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To celebrate the launch the X-Men Origins: Wolverine the video game in the UK on May 1st 2009, Activision Blizzard has sponsored the wolverine enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo for one year. In addition, the lead male wolverine has voluntarily changed his name to Logan in respect of the legendary Marvel character.Zoo officials thinks that this is a wonderful idea, as they're always looking for ways to raise money. No animals were harmed in the making of this news story.
The sponsorship will help to ensure that Edinburgh Zoo, who has the only wolverines in the UK, can continue its breeding programme throughout 2009 and 2010.
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text: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, David Mathog wrote: > Sorry, to be vague, there are just so many unknowns. Always.:-) > > I also talked to Darryl Willick, who runs a bunch of machine rooms > on campus for Chemistry and some of Rees, Bjorkman and Mayo's > stuff. His main room is about at capacity now with > 6 full racks and a few odds and ends. He has 2 x 250A panels > in there and apparently only a 45kW A/C unit. That second > number is really odd because they aren't usually rated that > way, but that's the number he remembered. If he's right that's > 45000/3500=12 tons, roughly the same as the unit currently > in the Rees area. He said his had to be serviced > recently because they were having overheating problems, but only > a belt was changed. Unknown how many cfm it is. He has a small > workstation area that is somehow or other connected to his machine > room ventilation wise, and apparently when they prop the door open > in the workstation area it causes problems in the machine room. > So maybe it would make sense to put a small separate A/C unit > in the proposed classroom to avoid those sorts of complications > in the future. Or maybe it can tap off building air. > > Darryl did say something interesting though, he said that for > some units the A/C people can increase the capacity by changing > the pulleys around. Apparently this blows more air, and the > cold water isn't limiting, so it effectively upgrades the unit > without changing very much. Darryl said that this was done > at some point for Mayo's computer room in the subbasement > of the BI. I'm sure you probably remember this from my posts on this topic before, but there are lots of bad experiences we and others on the list have had with AC that you can profit from. Don't forget things like: * Kill switch for room for the day the AC fails altogether at 2:30 a.m. * Automated monitoring and (if you've got one) a call cycle so that maybe somebody can get there in time to shut things down before the kill switch kicks in EVEN at 2:30 a.m. * The fact that at many places, the physical plant people have this annoying tendency to try to save energy by throttling down the A/C to a standby mode (where the chilled water is allowed to warm up to maybe 18C) in the winter because hey, it's cold outside, right? Often this is done automatically, without human thought or control. Often this triggers events for which the first two interventions are required when it does. This may not apply to you in your generally warm clime (compared to here, anyway) but is worth checking, for sure. * When computing the cost/benefit of power vs AC, be aware (to put into words what you're working toward anyway) that the true optimum is going to be biased towards an excess of AC capacity. This is for several reasons, once you think about it. The most important one is that adding new/additional power is relatively cheap whenever you do it; adding new/additional AC capacity later can be VERY expensive -- as expensive as adding AC at all in the first place. * Surplus capacity can also keep room ambient colder (generally better) while operating in the normal load range and may be cheaper in terms of operating efficiency, as AC COP depends on temperature differentials between delivery and returned chiller water (although the blowers and pumps draw too -- don't know how this all works out in the wash). * Redundancy is good, if you've got the space. If one blower out of three goes, the remaining two may be able to keep the space operational while service is performed, or at least keep it cool enough to avoid an involuntary kill or midnight call. * As you note -- it really helps to get professional advice on this from an engineer or architect who specializes in server room infrastructure design and support. Not that you shouldn't educate yourself in it too -- it's just that they SHOULD have a broad base of personal professional experience to draw on as well as some classroom education on the issues to be faced. Worth paying for. As you note, it is very difficult to know exactly where future power requirements and node densities will go per rack. Maybe blades will take over the universe, and racks will suddenly become very hot indeed. Some non-blade racks can achieve close to double the standard node/CPU densities in terms of floorspace footprint (e.g. Rackable, IIRC). Multiple core CPUs are at the threshold of appearing, and although they also look like they might be power/clock limited BECAUSE of the heat problem, there is still going to be some sort of scaling of power per compute capacity per cubic foot of rack space as the latter goes up. Alternatively, some room designs might install the DUCTWORK now that can support a (say) doubling of future AC capacity in the future and reserve space for the local units to drive this capacity in the facility but leave that space empty. Then you can (eventually) add the units without having to necessarily rip everything apart. This probably works best with raised floor designs (where you just duct per rack location) but one would expect that they could manage it for other kinds of ducted delivery and return if they try. In any infrastructure project, it really pays to think about this stuff ahead of time, as you are. rgb > > Regards, > > David Mathog > mathog at caltech.edu > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > > ------------- Forwarded message follows ------------- > > At 08:17 AM 2/11/2005, you wrote: > >In designing a computer room two key factors are: > > > >1. Power in (electricity) > >2. Power out (A/C) > > > >The second term really has two parts: > > > > A. the amount of air moved > > B. the reduction in temperature of that air across the A/C unit > > > >The latter part is specified in tons. The A/C guys I've spoken > >with recently utilize some more or less standard relationship > >between cubic feet per minute (cfm) and A/C tons for the units they > >maintain. These run off the campus cold water supply, so > >it makes sense that heat out is proportional to flow across, assuming > >that the cold water has a very large heat capacity. > > > >However, in terms of cooling the units themselves, the amount of > >air flow through the racks is also important. That flow is > >also in cfm. Ideally cfm through the racks would be equal to cfm > >through the A/C, ie, all air goes once through the racks and then > >directly through the A/C. Even more ideally cfm through _each_ rack > >could be modulated somehow, since some racks move much more > >air than others and putting a low flow rack next to a high flow rack > >might drive the air the wrong way through the low flow unit. > > > >How does one calculate an optimal cfm through a rack? > > Decide on a maximum outlet temperature (say, 30C) > Find your inlet air temperature (say, 15C) > You know your dissipation.. (say, 5kW) > > Calculate how much air you need to move using the specific heat of air. > (about 1 kJ/(kg K)) > > 5 kJ/sec means you'd need 5 kg/sec for a 1 degree rise, but here, with a 15 > degree rise, you can get by with .33 kg/sec. Turn the kg/sec into cfm... > .33 kg * 1.3 m3/kg = .43 > cubic meters/sec. There's about 35 cubic feet in a cubic meter, so we need > about 15 cubic feet per second. Multiply by 60 and you get a bit more than > 900 cfm. > > Now.. that's idealized, so double it. 1800 cfm or so. > > > Step 2: How big is the duct? Generally, you don't want to go any faster > than 1000 linear feet per minute, so your duct will need to be about 2 > square feet. (you begin to see why you don't want some little 6" diameter > blower...) > > > > >For a specific example with round numbers, let's say it's a > >25U rack, dissipates 10kW, and has a single 50 cfm per minute output > >fan per 1U node. (Ie, all air out must go through that path.) > > > >There seem to be a bunch of variables that are hard to deal with. > >For instance, adding the exhaust fans would be 50*25 = 1250 cfm. > >Is that all there is to it? But that type of fan only runs at > >the stated flow rate if the pressures are exactly as specified. > >Without incredibly careful balancing of the pressure across the > >rack it won't generally run at 50 cfm. > > > This is precisely the case. And, of course, the actual circumstances will > be nothing like what the design specs are. > > > >Is cfm the key unit here or should one think in terms of pressure > >at various points in the room? > > Trying to come up with an accurate aerodynamic model is a worthy challenge > for a very large cluster (computational challenge, not thermal). > > It's all done by rules of thumb and adding lots of margin. > > Use the rough sizing technique to get an approximate air flow. Use > reasonable sized ducts and air speeds. Measure the actual outlet > temperatures. > > Actually, what most people do is a rough sizing, then call in someone who > actually does this for a living (a HVAC contractor) and use their rough > sizing to validate what the contractor tells you you should have. > > > > >Thanks, > > > >David Mathog > >mathog at caltech.edu > >Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > >_______________________________________________ > >Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > >To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > >http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Robert G. 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Capitol Hill Briefing Discusses the Research Agenda for Ending the AIDS Epidemic
May 25, 2012
Finally, the beginning of the end of the AIDS epidemic is in our sights thanks to the growing number of "tools" in our HIV eradication toolbox, which includes behavioral interventions, biomedical interventions and microbicides, to name a few. Effective implementation of these intervention strategies is framing the research agenda as scientists, clinicians, policy-makers, community-based workers and other HIV/AIDS advocates grapple with the question, "how can we most effectively deploy these strategies to end AIDS once and for all?"
On Wednesday May 23rd, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention, in cooperation with the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on "Beginning to End the AIDS Epidemic: What's the Research Agenda?" The panelists included Carl Dieffenbach, PhD, Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID; Dazon Dixon Diallo, MPH, Founder and President, SisterLove, Inc.; and Jared Baeten, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health and Medicine, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington. They reviewed the existing and upcoming scientific research with special focus on microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), treatment as prevention, vaccines, and the search for a cure for HIV/AIDS.
HIV prevention research has a two-pronged approach: 1) combination HIV prevention to reduce the number of new infections, and 2) finding a cure to ultimately reduce the burden of HIV around the world. The latter would most likely come in the form of a vaccine. Currently, HIV therapy is extremely effective in reducing an HIV-positive person's viral load but it is not curative. That is, once an infected person discontinues his or her drug regimen, viral replication can rebound due to residual virus reservoirs. The reservoirs must be found and then eradicated in order to engineer a cure, defined as permanent remission in the absence of a continued antiretroviral therapy.
One promising large-scale HIV vaccine trial, known as RV144, emerged three years ago from the Thailand Ministry of Public Health, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). RV144 showed that administering a combination of two vaccine candidates sequentially lowered the risk of HIV infection by 31%. "To be clear, the level of efficacy demonstrated by this vaccine is a modest one. However, it is the first time that we have ever seen a positive signal of efficacy in a human trial of any HIV vaccine -- a welcome and exciting result in a field that has been characterized by many disappointments for more than two decades," stated Anthony Fauci, NIAID Director, when the study results were announced in September of 2009.
Additionally, the panelists emphasized the incorporation of translating research literary into community practice, and vice versa, into the research agenda. As Dr. Dieffenbach pointed out, scientific breakthroughs are groundbreaking and encouraging, but if they cannot be translated into products that the community can use, then the failure falls on everyone's shoulders. Piloting community participatory-based research is one recommended approach to address this challenge. When questioned on how to implement new strategies in a context where there is not as much enthusiasm, Diallo believes it comes down to simple questions: "Do you want to end the AIDS epidemic or not?" "Do we want to pay now or pay later?" "How does the United States want to end their legacy on AIDS?" When Americans begin to face these questions, then they can decide whether the chapter on AIDS is ending -- or never-ending.
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23 April 2016 at 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Garrison Church, Windsor. SL4 3AX
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The final event of our 100 years celebrations will be our Promise Birthday Party. CUBS look out for your invitation coming to you in September.
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Time: 18.30 until 20.15. Parents should check with your Cub Leader as arrival times will be staggered and Packs will be advised nearer the date of their time slot.
South East Berks Gang Show
Monday 16 to Saturday 21 February 2015 at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell.
The 2015 Show is almost here and rehearsals have started at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. This gives all the cast the opportunity to perform on the large stage. All the Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Guides and Leaders are rehearsing the Gang Show favorite -"We're riding along on the Crest of a Wave".
Windsor Moat Gardens 2014
Over the long weekend of Friday 15 to Monday 18 August members of SE Berks District Active Support Unit were invited to join with members from Windsor and Eton District along with others to steward in the Moat Gardens at Windsor Castle.
The Moat Gardens are only open to the public during weekends in August. There is an extra charge for entry to the Gardens and the money raised is donated to various charities in and around Windsor.
Earleywood was delighted to host a number of groups from "WINGS 2014 Help-It!" Programme on the 4th and 5th August 2014.
On each of these days we had one party in the morning and a one after lunch. In total there were 180 scouts came to work for us.
Each party was accompanied by 2 members of the WINGS team and also a number of the groups brought their leaders with them.
WINGS had organised a splendid collection of tools and so we were able to set to on a very wide range of tasks suitably equipped.
The groups showed a massive degree of enthusiasm and got on with the tasks in a happy and friendly way requiring only the minimum of supervision.
We had a mixture of nationalities visiting us, but it was especially noticeable how the enthusiasm was ingrained in all the scouts independent of where they came from.
The teams cleared a massive amount of holly and much other rubbish from all over the site, much of which we burnt on day one, creating the hottest fire we can remember witnessing. Significant areas were grubbed up and leaf mould cleared.
Additionally, preparation work was carried out for the followibng weekend when the plan was to dig and complete a new soak-away.
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It is a pity that we will have to wait another 5 years to welcome some WINGS scouts back to Earleywood. There is no doubt that a group of enthusiastic scouts like these will always be welcome to help us at Earleywood.
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As we hit July, I've had some time to look back on my first two weeks as District Commissioner for South East Berkshire. It was great to see a good number of friendly faces at the AGM on the 17th June, thank you all for coming to see me being Invested by our County Commissioner, Hamish Stout.
For those of you who were not there, here is what I said after I'd been Invested:
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Here's hoping we see Mario finally move to the number four. It took Street Fighter long enough to make it to three...
Special thanks to IGN reader 'tyrant_psn' for the tip!
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Campus Pride released its list of the top 50 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly colleges and universities in America on Friday.
The national organization for LGBT, queer and ally students aims to build future leaders in safer colleges and universities that can nurture the quality of life for these individuals. Nine California insitutions made the cut, including Stanford University, UCLA and USC.
"While this top 50 list demonstrates the positive progress to support LGBT students within higher education, we must also commit ourselves to the campuses not on the list — in rural areas, southern states and other types of campuses like two year colleges," Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, said in a statement. "Historically black colleges and universities and religious-affiliated campuses (are places) where pioneering LGBT work to create a safe learning environment is still a real struggle."
The list is based on the Campus Pride Index, a national, benchmarking tool that allows people to assess LGBT-friendly policies, programs and practices. The index includes more than 425 campuses.
This is the first year Campus Pride released a list of 50 "Best of the Best." Previously the organization featured 25 institutions.
"For six years in a row, Campus Pride has seen an increase in the number of campuses coming out as LGBT-friendly and making notable improvements to LGBT academic life, so we decided to honor 50 campuses with our national distinction," Windmeyer said in a statement.
The top 50 geographically mirrors areas in the United States that have traditionally supported and advocated for the LGBT community.
The top 50 is listed in alphabetical order below.
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• Augsburg College
• Brown University
• Central Washington University
• Connecticut College
• Cornell University
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"A Duck's Quack Doesn't Echo, and no-one knows the reason why?"
"A duck's quack doesn't echo" is a much quoted scientific myth. In spring 2003 it was quoted on Home Truths on BBC Radio 4 and Shooting Stars on BBC 2. You can listen to our sound files on Home Truths by going to the BBC4 web site and "listening again". Salford Acoustics was the source of the story being presented in the national and international media when we proved that a duck's quack does echo as part of the British Association Festival of Science.
Click here to hear Daisy getting into the Christmas spirit (mp3 player needed and a suspension of musical taste)
So what is an echo, and does it happen to a duck's quack?
What is an echo?
An echo is a loud sound reflection that arrives late and so is heard as a separate sound source. Echoes can sometimes be heard in large concert halls, for example. Sound takes a long time to travel from the stage to the rear wall of the concert hall, if a strong reflection comes back from the rear wall to the front of the hall, this can be heard as an echo. To prevent this problem, it is common to apply diffusers to disperse the sound. Another common place to hear echoes is in some railway stations, making announcements hard to understand.
The term echo also refers to the physical sending back of sound or other waves and the repetition of sound by reflection.
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The duck with no reflections
We placed the duck in our anechoic chamber to show what would happen in a room with no reflections. Behind the duck you can see wedges of fibreglass, these are used to absorb the sound. We recorded the anechoic duck:
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The duck in an "echo" chamber
A reverberation chamber is a space with cathedral like acoustics, the sound echoes around the space for a long time, and the room is used to measure the acoustic properties of building products. We recorded the reverberant duck:
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The duck with one echo
Imagine the duck flying past a cliff side. It is possible to use an electronic effects box to produce the sound you might expect. In this example, the echo path is about 50m, and the echo attenuated by about 6dB.
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While the echo can clearly be heard when compared to the duck with no reflections, it might be hard to say there was an echo present if you hadn't first heard the anechoic recording. Consequently, a duck's quack does echo, but in many circumstances will be hard to hear.
The mythSo a duck's quack certainly echoes around our reverberation chamber, so a duck's quack does echo. Which leads to the most interesting question, why did the myth arise? The are a few possible explanations that I can think of:
- The quack does echo, but it is usually too quiet to hear. When you want to hear an echo, you usually make a very loud noise to make sure the reflection can be heard. But a duck quacks too quietly, so the reflection is too quiet to hear.
- Ducks don't quack near reflecting surfaces. You need a large reflecting surface, a mountain or building for the sound to reflect off. Maybe ducks don't hang around reflecting surfaces.
- It is hard to hear the echo of a sound which fades in and fades out.
The future
We think Daisy now deserves retirement, and so we are going to investigate other acoustic myths. Do you know of any worth investigating?
Where is Daisy now?Daisy was kindly lent to us by Stockley Farm in Cheshire; this is a working farm open to public. Unfortunately, Daisy has been eaten by a fox, but her daughter lives on.
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Farrah Abraham Suffers Nip Slip Showing Off New Breasts
Looks like the 'Teen Mom' star was a bit too eager to flaunt her new friends! At a Las Vegas pool party, Farrah's sexy bikini was just too skimpy, and she showed more than planned. Whoops!
Farrah Abraham was out in the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nev. on June 14 with a brand new pair of assets after upgrading from a C to a D cup during a June 2 breast augmentation surgery. She was so proud to flaunt her new body that she didn't even realize she was showing too much, suffering a slight nip slip!
Watch: Farrah Abraham Slams Charlie Sheen "I'd Never Date Him!"
Farrah Abraham's Vegas Nip Slip
Farrah was definitely looking sexy, showing off her brand new breasts in a skimpy blue bikini at Sapphire Pool & Day Club. But unbeknownst to her, while she was hamming it up for the cameras, a small fraction of her nipple was clearly visible.
The young mother laughed off the wardrobe malfunction and went on to have a fun Vegas day. "I'm Drinking Virgin!!!!" she tweeted while at the event, and later she added, "LOVe YOU VEGAS!!!! :)."
Farrah Abraham: 'I'm Looking Amazing'
Farrah is clearly proud of her new "improvements." "Personally, I want to look my best. And I'm looking amazing," the Teen-Mom-turned-porn-star told Life & Style.
Though she's had four surgeries in three years, Farrah believes that she's still maintaining her natural beauty, and that she's found the perfect size with her new D cups:
I would not get boob implants that were porn star status. I'm very realistic about keeping myself looking natural… No one who meets me thinks I've had plastic surgery. I don't look fake.
We're all for Farrah doing whatever she thinks she needs to do to be confident and comfortable, but we do suggest that she try to keep those assets inside the bikini next time around!
Watch: Farrah Abraham Talks Juicy Details About Her Sex Tape
— Andrew Gruttadaro
More Nip Slips:
- Kate Upton Wardrobe Malfunction — Nip Slip?
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Sentencing Commission Calls for Drug Law Reform
Panel also recommends determinate sentencing, graduated sanctions for parole violators
A bi-partisan panel that spent nearly two years studying New York State's sentencing statutes today called for further reforms to the state's drug laws and provided the Governor, Legislature and Judiciary with several different options for historic reform.
The Commission on Sentencing Reform agreed on five major principles of drug law reform:
- Community-based drug treatment, especially when required in a criminal justice setting where the offender faces clearly defined sanctions for program failure, works and should be an available option in every region of the state.
- The state's network of existing diversion programs and drug courts has been effective for thousands of drug-addicted offenders, and any new diversion model must be structured so as not to undermine these programs.
- New York should adopt a comprehensive plan to provide statewide access to substance abuse treatment programs.
- New York must continue to reserve costly prison resources for high-risk offenders and make greater use of alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders while not jeopardizing the state's significant gains in public safety.
- While New York has a large network of successful drug treatment courts and prosecutor-based diversion programs (such as DTAP – "Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison), these programs are not always made available to deserving offenders in need of treatment. The result is a "hit-or-miss" system that leaves many non-violent, drug-addicted offenders ─ and particularly persons of color – without access to this potentially life-changing alternative. To help close this gap, the Commission supports the adoption in statute of a uniform statewide drug diversion model.
The Commission considered several different alternatives for achieving those objectives and included five different options for reform.
Under one of the proposals, the "judicial diversion" model, judges would have discretion to divert certain addicted, non-violent first- and second-felony drug offenders into treatment programs rather than prison. The Commission noted that if this model had been in place in 2006, approximately 3,000 offenders – 89 percent of them African American or Hispanic – might have been diverted from prison and instead steered toward treatment.
Other options are: the Court Approved Drug Abuse Treatment (CADAT) model that is part of a comprehensive drug reform bill pending in both houses of the Legislature; judicial diversion, but only with the consent of the prosecutor; and two variations of a proposal that would allow first-time Class B drug felons to receive a probation or local jail sentence in lieu of a one-year state prison term.
Denise E. O'Donnell, chair of the Commission and Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, said all of the five proposals have benefits and drawbacks that the Legislature should take into account before implementing drug law reform.
"The Commission has heard from the prosecution, the defense, and the judiciary," Deputy Secretary O'Donnell said. "We have solicited advice from advocates and renowned experts from around the nation. We held public hearings in New York City, Albany and Buffalo. We formed focus groups. We studied drug courts and drug diversion programs around the state and visited drug treatment facilities and New York State's prisons in an effort to determine which approaches are most successful at ending the cycle of addiction and incarceration.
"I believe our report provides Governor Paterson and the Legislature with the balanced, objective and evidence-based information they need to make informed decisions about the future of New York's drug laws," Deputy Secretary O'Donnell added.
The 11-member Sentencing Commission, which was established by Executive Order in March 2007 to perform a comprehensive review of New York's sentencing statutes, also recommended:
- Adopting a largely "determinate" sentencing system to promote greater uniformity, fairness and truth-in-sentencing. Currently, New York utilizes a hybrid of "determinate" sentences where the court imposes a fixed sentence, and "indeterminate" sentences where the court imposes a minimum and maximum term and the Parole Board decides when the offender is actually released. Under a determinate sentencing system, defendants, crime victims, judges and the public have a clear understanding of how long an offender will actually spend behind bars. The Commission reviewed more than two decades of sentences that had been imposed through the indeterminate system and used that data to construct a proposed range of sentences for particular offenses.
- A comprehensive system of graduated responses, which would allow parole officers throughout the state to respond quickly and proportionately to technical parole violations. Since incarceration is an expensive and, often, unnecessary response to parole violations, the Commission recommends expanded use of "graduated sanctions" – such as curfews, electronic monitoring, increased reporting – coupled with use of evidence-based risk assessments to identify parolees who pose the greatest risk to public safety.
- Expanding effective and cost-efficient "shock incarceration" and "merit time" initiatives that reduce recidivism and reserve costly prison space for the most dangerous offenders.
- Enhancing the rights of crime victims. The Commission recommends moving all of the various victim's rights statutes into a single article of law, or cross-referencing to a single article, so that victims, judges and practitioners can readily ascertain the rights and benefits that may be available. Additionally, the Commission recommends enhancing victim's rights training requirements for prosecutors and judges, as well as new laws to enhance the ability of victims to collect restitution.
- Establishing a permanent sentencing commission. Over the past 40 years, portions of New York's sentencing statutes have been amended and altered countless times, resulting in an overly complex, Byzantine structure replete with the potential for injustice. The Commission recommends the establishment of a permanent body of experts to advise the Executive and Legislative branches on proposed legislation.
Jeremy Travis, president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the "Sentencing Commission has performed a valuable service, at a critical time in the state's history."
"By focusing squarely on the connection between public safety and sentencing policy, the Commission has provided a roadmap that will guide the state during difficult fiscal times," President Travis said. "The Commission's recommendations, if followed, will bring clarity to our patchwork quilt of accumulated sentencing reforms, improve reentry outcomes, and support more rational uses of our prisons and our parole system."
Deputy Secretary O'Donnell said the report is "the product of an extraordinary effort by an extraordinary group of professionals."
"This comprehensive report reflects the wide diversity of experience represented on the Commission, and the seriousness with which every member approached this very difficult and time-consuming mission," Deputy Secretary O'Donnell said. "Although we come from different areas, different professions and different backgrounds, our overarching goals were identical – justice, fairness and public safety. I believe that, with this report, we have met that goal."
Also on the Commission were: Anthony Bergamo, Chairman, Federal Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc.; Brian Fischer, Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services; Michael C. Green, Monroe County District Attorney; Joseph R. Lentol, member of the New York State Assembly; Michael P. McDermott, O'Connell and Aronowitz in Albany; Judge Juanita Bing Newton, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives; Felix Rosa; Executive Director, New York State Division of Parole; Eric T. Schneiderman, member of the New York State Senate; Tina Marie Stanford, Chair, New York State Crime Victims Board; and Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer in Manhattan
"A lot of talented people put a lot of work into this report, which I believe will serve as a positive stepping stone for the legislature as we consider reforms to our state's costly ─ and at times overly-punitive ─ criminal justice system," said Senator Schneiderman, the new chair of the Senate Codes Committee. "I am especially heartened by the fact that the Commission is recommending by nearly unanimous agreement that judges be given the power to divert drug-addicted offenders to treatment, even without prosecutorial consent."
Added Karen Carpenter-Palumbo, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services: "I applaud the Governor and the Sentencing Commission for recognizing addiction is a chronic illness that is better to treat than to incarcerate. We know that 72 percent of state parolees have a substance abuse problem and effective treatment is the best way to help them return to their communities, not to prison.
"OASAS is proud to partner with the Governor and Legislature on insuring that appropriate treatment is available to those individuals who can be diverted from State prison to our not-for-profit system of care," she added. "New York State is a national leader in diversion programs, such as drug courts, and the action of this Commission once again puts New York in the forefront."
Commissioner Fischer said the "shock incarceration" and "merit time proposals would build upon effective and cost efficient programs already being utilized by the Department of Correctional Services.
"Expanding eligibility for shock incarceration and creating limited credit time for good behavior and enhanced program participation during prison are sound, common-sense ideas based upon many years of practical experience in what works best," Commissioner Fischer said.
"Shock has saved state taxpayers nearly $1.3 billion directly over two decades through reduced need for prison space, in addition to lowering recidivism by better preparing its participants to return to society," he added. "Credit time would build on our very successful merit time program by providing incentives that have been shown not only to help in the rehabilitative process for offenders but also to make our correctional facilities safer and to enhance public safety."
Added Ms. Stanford, Chair of the Crime Victims Board: "I am pleased to note that victims' rights and concerns were studied and considered as part of the extensive process of reviewing sentencing in New York. The final product reflects fairness and forward thinking in an effort to share practical suggestions and best practices to achieve just results."
Mr. Vance said that the "Commission's report provides sound and bold recommendations to reform New York's complex, sometimes unfair and often incomprehensible sentencing laws. We hope our work will be a roadmap to a more fair and effective criminal justice system for all of us."


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This contest is to redesign of the landing page of the nAscent website. http://www.nascentartny.com We're a startup art company that works with emerging artists and a tight budget...thanks for your support. Good communication skills and timeliness are a must. Your concept could lead to a re-design of the entire website. Please inquire within...
nAscent Art New York is a New York art company that represents over 40 New York emerging artists. We offer art consulting services, host one-of-a-kind art events, and, most importantly, help artists sell their work. We've been around for a little over a year.
Contest will be judged on the following criteria:
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- The landing page should include:
- nAscent Art New York logo (only this logo) link to logo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/107096…600757881/
- the tagline: "...get a room with a view"
- email address - firstname.lastname@example.com
- ability to show multiple pieces of art (slideshow or collage)
- space for current events or notes from nAscent
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- nAscent Artists
- About Us
- Events
- Medici Club
- Pocket Art
- News & Press- Color scheme: Red, black, white & grey (Open to other color schemes)
- Header fonts should match logo font
- Protect artist images (disable right-click? suggestions welcome)- CSS knowledge a plus but not required
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Evan Rachel Wood + Jamie Bell Quietly Tie the Knot
Edgy 'True Blood' star Evan Rachel Wood is a married woman, having pulled off the rare Hollywood feat of wedding fellow actor Jamie Bell of 'Billy Elliot' fame on Oct. 30 without the media blabbing the story ahead of time.
According to Us Weekly, Wood, 25, wore a custom-made Chantilly lace Carolina Herrera mermaid gown when she swapped vows with the 26-year-old Bell in a small California ceremony attended by family and friends.
They met in 2005 while co-starring in Green Day's video for 'Wake Me When September Ends,' after which they started dating and even got matching tattoos of one another's initials in 2006 -- which is pretty much always the kiss of death. Sure enough, they broke up a year later, and she subsequently got engaged to shock rocker Marilyn Manson. They split up last year.
Having taken her obligatory walk on the wild side, Wood got back together with the non-rubber-boobed Bell last summer, five years after their first parting of ways, and she was wearing a ring (his this time) several months later -- proving sometimes you really can go home again.


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2016 NFL strength of schedule: 49ers, Falcons at No. 1, Packers at No. 32
By John Breech | CBSSports.com
February 17, 2016 9:27 am ET
Not only is Chip Kelly going to have to deal with an unsettled quarterback situation in San Francisco in 2016, but he's also going to have to deal with the NFL's toughest regular season schedule.
Based on 2015 records, the 49ers and the Falcons will play the toughest schedule in the NFL next season. By the way, if you're wondering why the NFL scheduling formula's not always perfect, the 49ers are a good example: Although they're playing a "last place" schedule, they still have the hardest slate in the league in 2016.
The meat of the 49ers schedule comes from their division: The Niners have to play both the Seahawks (10-6) and Cardinals (13-3) twice in 2016.
The 49ers also will be playing every team in the AFC East, which means a game against the Patriots. Overall, the Niners will play three of the four teams that played in the NFC and AFC Championship games.
Not to be outdone, the Falcons will also be playing three of those teams, which includes road games against both teams that played in Super Bowl 50 (Broncos, Panthers).
It's not just the 49ers and Falcons playing tough schedules though: Overall, the seven teams that play the seven toughest schedules all come from the NFC West or NFC South.
The NFC South teams all have a tough schedule because they all have to play the 15-1 Panthers twice in 2016.
As for the NFC West, if the NFL's hoping that football in Los Angeles gets off to a hot start, then the league better make the Rams trade for a quarterback because it's unlikely that Case Keenum or Nick Foles will be able to lead the Rams to a playoff berth against what will be the league's third-toughest schedule.
Of course, if some teams have to play a tough schedule, that means there's a few teams out there that will get to play an easy schedule, like the Packers.
Based on 2015 records, Green Bay will play the easiest schedule in the NFL next season
As a matter of fact, the entire NFC North is getting a cakewalk next season because it is matched up with the NFC East and AFC South. Meaning the four teams in the old Black and Blue Division all get to play the teams from what were the NFL's two worst divisions last season.
The Bears will play the second-easiest schedule in 2016 and the Lions will play the fourth-easiest schedule. The Vikings have to play a first-place schedule, which means games against the Panthers and Cardinals that rest of the NFC North doesn't have to play. Thanks in large part to two games, the Vikings schedule ranks 18th overall in difficulty.
Now, I know what some of you are thinking, "Does preseason strength of schedule even matter?"
In some cases it does. Take the Panthers for instance.
Before the 2015 season started, the Panthers were set to play the sixth-easiest schedule. After all the games were played, the Panthers ended up playing the easiest schedule in the NFL, which they rode to a 15-1 record and an NFC title.
On the rough end of things, the 49ers were set to play the third-toughest schedule before the 2015 season started and they ended up playing the second-toughest schedule and it kind of showed in their 5-11 record.
On the other hand, sometimes preseason strength of schedule can be misleading. For instance, before the 2015 season started, the Cowboys were set to play the ninth easiest schedule. After all the games were played, Dallas ended up playing the fifth-hardest schedule. Playing an impossible schedule without Tony Romo ended up being a disaster for Dallas.
Playing the hardest schedule almost never works out well for a team. Of the six teams that played the six most difficult schedules in 2015 (calculated after the 2015 season), only one of them (Packers) made the playoffs.
Of the five teams that played the five easiest schedules in 2015, three of them ended up making the playoffs, (Panthers, Redskins, Patriots), and one hit the 10-win mark (Jets). The only team that played an easy schedule and struggled -- the Dolphins -- ended up firing their coach.
Anyway, here's the 2016 strength of schedule for each NFL team (Combined 2015 record of all 16 opponents, combined winning percentage)
T-1. San Francisco 49ers: 142-114, .555
T-1. Atlanta Falcons: 142-114, .555
3. Los Angeles Rams: 141-115, .551
4. New Orleans Saints: 140-116, .547
T-5. Seattle Seahawks: 139-117, .543
T-5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 139-117, .543
T-7. Arizona Cardinals: 136-120, .531
T-7. New York Jets: 136-120, .531
9. New England Patriots: 134-122, .523
10. Buffalo Bills: 133-123, .520
11. Miami Dolphins: 132-124, .516
12. Carolina Panthers: 131-125, .512
13. San Diego Chargers: 130-126, .508
14. Denver Broncos: 129-127, .504
15. Oakland Raiders: 128-128, .500
16. Kansas City Chiefs: 127-129, .496
17. Washington Redskins: 126-130, .492
18. Minnesota Vikings: 125-131, .488
T-19. Houston Texans: 124-132, .484
T-19. Baltimore Ravens: 124-132, .484
21. Cleveland Browns: 123-133, .480
22. Indianapolis Colts: 122-134, .477
T-23. Pittsburgh Steelers: 121-135, .473
T-23. Tennessee Titans: 121-135, .473
T-23. Jacksonville Jaguars: 121-135, .473
26. Philadelphia Eagles: 120-136, .469
T-27. Cincinnati Bengals: 119-137, .465
T-27. Detroit Lions: 119-137, .465
T-27. Dallas Cowboys: 119-137, .465
T-30. Chicago Bears: 118-138, .461
T-30. New York Giants: 118-138, .461
32. Green Bay Packers: 117-139, .457
If you're curious about the scheduling formula, here's how the NFL does it: Under the formula implemented in 2002, every team plays 16 games as follows --
•Home and away against its three division opponents (six games).
•The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (four games).
•The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (four games).
•Two intraconference games based on the prior year's standings (two games). These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions that the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year.
•Beginning in 2010, a change was made to how teams are paired in the schedule rotation to ensure that teams playing the AFC West and NFC West divisions would not be required to make two West Coast trips (e.g., at San Francisco and at Seattle), while other teams in their division had none (e.g., at St. Louis and at Arizona).
Don't be shocked if the NFL changes up the last part of that formula now that the Rams are in L.A.
Finally, here's a link to a list of every opponent each team will play in 2016. The time and dates of each game will be released in the spring.
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Falcons have toughest schedule in 2016
Not sure what it means if anything. We have the easiest schedule last year and still stunk.. Thanks Kyle!
Re: Falcons have toughest schedule in 2016
It means without significant improvement, we're likely bound for the usual second-year regression seen in new head coaches.
8-8 to 5-11?
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Re: Falcons have toughest schedule in 2016
Schedule does look bad. A 4-week stretch, in this order: NO on the road on a Monday. Guaranteed loss. Carolina at home on the short week. Denver on the road. Seattle on the road.
Ouch. Quinn better coach 'em up more than he showed last year or it could realistically be a 3-13 season.
Ouch. Quinn better coach 'em up more than he showed last year or it could realistically be a 3-13 season.
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Janus was a science fiction fanzine published in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. in the 1970s.
Janus was edited by Janice Bogstad for the first four issues, who was then joined by Jeanne Gomoll as co-editor. Their fanzine was one of the first feminist sf publications. The name of the fanzine was later changed to Aurora; 26 issues were released in total, 18 under the original name of Janus. It was closely associated with the Wisconsin Science Fiction Convention, or WisCon, as the group behind the zine had started the convention, and some issues of Janus also served as program books for WisCon.
The editors met at The Madison SF Group, a science fiction group founded by Hank Luttrell (Starling), Lesleigh Luttrell (Starling, Quark), Jan Bogstad, Phil Kaveny, and Tom Murn in 1974.
Contributors included John Bartelt (Rune), Tom Murn, Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Windhaven) and Susan Wood (Aspidistra, Amor). Jeanne Gomoll and Georgie Schnobrich contributed art work. Interviews with Suzy McKee Charnas and Amanda Bankier, editor of The Witch and the Chameleon, were featured. Letters came from Linda Bushyager (Granfalloon) and Ethel Lindsay (Scottishe), among others.
Janus was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine from 1978 through to 1980. Jeanne Gomoll was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist for 1978 and 1980.
Jeanne Gomoll continued publishing zines in the 1980s with her title Whimsey, and co-published the one shot fanzine Six Shooter, with Linda Krawecke and Pam Wells in 1987.


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Activists have long pushed for clinical trials that combine two new drugs for people who have no active agents, and one company, Tibotec, has recently begun the first such trials, of a protease inhibitor, darunavir (TMC 114), and an NNRTI, etravirine (TMC 125).
The DUET studies allow patients to take both of these drugs, although people will be randomized to receive etravirine or placebo. So there still is a 50% chance of receiving virtual monotherapy if you have no other active drugs available. (People randomized to receive only darunavir can add etravirine after 6 months if their viral load is not controlled.)
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Emmy Award winning actress and comedian Judy Gold is best known as the star of her two critically acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit shows. Judy's most recent show The Judy Show – My Life As A Sitcom ran to sold-out audiences at The Geffen Playhouse's 2013 season and at The DR-2 Theatre's 2011-2012 season. The NY Times made it a critic's pick and called it "Highly entertaining! Brash Buoyant & Infectiously nostalgic." The LA Times said Gold is "an enormously likeable performer" with "flawless comic timing." The Huffington Post said the show is "Comedic Gold. A funny & fantastic ride! It's the ultimate laughter-through-the tears tale."
Judy was nominated for the 2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for The Judy Show as well as a 2006 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance for her previous show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. In addition the show won the 2007 GLAAD award for "Outstanding New York Theater." The New York Times called this one-woman show "fiercely funny honest and moving." A book based on the show was nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.
Judy recently guest starred on CBS's 2 Broke Girls ABC Family's Melissa & Joey & the series finale of Showtime's The Big C. She has also appeared on 30 Rock & appears frequently on The View & The Wendy Williams Show. Judy also competed on TFN's Rachel vs.Guy and Chopped All Stars (don't ask). Judy hosts Nick's new comedy series NIckMom's Night Out. Judy has been in the Off-Broadway hit Disaster! – The Musical (no that is not based on her life) as well as Nora & Delia Ephron's "Love Loss and What I Wore." Gold can be seen regularly on Tru TV Presents: World's Dumbest. Judy has also appeared on TFN's The Next Food Network Star and on TLC's The Next Great Baker. Judy is the host of the Funny People series at the 92nd St. Y and is a frequent contributor to The Moth. Judy has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Dr. Oz Show and starred in an episode "The Glades" on A&E and "Are We There Yet?" on TBS. She was the host of HBO's At the Multiplex with Judy Gold from 1999 - 2009 and Judy also hosted Comedy Central's100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time and the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS which aired on LOGO and VH1.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Lunder Dedication Week
MGHers, donors and special guests celebrate the opening of the Lunder Building
Lunder Legacy: From left, Jack Emory, president of the Lunder Foundation; Austen; the Lunders; Slavin; Bruce Rosengard, MD, surgical director of Cardiac Transplantation; and Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, DNP, FAAN, senior vice president of Patient Care and chief nurse, at the June 23 ribbon-cutting ceremony
The MGH's iconic Bulfinch Building, finished in 1823, was considered to be ahead of its time. During a period when few cities offered more than almshouses to treat the sick poor, the MGH's first building offered an early form of central heating to keep patients warm, as well as many windows to provide natural light, a breeze and views of the nearby Charles River.
With the completion of the Lunder Building – a 530,000-square-foot, 14-floor facility featuring the latest in medical technology and architectural design – the MGH is once again leading the way in patient care. The hospital and local community celebrated the completion of the building during Lunder Dedication Week, June 20 through 26. Departments and services begin moving into the building July 1, and the first surgical case will be performed in August. The first inpatient will transition to the building in early September.
"It is wonderful to be able to open this new building – the largest, most technologically advanced clinical facility in our history – during our bicentennial year," says Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president. "The Lunder Building will enable us to meet the growing demand for clinical services and provide the highest quality patient- and family-centered care for years to come."
The facility was designed by architecture firm NBBJ and built by Turner Construction. Jean Elrick, MD, senior vice president for Administration, and David Hanitchak, director of Planning and Construction, have guided the project since it began in 2005.
"The completion of the Lunder Building was truly a team effort," says Elrick. "There were literally thousands involved in its success – from the architects who designed the building and the workers who carried out that vision, to the MGH employees who offered their insight and the donors who funded the work."
During Lunder Dedication Week, an estimated 3,700 employees previewed the building at open houses featuring self-guided tours of the Clark Center for Radiation Oncology, the triage area of the Sumner M. Redstone Emergency Department, the operating rooms, and patient rooms of the W. Gerald Austen, MD Inpatient Care Pavilion. MGHers also were able to visit information tables in the James and Carol Herscot Atrium and learn about the building's environmentally friendly design, as well as the next building taking shape on the MGH campus, the Paul S. Russell, MD, Museum of Medical History and Innovation. More than 100 employees volunteered during the week, staffing the information tables and serving as greeters and guides.
On June 23, many donors who have made the new building possible were celebrated through a series of events. More than 1,000 individuals and groups raised a total of $191.7 million in funding for the facility. Current and former MGH staff, volunteers, trustees and honorary trustees and their spouses who have made major contributions to construction were acknowledged, including W. Gerald Austen, MD; the late Martin Bander and his wife, Kay; the late Francis Burr and his wife, Louise; Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld; Charles and Anne Gifford; Art and Vida Goldstein; Louise Riemer and her late husband, Karl; and Ronald L. and Mary Skates. Departments, areas and rooms throughout the building have been named in their honor.
Peter and Paula Lunder, for whom the building is named, participated in a tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside their family, friends and hospital leadership. The Lunders and their charitable organization, the Lunder Foundation, provided $35 million to support the building and help fund the James J. Dineen, MD, Maine-MGH Health Education Partnership.
"Good medical care is vital to our community," said Paula Lunder at the event. "With this state-of-the-art building, the Lunder family is delighted to partner with the MGH to provide a facility where research and patient care at the highest level can continue."
An open house and celebration also were held June 24 for city and state leadership and other community guests. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, State Rep. Marty Walz and City Councilor Michael Ross attended the ceremony and offered remarks. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown also paid a visit to the new building.
"Because of institutions like the MGH, we have a state that has always set the standard for medicine," said Menino. "This new building is a beacon of hope for patients and their families."
Menino described how the creation of the Lunder Building has helped bolster the local economy, creating 1,000 construction jobs and 450 permanent full-time positions. Walz then spoke, congratulating the MGH and detailing the high quality care she had personally received as a patient. Ross followed, offering insight into the ways the hospital has contributed to the community and advanced medicine around the world.
For more information about the Lunder Building, access www.massgeneral.org/lunder.
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Long Beach State's sailing team will be competing this weekend for the 27th annual Rose Bowl Regatta title.
Some of the best sailing teams in the country will be showcasing their skills in the race, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday off the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier.
The Forty-Niners' sailing team is being led by head skippers Shane Young, Dustin Durant and Mark Ryan. They've been grooming a young team of sailors since last spring on an FJ high-performance dinghy, loaned by the Long Beach Yacht Club.
The balance of the starting team includes Chase Young, a senior philosophy major and brother of Shane Young; Kristen Barca, a junior business marketing major; Laura Newton, a junior journalism major; Lauren Hobson, a freshman majoring in communication studies; Jessica Kephart, a senior engineering major; Francesca Baldi, a sophomore communications studies student; and Nick Santos, a freshman business marketing major. Durant is a senior consumer affairs major, Ryan is a junior history major and Shane Young is a junior business marketing major.
Until last spring, Long Beach State hadn't had a sailing team for 20 years, said Shane Young, a former member of the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.
Despite its youthful makeup, the team is ranked among the top 12 on the Pacific Coast. The entrants are coached by Henry Springs, former championship skipper of USC's sailiing squad.
The team members have been practicing Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Afterward, they unwind with a brief yoga session.
"It keeps our spines healthy," Shane Young said.
Today the team will skip practice so that the sailors will be well rested for Saturday's first round of racing, Shane Young said.
There's no trophy for the winner at the end of the competition, the skipper said.
"It will be pretty much bragging rights," he added.
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Foam drive for surfboards
The Aquarium of the Pacific will collect foam waste during a drive Jan. 14 as part of a new nonprofit program, Waste to Waves, that produces surfboards.
What can be recycled: Clean, hard white EPS foam from packaging materials (the type used with a new television). If the foam has been used to hold food, or is soft or flexible, surfboards can't be made out of it.
Material that cannot be accepted: No food waste-contaminated foam, no foam "peanuts" and no broken surfboards.
Those who bring foam to the Aquarium will receive a coupon for 20 percent off at its gift shop.
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Illinois Tax Collections Higher Than Expected
State officials say Illinois is on pace to end its fiscal year with about $1.2 billion in additional revenue.
The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports most of the money is a one-time occurrence thanks to better-than-expected personal income tax collections and sales taxes.
Lawmakers constructed the budget based on a revenue estimate of $35.4 billion.
The figures were released by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, the General Assembly's fiscal forecasting arm.
Jim Muschinske is the commission's revenue manager. He says the solid performance of the stock market in 2013 helped boost the tax revenue, but warned that can't necessarily be expected to continue next year.
The state expects a significant revenue decrease next year because of an expected decrease in the income tax rate.


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I know how to pronounce Dijkstra's name correctly (hear it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra).
But I'd like to know how people usually say his name. I've heard it in many different ways throughout my career, and since I'm teaching a course on graphs and Dijkstra's algorithm, I don't want to teach the real pronunciation since nobody seems to use it. I want to teach the most common pronunciation (although I shall mention the real one).
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Heat safety
Beat the heat and be safe
The Henry and Stark County Health Departments remind area residents of the importance of staying safe in this summer's heat. RaeAnn Tucker, Health Department Director of Health Promotion states, "Summer's warmth, enjoyed by so many people, can be dangerous when the temperature climbs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition to making one feel fatigued and uncomfortable, unchecked exposure to excessive heat can lead to serious illness and even death."
Tucker adds, "During hot and humid weather the body's ability to cool itself is affected. When the body heats too rapidly to cool itself properly, or when too much fluid or salt is lost through dehydration or sweating, body temperature rises and heat-related illnesses may develop.
Heat-related illnesses can range from heat cramps to heat exhaustion to more serious heat stroke. Heat stroke can result in death and requires immediate medical attention."
Heat Cramps are muscular pains and spasms that usually occur in the legs or abdomen. Heat cramps are often an early sign that the body is having trouble with the heat. Get the person to a cooler place and have him or her rest in a comfortable position. Lightly stretch the affected muscle and gently massage the area. Give an electrolyte-containing fluid, such as a commercial sports drink, fruit juice or milk. Water may also be given. Do not give the person salt tablets.
Heat Exhaustion is a more severe condition. Heat exhaustion often affects athletes, firefighters, construction workers and factory workers. It also affects those wearing heavy clothing in a hot, humid environment. Signs of heat exhaustion include cool, moist, pale, ashen or flushed skin; headache; nausea; dizziness; weakness; and exhaustion. Move the person to a cooler environment with circulating air. Remove or loosen as much clothing as possible and apply cool, wet clothes or towels to the skin. Fanning or spraying the person with water also can help. If the person is conscious, give small amounts of a cool fluid such as a commercial sports drink or fruit juice to restore fluids and electrolytes. Milk or water may also be given. Give about 4 ounces of fluid every 15 minutes.
Heat stroke is a life-threatening condition that usually occurs by ignoring the signals of heat exhaustion. Heat stroke develops when the body's systems are overwhelmed by heat and begin to stop functioning. Signs of heat stroke include extremely high body temperature, red skin which may be dry or moist; changes in consciousness; rapid, weak pulse; rapid, shallow breathing; confusion; vomiting; and seizures. Heat stroke is life-threatening. Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number immediately. If someone you know exhibits signs of heat stroke, emergency assistance is essential.
Everyone is affected by extreme heat; however, those people at higher risk of a heat-related illness include: older adults, infants and young children, people with chronic heart/lung problems, people with disabilities, overweight persons, those who work in hot settings, users of some medications, and people who are isolated that don't know when or how to cool off or when to call for help.
To avoid heat related stress remember:
* Avoid outdoor activities from noon to 4 p.m.
* Use fans or air-conditioners liberally or visit air-conditioned places (shopping malls, libraries, theatres).
* Never leave children or pets alone in enclosed vehicles.
* Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids even if you do not feel thirsty. Avoid drinks with caffeine or alcohol.
* Eat small meals and eat more often.
* Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored clothing. Avoid dark colors because they absorb the sun's rays.
* Slow down, stay indoors and avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest part of the day.
* Take frequent breaks if you must work outdoors and use a buddy system when working in excessive heat.
* Check on family, friends and neighbors who do not have air conditioning, who spend much of their time alone or who are more likely to be affected by the heat.
* Check on your animals frequently to ensure that they are not suffering from the heat.
For more information on heat safety and other summer survival strategies, contact the Health Department at (309) 852-0197 (Henry) or 852-3115 (Stark) or visit our website at www.henrystarkhealth.com or find us on Facebook at Henry and Stark County Health Departments or Follow Us On Twitter.