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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests.
Adolescents whose parents enforced bedtimes of 10 p.m. or earlier were significantly less likely to be depressed and to have suicidal thoughts than their peers whose parents allowed them to go to bed at midnight or later, Dr. James E. Gangwisch of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and his colleagues found.
"It's kind of a common idea that older adolescents don't need as much sleep as younger adolescents, but that's really not true—they still need about 9 hours of sleep at night," Gangwisch told Reuters Health.
Short sleep times and depression have been linked in both teens and adults, he and his colleagues note in their report, and this relationship could be "bidirectional"-meaning getting too little sleep boosts depression risk, while being depressed makes it harder to sleep.
Gangwisch and his colleagues looked at a nationally representative group of more than 15,000 seventh- through twelfth-graders surveyed in 1994-1996. Fifty-four percent of parents said their son or daughter had to go to bed at 10 p.m. or earlier on school nights. Another 21 percent said their child's bedtime was 11 p.m., while 25 percent allowed their children to go to bed at midnight or later.
More than two-thirds of the adolescents said they went to bed when they were supposed to.
Given that parents who were stricter about bedtime might have other qualities that could protect their child from depression, the researchers asked adolescent study participants how much their parents cared for them, and accounted for this in their analysis of the relationship between sleep duration and depression risk.
There was no link between whether a teen had a set bedtime and how much they felt their parents cared for them, but there was a strong relationship between bedtime and whether or not that teen felt he or she was getting enough sleep. And kids with bedtimes at midnight or later were 24 percent more likely to be depressed, and 20 percent more likely to have suicidal thoughts than teens who had to hit the hay at 10 p.m. or earlier.
Kids who got five hours of sleep nightly or less were 71 more likely to be depressed, and 48 percent more likely to have suicidal thoughts, than their peers who got at least eight hours of sleep a night.
And study participants who said they felt they usually got enough sleep were 65 percent less likely to be depressed and 29 percent likely to have suicidal thoughts than those who didn't feel they were sleeping enough.
"Getting adequate sleep is really important for our mental health as well as being able to focus and have the necessary energy and motivation to do the things we need to do during the day," Gangwisch noted.
Getting adolescents to go to bed at a reasonable hour is no easy task, he added, especially given the temptation to text and surf the Internet into the wee hours of the morning. "It's a tall order, especially with adolescents, they kind of have a mind of their own, and they should."
Nevertheless, he added, just asking a teen to give going to bed early try for a few days may convince them, once they see how much better they feel after getting enough sleep.
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Recently our friends working on the Hashcat projects had a open community challenge called The Best64 Challenge or TB64C. The reason being the fact that TB64C was to improve the most widely used ruleset that comes with all of the Hashcat products including oclHashcat-plus, oclHashcat-lite, hashcat, and hascat-gui. There is nothing better than when projects such as Hashcat get the community involved and what better way to do so than to provide a contest for people to provide feedback in the for of personal experience. Anyhow awhile back I wrote an article on tools.question-defense.com that described each of the best64 rules in more detail and there was a request for the article to be updated now that the ruleset has been improved. Below are the details of the new best64.rule file that will be released in all new releases of the Hashcat software line as of 04-21-2012.

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I am grateful for Art Remick's letter about the Pledge of Allegiance published in your May 15th edition of the Independent. I have been uncomfortable with the Pledge of Allegiance and the way it is used in schools for years, and Mr. Remick's comparison to the Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens has helped me understand why.
The Naturalization Oath makes sense. Whether one agrees with it or not, it is a straightforward vow of what it is someone should do,rather than what someone should believe. It can be simply paraphrased.
First phrase: "I promise to give up any allegiance I currently hold to any other political leader or country by virtue of my having been a subject or citizen there."
Second phrase: "I will from this point forward grant my allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, and to its Laws, defending the Constitution and the Laws from all enemies that attack them."
Third, fourth and fifth phrases: "I will follow the law in serving in the military or providing military or non-military services." Sixth phrase: "No one is forcing me to take this oath, I am doing so of my own free will and with no attempt at trickery." Seventh phrase: "I ask for the help of God in fulfilling this promise."
This stands in stark contrast to the Pledge of Allegiance. Instead of pledging allegiance to the Consitution and Lawsof the nation, a speaker of the pledge offers allegiance first to the flagand only then to the nation itself. I do not believe I am picking nits here, but I don't think this makes sense.
You may like what a flag symbolizes, but a flag simply isn't the kind of thing that you can have allegiance to. A flag doesn't offer you direction on what to do or how to do it. Allegiance to a country is less muddy, but to my ears is still remarkably indistinct.
What does it actually mean to have allegiance to a country? I know what it means to have allegiance to a Constitution, or to a set of Laws — I can hold them in my hand, I can read them. I can make a discerning decision about them because they are explicit. They can, in a sense, talk to me. The nation cannot. It simply isn't that kind of entity.
The pledge goes on to define the nation as being "Under God." There have been volumes written about the inclusion of these two words in the pledge in the 1950s, and feelings run high about it.
I admit that I am not wholly comfortable with this phrase, for two reasons. It does seem to define the nation in a way that the framers of the Constitution did not intend, and again the meaning is muddy. What does it really mean to be a nation "Under God?"
If you believe nations are the kinds of things that can be "Under God," and that God is the kind of entity that is interested in having nations under itself, does this phrase really differentiate the United States from any other country — are their any nations that are not "Under God," and hence different from us?
Second reason: there is at least the possibility that the inclusion of this phrase in any kind of government-mandated oath or pledge violates the separation clause.
Finally, the pledge defines the nation as having "Liberty and Justice for All." Perhaps I am most strongly critical here. Merely stating that our nation is one where there is liberty and justice for all doesn't make it so. There are currently, and have been throughout our history, rampant and horrific abrogations, violations, and denials of liberty and justice.
We have notachieved, as a nation, liberty and justice for all, and we aren't likely to do so any time soon. Please don't take this as unpatriotic. My own regard and respect and love for this nation is firmly rooted in my belief that it strivesfor liberty and justice for all. It was foundedon principals that head firmly in that direction.
But we aren't there. We might be closer than some other nations, but stating and re-stating and re-re-stating that we have actually achieved this goal is merely going to make us lazy about fully continuing our committed attempts to realize it.
So the pledge, mostly recited in schoolsof all places, seems in my opinion to be an opening phrase with little or no possible meaning, followed by some concepts that are not fully baked and one which may run counter to our Constitution, followed by a patent untruth. Why would we want our students to repeat this every day?
The Naturalization Oath quoted by Mr. Remick is a model of clarity and distinctness. It makes sense. And having watched a number of extremely moving naturalization ceremonies, I can report that the people who make that oath have not only thought long and hard about what they are saying, but celebrate the vow they are taking specifically because of what it means. It is like the distinct vow of a marriage.
Which brings me full circle to whether or not the pledge is a "blind oath of loyalty," a characterization that Mr. Remick clearly objects to in strenuous terms.
Once again, if we compare the Pledge of Allegiance to the Naturalization Oath, there is an interesting distinction here. The Naturalization Oath is taken one time. It is a promise. You don't re-promise the promise every day. That would be patronizing and, quite frankly, horrific. It would be like taking your marriage vow every day.
Asking you to re-promise your promise would undermine the value and importance of the firstpromise, as if you somehow didn't really mean it.
The pledge, as typically used in schools, is recited regularly. It is not an individual choice to make a fundamental change in your life. It is often dictated by the people in charge who have a great deal of control over your life. So you say the words.
I have spent a fair amount of time in schools as an arts educator over the past 20 years. I have observed many classes of children of varying ages reciting the pledge. My own opinion is that in the vast majority of the cases, there is little discernment on the part of the young students about what they are actually saying.
They are in fact fulfilling a rote obligation placed on them externally. And they are, every day, together, saying something that starts with a meaningless phrase and ends with an untruth.
And, especially with the younger students, I have often been struck with the realization that they aren't even parsing the pledge into words. They are just, by rote, repeating a sequence of sounds. When I have observed this, I have found it profoundlydisturbing.
I would not be opposed, in fact I would support, giving younger citizens, at milestones in their lives, the opportunity to make a thinking commitment to their Constitution and their Laws, as a rite of passage into adulthood.
But I cannot be a supporter of the pledge, and although he no doubt would disagree with me, I am most grateful to Mr. Remick for giving me the insight and tools to figure out why.
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The new media program at Purchase College offers an interdisciplinary bachelor's degree program at the intersection of art, technology, and society.
Students study digital culture and media and develop their own artwork in studio courses within new media and in other courses drawn from the visual and performing arts, computer science, the social sciences, and other liberal arts disciplines. Portfolio development is a high priority, with each student beginning his or her portfolio in the second year.
Students majoring in new media are offered a structured, well-rounded foundation covering a range of methodologies and content areas, with analysis and production often present in the same course. The program's focus is on experimental and creative approaches to media production and distribution. The emphasis on practice and theory enables students to become technologically proficient and forward-thinking art and media professionals.
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After applying for and receiving advanced standing, new media majors pursue a program of upper-level study designed by the student. This provides students with the opportunity to pursue individual interests while at the same time developing a focus in new media. As part of this program of study, all students are expected to complete an 8-credit senior project, which is supervised by a faculty member of the New Media Board of Study. Various types of senior projects are acceptable, and collaboration among students is encouraged.
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Our students are strongly encouraged to pursue internships, which provide an important bridge to a career in the field. Many students complete multiple internships both on and off campus. In recent years, on-campus internships have included Purchase TV (PTV), Purchase Student Radio (WPSR), The Brick (an online, student-run newspaper), and Campus Technology Services. Off-campus internships have included Eyebeam, MTV, Focus Features, Comedy Central, Viacom, SONY, and Disney.
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Gum is a blight on civilized society. It's always hiding on the underside of tables, or flattened on the pavement, or sticking to my shoes. Is it bad for the environment, too?
Unfortunately, there's not a lot of environmental data on the chewing-gum industry. But given how useless gum is, at least for most people, the Lantern isn't prepared to cut Big Chew much slack. Unlike food, gum provides no sustenance. Unlike geothermal power, it does no work. Unlike books and computers, gum conveys no knowledge. Sure, the sugarfree sort can help prevent tooth decay to some degree. But, hey ... brush your teeth, man. ...
... None of the major gum manufacturers have released life-cycle analyses on their products. A group of Dartmouth students did, however, analyze (PDF) several types of gum wrappers. It turns out that Bubble Tape-style products—where a single plastic shell, instead of many individual wrappers, holds the gum—were responsible for the least amount of greenhouse-gas emissions.


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New knitters are welcome to join the group on Wednesday afternoons and donated yarn is available to help get you started, but needles and crochet hooks are participants responsibility. The group is open to all skill levels and provides and outlet to get out and socialize with fellow knitters on a weekly basis. Contact Edyie Johnson to join or for more information at: edyiej@comcast.
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…is for some journalist to say you did. According to the headline on that article, James Perloff refuted evolution at some half-baked meeting.
Perloff tried to draw parallels throughout history, attempting to connect individuals such as Andrew Carnegie, Karl Marx, Josef Stalin and Adolph Hitler with the teachings and rationales of Charles Darwin. He also told of his own life's inner conflict, saying he was briefly turned into an atheist at a young age due to Darwin's theory.
Perloff went on to say, "Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest," and that, "[the theory of] evolution is just speculation on the past and should not been seen as scientific fact."
There you go. EVILution has been defeated. Good job, Perloff. Honestly. It should be clear to everyone. If someone can make bogus, tinsel thin connections between ideas and people Real America loathes, then the idea must be false. Just pretend that logical fallacies don't exist and the argument is air-tight.
The event was held in front of a small gathering and was kicked off with a prayer along with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Harold Shurtleff of West Roxbury, regional field director for the John Birch Society.
I remember as a very young kid playing Street Fighter. When the levels got too hard or my older brother beat me a bunch of times in a row, I'd start up a game just by myself. I would have a Player 2 set up, but no one was controlling it. I'd just wail all my 32 bits on that character. It made me feel good. Does anyone get the feeling that conservatives have the same frustration? I mean, the exact same frustration – one born out of immaturity and a lack of rationale. These people are kicking and screaming their prayers and flag-based prayers all over the place because it makes them feel good. Of course, I was a child when I did it. What excuse do these people have? There are more examples.
Take Sean Hannity. He's a huge idiot. (I heard him say in the middle of a broadcast, and I paraphrase, "…that isn't an arrogant statement. America saved the world from Totalitarianism. It did this multiple times. The world has us to thank. That isn't an arrogant statement.") He refuses to refer to Obama as "President Obama" in virtually every instance. He insists on calling him "The Annointed One", or "The One" for short. You can feel his anger and immature frustration. People very rarely identify whining correctly (they tend to conflate it with active disagreement). This is not one of those cases. Sean Hannity and the new breed of ultra-radical conservatives are big, fat whiners.
Conservapedia is another great example of a bunch of crybabies. Their page on evolution (which is just a page on creationism) has a section titled "Creation Scientists Tend to Win the Creation-Evolution Debates". I kid you not. This is their version of 32-bit wailing. They absolutely cannot win. Rather than to accept reality, they set up these conversations in their own heads where they win every time. Sean Hannity does it. John McCain did it. Dubya definitely did it. This is the path of conservatives in America. Yell and whine and if that doesn't work, beat the crap out of Blanka.
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"Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand." (Ex. 15:20)
Appearing throughout the Book of Exodus and one of the leading women in the Bible, Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron is shown, hair streaming, timbrel in hand, as a star.
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A camera trap set by Panthera Kaplan scholar Laila Bahaa-el-din took this photo of an African golden cat. Recently, cameras set by Laila in Gabon filmed the first video footage of a wild, living African golden cat.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points, or 0.3 percent, to end at 1,843 Tuesday.
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3 - Watering : preferably use two kinds of water: rainwater harvested of course in a non-polluted area, or demineralized water (not flavored) which serves to irons steam and batteries. Let dip the base of the pot in 2 to 3 cm of water from the beginning of May to October. For pots with water reserve, place the water level to a quarter of the height gauge. In winter, from November to April, do not let water in the saucer, just keep the soil barely moist: touch it with your index finger, a trace of moisture should remain on the finger. Watering should be done during this period on the top of the substrate. For Nepenthes, keep the soil moist throughout the year, but does not allow swimming base of the pot in water. The hygrometry should be high for these plants.
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2009-10: Began the cross country season as Duke's fifth man at the JMU Invite with an eighth-place finish ... took 13th place as Duke's second finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational, running 25:09 for 8K ... took almost a full minute off his previous time with a 24:09.39 showing for 16th place at the Panorama Farms Invitational ... was the Devils' second finisher and earned all-conference honors with an 8K personal-best 23:47.27, good for 14th place at the ACC Championships ... indoors, specialized in the mile, running a season-best 4:05.17 to finish second at the Virginia Tech Classic ... ran 4:10.63 to finish third at the ACC Championships, earning All-ACC honors ... member of the school-record-setting DMR squad that clocked 9:34.39 at the Alex Wilson Invitational on Mar. 5 ... also part of the DMR squad that finished first at the Armory Collegiate in 9:45.30 ... outdoors, competed in the 800m on two occasions, finishing fifth at the Duke Invitational ... covered 1,500m in 3:42.07, the No. 4 performance at Duke, to finish second at the Carolina Fast Times ... placed fourth at the ACC Championships in Clemson, S.C. ... ran 4:43.09 at the NCAA First Round to finish seventh and advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. ... placed 22nd in the NCAA 1,500m semifinals ... was a member of the Duke 4x1,500m relay team that turned in the No. 3 Duke performance at the Raleigh Relays ... at the Penn Relays, anchored the 4xMile squad that recorded the No. 2 performance at Duke, closing out the race with a 3:59.5 split.
2008-09: Earned All-East distinction in cross country, placing ninth at the IC4A Championships to help Duke win the team title ... named Rod Stewart Award winner as Duke's top track athlete ... indoors, holds the second-best time in school history for the mile with his 4:04.97 time set in Blacksburg, Va. ... finished seventh in the mile at the ACC Championships with a 4:04.97 run in the finals ... won the individual title and garnered All-East accolades for the mile at the IC4A Indoor Championships, clocking 4:04.72 ... outdoors, placed sixth at the ACC's in the 1,500m ... split a 4:03.40 anchor mile at the Penn Relays to close out the No. 2 all-time Duke performance in the 4xMile relay ... ran a 3:43.81 in the 1,500m at UNC, before winning the IC4A individual crown in the same event, becoming one of only three Duke track & field athletes to win multiple IC4A titles ... took seventh place in the 1,500m at the NCAA East Regional ... ended the outdoor season with a 1,500m personal-best 3:43.02, good for fourth place, at the High Performance Series in Indianapolis.
2007-08: Named Duke's Indoor Freshman of the Year ... qualified for the IC4A Championships as an individual in both the 1,000m and the mile events ... anchored Duke's winning distance medley relay at the Terrier Classic in Boston with a 4:08 split for 1,600m ... ran leadoff on Duke's DMR at the ACC Championships, paving the way for the Devils' third-place finish with a 3:03, 1,200m leg ... placed eighth in the mile at ACC's to make the finals ... narrowly missed the IC4A mile finals after his performance at the indoor championships, clocking a 4:12.50 in the prelims ... outdoors, ran a then-personal-best 3:47.90 in the 1,500m to become the only freshman to make the IC4A Championship finals ... finished in eighth place to earn All-East recognition ... concluded the outdoor season at the USATF Junior Nationals with a 5,000m personal-best time of 15:01.89 to take seventh place.
Prior to Duke: State indoor mile champion ... third at the state outdoor championships in the 1,600m ... five-time state competitor ... set three school track records ... two-time letterwinner in football ... ran his first cross country season in 2005 ... Southern Illinois Cross Country Runner of the Year ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Son of Audra and Dan Nanni ... born May 17, 1989 ... has a brother, Derek, and a sister, Amber ... majoring in Biology.
Indoor PRs
1000m- 2:25.09 (1/24/2009)
1 Mile- 4:04.21 (2/21/2010)
Outdoor PRs
800m- 1:50.90 (4/3/2010)
1500m- 3:42.07 (4/10/2010)


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's track and field team shone at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Saturday.
The msn's team scored 208 points and finished first for the second year in a row, outdistancing a nine-team field. The women scored 120 points and finished second in a 13-team field. Worcester State finished first with 195 points.
Among the highlights for the Corsairs included junior Linee Mello-Frost's performance (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS), finishing first in the 100 meter hurdles and breaking the school record with a time of 15.37 seconds. Freshman Shannon Singletary (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) finished third at 100 meters in 13.12 seconds after running 12.95 seconds in the trials, which qualified her for the Division III New England Championships and ranks as the sixth best time at UMD. Sophomore Megan Oliveira (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) finished first at 800 meters in 2:27.43, sophomore Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame HS) was second in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 13:17.39, junior Jermai Harrison (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) won the shot put with a toss of 37 feet, 5 ¼ inches, and sophomore Brittany Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was third at 35-7 ¾. She was fourth in the hammer throw at 106 feet, two inches. Sophomore Emily Migre (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was third in the javelin at 108-5, freshman Jamie Zizza (Stoneham, MA/Stoneham HS) was second in the pole vault at 7-6 and Alyssa Mpelkas fourth at 7-0, and the 4 x 100 meter relay team of Mello-Frost, freshman Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS), Singletary and junior Briley Morrill (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was second in 51.56 seconds.
On the men's side, senior Corey Sleep (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS) ran a personal best time of 22.89 seconds at 200 meters, finishing fourth and qualifying him for the Division III New England Championships. His time was the 10th best in school history. Sophomore Hymlaire Lamisere (Newton, MA/Newton North HS/Iona) was second at 100 meters in 11.28 seconds and qualified for the D3 New Englands, as did Sleep who was fourth in 11.48 seconds.
Freshman Matt Ford (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) was first at 800 meters in 2:01.20, senior Matt Lemanski (East Longmeadow, MA/East Longmeadow HS) was second in 2:02.26, and freshman Scott Connolly (Sharon, MA/Sharon HS) was fourth in 2:03.06. Junior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) was first at 1500 meters in 4:11.32, sophomore Kevin Gilmore (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was fourth in 4:15.47, and senior Tim Whelan (Abington, MA/Abington HS) was fifth at 4:17.73. Sophomore Brian McArdle (Winchester, MA/Winchester HS) was third in the 110 meter high hurdles in 15.82 seconds, junior Nick Deininger (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS) was fifth in 16.39 seconds, junior James Morgan (Stoneham, MA/Stoneham HS/Assumption) sixth in 16.49 seconds, and junior Jeff Beal (Townsend, MA/North Middlesex HS) eighth in 16.84. In the 400 meter hurdles, junior Brian Hopkins (Mendon, MA/Nipmuc Regional HS) was first in 58.51 seconds and Morgan fourth in 1:00.38. Junior Nick Santoro (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John's HS) was first in the 3000 meter steeplechase, Morgan was fifth in the pole vault at 9-6, Lamisere second in the long jump at 19-5 ½,, sophomore Robert Yarbough (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS) was first in the shot put at 42-9 3/4 , junior Kevin Markie (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS/Nichols) was second in the triple jump at 42-9. Tom Barry was first in the javelin at 168-5, the seventh best mark at UMD. It qualified him for the D3 New Englands. John Bettencourt was second at 165-1, the eighth best mark for the Corsairs, Deininger was sixth at 146 feet, and Whelan eighth at 140-8.
The 4 x 100 meter relay team of sophomore Brendan Wilson (East Falmouth, MA/East Falmouth HS/Cape Cod CC), Sleep, Markie and Lamisere was second in 44.32 seconds, the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Nicolai Kolev, freshman Jesse Perrin (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS), Lemanski and Hopkins was first in 3:35.27, and the team of Ford, freshman Darius Smith (Plympton, MA/Silver Lake Regional HS), Morgan and Connolly was second at 3:40.51.
"I'm happy with the result," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "I'm glad we didn't have rain or lightning like we had in the past, we had the biggest field we have had in several years, and we had our best performance so far this spring. It was great to see Linee Mello-Frost break the school record in the 100 meter hurdles. She now has the school record both indoors and outdoors, and this is her best outdoor season since she's been at UMass Dartmouth. Shannon Singletary has now had two good meets in a row. On the guys' side, Corey Sleep goes unrecognized, but he had a nice day. Tom Barry and John Bettencourt did a nice job going 1-2 in the javelin, and both Corey Sleep and Hymlaire Lamisere qualified for D3 New Englands in two events. It was a nice improvement for us from our first two meets."
The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Connecticut College next Saturday.


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The Division for the Natural and Applied Sciences at Hope College has honored two faculty with awards designed to recognize excellence in teaching or research.
Dr. Miguel Abrahantes, assistant professor of engineering, has received the "Dean's Science Division Faculty Research Award." Dr. Amanda Barton, assistant professor of nursing, has received the "Dean's Science Division Mentoring/Advising/Teaching Award." Both awards were announced during a luncheon at the college on Thursday, March 13.
The "Faculty Research Award" is based on research accomplishments including publications, grant awards, significant presentations at professional meetings and external professional recognition, and the winner is chosen by an anonymous panel of faculty members from among nominees by the division's department chairs and the dean. The "Mentoring/ Advising/ Teaching Award" recognizes a faculty member who has gone beyond the call of duty in being an exceptional mentor, advisor and teacher to students, and the winner is selected by a panel of students.
The awards were created in 2007 as part of the division's strategic plan, "Vision 20/20," which has the goal of reaching an uncharted level of excellence, according to Dr. Moses Lee, who is dean for the natural and applied sciences at Hope. Both awards include financial support for the winners to use in working with students.
The emphasis in choosing recipients this year was on honoring junior members of the faculty to encourage and support them as they develop their scholarship and programs with students, according to Lee. He noted that the focused approach didn't make the selection process any easier.
"The nominees are all excellent faculty members," he said. "I think that both sets of panelists would agree that each of the nominees would have been outstanding recipients of the respective awards."
Abrahantes has been a member of the Hope engineering faculty since 2004. His current research emphasis is on developing control algorithms for tetrahedral walking robots in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA is developing the robots, which move by extending and retracting struts rather than by using wheels, for the next generation of planetary exploration within the solar system. Abrahantes's team, which includes Hope engineering students, created the first such robot to move autonomously.
Abrahantes teaches courses in electronics and in dynamic systems and controls. He holds his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Universidad Central de las Villas in Cuba, and his doctorate in control systems from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina.
Barton has been a member of the Hope nursing faculty since 2003. The student nominators described her as "inspiring," citing her focus on students and her commitment to service.
She teaches courses including pathophysiology, pharmacology, family health nursing, and pediatric theory and practicum, in addition to nursing research. She is one of the faculty leaders of the college's ongoing interdisciplinary service project focused on water quality and community health in the village of Nkuv in Cameroon, an effort which in February was named one of four finalists by Michigan Campus Compact for Michigan's 2008 Carter Partnership Award.
In addition to teaching at Hope, Barton is a family nurse practitioner at Lakewood Family Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty she had been with Columbia University Health Services, AmeriCares and the Central Asian Development Agency. She holds her bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, completed family nurse practitioner training at Columbia University and earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree at Rush University.


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The Scottish GENES blog has now ceased publication - for continuing Scottish news please refer to its sister blog, British GENES, at http://britishgenes.blogspot.com. The Scottish GENES posts will remain online as an archive of Scottish genealogical news from 2007-2011. Alba - agus Scottish GENES - gu bràth!
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As many of you know, I have a Twitter presence at #chrismpaton. One of the advantages of communicating with other gene genies on Twitter is that many of them, like myself, will post messages containing links to new websites, blog posts or interesting genealogical stories of the day. As a new service, I have now created The British GENES Daily, an e-newspaper that essentially draws its material from these links automatically each evening, with daily stories from many professional genealogists with a lot of experience, top genealogical records vendors and magazine providers, and other keen enthusiasts with never ending enthusiasm and lots to say! Launched last week, I had initially named the site The Scottish GENES Daily, but the scope of the content goes well beyond Scotland and encompasses much more from across the UK, and so the new title seems a fairer reflection of what it carries.
The British GENES Daily is available each evening at 8.00pm from http://paper.li/chrismpaton. You can subscribe to the site as you would with this blog, or just bookmark and dip in whenever is convenient. All part of my efforts to continue to spread the word, and as ever, free of charge!
Also, this blog has now been running for three years, with its three year 'blogiversary' on December 22nd. I am debating whether to expand the remit of the site to become a full British news blog, or to remain a dedicated full time resource for Scotland - or possibly to do both. There are pros and cons for each possibility - should this blog continue in its present form, or would you wish to see more content from across the UK? If you have any strong opinions either way, please do contact me or leave a comment below in the comments section. Whatever happens, rest assured that Scottish content will always remain the priority - Alba gu bragh!
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Because my genealogy specialty is "Scots" you know I would love to see the blog continue as a specifically Scottish resource.
Having said that, I have to acknowledge that all things evolve and change. So go with your own flow, Chris, and do what feels best for you and the blog. It will be fabulous.
- 5 December 2010 at 20:20
- Chris Paton said...
Thanks Dianne,
I've had a few responses by email tonight asking me to stay with Scottish material only, and one or two who would be happy to see more from around the UK. I'll see what other responses I get over the next few days, before making a decision, but thanks for sharing your thoughts!
- 6 December 2010 at 00:34
- Ron Ferguson said...
Not an easy one but with my main line of ancestry coming from Cumberland/Westmorland (as they were) there has been much interplay between residence in the two countries.
One of the the main difficulties is trying to link an England resident b. in Scotland with their Scottish family. So at least some overlapping would, I suggest, be advantageous.
However, I do think that your Blogs should largely relate to Scotland.
- 6 December 2010 at 01:32
Keep them separate !!
Ian in Canada
- 6 December 2010 at 02:38
I'd personally be in favour of it remaining predominantly Scottish, but as you, me and loads of others have a lot of Irish ancestry, how about the British Isles Genealogy News - BIG News?
I will still keep reading whatever you decide.
- 6 December 2010 at 08:25
- Chris Paton said...
I already do big news...! :) lol I do actually cover a lot of Irish developments, simply because there is a massive Irish impact on the west of Scotland, so many find themselves with an Irish ancestor within a couple of generations. Also becasue I'm Northern Irish and I want to stay on top of what is happening back there...!
- 6 December 2010 at 09:57
Hi Chris,
Being totally selfish I would prefer your blog to stay as a Scottish/Irish resource!
- 6 December 2010 at 19:47
- Chris Paton said...
I think I can see the way the wind is blowing on this one...! lol :)
- 6 December 2010 at 19:55


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Menlo Park's council members fall into two camps -- no, not development vs. no-growth -- more like, thrifty vs. profligate when it comes to spending city funds on trips related to city business.
Out of 10 council members who served at any time since 2004, Kelly Fergusson, who was elected to the council that year, holds the record for most travel expenses, even before last week's now infamous trip to Washington, D.C., to visit with locally based politicians and stay in a $400-per-night hotel.
According to city documents obtained by the Almanac through a public records request, Ms. Fergusson has filed 60 requests, for a total of $12,476.34, since 2004. The only other current council member serving since December 2004 is Andy Cohen, whose total spending was $1,815.13. Mr. Cohen's total represents 22 requests.
That's an average of $1,996 per year of spending for Ms. Fergusson, and an average of $290 per year for Mr. Cohen.
Ms. Fergusson's tab includes two daytrip tours of water infrastructure that each cost close to $600; a $744.79 airplane ticket to Fresno; a Seattle conference; and at least two dozen regional dinner meetings.
She serves on the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, making the tours of water infrastructure relevant to council business.
Three other council members approached her record -- but only in number of requests. Nicolas Jellins filed 25, for a total of $3,216.29 during the three relevant years; Heyward Robinson, with 23 requests that added up to $5,511.81 during four years in office; and John Boyle, who during his four years in office asked for 24 reimbursements and received approximately $1,711, although he was the only council member to get reimbursed for Blackberry accessories.
Most council members, upon taking a turn as mayor, saw their travel expenses rise, with the exception of Rich Cline, who to date has filed only six reimbursement requests totaling $766, and who, despite being on his second term as mayor, has resisted the urge to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a three-day event that cost Menlo Park $2,057.77 for Ms. Fergusson to attend in 2007 and $3,512.94 for Mr. Robinson in 2009 -- a price tag that included a $1,229 plane ticket to D.C.
Wondering whether Menlo Park is subject to a double standard, since travel by other local councils such as Palo Alto apparently doesn't generate as much consternation, Mr. Robinson said in an e-mail that a cheaper plane ticket wasn't available since he waited to confirm the flights until after he became mayor; he added that he was able to stay with friends for free instead of paying $600 per night for a hotel room.
"While it's certainly appropriate for the public and the press to scrutinize expenses by their elected officials, I don't think that the importance of face-to-face meetings is being sufficiently appreciated," said Mr. Robinson, who left the council last December. "It's well known that if you want to influence federal funding and policy, you need to travel to Washington."
Mayor Cline said that while big conferences are great, they don't do much for Menlo Park. "Our issues are very parochial in many ways," he said. "There is a ton of info online -- lots of ways to follow other cities to learn how they render decisions and lots of folks to talk with to exchange ideas. I have never been an advocate of conferences and I rarely see it worth the expensive costs of investment."
However, Ms. Fergusson said those conferences allow her "to bring back best practices throughout the nation." Other events, such as Progress Seminars in Monterey, she said, are "educational about regional issues. I've gone almost every year on my own dime and only billed the city for two."
How about the council newcomers? Peter Ohtaki has spent $1,036.65 so far on one voluntary training event for newly elected mayors and council members in Sacramento.
Vice Mayor Kirsten Keith attended the same "new council member" event, but has also filed five additional expense reports, tying her with Mr. Cline for number of requests even though she's been on the council for only four months. With total reimbursements of $1,227.36, however, she pushed ahead in the cost category as compared with the mayor's $766 during his four-and-a-quarter-year tenure. Highlights: the Mount Olive Annual Crab Feed ($40); the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau annual meeting ($65), and a State of the Valley conference ($150).
City Manager Glen Rojas explained the council travel policy: A $10,000 fund covers travel costs for all five council members as part of the annual city budget. They can either ask the city to pay in advance, or request reimbursement. When the trip involves traveling out of state, the reimbursement must be approved, before or after the fact, by the council during a regular meeting.
He said the council as a whole usually doesn't spend the full $10,000; any leftover money returns to the general fund.
Ms. Fergusson sounded irritated when the Almanac asked her about the expenses, and refused to answer questions about the D.C. trip, saying an expense report would be coming shortly.
"It doesn't seem like you cover actual news anymore," she said.


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Are Maple Bats the True Bad Guys ?
This is the 2nd installment of my little blog series on the epidemic of bat breakage in the MLB. If you did not read the first installment, I wrote it on 1/20/2008, and please feel free to check the archive for the blog.
Susan Rhodes is not a usual attendee to a baseball game. But why is it that on May 25, 2008, she was in the wrong place and the wrong time and met the barrel end of a tomahawking bat that shattered more than her jaw that day. She was sitting 4 rows behind the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout, usually a safe place for everything but the occasional foul ball. She ever saw the shard coming towards her, she was instead watching the play develop as the ball headed into the outfield. She suffered a concussion and the force of the bat fractured her jaw in two places.
Broker bats have been commonplace ever since the advent of baseball, but the Rhodes accident along with Rick Hellings impalement and both players and fans injuries have brought a new danger to the game of baseball. Even the men behind the plate, the umpires have not been ruled out as victims in this saga of wood and pressure. So has America;s favorite pastime been invaded by a new dangerous trend, and is the maple bat the sole item responsible for this trend?
Babe Ruth's hickory bats are long gone and now it seems that the old memory of those heavy and cumbersome pieces of lumber show a simpler time in the era of baseball. It now seems that the obsession with ash bats for the last couple of decades has dwindled and is almost a forgotten bat material to most major leaguers'. Thanks to the popularity of the maple bat during Barry Bond's run to the home run title more and more players are opting for this potentially lethal bat type. But we are not blaming Bonds for the recent problems, he did not design, test or even manufacture bat for a living, he just used them as a tool for his trade.
Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox got a first hand account of the danger on June 19, 2008. While Cox was sitting in the dugout, like Rhodes, he was watching the ball and did not see second baseman Kelly Johnson's bat shard coming towards him in the dugout. The bat ended up going above his head, but like Rhodes, he never saw the bat coming his way at any moment before it struck the dugout wall.
On June 24, players like Mariners' pitcher Aaron Heilman and Royals catcher John Buck were members of a Major League Baseball committee to look into this new danger and try to decide what should be done for the safety of everyone in baseball. Scientists and engineers have also been consulted on the ever growing problem. By using the basics of science, they know the ways that according to MLB standards, a baseball bat should be shaped and hit. And they have studied the way it can react and also break under pressure.
Early in the annuals of baseball, bats also broke, but not at the regularity that they do today. The maple versus ash bat controversy did not exist because neither bat was developed at the time for use by baseball players. As we mentioned before, at the time Babe Ruth was swatting balls into the grandstands, players used hickory bats every time up to the plate. During those days hickory was a common wood and it is still known today as a truly strong wood to use in industry. But though time, batters wanted a lighter, more fluid wood to use for hitting, and the hickory bat became a dinosaur of modern bats.
Even though ash was not as strong as hickory, it did possess that lighter feeling in your hands, and could be sanded down easier to conform the handle to your touch and liking with simple sandpaper. The problem with most wood is that its overall strength can be totally compatible with weight. So if you desire a strong wood to produce your bats, you will get a heavier model because of the weight. And in simple contrast, if you go lighter wood, you get lighter overall weight, but you give up some levels of durability under pressure.
It is said that in the 1990's, Toronto outfielder Joe Carter might have swung the first maple bat, and his shot to win the World Series for the Blue Jays might have been viewed by opponents as the key to power in that decade. Because he was using a maple bat, players began to look into its cost and usage and began to request them by the dozens. With maple now as an alternative, it was appealing because it showcased more strength without the cumbersome bother of weight . And because of it strength, it quickly got a reputation as the tool that would let you hit farther and longer in games.
Ash had a tendency to produce flakes of ash that came off the bat like snow, but it held together better and did not separate at the barrel end. Because of the flaking, players did not go through bats as often, and that was the main reason they stuck to them for so long. But in 2001, during Bond's display of power and strength, players became obsessed and craved this new bat type, and quickly put ash bats in the dark recesses of the locker room or garages of the players.
For 50 years, white ash was the preferred wood for baseball bats, but with over 50 percent of all players using maple now, it was a quick and revolutionary change for the game. Maple and ash bats all break a certain way because of their unique characteristics. Ash tends to flake or chip in smaller chunks and do not propel through the air, while maple has a tendency to break into larger jagged shards that are propelled by the stored up energy of the bat. But can the change in breakage patterns be attributed to their cell difference and the size of their pores within the wood.
Scientists agree that the tree pores, which transports moisture inside the trees before they become bats shows that ash has more flexibility to it than maple samples. Ash wood has what is considered a ring porous character. within its grains you will find more avenues and pores that can carry moisture throughout the wood. And of you went into the region of its growth ring, where the grain doesn't exist, you would see that it is more or less solid fiber.
Because the voids in wood are confined to certain areas, the growth planes are considered a weak area of the wood. When an ash bat hits an object, its cell walls would collapse, and that would produce the chipping and the flaking experienced with ash bats. The barrel would just begin to soften and small flaking pieces would begin to fall off the bat. It makes for a great indicator of the lessen density of the wood and its possibility of breakage and snapping while hitting.
Maple on the other hand is considered ring diffuse, meaning that its pore are more evenly distributed throughout the piece of wood. that makes the bat barrel more durable than any other part of the wood, and you do not get the cautionary flaking or chipping warning that ash bats give you before they break apart while hitting.
Cracks form in both types of wood as a bat is used to hit a ball after ball after ball. But the same pore structure that makes a ash bat flake also produces cracks along the channel of the bat. Meaning that it has a long way to go before a crack can materialize to actually crack a bat in half. And batters can see these cracks beforehand and exchange the bat before the process results in an explosion of the bat upon contact.
I know we have all seen a hitter take the barrel end of the bat and bounce it off the ground or the plate to see if they get vibrations out of the bat that will be a sure sign of it breaking. It was an early warning sign of sorts for the wood to let the batter know it was about to take its last swing, or break apart during the hitting process. That made the ash bat a lot safer and more predictable before danger could happen. But it also could happen multiple times during a game, and the cost of replacing a box of bats might have been the deciding factor in hitters looking for alternatives.
Because of the maple bats diffuse pores, cracks in the wood can grow in any number of directions. This could make them more apt to hide the cracks and breaks as they break out towards the barrel. That is the main reason that maple bats produce such a large chunk or shard when they finally do explode after cracking. And sine they do not flake or ship, they do not ever send a warning sign to the batter that his bat is cracking or might end up in the stands or in the infield barely missing a opposing player.
But a culprit that might go unnoticed even by the hitter is that fact that the wood can take on different characteristics considering how the bat was cut from the wood. A billet of misaligned wood can affect it subjectivity to breakage as well as force upon the wood. A bat is considered stronger when the grain lines up with the length of the bat. Because of its dark nature, this grain is considerably harder to see in maple than in the light tones of the ash bat. Maple also has a tendency to not have as straight a grain as ash, which can be instrumental in fatigue and breakage when used to extremes.
If you do not have a bat that is cut with the grain, you will have a weaker bat. That might not be a scientific phasing for you, but it is a stark reality with baseball bats. But can that be one of the multitude of reasons that a maple bat and explode and send shards throughout the stands or infield. Another factor take take into consideration is the fact that the batter could hit the ball in a bad position and make the bat break upon his swing. Which would have nothing to do with the bats chemistry, or it's compounds or porous material.
The bat comes into contact with the ball in a small area for only one thousandth of a second in most swings. The short time it takes to make that impact can sends upwards of 5,000 pounds of force through the wood. If you hit the ball badly, or not within the are of the "sweet spot" of the bat, you could get this stinging sensation in your hands. That is a visual sign from the bat that it is bending and vibrating to release the force without breaking in your hands.
If the bending is compacted into enough of an area, it can produce a bat break in any type of bat. The bending of the bat can lead to its breaking usually in ash bats at the point of the least material, which on an ash bat, is its handle. The bat that Todd Helton had in his hand on the day that Susan Rhodes got injured broke at the handle and sent the barrel tomahawking into the stands towards her. This leads to another concern about today's bats. Could a narrower handle on the bat be a reason for the increase in bats breaking and exploding all over the ballpark.
Over 100 years ago, bat handles were a lot more thicker and more bulky than today's bats used by every level of baseball. Some say the advent of these small handles is a compliance to metal bats that are used at lower levels before players become professionals. Because the metal bats do not possess a thick, rugged handle players are unaccustomed to hitting with the extra meat on the handle. As time progressed, the handle also went through a series a changes to become more streamlined and comfortable to today's players.
The narrow handle makes a baseball bat made out of wood more prone to breaking and take away the sturdiness of the bat. To make modern bats more accustom to metal bats, did we make the breakage problem worse, or just provide another avenue for the bats to break upon force. Because of the numerous injuries and episodes during 2008, the issue of the bats has come again into the limelight.
Again, another episode that happened in 2008, was on June 24, in Kansas City, as MLB umpire Brian O'Nora was hit in the head, while wearing his protective gear behind the plate during a game. Think about this for a second. Here is a guy less than 3 feet from the epicenter of the bats explosion who had his protective gear popped off his forehead and sustained a gash upon his forehead.
You do not want to think of the repercussions of him maybe not even having a safety device on and getting clobbered with that bat shard. I would love to have a poll done of MLB catchers to see how many of them have to have trainers or medical personnel during or after the game take out splinters or small sharp wood chips from their equipment or their bodies. I think that kind of poll would not help the bat situation, because most catcher see that as part of the game, like a foul ball getting your fingers or cracking you in the inner thighs.
You have to wonder if engineers and scientists have a good theory on why bats crack and break. I know we see multitudes of bats breaking during games today, but is there any true data outsides of the hands of the MLB that can tell us . We know that the MLB has collected bats from 2008 and have analyzed and categorized their breakage and the bats type of wood. So is there real evidence that we have not seen yet that would show that bats are breaking now at alarming rates compared to the past. And to what extent does the maple bat hold either a advantage or a danger as a bat of choice by the MLB players.
Could there be a variable that since ash bats show their breakage points before breaking fully, that the safety factor of these types of bats provide more protection to hitters and others around the batter's box. Whereas maple bats only show their weakness when struck and will not give any visual sign of breakage before the audible sign of the crack of the bat during a swing. There are probable a dozen of ways to reduce the number of broken bats that have either been suggested or advised throughout the years.
Maybe the action of thicker handles, and the compliance of players to not shave down handles and make them customized after manufacture could be another solution. Maybe the MLB has to provide a maximum diameter for the handles of bats by the manufacturers. But would a thicker handle minimize the shards flying still throughout the stands and the playing surface. If you thicken the handle you will make it safer. But alone will this help some of the problem.
Or is the fact that wood bats fail, that it is a part of the game to see bats splinter and crack. But some of today's bats do not make a simple splintering or cracking, but produce a missile that takes on speed as it leaves the batters box. So with that in mind, we have to face the reality that bats fail, and that maple bats will fail far more times than ash bat in the future. MLB could be doing a study right now on wood types and maybe implementing restrictions on certain wood types that display more brittle properties in them. Or maybe even think of implementing a specification on the grain alignment to help them stopping breaking in alarming rates in 2009or beyond.
Individually, the teams could set up more protective netting in front of the lower level infield seats in stadiums with the premise to protect their fans. I know that Detroit Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson suggested such a measure on his ESPN.com blog. Because players have their attention and eye towards the batter, they have more ample time to dodge and even see the shards coming towards them. While spectators in those front rows have a tendency to look in other directions because of the multiple attention getting sights and sounds of the game.
That might be a way of protecting the fans, but those people pay good money to sit in those sections and most know the dangers firsthand from foul balls and errant throws to first or third base. To suggest that they are the only ones in the ball park to be protected might not be viewed as well by fans above the dugout, or further down the foul lines in stadiums. And anyways, who want to sit there on the front row and have to look through a net the entire game. If I wanted to look through glass or netting, I would go to an NHL game, not want to watch the greatest game on dirt.
Tendering Some Love to the Players…….Tendered Players 2008
The Greatest thing a player can learn on a day like today is how much his club loves what he does on the field for them. But sometimes even that get a bit blurred and the images seems to fade a bit before the reality comes that you either have a new start somewhere else, or you contact your old team and see if they just wanted you at a cheaper price.
Every December 12th, the MLB goes through this sadistic tactic of non-tendering and tendering contracts to the arbitration eligible players on their rosters. Some people are shoe-ins to get picked up because of talent or maybe even a low cost towards the next year budget. Others are looked at under a microscope and the decisions might come down to dollar signs and not talent or ability.
That is the sad reality of this date. You could be an up and coming talent, or a veteran that just had an off year and you could be looking for a job in a heartbeat after midnight tonight. Also, just because they decided to offer you a contract doesn't mean that the wheels stop turning and you might still be dealt to another team and they will make the decision on your fate again, and maybe at a financial disadvantages.
So on and on tonight I will be adding to this blog until I have a final idea of who, what where, when and why might pop up and bite some unsuspecting player on the buttock. Seriously here, there will be some surprises tonight. Some players might be getting held ransom for a financial sacrifice, while other might be rewarded for unforeseen changes in their game or ability. Which ever come about, it is not the end of the world or a career with any of the players tonight.
Everyone will find a place to play in 2009, it might not be the town you are currently playing in, but it also might turn into the best decision of your life. Just because you came up with a certain club does not mean that there are not other staffs or coaches' salivating that your name is on the list tonight. People always have choices in life. The path we take is not predestined as many believe, but they are earmarked with signs and signals we either adhere to or avoid.
The players on this list still have had the honor to play at a level that few people ever achieve in life, on or off the ball field. And with that in mind, you have to remember the sacrifices and the sweat and tears that got you to this level will be rewarded again.
So as we embark on this night when some believe a dream has ended, you have to remember that through every closed door there is another opportunity maybe even down the hall. Here is the list of the guys who got the love and admiration of their clubs tonight. This list will be in no certain order, but will be update throughout the night.
Tampa Bay Rays:
Gabe Gross ( OF )
Dioner Navarro ( C )
Jason Barlett ( SS )
Willy Aybar ( INF )
Grant Balfour ( RP )
Kansas City Royals:
Esteban German ( INF ) 1-year contract
John Buck ( C )
Mike Jacobs ( INF )
Mark Teahen ( OF )
Brian Bannister ( SP )
Kyle Davies ( RP )
Jimmy Gobble ( SP )
Zack Greinke ( SP )
Joel Peralta ( RP )
Florida Marlins:
Jorge Cantu ( 3 B )
Dan Uggla ( 2 B )
Cody Ross ( OF )
Jeremy Hermida ( OF )
Rick Nolasco ( SP )
Josh Johnson ( RP )
Alfredo Amezaga ( RP )
Logan Kensing ( RP )
Dallas McPherson ( INF )
Philadelphia Phillies:
Shane Victorino ( OF )
Ryan Howard ( 1 B )
Ryan Madson ( RP )
Jayson Werth ( OF )
Eric Bruntlett ( INF ) 1-year contract
Clay Condrey ( RP ) 1-year contract
Joe Blanton ( SP )
Cole Hamels ( SP )
Greg Dobbs ( INF )
Chad Durbin ( RP )
Seattle Mariners:
Eric Bedard ( SP )
Aaron Heilman (SP, RP )
Felix Hernandez ( SP )
San Diego Padres:
Scott Hairston ( OF )
Luis Rodriguez ( INF )
Jody Gerut ( OF )
Heath Bell ( RP )
Atlanta Braves:
Kelly Johnson ( INF )
Matt Diaz ( OF )
Jeff Francoeur ( OF )
Mike Gonzalez ( RP )
Omar Infante ( INF )
Casey Kotchman ( 1 B )
Boston Red Sox:
Kevin Youkilis ( 1B )
Jonathan Papelbon ( RP )
Javier Lopez ( RP )
Minnesota Twins:
Jason Kubel ( D H )
Matt Guerrier ( RP )
Los Angeles Dodgers:
Russell Martin ( C )
Andre Ethier ( OF )
Johnathan Broxton ( RP )
Oakland Athletics:
Rob Bowen ( C ) $ 535,000 1-year contract
Justin Duchscherer ( SP )
Jack Cust ( OF )
Chicago White Sox:
Dewayne Wise ( OF ) 1-year, $ 550,000 contract
Wilson Betemit ( INF ) 1-year $ 1.3 Million contract
Detroit Tigers:
Ramon Santiago ( INF ) 1-year $ 825,000 contract
Marcus Thames ( OF )
Fernando Rodney ( RP )
Bobby Seay ( RP )
Joel Zumaya ( RP )
Justin Verlander ( SP )
Edwin Jackson ( SP,RP )
Cleveland Indians:
Kelly Shoppach ( C )
Chicago Cubs:
Chad Gaudin ( RP ) 1-year $ 2 million contract
Ronny Cedeno ( INF )
Reed Johnson ( OF )
Neal Cotts ( RP ) 1-year $ 1.1 million contract
Mike Wuertz ( RP )
Kevin Gregg ( RP )
San Francisco Giants:
Jack Taschner ( RP )
Toronto Blue Jays:
Jason Frasor ( RP )
Brian Tallet ( RP )
Brandon League ( RP )
Jose Batista ( INF )
Pittsburgh Pirates:
Nate McLouth ( OF )
Adam LaRoche ( 1 B )
Ryan Doumit ( C )
Zack Duke ( SP )
John Grabow ( RP )
Tyler Yates ( RP )
Paul Maholm ( SP )
St Louis Cardinals:
Rick Ankiel ( OF )
Chris Duncan ( OF )
Todd Wellemeyer ( RP )
Colorado Rockies:
Garrett Atkins ( 3 B )
Clint Barmes ( 2 B )
Jorge De La Rosa ( SP )
Taylor Buchholz ( RP )
Jason Grilli ( RP )
Huston Street ( RP )
Cincinnati Reds:
Edwin Encarnacion ( INF )
Milwaukee Brewers:
Seth McClung ( SP, RP )
Prince Fielder ( 1 B )
Rickie Weeks ( 2 B )
J J Hardy ( S S )
Corey Hart ( OF )
Dave Bush ( SP )
Washington Nationals:
Ryan Zimmerman ( 3B )
Josh Willingham ( OF )
Scott Olsen ( SP )
Shawn Hill ( RP )
Willy Harris ( SS ) 2-year $ 3 million
Houston Astros:
Brandon Backe ( SP )
Geoff Geary ( RP )
Wandy Rodriguez ( SP )
Tim Byrdak ( RP )
Jose Valverde ( RP )
Humberto Quintero ( C )
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:
Chone Figgins ( 3 B )
Robb Quinlan ( INF )
Maicer Ituris ( INF )
Ervin Santana ( SP )
Mike Napoli ( C )
As tonight comes to a close at midnight, the name will still be pouring in and this liost might not be totally complete by tomorrow afternoon. But I will do my best to be sure that you all have the latest listing of all players tendered contracts on December 12th.
I will also so a listing of the players who are deemed free agents now that their respective teams have put them on the open market. That listing might be a bit different as I want to block everyone into their respective positions, instead of teams for the non-tender list.
I will have that listing working by tomorrow afternoon and I have not decided yet if I might make prediction on what might happen to those players. As the night grows and the list gets longer, I will determine if that would be entertaining and informative to all of you.


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October 29, 2013 - AUDI AG
- "Ender's Game" premieres in Los Angeles
- Leading actors Ford and Butterfield among the guests
- Science fiction car Audi fleet shuttle quattro on the red carpet
It's premiere time for the Audi fleet shuttle quattro - the futuristic Audi can now be seen in theaters in the movie "Ender's Game". Even at a scaled-down size, the sci-fi car dazzled on the red carpet during the movie's premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, along with leading stars Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis and Abigail Breslin. For the movie's launch, the Audi design team built an illuminated model at a scale of 1:4. In contrast, the car that was driven in the movie by Harrison Ford, alias Hyrum Graff, exists only in the virtual world.
For the first time, the Audi designers created an exclusively digital car for the Hollywood production. They worked without a physical model and designed the car entirely on a computer. When shooting the scenes the actors drove an Audi A7 Sportback. Digital Domain, the company responsible for the movie's special effects, used computer-generated imagery to replace the A7 with the digital Audi fleet shuttle quattro during post-production.
"It was a very special moment for me when I finally saw our sci-fi Audi on the silver screen," said Björn Wehrli of the team of designers, which drew inspiration for the progressive car design from the futuristic world created for the movie by director Gavin Hood. "We have created a car for a world in about 75 years, which integrated itself perfectly into the high-tech atmosphere of the movie."
Waybe A. Kennedy, Asset Supervisor for Digital Domain, praised the good teamwork with the Audi designers: "We wanted to work with experts who had an understanding of how the design of the future might look. This is exactly what Audi achieved with its sci-fi design."
After its brief appearance in the spotlight, the 1:4 scale model of the Audi fleet shuttle quattro will be given a place of honor in the Audi Design Studio. The virtual car, on the other hand, can be seen by science fiction fans in theaters right now.


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The Silver Valley Unified School District covers approximately 3,500 square miles. Our district is separated into three (3) trustee area zones with a total of total of 5 trustee seats: Newberry Springs/Ludlow (2 seats), Yermo, (2 seats), and Daggett/Fort Irwin (1 seat).
Trustees hold a seat for a 4-year term, with elections in even years. Requirements to run for a seat on the Board of Trustees include:
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