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Miley Cyrus is making headlines for her shocking appearance once again. This time it's for her cover shot on the March issue of Cosmopolitan in which she appears braless, sporting just a white suit.
Via twitter, she hyped it up: "Who ready for @cosmopolitan to start givin up the goods?!?! So excited for y'all to see my cover." So I'm not sure it's really "the goods", but you can see some pretty significant cleavage. It's less skin than plenty of others Cosmo covers we've seen, and while there's plenty of outcry against the Disney darling for this move, it's pretty classy really.
I'm no huge fan of Miley. Actually I'm not sure what she's really done since Hannah Montana of which to be a fan, but I do get tired of all of the Miley Cyrus hate. People love to slam this girl from her hair to her habits with vehemence, and I'm not sure why.
Reaction to the cover has been no different. From people saying she's "trailer trash" and "trying too hard" (and those are some of the nice ones), people are acting like Cosmo is usually covered with people dressed like nuns. Yes, Miley seems to like attention, but what celebrity doesn't.
And honestly for a childhood star, she seems to have things pretty well together. She's no Lindsay Lohan that's for sure. So what if she shows off her hot, young body?
She, however, doesn't seem to let it get her down and reveals that she has found the best form of revenge -- happiness, most notably with her fiance (or husband?!) Liam Hemsworth. She's clearly head over heels for him. She told the magazine:
I'll literally look at him and [will] be like 'You are hot, dear god!' The other day, I turned on the pool heater and it was steaming, and he walked outside and took off his clothes and jumped in the pool. I was like, 'I'm gonna faint – the hottest guy of my life is in a steaming pool. This looks like a Playgirl shoot.' So I took a photo and made it the background on my phone. My best friend grabbed my phone and was like, 'Who's that? He is so hot!' That's my hubby!
Um, "hubby"? Is there something else you want to reveal Miley?
Check out this video for more on Miley's Cosmo cover:
What do you think of Miley Cyrus' Cosmopolitan cover?
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Puppy 431 with firewall up, still replies to ping request
Ok so I went to https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
to do a test on the Puppy 431 using firefox, after turning the puppy firewall on, (automatic without prompts). Here are the results.
Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED — No TCP packets were received from your system as a direct result of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed below — they are all either fully stealthed or blocked by your ISP. However . . .
Unsolicited Packets: PASSED — No Internet packets of any sort were received from your system as a side-effect of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed above. Some questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to "counter-probe the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system remained wisely silent. (Except for the fact that not all of its ports are completely stealthed as shown below.)
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.
So it failed on pinging. Does this matter? Firefox is running under wine.
BTW the typeface looks really crappy! Like a sort of draught version...
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Puppy 525 passes Gibson Ping test ...
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Try this command to block pinging.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
To make it permanent, add the line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:02
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Hope it is okay to ask a noobish question.
Could it be the case that some ISP use pinging to determine
if I am still active using internet and if one do what is suggested
then one loose internet each 20 minutes or so? No big deal
if one get it back withing a minute but what if it takes hours
in some places where there is competition to get internet?
Being a true pessimist. Can my ISP have some rule that makes
it shut me down totally if I do this too often. Them need to ping
to be economically okay. They whole set up is that they can ping?
To keep their way of doing it is based on pinging and me making that
impossible is seen as obstruction or something.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Thanks rcrsn51,
that bit of code put into the console did the trick!
Saves all that B*****king around with Zone Alarm and stuff
Nooby, I haven't had that losing connection problem with 431, but maybe now the pinging has been stopped it might..I think games sometimes need it. That's all I know, others will undoubtedly know more.
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Good question nooby, I don't know the answer, but have seen minor activity on my internet connection which I have assumed was my isp.
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Telstra Australia uses what is known as a HEARTBEAT to check your connectivity.
If you block the heartbeat with your firewall you get disconnected.
AFAIK Telstra is the only ISP in the world to use the heartbeat.
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Adagio wrote:
Telstra Australia uses what is known as a HEARTBEAT to check your connectivity.
If you block the heartbeat with your firewall you get disconnected.
AFAIK Telstra is the only ISP in the world to use the heartbeat.
How can one know if that is happening by looking at netstat or something?
I know I lost connection about each 15 to 45 minutes. I don't remember.
Maybe each 30 minutes or shorter interval it where very annoying.
But maybe a year ago or more so have no recall of details
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Your ISP probably *pings you* to see if you are still using your temporary connection. If not, then they cut you off and let someone else use that IP address -if they have 10,000 customers they probably serve them with half that number of addresses since not everyone is connected at once.
You can avoid being shut off this way by *pinging them* every 5 minutes(or one minute). You pinging your ISP doesn't tell them anything they don't already know -the IP address you are currently using. Disabling the *answering of pings which you receive* is a way to avoid being seen by malicious traffic. If you ping your ISP often enough, they won't be pinging you to see if you are still around.
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Thanks sounds logical. Wish I knew their view on us pinging them?
I don't even know if Lupu 528-004 maybe already do that or not
or how to tell it to ping. How does one know how to do such things?
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On Saturday, Sept. 7, St. Peter's School in Lewiston will host a celebration to commemorate the 60 years of academic excellence and prestige that it has maintained. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at St. Peter's R.C. Church, where a Mass will be held. It will be followed by a reception at the nearby Barton Hill Hotel & Spa.
Food and refreshments will be available, and an evening program will feature a number of festivities. Alumni, former students, parents, faculty, and those who have shared an experience with St. Peter's are welcome to attend.
Sixty years ago, on Sept. 1, 1953, St. Peter's School was opened following a year of construction with a mission to prepare students for their future education and support them spiritually with a Roman Catholic environment.
St. Peter's School offers a full curriculum, including arts, sciences, mathematics, languages, religious education, as well as a weekly Mass, which features student participation.
Having been ranked the No. 1 middle school in Niagara County, No. 1 private middle school in Western New York, and No. 4 out of 211 WNY middle schools in the Business First rankings, St. Peter's has a lot to talk about. The school boasts a dedicated faculty of teachers and administration, modern education technology, and an interactive parent-teacher communication network.
Regardless of these assets, the school's motto, "It takes a village," reflects that St. Peter's faith, faculty and family support has been the key to its success for the past 60 years.
"It's a community-wide effort," Principal Maureen Ingham said. She noted that, with the combined efforts of St. Peter's family, faculty and faith, the school "has no other opportunity to do anything but succeed."
The school's perseverance over the years is exemplified by its resilience through financial burden created by the technology expenses, operating costs and decreasing size of religious orders locally. In spite of everything, the private school continues to grow, as recent statistics report the next school year's enrollment has increased by 30 percent.
Ingham credits the parents of the school's students as the biggest factor in St. Peter's survival. She said the parents help the most by helping their children, hosting fundraisers, volunteering at the school, and communicating with the school through its online communication network.
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Got a chance to sit down with W. Marvin Rush this week, the founder and chairman of Rush Enterprises, a $2.4 billion mammoth collection of commercial truck and equipment sales and service centers spread throughout the U.S. The occasion was his company's second annual technician skills rodeo, being held at the Nashville, TN, Rush Truck Center location, where 60 technicians from across Rush's network vied for nearly $100,000 worth of prize money (among other goodies).
While we talked about a very wide range of things - the outlook for heavy and medium-duty trucks sales, the nationwide shortage of technicians, deer and quail hunting, etc. - probably the most interesting part of my visit was watching Marvin interact with his employees. A business professor once told me the fastest way to find out what a person is really like is to take them out to dinner in a public restaurant and see how they interact with the wait staff and other patrons. So watching Marvin talk to everyday truck technicians proved enlightening.
For starters, he's "Marvin" to everyone - technicians, salesmen, secretaries, the works - and doesn't stand on a lot of ceremony. Walks around, shakes hands, chats about work, family life, even shares his insight on the trucking industry when his technicians ask. Everyone knows he's fabulously wealthy - a few techs asked how his private plane was holding up and he laughed that it was in the shop - but that's not a barrier to him, nor to his people.
"My daddy gave me two pieces of advice when I started this business in 1965," Marvin told me. "First, surround yourself with smart people - the kind of people who really know their stuff. And second, most importantly, if you end up making money, make damn sure all of your people do well, too."
For example, he noted that his company spends about $1.5 million a year on company picnics for all his locations - which includes amusement park passes for all his employees (some 2,800) and their families. Even when the heavy truck market soured this year, he made sure that money wasn't touched. "A couple of folks said we should not hold them to save money," Marvin told me. "I said go find savings elsewhere; you're not touching the picnics."
That philosophy applied to the technician's rodeo as well. Out of the 60 techs competing in four divisions, 11 made it into the final round - unofficially termed "the money round." Third place finishers won $3,000 and a dollar per-hour bonus, second place garnered $4,000 and $1.25 an hour bonus, with first place netting $5,000 and $1.50 per hour added to their paycheck. Once tech split the first place prize in two divisions and went on to win in the "all-around" category - bagging $14,500 and a $3 per hour raise in pay. Expensive perhaps to some, but more than worth it in Marvin's eyes.
"Listen, as I tell everyone, this company is nothing without our people - they do all the work," he told me. "In my view, we in corporate serve them. We're here to help them do their jobs better, so we can all then serve the customer better."
This isn't a lot of "rah-rah" stuff either, because the company is banking on its employees' loyalty and creativity to make Rush Enterprises a $5 billion company by 2011. An ambitious goal, to be sure, but not out of the realm of possibility once you meet the Rush folks in charge of doing it.
"They don't turn down any proposal from us that makes sense," Mike O'Brien, general manager of the Rush Truck Center in Nashville, explained to me. "We have a lot of freedom to spend the money is we can show a good reason for it."
For example, O'Brien spent a lot of time, effort, and money to design and build the shelving system in his facility's parts storage center - with an inventory worth $3.5 million. "There's value in parts being organized, especially in terms of efficiency. For example, when we recently checked our inventory, it took only a weekend to do and we were only 1% to 2% off. It's just good business to be organized that way."
Yet there's also the character and culture that pervades the Rush's empire - very down-to-earth, hard-working, yet outsized at the same time, a mirror reflection of its founder. But while ten-gallon hats and leather cowboy boots are the order of the day, Marvin - like his company - doesn't shy away from the nitty-gritty that needs to be done.
For instance, he spent years developing a big ranch two hours south of his San Anton, TX, headquarters - a place where he could take his family and his customers hunting. He also took pains to not only teach the finer points of marksmanship to those guests who'd never held a rifle in their hands, he also did all the skinning and dressing of the meat for them - arduous work that took hours to perform. He doesn't do that anymore, of course - he's got a full staff on the ranch now - but he set the example for what had to be done.
"Look, the trucking industry is still a relationship business - it's about getting to know people so you can trust each other when you do business together," Marvin explained to me. "That's why we still invite our customers and out suppliers down to the ranch every year, why myself and Rusty [his son and the company's president and CEO] try to personally meet everyone in our company. It's all about the people. That's what it will always be about."


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In the first game of the double header at Draper Diamond, the Lady Bisons lost a tough extra innings game to visiting Indiana State 7-5.
The Lady Bisons jumped out to an early lead in the fourth inning on a wild pitch by Indiana State to go up 1-0, but then saw Indiana State answer in the top of the fifth with three runs to take a 3-1 lead.
The Lady Bisons didn't waste time in regaining the lead from the Sycamores, with RBI's from Kellie Sirus and Leigh Little to make the score 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
With two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Indiana State loaded the bases, and scored the tying run to send the game into extra innings with the score 4-4.
After both teams worked out of some trouble in the eighth inning, the Sycamores took the lead in the top of the ninth inning. With the automatic runner put at second base in extra innings, the Sycamores used a lucky bounce on a swinging bunt to put runners at first and third with nobody out.
The next batter up for the Sycamores hit a short pop fly down the left field line that put the Sycamores on top 5-4. Indiana State added two more insurance runs in the inning to lead it 7-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.
The Lady Bisons were only able to manufacture one run in the bottom of the ninth and lost the first game of the double header to Indiana State 7-5.
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Ex-veep Dick Cheney has been all over the media this week promoting his new memoir "In My Time." He's hit the morning talk shows – "Today," "Good Morning America," and so forth – and he's had good print exposure too, including a big spread in "USA Today."
Most authors can only dream of such a publicity tour. Of course, most authors don't get involved in public spats with Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, either. Nor are they the subject of televised speculation as to whether they could be tried for war crimes.
Well, given the exposure and the controversy, the book must be selling well, right?
Yes. "In My Time" has gone big time. Amazon's best-seller list puts the hardcover at No. 3 overall, just ahead of that soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture teen novel "The Hunger Games."
Mr. Cheney's memoir ranks No. 1 in historical biography, and No. 1 in history about the United States, according to Amazon.
(Note: No, the book won't be in Sunday's New York Times bestseller list. That's because it measures book store sales and lags behind. We're pretty sure it will show up there soon, too.)
In contrast to Cheney's book, the new memoir from ex-Delaware Senate candidate and non-witch Christine O'Donnell ranks as number 45,666 in Amazon's hardcover list. Do you think that if she was selling as well as Cheney, she'd be appearing on-stage in Iowa at that tea party gathering with Sarah Palin? She got uninvited from that, if you haven't heard. Something to ponder.
Meanwhile, Cheney's been wrapping up the week with appearances on the friendly confines of Fox News and other conservative media outlets. With Mr. Powell and Ms. Rice out of the way, who's he going after next?
Sarah Palin, for one. Asked by talk show host Laura Ingraham on Friday if Ms. Palin had been the right choice for the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, Cheney demurred.
"Well, I've never gotten around the question of her having left the governorship of Alaska midterm ... I'd like to know more about that," said Cheney.
He's been going after President Obama as well. On Sean Hannity's Fox show.
On Sean Hannity's Fox show Thursday night Cheney opined on how he thinks the incumbent is going to have a tough time next November.
"I think the economy is clearly going to be a major problem for him," said Cheney.
Then Cheney took a shot at Mr. Obama's experience, saying that, as vice president, he had traveled to Illinois to campaign for Obama's opponent in Obama's first Senate race. Obama won, and Cheney swore him in – that's one of the duties of the vice president.
The next thing he knew, Obama was running for president, said Cheney on "Hannity."
"He had not served very long in the US Senate ... he didn't bring into office the kind of experience I would have hoped to have seen in a new president," said Cheney.
Cheney also sounded as if he is still kind of mad at his old boss over his refusal to pardon top Cheney aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
You may remember that Mr. Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff, was convicted of obstruction of justice in regard to the investigation into who made public the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Libby did not leak Plame's name to the media. State Department official Richard Armitage did. (Armitage from the beginning told prosecutors what had happened, and was not charged.)
Bush commuted Libby's jail sentence on the obstruction of justice conviction but was reluctant to grant a full pardon.
Cheney told Mr. Hannity that he thought Libby a good man who was treated badly by the system.
"There was tension in the room" when Bush told him he would not grant the pardon, Cheney said.


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Stars Meaghan Martin, Allie Gonino, Ally Maki, Justin Deeley, Alex Newell, Andrew Caldwell, Dexter Darden, Cameron Deane and Teo Olivares opened up about the bullying they've seen and suffered in their lives with the glossy.
"That's often the thing about bullying; becoming a victim to bullying means that you were taking a stand for something, speaking an opinion, making the opposition," Ally shared after recalling her own bullying story. "I admire those who were willing to do what I never did and face what is wrong."
Meaghan added, "I am confident with who I am and what I do. I think the best way to deal with bullying is to put yourself in the bully's shoes. What is happening in their life to make them say mean things? Maybe they're not happy with their home life. Don't try to solve this problem yourself, and definitely don't fight fire with fire. Talk to a trusted adult and have them advise you on the best way to deal with your situation."
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With the holidays around the corner, unwanted weight gain and high levels of stress seem inevitable. Whether it's busy malls, demanding in-laws, or your never-ending desire to guzzle eggnog, something is bound to leave you feeling stressed and unhealthy. The good news is there are ways around these nasty tests of character. With my fitness and nutrition background, I came up with some foolproof steps to ensure you go into the New Year feeling like you've been good to your mind and body all season long.
Keep on Schedule
It's easy to give up your "me time" during the holidays—I've seen it in my fitness classes so many times. My suggestion? Stick to your workout schedule no matter what. If you don't regularly write it down on your calendar, write it down during the holidays. Exercising will keep calories at bay, while sweating keeps your stress level down and your attitude positive.
Start Your Resolution Now
If weight loss is your annual New Year's resolution, it's time to rethink your strategy. You don't have to wait until the New Year, you can start now! Not Monday, not after your office holiday party, now. I'm not saying run a marathon by the time the ball drops but you can be well on your way to getting 30 minutes of cardio three times a week by 2013.
Control The Drinks
The holiday seems to add liquid calories that many of us won't count until we see the numbers add up on the scale. My recommendation is to skip drinks that are creamy unless you make them yourself and can monitor the amount. Maybe try low-fat eggnog instead of the regular one—you can save up to 200 calories! That's an extra serving of something delicious you might have been avoiding before. Try to squeeze in a glass of water in between cocktails too. This will quench your thirst, keep you feeling full and ultimately reduce the amount of liquor you consume.
Watch The Grub
Let's face it: we're all going to want in on some of those delicious holiday foods. Just remember to keep your proportions under control and even. For example, if you want a piece of cheese, have it with an apple. If you're scooping up sweet potatoes, add some ham or turkey to your plate, too. The idea is to have both a good carb with some protein, which will curb your cravings and keep you feeling full (not stuffed!) for longer.
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While we're on the topic of the sad fates of arenas without teams, it's worth noting that this week saw the beginning of a rebirth for the old Maple Leaf Gardens. The art deco masterpiece, which the Leafs abandoned for new downtown digs in 1999, is a National Historic Site. But lying largely dormant for a decade, the Cavern on Carlton had become an actual cavern: dark, dingy and full of C.H.U.D.s.
No more! Canadian food giant Loblaws, who purchased the property in 2004, just opened a flagship supermarket in the building. Even better, nearby Ryerson University, with partial funding from the federal government, is renovating the rink for use by the school's teams. It'll be in use by the spring, meaning hockey will return to the 80-year-old building. It's a compromise, but a welcome one considering the alternatives.
TheLeafsNation has a rundown of the fates of the Original Six Arenas, and it's not pretty. CliffsNotes version, they're now a pair of parking lots, an office complex, an armory and a mall. Although there is a fondly remembered footnote to the former site of Madison Square Garden III: until maybe 10 years ago, there was a second-run movie theater with $2 tickets. For a generation of New Yorkers, it remains the best deal we'll ever find. Hopefully Torontonians can find similar deals in the produce aisle.


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Stacy Keibler: Big Game Eve in Las Vegas!
Stacy Keibler shows off her legs for days as she hosts Big Game Eve at The Bank Nightclub at Bellagio Resort and Casino on Saturday (February 4) in Las Vegas.
The 32-year-old actress and girlfriend of George Clooney wore a cute Alexander Wang minidress and strappy sandals by Christian Louboutin on the red carpet.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Stacy Keibler
"Thanks to everyone who made tonight @TheBankLV @BellagioLV an amazing night! Goodnight @Vegas!" Stacy wrote on her Twitter account at the end of the night.
FYI: Stacy finished her look with a jacket by The Eternal and a clutch by Lulu Guinness.
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Welcome to the 15th Edition of the Diversity in Science Carnival, focusing on Imposter Syndrome! I knew that this issue affected a lot of people, but you'll realize just how many from the unprecedented number of people who have submitted posts! So I hope that here you'll be able to see just how many people suffer from imposter syndrome, what it means to people, where it might come from in academia, and maybe find some ways to overcome it!
Imposter Syndrome: It is just you, but you're not alone.
Imposter syndrome is the feeling that you're not qualified for your career. Not only that, other people are going to "find out" and summarily kick you out as a fraud. It seems kind of silly, but it can seriously affect someone's confidence, causing them to miss opportunities and not apply for the advancements they could achieve. I've even, sadly, seen it force many people out of academia entirely. But getting out of academia may not even help! Over at Significant Figures, a PhD in Biochemistry talks about how Imposter Syndrome followed them out of academia and into their new career as a science writer. Squirreled thoughts writes about the imposter syndrome going the other way, stepping into academia from outside work, and how imposter syndrome can strike even when you know you're an expert.
Imposter Syndrome is not a constant. There are moments of confidence, and moments of difficulty. Over at The University of Washington SACNAS Student Chapter Blog, Sabrina talks about her dealings with imposter syndrome in not one, but two graduate departments, showing resolve and persistence as she pushes through the bad times and heads toward the good ones. And at the Tightrope, Dr. O talks about her current issues with imposter syndrome as a brand new tenure-track faculty member, and writes about one of those horrible days, those days that many of us will recognize. Finally, at ChemistryBlog, azmanam writes about life as a tenure track faculty member in chemistry, and how the moments of imposter syndrome may come in moments of mentorship, not just in research and teaching.
Imposter Syndrome: Where does it come from? Why does it happen?
No one has really even investigated where Imposter Syndrome comes from or why it happens, but many people were glad to put forth their ideas for this carnival. I thought that maybe it comes from an unwillingness in science to show your warts, to show lack of confidence or failure. The desire to appear successful might give young students the impression that perfection is necessary, and none of us are perfect. Drugmonkey offered the opinion that we often view scientists who succeed as being deserving on a personal level, when in fact, a lot of success in science is a more complicated, or just more lucky, than that. He also looks at a lot of the institutions in academia that might cause imposter syndrome, the idea that you can't let them see you sweat, and that academia is a meritocracy based purely on brilliance.
Building on the idea of Brilliance in academia, Chad and DrMRFrancis both built on the solitary genius idea: that many scientist biographies are written as though there is no failure, no effort, just the inevitable triumph of genius, something which is a pretty demoralizing thing to look at when you're the one struggling. As interplanetsarah at Women in Planetary Science writes, when you achieve something, people often response "oh, you must be really smart", rather than "oh, you must have worked really hard". DrMRFrancis also notes that men in the majority may well feel imposter syndrome just as badly because of these factors, and may be afraid to express it, feeling like they should belong, rather than that they do.
Of course, there are other reasons to feel imposter syndrome beyond those of the genius, infallible stereotype of the scientist. Danielle writes eloquently of imposter syndrome forced on her from the outside, and how being in the minority means that many in the majority will question your achievements, eventually causing you to question them yourself. A book chapter from "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It" (warning, the link opens a word document) also asks us to consider the source of our imposter syndrome, how we rank our achievements based on what other people think.
And as Dr. Isis explains, some of the worst periods of imposter syndrome can come during periods of transition, where there is little in the way of support. Without the support group around to bolster you, starting a new job or new position can increase feelings of imposter syndrome.
But not everyone gets imposter syndrome, and looking at those who do not may be able to provide insight for those of us who do suffer from it. Zinemin believes that she does not suffer imposter syndrome because she has always been skeptical of authority, something which allows her to see through the perfection of senior professors' facades:
To paraphrase Lord Varys from 'A game of thrones': "Scientific authority resides where men believe it resides; it's a trick, a shadow on the wall…"
Babyattachmode thinks her own lack of imposter syndrome might be due to looking on the bright side, being happy when things work out and not dwelling when they don't. Finally, Miss MSE thinks that her lack of imposter syndrome may be because she's never been a "best student", and writes about how her family made her into the confident scientist she is today.
Imposter Syndrome: Silencing the beast within
So what can we do about Imposter Syndrome? A lot of people had great ideas for how institutions could help. Jedidah at Essentially Liminal notes that many academic institutions can be hostile to people of color, with lack of mentors and other successful minority students, and notes that some groups have started to bring in minority scientists in groups, to help stave off the culture shock of some academic departments, and to help provide a support structure for minorities entering the program. Given how many people think real support groups can prevent imposter syndrome, having the support groups in place, as 27 and a PhD explains, could go a long way to decreasing feelings of isolation.
A day in the life sciences encourages us to be the weed, to know that we may not feel like a beautiful rose most days, but weeds are tough and strong and can bust through their problems. At the The University of Washington SACNAS Student Chapter Blog, keolufox also emphasizes the importance of confidence, and also of goal setting, keeping track of and being proud of what you have achieved. Jaquelyn at the Contemplative Mammoth notes that she overcame her imposter syndrome with feminism and mentoring other people. Feminism let her know that she was not alone, and that some of what she was feeling was institutionalized against her sex, and mentoring helped her to feel proud of her own accomplishments, but on a confident face, and help others overcome similar feelings. And an anonymous writer at Minority Postdoc notes that we should acknowledge our mistakes, but we should know that they are just that: mistakes. And that everyone makes them. When in doubt, as Bashir notes, act like you belong there, and fake it til you make it.
But in the end, whether there is help or support around you or not, you've got to acknowledge that your imposter syndrome is wrong. You got this job. You deserve to be here. As Gerty-Z says, you can only keep trying and doing the best that you can. Isis agrees, and compares life in science as a Sisyphean task. Roll the rock up, it goes back down again. But it's not just you, everyone's got their own rock. When it comes down to it, have confidence in yourself, and just keep swimming.
And last but not least, please do submit a post for the Diversity in Science Carnival next month! May's theme will be Celebrating Asian Pacific Island Heritage Month, hosted by The University of Washington SACNAS Student Chapter Blog. So write blogs about noteworthy scientists or personally influential scientists from this heritage, or if you're Asian/Pacific Islander, you can write one about yourself and what you're proud of! Please submit posts to the Diversity in Science Carnival via the Submission form. The deadline is May 25.
Thanks for all of the wonderful entries, and we'll see you next month! Please let me know if I missed any of your links, and I would be glad to add them in!


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PUGET SOUND WEATHER GEEK: Spring storms are a'comin…
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Temperatures spiked into the low and mid 80s on Friday and broke several historical records in Western Washington. The highly welcomed weather ended as suddenly as it began and is transitioning into milder weather for the next few days.
A low pressure system is approaching the Northwest and will bring rain and wind. The National Weather Service in Seattle is also mentioning a slight chance of some thunder and lightning over the weekend and into early next week.
Springtime (typically mid-March) comes with the most unstable atmosphere during the year in our area! Instability in regards to the weather basically means that warm air rises like bubbles into colder air above, creating clouds and sometimes my favorite weather; storms!An unstable atmosphere is one of the main ingredients that when mixed with ample moisture (such as our frequent low pressure systems) and lift (such as our Puget Sound Convergence Zones), can and does produce exciting thunderstorms. Spring in the NW is a prime time for this because we experience a higher sun angle, which heats the surface more, as well as colder air in the mid levels of the atmosphere. Info. from Cliff Mass Weather Blog
The GFS weather model run by the University of Washington is showing a decent amount of instability (relative to our region) on Saturday, Sunday and Monday afternoons. The brighter the purple, the higher the "CAPE" (Convective Available Potential Energy).
However, here in the Northwest, long term thunderstorm forecasts are tricky to make. Thus, the most accurate period to forecast storms is on the day of the forecast with the High Resolution Rapid Refresh Models.
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I wanted to share one of my favorite songs, which has been very powerful in my life. Ulysses by Josh Garrels. For the times when we feel lost, overwhelmed, or just unsure of our next move, we always know the sun will rise in the morning and the true love of God will always carry us on. To me, this is what this song means: (italics are my thoughts added)
I'm holding on to the hope that one day this could be made right.
I've been shipwrecked, and left for dead, and I have seen the darkest sights.
We go through trials, some of them terribly hard, some just insecurities, some indecision, some that are storms we just never thought would ever come and we are not at all prepared for. And sometimes we feel completely alone in these storms.
But do you ever just get a little tug at your heart?
Everyone I've loved seems like a stranger in the night
But Oh my heart still burns, tells me to return, and search the fading light.
What is that fading light? Even when we're running, God is gently chasing our hearts and pouring out his love into our wounds.
I'm sailing home to you I wont be long
By the light of moon I will press on
Until, I find, my love
His love is a journey. It is an epic one at that. We get to take out our sword and fight the battles and know that no matter what, we are protected by his armor. The waters are rough and the trials are nothing to play around with. They are real and they hurt and the darkness seem to go on for miles. But the one flame is lit and we can see it 100 miles ahead, so we keep pressing on. The heat is warm in our souls and we can't explain the feeling but we know it's real. It is more real than anything we have ever felt. So we keep seeking…
Trouble has beset my ways, and wicked winds have blown
Sirens call my name, they say they'll ease my pain, then break me on the stones
Sometimes we are deceived by things that promise us hope, love and protection but later find out that they lied to us. Even our own hearts can lie to us. Only when we know God's truth, do we truly find the peace we are longing for. He can break through the hardest of hearts.
But true love is the burden that will carry me back home
Carry me with the, memories of the, beauty I have known
If you have experienced God once, no matter how far away you may have run, you will recognize his voice. There is no escaping his beauty and love. God is the life-giver of the universe. I truly did not know life until I knew him. He is the lover of my soul and the giver of beauty and knowing that, I cannot be taken down. No matter how much we doubt sometimes, he is constantly reminding us that we are his and that trusting him is all we have to do.
I'm sailing home to you I wont be long
By the light of moon I will press on
The destination is probably not one that we can see. We hope and dream and we press towards those dreams, sometimes in complete darkness. But having that light ahead that we can't even make out, but knowing it is good, keeps us going. We are unshakable.
So tie me to the mast of this old ship and point me home
Before I lose the one I love, before my chance is gone
I want to hold, her in, my arms
Are you ready for the ride of your life? For the most epic adventure of all time? How bout living it everyday for the rest of forever! Just look up, feel the warmth of the sun on your face and let the lover of your soul wash over you like the waves of the ocean. Powerful, yet peaceful. You'll know his voice because it is sweet and it is true.
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White House, Wash-a-ton DC, United Systems Alliance
Chief of Staff: Mr. President, your 5:00 is here to see you.
Dolan Trump: Alright, send him in.
Dr. Kirisaki: Good afternoon, Mr. President. I'm Dr. Kirisaki, Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sucks.
Dolan Trump: Hey, he didn't tell me it was a gurl. Say, that's a nice ass you got there, mind if grab your pussy?
Dr. Kirisaki: I'm here for two reasons. I'm here to tell you something, and to ask something from you.
Dolan Trump: Is it my yuuuuge dick? Let me tell you, no one has gotten a yuuuger one than me.
Dr. Kirisaki: Well, perhaps "ask" is the wrong word. You see, the firm has already enlisted resolutions from over half a dozen major galactic powers already, including Trattoria, Assyria, Scythia, Praetoria, Galacia, and Britannia, thanks to our influence and infiltration of their governments, so we don't even need your pitiful USA for what we're planning. And since we own your Congress and your administration too, consider your personal agreement to the firm's demands as a mere nicety to smooth the process along.
Dolan Trump: Hey, get your arm off my desk!
Dr. Kirisaki: A nice lamp. Too bad it's not chrome gold.
Dolan Trump: Hey, get your hands off my stuff, or I'm summoning the Secret Service.
Dr. Kirisaki: Your stuff?
Dr. Kirisaki giggles.
Dr. Kirisaki: Let me tell you what I have told the past two USA presidents before you in my time as CEO.
Dolan Trump: Hey, don't get any closer!
Dr. Kirisaki: Let me make myself absolutely clear. Goldman Sucks owns you. Just as it owns every politician, every thing, everywhere that matters in the Nehellenium Galaxy. Do not deceive yourself for a second into believing that you are in charge - we are.
Dolan Trump: Loser! I campaigned to make the USA great again! I'm going to help ordinary Muricans reclaim the country that the Wash-a-ton elite stole -
Stephen Banner: Hey, save the line.
Dolan Trump: Steve? What are you doing here?
Dr. Kirisaki: Long time no see, Mr. Banner.
Stephen Banner: Same to you, Dr. Kirisaki.
Dolan Trump: Steve is my most trusted advisor! How the hell do you know each other?
Dr. Kirisaki: He used to work for the firm, you see.
Dolan Trump: That's impossible!
Stephen Banner: It's true, and you better do as she says.
Dolan Trump: Why the hell should I listen to this bitch?
Stephen Banner: It's for the good of the country, Mr. President. It's for the Murican people - you trust me and my vision for this country, right?
Dr. Kirisaki: Very well, now kneel.
Dolan Trump: Are you crazy, bitch? I'm the alpha male, I'm the-
Dr. Kirisaki: I SAID KNEEL!
Dr. Kirisaki: Good, now you truly understand your relationship with the firm. Here's what the firm wants - the entire better part of the galaxy that I mentioned before is about to declare war and invade the Imperial Magikstrate since they won't get with the program.
Stephen Banner: Yeah, those damn dirty peaches will steal Murican jobs with their dirty magik!
Dr. Kirisaki: We're going to pave the way for the reign of deregulated capitalism and, erhm, "democracy" in the IM. Since the USA is already at war, you will not get in our way and you will assist the invasion force when it gets there. We don't need any of your bitchiness or edgy unhelpfulness when it begins. Is that clear?
Dolan whimpers.
Dr. Kirisaki: Very well, we're done here. I have a meeting in Trion in half an hour anyway.
Dr. Kirisaki: Oh, and you better not fuck up the Dud-Frank financial regulation repeal like you did with the healthcare repeal. Otherwise the firm will see whether "The Electric" Pence might do a better job.
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Wabash Professors Make Top 25 List• February 22, 2013 Share:
Wabash College has long been proud of touting the quality of its faculty. The rest of the U.S. is reading Wabash's name as one of the top 25 schools in the nation with the best college professors.
The Center for College Affordability and Productivity compiled the list by looking at composite teaching scores that schools received from RateMyProfessors.com
Oklahoma Wesleyan University again topped this list, but as CBS Moneywatch reported many of the schools are hardly household names. The top five also included North Greenville University, U.S. Military Academy, Carleton College, and Northwestern of Iowa.
Wabash came in at No. 21 on the list, the only Indiana school recognized. Moneywatch pointed out Wabash was one of four single-sex schools to make the top 25. All-female institutions Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Hollins University were the others making the cut.
Not surprisingly, liberal arts colleges dominated the list.
After the top five, the list included: U.S. Air Force Academy (Colo.), Wellesley College (Mass.), Master's College and Seminary (Calif.), Bryn Mawr College (Pa.), Whitman College (Wash.), Whitworth University (Wash.), Wisconsin Lutheran University, Randolph College (Va.), Doane College (Neb.), Marlboro College (Vt.), Centenary College of Louisiana, Pacific University (Ore.), College of the Ozarks (Mo.), Sewanee - University of the South (Tenn.), Emory & Henry College (Va.), Wabash College (Ind.), Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.), Hastings College (N.E.), Cornell College (Iowa), Hollins University (Va.).


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Some days, I look at my girls and am blown away by their beauty. They take my breath away. They do. Mari, my 12-year-old, is her daddy's complexion—a light mahogany with red undertones—with these amazing eyes that are almost devoid of eyelids. Like she's got some Chinese in her. And a nose that looks like it was carved for the Sphinx. Her freckles make me giggle. I trace them with my fingers—count them out one by one when she honors me with the pleasure of holding her in my arms.
My Lila is equally amazing—almond eyes, big and brown and mesmerizing, set perfectly in the most beautiful chocolate brown I ever did see. She's got a nose like mine—cute and buttony—and a mischievous smile that betrays her maniacal giggles. Her hair is a jumble of thick, curly, kinky, shiny curls that would be intimidating if I didn't get in so much practice whipping up cornrows and twists on my dolls' heads when I was little. When we're standing in the mirror, Lila looks like my carbon copy. A veritable Mini-me.
I tell them they are beautiful often. Because they are. Because nobody told me these things when I was little. Because I spent what seemed like a lifetime thinking that this dark skin and this kinky hair and these round hips and these Negroid features meant that I needed to depend on my brain, since nobody thought what I had was cute. It was a guy in college who told me otherwise. Who literally held a mirror to my face and demanded I look into it and see what he saw: That I was/am, indeed, beautiful.
I don't want my girls to live that. To have to have some guy hold a mirror up to their face and demand them to see what the rest of us see. I don't want them spending a lifetime being uncomfortable in their skin and their hair and their noses and those thick lips. I don't want them thinking that they have to go above and beyond to get some little boy's attention because he wouldn't notice them or care if they didn't dress provocatively or act inappropriately or put out.
And so, at the risk of creating monsters, I say it loud—proud—to each of them: "My God, you're such a pretty girl."
Because if their mommy won't, who will?
The picture accompanying this post is of my Mari—a gorgeous self-portrait she took with her iTouch the other day. This post was inspired not by the photo, but the happiness she displayed when she showed it to me. Girlfriend knew she looked good. And she wasn't ashamed of saying it out loud, or marveling at how lovely she looked in the picture she captured. She wasn't bragging. She was just saying.
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April 23, 2005
Cambridge, Mass. - The Institute's track and field programs capped its regular season with a commanding performance at the MIT Co-Ed Invitational. The women's unit won nine events during Saturday's competition, while the men captured 14 first-place finishes in a soggy Steinbrenner Stadium.
The middle distances propelled the women's attack as Erika Erickson and Julia Espel led impressive sweeps. Erickson went 2:24.38 to pace a 1-2-3 finish in the 800, while Espel outkicked Kristen Burrall to win the 1500 with a time of 4:59.50. The first five finishers in the 1500 all donned the Cardinal and Gray.
Karen Davie served as the Engineers only dual winner on the women's side as the Tech rookie soared to easy wins in the long and triple jump.
The men's team continued its impressive march to the postseason by dominating nearly every event. While times and performances were hampered by poor weather conditions, the mighty Engineers still flexed their muscle.
Uzoma Orji won three events in the second straight meet, outclassing the field in the shot put, hammer and weight throw. The field events picked up additional wins in familiar places as Nate Ball took top honors in the pole vault, while Nestor Hernandez and Makinde Adeagbo won the long jump and triple jump, respectively.
MIT was just as impressive on the track, winning every event from 100-1500 meters. Zach Traina and David Blau charged up the sprint corps, with Kenny Roche (400), Brain Anderson (800) and Ben Schmeckpeper (1500) all breaking the tape in their events.


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Making progress towards the scene we notice traffic backing up on the hill. Alternating the sirens between yelp/wail/whistle/bull horn/get out the way you moron we manage to squeeze into the gap between the couple of parked cars that have stopped at the incident. One of the cars was obliged to stop where it was due to the fact that there was a motorbike sticking out of the window!
Even though we were pulling into the small space as near to the car/bike, we were still being 'flagged' down by two bystanders. I think some bystanders must get a nervous condition at scenes of RTAs which compels them to wave continuously until the incident is cleared and swept up! "Yes, yes, we can see thank you very much!"
Alighting from the truck my colleague makes his way over to the RRV who, first on scene, has hold of the motorcyclists head providing cervical support. The biker is sat up, his helmet laying next to him in a non usable condition anymore. Nearby is the car that has 'eaten' his bike. The car driver is upset and crying thinking it is all her fault.
My crew mate speaks to the RRV pilot whilst I start getting the kit ready. Cervical collar, spine board, head-blocks, straps, stretcher, blankets. Once all the kit is assembled I trundle the rig off the lift and towards our patient. I notice he is pale…very pale. He is clammy…very clammy. But he is conscious and can tell us that his leg and both knees are killing him!
Taking control of the patients head from behind enables the RRV pilot to place a collar on him. Very carefully we lower the biker onto the hard backboard and secure him with the head-blocks and straps etc. We decide to do a more detailed examination in the back of the truck. To make best use of the straps we take his boots off before securing his feet in a figure of 8.
But upon removing his boots and socks…dogs within a hundred yards begin to howl, mothers clutch their children to their bosoms and birds flee from nearby trees. The smell is most foul…putrid…a mix of swamp gas and age old Gorgonzola cheese!!! Once in side the truck, the windows are opened as best as possible and the air con is switched to mach 5! Only then do the the 'tuff-cuts' come out and his clothing is cut away to reveal the extent of his injuries.
Everything appears okay. GCS of 15 (Glasgow Coma Score..15 being the best, 3 being the worst), blood pressure fine, pulse steady, colour returning nicely. All his other vitals are fine with a good clear chest and no rigidity in the abdomen. The only obvious injury he appears to have is a compound fracture of the left tib/fib (open break of the lower leg bones) but the bones have sneaked back into the safety of the skin!
My crew mate starts feeling for pulses to make sure there is no interruption in the blood supply below the site of fracture. "I'll just check out any witnesses and get a clearer history." And with that I jump out of the back of the truck. And get a lungful of clean air.
Looking at the condition of the car/bike it is amazing that he has only sustained, as far as we can tell at the moment, a broken leg! The car is written off and so too is the bike! The car driver calms down a little when I tell her that the biker is okay. She says that she was stationary on the other side of the brow of the hill when she heard a massive crash and she was showered with glass. Instinctively she turned around and saw a helmeted biker almost sat on the back seat!
I open the back door of the truck and ask my mate if hes ready to go? Suddenly I am taken back to my Army NBC training with CS gas in the gas chambers somewhere on Salisbury Plain. My eyes are stinging…! My nose is assailed with a smell most foul…! My skin feels as if a warm ghost has softly wafted past me in the dead of night…! A warm ghost that probably owned a cheese factory and probably met his demise after falling into a curdling vat…!
Wiping away the chemically induced tears and trying to breathe through my ankles I just about make out the shape of my crew mate…he is pale…very pale! He is clammy…very clammy! "Are you okay?" I call out to him. With an almost imperceptible nod I just about see him through the yellowish air that seems to be emanating from the bikers 'dancing gear'! Doors shut…I start the truck and off we go to A/E to sort the bikers injuries out.
En-route I happen to glance at a shop window and see in the reflection my crew mates mouth and nose trying to squeeze through the tiny gap in the side door window! He looks yellow…but that could be the tinted glass of the shop window! After depositing our biker in A/E we tidy up the back of the truck and leave all the doors and windows open to try and 'vent' the vehicle!
Later on we arrive back at A/E with another customer and the whole department smells…it reeks of gone off cheese! I have never dealt with any one whose feet stank so much in all my career! It has put me off pasta and Parmesan cheese for good!


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BOSTON -- It took nearly a full season from the time he collapsed on the field in Sarasota, Fla. in late March until designated hitter Wilson Betemit officially rejoined the Orioles.
It finally happened Tuesday, when Betemit was activated from the 60-day disabled list and infielder Ryan Flaherty was optioned to the minors.
"I'm really excited to come back and help the team anytime they need me," Betemit said. "That's why I'm here."
Betemit, 31, tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while running the bases March 25 in a spring training game. He spent the next four months rehabilitating at the team's spring training complex before beginning a minor league assignment this month.
"It was bad. I mean, it was bad because I was off for almost four months and then we were working in Sarasota with those guys," said Betemit, who hit a combined .290 in 17 games at four levels during his rehab. "My first time running was a scare. First, I think, 'Well, if you hit a double and have to turn at first base how am I going to feel?' But I feel good."
The expectation is that Betemit could start as the DH on Wednesday night against Boston Red Sox right-hander John Lackey. The switch-hitting Betemit batted .302 last year against right-handed pitching and has hit .281 against right-handers in his career.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he's just pleased that Betemit is an option for him down the stretch.
"It's exciting to get Wilson back. It's been a long road for him," Showalter said. "It's a long way from making that trek out between first and second in Sarasota. A lot of hard work by him and our staff to get him back. If you had told me when I was walking out there [in Sarasota] that Wilson would be joining us in August, I would have been real surprised. So good for him."
The Orioles had an open spot on their 40-man roster, but to make room for Betemit on the 25-man roster the club optioned Flaherty, who has hit .218 with eight homers and 20 RBIs in 220 at-bats this season. He won't be in the minors for long.
Flaherty was optioned to Low-A Delmarva, where he's expected to play Wednesday and Thursday. He will then likely be transferred to High-A Frederick for the Keys' weekend home series. The Keys are not in playoff contention and their season ends Monday. Because big league rosters can be extended Sunday, Flaherty will be able to rejoin the Orioles as soon as the Keys season ends instead of waiting the requisite 10 days.
"I explained it to [Flaherty]. I think they deserved to know from top to bottom about everything," Showalter said. "I don't hold much back where these things are concerned. I think they deserve to know."
Because the switch-hitting Betemit is better from the left side and the Orioles may face four left-handed starters in six games, the left-handed hitting Flaherty probably wouldn't have gotten much playing time in the next week anyway. Right-hander Danny Valencia started at DH on Tuesday against Boston lefty Felix Doubront.
"If we were in a little different situation with the starting pitching we're facing, we would have tried to look at it in a different direction," Showalter said. "We've been seeing this coming for two or three days and ran about seven scenarios around. But, for where we are, this probably fits us best to keep all the pieces in place."
More shuffling coming?
The Orioles would like to get rookie right-hander Kevin Gausman back to the big leagues to help fortify their bullpen, and it could happen as early as Wednesday.
One potential scenario is for the club to send Tuesday's starter Wei-Yin Chen to the Gulf Coast League after his outing and recall Gausman from Triple-A Norfolk.
Because he has no minor league service time, Chen could be optioned all the way down to the GCL. And because the rookie-level affiliate is not in the playoffs, Chen could return after the GCL Orioles' season ends Thursday.
Another roster move would have to be made, but Chen could be back in time for his next Orioles start Sunday in New York. In fact, Chen would have 72 hours to report to the GCL, so technically he wouldn't have to go to Florida at all; he just couldn't remain with the Orioles.
Showalter wouldn't speculate on any moves, but he said it's possible the team could make a pitching addition Wednesday.
Technically, Chen — and Flaherty — wouldn't be initially eligible for the postseason roster if they are not back on the 25-man roster by Aug. 31. But that's not really a concern. The Orioles would actually have a pool of 27 players to choose from, because they currently have two players on the disabled list (Jason Hammel and Nolan Reimold) and injured players can be replaced when choosing the playoff roster.
In fact, any player in the organization on Aug. 31 that remains in the organization in September can be considered for the playoff roster if he is replacing an injured player — even if that player is injured after Sept. 1.
It's one of those weird baseball rules where it actually helps a playoff contender to have multiple players on the DL in the final weeks of the season.
Around the horn
The Orioles have won five straight series at Fenway Park, which ties them with four other teams for the longest such streak in Boston since 1969, according to STATS LLC. The most recent club to capture five straight series at Fenway was the Atlanta Braves from 1997 to 2002. … Right-hander Steve Johnson (St. Paul's) allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings Tuesday for Norfolk. He gave up a solo homer to rehabbing Braves infielder Dan Uggla. … Norfolk closer Jairo Asencio, who has 24 saves, has been named the top reliever in the International League and has made the IL's postseason All-Star team. This is the second time Asencio has been named to that team, but the first time with this name. He made it in 2009 with Gwinnett, the Braves' top affiliate, when he was known as Luis Valdez. ... Outfielder Lew Ford, whom the Orioles released Monday, signed Tuesday with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. Ford was playing for the Ducks last season before the Orioles signed him to a minor league deal.


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My wife's Great(x3)Father was born 13 May 1824, Richard Beckefeld in Hassel District, Hoyan, kingdom of Hanover, Germany. Richard migrated to Victoria, Australia from Germany in or around 1853 with his wife Anna Catharina (Kessner) & son also named Richard. They settled in Richmond & are now buried nearby in the pioneer section of Carlton cemetery in Victoria. Australia.
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K & M's Colorful Handmade Shared Room
Name: Kennedy (almost 4) and Baby (still in the oven)
Location: Springfield, MO
Color Inspiration: I began decorating this shared room with a blank canvas, the white walls. I also chose white furniture with the exception of the restored vintage armoire, my favorite element. The rest of colors in this room are from the quilt I made for the twin bed. Every detail is tied back to this quilt.
Tip for Using Color: The room boasts details in the 7 colors I love and I carried these colors in different shades. I wanted something handmade, pleasing, and unpredictable. Something that is easy to add on and take away as they grow. A room that is made with love and has meaningful details on display.
Colors Used: Various sades of Red, Orange, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, and Yellow.
Thanks for your colorful entry Nathalie and good luck!


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The Appoquinimink school board unanimously approved $304,500 in spending cuts Tuesday that district officials say are needed to help prevent a budget shortfall next year.
The Appoquinimink school board unanimously approved $304,500 in spending cuts Tuesday that district officials say are needed to help prevent a budget shortfall next year.
Included in the cuts were nearly 20 programs and line items affecting administrators, teachers, staff, parents and students.
Although district officials have not released the dollar amounts of each individual cut, one of the biggest hits is expected to come from an approved, 8-percent reduction in direct annual funding allocated to each school.
Cuts affecting district employees also will include the elimination of summer hours for nurses and some school counselors, tuition reimbursement for administrators and secretaries, as well as reduced funding for a professional development program called Yale Fellows.
The cuts also will directly affect some parents and students through a 5-percent increase in pre-kindergarten tuition for students who do not qualify for subsidies, the elimination of the Parent Academy and the end of Move-Up Day, which allows fifth and eighth graders to visit middle and high schools before making the transition to a new school.
Other cuts include a halt on the purchase of cameras for school buses, leaving four unfilled teaching positions vacant next year and the discontinuation of a year-end staff cookout, the teacher of the year dinner and an annual dinner for retiring staff members.
"I don't want anyone in the audience thinking these cuts are easy or they're stuff we don't think are important for staff and our kids," said Superintendent Matthew Burrows, whose own budget for supplies, travel and other expenses was cut by the school board. "They are important, but to survive … we had to make these tough decisions."
The spending cuts approved Tuesday are the second step in a three-part plan the school board is pursuing to avoid an anticipated $2 million shortfall next year.
The first step was approved March 27 when the school board voted to keep Townsend Elementary School, which was closed this year for renovations, shuttered for an additional year, while also temporarily closing the Appoquinimink Early Childhood Center in Middletown through the 2013-2014 school year.
District officials say those closures will save the district $645,000 next year.
The final step in the school board's plan will be entirely up to voters, who are being asked to approve a May 9 referendum on that seeks to raise the district's current school tax rate of $1.60 per $100 of assessed property value by 15 cents.
That referendum will come just four months after voters defeated a proposed 31-cent hike in the school tax that would have been implemented over four years.
The May 9 referendum would raise an additional $2.79 million a year, while the combined spending cuts would save the district another $950,000.
District officials say the $3.74 million in net funding would cover anticipated shortfalls, restore previous spending cuts on textbooks, technology and building maintenance, while meeting the state-mandated minimum in reserve funding to cover at least two employee payrolls.
"I want to reiterate that these are cuts we are making to get to that 15-cents," school board president Julie Johnson said Tuesday, referring to the referendum. "That does not mean that if the referendum passes, we can re-instill these."
Conversely, other school board members warned that much deeper cuts would be required if the new referendum does not pass.
Last month, Burrows presented the board with a laundry list of possible cuts he said would be needed if the referendum fails, including laying off for 36 full-time and nine part-time employees, as well as the elimination of some language programs, reductions in student athletics and extracurricular activities, and increases in building-use fees for the public.
"Nobody likes to cut the budget, but we can't spend money we don't have, and all the alternatives were worse than this," school board member Richard Forsten said after Tuesday's vote. "Now we've got to pass that referendum."


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OT- Kim Jong-Il has died
I don't know who is next in line in their country, but for the people's sake I hope they can make some progress over there.
[ED:BISB - I want to leave this up, but in order to make that possible, I'm probably gonna have to delete anything that strays into the politics surrounding it. Go nuts, and if I delete something insightful, I apologize. Kinda]