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TAMPA, Fla. - Kiley Shultz says her healthy, 12-year-old golden retriever, Apollo got sick the day after his third monthly dose.
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So the army's coming over for dinner and you need to come up with something to feed them. How about cooking up a whole hog? It'll serve nearly 40-50 people so it's a great choice for that church social or the family reunion.
The first thing you'll need is a place to do the cooking. You can run out and spend $1000 or so on a good high quality smoker or you can put one together in the backyard. Depending on how industrious you feel, you could buy some plans or you could rig one
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Who doesn't love a clambake -- especially here in Northeast Ohio, one of the nation's top markets for bakes.
Putting together a clambake is pretty easy. Especially if you're not set on digging a pit, lining it with glowing rocks and the whole beachside spiel. A stovetop or patio bake is the way to go.
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If you've ever hungered for the lipsmackin' taste of real barbecue (as opposed to the charred chops most weekend chefs whip up on their grills), perhaps it's time you considered building your own backyard barbecue pit. The back-to-basics cookers are much easier to construct than you might think, and require no fancy equipment or utensils. In fact, I actually dug my family's pit myself in the hard, rocky soil of New Hampshire!
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NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Culliver slowly walked to his table at the Marriott New Orleans, cap on, waiting for the media horde to part so he could get through to his seat.
The San Francisco 49ers cornerback looked very much like a man who knew what was coming. One day after being ignored by the media, Culliver knew he was in for 45 uncomfortable minutes because of his comments about not accepting a gay teammate. The 49ers quickly released a statement rejecting Culliver's words, and Culliver apologized in a statement issued Wednesday night.
Thursday's media availability was something to endure. The crush of media around Culliver was suffocating just to look at. It appeared he had tears in his eyes.
Once he was seated, Culliver repeatedly apologized in a number of different ways.
"That's not what's in my heart," he said.
Culliver spoke about his conversations with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and said he also spoke with many other 49ers officials and his own family members, including his mother.
"I told (Harbaugh) how I feel in my heart. That's not how I feel in my heart," Culliver said.
Other than that, Culliver kept his conversations with others private. He said at another point that he was just "kidding around" when he made the comments.
Harbaugh repeated the message.
"There's not malice in his heart," the coach said. "He's not an ugly person. He's not a discriminatory person. I really believe that this is something that he'll learn and grow from."
Culliver's comments toward homosexuals were regrettable, to say the least. And now he has experienced a very public shaming. After watching him Thursday, there's no doubt Culliver paid a price for his remarks. It's something he should learn from.
By the end of a session full of awkward silences, Culliver simply seemed to be in a daze. He looked like a young kid, wondering what the hell just happened.
We talk about "distractions" all the time in professional sports. Watching Culliver, I couldn't help but wonder how this experience will affect him in the coming days.
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Discovery to air Everest documentary on May 4
NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has announced May 4 as the airdate for a documentary on last week's Mount Everest avalanche that killed more than a dozen mountain guides.
The 90-minute special, "Everest Avalanche Tragedy," will air at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
Several of the Sherpas killed were helping prepare for American Joby Ogwyn's (JOE-bee OH-gwinn) planned jump from the summit in a wingsuit. Discovery planned to telecast the stunt on May 11. Thirteen bodies were recovered at the mountain's treacherous Khumbu Icefall, with three people still missing.
Earlier this week, Discovery canceled the jump.
The network said the documentary will include footage of the rescue attempts as well as eyewitness accounts. It will serve as a tribute to all the Sherpas and their families affected by the tragedy.
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Team GB boss Stuart Pearce will make a decision on striker Daniel Sturridge's Olympic football dream after Friday night's friendly against Brazil.
The 22-year-old Chelsea frontman is battling his way back to fitness after being diagnosed with viral meningitis and remains a doubt for the tournament, which gets under way next week.
However, he is back in training and doing well, and Pearce is hopeful he will be ready to face Senegal in the Great Britain side's first group game. Pearce said: "He looks very good, to be fair. Obviously, we are hoping to play him in some part of the game tomorrow, and really make a final judgment call at that stage."
He continued: "But everything we have asked of him at the moment, he's done. He's come through that okay.
"He has been blowing on occasions when he has done, but I think the game from a physical point of view, will tell us quite a lot."
Pearce's men face gold medal favourites Brazil at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium knowing their own credentials will be put to the test, and that they are likely to be some way behind the South Americans in terms of preparation.
Pearce added: "We know we are not where we want to be at the moment. We are in this build-up process and the game and the fitness the game will give us will be a fantastic pointer to where we actually are at this moment in time.
"As I said to them when they first walked through the door, we need to be peaking for the Senegal game and we have to accept that we are going to get fitter and stronger day by day.
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Scouts Troop 279, which meets at Worcester Prep, recently visited La Casita, an
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Professor of Sociology H. Wesley Perkins and Professor of Chemistry David Craig P'05 have worked in partnership for more than three decades developing, implementing and growing the Social Norms Approach, a nationally-recognized, award-winning, interdisciplinary strategy for reducing risk-taking behaviors. The Social Norms Approach promotes health and prevents problem behaviors by combining research methods and theories from sociology and chemistry with biochemical science and computer modeling.
Over the years, Perkins and Craig have established that most people misperceive healthy norms, assuming that it is typical for their peers to engage in risk-taking behaviors. Those misperceptions actually cause much of the problem: people believe their peers are risk-takers, so they feel justified in participating in risk-taking behavior as well.
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At Hobart and William Smith, Perkins and Craig's research methodologies and prevention-related work range from large scale population surveys of student drinking attitudes and practices to the delivery of information through computer program software and to late night anonymous breathalyzer testing of blood alcohol concentrations documenting actual patterns and problems of drinking.
The pair also collaborates on the Alcohol Education Project at Hobart and William Smith, which provides research, educational resources, and strategies to reduce alcohol and other drug abuse throughout the U.S. and internationally. In 1999 and again in 2005, the Project received a national award from the U.S. Department of Education as a Model Prevention Program in Higher Education.
As a result of their interventions on the Hobart and William Smith campus, evidence shows HWS students demonstrating more realistic perceptions of peer behavior, decreased problem behavior, and growth in positive behavior. In addition to implementing the Social Norms Approach at other colleges, Perkins and Craig have conducted research and helped implement social norms programs in diverse middle and high schools throughout the U.S. When they later set out to develop a social norms program specifically aimed at student-athletes, the NCAA saw enough potential in the program to sponsor a nine-school pilot, based on the HWS model.
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I have known about Wilhelm for a long time. He was born in 1842 in Prussia. He became a wealthy land owner and had tenant farms. According to stories, he served in the Prussian army and had a crippled little finger. He played the violin and was a choir director. Because of political reasons, Wilhelm immigrated to the United States, probably in the mid-1860's, and settled in Russell Twp., Sheboygan Co., WI. There, he farmed and was the choir master at St. Joe Catholic Church.
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Let the AK rumor mill get to work…
This isn't the first AK-to-somewhere-in-Europe rumor we* have seen.
*By "we," I mean "I," unless you are also crazy enough to be doing Google News searches in languages you don't read or speak.
So far this offseason, there have already been reports (link in Russian) that Andrei received a 2-year, $12.5 million offer from Russian ball club Spartak St. Petersburg, which also happens to be the first professional basketball team AK ever played for…which he did at the tender age of 15.
Meanwhile, the president of CSKA Moscow, AK's second pro team, has said (also Russian), per Google Translate:
Andrei Kirilenko with his talent, experience and energy are able to successfully pursue a career as a club in the NBA and Europe. But we must proceed from the desire of the player. We have repeatedly talked with Andrew recently, and as far as I know, its priority-the NBA. Although Victor Khryapa would be happy to sign the CSKA his friend, with whom they have long dreamed to play together.
There's also been reported (in Turkish) interest from Enes Kanter's former team (and Gordan Giricek's most recent team), Fenerbahce.
Today, I think, we move from speculative reports to semi-concrete stories.
C has been sending me bits and pieces from Spanish sports newspaper Marca in the past few days. She got them from the .pdf versions of the paper, so I don't have links.
From the 7/4 edition (in the original Spanish, followed by her translation):
El último en saltar a la palestra fue Andréi Kirilenko. El ruso, tras jugar 10 años en Utah Jazz, asegura que le gustaría jugar en España: "Es la Liga más fuerte del continente, sería interesante probar allí. Además, si el lockout acaba, yo no tendría que volver a la NBA porque soy agente libre". Pese a todo, no se moja: "Mencionar un equipo es prematuro, mi agente me presentará una lista con ofertas en dos semanas".
The last one to say something was Andrei Kirilenko. The Russian, after playing 10 years in the Utah Jazz, said he would like to play in Spain: "It's the strongest league on the continent, and it would be interesting to play there. In addition, if the lockout ends, I won't have to return to the NBA because I'm a free agent." In spite of everything, he refused to commit: "Talking about one team is premature; my agent will present me with a list of offers in two weeks."
And from the 7/7 edition:
C's translation of the part pertaining to AK:
Andrei Kirilenko offered last week to be [Real Madrid's] forward. The Russian international, who wants to return to Europe, asked for 4 million euros per season. The club doesn't have that much in next year's budget, even though they had set aside a quantity to sign Rudy [Fernandez].
What's going through my head: If AK elects to stay in Europe beyond the lockout, it would be way less painful than if he signs with another NBA team. Meanwhile, if during the lockout he signs with some European team and through some quirky, whimsical twist of fate Fes ends up on that same team as well, the NBA can just keep on locking itself out as far as I'm concerned. :)
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Statement by John Dyer,
Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration
before the House Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
April 21, 1998
Chairman Porter and Members of the Subcommittee:
I am pleased to be here to testify today concerning the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to prepare for the Year 2000.
SSA became aware of the Year 2000 problem and began planning for it in 1989 to make sure that the payments we make to more than 48 million beneficiaries will nor be in jeopardy. Because we were on the forefront of Year 2000 preparation, our Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Systems, Kathleen Adams, who joins me here today. was asked to Chair the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council Committee on Year 2000. The purpose of this committee is to share lessons learned and best practices in addressing the Year 2000 challenge, address cross-cutting issues affecting all government agencies and identify ways to manage resources in solving the Year 2000 problem.
For SSA, Year 2000 preparation has meant reviewing systems supported by more than 33 million lines of in-house application software, as well as hundreds of vendor products, and coordinating efforts with State and Federal agencies and third parties. By the end of fiscal year 2000, we will have spent $42 million on the Year 2000 effort for both in-house and contracted activities. We believe that our early start in addressing the issue has allowed us to manage the Year 2000 effort without requesting additional resources.
We have used a systematic approach to making sure systems are Year 2000 compliant. This approach consists of five phases:
- The Awareness phase, in which we defined the Year 2000 problem and ensured that everyone in 55A was aware of it;
- The Assessment phase, in which we identified our core business processes, analyzed the systems supporting these processes, identified resources, and developed a detailed schedule for making corrections;
- The Renovation Phase, in which we converted databases and are renovating software and modifying interfaces;
- The Validation phase, in which we are testing converted or replaced software; and
- The Implementation phase, in which we will implement convened or
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SSA has completed the first two phases as well as more than 90 percent of the renovation phase of its Year 2000 program. We are in the process of testing all of our renovated systems in our Year 2000 Test Facility. We are on schedule to complete testing of all systems by December 31, 1998, and to have all systems implemented into production in January 1999, providing a full year for post-implementation review.
How is SSA Progressing in Resolving Its Year 2000 Problem
As of March 31, 1998, SSA had renovated more than 90 percent of the Agency's mission-critical systems. These mission-critical systems support our core business processes-enumeration, earnings, claims, post entitlement, and informing the public through which we maintain the accuracy of beneficiary records and process and adjudicate claims. SSA has also renovated 53 percent of its non-mission-critical systems. All of SSA' s systems are scheduled to be Year 2000 compliant by December of this year"
In addition, we have taken an active role in addressing the issue of Year 2000 compliance in case processing systems used by the State Disability Determination Services (DDSs) and data exchanges between SSA and other entities.
Furthermore, SSA has developed plans to address the Year 2000 problem in the areas of our telecommunications and hardware infrastructure and facilities infrastructure. We have inventoried all components of these infrastructures and have plans in place to upgrade or replace all non-compliant equipment. We are working with the vendor community, the General Services Administration, and the CIO Council Committee on Year 2000 to test vendor fixes.
What Obstacles Stand In The Way Of The Completion Of Preparations For Year 2000
In October, 1997, the General Accounting Office issued a report entitled, "Social Security Administration: Significant Progress Made in Year 2000 Effort. But Key Risks Remain." The report was generally very complimentary of SSA' s Year 2000 program; however, it identified three concerns--DDS systems compliance, data exchanges, and contingency planning. At the time the report was issued we were addressing all three areas and we continue to do so.
DDS Software Compliance
SSA has focused increased attention on ensuring that State DDS systems, which are used in determining the medical eligibility of disability applicants, are made Year 2000 compliant by December 1998. There are 55 DDSs: one in each of the States and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico. Guam, and the Virgin Islands, as well as the Federal DDS at SSA Central Office in Baltimore. Since DDSs are fully funded by SSA. Year 2000 compliance activity costs in the DDSs were not borne by the States.
We requested and received Year 2000 plans from each of the DDSs that identify specific milestones, resources, and schedules for completing Year 2000 conversion activities. All DDS systems are scheduled to be Year 2000 compliant by SSA 's target of December 1998. As of today, twenty-one DDS systems have been renovated, tested and implemented. These DDSs are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington DC, Wisconsin, and the Federal DDS.
We are working closely with each DDS on monitoring and oversight of DDS Year 2000 activities. SSA has a DDS Year 2000 Project Team working full time on DDS Year 2000 activities. Each DDS has named a Year 2000 Project Coordinator. In addition, each SSA regional office has named a DDS Year 2000 Coordinator for the DDSs in that region. The SSA DDS Year 2000 Project Team and SSA's Year 2000 Program Manager are in constant communication with the DDS Year 2000 Project Coordinators, Regional Office Coordinators, and State systems contractor representatives. The progress in each State continues to be monitored and tracked against project milestones in the State 's Year 2000 plan.
Since the majority of the DDSs (43) contract with one of two vendors for their systems, S5A decided to enter into a contract with each vendor to cover all of the Year 2000 conversion work for these 43 systems. This was done to enable Year 2000 conversion work to begin more rapidly and to allow SSA to exercise a greater degree of comrol to ensure the Year 2000 conversions are done timely. The DDSs which do not use these vendors' systems use either in-house systems, other vendor systems, or are not automated. The States using other systems have all entered into contracts with their vendors, or planned for in-house changes to their systems, respectively. There arc five DDSs that do not have automated claims processing systems.
We believe these actions and oversight activities, together with a close working relationship with the DDSs, will enable us to meet our schedule of making the DDS systems Year 2000 compliant by December 1998.
Data Exchanges
SSA has been actively addressing the issue of data exchanges which occur between SSA and other Federal agencies, States, and third parties. We have inventoried all of our external exchanges. In order to formally track the progress of each external data exchange, SSA developed the Data Exchange Tracking System (DETS). SSA has just over 2,000 data exchanges with Federal agencies, States, or third parties. For example, SSA exchanges data with the Treasury Department to make benefit payments and with the States to verify death records.
We have been in contact with all of our trading partners regard ing the format and schedule for making these data exchanges compliant. Thus far, 65 percent of our data exchanges have been made Year 2000 compliant and implemented. We are in the process of negotiating, scheduling, and implementing remaining changes. Our target is to have all data exchanges implemented by December 1998.
We are focusing particular attention on our exchanges which affect benefit
payments. We are working very closely with the Treasury Department to ensure
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks and direct deposit
payments for January 2000 will be on time. The testing plans for Social Security and
SSI payments have been approved by SSA and Treasury. Joint testing of files began
on March 4, 1998. and testing is going as planned. In addition to testing with Treasury, we have agreements to test from SSA, through Treasury and the Federal Reserve's Automated Clearing House, for direct deposit payments.
Contingency Planning
On March 31, 1998, we issued the SSA Business Continuity and Contingency Plan. The plan addresses the core business functions, including disability claims processing functions supported by the DDSs, which must be supported if Year 2000 conversion activities experience unforeseen disruptions. The plan identifies potential risks to business processes, ways to mitigate each risk, and strategies for ensuring continuity of operations if planned correct ions are not completed or if systems fail to operate as intended. The plan, which also identifies milestones, target dates, and responsible components for developing local contingency plans and procedures throughout all of SSA's operating components, will be updated quarterly and used to track development and testing of local contingencies planned throughout the agency.
We certainly hope that there will be no need to activate the SSA Business Continuity and Contingency Plan. However, if there are unforeseen, Year 2000-induced disruptions, this contingency plan will be implemented to ensure continuation of SSA's vital services to the public.
Will SSA' s Data Systems Be Ready for the Transition to the New Millennium?
There is no question that the Year 2000 problem is the biggest challenge ever facing the information technology industry. Since SSA is so dependent on computers to do its business and serve the public, we have taken this problem very seriously and dedicated the resources to address it in a timely manner.
Because of our early attention to this challenge, we are confident that our systems will function on and after the Year 2000 to ensure that our core business processes proceed smoothly and without disruption as we move into the 21st century. When we open our offices for business on January 3, 2000, we expect to be prepared to provide our full complement of services to the American Public with the accuracy and reliability they have come to expect from SSA. And, if there are unforeseen problems, we will have contingency plans in place to assure continuity of SSA's business operations.
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The PCM has detected an abnormality in the torque converter clutch pressure control solenoid circuit. The computer controlled automatic transmission uses varying degrees of torque converter clutch application (also called torque converter lock up) to maximize engine power and optimize fuel efficiency.
Although code setting parameters vary greatly from one manufacturer (and model) to another, virtually every application utilizes calculations based upon throttle position, engine load, engine speed, and vehicle speed to determine the desired degree of torque converter clutch application. If the desired amount of torque converter "lock up" fails to coincide with the actual amount detected, a code will be stored and a malfunction indicator lamp may be illuminated. Some applications require multiple failure cycles in order for a service engine soon lamp to be illuminated.
These may vary from no detectable symptoms at all to a failure of the torque converter clutch to disengage. This symptom will also be accompanied by an engine stall when coming to a stop with the engine idling. Other symptoms may include harsh shifting, transmission slippage, transmission overheating, decreased fuel efficiency, a stored code, and possibly an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp. Other torque converter clutch, lock up, or transmission slippage codes often accompany this code.
Common causes include a faulty torque converter clutch pressure control solenoid, a defective torque converter, hydraulic blockages inside the internal transmission fluid passages, mechanical internal transmission failures, low transmission fluid, dirty or contaminated transmission fluid, a faulty PCM or transmission control module.
Technicians report that torque converter clutch wiring malfunctions are often overlooked and torque converter control solenoids/torque converters are frequently replaced in error.


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Career Stats
• Played in a program-record 150 games in a Duke uniform, including 103 starts, and averaged 7.2 points and 6.3 rebounds; finished his career tied for seventh in NCAA history with 150 games played
• Helped lead Duke to a 124-26 record in games in which he played, the third-most victories in program history
• Went 67-2 (.971) at Cameron Indoor Stadium over the course of his career, the most home wins and second-best home winning percentage in Duke history
• Played in 12 NCAA Tournament games, helping Duke win its fifth NCAA championship in 2015; owned career NCAA Tournament averages of 3.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks
• Finished his career ranked third in Duke history in offensive rebounds (361), seventh in blocks (138), 11th in total rebounds (944) and 59th in scoring (1,079)
• Capped his career with the second-best field goal percentage in Duke history at .620 (min. 300 FGM)
• Just the 11th player in Duke history to amass 1,000 points and 900 rebounds in his career
• Scored in double figures 49 times, had double-figure rebounds 29 times and compiled 17 double-doubles
• A three-time team captain
• The only player in Duke history to be named to the All-ACC Academic Team four times
• A Senior CLASS Award finalist and a first-team Senior CLASS Award All-American
• Named to the All-ACC Tournament second team after averaging 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks to help Duke become the first team to win four games in four days to take the championship
• A Hall of Fame Tip-Off All-Tournament Team member after averaging 16.5 points and 15.0 rebounds in two games in Connecticut as Duke captured the tournament trophy
• Named ACC Player of the Week once (12/12)
• A member of the preseason watch list for the Karl Malone Award
• Started all 35 games in which he played, averaging 10.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 29.7 minutes
• For the season, ranked third in the ACC in blocks (1.9), fifth in double-doubles (9), sixth in total rebounds (8.4), eighth in defensive rebounds (6.0) and 10th in offensive rebounds (2.4)
• Averaged 8.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in ACC play while dealing with a bruised foot
• Ranked eighth in the ACC in blocks (1.4) and 14th in rebounds (6.7) in league games
• Averaged a double-double in two NCAA Tournament games with 11.0 points and 10.5 rebounds to go along with 4.5 blocks
• Led Duke in rebounds 17 times and assists on five occasions
• Posted 21 double-figure scoring games, 12 double-figure rebound games and nine double-doubles
• Ranked 13th on Duke's single-season chart with a career-best 65 blocks
• Had 15 points, seven rebounds and five blocks in the home win over Grand Canyon (11/12)
• Scored 16 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked four shots in Duke's win over Penn State in the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off (11/19)
• Put up 17 points and 15 rebounds in the win over No. 21 Rhode Island to claim the Hall of Fame Tip-Off title (11/20)
• Tallied 15 points and 10 rebounds in the home win over William & Mary (11/23)
• Netted 17 points and 13 rebounds to help Duke beat Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (11/29)
• Scored 20 points and handed out four assists in the home win over Maine (12/3)
• Poured in a career-high 24 points to go with 15 rebounds and four blocks as Duke defeated No. 21 Florida at Madison Square Garden as part of the Jimmy V Classic (12/6)
• Posted 14 points and seven rebounds in the home win over Georgia Tech (1/4)
• Had 15 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in the Blue Devils' home victory over Pittsburgh (2/4)
• Recorded 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting, collected seven rebounds and swatted five shots in the home win over Wake Forest (2/18)
• Put up a double-double on Senior Night with 14 points and 11 boards in a win over No. 15 Florida State (2/28)
• Opened the ACC Tournament with a double-double in the win over Clemson (3/8), finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds
• Scored 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting, secured five rebounds and blocked three shots as Duke defeated No. 22 Notre Dame to take the ACC Tournament crown (3/11)
• Recorded 14 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high-tying six blocks against South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Member of the All-ACC Academic Team
• Started the first nine games of the season, averaging 11.4 points and 10.3 rebounds while shooting .683 from the floor
• Missed the final 27 games of the season with a right foot fracture
• Prior to his injury, led Duke in rebounds eight times and posted three double-doubles in nine games
• Opened the season with a career high-tying 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting in a home win over Siena (11/13)
• Scored 16 points and tied his career high with 15 rebounds against No. 2 Kentucky at the Champions Classic in Chicago (11/17)
• Played a career high-tying 35 minutes in a home win over Indiana (12/2), finishing with 11 rebounds, a career-best eight assists and three blocks
• Member of the All-ACC Academic Team
• Played in all 39 games, making 26 starts
• Averaged 6.1 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting .631 from the floor
• Ranked 20th in the ACC in rebound average (5.8) and led Duke in rebounds nine times
• Ranked second on the team with an average of 2.3 offensive rebounds per game
• Scored in double figures 10 times on the season and recorded three double-doubles
• Averaged 2.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in the six NCAA Tournament games on Duke's run to the 2015 national title
• Netted a career-high 19 points and added seven rebounds in a win at No. 6 Louisville (1/17)
• Scored 13 points and blocked a career-high six shots in Duke's overtime home win over No. 15 North Carolina (2/18)
• Provided a defensive spark with seven rebounds and three blocks in the win over No. 3 Wisconsin in the national championship game (4/6)
• Member of the All-ACC Academic Team
• Played in all 35 games with 26 starts, averaging 6.5 points and 6.9 rebounds while shooting .644 from the field
• For the season, ranked fourth in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (2.9) and 11th in total rebounds per game (6.9)
• Raised his rebounding numbers to 7.2 total rebounds and 3.1 offensive boards per game in ACC play; ranked seventh in total rebounds and fourth in offensive rebounds in ACC action
• Led Duke in rebounds 11 times on the season and posted eight games with double-figure boards
• Scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting against Kansas in the Champions Classic in Chicago (11/12)
• Tallied 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in a home win over Virginia (1/13)
• Fueled a win at No. 18 Pittsburgh (1/27) with 14 points and 10 rebounds
• Named to the ACC All-Tournament second team after averaging 7.7 points and 8.0 rebounds to help lead Duke to the championship game
• Member of the All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in 32 games with seven starts, averaging 4.0 points and 2.9 rebounds
• Averaged 1.3 offensive rebounds per game, second-best on the team
• Scored in double figures six times on the year
• Recorded 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in a home win over Maryland (1/26)
• Scored a season-high 14 points in a home win over Boston College (2/24)
High School
• Ranked as the No. 21 overall recruit in the 2012 high school class by Scout, as well as No. 25 by ESPN and No. 36 by Rivals
• Selected for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Game, where he scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds
• Named Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and Philadelphia Inquirer Player of the Year as both a junior and senior
• Led Friends Central to a 98-14 record and four Pennsylvania Independent Schools Tournament titles
• Finished his high school career with 1,569 points, 839 rebounds and 189 blocks
• A USA Today second-team All-USA as a senior in 2012 after averaging 19.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game
• Led the 2011 NBPA Top 100 Camp in scoring with an average of 20.8 points per game
• Averaged 19.4 points and 7.0 rebounds at the 2011 adidas Nations
• Averaged 17.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game as a junior at Friends Central
• Born Amile O. Jefferson on May 7, 1993, in Philadelphia
• Son of Malcolm Musgrove and Quetta Jefferson
• Father played basketball at Delaware State from 1992-94
• Has a brother, Malcolm, and four sisters, Amoni, Amesa, Amea and Milan


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South Korea & Seoul - Korean Travel, Culture and Business
Welcome to Seoul Korea Asia dot com, the home of the Seoul Expert! South Korea has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, rising to become one of the strongest economies in Asia. Seoul and South Korea has also begun to gain exposure worldwide with events such as the 2002 Football World Cup and Boryeong Mud Weekend. Recently Added: Learn about the best foods in Korea and the best hotels in Gangnam.
Getting to Seoul, Korea
Information all about Seoul, South Korea including getting there.
Korean Culture & People
Find Korean photos of various aspects of Korea including the food and cuisine.
Living In Seooul: Read the Book
Read about everything to do with Seoul and South Korea with the experiences an English Teachers experiences.
Korean Business Culture
South Korea has become a big economy and learning about Korean business culture can be very beneficial for Korean business.
Seoul is a city which is very good also for vacation and holiday accommodation for visitors to the city. There are a number of good quality hotels an option for budget conscious travellers is to rent a private holiday home in Asia. This is a cheap way to spend longer periods of time at your destination and also perfect for the expat, as the villa or apartment will be up to Western standards. You can also find more Seoul Hotels online with local Korean based travel companies. From Europe, flying from London or Amsterdam are the most popular routes. You can check amsterdam-culture.com for flight options with KLM from Europe.
Living in Seoul is a unique experience and for those of you looking to teach English in South Korea, this is a fascinating country and one which I can highly recommend. Korean music, food and culture are all aspects of Korean culture you have to experience and a trip to the demilitarised zone between North and South is an excellent day trip tour. Make sure also to check the deals that airlines such as KoreanAir offer from time to time.
The Korean F1 Grand Prix and Seoul Marathon are two events which also attract many people to this country and which help the Korean economy. You can also find also maps and football on this site. UK 21-07-2019 Local Time.
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The Club Suite is a unique space that combines four Luxury Suites into one expansive shared suite that can accommodate up to 74 guests on a game day or non-game day. Located in left field on the SAP Suite Level, the Club Suite features an indoor lounge with plush leather couches, private restrooms and high-definition televisions adjacent to an outdoor seating area that overlooks the playing field.
Exact capacities for each configuration depend upon overall setup requirements for each individual event. Capacities are subject to change without notice.
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The A-B-C of language learning – or what does Babbel do better than other language learning software?
Read this post in German, French, Spanish, Italian
A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. In Europe for several years now, these have been the names for foreign language levels. But what do they mean? The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) of the Council of Europe calls beginner levels A1/A2, intermediate B1/B2 and advanced C1/C2.
Before the introduction of the CEFR, language skills were primarily evaluated through grammar and vocabulary knowledge, i.e. could learners translate correctly, build grammatical forms and spell? Digital learning products in this tradition predominantly consist of fill-in-the-blank exercises – for all language levels. The higher the level, the more complex the words or grammar forms that must be filled in. But unfortunately a specialist in grammar with knowledge acquired from books cannot always get around in the real world; anyone who got good grades in a foreign language at school but can't speak a word abroad knows this.
The CEFR has a different approach. Levels A1 to C2 show how well learners can cope with reading, speaking, writing and listening in various real-life communication situations. To cite a few examples of the skill "writing": at level A1 you can fill in a form, at B1 you can write a simple private letter, at C1 you can already write an essay on complex topics.
The CEFR focuses on communication and action orientation – the level descriptions for A1-C2 do not correspond to specific grammar points or vocabulary! Especially self-learners at a beginner level however need to build up a basis of grammar and vocabulary first. They should understand how their new language works, and they need a few scraps of it to face their first real communication situations (even if with short, memorized phrases).
What has this got to do with Babbel? With our beginner courses 1-6, you reach level A2. This is the level at which most people find/found themselves at the end of a few years of school. This year we're publishing (bit by bit for various languages) our in-depth courses, where you can learn B1 level skills step-by-step.
In the Babbel courses for beginners, the focus is on the most important grammar and vocabulary topics, but these are always oriented towards real-life situations. In the new in-depth courses, it's the other way around: grammar and vocabulary are greatly reduced and the emphasis is put on action – that means learning how to listen, speak, read and write in specific everyday situations.
In every unit of the in-depth courses we tell a story in which these four skills are exercised. Part 1 is all about listening and speaking: After a short vocabulary introduction there is dictation, listening comprehension texts, pronunciation exercises with speech recognition – and at the end there is a role-play as a speaker in one of the dialogues. Part 2 continues with reading and writing – with translation exercises, reading comprehension texts and free writing tasks, always within the story. Grammar is implicitly introduced in the vocab of part 1 of every unit and explained in part 2, as well as exercised with the help of reading and writing tasks.
So while most language learning products at intermediate levels simply resort to more complex fill-in-the-blank vocabulary and grammar exercises, Babbel's in-depth courses teach real communication skills. Babbel's first in-depth course is for French and there are more to follow this year.
Try out our French in-depth course here!
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This System is intended to be used by all Departments, Agencies and Corporations of Maharashtra for processing
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For process of application for digital certificate, click here.
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|Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide
Release 2 (9.2)
Part Number A96584-01
More OCI Relational Functions, 33 of 106
Compares two LOB/FILE locators for equality.
sword OCILobIsEqual ( OCIEnv *envhp, CONST OCILobLocator *x, CONST OCILobLocator *y, boolean *is_equal );
The OCI environment handle.
LOB locator to compare.
LOB locator to compare.
TRUE, if the LOB locators are equal; FALSE if they are not.
Compares the given LOB/FILE locators for equality. Two LOB/FILE locators are equal if and only if they both refer to the same LOB/FILE value.
NULL locators are considered not equal by this function.
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Russell, John (1745-1806) (DNB00)
RUSSELL, JOHN (1745–1806), portrait-painter, born on 29 March 1745 at 32 High Street, Guildford, was the son of John Russell, book and print seller of Guildford, and five times mayor of that town; the father was something of an artist, and drew and published two views of Guildford. Russell was educated at the Guildford grammar school, and soon showed a strong inclination for art. In 1759 he gained a premium at the Society of Arts. At an early age he was apprenticed by his father to Francis Cotes [q. v.], who lived in Cavendish Square, London. When nineteen years of age he became strongly affected by the religious views of the methodists, and was 'converted,' as he records on the title-page of his diary, 'at about half an hour after seven in the evening' of 30 Sept. 1764. His evangelical ardour caused disputes with his master and his own family. At home or abroad, in season and out of season, he never ceased from preaching and disputation. He endeavoured to convert as well as paint his sitters, and, while staying with Lord Montague at Cowdray House in 1767, he not only annoyed the household, but excited such ill-feeling among the many Roman catholics of the neighbourhood that, on his return journey, he was refused accommodation at all the inns at Midhurst. He was shortly afterwards, in 1768, the cause of a riot at Guildford. He was now practising art in London on his own account, lodging at Mr. Haley's, watchmaker, John Street, Portland Street, and he formed the acquaintance of the celebrated Dr. William Dodd [q. v.], whose portrait (now in the National Portrait Gallery) he painted in 1768. He was introduced to Selina, countess of Huntingdon [see Hastings, Selina], who tried in vain to induce him to give up painting and go to her college at Trevecca. On 5 Feb. 1770 he married Hannah Faden (one of the daughters of a print and map seller at Charing Cross), whom he had 'converted.' They lived at No. 7 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, whither he had moved (2 Jan. 1770).
By this time he had obtained some reputation by his portraits in coloured crayons. All the pictures mentioned here were, unless otherwise stated, produced in that medium. He formed his style of crayon-painting on that of Rosalba Carriera, whose pictures of 'The Seasons' he purchased of the artist. In 1768 he exhibited three portraits at the Incorporated Society of Artists (two in oil and one in crayon), and in 1769 had sent 'Micoe and her son Tootac' (Esquimaux Indians, brought over by Commodore, afterwards Sir Hugh, Palliser) to the first exhibition of the Royal Academy. In May of the next year he painted a portrait of George Whitefield, and in December obtained the gold medal of the academy for a large figure of 'Aquarius' (now belonging to Mr. H. Webb of Wimbledon, who married one of the artist's grandchildren). In 1770 he painted William Wilberforce, the philanthropist, then eleven years old. The picture is now in the National Portrait Gallery. In 1771 he exhibited at the Royal Academy a portrait in oils of Charles Wesley, which is now at the Wesley Centenary Hall in Bishopsgate Street. In 1772 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and painted the Countess of Huntingdon in pastel, for the orphan home in Georgia. This was a symbolic picture, and was lost on its voyage out; but it was engraved. He afterwards painted her in oil, and this picture is at Cheshunt College. In the following year (1773) he painted John Wesley. This portrait and that of Whitefield are lost, but they were both engraved, the Whitefield by Watson and the Wesley by Bland. Though his religion appears to have become less militant after his marriage, his diary bears witness to his anxiety with regard to his spiritual welfare. He not only would not work on Sunday, but he would allow no one to enter his painting-room. He was afraid to go out to dinner on account of the loose and blasphemous conversation which he might hear. He was on good terms with Sir Joshua Reynolds, with whom he dined at the academy, the Dilettanti Society, and the Literary Club (now The Club), but he records that on these or other festive occasions he always left early.
In 1788, after twelve years' waiting, he was elected a royal academician, and drew an admirable portrait of Sir Joseph Banks in crayons. This and other portraits of the family (Banks's mother, his sister, and his wife) are among his finest works. In 1789 he moved to No. 21 Newman Street, where he resided till his death. In this year he received a commission from George III to paint Dr. Willis, and the king was so pleased with the picture (in crayons) that he commanded him to paint the queen and the prince of Wales. The picture of the queen was exhibited in 1790, in the catalogue of which year Russell is styled 'Painter to the King and the Prince of Wales.' In the following year appeared a portrait of the prince and another of 'Smoaker the Prince of Wales's Bather at Brighton' (a commission from the prince), and also a portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert. In the catalogue of 1792 he is styled 'Painter to the King and Prince of Wales, also to the Duke of York,' and in this year exhibited a second portrait of the prince of Wales, this time in his uniform as president of the Kentish bowmen. In 1796 he painted the princess of Wales with the infant Princess Charlotte on her knees, which was sent as a present to the Duchess of Brunswick, and he exhibited a portrait of 'Martha Gunn, a celebrated bathing woman of Brighton,' a commission from the prince of Wales, and a companion to the 'Smoaker.' Of the royal portraits executed by Russell there remain four of the Duke of York and one of the Duchess of Brunswick, which are the property of the crown; the rest, though they were engraved, have disappeared, but the portraits of 'Smoaker' and Martha Gunn are still at Buckingham Palace.
At this period Russell was in easy circumstances. A small freehold estate in Dorking was left him in 1781 by a cousin named Sharp. In 1786 he had 600l. a year, and in 1789 he records his income as 1,000l., 'and probably on the increase.' He appears to have been well employed as long as he lived, and to have commanded about the same prices as Sir Joshua Reynolds. Despite, however, royal patronage, he never became a fashionable painter, and among his sitters will be found few of the notabilities of the day who were unconnected with the throne or the pulpit. In the latter part of his life he spent much of his time in Yorkshire, especially at Leeds, where he had many friends and executed some of his best works. In his own opinion his finest picture (1796) was a group of Mrs. Jeans and her two sons, now at Shorwell Vicarage, Isle of Wight, which has been engraved under the title of 'Mother's Holiday.' Among his portraits, interesting for their subjects, are: Philip Stanhope, the son of Lord Chesterfield; John Bacon, the sculptor; Bartolozzi, the engraver; Cowper, the poet; William Wilberforce, the philanthropist (1801); Admiral Bligh of the Bounty; Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Siddons; the Rev. John Newton of Olney (in the possession of the Church Missionary Society); the Earl of Exeter and a group of his three children by the 'dairymaid' countess; Jack Bannister and John Palmer, the actors (both at the Garrick Club); Sir James Smith, founder of the Linnean Society (in the possession of the society); Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Robert Merry (Della Crusca). He painted also a few fancy pieces, mostly of children. One of them, 'Girl with Cherries,' is in the Louvre. Several portraits and pictures were painted for Dr. Robert James Thornton, and were engraved for Thornton's 'Illustrations of the Sexual System of Linnæus' (1799). The portraits include those of Dr. J. E. Smith and A. B. Bourke, which now belong to the Linnean Society.
Of the few pictures painted by Russell in oil, the best are: 'Mrs. Plowden and Children,' Charles Wesley, Samuel Wesley when a boy, and the Rev. J. Chandler when a boy, in cricketing costume.
In 1772 Russell published 'The Elements of Painting with Crayons,' a second and enlarged edition of which appeared in 1777. He also wrote two essays for Sir Joshua Reynolds (now in the British Museum in the Ward collection of manuscripts). One is on 'Prosaic Numbers, or Rhythm in Prose,' and the other on 'Taste.' They are stilted in style and full of platitudes. He is said to have written three short articles in the 'Evangelical Magazine,' of which he was one of the original committee.
Russell was also an astronomer, and was introduced, about 1784, to Sir William Herschel, whose portrait, painted by Russell, is at Littlemore, Oxford. He made, with the assistance of his daughter, a lunar map, which he engraved on two plates which formed a globe showing the visible surface of the moon. It took twenty years to finish, and is now in the Radcliffe observatory of Oxford. He also invented an apparatus for exhibiting the phenomena of the moon, which he called 'Selenographia.' One of these is at the Radcliffe observatory, and another in the possession of Mr. F. H. Webb. An explanatory pamphlet, with a folding plate and another illustration, was printed by W. Faden in 1797; and a further pamphlet was issued after his death by his son William.
Russell kept his diary in the Byrom system of shorthand; it ends on 4 Jan. 1801. In 1803 he became deaf after an attack of cholera, in 1804 his father died, and in 1806 he went to Hull, where he was visited by Kirke White. He died of typhus fever on 20 April 1806, and was buried under the choir of Holy Trinity, Hull.
Russell was a constant exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1805, and three of his pictures were sent to the exhibition of 1806. Altogether 332 works of his appeared on the academy walls, and he executed from seven to eight hundred portraits. Many of these are missing, probably on account of the material (crayon), which, though permanent when well treated, is easily destroyed beyond repair.
Of his twelve sons, William Russell (1780–1870), exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy from 1805 to 1809. The National Portrait Gallery contains a portrait of Judge Bailey by him. He was ordained in 1809, and gave up painting. He was forty years rector of Shepperton, Middlesex, and died on 14 Sept. 1870.
[John Russell, R.A., by George C. Williamson (with an introduction by Lord Ronald Gower), is based on his diary, supplemented by that of John Bacon, jun., son of John Bacon the sculptor, who was one of Russell's most intimate friends.]


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Talen te leren is moelijk. Unless for me. Ik ben 49 jaar oud and to learn languages is not my best skill.
My english is not perfect even I took a cursus in my country many years ago and have practiced it often with my partner the last year. But love is powerful.
Cloudfoam Neo Sneakers Women's adidas Black Advantage I decided change my life to come Nederland and be here with my blue prince. I am journalist and teacher also. The dutch grammar structure makes me crazy, because my mother tongue is Spanish. Altough, as ballet dancer ( I was) I know if you be in focus and practice every day the skills will be development. I am grateful because dutch grammar is helping me a lot to understand why the dutch people speaks different than me. Your english is clear so I can understandi it perfect. I started Dutch Grammar 20 days ago and I have learned much more than the last year with Naar Nederland Cursus.
Now I get the answers about many questions. Waarom is nieuw jaar niet nieuwe jaar (with extra e, voorbeeld)? Nu, begrijp ik het
Before I asked my partner and he tried to give me the answers but usually he can not. Simply, for them is that because it is.
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adidas Women's Advantage Neo Sneakers Cloudfoam Black I have asked people in the stores and on the streets of Rotterdam who were Dutch Nationals… if they thought Dutch for American was more difficult to learn than English for a Dutch Person. Most Always – they said Dutch leaning for Americans was harder than English for Dutch. I am married to a Dutch lady and have been trying off and on for 12 yrs now to grasp Dutch. I may be at a 5 yr old level??.Becoming a brain surgeon would be easier – IMHO…LOL!!
At least your article made me smile, because I can see the difficulties you must experience. Even though I am Afrikaans speaking and therefore a lot of those problems will not be as huge for me, even Afrikaans speakers find it not so easy to understand Dutch.
And the picture on top – i have so much empathy!
Hoi, Bart! I'm Russian and now I'm learning English and Dutch. When I started to learn Dutch all my Dutch and Belgian friends told me that that Dutch is very difficult for foreigners. But from the first steps, I understood that Dutch is much easier for me than English. I even had strange feeling that I knew this language before. I tried to analyze this feeling, why it is so. And now I see more and more in common between Dutch and Russian. Much more, than between English and Russian. And I really enjoy Dutch. But – yes, it's still very difficult for me to understand Dutch-speaking. And all these small words also are rather a difficult topic, but here I see again that in Russian we also use a lot of such words, I just need to analyze this topic a bit more. Thank you very much for all your wonderful lessons! I'm sure that with your help I will know Dutch well!
I will add another point.
As an Englishman, for example, I say 'nijmegen ', sounding the 'en' at the end of the word.
A Dutch person says ' nijmeger' and this applies to many Dutch words.
This, in my view, is lazy, and confused me even more!
Ik vind de Nederlandse taal niet moeilijk maar wat wel moeilijk is, is dat er veel voorzetsels voor een woord zijn en de betekenis is anders. Ik vertaal ook de zinnen van het Engels naar het Nederlands en dat is fout. Ik wil graag netjes praten en echt snel zonder aarzelen. Is dat mogelijk? Nogmaals bedankt voor uw tijd. Nina
I find the same thing as Howard, but think this will get better with practice. I am currently learning Spanish too and am having the same experience there. Hardest bit for me is all the "tch nog maar we eens" as this cannot really be taught.
But my 3-year-old grandson doesn't seem to have any trouble learning Dutch & English. I don'r wish I were three, but I would like his ability to learn languages.
Hi Bart
Dutch is quite reasonable to learn. I am English and my partner is Dutch.
Advantage Women's Black Neo adidas Cloudfoam Sneakers However, I find it impossible to understand when Dutch is spoken to me at normal conversation speed by a dutch person. Additionally, when I listen to Dutch being spoken at normal speed when the Dutch speak together, then, on the whole, it's just noise without understanding except for a few phrases