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The cassowary is a flightless bird related to the ostrich and emu. It lives in the tropical forests of New Guinea. This enormous bird is able to run at great speeds and disappear into its woodland home. If cornered it has powerful legs which can cause a fatal blow to would be predators. You don't want to mess with this guy!
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Latest News
March was a standout for South Florida hotels, new numbers show
April showers might bring May flowers, but March brought gold to South Florida hoteliers.
Thanks to last month's confluence of big events, holidays and picture-perfect weather, hotels were more full at higher rates than they have been in years — if ever.
"You won't find anything better," said Nicki Grossman, Broward's tourism chief. "This past March has been the most stellar performing March that we have ever had. …We're grinning real wide right now."
The strong March follows continued annual growth since 2010, when hotels were starting to recover from the recession.
Reports released Monday by Smith Travel Research show Broward hotels were 88.4 percent full, an increase of 5 percentage points compared to a year ago. Average daily rates increased 8.6 percent to $153.34. Rates haven't been that high since March of 2008, when they nearly hit $159 a night — but occupancy was much lower at 77.5 percent.
Grossman said she expects continued good news as the year progresses. After attracting more than 12 million visitors in 2012, Broward anticipates 13 million this year. Miami-Dade hosted 13.9 million overnight visitors last year.
The March numbers were sky-high in Miami-Dade as well, with hotels 89.1 percent full. That's a jump of more than 4 percentage points from 2012. Rates leapt 14.4 percent to $238.12. A search of STR data going back to 2005, well before the recession, shows no other month has come close in Miami-Dade.
Jeff Lehman, general manager of The Betsy in South Beach, called the month "record-breaking," with the boutique hotel reaching nearly 100 percent occupancy "at unprecedented rates" for the last 16 days of the month.
"It was a perfect storm of both events and factors," he said.
In addition to Easter and Passover both falling in March, he said spring break and major events including Winter Music Conference and two weekends of Ultra Music Festival contributed to the strong showing.
The temperature — both here and elsewhere — also didn't hurt.
"The rest of the country was suffering through horrible weather and South Florida's weather was just perfect," Lehman said.
Rates typically soar in the Florida Keys during high season, but this March they reached a peak unmatched in recent memory: nearly $300 a night on average.
Hotels were 91 percent full, a slight increase of 2.2 percentage points, but the average price leapt 9.4 percent to $298.26.

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YFF Arizona needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 132 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
I am looking for a Logo that I can use for my non profit company for years to come.
Youth and Families First
Our agency is committed to providing opportunities for youth and their families to have hope that tomorrow can be better then today. We provide Direct Support Services, Family Advocacy and Counseling services.
- Item 1... Logo that represents youth and families and the idea that there is hope for better tomorrows.
- I would like something fun but not over the top.
- Something that is unique and eye catching
- I really don't have a color scheme or style i will leave that up to the designers.
- Item 1... Flashy,
- Neon Colors
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Ekey Net is an advanced physical fingerprint (biometrics) access control system that consists of one or more Ekey Net systems networked together and controlled over a network (LAN/VPN WAN) by client/server computer program. A computer/server is needed for enrollment, management, startup, and performing certain functions. The software is used to define in the central database all the access and authorization rights such as who have access to a specific door or group of doors and for specific time period. Based on these definitions each scanner in the network receives its assigned users' fingerprints and their associated access right. Ekey Net can report various activity information in real-time using a CSV file, web server log, or UDP interface.
The Ekey Net software application is client-server architecture. The server side consists of software components that are installed on a computer designated as "Ekey Server" and they run as Windows Operating System services. The client application can be installed on any workstation that can reach the "Ekey Server" machine either locally on the same LAN or remotely through VPN. Users' fingerprint templates are distributed from the server to each scanner in the network based on the assigned access rights and rules of each user. During the enrollment process, each finger is assigned specific event to activate specific action such as switching a relay momentary for number of seconds, switching permanently on or permanently off, etc. Each system will continue to work even if communication is interrupted between the scanner and the server. Each scanner will store its activity logs and later forward it when the communication with the server is restored.
Integrating Ekey Net not only increases the security of a home or business, but can also be used to open specific parts of a property such as gates, main entrances, activate intercoms, vending machines, safes and much more. In addition, the system is compatible with electric strikes, motor locks, or electric multi-point locking system. No longer are codes, cards, or physical keys needed, with Ekey Net, your finger is the key. The included Integra flush mounted biometric finger scanner is weather resistant and can be installed indoors or outdoors.
Manufacturer: EkeyUSA
Manufacturer Part No.: NS-IN2R-UDP
Package Type: Integra RFID Finger Scanner featuring a UDP Logical Interface
Biometric Features: False Acceptance Rate (FAR) = 1.0x10^-7 | False Rejection Rate (FRR) = 1.5x10^-2
Sensor Technology: Radio Frequency (RF) Sensor
User Management & Programming: Achieved through client/server centralized computer program
Security: Managed through encrypted and bounded RS485 bus with control unit.
Operating Mode: Online mode with server when Ethernet network is available; offline mode when Ethernet network is not available.
Size of Memory: 40 fingerprint templates per scanner
Recognition Speed: 1 - 4 seconds
Type of Memory: Flash, non-volatile (fingerprints templates are retained after power failure)
Color: Stainless Steel
Product Warranty: 24 month limited against product failure & manufacturing defects
Software Update: Operating software can be updated via USB service adapter
Scanner Usage: Fingerprint scanning for enrolment and access
Supply Voltage: 8-24VAC or 8-24VDC
Current Draw - Idle Mode (12VDC): 85mA
Current draw - Matching Mode (12VDC): 90mA
Power Input (Idle & Matching): (~1W)
Dimensions: Housing 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4in (43.6 x 89 x 17.3 mm)
Storage & Operating Temp.: -13°F to 158°F (-25°C up to 70°C)
Humidity: Max. 95% relative, non-condensing
Protection Class: International Protection (IP54)
Installation Height: At least 62 inches (155 cm) from scanner lower edge
Mounting Type: Integra - Flush Mount
Control Cable Tip: RJ45 Short body - only 4 pins are used (Cable supplied by Ekey - type A;)
Pin Assignment: Pin 4&5 data; Pin 7&8 power; Pin 1,2,3, & 6 not used
Control Cable Wiring: CAT5 up to 300ft; 16AWG for longer runs; Max cable length 1000ft
- 1x - Integra Flush Mount Finger Scanner in Stainless Steel Finish
- 1x - Power Adapter
- 1x - LAN UDP Converter in Black Finish
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In this country, abortion is a reality. It is a legal choice many women make and yet on shows like 16 & Pregnant or Teen Mom, it might as well not exist. Well now 16 and Pregnant Season 3 star Jamie McKay had an abortion and was open about it on Twitter. Her admission ignited a landslide of controversy.
McKay is the mother of Miah who was born in 2010. Apparently she and her boyfriend have not been practicing safe sex and she got pregnant with number two. The other day, she tweeted: "Rest in peace little angel. September 17, 2012" along with an ultrasound picture. Then she admitted she aborted the fetus.
Twitter erupted. Some were furious. Some were supportive. The whole thing was bizarre and worrisome for a lot of reasons, but the reality is, abortion is a choice in this country and McKay made the right one. So why can't that be on TV?
A couple years ago, there was a "special" 16 & Pregnant that showed one of the former stars having an abortion, but in general, the procedure is barely a blip on these girl's radar. It's a choice in this country. It's legal. And yet, it's barely mentioned on TV. Why? Because people flip their lids.
Guess what? It's no one's business. McKay's body is her business. Yes, even if she mentions it on Twitter. If I had a 16-year-old daughter, I would want her to have an abortion. I would want someone in TV showing her that she has THREE choices when she becomes pregnant. Because the reality is she DOES.
No matter what you think of abortion politically or personally, it IS legal in this country, so ignoring it on TV is doing a disservice to all women.
McKay did not have to reveal this. And she also claims she regrets it and made the wrong choice. But you know what? That's her right, too. That's the reality of abortion. People have mixed feelings about it. Some regret it. Some don't. Some are happy they did it. But all are REAL. It is a real choice. So why does MTV ignore it?
As long as abortion is legal, it should be equally represented on Teen Mom.
Do you think 16 & Pregnant should have abortions?
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Arm Workouts: The Top 10 Arm Moves
Individually, these biceps, triceps, and shoulder toners will amp up your regular arm workout. Done in a sequence a couple times a week, they'll leave you with sculpted, toned arms you'll be itching to show off.
Dumbbell Curl
The gold standard of biceps workouts in my book. Even when I'm only lifting 5 pounds, I feel like a super-jock by the sixth rep.
Do it:
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a 5-pound dumbbell in each hand in front of your hips, palms facing out.
- To begin, bend your left arm 90 degrees so your left arm is parallel to the floor.
- Curl your right hand toward your shoulder. Then lower it back down to the start position while keeping your left arm in place.
- Do 8 curls with your right arm, keeping both elbows close to your ribs.
- Switch sides, doing 8 curls with your left arm.
- Once you've done both sides, curl both arms simultaneously toward your chest and then bring back toward start position. Do 8 reps of this double curl.
Forearm Plank
I do a set of these between every other machine on the circuit (and, um, while waiting for my super-slow podcasts to download at home).
Do it:
- Get into a push-up position.
- With your weight on your forearms and toes, align your elbows on the floor under your shoulders.
- Make a straight line from your head to your heels, then hold this position for 20 seconds while breathing gently.
- Rest for 30 seconds by placing your knees on the floor.
- Repeat 3 times, working your way up to a total of 6 reps.
Chair Dips
Hands-down, these are the best moves I know to work the entire backs of my arms. Confession: I have done them in airports to burn off nervous travel energy, at home to prep for a no-good phone call, and once in my cubicle. (Chair had wheels: Bad scene.)
Do it:
- Sit on the edge of the chair with your feet together.
- Place your hands on the seat on either side of your thighs and keep your feet flat on the floor.
- Bend your elbows 90 degrees and lower yourself toward the floor.
- Straighten your arms, raising your body back to the start position.
- Do 8 reps.
Balanced Core Strengthener
I basically forget I'm working my arms in this move, which is a lot like remembering that the cranberry juice in a Cape Codder does count as fruit.
Do it:
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Step forward with your left leg and lift your right leg behind you, bending forward slightly as you raise both arms over your head. Hold for 20 seconds, then relax for 30 seconds.
- Keep your hips squared and your arms close to your ears. Lift your back leg up to hip height, or as high as you can.
- Repeat 6-10 times, alternating legs in the lift.
The Cobra
If you carry your stress between your shoulder blades like I do, this move may feel tweaky and, well, unpleasant for the first two reps or so. By the fifth, though, I always feel wrung out — and by the 10th, the space between my shoulder blades feels wide open (and I'm less snarly).
Do it:
- Lie facedown on the floor with your palms near your chest.
- Lift your head, shoulders, and chest off the floor, pulling your shoulder blades down and together. Stay here for two counts and then lower down.
- Repeat 8-10 times. (Need more? Try lifting your thighs and hips off the floor.)
Pullovers with Dumbbells
I know my workout rocked when my armpits are a good kind of sore. This move gets me there.
Do it:
- Lying on an exercise bench or large couch cushion, hold a 5- or 8-pound dumbbell in both hands with your arms extended over your chest.
- Slowly lower the weight behind your head and return the weight back.
- Do 15 reps. (Want it harder? Raise your legs and bend your knees 90 degrees.)
Push-Up on a Ball
Once you nail the whole balancing-on-a-teetering-object thing, the actual push-up part of this exercise feels like a triumph. (Note: If you've had knee joint or nearby ligament injuries in the past, don't let the ball rest directly on your kneecaps — the pressure plus lack of stability flares mine up if I'm not careful.)
Do it:
- Lie with your abdomen on an exercise ball and walk your hands forward on the floor until the ball rests under your thighs.
- Pull your navel in toward your spine, bending your elbows.
- Lower your upper body to the floor. Hold this position for three seconds, and then push up so your elbows are straight, but not locked. Keep your head in line with your spine and your abs engaged.
- Start with 5 reps, working up to 15. Once you've mastered 15 reps, rest for one minute and then do a second set.
Sun Salutation Variation 1
The progression from tabletop to half push-up in this series sends a fiery zing (the good kind!) from your elbows up the back of your arms and ending between your shoulder blades. Ahh, progress!
Do it:
- Stand tall with your feet together, arms at your sides. Raise your arms overhead, landing with palms facing together, fingers reaching for the sky.
- Sweep your arms sideways, exhaling as you swan dive forward into a forward bend, head coming toward your shins, knees relaxed and fingertips or palms touching the floor.
- Move into a flat back, bringing your torso away from your thighs, fingertips touching the floor.
- Jump both feet backwards and move into a downward dog.
- Bring your body into tabletop: Set your knees down, hips directly over them. Bring your hands directly under your shoulders.
- With your arms close to your sides, bend your elbows 45 degrees in a half push-up. Repeat 8 times. Be sure to contract your abs and keep your head aligned with your spine.
- Rest in child's pose: arms stretched in front of you, hips sent back toward your heels, dropping your head.
- Move back into tabletop, then lift your hips into downward-facing dog.
- Next, step forward into a flat back, and then bend low into a forward bend.
- End with a reverse swan dive into mountain pose.
Hover Rotation
This move only sounds like you need coordination to do it well. Its multiple simple steps are done in slow progression, so you have time to process each one (and not get frazzled by the "What's next?" factor).
Do it:
- Start by lying faceup, leaning on your elbows with your legs extended and your knees slightly bent.
- Lift your hips toward the ceiling, forming a straight line from your head to your heels. Stay for 8 counts.
- Roll to your side, hips lifted with your right elbow and forearm on the floor to support your weight and help you balance. Maintain a straight line again, head to heels, holding for 8 counts.
- Now roll into a plank position with your forearms on the floor and your elbows by your sides, knees lifted.
- Hold for 8 counts.
- Lastly, roll to your left side, supporting your body with your left forearm and elbow. Lift your hips in a straight line between your head and your heels, holding for 8 counts.
- Repeat the sequence 8 times.
Traveling Power Squat
I won't lie: It took me a bit to get my arms and legs synchronized to make this move work, and I nearly knocked out my dog in the process. Now that I don't flail like a nimrod as I jump, the fronts of my arms and tops of my thighs sear when I do it for more than 45 seconds.
Do it:
- Stand holding a 5- or 8-pound dumbbell horizontally in front of your ribcage with both hands.
- Lower your hips into a squat and hold for two seconds.
- Then jump, explosively, as if you're reaching over a volleyball net. As you jump, lift the dumbbell over your head, fully extending your arms.
- Return the weight immediately back to your ribcage at the bottom of the jump.
- Beginners, start with 30 seconds. Intermediates, shoot for 60 seconds.
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More Moves for Killer Arms
Want more ideas for sculpting your biceps, triceps, and shoulders? Check out the workouts below.
Push-Ups That Will Change Your Body
Video: Top Exercises for Toned Arms
Try all these arm-toning moves together in this workout video with Nike Master Trainer Traci Copeland.


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Electronic Goldfish in a Bowl
No fish food needed.
- Swims around just like a real fish - except this one doesn't ever need to be fed!
- Multi-LED light show makes it all even fancier.
- Just add batteries and dihydrogen-monoxide
We love goldfish, but alas, we're also lazy and forget to feed the little dudes. And we're ever so tired of all the toilet bowl funerals. That was just a joke to mention toilets, as we would never fail to feed our fishy friends. But what if there was an easier way to enjoy a goldfish without having to worry about food? There is (huzzah!) and it is the Electronic Goldfish in a Bowl.
Playing with your new Electronic Goldfish in a Bowl is super easy. Put fresh batteries into the top, push the base decoration into the bowl, fill the bowl with water, and put the top back on. Tap the top and the fishy "swims" around - looking quite alive. There's even an LED light show that morphs from one color to another for the perfect relaxing fishy mood. All you have to feed your Electronic Goldfish in a Bowl is batteries, and it will love you as much as a piece of plastic can love a human. Forever! Never again will you have to write "RIP Cap'n Goldikins" on your toilet. We salute you, Cap'n.
Electronic Goldfish in a Bowl
- Just like a real fish, it "swims around." But unlike a real fish, you never need to feed it!
- Hard plastic bowl - just add batteries and water (both not included).
- Three Modes:
- Demo - Fish swims for 30 seconds with lights (button must be pressed first).
- Play - Fish swims for 90 seconds with lights.
- E.P. - Fish swims for 5 minutes with lights.
- Includes: Clear plastic bowl, fish unit, and base decoration.
- Batteries: 3 x AA
- Dimensions: approx. 7.5" x 4.5" x 7.9"


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I was in Nashville, Tennessee, eating a Jack-in-the-Box taco (fast food's take on toxic waste) when I realized the most rewarding thing about this "39 Under 39" issue of WM.
We know these guys.
And if you've been reading WM the last 13 years, you know many of them, too.
They all attended Wabash during the tenure of Director of Public Affairs Jim Amidon '87, Director of New Media Howard Hewitt, or myself. We'd worked with several as advisors to the Board of Publi-cations; we'd written about many more.
So some of the interviews for this issue were actually reunions—a chance to catch up with friends, and an opportunity for these men to reflect on their lives.
I visited University of the South Associate Professor of Chemistry Deon Miles '97 in Sewanee carrying a copy of the Works in Progress feature we'd written about him 12 years earlier. He'd proclaimed then his dream to become "a professor at a small liberal arts college." In Sewanee I got to see just how good he is at it.
When I called Zach Hoover '01 in California to ask him about his work as a community organizer, I was looking at his Commencement speech in which he said, "If we can mate the partners whose names are think, reflect, actualize, and do, then we will bless others and we will bless ourselves…. Perhaps we will sweeten our world." From our conversation, I believe Zach's vocation is doing just that.
There were surprises. I would never have guessed John Jefferson '97 would one day be named U.S. Army Linguist of the Year. Or that his friend and fellow former Bachelor editor John Deschner '97—the self-proclaimed "monkey with a shotgun" during his Wabash days—would write for us such a moving reflection on fatherhood.
Our 20s and 30s are the real wonder years: You wonder what you're going to do, how you're going to make a living. Sometimes wonder if you're going to make it at all.
And these guys have been through it: grad school, new jobs, and layoffs; finding vocation, still searching for one; strong marriages, painful divorces; leaving home for good, coming home to stay;
Some have returned to the faith of their fathers; some have left it behind; many found new confidence in themselves and their potential to make a difference in the world.
In this issue of WM we glimpse not simply what they've accomplished but the lives they've lived. How does their Wabash liberal arts education hold up two decades out? Can the Gentleman's Rule survive in the "real world?"
In the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depres-sion, most of these guys are thriving. If not financially, in mind, body, and spirit. Writing and editing this issue has given me an even deeper respect for a Wabash education and the lives connected by the College.
There's a taste of that here, and much more at WM Online.
Thanks for reading.
Steve Charles H'70 | Editor
Photo: Deon Miles '97: As a senior at Wabash his goal was to become "a professor at a small liberal arts college." Today, he teaches chemistry at the University of the South at Sewanee.


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"When it comes down to it our eye definitely goes to simplicity…and strong hardware and branding," Mary-Kate said. "In this market, I think it's important to offer color and special materials. The great thing about suede and haircalf is they take color so beautifully."
A navy blue, calf hair, casual-yet-chic bag? It's like they hear complaining ever Saturday when I'm walking through the bag section of Printemps Haussman. Not only are ALL of the bags so delicious, MK&A have said that they tried to create a line of bags that offers real luxury materials at affordable price points i.e. more than Minkoff and less than (Philip) Lim. Prices will range from $395 to $625 for bags. Excellent!
Now all that is left to do is wait until the bags come into stores (or in my case, online)... in July.


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JudyAnn Rector 11/14/2012 12:13:50 PMI really like your shadow image, Judith... very clever. #1498389
JO ANN CLEVELAND 12/31/2012 8:07:09 AMPerfection...Congrats on your well deserved Gold 2nd Place Winner Judith!
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Judith Redmount 12/31/2012 8:53:20 AMThank you Jo ann c.and Judy
Merna L. Nobile 12/31/2012 11:14:38 AM
January is a month of reflection for me, I remember how privileged I was to observe all the outstanding work and beautiful photographs of the past year. For the last time this year, I would be honored to congratulate you for your spectacular work and willingness to share with all of us, Happy New Year, Merna Nobile
Photographer 12/31/2012 12:40:44 PMA Very BIG congrats to you for your outstanding 2nd Place Gold Judith. I am so Happy you Won For This Image. Your Gallery is outstanding. #10492444
Judith Redmount 12/31/2012 2:13:17 PMDear Merna,
Judith Redmount 12/31/2012 2:14:59 PMDear Brian hank you for your compliments. Next year I have to work hard to go to a first place. A million thanks and succes in the year of 2013.
Mary L. Olson 1/2/2013 8:36:22 AMCongratulations on your very creative winner. Well seen and captured. #10495534
Ye Tun 1/3/2013 8:30:05 AMCongratulation for your Great shot. #10497294
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/11/2013 9:10:09 AMCongratulations on your win and gallery feature! #10510176
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What better way to spend a summer evening than with a free concert? Bring lawn chairs, blankets, a picnic supper, and enjoy.
What better way to spend a summer evening than with a free concert? Bring lawn chairs, blankets, a picnic supper, and enjoy.
Concerts on the Common, Mondays, 7 p.m., Natick Common, corner of routes 135 and 27. Sponsored by Natick Recreation and Parks. In case of inclement weather, call 508-647-6530.
Aug. 25 — HELP!
Indoor Summer Concert Series, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Community Senior Center, 117 East Central St. Sponsored by the Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center. To register, call 508-647-6530.
Aug. 21 — Wolverine Jazz Band
Sundays, 7-9 p.m., Common, corner of Washington and Nahatan streets. Rain or shine. Information: http://www.norwoodma.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211&Itemid=301&showall=1
Aug. 24 — Oberlander Hofbrau Band
Aug. 31 — The Suburbanaires Big Band
Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Waltham Common. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, call 781-893-ARTS or visit www.walthamarts.org.
Aug. 19 — The Reminisants
Second and fourth Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m. through September, Arsenal Center for the Arts. Sponsored by athenahealth. Visit the Arsenal Center's website for more info or call 617-923-0100; www.arsenalarts.org
Aug. 21: Shea Rose
Aug. 27: ChoroBop
Sept. 10: Damn Tall Buildings
Sept. 24: Grey Season


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The Office of Institutional Research and Planning supports Foothill College in providing information that leads to thoughtful and purposeful decision-making for the improvement of student success and overall college planning. Institutional research serves as a primary resource in building culture of evidence, bringing statistical and social science research methods on the institutional data found throughout the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Our office conducts research, plays leadership and consulting roles, and serves as a steward for the institution's official statistics. Institutional Research and Planning is staffed through the Foothill-De Anza District with a College Researcher located on-site on the Foothill College campus.
Institutional research is a resource for Foothill administrators, faculty, and staff and seeks to support them and their commitment of the Foothill mission of providing access to outstanding educational opportunities for all students. Our goal is to help integrate research and planning into college activities related to the achievement and success of students by helping the Foothill College community:
• Refine research and evaluation questions
• Identify and use existing data applicable to a project
• Understand key metrics and definitions of terms
• Choose appropriate methods
Topics Addressed
As a service office, Institutional Research seeks to meet the needs of the Foothill College community by conducting research, providing reports and institutional data related to:
• Accreditation
• College initiatives
• Student learning outcomes and assessment
• Enrollment management
• Curriculum development
• Program review
• Matriculation
• Education and facilities master planning
• State and federal reports
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EPA has published an Interim Re-registration Eligibility Document for Imidan (phosmet), allowing growers to retain all agricultural uses for the product.
Yuma, Ariz.-based Gowan Co., the product manufacturer, said the IRED does reflect three voluntary cancellations of non-commercial agricultural uses, including household ornamentals, backyard fruit trees and domestic pets.
It also calls for tolerances for nine crops to be reassessed in five years. Those include apples, crabapples, apricots, blueberries, pears, nectarines, peaches, grapes and plums/prunes. The reassessment will be focused on worker risk/benefit analysis.
"The positive results of the phosmet IRED could not have been possible without the continuous support of growers, university personnel, distributors, commodity groups and countless other stakeholders who have worked to educate, inform and communicate with Gowan and EPA regarding their needs and real-life use patterns of Imidan," the company said in a statement.
"As a result, farmers, workers and professional applicators can continue to use Imidan with confidence."
Gowan said the IRED prescribes minimal restricted entry intervals for the product's new label. Products with the current label can continue to be sold by Gowan until June 30, 2002. Product in the channels of trade and grower's hands can be used with the current label until inventories are depleted.
The IRED is available for review and comment at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/phosmet.htm. Comments will be accepted until Jan. 28, 2002.


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This Is So F***ed Up: Girl On Tumblr Gets Outed! (Stalker Sent Letter To Her Parents House)
why does this girl have her address on her tumblr?
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Hoping my Malgus is coming soon - I joined in the rush to get him when he was on Amazon for $16 - but I was disheartened to see the report on JTA from someone who received the order already. The card was bent and damaged from the bubble wrapped envelope. Plus I don't know why it didn't dawn on me that the figure would come on tri-logo packaging being that it shipped from outside the US. Well I guess I'm getting my opener. I was actually hoping to keep it carded for display.
I finally found something new at Target as well. Luke Hoth and new Vader. But other two Targets were dray as bones.
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Ltrahan needed a new twitter background design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Our website is Canada's largest online marketplace for training workshops and seminars. We provide exclusive 'last minute' discounts to our website users.
We will be launching a twitter feed that basically pushes out 3 types of information: 1) Training Tips; 2) A Deal of The Day; 3) some basic news about our service.
We want to get a background image for our twitter feed that appeals to the information worker (think admins, finance people, office workers in general) but that includes our logo and highlights the fact that we are tweeting deals of the day and training tips.
It could be a side bar image that fades to a solid background colour or a Big Image.
It should be clean but still have some character.
There should be a clear link to http://www.lastminutetraining.ca
It should contain our tagline - 'Find Seminars and Workshops Anywhere in Canada'
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"Yeah, I'll reprogram your mind, come on, get in, my spaceship leaves at 10," Janelle Monae sang Monday at the Vic Theatre. She was off by about an hour – her concert actually ended at 10:56 p.m.
By the time every one exited the building, all traces of the mothership had vanished. Instead, a more mundane travel option awaited: her tour bus. No matter. Monae had taken a capacity crowd for a heck of a ride.
In her nearly two hours on stage, the singer played the android messiah Cindi Mayweather, with a Little Richard pompadour and dance moves culled from Michael Jackson, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Fred Astaire and a few old "Soul Train" tapes. She entered in a straitjacket, was jolted back to life after suffering a "heart attack" and dove into the audience to make her escape from a two-tone stage that matched her black-and-white outfits. All the while she shook and shimmied out of the boxes imposed on her by an uncomprehending planet (a k a, Earth) as represented by two menacing, lab-coated wardens.
The visuals added another layer to the ambitious music drawn from her 2007 EP, "Metropolis," and two albums, "The ArchAndroid" (2010) and the recent "Electric Lady," which create a loose science-fiction narrative drawing on everything from cabaret to new wave. Though comparisons have been drawn to David Bowie, Monae works squarely within a long-standing African-American tradition: the futuristic liberator-visionary played by everyone from Sun Ra and George Clinton to fellow Atlanta artists OutKast.
For all its cosmic trappings, Monae's championing of the "other" in the guise of an outer-space android isn't as outlandish as it seems. People of color, women, gays, the poor – Monae speaks for the marginalized in way that reflects her own hardscrabble upbringing in Kansas City. Wallowing isn't allowed. Deep, blue ballads are at a minimum. Instead, Monae and her nine-piece band aimed to stomp and strut like liberators. Their revolution is less about finger-pointing than a play on Funkadelic's command to "Free your mind and your (butt) will follow."
The message was delivered most emphatically by the music, which crammed a half-dozen ideas and seemingly just as many genres into many of the 15 songs. "Dance Apocalyptic" – in many ways the night's theme song – blended girl-group vocals with a tribal beat and peppered it with horns, while Monae hot-footed on the drum riser and then clutched the microphone stand and writhed as if she were being electrocuted. On "Sincerely, Jane," she channeled Shirley Bassey in full on "Goldfinger" roar while moonwalking in black boots. She brought a hymn-like beauty to the call and response of "PrimeTime," a rare respite from the frenzied dancing, before diving into Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and imbuing the frantic "Come Alive (War of the Roses)" with sanctified fervor.
The show could've used a little more breathing room, a surer sense of pacing. Monae's one attempt at building some mood -- a long interlude in near darkness as the show wound down -- overstayed its welcome. When Monae went full-on, she was difficult to deny. As her pompadour came undone, she threw herself on the stage, and then into the audience. "When everything is wrong, I dance inside your mind," she declared, as if swimming atop the fans' hands wasn't enough. Now she wanted to invade their dreams, too.
Janelle Monae set list Monday at the Vic Theatre:
1 Suite IV Electric Overture
2 Givin' Em What They Love
3 Dance Apocalyptic
4 Sincerely, Jane.
6 Electric Lady
7 Victory
8 Ghetto Woman
9 I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover)
10 Cold War
11 Tightrope
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With the economic troubles of the past few years, it's no surprise that the number of people using food stamps is soaring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that an average of 44 million people were on food assistance last year; that's up from 17 million in 2000.
What might be surprising, though, is one subgroup that's taken a particularly hard hit.
The number of people with graduate degrees — master's degrees and doctorates — who have had to apply for food stamps, unemployment or other assistance more than tripled between 2007 and 2010, according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In 2010, the report says, 360,000 of the 22 million Americans with graduate degrees received some kind of public assistance.
Chronicle reporter Stacey Patton spoke with Tell Me More host Michel Martin about why so many highly educated Americans have to rely on this type of aid.
One thing that is happening at universities, Patton says, is the overlap between graduate students and adjunct professors — "contingent" faculty who are working on contracts.
In an effort to cut costs, she says, universities increasingly rely on these instructors because unlike tenured faculty, they work part time, they don't have health benefits, and they can be fired or not have their contracts renewed.
"What we continue to do in graduate schools is encourage people to take master's degrees and Ph.D.s [to fill those positions]," Patton says. "But the economy has taken such a hit, and so has higher education, so they do their work and come out and don't have opportunities for jobs."
Many states have had to cut their higher education budgets, and Patton says universities defend their use of contingent faculty instead of hiring full-time faculty as a necessary way to cope.
Tony Yang received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside in 2009. Since then, he's worked on and off as a history lecturer, but has had to depend on unemployment and food stamps to get by.
"One of the bravest things to do is to graduate into [the recession]," Yang tells NPR's Martin. "It's an incredibly difficult job market, and you're constantly hustling to try and get another job."
In his best year since getting his Ph.D., Yang says he made about $32,000; in his worst, about $10,000. He says there's a perception that if you have a doctorate, you automatically walk into a high-paying job.
"I have the prestige of holding a Ph.D., but that [isn't] paying the bills," he says.
While reporting her story, Patton says she heard a number of stories similar to Yang's, but many of those folks didn't want to go on the record for fear of shame.
"You go to graduate school, you get a master's degree [or] you get a Ph.D., it's a hard thing to embrace that you're also now on welfare," she says.
Though only a little more than 1 percent of graduate-degree holders are on government assistance, Patton says what worries her is that the number tripled in just three years.
"One has to wonder, is this trend going to continue to increase?" she says.
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up: Teenagers are getting ready for the summer but for many of them, it is not all sun and fun. There have been gloomy numbers on the jobs front, so we're going to speak with Hilda Solis. She is the secretary of Labor, and she will tell us about how the administration is trying to help more teens get that coveted summer job.
But first, we go to the other end of the education spectrum, where you think those job concerns might not be a big issue. Now, we've talked on this program a number of times about how more Americans have been relying on food stamps and unemployment benefits to get by, But you might be surprised to learn - as we were, frankly - about one group that has taken a particularly hard hit.
The number of people with Ph.D.s who have had to apply for food stamps or other government assistance, like unemployment, more than tripled between 2007 and 2010, according to a recent study. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported on this, and we wanted to know more. So we've called upon staff reporter Stacey Patton.
Also with us is Tony Yang. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Riverside three years ago. He's worked off and on as a history lecturer since then, but he has also relied on unemployment benefits and food stamps to get by. I welcome you both. Thank you both so much for speaking with us.
STACEY PATTON: Thank you, Michel.
TONY YANG: Thank you.
MARTIN: Stacey Patton, let me start with you. Why are people with doctorates getting hit so hard?
PATTON: Well, I guess there's a bit of back story to answer your question. When I started covering graduate students for the Chronicle, I noticed that there's a lot of overlap between graduate students and adjuncts. These are contingent faculty who are working on contracts. And there's been a major shift in the past 30 years in universities' reliance on contingent faculty.
They work part time; they don't have health benefits; they can be fired, or not have their contracts renewed. And so it's a much cheaper way - it's a cost-cutting measure for many universities. But what we continue to do in graduate schools is to encourage people to get master's degrees and Ph.D.s. And the economy has taken such a hit -and so has higher ed, has taken such a hit - that they do their work and then come out and not have, you know, opportunities for jobs.
MARTIN: Well, let's bring professor Yang in here, because he's kind of a real world example of exactly what you're talking about.
Professor Yang, you graduated in 2009. And you told Stacey that the first thing you did was file for unemployment; and that for the past three years, you have worked. But as I understand it, you've never been able to put enough hours together to earn a living wage. Does that about sum it up?
YANG: That about sums it up. I think one of the bravest things to do is to try to graduate into the Great Recession. But it's an extremely difficult job market, and you're always constantly hustling to try to get another job or an appointment. And you don't turn them down, even though you probably should.
And it's an experience, I think, a lot of us have shared - those of us who are just coming out onto the job market right now, particularly in higher education.
MARTIN: At your peak, your best year of earnings - do you mind if I ask - what was it?
YANG: It was about $32,000.
MARTIN: Thirty-two thousand in your best year. What about your worst?
YANG: Ten.
MARTIN: Ten.
YANG: Yeah.
MARTIN: So you were making as much as a nanny, basically.
YANG: Probably.
MARTIN: A full-time nanny in an urban area.
YANG: Yeah.
MARTIN: Who's actually making what they're supposed to make, you know. Yeah.
YANG: Yeah.
MARTIN: Yeah.
YANG: You know, professor V.P. Franklin, he teaches here, and he was teaching at Harvard on one of these renewable contracts years ago. And someone at Harvard - one of the tenured faculty members - told him, well, but you have prestige teaching at Harvard. His response was - and this is my response to my students - yeah, I can't eat prestige.
MARTIN: Hmm.
YANG: You know, I have the prestige of holding a Ph.D., but that ain't paying the bills.
MARTIN: We're talking about the rising number of people with advanced degrees who are relying on food stamps, and other government assistance, to get by. I'm speaking with Tony Yang. He holds a doctorate, and has used government benefits to make ends meet. He's currently unemployed. Stacey Patton is a reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education, and she wrote about this recently.
Stacey Patton, you talked about the fact that a number of states have cut their higher-education budgets. Are the universities who are using what you call contingent faculty - what I think a lot of people call adjuncts - explicitly as a cost-saving measure? Or is there some other cover story, if I can use that phrase to...
PATTON: It depends on who you ask. Certainly, many of the adjuncts would say that it is definitely a cost-cutting measure. And the universities will say well, our budgets are being cut. We would love to hire more full-time faculty, but we just can't.
MARTIN: Did you have a hard time getting people to talk about this? And I guess the other question I was asking is, do people feel a sense of shame about this?
PATTON: Mm-hmm. Well, I would hear graduate students and adjuncts say, well, I make so little bit of money that I actually qualify for food stamps. And so what I did was, I got in touch with many organizations such as the New Faculty Majority, Coalition of Academic Workers and other unions; and talked with their leaders and said hey, have you heard of people who are actually on government assistance? And they all said yes.
The people just kept emailing me, telling me their stories. And then it was a matter of, well, who wants to go on record? And definitely, there was a lot of shame. There were a lot of people who wanted to remain anonymous because you go to graduate school, you get a master's degree, you get a Ph.D.; it's a hard thing to embrace that you're also now on welfare.
MARTIN: Mm-hmm. Professor Yang, do you mind if I ask you, was it a difficult decision for you to decide to go public about your circumstances, and to be interviewed and to use your name?
YANG: You know, I don't have a problem with that. It might just be my personality. It might've been, really, the fact that I grew up on food stamps and grew up poor. And I really don't have a problem with it, and I'm not particularly judgmental about it.
My parents, on the other hand, are probably a little bit ashamed. I've had my mom tell me, on more than one occasion, I got the wrong Ph.D. - because mine's in history and not in computer science; because I could somehow be gainfully employed. There's this perception out there that if you have a Ph.D., you remarkably walk into a 50-, 60-, $70,000-a-year job. And that's just simply not the case.
MARTIN: Well, let me just focus on something you just talked about here, which is your choice of area of study, your particular academic discipline. There were some comments - I noted, Stacey - on the site about this. There were a number of people who offered their own stories, but there were also a lot of people who were very unsympathetic, professor Yang.
They kind of took the same position as your mom - which is, you're smart; why couldn't you figure out that this was going to be a soft job market?
And I apologize if that sounds hurtful, but I did want to ask if that factored into your decision-making at all.
YANG: To some extent, it did. I mean, that's why I'm doing economic history and not just, you know, a cultural study of the new left - not to deride those sort of studies. But it did guide it, at some level, for that. On the other hand, I think that there is a specific problem with justifying the lack of available full-time teaching positions by sort of saying, well, you know, the market dictates what the market dictates.
You know, in a larger political - sort of aspect, we teach civics and how the government functions. And when you slash budgets, particularly on the humanities side, you're saying that it's not important as the engineering disciplines, or as in the biochemistry disciplines. And that has very deep effects. And something I tell my students - that the result of some of this horrible political divisiveness, or people not understanding political ideology or rhetoric, can be directly traced to the lack of under-funding, you know, these basic civics classes.
MARTIN: Stacey Patton, have you found that there are certain disciplines where graduates, or people who hold these degrees, are more likely to be under-employed than others? Does it tend to be concentrated in the humanities?
PATTON: From what I'm hearing, yes. I did a short survey that accompanied the piece, and took note of the top fields in which graduate degree holders were also food stamp recipients. And I believe the top were English and history and communications, or something like that. But there were people who were also in biology, and in the sciences. I saw maybe two respondents who were in the math.
MARTIN: And finally, you mentioned that there's a vast gap between people who have kind of tenured positions, administrators; and people like professor Yang, who are just starting their careers. Is this seen as a problem in the academy?
PATTON: Oh, definitely. Definitely. I hear all the time from, you know, adjunct advocacy groups. I hear it from the adjuncts themselves. I think graduate students are also very anxious. The level of transparency about student outcomes, and the availability of jobs and what we're training students to actually do, to meet the market demands, is starting to be a serious conversation.
In terms of people with master's and Ph.D.s on government assistance - I think has come as a shock to many people. I, too, was shocked by the numbers. It's about 1 percent of master's degree holders, and 1 percent of Ph.D. degree holders, who were on government assistance. So someone might come along and say oh, that's such a small number. But what's frightening to me is that the numbers more than doubled in a three-year period.
And so one has to wonder - is this trend going to continue to increase; if the government's data has actually captured a full picture of people who have these degrees, who are also in graduate school and also relying on food stamps, or are even eligible for government assistance?
MARTIN: Professor Yang, I have to ask. If you had to do it all over again, do you think you would still pursue your doctorate in this area, in your discipline?
YANG: I would. I think it's always worth pursuing intellectual pursuits. It's always worth it to - sort of gain a better understanding of the world. And let's face it, you know, if you have a Ph.D., you're in a subset of the population. There's a tremendous amount of skill and determination to actually get that degree.
I think at the end of the day, your skills will translate to something. It just might not be in our field. And that's something that's a little bit sad because we're losing a lot of potential, and a lot of expertise. But I think it certainly is worth it - at least from an intellectual standpoint - to go ahead and pursue your interests and curiosity and find out what, you know, your subject matter is all about.
MARTIN: Tony Yang has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California- Riverside, and he was kind enough to join us from that campus. Stacey Patten is a staff reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education. And she wrote about the number of people with advanced degrees and graduate students who are relying on government benefits, including food stamps, to make ends meet. And she joined us from Baltimore.
Thank you both so much for speaking with us.
PATTON: Thanks, Michel.
YANG: Thanks, Michel. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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How Futurism Can Help Make Tech Clean
From: Samantha Peters, Clean Techies, More from this Affiliate
Published June 7, 2012 09:46 AM
Technology has revolutionized the urban and suburban landscape across the United States. As more people embrace a green lifestyle, city planners are looking for ways to incorporate energy-efficient lifestyles and transportation methods. In many cases, cheap travel is possible through the use of public transportation services. Reaching a new destination can be as simple as comparing credit cards. The following guide explores how futurism can help make tech clean.
Many large centers like Atlanta have very poor public transportation services. While Atlanta has an excellent interstate and highway system, it can be very difficult to travel by bus and metro service in the city. There are only two subway lines for the entire city. However, there are many large cities like New York and Paris that have excellent underground public transportation.
Several futurists have looked for effective ways to combine both of these ideas into one. While a subway system can be a convenient choice for many drivers, it can be difficult to manage subway schedules. In many cases, a subway system will experience periods of disuse and high use. While it's possible to reduce the number of subway trains during low usage hours, it can be difficult to ratchet up service levels on demand.
In addition, traditional subway systems are much slower than traditional vehicles. A 15 minute drive can take up to 90 minutes when using public transportation services. In addition, many people don't enjoy riding in a large vehicle with strangers, or having to worry about being crowded by those strangers when coming home with groceries or other goods.
One of the most exciting new transportation technologies may revolutionize public transport in many US cities. Through the use of personal transportation systems (PTS), it will be possible to reduce transportation times, promote a green environment and reduce transportation costs.
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During Randy Mott's 30-plus years in IT, he has developed some core beliefs. Rely on in-house people rather than outsourcers. Get data to the right people to help them make more-informed decisions. Deliver projects faster than before. Streamline and automate IT operations to free up more money for innovative work.
Now Mott is applying that belief system to General Motors under a three-year "IT transformation" plan, during one of the most tumultuous times in the company's 106-year history. He joined GM as CIO in February 2012, when the automaker was emerging from a controversial government bailout and takeover, and now much of the public's attention is turning to GM's handling of a defective ignition switch on earlier-model Chevy Cobalts and other models that is linked to driver deaths.
Against that backdrop, Mott and team are a little over a year into the IT overhaul plan, one of whose goals is to improve data sharing and analysis to help GM identify engineering and manufacturing problems earlier in the process. Underpinning that broad plan are Mott's five core principles -- as he has expressed them in recent presentations under the heading "What I believe..." -- which I lay out below, adding a bit of my own analysis on how they relate to the modern world.
1. Real innovation happens with IT professionals tightly aligned to company strategy. We've all been hearing this refrain for decades. In fact, IT-business "alignment" is almost always the No. 1 challenge cited by respondents to the annual Society for Information Management survey. You'd think such alignment would have happened by now.
Sure, CIOs and other IT leaders must be on the same page with every business unit, whether it's sales, marketing, finance, HR, or manufacturing. But IT-business alignment isn't a one-way street. Mott talked about a refined senior executive structure at GM that -- not necessarily by design -- is starting to align the company's business leaders with Mott's IT goals, one of which is to eliminate the sprawl of applications and data while moving to global software platforms. For instance, there's now a single head of global manufacturing (Timothy E. Lee) as Mott looks to standardize GM units on global manufacturing systems. There's now a single head of global quality and customer experience (Alicia Boler-Davis) as Mott looks to consolidate GM's quality, customer, and other data into a single global data warehouse.
Learn more about how analytics and data management are core to GM's IT transformation. See GM's Data Strategy Pushed To Center Stage.]
So it's not just about IT aligning with the business. "The business has moved toward us," he told InformationWeek in a recent interview at GM's Detroit headquarters.
2. Real business applications on an enterprise scale DO NOT come from venture capitalists. The all caps emphasis is Mott's, not mine. This may be the most contentious point in Mott's belief system. It's trendy these days for companies in a range of industries (Capital One, GE, Ford, Wal-Mart) to set up a digital innovation shop/lab/center in Silicon Valley, and for their CIOs/chief digital officers to meet with venture capitalists and startups to tap into the latest thinking. But when Mott was identifying locations last year for four technical innovation centers GM wanted to set up across the country, he stayed away from the Valley and other VC hotbeds. Instead, he opted for suburban Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Austin, mainly for their proximity to current GM operations and/or affordable tech talent, including a dozen or so universities.
Mott isn't arguing that VC-backed startups produce no meaningful enterprise IT innovations. But he's skeptical that their systems and applications can scale, affordably, to meet Fortune 100 needs.
As Mott's team started last year to pull billions of dollars of IT operations and development in-house from four or five outsourcers, the automaker signed long-term (five-year) enterprise license agreements with 11 blue chip vendors: Adobe, CA, Cisco, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, McAfee, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and VMware. Mott values not only the proven scalability of those vendors' products, but also their global footprint and product line breadth.
He also values systems and applications that can be customized and integrated with others, one reason he's not a big fan of cloud services. Embracing cloud software and infrastructure is "a strategy of how do I get even, not how do I get ahead," Mott says. "And I think the companies that win in their industries are the ones that figure out how to get ahead, because getting competitive advantage takes innovation, it takes creativity, and you're not going to get that from someone who's going to make everyone on the planet even."
3. Modern, innovative companies have a good mix of experienced IT professionals and college hires who are forward-thinking and less resistant to change. As GM moves from doing 10% of its IT work in-house as of January 2013 to doing 90% of it in-house by the end of 2015, it's hiring thousands of people while taking billions of dollars of work back from outsourcers.
As part of that effort, GM's IT organization will have brought on 4,500 new people by the end of this year, 600 of them recent college grads. Long term, by about 2018, GM will have about 12,000 IT employees, Mott estimates.
Mott and team are hiring for a mix of skills, including SAP, Siebel, and even PeopleSoft development and integration; Java and .Net development, especially for sales, marketing, and dealer apps; and Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. The overall focus: Do much less "run the business" IT work, whether by staffers or the outsourcers that remain, and more new
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Who Will Win the 2013 NBA Title? — Sports Survey of the Day
The final four teams are now set, so who will be strong enough to win the NBA title this season?
In the West, the Spurs took Game 1 from the underdog Memphis Grizzlies, 105-83. That win showed that, while the Grizzles have youth, the Spurs are a veteran team that will not go down easily. Does Memphis have a shot at beating San Antonio to advance to the NBA Finals?
In the East, the heavily favored Miami Heat face the Indiana Pacers, who upset the New York Knicks in the conference semis. LeBron James says that his team will be ready to defend its title.


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Flamini wants focused Gunners
Midfielder Mathieu Flamini has warned Arsenal cannot afford to lose focus as they face up to a run of fixtures which will test just how far they have come this season.
The Gunners missed the chance to take full advantage of slip-ups by Barclays Premier League title rivals Chelsea and Manchester City when they were held to a 1-1 draw by a battling Everton at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
There is, however, little time for Arsene Wenger and his squad to dwell on what might have been as they now face a trip to Napoli for their final Champions League group match before returning to tackle City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime. They then face a showdown with their west-London neighbours on December 23 as the festive fixtures get into full swing.
Flamini, who came on as a second-half substitute against Everton, feels Arsenal must focus on delivering another run of consistent displays as they look to maintain their five-point cushion at the top of the league heading into a hectic set of games.
"It is a great feeling (to be five points clear), but the championship is long and we still have a lot of teams to play," said the combative 29-year-old Frenchman, who rejoined Arsenal on a free transfer in the summer after being released by AC Milan.
"Now it is important just to focus on game after game, because we have another big match away to Napoli, and then play at Manchester City, so everything goes very quick in the championship, especially when you have so many games.
"It is going to be a busy period for us and we just have to focus.
"What would be good for us will be three victories, but we know it is not going to be easy because we will be playing three big teams with a lot of quality.
"This busy period is also going to be important for the players, that we can recover as soon as possible because we play already on Wednesday, but it will be interesting to see what happens after these three games."
Flamini added: "These are all big games, the ones you want to play in, and everyone is excited to be playing in them.
"It will be an interesting period for everyone and hopefully a good one for us."
Arsenal's immediate attention will now turn to securing their European progression, as they head to Italy three points clear at the top of Group F.
A draw against Rafael Benitez's men would be enough to clinch first place and with it seeding for the knockout stages.
Indeed, Arsenal could lose and still progress depending on the final scoreline at the Stadio San Paolo and Borussia Dortmund's result in Marseille.
Right-back Carl Jenkinson looks set to again stand in for Bacary Sagna, who is sidelined by a hamstring problem.
The 21-year-old feels Arsenal are up to tackling the test of character they will now face head on.
"We are definitely not looking at it in an apprehensive way," he said.
"I wouldn't say (these games will be) defining - it is a very long season, but they are three big games and of course you want three good results.
"We just need to continue playing well and hopefully the results will take care of themselves."
Jenkinson added: "When we play to our peak, I think we can beat anyone so it is important that we go and do that on Wednesday.
"It is going to be a tough game - they are going to be battling because they want to qualify just as much as us.
"But we will work hard and go out there with the confidence that we have from our recent results and hopefully come back with the result we want."
Arsenal were drawn against north-London rivals Tottenham in the third round of the FA Cup.
The two clubs and relevant bodies are set to discuss ticket allocation for such a high-profile match, with the away team entitled to 15% of the ground's capacity under competition regulations, which would mean around 9,000 Spurs fans making the short journey to the Emirates Stadium for a fixture which could yet be selected to be televised over the weekend of January 4/5.


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It hasn't been an easy road for the three final "American Idol" contestants.
Candice Glover was twice rejected by the show before making it to the final three. Kree Harrison chased her dream for so long in Nashville, she thought it might be time to give up. And Angie Miller sang despite having suffered ruptured ear drums and impaired hearing.
Now the three women will duke it out Wednesday night on Fox as the journey winds down for two of them — and one is crowned the winner on next week's finale. Here are their stories.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The third time has been the charm for Candice Glover.
She made it past the first round of "American Idol" auditions in Season 9 and Season 11, but didn't make it to the semifinals. This season, her slow, burning, powerful version of The Cure's "Lovesong" was called the greatest performance ever on the show by judge Randy Jackson, who has been there since the beginning.
"I'm definitely proof dreams come true," Glover said when she returned last weekend to her hometown of St. Helena Island, S.C. "No matter how many times you get a 'no,' you keep trying to get a 'yes.'"
Glover started singing and performing at Oaks True Holiness Church at age 4. She got her first standing ovation there when she was 8, and was hooked on entertaining.
Glover first auditioned for "American Idol" in 2009, making it to the final 70 contestants. She made the top 60 in 2011 before bowing out. But she wasn't on TV either time.
She headed back to St. Helena Island after each failure, making her living renting scooters and golf carts in resort areas nearby and singing at weddings and funerals.
After last season's near-miss, Glover said she took time to assess her strengths and weaknesses as a performer. She never had a vocal coach, and she credits what she did with herself — not the turnover in three of the show's four judges — with her success.
"It's the change in me, not the judges. It's the fact I worked really hard and prepared myself, compared to before," Glover said.
She also has a whole state cheering for her. Despite the success of Southern artists on the show, South Carolina has never had an Idol contest make it this far, even with a rich musical tradition that includes jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, the Godfather of Soul James Brown, 1960s dance icon Chubby Checker and rock and now country star Darius Rucker.
"You could not have made South Carolina more proud than we are right now," said Gov. Nikki Haley as she declared Saturday "Candice Glover Day" in South Carolina.
— By Jeffrey Collins
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — "American Idol" finalist Kree Harrison has a piece of advice for aspiring contestants: "You have to know who you are because if you don't, it's even harder."
The native Texan has spent the last 13 years in Music City chasing the dream, and part of that long journey has been maintaining her personal vision as an artist. That vision has landed the 22-year-old as one of three finalists on "Idol." After a couple of failed deals that would have required her to change her sound, she had started to think it might be time to give up, though.
"Nashville has taught me so much — the people, the writing community, the whole town," Harrison said in a phone interview. "They'll make you stronger. Probably since I was not trying anymore, I thought what do I have to lose (trying out for 'Idol')? I can maybe create this following that I need. That was my initial goal. 'Idol' gives artists such a great platform to start your career. Hopefully however big your following will be, you'll make great music and someone will get it. It's been crazy. And worth it."
One of those friends is Kacey Musgraves, who had Harrison sing backup on her recent hit album, "Same Trailer Different Park." Musgraves thinks she knows the secret to Harrison's success so far.
"I've literally never heard the girl hit one bad note," Musgraves said. "Her instincts are spot on always. The thing I love about her is she never tries to overdo it, she never tries to over-sing. And it's always really believeable and real, and I think people are craving that."
And if it doesn't work out, she'll always have that tweet from Merle Haggard, who complimented her on her version of "Help Me Make It Through the Night."
"Oh my God, I don't even think it's real still," Harrison said. "I was like, 'Who's punking me?' First of all, Merle Haggard has a Twitter? That's amazing. I kept refreshing the page thinking, 'There must be something wrong.'
— By AP Music Writer Chris Talbott
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angie Miller's poise and confidence seem as effortless as her high notes.
The 19-year-old "American Idol" finalist from Beverly, Mass., took guest mentor Harry Connick Jr.'s teasing in stride when he claimed that his family — Connick aside — loves her voice.
Earlier this season, when given the choice of picking a song from a playlist or an original for the show's crucial Hollywood auditions, Miller went with her own tune, "You Set Me Free," although only family and friends had heard it.
"I'm really confident in myself as an artist and the music I do," Miller said during a break in rehearsals for this week's showdown. She did seek a less partial opinion, from "American Idol" vocal coach Matt Rohde, and no punches pulled.
"I looked at Matt and said, 'You need to tell me if this song isn't good enough. Tell me if it's a bad idea,'" she said. He applauded it, and so did the judges who gave a standing ovation to the piano-playing brunette with the wide smile.
One her most rousing "Idol" performances came after the Boston Marathon bombings, when she dedicated the song "I'll Stand by You" to "my home, Boston."
Miller, who grew up in a musical household ("My family was like a worship team," each on a different instrument, said the churchgoer and former worship leader), started writing songs as a youngster, with "Little Little Sparkle Dress" her inaugural effort.
It was in childhood that she suffered ruptured ear drums and impaired hearing, Miller said. The problem worsened when one ear drum deteriorated further, and the doctor who diagnosed it last year recommended that she undergo skin graft surgery post-"Idol."
Miller, who's gotten used to adjusting on stage for her condition, is facing that prospect with the same public composure she displays toward her "Idol" experience. Even the inevitable social media praise and scorn ("Nothing is private anymore") won't rattle her, she said.
"I'm still growing up, but I definitely feel like I'm not super immature. I feel like I can handle this competition and the haters and everything else going on. I have an incredible support system, my family," Miller said.
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Before Ben Affleck agreed to play the caped crusader in Warner Bros.' untitled Batman-Superman movie, the 41-year-old actor was warned that his casting might create controversy. Appearing on NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on Monday, Sept. 16, the actor addressed critics who were hoping to see someone else share the screen with Man of Steel's Henry Cavill.
"They called me up and said, 'Do you wanna do this?' And I thought, 'Well, I'm not 25, man. Are you sure about this?'" Affleck told host Jimmy Fallon. After discussing the tone of the film with director Zack Snyder, Affleck was on board. Before the announcement was made, however, studio executives wanted to ensure the Oscar winner knew what was at stake.
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According to Affleck, the big wigs told him, "'Listen, we want to talk to you because people go through this process and it can be trying...We want to show you some of the reactions that past people who have been cast have gotten, like on the internet and stuff,'" he recalled. "[They showed me] people who were in these movies who did a great job and [commenters would] say, 'Kill him!' You can't say that before a movie comes out. It doesn't matter what you think then, it matters what you think when you see the movie."
Jennifer Garner's better half wasn't initially worried about the potential backlash. "The people from the studio were like, 'We're thrilled! And listen, we want to talk to you, because people go through this process and it can be a little trying.'"
Affleck was advised not to go online for a few days, but he did so anyway. "I said, 'I'm a big boy. I can handle any snub. I can handle anything.'"
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"I said, 'I handle s--t.' I'm very tough,'" he continued. "So, I saw the announcement, I look down the thing and I look at the first comment. The first comment goes, 'Nooooooooooooo.' I'm like, 'We're going to be Luddites for a while, kids.'"
Affleck said he's excited to see how his three children react when they watch the movie in July 2015. "Every kid should see their dad as a superhero, right? It's so awesome, man," he said. "I'm so excited."
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Brian Lake must face the AFL tribunal on Tuesday after the match review panel declined to set its own punishment for his choke on Drew Petrie.
The panel had the option of imposing a financial penalty on Lake, as it did recently for Greater Western Sydney's Jeremy Cameron and Richmond's Ty Vickery for headlocks.
Petrie was offered a reprimand for unnecessary contact to the face of Lake but declined, with his coach Brad Scott confirming on Monday night on Talking Footy the club would fight the charge at the tribunal on Tuesday night. In doing so the Kangaroos risk losing him for Saturday's home match against St Kilda in Hobart.
The panel, armed with a medical report on Lake it sought from Hawthorn, deemed Petrie's actions to have been negligent, low impact and high contact, triggering a 125-point penalty. A guilty plea would have cleared him to face the Saints but saddled him with 93.75 carry-over points, putting him on the brink of suspension for the next year
On Sunday, Petrie said any contact to Lake had been unintended, but added he was bracing for punishment.
''I didn't mean to gouge or scratch him,'' he said on The Sunday Footy Show. "[But] I'm sure come [Monday] there'll be something go on and we might hear more about it.
"If that was my doing, putting the scratch on his face, I didn't mean to scratch him. I'm not a scratcher or a gouger or anything like that. I was just engaged in a bit of a wrestle and grabbed at something, as he had hold of me as well.''
Essendon's bid to follow up its morale-boosting win against Port Adelaide against arch-rival Collingwood this weekend has been hurt by a one-match suspension offered to midfielder Brendon Goddard for rough conduct against Kane Cornes.
West Coast forward Josh Kennedy has been offered a one-match suspension for rough conduct against Sydney's Zak Jones, a penalty that has been lessened from a base penalty of three matches due to his good record.
The incidents involving Goddard and Kennedy were deemed serious enough - Jones had to be substituted after the high bump he received from Kennedy in the second minute of the match - for at least a one-match ban.
Both players risk a two-match ban if they elect to fight the charge at the tribunal.
Gold Coast defender Rory Thompson and Brisbane Lions midfield general Tom Rockliff were each given a 125-point penalty for minor strikes. Thompson can escape with a reprimand, but Rockliff cannot because he is saddled with 69.75 carry-over points.
Rockliff would not risk missing a second match if he fought the case at the tribunal and lost.
GWS ruckman Shane Mumford has been offered a reprimand and 60 carry-over points for a negligent high strike on Adelaide's Josh Jenkins. He could go to the tribunal without risking missing a match if his challenge failed.
The Lions' Claye Beams has been offered a $1950 fine for a first offence for reckless umpire contact.
Essendon's Paul Chapman and Port Adelaide's Robbie Gray were cleared of strikes against each other as they scuffled.
Luke McDonald (NM) tripping Luke Breust (Haw). Reckless, low impact, body contact. 80 points (reprimand); 60 with guilty plea (reprimand).
Drew Petrie (NM) unnecessary contact to face of Brian Lake (Haw). Negligent, low impact, high contact. 125 points (1 match).
Brian Lake (Haw) misconduct against Drew Petrie (NM). Referred directly to tribunal.
Shane Mumford (GWS) striking Josh Jenkins (Adel). Negligent, low impact, high contact. 80 points (reprimand); 60 with guilty plea (reprimand).
Tom Rockliff (BL) striking Alex Rance (Rich). Intentional, low impact, body contact. 125 points up due to carry-over points to 193.75 (1 match); 145.31 with guilty plea (1 match)
Claye Beams (BL) first offence reckless umpire contact. $2600 fine; $1950 with guilty plea.
Rory Thompson (GC) striking Travis Cloke (Coll). Intentional, low impact, body contact. 125 points (1 match); 93.75 with guilty plea (reprimand).
Brendon Goddard (Ess) rough conduct to Kane Cornes (PA). Intentional, low impact, body contact. 225 points (2 matches); 168.75 with guilty plea (1 match).
Josh Kennedy (WC) rough conduct to Jones (Syd). Negligent, high impact, high contact. 325 down due to good record to 243.75 (2 matches); 182.81 with guilty plea (1 match)
Investigated but not charged:
Sam Mitchell (Haw) misconduct for kneeing Scott Thompson (NM).
Callan Ward (GWS) rough conduct to Rory Laird (Adel)
Paul Chapman (Ess) striking Robbie Gray (PA)
Robbie Gray (PA) striking Paul Chapman (Ess)
Eric Mackenzie (WC) striking Lance Franklin (Syd)
Jesse Hogan has been a reporter at The Age since 2004, and has been part of its sports department since 2008. He is primarily focused on cricket and has covered a number of the Australian team's overseas tours, including the 2011 World Cup. He also reports on AFL and soccer.


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MTA also offers weekday peak service on the #99 bus from BWI Marshall Airport connecting to UMBC, CCBC Catonsville, Bloomsbury & Frederick, Rolling & Security Blvd., Liberty & Milford Mill and the Old Court Metro Subway Station. For fares, schedules and other MTA information, call 410-539-5000 or visit mta.maryland.gov.
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