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April 6, 2013
STORRS, Conn.- The UConn softball team returned to action Saturday at Burrill Family Field taking on Providence in its BIG EAST home opener. The Huskies lost 4-0 in the first game before winning 11-3 in five innings. The Huskies are now 15-14 (2-3 BIG EAST), while the Friars sit at 11-18 (1-4 BE).
In UConn's loss, the Friars outhit the Huskies 9-7 on the day with each team registering an error on the day. Kiki Saveriano pitched the full seven innings and fell to 11-5 on the season. She finished with eight strikeouts and allowed four runs on nine hits.
After a scoreless pair of innings, Providence took the lead in the top of the third inning, with 2 RBIs from Megan Rollings to make the score 2-0.
Shanelle Harrell and Kristie Dederick both added onto the lead in the top of the fourth with an RBI each, increasing Providence's lead to 4-0.
Huskies seemed ready to rally as Brittany Duclos started off the bottom of the seventh inning with a double. Immediately following, Providence pitcher Corinne Clauss delivered her forty-second strikeout of the season to center fielder Kim Silva followed by two fielded outs, the Huskies were held to just the one hit on the inning.
Senior Corinne Clauss pitched her sixth complete game for Providence. She had six strikeouts on the day, and contained the Huskies to zero runs on seven total hits.
Providence took an early lead in game two with a homerun from sophomore Shanelle Harrell with two runners on base, putting Providence up 3-0.
In the bottom of the second inning, Huskies joined the action and put themselves on the board for the first time on the day with an RBI from Tori Thomson, making the score 3-1. A wild pitch from Providence pitcher Emily O'Keefe drove in another run for the Huskies for a score of 3-2, followed by a second RBI from Lexi Gifford which tied the game at 3-3 to end the second inning.
O'Keefe pitched the first two innings of the match-up for Providence allowing three runs on six hits. Freshmen Kiara Amos replaced O'Keefe at the top of the third.
In the bottom of the third, a single from Silva paired with a Providence fielding error drove in another run for the Huskies, giving them their first lead of the day. Huskies brought in three additional runs to leave them with four runs on five hits for the third inning and a score of 7-3.
In the bottom of the fourth, Silva helped to extend the Huskies lead to 8-3 with an RBI, her eleventh on the season. Huskies ended the inning with a score of 9-3.
A pair of RBIs from Lexi Gifford and Marissa Guches ensured the Huskies victory, ending the game with a score of 11-3. Gifford and Guches both hit three for four and had three RBIs between them for the match-up.
Amos pitched three innings, allowing eight runs on ten hits with two strikeouts. Sophomore Lauren Duggan (2-4) pitched her first complete game of the season, allowing three runs on five hits with four strikeouts.
The league opponents will conclude the three-game series on Sunday with the first pitch slated for noon.


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Many visitors to Israel become preoccupied with ancient stones and sites, and as a result they often miss the spiritual significance of the events that took place at those sites. At the Garden Tomb the emphasis is on, not just the wonderful visual aid that we have of the Easter story, but on the spiritual meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The place is of historical importance, but it is not as important as the Person who died on that Roman cross and rose from the dead from that Jewish tomb.
Skull Hill, also known as Golgotha, might well have been the site for the crucifixion, but here our focus is on the greatest sacrifice the world has ever known, when Jesus voluntarily offered Himself as a substitute for the sins of the world. The empty tomb is considered by many to be the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, but here we point our visitors to the greatest miracle the world has ever witnessed, the resurrection, of Jesus from the dead.
The apostle John in his gospel simply mentions that Jesus, carrying his own cross, went out to the The Place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified him. John 19. 17,18. No details are given as to where the exact location of the Skull was, or of the horrific suffering that explains how crucified victims slowly died. The main concern of the New Testament writers is to explain why Jesus died. The apostle Peter clearly states in his first letter; Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. 1 Peter 3.18. Through His sacrifice, Jesus removed for ever the iron curtain of our sin and rebellion that separated us from God, and opened up a new way for us to come into God's presence and to enjoy friendship with Him.
The apostle Paul wrote; God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be a sin offering for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5.21 This simply means that, God took the sinless Christ and poured out sins into him. Then in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us. (The Living Bible) All the wrong and evil that is in us was absorbed by the sinless Son of God on the cross. When we turn from our selfish and sinful ways and seek forgiveness from God, Jesus comes to live within us by His Spirit and our lives are transformed and characterised by God's goodness.
At the empty tomb, the guides explain some of the important facts about the tomb, and also indicate at least 5 ways in which the tomb fits the details given in the gospel narrative. While this may be interesting, it is not nearly as important as understanding the relevance of the resurrection in the 21st century. As people leave the tomb and climb the steps towards the exit they are confronted with a verse from the bible on a plaque which clearly states; Jesus Christ declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead. Romans 1.4. Many prophets, priests and kings, leaders and gurus have lived and died, but their bones are still in their burial places. Jesus is unique and His resurrection, that He clearly predicted, proves that He was the Son of God. No one has been able to disprove this historic event which is the foundation of the Christian faith. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then He was just another roving Galilean preacher.
One of the profound statements Jesus made before He died took place outside another tomb in Bethany, the tomb of Lazarus; I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever believes in me will never die. John 11.25 Because Jesus rose from the dead He is able to impart to all who believe in Him, the precious gift of eternal life, which begins here on earth and continues beyond death. Once we place our lives in His hands, He promises us a new quality of life now and a new inheritance in heaven later. Our lives do not drag on to a meaningless end, with no hope for the future. Instead we are promised, beyond the grave, a new body like His resurrection body, a new character like His beautiful character and a new environment in which to live, where there will be no sickness or suffering, no violence or vandalism, no pain and no more death.
Some may say as a result of visiting the Garden Tomb; "I think I have found the place where Jesus died." We hope and pray that they will find forgiveness through the death of Jesus and peace with God. Some may return home saying, "I saw the place where they put the dead body of Jesus." It is far more important that they should discover the new life that Jesus offers now, and that they should share the next life with Him in heaven. Our staff will always be on hand to help our visitors, in a gentle and unobtrusive way, to answer their questions and to explain how they can discover these wonderful gifts of forgiveness and new life.
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:45:10PM -0500, Greg Lopp said:
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....ok. That is a useful detail to know in general. Thank you.
......or something like that. I took a look at /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated and found that the system_aliases section in there is unchanged (no pipe_transport defined). But the timestamp matches the time I restarted exim. Changing the order of the file and pipe transports was no help either.Meanwhile.... $ cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_address_pipe address_pipe:So you have a pipe_transport defined in general, but the system_aliases
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Should Dan Uggla Stay or Should He Go?October 6, 2009
I know that it has been only one day since the '09 season came to an end, but I still find it important to realize that the Marlins have to be active to have a World Series-caliber team for the '10 season.
Having that said the Marlins have many arbitration eligible players Jeremy Hermida, Cody Ross, and Josh Johnson to name a few. But the name that sticks out he most in that list is Second Baseman Dan Uggla. Dan Uggla, the fastest second baseman to get to 100 HR, had a very productive season Hitting 31 HR and knocking 90 RBI making him eligible to get a raise from $5 million to somewhere around $7 million.
Since the Florida Marlins are a team that have to make moves based on money, his raise will make it almost certain he will be dealt this offseason.
Teams in the past have shown great interest in him, including the San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins, making him ideal for a trade. His value to a team is great as he provides power and the ability to drive in runs.
Dan Uggla could even be part of a package involving arbitration-eligible Jeremy Hermida.
What should the Marlins get in return?
The Marlins should make it a priority to pursue starting pitching. What the Marlins lacked this season was a consistent starting rotation and to add consistency they should add a veteran pitcher who can eat up innings.
The Marlins should also pursue better bullpen help and hopefully acquire a closer with experience, since the marlins have had a hard time this season with closing out games.
Matt Lindstrom couldn't do the job, so they put setup man Leo Nunez to close, but he had little success blowing seven games.
Who will replace Uggla?
Dan Uggla could be replaced by Emilio Bonifacio since second base is his natural position. If Emilio Bonifacio replaces Dan Uggla this would probably help out Bonifacio's defense and maybe putting him in a comfort zone where he can possibly produce more offensively.
Chris Coghlan could also move to second base. To remind you, before being called up, Chris Coghlan played second base for almost all of his professional career before being moved to left field.
Both players seem to be the top two candidates for the second base position.
Should he stay or should he go?
Dan Uggla has been a offensive force for this Marlins team for the past three years and marlins fans should be grateful for his production for the fish. But he has become too pricey and the Marlins need to get quality pitching to at least have a run at the playoffs next year.
He has to go if the Marlins want to make changes and want to get to the playoffs. If Dan Uggla leaves he will be known as the greatest second base offensive producer in franchise history, and he will be missed.


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Involved Parents, Satisfied Students
Oh, those helicopter parents. Their hovering, micromanaging ways only hurt their children's enjoyment of college … right? Not according to the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement, which is out today.
Students who frequently (defined in the survey as "often" or "very often") contact their parents -- and whose parents frequently contact college officials on their behalf -- are more satisfied with their college experience, and report higher levels of engagement and academic fulfillment than do their counterparts, according to the report.
But too much contact with family and friends from high school can inhibit student learning and development, the survey notes. Students with the hyper-involved parents had significantly lower grades than others. That might be because parents who call often are asking about their child's academic difficulties -- though the survey doesn't address why the parents are involved.
"Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success" is based on information from roughly 313,000 randomly selected first-year and senior students at 610 four-year colleges in the United State and Canada. As part of an experimental section that addressed students' support systems, the survey received responses from 4,500 first-year and 4,600 seniors at 24 institutions.
Of that sample, 13 percent of first-year students and eight percent of seniors report that their parents "frequently" intervene with college officials to solve problems for them, and another quarter of first-year students and 21 percent of seniors said their parents intervened "sometimes." About three in four students frequently follow the advice of a parent, and fewer are influenced by siblings and friends.
Seven in 10 students report communicating "very often" with at least one parent during the academic year. Electronic media is the most common way of staying in touch, as seen in the table below. When students make a cell phone call or send an e-mail to a close contact, it's most likely to the mother -- findings that support previous research on student-parent communication.
Proportions of Students Who Had Frequent ('Often' or 'Very Often') Contact with Social Support Network
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Students are likely to talk to mothers about personal issues, academic performance and family, the survey found, while they talk to fathers mostly about academic performance.
"We have a social phenomenon on our hands that anyone who studies college student behavior would note," said George Kuh, NSSE's director and a professor of higher education at Indiana University at Bloomington. "Students are much more closely connected to the family support system now, whether or not their parents intervene."
Kuh said he's surprised by the high number of students who say they frequently contact their parents and by those who report that their parents at least occasionally make calls on their behalf. It turns out that a parent's educational level isn't an accurate predictor of how often he or she will get involved. Kuh said he figured that parents who are more familiar with the college setting would be more likely to intervene.
Proportion of Students Who Frequently Followed the Advice of Family Members and Friends
|H.S. Friends Attending Same College
|H.S. Friends Attention Different College
Touting the "High Impact" Activity
The survey also found that students receive both academic and personal benefits from taking part in what it calls "high impact" activities that require close interaction with their peers, faculty and other professionals. These include study abroad, internships or field placement, capstone projects, first-year seminars, learning communities and undergraduate research with faculty.
Nearly half of the 18,000 faculty members who completed the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, also released through Indiana University, last spring said it is "important" or "very important" for undergraduates to take part in a learning community. More than 50 percent said working on a research project with a professor is an important exercise, and more than 8 in 10 faculty said students should have a culminating senior experience.
Still, fewer than half of the seniors surveyed said they had taken part in such an experience, and the numbers are especially small at public institutions, the survey found. More than half of seniors report doing a practicum or clinical assignment, or having a field experience.
Students who took part in a study abroad program report making greater gains in intellectual and personal development upon returning to campus than do those who stay on the home campus over that time period. The survey found that the length of time one spends abroad isn't as important statistically as whether a student has any such an experience -- though Kuh added that students who live with a foreign family report more gains than others who live among English speakers. Those most likely to leave: students at private colleges majoring in the arts and social sciences. First-generation and transfer students are the least likely participants.
Kuh said the survey data underscore how much students value faculty input on their academic and extracurricular choices. "The more faculty at an institution say doing an activity is important, the more likely students are to find it important and then take part in it," he said.
The survey also found that:
- Students who meet with their adviser at least twice a year are more engaged and gain more from college than those who don't. A majority of students said their advisers were either "good or excellent."
- Part-time, white female students are less likely to meet with their adviser than full-time, male students of color. Ten percent of students overall never once met their adviser.
- The Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement found that first-year males report higher SAT and ACT scores, but spend less time than females preparing for classes and more time "relaxing and socializing." Women were more academically engaged and had better grades in high school, however.
- Students starting college expected to spend 50 percent more time preparing for class than relaxing and socializing. Full-time students report spending 13 to 14 hours studying a week, a number that has remained constant since the report began. (Faculty said that's about half of what is needed to do well in their classes.)
- Forty-six percent of students attend college within 100 miles of home.
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Defining Jewish Medicine conference
Jewish Medical Association with the Institute of Jewish Studies, UCL
Monday, 28 July 2014 at 09:30 - Tuesday, 29 July 2014 at 18:00 (BST)
Event Details
The association between Jewish doctors and their calling has roots
which go back to the Babylonian Talmud and proceed throughout the Middle Ages into
modernity, with major contributions to medicine being made by Jewish practitioners.
A fundamental aspect of this question is how to define 'Jewish medicine' throughout its
long history. Developing a clear profile will have considerable influence on the way
we view the connection between Jews and medicine.
The conference will present different aspects of research on Jewish medicine
- its origins, its historical context, how medicine could be influenced by Jewish law
and custom (halachah) and how the role of the Jewish doctor has evolved
over the centuries.
Monday 28th July
Medicine in the Talmud and Middle Ages
Venue: J.Z Young lecture theatre, Anatomy Building
09.45 Mark Geller (UCL / Freie Universität Berlin) - Welcome and Introduction
10.15 Ulrike STEINERT (Freie Universität Berlin) - Concepts of the female body in Mesopotamian gynaecological texts
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Tzvi LANGERMANN (Bar-Ilan University) -Nu'man al-Isra'ili's unstudied commentary on Abu Sahl al-Masihi's Kitab al-Mi'a
12.15 Gerrit BOS (University of Cologne) and Guido Mensching (University of Göttingen) - Jewish multilingualism in medieval medical lexicography and translations
13.00 Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14.30 Ronit YOELI-TLALIM (Goldsmiths, University of London) -Counting body parts: views from the Hebrew Book of Asaf
15.15 Lennart LEHMHAUS (Freie Universität Berlin) - On the medical discourse(s) in the two Talmudim
16.00 Tea
16.30 Gad FREUDENTHAL (University of Geneva) - Philosophy and Medicine in Jewish Provence, Anno 1199: Samuel Ibn Tibbon and Doeg the Edomite Translating Galen's Tegni
17.15 Justine ISSERLES (UCL) -Bloodletting and medical astrology in Hebrew manuscripts from medieval Western Europe (13th-15th c.)
Tuesday 29th July
Medicine, Jewish Medical Ethics and Jews
Venue: J.Z Young lecture theatre, Anatomy Building
9.45 Samuel KOTTEK (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) - The Physician in Bible and Talmud: Between the Lord and the Ailing.
10.30 Alan JOTKOWITZ (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) -The role of Talmudic Narratives in the Development of Jewish Medical Ethics
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Shimon GLICK (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) - 20th century Jewish medical ethics - a historic overview
12.30 Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14.00 Avraham STEINBERG (Hebrew University and Shaarei Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem) - "Nature has changed" – Talmudic and modern medicine re halakhic decisions
14.45 Kenneth COLLINS (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Glasgow) - The Entry of Jews to the Medical Schools of Early Modern Europe
15.30 Tea
16.00 Gerry BLACK (Past President, Jewish Historical Society of England) - Lord Rothschild and the Barber. The struggle to establish the London Jewish Hospital.
16.45 Paul WEINDLING (Oxford Brookes University)- Jewish Victims of Nazi Medical and Racial Research, and their Responses
17.30 David R Katz (UCL) - Concluding remarks
When & Where
University College London
JZ Young lecture theatre,
Anatomy Building
Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
Monday, 28 July 2014 at 09:30 - Tuesday, 29 July 2014 at 18:00 (BST)
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Review: 'The Unnamed'
Published 12:00 am, Saturday, March 6, 2010
"If he was wasting away from cancer or old age, she'd sit with him," Jane ruminates at a crucial moment in her marriage — and in Joshua Ferris' heart-rending new novel "The Unnamed."
"If he just had an expiration date, of course she'd sit with him. But this thing, this could go on forever. Is that how she wanted to spend her life?"
This thing, this, um, infirmity, is kind of comical — at first. Jane's husband, a high-powered Manhattan attorney, a workaholic who gets more pleasure from successful litigation than family dinners, has been to doctors, psychiatrists, the Mayo clinic, and nobody knows why he has this compulsion to . . . walk.
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Just get up and go. No matter what he is doing. Middle of court? Sorry, your honor. Middle of the night? Sorry, honey.
The premise sounds absurd, until you realize the real danger that "it" puts Tim Farnsworth in. When a walk seizes him, he hikes for 10, 15 miles, risking dehydration, accident, exposure. Then, exhausted, he crashes — in someone's snowy front yard, in a delivery truck with some explaining to do, in a playground with children and mommies wondering why the strange man is passed out by the monkey bars, in an alley next to a Dumpster.
How to explain to his colleagues at the firm? How to combat frostbite, muscle fatigue, sheer embarrassment? How to keep his family together?
In the hands of a lesser writer, "The Unnamed" might seem like some poorly disguised attempt at an allegory for these "tough times."
Fortunately, Ferris, whose debut 2007 novel, "Then We Came to the End," was a National Book Award finalist, can write the pants off most of the competition. The 35-year-old New Yorker, an Illinois native, has thought deeply about the disintegration of family and its saving grace — love, as trite as that may sound.
As the condition escalates — Tim's doctor "came in and removed two toes" — our hearts rise for the Farnsworths, as the walking devastates not only Tim, whose body deteriorates as he shakes his fist at the heavens, but the whole family. Jane must not only live with the anguish, the apprehension, the annoyance, but spar with dreadlocked, overweight, spiteful daughter Becka, who believes there's nothing really wrong with her father: Dad's faking it.
As Tim's "walks" — such a benign term — escalate to cross-country treks spanning months with only the occasional phone call or e-mail home, his body begins to break down: "His conjunctivitis had come upon him outside Pocatello. . . . Leg cramps plagued him by basin and range and became unbearable as early as the Laramie Plains. . . . His infrequent showering brought on skin complications beyond the painful erosions of chafing and blisters, and in Mount Etna on the northern tip of Lake Icaria in western Iowa, he broke out in shingles that made carrying the pack an exercise in medieval torture." Tim is eventually hospitalized, having walked himself almost to death.
"The Unnamed" is one of the saddest stories you will ever read. Making it exceedingly more poignant is the fact that the condition has been dormant for several years; the first time it flared up, the walks abruptly stopped, life returned to normal, the Farnsworths believing, for good.
The novel's and the Farnsworths' saving grace is a deep, abiding caring for one another that they didn't even realize was in them. The domestic fabric frays, but never tears. When Jane is hospitalized for cancer treatment, Tim struggles to get back to her. "Banana" is their charming pet name for each other. They have a few happy months in an apartment in the city, having sold the big suburban house, and Tim meets his new grandson, Becka having become a believer. Then the walks return. Life goes on, whether we savor it or take it for granted.
With this Job-like tale, Ferris, a young writer with sound impulses and a mountain of talent, has written a plausible fable that we can't walk away from.


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Detroit Tigers To Sign Johnny DamonFebruary 21, 2010
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, the Tigers have reached an agreement with outfielder Johnny Damon.
The deal is believed to a one-year deal worth $8 million and does not have a second year option. Damon only needs to pass his physical according to Ken Davidoff of Newsday.
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated adds that a no-trade clause is included in the deal.
ESPN's Buster Olney notes that no money will be deferred, something Damon's agent Scott Boras reportedly demanded of the Tigers.
Tigers GM Dave Dombroski confirmed yesterday the Tigers had an offer on the table for Damon but no deal was imminent.
The Tigers, Braves, and White Sox were considered Damon's most likely destinations. As early as yesterday the White Sox were considered strong contenders for Damon's services before they pulled their offer.
Earlier in the offseason, Damon and Boras reportedly turned down two separate offers from the Yankees. One offer was reportedly worth $14 million over two years.
Damon had a great 2009 campaign with the Yankes hitting .282, knocking 24 home runs while driving in 82 runs.
The 36 year old outfielder is a lifetime .363 hitter at Comerica Park.


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Britain to stop all aid to India by 2015
The British government has announced it will stop all aid to India by 2015 and slash its remaining handouts.
The measures are in response to growing domestic pressure over its foreign development budget at a time of austerity.
The International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the move will save Britain around around 320 million US dollars from 2013 to 2015.
She says the measure recognises India's "changing place in the world".
Prime Minister David Cameron has faced growing opposition at home to the aid commitment to India, with commentators pointing out that the booming former colony is able to fund its own space programme.
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Dear Coleen,
For a while now, I have had a feeling my husband was seeing other people but I couldn't prove it.
One night he left his Facebook page open and I started looking at some of his messages.
I realised he was flirting with other girls – five of them. I confronted him, he admitted it and deleted the messages.
I still had doubts so hacked into his Facebook page and found a message from my brother's girlfriend, who my brother has been seeing for six years.
It was apparent that my husband and her have been having sex for two months. This has broken my heart and my brother's.
My husband told me it would never happen again and he'd learned his lesson.
We have two boys who love their dad. We got together really young – not that it is an excuse.
Since then, I have found out he has changed but I don't know if I can ever trust him again.
Should I just let this relationship go or keep on trying and figure out how to trust him again?
Coleen says..
Wow, this is a big thing to overcome because the whole family is involved.
You don't say what your brother is doing, if he's prepared to give his girlfriend another chance. Even if you could forgive your husband, I don't think your brother ever will.
Personally, a reconciliation wouldn't work for me. Crossing that line is bad enough but to have an affair with your brother's girlfriend throws up even more issues and problems.
You'll have to go through life constantly defending him to your family and justifying why you're still together – and you might never trust him again.
What kind of man is he to do that? Think about those times you've been together at family occasions not knowing they've been sleeping together behind your back.
There are some things you can move on from but this is a biggie. It can never truly go away because your brother is involved and you don't want to lose him over it.


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Just a couple of notes: The story takes place the year after An Extremely Goofy Movie happens. The "Beret Girl" in the movie I named Shala.
Also I don't own any of the characters, or the overall story, yada yada. Haha, I'm new to writing fanfiction, hope you enjoy!
"Well, that's the last of 'em." Max Goof said dropping a very large brown moving box onto his dorm bed. He, Bobby, and PJ were roommates again for their sophomore year at their University.
"Bro, my arms totally feel like noodle soup right now. I don't remember move-in day being so….sore." said Bobby, who was laid out on his bottom bunk, boxes spread messily around him.
"Your own fault for over-packing." said PJ who was putting away his clothes in the closet. "Besides, no one told you to bring 5 extra boxes of cheese-spray, man."
"Hey, don't diss the cheese-whizz, bro." Bobby said helping himself to some canned cheese spray.
Max rolled his eyes, "Well, never mind that, we should go out tonight and celebrate. This year we're officially free men. Since my dad got his degree and new girlfriend, he's officially out of my hair!" he sighed as he reclined in a comfy armchair PJ brought along with him.
"That's a relief, so what do you guys wanna do? I hear its disco week at the nightclub again." PJ suggested.
"Nahh, that place is full of stingy girls, dude", Bobby said remembering his embarrassing rejection at the nightclub the previous year. "I hear Gamma house is throwing a party tonight, let's just crash that one!"
"You know, for once Bobby, you've got a pretty good idea there!" said Max, "I'll bet we can even-",
"BOOPP DEEEEP BOOOOOPP", PJ's cell phone started to ring
PJ glanced at his phone, "Oh hang on for a minute you guys, I gotta take this." He swiftly left the room. Max and Bobby heard mere bits of the conversation, "Hello?...Hey!...Yeah, sure I'll be there…..Seven 'o clock…sure, alright…..bye"
PJ reentered the room, "So, who was that?" Max asked curiously, PJ shifted his eyes.
"Oh, that was Shala. She wanted to meet up at the Bean Scene later on tonight." PJ said nervously. Shala was a very good-looking female poet who read poetry at the local café. She befriended PJ, Max, and Bobby the year before, but grew to be rather fond of PJ. She lives out of state, but she and PJ kept contact over the summer.
"You mean that Beret Girl who stood up to Brad? Heh heh, she was H-O-T, hot!" Bobby said before helping himself to more cheese spray.
"Oh yeah, I remember her", Max said as if he had just had a fond memory, "Hey, why don't you bring her to the party with us?"
"Oh, I dunno, Max, parties aren't really my thing anyway y' know?" PJ said nervously.
"A-Hyuk, did somebody say party?" Goofy was standing in the doorway with Sylvia, the school Liberian and his new fiancé.
"DAD?" Max exclaimed; he calmed himself down a bit, "W-What are you doing here?" PJ and Bobby exchanged equally surprised looks.
"Awww don't worry I won't get in the way. You just forgot your typewriter at home!" Goofy said dropping a very old typewriter on one of the desks.
"Daaad…I have a laptop…" Max said pinching his nose. Goofy opened up his mouth to speak. "Okay! Okay! I'll take it. Geeez"
"Actually, I was going to say, it's for PJ! Surprise! A-Hyuk!"
"Goofy felt bad for not being able to get you a present for your birthday", said Sylvia in a somewhat apologetic tone.
"Oh, heh heh, you shouldn't have, Mr. G." said PJ picking up the typewriter, which still covered with dust and had several keys missing.
"Noooo problemo, and remember, you're family! So if any of you boys need anything, don't hesitate to give me a ringy-ding-ding!" Goofy said patting Bobby on the head, who was attempting to make another "Leaning Tower of Cheesa".
"Because, y' know, I won't be there to pick up after you this y-"
"Okay, dear, let's go! We'll be late for dance class!" said Sylvia who was pushing Goofy out the doorway, "I'll see you boys later when you get your books! Kisses!"
"Don't forget to do your laundry, boys!" said Goofy's faded voice from across the hall.
"What was that about your dad being out of your hair? Heh heh", chuckled Bobby. Max knocked over his tower of cheese.
PJ was still tinkering with his poor excuse for a typewriter, "Anyway, so what were you saying about Shala, PJ?" said Max sitting back down in the armchair.
"Yeah, you should probably just go on to that party without me. Besides, how could you guys party with the Gammas?" said PJ looking annoyed.
"Hey, come on, they're all right now. Tank's the head honcho now and Brad transferred schools. Plus they've already apologized." Max said remembering their narrow victory at the College X Games the previous year; he also remembered PJ's humiliating disqualification because of his tampered rollerblades. PJ hadn't quite forgiven them for that.
Bobby choked a bit on his cheese, "OHHHH, I get it! PJ has a little crushy-crush-crush on poet girl!" he lowered his glasses and winked at PJ.
PJ blushed, "Well, it's not like I'm trying to hide it or anything! It's just that I haven't seen her since Mr. G's graduation. I wonder if she still likes me." he said as he started to twiddle with his phone.
"Well if you need anything, just let us know!" Max said happily.
"Yeah man, we'll totally back you up! We did it for Max during freshman year; we'll do it for you too!" Bobby said excitedly.
PJ vaguely remembered the attempt to make Max popular by having him perform in a Powerline get-up on their last day of freshman year in high school. "Thanks guys." he changed into his beatnik outfit, grabbed his skateboard, and jogged out the door, "I'll see you guys when you get back! Later!"
There was a pause in the room, Bobby looked at Max "Have you noticed everyone's got a hot girlfriend but us?"
PJ walked down a stone stairwell into a smoky room. The smell of coffee and fresh book pages filled his nostrils as he entered the medium sized café. Immediately he took out his poetry book and started writing after he took a seat at the nearest vacant table. It was 6:37pm, he was a little early, but he never liked being the last person to show up places anyway.
After several minutes passed, he glanced up at the stage where the curtains were drawn. He could hear voices coming from behind the curtains. Stricken with sudden curiosity, he picked up his book and walked towards the side of the curtains; one of the voices sounded familiar. He walked up a small staircase to peek backstage; there he saw the cello player, a small man cleaning the walls, and a tall, stocky young man next to an art canvas.
"Oh, hi, can I help you with something, buddy?" said the young man smiling at PJ. He had dark brown hair, almost black, and stood nearly 6'2''. He was very handsome, and was probably only a couple years older than PJ.
"Uh…no, hehe, sorry, I uh…was…yeah", PJ tried backing up but tripped backwards into a waitress holding a platter of hot java.
"Hey, you okay?" said the young man to PJ after helping up the very irritated waitress, who was carrying back her platter.
"Yeah, just uh, y' know, clumsy." PJ took the young man's outstretched arm that lifted PJ up with ease, as if PJ's weight didn't affect him at all.
"PJ, Miles? Long time, no see boys." said a very silky voice from behind. It was Shala, she was carrying a couple of notebooks, but other than that she looked exactly the same as she did the year before.
"Oh, so you're PJ? Great to meet 'ya buddy, name's Miles!" said the young man taking PJ's damp hand and shaking it.
She walked up and gave PJ a hug, "How've you been my man? Keeping up with your groovy rhymes I hope?" She said lightly stroking his cheek.
"You know it! I'll read you some later if you wa—"
"Ummm, excuse me, Ms. Shala, you and Miles are up in two minutes." said the cello player from behind the curtains.
"Alright, ready to do your stuff, Miles?" Shala said walking up the small staircase that lead to the stage.
"Let's do this." Miles said taking out a marker.
PJ was left standing near the stage very lost and confused. Who was this guy, and how did he know Shala? PJ hadn't seen him all last year while at the café, and he was there a lot. They seemed to be very familiar with each other, but did not act intimate enough to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
The lights dimmed and the curtains opened. Shala was sitting on a stool with Miles at her side standing next to the canvas, marker still in hand. She began to speak:
There are no second chances, life is a one-way ticket
One can choose to waste it, or one can choose to live it
Landing some job behind a desk just to get by
Only a fool wouldn't realize that life chooses to fly
Some may complain that life's a living hell
How do you figure, when you merely live in its shell
So don't live in vain
Don't bitch and complain,
As Eternity has reckoned
There's a lifetime….. in a second.
Next to Shala was a completed sketch that Miles himself drew. It was a winding road with people traveling along it. Most were just walking along in a straight line whilst a few were drawn to the side sitting on the hillsides and enjoying the violet sunset that was beautifully drawn in the background.
The sound of snaps erupted from the room and both Shala and Miles took a bow. PJ was snapping long after the crowd had stopped. He always admired Shala's poetry, and she was the only person he knew who truly shared his love for poetic literature.
"Wow that was great! You really are amazing you know?" PJ said walking up to the stage.
"Well, thanks. You should get up here yourself one of these days Big Boy, you've got the beat to fill up this room with heat." Shala said grabbing her notebooks.
"You should totally do it, PJ; Shala tells me you're really good!" Miles said picking up his canvas, "She's been writing poetry ever since we were kids, so for her to say that, you must be good!"
PJ looked over at Miles blankly, "When she was…little?"
"Miles, here, and I are old friends. He just transferred here from a college back in our hometown." said Shala who had walked over to the counter to order some coffee.
"Oh, I've gotta go change, I'll be right back." Miles said jogging to a back room with a duffle bag in his arm.
Silence suddenly flooded the room. PJ took a seat next to Shala at the counter and pretended to look down at his poetry book as she was. He almost completely forgot about Miles and was just focusing on being alone with her. He could smell her sleek, violet hair, it smelled lightly of blood-red cherries and the scent mixed with the subtle smell of coffee. He just sat there quiet for a few minutes before Shala broke the silence.
"So, how's Max?" she said closing her notebook and grabbing the coffee, handing PJ one, "He decide to come back this year?"
"Oh, yeah, we're roommates again, actually." PJ said taking the coffee.
"Hmm, good for him." she gave a light smile, "How about the creepy cheese kid?"
PJ laughed, "Hahaha, Bobby? Yeah, the gang's all here. We were gonna do the College X-Games again, but they cancelled it this year 'cause the arena was almost destroyed last year."
"I remember that. Shame you didn't compete that last round." Shala said taking a sip of coffee.
"Yeah that really sucked, I kinda-wait, where you there?" said PJ almost choking on his coffee.
"Mhmm, thought I told you already. It's not really my thing….but I figured there's a first time for everything."
"…Well, uhhh, that was pretty cool of you, Shala."
Shala grinned at him slightly as she continued to drink her coffee. PJ couldn't help feeling some sort of strong attraction to her; it was as if he was being drawn in against his will. Problem was he liked it. He wanted to take her somewhere; he didn't know where, just someplace where they could talk without anybody around. A pond popped into his mind, he wanted to watch a violet sunset like the one in Mile's picture.
Almost immediately at the thought, Miles appeared from the back room wearing jeans and a tight green shirt with the Gamma Mu Mu sign on the front. "All righty party animals, you guys all set?"
"Huh? You're a Gamma?" PJ said almost dropping his coffee.
"Hm, oh yeah, Tank's my cousin. He told me a lot about you too, hahaha." Miles patted PJ on the shoulder and smiled, "Just teasing, buddy."
PJ ignored him, "Where are we going?"
"Miles wants to see the campus life a little bit, so he and Big Brother Tank are throwing a party." Shala said unenthusiastically, "Frat parties aren't my swing, but like I said, there's a first time for everything. I didn't want to force you to come, so it's up to you."
"Uh, yeah totally, I mean…but…you know I was thinking maybe—"
"It's alright, PJ, it's my fault. I was just excited to see Shala; I didn't know you guys had plans. Tell you what, I'll throw another one this Saturday okay? You can come to that one."
For a split second, PJ felt anger rise up in his heart, he felt like Miles was talking down to him, but it went as quickly as it came. "No, no, it's cool, man. I'll go. My roommates were gonna be there anyway, so I guess it works."
"All right, you sure?"
Shala eyed PJ unsurely, "For sure, man!" he said slamming his coffee, attempting to sound enthusiastic. It wasn't too convincing.
"Awesome, let's get goin', party isn't for another hour, but we'll take the long way there." Miles said grabbing his car keys.
"I'm for whatever man." Shala said grabbing her books and coffee and accompanying Miles up the stone stairwell.
PJ grabbed his things and hurried behind them. He still wasn't quite sure who this new guy was, but PJ had the strangest feeling that Miles was going to cause him some problems….


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US urged to wait for UN investigation on Syrian chemical attack
The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon is urging the United States not to take any action over last week's alleged chemical weapons attack until its inspection team has completed its investigation. But Syria's ambassador to the UN says the investigation should be expanded to include three more sites, where he says Syrian government soldiers were victims of gas attacks last week.
SCOTT BEVAN: The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon is urging the United States not to take any action over last week's alleged chemical weapons attack until its inspection team has completed its investigation. Now that's at least four days away.
But Syria's ambassador to the UN says the investigation should be expanded to include three more sites where he says Syrian government soldiers were victims of gas attacks last week.
North America correspondent Ben Knight reports from Washington.
BEN KNIGHT: As the clock ticks down to a military strike on Syria, Britain's foreign secretary William Hague made one last push to get Russia and China to give their approval.
WILLIAM HAGUE: It's time the United Nations Security Council shouldered its responsibilities on Syria which for the last two and a half years it has failed to do.
BEN KNIGHT: But it was mostly diplomatic theatre. Since the Syrian uprising began, Russia and China have already vetoed three previous resolutions condemning the Assad regime. No-one expected that to change on Wednesday and it didn't.
Instead, the exercise simply confirms that the US and its allies will have to find another way to justify any attack on a sovereign nation other than going through the Security Council.
Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, says there is no other way.
BASHAR JAAFARI: It's up to Security Council only and exclusively to deal with this issue. It's not up to the United States or anybody else.
BEN KNIGHT: The UN's weapons inspectors are expected to take another four days to complete their investigations in Syria.
The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has urged the US to let the inspection team finish the job.
But Bashar Jaafari has gone even further, saying the UN weapons inspectors need to expand their investigation to include three alleged incidents last week, when he claims the opposition forces used the nerve gas sarin against Syrian government soldiers.
BASHAR JAAFARI: Dozens of Syrian soldiers are currently treated in the Syrian hospitals due to this use of chemical agents by the terrorist armed groups operating in the countryside of Damascus.
All that we are asking for is to give time to the investigation team operating now in Syria to conclude its works to come up with the scientific report.
BEN KNIGHT: But the UN team's job is only to confirm if chemical weapons were used in Syria, not to determine who used them.
And the US is not going to wait for their report. It says the Assad regime is the one who's been delaying the inspection team from the beginning.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf:
MARIE HARF: They keep saying oh, we just need more time, we just need more time, when all they've done in the time that's elapsed since the attack is systematically destroy evidence. They've made the security situation on the ground much more difficult for the UN investigative team. So their claims that they just need more time just have absolutely no credibility.
BEN KNIGHT: And meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking.
This is Ben Knight in Washington reporting for AM.
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- I take the time to do things right. . (Low cost inspectors may take 2 to 2 ½ hours – but one hour of this time is spent writing up the report on site). I normally spend 3 to 4 hours plus 2-4 hours writing up a detailed report. (The fact is: the more time an inspector spends the more they will find - and the more you'll understand about the home.
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Valley Toastmasters meeting, every Tuesday, 6:10 a.m., Henry's. Details: Jim, 789-3074.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 8 a.m., Juneau Senior Center, 895 W. 12th Street. TOPS is a nonprofit weight-loss support group. Details: Betty, 364-2937.
Pipeline Skateboard and In-Line Skate Clinic, 10-1 p.m. Pipeline Skate park. $15. Ages 6 -14. Details: Kristi 586-0456.
Life Ring, a support group for women, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, Cathedral of the Nativity basement, Fifth and Gold streets. Lunch is provided, all are welcome. Details: Cathedral of the Nativity, 586-1513.
Quilting Circle, noon-4 p.m. every Tuesday, Valley Senior Center. Sponsored by the Quilting Resource Center. Details: Betty, 789-7236.
Stitch 'N Knit, 12:45 p.m. every Tuesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.
JDHS Teen Health Clinic, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Zach Gordon Youth Center. Free. Details: Kristi, 586-0456 or 586-2635.
The Columbia River Organ Club Concert, 4:30-5:30 p.m., State Office Building.
Tsimshian Language Classes, 5:30 p.m., University of Alaska Campus. Details: www.dumbaaldum.org.
Juneau Drum Dancers, 6 p.m. every Tuesday, Cedar Park Recreation Hall. Details: 586-3347.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Assembly Chambers. Details: 586-5226.
Cribbage, 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.
Clown Dinner for National Clown Week, 6:30 p.m., Mi Casa. Details: Jeff, 463-6425.
Friends of Recycling monthly meeting, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., Downtown Library, small conference room. Details: 364-2536.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
Pipeline Skateboard and In-Line Skate Clinic, 10-1 p.m. Pipeline Skate park. $15. Ages 6 -14. Details: Kristi 586-0456.
Day of Quilting, Sewing and Good Fellowship, 10 a.m., every Wednesday, Resurrection Lutheran Church. Quilts donated to Lutheran World Relief. Details: 586-2380.
Storytime and crafts, 11 a.m., downtown library. Details: 586-5303.
"Good Grief Walk" at Perseverance Trail sponsored by Hospice and Home Care of Juneau, noon-1 p.m., meet at Hospice and Home Care of Juneau office, 419 Sixth St. Details: Mary, 463-6134.
Bartlett Regional Hospital Joint Conference Committee meeting, 12:15 p.m., Administrative Boardroom. Details: 796-8900.
Polaris House Arts and Drawing class, 3:30-5 p.m., 1705 Anka St., on the Gastineau Human Services campus. Free. Details: 780-6775.
Tsimshian Language Classes, 5:30 p.m., University of Alaska Campus. Details: www.dumbaaldum.org.
Water Walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.
"Family to Family," a class for families of people with mental illness provided by Polaris House/NAMI Juneau, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 170 Anka St. Details: Sky, 780-6775.
ANS Camp 70 meeting, 7 p.m., T & H Housing Authority ground floor conference room, 5446 Jenkins Drive. Old, new and prospective members welcome. Details: Jackie, 465-3942.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club weekly meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel. Details: 789-4354.
Trail of Time guided hikes, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Details: 789-6635.
Storytime and crafts, 11 a.m., Douglas library. Details: 586-5303.
Baby-Parent Time, noon-1:30 p.m., Bartlett Regional Hospital administration building classroom. For parents and their infants up to 1 year old.
National Clown Week Lunch in Costume, noon, Douglas Senior Center. Details: Jeff, 463-6425.
Around Town is a listing of local nonprofit events. To be included, notices should be dropped off at 3100 Channel Drive. They can also be faxed to 586-3028 or e-mailed to the newsroom clerk at nrclerk@juneauempire. com. Deadline is noon two days prior to the event.
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Skip to comments.Firms to be paid to take on long-term jobless
Posted on 11/23/2012 7:04:45 PM PST by Olog-hai
German companies should receive a subsidy if they take on the long-term unemployed, state governments are set to propose on Friday. Up to 75 percent of the new salary should be paid by the state, if necessary for several years.
As many as 200,000 people across Germany could get a job via the new scheme, the Brandenburg Labor Ministry estimated. It is to present the ideaalong with five other statesto the upper house of the German parliament on Friday, the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper reported.
The proposal would see companies receive the wage subsidy if they employ someone who cannot be found regular employment in the foreseeable future, and who has been out of work for two years or more. If necessary, the subsidy would run for up to five years. The workers would be paid according to union tariffs, and receive a location-typical wage. (Brandenburg Labor Minister Gunter) Baaske also said people would not be forced to take the job. It must be on a voluntary basis, he said. Only then can people be motivated.
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These days, what isn't Orwellian?
Section 8 Employment Style.
The man was a prophet, in this respect.
1984 was not meant to be an instruction manual.
The Obamanation is more Brave New World than 1984.
If only the Communist Manifesto was not meant to be so either.
Paying them to work is worse than paying them to not work?
And it would give companies motive to take a chance on someone that they might not consider otherwise.
It's just as bad.
Goes against the "uncomfortable in their poverty" principle. False premise to assume that the state is going to pay them anyway; slippery slope.
And mixing (nominally?) private business and state in that fashion would be a return to fascism.
Except they aren't uncomfortable. They are provided with food, shelter and walking around money. But maybe not as much as they would like. Which is what would motivate them to take a job that would provide them with more. It does not motive them to take a job that will provide them with the same or less.
False premise to assume that the state is going to pay them anyway
No, it is a true premise. They are already on the dole.
And mixing (nominally?) private business and state in that fashion would be a return to fascism.
It is already so mixed. Has been for a number of decades. And if that is your idea of fascism then the entire EU is Fascist. Hmmmm... come to think of it you might be right as far as that goes.
You're not getting it as far as the "uncomfortable in their poverty" principle. That was something that Benjamin Franklin put forth as the means to spur people out of their poverty. What societies such as these in the EU are doing (and of course our own so-called "Great Society") is the very opposite. And the Brandenburg labor minister already acknowledged that there are enough dole recipients that would not take a job of their own free will.
Yes I do understand the principle. The point is that this is Germany and they are not following that principle.
Seeing as that is the reality then this idea makes a certain amount of sense financially.
And the Brandenburg labor minister already acknowledged that there are enough dole recipients that would not take a job of their own free will.
Exactly. So they make it more attractive for them to get a job. The best way would probably be to cut benefits but, at the risk of becoming repetitious, this is Germany and that is not a realistic expectation.
For a country with 5 trillion of hidden debt, I would not say such a scheme makes sense. Anywhere. Get rid of the state benefits and the people would be lining up for these jobs; even thinking that this is a viable idea (even for the country that authored the social market economy) is rather anti-conservative, with all due respect.
This makes a bit more sense then that.
Get rid of the state benefits
If "Ifs and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas." In other words, that will not be happening in the foreseeable future.
It makes no more sense than endless dole.
Shore 'nuff a scheme with a double edge to boot. Taxpayers foot the bill for most of the wages and the welfare recipients actually have to work - that'll leave a mark - I'll bet they protest and riot as a "natural reaction" to such blasphemy.
Do they have to work?
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Fujimori supporters retain considerable political clout in the nation's single chamber Congress, and there has long been talk of a backroom deal to release the ex-leader.
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The pardon request has reopened old wounds in Peru, where some 70,000 people were killed in the 1980s and 1990s in a guerrilla war launched by the Maoist Shining Path and in the subsequent government crackdown.
Fujimori, who first took office in 1990, fled Peru to his parents' native Japan in the final days of his presidency amid a massive corruption scandal, and then resigned by fax from a Tokyo hotel in late 2000.
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Princeton NJ — Citing 55 years of success in making the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) a world leader in magnetic fusion energy research, the University has announced that it will seek to continue managing the lab after the current management and operations contract expires.
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"We are committed to making the strongest possible case for continuing to manage PPPL, as we have done successfully for many years," said President Tilghman. "When the competition is initiated, we will submit to the Department of Energy a detailed proposal demonstrating how the laboratory will enjoy continued success under the University's leadership. We are proud of the cutting-edge science and engineering the laboratory has accomplished, and we have great confidence that it will continue to make breakthrough discoveries in the years ahead."
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