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SYNOPSIS: When a pinecone lands in Antarctica, a kindhearted penguin must return his new friend to the forest. With the subtitle "A Friendship Story," this picture book is about love, letting go and moving forward. This charmer made all the grown-ups say "Awwwwww," and is perfect for reading together with a young child.


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Last week, I mysteriously alluded to some good news in my Facebook status and on Twitter. Well I can finally let the cat out of the bag.
Starting this week, I'll be writing for the Examiner.com website as its National Genealogy and Technology Examiner. When I applied for this writing gig a few weeks ago, Examiner.com was looking for local writers from here in Chicago to create content on Chicago events, issues, etc. Failing to have any angle on genealogy or technology as it applied to Chicago, and never being one who is easily deterred (I am my mother's son after all), I convinced Examiner.com to add a new sub-category for genealogy and technology under its Gadgets and Tech section.
With a minimum of four posts a week, it is my goal to still provide engaging content here at Destination: Austin Family as well as at Geneabloggers and many of my other blogs. If you have any topic suggestions as they relate to genealogy and technology, please send them on to me and I'm sure I can come up with one or more posts about them.
Try to take a visit over at my Examiner.com site from time to time - I'd appreciate your visit and your comments!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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5 comments:
- JoLyn said...
Congratulations Thomas! Great news indeed!
- February 17, 2009 at 6:40 PM
- Amy (We Tree) said...
Yay! I could not think of a better choice for this position. Congratulations!
- February 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Sheri said...
You go boy! You do us genea-bloggers proud MacEntee!
- February 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- Sally J. said...
Congrats on the new gig and kudos for your tenacity. You rock!
- February 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Lisa said...
Good work - you are definitely a great man for the job. I'll look forward to reading more from you in lots of places!
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian official says police have arrested 10 drug traffickers and confiscated more than 7 tons of narcotics in a bust of an international smuggling network.
Gen. Ali Moayedi, head of Iran's anti-narcotics police, was quoted Saturday by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying that the international smuggling network was dismantled after six months of tracking the suspects in cooperation with police in the United Arab Emirates.
Iran lies on a major trafficking route between Afghanistan and Europe, as well as Persian Gulf states. Large drug seizures are common across the region.
Moayedi said Iran has confiscated more than 215 tons of drugs in the past five months alone.


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Date: from Apr 3, 2007 to Apr 8, 2007
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Went to Stad in Norway together with my girlfriend, stayed at the surf house in Hoddevik (check www.stadsurfing.com) and teamed up with Stein-Erik and Maria.
Surfed 7 sessions in 6 days. Had surf every day, except Thursday, which was ok since we were tired.
Wind conditions were difficult at times, but we had some very good surf. Cool to surf in hailstorm.
I improved my surfing quite a lot during the stay. The two last days I managed to catch almost every wave I went for, started turning and had some long rides of 15 secs+. Felt good!
We met some new surfing friends down there; Geir, Eva and Heidi from Bergen. Helge from Stavanger (with whom we'll surf a lot when we move over there, I hope) and Carlos from Colombia. He had never surfed wearing a wetsuit, but adjusted quickly and rode the waves like a pro.
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Scripture: Zechariah (NIV) 9;12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Observation: God brings two thoughts together that are somewhat foreign to each other, and yet are powerful in combination: that of being a prisoner and that of hope. Many prisoners do not have hope. In fact many a prison is made out of hopelessness.
Application: Can it be that hope is a prison keeper? Can it be that hope is what keeps me faithful in places less than desirable? Can it be that I am held by hope? Yes, yes, yes, especially when that hope comes from the Lord. I am a prisoner of hope. I cannot give up, I have hope!
I am not only a prisoner "of" hope; I am a prisoner "with" hope. It is amazing what a little ray of hope can do. It is like a little beam of light into a dark place. If light can get in, then there is a way for me to get out! The One Who shines hope into the darkness is able to get me out of the darkness.
Prayer: Lord, You are the "Hope-Giver!" With you I always have hope! Amen
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The latest offering from Converse, brings street style and the unique, eco-urban mark-making art form Yarn-Bombing together, to create the Knitted Cuff. HOTTEA, is one of the many artist working in the medium across the US. He got into Yarn-Bombing after being shot by a taser gun and spending three days in jail for graffiti. By changing the medium he works …
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In September we told you about the multitude of special edition and collaborated Converse that were hitting shop shelves this A/W, here's a quick update on my pick of the lot. The Wood Wood All Star, made from mono purple suede and brandishing Wood Wood logo on the tongue is now set for release state side tomorrow from DQM.
Chucks away!
Well Cons really, but that lacks impact. This week has seen many a colab and limited edition from Converse, jump through for a very brief run down.
Converse gets a birthday card from the Queen
Converse is older than my Nan, and to celebrate this the geriatric company has brought out some of its lesser known pieces from its 100 year old back catalog. For October Converse Japan has previewed various styles such as the Camping Hi, Weapon Custom Color Ox, All Star Tassel Hi and All Star Rave Hi.
Dr Martens are back, just have a little faith here
Dr Martens are one of these timeless brands, like Converse, who's iconic shoes have changed little since they were first conceived, which in both these cases was many a moon before any of us were. DMs fade in and out of obscurity with ease and have for the last few years been bubbling under the surface pulling their profits from the hardcore fans, but I predict a come back. With early 80's style being so hot right now it takes little imagination to make that jump to skinny acid washed jeans and a pair of Docs, but only time and perhaps our street style posts will tell.
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The link between fashion and sport is undeniable, even the fashion heavyweights such as Ralph Lauren and Fred Perry have history in sporting activities of various types. Assuming you're not head to toe in bespoke suit and a pair of wingtips it's an almost certainty that you're wearing some kind of sportswear, unless of course you're reading this naked. In which case kudos.The link is even more noticeable in the street fashion scene with uber-weight sport's companies like Adidas and Nike pretty much owning the game with vintage re-releases and limited editions.
Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Light
You should all be grateful. I was this close to typing 'Converse starts boxing clever' in that headline. It's hard to talk about these converses without thinking about boxing as the reduction of the sole makes them look more suited for 12 rounds in the ring.
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ST. LOUIS — The Phillies have found a scapegoat for their offensive problems.
Hitting coach Milt Thompson was fired by manager Charlie Manuel late Thursday night once the Phillies' charter flight from St. Louis landed in Philadelphia.
His replacement is triple-A hitting coach Greg Gross. Gross was the Phillies' hitting coach from 2002-04 under then-manager Larry Bowa.
Under Thompson, the Phillies led the National League in runs scored two of the last three seasons. But that wasn't enough for the hitting coach to keep his job during a disappointing 2010 season.
Phillies officials were not available for comment late Thursday night.
Before Thursday's 2-0, 11-inning win, the Phillies ranked sixth in the league in runs scored. And since May 17, when the Phillies held a five-game lead in the National League East, they have averaged 3.88 runs per game. Only Seattle, Baltimore and Pittsburgh (all last-place teams) have averaged fewer runs.
The Phillies have scored two or fewer runs in 32 of 95 games this season.
In 2009, the Phillies led the NL in home runs, RBIs, runs, extra-base hits and total bases. In the last five seasons under Thompson, the Phillies have ranked either first or second in runs scored among National League teams. The Phillies have averaged 837 runs with Thompson as coach in the last five seasons.
In early June, when the Phillies were in the middle of their first extended swoon of the season, Manuel offered a passionate defense of Thompson at the end of a road trip in Atlanta.
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Selena Gomez: Glamour Women of the Year 2012
Selena Gomez is wonderful in white as she arrives at the 2012 Glamour Women of the Year event held at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Monday night (November 12).
The 20-year-old actress/singer dolled up in a lovely Giambattista Valli dress with Rupert Sanderson heels, a Judith Leiber clutch and Graziela jewelry.
"If I had let all of the negative stuff affect me, I don't think I would be satisfied with the person I am now," Selena shared with Glamour in the December issue.
She adds, "That's what I tell my fans: If you're miserable with evertyhing going on in school, that is so not going to matter the moment you leave. My mom always told me, 'Just turn the other cheek and keep moving forward.' That's something I've always done, and now I look back and I have no regrets."
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Weekend Reading: The Games Begin
In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form magazine and newspaper articles, collecting them here and on Longreads.com and Twitter. This installment focuses on the future of fast food, what it means to be an amateur, and all-things Olympic Games.
The Games are upon us. Sally Ride, America's first astronaut, has died. And its been 43 years since Apollo 11 returned from the moon. For the last weekend of July, there's certainly a lot to be thinking about.
Let's start with the Games. At the peak of every Olympic cycle, someone writes an interesting article about how much of a money-drain hosting the Olympics is and why smart cities shouldn't bid; the benefits just aren't there. While that may be the case, it's interesting to note that Britain is seeing a six percent surge in bike sales following Bradley Wiggins' Tour win. Perhaps repeated exposure to sporting events will get people active—if only for a short time.
If not, the games are always a wonderful excuse for provocative writing. Once every four years, experts and journalists have a chance to discuss everything from what it feels like to lose to why people choke and how sports drinks are a rip-off. This year, a big Olympic theme has been the participation of women. As we know, women are rarely treated equally, especially when it comes to athletics. What's interesting about the London Games is that the I.O.C has pressured some countries into including female competitors.
That has raised a whole new series of issues: What to do about headscarves, marginally qualified athletes and more. Things started to boil over Thursday when Saudi judo competitor Wojdan Shahrkhani was told by the International Judo Federation that she cannot compete with a hijab. It's unclear if she'll now get a chance to participate because the Saudis made her coming to the game conditional on proper attire.
While we like to think that the U.S. has left sexism and prejudice far behind, the case of Sally Ride draws that into question. America's first female astronaut made it into space in 1983, not all that long ago. By way of comparison, the first female cosmonaut accomplished that same feet in 1963. Things become more complicated when one considers Ride's sexual orientation and how her concerns about the public and NASA's reaction may have led to her silence on the topic (alternatively, she may just have been private). Regardless, at a time when cities like Chicago are opposing new Chick-fil-A stores because the company opposes same-sex marriage, it's clear that sexual orientation remains a very contentious and public topic.
And let's not forget Apollo 11. When the first man stepped on the moon on July 21st of 1969, it certainly was one of our country's greatest moments. While the space program has had its share of ups and downs since then, a reflection on this week's news shows just how much NASA matters: From the reports on Greenland's melting to the satellites that will allow us to watch the Olympics, so much of today is possible because of NASA (and the Internet, which may or may not have been invented by the government, or ancient aliens).
And now, for this week's must-read stories:
NASA is working on food for a trip to Mars. Closer to home, the former president and chief operating office of McDonalds is trying to revolutionize healthy fast food. Frederick Kaufman, Wired.
"Lyfe's aim is not just to build a radically sustainable, healthy brand of fast food. The former Golden Archers hope to transform the way the world produces organic ingredients, doing for responsibly grown meat and veggies what McDonald's did for factory-farmed beef. These days, the utopian vision of responsible agriculture is premised on a return to small and slow. If Roberts is right, though, we'll have to swallow a paradox as preposterous as a vegan Whopper: The nirvana of eco-gastronomy may at long last be attained, but only thanks to the efficiencies of supply-chain management."
There was a time not so long ago when the Olympics didn't let in professionals. Now it does, and some say the NCAA should follow suit. Patrick Hruby, The Atlantic.
"In reality, amateurism in both the Olympics and college sports comes from the same place: Victorian England. Specifically, snooty British elites who enjoyed rowing, winning, and keeping the unwashed, day-laboring masses at arm's length. 'Amateurism really started when the people who were rowing boats on the Thames for a living started beating all the rich British aristocrats,' Mallon said. 'That wasn't right. So they started a concept of amateurism that didn't exist in ancient Greece, extending it more and more to the notion of being a gentleman, someone who didn't work for a living and only did sport as a hobby.'"
What is greatness, and how do some athletes push themselves past the point of breaking? Enter the world of slack. Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker.
"This notion of slack is part of what we take as normal and natural about the world. Social and economic mobility, in any system, is essentially slack arbitrage: hard work is a successful strategy for those at the bottom because those at the top no longer work so hard. Tells about Salazar's father, Jose, who escaped from Cuba to Miami in 1960. Salazar could have had a longer career had he pushed himself less. A moderate Salazar never would have come so close to death at Falmouth. But it was the miracle of Falmouth that freed Salazar to run with such abandon."
Yes, it's old. But it's also a wonderful insight into when the Olympic Games were still new. G. S. Robertson, The Fortnightly Review.
"These games differed from other athletic meetings in one most important feature—they did not stand or fall with the excellence of their athletics. Their promoters obviously expected that prodigious athletic results would be obtained, they expected to see the best athletes of the world perform the toilsome journey to Athens to win the olive branch of victory."
And another older article on what the Olympics truly represent and why we should cherish them (visually, too). David Halberstam, Vanity Fair.
"So, when I think about the Olympics at their best I think about athletes from the more arcane sports, people who see the Olympics as a rare, glorious, shimmering moment in the spotlight. I think of Alberto Juantorena, the Cuban 400- and 800-meter runner who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics. One of the greatest athletes in the world, he was seen far too infrequently on the international stage."


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Jan. 23 (UPI) -- At least Justin Bieber wasn't alone when Miami Beach police arrested him for drunk driving and drag racing early Thursday morning. Cops also handcuffed aspiring R&B singer Khalil, 19, who signed with Def Jam Records in 2008.
The last video to appear on his VEVO channel is "Stars," from June of last year.
Shortly before the arrests, Khalil posted an Instagram photo of his hand on the wheel of what appears to be the red Ferrari he was illegally racing.
He also snapped a photo of Bieber behind the wheel of a yellow Lamborghini, which has since been deleted.
"Miami nights ridin thru yo city in that hot wheel," Khalil captioned the snap.
Miami Beach Police, who have been actively tweeting information regarding the incident, shared a copy of Khalil's arrest report Thursday.
#ArrestReport @CrazyKhalil pg 1 pic.twitter.com/R0OH4hJABl— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) January 23, 2014
In 2012, Khalil released a documentary called Khalil: A Long Story Short, in which he says he's "not too much of a wild guy."
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In an earlier statement, I said that Richard Aoki is and was my respected friend, comrade, mentor and crime partner. I received the feedback that I had used fine words but had given no examples to show what I meant. I accept that criticism and the following is my response. I hope that you can see what kind of cat the brotha was.


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Mihai Dimian Appointed Full Professor at Stefan cel Mare University
Dr. Mihai Dimian, an alumnus of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department advised by Dr. Issak Mayergoyz, has been promoted to the position of Full Professor of Engineering at the Stefan cel Mare University in Romania. He was appointed by the Romanian Minister of Education.
During his time at the University of Maryland, Dr. Dimian was a distinguished graduate research assistant for Dr. Mayergoyz in preparing the book, Mathematical Models of Hysteresis and their Applications, as well as providing assistance for the graduate course in Quantum Mechanics for Engineers and the undergraduate courses on Power Electronics and Electrical Machines and Actuators.
Dr. Dimian contributed original research in diverse areas such as magnetization dynamics in nanoscale structures, stochastic aspects of hysteresis, and computational electromagnetics. Publications, such as Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Journal Applied Physics, and IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, have featured his work and research.
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Are you wondering how to add social media to your email communications?
Email and social media marketing go together like Batman and Robin.
They both can be effective on their own; however, when combined, their (super) powers can save the city and exceed your marketing goals.
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Eagles head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder told reporters Friday that quarterback Michael Vick is still in the first phase of the concussion recovery process. The Eagles confirmed Vick will not play Sunday at Washington, but Burkholder said it is impossible to project what his status might be beyond that.
"He's had symptoms all week, since the (Dallas) game," Burkholder said. "He's had a headache, which has gotten better during the week. He's foggy -- he's not very alert right now in terms of, he just doesn't have that energy. He's tired all the time. He's sleeping a lot, he's not getting rid of the fatigue. I would consider him heavy-eyed.
"When you talk to him, he's just not the Michael Vick that you know when he's healthy."
Burkholder said the next step toward recovery would be exercise, but Vick isn't ready for that. He is spending much of his time in a quiet, dark place, Burkholder said. He said neck massage has helped alleviate Vick's headaches.
Though the lack of substantial improvement underscores what Eagles coach Andy Reid said earlier in the week -- that Vick has a "pretty significant" concussion -- Burkholder said Vick might wake up Monday feeling great; he said he couldn't grade the concussion until Vick has recovered.
The only surprise in Andy Reid's injury listing was that RG Danny Watkins, who practiced fully all week, nonetheless is listed as "questionable." Watkins has missed the last three games with an ankle problem. Reid talked about the danger of "tweaks" in the ankle. The Eagles moved Dennis Kelly outside to right tackle in practice this week; he might have to move back inside for the game if Watkins can't go or leaves early. Or, newcomer Jake Scott could have to play, right out of the box.
The Eagles used practice squad wide receiver Marvin McNutt to simulate Robert Griffin III this week in practice. McNutt, who trained with Griffin before the draft and considers him a friend, said he feels he understands how RG3 moves.


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Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco, courtesy of Sony Masterworks)
The Jewish High Holidays, beginning with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and extending through Yom Kippur, is a time of celebration, reflection, and renewal. This year those qualities are deepened through the release of Eternal Echoes - Songs and Dances for the Soul on Sony Classical.
Three living legends came together to create Eternal Echoes: the renowned classical violinist Itzhak Perlman; Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, who keeps the ancient cantorial tradition alive from his pulpit at Manhattan's Park East Synagogue; and Hankus Netsky, a pioneer in the revival of klezmer music. Their musical common ground finds its roots in the Ashkenazi tradition, the Jewish culture of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Like Yiddish, the language common amongst the Jewish populations of Eastern Europe, the musical language of the Ashkenazi is a fusion of modern European and ancient Middle Eastern styles. It expresses the full range of human emotions, from exuberant joy to deep introspection to heart-wrenching sorrow.
Those emotions come through in the music the same way they exist in life itself, occupying the same space almost simultaneously: the harmonies switch constantly from minor to major, the rhythms from straightforward to syncopated, and a tune that starts out slow and sad is likely to end fast and happy.
As Hankus Netsky, the founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and the Contemporary Improvisation Chair at the New England Conservatory explains, "I liken it to the blues. When Jews prayed, they cried. We have a word, krehts, meaning to groan - like the blues have a moan or a wail. The Jews have a sobbing kind of feeling, even when they're happy. That's why this music is universal."
|Hankus Netsky and ensemble at the Eternal Echoes recording session (photo by Antonio Oliart Ros)
You'll hear that on Eternal Echoes, which brings in yet another dimension: a tune that starts out with a solemn prayer frequently ends in a joyous dance. While many traditional cantorial melodies and klezmer dance tunes have common folk sources, the connection between them has never before been made this explicit.
Netsky, the album's musical director, freely admits that bringing together different strains of Jewish music is an "agenda" of his and is in line with his idea that klezmer is not just a re-creation of music from the past, but a "living tradition."
Join me for conversations with Itzhak Perlman and Hankus Netsky, along with excerpts from Eternal Echoes, all this week on Classical New England. See the schedule and listen on-demand above, and to purchase Eternal Echoes, visit ArkivMusic.
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April 13, 2011
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara stretched its current win streak to a season best seven games on Wednesday as the Gauchos defeated Cal State Bakersfield on the road in a non-conference doubleheader. The Gauchos came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Roadrunners, 5-2, in the afternoon's first game and then went on to post an 11-1 mercy rule win in game two.
With the wins, UCSB improves to 20-18 on the season while Bakersfield falls to 14-22 overall.
In game one, Bakersfield's Myshayla Fryer gave the Roadrunners an early lead when she hit a one-out bases loaded single through the right side to score Stefanie Frei in the bottom of the second inning. The lead stretched to two when Jamie Miller drove in Ryane Peterson with an RBI single to left field.
Birthday girl Lauren Boser sliced Bakersfield's lead in half during the next inning when she hit a solo home run to left center field; it was her first round trip of the season. Reining Big West Player of the Week, Keilani Jennings was able to tie things up at two-all in the fifth with an RBI double hit to right field that pushed McKenzie Kane home.
The following inning, the Gauchos secured the lead with a three-run homer hit by Kathryn Pilpil. Bakersfield left two runners stranded in both the sixth and seventh innings as the Gauchos held on for the 5-2 victory.
Freshman Andriana Collins (11-9) captured the win after tossing a complete game in which she allowed two runs on seven hits while walking two. Offensively, Boser led the way going 2-for-3 with a homer.
UCSB carried its momentum into game two and got out to a 3-0 lead at the top of the first inning behind a three-run homer hit to left center field by Jennings.
In the second, the Gauchos loaded the bases before Allison Taylor drove a single through the right side to score Brooke Putich. One out later, Boser doubled to left field sending home two more runs and pushing the Gauchos ahead, 6-0.
Pipil's ground out to second base in the fifth drove in pinch runner Kelly McDonald to get the ball rolling in a five-run inning for the Gauchos. Taylor hit a two-run homer down the left field line with two outs to bring the UCSB lead to 9-0. Jennings followed with another double before Boser hit her second home run of the day over the center field fence, giving UCSB a whopping 11-run advantage.
Bakersfield was able to prevent the shutout at the bottom of the fifth when Marissa Miller's two-out single down the left field line sent Petersen home. That was all the Roadrunners could muster though, as Krista Cobb ended the game by striking out the ensuing batter.
Cobb (9-9) was solid in the circle as she allowed just one run on four hits. She walked one and struck out two. Boser once again led the way going 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBI.
Jennings and Taylor each tallied two hits and three RBI. Jennings brought her season doubles count to 14, which is just one shy of tying Tiffany Wright's school record for single season doubles. Additionally, the Gauchos collected five stolen bases in the win with Kane and Putich each tallying a pair.
UCSB - which ranked fourth in the nation as of Monday for double plays per game - turned two double plays during the doubleheader to bring its season total to 21, just two shy of tying the school record that was set last season.
The Gauchos will resume Big West Conference action this weekend when they host UC Riverside in a trio of league games. The series will begin with a noon doubleheader on Saturday and conclude with a single game at noon on Sunday. All the games will be played at Campus Diamond. To purchase tickets, call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Athletics Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus or click here.


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Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.
Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings, looming berms of sand and a chain mail of fencing that will enclose more than 3,500 acres of public land. Moorings for 173,500 mirrors — each the size of a garage door — are spiked into the desert floor. Before the end of the year, they will become six square miles of gleaming reflectors, sweeping from Interstate 15 to the Clark Mountains along California's eastern border.
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The Integrated Watershed Management Plan which the Town of Durham and the University of New Hampshire hope will meet federal wastewater discharge permit requirements and address the growing concerns of the poor water quality in the Great Bay was explained in detail by David Cedarholm on Nov. 29.
He was the final speaker in the series of presentations sponsored by the Oyster River Local Advisory Committee and the Oyster River Watershed Association last month on the problem of excess nitrogen in the Great Bay Estuary.Cedarholm is Durham's town engineer, who has been working with his counterparts at the University of New Hampshire for over a year to develop a wastewater management plan which would balance capital investment in wastewater system upgrades with measures aimed at reducing non-point pollution.(Non-point pollution has its sources in storm water run-off and excess use of fertilizers, among other factors.)
Cedarholm reported that the aim is to attract the interest of stakeholders within the entire watershed while working with UNH scientists and state research teams.He indicated that to get the wastewater down to 3 milligrams per liter would require adding chemicals to the mix, which he said was not feasible from a safety point of view.He posited that it would be possible for Durham to get down to 5 ml/liter in summer using upgrades to its wastewater treatment system.He said that removing nitrogen in winter is very difficult.
However, the "800-pound gorilla" in the equation is the run-off from individual septic systems, which do nothing to treat nitrogen and represent 70 per cent of the nitrogen problem in the bay."There are no good regulations" regarding these, he said, suggesting that education of homeowners was the best known method of controlling the nitrogen from home systems.
Besides upgrades to wastewater systems, Cedarholm reported that storm water run-off can be cleaned using raingardens such as one which was built in the Oyster River High School parking area.However, he said one might need 1,000 raingardens in Durham.
Then, he noted, there is the problem that the focus now is nitrogen but that removing other pollutants could be in our future.Pilot programs are key, he said, "to see what's going to work."
According to the speaker, 8 milligrams per liter is "easy (to obtain) and old technology...5 is sustainable...3 is ridiculous."He stressed that each municipality's set of problems is different."Exeter and Rochester are starting from scratch since they have lagoon systems...Durham's (year) 2000 upgrades put the town in a different place."
The entire situation will be discussed at a two-part public information meeting set for January 24.The day-time session will include professionals in the field, while an evening session will accommodate community leaders and volunteers who might not be able to attend during the day.Cedarholm said further details will be forthcoming about this opportunity to learn about the problems involved in cleaning up the bay.
The presentations made at all four sessions of this series are on-line at oysterriverlac.org.The first three were offered by Peter Wellenberger, the Conservation Law Foundations' Waterkeeper for the Piscataqua River and the Great Bay; Michele Daley, Associate Director of the New Hampshire Research Center; and Dean Peschel, an environmental consultant who is spokesman for the Great Bay Municipal Coalition, a group which has sued the EPA over the 3 milligrams per liter regulation.
Tomorrow, Dec. 10, will be the last chance to support the library through purchasing raffle tickets on a purple and green quilt which was created by the Library Quilting Group.
Tickets are $1 or 6 for $5 and will be sold at the library until 7 p.m. when a festive gathering will feature the drawing of the winning ticket.
All are welcome.There will be cider and cookies during this hour.


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I've wanted to do this particular bit of translation ever since I started working with Latin, and I hope I've come somewhere close to being correct. This exists in a number of tiny pieces scattered across the internet, but I wanted to do the whole thing in one place and make sure it's done well. For that, obviously, I need this wonderful place.
The passage is known as the Litany Against Fear, from Frank Herbert's Dune series. For those unfamiliar, I'll post the English first and then my attempt at the Latin. Please rip it apart as necessary.
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain."
Litania Contra Timorem
Non debeo timere.
Timor animicida est.
Timor mortem parvam est quia excidium totum perficit.
Timor meus spectabo.
Ego id praeterire me et transire me permittam.
Et cum discesserat, vertam oculum interiorem viam eius video.
Ubi timor fuit, nihil erit.
Ego unus remanebo.
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The Palestine Chronicle is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the general public by providing a forum that strives to highlight issues of relevance to human rights, national struggles, freedom and democracy in the form of daily news, commentary, features, book reviews, photos, art, and more.
The Palestine Chronicle team consists of professional journalists and respected writers and authors who don't speak on behalf of any political party or champion any specific political agenda.
The Palestine Chronicle website was established in September 1999 and has grown in its importance and scope of coverage mostly because of the support it received from socially conscious and progressive scholars, writers, activists, readers and communities around the world.
Our Board of Directors consists of the following:
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Jeremy Salt teaches the history of the modern Middle East in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University in Ankara. Previously he taught at Bosporus University in Istanbul and at the University of Melbourne, where he took his Ph.D in Middle Eastern studies. He also runs courses on politics and propaganda. Before transferring to university work he was for a long time a journalist, working in the print media and news agencies in Australia and Britain. His most recent book is 'The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands' (University of California Press, 2008), which in 2009 was shortlisted for the Arthur Ross award for best book of the year by the US Council on Foreign Relations. His other interests include late Ottoman history and the interests of outside governments in the affairs of Ottoman Christians.
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text: Hi everyone, anyone who will help. I posted on the forum before, a couple months ago before my daughter was 16 months old. She was not eating ANY solids. She still doesn't. She just plays with the food or throws it on the floor. I offer several food items, several times a day, in different areas of the house (just to be sure the highchair isn't stressing her out). Well, she had her 18-month checkup today and the doctor didn't like her weight (just under 20 lbs), and told me I should completely stop breastfeeding. She says that my daughter is refusing to eat and holding out for nursing, and that the fat content of my milk is not enough for her at this stage. I told her I am not willing to completely stop. She told me that just cutting back will probably not help. I wanted to scream, but did so internally. Can anyone please tell me how often I should be nursing at this stage? By the way, we co-sleep and she nurses at night. The doctor does not know this last bit of info. I am sure it would go over horribly. Can anyone tell me if my milk supply will decrease if i don't offer her milk every time she asks during the day? I fear this not going well. I just cant bear the thought of her screaming and me refusing to breastfeed just so she will possibly get hungry enough to eat regular food. Any help is so appreciated. Oh, I am with her 24/7 as i am a stay-at-home mom. My daughter has not been sick the entire 18 months. Other than her being in the 5 to 15th percentile for weight at this visit, she is fine. She has also been walking a lot more since the last visit, but the doctor said she should weigh around 24 pounds regardless of her being more mobile. She will drink water from a sippy cup or regular cup with my help. Thanks again for any advice!


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Pictured: Lizzy Nichols, a three-time Academic All-Ivy
League honoree.
Photo courtesy: David Silverman Photography
Complete NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Team
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Lizzy Nichols, a co-captain of the Harvard women's soccer team, has been honored on the National Soccer Coaches Assocation of America Scholar All-East Region second team, the NSCAA recently announced.
Nichols, a defender from Princeton, N.J., was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award this season, which honors a student-athlete's character, as well as success in the classroom, community and on the playing field. Nichols was also recently selected as a semifinalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, which is given to a collegiate and a professional athlete who have made the greatest positive influence in the lives of others.
A three-time Academic All-Ivy League choice, Nichols also garnered a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team for the second straight season this fall. She started 16 games this season and scored two goals, including the game-winning tally against Penn on a penalty kick Sept. 26. Nichols was the leader of the Crimson defender and received her fourth nod to the All-Ivy League team, grabbing a selection to the second team this season.
She was also tabbed to the NEWISA All-New England second team and was selected to compete at the NEWISA Senior Bowl earlier this month.
Nichols Earns Spot on NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Team
Pictured: Lizzy Nichols, a three-time Academic All-Ivy
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"Avengers vs. X-Men" is Marvel Comics' big crossover event of the year — and by the time it reaches its conclusion, one major figure will be no more.
Professor Charles Xavier formed the X-Men after the mutant population exploded around the world, with an eye toward teaching his followers to use their abilities for the common good. The book itself dates back to 1963, and with its 50-year anniversary approaching, the fact that the character is reaching the end of his narrative journey speaks to the new environment in which superhero comics reside — his departure allows Marvel to creatively shake up the storyline as the X-Men are forced to grapple with the weight of his death. Hero Complex contributor Jevon Phillips caught up with Jason Aaron, the writer tasked with scripting the final issue of the AvX series, and got some insight into how this big event might ultimately affect the Marvel universe.
HC: You're writing the final installment of the Avengers vs. X-Men series … coming into it, what did you expect, and has that changed much since those initial planning meetings?
JA: I'm not sure I was prepared just for how big a project it was going to be. It's like when a guy goes from playing college ball to being in the NFL. Suddenly all the other guys are way bigger and faster. That's what it's like going from regular monthly comics to a big summer event. Except Marvel has better refs.
HC: What's been the most impassioned argument that you've heard for, or against, either of the teams?
JA: Oh man, there have been too many. I love peeking online and seeing the arguments for Cyclops being either a hero or a villain. And the same for Captain America. I don't get caught up in the individual arguments. For me, the point is just that there are arguments. And that the character motivations behind AvX are complicated enough that readers can really dig into them and figure out for themselves who they side with, who they think the real heroes are. And I think arguments will only go up a notch once people have read the last issue.
HC: So … Professor Xavier. You get to be the one to end an important chapter in not only Marvel history, but in all of comics, with his death.
JA: Just like fans argue online, there was lots of discussion behind the scenes about whether or not we should kill Professor X. Ultimately, I voted yes. Because we weren't doing it just for the shock value. This is a death that will have a lot of meaning for our characters for a long time to come, especially for Cyclops.
HC: Have you had a chance to ponder Xavier's importance, and do you think that the evolution of Marvel characters somehow passed him by?
JA: I think the X-universe passed him by a bit. The dynamic has changed so much in that world that he didn't really have a place in it anymore. And instead of just having him continue to bounce around as a secondary character with no real place to go, I think his death opens up a lot of story possibilities, as we see characters forced to step up in his wake, characters struggling to honor his memory, and of course we'll see Cyclops continue to deal with the burden of being Xavier's murderer.
HC: There's life after AvX, but how will it — for both the characters and the readers — be affected by this battle and its outcome?
JA: With the end of AvX, I wanted to make sure I did two things. One, of course, is to give this story a definitive ending. AvX doesn't end on a cliffhanger. The last issue works as a nice bookend with the first issue, and some of the character arcs that have been at the heart of this story reach a real conclusion. So I think if you read AvX from start to finish, you will definitely get one big story with a beginning, middle and end. But also, with the ending, I wanted to show how AvX has reshaped the Marvel Universe, setting up some of the new series we'll be seeing as part of Marvel Now.
— Jevon Phillips
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Albert Nobbs (US - BD RA)
Jonathan thinks this film has more identity issues than its protagonist...
Albert Nobbs stars Glenn Close as an introverted woman in 19th-century Ireland who has been living as a man for most of her life to find better work. But Albert Nobbs is a dreamer, and soon finds that her decision is keeping her from seeing those dreams met. After meeting Hubert Page (Janet McTeer), a married woman who also dresses as a man for work, Albert begins to step outside her comfort zone.
What we have here is a plot that isn't new. On the surface, Albert Nobbs isn't far removed from Mrs. Doubtfire or even She's the Man, and there is only so much a period drama setting can do to liven it. At least that is the pessimism I walked into the film with. I was surprised and delighted to find that Albert Nobbs gets the tired conceptual stuff out of the way early on, and evolves into a fascinating character study from there. Where those other characters use cross dressing as a means of gaining access to a place or a social circle, this is Albert Nobbs identity, and has been for years. So instead of rehashing old gender-hiding shenanigans, the story is able to explore this lack of identity and the ways it has kept Albert from leading a normal and happy life. It's heartbreaking to watch this naive character try to break into social norms and find companionship but remain trapped by their subversive decision. That is where the real intrigue and power of Albert Nobbs lies, but the film surrounding this interesting character has its fair share of flaws.
I don't like to dock a movie points for this sort of thing, but I must confess that I did not completely buy the male disguises that Glenn Close and Janet McTeer don in their roles. It would've helped suspend disbelief if other characters showed at least a little suspicion, but everybody carries on as if these two weird looking men are perfectly normal. It makes a lot of the character relations difficult to believe, and the melodrama all the more awkward. It was a monumental distraction during the first half of the film, but once the story really gets moving and the performances have simmered, I found it much easier to overlook. Glenn Close really is terrific as the titular Albert Nobbs. I don't know if there's another actress that could say so much with just their eyes. Her performance if full of the kind of subtlety and nuance that deserves award recognition, and I'm glad she was not overlooked. Director Rodrigo García should have put more faith in Close's performance. There are multiple occasions in the film where Albert Nobbs describes her thought process out loud in a room by herself, which not only feels like amateur storytelling, but most of it is enormously obvious.
Storytelling really is the biggest hurdle to climb over here, not the makeup. Early on in the film we're introduced to a cast of characters, the majority of whom are never used for anything meaningful later down the line. There's subplots that have no bearing on the character study at hand, and some serious missteps in the third act that feel unearned and are a complete disservice to the characters. There's cliches and desperate plot twists where the story should have followed through with it's direction. At one point Albert Nobbs even runs on a beach to inspirational music. Ugh. But the performances are the real reason to give this movie a chance. Even the supporting cast, which consists of a great Mia Waskikoska, Janet McTeer, and an underutilized Brendan Gleeson all do a fine job in service a story that is beneath them. It's frustrating to see such an intriguing character and a brilliant central performance trapped in an inconsistent film that doesn't do them justice, but I would still recommend a rental to the curious on the acting alone.
Albert Nobbs arrives with a video transfer that is almost as problematic as its narrative, but most of the fault lies with the stylistic choices. It was shot on the Red One digital camera, which I must say wasn't very fitting for the period setting. Maybe I'm just used to seeing this time period in 35mm, but the clean digital look took some getting used to. The film has extremely stylized lighting, with whites bleed into every part of the picture around them. Even skin tones give off a glow that creates halos. It's similar to the style some films would use if they were showing a dream sequence, and when Albert Nobbs's dreams are visualized in the film the effect is dialed up to hideous levels (see the fourth screen cap). Darker areas of the picture are riddled with banding and blocking. Because of the choice of digital and the extreme brights, detail is very soft and textures (such as clothing) are often lost in the haziness. The transfer does have some strengths though. Even when compression artefacts rear their ugly head, the Red One still produces rich depth of color and a nice clean appearance. Outdoor scenes look a whole lot better, thanks to the more natural lighting, and close-ups are nearly flawless.
Lionsgate has gone with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track for Albert Nobbs. It's a modestly produced film and the audio track is a clear reflection of that. It's mostly pretty quiet, but dialogue is perfectly audible and kept to the center speaker. Most of the surround effects stay in the front channels, with the rear channels really only making their existence known during a dress party scene and an off-screen scuffle. A note on the sound mix: the off-screen audio has a strange echo to it, which was probably an effect added in post to make it sound more distant. It doesn't sound very natural. Now that I think about it, I don't think the LFE channel was ever used. Music only rises up occasionally during the film, and when it does it's usually long tonal melodies that don't make for a dynamic presentation no matter how they're mixed. The sound design isn't anything to marvel at, but Albert Nobbs is a quiet drama, and this audio track fulfills that end without any real hitches.
Aside from a theatrical trailer, the disc has two extras on it. The first is an Audio Commentary with Glenn Close and Director Rodrigo García. They recorded the commentary together. They talk about the semantics of Albert Nobb's gender, and how they said "him" on set. For the most part it's a pretty straightforward, informative track. Glenn Close explains some of the permutations from the original short story, and gives a lot of her take on the character's inner turmoil. García talks mostly about the script and working with the actors. There isn't a lot of technical talk. They actually spend a good amount of time explaining things that are already well implied by the film. But it's still a great source of information, even if its not a consistently fascinating commentary track, and fans will want to give it a spin.
Deleted Scenes (HD, 08:16): Most of these deleted scenes show more interaction between Albert Nobbs and Joe (Aaron Johnson), which there isn't much of in the feature film. It's clear that the writers didn't find anything interesting to do with the relationship, so I can see why it might have been deleted to save time. There's also some footage of Albert Nobbs talking with Brendan Gleeson's character, in what would probably be his longest scene in the film. The last deleted scene covers more of the relationship between Albert Nobbs and Helen (Mia Waskikoska). The performances are great in it, but it's redundant and was rightfully cut to keep pace.
Albert Nobbs is a frustratingly inconsistent film. Glenn Close deserves the award recognition she received for her searing performance, but this fascinating character is trapped in an unfocused narrative that fails to explore the character in a meaningful way. Lionsgate's Blu-ray release also has its share of problems with a video transfer that can't keep up with the film's stylized lighting, a faithful but flat audio track and only a couple decent special features.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Teal & orange much?
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I honestly don't mind the whole, "teal and orange," thing that's been going on. Like, yes, it can be obnoxiously misused, as it is in the Transformers movies, but in many cases it can make for a pretty nice image. Just like most storytelling cliches, the reason it's used so much in the first place is that it works--and the poor examples are more attributable to the filmmakers than the color scheme itself.
Seymour Cat Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 108
It dislike it so much, I've been known to turn the colour right down an watch in black & white.
Wolfman for instance, looks better black and white than it does teal & orange.
Wolfman for instance, looks better black and white than it does teal & orange.
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That's understandable. Wolfman--to which this movie actually looks pretty similar--definitely overdoes it. Some of the examples of it being used well would be pretty much any of Guillermo del Toro's movies.
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Release Date: 15th May 2012
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Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Audio Commentary with Glenn Close and Rodrigo García, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer
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Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson
Genre: Drama
Length: 113 minutes
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15 Red, White & Blue Treats for July 4th
Red, white & blue — flag cakes with lines of blueberries and strawberries will adorn picnic tables all over the nation this weekend. As much as we love this classic Independence Day dessert, we were also in search of other, more creative ideas. We took a spin around the food blogosphere and found some delicious red, white & blue treats, from all-natural fruit pops to layered parfaits, to an amazing flag cake with all the color inside instead of on top. Come peek at all 15 treats!
• 1 Fruit Pops - From Bakers Royale.
• 2 4th of July Toast - At Taste and Tell.
• 3 Patriotic Push Pop Cake - At Love from the Oven.
• 4 Mini Berry Pies - At Yummy Mummy.
• 5 Patriotic Lollipops - At Couldn't Be Parve.
• 6 Stained Glass Jello - At Gimme Some Oven!
• 7 4th of July Ice Cream Sundaes - At Bake at 350.
• 8 July 4th Flag Cake - At The Secret Life of a Chef's Wife.
• 9 Fruited-Cheesecake Flag - At Martha Stewart.
• 10 Patriotic Pops - At Pennies on a Platter.
• 11 Flag Cookies - At Marzipan.
• 12 Fourth of July Fireworks Cookies - At A Cup of Sugar A Pinch of Salt.
• 13 Red, White and Blueberry Sour Cream Tart - At Nutmeg Nanny.
• 14 Fourth of July Sangria - At The Hazel Bloom.
• 15 Red, White, and Blue Parfaits - From Martha Stewart.
Do you have a special 4th of July dessert?
Related: Fourth of July Flag Cake: A Pretty, Round Alternative
(Images: Naomi of Bakers Royale; Deborah of Taste and Tell; Christi at Love from the Oven; Marina of Yummy Mummy; Couldn't Be Parve; Ali of Gimme Some Oven; Bridget of Bake at 350; The Secret Life of a Chef's Wife; Martha Stewart; Nikki of Pennies on a Platter; Deanna of Marzipan; Kat of At A Cup of Sugar A Pinch of Salt; Brandy of Nutmeg Nanny; Kare of The Hazel Bloom; Martha Stewart)


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Crowley Webb, a full-service marketing communications agency in Buffalo, won a silver award in the Collegiate Advertising Awards, a national competition of college and university marketing materials, for the Niagara University "What's On Your Mind" campaign.
"What's On Your Mind" is a series of seven 15-second commercials addressing critical issues students face when selecting a college. Knowing that high school juniors and seniors are conscious of the financial strain of college tuition and the unsure job market, the commercials were designed to capture both the excitement of college and some of the sobering concerns, including job placement, campus involvement and financial aid. Using Niagara University Admissions Office statistics, the ads show why Niagara is a great choice.
The commercials aired during targeted programming in the Western New York, Rochester and Syracuse markets, and appeared on social media sites including Facebook, YouTube, SparkNotes and Pandora. The ads also ran prior to movie showings at Regal Cinemas throughout Western New York.
"This is a great honor for the university, and our partners at Crowley Webb, and we look forward to continuing to tell the story of Niagara in our advertising," said Tom Burns, associate vice president for public relations, communications and marketing at Niagara University.
More than 700 entries from the U.S. and Canada were submitted in the CAA competition's multiple categories, highlighting communication, marketing and advertising initiatives. Panels of industry experts judged entries based on criteria including creativity, layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production quality, and overall appeal.
Founded in 1986, Crowley Webb continues its growth as one of America's hardest-working advertising agencies. For more information, call 716-856-2932 or visit www.crowleywebb.com or www.facebook.com/CrowleyWebb.


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What do you call a single cell in a huge body acting counter to the general flow of a body? A rebel cell.
The theory of cancer is happening at the corpuses of businesses everywhere. When parts are running in different directions than the whole, there is a schism a hand.
As Marcus Aurelius said, what is good for the bee is good for the hive. The parts and the whole need to be in harmony, and every part (each initiative, every project, every action or inaction) should play an integral, strategic role. If parts are not working in concert, then efforts and resources are wasted.
How well do your parts sync up to a whole? Does every assignment, every project, every mission add value to the total vision?
Given the buzzword of "corporate waste" or the thousands of killed projects we have seen sitting in a warehouse that's next to a warehouse that's next to a warehouse filled with shelved projects, we think there is a lack of cohesive vision at many companies.
The reason is simple, a lack of vision and leadership. These firms are not applying systems thinking and considering how the parts add or subtract from the whole.
Often, to ignite new growth, we are called into a skunk works for new product or new market innovation. What we discover, time and time again, is that there are so many parts running in different directions that no one knows what the whole is anymore.
This lack of a holistic approach show that shortsighted, knee-jerk approaches to growth do not work for more than a season and the long-term fallout confuses the whole enterprise.
The corpus is sick without a whole vision. If a company chooses parts as a default – without envisioning how each part adds value to the enterprise – it displays a lack of a coherent vision.
Before a project kicks off ask how it is related to other projects. Ask if there is a clear path to value. Ask how this part plays into the whole.
If you cannot answer, take it to your leaders and demand clarity.
Jocelyn Atkinson and Michael Graber run the Southern Growth Studio, a strategic growth firm based in Memphis. Visit www.southerngrowthstudio.com to learn more.
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Graduate Admission
To be considered for admission to Regular or Provisional Standing, a prospective student must submit a completed application for admission to Graduate College. A complete application for admission consists of the following:
- A completed William Woods University Graduate Admission Application Form.
- An official copy of the undergraduate transcript from the institution that awarded the baccalaureate degree, or an official copy of the graduate transcript from the institution that awarded the master's degree (Ed.S. and Ed.D. programs only.)
- An official copy of the graduate transcript issued by any institution that awarded the student graduate credit.
- Such additional materials (e.g., summaries of professional experience, documentation of certification, letters of recommendation, et al.,) as may be required by the specific graduate program in which the prospective student proposes to study.
Since application materials come from several sources, the entire application cannot be submitted at once. Thus, prospective students are encouraged to coordinate the submission of materials so that #1 above (a completed William Woods University Graduate Admission Application Form [GAAF]) arrives at the University or the Graduate College first.
The Graduate College will acknowledge receipt of the GAAF by mail and provide the applicant with a checklist of those materials required by the graduate program to which admission is being sought.
Students are notified when the application file has been reviewed. The application is then forwarded to the appropriate graduate program for action.
Levels of Admission
- Regular Admission: The applicant meets all requirements for admission
- Provisional Admission: Students admitted provisionally need to do one or both of the following, as directed in their letter of admission:
a) Complete program prerequisites by the date provided in the letter of admission.
b) Complete nine hours in their cohort with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Prerequisite courses and courses needed for educational certification would not apply toward this requirement. This requirement may be assigned to students who do not meet all program admission requirements.
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People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities1 must be able to live the lives they choose and have a good quality of life.
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities often do not have the services, supports and personal relationships they want and need to lead a full life in the community. They may encounter attitudinal, public policy, service system, and other barriers that keep them from choosing where they live and work. Moreover, they often lack opportunities to participate in and contribute to their communities.
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities must have the opportunity to lead lives that offer them a meaningful quality of life. A meaningful quality of life exists for them when they:
Policies, regulations and funding must promote these desired outcomes. In addition, public agencies, private organizations, and individuals providing services and supports must:
1 "People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" refers to those defined by AAIDD classification and DSM IV. In everyday language they are frequently referred to as people with cognitive, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities although the professional and legal definitions of those terms both include others and exclude some defined by DSM IV.
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Law enforcement authorities say they have received complaints about aggressive door-to-door book salesmen in recent weeks.
A group of college students from Estonia has been in the area selling educational books this summer.
Law enforcement authorities say they have received complaints about aggressive door-to-door book salesmen in recent weeks.
A group of college students from Estonia who work for Southwestern Advantage, a Nashville, Tenn., company, has been in the area selling educational books this summer.
Their questions unnerved many residents, according to law enforcement.
"The biggest concerns were caused by questions like 'Do any kids live here' and 'Where do other kids in the neighborhood live,' " said Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Ron Abernathy. "These were legitimate concerns. They were, I'm sure, looking at it from a marketing standpoint."
An investigator with the department contacted the company to relay that the sales tactics were causing concern, Abernathy said. Company representatives responded Aug. 16 that the students would be transferred from the area in upcoming days.
Residents in Tuscaloosa, Northport and Tuscaloosa County have all called police and reported that the salesmen were too pushy.
"We've had a couple of complaints about their aggressiveness," said Sgt. Brent Blankley, a Tuscaloosa police spokesman.
Southwestern Advantage was established in 1855, according to its website, and began a summer program to assist young men with college tuition in 1868. Foreign students have come to the area to sell books for several years. They have a permit to conduct door-to-door sales in Tuscaloosa, but not in Northport.
A few people who live near the Clear Creek area called police on July 26 to report overly aggressive sales representatives, said Lt. Keith Carpenter, a Northport police spokesman. The young men did not have a permit to work in Northport, he said. One of them visited the Police Department the next day and spoke with Carpenter, who told him they needed to obtain a proper license.
"We haven't had any calls about them since then," he said.
A company representative posted on the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page on Thursday.
"We are working closely with the students in this area to ensure that they are being polite and transparent about who they are and what they are doing, just as they were trained to do," the representative wrote in the post.
The students live with host families and visit communities in many American states. News reports from Midwestern states including Oklahoma and Missouri indicate that the sales reps have caused similar suspicion from residents there. Social media activity has spread across the country that the booksellers were targeting young girls for sex trafficking.
The story had spread so much that snopes.com, the website that investigates urban legends and Internet rumors, posted an entry on Aug. 8 that included emails that have circulated this summer.
All of the law enforcement agents said that the public should contact authorities if they feel uncomfortable with any door-to-door sales representative.
"We want to be on the front end of any situation that arises," Abernathy said.
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Throughout the year, the Office of Admissions receives
notices of scholarships that are offered through external
organizations. Information about the scholarship awards
that are currently available is listed below. Award
notices are listed in the order in which they were received.
You may also find information on other outside scholarship
awards on the Internet. The following sites are useful
for finding scholarship and financial aid information:
NEW! Kankakee County Society of Women in Law Book Scholarship
Application Deadline: January 15, 2008
The Society of Women in Law (SWIL) Scholarship Committee will award a scholarship to a deserving woman law student of an accredited Illinois law school. This year a $1,000 scholarship is available to help defray the cost of books. To qualify, applicants must be a resident of Illinois in any County other than Cook. The Scholarship Committee will consider financial need and applicants must document their financial need when required to do so. Students interested in being considered for the scholarship award must submit a resume; proof of permanent legal residence in a county other than Cook; an official law school transcript; and a brief essay of 250 words or less, expressing her thoughts on:
Whey she'd like to practice law outside of the Chicago metropolitan area upon graduation; How receipt of this scholarship will benefit her; and the impact of gender on the practice of law.
Applications should be directly forwarded to: Sandra L. Sweeney, Esq., SWIL Scholarship Committee Chairperson; 33 N. Main Street, Suite 2; Manteno, Illinois 60950
Scholarship recipients will be notified no later than February 15, 2008 and must plan to attend an awards banquet (date to be announced).
Application Deadline: January 25, 2008
The Alumni Board of Directors (formerly known as The Law School Association Board of Directors) Endowed Scholarship Fund was established by the Board in 1998 to provide scholarship assistance to law students demonstrating academic merit and financial need. For Spring 2008, the Board plans to make several awards of at least $1,000 each. Applications for the Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship are available online or in the Office of Admissions. Students interested must submit applications to the Office of Admissions, ATTN: Karla Davis, by January 25, 2008.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008
The Jewish Vocational Service of Metropolitan Chicago is pleased to announce The Gertrude and Harry G. Fins Scholarship Fund will be available for the 2008-09 academic year. The amount available varies annually and awards range from $1,000 to $5,000. To be eligible a student must: be jewish; be enrolling or enrolled full-time; be domiciled in the Chicago metropolitan community; establish financial need; and demonstrate career promise. Students who meet these criteria should visit the Jewish Vocational Service Web site to obtain an application at www.jvschicago.org (click on Scholarship Services). For more information, contact Jewish Vocational Service at 312.673.3400 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. All applicants must be available for a personal interview at the Jewish Vocational Service offices located throughout the Chicago metropolitan area between March 1 and April 20, 2008.
NEW! 2008 Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Intent Form Deadline: January 31, 2008
Essay Deadline: March 31, 2008
The topic for this year's essay contest is "Global Warming: How Litigation Can Make a Difference." Any student currently enrolled in an ABA accredited law school may submit a legal essay for the competition. Essays can only be written during the academic year covered by the competition and may not be prepared as part of paid legal work outside of law school. The essay prize is a $5,000 cash award. For Rules and Intent-to-Enter form, please visit the Public Justice web site at www.publicjustice.net.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2008
The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund is sponsoring a writing contest for law students. The subject of the contest is "The Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear Arms as a Federally Protected Right." Cash prizes will be awarded to First, Second, Third and Fourth place winners in the amounts of $5,000, $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. The contest is open to all individuals who are law students at the date of submission and who have not been previously admitted to practice law in the United States. Admission to practice after submission of the paper is not disqualifying. Papers should be double-spaced, not exceed 30 pages in length, exclusive of endnotes, of law review quality, and cannot have been previously published. Publication subsequent to submission is encouraged. Citations should conform with the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, current edition. Submissions must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2008 and mailed to Civil Rights Defense Fund, c/o Office of the General Counsel, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. For additional information, contact the fund at 703.267.1252.
For a complete list of the awards that have been posted
in the 2007-08 Record, click
here. Although the application deadlines for these awards
have already passed, this information can aid you in planning
for next year by assisting you in determining the time of
year that certain awards are typically offered. You
may also access a complete list of the 2006-07 scholarship
notices by clicking here.
If you have been awarded a Chicago-Kent scholarship for
the 2007-08 academic year, please refer to the Scholarship
Policies from the current Student Handbook for important
information concerning your award. Please direct any
questions about your scholarship to the Office
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Ocean Endeavour is a comfortable, well-appointed small expedition ship expertly engineered to explore the Polar Regions. The ship has an ice-strengthened hull, Zodiacs for exploration and remote landings, and advanced navigation equipment. The newly-refurbished vessel offers a superb guest experience with an expansive choice of cabin categories, large common areas, a sundeck and observation area, plenty of deck space for polar landscape viewing, and lounges for learning and reflection. The ship's interiors have a contemporary aesthetic that provides a bright and spacious feel throughout.
Endeavour is also the only polar expedition ship in Antarctica focused on health and wellness, and offers a contemporary approach to cuisine and newly-designed health and fitness features. Facilities include a spa serviced by organic spa provider VOYA, His & Hers saunas, a salt water pool, a gym, and a juice and smoothie bar. Complimentary activities include yoga and stretching classes, an exclusive Polar Photography program, the Scientists in Residence program, and more adventure activities than any other Quark vessel.
Ship Specs
- Staff and Crew 124
- Guests 199
- Length 137 metres
- Breadth 11 metres
- Draft 5.6 metres
- Ice Class 1B
- Cruising Speed 15 knots
- Propulsion 4 Skoda Sulzer Engines, 4,355 horsepower per engine
- Lifeboats 6 fully enclosed, 8 Liferafts
- Registered Bahamas
Ship Amenities
- Elevator (accessing decks 4, 5 and 6 only)
- Bar staffed by a professional bar tender (drinks added to ship board account)
- 24 hour tea and coffee available
- Presentation lounge
- Polar library
- Clinic with licensed Doctor
- Wifi in certain public areas (data usage charges apply)
- Optional webmail account for email (charges apply)
- Ship to Shore telephone communications (charges apply)
- Polar boutique selling essentials, souvenirs and clothing
- On board laundry service (charges apply)
- Gym and wellness facilities (see Wellness Amenities for details)
Cabin Amenities
- All cabins have ensuite facilities
- All cabins (except triple interior and single interior) have external views
- Cabins serviced daily
- Hairdryer
- Bathrobe
- Shower gel and shampoo provided
- In room safe
- Climate Control
- Electrical current 220 volts. Plugs are standard European two round pin plugs
Adventure Options
- Kayaking (all departures)*
- Stand Up Paddleboarding (all departures)*
- Camping (select departures)*
- Cross Country Skiing (select departures)*
- Mountaineering (select departures)*
- Snowshoeing (select departures)
*These adventure options need to be booked and paid in advance. Numbers are limited
Other Inclusions on the Ocean Endeavour
- Expedition Parka to keep
- Expedition boots on loan
- Downloadable Photographic journal documenting your voyage
- Presentations by the Expedition team and onboard experts
- All meals and snacks on board
- All shore landings and zodiac cruising according to the daily programme
- All luggage handling on board the ship
- All port charges and taxes
- Emergency evacuation insurance to a maximum of US$100,000 per person
- Photography programme with expert guide
- Complimentary wine with dinner
- Buenos Aires flight and transfer package including 1 nights' accommodation in Buenos Aires, group transfer from the hotel to the airport in Buenos Aires, return charter flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, all transfers in Ushuaia, excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park after disembarkation. PLEASE NOTE this package does not include an arrival transfer in Buenos Aires
Ocean Endeavour Wellness Amenities
- VOYA spa treatments and beauty products (charges apply)
- Juice and Smoothie bar (charges apply)
- Yoga and stretching classes
- His & Hers saunas
- Well equipped gym
- Heated salt water pool


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ST. LOUIS - Twenty-eight of the 124 student-athletes named to the spring edition of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) All-Academic Team were student-athletes at Greenville College.
A total of 308 student-athletes received SLIAC All-Academic honors this year, 36 of which earned multiple honors. Greenville College led all Conference schools with 67 total All-Academic honors, five of which were two-time recipients. Webster University was next with 50 All-Academic honorees, six of which were two-time recipients, and Principia College was right behind with 48 total and nine two-time recipients.
Spring Recipients are varsity members of the baseball, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track & field, or women's track & field squads for the Spring 2012 season. Other selection criteria include: (1) Minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average, (2) At least sophomore academic standing and (3) Have at least one full year at current institution (first year transfers and true freshmen are not eligible).
Greenville's spring recipients included:
Name, Year, Sport, Hometown/High School, Major(s)
Kyle Boldt, SR, BB, Ashley, Ill./Woodlawn Community High School, Biology
Mitchell Cernek, SO, BB, Clinton, Wis./Clinton Senior High School, Physical Education
Tyler Mitchell, JR, BB, Zeigler, Ill./Zeigler-Royalton High School, Physical Education
Adam Wallace, SR, BB, Shipman, Ill./Southwestern High School, Business Management, Recreation
Rachel Brewer, SR, SB, Smithboro, Ill./Mulberry Grove High School, Early Childhood Education
Matteson Fairchild, JR, SB, Gridley, Ill./El Paso High School, Spanish Education
Maria Rodriguez, JR, SB, Elkhart, Ind./Concord High School, Biology, Chemistry
Darci Sample, JR, SB, Sherman, Ill./Williamsville High School, History and Political Science, Social Work
Lindsey Schuberth, SR, SB, Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs High School, Biology, Communication
Jonathan Allen, SR, MT, Marion, Ill./Marion High School, Biology, Chemistry
Ryan Mulholland, SR, MT, Greenville, Ill./Bond County Cmty Unit #2 H Sch, History and Political Science, Recreation
Ian Wolf, SR, MT, Greenville, Ill./Bond County Cmty Unit #2 H Sch, History Education
Jamie Harling, SR, WT, Hillsboro, Ill./Hillsboro High School, Elementary Education, Spanish
Katherine Maurer, SR, WT, Greenville, Ill./Lindsay Thurber Composite H S, Elementary Education
Kimberly Minshall, SR, WT, Lakewood, Colo./Wheat Ridge Sr High School, Digital Media
Kristin Minshall, SR, WT, Lakewood, Colo./Wheat Ridge Sr High School, Digital Media
Ross Baker, JR, MTF, Fisher, Ill./Saint Joseph-Ogden High School, Mathematics Education
Anthony Buttram, SO, MTF, Vine Grove, Ky./Meade County High School, Computer and Information Systems
Josh Dees, JR, MTF, Saint Joseph, Ill./Saint Joseph-Ogden High School, Biology, Psychology
Jehosuah Kuusisto, SO, MTF, Show Low, Ariz./Show Low High School, Physical Education, Recreation
Matthew Pollek, SR, MTF, Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls High School, Business Management
Trevor Thompson, SR, MTF, Williamsville, Ill./Williamsville High School, Communication, History and Political Science
Nathaniel Young, SR, MTF, Groveland, Ill./Morton High School, Chemistry Education
Paige Dodson, SR, WTF, Vandalia, Ill./Vandalia Community High School, Psychology
Haley Fahnstrom, SR, WTF, Canton, Ill./Canton High School, Mathematics Education
Margaret McMurtrey, SO, WTF, Morton, Ill./Morton High School, Communication, English
Rose Nelson, SO, WTF, Edwards, Ill./Brimfield High School, Accounting
Carisa Wilson, JR, WTF, Shelbyville, Ill./Shelbyville High School, Biology


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ncarrol wrote:See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity
See the section under SSID hidden.
If the access point is configured as hidden, you will have to add it manually. Be aware that the access point should be set to open and that some access points may not be compatible with the XO (search on topic Linksys WRT G54). There is a compatibility table on the wiki .
Even with visible access points, for the first time you will have to go to "neighborhood" and click on icon for the access point and supply the code. You will need to know if WEP, WPA1, or WPA2 is used.
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