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SALEM, Ore. – Two protesters opposed to selling Oregon state forest land broke away from a tour group Thursday, secured ropes atop the Capitol and climbed down the face of its dome to unfurl a large banner criticizing Gov. John Kitzhaber.
They and three others from a group of activists oppose state management plans for the Elliott State Forest. They were removed from the building and detained after nearly two hours.
The banner estimated by Cascadia Forest Defenders to be 20-by-40 feet read: "Kitzhaber's Legacy: Privatizing The Elliott Forest — Clearcutting For Profit."
It was removed along with the activists. The protesters were below the prominent bronze Oregon Pioneer statue atop what's referred to as the Capitol dome, which has a cylindrical exterior.
State police identified the two climbers as 22-year-old Benjamin Jones and 26-year-old Erin Michele Grady, both of Eugene. The others were 21-year-old Robert Oliver, 21-year-old Isabel Indigo Brooks and 35-year-old Peter Bryan Garcia.
All were charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing. All but Garcia were charged with recklessly endangering another person.
Kitzhaber is one of three members of the State Land Board, which manages the forest near Coos Bay.
A spokeswoman, Amy Wojcicki, said Kitzhaber was out of his office all Thursday afternoon, at meetings with Intel and the Oregon Business Association, and was unavailable for comment.
The Cascadia Forest Defenders and two other environmental groups filed a lawsuit in 2012 opposing increased logging in the Elliott State Forest, the Salem Statesman Journal reported (http://stjr.nl/17N0lJT ).
The lawsuit affects several thousand acres of the forest, the sale of which would generate $25.2 million for Oregon schools.
In June, the Oregon Department of State Lands recommended a smaller sale of 2,714 acres to cover maintenance costs for the forest. That proposed sale was the source of the protest Thursday morning.


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After a combined 16 seasons in Major League Baseball you'd think Glendon Rusch and Matt Whisenant would just want to just relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
However, the two still hit the diamond on a day-to-day basis.
The only difference now is they're concerned about helping improve other athletes' games, not just their own.
The Full Count Baseball Academy was co-founded by Rusch and Whisenant. For the past year, Full Count has been hosting private lessons out of West Coast Sports Management in Pasadena, along with camps in the Foothills.
Whisenant is originally from La Cañada, graduating from La Cañada High. Rusch hails from Seattle and currently resides in La Cañada.
The two first met when Whisenant was traded from the Florida Marlins to the Kansas City Royals, where Rusch was carving out a name for himself as a rookie.
Rusch's Major League debut came April 6, 1997, after being drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1993. Toward the end of his career he bounced between starting and relief duties on the mound. He was a bit of a journeyman, splitting 12 seasons playing for the Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres before retiring after the 2009 season.
His best season came in 2000 with the Mets. He posted his season-best 4.01 earned-run average, 11 wins and 157 strikeouts in 1902/3 innings pitched.
Whisenant, originally drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1989, made his MLB debut on the July 4, 1997. He hung up his cleats after the 2000 season after spending four seasons of professional ball with the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres and Marlins.
He spent his career as a relief pitcher, recording nine wins, a career 4.96 ERA with 114 strikeouts and three saves in 158 innings.
Over their two-year span as teammates, Rusch and Whisenant became best friends. During that time, Whisenant's wife introduced Rusch to her sister. The two hit it off and got married, which promoted the pair from friends to family.
After Rusch retired in 2009, the brothers-in-law saw their vision of starting a youth baseball academy in the Foothills come to fruition.
Recently, they have begun hosting a few camps. In early July, they arranged a pitcher's development camp and hosted their first rookie camp at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge baseball fields from Aug. 2-4, which was sponsored by La Cañada Imports.
The three-day camp was geared for players ages 5-8 and taught basic fundamentals of fielding, throwing, hitting and base running.
"The main goal is to get these kids out learning the game at the youngest age possible," Rusch said. "We give them the basic fundamentals so as they get older they have the proper base, while learning about and enjoying the game."
Players practiced drills in throwing accuracy, fielding grounders, diving for balls and hitting. The main goal of the camp was to have fun, which was evident by the pizza party thrown at the camp's conclusion.
"The highlight so far has been just seeing how much the kids have enjoyed it," Rusch said. "They have really had a good time and I think that will build for future camps."
Rusch said Full Count chose La Cañada as the site of rookie camp because the organizers feel the town's baseball prowess has slipped a bit since Whisenant was a kid.
"It's just one of those places in need of some more instruction," Whisenant said. "Hopefully, we can help take youth baseball to where it should be here, which is better than most of the other areas around. There is plenty of talent in La Cañada."
A number of Major League Baseball players have roots in La Cañada, including Mark Loretta and Gregg Zaun. Whisenant and Rusch want to keep that success coming.
"We are working with kids anywhere from 5 years old to college-aged," Whisenant said. "We cover every age group and hopefully we give them something they can use at the next level."

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An hour-long Smith-limo melee marked the final stop of the TransAm series at Sunday River, Maine on Thursday, April 27. Number 44, Silas Stannard, who competes in the Central California Snowboard Series, landed himself a 270 on and a one-year sponsorship from Smith, Quiksilver, DaKine, and Ride Snowboards.
The nonstop competition of USASA's National Championships gave way to the TransAm on Thursday afternoon, as 60 competitors and hundreds of fans made their way toward a course of three rails and the rebuilt, F-350 Smith limo. Invitations were given to riders who proved themselves in the parks of Sunday River during the days prior to the event–TransWorld special forces held run-offs on park rails and fought angry mobs of twelve year-olds, awarding only the dopest or coolest kids with a ticket to ride.
The TransAm is a judged, jam-format event that gets riders from all of the USASA's age categories together for a single session. In addition to skills, the TransAm rewards riders with style and personality. The fifteen-foot flat rail of the Smith limo (driven all the way to Maine by mad Zach Horowitz) quickly became the center of attention.
Boards snapped and ball-joints dislocated as riders from 10 to twenty years old chewed the rail apart. "Tight Jeans Guy" tore it to pieces, but couldn't be scored because nobody knew who he was. Kids like Lucas Magoon (in the Freddie Kreuger sweater) made their mark and scared their moms with ill moves and some good takes.
But as the sun went behind one of them woodsy Sunday River peaks, it was a guy by the name of Silas who won the unanimous votes of the four judges and announcer Travis McLain. The only rider to successfully 270 onto the rail, Silas was the stoked and humble dominator to be awarded with a one-year sponsorship and some real opportunity-a future pro has been pegged.
The TransWorld TransAm series, always in conjunction with the USASA, was made up of three stops this winter-Bear Mountain, Breckenridge, Mt. Bachelor-and the tour's final at Sunday River. The TransAm is made possible by Quiksilver, Ride, DaKine, and Smith.
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4. (tie) Lucas Magoon, Southern Vermont Series
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Norfolk-based Norfolk Southern, a major hauler of crude oil by rail, has sued the state of Maryland to stop the public release of information about the shipments, according to court documents.
The suit was filed Wednesday, the same day the U.S. Department of Transportation announced proposed rules to improve the safety of crude oil shipments by rail. Several serious oil train accidents resulting in spills, fires and fatalities have increased scrutiny on the industry.
Rail companies prefer to keep details about crude oil shipments confidential and some states have agreed, but others have decided that the records can be made public.
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Florida's congressional elections were thrown into chaos Friday as a Tallahassee court judge ordered the state Legislature to redraw the boundaries of two congressional districts by Aug. 15 and said he will consider calling a special election later this year for all districts affected by the change.
The ruling, by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis, sent new tremors throughout a state accustomed to election-year confusion and came a day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told Gov. Rick Scott that he was carefully monitoring Florida's compliance with federal election laws.
Last month, Lewis declared two of Florida's 27 congressional districts invalid, ruling that the seats held by U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, and Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, were drawn to benefit Republicans and were in violation of the Fair District rules approved by voters in 2010.
The practical effect is that lawmakers must convene a special session in the next two weeks to meet the map-fixing deadline. Lewis would then decide when and if special elections would be held for the districts whose boundaries have been modified.
Candidates would then have to qualify again, election officials would have to modify precinct maps, and the costs of the elections could rise.
"It's like jello — you don't know where it all stands, but it certainly has explosive implications for Florida politics,'' said Susan MacManus, a University of South Florida political science professor and redistricting expert.
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, and Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, indicated they will not be prepared to comment on the ruling until Monday, but the governor indicated that he wants lawmakers to redraw the map but will not call for a special session.
"The Legislature is reviewing what the court decided and the Legislature has the power to make their own decision about calling special session," Scott said while campaigning Friday in St. Petersburg.
Lewis rejected arguments from the Republican-led Legislature that the flawed districts should stand for another two years, but he agreed that "there is just no way, legally or logistically, to put in place a new map, amend the various deadlines and have elections on November 4th as prescribed by Federal law."
Lewis acknowledged that there is no easy solution to fixing the map that violates the state's Fair Districts rules, but he suggested "it might be possible to push the general election date back to allow for a special election in 2014 for any affected districts."
In his six-page ruling Friday, Lewis ordered the Legislature to modify the congressional map by noon Aug. 15 and he asked state elections officials to prepare a plan for a new election schedule at the same time. He then scheduled a hearing for Aug. 20 and said that a new map must be in place by Aug. 21.
Although the voters groups who challenged the congressional maps argued that the Legislature cannot be trusted to fix the maps, Lewis agreed with the lawyers for the House and Senate and said the Legislature should redraw the maps. But he wants it done quickly.
"The cure should not be worse for the patient than the illness,'' Lewis wrote. "To develop a new map and hold a special election for some congressional representatives would cost more money, would place additional burdens on our election officials and might confuse some voters.
"On the other hand, to do nothing, when you could, means that you lessen the ability of many citizens to fairly elect representatives of their choice — which is the effect of political gerrymandered districts."
Lewis also concluded "it is not an option to have a special election after the general election is held as I would no longer have jurisdiction over the matter."
Lewis left open the possibility that he may ultimately agree with the Republican leaders that revising the election dates is not legal or practical but, he said, "I am not there yet."
Brown, whose district was deemed invalid by Lewis, said the ruling "is certainly not in the best interests of Florida voters."
Lewis concluded that Brown's serpentine-shaped district, which stretches from Jacksonville to Orlando, was intended to benefit Republicans and could have been drawn to protect minority voters without dividing whole communities and packing Republicans into adjoining districts. Brown, who unsuccessfully sued to invalidate the Fair District law, disagrees.
"Overturning the current District 5 map ignores one of the central principles of redistricting: maintaining communities of interest or minority access districts,'' she said a statement.
Republican leaders are considering whether they can ask the First District Court of Appeals to stay Lewis' ruling and review it on appeal, or whether they can call a special session in time to approve a new map by the Aug. 15 deadline. Brown or Webster could also appeal the ruling in federal court.
Lewis urged Republican leaders to act swiftly.
"The Legislature has shown…that it is capable of adopting a remedial map very quickly when time is of the essence. Indeed, I would be surprised if its staff has not already prepared alternatives."
The coalition of voters groups, led by the League of Women Voters, which filed the lawsuit challenging the state's congressional map, was pleased with Lewis' order.
"This is a champagne moment for Florida voters, who have waited too long for fairly drawn congressional districts,'' said Deirdre Macnab, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida. "Judge Lewis has laid out a path that will allow all Florida voters, for the first time in decades, to elect their representatives in fair and constitutional districts."
Peter Butzin, chair of Common Cause Florida which also joined the lawsuit, said Lewis' ruling "may create some logistical challenges, protecting Floridians' right to select the representatives of their choice is a fundamental value that cannot be put off until next election."
Ron Labasky, general counsel for the state's 67 supervisors of elections, said he is urging them "to sit tight and don't let your hair on fire" because things could change.
Labasky said a new map will have little impact on congressional districts south of Orlando but will affect districts in north and central Florida that adjoin Brown and Webster's districts.
If a new map is drawn, he said, existing candidates may switch districts or "theoretically you may see some new candidates jumping in.''


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Lust shares the stage with love in "The Look of Love," Michael Winterbottom's snappy and mildly comedic biographical drama about Paul Raymond, a businessman who made history by opening Britain's first strip club in 1958. Money is also very much in the spotlight. Raymond — a small-time nightclub performer with a mind-reading act who went on to become a successful real estate magnate and publisher of girlie magazines — was, by 1992, Britain's wealthiest man.
Maybe he really was a mind-reader. "People liked looking at pretty girls, and liked it even more if they had no clothes on," deadpans the movie's subject, played by Steve Coogan.
Known as a comedian, Coogan turns in a fine dramatic performance in a role that calls for as much actual acting as wisecracking. If his character — England's answer to Hugh Hefner — comes across as glib at times, allowing Coogan to pull out his Sean Connery and Marlon Brando vocal impressions here and there, that's probably not utterly inappropriate to the role. Raymond was something of a showman.
Still, the part is a serious one, and Coogan, in his fourth collaboration with Winterbottom, steps up to the challenge.
The nature of that challenge is expressed in the title of the film, which despite its tawdry subject matter has more to do more with emotions than hormones. At its heart, "The Look of Love" is about the relationship between Paul Raymond and his daughter, Debbie (Imogen Poots), whom the screenplay, written by Matt Greenhalgh ("Nowhere Boy"), imagines as the one great love of Paul's life.
Not that there was ever any shortage of women. Debbie's mother, Jean (Anna Friel), puts up with her husband's serial philandering until he moves in with his actress/model/sex columnist girlfriend, Fiona Richmond (Tamsin Egerton). At the time of Jean and Paul's divorce, her settlement was the largest in British history.
That milestone is one of several that the film glosses over, along with references to Paul's business facing obscenity and prostitution charges. Those events are alluded to in montages of news reports, but the legal implication of those accusations — as well as their ultimate outcome — is never explained.
More attention is paid to the personal, including Debbie's wedding, breast cancer and drug abuse. Winterbottom's film lays her addiction squarely at her father's feet. In addition to shepherding Debbie's abortive singing career, Daddy also was an enabler, doing drugs with her, in an example of some of the worst parenting ever committed to film.
And yet, Paul loves his little girl, in his way. If the film suggests that Paul put Debbie on a collision course, it also makes it clear that there's a real bond there. Despite a light tone to much of the movie — parts of which play like a sex farce — there's a foreboding of real pain and tragedy. In fact, the film begins with Paul, in his later years, receiving a piece of unspecified heavy news, before flashing back to his youth and moving forward. Throughout the film, the camera cuts to that sad face of his, just to remind us that something bad is coming.
Until then, there is a lot of partying, drug use and wild sex, including scenes of Paul in bed with Fiona and a couple of other women. (For the record, Richmond has denied that these mini-orgies ever happened.) At times, you may find yourself wondering whether Paul is the sex-obsessed one here, or Winterbottom. Though unrated, "The Look of Love" has much more nudity than one typically finds in an R-rated film. It actually starts to cloy after a while, in the way that even the most, er, glamorous men's magazines sometimes can.
In that sense, "The Look of Love" calls to mind that old line about Playboy, a publication that some have claimed, however facetiously, to read for the articles, not the pictures. "The Look of Love" also is filled with acres and acres of naked flesh, but it's the storytelling that keeps you engaged.
Unrated. At the West End Cinema. Contains sex, obscenity, drug use, smoking and plentiful bare skin. 101 minutes.


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My father has told me countless stories and continues to be a good storyteller. Whether it is to share his opinion or advice or just generally talk about his experiences, he has always kept a story ready! First it was us, and now it is his grandchildren. And so, I have always liked stories; both telling and listening to them. And I hope to continue my father's legacy by sharing countless stories with my daughter.
While I have always enjoyed stories, I only really understood their importance when I was developing a training workshop recently. A few weeks ago, I completed the development of a training workshop on saving organization skills. The goal of the workshop was to help employees learn how to identify and capture critical knowledge and skills that are present today but may leave with the generation exiting in a few years. In the workshop, I included the use of stories as a major communication tool that can help pass on critical skills and knowledge in a communal, social, and emotional way. For the workshop, I researched and read several case-studies about how corporate storytelling has led to the success of knowledge management initiatives. And I learned this yet again that if our learning programs resembled stories instead of a download of information, boring lectures, and online page-turners, we will be far more successful in our training goal.
Here are some of my insights on stories and their connection to all things learning:
1) Stories help us gain knowledge and solve problems just like all good learning should
When there was no written text, stories was the main communication tool to both preserve and pass on the knowledge about life, culture, society and critical skills to the next generation. Using cave drawings, early men shared their knowledge and skills with their children and many generations after that. Religious scriptures in both Indian and Western mythology are based on stories that pass on morals, values and beliefs. These stories almost always include characters that solve real-world problems and deal with everyday issues. And there is enough to tell us that stories work. So, it makes sense to continue using stories in our training interventions including inside classrooms and in elearning.
2) Stories offer both entertainment and education just like all good learning should
What is in a story that makes us laugh, cry, and think? A good story is a narrative that is engaging not only to our eyes and ears but also our mind. If it leaves us with a good point, it makes is worthwhile to have spent that time seeing and/or listening to a story. In that sense, a moral is a critical aspect of a story. In the same way, all good learning should leave us with a 'learning point'…something that we can take back from the classroom into our life. On a related note, stories are entertaining and educative but never really about pure facts and information. All good stories are about tacit knowledge, about sharing experiences and wisdom that are embedded deep into our lives. So should good learning be – about education and not information.
3) Stories are participatory and help make it real just like all good learning should
There is something about an exciting narrative that makes us want to participate. Infact, I think stories are one of the very few things that can actually engage multiple intelligences. There is something for all kinds of learners whether visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, or a combination of these. Also, storytelling has always had a social context. After all, no one would tell a story to themselves! To make stories a success, you need a good storyteller and a captive audience who participates and feels involved. Good story-telling is about ensuring that the plot and characters are something that we can relate to. Same is the case with learning. If it is not social, if it doesn't involve us, and if we can't relate to it - it wouldn't make sense.
4) Stories are emotional just like all good learning should
Stories touch cords that are deeper than just intellectual. Stories are about emotions. And these emotions transcend geographies, culture, and even language. If it doesn't invoke interest, awe, surprise, empathy and other such feelings in our hearts, it isn't a good story! Reflecting back on our childhood, we will realize that we remember all the lessons taught to us through stories either by our parents, teachers, or coaches. If it didn't invoke emotions – good or bad – we are not likely to remember those stories. Same is with good learning. If it doesn't stir up anything, how will we ever learn to do things or do them differently? Just like James Stephens says "What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow". So, all learning needs to go through the heart to the head.
5) Stories stick just like all good learning should
Good stories are memorable. What makes a story memorable is the excitement, surprise, curiosity, and learning they generate. And above all, we are involved in the thoughts and actions of the characters. In that sense, we are actively involved in every step as the story unfolds. We think, reflect, and think some more about what's going to happen and how it will all end. All these memories often create fabulous conversations later. These conversations can lead to generating new knowledge through analysis and reflection. In that sense, stories stimulate our minds at the point when we are listening to them - and later when we get a chance to either apply what we learned or reflect on what we know. Good learning has to be like that so that we can use it at the right time. It needs to stick and stay in our heads for a long time. Good learning needs to keep us engaged from the time it starts to the point it ends and then transfer itself into our life.
I'd like to end by saying that stories help us transform ourselves. I have had several stepping stones into personal growth and development owing to many stories that my parents, teachers, and coaches have shared with me. Stories have motivated me, inspired me, and enabled me to embrace change. I think good learning has the same power just waiting to be harnessed.


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Creative design talks directly to people's heart. Creative designers must be equipped with software tools that enable them to easily craft and adjust the product's emotional content through their designs,while collaborating with engineering to ensure proper coverage of product functional scope.
Successful products in the market are usually those with designs that elicit positive emotional response from their consumers. CATIA is at the service of creative designers and their creativity. Whether starting ideation in 3D from scratch or from 2D sketches, industrial designers can manipulate shapes with unrivaled freedom and take advantage of a true creativity accelerator to explore more ideas in the early conceptual phase. CATIA fully addresses the Automotive Class-A process with a solution for surface refinement that integrates industry leading ICEM surfacing technologies. By combining the V6 technology strengths, which include knowledge capture-and-reuse paradigm, it delivers a powerful and intuitive suite of tools for modeling, analyzing and visualizing aesthetic and ergonomic shapes for the highest Class-A surface quality.
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gwjackson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
This contest is for a logo which may be used for a new company in general and/or for a line of products. Products are "high tech" biotechnology reagents for research. "Ice 9" is a fictional material from the classic novel, "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. This project will probably require a little technical background homework, so I have tried to provide links below.
Ice 9
We are in the very early commercialization stages for a line of products in the biotechnology industry. We would like a logo that can possibly serve as a brand for a product line and/or as the company logo. We want something eye-catching and descriptive but clean and "iconic". (Of course this is probably what everyone wants).
More specifically, the first product utilizes the mechanism of "RNA interference" to silence genes in research organisms and eventually humans as therapeutics:
The Ice 9 name is inspired by the aforementioned Vonnegut book, mainly because we did not want to use as a company name some made up techie sounding word. Although Ice IX has a sort of apocalyptic connotation, it also represents transformational change or paradigm shift which is what we are going for.
- Because the logo may serve as both company name and product line, it may make sense to have Ice 9 as the major text and then sort of modular, smaller tag line as the product line grows.
- Some sort of clean color scheme (probably 3 colors max) and icon is desired, but its wide open, sorry.
- Allusion to the double helix is fine, but is perhaps over-used in the biotech arena. For example, see http://www3.appliedbiosystems.com/A…/index.htm
- Please provide something in vector format compatible with Photoshop.
- Again, its wide open, but I can subjectively say that here's an example of a biotech logo I think is bad: http://www.zymoresearch.com/ Its so simple, it looks cheap or unimaginative to me.
- I think the "nine" in Ice 9 should not be a Roman numeral, IX (although you will see this in the Wikipedia description). This will be too hard to use in a website name etc.
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Located at Chitrapuram, one enjoys proximity to rose gardens (approx. 8km) and Blossom Hydel Park (approx. 9km). Blossom Hydel Park has a vast stretch of landscaped mounts, gardens, artificial waterfalls & lawns in its sprawling 16 acres of lush green land. One can spend leisure time easily as the park offers activities like adventure trails, boating, nature walks, bird watching, roller skating and others. The other nearby places for the tourists to visit are Attukal, Nyayamakad and Lock Heart Gap.
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15B Aircraft Powerplant Repairer
- Employer
- Army National Guard
- Location
- Gunpowder, MD
- Posted
- Jun 14, 2018
- Closes
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- Industry
- Defense / Aerospace, Engineering
- Career Level
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- Hours
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15B Aircraft Powerplant Repairer Job ID: 943606 Job Views: 114 Location: APG, Maryland, United States ZIP Code: 21010 Job Category: Aviation Posted: 06.01.2018 Age Requirements: Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Job DescriptionIt takes a team of highly trained professionals on the ground to help the Army National Guard maintain its flight status. If you're looking for a career in the aircraft repair and maintenance field, then join the Army National Guard and watch your future take flight. As an Aircraft Powerplant Repairer, you will inspect, service, and repair turbine engines, parts, and electrical components on Army aircraft to ensure that they remain safe and ready to fly transport, patrol, and flight training missions. Plus, through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with aircraft manufacturers, commercial airlines, and Government agencies. Earn while you learn Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to learn. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. Job training for Soldiers in the Aircraft Powerplant Repairer specialty consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, plus 18 weeks of Advanced Individual Training. During this time, you'll learn essential Soldiering skills and refine your aircraft repair abilities in the field and the classroom. Requires military enlistment. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability. Benefits subject to change. Benefits/RequirementsBenefits * Paid training * A monthly paycheck * Montgomery GI Bill * Retirement benefits for part-time service * Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) * 401(k)-type savings plan * Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) * Healthcare Benefits Available Requirements * High School Diploma or GED * Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 * Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards * Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details) Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $196.26 and $254.91 per drill weekend. Programs and benefits are subject to change. This position may qualify for a bonus, ask your National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.


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Author Notes: Roasting the cauliflower brings out its natural sweetness, and the bits that turn dark brown are irresistible. Topped with crispy panko swirled with fresh parsley, garlic, and lemon zest, this cauliflower is a lovely side dish—even for people who think they don't like the knobby white veggie. - TheThinChef —TheThinChef
Food52 Review: Before TheThinChef came along, roasted cauliflower and gremolata happily co-existed, never feeling any need to mingle. But now that we've tasted them together, they're going to be seeing a lot more of each other in our kitchens. The lemon and garlic scented panko add snap and complexity to the sweet, caramelized cauliflower -- and together you have a side dish that you could easily double or triple for a large party, and even make ahead. In fact, we like this best at room temperature, which has an added benefit: if you wait until the cauliflower is cool to sprinkle the bread crumbs on top, they'll stay good and crisp! - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 6
large heads cauliflower
cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
teaspoon coarse salt, divided
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
Zest of 1 lemon
cloves garlic, finely minced
tablespoons roughly chopped fresh parsley
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Trim tough stem and core from cauliflower and discard. Using a paring knife, cut cauliflower into smaller spears. Place in a large bowl. Add 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper; toss to combine.
- Spread cauliflower out on 2 large, rimmed baking sheets. Roast until edges start to brown, about 20 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add panko and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir to coat in oil. Cook, stirring constantly, until bread crumbs are golden. Add lemon zest and garlic and toss until mixture is very fragrant and bread crumbs are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Place in a medium bowl and add parsley, stirring to combine. Set aside.
- Remove cauliflower from oven and place on serving platter. Top with bread crumbs and serve immediately.
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BAKU (Reuters) - Opponents of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said on Thursday they would go to court to challenge his election to a third term, rejecting the result of a vote that international monitors said was seriously flawed.
Aliyev, who succeeded his father a decade ago as leader of the oil-producing former Soviet republic, won a third five-year term with nearly 85 percent of the vote in Wednesday's election.
Standing before a national flag on state television, he thanked Azeris for their support and said he would ensure security in the South Caucasus, where tensions still simmer with neighboring Armenia over a disputed territory.
Opposition candidate Jamal Hasanly said he aimed to challenge the official result in the Constitutional Court, alleging violations including ballot stuffing and multiple voting. "This election was neither free or fair," he said.
Aliyev, 51, has overseen an economic boom that has raised living standards in the Caspian Sea nation, which pumps oil and gas to Europe, bypassing Russia. He has allowed Washington to use it as a transit point for sending troops to Afghanistan.
But he has faced criticism at home and abroad over his treatment of opponents. Media are tightly controlled, protests quashed, and one rights group said a pre-election crackdown had doubled the number of political prisoners.
International monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the vote was marred by a "restrictive media environment" and allegations of intimidation of candidates and voters.
"The limitations placed on the fundamental freedoms of assembly, association, and expression, the lack of a level playing field, the allegations of intimidation, all came in the lead up to an election day that our observers found to be seriously flawed," OSCE official Tana de Zulueta said.
Monitors reported clear indications of ballot-stuffing at 37 polling stations, and said the counting was assessed negatively at an unprecedented 58 per cent of stations observed.
An OSCE news conference degenerated into chaos as journalists from pro-government media drowned out the observers and shouted "The OSCE is biased."
The U.S. State Department said Washington agreed with the OSCE that the election "fell short of international standards". In a statement, it urged the Azeri government to respect freedom of peaceful assembly, association and speech and to prevent violence in the post-electoral period.
Hasanly, 61, a former lawmaker who has united Azerbaijan's fractured opposition for the first time in a presidential election, told journalists: "When (officials) announce the final official results of the election and declare Ilham Aliyev as the president, we will address the Constitutional Court with a demand to cancel the election results."
A gaping divide between the rich and poor and allegations of corruption, which Azeris say pervades many aspects of life, has led to an increase in unrest, and the opposition plans a rally on Saturday.
But few expect sustained protests over a vote whose results many saw as a foregone conclusion because of Aliyev's tight grip over the South Caucasus nation of 9 million.
Aliyev said he has reduced poverty drastically. But with an average monthly salary of 500 manats ($600), few Azeris can afford the designer boutiques and five-star hotels that dot the capital Baku, on the shore of the Caspian.
Rights groups say Azerbaijan's strategic location between Russia and Iran, its oil reserves, Europe-bound energy pipelines and support role for U.S. operations in Afghanistan have cushioned it from Western criticism.
Aliyev has dismissed accusations of human rights abuses and says Azeris enjoy full democratic freedoms. He won the presidency in 2003 and 2008 in votes that international observers said fell short of democratic standards.
(Additional reporting by Nailia Bagirova in Baku and Arshad Mohammed in Washington; Writing by Thomas Grove; Editing by Mark Trevelyan/Mark Heinrich)


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- 1 JAX-RS: A RESTful API for JPA
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Persistence Unit Operations
- 1.3 Entity Operations: /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/*
- 1.4 Relationships: /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{entity}/{id}/{relationship}
- 1.5 Query Operations
- 1.6 Session Beans
- 1.7 Metadata Operations
- 1.8 Entity Representation
- 1.9 Using JPA-RS
- 1.10 Future Development
JAX-RS: A RESTful API for JPA
History Date Author Description 01/10/11 dclarke Initial Version
|Oct 1, 2011
|Initial Version
|Nov 9, 2011
|Moved to wiki for community review and feedback.
|Jan-Mar, 2012
|updates and additions to REST API descriptions
This specification will define a RESTful API for dealing with JPA. The intent is to simplify how JPA persistence units can be accessed using REST with JSON or XML formatted messages. A JPA-RS runtime will provide access to all persistence units packaged in the same application that it is running in as well as any dynamic persistence unit that is provisioned within it.
URI Root
The root URI for the RESTful interface is defined in the web-fragment.xml:
<servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>JPA RS</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/persistence/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>
Here the root URI is 'persistence'
Persistence Unit Operations
The JPA-RS URI structure then requires a persistence unit name: /persistence/{unit-name}. Assuming this is a valid persistence unit in the give JPA-RS application context the following high level operations are available.
- ENTITY: /persistence/{unit-name}/entity
- QUERY: /persistence/{unit-name}/query
- METADATA: /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata
HTTP Method Basics
The HTTP methods used in JPA-RS with there basic interpretation in persistence are:
- PUT: enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI
- INSERT when the PK entity does not exist
- UPDATE when the entity does exist
- POST: new subordinate of resource identified by the request-URI
The HEAD, TRACE, and CONNECT methods currently have no defined meaning in JPA-RS
Data Formats: JSON or XML
This REST interface deals with XML and JSON representations of the data equally well. The caller is responsible for using the HTTP header values to indicate the format of the content it is sending (Content-Type = application/json or application/xml) as well as indicating the format of the result it expects (Accept = application/json or application/xml). In cases where no header value is specified JSON will be used by default and in cases where content-type is specified and accept is not the returned format will match the content-type passed in. NOTE: In many REST utilities the accept value is defaulted to application/xml making it the users responsibility to configure this value explicitly.
Web Caching
In addition to the internal caching within TopLink (EclipseLink) the results from REST URI calls can be cached in various points between the initiating server and the user, including their browser. This caching is determined by URI structure and the HTTP header information in the response from the REST calls. Generally only GET call responses are cached so these must be addressed carefully to ensure the proper caching information is provided so that the end user of the RESTful persistence interface get the most correct information possible while still benefiting from web caching. TODO: Add guidelines
HTTP Header Fields
Standard HTTP
- If-Match - conditional
- Warning
EclipseLink JPA-RS
- Refresh
When using EclipseLink's multi-tenancy features developers can choose to isolate their tenant's data by schema/table (@Multitenant(TABLE_PER_TENANT) - EclipseLink 2.4) or within a shared table (@Multitenant(SINGLE_TABLE) - EclipseLink 2.3). In order to access a persistence unit that supports concurrent access by multiple tenants the persistence context must specify tenant discriminator values within its properties. To support this usage within JPA-RS the tenant identifier values will be supplied using matrix parameters within the persistence unit portion of the URI.
Messages related to JPA-RS operations are logged to a logger called org.eclipse.persistence.jpars. Most messages are logged at the FINE level. Exception stacks are logged at FINER.
Messages related to operations withing EntityManagers, EntityManagerFactories and JAXBContexts are logged in the same manner as other EclipseLink logging.
Deployment Requirements
Weaving is required for several features to work (providing relationships as links, editing relationships, dealing with LAZY x-1 relationships). You should either deploy to a Java EE compliant server or statically weave you classes.
Note: Lazy x-1 relationships are only supported when using JPA RS's default mapping strategy which returns those mappings as links by using read-only mappings for the JSON/XML support and providing the links through a weaved attribute.
Entity Operations: /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/*
Entity operations are those performed against a specific entity type within the persistence unit. The {type} value refers to the type name (descriptor alias).
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}
- Refresh = GET + Header(Refresh)
- {id} is currently defined as a string
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/entity/Foo/1
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response
- OK, Payload: Entity
- NOT_FOUND if Entity does not exist
EntityManager.find API:
public <T> T find(Class<T> entityClass, Object primaryKey); public <T> T find(Class<T> entityClass, Object primaryKey, Map<String, Object> properties);
Composite Key
Composite keys are supported. In the initial implementation, the character '+' will be reserved and not available for use in fields that represent keys. Composite keys will be separated using the '+' character and should be specified in an order cooresponding to java default sorting of the attribute names.
Imagine this entity:
- Foo
- idB=1
- idA=2
The URL to find this entity would be as follows:
Notice that the '2' comes before the '1' because "idA" comes before "idB" when sorted in java.
Result Caching
Default EclipseLink and HTTP caching will be enabled and configured through standard means.
The EntityManager.refresh operation can be invoked using the find with the query hint for Refresh. See the Query section of the document for how to use hints.
Navigating into the attributes of an Entity (e.g. get the Address entity associated with a particular employee in a single URL) is initially only supported to one level:
e.g. /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}/{relationship} will work
/persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}/{relationship}/{index}/{relationship2} will not
To make use of Entities with relationships, the persistence unit classes MUST be weaved. JPA-RS relies on Fetch groups to implement its relationships maintenance. PUT/POST operations on relationships for non-weaved classes is an error condition
Relationships are, by default, represented as links. Reading and writing to relationships is done through that link. See the Relationships section below.
Private-Owned(orphan removal in JPA) relationships are inlined and hence an object model with only Private-Owned relationships does not need to be weaved.
- PUT /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}
- Consumes: JSON or XML
- Payload: Entity
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response:
- Payload: Entity returned by Persist
PUT is required to be itempotent. As a result, it will fail if called with an object that expects the server to provide an ID field. Typically this will occur if the metadata specifies a generated key and the field that contains that key is unpopulated.
- POST /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}
- Consumes: JSON or XML
- Payload: Entity
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response:
- Payload: Entity returned by Merge
- DELETE /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}{id}
- {id} is currently defined using HTTP query parameters
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/entity/Foo?id=1
- Response
Relationships: /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{entity}/{id}/{relationship}
To get the values of a relationship
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}/{relationship}
- {id} is currently defined as a string
- {relationship} is the JPA name of the relationship
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/entity/Foo/1/myRelationship
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response
- OK, Payload: Entity or List of Entities
- NOT_FOUND if Entity does not exist
To add to a list or replace the value of a X-1 Relationship
- POST /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}/{relationship}{partner}
- For unidirectional relationships {partner} is not required
- For bi-directional relationships, you must provide the name of the attribute that makes up the opposite side of the relationship.
- e.g. To update an Auction.bid where the opposite side of the relationship is Bid.auction use the following:
- Consumes: JSON or XML
- Payload: Entity with the new value
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response:
- Payload: Entity with added element
To remove a specific entity from the list or null on an X-1 Relationship
- DELETE /persistence/{unit-name}/entity/{type}/{id}/{relationship}
- Consumes: JSON or XML
- Payload: Entity to be removed
- Response
- Payload: Entity with added element
Query Operations
- Named Query: GET /persistence/{unit-name}/query/{name}{params}
Named Query
Named queries doing reads can be run two ways in JPA. Both are supported in the REST API.
List of Results
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/query/{name}<parameters><hints>
- <parameters> are specified using HTTP matrix parameters
- <hints> are specified using HTTP query parameters and with the key being the name of the EclipseLink query hint
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/query/Foo.findByName;name=myname
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/query/Foo.findByName;name=myname?eclipselink.jdbc.max-results=500
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response
- Payload: List of Entities
Single Result
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/querySingleResult/{name}<parameters><hints>
- <parameters> are specified using HTTP matrix parameters
- <hints> are specified using HTTP query parameters and with the key being the name of the EclipseLink query hint
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/querySingleResult/Foo.findByName;name=myname
- Produces: JSON or XML
- Response
- Payload: Entity
Update/Delete Query
- POST /persistence/{unit-name}/query/{name}<parameters><hints>
- <parameters> are specified using HTTP matrix parameters
- <hints> are specified using HTTP query parameters and with the key being the name of the EclipseLink query hint
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/query/Foo.deleteAllByName;name=myname
- e.g. http://localhost:8080/persistence/ExamplePU/query/Foo.updateName;name=myname?eclipselink.jdbc.max-results=500
- Produces: application/octet-stream
- Response
- Payload: Number of entities updated or deleted in
Session Beans
A restful API is provided to make a call into a SessionBean
- POST /persistence
- payload: A SessionBeanCall JSON or XML object containing the following information:
- jndiName: The JNDI name of the SessionBean
- methodName: The name of the SessionBean method to call
- context: (optional) The JPA RS context to use to unmarshall parameters and marshall return values. If not provided, return values are returned as is
- parameters: A list of parameter Object with the following information
- typeName: The name of the java class of the parameter, or the name of the entity type in JPA RS
- value: The value of the parameter
- payload: A SessionBeanCall JSON or XML object containing the following information:
- Produces: */*
- Response
- NOT_FOUND is the context is not found or the Session bean cannot be found on lookup
- OK on succes with:
- Payload: Return value of SessionBean method
Metadata Operations
- GET /persistence
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata/entity/{type}
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata/query
List Existing Persistence Units
- GET /persistence
- Produces: JSON
- Response
- Payload: List of Persistence Unit Names and links to metadata about them
[ { "rel": "auction", "type": "application/json", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/metadata" }, { "rel": "DataAppLibraryPU", "type": "application/json", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/DataAppLibraryPU/metadata" } ]
List Types in a Persistence Unit
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata
- Produces: JSON
- Response
- OK, Payload: List of Types with links to more detailed metadata
- NOT_FOUND if persistence unit is not found
{ "persistence-unit-name": "auction", "types": [ { "rel": "User", "type": "application/json", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/metadata/entity/User" }, { "rel": "Auction", "type": "application/json", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/metadata/entity/Auction" }, { "rel": "Bid", "type": "application/json", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/metadata/entity/Bid" } ] }
List Queries in a Persistence Unit
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata/query
- Produces: JSON
- Response
- OK, Payload: List of all available queries
- NOT_FOUND if persistence unit is not found
[ { "query-name": "User.all", "reference-type": "jpars.app.auction.model.User", "jpql": "SELECT u from User u", "link-template": { "rel": "execute", "method": "get", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/query/User.all/{parameters}" } }, { "query-name": "User.updateName", "reference-type": "jpars.app.auction.model.User", "jpql": "UPDATE User u SET u.name = :name WHERE u.id = :id", "link-template": { "rel": "execute", "method": "post", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/query/User.updateName/{parameters}" } } ]
Describe a specific entity
- GET /persistence/{unit-name}/metadata/entity/<type>
- Produces: JSON
- Response
- OK, Payload: Details about the entity and available operations on it
- NOT_FOUND if persistence unit is not found
{ "name": "User", "type": "jpars.app.auction.model.User", "link-templates": [ { "rel": "find", "type": "application/json", "method": "get", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/entity/Bid/{primaryKey}" }, { "rel": "persist", "type": "application/json", "method": "put", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/entity/Bid" }, { "rel": "update", "type": "application/json", "method": "post", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/entity/Bid" }, { "rel": "delete", "type": "application/json", "method": "delete", "href": "http://localhost:8080/HenleyAvatarModel/jpa-rs/auction/entity/Bid/{primaryKey}" } ], "attributes": [ { "name": "id", "type": "java.lang.Integer" }, { "name": "name", "type": "java.lang.String" } ], "queries": [ { "query-name": "User.all", "reference-type": "jpars.app.auction.model.User", "jpql": "SELECT u from User u" }, { "query-name": "User.updateName", "reference-type": "jpars.app.auction.model.User", "jpql": "UPDATE User u SET u.name = :name WHERE u.id = :id" } ] }
Entity Representation
Interaction in REST is done through XML and JSON and makes use of EclipseLink's MOXy functionality which provides a JAXB implementation and also leverages that implementation to produce JSON based on the JAXB mappings. Objects are mapped to XML using standard JAXB mapping rules including JAXB defaults and use of a JAXB mappings file. Since all the configuration is in the JPA persistence unit, the JAXB mappings file can be named in the Persistence Unit property called: "eclipselink.jpa-rs.oxm".
Sample JSON
The following provides some sample JSON with some regular-expression-like notation.
<code> { numericAttribute: 1 stringAttribute: "auction1" dateAttribute: 12-09-16 singleRelatedItem: RELATED_ITEM? listRelatedItem: { RELATED_ITEM* } } RELATED_ITEM = { numericAttribute: 11 stringAttribute: "myName" } OR { rel="self", href=LINK_HREF, method="GET" }
Notice: When an entity is the target of a relationship, it can either be completely represented in the JSON, or it can be represented as a Link.
As a rule, JPA RS will marshal relationships using links from GET calls unless they are private-owned in which case the object will be embedded
When using PUT/POST new objects should be embedded and existing object should be supplied using links.
Bidirectional Relationships and Cycles
in progress
in progress
Using JPA-RS
JPA-RS comes packaged in a single Jar. The key piece of functionality is a web service found in a class called: org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.rs.Service. Although there is no reason the web service cannot be enabled on any fairly recent container, initial development and testing was done on GlassFish 3.1.2 and this description will assume you are using GlassFish 3.1.2 or better.
JPA-RS is enabled with a web-fragment.xml file and can be enabled by including it in your archive.


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Thinking Twice Before Having Children in Poland
Between five and five-thirty in the morning is the only time she gets to herself, which she uses to work out, or read a book. After that, the grind of everyday life in Poland's countryside takes over. She cooks, washes, cleans, irons, and cooks for her seven children, aged two to fifteen. And it doesn't stop until late at night.
Elzbieta's family and other families with multiple children are rather unique in Poland, which has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. When asked why they didn't have children in a recent country-wide survey, 71 percent of Poles said unstable employment and difficulties in balancing work and family life were big factors.
Their fears are not without reason -- with each child, the risk of poverty increases tremendously -- families with three or more children are more likely to be in the lowest income group, with 26.6 percent of households with four children living in poverty in Poland, according to the Main Statistical Office.
Even buying clothes for children is a daunting task, in such cases. "We have started participating in lotteries organized by local clothes stores, with no luck so far," Elzbieta said. "We do it because taxes for children's clothes and shoes were recently raised, and families like ours are most affected. Families with children are just not given a chance."
Elzbieta talked to me as she picked flowers in a nearby field, while watching her five-year old daughter. The flowers she collected would later be dried on a bench outside her rural home and used for making herbal teas for the family. Even buying tea is a financial challenge for Elzbieta's family, whose income, a total of PLN 3,280 (about $1,100) comes from social assistance for children, including a disabled child (PLN 2,000) and her husband's income – after the payment of a home renovation loan – of PLN1, 280.
But hospitality is not to be spared.


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Santorum: 'Suicidal' to change GOP
Rick Santorum says it would be "suicidal" for the Republican Party to support same-sex marriage.
In an interview with The Des Moines Register on Monday, Santorum said that Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) backing same-sex marriage is similar to the Republicans in the 1960s and 1970s who broke with the GOP and supported abortion.
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"I'm sure you could go back and read stories, oh, you know, 'The Republican Party's going to change. This is the future.' Obviously, that didn't happen," Santorum told the Register. "I think you're going to see the same stories written now, and it's not going to happen. The Republican Party's not going to change on this issue. In my opinion, it would be suicidal if it did."
( PHOTOS: Pols who evolved on gay marriage)
Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, also said that Americans haven't carefully thought out what legalizing same-sex marriage would mean for the country. "[It] is not a well thought-out position by the American public," Santorum said.
The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to rule in the next few months on two same-sex marriage cases — one that determines the legality of a California ban of the issue and another about the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Santorum said that he does not think SCOTUS will legalize same-sex marriage.
"I think you'll see, hopefully, a chastened Supreme Court is not going to make the same mistake in the (current) cases as they did in Roe v. Wade," he told the Register. "I'm hopeful the Supreme Court learned its lesson about trying to predict where the American public is going on issues and trying to find rights in the Constitution that sit with the fancy of the day."
Santorum, who is rumored to be considering another 2016 presidential run, said that he "hasn't made any decisions" with regards to another bid.


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Many readers have written us, expressing outrage that when NBC's Dateline rebroadcast Tom Brokaw's interview with John Kerry, which was previously shown on MSNBC, Kerry's admission that not all of his military records have been released was edited out. Other bloggers are accusing NBC of covering up Kerry's admission that he has repeatedly lied about making all of his records public.
There is no question that a key line got edited out. Here is the original exchange as it appeared on MSNBC:
Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President's military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it, because my record is not public. So I don't know where you're getting that from.
And here is how the exchange was shown on the much more heavily-watched Dateline:
"Someone has analyzed the president's military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do."
Kerry: "That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it."
Superficially, this is rather damning. But if you read the complete transcripts of the two versions of the interview, you will see that they are quite different. The Dateline version included some exchanges that were not played on MSNBC, and MSNBC included others that were cut from the Dateline version.
Power Line readers are news junkies who are tuned in to the issues surrounding Kerry's military service that have been raised by the Swift Boat Vets and others. Realistically, however, the number of non-junkie listeners who would have understood the significance of the sentence that Dateline cut from Kerry's answer is close to zero. My guess is that whoever edited the video footage for Dateline had no idea that the omitted material was significant.
There is no question that the mainstream media covered up for John Kerry with respect to his military service. But they didn't do it by this minor bit of editing. They did it by never–ever–asking him the basic question: "Why won't you make all of your military records public?"
It's true that the Kerry campaign has falsely claimed that all of his records are publicly available, but they can't seriously maintain that position if it is subjected to any scrutiny. The Navy has said that it has around 100 pages that have not been released because Kerry has not signed the necessary form. That is an indisputable fact. So if a reporter asked Kerry the question, he would have to come up with some kind of an answer. And it is hard to see what answer he could give that would not lead no additional, more penetrating, questions.
But the mainstream media, while constantly slandering the Swift Boat Vets as disseminators of "discredited" information, have slammed the door on "legitimate" discussion of Kerry's military record by refusing to ask him the most basic of questions: what is in your records, and why won't you let the voters see them?
That's the real cover-up. And because that cover-up has been so successful, NBC could have played the full version of the IQ exchange, and hardly any viewers would have been the wiser.
UPDATE: Beldar has some very interesting comments along similar lines, but with a little pulchritude thrown in.


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The new app calculates O-Ring dimensions and tolerances and recommends sizes and Trelleborg Sealing Solutions part numbers. Key features include:
- Enter the bore or rod/shaft diameter and receive an O-Ring recommendation and O-Ring housing calculation according to the recommendations of ISO 3601
- Search the selection of O-Ring nominal sizes according to the following standards: ISO 3601; JIS B 2401 (Japan); SMS 1586 (Sweden)
- Calculate O-Ring tolerances according to ISO 3601-1 Class B
- Switch between metric measurements and inches
- Determine which materials are compatible with the media used in your application
- Search Trelleborg Sealing Solutions films
The new app is the third in a series, including "ISO Fits & Tolerances" and "Unit and Hardness Converter" apps. All are available in English and German free from iTunes or via the Apple App Store on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The updated configurator allows engineers to identify sealing solutions for their specific applications. It is now available in metric and inch versions and in both English and German.
Users can configure the solutions for their applications and store them in a project area. Any stored project can be opened and reworked afterwards.
Questions are answered by technical experts in the user's local Trelleborg Sealing Solutions marketing company. The configurator facilitates easy discussion as all parameters are visible to both the customer and the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions technical expert online.


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|A module for painting on the screen
|See XMonad.Layout.Tabbed or XMonad.Layout.DragPane for usage examples
|Compute the weighted average the colors of two given Pixel values.
|Create a simple window given a rectangle. If Nothing is given only the exposureMask will be set, otherwise the Just value. Use showWindow to map and hideWindow to unmap.
|Map a window
|the list version
|unmap a window
|the list version
|destroy a window
|the list version
|Get the Pixel value for a named color: if an invalid name is given the black pixel will be returned.
|Short-hand for fromIntegral
|Produced by Haddock version 2.3.0


text: > The DOE program has underwritten many of the world's fastest computers, > according to university researchers who monitor raw calculation speed at > the Top500 organization. The program has underwritten Nos. 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, > and 15 on the most recent ranking. I wanted to jump up and down and say "_OUR_ machine isn't funded by the DOE, and _WE_ are number 11 on the list." But, the list hasn't been updated, not until early November, at which point I'm sure we'll fall a little futher down. See: http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/tohline/capital/beowulf.html On the current list (June 2002, we would be 11th at 2.207 TF. </blatant_self_promotion> -- Brian D. Ropers-Huilman (225) 578-0461 (V) Systems Administrator (225) 578-6400 (F) Office of Computing Services brian at ropers-huilman.net High Performance Computing http://www.ropers-huilman.net/ Fred Frey Building, Rm. 201, E-1Q \o/ Louisiana State University -- __o / | Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1900 --- `\<, / `\\, O/ O / O/ O


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Middle Georgia Technical College
The Mission of Middle Georgia Technical College a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia is to contribute to the economic educational and community development of the state by providing quality academic and technical education to the citizens of middle Georgia. The College offers associate degree diploma and technical certificate of credit programs adult education services continuing education and customized business and industry workforce training through traditional and distance education delivery.
School Information80 Cohen Walker Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31088
Calendar: Semester
Locale: City: Small
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Council on Occupational Education
Locale: City: Small
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Council on Occupational Education
Students & Faculty
Total Students
Male Students
Female Students
Total Intl Students
Intl Male Students
* All data is provided by the school or compiled from IPEDS as of December 2018
Total Tuition $4,800.00
Degrees & Programs
|Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
|Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
|Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician
|Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician
|Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other
|Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
|CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
|Child Care Provider/Assistant
|Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
|Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
|Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
|Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
|Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
|Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation
|Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General
|Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician
|Dental Assisting/Assistant
|Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
|Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
|Early Childhood Education and Teaching
|Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair, General
|Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant
|General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
|Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/
|Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
|Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
|Legal Assistant/Paralegal
|Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
|Machine Shop Technology/Assistant
|Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other
|Medical Office Assistant/Specialist
|Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist
|Medical/Clinical Assistant
|Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
|Plumbing Technology/Plumber
|Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
|Surgical Technology/Technologist
|Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor
|Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
|Welding Technology/Welder


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Every story has to begin somewhere and so it is that mine began on the streets of
story, though begins in one place, has evolved through time and geography so I can
no longer be identified by just my beginnings but rather by every place that has
touched me, moved me and changed me through the years.
me, those places have included beautiful
it all, food punctuates my life! I
am forever on a quest to find the best eats wherever I am - a fine
dining restaurant, a hole-in-the-wall place or roadside eateries - always returning to my own home kitchen.
I took my first steps in the kitchen at age 9. The first dish I ever prepared was a vegetable pilaf with very
caramelized onions (a gentler term for burnt).
For years to come, my parents stoically bore the onslaught of all my trials and tribulations with food. Thanks to their very honest criticism and encouragement to experiment with diverse cuisines, my palette matured & I developed an understanding of authentic cuisines from around the world.
Matt Kramer in the March 2009 publication of Wine Spectator, sums it up best - "This is why the business of 'authentic' is so important. It sets a benchmark; it establishes a common cultural vocabulary of 'good'. And it defines local culture. Mind you, 'authentic' is not fossilization. Instead, it is a bedrock commitment to deliver the 'true' goodness that created the reputation of the product to begin with".
Though I have never formally attended culinary school ( I received my degrees in Architecture & Urban Design), it's what I strive for everyday. In the art of cooking, I am self-taught and home schooled.
Somewhere back in 1994, I was inspired to write a book on the
dying art of authentic Jain and Gujarati cooking – Gujarat Nu Jaman , food from Gujarat, India where the majority of the population has
been vegetarian for over 3000 years.
When Gujarat Nu Jaman was first published in India in 1996 & republished in 2002 (in hardcover), I naturally dedicated it to the one person who
was the source of inspiration and most of the recipes - my grandmother. I am very glad I did this because in the Gujarat earthquake of 2001 so much was lost - knowledge & life.
I learn more - from culinary masters like Batali, Kalra & Grausman, to
the often silent and unknown masters who grace street corners, remote
villages & everyday home kitchens. Of this I am certain, knowledge, talent and expertise
can be found from grandiose to the humblest of surroundings.
So here I am many decades later - with an architectural education, love, marriage, career & kids, that I recognize the need to write about the one thing that has been with me through it all - a great passion for great food and an eternal search for tribe.
Please join me as I write, muse and cook with abandon.Needless to say, I welcome your thoughts and comments.
With much love,


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Prague Quadriennal
Made of Concrete
Körner Union
At the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2011 Switzerland was represented by the project Made of Concrete. The Prague Quadrennial is the most important international event in current performance design and contemporary theatrical installations. Following a proposal by the Federal Design Commission, the Federal Office of Culture commissioned Körner Union to develop an exhibit and a publication to present at this year's Quadrennial.
The artists Guy Meldem (born 1980, Apples, Switzerland), Sami Benhadj (born 1976 in Algeria) and Tarik Hayward (born 1979, Ibiza, Spain) founded Körner Union in 1999, creating a platform for experimentation and mutual productions. Drawing from personal projects of the artists who are active at the heart of Körner Union Made of Concrete presents itself as an independent work of art that creates a setting which allows viewers to project general associations and their personal memories.
In Prague the artists presented an exhibit that was solely composed of photographs in reduced format, set in simple white frames. Reproductions of the work of art can be found in a catalog.
Order 'Made of Concrete'
www.swissdesignawards.ch will inform you when and where the exhibition will take place in Switzerland.


text: At 10:40 AM 11/28/2005, Andrew Piskorski wrote: >On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:08:33AM -0800, Jim Lux wrote: > > At 09:57 PM 11/27/2005, Greg Lindahl wrote: > > >On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 09:32:45PM -0800, Jim Lux wrote: > > >> Has anyone done a diskless cluster (i.e. boot the nodes off the network) > > >> where the nodes run Linux but the headnode/server is a WinXP/Win2K box? > > >> > > >> Think in terms of booting off the drive in a laptop. > > > >Why does the Windows box need to be the head node? Just make it a > > >dedicated data collection system, and have a normal Linux head node. > > > > Only want to have ONE disk in the system, and it needs to be in the > Windows > > box to support the the data acq function. Dual boot of the laptop isn't a > >Why? That seems like an artificial restriction to me. Are you doing >someting like carrying your laptop around to conferences and such, >booting borrowed desktops from CD to use as the (diskless) nodes, and >you don't want to carry around a second laptop or other small machine >to use as the Linux head node? Aren't all design requirements artificial to a certain extent?<grin> But basically, yes, the idea is to minimize the number of boxes.. One, the Windows laptop which talks to the hardware and feeds the cluster to do the data analysis, the other, the cluster box (we're not talking hundreds of nodes here.. probably more like 8-20) The cluster box is envisioned to have two wires: power and network, and is generically, the size of a big breadbox or a suitcase(i.e. it would fit in the trunk of a car or could be checked as luggage...) Ideally, the cluster has NO permanent storage within it (i.e. if you turn off the power, all inside is forgotten). Removable media could potentially solve the problem, but then you've added a third thing to carry around and potentially lose, as well as adding a connector that has to be dealt with. Having it totally diskless helps with some environmental requirements (you can drop it, shock it, or vibe it, and it's easier to deal with the dust ingress problem)... The goal here is to have a credible concept to improve the "system" performance by adding on a computatational element to an existing portable system that is Windows based without requiring any hardware changes to the windows system, or without requiring significant software mods to the windows system (i.e. running some new program is ok, running a windows emulator is not). James Lux, P.E. Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 tel: (818)354-2075 fax: (818)393-6875