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The Summer Seminar, organized by the German Historical Institute, is a program for advanced graduate students in German historical studies. The program trains participants to read old German script, familiarizes them with German research facilities (archives and libraries), provides a forum for discussing research methods, and helps prepare them for their prospective dissertation research trips to Germany. The group will spend the bulk of their time in various German archives. Students will learn how to contact archives, use finding aids, identify important reference tools, and become generally acquainted with German research facilities. Participants will be exposed to various approaches that archivists, librarians, and scholars use to locate source material in an exceedingly complex repository landscape. They also will gain insight into how historical materials are acquired, stored, and made accessible to scholars. Participants will hear from scholars actively engaged in research, and will have the chance to ask them questions on research methods, strategy, and planning.
Potential applicants should note that the program is exploratory in nature and should not be considered a pre-dissertation research grant; participants will have limited opportunity to do their own work. We hope that participants will gain an appreciation for the various kinds of archives and special collections located in Germany, either for future reference or for their general edification as scholars of German culture, history, and society. Of course, students are welcome to extend their stay in Germany to do their own exploration and/or preliminary research after the tour ends.
Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program at a North American institution of higher education. The program seeks qualified applicants interested in historical studies in a broad range of fields (art history, history, literature, musicology, etc.). The program is open for advanced graduate students whose projects require that they consult source material in German archives and research libraries as well as handwritten materials in old German script. Preference will be given to those who have already chosen a dissertation topic, have already written a dissertation proposal, but have not yet embarked on actual research (ABD). Prospective candidates must have excellent knowledge of written and spoken German. All parts of the program will be conducted in German. The organizers will evaluate applicants' German proficiency by telephone interview before participants are selected.
A complete application consists of: (1) a cover letter that outlines the candidate's motivation to participate; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a dissertation proposal (4-8 pages), and (4) a letter from the doctoral adviser. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials via e-mail. Advisors' letters can be sent directly, by post or by e-mail, to the GHI.
The deadline for submission is December 31, 2006. All applicants will be notified by February 15, 2007. For more information, contact Corinna Unger, German Historical Institute. Phone: +1.202.387.3355; e-mail.
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"Oz: The Great and Powerful," the studio's $200-million-plus production, is headed toward the biggest opening of 2013 by far. The Sam Raimi-directed picture starring James Franco as the iconic wizard could bring in at least $75 million on its opening weekend, according to those who have seen pre-release industry surveys. The film hits theaters March 8.
The movie, a prequel to the 1939 classic, follows the wizard as he makes the journey from Kansas to Oz, where he becomes the ruler of a foreign land filled with good and evil witches. Filmed on seven sound stages over several months, Disney invested millions in the film's lavish 3-D digital effects.
It was also a very troubled production. The filmmakers spent months re-casting their leading man, after Robert Downey Jr. abandoned the project. The actor was eventually replaced by Franco, who joined a critically-acclaimed cast of actors including Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz.
After principal photography was completed, the movie's producers realized their film wasn't working as well as it should. Subsequently, they hired a new screenwriter and spent several weeks reshooting key sequences of the picture.
"Oz" is also primed to become a hit overseas, where it is generating intense interest among women. Those who had seen international tracking said the film was set to do major business in Russia, the United Kingdom and Mexico, where 60% of females said they were "definitely interested" in seeing the movie.
While fans were initially anxious about a big studio tinkering with characters associated with the classic film, moviegoer sentiment appears to have shifted. At the film's premiere in Hollywood earlier this month -- where a full-sized hot air balloon rested outside of the theater on Hollywood Boulevard -- the movie received a warm reception.
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Well Not Quite, But This Crate 350 Has Taken A Trip Back In Time ... Sorta
I've been very pleased with the gas mileage the 305ci Chevy small-block in my '46 roadster pickup has returned, but over the course of the past few months it's been increasingly obvious that it's getting tired. This culminated in a nice knocking from the bottom end of late. Rather than rebuild the 305 again, I thought it'd be a neat idea to show what can be accomplished by sourcing both an engine and all the ancillaries and dress-up items from a single source.
Summit Racing sells a number of crate motors, but continuing with the pickup's theme of economy and reliability over performance (the truck sees lots of mileage, often being used to commute) I opted for the basic GM Performance Goodwrench 350 long-block. Unless you're set on using a specific rare set of valve covers or suchlike, everything can be sourced with one phone call or website order to Summit. I like the fact that everything I need will show up in a crate and two boxes. OK, you'll have to go buy oil, a few bolts, and spark plugs, but that's about it!
Summit sells Cal Custom finned valve covers and a matching air cleaner top, so the decision to go with a semi-'60s look to the engine was a no-brainer. For a second I was tempted to bolt on the tri-power setup with three 2G Rochesters I have, but it seems a shame to hide that under a hood, so simplicity won out, and I went with a four-barrel. Then I saw Summit's Pro Pack combo deal with an intake manifold, 600-cfm carburetor, fuel line, air cleaner, gaskets, bolts, studs, and RTV sealer. Done deal! The carburetor is Summit's new own-brand carb, available in 600- or 750-cfm variants, the latter available with manual or electric choke. I opted for the 600-cfm vacuum secondary carb with electric choke. With its one-piece design, and the tumble-polished aluminum finish, the carb kinda reminded me of an old Carter AFB, mounted sideways. Well, from the left-hand side anyway, if I squinted! Whatever, it's a great deal, and we'll see how it performs. It's almost hidden from view under the 14-inch air cleaner. Check out its full list of features at Summit Racing's website.
As I was heading down the route of an older-appearing engine, I figured I'd go a step farther and grind the bosses off the front of the cylinder heads to make it appear like an old 265. However, I ended up only tackling the righthand head, as the holes in the other mount my power steering reservoir and pump, and there's no room to re-locate them to the side of the engine. I'll have to re-mount the alternator now anyway, but thought it'd be a bit of fun to alter at least one head. These modifications, plus painting and assembling the engine, made for a fun, easy, one-day project. Now to drop it into the pickup!
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The funding will come from a portion of penalties assessed by the commission that is used to support Supplemental Environmental Projects.
"I am delighted that the PTA is joining us to administer funds to clean up school bus fleets in Texas," said TCEQ Commissioner Larry Soward. "Working with such a strong partner gives each of our organizations a greater positive impact on the air quality of the state and the health of our school children."
Individual projects are funded based on qualifying enforcement actions taken by the commission. The amount of funding the PTA can receive is up to a maximum of $5 million per year, and the number of locations and projects may vary.
With this funding, Texas school districts can install pollution control devices on diesel school buses. These devices reduce emissions of particulate matter, commonly called soot, that can aggravate respiratory problems, asthma and allergies in children who ride the buses.
Retrofitting older school buses will help clean Texas air. (Photo by Terry Ross)
Funding may also be available to replace buses model year 1991 or older with 2007 or newer models resulting in a reduction in particulate matter emissions of 90 percent or even more.
"Drivers, students, passengers and teachers are all subject to harmful diesel exhaust emissions from school buses on our roadways," said Kyle Ward, Texas PTA executive director. "We look forward to distributing funds to school districts to reduce these problems through the use of cleaner technology."
In 2005, the Texas Legislature authorized the TCEQ to launch and administer a clean school bus program to improve the health of bus drivers and children by reducing emissions of diesel exhaust.
Funding helps school districts when purchasing and installing emissions reduction technologies such as diesel particulate filters, diesel oxidation catalysts, and crankcase filters. Funding is open to school bus retrofit projects in all public school districts and charter schools in Texas.
The particles in diesel exhaust can penetrate deep into the lungs and pose health risks including aggravating asthma symptoms. Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of diesel emissions and air pollution because their respiratory systems are still developing and they have a faster breathing rate.
Federal law mandates that pollution controls be installed on all school bus diesel engines built in 2004 and later.
In addition, federal regulations require cleaner engines for all school buses that began operating in 2007. But buses that are already in use are not regulated by these standards.
These buses, which will be operating for years to come, emit the most pollution and are the focus of the Clean School Bus USA initiative. EPA launched this program in 2003 with the goal of upgrading the nation's entire school bus fleet to low emission buses by 2010.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized $200 million per year in federal funds for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act to reduce emissions in school buses, freight, construction and the ports sector through retrofits, replacements, engine rebuilds, repowerings, and idle reduction programs.
The EPA estimates that this program will lead to a reduction of about 70,000 tons of soot across the nation.
In Texas, the State Energy Conservation Office's Clean School Bus program aims to help reduce children's exposure to harmful emissions from diesel buses.
This program brings together school districts and administrators, their bus-fleet operators, health advocates, fuel providers, bus manufacturers and technology innovators to craft a collaborative, cost-effective program to protect the health of school children and the public.
In the past two years, SECO has reduced pollution from diesel-powered school buses in the Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Laredo areas. The retrofitted buses and new replacement buses use Texas Low Emission Diesel, an ultra low sulfur diesel.
As their school buses are retrofitted or replaced, Texas children are expected to be healthier, with fewer cases of lower respiratory symptoms in healthy children; fewer cases of upper respiratory and asthma symptoms in asthmatic children; and fewer cases of acute bronchitis.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists at least 37 harmful components of diesel exhaust. To view the list, click here.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard softball team learned its destination for the 2011 NCAA regional round, as it will compete in the Tucson regional May 20-22 at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium. The Crimson joins host No. 8 Arizona, Texas Tech and New Mexico State in the regional round. The Crimson will take on the host Wildcats in its first contest.
Harvard has never faced Arizona or Texas Tech in team history, but it holds a 1-0 record against New Mexico State. The Crimson faced the Aggies at the 2007 Eller Media Stadium Classic in Las Vegas, Nev., capturing a 7-5 victory during its spring break trip.
This is Harvard's fourth trip to the NCAA tournament in team history with its last coming in 2007. The Crimson is 3-6 in nine career NCAA contests.
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A local SSIS queue in C#; because the muffins are that good.
Since I designed the Enhanced Threading Framework (ETF) I am always looking to improve it. Status quo is not for me. I decided to take on the 'queue' part of the framework. This is the part that uses a SQL Server table to manage the list of work to be done. I have used the Framework in two ways. One way creates a SQL Server table out of a grouping of other tables, which are actually sql statements themselves. The second way I use the Framework is to hold a list of external files that I then import into a SQL Server table. To do this, I use a Script Component to scan a bunch of directories and push that list into a SQL Server table. It was this second use that got me thinking: "Why do I need to push this list into a SQL Server table? How else can I use this list as a queue?". It took me a few weeks of spare time, but I believe I have found a way: Named Pipes.
This post will show you the changes necessary to implement the new Named Pipe version of the ETF. If you are unfamiliar with the framework, please look here before continuing on.
I created a simple test to see if the process would actually work. I have a text file which contains the full path of 214,880 files. This file list is provided by the File SourceScript Component and consumed by the engineScript Component.
Below is an overview of what my test looks like. I have created 4 engines and a File Source.
A standard For Loop is used with each engine. I use a variable, engine_0_isMore, for engine 0 which checks to see if the variable ==1. If it does, there is work to be done, cycle again. Each engine will have its own variable, just like in the ETF.
The File Source opens up a file (in this case it is hard coded, but can easily be replaced by a package variable) and then creates a pipe. The first thing you have to do to even include the pipe library is convert your script from the .Net 2.0 to .Net 3.5. After you open your script up, on the right side in the property explorer you will see a long and weird looking name, something like st_a925f581915d460e8b2e5c29095299a1. Right-click on that name and select properties. It will look like this:
This will enable you to include System.IO.Pipes. Here is the File Source listing.
The code will provide one line of text every time a process connects to the pipe. Only one process is allowed to connect to the pipe at a given time, so we have our Queue. This does differ from the SQL Server table in that only one connection at a time is allowed. The table based implementation allows for any number of concurrent connections. You might be thinking; "Why would I want to implement this seemingly limited version?". I am looking to trade round trip SQL Server calls for local in-memory calls. Is it faster? Not sure as of yet, because I haven't finished my timing tests. Never the less, on to the client portion!
The engine connects to the pipe which then sends a string. Remember the Engine must also be .Net 3.5. All of the Script Components must be .Net 3.5 to take advantage of the Named Pipes.
The string that is pulled from the pipe is then saved to a package variable, for engine 0 it is Engine_0_msg. I kind of cheat in the Data Flow Task by not providing a Data Source. If you look I have a Derived Column that takes, in the case of Engine 0, Engine_0_msg and passes that down the stream. The Derived Column object will yell at you saying there is no input columns, but I don't care, I am using the variable. I neat trick.. Since I am only testing how the queue works, I dump the stream. I have provided the source code for the project in the downloads section. The file name is SSIS_NamedPipe_Queue.zip


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Sperm counts have been decreasing for decades. Nobody seems to know why it's happening, and not much is being done to find out, but we could be facing a public health disaster
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Physics has lost its way argues a prominent German scientist
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With only two living females, the Northern white rhino is functionally extinct. Now, scientists are attempting to use assisted reproductive technology to save it
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Earlier this year Prospect science writer Philip Ball had his own "mini-brain" grown in a laboratory. Researchers now plan to put the method to different use, and in doing so learn more about an...
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4 Punch stars from cardstock and patterned paper. Stamp "2013" on one star. Fasten stars with clothespin and adhere with foam tape.
5 Color stars with marker; adhere.
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Pillows, Throws & Wall Tapestries
Snuggle up in a warm cabin throw a midst vibrantly colored and textured wildlife pillows. Add a lodge wall tapestry in hunting and fishing theme to pull your rustic cabin decorating together. Western and Southwestern style tapestries and throws add color and texture to your furniture and walls with patterns that come to life.
Rather than raise the price on the wall hangings, the manufacturer opted to no longer include the wood tapestry rod. We will continue to ship whatever we have in stock with rods at no extra charge as long as they last.


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Dana78 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 154 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Elements Home Design Portfolio
We are starting a new web based architectural design business offering pre designed houses for sale to builders and the general public. The website will be a gallery of photo realistic 3d renderings of each design.
Home builders and the general public in the market for house designs of a higher quality than currently available mass produced project homes.
The logo will be used on the website, business cards & brochures so needs to be vector based and CMYK – Illustrator for example.
The house designs will be unique and loosely reflect the natural elements of the diverse Australian landscapes.
The website will be based on a template available from http://www.bludomain.com – the most likely template is project One – the main font used on the template is "Helvetica Neue light".
We are looking for a logo and brand name incorporating an icon and the words "Elements Home Design Portfolio". The word Elements could be a different font to the rest of the text, we like the brush type font used on http://www.alphabuilding.com.au/ for example, although not absolutely sold on this. For the icon we had something in mind based on Wave Rock in Australia – google some images. We love the earthy colours of Wave Rock and would like to see this incorporated in the icon.
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Davidson, NC (Lake Norman)
Okay, here is the Single Family Stats for Davidson for the three January's. If you have read my blog already you know that I like stats!
Anyhow do to the current market conditions I thought it would be interesting to keep up with what real estate sales in January 2009 looked against January 2008 and January 2007. So here's some interesting stats of single family sales in Davidson, NC (Lake Norman); going back to January 2007, January 2008, and January 2009. All figures were taken from Carolina Multiple Listing Services.
I hope that if you are thinking of buying and/or selling in the Davidson area that you will find these figures helpful.
If you are thinking of moving to the Lake Norman ~ Charlotte areas please contact me. I have a Newcomers/Relocation Kit that I will send to you . . . FREE!
About the author:
Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs. The information in this post is believed to be accurate but is not guaranteed.
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Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a consequence of microvascular changes in the retina that develop as a result of the progression of diabetic retinopathy (Romero-Aroca, 2010, 2011). In DME, weakened capillaries in the eye allow fluid to cross the blood-retinal barrier, which in turn results in retinal thickening and an accumulation of fluid in the retinal tissue of the macula. Patients suffering from DME typically experience blurred vision, floaters and dark areas in the visual field, and/or poor night vision. Untreated, DME causes moderate vision loss in 25-30% of patients, and severe vision loss and blindness in many of these individuals (ETDRS, 1985; Morello, 2007; Wong, 2009; Romero-Aroca, 2010).
Diabetic retinopathy impacts approximately 2 million adults age .65 years in the U.S. (The Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group, 2004). Of these, approximately 15% are estimated to have DME (Lee, 2008; Wong, 2006), and one-half of DME patients may have "clinically significant" disease. Clinically significant macular edema is characterized by retinal thickening or hard exudates close to the macula center, the area most critical for preserving vision, or particularly large zones of retinal thickening within range of the macula center (ETDRS, 1985). DME may also be characterized as "focal", in which disease is caused primarily by microaneurysms and other foci of vascular abnormalities, or "diffuse", in which widespread dilated retinal capillaries are the primary manifestation (Ali, 1997).
Several studies have found that levels of independence and ability to perform activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, and using the telephone decreases as visual acuity worsens (Hazel, 2000; Haymes, 2002; Bibby, 2007). Worsening DME may also affect diabetes selfcare,
as patients report difficulties with reading nutrition and medication labels, testing blood sugar, and checking feet for wounds or sores (James, 2012). In these studies and others (Brown, 2002), overall quality of life measures have been highly correlated with visual acuity irrespective of disease etiology. For example, studies that employ the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25), a vision-specific measure of quality of life and functional ability, have found that improvements in visual acuity correspond to significantly improved perceptions of quality of life (Suner, 2009; Cahill, 2005; Miskala, 2003; Miskala, 2004).
Beyond decrements in daily functioning and quality of life, clinically significant macular edema has been associated with poorer survival in patients with adult-onset diabetes (Hirai, 2008). Over a 20-year period, the risk of death from all causes among patients with clinically significant macular edema was estimated to be 40%, a rate twice that of patients without the condition (Hirai, 2008).
The economic impact of DME and its treatment is also substantial. Findings from a recent study indicate that patients with DME consume more resources overall than patients with diabetes who do not have DME, resulting in significantly higher direct medical costs to Medicare (Shea, 2008). A diagnosis of DME resulted in expenditures of $11,290 and $33,620 at 1 and 3 years, respectively, a 30% increase over patients without DME when controlling for other factors. Importantly, these data were collected prior to the introduction of expensive biologic agents to treat DME and other ocular disorders (see Section 2). The impact on overall utilization and costs of the introduction of these new agents is unknown.
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Adams skated in every game of Pittsburgh's run to the 2009 Stanley Cup (photo courtesy Pittsburgh Penguins).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Former Harvard men's hockey players Craig Adams '99, Dominic Moore '03 and Dylan Reese '07 have gained media attention with their recent performances for their respective National Hockey League clubs, while Peter Ciavaglia '91 is making a more important difference on the ice.
A year after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins clinch the Stanley Cup, Adams is proving just how valuable a standout defensive forward can be to an NHL team. Sunday's edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pointed out the difference Adams has made on the Penguins' penalty kill and how indispensible he has become to Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma.
Moore moved from the Florida Panthers to the Montreal Canadiens just before the Olympic break. As The Gazette pointed out earlier this month, the forward has already made an impact with his new team. Moore was also feaured in Saturday's Toronto Sun.
As the current Crimson was preparing to begin the 2010 ECAC Hockey playoffs at Princeton, Reese was making his NHL debut with the New York Islanders. The defenseman has played in nine games, earning a +1 rating. He scored his first career goal in the first period of a 5-2 win at Vancouver last week. NewYorkIslanders.com features video of the score.
Ciavaglia logged 70 points three times in six professional seasons with the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers, retiring from the game in 2000. As the Oakland, Mich., Daily Tribune detailed Sunday, Ciavaglia's best work on the ice has come since he helped form the MORC Stars, a team for youth with developmental disabilities, in 2007.


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The following elections will take place in November/December 2012:
- Fedora Project Board (two seats)
- FESCo (Engineering) (four seats)
- FAmSCo (Ambassadors) (three seats)
- Fedora 19 Name (separate schedule from the committee elections)
All dates and times noted are UTC time.
Fedora Board Elections November/December 2012
For the last election, please look at NominationsMayJune2012
There are two seats up for elections this year:
- E1: currently held by Christoph Wickert
- E2: currently held Jaroslav Reznik
More information on board seats history is available here
Candidate Template
- Goal statement:
- Past work summary:
- Future plans:
- Anything else you want to add:
John Dulaney (j_dulaney)
- Mission statement: To promote Fedora in my role as an ambassador; to continue to develop test criteria for new features coming into Fedora and evolve the QA process as needed to fit with the evolution of Fedora. I will also strive to make sure that Fedora remains at the forefront of technology and to be the best Free distribution of Linux.
- Past work summary I am a member of the Fedora Quality Assurance team. I help write test cases for new features, I am a proven tester (testing critical path software updates), I test new releases starting prior to branching, and I help establish release criteria. I am also a Fedora Ambassador, especially within the Fayetteville region. I spread knowledge of Linux in general and Fedora in particular and inform people that they do have a choice for Freedom.
- Future plans: Strive to improve the testing of Fedora; both personally and collectively throughout the QA team, to continue to educate people on the advantages of Linux and Free Software, and to continue to test Fedora.
Dan Mashal (dan408)
- Mission statement: To make Fedora better in any way I possibly can for users, sysadmins, and developers.
- Past work summary:
Package maintainer:
-BitchX and Scrollz IRC clients
-MATE Desktop (official feature of Fedora 18) MATE Desktop
-Co maintainer of Cinnamon DE.
My packages
QA team/Triager/Bugzapper/Proventester:
Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)
Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)
-Held Fedora 17 release party in Walnut Creek, CA.
-Spoke at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group - Aug 1, 2012
-Hosted puppetconf 2012 Fedora booth
-Hosted OLPC Summit 2012 Fedora booth.
-Spoke at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group - Nov 1, 2012
- Future plans:
1) Improve communication between groups within Fedora.
2) To make Fedora the "cool" distro to use again.
3) To make Fedora easier to use for everyone.
4) To make it more accessible for the every day person.
5) To make Fedora the #1 free operating system on the planet.
Whether or not this can be accomplished as a board member, I'll do my best to try to get these things accomplished.
- Anything else you want to add: The first time I installed Linux it was Slackware in 1996. Since then I had my first encounter with Red Hat Linux was version 5. I have run Fedora on production servers. Fedora is like my 2nd job and my passion and I want to see it be the best distribution it possibly can be.
People I'd like to thank along the way whether I am elected or not: adamw, rdieter, MarkDude, leigh123linux, spot, nirik, inode0, rbergeron, jreznik, mrunge, bochecha, limb, elad661, quaid, lh, randomuser, dcr226, fenrus02, stefano-k, nmarques, perberos, panasnyc, caf, flashback, Amanas, dramsey, FranciscoD, Sonar_Gal, randomuser, dcr226, NiveusLuna, masta, jds2001, dgilmore, nb, cwickert.
By no means is that a list of "you people should vote for me", just a thank you for helping me even get here. Thanks.


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Solar Sowered Central Heating
Welcome to the Solar Powered Central Heating website. Here you will find all you could possibly need to know about solar powered central heating. The solar heating system is a great technological advancement and offers a range of beneficial qualities. This unique heating system is one of the most effective ways to heat water, and consequently, to heat homes and offices. It is widely used all over the world because it is cost effective and a clean, renewable source of energy.
Although the use of solar heating systems dates back some years, it is only gaining in popularity now because of the threat of global warming and the rising cost of fuel and electricity. Solar energy is today widely used in households in every corner of the globe. There are two types of solar heating systems, the active solar heating system and the passive solar heating system.
Active solar heating systems utilize either water or air to store and transfer heat. Huge solar panels are installed on roof tops to collect heat from the sun. This heat is then stored effectively by heating air or water.
This heat is then redirected into homes or offices through special vents installed in the building's rooms. Passive solar heating systems involve the use of black colored tanks and roofs to store heat. This is one of the most cost-effective methods of heating air or water. The passive solar heating system is used less in countries around the world when compared to the active system.
The present economic climate is one of the reasons for the growing popularity and sales of solar heating systems. Many people consider solar heating systems to be greatly beneficial due to their cost-effectiveness. The rising price of electricity and fuels has seen many people choose to try solar energy to heat their water and homes. The effect of fossil fuel burning upon the environment is another major reason for the increasing use of solar heating systems. Everybody is aware of climate change nowadays, and many are feeling its initial effects. As a result many people prefer to use a renewable source of energy.
Solar heating is one of the cleanest forms of energy. Compared to other heating systems, solar heating systems are extremely eco-friendly as they emit no poisonous gases. By using a solar heating system, people are assured of warm homes and a continuous hot water supply all through the year, and need not fear the effects of fuel shortages or power cuts. This is another benefit of using solar heating systems. Today solar heating systems are priced at competitive rates and can be bought online too. If you are interested in Solar Powered Central Heating, please feel free to contact us.
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Welcome to the Solar Powered Central Heating website. Hot water is used in households the world over, not just for cleaning, bathing, and cooking, but also as part of the home heating systems.
Steam or hot water is also used in large scale heating systems within various industries. The process of building heating using hot water uses an outside energy source to heat the water above its normal temperature, which is then transported around the building through the heating system, raising the building's temperature as it goes.
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Well, it was going to be. I went to the copy store to scan a few of my oversized documents. The first was my great grandfather Patrick O'Rourke's naturalization certificate from 1894. The second two were two German documents, one being my grandmothers Baptismal certificate and my grandparents marriage and other information from Germany.
I asked the woman if she could scan and print in color. Yes, that worked well. She also said she could put those scans on my flash drive.
Wonderful, I could post things on my blog. After I got home and went to transfer them from the flash drive to my computer, I discovered she had put them in an Adobe file.
Now, how do I get them to transfer to my blog. I have been trying and can not get that done.
I understand why she would put them in an Adobe file so they can't be altered, but she should have asked me first. I have to get back to the drawing board on that one.
The colored copies are too large to be put on my scanner. Any ideas will be appreciated.


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Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency
The Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency was created by the General Assembly in 1908 as the Office of the Chief Drug Inspector. The Chief Drug Inspector (CDI) was originally appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, upon recommendation from the State Board of Pharmacy. The office was created to ensure and protect the health, safety and welfare of Georgia citizens by enforcing Georgia laws and rules pertaining to manufactured or compounded drugs and to ensure only licensed facilities or persons dispensed or distributed pharmaceuticals.


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Jason Apollo Voss became co-manager of the Davis Appreciation & Income Fund in 2000. During his five-year tenure, the fund beat the total return of the Nasdaq Composite by 77%, the S&P 500 by 49% and the DJIA by 36%. It was ranked No. 1 in its investment category by Lipper, and received Morningstar's highest rating for ethical stewardship of investor money.
In October 2004, Voss's intuition warned him of the financial collapse and global recession that would start little more than three years later. At the age of 35, he retired and devoted himself to studying martial arts and practicing meditation. He writes a blog titled "What my intuition tells me now," and recently published "The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth."
When I learned of this unusual journey from Michael Gelb, a creativity consultant and an author himself ("How to Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step Process for Breakthrough Business Success"), I was fascinated. As a psychotherapist, I believe that fine-tuning our intuitive capacities and using time and energy more productively, whether for investing or any other life decisions, are worthy of deeper understanding. After reading Voss's book, I interviewed him for Investment Advisor.
Defining and Distinguishing Intuitive Investing
Olivia Mellan: Jason, you contend that the involvement of the right brain's creative and feeling powers is missing from the traditional investor's thought process.
Jason Apollo Voss: Within the first few months of my career, I realized that the facts I was gathering and analyzing didn't answer the question of whether to buy or sell an investment. Investing unfolds in the future, yet there is no such thing as a future fact. That suggested to me that I needed more than facts on which to base a decision.
To most of us, fact gathering looks like an exclusively left-brain activity, yet the right brain provides the discernment that allows us to choose which facts to focus on amid a sea of information. That is, the right brain helps us know which facts are important. I also realized that we treat the right brain and left brain as if they were separate, although they work together holistically without our knowledge or appreciation of that fact.
My goal is to help investors and advisors increase their consciousness about how they are making decisions, and become more aware of any preference they have for one side of the brain versus the other. Successful investing is as much an intuitive, creative process as it is a product of linear, analytical thinking. Only when processes from both sides of the brain are properly combined do we gain the actionable information we need to make good decisions.
OM: I can't help remarking on your unusual name, since Apollo is the Greek god of music and harmony.
JAV: Actually, my mother loved Greek mythology! I use my middle name because it's distinctive, but harmony is definitely an important part of my approach to life.
OM: It takes some chutzpah to quit Wall Street during a very successful run as a portfolio manager. Why did you do that?
JAV: While I was meditating on Oct. 21, 2004, I had an epiphany—a profound sense that Wall Street, the real estate market and the mortgage market were going to collapse. I didn't think there was much I could do as a money manager to change that outcome, and I couldn't exactly go to the board of directors at Davis and say, "I had this insight during meditation that we should convert everything to cash for the next few years." So instead, I decided to retire with my performance record intact and pursue more of a spiritual practice. Eventually, "The Intuitive Investor" emerged from this experience.
OM: What's the difference between a regular investor and an intuitive investor?
JAV: All investors use their intuition; it's just that the role of intuition is largely invisible, ignored, or misunderstood in making investment decisions. "Intuitive investors" recognize the role of intuition and actively cultivate it so they have a more complete investment toolkit—one that includes creative and intuitive tools as well as analytical tools.
[Read more about the attitudes of intuitive investors.]
OM: Many advisors tout their discipline and objectivity in developing strategies and choosing investments. What role does intuition play in this process?
JAV: You can apply your intuition in a highly disciplined way to this disciplined process. In fact, that's why I wrote the book: to turn intuition from serendipity into process.
Intuition is the hidden partner in all investment decision-making. For example, if you're trying to understand what's happening in oil prices right now, your intuition is what tells you which information is important and which is not important. Given that there's a sea of information out there, that distinction is critical. So people are using their intuition all the time. To put it another way, they are processing the future with their intuition.
Intuitive Investing in Action: The Current Oil Market
OM: How can investors use an understanding of intuitive investing to help them make a decision?
JAV: Let's consider an investment decision involving the oil markets to illustrate four principles of intuitive investing that I've identified.
Most investors would begin with what they already know about the oil markets. But in a situation as radically different as it is today, that would typically put them in a position of ignorance, anxiety and prejudice. So my first principle requires you as an investor to step back, expand your boundaries and see the total picture to the best of your ability. This means you recognize your anxieties, assess where you are ignorant and need more information, and identify your emotional prejudices.
Once you go through this process, which takes a lot of consciousness about how your mind is functioning, you're able to look at the whole picture without excluding important information. So Principle One, which I call Infinity, is about seeing infinite possibilities and interconnections.
However, investors also need to make important distinctions. This leads to Principle Two, Paradox, where you separate probabilities from possibilities and define the important issues. In order to define something, you generally have to consider its opposite. For example, "hot" has meaning only when compared with "cold." In investing, we only understand "undervalued" because we have an understanding of "overvalued." The left brain sees this information as being in opposition, whereas the right brain sees them as complementary.
Think of "undervalued" as being the thumb, and "overvalued" being the rest of your fingers. When they work together, you can grasp a concept. You need to treat these opposites as complementary, so you don't exclude important information that needs to be factored in.
Principle Three, Harmonizing, is where you begin to allow your mind to resonate with these distinctions. The right brain excels at holistic, multi-dimensional thinking. If you allow it to function at this stage, you will likely see interconnections and facts previously missed. With everything we learn in life, there's a moment when it just clicks. This is when you have harmonized with what you learned or understood.
Finally, Principle Four, Action, requires you to take responsibility and make a choice: buy, don't buy, or sell.
Whether or not oil prices will impact worldwide economic recovery is a perfect example of how to use these four principles to make a decision. Following Principle One, Infinity, we realize that we must view the big picture in our decision-making process. This means going beyond the usual supply-and-demand fundamentals to carefully consider geopolitical factors, such as the revolutions unfolding throughout the Middle East and even the character of Middle Eastern leaders.
Once we've expanded our boundaries to include these factors, Principle Two, Paradox, requires us to draw important distinctions by considering opposites. For example, normally we might assume steady oil production in Libya as a given, but what if rebel forces destroy the refineries? How important is the divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims? Our intuition, along with our left-brain analysis, might make these and many other distinctions.
Principle Three, Harmonizing, becomes part of the process when we have a "eureka" moment and the light bulb clicks on. In our example, this might include the intuitive realization that no matter who controls these countries, they're going to be in the business of selling oil. After all, there's no other resource for them to base their economy on. You may have other "Aha!" moments which will deepen your understanding of the situation and the direction in which it might go.
So now you've addressed the existential question of "Will there be oil in the new Middle East?" and you've answered it affirmatively. The next question you might put through the intuitive process is "How long will oil supplies be disrupted, and what will the effect be on the world economy?" Whatever your conclusions are, you will find yourself in Principle Four, Action: buy, don't buy, or sell? And you have to take responsibility for your decision.
OM: Why is an awareness of these four principles important in helping advisors apply their intuition in a more disciplined way?
JAV: It's important because otherwise, people use their right brains without analytical rigor. Most advisors, when confronted with a typical oil shock, would go straight to analyzing oil supply-and-demand fundamentals. Without right-brain functioning, this heuristic is applied in machine-like fashion.
But once the right brain is engaged, you realize that this situation—simultaneous revolutions in nearly every major oil-producing country—is radically different from anything you have confronted before. So you must expand your analytical boundaries to include new information (Principle One, Infinity) and switch from making normal distinctions (Principle Two, Paradox). Someone who knows the four principles of an intuitive investor would begin their analysis by expanding their horizons every single time.
OM: Some folks might say, "But intuition is just educated guessing based on experience and knowledge, and I already do that!"
JAV: That's exactly right—there's nothing radical or profound about the process. But by being aware of the four principles, we can involve our right brain more rigorously in an analysis.
In the oil example, it would have been very easy to start with too narrow a context, look at oil supply-and-demand fundamentals, and go straight into making distinctions. Instead, using Principle One, Infinity, we recognized that we had to broaden our horizons before starting to make distinctions. The right brain does this naturally all the time, but we're not conscious of it. Think of the hundreds of thousands of years that people took gravity for granted until Newton took the time to describe and understand it. Once he did, people could begin to think about it and its impact on things.
In our case, people are using the right brain all the time; they just don't think about how they come to their conclusions. By understanding how the right brain works, we can create tools around each of the principles to make them more powerful and useful for decision-making.
It's like a slow-motion replay of a sports moment. By slowing down the process and seeing each of the steps, we begin to see how to employ them more consciously.
[Get Olivia's take on intuitive investing.]
Intuitive Investing and Risk
OM: Does intuitive investing take a nontraditional approach to risk?
JAV: My approach is that the more information you have about risk, the easier it is to avoid too-risky investments.
One thing that is unique about my approach to risk is that I focus on it before I focus on opportunities, because investment risks throughout history tend to repeat themselves. In fact, the insurance industry is based on that fact. Opportunities are ephemeral and much more difficult to assess.
OM: How can advisors be sure they don't tip the scales too much away from analytics?
JAV: Intuition is merely another source of information. You're free to reject anything that doesn't feel right or relevant. You need to have a strong sense of when you feel conviction.
OM: What was your best investment decision, and how did intuition play a primary role in making it?
JAV: Using the four principles, I called the March 9, 2009 market low three days later. I began with Principle Four, Action, by choosing to tune into the mood of the stock market. I then went into a meditative state and began to harmonize (Principle Three) with the collective consciousness of investors. Until I was able to fully harmonize, I was separate and distinct from them (Principle Two, Paradox). Once I was fully merged (Principle One, Infinity), I could feel quite clearly that they were exhausted, not just queasy as they had been for nine months.
Then the right-brain process became a left-brain process. I used my knowledge of people, specifically that when they are nervous or anxious, they're in a mood to sell. Exhaustion, on the other hand, means they want to walk away from the situation. So on March 12, I declared the market low on my blog. No computer or solely left-brain process could have arrived at the same conclusion.
OM: What was your biggest mistake? What did you learn to inform future investment decisions?
JAV: One of my biggest mistakes was a purchase made shortly after my promotion from analyst to portfolio manager. My right-brain, emotional mistake was that I wanted to have an immediate impact upon my promotion. In focusing on this one particular stock I ignored minor, but nonetheless significant, information because I wanted it in the portfolio.
The lesson for me was that without right-brain rigor, especially full consciousness of my decision-making process, including my ego and my emotional state of being, I was doomed to make many mistakes. This was a huge learning experience for me. I had made no left-brain analytical mistakes; all of my mistakes came from failing to bring rigor to my right-brain decision-making process.
Why Meditation, and Luck Vs. Intuition
OM: You devote a whole chapter to meditation. What would you say to advisors who question whether meditation is relevant to their work with their clients?
JAV: In our culture, we tend to think of meditation as something done by Eastern mystics. Yet we all have had epiphanies that have changed our lives. The meditation chapter, in conjunction with the four principles, teaches people how to access this state at will.
Every human being meditates, whether they know it or not. Science has shown that each of us achieves a meditative brain state every single day. The weight of science now suggests that this state literally is the right brain in action.
Let me ask you this: What do you do that rejuvenates you? Examples might include yard work, sweeping the floor, jogging, swimming, golf and so forth. These activities are overwhelmingly where people experience insight or intuition. I simply advocate doing the things that rejuvenate you to access your intuition. Alternatively, you can sit down and meditate. In fact, the four principles, when worked backwards—Principle Four to Principle One—are how you achieve a meditative state.
OM: How have your peers received these messages?
JAV: Overwhelmingly, the feedback has been positive—especially from the hedge fund community. They have to be at the cutting edge by definition, and many of them are very introspective. Dealing with these issues on a daily basis, they've got to be as objective and as free of personal limitations and prejudices as possible. Two hedge fund managers have publicly declared that the book is revolutionary and decades ahead of its time.
OM: If advisors try to follow these "intuitive investing" principles and have good results, how can they be sure it's not just luck?
JAV: Surprisingly, the answer lies not just in an evaluation of what you bought, but also in what you didn't buy.
The returns that everybody looks at are your investment purchases. However, success can also be measured in the disasters you avoided, which never show up in anybody's assessment of you. If you have a consistent record of successful purchases and successful avoidance, you know you are processing information correctly. Whoever understands information in the investment world wins.
OM: What does "The Intuitive Investor" have to offer advisors who do a holistic kind of financial planning?
JAV: All of us use intuition in many aspects of our lives and our decision-making. After all, every decision is an investment decision, because we are investing our resources, time, energy, reputation and so on in order to improve our lives. A deeper understanding and integration of left- and right-brain functions will help all of us make better decisions.
So really, we're talking about how to make more effective decisions about anything. Much more than just a book about investing, "The Intuitive Investor" is a guide to healthy, mindful living.
Olivia Mellan, a speaker, coach, and business consultant, is the author with Sherry Christie of "The Client Connection: How Advisors Can Build Bridges That Last," available through the Investment Advisor Bookstore at www.invest-store.com/investmentadvisor. She also offers money psychology teleclasses and facilitates intergenerational retreats for wealthy families. E-mail Olivia at email@example.com.


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Physical Education Teacher – Bloomfield Hills High School
2018-2019 School Year
Applications are being accepted for Physical Education Teacher. This is a Bloomfield Hills Education Association ("BHEA") bargaining unit position
Responsible to: Building Principal
- Must possess a valid Michigan teacher certificate with endorsement in Physical Education (MA, MB, MX)
- Willingness to participate in training and implementing the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Primary and Middle Years Programmes.
COMPENSATION BENEFITS: Pursuant to the BHEA bargaining unit agreement.
STARTING DATE: August 27, 2018*
* New Staff Orientation: August 23 & 24, 2018 – Attendance Required
METHOD OF APPLICATION: All applicants, who want to be considered for this position, must submit an application at: www.oakland.k12.mi.us/OHRC
It is the policy of the Bloomfield Hills Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other reason prohibited by applicable laws, in its programs, services, activities, or employment practices. Inquiries related to discrimination on the basis of disability should be directed to the Section 504 Coordinator: Director of Special Education, 7273 Wing Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, (248) 341-5415. Direct all other inquiries related to discrimination to: Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Labor Relations, 7273 Wing Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, (248) 341-5425.


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There's a simple trick to best enjoy a concert by the Fab Faux, who play the Wilbur on Saturday, June 29: Close your eyes.
There's a simple trick to best enjoy a concert by the Fab Faux: Close your eyes.
Just sit there and listen and you'll swear you're hearing a Beatles record, note for note, harmony.
"There are plenty of Beatles covers bands. We're a Beatles records covers band," said Jimmy Vivino, guitarist, band leader, and music director on "Conan." The group comes to the Wilbur Theater on Saturday, June 29 to perform "From the Cavern to the Rooftop," featuring a set list that takes in songs stretching throughout the band's catalogue.
Vivino, 58, who cofounded the Fab Faux in 1998 with "The Late Show with David Letterman" bass player Will Lee, is an unabashed Beatles fan.
"The Beatles moved music, fashion, politics, and religion, all within a couple of years," he said. "They changed our minds about all of those things. They opened doors and gave us choices that we didn't have before."
But for Vivino, who started playing trumpet at 9, then moved on to piano, and then guitar, it's the music part of the Beatles revolution that always stands out.
"If you go from 'Lovely Rita' to 'No Reply,' back to back, it's unbelievable that it's the same band that did all of this," he said. "So we'll do at least one song from every aspect of their career, maybe two or three from the Cavern [in Liverpool]. That was their club act, so we'll do 'Some Other Guy' or 'Leave My Kitten Alone.' "
Vivino, also a big-time guitar collector, added excitedly, "I even have a Gratioso Futurama to play those on," referring to the guitar George Harrison played when the Beatles did their regular lunchtime concerts at the club in the early 1960s.
"And the show will literally go to the last release, the 'Let It Be' album, which was the rooftop situation," he said. "But in between, we're in the studio for a lot of the time."
The Fab Faux got started with a passing reference from Will Lee.
"Will and I lived in the same building in New York," recalled Vivino. "We'd go to work at the same time, me to Conan and him to Letterman, and we'd always pass in the hall or on the elevator. One night he said, 'Hey I've got a great idea. Let's start a Beatle band.' And I said, 'Uh huh. Why?' Two days later, he said, 'So when are we gonna start the Beatle band?' And I'd say, 'OK, sure, I'll see ya, man.' But I'd walk away shaking my head thinking I'd do anything to play with him because he's only the best bass player I've ever heard. So we talked about it.'
In short order, Lee, on bass, and Vivino, on keyboard and guitar, worked out a note-for-note version of "Because." Then they called some friends and started a Beatle band. Due to their busy TV commitments, the Fab Faux has remained a part-time gig, but they do manage to get out for brief tours. Sometimes it's an 11-piece group, featuring horns and strings. The upcoming show is the stripped-down five-piece band, with Vivino on guitar, Lee on bass, Rich Pagano on drums, Frank Agnello on guitar, and Jack Petruzzelli on keyboards. All five members also sing, and they often jump back and forth between different instruments.
Though Vivino is equally fluent on guitar, organ, and bass (and insists, with a chuckle, that he's getting better at his harmonica part on "Please Please Me"), he is best known for his guitar prowess.
"The guitar just happens to people," he said. "I had a stereo in the basement – a big Webcor unit that had a radio and a turntable and two big stereo speakers on either side, all built into the cabinet. It was stereo but only one side worked. So I would put on records and only hear one side. At the time I was an organ player. But I put on the [Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield] 'Super Session' record. Al was on organ on one side, and Michael was on guitar on the other, and I got the Bloomfield side. And that was it. I started listening to what Michael was doing, and I was just pulled in, and I started messing with the guitar. I learned some chords, and played some rhythm guitar in some bands. When I was 23, I put the B3 [organ] away. I was tired of moving it. I decided to play guitar."
Though Vivino paid the bills early on as an arranger, he's built up a steady living as an in-demand guitarist. Though he grew up listening to jazz and blues, he still goes back to the Beatles for inspiration. And he's always finding new twists to add to Fab Faux shows.
"With today's technology, you can go on YouTube and say, 'Oh, here's an alternate take of a song!' or, 'Oh, here's just John's lead guitar and a funny little tambourine part on 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun!' " he said. "There's a lot of ghosts on records, yet we hear the whole thing as one piece. But when you start focusing on one part, it's like you never heard the song before. With the Beatles, you hear the song as one, and then you start going into it and you find that there's so much going on!
"The reason we felt it was justifiable to do the Fab Faux," he added, "was that they stopped playing live so early, and there was so much great stuff that they never played live."
The Fab Faux
WHEN: Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m.
WHERE: The Wilbur Theater, Boston
INFO: 617-248-9700; www.ticketmaster.com


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CENTERVILLE, Mass. – Junior linebacker Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) earned another post season honor when the New England Football Writers named him to the 2012 Division II/III All-New England team. He is the seventh MIT player to earn the honor and the first since 2009 when DeRon Brown was named to the team. Laux is one of seven players from the New England Football Conference selected for the honor.
Named a first team All-NEFC performer after the recently completed 2012 season, Laux turned in one of the best seasons by a linebacker in the league, leading the team and the NEFC with 121 tackles, just two short of tying the Institute record. He also had an interception in the final seconds of the upset win over Salve Regina on October 19 that earned him NEFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.


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LINCOLN, Neb. - College coaches and administrators concerned about their tweeting athletes also should be wary of their tweeting fans.
Social media experts pointed to vitriolic messages directed at football players from Missouri and Nebraska last weekend as examples of why schools should counsel athletes on how to cope with criticism that crosses the line from heckling to hate.
"What I worry about is some of the psychological outcomes. Does it lead to decreased self-esteem? Does it lead to depression? Does it lead to guys not eating and sleeping right?" said Jimmy Sanderson, a Clemson researcher who collaborated on a 2012 study of how college athletes react to negative encounters with fans on social media.
College athletes have always been targets for criticism, whether through the mail, on radio shows or catcalls from the stands. Because of Twitter and other platforms, direct access to college and professional athletes has never been greater. Most interaction is positive. But the messages can get nasty when upset fans type words they surely wouldn't say to an athlete's face.
Last Saturday, after Missouri kicker Andrew Baggett missed a short field goal in overtime against South Carolina, he was accosted on Twitter. There were comments about his ability, homophobic slurs and one tweet that said "go kill yourself everyone in Missouri hates you."
Baggett said this week that supportive tweets outnumbered the negative "20 fold."
"Nobody's comment made me feel worse than what I did on that field," he said.
Nebraska's Kenny Bell dropped a couple passes, including one in the end zone, during a loss to Minnesota. Like Baggett, Bell expressed appreciation for encouraging tweets, but he clearly was troubled by caustic ones. Especially disturbing was a tweet that played off the fact Bell's dog had been hit by a car. That person later apologized on Twitter.
"Tonight was the first night that I have been truly bothered by the hateful comments by people," Bell wrote in back-to-back tweets. "That being said.... It takes so much more effort to be mean an hateful than it is to be positive an supportive. I just don't understand it."
It would be unrealistic to cut off players from social media - though some coaches have tried - because online communication is ingrained in the culture and can be beneficial, Sanderson said. An athlete can use Twitter to build an online identity, which helps with networking, job searches and promoting the team and university.
Southern California last year began listing football players' Twitter handles on online biographies and in weekly game previews available to fans and media.
"This is how people communicate today, especially those from the generation of our current student-athletes. Why not embrace it?" USC spokesman Tim Tessalone wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "It also helps our fans engage with our players and vice versa. Sure, there will be some mistakes, but that's all part of the learning process for college kids."
Tessalone said he's not aware of any USC players having serious problems in interactions with fans.
Major athletic programs typically address social media with their athletes. Athletes generally are told to think twice before hitting the send button so they don't put out something that embarrasses themselves, the team and the university. At Nebraska, athletes are urged to not lash out at people who criticize them, but there is no policy on what they should do if they are inundated with negativity.
"It might be something we need to get into based on things that have transpired," said Keith Zimmer, Nebraska's associate athletic director for life skills.
Kevin DeShazo, who provides social media training for athletes at about 50 schools for Oklahoma City-based Fieldhouse Media, said coaches and administrators need to be aware of online threats and harassment. He said law enforcement and the platform's administrator should be notified in extreme cases. Illinois coach Tim Beckman requires his players to sign an agreement to notify coaches if they have problems.
DeShazo said denigrating messages should be ignored, even though the inclination would be to respond. "You can never win going back and forth with these people. They want you to do that," he said.
Some athletes will retweet hateful messages so other fans can take on the source of outrageous comments. "It breeds compassion," DeShazo said. "Fans will turn on that person."
Of course, athletes can easily block people who are out of line from posting messages on their platforms.
Though the common perception of college football players is one of toughness, a steady stream of hate directed at a player after a bad game is akin to the cyberbullying that afflicts teenagers, Sanderson said.
Nebraska receiver Quincy Enunwa acknowledged he and his teammates can't resist looking at their phones after games to see what fans are saying. If comments are too negative, Enunwa shuts his off for a while.
"When people are telling you things after a loss, you hear it so many times, you're going to start to believe it," Enunwa said.
Some players aren't disciplined enough to put their phones down.
"Most kids that age, whether an athlete or not, are invested in what people are saying about them," Sanderson said. "Love it or hate it, Twitter lets us know what people are saying about us, and when you see stuff like that, it can take a toll on you."


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So you make one little bomb threat — or three — during a hockey game, and suddenly the police are at your door. Well then take me away, officer, because I thought this was a free country.
Steve Mason's franchise-record 10th shutout of the season was not enough to impress Columbus resident Peter Stenzel, 52, who is evidently a devoted Calgary Flames fan. He called Nationwide Arena three times from his home and threatened to "shoot" and/or "bomb" Mason during the Blue Jackets' 5-0 win over the Flames on Thursday.
According to the Columbus police report, Stenzel was wearing a Calgary Flames T-shirt when he was arrested at his residence in Columbus. He is charged with inducing panic, a misdemeanor.
"They got his number from caller ID, and it was given to special duty officers," Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said. "When they got to his residence, he was upset. He's a passionate hockey fan."
Hmm, did Theo Fleury also show up at the house?
I had no idea it was so difficult being a Canadian living in Columbus. Well here's to you, Mr. crazy I'm-going-to-shoot-Steve-Mason guy. It's nice to see a fan who cares.
Columbus Man Charged With Threatening Blue Jackets [Columbus Dispatch]