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A Conversation with Ian Keenan
American poets have become politically irrelevant, for the most part. Like everybody else, they still have political opinions, but there are no real public venues for them to express these, not that they're all that interested in reaching anyone beside other poets. The last American poet to create a public stir was Amiri Baraka, and this was thanks to the fact that he was a New Jersey Poet Laureate. If not for that mostly ceremonial post, his 9/11 poem would not have been noticed. In light of this situation, it's interesting to consider the uproar surrounding Gunter Grass' "What Must Be Said." As Martin Earl pointed out, American poets have remained strangely silent about this controversy, so I want to have your take on all this, since you are among the most politically astute of American poets.
I have enormous respect for the literary output of Grass and Baraka, and for the political insight sustained for, in Grass' case, eight decades now and for Baraka almost as long. Baraka, John Ashbery, Bernadette Mayer, Anselm Hollo, and Ron Silliman should in my view be considered for the Nobel but at times have had difficulty winning over their compatriots. I am reminded of the fame once bestowed on witches in European towns, with the exception that media outlets don't have to win the support of the townsfolk: a poll shows the German public believes Grass is correct but the political leaders of the left and right there condemn him. To be publicly smeared is the surest sign of literary vitality, but even that can be potentially meaningless. Grass appears to have offered his first mild criticism of Israeli settlement building during his third visit to the country after the Yom Kippur war, saying then that West Germany should provide military protection to Israel whenever needed. Around that time, Allen Ginsberg wrote for his delightfully irreverent collection Mind Breaths All Over the Place the poem "Jawah and Allah Battle," which opens with a reference to the Israeli nuclear program and then humorously and affectionately notes the tragic diversity of Jerusalem's pilgrims and longtime residents. With Jesus and Mohammad both ascending within blocks of Solomon's temple, you could say humanity's handled it well.
It has been known for decades that Grass was in the Hitler Youth at age eleven and joined the military to escape his father at fifteen, and his recent memoir disclosed his assignment in the course of his service to the Waffen SS (which he didn't, in fact, volunteer for, which Martin Earl mistakenly alleged), which sent him to the Russian front where he neither fired a shot nor worked in the prisoner of war camps. He was detained by US forces after the war and then shown for the first time pictures of the extermination camps, commencing his lifelong obsession with issues of complicity and denial thereafter. Brecht, of whom Grass said "fitted his work into a classical mold," in fact wrote many earnest, polemic poems of this sort, to answer Earl's contention that the poem lacks for Brechtian irony, which abounds in Grass' novels and in the play The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, centered around a stage director, inspired by Brecht, that deems a workers' revolt not sufficiently theatrical. Grass was more influenced by the German-Jewish author of Berlin Alexanderplatz "..since writers are never self-generated, but come from somewhere, I wish to say that I came from this Alfred Döblin.."
I'm sure that Grass hopes that those who, like Earl, call a possible preemptive strike against Iran "absurd" are proven correct, but Israeli cabinet members have said such a strike is no bluff and amongst others, Jeffrey Goldberg warned in the Atlantic after visiting with leaders "(Israel) will not be asking for permission" to bomb facilities "sparking lethal reprisals, and even a full blown regional war." If that's intended merely as a threat to Iranians it's also a threat to anyone concerned for their well-being, and rather noteworthy when writers are told not to discuss it. Last Sunday, Israel's military chief of staff said his forces are ready to attack. Seymour Hersh reported in the New Yorker last June that Iran had begun building a weapons system during their war with Iraq, not directed at Israel, but halted the program in 2003. Veteran reporter Gareth Porter uncovered an offer delivered by Iran to the US that year for full nuclear inspections and no further material support to Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah in exchange for diplomatic recognition.
At the time of President Bush's Axis of Evil speech in January, 2002, reformers in Iran were on the rise, a gallon of gas in the US averaged $1.60, and the US economy was booming. Since then, Iran's GDP has quadrupled due to rising oil prices, growth that promises to continue despite diplomatic isolation. The US is a leading oil producer but a much larger, more diversified economy, so the oil sector is turning record profits while the rest of the economy suffers from higher production costs and less consumer spending, with an International Energy Agency warning last month that oil prices "have the capacity to tip the global economy back into recession." Oil companies don't have to lobby as much for sanctions with Netanyahu working as hard as he does to that end, on the receiving end of the whispered blame. The success of the first meeting of the P5+1 talks with Iran provides hope this can all be resolved peacefully.
If Grass can be complicit in Hitler's extermination camps, for which he was not even aware of, then what are we to make of American poets who openly support Obama, and even perform for him, although his war crimes are out in the open? For pointing out the obvious, that America is a rogue state that mass murders, loots and tortures worldwide, an American poet can be ridiculed as hysterical, such is the obliviousness and complicit equanimity that pervade this land. As another example of our selective political outrage, consider how Pound is still singled out for censure, when Franklin D. Roosevelt aligned our country with Josef Stalin, or "Uncle Joe," as he was familiarly dubbed, or that Gertrude Stein thought Hitler should win the Nobel Peace Prize. Though Pound's anti-Semitism is certainly inexcusable, at least he was prescient in obsessing over the criminal banks as the agents that would bring this country down, as is happening right now. In any case, past criminal states at least tried to hide their crimes against humanity, but in this age of instant and ubiquitous media, and uber sophisticate and sexy propaganda too, I should add, a kind of magic, our government merely rebrands war of aggression as "humanitarian intervention" or "kinetic military action," kidnapping as "extraordinary rendition" and torture as "enhanced interrogation technique," and the matters are dropped, or challenged only on the fringe where the hysterical hang out. So as our wars for profit and/or Israel continue, many American "progressives" are working hard to reelect a War-Criminal-in-Chief who is also a Nobel Peace Laureate, since we are truly dwelling in an upside down world, per Eduardo Galeano. Obama is "the lesser of two evils," they claim, although his major policies differ not at all from our previous War-Criminal-in-Chief. Of the poets you mentioned, Ginsberg and Baraka have managed to become public intellectuals, that rarest of American phenomena, with Ginsberg more so than Baraka, and both have maintained an intense political focus throughout their careers, and to a degree unmatched among major American poets, with the exception of Clayton Eshleman perhaps. There are many factors that have contributed to the diminution of American poets and render them invisible to the public, but can some of the blames, at least, be aimed at them? Or, to put it another way, what can an American poet do to become more relevant?
Baraka and Grass have spent decades making provocative statements about political ideology but they cause more of a stir when they incorporate information they read on the internet, because facts have become more subversive than opinions. The public will only tolerate certain war crimes if they don't know about them, if the only critique is from Republicans saying Obama doesn't go far enough. Whatever the Twitter generation around the world comes to believe about the size and role of government, they have the potential to demand transparency unprecedented in human history.
I don't believe the answers to literary questions lie in the prescriptive: Samuel Beckett, for instance, participated in both the Spanish Civil War and the French resistance but pursued an original, personal literary project, a decision few question now. Robert Creeley was asked to write a protest poem during a Vietnam War march and replied: "I don't want them in my words." Jean Genet was able to make a social impact on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, and colonialism without resorting to conventional form or dogmatism. George Orwell couldn't get his attack on Stalinism, Animal Farm, published during World War II while Britain was allied with the USSR, but it was heavily promoted when Britain pivoted to the Cold War. He then gave people a language to describe when high tech totalitarian crossed a certain threshold (1984), and the common term Kafkaesque gives a name to conditions accompanying the ascent of bureaucracy. There is the bitter reflection on civics, usually for posterity, of the exiled Dante putting the corrupt politicians in a ditch next to the hypocrites in the Eighth Circle of Hell, or the retired pol Stendhal in bed with his syphilis telling us what he really thinks. As I've been thinking about Günter Grass today, the novel of Döblin's that actually influenced him the most was Wallenstein, based on a dramatic trilogy by Frederich Schiller. Schiller's "Naïve and Sentimental Poetry" essay from 1795 partially explains how poets like José Martí during the Cuban revolution against Spain, Louis Aragon during the French resistance, Václav Havel in the Czech resistance, René Depestre in Haiti's 1946 insurrection, Adam Mickiewicz resisting Russian rule of Poland, Ernesto Cardenal of the Sandinista revolution, and so on and so forth who were able to enunciate, often underground or in exile, a "sentimental" ideal of a national character and language in the face of foreign imperialism, something that poets do well and the public in those instances comes to appreciate, as opposed to the "naïve" who operates within the established order without recognizing or expressing an alternative, something that poets generally don't do as well.
Regarding writers' more odious political or racial viewpoints, I've never witnessed anyone using Stein, Heidegger, Hamsun or Benn to promote Nazism, and it's very rare for someone to use Pound to promote anti-Semitism or Fascism, in part because those political viewpoints are naturally contradicted by the characteristics of their literary works, so I think people should learn all they can from such writers. Literature is sanitized from error at the expense of literature. It's natural to seek out a writer that's right about everything so that you feel good and don't have to think, the sort of lethargy that becomes unsustainable.
I actually don't think transparency matters a whole lot now, because many of the crimes of Washington and Wall Street are either committed right out in the open or have been exposed, and yet our public and trepanned intelligentsia have remained largely lethargic. In spite of the 99% solidarity proclaimed by the Occupiers, only a relatively small and, up to now, impotent minority really gives a damn, but as our national situation worsens precipitously, this number will grow, and that's what gives me hope. In any case, our political lethargy can be partly attributed to the fact that we know, if only half consciously, that we are all beneficiaries of our empire's crimes. I mean, if not for these oil wars and our petrodollar racket, it would be a lot harder to drive that SUV to, say, a poetry reading. It's no exaggeration to say that everything an American owns has been purchased through the barrel of the largest gun the world has ever seen.
When I speak of a "Twitter generation," which is a terrible name for a generation, I speak of a large part of the population that self-directs and shares without borders their consumption of information. There were no Democratic primaries this year, but on the Republican side, a majority of voters under thirty voted for an anti-war candidate, and whatever one thinks of him and his other views, that marks a potential shift in public opinion, perhaps a framing of public discourse between accountable small government and accountable socialist models. Even setting the ethical considerations aside, you can't assume that US policymakers have a reliable process for determining when foreign empire building is in the national interest, or whether limited sectors are amassing power and acting in their own interests. As I said before, oil and defense got rich during the Bush-Cheney years, leaving the rest of the country in the worst economy since the Great Depression. The economy was doing much better in the 1990s when it was less militarized, had less debt and more public money spent domestically. To argue that, of course, is to attempt to reconstruct a conservative model, like Ezra Pound in the Adams and Pisan Cantos, complaining in 88 "Bellum perenne" (perpetual war), chronicling how after the American revolution, the first three presidents struggled against military dictatorship and foreign debt, with Jefferson writing to Governor Jay "An equilibrium of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce is certainly become essential to our independence.. These are the true limits.. To go beyond them is to increase our dependence on foreign nations, and our liability for war."
Linh Dinh was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1963, came to the U.S. in 1975, and has also lived in Italy and England. He is the author of two collections of stories, Fake House (Seven Stories Press 2000) and Blood and Soap (Seven Stories Press 2004), and the novel Love...


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Dear Mr. Obama
But the choice -- not Obama's alone, but he's said he supports it -- of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration really pissed me off. No softer words can encapsulate the annoyance, frustration, and real anger that I have felt about this since it was announced. Part of the strength of my feelings is annoyance at myself for letting my guard down, for buying into some of the symbolism of this inauguration, for wanting and expecting more from Obama than I've ever wanted or expected from a politician before. For letting my standards rise a couple of millimeters.
Since I had let myself slip into believing the symbolism, I thought I might as well go whole hog and actually join the discussion happening at the Obama team's website, change.gov. Those of us who felt the inclusion of Rick Warren in the inauguration to be not just a "bad decision" but a nausea-inducing kick to the gut can let our voices be counted, and perhaps even read. Here is what I wrote:
The choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at President Obama's inauguration is appalling not because of Warren's opinion about a ballot initiative (even if it was one that hatefully took rights away from people) or his apparent belief that homosexuality is a disease needing curing -- the choice is appalling because of the symbolism.It was written quickly in the heat of the moment, and I tried not to sound like a kook, which can be difficult at times. Hopefully, it won't just be kooks like me writing in.
The inauguration is not a conference or a summit where ideas are tossed around and debated; it is a symbolic moment, one that, in this instance, for good or ill, will resonate for many years. The belief that not-primarily-heterosexual people are not equal to primarily-heterosexual people is not a simple opinion deserving respect and equal consideration any more than the opinion that another group of people is subhuman deserves respect. The invocation for this profoundly symbolic event will now be given by a man who believes -- and who acts upon his belief, encouraging other people to join him in it and to create laws based upon it -- that a group of people are, because of who and how they love, less deserving of equal human rights than he is.
Millions of people voted for Mr. Obama because they believed in equal human rights. Millions of people voted for Mr. Obama because the symbolism of his presidency would offer, they thought, a new hope for a more just future for all people. The invocation at the inauguration should have been an opportunity to strengthen and extend that symbolism, to encourage people to act for justice. Instead of encouraging "tolerance" of hatred and spite and ignorance, the invocation should have encouraged us toward a greater understanding of what it means to seek a better world for all people, regardless of who they pray to (or don't), what they look like, where they're from, who they love. It wasn't specific policy proposals that caused the widespread passionate support of Mr. Obama, it was our belief that he held a more generous view of his fellow human beings than do such people as Rick Warren.

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Shaping young minds!
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Whether or not we are content with this fact, our childhoods shape who we become as adults. The kids with whom we play with and the activities that we do, shape our experiences and the stories that we tell each other as adults. Everything we learn as a child comes from our friends, our teachers and our families.
Growing up, I was very close with all of the other kids in my apartment, and we all hung out together immediately after school until it was time to go to bed. I was the only girl, but I hung out with my friends on the block everyday and we spent most of our time playing badminton, basketball and football, some of which were the least bit girly. Now, at sixteen years old, I still love to play as well as watch sports.
Since 6th grade my parents have sent me to an international private school where students all came from different ethnic, racial, religious and cultural background, yet every student blended seamlessly into the community. There always have been some misconceptions about other cultures but being exposed to people of another culture as a child has opened my mind as an adult in more ways than I can understand. These experiences helped me be the person I am today. If all of the kids on my street had been girls, I would have played with dolls instead of throwing a football. In the same vein, had I attended the public school in my town, I may not have had a nuanced understanding of, and curiosity about, cultures and religions that are different than my own.
Two of the major problems that we face in today's increasingly globalized world are stereotyping and xenophobia. At a cookie-cutter school, students don't have the same opportunity to debunk stereotypes as students in a multicultural school. As a result, those kids may go through life continuing to believe these stereotypes and then pass these very beliefs down to their children, contributing to a cycle of misunderstanding.
Our world is more interconnected than it ever has been. People are more likely to meet to someone of a different culture than ever before, yet so many of us are not prepared for our new global reality. To solve the problems of stereotyping and xenophobia we need to teach today's youth about other cultures. So we need to build a world of empathetic, discerning and empowered global citizens.
In the 21st century, the ability to communicate effectively with someone from another culture is more critical than it ever has been. We need to start teaching children these skills at a young age because what we learn in our formative years shapes who we become as adults.


text: Producer Barrie Osborne let the news slip that the New Zealand based WETA Workshop will be designing the costumes for the upcoming Justice League movie. Additional WETA Digital will be working on some of the digital effects, if they have time. While the costume part should lead to some awesome results (we can't wait to see what the new Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman costumes will look like), it's the "if they have time" for the digital effects part that alarms us.


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Davis' big night helps Tulane top Marshall
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Josh Davis recorded his 12th double-double of the season as Tulane snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Marshall 91-75 Wednesday night in a Conference USA contest.
Davis had 23 points and 12 rebounds and was supported by 19 points from Ricky Tarrant and 16 from Kendall Timmons — that duo combined to make 15 free throws in 25 attempts, with Tarrant adding nine assists for the Green Wave (15-8, 3-5).
Jordan Callahan added 12 points on 4-of-4 3-point shooting, and now has 186 3-pointers for his career, seven shy of Jerald Honeycutt for the program record.
Marshall (10-13, 3-5) dropped to 0-8 on the road this season.
DeAndre Kane had a double-double for the Thundering Herd with 14 points and 11 assists — he entered sixth in the NCAA with 7.2 assists per game. Dennis Tinnon added 13 points and 12 rebounds while Elijah Pittman had 23 points.


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Anyala, Michael and Odoki, Jennaro and Baker, Christopher J (2011) Assessment of the impact of climate change on road maintenance. In: 2nd International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (AET2011), 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2011, Entebbe, Uganda.
Bouch, Christopher J. (Mr) and Roberts, Clive (Prof) (2013) Developing system models to help Great Britain's railways embrace innovative technologies with confidence. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 227 (6). pp. 677-684. ISSN 0954-4097
Bouch, C and Roberts, C (2013) Developing system models to help railways embrace innovative technologies with confidence. In: INCOSE IS2013, 21st June 2013 to 24th June 2013, Philadelphia, USA. (In Press)
Blackburn, E. and Chang, J. and Hücker, M. and Holmes, A. T. and Christensen, N. B. and Liang, Ruixing and Bonn, D. A. and Hardy, W. N. and Rütt, U. and Gutowski, O. and Zimmermann, M. v. and Forgan, E. M. and Hayden, S. M. (2013) X-Ray Diffraction Observations of a Charge-Density-Wave Order in Superconducting Ortho-II YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6.54} Single Crystals in Zero Magnetic Field. Physical Review Letters, 110 (13). ISSN 0031-9007
Barwell, Andrew D. and Davies, Gareth and Good, Chris (2012) On the ω-limit sets of tent maps. Fundamenta Mathematicae, 217 (1). pp. 35-54. ISSN 0016-2736
Berry, F and Coomer, F and Hancock, Cathryn and Helgason, O and Moore, E and Slater, Peter.R. and Wright, A and Thomas, M. K. (2011) Structure and magnetic properties of the cubic oxide fluoride BaFeO2F. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 184 (6). pp. 1361-1366.
Bowers, Chris P. and Byrne, Will and Melhuish, Jonathan and Lonsdale, Peter and Creed, Chris and Pinder, Charlie and Beale, Russell and Hendley, Robert (2010) Interaction Issues in Computer Aided Semantic Annotation of Multimedia. In: The 5th International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2010), 1st - 3rd December 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany. (Unpublished)
Barea, M.J. and Jenkins, M.J. and Gaber, M.H. and Bridson, R.H. (2010) Evaluation of liposomes coated with a pH responsive polymer. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 402 (1-2). pp. 89-94. ISSN 03785173
Clemens, O. and Groting, M. and Witte, R. and Perrez-Mato, J. and Loho, C. and Berry, Frank J. and Kruk, R. and Knight, K.S. and Wright, Adrian J. and Hahn, H. and Slater, Peter R. (2014) Crystallographic and Magnetic Structure of the Perovskite-Type Compound BaFeO2.5: unrivaled complexity in oxygen vacancy ordering. Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (12). pp. 5911-2921. ISSN 0020-1669
Clemens, O and Wright, Adrian J. and Berry, Frank J. and Smith, Ronald and Slater, Peter.R. (2013) Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of the fully fluorinated compound 6H-BaFeO2F. Journal of Solid State Chemistry.
Chen, Xianzhong and Luo, Yu and Zhang, Jingjing and Jiang, Kyle and Pendry, John B and Zhang, Shuang (2011) Macroscopic invisibility cloaking of visible light. Nature Communications.
Cheal, B and Baczynska, K and Billowes, J and Campbell, P and Charlwood, F.C and Eronen, T and Forest, T.H and Jokinen, A and Kessler, T and Moore, I.D and Reponen, M and Rothe, T and Rueffer, M and Saastamoinen, A and Tungate, G and Aeysto, J (2009) Laser Spectroscopy of Niobium Fission Fragments: First Use of Optical Pumping in an Ion Beam Cooler Buncher. Physical Review Letters (PRL), 102. ISSN 0031-9007
Duff, Damien Jade and Morwald, Thomas and Stolkin, Rustam and Wyatt, Jeremy (2011) Physical simulation for monocular 3D model based tracking. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai, China.
Duff, Damien Jade and Wyatt, Jeremy and Stolkin, Rustam (2010) Motion estimation using physical simulation. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 3-7 2010, Alaska, USA.
Ero-Phillips, Olubayode and Jenkins, Mike and Stamboulis, Artemis (2012) Tailoring crystallinity of electrospun Plla fibres by control of electrospinning parameters. Polymers, 4 (3). pp. 1331-1348. ISSN 2073-4360
Goldwin, J. and Trupke, M. and Kenner, J. and Ratnapala, A. and Hinds, E.A. (2011) Fast cavity-enhanced atom detection with low noise and high fidelity. Nature Communications, 2. p. 418. ISSN 2041-1723
Galea, J. M. and Miall, R. Chris (2006) Concurrent adaptation to opposing visual displacements during an alternating movement. Experimental Brain Research, 175 (4). p. 676. ISSN 0014-4819
Hu, Ming-Guang and Bloom, Ruth S. and Jin, Deborah S. and Goldwin, Jonathan M. (2014) Avalanche-mechanism loss at an atom-molecule Efimov resonance. Physical Review A, 90 (1). 013619. ISSN 1050-2947
Harvey, J. and Tuckett, R. P. and Bodi, A. (2012) A Halomethane thermochemical network from iPEPICO experiments and quantum chemical calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. p. 120906123807002. ISSN 1089-5639 (In Press)
Hale, James and Sadler, Jon (2012) Resilient ecological solutions for urban regeneration. Engineering Sustainability, 165 (1). pp. 59-67. ISSN 1478-4629
Hunt, D.V.L and Lombardi, D.N. and Farmani, R and Jefferson, I and Memon, F.A. and Butler, D and Rogers, C.D.F. (2012) Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes. Engineering Sustainability, 165 (ES1). pp. 37-58.
Hancock, Cathryn and Herranz, T and Marco, J and Berry, F and Slater, P.R. (2012) Low temperature fluorination of Sr3Fe2O7-x with polyvinylidine fluoride: an X-ray powder diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy study. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 186. pp. 195-203.
Harvey, J. and Bodi, A. and Tuckett, R. P. and Sztáray, B. (2012) Dissociation dynamics of fluorinated ethene cations: from time bombs on a molecular level to double-regime dissociators. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14. pp. 3935-3948. ISSN 1463-9076 (In Press)
Hancock, C and Slade, R and Varcoe, J and Slater, Peter.R. (2011) Synthesis, structure and conductivity of sulfate and phosphate doped SrCoO3. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 184 (11). pp. 2972-2977.
Hancock, C and Slater, Peter.R. (2011) Synthesis of silicon doped SrMO3 (M=Mn, Co): stabilization of the cubic perovskite and enhancement in conductivity. Dalton Transactions, 40. pp. 5599-5603.
Hartley, P and Essa, K (2010) Optimization of conventional spinning process parameters by means of numerical simulation and statistical analysis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 224 (11). p. 1691. ISSN 0954-4054
Hawes, Nick and Brenner, Michael and Sjöö, Kristoffer (2009) Planning as an architectural control mechanism. In: 4th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction.
Hawes, Nick and Wyatt, Jeremy and Sloman, Aaron (2008) Exploring Design Space For An Integrated Intelligent System. In: Twenty-eighth {SGAI} International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, December 2008, Cambridge, England.
Jiruska, P. and Csicsvari, J. and Powell, A. D. and Fox, J. E. and Chang, W. C. and Vreugdenhil, Martin and Li, X. and Palus, M. and Bujan, A. F. and Dearden, R. W. and Jefferys, J. G. R. (2010) High-Frequency network activity, global increase in Neuronal Activity, and Synchrony Expansion Precede Epileptic Seizures In Vitro. Journal of Neuroscience, 30 (16). p. 5690. ISSN 0270-6474
Jackson, Carl P. T. and Miall, R. Chris (2007) Contralateral manual compensation for velocity-dependent force perturbations. Experimental Brain Research, 184 (2). p. 261. ISSN 0014-4819
Kerber, Manfred and Lange, Christoph and Rowat, Colin (2012) Formal representation and proof for cooperative games. In: Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition II. Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), pp. 15-18. ISBN 978-1-908187-10-9
Kim, Mi-Sook and Duda, Joan L. and Gano-Overway, Lori (2011) Predicting occurrence of and responses to psychological difficulties: the interplay between achievement goals, perceived ability and motivational climates among Korean athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 9 (1). pp. 31-47.
Kendrick, E. and Knight, K.S. and Islam, M.S. and Slater, P.R. (2010) Combined experimental and modelling studies of proton conducting La1-xBa1+xGaO4-x/2: proton location and dopant site selectivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20. pp. 10412-10416.
Kendrick, E and Knight, K.S. and Slater, P.R. (2009) Ambi-site substitution of Mn in Lanthanum Germanate Apatites. Materials Research Bulletin, 44. pp. 1806-1809.
Kendrick, Emma and Orera, Alodia and Slater, P.R. (2009) Neutron diffraction structural study of the apatite-type oxide ion conductor, La8Y2Ge6O27: location of the interstitial oxide ion site. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19. pp. 7955-7958.
Leach, Joanne M and Boyko, Christopher T and Cooper, Rachel and Woodeson, Anna and Eyre, Jim and Rogers, C.D.F. (2015) Do sustainability measures constrain urban design creativity? Proceedings of the ICE: Urban Design and Planning, 168 (1). pp. 30-41. ISSN 1755-0793
Lim, J. A. and Blackburn, E. and Magnani, N. and Hiess, A. and Regnault, L.-P. and Caciuffo, R. and Lander, G. H. (2013) Unexpected phase locking of magnetic fluctuations in the multi-k magnet USb. Physical Review B, 87 (6). ISSN 1098-0121
Lange, Christoph and Ion, Patrick and Dimou, Anastasia and Bratsas, Charalampos and Sperber, Wolfram and Kohlhase, Michael and Antoniou, Ioannis (2012) Bringing Mathematics to the Web of Data: the case of the Mathematics subject classification. In: The Semantic Web. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (7295). Springer, pp. 763-777.
Lange, Christoph and Mossakowski, Till and Kutz, Oliver (2012) LoLa: a modular ontology of logics, languages and translations. In: Modular Ontologies, 2012-07-24, Graz, Austria.
Lange, Christoph and Ion, Patrick and Dimou, Anastasia and Bratsas, Charalampos and Corneli, Joseph and Sperber, Wolfram and Kohlhase, Michael and Antoniou, Ioannis (2012) Reimplementing the Mathematics subject Classification (MSC) as a Linked Open Dataset. In: Intelligent Computer Mathematics. LNAI (7362). Springer Verlag, pp. 458-462.
Lange, Christoph and Kutz, Oliver and Mossakowski, Till and Grüninger, Michael (2012) The distributed ontology language (DOL): ontology integration and interoperability applied to mathematical formalization. In: Intelligent Computer Mathematics. LNAI (7362). Springer Verlag, pp. 463-467.
Lewis, P R and Marrow, P and Yao, X (2010) Resource Allocation in Decentralised Computational Systems: An Evolutionary Market-Based Approach. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 21 (2). pp. 143-171.
Lewis, P R and Marrow, P and Yao, X (2009) Evolutionary market agents and heterogeneous service providers: Achieving desired resource allocations. In: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2009).
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Getting Started/Set up KDE 4 for development - KDE TechBase
KDevelop This section will explain how to use KDevelop 3.4 to develop KDE 4 applications. If you have any questions, corrections or rants about this section, please post them on the discussion page. [edit] Prerequisites You need at least KDevelop 3.4 for this, which is still a KDE 3 application. Versions lower than 3.4 do not have Qt 4 support among other things. The KDE 4 version of KDevelop is not yet ready for serious development. You can get KDevelop at the KDevelop homepage. Make sure you install KDevelop like all other KDE 3 applications, not with your kde-devel user. You also need the lastest GDB version, which is currently 6.6.0. Note that the GDB version which is shipped with openSuse 10.3 is broken, it constantly crashes when examining variables (which KDevelop does automatically). Use the GDB version from this repository instead. You need to have the kdelibs API documentation locally, which is described in the build instructions. You also need ctags, htdig, htmerge and htsearch. valgrind and callgrind can also be useful. Be sure you followed the steps in the KDE 4 build instructions and have a working KDE 4 environment. Make sure simple KDE 4 applications like Konsole or KWrite can be started from the command line of the kde-devel user without problems. The following steps are all done with the kde-devel user. You need to login as that user by typing su - kde-devel
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Tutorials are the fastest way of finding out what KDE will do for you, and how to do it. Here is a list of currently available tutorials for KDE4. Material for KDE3 and KDE2 is available on the bottom of this page. Contents [hide] * 1 Introduction To KDE 4 Programming * 2 Basics * 3 Testing And Debugging * 4 Managing Configuration Data With KConfig * 5 Services: Applications and Plugins * 6 Localization * 7 Documentation * 8 Application Automation and Scripting o 8.1 D-Bus o 8.2 Konqueror o 8.3 Kross o 8.4 KOffice Plugin Tutorials o 8.5 SuperKaramba * 9 Plugins and KParts * 10 Search and Metadata o 10.1 Strigi o 10.2 Nepomuk * 11 Hardware Awareness (Solid) * 12 Privileged Applications (PolicyKit) * 13 Multimedia (Phonon) * 14 Plasma * 15 Communication (Decibel) * 16 Personal Information Management (Akonadi) * 17 Kate / Kwrite * 18 Printing * 19 kioslaves * 20 Get Hot New Stuff * 21 Goya * 22 Other programming languages o 22.1 Python o 22.2 Ruby o 22.3 Shell * 23 Graphics Programming * 24 Using the KDE Games Libraries * 25 Using the KDE PIM Libraries * 26 Other tutorials o 26.1 2D Plotting (KPlotWidget) o 26.2 Spelling and Grammar Checking (Sonnet) o 26.3 Pixmap cache (KPixmapCache) o 26.4 Using MarbleWidget (Marble) o 26.5 Using local SCM for KDE development o 26.6 Kwin effect tutorial (blog) o 26.7 Implementing KSysGuard sensors and adding them * 27 KDE2 and KDE3 Materials
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American and British naval forces: 1. Somali pirates: 0.
US and British forces stormed aboard a hijacked Italian cargo ship in the Indian Ocean Tuesday, freeing the 23-man crew and capturing all 11 Somali pirates, Italian officials said. The rescue comes as Italy is moving to create a new branch of special naval troops to be stationed aboard merchant ships to fight off Somali pirates.
The Italian foreign ministry issued a statement welcoming the release which it said was carried out by forces from two naval vessels, one from the United States and one from Britain. The Italian news agency Ansa said they were special forces.
The foreign ministry said the crew of the 55,675 bulk carrier Montecristo had taken refugee inside an armored shelter on the ship when it was hijacked on Monday and had continued to control its movements, bringing it closer to an area where anti-piracy forces were patrolling.
The move into an armored shelter appeared part of new measures agreed by seafaring nations to combat Somali piracy, which costs the world economy billions of dollars each year. The ship's owners said the crew, from Italy, India and Ukraine had trained in anti-piracy drills.
Somali pirates, operating on small inflatables, normally use rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, with no heavier armaments that would penetrate armor plating.
The foreign ministry said the U.S. and Britain had operated under the orders of Italian Admiral Gualtiero Mattesi, commander of the NATO Ocean Shield anti-piracy task force.
Earlier, Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Italy would shortly deploy a special naval force on merchant vessels to protect them from Somali gunmen in an escalation of international efforts to combat the scourge of piracy.
Many ships already carry private security contractors to counter piracy, but deployment of military forces is a significant boost in measures that had previously been hampered by disputes over the legality of using lethal force.
La Russa said the new force of naval soldiers would be divided into 10 groups of six to protect vessels using the busy but highly vulnerable waterways in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. It would be based in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
Somali pirates operate hundreds of miles off the coast in vast tracts of ocean by using mother ships from which small boats are launched.
The latest Italian vessel to be hijacked, the Montecristo, was attacked 620 miles off the Horn of Africa coast on Monday morning, its owners said.
The commander of the Italian navy, Admiral Bruno Branciforte, told reporters in a joint news conference with La Russa that the new naval force would be deployed quickly, after its rules of engagement had been defined.
A decree law allowing the use of private security contractors and military forces was passed in parliament at the beginning of September. The defense ministry signed a protocol on Tuesday with Italian shipowners on deployment of the force, for which the owners will pay the costs.
"The operating area of Somali pirates is a zone through which passes a third of the West's oil and 20 percent of other cargo, it is a zone of primary economic importance," said shipowners federation president Paolo d'Amico.
Somali pirates, operating from the shores of the lawless state in the Horn of Africa, have raked in millions of dollars a year in ransoms from scores of hijacked ships from around the world, including oil super tankers.
The Italian move was welcomed by Peter Hinchliffe, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) which represents more than 80 per cent of the world's merchant fleet.
"We do indeed want more governments to deploy armed military guards on merchant ships whilst they are transiting the high risk piracy area," he said.
"The Italian move is an example to other governments of the need to take this issue very seriously indeed. This year alone 400 seafarers have been held hostage by Somali pirates, and 15 have lost their lives."
Some 24 Italian ships have been hijacked this year in the area compared to 31 last year but the high season for piracy is about to begin after the end of the monsoon.
Last month the shipping industry called on the United Nations to create an armed military force to be deployed on vessels to counter the escalating menace from armed seaborne gangs.
While there has been a growing acceptance of using armed security guards, sovereign military forces are preferred by the shipping industry because they have clearer rules of engagement and the reduced risk of legal issues in the event of fatalities.
Negotiations often take many months before hijacked ships and crews are released for ransom. The Socotra 1, a Yemeni-owned ship, was seized on Christmas Day 2009 and is still being held.
The Montecristo left Liverpool on September 20 heading for Vietnam, and passed through the Suez canal at the beginning of October. It was escorted by a Japanese warship -- part of an international anti-piracy force in the area -- as it crossed the Gulf of Aden.
While naval patrols, including vessels from the European Union, the United States and other nations such as South Korea, Iran and Turkey, have curbed the number of attacks in the Gulf of Aden, piracy in the Indian Ocean has continued to rise due to the vast tracts of water involved, which represent a huge logistical challenge for foreign navies.
(Additional reporting by Antonella Cinelli and Giselda Vagnoni in Rome, Jonathan Saul and David Cutler in London; Editing by Giles Elgood)


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Contractor Services and Information/On-Line Service Kit
Exhibit Management has selected Brede Exposition Services (Hereafter known as "Service Contractor") to serve as official contractor to provide various services to Exhibitors.
In partnership with Brede Exposition Services, AAPM will be implementing an On-Line Service Kit in order to assist with streamlining the ordering process.
Complete information, instructions, and schedule of prices regarding drayage, labor for installation and dismantling, electrical work, furniture, cleaning, etc., will be included in the On-line Exhibitors Service Kit.
Exhibitors will be provided with a password to be used for accessing the On-line Service Kit. Exhibitors will have the option of completing orders interactively or can download Pdf of order forms to be faxed to the appropriate Service Provider. Details will be forthcoming.
An Exhibitor Service Center will be maintained on the exhibit floor to facilitate service requests from Exhibitors.
It is agreed that the Exhibitor will abide by and comply with rules and regulations concerning local unions having agreement with the George R. Brown Convention Center and with authorized contractors employed by Service Contractor.
Should there be specific questions Brede can be reached at:
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AAPM will provide security in the Exhibit Hall during set up, each evening following the close of the exhibit hall, and during tear down.
Should you wish to hire private security for your booth, ordering information will be provided in On-line Service Kit.
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The Grand Island Lions Club's 45th annual spaghetti dinner will be held Monday, April 28, at the Byblos Niagara Resort and Spa from 5 to 8 p.m. The Lions will not only offer sumptuous piles of plated pasta, a basket raffle, and a presentation of Lions' Peace Poster contest entrants, it will also offer the community access to representatives from area service agencies who will be able to provide information on their services (some free or at low cost) and even volunteer and employment opportunities.
To date, Olmsted Center for Sight, 2-1-1, Lion Ann Stadelmeier Hearing Aid Fund, Braille Group of Buffalo, Cullen Fund, Upstate New York Transplant Services, Excalibur Leisure Skills Center, Lions S.E.E (Screening Eyes Early), Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York, Special Spaces Buffalo, and the Lions Club itself will provide information. Included will be training and employment opportunities for the visually impaired, where to go and who to see when financial or medical hardships are encountered, or how to obtain a state-of-the-art hearing aid at little or no cost. Additionally, diners can learn about volunteer opportunities with compiling books in braille, obtaining a grant for necessary eye surgery, donating tissues and organs, even how to enjoy life by touring on a boat geared to the physically challenged. Information on screening children's eyes during their early years, participating in America's favorite pastime for disabled children and young adults, obtaining free bedroom makeovers for children with life-threatening illnesses, and information of the Grand Island Lions Club will also be available.
The Grand Island Lions has partnered with more than 30 nonprofit agencies geared to providing help when and where needed. The outpouring of charity exhibited by the Island community has always been exemplary and appreciated by the Lions in providing assistance to residents.
Further information on how the Lions can help or how to be part of this all-volunteer effort is readily available by contacting Lion Tom Witkowski, 716-909-1862, or at [email protected].


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SVSU Flute Choir in concert Thursday
2015 Nov 9Saginaw Valley State University's Flute Choir will perform in concert Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in SVSU's Founders Hall; it is free and open to the public.
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SVSU engineering and robotics students bring mobility and joy to children with disabilities
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TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology honored 20 seniors and recorded its first shutout since 2006 with a 34-0 victory over Mount St. Joseph in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football action on Saturday.
Senior Ryan Landwehr (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe Valley) tossed three touchdown passes and finished 19-27 for 250 yards to lead the 384-yard offensive attack. Senior Danya Francis (Kissimmee, Fla./Celebration) added a pair of touchdown runs to provide the rest of the scoring.
Senior Connor Gerhart (La Mesa, Calif./La Jolla Country Day) had the top receiving yardage game of his career with six catches for 112 yards to lead the Engineers. Freshman Alec Fisher (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills), junior Zac Erba (Winona Lake, Ind./Warsaw) and senior Marcus Washington (Frankfort, Ky.) contributed touchdown catches to the effort.
Defensively, Rose-Hulman dominated Mount St. Joseph by forcing four turnovers and amassing six sacks to record its first shutout since a 25-0 win at North Park in 2006. Senior D.J. Lawson (Indianapolis/Pike) had two sacks and three tackles-for-loss, and senior Dean Griffing (Plano, Ill./Aurora Christian) added six tackles, three tackles-for-loss and one sack to lead the defensive line performance.
Freshman Kevin Nowak (Naperville, Ill./Central) and senior Craig Voges (Huntingburg/Forest Park) grabbed interceptions, and senior Mark Fitz (Fort Worth, Texas/Eastern Hills) joined sophomore Anthony Adamo (Chino, Calif.) with fumble recoveries in the performance.
Mount St. Joseph was held to just 48 yards rushing on 37 carries and 273 total yards of offense on the afternoon. Mike Williams finished 16-31 through the air for 168 yards, and Leonard Riston made eight receptions for 77 yards to lead the Lions offense. The Engineers were able to end the game with 11 defensive seniors on the field to secure the shutout.
Rose-Hulman jumped out to a 7-0 lead on its opening drive. The Fightin' Engineers marched 52 yards in eight plays, before Francis scored from one yard out to put Rose-Hulman up at the 12:44 mark of the opening quarter, before senior Matt Angel (Cassville, Mo.) hit the first of four extra points on the day.
The lead reached 14-0 after a Nowak interception gave the Fightin' Engineers possession on the seven-yard line. Landwehr connected with Erba on a seven-yard scoring strike on the next play to make the margin 14-0 with 5:53 left in the first quarter.
Rose-Hulman added a third touchdown in the opening quarter. The team marched 73 yards in nine plays, with Francis scoring from two yards out to push the lead to 21-0 in the last minute of the first quarter.
The second drive of the second quarter pushed Rose-Hulman's lead to 27-0. Landwehr and Washington connected on a touchdown pass from six yards out to cap a seven-play, 48-yard march with 8:00 left in the first half.
Rose-Hulman scored again in the final minute of the first half to take a 34-0 lead into the locker room. The 64-yard, five-play march ended with a 14-yard pass from Landwehr to Fisher.
The Fightin' Engineers also honored 20 seniors prior to their final game at Cook Stadium. Seniors honored in the pregame included Angel, Kie Bates, John Burt, T.J. Chin, Chad Compton, Fitz, Francis, Gerhart, Kris Geyer-Roberts, Griffing, Landwehr, Lawson, Corbin Oliver, Robert Recine, Cody Rivers, Eric Schaible, Randy Soriano, Marcus Tucker, Voges and Washington.
Rose-Hulman improved to 5-3 on the season and 5-1 in HCAC play, while Mount St. Joseph dropped to 5-3 and 5-2 in league play. The Fightin' Engineers travel to Anderson University next Saturday.


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University of Westminster Customer Story
- Today 2,500 users benefit from enhanced search, find and content linking capabilities thanks to Alfresco
- Around 195,000 documents are being managed using Alfresco
- Improved document management capabilities have made it possible for the University to reduce its reliance on paper, in line with its green strategy
- Secure data storage and collaboration workflows have streamlined working practices
- Integration of Alfresco with the university's web publishing system has streamlined and improved web content management
- Mobile access to documentation means knowledge workers now have secure access to resources, wherever they are based
- Each service unit has the flexibility to operate its own individual business environment
- Integration with Google Apps for Education enables staff to securely login to Alfresco through Google OAuth.
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster boasts a vibrant learning environment that attracts more than 20,000 students from over 150 nations. Its practice-based courses are designed to educate graduates for the demands of professional life and have won international recognition for excellence.
A distinguished 175-year heritage means the University leads the way in many areas of research, including politics, media, art and design, architecture and biomedical sciences. Its academic activities are organised into five faculties, within which there are around 45 departments and 65 research centres.
The University's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent Street in central London, with additional campuses in the Fitzrovia, Marylebone and Harrow areas of London. It also operates the Westminster International University in Tashkent in Uzbekistan, as well as a satellite campus in Paris through the Diplomatic Academy of London.
Business challenge
A diverse and dynamic international education institution, the University of Westminster needed to replace its first generation intranet platform with an integrated enterprise content management (ECM) system that would enable the more effective and efficient management of complex information.
Introducing ECM would help take the university beyond its current use of shared network drives to support improved internal collaboration between academics and professional staff teams and, through web-enabled services, enhance its partnership working capabilities with external bodies.
Alongside meeting a wide range of institutional demands, the new solution had to offer integration with a number of core transactional systems.
Robust and secure, the new ECM solution would need to ensure the integrity of business-critical documents and support customised workflows, making it easy for the University's varied communities and practice areas to develop and share materials.
Minimising total cost of ownership was a key requirement, as was the need to implement support for knowledge workers — wherever they may be — to improve productivity.
Having reviewed a variety of commercial systems, the University selected Alfresco as the best open source solution on the market that met its key criteria, which included secure document management, ease of use, and the delivery of a collaborative information environment.
"The University has a large and distributed workforce, and the ability to access content securely, from any location, has helped to deliver truly mobile working," confirms Hiten Vaghmaria, Head of Digital Development, Information Services, University of Westminster.
As an open solution, Alfresco enabled the University's IT team to pursue its strategy of developing and supporting a new enterprise content management system that could support internal collaboration and enhance partnership working with external bodies.
"It was a major decision to make the move to an open source platform for a corporate system of this importance," explains Vaghmaria. "At the time we were looking for a solution that we could host and develop ourselves, and Alfresco was the best option."
Following an initial pilot, implementation of the new ECM system has been managed in a phased manner over a two-year period. This approach enabled full consultations with academic and professional staff users across the organisation to identify their needs and support any requirements for turnkey applications. Today, Alfresco is delivered via a scalable cloud platform, which is fully hosted and managed by Alfresco's partner Zaizi.
"Zaizi have delivered a solution with guaranteed uptime and none of the overhead or hassle of ongoing system maintenance or evolution," explains Vaghmaria. "Their subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) model gives us the flexibility to scale with ease to meet future user demand while keeping our costs consistent and predictable. They also managed the migration of our content to their infrastructure in a manner that was virtually seamless to the end user."
The new ECM system, which is integrated with the University's web content management system, now supports document, record and knowledge management and delivers enhanced capabilities relating to search, find and content linking.
Today 2,500 users have access to 195,000 documents, and the new ECM system has reduced reliance on unsecure email attachments while boosting the collaboration capabilities of the institution's staff.
"Data is now stored in an ISO27001 compliant data centre, and managed by an organisation with the support and security policies we need to be able to use a cloud-based service with confidence," confirms Vaghmaria.
Alfresco has also facilitated paperless business processes that chime well with the University's commitment to green initiatives.
Furthermore, information retrieval, access and management has been streamlined and delivered in an economic and consistent manner, as Vaghmaria explains: "Prior to Alfresco we would often experience organisational issues around version control and document naming — which on occasion resulted in people updating or sharing the wrong version of a document."
The university now delivers vibrant new web-based services to its undergraduate and postgraduate students. Prospective students can sign up to receive personalised subject information and updates, invitations to open days and events, and opportunities to meet other students and hear about their experiences.
As a public research university, the University of Westminster is committed to delivering world-class facilities that enable both professional and personal development of a wide community of users. The new ECM system plays a central role in streamlining enterprise-wide information management and access and supporting online collaborative project spaces.


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Nov. 10, 2004
BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its women's tennis post-season awards on Tuesday. Wellesley, the 2004 Conference Champions, led the way with six total selections, while MIT copped five honors.
Wheaton College sophomore Ashley Kriwinsky was named First Team All-NEWMAC at No. 1 singles. Wellesley's Jenna Mezin was the Second Team selection at No. 1 singles and also captured the league's Rookie of the Year award.
The Engineers had one First Team selection in the rookie doubles tandem of Mariah Hoover and Serena Lin. Hoover also earned a spot at No. 5 singles on the Second Team, while Elaine Ni (No. 3), Emily Chen (No. 4) and Joanna MacKay (No. 6) garnered selections alongside Hoover on the Second Team.
Christine Franek, who led Wellesley to the conference crown, was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year.


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April 15, 2006
The Lady Bisons were back at home, but the wins weren't there as they dropped a doubleheader to Florida Atlantic by scores of 13-4 and 8-3 Saturday afternoon in the first Atlantic Sun doubleheader played at Draper Diamond.
In game one Florida Atlantic scored one run in the first inning and two in the third, but the Lady Bisons came back to take a 4-3 lead with four runs in the bottom of the third.
Alysha Forsythe led off the inning with a walk. Leigh Little reached base on a fielder's choice as Forsythe advanced to second on an error by the first baseman. Niki Bails placed a sacrifice bunt down the first base line to move Forsythe to third and Little to second.
Julia Davidson singled up the middle to score Forsythe. Jessica Wilson doubled to left center to score Little and Davidson. With two outs Ashley Villalpando doubled to left to bring Wilson home.
Florida Atlantic came back with two runs in the fifth and one run in the sixth. In the seventh they struck for seven runs to ice the game.
Sara Meek pitched seven innings for the Lady Bisons, giving up 11 hits and nine runs, eight earned. She struck out eight and walked one.
Allison Tyree came on in the seventh to relieve Meek. She faced four batters and gave up three hits and four runs, three earned, before Meek returned to finish the game.
Wilson had three hits and Davidson had two to pace the Lady Bisons.
In game two Florida Atlantic scored one run in the first and seven runs in the second.
The Lady Bisons scored one run in the second innings. Wilson led off with a walk. Meek walked, Wilson was thrown out on a fielder's choice. With two outs Forsythe singled up the middle to score Meek.
In the sixth the Lady Bisons added two more runs. With one out Davidson singled to center. Wilson reached on a fielder's choice as Davidson was thrown out at second. Meek singled through the left side. Villalpando doubled to left field to score Wilson. Kate Richards singled to second base to score Meek.
Allison Tyree started for the Lady Bisons. She allowed eight hits and eight runs, all earned in 1.2 innings. She also walked one batter.
Meek came in and shut out FAU the rest of the way giving up two hits while walking one and striking our four in 5.1 innings.
The Lady Bisons are 15-25 overall, 3-9 in the A-Sun. Florida Atlantic is 23-21, 10-4 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons are back at Draper Diamond Tuesday for a doubleheader at 2 p.m. with Austin Peay.


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UK Parliament helping to ramp up wildlife crime enforcement
The recent slaughter of hundreds of elephants in Cameroon for their ivory and the tragic death of some of those out there trying to protect them really brings the true cost of the illegal ivory trade home.
My colleagues from the International Fund for Animal Welfare were on the ground in Cameroon sending us distressing updates that included descriptions of how some of the elephants had their tusks cut off while they were still alive.
The horror of those first-hand reports was fresh in my mind when I recently went to give evidence to a parliamentary committee that is carrying out a review of the enforcement of wildlife crime in the UK.
The last enquiry by this committee took place in 2004 and despite some major improvements in this area, including the formation of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (a specialist policing unit working to tackle illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products) there is still more that needs to be done.
During the session, I, alongside colleagues from the Environmental Investigation Agency, The World Society for the Protection of Animals and TRAFFIC, was able to tell the politicians about the enormous scale of the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, a trade estimated to be worth $10 billion (£6.3 billion) a year.
There is evidence that wildlife crime doesn't just hurt animals, but humans as well.
INTERPOL and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have highlighted the links between wildlife crime and wider organised crime. In some cases there is evidence that money made from trafficking wildlife products is being used to fund militia and terrorist activities.
These numbers can sound like an overwhelming abstraction, however, I was able to make it clear to the committee what this trade means to dwindling native populations of tigers, elephants and rhinos.
There were about 100,000 tigers in the wild at the beginning of the 20th century and now there are only as few as 3,000 left. Meanwhile, more than 800 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the last three years alone and the Western Black rhino has recently been declared extinct.
2011 was the worst year on record for large ivory seizures while elephant populations in some Central and Western African nations are being decimated by poaching.
Although the magnitude of the killing can seem overwhelming, it is important to remember that the UK can play a key role in stamping out wildlife trade. Britain has an enforcement structure in place that it can be proud of but it is essential that this is protected and strengthened.
Small changes can have a big impact such as providing judges with sentencing guidelines so when they preside over wildlife crime cases they ensure the penalties are severe enough to act as a deterrent.
Disappointingly too many offenders are getting off with comparatively trivial fines right now and this means they see this crime as low risk and high profit. The National Wildlife Crime Unit and our network or Wildlife Crime Officers across the country are often the unsung heroes going over and above what is expected of them because of their passion to protect wildlife.
They need to be supported within their forces and recognised for their hard work. The National Wildlife Crime Unit only has funding up until March 2013 and this needs to be extended so they can continue to be a global leader in the fight against wildlife crime.
IFAW works to tackle the growing threat posed by the Internet, the world's biggest shop window, as it provides a new platform for illegal wildlife sales. We are also raising awareness that consumer demand drives this trade through our Think Twice campaign, with displays in key airports around the world. Internationally, IFAW supports INTERPOL operations that target the illegal trade in ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts.
I am very pleased to say that the UK is leading the way on tackling the trade on the Internet as well as taking part in and funding some of INTERPOL's international enforcement work. I am hopeful that the Environmental Audit Committee will encourage the Government to maintain its commitments in these areas while pushing it to take the battle against wildlife crime to the next level.
Help the International Fund for Animal Welfare protect elephant populations by saying NO! to the ivory trade now.


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California cities with their own health departments are rare as hen's teeth, just the kind of unwanted poultry detritus a restaurant inspector might give a bad mark for.
Only Berkeley, Long Beach and Vernon also maintain their own departments rather than turning to the county for help. It's easy to see the connection for the first three: Berkeley, Long Beach and Pasadena are all iconoclastic, proudly independent and founded in the 19th century, before most of the rest of the cities in California were even imagined. Vernon? Its economy is based on meat packing, and requires an army of inspectors.
Iconoclasts like to do things their own way, and until this month, the Pasadena Health Department steadfastly declined to do what every other city in Los Angeles County does: Post the grades of restaurants in their front windows.
It instead required the posting of a small notice indicating that the establishment had in fact been inspected at some point, and directing interested parties where to inquire if they really wanted the details. So a restaurant could stay open after some fairly, if not serious, let us say interesting departures from the accepted norms of kitchen cleanliness and customers and potential customers would be none the wiser.
In the rest of the county, those departures would result in the posting of a large, blue B rather than an A grade in the front window, or rarely a C. Since the vast majority of restaurants that want to stay in business receive A grades, anything else gives serious pause to the diner concerned about health and welfare as well as a tasty meal.
Finally, after years of being properly pummelled for this unwarranted lack of transparency with the dining public, the Pasadena Health Department has come to its senses. While it has taken too long, congratulations are in order even for laggards. And the city provides innovative new details available to diners that go the county system one better.
Rather than posting letter grades, Pasadena now displays whether the restaurant passed, failed or passed conditionally, and displays the numerical score out of 100 that the restaurant received. Previously, diners had to go online to find out what the problems were for those receiving less than a perfect score. But now anyone with a smartphone can scan what's called a QR barcode on the posted inspection report and find right then and there more information about the restaurant's inspection on the department's new restaurant database.
Let's see, how about an Old Pasadena Spanish restaurant that's a favorite of Angeleno foodies: Wow, a perfect 100: "Congratulations. No violations found." What about our favorite neighborhood bakery and lunch spot? Well, it used to have a 100, but now it's 95: "Proper cooling methods" were a problem spot last November. What about the city's most famous Arroyo Parkway upscale destination eatery? A 99, based on "Thermometers provided and accurate," so presumably not.
If not as adventurous as the new Downtown scene or as fancy as the Westside, Pasadena is famous for the quantity and quality of its restaurants. Now, finally, you, the consumer can make the informed decision about whether each one also serves victuals that are safe to ingest, with the exact problems indicated. "Massive vermin infestation"? Maybe give that one a pass. "Adequate ventilation & lighting"? We can live with that.


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The New York Times says that Fed chief Ben Bernanke testified yesterday about the "danger posed by looming deficits in Social Security and Medicare. 'The longer we wait, the more severe, the more draconian, the more difficult the adjustment is going to be,' Mr. Bernanke said…'I think the right time to start is about 10 years ago.'"
While more people have a positive outlook on the economy since 2001, the Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll finds that an increasing number believe free trade has actually hurt the economy. "The fraying pro-trade consensus may give support to newly empowered Democrats in Congress, many of whom want to retreat from the free-trade position established by former President Bill Clinton, political analysts say."


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California Steamin'
4 October 2014
San Francisco, Calif. - The term Indian Summer typically does not apply to the moderate Bay area, but with a string of days in the mid-90's Audi Melges 20 sailors swapped their foulies for sunscreen and soaked in a perfect day of light air, flat-water racing on the Berkeley Circle. Being patient and waiting for a northerly breeze to develop, PRO Bruce Golison and his team left the dock around 1030 and migrated the fleet just off the Berkeley shore for the start of Race One. Despite the unusual direction, the breeze was surprisingly steady in the 6-8 range allowing for three balanced, fair races.
As teams circled for the first start, it was a tough call finding the best breeze and even more difficult to get a handle on the strong current moving across the race course. Teams that tacked early and headed right initially looked good, but as some painfully found out when they sailed to a healthy layline that the current was helping them make mark, allowing the boats from the left to tack underneath and lay. Alexis Michas on Midnight Blue with longtime friends Mark Mendalblatt and Brian Ledbetter called a perfect layline underneath a hard charging Samba Pa Ti with John Kilroy at the helm on starboard to lead around the first mark. After a good battle around the track, Kilroy did the best job of staying in pressure and sailing fast to take the bullet followed by Michas, and Audi Melges 20 North American Fleet President Rob Wilbur on Cinghiale.
With the usual suspects Kilroy and Cesar Gomes Neto on Portobello swapping blows and nabbing bullets in Races Two and Three, there was plenty of good sailing and full action in the middle of the fleet. Melges 24 owner and now, Audi Melges 20 veteran Mike Keefe and his team on Flannel saw their hard work payoff with solid first mark roundings only to have early gybes out of the downwind line-ups prove costly, but solid finished regardless. View Video Interview with Mike Keefe (post-racing).
Tom Kassberg on Flygfisk showed his light air ability and snuck in for a seventh in Race Two, while longtime Audi Melges 20 sailor Sid Gorham on Funner proved his fourth place at the PCC's was no fluke will a solid Race Three.
After the fleet reached the dock a post-race session at the welcoming San Francisco Yacht Club (SFYC) bar ensued and the news quickly spread of a planned 1230 pm start time for Day Two, allowing sailors to live like a relaxed California bro if only for a day. The only thing more stellar than the conditions were the calls from Golison and his race management team who have allowed for a relaxing, solid racing schedule.
Day Two does have more breeze in the forecast with slightly cooler temps and the potential of four races.
As with other Audi Melges 20 events around the world, racing updates as they are available will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Be sure to also follow the fleet on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will also be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After Three Races)
1.) John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti; 1-1-2 = 4
2.) Alexis Michas/Mark Mendleblatt, Midnight Blue; 2-3-5 = 10
3.) Cesar Gomes Neto/Scott Nixon, Portobello; 7-4-1 = 12
4.) Michael Kiss/Michael Buckley, Bacio; 8-2-3 = 13
5.) James Wilson/Jeremy Wilmot, Oleander; 5-5-8 = 18
6.) Rob Wilber/Anthony Kotoun, Cinghiale; 3-10-10 = 23
7.) Andrea Pozzi/Lorenzo Bressani, Bombarda Racing; 10-9-4 = 23
8.) Richard Davies/Charlie McKee, Section 16; 4-13-9 = 26
9.) Marc Hollerbach/Jonathan McKee, Fu; 9-6-11 = 26
10.) Mike Keefe/Kevin Jewett, Flannel; 11-8-13 = 32
View Full Results
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Here are your coupon deals for Walgreens week 11/17 – 11/23.
If you are new to Walgreens be sure to read Walgreens 101 and watch my video on how to roll Register Rewards and print out Walgreens Coupon Policy.
Few Tips for Shopping at Walgreens:
- Match-ups below list all your coupon options. You may only use 1 store coupon and 1 manufacturer's coupon per product.
- Deals with Register Rewards (RR) are limit 1 per offer. If you want more than one of the same item, you will have to do separate transactions (and can not pay with a RR from the same item, and receive another RR for that item)
- Final price is after coupons and register rewards
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PRINCETON — The final two entries in this year's Princeton Junior Woman's Club baby contest have been announced. Emmett Whitlock, 6 months, is the son of Andrew and Haley Whitlock of Princeton; and Aydrian Johnson, 4 1/2 months, is the son of Kelsey Johnson of Ladd.
Voting will continue until noon on Sept. 13. The photographs are rotated on a weekly basis between Central Bank, Midland States Bank, Centrue Bank and Heartland Bank & Trust. Each photograph will have a corresponding canister in which to place votes. One dollar equals 100 votes. The winner will be notified on Sept. 13 and introduced during that evening's Homestead Festival awards ceremony and pork dinner/ice cream social.
All winners and their parents will have a spot in the Homestead Festival parade.


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Register to be a bone marrow donor at SPU this Friday – it's easy and can save lives
Posted on April 9th, 2013 by Laura Fonda
The Seattle Pacific University Biology Club is hosting a Bone Marrow Registration Drive on Friday, April 12th. The registration process is simple and pain-free – you just fill out some paperwork and submit a cheek swab. And, if you're a match, you can save someone's life. Last year, SPU registered 266 people and to date have had 4 matches.
If you register and are found to be a match, you'll be notified and it's up to you whether you'd like to donate bone marrow at the time. Bone marrow can cure some forms of cancer such as leukemia and lymphoma, and save lives. For more info on the donation process, check out the National Marrow Donation Program site on the steps involved.
The drive runs from 10am-5pm in SUB Gazebo Room – the orange building #24 on the map – and all are welcome to stop by and register.


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You know who you are. You welcome the brief hiatus from routine time keeping, lunch making and shouting imperatives with open lap tops and crackling creativity. You rack up absurd word counts, conjure up amazing plot twists and spend real quality time with your favourite characters, beside your family members of course.
|Me, minus the cool boots and pink ears and clean hair
Oh how I envy your productivity, your drive, your courage.
Me, well, I want all these things too. But my school holiday time always seems to dissolves into a revised routine of time keeping, picnic lunch making and slightly less shouting. With precious little time for anything else. Sorry hair.
However it also involves numerous big girl / little girl days out, shopping, train trips to the big City, more shopping, unplanned excursions to the beach, play dates, sharing strawberry ice creams, cooking sessions, singing ridiculously loudly to our cranked up favourites, and at this time of year, more chocolate Easter eggs than Santa has long red pants. And I like it like that.
She's only young once. Writing is fun. School holidays are more fun.
I have the rest of never to write.


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Justice and atoning for Guatemala's past
It took 29 years for Alfredo to find out the truth about who he really is. The 31-year-old, originally from Guatemala, now lives in the US. He always thought that his name was Oscar, and that Lieutenant Oscar Ovidio Ramírez Ramos, the father he loved, was a military hero in his native country.
But thanks in-part to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative that is helping to shed light on the violence of the former regime and providing reparations to its victims, Alfredo has learned the harrowing truth.
"My grandmother and aunts raised me to worship my father, who died when I was just four-years-old. In their version of history, my dad was a hero," he says. But the efforts of Guatemala's prosecutor's office, supported by the UNDP run Transitional Justice Programme, revealed that in 1982 Ramírez Ramos took part in the notorious Dos Erres massacre. Over 200 people, including women, the elderly, and children were killed by commandos. Among them was Alfredo's family. No-one knows why, but the young Lieutenant took pity on the then three-year-old Alfredo and raised him as his own son.
- Over 200,000 people died in Guatemala's 36 year civil war and over 45,000 "disappeared," including an estimated 5,000 children. 93 percent of atrocities were carried out by the army
- Five of the soldiers who took part in the Dos Erres massacre are now in prison thanks in-part to support provided by UNDP. More senior figures, including the former president, await trial for their role in other atrocities
- UNDP will spend US$ 36 million between 2010 and 2014 to support transitional justice in Guatemala
The massacre was a gruesome chapter in the 36-year conflict between government forces and guerrillas in which up to 200,000 (mostly indigenous) people died and over 45,000 "disappeared." In 1996, the fighting ended with a treaty between the rebels and army. Both sides agreed to an amnesty that exempted combatants, but allowed for the prosecution of atrocities.
Since 2010, the Transitional Justice Programme began supporting victim's advocacy groups and helping victims of violence seek reparations; helping the police to investigate past crimes; and bolstering the skills of the Prosecutor's and Attorney General's office.
A long list of cases is coming to light. UNDP supported training for the police and the Attorney General's Office in forensic archeology, exhuming mass graves, and the development of a witness protection programme. Government measures to fight impunity, including the support provided by UNDP, have helped to reduce the high levels of violence, rampant in Guatemalan society, as well as increase the conviction rate by 70 percent since 2009, not just for crimes committed during the war, but for all crimes.
It is perhaps in this environment of improved security that some former soldiers, wracked with guilt, are coming forward to help resolve past atrocities. This is what happened when two former commandos who took part in the Dos Erres massacre approached the Attorney General's Office. Thanks in-part to their testimony, and the decades long work of public prosecutor Sara Romero; investigators were able to track down Alfredo and let him know the painful truth.
It turns out that Alfredo's real father survived the carnage. Tranquilino Castañeda is still alive. His whole family, including eight children went into the pit on that day in 1982. He always thought that Alfredo was one of them. "Now I can die in peace," says Don Tranquilino. "I spent many years trying to drown my sorrows with alcohol but it seems that my sorrows could swim. I was saved by not being on the site. I must now reconfigure my ideas and emotions because of the results of the investigation. I lived with a completely false story, but now we can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel."
The UNDP supported exhumation of mass graves, directed by prosecutor Romero, as well as the work of the Forensic Anthropology Foundation showed that Alfredo's mother was killed along with the rest of the family.
The slaughter at Dos Erres is now emblematic of transitional justice and the assistance being provided through UNDP to the Attorney General's office. Several former commandos are now in prison and some await extradition from other countries to face their crimes. Cases have been opened against some top level officials, including former de facto President Efraín Ríos Montt, who led the country during the time of the Dos Erres massacre.
For Guatemala, these investigations have been fundamental to changing the culture of impunity. And UNDP is helping many victims find out the truth, even though, as in Alfredo's case, it is a sometimes painful story.
By Hector Morales and Damian Kean


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ECHO is a 3D side-scrolling adventure game with next-gen visuals. The game will be produced using Epic's recently released Unreal Development Kit. As of now, we are planning on releasing the game via Valve's distribution service, Steam. E.C.H.O. places you in control of Eli Darion, a biomechatronically enhanced geologist contracted by NEVO Corp, a commercial organization seeking to harvest off-world resources. Eli is tasked with obtaining the precious mineral Cimmerium, which so many before him have failed to retrieve. NEVO Corp dispatches Eli into the depths of the ominous caverns of the planet Scintillia, known for its' treacherous sub-surface terrain and hostile indigenous wildlife. E.C.H.O. provides players with a thrilling, highly customizable gameplay experience as they battle their way past legions of terrifying monstrosities while hunting through the interminable expanses of an aphotic underworld for the essence of a mysterious element.
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