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Tonight's a big night for the Yreka Miners varsity football team, as the squad plays at home for the first time this season against the Klamath Union Pelicans of Oregon.
And, to add to the festivities, it's also homecoming tonight.
Yreka is 2-1 for the season after playing its first three games on the road.
The Miners lost a last-minute 22-21 heartbreaker last Friday at Phoenix, Ore. Klamath Union comes in at 1-2.
The varsity game begins at 7:30 p.m., while the junior varsity game is at 5 p.m. at Miner Stadium.
Below, Miners head coach Orlyn Culp answers questions about tonight's game.
Orlyn, how does it feel to finally be at home Friday night after playing the first three games of the year on the road?
It's always nice to play at home. Just the change in routine is a nice break. It'll be fun for the players to play under the light in Miner Stadium in front of their family and friends.
Does the home opener being on homecoming night add any additional pressure or is it just business as usual?
The only thing it adds is more excitement. Homecoming is a great opportunity for kids to be a part of. High school football on Friday nights on homecoming night is what real Americana is about. These kids will get to live what novels and books have been written about, Friday Night Lights. Great Fun!
How have practices gone this week?
We've had a good week. In spite of all the homecoming events, the team has prepared well.
What has the team's attitude and focus been this week after suffering a tough loss to Phoenix last week?
Luckily, the results of the Phoenix game apply only to last week. Our goal is to be 1-0 this week. That's what we intend to be. In fact, we haven't even discussed it since last week.
What can you tell me about Klamath Union this year?
KU has some very good senior leadership. They will be big up front and they have good skill kids.
What type of system do they run on offense and defense?
They run a version of the spread with some I-backs offense mixed in. Defensively they run the now popular 3-5-3 defense. It's predicated on speed and pressure.
What does your squad need to do to come away with the win?
We have to start better this week than we have the past two weeks. We need to be the team setting the tempo this week. We can't wait until the second half every week to establish ourselves. Hopefully this week will be the week we start the way we know we can.
At this point of the season what have you been most impressed about your team so far?
Their ability to compete for 48 minutes. I'm very happy with that. We've had to play well into the 4th each game and we've done a good job of it.
And, what do you think needs the most improvement before the Miners begin NAL play? (After a bye week Yreka is at Modoc followed by the NAL opener on Oct. 11 at home against Anderson.)
The most important thing we can do this week to prepare for NAL play is to be 1-0 on Saturday morning.
Yreka High Varsity Football: Homecoming game tonight
Tonight's a big night for the Yreka Miners varsity football team, as the squad plays at home for the first time this season against the Klamath Union Pelicans of Oregon.


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So, we're back after some song-composing with another Brikwars battle report! Olothontor and I faced off our two armies, this time with actual building walls. And a canyon.
Overwatch of the battlefield. My forces are on the left, Olothontor's on the right.
First turn summary: movement. Not terribly exciting.
See also: movement
Olothontor opens fire on my hero in the canyon, but a Heroic Feat and some swordplay deflects the rockets into the canyon walls.
More movement for me.
Further positioning, along with some (failed) rocket shots at my hero
First blood is drawn as one of Olothontor's flame units falls. My hero cowardly withdraws from the canyon.
Some mooks bite the dust thanks to some squad fire.
With help from an RPG, the rest of the flame squad is taken care of.
My hero gets obliviated (hint: look for the legs), thanks to Olothontor's. The SpecOp sniper also gets picked off.
I have my close-combat SpecOp reveal his war paint and charge into the canyon, successfully killing another enemy.
Olothontor drops some more Mooks, cuts the CC SpecOp into little bits, and takes out the Spearlauncher-toting SpecOp, at the cost of one of his own units.
I go after the squad at the top of the canyon but miss with several weapons. A rogue Mook goes after the enemy Hero's squad and gets chopped up by their axes.
The broken-down cannon is manned by Olothontor's hero as part of a 15" sprint. Another SpecOp is taken down.
It's time for a last-ditch effort. The Mooks gather their courage, and some wage a futile battle with the enemy hero, while another grabs a discarded napalm backpack.
Another Mook is killed, but the cannon doesn't seem to go off, saving a few others' lives. Another SpecOp goes down, only taking one of Olothontor's troops with him.
The suicide fig makes a run for Olothontor's bunch of units, but doesn't make it all the way. The other Mook falls flat on his face when trying to sprint.
Olothontor executes the last two Mooks, ending the game.

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Krya's natural hair colour - Midnight Black is a semi permanent shade. The colour gradually fades anytime between 2 – 4 weeks depending upon how fast your hair grows and the frequency of hair washing. The Krya natural hair colour is formulated with Henna which binds naturally to your hair. Therefore repeated colouring deepens the colour further, giving better coverage and a richer shade.
Every herb used in the Krya hair colour range is documented for hair use in the Ayurvedic texts. The product is therefore completely natural, completely safe and can be used even during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Important: Every person reacts differently to a given set of ingredients, even completely natural ingredients like ours. Please follow the precautions listed in "How to use" tab before every use of the Krya natural hair colour product.
Shade variations when using a natural hair colour:
Synthetic hair dyes give you an even shade by first bleaching out all existing colour from your hair and then adding the synthetic colour to your hair. This is why the colour you get after a synthetic hair colour / dye is even and the same shade is present throughout your hair.
A natural hair colour simply coats your existing hair with the shade you have chosen. The dye uptake varies depending upon the grey percentage in your hair and how your individual hair strands react to the herbs in the hair colour.
So while we have tested the hair colour on human hair swatches, you can expect slight variations in the colour on your hair. We do not expect these variations to be too different from the hair colour we have achieved. Also, depending upon the grey percentage in your hair, you can see variations in the colour across your hair. Grey hair usually is much more intensely coloured and visible – black or dark hair tends to take on the colour much like highlights or tints. These variations even out over repeated hair colouring.
The Krya natural hair colours are best used with:
To ensure hair health and retain hair colour longer, we recommend you use the Krya Hair Colour Hair Oil, the Krya hair colour hair mask, and the Krya Hair colour hair wash along with this product. If you are already using other Krya haircare products, look for suggestions on how you can continue to use this along with the Krya hair colour in our "how to use" tab
Free from synthetics & Metallic salts:
As with all Krya products, the Krya hair colours are also synthetics free – the Krya hair colour range contains ONLY Ayurvedic herbs. They do not contain PPD, Ammonia, Resorcinol, tetrahydro-6-nitroquinoxaline, Eugenol, Coal Tar, Formaldehyde, DMDM Hydantoin, Eugenol, or ANY SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL.
Krya's hair colours are also free from metallic salts and contain only hand-picked, sorted, sun dried and carefully processed Ayurvedic herbs. We process our herbs from scratch, choosing only the best quality materials. The formulations have been developed in-house after rigorous testing done over a year on human hair swatches, in-house volunteers and an independent consumer panel.
Ingredients (This is a declaration of 100% of the contents of this product):
1. Certified Organic : Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenugreek / Methi seeds) , Syzygioum aromaticum (clove buds)
2. Organic but not certified : Lawsonia inermis (Henna leaf), Indigofera tinctoria (Indigo leaf)
3. Forest Collected : Alkanna tinctoria (Ratanjot), Acacia Catechu (Khadira bark and stem),
Special note:
While all the above ingredient are safe and used as per references found in Ayurvedic texts, it is a best practice to test for possible allergic reactions before use. Please follow instructions given in the "how to use" tab for the patch test before first use.
Patch test to test for possible allergic reaction:
Although the Krya natural hair colour (as are all of Krya's products) made completely from whole herbs, a patch test is a sensible precaution to take when trying out any new skin / hair product. We strongly recommend doing this atleast before the first time you use a Krya hair colour product as follows:
1. Wash a square patch of skin measuring an inch in height and breadth on the inside of your elbow, or a small round spot just behind your ear. Wash this area well and dry it with a clean cloth / tissue. Apply the Krya hair colour as instructed below and leave it on for the recommended 2 hours.
2. After 2 hours, was of the colour application with plain water.
3. Monitor this area for 48 hours. If you feel any intense burning, intense itching, or see any inflammation or redness in the area, do not use the product.
4. If you experience no adverse symptoms or if you experience very mild itchiness or irritation that subsides quickly, you may go ahead and use the product.
Strand test:
We strongly recommend doing a strand test before you colour your entire hair. This is because the dye uptake on your hair varies depending upon how porous it is (if you have high chemical damage), presence of metallic salts (from your water or your previous hair dye), the amount of greys in your hair, and how your individual hair responds to the plants in our hair colour.
The strand test gives you an idea of the colour you can expect from this application of hair colour. Do Remeber that as you begin to colour your hair with the Krya hair colour, the strand test results will vary. This is why we recommend doing a strand test before every application.
Choosing strands for your strand test:
We recommend choosing strands that are easy to isolate, yet will remain hidden under your hair to keep your results discrete. Choose a section of hair that has the same proportion of greys as the rest of your hair. We recommend choosing a ½ inch section of hair.
Apply your Krya hair colour exactly as recommended to this section of hair. Leave it on for 2 hours and then rinse with plain water. The Krya hair colour shades take between 24 – 48 hours to develop. If you are satisfied with how the colour looks a day later, you may proceed to applying the colour for your complete head of hair.
How to use the Krya hair colour:
- Oil your hair and scalp well, preferably with a Krya hair oil and wash thoroughly, preferably with a Krya hair wash. Do not use any synthetic conditioner.
- Ensure your hair is clean and free from any grease, oil or synthetic silicones as this interferes with the dye uptake
- You can apply colour once your hair is naturally dry (avoid using a blow dryer that can damage your hair).
- We recommend doing hair colouring in the day time and not the evening and night time to avoid mucous accumulation (this is because all the herbs used are slightly cooling to the system).
- Avoid using the Krya hair colour if you have a cold, or have a fever.
- Pre-colouring can be done either on the same day as colouring or a day before. Ensure you hair does not become oily / greasy before colouring as this will interfere with dye uptake in your hair.
Mixing the Krya hair colour:
- The Krya hair colour should be mixed with plain , clean, good quality water at room temperature that is free from metallic salts
- Mix the colour using a glass / plastic bowl and a plastic spoon to avoid any metallic salt deposition / contamination into the colour.
- Add enough water to make the colour mix a creamy, thick paste that can be easily applied on hair.
- Do not add any additives like curd, eggs, tea, lemon juice etc. Some of these will interfere with dye uptake. Also, as the Krya hair coloir is a blend of different herbs, adding strongly acidic herbs or liquids can interefer with the dye release of herbs like Indigo
- Use the colour as soon as you have mixed it. The hair colour cannot be stored / frozen after mixing some of the herbs like Indigo oxidize and release dye within 20 minutes and are not effective after this time.
- Store the remaining dry hair colour powder by double bagging it in plastic and then storing it in a stainless steel / glass container. This is to ensure moisture and air does not enter the hair colour triggering dye release.
How much colour to mix?
- Chin length hair uses between 50 – 75 gm of hair colour depending upon hair thickness.
- Shoulder length hair generally uses 100 gm of colour
- Waist length hair (depending upon thickness uses either 200 g / 250 gm of colour
- Mix the Krya hair colour well using good quality water free from metallic salts. Metallic salts bind with the natural dye pigments in the colour causing greenish deposition on the hair.
- Apply the colour immediately after mixing it. Section hair minutely, and apply the colour to ½ an inch thickness, ensuring every strand is well coated with the colour. Each section can be rolled up after coating it and further colour paste can be added on top of the rolled section to make it stay in place.
- Please use a professional henna / mehendi dye brush and not the normal dye brush. The henna brush has wider bristles and is able to give hair much better coverage. You can alternatively wear gloves and apply the colour using your hands on your hair. The colour will stain skin, so remember to cover any exposed skin before applying the colour.
- Wrap the hair once you have finished applying the colour with saran wrap, a shower cap, a scarf, or an old towel. Your wrap should retain heat and moisture inside your hair and prevent your hair colour from drying up inside. This aids better dye deposition on hair. If the hair colour paste becomes dry, the dye deposition does not take place well.
- Leave the colour on for atleast 2 hours. You may leave the hair colour longer if you so desire (upto 4 – 5 hours). The longer you leave it on, the darker the shade you will get.
Rinsing out colour and the first wash:
- After 2 hours, rinse out hair thoroughly with plain water, that is as cool as you can take it.
- We repeat: Rinse hair THOROUGHLY with plain water – this may be slightly difficult as some part of the hair colour may have dried out on your scalp. Work your hands gently through your hair and scalp and moisten the scalp thoroughly to dislodge the colour. If you leave the colour on your scalp without rinsing it properly, it could stain your pillows or towels.
- Do not use any hair product on your rinsed hair for atleast 2 – 3 days. This is because the Krya natural hair colour develops further on exposure to oxygen, so you will see the final shade of your hair only at this time.
- For your first wash, apply the Krya hair colour mask on your hair. (Detailed use instructions are given on the Krya hair colour mask product page). You do not need any other hairwash or conditioner with this product. The Krya hair colour mask contains nourishing oils and colour strengthening herbs that help strengthen your hair's colour and smoothens the cuticles as well.
- From the second wash onwards, we recommend though oiling of your hair with the Krya hair colour hair oil or any of our other hair oils before every wash. Our oils contain mildly acidic natural herbs that deepen colour, restore shine and improve hair health.
- We also recommend washing your hair with the Krya hair colour hair wash or any of our other Krya hair washes to maintain hair health.
- We also recommend applying the Krya hair colour hair mask once a week post oiling, and pre hair wash to maintain your hair well.
Re-applying the Krya hair colour , Root application, etc
- The Krya hair colour can be re-applied 5 days after your previous hair colour application.
- Applying the colour 5 days after the previous hair colour application is recommended if you want better grey coverage or a deeper shade than what you have previously achieved.
- For other cases, you can re-apply colour to your roots alone as they fade or to your entire head of head.
- If you are re-applying colour to only a small portion of your hair, please note that the colour there will be much darker as the Krya natural hair colour deepens on every application.
Transitioning from chemical colours to the Krya natural hair colour:
- Chemically coloured hair tends to be much rougher and porous compared to healthy hair and this interferes with dye absorption. You have 2 options here:
- Option 1: Work on the hair for atleast a month before applying the Krya hair colour to heal it. The Krya Damage repair hair system is designed to heal chemically damaged hair.
- Option 2: Alternatively, you can incorporate the Krya Damage repair system into your hair colouring routine and slowly build up your hair colour over 4 – 5 applications. This takes a little longer than Option 1, but can be used if your hair is relatively less damaged, or if your are in a hurry to start natural colouring and don't mind uneven colouring for sometime.
- You may not get the shade we have indicated in the first application if your hair is chemically damaged. This is because herbs like henna and indigo will fill the gaps in your damaged cuticles and will not give you an even shade through your hair.
- As your hair's porosity reduces and it heals, you will be able to get a much more even shade. Of course, your hair itself will become much smoother, and less prone to breakage, and it will grow much better.
Hair roughness with henna:
Henna and Indigo bind to dye receptor areas that are found on the cuticle of the hair. Therefore the hair initially tends to feel rough after henna application. However, in our testing, we have found that this roughness is temporary and the hair regains its original texture with application of the Krya hair colour hair oil and use of the Krya hair colour hair wash.
With time, henna and indigo and the other herbs in the hair colour help strengthen hair and add to the natural shine and integrity of hair.
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Here are just some of the ways that you can travel without your car in Platteville:
1. Take the Public Bus - free for students!
2. Bring your bike.
3. Take a regional bus home at academic breaks.
4. Share a ride!
5. Use our City trail network.
6. Walk!
Please explore the links above to learn more about these and other transportation options available at UW-Platteville, and, as always, don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at all.
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Integrated Services Digital Network
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Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is comprised of digital telephony and data-transport services offered by regional telephone carriers. ISDN involves the digitization of the telephone network, which permits voice, data, text, graphics, music, video, and other source material to be transmitted over existing telephone wires. The emergence of ISDN represents an effort to standardize subscriber services, user/network interfaces, and network and internetwork capabilities. ISDN applications include high-speed image applications (such as Group IV facsimile), additional telephone lines in homes to serve the telecommuting industry, high-speed file transfer, and videoconferencing. Voice service is also an application for ISDN. This article summarizes the underlying technologies and services associated with ISDN.
ISDN Devices
ISDN devices include terminals, terminal adapters (TAs), network-termination devices, line-termination equipment, and exchange-termination equipment. ISDN terminals come in two types. Specialized ISDN terminals are referred to as terminal equipment type 1 (TE1). Non-ISDN terminals, such as DTE, that predate the ISDN standards are referred to as terminal equipment type 2 (TE2). TE1s connect to the ISDN network through a four-wire, twisted-pair digital link. TE2s connect to the ISDN network through a TA. The ISDN TA can be either a standalone device or a board inside the TE2. If the TE2 is implemented as a standalone device, it connects to the TA via a standard physical-layer interface. Examples include EIA/TIA-232-C (formerly RS-232-C), V.24, and V.35.
Beyond the TE1 and TE2 devices, the next connection point in the ISDN network is the network termination type 1 (NT1) or network termination type 2 (NT2) device. These are network-termination devices that connect the four-wire subscriber wiring to the conventional two-wire local loop. In North America, the NT1 is a customer premises equipment (CPE) device. In most other parts of the world, the NT1 is part of the network provided by the carrier. The NT2 is a more complicated device that typically is found in digital private branch exchanges (PBXs) and that performs Layer 2 and 3 protocol functions and concentration services. An NT1/2 device also exists as a single device that combines the functions of an NT1 and an NT2.
ISDN specifies a number of reference points that define logical interfaces between functional groups, such as TAs and NT1s. ISDN reference points include the following:
- R - The reference point between non-ISDN equipment and a TA.
- S - The reference point between user terminals and the NT2.
- T - The reference point between NT1 and NT2 devices.
- U - The reference point between NT1 devices and line-termination equipment in the carrier network. The U reference point is relevant only in North America, where the NT1 function is not provided by the carrier network.
Figure: Sample ISDN Configuration Illustrates Relationships Between Devices and Reference Points illustrates a sample ISDN configuration and shows three devices attached to an ISDN switch at the central office. Two of these devices are ISDN-compatible, so they can be attached through an S reference point to NT2 devices. The third device (a standard, non-ISDN telephone) attaches through the reference point to a TA. Any of these devices also could attach to an NT1/2 device, which would replace both the NT1 and the NT2. In addition, although they are not shown, similar user stations are attached to the far-right ISDN switch.
Figure: Sample ISDN Configuration Illustrates Relationships Between Devices and Reference Points
There are two types of services associated with ISDN:
ISDN BRI Service
The ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) service offers two B channels and one D channel (2B+D). BRI B-channel service operates at 64 kbps and is meant to carry user data; BRI D-channel service operates at 16 kbps and is meant to carry control and signaling information, although it can support user data transmission under certain circumstances. The D channel signaling protocol comprises Layers 1 through 3 of the OSI reference model. BRI also provides for framing control and other overhead, bringing its total bit rate to 192 kbps. The BRI physical layer specification is International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunications Standards Section (ITU-T) (formerly the Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone [CCITT]) I.430.
ISDN PRI Service
ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI) service offers 23 B channels and 1 D channel in North America and Japan, yielding a total bit rate of 1.544 Mbps (the PRI D channel runs at 64 kbps). ISDN PRI in Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world provides 30 B channels plus one 64-kbps D channel and a total interface rate of 2.048 Mbps. The PRI physical layer specification is ITU-T I.431.
ISDN Specifications
This section describes the various ISDN specifications for Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3.
Layer 1
ISDN physical layer (Layer 1) frame formats differ depending on whether the frame is outbound (from terminal to network) or inbound (from network to terminal). Both physical layer interfaces are shown in Figure: ISDN Physical Layer Frame Formats Differ Depending on Their Direction.
The frames are 48 bits long, of which 36 bits represent data. The bits of an ISDN physical layer frame are used as follows:
- F - Provides synchronization
- L - Adjusts the average bit value
- E - Ensures contention resolution when several terminals on a passive bus contend for a channel
- A - Activates devices
- S - Is unassigned
- B1, B2, and D - Handle user data
Figure: ISDN Physical Layer Frame Formats Differ Depending on Their Direction
Multiple ISDN user devices can be physically attached to one circuit. In this configuration, collisions can result if two terminals transmit simultaneously. Therefore, ISDN provides features to determine link contention. When an NT receives a D bit from the TE, it echoes back the bit in the next E-bit position. The TE expects the next E bit to be the same as its last transmitted D bit.
Terminals cannot transmit into the D channel unless they first detect a specific number of ones (indicating "no signal") corresponding to a pre-established priority. If the TE detects a bit in the echo (E) channel that is different from its D bits, it must stop transmitting immediately. This simple technique ensures that only one terminal can transmit its D message at one time. After successful D-message transmission, the terminal has its priority reduced by requiring it to detect more continuous ones before transmitting. Terminals cannot raise their priority until all other devices on the same line have had an opportunity to send a D message. Telephone connections have higher priority than all other services, and signaling information has a higher priority than nonsignaling information.
Layer 2
Layer 2 of the ISDN signaling protocol is Link Access Procedure, D channel (LAPD). LAPD is similar to High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) and Link Access Procedure, Balanced (LAPB). As the expansion of the LAPD acronym indicates, this layer is used across the D channel to ensure that control and signaling information flows and is received properly. The LAPD frame format (see Figure: LAPD Frame Format Is Similar to That of HDLC and LAPB)is very similar to that of HDLC; like HDLC, LAPD uses supervisory, information, and unnumbered frames. The LAPD protocol is formally specified in ITU-T Q.920 and ITU-T Q.921.
Figure: LAPD Frame Format Is Similar to That of HDLC and LAPB
The LAPD Flag and Control fields are identical to those of HDLC. The LAPD Address field can be either 1 or 2 bytes long. If the extended address bit of the first byte is set, the address is 1 byte; if it is not set, the address is 2 bytes. The first Address-field byte contains the service access point identifier (SAPI), which identifies the portal at which LAPD services are provided to Layer 3. The C/R bit indicates whether the frame contains a command or a response. The Terminal Endpoint Identifier (TEI) field identifies either a single terminal or multiple terminals. A TEI of all ones indicates a broadcast.
Layer 3
Two Layer 3 specifications are used for ISDN signaling: ITU-T (formerly CCITT) I.450 (also known as ITU-T Q.930) and ITU-T I.451 (also known as ITU-T Q.931). Together, these protocols support user-to-user, circuit-switched, and packet-switched connections. A variety of call-establishment, call-termination, information, and miscellaneous messages are specified, including SETUP, CONNECT, RELEASE, USER INFORMATION, CANCEL, STATUS, and DISCONNECT. These messages are functionally similar to those provided by the X.25 protocol.
Figure: An ISDN Circuit-Switched Call Moves Through Various Stages to Its Destination, from ITU-T I.451, shows the typical stages of an ISDN circuit-switched call.
Figure: An ISDN Circuit-Switched Call Moves Through Various Stages to Its Destination
ISDN is comprised of digital telephony and data-transport services offered by regional telephone carriers. ISDN involves the digitization of the telephone network to transmit voice, data, text, graphics, music, video, and other source material over existing telephone wires.
ISDN devices include the following:
- Terminals
- Terminal adapters (TAs)
- Network-termination devices
- Line-termination equipment
- Exchange-termination equipment
The ISDN specification references specific connection points that define logical interfaces between devices.
ISDN uses the following two types of services:
- Basic Rate Interface (BRI, which offers two B channels and one D channel (2B+D)
- Primary Rate Interface (PRI), which offers 23 B channels and 1 D channel in North America and Japan, and 30 B channels and 1 D channel in Europe and Australia
ISDN runs on the bottom three layers of the OSI reference model, and each layer uses a different specification to transmit data.
Review Questions
Q - Which reference point for ISDN logical devices is relevant only in North America?
A - U, the reference point between NT1 devices and line-termination equipment in the carrier network.
Q - What are the two speeds of ISDN PRI services?
A - In North America and Japan, 23 B channels (1.472 Mbps) plus 1 D channel (64 kbps); in Europe and Australia, 31 B channels (1.984 Mbps) plus 1 D channel (64 kbps).
Q - Of the 48 bits in the ISDN physical layer frame formats, how many bits represent data?


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After four straight road contests and not playing at home since Dec. 28, the No. 12 Yale men's hockey team (9-4-3, 5-3-1) is back at the Whale for a big conference set with Ancient Eight ties and alumni weekend. Harvard (5-8-1, 3-6-0) comes to New Haven on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. game that airs live on NBC Sports Network. The Bulldogs host No. 11 Dartmouth (9-5-2, 5-3-1) on Saturday (Yale All Access) at 7. Both contests can be heard live on wybcx.com.
There are no tickets available for Friday's game, a limited number of them are available for Saturday.
Y vs. H: There have been 236 meetings in eight different cities. The first meeting was Feb. 26, 1900, in New York, a 5-4 Yale victory. The two teams split last year's regular season meetings and then Harvard won a three-game ECAC quarterfinal series in March at Boston. Harvard leads the overall series, 138-80-18 but the teams have split the last six.
Y vs. D: Yale, which leads the Dartmouth series 106-88-13, is 10-1-1 in its last dozen meetings. The Big Green earned a win and a tie already this season against the Blue. The 208th meeting is Saturday.
Y vs. H: The Blue put a season-high, 49 shots on target and got two goals each from Jesse Root and Kenny Agostino in a 5-1 win over Harvard on Nov. 3 at Boston. Jeff Malcolm made 28 saves and stopped all four advantages in the Yale net.
Y vs. D: Opening night for conference play on Nov. 2 at Hanover was a 7-4 Big Green win as Dartmouth goalie Charles Grant stopped 35 shots.
Yale earned its first North Country sweep in nine years by outscoring last weekend's opponents 8 to 4. After outshooting Boston College by 26 shots in a 3-3 tie, the Elis had to be more efficient with 73 shots between the two games, and converting four of eight power plays played a big role. Seven different Bulldogs found the net, Kenny Agostino (4 points) did it twice. Jeff Malcolm stopped 68 of 72 shots to earn both wins in net.
Harvard, coming off a stunning, 6-5 OT win at Boston University and a 3-2 loss at Dartmouth last week, seeks its first ECAC win since beating Cornell on Nov. 16. Alex Fallstrom and Tommy O'Regan lead the team with 10 points while Jimmy Vesey has a team-high 10 goals. Raphael Girard (3.18, .906, 5-8-1) has most of the action in net.
Dartmouth, which stopped a three-game skid by beating its travel partner last Saturday, plays Brown Friday before coming to the Whale. Tyler Sikura and Eric Robinson are tied for the team lead with eight goals, while Charles Grant (2.40, .916, 3-3-1) and Cab Morris (1.98, .921, 6-2-1) have shared the duties in goal.
Yale scored empty-net goals in both games last weekend... The Blue swept SLU in the regular season and gained a split with Clarkson... Yale scored and had double-digit SOG in 5 of the 6 periods last week... The Yale Alumni Game is 2:30 Saturday at Ingalls.
Friday's first intermission will be extended for a special presentation honoring Yale President Richard Levin's 20-year impact on the success of the athletic program. All of the varsity head coaches will be on hand to celebrate his tenure and present him with a varsity letter sweater, a varsity blanket and a special tray with an inscription that reads: "With great appreciation and passion for Yale Varsity Teams and student-athletes in their quest for high academic and athletic achievement."
Senior F Andrew Miller (120 gp, 31-101-132) is the 115th captain of Yale men's hockey and an All-America candidate. He has 7-10-17 this season and became only the second Bulldog to get 100 career assists with a helper at SLU on Jan. 11. Miller, 8th on Yale's career points list, is also among a select group of college players who have more points than career games played. He has been ranked among the top 10 in Division I for assists the last three years and was voted "best passer" by his teammates the last three years. His two goals against SLU on Nov. 10 this year were a career-high. Miller, a 2010-11 first-team All-ECAC pick, had 12-33-45 that season and was fourth in the nation in assists. More impressive was that 22 of his 33 assists were primary. The 33 helpers were second best at Yale and a sophomore school record. His best offensive weekend as a collegian came in Feb. 2011 when he hit the net three times vs. Colgate/Cornell. As a freshman, Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), was 12th in the nation in points and registered the most (34) points by a Yale rookie in 25 years. The speedy forward was the 2008-09 USA Junior Player of the Year and 2007 Michigan High School Mr. Hockey.
Yale Career Assists
Bob Brooke 113 1979–83
Andrew Miller 101 2009-Pres.
Yale Career Points Total Years Career Note
Jeff Hamilton 173 1996–01 All-American, Hobey Finalist, Scored 32 NHL goals
Brian O'Neill 163 2008-12 All-American, Playing in AHL Manchester
Mark Kaufmann 160 1989–93 All-American, Hobey Finalist
Bob Kudelski 158 1983–87 NHL All-Star
Bob Brooke 155 1979–83 Olympian, 166 NHL points
Broc Little 142 2007-11 All-American, Playing in Sweden
Randy Wood 141 1982–86 All-American, 175 NHL goals
Andrew Miller 132 2009-Pres. passed Denny Kearney, Dan Poliziani
Senior F Antoine Laganiere (Ile Cadieux, Que.) is an All-America candidate who is 5th in the nation with .62 goals per game. He has 19 goals over his last 25 games, including a pair in the Dec. 2 win over Brown. He ranks 22nd in Division I with 1.12 points while leading the team with 10 goals. One of the most improved Bulldogs last year, he had his best campaign with 19 goals and 33 points. Laganiere (101 gp, 41-33-74), featured in a recent hockeysfuture.com article, got hot when the Blue needed it most; he had nine goals over the final nine games, including his first collegiate hat trick in game three of the Princeton 2012 ECAC playoff series. He scored shorthanded, on the power play and even-strength against the Tigers. He also had Yale's best weekend with five goals over three games, which earned him his first ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honor.
Yale junior forward Kenny Agostino (Flanders, NJ) is an All-America candidate coming off a four-point weekend on the road that earned ECAC Player of the Week honors. His biggest goal of the year beat No. 2 Denver in OT on Nov. 23. He ranks 13th with 1.21 points per game in Division I. Agostino, featured in a recent hockeysfuture.com article, had 14 goals and 34 points in 2011-12, while he earned ECAC Player of the Week honors for his three-goal, Feb. 17-18 weekend. Agostino (80 gp, 34-46-80) has scored other significant, late goals. Last winter, he scored goals in consecutive games with under 35 seconds left in regulation (win, OT loss). Agostino beat Dartmouth at Hanover with 34.8 ticks remaining, followed by a GTG against SLU with 34.2 left at home. His season-high was 2-2-4 against both UConn and Harvard at Ingalls in 2011-12. Agostino became the first Yale newcomer in 30 years to record five points in one game on Jan. 2, 2011. He notched 3-2-5 against Holy Cross and became the school's first freshman to tally five points in 27 years. Yale's rookie of the year in 2010-11, Agostino had 11 goals and 25 points and was the HCA National Rookie of the Month for January (8-4-12), the first Bulldog to receive that award. He was ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Jan. 23 (3 goals vs. Clarkson/SLU), becoming the only Bulldog to earn conference rookie honors in 2010-11. The former Delbarton School star had a goal and three assists before the holiday break, and 10 goals and 11 assists after. He ranked 11th nationally among rookies with .86 points per game.
Yale's Class of 2013 will skate at least 11 times against Harvard, which is unprecedented in this ancient rivarly. The Elis have won six of the 10. Two other classes had 10 games with the Crimson. Seniors Andrew Miller (1-8-9) and Antoine Laganiere (3-2-5) have been very productive in those games, but junior Kenny Agostino leads the way with 6-4-10. Senior goalies Jeff Malcolm (1-2 record) and Nick Maricic (2-2) have combined to go 3-4 vs. Harvard. Meanwhile, Yale head coach Keith Allain is 10-7-1 against the Crimson.
Yale has a team-high 19 goals from its senior class. The juniors are second with 16 tallies. The sophomores are third with 11 while the newcomers have hit the net six times.
There are seven defensemen on the Yale roster, including one senior, one junior, two sophomores and three freshmen. The Blue blueliners have contributed six goals and 31 points. Senior Colin Dueck (Calgary, Alb.) has the most experience (over 100 games) with junior Gus Young (Dedham, Mass.) a close second. Sophomore Tommy Fallen (Plymouth, Minn) was the team's rookie of the year in 2011-12, while classmate Matt Killian (Basking Ridge, NJ) has also been key contributor this year. Newcomers Rob O'Gara (Nesconset, NY) and Ryan Obuchowski (West Bloomfield, Mich.) have been regulars this year, classmate Mitch Witek (Downers Grove, Ill.) has seen some action.
Senior Jeff Malcolm (career: 2.82, .903, 24-18-4) made 68 saves last week to earn ECAC Goalie of the Week honors. He started the last seven games, including a 33-save effort in a 2-2 OT tie with Union. Malcolm, who has 13 starts this year, had 32 saves in the 2-1 OT win at No. 2 Denver on Nov. 23, which may have been his best as a Bulldog. Before that, Malcolm stopped 59 of 63 shots on Nov. 9-10 and did not give up a goal on 11 penalty kills. His 36 saves at SLU on Jan. 11 were a season-high. The Yale goalie with the most minutes and saves in 2011-12 was in net for two of the more memorable events of the season: he made 27 saves in the win over Princeton in the playoff series finale and notched a shutout streak of three (Colgate, RPI, Union) games and 226:39 minutes (parts of 5 games) in November. Malcolm (Lethbridge, Alb.) earned ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week honors after stopping all 72 shots in wins at No. 8 Union and RPI last winter. The three straight SHOs tied the school record but fell short of the Yale record (240:53 by Ryan Rondeau '11) scoreless streak. His career-high is 45 saves against Union on Nov. 12, 2011.
Senior Nick Maricic (Alta Loma, Calif.) got his first start and victory in a 4-2, 25-save effort against Cornell in the fourth game of his freshman season. Since then he has compiled 751 saves and 14 wins. His latest win required nine saves (no goals allowed) over the last 29 minutes of the 6-5 win at Colorado College on Nov. 24. He also had some big ones down the stretch last year that helped the Blue go 3-0-1 to close the regular season. He stopped 66 of 70 shots the final weekend on the road. He saved 52 of 56 shots and held Dartmouth/Harvard scoreless on 10 of 11 advantages the week before. Maricic (3.00, .895, 14-10-4) had a career-high 40 saves in the 2-2 tie at Quinnipiac on Feb. 25, 2012.
Six freshmen have been used in a game on many occasions this season, including three on defense and three at forward. The eight new Bulldogs come from five different states and one province, and bring experience from the USHL (3), EJHL (2), BCHL, AJHL and a New England prep school. Some have already distinguished themselves since arriving in New Haven: Stu Wilson has earned conference rookie of the week honors twice, while Rob O'Gara, a Boston Bruins draft pick featured in a bostonbruins.com video this season.
The Bulldogs are 9th in the uscho.com Pairwise Rankings, the system that most closely resembles the NCAA Selection Committee's. The folks voting for the uscho.com and USA Today/American Hockey Magazine all have Yale No. 12 this week.
In addition to the Jan. 18 Harvard game airing live on the NBC Sports Network, Yale games at Cornell (Jan. 25) and Quinnipiac (Feb. 22) are on the network formerly known as Versus. The exhibition against the Red Stars aired on CPTV Sports, which also plans live coverage of the Feb. 2 home Quinnpiac contest.
The Elis won three straight games over ranked teams and are now 4-0-2 overall this season against teams with national rankings. Three (Harvard, Denver, Colorado College) of the four wins have come on the road. The other road game was at Boston College (tie), while the Elis had home contests against St. Lawrence (win) and Union (tie). Yale is 1-1-1 against teams currently in the top 15 of the pairwise rankings.
The weekend of March 22-23 marks the last time the ECAC Hockey Championship Weekend is held at Atlantic City. Next March, the conference championships are back in Lake Placid at the 1980 Rink, the site of ECAC Championships in the 1990s. Yale has won a pair of conference tournament titles - 2009 at Albany and 2011 at Atlantic City.
Yale has 13 games against opponents ranked in the latest uscho.com poll. Four opponents appeared in the 2012 NCAA Tournament and two (BC, Union) advanced to the Frozen Four.
The Yale roster includes players from 12 different states, two provinces and Norway. New York and New Jersey are represented by four players from each state, while Alberta and Michigan contribute three players and Illinois has a pair.
The United States Hockey League contributed nine players to the Bulldog roster. There are three from the British Columbia Hockey League, two from the Eastern Junior Hockey League and one from the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. Eleven Yale student-athletes came directly from prep schools.
The current Yale roster is comprised of leaders and scholars. Here are some examples.
21 Captained a hockey team before coming to Yale
18 Captained another sports team
20 Won a scholar-athlete award
14 Graduated in top 10% of their class
10 National Honor Society Members
4 Class Presidents
The Yale players were surveyed about each other, and here are the results:
Strongest player (pound for pound): 8 Josh Balch
Fastest on skates: 22 Tommy Fallen
Hardest Shot: 28 Antoine Laganiere
Best fore-checker: 20 Jesse Root
Best Passer: 17 Andrew Miller
Best Singer: 21 Colin Dueck
Sense of Humor: 20 Jesse Root
Biggest Appetite: 15 Clint Bourbonais
Most Soft Spoken: 21Colin Dueck
Most Talkative: 20 Jesse Root
Player you would want your sister to date: 21 Colin Dueck
Best Dressed: 17 Andrew Miller
Most Likely to be a Head Coach: 2 Gus Young
Most Unique Hobby: 17 Andrew Miller (Fabric Collector)
Of the 18 Yale players who have decided on majors, six plan on earning degrees in political science. Three Elis have unique majors among teammates: Clinton Bourbonais (biomechanical engineering), Nick Maricic (philosophy) and Colin Dueck (psychology).
Yale and Fairfield co-hosted three (2009, 2011, 2012) of the last four NCAA East Regional Tournaments at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. The Bulldogs competed in two (2009, 2011) of the three at the arena. The two schools announced in November that they have another in 2014.
Yale celebrated the re-dedication of Ingalls Rink (3,500) on Jan. 16, 2010. The rink built in 1958 has been modernized while adding 13,000 square feet of operational space. The additions include locker rooms and space for strength & conditioning (including skating treadmill), student-athlete study area, medical & training, officials, video, coaches, equipment, reception and more. There are new historical displays, concession stands and bathrooms for the building nicknamed the "Whale" because of its humpback-shaped roof.
The Whale (Ingalls Rink) has been a tough place for visitors in recent years. Yale, which enjoyed its first undefeated (15-0-1, only Division I team to do that) regular season at Ingalls in 2010-11, finished 10-7 last year. The Bulldogs are 53-18-4 over the last four-plus seasons at the Whale and 14-11-3 in home ECAC playoff games all time.
Seniors Andrew Miller, Colin Dueck and Antoine Laganiere hit triple digits in career games this season. The school record is 138, shared by Jimmy Martin '11, Denny Kearney '11 and Brian O'Neill '12.
The Bulldogs are wearing a sticker with a ribbon on the back of their helmets in memory of those lost in the Sandy Hook (Newtown) School shootings. Equipment manager Jeff Torre added them to the head gear prior to the game at Boston College.
Yale hit the trifecta with conference awards handed out Jan. 14. Kenny Agostino (Player), Jeff Malcolm (Goalie) and Stu Wilson (Rookie) were all selected in what may have been Yale's first-ever sweep of the awards. It was Wilson's second selection this season.
Here are some important things to know if you are covering the Bulldogs or just working a game at Ingalls. Interviews: Yale head coach Keith Allain and select players are available on a semi-regular basis each week at Ingalls Rink, typically Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. If you would like to attend these informal media sessions, please contact Sports Publicity Director Steve Conn. Post-game interviews with Yale personnel are conducted in one of the youth locker rooms at ice level on the home side of the building. Let Steve Conn know who you would like to speak with immediately after the game. Media Gate List: Attendants stationed at the front and back of the rink have a media gate list to check off your name. Parking: The same list is used for PARKING in the garage (entrance off Prospect Street) behind the rink.
The Yale All-Access team is entirely comprised of students. Max Valenstein '13 returns for his second season of color commentary, while Addie Adams '15 is the new voice of Yale Hockey. Behind the scenes, Patrick Ouziel '13, Taylor Stib '15, Daniel Stern '16 and Sam Dorward '13 work on the production. Since it began broadcasting hockey in 2010, YAA has grown exponentially and now averages about 1,000 viewers per broadcast. Broadcasts can be viewed for free at the Yale Campus youtube page or at yalebulldogs.com.
WYBC Yale Radio has broadcast Yale hockey games for decades. A completely student-run operation, the broadcasts are organized by John Ryan '14 and Evan Frondorf '14, who also will serve as on-air talent this season along with Konrad Coutinho '13, Nell Meosky '14, Arturo Schultz '14, and Alex Eppler '16. WYBC will broadcast all home games and select road games, each with a pre-game inteview with Yale head coach Keith Allain, and all live coverage can be heard online at wybc.com.
filed by Steve Conn, Yale Sports Publicity Director


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Jackson Rathbone & Sheila Hafsadi: Baby on the Way!
Jackson Rathbone is going to be a dad!
The 27-year-old actor and his girlfriend, Sheila Hafsadi, will welcome their first child together, a rep for the actor confirms to JustJared.com.
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The couple "is thrilled and excited to be expecting their first child," the rep added.
Us Weekly reports that Jackson met Sheila, a burlesque dancer, while on tour with his band, 100 Monkeys, and that Sheila is five months pregnant.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Thoughts and prayers go out from the Mukilteo Chamber Board, staff and members to those affected by the Mudslide in OSO. We are so grateful to the first responders and volunteers, community organizations and others who have given so much and worked so tirelessly in the rescue effort.
The Chamber has had many inquiries of how to help the efforts. Thank you to our Windermere Community for their gas card drive last Saturday at the Scotsman Bistro and Diamond Knot Brewing for their fundraiser on March 31. The Everett Herald yesterday reminded us to be careful if approached to give money to organizations you haven't heard of. State officials warn that scam artists might try to take advantage of the situation by posing as legitimate charities. The Secretary of State has more advice on donating wisely on its website; the governor's website also has information about this and much more.
There are many sources of information for ongoing news about this event and the aftermath, rescue and recovery efforts, and donation sites. We suggest the Everett Herald, Snohomish County website, Facebook and Twitter pages as the most current and accurate source of information. The Facebook and Twitter pages are updated more frequently, but the website has some great resources, FAQs, maps and Red Cross donation links.
Where to donate
- Red Cross: If you wish to help victims of the Oso mudslide, cash donations are preferred. The American Red Cross is no longer collecting items. Go to the Red Cross of Snohomish County at www.redcross.org/snoco to donate. People also can text "RedCross" to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
- United Way has established a community-wide recovery fund to assist those affected by the mudslide. Information on how to donate is at www.uwsc.org. Checks may be sent to: United Way of Snohomish County, Attn: Finance Dept., 3120 McDougall Ave., Ste. 200, Everett, WA 98201.
- The Salvation Army is collecting donations for local disaster relief efforts. Donate by phone at 800-725-2769, online at www.salvationarmynw.org or by mail to the Salvation Army, Northwest Divisional Headquarters, 111 Queen Anne Avenue N. #300, Seattle, WA, 98109. Designate your gift as "disaster relief."
- The Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation is a local organization that is giving 100 percent of donations directly to those affected. The Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington treated several victims in the aftermath of the mudslide. Donate at http://bit.ly/1lqjpXz or by phone at 360-435-2133, ext. 7805. You can drop off/mail donations to 330 S. Stillaguamish Ave. in Arlington or donate to the fund through an account at any Union Bank.
- The Coastal Community Bank is accepting donations for slide victims at all branches: Darrington, Camano Island, Everett, Monroe, Stanwood, Sultan, Silver Lake, Smokey Point, Snohomish and Whidbey Island.
- A special Mudslide Relief Campaign has been organized by the Community Fund Drive, state government's workplace giving program that invites state and higher education employees to give to the charity of their choice. For information, go to www.cfd.wa.gov.
- The Greater Everett Community Foundation's Oso Emergency Fund will aid in long-term recovery and community rebuilding efforts. This could include relief for displaced families and individuals, animal welfare, environmental needs, community cleanup, rebuilding and more. To donate, go to www.greatereverettcf.org or mail checks to GECF, P.O. Box 5549, Everett, WA 98206.
- The Family Support and Resource Center is in direct contact with Darrington families providing resources that will support them long term. The funds are also distributed by a team of school board members and community leaders. 360-436-0308. 1078 Fir Street, Darrington, WA 98241.
- The Oso Chapel and Fruitful Farm have established a donation fund that will go directly to the families affected by the slide. Go to www.osomudsliderelief.org.
- Catholic Community Services is covering the costs of funerals and paying for family members to fly in for services if they can't afford it. Go to www.ccsww.org to make a donation.
Other fundraisers
- The Darrington Community Center welcomes any donations brought into the center. 360-436-1217. 570 Sauk Ave., Darrington, WA 98241.
- The Oso Mudslide Relief Community Collection Center is looking for volunteers to move and inventory donations, transport goods, provide housing and help with website maintenance.
- Arlington and Bothell Helping Hands locations are currently accepting donations, including clothes, food and toys, 360-435-2214. 18722 59th Ave NE Arlington, WA 98223.
- KeyBank Stanwood is raising money for Amanda Skorjanc, a teller, and her 6-month-old baby, who were both seriously injured and are hospitalized. They lost their home, belongings and car. KeyBank has opened a contribution account to benefit Amanda and her family. 360-629-6489.
- Gas cards for the long commutes many Darrington residents now face can be donated by mailing checks with "gas card" on the memo line to PO Box 90 Darrington WA 98241. Jesse Jones of KING 5 is promoting the effort.
- The Darrington Food Bank is accepting donations but would like people to call ahead of time so they can coordinate drop off and storage of donations. 360-436-1833.
- The Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue Team is taking donations through their website, www.scvsark9.org, or mailed to 5506 Old Machias Rd., Snohomish, WA 98290. Donations can be earmarked for the helicopter rescue team, operations support unit, K-9 unit or swiftwater team.
- The Granite Falls High School ASB Leadership Class has been collecting monetary donations for the American Red Cross to help support those who have been affected by the disaster. These will be collected at the front office of the high school. Please contact Debbie Lindahl at 360-691-7713.
- The city of Darrington has said that people looking to donate by mail can send a check made out to "North Counties Relief Fund" at Coastal Community Bank. PO Box 90, Darrington, WA 98241.
- The Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation is accepting donations for Oso Landslide relief. Take or send a donation to Union Bank, PO Box 278 Arlington or drop by any Union Bank in Smokey Point, Arlington, Marysville, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Monroe, Everett and Standwood.
- Students and staff at Twin City Elementary are collecting coins for a penny drive and hosting a Non-Perishable and Canned Food Drive. The public is invited to drop off donations until 12 p.m. on April 4. 26211 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.
- Donations can be made to the Arlington Community Food Bank at any Bank of America banking center in the Northwest.
Businesses pitching in
- The Pazzaz Hair Design salon on N. Olympic Avenue downtown is giving money from each haircut to victims. 360-435-2975.
- On April 1, Tuscano's Italian Kitchen in Monroe will be having a disaster relief fundraiser. The waitstaff will beb donating all of their tips and Tuscano's will be contributing the night's profits to several local charities. 5-9 p.m. 14919 North Kelsey St., Monroe, WA.
- On April 2, Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. will be donating all of their proceeds from pints sales to the Oso community and the Red Cross Local Disaster Relief Fund. They will have happy hour prices all day and will accept donations. 1205 craftsman way #101, Everett, WA 98201.
- Fred Meyer and QFC locations in Snohomish County have changed their checkstand coin boxes to benefit the American Red Cross until April 12. QFC customers can also donate through checkstand scan cards.
- Lowe's has activated its American Red Cross customer donation program in all Washington stores to provide a convenient place for customers to make financial donations. The program will be in effect until April 27.
- Arlington Acupuncture is providing free treatments to all rescue and recovery workers involved in the Oso slide. All other new incoming patients will receive an initial evaluation and treatment for just $19. Promotion ends April 30. Suite A, 20218 77th Ave NE.
- There is an ongoing fundraiser at the Stump Bar & Grill, 19711 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington, WA 98223. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 100 percent of food sales go to Oso.
- Haggen will be collecting donations for the Red Cross at its stores all month.
- The Northwest Music Scene has put together a list of Oso benefit shows: http://bit.ly/O6N3SI
- Students of all martial arts schools are invited to participate and collect pledges at a Kick-a-Thon at Carter Satori Karate on March 31 at 6:00 p.m. On April 2 at 6:00 p.m., members of the community are invited to a Kid-Art Plus sale, where students will sell their art and other items they would like to donate. 22811 100th Ave. West, Edmonds.
- Andrew Zook, a Arlington High School graduate and music therapist, is offering a copy of his CD, "Go Find Your Love" to anyone who donates to the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation. To receive a CD, make a donation in the hospital foyer from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 2.
- A community prayer service is at 7 p.m. on April 4 at the Haller Middle School gym, 600 E. First St., Arlington.
- Arlington High School football player Max Gray has organized a "flash football" game to raise funds for the family of Jovon Mangual, who died in the landslide in Oso. The game will be played 11 a.m. April 4 at Arlington High School. To participate, players must bring a donation, with those bringing the largest donations being named captains. The funds donated will go to Mangual's mother, Jonielle Spillers, who lost her husband, Billy Spillers, and daughters Kaylee and Brooke Spillers in the slide.
- Smokey Point Community Church will host an Oso relief event from 5–8 p.m. on April 4. They will be accepting cash donations, canned food, clothing, blankets and gift cards accepted.
- Bring your instruments to an inter-tribal jam session to raise funds for Oso at 6 p.m. on April 4. Bring drums, shawls, regalia and share some songs and prayers. Donations will be accepted. There will also be a blanket drive, canned food drive, raffles and concession. 6700 Totem Beach Road, Tulalip; firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Beginning at 9 a.m. on April 5, a cash donation of $5 will enable athletes age 14 years or older to take part in the Pilchuck Crossfit workout of the day. All proceeds will go directly to the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation Disaster Fund. Event is at 6105 192nd St NE No. 2, Arlington; 206-418-9949.
- There will be a spaghetti dinner benefit at Lake Tyee from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 5. Live music. $10 for adults, $5 for kids 5 and under. 4571 Burpee Hill Road, Concrete, WA.
- The Oso Strong Benefit will be at Rhodes River Ranch on April 5 at 3 p.m. Live music from Johnny Green & The Pack String, Jesse Taylor, Jody Taylor and Pete Frothingham. 22016 Entsminger Road, Arlington.
- The Marysville YMCA is having a family bike ride on April 5 with proceeds benefiting Oso on April 5. Register at http://ymca-snoco.org/all-in.
- There will be a "Blues for the Slide" benefit concert and auction at Cedar Stump in Arlington on April 6. An online fundraiser is raising money in the meantime. 19711 Smokey Point Blvd, Arlington, WA 98223.
- The Oso relief benefit show, featuring many performers including Rey Mendoza and Drew Ferarro is 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. April 6 at The Hawthorne, 115 Ave. A, Snohomish.
- An art auction and concert are planned for 1 p.m. April 6 at Heart of Anacortes, Fourth and O avenues in Anacortes. Call 360-293-3515 for more information.
- A mudslide relief benefit concert is at Wild Buffalo House of Music, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. on April 10.
- Blues for the Slide benefit concert is at 7 p.m. April 10 at Jimmy Jack's, 13428 Highway 99, Everett.
- A Zumbathon charity event is from 6-8 p.m. April 10 in the Arlington High School Commons, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd., Arlington. Proceeds will benefit Cascade Valley Hospital Health Foundation.
- Arlington's Mirkwood cafe is hosting a benefit concert on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. Performers include Skablins, Woodshed and the High Council. Tickets are $5 at the door. The cafe is at 117 E. Division St.
- The Spring Fling Fashion Show in Darrington now will be a fundraiser for the slide victims. The event is set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. April 12 and is $5 per person. Darrington youth will model fashions alongside an auction. Snacks and nonalcoholic drinks will be served. For tickets, call 425-320-6996.
- Bubba's Roadhouse in Sultan plans a benefit concert April 12 at 8 p.m. featuring the Shivering Denizens. Cover charge is $1 with proceeds going to Coastal Community Bank. Bubba's is at 924 U.S. 2.
- A benefit dinner and silent auction are planned April 27 at Nature's Connection Place in Arlington. Organizers are looking for donations via businesses, help with the event and food donations. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- The Oso Strong 5k Walk and Run is on July 27. Get more info at www.osostrong5k.com. The event will benefit local fire departments.
Individual fundraisers
- Summer Raffo Memorial Fund
- Help for the Ward family
- Denver Harris Fund
- Natasha Huestis and Seth Jefferds
- Seth Jefferds
Government assistance
- The Department of Social and Health Services is bringing services to those in need via its Mobile Community Services Office. Hours on Wednesday are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Operations began Tuesday in Darrington to support clients who need basic assistance and are unable to get to Everett or Smokey Point DSHS offices. For information, call 877-501-2233.
- The Washington State Department of Revenue is offering help to businesses and property owners in the Oso mudslide area. Businesses affected by the slide that cannot file and pay their excise tax returns on time should contact Revenue to request a filing extension before the filing deadline. Revenue can also offer a penalty waiver for qualified businesses who were unable to file an extension request before the taxes were due. Revenue has prepared a property tax webpage with more information for property owners.
- The Sno-Isle Library system created a page with information about the landslide: www.sno-isle.org/research/landslide.
Homeowner assistance
- FEMA's website features a "Disaster Survivor Assistance" tab. Similar information can be found at www.disasterassistance.gov.
- Reach the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner at www.insurance.wa.gov or call the agency's hotline at 1-800-562-6900.
- The Washington State Employment Security Department has a Snohomish County Disaster Response page. 1-800-318-6022.
Animal welfare
- People or businesses that have found a lost or abandoned dog or cat in the area of the slide are asked to bring the animal to the Everett Animal Shelter or to contact the shelter at 425-257-6000 to provide information about the animals. If you need assistance with transporting the animals, contact Snohomish County Animal Control at 425-388-3440.
- The Northwest Equine Stewardship Center is having an "Equine Relief Effort" through Paypal at http://nwesc.org. Donations provide supplies to those that are caring for horses who have lost their owners in the mudslide.
- The Arlington Co-Op is accepting donations of animal feed. 360-435-3213. 101 S. Olympic Ave.
- UnitedHealth Group is offering free counseling to anyone affected by the mudslide. The service is open to anyone, regardless of insurance. Mental health specialists help people manage their stress and anxiety. Callers may also receive referrals to community resources to help them with specific concerns, including financial and legal matters. The toll-free number, 866-342-6892, will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for as long as necessary.
- Free counseling is available from the Red Cross around the clock at 800-985-5990, or text "TalkWithUs" to 66746.
- The Volunteers of America Care Crisis line is 800-584-3578.
- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration's Disaster Distress Line is 800-985-5990.
Due to road closures, the daily commute to work for some Darrington residents can take as long as four hours. If you have an extra room/space available or a place you would be willing to rent for these individuals who may be of need, then please contact the Darrington Joint Resource Center at 425-583-9887.
- If you have missing loved ones or need to get in touch to confirm you are OK, call the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management at 425-388-5088 or go to www.safeandwell.org.
- A new email has been set up in addition to the hotline. People with missing loved ones also can send info to firstname.lastname@example.com. They should provide as much information as possible, including pictures and descriptions of identifying features, such as tattoos.
- The Darrington and Arlington school district schedules are affected. Make sure to follow changes to school hours and bus routes.
Key links:
- Red Cross of Snohomish County
- Snohomish County 530 slide resources
- DSHS emergency programs
- Mudslide info and relief effort Facebook page
- Follow the Everett Herald on Twitter for updates as this story develops: @EverettHerald


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SFA Student Does Well in National Jingle Contest
A good commercial jingle is one that gets stuck in your head and makes you sing it at random moments. You're doing laundry or taking a shower, or doing some other mundane task, and the next thing you know you're singing the jingle! EVERYONE knows it.
A group of four students in East Texas came just short of winning a national contest, but may have accomplished the creation of one of those "ear worms."SFA students Josh Birdsong and three of his friends were recently national runners up in a national contest to come up with a new, revamped version of the Folgers coffee jingle. "The best part of wakin' up, is Folgers in your cup..."
A press release from Folgers says the contest ran from January 22 through March 6th, and featured entries from hundreds of musicians from across the US, each with a unique spin. The ten finalists were posted on the Folgers website and a nationwide vote helped decide the winner. The winner was Sawyer Fry of Carthage, North Carolina. Fry and his friends won the $25,000 grand prize. Four Stephen F Austin students led by Josh Birdsong, won the $500 runner up prize. In addition to Birdsong, Nathan Wackett of Crandall, Cody Morris of Arlington, and Thaddeus Franklin of Dallas were part of that national runner-up group.
See the videos and here the jingles of all the finalists HERE.
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The critically lambasted Adam Sandler comedy "Grown-Ups 2" dominated the nominations for the 34th Razzie Awards on Wednesday morning, receiving eight, including worst picture, worst actor, worst supporting actor and worst director.
Johnny Depp ("The Lone Ranger") and Naomi Watts ("Diana") earned their first Razzie nominations for worst actor and actress, while Sylvester Stallone scored his 31st nomination for worst actor in three films: "Bullet to the Head," "Escape Plan" and "Grudge Match."
Besides "Grown-Ups 2," worst picture nominations went to "After Earth," "The Lone Ranger," "A Madea Christmas" and "Movie 43."
Rounding out the worst actor category are Ashton Kutcher for "Jobs" and Jaden Smith for "After Earth."
Joining Watts for worst actress are Halle Berry for "The Call" and "Movie 43," Selena Gomez for "Getaway," Lindsay Lohan for "The Canyons" and Tyler Perry for "A Madea Christmas."
Nominated for worst supporting actress are Lady Gaga for "Machete Kills," Salma Hayek for "Grown-Ups 2," Katherine Heigl for "The Big Wedding," Kim Kardashian for "Tyler Perry's Temptation" and Lindsay Lohan for "InAPPropriate Comedy" and "Scary Movie 5."
Nominees for worst supporting actor are Chris Brown for "Battle of the Year," Larry the Cable Guy for "A Madea Christmas," Taylor Lautner for "Grown-Ups 2," Will Smith for "After Earth" and Nick Swardson for "A Haunted House" and "Grown-Ups 2."
Vying for worst director are the 13 people who direcrted "Movie 43," Dennis Dugan for "Grown-Ups 2," Tyler Perry for "A Madea Christmas" and "Temptation," M. Night Shyamalan for "After Earth" and Gore Verbinski for "The Lone Ranger."
Worst screen combo nominations went to the entire cast of "Grown-Ups 2," the entire cast of "Movie 43," Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen in "Scary Movie 5," Tyler Perry and either Larry the Cable Guy or "that worn-out wig and dress" in "A Madea Christmas" and Jaden Smith and Will Smith on the Planet Nepotism in "After Earth."
Worst screenplay nominations went to "After Earth," "Grown-Ups 2," "The Lone Ranger," "A Madea Christmas" and "Movie 43."
Vying for worst remake, rip-off or sequel are "Grown-Ups 2," "The Hangover Part III," "The Lone Ranger," "Scary Movie 5" and "The Smurfs 2."
The winners will be announced the day before the Academy Awards on March 1.


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I am a beginner of sorts, but have been playing a while. I prefer to play actual games/sets as opposed to just endless rally. I can only play during the day between 11AM and 3PM. Cheviot, Roxbury, La Cienega, Sepuldveda all work.
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We are a group that plays at Reed park from 10AM to 12 Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays. We are an eclectic group made up of ages 60 to 80's.and at more or less a 3.5 level. If you would like to give it a try email me at email@example.com.
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Are you still looking for partner to play sets?
I'm 2.5-3 level and can play evenings or Sat. after 2pm.
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Weekdays only in the evening.
Sets only, Saturdays after 2pm.
Hi John!
I'm a beginner level (can hit the ball :).- Sat around 2pm would work great. Are you still up to?
This sounds just about right for me. I'm pretty new to the game, but should be able to get into it after a little while.
You still looking for a game?
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Apple on pace to sell as many as 4.3M Macs over holidays
11/15/2010, 03:11 pm
New retail sales data shows that Mac sales are up 20 percent year over year, putting Apple on pace to sell between 4.1 million and 4.3 million computers over the holidays.
Piper: Expect iTunes cloud, not music subscriptions, from Apple
11/15/2010, 01:11 pm
Apple will likely announce a cloud-based iTunes streaming service on Tuesday, but will not offer an all-you-can-eat music subscription plan, investment firm Piper Jaffray has predicted.
Wall Street wowed by Apple's iPhone sales, cautious on iPad
10/19/2010, 08:10 am
Apple's record-breaking quarterly results -- particularly a surge in iPhone sales -- impressed analysts on Wall Street this week, even though gross margins and iPad sales did not meet expectations.
iPhone 4 and iPad shortages could temper upside to Apple's earnings
10/15/2010, 08:10 am
Apple, which will disclose earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2010 on Monday, is expected to report profits in-line with Wall Street's estimates but may face trouble besting those predictions with its usual degree of flair due to shortages of two of its hottest products throughout the quarter.
One third of high school students choosing Apple for next handset
10/05/2010, 07:10 pm
While a new wave of smart phones are believed to be chipping away at Apple's share of the portal media player market amongst high schoolers, interest in the company's iPhone among that same teenage demographic is up sharply since the launch of the iPhone 4 to a new all-time high.
Licensing deal with Rovi seen as more evidence of Apple HDTV
09/20/2010, 02:09 pm
Apple's newly announced confidential deal with Rovi Corporation has been viewed by one prominent Wall Street analyst as more evidence of a connected HDTV, with live TV and DVR functionality, in the company's future.
Apple on track to sell record 3.8M Macs in Sept. quarter
09/13/2010, 06:09 pm
New domestic sales data shows Apple is on pace to sell as many as 3.8 million Macs in the September quarter, up 23 percent from the same period a year ago.
iPhone 4 antenna issue 'topical,' but users more interested in Verizon
09/08/2010, 08:09 am
A new survey of cell phone users found that 20 percent of potential buyers let the iPhone 4 antenna affect their purchasing decision, but three times as many expressed dismay that Apple's smartphone is not available on U.S. carrier Verizon.
Piper: Sept. iPod, iTV announcements likely to boost Apple shares
08/25/2010, 04:08 pm
With Apple's annual media-centric keynote now set for Sept. 1, Piper Jaffray has advised investors to buy shares of AAPL prior to the event, citing past stock boosts after new iPods were unveiled.
Apple's strong Q4 2010 guidance could be conservative
08/16/2010, 05:08 pm
Apple guided revenue for the September quarter 6 percent above consensus estimates, the highest differential over the Street in 17 years. However, that figure may still be conservative given current sales of Macs, new data shows.
Anticipated Apple TV update seen as stepping stone for connected HDTV
08/16/2010, 08:08 am
Apple is expected to launch a new Apple TV in the coming months with limited storage, a lower price, and its own App Store, paving the way for an Internet-connected HDTV as soon as 2012.
iPhone 4 remains sold out at half of Apple's US retail stores
08/12/2010, 08:08 am
The iPhone 4 remains in limited stock at Apple's U.S. retail stores seven weeks after its launch, suggesting that "antennagate" has done little to slow sales.
Roundup: Apple impresses Wall Street with another 'stellar' quarter
07/21/2010, 08:07 am
Apple again exceeded expectations on Tuesday, when it reported its quarterly earnings, with record Mac sales and signs that the company can sustain its continued growth.
iPhone 4 antenna fix could impact Apple's operating income by 1%
07/13/2010, 01:07 pm
The iPhone 4 antenna issue has reached a "boiling point," though investors in Apple should not overreact to the problem, a Wall Street analyst said Tuesday.
Apple shares expected to rise steadily on record 9.5 million iPhones
07/08/2010, 01:07 pm
Shares of electronics maker Apple are set climb higher over the next 90 days, given financial research that shows the company to be in position to report significant upside to all three of its major product platforms for the June quarter.
Mac sales up 35% in May, suggest no cannibalization from iPad
07/06/2010, 01:07 pm
The NPD Group on Tuesday released its retail sales data for the month of May, revealing that Mac sales increased 35 percent for Apple and suggesting that the launch of the iPad will not slow their growth.
Piper: Mac mini with HDMI shows Apple's interest in selling HDTVs
07/02/2010, 08:07 am
Investment analysis firm Piper Jaffray believes that Apple's recently released Mac mini with an HDMI port is more evidence that the company intends to release an Internet-connected HDTV within 2 to 4 years.
Apple's recurring revenue stream: 77% of iPhone 4 sales were upgrades
06/25/2010, 09:06 am
With more than three-quarters of first-day iPhone 4 purchasers upgrading from a previous iPhone, Apple has successfully built a recurring revenue stream in which most users will upgrade every one to two years.
iPhone 4 launch could sell 1.5 million, FaceTime seen as key driver
06/24/2010, 06:06 pm
The iPhone 4 launch is expected to far exceed last year's debut of the iPhone 3GS, as Apple could see as much as 1.5 million units sold, with users said to be most excited about the addition of FaceTime.
19% of software on Apple's App Store is paid, with $1.49 average price
06/23/2010, 08:06 am
The App Store offers great a value to consumers with 4 billion free applications downloaded to date, but it is not hugely profitable for Apple, as paid-for applications carry an average selling price of $1.49, according to a new analysis.


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The trial of Jerry Sandusky is over, and he has been found guilty. The victims have told their haunting, painful, dramatic and heart-rending stories of abuse at Sandusky's hands. One of Sandusky's adopted sons is also claiming that he sexually abused him. We will probably hear more and more of the victims' stories in the coming weeks.
As painful as the stories are to hear, it is crucial for the victims' healing that they are finally able to tell their stories. There is, however, a vital part of the story that is missing, a part that we will probably never know: Jerry Sandusky's real life story, the hidden story that explains what happened to this man who ended up doing these horrible and criminal things to his victims.
It is good that we are hearing the stories of the victims as they voice the pain, trauma, victimization, betrayal of trust and exploitation of vulnerability that they experienced. As a psychotherapist who has counseled hundreds of survivors of childhood and adolescent sexual abuse, I know these stories well. I know, too, what courage it took these young men to speak out about what they endured. The road of healing ahead of them may be long and difficult, yet telling their story is one of the vital and most freeing parts of that process.
I have also counseled many dozens of perpetrators of abuse and listened to their stories and challenged them to take responsibility for what they did to their young victims. I have also helped them to reconstruct the path that eventually led them to abuse. From this experience I know how powerfully healing and liberating it is for them to own and tell their story as well.
But, I doubt very much that we will ever hear this part of Jerry Sandusky's story. Actually, I'm not sure that we are interested or care. There seems to be a nearly universal lack of curiosity about Jerry Sandusky's real backstory. No one asks how this seemingly good man and talented coach came to be this way. What brought him to do these awful acts to his victims, this man who founded the youth group called Second Mile in 1977—years before the abuse occurred—and with his wife, Dottie, adopted six children and fostered several others? We just assume that he is a monster and a predator and has always been so. Our desire for black and white answers, for clear-cut heroes and victims and evil villains leaves us satisfied with this judgment and we go no further.
Passing Judgment
My professional experience tells me that there is a tragic backstory to Jerry Sandusky's case that we need to know—that we ought to want to know—before we pass judgment on this man. Jerry Sandusky is a serial predator of young boys. How did he get this way? Was he always this sort of man? Did something happen to him along the course of his life that caused him to develop this abusive behavior? Is he just plain evil, or is he sick? Did he consciously plan all of this, or was he driven by a sick and destructive compulsion? Was there ever any goodness in the man and his actions, or was it all a front for his predatory grooming of his victims?
Unless Sandusky honestly tells his story, we will never have the definitive answers to these compelling questions. However, the life histories of my perpetrator clients suggest some likely clues to his untold story and provide possible answers. Their stories do not usually come forth easily or readily. Like their own victims, they are blocked by their own shame about what they have done and fear about the consequences of telling their story honestly. They are often stuck in denial and rationalization in the early part of their treatment, and sometimes by arrogance and narcissism, which serve to mask extreme self-loathing. However, persistent, challenging but non-shaming listening often brings forth their story.
Most of the stories of the abusers I have treated are some variation of the following. It is likely that Sandusky's story is similar. Not a single one of the perpetrator clients I have worked with set out consciously or purposely to become abusers of children or teens. Instead, the seeds of these behaviors grew over time within them, unknown to them, like a silent and hidden cancer that becomes evident only when it finally metastasizes into a full-blown and out-of-control disease. It then becomes a complex and addictive set of compulsions and behaviors that the disease itself makes very difficult to face and admit and impossible to control without outside help. It is like uncontrollable flesh-eating bacteria that overwhelm the person's mental, moral and spiritual immune systems and take over its host body, mind and spirit. And the "flesh" that it eats is not only the bodies and psyche of the perpetrator's young victims, but the mind and soul of the perpetrator himself.
The seeds of this cancer are usually planted in the perpetrator's childhood. Although this is a complex disease with several pathways of development, most of my clients experienced some kind of significant and damaging trauma and abuse during their childhood. Quite often they themselves were victims of childhood sexual abuse. Sometimes, the trauma is physical or emotional abuse or some early abandonment or relational trauma from their parents or other trusted adult. I have had a few clients whose trauma was early exposure to graphic adult pornography.
Whatever the trauma, normal emotional and psychosexual development is arrested and distorted. Sexual desire and pleasure become connected with self-medication and self-soothing of emotional pain and, at the same time, with secrecy and shame. There are alternating attempts at control and periods of binging and loss of control. The object of desire becomes distorted and obsessive. All of these sexual problems are usually accompanied by an emotionally and relationally immature inner personality—some part of the perpetrator is still a needy, wounded child—often hidden beneath a surprisingly accomplished and seemingly competent outer adult personality.
Why Should We Care?
Some version of this tragic narrative is likely Jerry Sandusky's story. However, without challenging and yet compassionate professional help, he will likely remain in his silence, secrecy, denial and self-delusion, and so we will never know for sure. But why should we care? Shouldn't we just lock him up for life and write him off as the monster his monstrous behavior seems to show him to be?
There are a couple of reasons, I believe, to care about his real story. Sexual abuse of minors is one of the few illnesses in which we simply judge the carrier of the disease as bad, and do not probe further to look for causes and preventions for the disease. If we want to protect our children and stop the horrible damage to young lives that sexual abuse inflicts, part of our efforts ought to involve learning how to identify this disease, stop it, treat it and prevent it. To do this effectively, we have to become willing to listen with understanding and tough compassion to the stories of the perpetrators themselves.
The other reason to care is for our selves. One of the effects of abuse is to dehumanize all the parties involved. The abuser uses his victim as an object, without rights, feelings and needs of his own, to fulfill his sick and compulsive needs. In doing so the abuser dehumanizes himself as well. When we refuse to look past the abuser's horrendous actions and see the suffering and wounded humanity underneath, we participate in the same process of dehumanization as the abuser. In simply judging Jerry Sandusky to be evil and not caring about what happened to this man, we diminish our own humanity and embitter our spirit. That is why I pray that Jerry Sandusky, for his sake, for his victims' sake and for our own, will someday tell his full story, and that we will have ears, heart and soul to listen.
Our society is so quick to throw bad people away, hide them in a cell and never think of them as human beings again. But indeed they are and most likely they are the ones that our Jesus would reach out to the most. It is a challenging Gospel to embrace but embrace we must.
There have been about 10,000 instances in the USA of sexual abuse by priests. I have often wondered why so few priests, in general, write memoirs, but especially the abusers should..... for their sake and for the Church's sake.
A friend of mine, a Jesuit, and I had dinner and a long talk in Manhattan a number of years ago. Going back to his rectory we stopped near the entrance and he said to me quite confidentially Don, he said, I am going in now after a very warm and interesting evening. Do you realize that when I pace through the reading-smoking that I have almost nothing in common with anyone in this room or in this building.
Don, he continued, not only have I given up the normal sexual satisfaction of marriage and the chance and maybe the joy of fatherhood, but I must tell you that the priesthood is a weird profession.
Jack Lowe, SJ, was one of the heroes-he volunteered as a chaplain and later-with my urging-became a psychotherapist.
He too wrote no memoirs; he died in his sixties from lung cancer.
I disgree and would like to see evidence that any cure has ever been effected.
The article seems to focus on the abuser who cannot be cured, and neglects the problems of the victims who are the people that really need help.
The key comments about abusers are that they were abused.
The abusers often destroy the souls of ther victims, and prevent them from ever living normal lives.
Some victims then become abusers and cannot be cured of their problem.
The people who need the most help are the victims. When you focus on the abuser you are looking through the wrong end of the telescope.
We should always forgive sinners, but we should not decieve ourselves that abusers can easily be cured of their affliction.
Too many people who know abusers and do not report them commit a grave sin of omission.
The focus should be on preventing victims from becoming abuser.


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BEIRUT — In a barrage of shelling, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds early Saturday in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.
The offensive was reported in Homs, which has been one of the main flashpoints of opposition to the regime during the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Two main opposition groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees, said the death toll was more than 200 people. More than half of the killings — about 140 — were reported in the Khaldiyeh neighborhood.
"This is the worst attack of the uprising, since the uprising began in March until now," said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the head of the Observatory, which tracks violence through contacts on the ground.
The reports could not be independently confirmed.
It was not immediately clear what precipitated the attack, but there have been reports that army defectors set up checkpoints in the area and were trying to consolidate control.
Assad is trying to crush the revolt with a sweeping crackdown that has so far claimed thousands of lives, but neither the government nor the protesters are backing down and clashes between the military and an increasingly bold and armed opposition has meant many parts of the country have seen relentless violence.
The U.N. Security Council meeting later Saturday was to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria. A diplomat for a Western nation that sits on the council said the meeting would happen Saturday morning. The diplomat spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted by the press.
The move toward a vote came after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke by telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an effort to overcome Russian opposition to any statement that explicitly calls for regime change or a military intervention in Syria.
The U.S. and its partners have ruled out military action but want the global body to endorse an Arab League plan that calls on Assad to hand power over to Syria's vice president.
Clinton called Lavrov while flying Friday to Munich for a security conference that both are attending, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
He said Clinton and Lavrov agreed to have American and Russian diplomats continue work on a Syria resolution and were planning to meet for more talks in the German city over the weekend.
Russia's deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, said Friday that Moscow could not support the resolution in its current form. But he expressed optimism that an agreement could be reached, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.
Assad's regime has been intensifying an assault against army defectors and protesters. The U.N. said weeks ago that more than 5,400 people have been killed in violence since March. Hundreds more have been killed since that tally was announced.
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Fundraising Program Celebrates 8th Year of Automotive Design Excellence
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 7, 2013 — Dassault Systèmes (Paris: DSY) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced its continued support of the Detroit Institute of Opthamology (DIO) with a platinum level sponsorship of the 2013 EyesOn Design program held at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) program on Tuesday, Jan. 15 on the Atrium Stage at Cobo Hall. Additionally, Dassault Systèmes Vice President of Design Experience, Anne Asensio, will be on the event's judging panel, as well as presenting the Best Concept Vehicle Award. Dassault Systèmes has partnered with the DIO since the inception of this fundraising event in 2005.
As in past years, the majority of vehicles at the 2013 North American International Auto Show have been designed using the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform's CATIA application. "Dassault Systèmes has always been a pioneer in 3D vehicle development solutions that unleash creative potential," said Asensio, previously Executive Director of General Motors Advance Design. "We are honored to support EyesOn Design and believe it fits perfectly with our goal of providing leading edge solutions that enable design innovation."
The 2013 EyesOn Design Awards honor the most significant automotive designs on display at NAIAS 2013 as determined by global leaders of design from automotive OEMs, academic chairs of transportation design programs and design leaders from other fields. These awards recognize the skill and creativity of today's most gifted designers in the areas of Aesthetics and Innovation, Concept Implementation, Functionality and Spirit of Industrial Design. Awarded in production and concept categories, the EyesOn Design Awards are coveted by automotive designers as validation of their exceptional designs.
Presented by the Detroit Institute of Opthalomology, the EyesOn Design Awards serve as an extension of the DIO's annual EyesOn Design automotive exhibition held each June to honor and celebrate the past, present and future of automotive design. In addition to recognizing major design achievement in the automotive industry, funds raised by both EyesOn Design events support the DIO's mission to assist and educate the visually impaired, help preserve vision by public and professional education and support research related to the eye.
Visitors to the EyesOn Design event can experience the power of Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform used to design many vehicles at the NAIAS through live demonstrations that will be held near the Atrium Stage.
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The Supreme Court has stuck a dagger into the heart of the Voting Rights Act. Although the court did not deny that voter discrimination still exists, it gutted the most powerful tool this nation has ever had to stop discriminatory voting practices from becoming law.
Those justices were never beaten or jailed for trying to register to vote. They have no friends who gave their lives for the right to vote. I want to say to them, "Come and walk in my shoes."
I disagree that just because the incidence of voter discrimination is not as "pervasive, widespread or rampant" as it was in 1965 that contemporary problems are not a valid basis for scrutiny. In a democracy, one act of voter discrimination should be too much.
It took nearly 100 years, from 1865 to 1965, for effective voting rights legislation to be passed. The advances of the Reconstruction period — when some freed slaves were elected to Congress — were erased in a few short years, and for decades this nation turned a blind eye to some of the worst and most brutal violations of human and civil rights.
Also, the purpose of the Voting Rights Act is not to increase the number of minority voters or elected officials. That is a byproduct of its effectiveness. The purpose of the act is to stop discriminatory practices from becoming law. There are more black elected officials in Mississippi today not because attempts to discriminate against voters ceased but because the Voting Rights Act kept those attempts from becoming law.
Just hours after the court's decision was announced, Texas said it would immediately implement the same voter identification law declared illegal by the Justice Department.
We do not want to go back. We must move forward. I think it is very encouraging that some members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have indicated a willingness to fix this problem. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are already meeting. I call upon my colleagues to join in a bipartisan fashion as we did in 2006 and find a way to protect access to the ballot box for all Americans.
John Lewis is a Democratic representative from Georgia. This column was distributed by The Washington Post, where it first appeared.
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