alone with no PC)
- Mobile in a car or at a VCP (connected to car 12V power)
- Mobile in the field (using battery kit)
While the UFED is completely stand alone, additional software is included to create specialised reports on the retrieved raw data. Customised reports give the additional option of containing your own logo, case file number, address, etc.


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. OfflOJE^ 21 CHRONICLE l}l\// Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communily tor Over 60 Years VwA'R L!BRAKY, OHIO HiS 1 0 02 -V ELM A AVE-. COLd. 0. 43<il I EXCH VOL.60 NO.20 MAY 20,1982-IYAR27 Devoted to American and Jewish ideals. Anti-Semitism Remains Major Problem For The American Jewish Community J wwwi^lli.* Walk-A-Thon Chairperson Miss Debby Applebaum, right, and student Karen Mandel plan this year's Walk- A-Thon course through the Therapeutic Landscaped Gardens at Heritage Village. Heritage House Residents Hold Own Walk-A-Thon In honor of Israel's 34th Year of Independence and In conjunction with the Columbus Jewish Center's "Israel 34" Celebration, Heritage House residents participated in their own Walk-A-Thon throughout the Therapeutic Landscaped Gardens. Miss Debby | Applebaum was selected to serve as this year's Walk-A-Thon Chairperson. An enthusiastic and daily walker throughout the grounds, Miss Applebaum proudly sports her pedometer as she measures over four miles walking distance each day. She was assisted by Ms. Karen Mandel, an O.S.U. student in Recreational Therapy who is currently enjoying a field placement at Heritage House. Two courses were mapped out by Miss Applebaum and Ms. Mandel, which directed participants past the Land- scaping's fountains, gazebos and flowering gardens. Waik-A-Thon participants included Miss Debby Applebaum, Miss Esther Schlansky, Mrs. Florence Caul, Mrs. Bertha Levion, Mrs. Pearle Sillman, Mr. Harry Snyder and Mrs. Pearl Margolis. Mrs. Hannah Cohen, Mr. Sol Barnett and Miss Esther Feldman also participated at the "Israel 34" Celebration at the Jewish Center. NEW YORK (JTA)~ Anti-Semitism continues to be a major problem for the American Jewish community, according to a group of experts. While overt anti- Semitism has been placed beyond the pale of decent conduct, there is no basis for complacency, they noted. In addition, a.major factor in igniting the flame of anti- Semitism is the continual efforts in the United Nations to "delegitimize Israel." These were some of the observations by members of the American Jewish Committee's national staff at a panel discussion of "Anti- Semitism and Other Threats to Jewish Interests" at the opening plenary session of Documentary Says Germans Aware During World War II BONN (JTA)-A documentary titled Concentration Camp Next Door, broadcast on television and radio in various parts of West Germany, appears to refute the long-standing contention that ordinary Germans were unaware of what was happening to Jews during World War II. The film, produced by Barbara Schoenfeldt, deals with a concentration camp called Eidelstedt in the northwest outskirts of Hamburg where the inmates were women employed as slave laborers. Shortly before the end of the war, 500 of them were tortured and murdered by the SS. The film-maker con-i ducted interviews with local residents who lived there during the war. They said they often saw the women herded through the streets on their way to work, heavily guarded by SS men who beat them sadistically. A former locomotive engineer, whose train left from the ntarby railroad station, said he had witnessed this spectacle daily. But nobody reacted at the time, either out.of fear or because they refused to be involved in "something they considered not their business, the documentary said. the AJCommittee's 76th annual meeting lasr week. Hyman Bookbinder, reflecting the concerns of {lis position as AJC's representative in Washington, asserted that "although the fight against crude, vulgar, explicit anti-Semitism in America has been essentially won, the fight against the more subtle, insidious allegations against American Jews and their goals has only begun." He cautioned that "when Jewish advocacy of a public policy cannot be refuted by facts or logic, as in the AWACS debate last year, Jewish motives will be impugned and the ugly charge of dual loyalty will be raised." Nevertheless, he declared, "we must reject the advice of those who ask us to desist from public debate or advocacy on controversial subjects lest that lead to anti- Semitism. To do so is to lose the battle against anti-Semitism even before we begin. .Rather,.with.'confidence, we must show how the JeWish interest and the American* interest are not in conflict." Concerned Over Actions In The UN Theodore Ellehoff, chairman of the AJC's national executive council, who chaired the session, pointed out that "despite the fears of some Jews that there would' be anti-Semitic repercussions following the AWACS debate, a Gallup pole commissioned by the A JC and conducted this past March indicated that there has been no significant change in , American attitudes toward Jews or Israel." From his personal point of view, Ellenoff said he was particularly concerned with "the effort to delegitimize the State of Israel in the halls of the United Nations and to characterize her as intransigent in pursuing peace. Such delegitimization and false characterization tend to resonate throughout the American public, to under- . cut American Jewish positions of support and to inject in a less than subtle way anti-Semitic themes into discussions of American foreign policy," he said. * Irving Levine, director of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 20) Israel To Halt Weapons Deals With Government Of Argentina JERUSALEM (JTA)- Israel will make no further arms deals with Argentina but would deliver any arms already contracted for, according to Foreign Minister Hitzhak Shamir. The British government has asked for clarification of the arms relationship between Israel and Argentina after attention was drawn recently to the fact that an Argentine fighter plane downed by Britain off the coast of the Falkland Islands was identified as an Israeli- made Dagger, a forerunner of Israel's Kfir fighter plane. Shamir said that Israel wanted to stay out of the Falklands dispute and had concluded no arms deal since the crisis erupted. According to officials here, Israel is a minor supplier of arms to Argentina, the source of less than 10 percent of Argentina's arms imports. CRC Reaffirms Opposition To Prayer In Public Schools The Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation recently met to renew its opposition to President Reagan's proposal calling for a constitutional amendment allowing voluntary prayer in public schools. Ira O. Kane, Chairman of the C.R.C., said that the CRC's opposition is based strongly upon the constitutional provision of the A MAN AND HIS MISSION Rabbi David Stavsky Celebrates 25 Years By Judith Franklin Chronicle Staff Writer Rabbi David Stavsky is celebrating his 25th anniversary as spiritual leader of the Beth Jacob Congregation and as a positive force for Rabbi David Stavsky change in the Columbus Jewish Community. For all of the last 25 years, Rabbi Stavsky has been a man with a mission—a mission dedicated to demonstrating that, in his words, "Orthodox Judaism can be a contemporary religious faith in a modern society, a dignified mode of life." Rabbi Stavsky came to Columbus and Beth Jacob in August, 1957. He was, he says, an idealistic young rabbi who had just finished serving as an Army Chaplain at the end of the Korean conflict. He feels he was selected from among the 11 candidates who applied for the position at Beth Jacob because he could preach in Yiddish, a prerequisite the Congregation considered essential. He soon discovered, however, that the way to sustain the Congrega-^ tion lay, not in preaching' Yiddish to the few older members who understood it, hut in reaching out in English to the young people as yet uncommitted to Orthodoxy. with Torah, internalize its teachings and incorporate them into their lives. In "The kids knew they could wear mini-skirts and still be accepted in the religious milieu of the Orthodox synagogue." At his first Sabbath service at Beth Jacob, Rabbi Stavsky recalls, only 36 congregants were present and only two of those were under 40. Beth Jacob was not alone; in this decline in attendance, he explains. AH oyer the country, people felt that Orthodox Judaism was on its last legs. Orthodoxy simply was not the "in" thing. Rabbi Stavsky realized that the survival of the Jewish people, as well as Orthodox Judaism, was dependent upon the new generation, He felt he had to help the youngor members of the Congregation identify other words, he had to help them build a faith to live by. And that is exactly what he did. Today, 175 people regularly attend Sabbath services, and Beth Jacob has an active 40 member Youth Group. This growth did not occur overnight, however. The turning point. Rabbi Stavsky feels, came in the 1960's when so many young people were involved in a search for meaning in life. It was the time of Haight-Ashbury, flower children, Viet Nam. Recognizing that there must be a counter culture, a counter balance, "after all everyone was not smoking pot or taking drugs," he notes, the Rabbi made a special, concerted effort to reach the young people. To do this, he organized the Central East Region of NCSY (National Conference of Synagogue Youth) which drew 110 children to its 1969 convention. A year later, in 197Q, 500 attended and the tri- state region boasted a mem- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 30) separation of church and state and that prayer has a proper place, but not in our public schools. The C.R.C. official statement is as follows: "The Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation opposes the Reagan Administration's proposal calling for a constitutional amendment allowing for voluntary school prayer. The Joint Program Plan of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, of which the CRC is a constituent member, views mandatory silent prayer or meditation, including voluntary prayer, as 'unconstitutional as articulated prayer.' "While the Community Relations Committee believes in prayer and religious observance for all faiths, we do not believe that such activity has a place in the public schools. 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HP takes backup service Upline offline
A swift shambolic cloud dive
HP is withdrawing from cloud backup in haste, closing down its HP Upline online backup service for small and medium enterprises.
HP Upline was created by HP after it bought Opelin in November 2007. It was a small company headquartered in San Jose with development labs in India and its CEO was Dave Kleinberg.
The company had launched Titanize, a cloud backup, web file access and synching service for SMEs in the USA. This was the time when online backup services like Mozy were getting a great rep and online backup to the cloud looked a great idea, particularly if you had a good brand image.
The acquisition price wasn't revealed and HP Upline was released in April 2008, and promptly crashed as its infrastructure couldn't withstand the load of users taking advantage of the free trial offer. HP was both right and wrong; brand image was key, but so was a rock-solid infrastructure providing a rock-solid service. There was also the problem that the service was intended for the USA only but its filters did not screen out non-US people.
After that the service continued with a free trial offer and subscription plans available. A year later and online backup and file sharing services have sprouted like rampant weeds; Mozy - bought by EMC, Nirvanix, Microsoft LiveMesh, Yahoo Briefcase - going on March 30th, Carbonite, Humyo, SquirrelSave, Spare Backup, Tilana, DVS, Robobak, ClunkClick, Memopal, Steek, Symantec SwapDrive, ElephantDrive and Jungle Disk.
The miracle is that so few have closed - both failures being big brand jobs. The problems are pretty basic in that a cloud backup service has to have a brand to pull in users and/or a distribution channel using the channel member's brands - the SpareBackup ploy, plus access to a bullet-proof infrastructure.
HP had the brand but, initially at least, not the infrastructure. Now it has taken the decision to get off the SME backup cloud and call it a day. Both HP and Yahoo have probably seen that they will have to spend big bucks to get their respective services to a point where they have sufficient users to pay for the infrastructure, and in this deepening recession the investment gamble could well fail.
Building up a cloud backup infrastructure costs millions and you need massive backing - Mozy has EMC with its cloud aspirations - or good revenue streams through distribution channels like those Carbonite and Spare Backup have. Many of the services above will be renting server and storage capacity from server hosting operations and not building out their own infrastructure. We can expect to see lots of supplier consolidation and exits as this market matures.
HP's exit is a shambles as the Upline website is still offering a free trial service despite an email having been sent to existing users saying the service is closing down on March 31. Existing subscribing Upline users get their money back.
Recession-hit SMEs aren't flocking to the service, so HP, which couldn't immediately comment, is flocking off instead. ®


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I've only known this kind lama through the fact that he was the teacher of Pabongka Rinpoche who wrote the text 'Liberation into the Palm of Your Hand'. He has a centre in Malaysia called Kadam Tashi Choe Ling, he is very well known in South east Asia for his Lamrim teachings, he travels to this area from time to time. Plus he uses webcast to teach the dharma what a modern lama! Just felt he is so humble and such a pleasant feeling to see the picture Dagpo Rinpoche, many lifetimes to benefitting people will create the causes to have a body that is charismatic and attractive to sentient beings.In Tibetan Buddhism it is the tradition to search for tulku – reincarnations of spiritual teachers who vow to benefit all sentient beings.
In February 1932 Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche was born in the region of Kongpo, in south-eastern Tibet. He was only one year old when His Holiness the Thirteenth Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) identified him as the reincarnation of a late 19th century master, Dagpo Lama Rinpoche Jamphel Lhundrup Gyatso, also known as Bamchoe Rinpoche. At six Dagpo Rinpoche entered Bamchoe Monastery where he was taught to read and write and was versed in the basics of sutra and tantra.
At thirteen he entered Dagpo Shedrup Ling Monastery (aka Dagpo Dratsang) famed for its high educational standards and its strict observance of monastic discipline. This monastery, dedicated to the study and practice of Buddhist philosophy (dratsang), dates from the second half of the 15th c. when it was founded by Je Lotroe Tenpa (1404–78), a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), the founder of the Gelug Order of Tibetan Buddhisrm.
When Je Lotroe Tenpa met Je Tsongkhapa the latter gave him a copy of his Great Lamrim and advised him to establish a monastery in the southern region of Dagpo where it would be taught. He did so and by teaching the Great Lamrim extensively from memory to a large following came to be considered an "upholder of the lamrim teaching".
In the monastery classes were given on the five major topics – logic, pāramitā, madhyamika, abhidharma and vinaya – with special emphasis on the lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. Every year in April a full session was devoted to it and every three years the abbot was required to teach a complete work on it. Due to this, it was widely practiced in the area and the monastery itself was also known as the Lamrim Dratsang (the lamrim monastery).
At Dagpo Dratsang discipline was strictly enforced for all, regardless of one's rank. Initially the young Dagpo Rinpoche was more interested in amusing himself than in studying, much to the despair of his teachers and his predecessor's disciples. One day however he became aware of their disappointment and touched by it, decided to try and meet their expectations. Subsequently he surprised the entire community by memorizing a large number of scriptures in record time. Equally suddenly he began to appreciate dialectical debates when one day he was able to swiftly refute an opponent's argument and win the match by quoting a work he had just memorised.
The book in question was none other than the Precious Garland of Tenets by Konchog Jigme Wangpo (1728–1791), the reincarnation of the great Kunkhyen Jamyang Shepa (1648–1722), a disciple of the fifth Dalai Lama. For Rinpoche this treatise was decisive for several reasons. Not only did it arouse in him an overwhelming desire to further his knowledge in general, it drew him so strongly to this author's works that he began planning a move to where he could study them in depth.
In 1956, as he was reading another work by Kunkhyen Jamyang Shepa, which he had difficulty fathoming, Rinpoche decided to end his eleven-year stay at Dagpo Dratsang and travel to central Tibet. Thus at age twenty-four he joined Gomang Dratsang, one of four colleges of the great monastic university of Drepung, which teaches Buddhist philosophy using the treatises by this master and his successor. At Drepung Rinpoche studied mainly under the great Geshe Ngawang Nyima Rinpoche. As Gomang Dratsang was close to Lhasa and to the other two major Gelug monasteries in central Tibet, Sera and Ganden, he was able to study under and receive transmissions from many other masters as well.
He stayed at Drepung Gomang until the 1959 uprising. Due to the increasing repression by Chinese occupying forces, Rinpoche decided to follow his masters and seek exile in a free country. Eluding mass arrests, he managed with difficulty to cross the Himalayas with his close Dharma friend, Geshe Thubten Phuntsog-la, who had been with him since his years at Dagpo Dratsang.
Soon after reaching India he met academics from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. Impressed with his knowledge and open-mindedness, they invited him to France to collaborate on their research and translation work. Thus with His Holiness the Dalai Lama's permission and accompanied by Geshe-la, in 1960 Rinpoche became the first Tibetan lama to immigrate to France. He worked in Paris first with various academics and then at I.Na.L.C.O, a school for oriental studies, where he taught Tibetan language and culture and trained many translators until 1993.
In 1977 Rinpoche finally gave in to his students' repeated requests and his own masters' urging to teach Buddhism and once he started, he never stopped. In 1978 he founded the Tibetan Buddhist centre Guépèle Tchantchoup Ling at L'Haÿ-les-Roses, near Paris. In July 1995 it became the first Buddhist congregation of the Gelug Order to be officially recognized in France and was renamed Ganden Ling Institute for the occasion. It works in collaboration with the Guépèle Institute, a cultural organisation, and Entraide Franco-Tibétaine ("Franco-Tibetan Mutual Aid"), a humanitarian organisation, that supports the elderly, children and monks in Buddhist communities in India.
Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche has created several other Buddhist centres in France and abroad: in Holland, Switzerland and South-East Asia, which he visits frequently. Since he has been living in France for nearly fifty years, he is very familiar with Western mentality and speaks both French and English. He has co-authored many books and articles on Tibet and Buddhism and has often appeared as a guest on radio and television shows.
Rinpoche travels regularly to India to teach in his monastery and to continue receiving guidance from his own spiritual masters. He has over forty, including both tutors of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, as well as His Holiness himself. Under them he has studied sutra and tantra, received numerous tantric initiations and accomplished retreats. Among the masters of his generation still alive today, Rinpoche is one of the few to hold such a large number of teaching transmissions whose lineages go back to their source, Buddha Shakyamuni. In addition he has studied supplementary subjects such as poetry, grammar, history and astrology.
Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche is a spiritual guide whose humility, kindness and infinite patience have always made him extremely accessible and helpful to others. He continually makes the treasures of his tradition available to others in the hope that they may benefit from them. He is a living example of the Buddha's teachings. His great learning along with the depth and clarity of his instructions, which are directly applicable to daily life, attract an ever-increasing following. All those who have had the opportunity to listen to his skilful discourses or ask him for advice, by applying them have found the kind of peace of mind and increased inner resources that only exceptional beings can inspire.
His autobiography, Le Lama Venu du Tibet, has been published in French by Grasset and in Dutch under the title De Lama die naar het Westen kwam. An enlarged version in English is in the process of elaboration.
Dagpo Lama Rinpoche Jamphel Lhundrup Gyatso (1845–1919) was Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche's predecessor and the abbot of three monasteries – Dagpo Shedrup Ling, Bamchoe and Dungkar. This master played an important role in renewing the teaching of lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment, in central and southern Tibet.
The following masters were some of his previous incarnations:
In the time of the previous Buddha, the famous Bodhisattva Sadaprarudita (in Tibetan Tag Tu Ngu "Ever Weeping"), known for his great devotion to his spiritual master and for his remarkable guru devotion.
The 4th c. Indian scholar Gunaprabha, a disciple of Acharya Vasubandhu and the author of the Vinayasutra, a fundamental treatise on monastic discipline.
The 10th c. the Indonesian Guru Suvarnadvipa Dharmakirti (Tib. Lama Serlingpa Choe kyi Dragpa). He was the main master of the great Indian teacher and scholar Atisha Dipamkara Shri Jnana who travelled thirteen months by sea to receive the important instructions on generating the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta) that Guru Suvarnadvipa held. In the 11th century Atisha played a vital role in renewing Buddhism in Tibet. For that purpose he wrote the Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, an exhaustive account of the spiritual path and the source of the lamrim.
In Tibet, Marpa the Translator (1012–1097) who founded the Kagyu Order and guided the famous yogi Jetsun Milarepa to complete enlightenment.
Longdrol Lama Rinpoche Ngawang Lobsang, a disciple of the seventh Dalai Lama, Kalzang Gyatso. He became one of the most celebrated masters of his time, the author of more than 23 books and the teacher of great scholars such as Konchog Jigme Wangpo, the reincarnation of the Kunkhyen Jamyang Shepa.
Several abbots of Dagpo Shedrup Ling Monastery.
Dagpo Lama Rinpoche Jamphel Lhundrup's most famous disciple was Pabongkha Dorje Chang, who authored the lamrim entitled Liberation in your Hand. Other major disciples include Their Eminences Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (left) and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (right), Tutors to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche also held the position of Ganden Tripa, the head of the Gelug Order from 1965–83.


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Samsung's new Galaxy Note is a unique device in the smartphone market. Straddling the line between a smartphone and a tablet, the Note features a massive 5.3-inch display, which is considerably larger than the screen on any other smartphone available today (just see the image below sitting alongside an iPhone). Because of this, the Note is rather unwieldy in the hand, and nearly impossible to use one handed.
Trying to make the most of the smartphone's larger footprint, Samsung has attempted to add functionality to the Note with its "don't-call-it-a-stylus" S Pen input device. But once again the Note's dominant feature is its 5.3-inch, Super AMOLED display that packs a dense 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. The form factor alone will place many potential buyers at odds, while others might appreciate the hybrid nature of the device. Read on to learn our findings.
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Forming in late 2009, Hot Damn is a South Wales based, 5 piece pop-punk band that spent little time establishing themselves on the national scene. Their first few months were spent moulding their sound into something that best reflected the message and atmosphere they were trying to portray, and after experimenting with everything from easy-core to post-rock, they've found themselves a niche sound somewhere between the family-friendly sensibilities of folk-pop and the lyrical realism and vocal raw emotion of contemporary emo – think Transit taking Basement outside a bar, and having a very serious word.
In the two short years they've been together they've released 3 EPs, including a split with Swedish pop-punkers Tag Your Targets, who in 2011 they embarked on their first full UK tour with; they've also toured the country with Alabama heavyweights Carridale and shared stages with industry giants like With The Punches, Save Your Breath, Don Broco, Basement and The Wonder Years. The future looks incredibly bright for this band, with them set to return to The Ranch Productions studio with esteemed producer Neil Kennedy to record their follow up to their very well received 2012 EP "This Weather Makes It Feel Like Home"and the eagerly awaited follow up to 'This Weather' to be released 2/2/13 'Sleep Alone' is set truly launch them onto the international stage, Hot Damn are gearing up nicely to follow in the footsteps of artists like Kids In Glass Houses and Save Your Breath and put South Wales pop-punk back on the map.
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In the face
of historic deficits, the nation faces unavoidable choices about how to balance
needs and resources and allocate burdens and sacrifices. These choices are
economic, political—and moral.
Christians, we believe the moral measure of the debate is how the most poor and
vulnerable people fare. We look at every budget proposal from the bottom up—how
it treats those Jesus called "the least of these" (Matthew 25:45). They do not
have powerful lobbies, but they have the most compelling claim on our
consciences and common resources. The Christian community has an obligation to
help them be heard, to join with others to insist that programs that serve the
most vulnerable in our nation and around the world are protected. God is calling us to pray, fast, give alms and to speak out for justice.
following is a statement by church leaders from diverse theological and political
beliefs who have come together to form a Circle of Protection around programs
that serve the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world. All people are invited to sign the statement and we'll send a copy to President Obama and your members of Congress. (Click here
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Circle of Protection: A Statement on Why We Need to Protect Programs for the Poor
As people of faith, we are committed to fiscal responsibility and shared sacrifice. We are also committed to resist budget cuts that undermine the lives, dignity, and rights of poor and vulnerable people. Therefore, we join with others to form a Circle of Protection around programs that meet the essential needs of hungry and poor people at home and abroad.
1. The nation needs to substantially reduce future deficits, but not at the expense of hungry and poor people.2. Programs focused on reducing poverty should not be cut. They should be made as effective as possible, but not cut.3. We urge our leaders to protect and improve poverty-focused development and humanitarian assistance to promote a better, safer world.4. National leaders must review and consider tax revenues, military spending, and entitlements in the search for ways to share sacrifice and cut deficits.5. A fundamental task is to create jobs and spur economic growth. Decent jobs at decent wages are the best path out of poverty, and restoring growth is a powerful way to reduce deficits.6. The budget debate has a central moral dimension. Christians are asking how we protect "the least of these." "What would Jesus cut?" "How do we share sacrifice?"7. As believers, we turn to God with prayer and fasting, to ask for guidance as our nation makes decisions about our priorities as a people.8. God continues to shower our nation and the world with blessings. As Christians, we are rooted in the love of God in Jesus.
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This article provides information on what task manager is and how it is used on a Windows Vista Dell PC.
Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer.
You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer's performance or to close a program that is not responding.
If you are connected to a network, you can also use Task Manager to view network status and see how your network is functioning.
If more than one user is connected to your computer, you can see who is connected, what they are working on, and you can send them a message.
The Window XP's < CTRL+ALT+DEL > key combination which brought up the task manager has a different effect in Windows Vista.
It brings up a selection dialog which requires another click or key press to either:
To go directly to the task manager and bypass this dialog altogether press the < CTRL+SHIFT+ESC > keys together instead.
Alternatively you can right click on the task bar and choose task manager.
The Applications tab in Task Manager shows a list of the programs currently running.
Most applications that have a taskbar entry will appear on this tab, but this is not always the case. Right-clicking any of the applications in the list brings up a menu that allows switching to that application, ending the application and showing the process on the Processes tab that is associated with the application.
Choosing to End Task from the Applications tab causes a request to be sent to the application for it to terminate.
There's a new functionality in the column headers - which you'll find throughout Windows Vista. Now when you click a particular column header to sort the list, you'll see a small arrow in the column header that not only alerts you to which column header has the current sort, but also lets you know if the sort is ascending or descending - if the arrow points up, the sort is ascending and if it points down, the sort is descending.
The Processes tab shows a list of all running processes on the system.
This list includes services and processes from other accounts. Beginning with Windows XP, the Delete key can also be used to terminate processes on the Processes tab. Right-clicking a process in the list brings up a menu that allows changing the priority the process has, setting the processor affinity - setting which CPU(s) the process can execute on and allows the process to be stopped.
Choosing to End a Process causes Windows to immediately kill the process.
Choosing to End Process Tree causes Windows to immediately kill the process, as well as all processes directly or indirectly started by that process. Unlike choosing End Task from the Applications tab, when choosing to End Process the program is not given warning nor a chance to clean up before ending.
By default the processes tab shows the user account the process is running under, the amount of CPU, and the amount of memory the process is currently consuming. There are many more columns that can be shown by choosing Select columns from the View menu.
When you're troubleshooting Windows Vista, you'll discover that the Processes tab provides you with more detailed information.
For example, when you access the Processes tab you'll notice straight away the new Description column which identifies each process.
The Description column provides very useful information in a troubleshooting situation. If you need more information then pull down the View menu and choose the Select Columns command to reveal the Select Process Page Columns dialog box.
This lets you get more descriptive detail by selecting the Image Path Name or Command Line check boxes.
the full path to the file behind the running process
the full command line, including the parameters or switches used to launch the process
You can add the Image Path Name and Command Line headers to the Processes tab.
You can get useful information about a particular process by right-clicking on it and selecting the Open File Location or Properties command.
You can right click on a process and select the Open File Location or Properties commands
The Services tab is completely new to the Task Manager in Windows Vista. This provides you with a convenient way to view the Services that are running while you're troubleshooting.
If you want to investigate whether a running service is tied to a particular process then you can right-click on the service name and select the Go to Process command.
Task Manager will then switch to the Processes tab and highlight the associated process.
Using the Go to Process tab makes it easy to identify services running as processes.
The performance tab shows overall statistics about the system's performance, most notably the overall amount of CPU usage and how much memory is being used. A chart of recent usage for both of these values is shown. Details about specific areas of memory are also shown. There is an option to break the CPU usage graph into two sections.
One of the most important facilities for CPU usage of the Task Manager is that it allows two modes such as Kernel Mode Time and User Mode time. In our system many components such as device drivers, core part of Windows operating system run in kernel mode. The performance monitoring of these devices are displayed in the Kernel mode time. Kernel Mode time is represented graphically by a line graph. It is represented as red area.
User Mode time is another graphical representation of CPU Usage. In the system most of the components run as user application. These include additional programs installed by the user and user applications. We can enable user mode time of the CPU usage from the 'View' menu. In the 'View' menu choose 'show kernel time'. After selecting this user mode time is represented by red area.
Many device drivers and core parts of the operating system run in kernel mode, whereas user applications run in user mode. This option can be turned on by choosing Show kernel times from the View menu. When this option is turned on the CPU usage graph will show a green and a red area. The red area is the amount of time spent in kernel mode and the green area shows the amount of time spent in user mode.
The Performance tab is the most changed tab in Windows Vista's Task Manager. While at a quick glance it may appear to be the same as in xp, upon closer inspection you'll see that the bottom graphs and the majority of the statistics now measure actual memory usage rather than page file usage. It also displays system uptime as well as provides a link to the full blown Resource Monitor.
The Networking tab shows statistics relating to each of the network adapters present in the computer. By default the adapter name, percentage of network utilization, link speed and state of the network adapter are shown, along with a chart of recent activity.
More options can be shown by choosing Select columns from the View menu.
The Users tab, shows all users that currently have a session on the computer.
On server computers, there may be several users connected to the computer using Terminal Services.
As of Windows XP, there may also be multiple users logged onto the computer at one time using the Fast User Switching feature.
Users can be disconnected or logged off from this tab.
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Coleburn Flowers, 66, of Independence, Mo., passed away Nov. 11, 2012. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at McGilley Antioch Chapel. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Coleburn was born July 31, 1946, in Hannibal, Mo. He graduated from Bowling Green High School in 1963. He was an owner/operator of a truck for Werner Trucking. He also worked for Munson Monument Company and Johnson Granite. He was a newspaper route courier for the Kansas City Star from 2005-2009. Colburn just recently celebrated his 48th wedding anniversary with his wife, Joette, in September.
Coleburn was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Thresa Flowers. Survivors include his wife, Joette Flowers; children, Kenneth Flowers and wife, Julie; Tina Hilton and husband (William); Gary Flowers and wife, Paola; and Tracy Spoor and husband, John; 11 grandchildren, and one sister, Delores Jean Flowers.
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Posted on November 12, 2013 in Strings
As tennis players continue to discover the benefits of polyester strings, Head is throwing their hat into the ring with a new polyester monofilament of their own. Head Hawk is now available for purchase at Tennis Warehouse!
Hawk was designed with the help of top touring pros and utilizes a Crystal Core manufacturing process that Head claims will revolutionize the way co-polyester strings are made. It's a complex multi-step heat treatment during production that allows for the manipulation of the molecular crystal core of the string as well as the properties of its outer layers. This re-engineered molecular structure produces a string that sends more energy back into the ball at impact, all the while offering a dampened yet responsive feel for the player, resulting in a blend of power, control, comfort and feel.


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Today we are linking up our Facebook Fan Pages so we can earn more likes. Social networks are an integral way to get more exposure for your blog, so click away! The Social has been split into three. So look through to the other posts for Twitter & Giveaways.
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Ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the
#1 Vending Franchise in North America
Healthy Vending Machines, Healthy Micro
Markets, and Healthy Snack Delivery
Serving Thousands Of People In 2000+ Locations Every Day in 45 States, Canada, & Puerto Rico
What Our Franchisees Are Saying…
Check out HUMAN's innovative line-up of 9 different healthy vending machines. We don't subscribe to a "one-size-fits-all" mentality when it comes to healthy vending machines.
HUMAN has 46″ touchscreen healthy vending machines as well as coffee, outdoor, hot food, and frozen food machines. Don't forget credit card readers, advanced remote monitoring, LED lights, digital signage, and SMS alerts!
Healthy Micro Markets
The hottest trend in office food service
According to Bachtelle and Associates, in an independent study performed by NAMA (National Automatic Merchandising Association) Micro Markets averaged $51,416 per micro market per year.
HUMAN Healthy Markets are healthy micro markets (unattended self-checkout convenience stores) that serve healthier foods in office and hotel locations. Micro Markets are expected to be a $1.6B segment of the vending industry by 2023.
"Easy Nutrition Everywhere"
HUMAN is a one-of-a-kind nutritional distribution platform that uses healthy vending machines, healthy micro markets (unattended self-checkout convenience stores), and direct delivery services to bring convenient, healthier, and better-for-you foods and drinks to people across the nation.
SnackNation is a simple way to build a 100% passive revenue stream in your healthy foods distribution business. You make the initial sale, SnackNation handles the rest.
HUMAN franchisees get paid a commission on every monthly payment for as long as their customers keep their SnackNation subscription.
SnackNation locations (offices and residences) get a highly curated box of healthier, taste-tested snacks, delivered monthly.
We created our own product line to give our franchisees a massive competitive advantage & better margins. Super HUMAN snacks have been developed to be best-selling products in the HUMAN system and meet or exceed new Federal USDA Smart Snacks In School Rules (this is BIG for your school accounts)
"This Snack Gives Back." For every snack purchased, one child nutrition pack is donated to a family in need via our charitable partnership with GAIN, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
What Our Locations Are Saying…
10% of Profits Donated To Improve Childhood Nutrition
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HUMAN co-founders, Sean Kelly (left) and Andy Mackensen (right), created H.U.M.A.N. to Help Unite Mankind And Nutrition.
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Everything you need to know about the HUMAN Franchise.
Learn more about our healthier-for-you products, how we select them, and what people think of them.
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Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Graduates: The Office of Alumni Relations is your home for Commencement 2010! Your official commencement ceremony will take place Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2:30 pm at the UIC Forum, 725 W Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608.
Please watch your kentlaw.edu email for announcements and updates throughout the year. For more information, including FAQs, please visit the Commencement Portal online.
Attention Fall 2009 Graduates! We are excited to welcome you into the Chicago-Kent Alumni Community, but first, we'd like to learn a little more about you…so please take a few moments to fill out the law school's mandatory graduate survey. All information is strictly confidential.
If you are graduating in Fall 2009, this form MUST be completed by Friday, December 11.
This form is MANDATORY in order to graduate. Please note, this survey is ONLY for Fall 2009 Graduates.
If you've been to the 3rd floor, you've seen the composite photos of the most recent class as well as classes all the way back to 1893. Now it's your turn! The photos are quick and FREE! You are under no obligation to purchase a photo, and it doesn't cost anything to be included in the composite.
If you missed the Fall sittings, please be sure to sign up for a slot on the following dates:
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Fifteen minute slots, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. ~
Room 325
To sign up, please visit the Office of Alumni Relations in Suite 310 between the hours of 8:30 AM and 6:00 PM beginning Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Evening students ONLY may email time slot requests to email@example.com.
Slots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are able to take a daytime slot, we ask that you reserve the slots from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for evening students.
Please visit the Composite Photos page on the Commencement Portal for details on purchasing photos, suggested attire and other information.
If you will not be in the Chicagoland area during Spring 2010 and are planning to participate in the Commencement ceremony, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange for tickets, cap and gown, and other graduation information as soon as possible.
Please visit the Commencement Portal for other details about your Commencement ceremony.
In an effort to help you connect with a strong network of Chicago-Kent alumni, the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association and Office of Career Services encourage you to take advantage of the law school's "Alumni Career Advisor Network."
Alumni from around the world are available to discuss issues such as practice trends, legal markets in specific geographic areas, and other career-related topics. This is an excellent opportunity to start building your personal network with Chicago-Kent alumni!
To search for an Alumni Career Advisor, all you have to do is log-in to the Chicago-Kent Alumni Online Community:
First Time Login Instructions:
During your first time login you will create a username and password. Afterwards, you may log in directly at www.alumni.kentlaw.edu/advisorsearch using the username and password you created.
If you need assistance with your first time login, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
We invite all students, faculty, alumni, and staff to join the official Chicago-Kent group on the networking site, LinkedIn. If you have a LinkedIn account, please click here to request membership. Questions? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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