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Every once in a while, a team comes along that you just never forget.
In this case its three teams.
Time may blur the memory a bit here and there and require searching the archives to be accurate, but what will never be forgotten is how special the Hampshire girls basketball teams of 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 really were.
For three years running the Whip-Purs played on the final weekend of the season at Redbird Arena. The only other basketball program in the Daily Heralds Fox Valley coverage area to do that was the Elgin boys from 1943-45.
None of those Hampshire teams came home with a state championship, but what the Whip-Purs did, and they way they did it, provided as many thrills and dramatic moments as any state championship. From the not-so-memorable first trip to state in 2002, to hoisting the second-place trophy in 2004, from the storylines of some of their players becoming heroes on the same court their dads played on, to the heartwarming story of their longtime coach riding into the sunset with a win in his final game, to scintillating quarterfinal and semifinal wins by a combined 3 points in 2004, the three years of Hampshire to Normal were anything but normal around here.
Much of this week has been spent reliving those memories with the coaches and a few of the key players. And what a fun week it has been.
The program was at its peak, said Sue Ellett, Milt Awes assistant for several years who took over the program in 2003 after Awe retired. It was near the end of Milts career and he had put forth all of his knowledge in developing these three magical teams.
And magical they were.
2001-02 Finally, a trip to state
Many thought the Whip-Purs had the horses to get to state in 2000-01, but the key players who would lead them downstate the next three years werent a big part of the equation yet and even though they were 27-3 going into the sectional finals, future NIU star Stephanie Raymond and Rockford Lutheran thumped the Whips 59-42 in the sectional finals at Kirkland Hiawatha.
But then came 2002-03.
What I remember the most about that year was beating Huntley in overtime in the regional final, said Awe, 384-108 in 17 years as Hampshires girls coach. I liked that team a lot because it was the first one to make it down there.
But once there, stage fright got the best of the Whips. In the last of the four quarterfinal games (remember this was the two-class system) they didnt score in the first quarter, shot 9-for-46 for the game and lost to Nashville 28-22.
I havent looked at that Nashville game since, said Awe, who still lives in Hampshire and still gets to his share of games when hes not traveling.
Still, the Whips had finally broken down the brick wall and made it to Redbird.
It was by far one of the best experiences of my life, said Rachel Markham, the senior point guard of the 2001-02 team and a Daily Herald all-area captain who now works in health care administration. I always felt like the year before everybody expected us to go downstate and the next year the fact we were able to accomplish it was something nobody had done. Probably the coolest thing was we had the whole town behind us. The whole feeling was irreplaceable.
2002-03 Bringin home some hardware
In 02-03 everybody expected us to get back downstate, Awe said. I had more pressure on me that year than any year I coached. We had lost Markham and you just dont replace a three-year point guard, but we did with Amanda Walker.
Walker, who went on to play at Western Illinois and another former Daily Herald all-area captain, was a sophomore that season. She completed a starting five that included senior Kerri Rackow, who now works in community relations for the Chicago Bears, seniors Kate Marchewka and Stephanie Lamkin and juniors Nicole Watzlawick and Jackie Heine.
The pieces were in place. Coming off a 28-4 sectional final run, and dominating every team that came into the Purple Palace on the way to a 63-game home winning streak, the only blemish on the regular-season record was a 53-46 loss to Bartlett and a some sophomore kid named Lindsay Schrader in the Geneva Thanksgiving tournament. After that, for the next 26 games, the closest anyone would come to beating Hampshire would be Byron (remember that name) in a game the Whips won 45-36 on Jan. 24.
Burlington Central gave the Whips a battle for a while in the regional title game before Hampshire prevailed 56-42. Nemesis Rockford Lutheran was disposed of, 66-49, in the sectional semifinals at Byron, Next up, the Byron Tigers in the sectional finals.
And it looked like that was it. Byron led for much of the game and Hampshires bigs were being held in check. But then the Whips mounted a comeback and finally tied the game. They had possession but only 6 seconds to work with to avoid overtime. I can vision what happened next like it happened last night.
Walker brought the ball down the floor and for some reason Byrons defense gave her a clear path toward the basket. She pulled up from about 5 feet and dropped in the game-winner as the buzzer sounded, sending a sea of purple rushing onto the court. Sweet Sixteen again.
It was like the Red Sea parted, said Awe, and thats exactly what it looked like.
I knew we had to go 6 seconds (with) all we had and we had to get it in, said Walker seconds after the game. We just had 6 seconds. I was going to weave through anybody I could at that point and then hopefully it would go in.
It did, and then came the supersectional at Rockford College. Hampshire, 29-1, against Prophetstown, also 29-1. They were hangin from the rafters and not one second of that game disappointed anyone in the gym.
What Awe remembers most about that game wasnt what happened to win it in overtime, but what happened at the end of regulation to not lose it.
Prophetstown had three shots at the basket in the final 10 seconds to win the game and they missed all three, he said. I just kind of figured then we were destined to get downstate again.
They were. Heine made 2 free throws with 2:22 to play to put the Whips up for good. Walker finished with 20 points and another scene that we can remember like it was last night was Walker, with Hampshire ahead 58-55 and the clock winding down, weaving in and out of Prophetstowns attempts to steal the ball, then the horn sounding and yet another memorable sea of purple storming the court. On the way to Normal again.
We were determined to get back there after we played so poorly the year before, Awe said after the supersectional win.
The Whip-Purs would not play poorly in Normal this time. They held off Decatur St. Teresa (remember that name too) 57-54 in the quarterfinals as Heine, Walker and Tori Awe, Milts niece, all scored in double figures.
Then came a semifinal against a Chicago Hope team that won the state tournament, only to have to forfeit the trophy later for playing too many games. And had Hampshire had a couple more minutes, the Whips may have upended the talented Eagles. Hampshire fell behind 33-18 at halftime but charged back, only to fall short in the end, 63-58.
But they came home winners. Heine scored 19 points and the Whips beat Okawville 68-62 to finish the season 32-2 and bring home the first state basketball trophy of any kind to the Purple Palace. The homecoming celebration was one to remember and anyone who still has a working video of that day should cherish it forever. It was Awes swan song. He was going into retirement and Ellett was taking over. And the expectations for 2003-04 were bigger than ever.
2003-04 A magic carpet ride
Little will ever compare to the frenzy that surrounded Hampshire girls basketball in 2003-04. A fiery new head coach and a veteran team. Was there any reason not to make the Normal hotel reservations in November? Turns out those who did so didnt have to cancel.
The cupboard was very full when I opened it up, said Ellett, who still teaches math at Hampshire but who now spends her free time watching her daughters, Taylor and Connie, play golf for Northern Illinois University. The program was firing on all cylinders. We had every component you needed to be successful supportive parents, talented kids and depth. Once we got over the hump, in 02-03 it was expected to go to state again and in 04 it was expected to get to the championship game. The kids met all of our expectations and fulfilled all of our goals.
Joliet Catholic beat Hampshire in the Geneva Thanksgiving tournament, and Rockford Boylan tripped up the Whips in the Harlem Christmas tournament final. Then came 11 wins in a row before Hampshire hit a bump along Route 72 somewhere between Hampshire and Stillman Valley and lost, 46-37.
That was a reality check, Ellett said, knowing full well her team would likely see Stillman again, this time in a sectional semifinal the Whips won 50-43.
Then came a sectional final with comparable drama to the one the previous year. The site this time was Genoa-Kingston and another full house watched North Boone, undefeated coming in, shattering the dream. The Vikings led by as many as 13 late in the third quarter and Heine was on the bench with four fouls. But the Whips regrouped, Abby Young hit a 3-pointer to put them ahead with 2:46 to play and a remarkable 59-56 comeback win staved off heartbreak.
That was definitely the turning point of the postseason, Ellett said. Nicole, Amanda and Jackie threw us on their back and found a way to win.
They dominated Lanark Eastland in the supersectional and then became Cardiac Kids in Normal, beating Riverton 38-37 in the quarterfinals and Carthage 48-46 in the semis. A matchup with Decatur St. Teresa for the championship was set. But as talented as the Whips were, St. Teresa was as well, and Hampshire went down, 59-50, in the title game, ending a three-year run that will live on in the memory of many for a long long time.
I felt like I was at the top of Mount Everest, stuck the flag in, measured it and fell just short of the peak, Ellett said. We had climbed the mountain and it was a magical year.
The memories, aah, the memories
Yes, there are many; far more than we can share in what little space theres left here today. So we close by hearing from three of the players who were so central to the success of Hampshire girls basketball 10 years ago Watzlawick, Heine and Walker. And we hope they all enjoy their memories and tell many stories when they gather for a reunion at Elletts house on Feb. 9.
Itll be fun, said Awe. I think of those kids a lot. They were such great kids. It was even fun for me the year after I left to follow them all the way. It was a fun run.
I cant believe its been 10 years already, said Watzlawick, who went to play at Wisconsin-Parkside and who now teaches and coaches at Bradford High in Kenosha. Its crazy how time flies. Id have to say my favorite memory was playing in the state championship game and working so hard to get there and having so much support behind us. I feel so honored to be part of the three teams that went to state. It feels like it was just the other day. I loved that we accomplished our goal to get there the first year and just got better from there. It was awesome to experience, something to accomplish with good friends and great coaches I still talk to.
There are so many memories, but seeing how proud my dad was really sticks out, said Heine, whose dad, Don, a former standout three-sport athlete at Hampshire, passed away recently. That just stands out so much more now.
It was a lifestyle, said Heine, who is completing her Masters in education at Saint Xavier University, where she played and is also an assistant womens basketball coach, helping mentor her younger sister Chrissy. We were like a family. We were all on the same page. The fact we never lost at the Purple Palace. How many people can say they never lost a home game? One of the most exciting games was the third-place game because it was coach Awes last game.
I would go back to high school in a heartbeat, said Walker, who is now married to Andrew Jones, expecting their first child soon, and teaching and coaching at St. Charles Borremeo School in Hampshire. Obviously state was the cherry on the top but we were more of a family and a team than anything I ever experienced in college. We werent all best friends but we were good friends and we hung out together all the time. The games all kind of flood together, but the fans, the parents sneaking out at night to decorate, the beads and the poms and the bus rides ... we had so much fun.
Yes, the bus rides. Old Yellow, Awe called it. Which brings us full circle.
My own kids were 10 and 8 then and what I remember so well is that when Jackie and Nicole and Amanda were being goofy teenagers in the back of the bus, they were nice enough to cover my kids ears, said Ellett. Taylor just said the other day that on the 9th, they wont have to cover hers or Connies ears.
And the stories they will tell.


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Washington DC –Today, the Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6014), sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), passed the House of Representatives by voice vote. Originally introduced in 2010, Katie's Law bears the name of Katie Sepich, a college student who was raped and murdered in 2003 in New Mexico. Her attacker was arrested several times over subsequent years but was never linked to Katie's murder, as his DNA was not collected until 2006.
"Katie's Law is an important step we can take that will save lives. Every improvement we make to our DNA system, means more violent crimes solved and more violent felons taken of the street. It is a smart approach that also has the merit of saving taxpayer dollars," said Rep. Schiff. "Just as we fingerprint arrestees, it makes sense to collect a DNA profile when someone is arrested for a violent felony, and this bill will encourage states around the nation to join California and the 24 other states that have adopted arrestee testing. DNA technology has an unmatched power to identify the guilty and to clear the innocent, and we should use it to its fullest potential. It's my hope that the Senate will take up and pass this legislation in the remaining days of the session."
The Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012, also known as Katie's Law, establishes a program to provide grants to states which implement DNA collection programs for arrestees of murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, and aggravated assault. States are authorized to collect DNA for a larger subset of crimes but must do so for those felony arrests. While this new law does not authorize any new funding, it uses funding sources within the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Act and specifies that up to $10 million in each fiscal year from 2013 to 2015 may go to grants to states under Katie's law.
An example of the power of arrestee testing comes from a case in Los Angeles. In 1987, Chester Turner was arrested for assault in California, but freed due to a lack of evidence. DNA technology was in its infancy at the time and Turner's DNA was not taken upon arrest. Turner continued to terrorize a Los Angeles community and was arrested nineteen more times before being convicted of rape in 2002. Only then was his DNA profile taken, and it matched evidence found on twelve rape and murder victims, the first murdered only two months after his 1987 arrest. Had California taken his DNA when he was first arrested, as is now required under state law, his decades long crime spree could have been prevented or cut short.
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The weather won't be frightful, with a sunny, reasonably warm day predicted for Saturday, but that may make the Shelbyville Christmas parade even more delightful.
The event should get everyone in the holiday spirit, if they aren't already, with a parade theme of "The Magic of Christmas."
You can expect to see at least a dozen floats from all sectors of the community, from Girl Scout troops to civic groups to schools, churches and businesses, all decked out holiday finery.
The grand old elf himself will be there, of course, joined by this year's grand marshal, Hoppy Bennett.
"I was very humbled they asked me, but I think I have enough strength of character to fight it. Bob Hope said that," he said, with a chuckle.
The parade committee also invited Bennett's brother, R.H. Bennett, to accompany him as grand marshals, but R.H. had a previous commitment and won't be able to attend.
"I was very honored, because to me, it speaks of the pride they have in the [Shelbyville] horse show, and I am proud to represent that," Bennett said.
Bobby Cowherd, fire chief of the Shelby County Fire Department, the entity that puts on the parade, said the Bennetts are very deserving of the honor.
"We always try to find someone who has given back to the community, and the Bennetts have done so much, especially with everything they do with the [Shelbyville] horse show," he said. "Believe it or not, choosing a grand marshal is the easiest part of organizing the parade, because we have so many fine individuals in Shelby County who have done so much for the community."
The parade will start at 10 a.m. at the Shelby County Fairgrounds and will move down Main Street to 3rd Street.
Prizes will be awarded to float winners and runners up, in categories of government, business and industry, churches and schools and civic groups, such as scouts.
Cowherd said he was also excited about the bands he has lined up for the parade, which will feature the Shelby County High School Marching Band, led by assistant band director Stephanie Mora.
"We are going to be doing a piece called Carol of the Bells, from our Christmas program," Shelby County High School Band Director Dave Roslon said.
But also, for the first time this year, the 100th Army Band from Fort Knox will be participating in the parade.
Cowherd said that Curtis Moss, who lives in Shelbyville and plays the tuba in the band, asked him if the band could be included.
"We were really glad to have them. When he asked me if they could come, I said that would be just awesome," Cowherd said.
Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Moss, who has been a Shelbyville resident since 2005, is also in his 11th year as music educator at Eminence Independence School.
He said the 100th Army Band travels around the country, mostly the southeastern portion of the United States, performing at various events.
"This past year we went to Hawaii," Moss said, adding that his band is Fort Knox's reserve band that fills in for the active-duty band when it is unavailable.
"We do a lot of military ceremonies, but we have not played in Shelbyville before," he said. "We can't wait. We are really looking forward to it."
WHEN:10 a.m. Saturday
WHERE:On Main Street, between Ashland Avenue and 3rd Street
GRAND MARSHAL:Hoppy Bennett
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Last week, The President asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to lead an effort to form a "Freedom Fund" for the Cuban people. The Fund would give Cubans access to grants, loans, and debt relief to rebuild their country as soon as Cuba's government demonstrates that it has adopted, fundamental freedoms. To date, the economic embargo placed on Cuba by the United States has not yielded democratic reform. Some people believe this will not happen until Fidel Castro is gone.
What will life in Cuba be like after Castro?
David in Florida writes:
I think that if the people really want it, now's the time. Is Fidel dead yet or still "sick"?
Ronald in New York writes:
Stop Beating Cuba with Democracy and Freedom.
Democracy is not contingent on the death of Fidel Castro.
He will always be seen as hero by most Cubans, and the United States government must stop attacking Cuba's beloved leader. This only exacerbates the divisions and resentments between our nations. A "Freedom Fund" may backfire in a fledgling democracy, which needs to find its own way out of decades of socialism, propaganda and group-think. The evolution of nationhood is not tied to one man or to a funding source.
Kashif in America writes:
Hey, when we here about more political reforms from the U.S. in other countries that usually means that the U.S. wants more political reform so that they know who they can support against any political party that is opposed to American "ideals"(agenda/security). Castro could turn Cuba into the best country in the world in terms of healthcare and economically, which is what most people care about, and it wouldn't make a difference so long as Castro is in power because he represents an "anti-democratic" force. That kind of silly language makes him sound like the scary boogey man, I am shaking in fear ha-ha that old man will come after me too with his socialism. Save me o wise and knowledgeable State Department before he eats me alive.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Kashim in America -- Face it Kashim, the U.S. isn't too fond of dictators and tyrants in general, they make for poor neighbors.
Reform will by the will of the Cuban people. They have the right to stand up for their rights, and if the U.S. decides to support their rights, only someone inherently invested in the Cuban status quo would have objection.
And object you may...that's democracy for you...(chuckle).
Zharkov writes:
America cannot possibly help Cuba, with or without Castro.
The U.S. government, like the Cuban government, promotes reliance on the state instead of self-reliance by the individual, reliance on moral relativism rather than morality.
U.S. laws, like Cuban laws, promote group rights over individual rights, state socialism over individualism.
Our American government, like the Cuban government, routinely violates the Bill of Rights with every asset forfeiture it imposes on innocent citizens, with every "free speech zone" used to contain protest, and with every tax it imposes without a vote of the taxpayer. Most of the Bill of Rights is rejected by US government today, including the right of the people to assemble, to petition their government for redress (to be prohibited by H.R. 1955), to speak freely (prohibited by the McCain-Feingold Act), the right to bear arms (prohibited by law and by BATF), the right to travel (regulated through National I.D. and driver's license laws), the right to be secure in our homes (Patriot Act), and other rights for which there is now no protection. The US Constitution is a written contract between government and the citizens in which government is now in breach. In H.R. 1955, the government seeks to breach the constitutional barriers that limit their power by preventing any dissent against government acts and policies, thereby limiting the voters ability to influence their government.
U.S. federal officials, like Cuban officials, have created an administrative state, a massive bureaucracy, a fourth branch of government, in which voters have little or no power to direct their federal representatives to end corruption and abuses of federal power, and citizens are ruled by fiat at the whim of government employees much as in any other communist dictatorship. Yet these rules have the force of law and cannot be influenced at the ballot box, because citizens are never permitted to vote on any administrative rule.
America, like Cuba, has a Supreme Court that now dictates policies down to an individual level, to each town and village, something the states would never have ratified had they known this would be the ultimate result of their constitutional creation. Through these unelected branches of government, more and more laws are enacted which harm the citizens and regulate them against their will, nationalizing more and more areas of their lives and bringing citizens under government control in a matrix of laws, regulations, and punishments, that can only be described as oppressive.
In many respects, even American states have become administrative agencies of the federal government and no longer act independently. The branches of federal government have conspired to destroy the power of individual states. State sovereignty as a limit on federal power has all but disappeared. Like in Cuba, today in America, religion is banned from the public square and government is God. Private property is confiscated almost at will. The family structure has been destroyed by law and newborn life is destroyed in the name of liberty. Citizens are routinely intimidated by raw federal power, threats of investigations, audits, arrest and imprisonment, and must limit their protest to occasional voting for wholly unqualified candidates whose candidacy was paid for by foreign governments and corporations.
As in Cuba, American voters have become spectators in a voting process that appears corrupt and preordained.
American public schools have failed to teach and have become indoctrination centers for statist and socialist philosophy. No longer presenting opposing views regarding government, and indeed, no longer teaching the basic courses in government as well, public schools are beyond the control of parents who have absolutely no voice, and little choice, in the public school curriculum.
If Cuba had done this to America, Congress would have declared war against them. But American citizens have done this to themselves by failing to confront their government. Our public servants have become our masters and we are too intimidated to protest. Our legislators are little more than corporate lobbiests while in office, and paid lobbiests after retirement.
Millions of dollars in bribes are not passed to government officials while in office but are delayed and paid after retirement, disguised as "fees" for lobbying, speeches, trite books, and public appearances.
No, America has nothing to offer Cuba after Fidel, except perhaps an example of how a great people can lose their country through apathy and indifference.
Larry in Greece writes:
I had this same discussion with a Greek neighbor of mine here in Greece. I mentioned that the USA could offer Cuba a new start and assist in their re-growth. My Greek friend said something that I found offensive. She said, that maybe there could be some places in the world where America doesn't "HELP". She said we have "HELPED" enough in the world. Then she went on to describe her wonderful vacation in Cuba and how the Cubans are against YOU Americans and your imperialism.
Well, after hearing her rambling histrionic, I mentioned that I could understand her point about liking her visit to Cuba, because many Americans have enjoyed a wonderful vacation in Northern Cyprus courtesy of the hospitable Turks. I told her of my American friend who truly enjoyed Northern Cyprus and it's friendly people. Her mouth dropped open and she THEN understood the irony of her smugness.
Calum in Scotland writes:
Although not within the remit of The State Department, a more relevant question for more people is, "What will life in the U.S.A. be like after Bush and Cheney?
Will democracy return?
Will fundamental freedoms be returned?
Everyone knows that this will not happen until George Bush is gone and, perhaps, not even then.
JHL in U.K. writes:
Will those poor devils in Guantanamo Bay notice any difference?
Kenneth in Canada writes:
This Freedom Fund ploy, by U.S. President George W. Bush, is a direct interference into the internal affairs of the Cuban Nation. As for setting the Cuban people free, the U.S. record from 1908, has proven that it did practice democracy in Vuba then, nor at any time after that.
As for the other statement on democracy, let U.S. President George W. Bush first allow the practice of democracy within the U.S., before telling the Cuban that they need it.
King George W. Bush holds on to his wealth, but Fidel Castro Ruz gave his estate away to his country. There is the real difference between the capitalist George W. Bush and the Social Democrat Fidel Castro Ruz for all the world to see.
Cubans must never return to the pseudo democracy American style of the days of Fulgencio Batista. Any attempt by the U.S. to install a puppet government in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro Ruz, will be met with a bigger revolution than before.
The people of Cuba are free today, as much as they were from the 1959, revolution. They own their country and no foreign power, including the U.S. will deter the Cubans from holding on to their dream, a Cuban state where even the poorest citizen has education, medical heath, food and housing. How many in the U.S. can say the same for their country. Where the poor are left to their own devices, while money is being wasted in a war that cannot be won in the Middle East.
If and when the Bush regime is removed along with its coterie of toadies, the people of the U.S. can look forward to return of democracy they once had, before this excuse for a government stole two elections by fraud.
Linsey writes:
It will be the same.
Gigi in Germany writes:
I believe the Cuban population will have the party of the cnetury along with the rest of the world. This man has been in complete control for far too long without any progress made towards democracy. They will rejoice at being part of the free world.
It is a shame we did not invade this country for fear of repercussions from the former Soviet block. It would have accomplished a lot toward the spread of democracy in Latin America.
@ Calum in Scotland -- We do not enjoy having others meddle in our internal business. America is in a fight against terrorism and no nation has the guts to stand up to the really evil people like we do!!!
Thanks for having this blog.
Calum in Scotland writes:
@ Gigi in Germany -- Gigi in Germany said "We do not enjoy having others meddle in our internal business."
Goose and ganders here.
Other countries / other peoples do not enjoy having the U.S.A. meddle in their internal business.
S in Washington DC writes,
What will life in Cuba be like after Castro? To answer a question with a question, why is it, after almost 50 years of Cubans under Castro, do Americans still believe that Cubans want to be "free" of Castro? Who thinks that "democracy alla Americana" is the answer to all the world's ills? And why is it, since we are asking questions about Cuba, that the citizens of the United States of America, the world's only superpower, this country of 300 million, is THE ONLY COUNTRY ON EARTH whose citizens are not permitted to visit and travel to Cuba, huh? That is a far more relevant and interesting question than the one posed by State! Is this country so in the thrall of the ex-pat Cuban-American community that we make a fool of ourselves (and a lie to the idea that we are the most "free" country on earth) to the rest of the world? Those are my Cuba questions to your Cuba question!
Alberto in Chile writes:
"Proletarian Dictatorship" will maybe end, but with the overcome of what gringos call "democracy", "Capital Dictatorship" will become Cuba in whatever 3rd world country.
Matt in Georgia writes:
I'd like one day to vacation in a free Cuba. To get there, we have to get rid of this embargo. Our farmers could sell their grain and meat, our tech companies and intellectual property industries could flourish, the standard of living for Cubans would rise, and the island could join the 21st century. Cuba has much to give the world; excellent medical research, natural resources, good people.
We could have overthrown Fidel years ago by exposing them to hamburgers and rock and roll.... oh well.
Kenneth in Canada writes:
It is not that Cuba is a threat to world peace, but that the U.S. certainly is. Instead of talking about setting up a government in Cuba that answers to the White House and its resident, the U.S. should tackle its own problems, of poverty, lack of education, lack of housing, lack of medical facilities for 40 million people, and above all, its rigging of the polls by parties. All this does not happen in Cuba, but in the U.S.
It's time to look within, why the U.S. is not a functioning democracy but a dictatorship, no different in essence to Nazi Germany or the late Soviet Union. Instead of Calling Kim Il-jong a tyrant, look at who sits in the White House, and if this person is not the epitome of a tyrant. It is well and good to point the finger at some else, but how about doing some home improvements, like bringing back democracy to the U.S.A.
Let he, who is without sin cast the first stone. This tirade against Fidel Castro Ruz and the Cuban Nation has become an American obsession, and will have to be dealt will in time.
If the Cubans like social democracy, who is the U.S. to tell them that they must adopt capitalism, because capitalism is certainly not democracy at all. Go investigate and find out for yourselves.
Will in Massachusetts writes:
Despite the good intentions of the Bush Administration or any for that matter, a freedom fund will not ensure a democratic and stable future for Cuba. I imagine that there will be a good deal of confusion and potentially a large amount of institutional disintegration. Despite the fact that Castro is a dictator, we must nonetheless recognize that he has established a country wide health care system and education system. Cuba as one of the highest literacy rates of the Caribbean and there is wide spread gender equality. While this does not excuse his style of rule, it is not the less an example of institutions he has established that are largely dependant on his government.
As we have learned sadly from Iraq and the Soviet Union, democracies will not necessarily take root if the seeds are planted. The soil must be rich enough to support it. Democracy needs a culture of democracy and economic prosperity to survive. A new democracyãs primary responsibility in poor a nation, like Cuba, is to provide for its people and failure to do so will undermine the legitimacy and stability of the government. Furthermore, the apparatus of the autocracy will be dismantled and an entirely new bureaucracy and system will have to be established. Hopefully, instead, Raul will begin to transition, perhaps with help from the U.S., so that this bureaucracy is not lost and that democracy will be a slow but stable process. Though democracy and market economy is what we desire, the end of Castro will not necessarily promote these, nor will a rapid change in federal government structure or policy change this. A post Castro Cuba may be more malevolent toward the U.S., especially if domestic institutions break down. This could lead to Cuba being used a transfer point for terrorists. In this light we should take the first steps now to give Cuba incentives to transition to democracy rather than have to deal with rapid and unstable regime change, either democratic or other wise.
John in Washington, DC writes:
Thankfully Cuba will be exactly the same after Castro goes.
It is sad that generations of leaders in the United States think it is a good idea to colonize every country on the planet and make them American.
Differences in people and governments make like interesting and worth living.
Clones of the bland American society leave a thinking person wanting more culture.
This is why American's travel to see the countries where their ancestors came from. They're different.
Jose in Spain writes:
I hope that very soom freedom and democracy arrives to Cuba, specially in Guantanamo.
Yankees, go home!
Joe in Tennessee writes:
It's a rather moot question in actuality.
It will completely depend on the outcome of Chavez's political perseverance in Venezuela.
Chavez's ideology and power is largely due to Castro and Putins aid. Chavez is following the Latin Manifesto that Castro laid down over two decades ago...he is following it 100% and with the natural resource of oil and organized labor, he has the money to implement it and then turn toward Cuba to aid them.
Cuba now provides Physicians, etc. to Venezuela and other 'people' oriented services, while neglecting their own for future impute from Chavez.
It's fate is decided.
LP in Tennessee writes:
The United States is the foundation of Freedom as no Nation since the Magna Carta has evolved to offer its citizens and other Nations, including those who are not politically in line with our State. We have even delivered food ?without arms? to Islamic Nations after tragedy.
Though USAID more homes, hospitals, schools and higher Educational opportunities have been given to those less fortunate...more so than any other Nation even those fiscally more solvent. It is the Nature of a Nation founded on sound Christian Principles to do so and the United States of America has done so throughout its history.
For all you "bashing" this Nation and are Socialist in nature I ask: Since Russia is now the Second most profitable/solvent nation on earth: Why are over 30% of their people under 75% standard health, education and housing levels? Why do they give less money proportionately to the Citizens and other nations?
America means hope above all else. Whatever our heads of State deem is necessary to provide that hope has always come first.


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The Boston Globe has a report on Mitt Romney's early efforts to cultivate a relationship with the conservative blogosphere. The Globe acknowledges that Romney has already had some success in this regard. Hugh Hewitt, who previously has said that Romney has established a lead over John McCain and Rudy Giuliani when it comes to "new media," comments on the Globe's article here.
The Globe quotes Michael Turk, who ran the Bush online campaign in 2004, to the effect that unlike Democrats, whose 2004 primary was colored by bloggers, Republicans in 2008 will have their first-ever contested presidential primary where the blogosphere is a major political force. Turk told that Globe that GOP candidates will be judged on how well they've mobilized bloggers, and how much money they have raised online. He also said that the blogosphere is likely to have greatest influence in the primaries, because blogs appeal in large part to the political junkies and party activists who often decide primary races.
I'm a bit skeptical about claims that blogs will be "a major political force" in Republican primaries, and that candidates will be "judged" in any significant way by how well they've "mobilized bloggers." For that matter, I'm skeptical about claims that blogs had much influence in Democratic primaries in 2004, given the terrible performance in said primaries of the blog-preferred candidate, Howard Dean.
More telling than Turk's comments, I think, is this one by Hugh:
The major story of early 2008 will be the unexpectedly thin support for Senator McCain among the GOP base, a reality that is hinted at by the very thin support and enthusiasm he generates in the new media.
Blogs, in other words, reflect political reality more than they shape it. Indeed, Romney's early success with conservative bloggers is a more a reflection of the strong positive impression he tends to make in person than of some special saavy with the "new media." His success in the primaries will depend more on his ability similarly to impress the voters he meets, than the prospect that voters will take bloggers' word for how impressive he is (or is not).
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|My boredom prevention device is a pack of index cards. Whenever I find myself with unexpected free time, I scribble down a thought or two. This leaves me with no excuse for not writing. I like it more than a notebook because I can easily rearrange topics. Besides, the size of an index card encourages me to write, while a notebook intimidates me with all that blank space. Small notebooks are hard to write on, but index cards can be separated from the pack for easy scribbling. I like them a lot.
|Contingency plans
|If I don't go to UToronto this year, I can: continue my MA Education in Ateneo, join infoweapons for two years, learn theater and assorted things, and/or explore other scholarships.
|Hipster PDA
|That's a fancy name for what I'm using now. 2" fold-back clips are a bit too big. The handles extend past the card if I anchor it at the bottom, so I anchor it near the right side instead. Still have to find a way to attach a pen to this thing. Found 3"x5" organizer refills, and the month template looks like it will be very handy. The day template could help me with time logging. I've added 20 2"x3" sticky notes to the card before my reflections and a bunch of blank cards to the end, just in case. Brilliant idea: I should add song lyrics to my pad...
|I always feel nervous when taxis take "shortcuts" through unfamiliar streets. Long routes make me wonder how far off we go. Small, crowded streets make me feel especially anxious. I guess it's because I don't trust cab drivers not to try to take advantage of me.
その猫は飛びかかろうとして低く身構えた。 The cat crouched down ready to jump.
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Victor Cruz Signs With Jay-Z
H.O.V.A. and salsa?
Yep. New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz signed with rapper/entrepreneur Jay-Z's budding sports agency Roc Nation Sports on Wednesday. Cruz became the second high profile New York athlete to ink a pact with Roc Nation Sports this week, with New York Yankees' second baseman Robinson Cano preceding Cruz into the fold on Tuesday.
In what was perhaps foreshadowing of the agreement, Cruz had added Jay-Z's Roc hand signal to the end of his trademark salsa dances in the end zone after the touchdowns he scored in 2012.
Roc Nation Sports has a partnership with the already established Creative Artists Agency (CAA), whose agent Tom Condon represents Cruz in football contract matters. While Condon and CAA will continue to conduct contract talks for Cruz, who is still a restricted free agent for the Giants, Roc Nation Sports will likely aid and expand the Pro Bowl receiver's endorsement and marketing opportunities such as those he has with Campbell's Chunky Soup, Time Warner Cable and his own Young Whales apparel brand.
As Jay-Z builds up Roc Nation Sports, he could reach out to other CAA clients, such as Buster Posey and Ryan Braun, to perform the same functions for them as he will for Cruz. While Jay-Z is not yet a licensed agent with the NFL Players Association, few individuals have as much name recognition with athletes as the rapper does. The media mogul is also a co-owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.
Hopefully this means more Jay-Z in the sports world, rather than more athletes into the entertainment world. There are historical precedents for why that's not a good idea: we've seen Shaquille O'Neal "act" and Carl Lewis "sing."
Let's hope Cruz confines his dancing to the end zone and not the stage.


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A FUCKING ELEPHANT sounds like drug induced crime. Hailing from scenic Pennington, NJ, this experimental metal duo has been assaulting basements and forcing acoustic trauma since 2007. After self-releasing a split 7″ with Chicago's Arbogast in 2010, A FUCKING ELEPHANT teamed up with El Drugstore for a split full-length on Nefarious Industries in July 2011.
After a year long hiatus, A FUCKING ELEPHANT will barricade themselves in the studio with engineer Colin Marston (Krallice, Dysrhythmia, Behold… The Arctopus) to lay down two new tracks. The material being recorded is for a 7" the duo – drummer Greg Meisenberg and guitarist Matt Keys — will be releasing in January 2013, in conjunction with a stateside tour to support it.
Harsh sonic destruction, dope soaked and wow.


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Neuroscience-informed learning and learning styles, problem-solving and creativity, kids, families, and parenting, gifted and visual learners, dyslexia, attention deficit disorders, autism, and more. Neurolearning App coming soon. Neurolearning.com
Brain Scans Show If Ready to Learn
Abstract: "The rate of learning or memory formation varies over time for any individual, partly due to moment-to-moment fluctuation of brain state. Functional neuroimaging has revealed the neural correlates of learning and memory, but here we asked if neuroimaging can causally enhance human learning by detection of brain states that reveal when a person is prepared or not prepared to learn. The parahippocampal cortex (PHC) is essential for memory formation for scenes. Here, activation in PHC was monitored in real-time, and scene presentations were triggered when participants entered "good" or "bad" brain states for learning of novel scenes. Subsequent recognition memory was more accurate for scenes presented in "good" than "bad" brain states. These findings show that neuroimaging can identify in real-time brain states that enhance or depress learning and memory formation, and knowledge about such brain states may be useful for accelerating education and training."
It's interesting that the parahippocampal gyrus also seems to be involved with exposure to novel stimuli. Perhaps that's why many talented teachers think about using a 'hook' to awaken the interest of their students. The paraphippocampus may turn on and the following lesson becomes much more memorable as a result.
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Pi Delta Phi
Pi Delta Phi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is represented at public and private colleges and universities throughout the US, as well as chapters in Paris and Aix-en-Provence. Augustana University's chapter, Mu Alpha, was established in 1997, and is the 288th chapter of the Society.
Pi Delta Phi recognizes students' outstanding achievement in French language and the literatures of the French-speaking world. The Society's motto—Probaínomen Diakritoi Philogálatoi—means Avançons, amis fidèles de la culture française (Forward, faithful friends of French culture). Students at Augustana University who meet the Society's membership requirements are invited to join. Members of Pi Delta Phi are eligible to apply for one of the Society's generous scholarships for summer study abroad. Consult the National Pi Delta Phi website for more information. For questions about the Mu Alpha chapter, contact the Faculty Advisor Dr. Scott Fish. For more information visit: www.pideltaphi.org
Mu Alpha Member List
Brianna Roth, Holly Wilson
Colter Benson, Hannah Norem
Connor Auch, Carolina Beck, Amber Ellis, Donovan Fravel, Ella Ng Kai Ni
Anna Brufflat, Yaa Offei-Darko, Christian Einertson, Megan Gades, Misael Garcia, Quinn Jacobs
Claire Frost, Bailey Ketelsen, Monica Llaguno, Karl Lund, Austin Mielke, Melissa Soe, September Symens, Alexis Vana, Bianca Wilbur
Laura Bane, Sydney Fleming, Sabrina Johnson, Madeline Nykamp, Elle Onisciuc, Megan Soe
Carly Blankenfeld, Madison Hults, Elisabeth Jorde
Krystal Anderson, Amanda Buhl, Stephanie Laska, Allyson Poston, Katrin Profilet, Meredith Reynolds, Daniel Schoen, Kelly Silvers, Chelsey Viger
Clara Fisher, Megan Hasche, Tyler Maybee, Karissa Pepin, Jacinta Sutphin, Kirsten Wollman
Ashley Ballou-Bonnema, Christopher Johnson, Danielle Doran, Ihoby Rakotomalala, Jorgen Lervick, Kelsey Ott, Margaret Olson
Honorary Member: Prof. Florence Thompsen
Maren Peterson
Elizabeth Almlie, Heather Barthelman, Caroline Merriman, Julianne L. Minar, Miriam C. Rollason
Honorary Members: Sean Kaufhold, J.D., Cheryl Koch, Stephanie Tschetter, Haley Ward
Charles Buehler, Justine Ferguson, Justine Lueth, Jade Nelson, Kristen Pittenger, Amanda Rasmussen
Lindsay Ammann, Henna Hussain, Megan Ihnen, Andrew Kightlinger, Bridget Lervick, Angela Lucas, Amanda Lundy, Heidi Reinders, Diana Ringen, Amanda Robson, Linnea Thunselle
Shannon Brantley, Andre D'Souza, Christine Fossum, Allison Girtz, Christina Hansen, Sally Kessler, Cassandra Robertson, Emily Peltier, Peter Scholtz, Angela Teigland, Jannicke Witsø
Lanae Steen
Ruth Arpas, Sarah Graff, Maren Williams
Deidra Bourne, Yuri Grankin, Michele Schaffer, Sarah Wayne
Christine Barrow, Katie Doyle, Faye Oliver, Alicia Sauer, Chad Wolbrink
Charter Members: Rebecca Aden, Karie Eggebratten, Monique Schmidt


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Industries Environmental Documents
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) favors relicensing of Upper North Fork Feather River Hydropower Project (P-2105-089) in California
Issued: November 10, 2005
Staff's FEIS concludes that the relicensing of the 343-megawatt Upper North Fork Feather River (UNFFR) Project as proposed, with staff's modifications would be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for the proper use, conservation, and development of the Upper North Fork Feather River.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is the applicant for the project. The UNFFR Project consists of five hydraulically-connected developments, with a total of three dams and reservoirs, five powerhouses, and associated facilities. The project has a combined average annual generation of 1,171.9 gigawatt-hours.
The FEIS contains staff evaluations of the applicant's proposal and the alternatives for relicensing the Upper North Fork Feather River Project. The FEIS documents the views of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the license applicant, and Commission staff.
The final EIS also contains an analysis of modified Section 18 fishway prescriptions and Section 10(j) recommendations that were filed by NOAA Fisheries on March 14, 2005, after issuance of the draft EIS. In addition, the final EIS contains an analysis of potential measures for providing colder water to the Upper North Fork Feather River during the summer. Because these analyses first appear in the final EIS, we are specifically inviting comments on these three items as described and analyzed in this document.
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Biomedical-grade UPS
The FH Series UPS is designed for the power demands of biomedical and laboratory equipment. The unit's double-conversion, online design provides "no break" battery backup. In addition, the UPS incorporates internal hot-swappable, user-replaceable battery packs. Optional extended battery banks and fast chargers are also available. For laboratories or hospitals located in older buildings, the product includes input galvanic isolation and input power factor correction circuitry to resolve electrical system problems and reduce harmonics.
Falcon Electric
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Panel TVSS units meet 2007 UL 1449 2nd Edition standards and include light-, medium-, and heavy-duty models in single- and 3-phase versions. In addition, each light-duty model features a green LED that turns off when protection is lost. On medium- and heavy-duty units, the green LED indicates normal operation while red shows a loss of protection. Some models also include an audio alarm. Upgraded designs offer enhanced reliability at 150A and 50A intermediate currents.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
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This line of transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSSs) features a patented thermally protected metal oxide varistor (TPMOV) that includes a safety feature to shut down the TVSS to prevent overheating and ensure compliancy with UL 1449 2nd Edition requirements. According to the company, the device can be used without a dedicated breaker and still complies with UL1449 2nd Edition requirements. The product is available in three configurations: wall-mount construction; box extension for attaching directly to the top or bottom of branch panels; or as an integrated construction within the company's panelboards and switchboards. Additional product features include optional UL 1283 noise filtering, attenuation at -50dB minimum at 100kHz, and remote monitoring using NO/NC Form C dry-type contacts.
GE Consumer & Industrial
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UPS family
The Pulsar UPS family includes 700VA, 1,000VA, and 1,500VA units with multiple form factors. Tower and rack options are available in various sizes to accommodate a variety of networking and telecommunication enclosures. In addition, all models accommodate a multi-position PDU that allows the addition of receptacles to the back, side, or top of the UPS. According to the company, the unit can protect connected equipment for up to 5 hr with optional external battery modules.
Circle 153
3-phase UPS
The UPS RP36000/3 is a rack-mountable, 3-phase UPS that provides 36kW or 24kW of power with N+1 redundancy. According to the company, the UPS offers 97% efficiency even at a 40% output load. Housed in a single HP 10000 Series G2 42U rack, the product can be expanded to 60kW with N+1 by installing up to three additional modules. Additional product features include digital signal processing, wireless paralleling, and online on-demand hybrid technology.
Hewlett Packard
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UPS line
The Minuteman Entrust Line Interactive Series UPS is available in four sizes: the ETR500 rated at 500VA/300W, 8A; the ETR700 rated at 700VA/420W, 10A; the ETR1000 rated at 1,000VA/600W, 12A; and the ETR1500 rated at 1,500VA/900W, 12A. Each unit features four outlets that provide backup battery support as well as spike and surge protection. An additional four spike and surge protected outlets for accessory devices do not require battery support, according to the company. In addition, two of the outlets are specifically spaced to support equipment with transformer blocks. All models can also be installed vertically on a shelf, in a rack, or in a cabinet.
Para Systems/Minuteman UPS
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UPS family
The Smart-UPS VT family of 3-phase power protectors now features a parallel capability, allowing users to connect up to four units in a parallel configuration in any combination of capacity and redundancy. Available in 10kVA to 40kVA, the UPS also features cool running 3-stage inverter technology that the company says delivers high efficiency even when operating at less than 30% load. Other features include dual-mains input, automatic and maintenance bypasses, intelligent battery management, and input power factor correction.
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Double-conversion UPS
An 8kVA and a 16kVA version have been added to the company's line of SmartOnline hot-swappable modular UPS systems. Both models include a detachable PDU and maintenance bypass switch. The systems also feature scalable runtime via optional external battery packs as well as the ability to configure multiple systems to deliver N+1 availability. In addition, the 8kVA UPS features an all-in-one compact 4U form factor, while the 16kVA model features a separate 4U power module and 4U external battery module. Both units also feature hardwire, split-phase, 4-wire input that provides dual high- and low-voltage output of 208/120VAC or 240/120VAC.
Tripp Lite
Circle 157
3-phase UPS
The FirstLine 3-phase UPS product line now features SNMP communications capabilities. Available for 10kVA, 15kVA, and 20kVA applications, these models allow users to network the UPS with their manufacturing and management systems. With SNMP capabilities, the UPS offers Web browser-based visual readings, alarm notification, a 48-hr system history, as well as client shutdown software for most common operating systems.
Staco Energy Products
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BOSTON, Mass.—UMass Boston men's hockey continued their steady climb up the national polls Monday, moving up one spot to number nine in the D3Hockey.com Top 15 Poll and number 11 in the USCHO.com Nationall Poll.
Both rankings constitute new program records for a Beacons squad that stretched their unbeaten streak to eight straight, after a pair of ECAC East conference road wins over the weekend.
UMass Boston knocked off Skidmore College 6-4 Friday night behind goals from five different scorers, before holding off Castleton State College 2-1 Saturday afternoon.
Freshman goaltender Zach Andrews (Coral Springs, Fla.) broke Tom Corliss' ('87) single-season wins record Saturday with his 14th victory of the season. The freshman netminder made 54 saves over the two contests to improve to 14-3-2 on the season.
Fellow freshman Peter MacIntyre (Norfolk, Mass.) provided the majority of the scoring over the weekend, lighting the lamp four times, including recording both game-winning goals.
The Beacons will look to extend their unbeaten streak to a season-high nine games Friday night, when they travel to Gorham, Maine to take on the University of Southern Maine.
With three more positive results, UMass Boston will tie the program-record for longest unbeaten streak (11 games) set during the 1981-82 season.


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Nanotechnologies and Medical Ethics
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Nigel M. de S. Cameron is Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society, Research Professor of Bioethics and Associate Dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is also President of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, a new nonpartisan think tank in Washington, DC. Cameron founded the journal Ethics and Medicine in 1983 and is widely recognized as a commentator technology policy and ethics issues, with appearances on ABC Nightline, CNN, PBS Frontline, and the BBC. His books include the just-published Nanoscale: Issues and Perspectives for the Nano Century (ed. with M. Ellen Mitchell, John Wiley 2007). He has been a visiting scholar at UBS Wolfsberg in Switzerland, a featured speaker at the Aspen Ideas Festival, and a participant in the US/European Commission dialogue on Perspectives on the Future of Science and Technology. He has also represented the United States as bioethics advisor on US delegations to the United Nations, and is currently a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. A native of the United Kingdom, he has studied at Cambridge and Edinburgh universities and the Edinburgh Business School. ChoosingTomorrow - Nigel Cameron's blog
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text: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Craig Tierney wrote: >> why are you going diskless? >> IDE hard drives cost very little, and you can still do your network >> install. >> Pick your favourite toolkit, Rocks, Oscar, Warewulf and away you go. >> > > IDE drives fail, they use power, you waste time cloning, and > depending on the toolkit you use you will run into problems > with image consistency. > > I have run large systems of both kinds. The last system was > diskless and I don't see myself going back. I like changing > one file in one place and having the changes show up immediately. > I like installing a packing once, and having it show up immediately, > so I don't have to reclone or take the node offline to update > the image. I think the term "diskless" is sometimes the problem when discussing centrally installed and managed systems. Lots of "diskless" cluster have GB and GB of local disks, only they are used for swap and temp I/O, not for the OS. In 2000 I switched from locally installed system images (using the very good - even back then - system-imager) to using either nfsroot or warewulf style diskless systems, but have retained the local disk for scratch I/O. While I can understand debating over the merits of nfsroot vs RAM-disk root, I fail to see many useful arguments for maintaining a local OS install. However, that doesn't mean that local disks are bad. It all depends upon the application, of course, but in many cases its hard to beat the local disk for temporary I/O, especially if you don't have gobs and gobs of RAM to spare. Also PVFS is sufficiently mature that you can easily combine all of the (very cheap) local disks into a large parallel filesystem. Using nfsroot you can switch from one "system image" (really just an nfsroot file tree) to another one with a simple reboot. You have all of the advantadges of central configuration and control combined with the convenience and speed of local I/O and local swap. It can be _very_ useful in a situation where you have to support multiple user communities with wierd apps or strange requirements. Using pxeboot and pxelinux, I've set up systems where the queue system could even request that a node use a specific system configuration before starting the job (eg: must have linux 2.4 with checkpointing in the kernel). Nodes might be available, but running another nfsroot cluster system image (say they are running RHEL, with no checkpointing, or for compatibility with some other commercial app they are running RH 7.2). The queue system tells the cluster master to reconfigure pxelinux so that the requested nodes default to the required config, by pointing them at another nfsroot tree. The cluster master tells the nodes to reboot, and when they are rebooted and running the appropriate image, the job runs. That sort of config requires a lot of glue, but it would be way too much headache to even attempt without "diskless" systems. regards, -Ryan -- Ryan Sweet <ryan.sweet at aoes.com> Advanced Operations and Engineering Services AOES Group BV http://www.aoes.com Phone +31(0)71 5795521 Fax +31(0)71572 1277


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NRMC India News
Biodiversity champions from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Odisha are amongst the winners of the 2014 India Biodiversity Awards. The 2014 Awards ceremony was held at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day.
Announced by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the United Nations Development Programme, the India Biodiversity Awards recognize excellence in biodiversity governance across the country. The awards process was facilitated by NR Management Consultants India Pvt. Ltd.
The winners of the 2014 Biodiversity Awards are:
- Van Suraksha Samiti Baripada, Maharashtra (Winner; Community Stewardship)
- Gram Sabha Payvihir, Maharashtra (Winner, Decentralized Governance)
- Joint Forest Management Committee, Old Jalukie Village, Nagaland (Winner, Co-management) Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh (Winner; Protected Area)
The Awards were presented today by Lt General A.K. Singh, the Lt Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Hem Pande, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests and the UNDP Country Director, Mr Jorn Sorensen in Port Blair.
Speaking at the Awards ceremony, the Honourable Lt. Governor, Gen. A. K. Singh (Retd.) said, "We need to ensure we live in the present but care about the future". According to Mr. Hem Pande, Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority said, "Management of biodiversity is an affirmative action. I salute those who have been engaged in this process, particularly in India which has huge pressure on her biological diversity. Managing biodiversity in India will always remain a challenge, and let us manage it."
It is estimated that nearly 275 million people in India are dependent on forests for subsistence and livelihoods. This dependence is particularly acute for around half of India's 89 million tribal people who resides in forests or on the fringe of forests. Across India people, communities, governments and conservations agencies are demonstrating ways to conserve biodiversity sustain livelihoods and secure the futures of local communities.
Mr. Jorn Sorensen, Country Director, UNDP said, "Winners of the 2014 India Biodiversity Awards represent outstanding examples of cooperation between state and civil society in safeguarding India's rich biodiversity heritage while ensuring a secure future for millions."
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation led an eminent jury for the awards, which felicitated the seven winners and runners-up in four categories.
Runners up are:
- Mangalajodi Ecotourism Trust, Odisha (community stewardship)
- Whale Shark conservation efforts at Junagadh, Gujarat (co-management)
- Satpura Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh (Protected area)


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News item #1: Oil prices stuck between $90 and $100 a barrel.
News item #2: North Dakota oil production surpasses Alaska.
News item #3: Shell Oil postpones—again—new Alaska drilling project.
News item #4: Alaska Permanent Fund payout of oil revenues to citizens falls to lowest level in a decade.
Think there might be some connections here? What was that about "all of the above" energy, Mr. Obama?


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Last Call for Debt Increases
It looks like we may have a debt-deal. It is a bad one in every respect.
I have neither the time nor inclination to begin cataloging the ways in which Barack Obama has been a disappointment. With civil liberties, global strategy, and the economy he has proven beyond doubt that his judgment is unreliable and his motives dubious. Now he seems intent on co-opting the GOP's extreme agenda. I don't know why. Perhaps his centrism is such that he is desperate to find any middle-ground, even if it lies only between Madness and Lunacy.
The debt-deal will require House and Senate Democrats to vote for it. This is what I wrote my congressman:
I am writing to express my extreme displeasure with the debt-ceiling agreement President Obama appears to have struck with the GOP leadership in the House and Senate. It is now clear that we are still in a recession, there was never a significant recovery, and all economic reason dictates that this is a time for the government to stimulate the economy through spending. Compassion dictates this is a time to extend the social safety net, with aid to the long-term unemployed and homeowners struggling with their mortgages (those few who have not already suffered foreclosure). Yet at such a time, President Obama is agreeing to slash entitlements, with the guarantee of more cuts down the road, all in exchange for the absolutely routine and unremarkable act of increasing the debt-limit. The reason, we are told, is because the House Republicans will refuse to raise the debt-ceiling, and therefore deal a body blow to the country's credit and the economy as a whole.
Congressman, this situation is intolerable. What's most galling is that this agreement will require the complicity of Democrats like yourself. Speaker Boehner cannot deliver enough GOP votes to pass this odious bargain. Are Democrats, currently in control of the Senate and White House, really going to vote in favor of wrong-headed economic policy and cruelty to the millions of Americans who need jobs and welfare? How will you ever ask for our votes again if you not only fail to prevent this agreement, but actually guarantee its success?
I know the stakes are dire. I know your Republican colleagues are recklessly intransigent and indifferent to the health of the economy under a Democratic administration. I know the grim consequences that would follow failure to increase the debt-ceiling. But Congressman, our failure to take a hard line with GOP extremism has led us to this juncture. It is time to answer the question: do we still have a functioning, two-party democracy, or has GOP extremism finally broken the machinery of government? If the former, then Democratic resistance to this agreement will lead to a better one, perhaps to the clean debt-ceiling increase we should have had all along. If the latter, if the GOP is really willing to harm the entire country in order to advance their agenda of irresponsible tax cuts, then supporting the President as he surrenders Democratic principles only postpones the day of reckoning. It guarantees more pain and suffering along the way, and makes the Democratic Party their agents.
I have learned to expect very little from the President when it comes to fighting for liberal values. I hope that courage and principles still exist among the Democrats of Congress. I hope you and your colleagues will listen to conscience and reason when this deal is presented to you, and vote no.
I will remember this next November, and every primary.


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Many Germans feel that whoever wins Sunday's election, they should not fund any more bailouts of fellow European countries, whose errant banks are a particular bugbear for Berlin.
But a cornerstone of Germany's own banking system, which has already received state bailouts, is facing fresh challenges, increasing the need for reforms which will be very hard for any new government to deliver.
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Founded in the 19th century to promote regional development, the publicly-owned Landesbanken play a hallowed role as low cost lenders to local projects and the 'Mittelstand', the small and midsized firms central to the eurozone's most resilient economy.
With combined assets of a trillion euros, they account for 12 percent of the country's total banking assets, and 3 percent of Europe's as measured by the European Central Bank (ECB).
The eurozone's steps towards banking union have triggered the toughest stress tests banks have ever faced and new global regulations impose higher capital demands particularly difficult for low-margin banks like the Landesbanken to achieve.
At the same time, their core business is threatened by increasing competition from international banks like France's BNP Paribas, which want a bigger part of the action in Europe's economic powerhouse.
Experts from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ratings agencies and German academia say the best Landesbanken solution is restructuring to leave as few as two players with well-defined businesses.
The prospect appears remote, undermining Berlin's reputation as the driver of European banking reform.
None of the five main Landesbanken - Hanover's Nord LB, Munich's Bayern LB, Stuttgart's LBBW, Hamburg and Kiel based HSH Nordbank and Frankfurt's Helaba - said they thought industry consolidation likely when asked by Reuters for this article.
As Gunter Dunkel, head of Nord LB and president of the Association of German Public Banks put it in comments to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "I offer you a bet: neither in my working life or yours will someone take the immense economic and political risks of such a merger."
The risks stem from the Landesbanken's tradition of serving the savings banks and local authorities that own them.
For the municipality-owned savings banks, they provide wholesale banking services and investment products to sell on to customers. For the Laender, they support local businesses and regional projects, accounting for 15 percent of all German corporate lending.
Officials in the German administration say Landesbanken are not a source of major concern; where once their woes were a talking point at European finance ministers meetings, a source familiar with their discussions told Reuters the Landesbanken had not arisen recently.
Their top line numbers are comparatively strong, with capital ratios above the international average and four of the five biggest showing higher profits in the first half of 2013.
But experts say the figures belie a more complex reality. Return on equity - a key measure of a bank's profitability - is lower for the Landesbanken than international peers.
More international competition could make margins even slimmer, as banks like Barclays and BNP look to Germany for growth that is lacking elsewhere in the eurozone.
Earlier this year, BNP Paribas's corporate bank lowered its client threshold from companies with 500 million euros of annual sales to those with 250 million euros, putting them further into the Landesbanken's core market
BNP's sweet spot - and an area attractive to other foreign banks - is exporters with cross-border banking needs.
"It's the largest economy by far in Europe, and the country with the highest share of exports in terms of GDP," the head of BNP's German corporate and investment bank business, Torsten Murke, said.
Fitch Ratings analyst Christian van Beek noted the Landesbanken's public ownership means they do not need the high double-digit returns sought by other banks, so they can do lower margin business.
But low earnings power carries risks. In its 2012 Economic Survey of Germany, the OECD noted Landesbanken "remain vulnerable due to their low capitalisation and profitability and will be especially affected by the regulatory increases in capital requirements".
One of its major sources of strategic investment is drying up. Several sources in savings banks, including Michael Auge, spokesman for Helaba's 69 percent owner the Savings banks and Giro Association Hesse and Thuringia, told Reuters they would not invest further in the Landesbanken.
Long-beset by the problems of politically motivated lenders, and cultivating a work culture several employees describe as "civil service like" with a clear-out at 5 p.m., Landesbanken did not begin to build serious problems until 2001.
The trigger, several experts say, was a surprise agreement between Germany and Brussels to end a sovereign guarantee on bonds sold by Landesbanken by 2005. The Landesbanken's response was to sell as much debt as they could before the curtain fell.
They piled into international lending and high-yielding bonds, sponsoring 8.4 percent of the global supply of asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) by 2006, according to a major 2012 study on Landesbanken by four German academics.
The Landesbanken expansion ended in bailout. In 2008, German states began the first of five bailouts totalling 70 billion euros, including the rescue of and eventual shutting of WestLB, which lost heavily on bets on the U.S. subprime market.
Others stayed afloat, avoiding deep restructuring.
Next year's European stress tests will be a seminal moment.
"Some people suspect these banks will need to take further state aid or at least further substantial writedowns on their portfolios," said Robert Montague, senior investment analyst at ECM Asset Management.
HSH has admitted it is likely to need to set aside extra money to deal with loan losses after the tests, but said it does not expect to need further state support either to deal with the cost of regulation or the tests' outcome.
Nord LB noted it had completed an extensive capital conversion and boosting programme in 2012. "Our earnings potential will enable us to bolster our capital further. We will meet the regulatory and market challenges coming up," it said.
LBBW said it would not comment on "possible consequences of tests, regulations, market conditions which are still unknown". "We think that LBBW is prepared to satisfy the higher future capital requirements," the bank added.
Helaba and Bayern LB were not immediately able to comment on the effect of the stress tests, and whether they could need state aid.
A senior official at the German finance ministry said Berlin had pushed for the tests to be rigorous, regardless of the potential consequences for its own banks. "It's necessary to bring the (European) banking sector back to health," he added.
This will force all banks to be more transparent.
The 2012 study on Landesbanken lending said that between 2001 and 2005 they loaned money to riskier German companies than other banks, and charged lower rates. Some of these loans are medium term facilities, still on the banks' books.
"They (Landesbanken) have lots of risky loans on their balance sheets, sometimes it can be very difficult to see," said Joerg Rocholl, the president of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin and one of the authors of the 2012 study on Landesbanken lending.
Another area of concern is "if they are zombie banks, if they invest continually in bad companies," Rocholl added, a concern heightened by their public-spirited ownership.
Curth Flatow, a Berlin-based managing partner of real estate advisory firm FAP, said there were write-downs of between 15 and 50 percent in the German real estate loans market this year, mainly by international lenders and banks being wound down.
"I haven't seen a deal yet where Landesbank have made a huge write down," he added.
Not taking write-downs protects banks' short term earnings, but risks storing up losses for later.
While Germany has weathered the eurozone's economic headwinds well, 2013's first half results showed the five remaining Landesbanken had a combined 260 billion euros of international exposure at the end of last year.
Despite a pullback from international lending, data from Thomson Reuters' Deal Scan shows they have been lead arrangers for more than 30 international syndicated deals in the first half of 2013, spanning Israel, Korea and Bermuda.
A more fundamental Landesbanken concern is the viability of their business models. A former ratings agency analyst describes their old business model as "funding arbitrage" - borrow at cheap rates under the guarantee of AAA Germany, lend at slightly higher rates, and pocket the difference.
In post-guarantee world, that no longer works.
"There is a problem with the business model of Landesbanken in general, they often compete with private banks and it's not obvious what public service function they provide, why they should be publicly-owned banks," said Andres Fuentes, a senior economist with the OECD who is working on the 2014 Economic Survey of Germany.
His concerns are echoed by ratings agencies and analyst Montague, who said investors doubt Landesbanken's purpose in life. "They need to restructure," he added.
Announcing their results for the first half of 2013, the chief executives of HSH, Helaba, Nord LB, LBBW and Bayern LB all said their business models were sustainable and their efforts to cut costs and restructure were paying off, albeit against a difficult backdrop.
Several experts point to the differences between banks. The southern banks, LBBW, Bayern LB and Helaba are broadly seen as healthier than their northern rivals.
The biggest concern is HSH, a shipping lender being reviewed by the European Commission's state aid team over its request to increase a state asset guarantee from 7 billion euros back to its original 10 billion euros. [ID:nL5N0H6460] A public service role will not save it, or any other EU bank, from scrutiny.
"All business activities are judged on their own merits in terms of viability and profitability," a European Union official told Reuters, not speaking specifically about HSH.
"There is no room to accept, for example, subsidised interest rates or the like on the grounds that such rates might be beneficial for the regional businesses."
Sources in the Landesbanken sector insist the sector has not stood still as their crises unfolded.
When they hit problems, Landesbanken could have turned to a Joint Liability Scheme run by the Deutsche Sparkassen und Giroverband (DSGV), the umbrella group which includes the savings banks and Landesbanken and argues for consolidation.
But taking bailouts from the DSGV would have allowed it to change Landesbanken's management and merge institutions. Instead, the states footed the bill for the bailouts themselves.
"There has been some restructuring, balance sheets have been reduced, the number of institutions has been reduced, but we think it's not quite enough," said the OECD's Fuentes.
"We think there could be more consolidation to keep decreasing the risk of influence of individual states in the management of these banks."
DSGV president Georg Fahrenschon said told Reuters that was unlikely: "I do not see a trend of more changes at the moment."
Moodys' analyst Katharina Barten, Fitch's van Beek and ESMT's Rocholl all advocate consolidation, and Fuentes also argues for privatisation, with unprivatised Landesbanken taking the savings banks' business left by their privatised peers.
Privatisation has been attempted before. U.S. investor J.C. Flowers spent 1.25 billion euros on 26.6 percent of HSH in 2006, anticipating a stock market flotation. Instead, HSH was forced to seek a bailout, and J.C. Flowers' stake fell to 9.3 percent.
Merging HSH with another Landesbank would "make a lot of sense, but there are a lot of political issues and it is unlikely that they will do it," a source familiar with J.C. Flowers' position told Reuters.
Lower Saxony, the majority owner of NordLB, reiterated that it does not want a merger with HSH: "That's not an issue," Stephan Weil, the governor of Lower Saxony, told Reuters.
Auge, of Helaba's main savings bank owner, takes a similar perspective. "Maybe there's a need," he said. "But I think there is no chance for further consolidation in the Landesbanken."
(Additional reporting by Andreas Kroener, Alexander Huebner, Sakari Suoninen and Arno Schutze in Frankfurt, Jan Schwartz in Hamburg, Annika Breidthardt and Michelle Martin in Berlin and Sinead Cruise in London; editing by Philippa Fletcher)


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It's not even Halloween yet but that didn't stop me from getting a jumpstart on Christmas sewing! This quilt is an easy project that will get you ready for the holidays in a hurry.
1 charm pack of In From The Cold by Kate Spain (spool centers)
1.5 yards Bella Solids in Paper Bag (spool tops and bottoms)
1.5 yards Bella Solids in Bleached White (surrounding spools)
1.5 yards Bella Solids in Bleached White (sashing and borders)
1/8 yard In From The Cold – Mint (center squares)
4 yards (backing)
1/2 yard In From The Cold – Marshmallow (binding)
for backing
cut 2 – 72″ x wof pieces
piecing instructions
for each spool block you will need :
1 charm square
2 – 2½" x 9″ strips
2 – 2½ x 5″ strips
4 – 2½" squares
1. Draw a diagonal line on each of the 168 – 2½" squares
2. With right sides together, pin 2½ " squares to corners of the spool top and bottom strips, as pictured.
Repeat as instructed for each block. **To use less thread and time, I chain stitched all the center portions of the block, then the spool portions.
13. Quilt, bind, and enjoy!
Beautifully long arm quilted by Kathy Olkowski.
The Moda Bake Shop has a fabulous binding tutorial here.
Trish Poolson


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This is interesting...
for the past few weeks, I've been troubled by a small glitch in my sidebar's performance.Every time I drag a file over the sidebar, allow it to open, and place the file within that directory, the sidebar link breaks. The only way I can get my sidebar working again is to create new sidebar links. I tried everything to fix it, from creating a new library, to creating a new user. finally, I reinstalled my os. The problem did not go away. I spent hours with apple, who claimed they had no prior incidents involving my glitch.
Just this evening, I tried turning off filevault, and to my surprise, the glitch disappeared!
A related problem seems to have occured with the web sharing option. While filevault is on, any attempt to access your web folder is foiled by an error message.Without filevault, everything works fine.
Does anyone else experience these problems?
(At any rate, I'm more than happy to live with these two glitches, since filevault is an incredible feature.)


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Press Release
IAPAC Guidelines Offer Recommendations to Optimize Entry Into and Retention In HIV Care, and Treatment Adherence
New Guidelines e-Published Today by Annals of Internal Medicine
March 5, 2012
Washington, D.C. -- The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) today announced the publication of a new set of evidence-based guidelines meant to optimize entry into and retention in HIV care and adherence to HIV treatment. The "Guidelines for Improving Entry into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence for Persons with HIV" were developed by an expert IAPAC Panel and e-published today by the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The guidelines include recommendations in several key areas, including: entry into and retention in care; monitoring adherence to HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART); interventions to improve ART adherence including those involving choice of ART regimens; adherence tools for patients; education and counseling; and health system and service delivery interventions. The needs of special populations (such as pregnant women, individuals with mental health and substance use disorders, homeless and marginally housed individuals, incarcerated individuals, and children and adolescents) are also addressed in the guidelines, as are recommendations for future research in these areas.
"Over the last 15 years, we have made astounding progress in HIV treatment, resulting in longer and healthier lives for people living with HIV. Yet many people are unable to optimally benefit from these advances because of delayed diagnosis and multiple challenges to entering and staying in medical care," said Melanie A. Thompson, MD, co-chair of the IAPAC Panel. "Once receiving potent treatment for HIV, many struggle to take their drugs consistently. Unfortunately, missed doses and drug holidays lead to resistant virus and, often, to treatment failure. Ultimately, both individual and public health depend on helping patients to successfully negotiate all of the steps of this treatment cascade."
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 69 percent of HIV-positive persons in the United States enter HIV care, 59 percent are retained in care, and only 28 percent of Americans living with HIV have an undetectable viral load.1 A recent African study found that more than two-thirds of HIV-infected individuals were lost from care if they were not yet eligible for drug treatment.2
In addition, a review of 84 observational studies -- or 33,199 adults on ART -- revealed that only 62 percent achieved adherence of at least 90 percent of prescribed ART doses.3 Adherence to ART has been shown to be an important predictor of achieving adequate suppression of HIV replication, which is required to minimize resistance to HIV treatments, slow disease progression, delay AIDS-related death, and decrease the transmission of HIV to others.
"These guidelines are the foundation of an evolving blueprint that practitioners and health systems can use as a resource to improve entry into and retention in HIV care as well as adherence to HIV treatments," said Thompson, who is also Principal Investigator of the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta. The Panel co-chair is Jean B. Nachega, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University/Stellenbosch University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and Cape Town, South Africa, respectively.
"IAPAC is proud of the work advanced by our Panel in developing these pioneering guidelines, which we hope will help strengthen the three pillars of HIV treatment success -- entry into and retention in care, as well as ART adherence," said José M. Zuniga, PhD, MPH, IAPAC's President. "We have known for some time that much more attention is required to optimize the way in which HIV-positive patients are linked to and retained on HIV treatment so that they derive the full benefit of existing care, treatment, and support. These guidelines are an important step in that direction."
Zuniga further identified some immediate steps IAPAC is taking to implement the guidelines' recommendations. In the next several months, IAPAC will launch a multidisciplinary continuing education-accredited online activity to educate physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and psychologists about the guidelines' recommendations. Peer educator and patient-oriented activities to increase health and HIV literacy, and to facilitate guidelines-recommended behavioral interventions are also planned.
Guidelines development was jointly sponsored by IAPAC and the US National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research.
The e-published guidelines will be available at www.annals.org. A date for print publication of the guidelines in the Annals of Internal Medicine is pending.
This article was provided by International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care.
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