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The award will be presented Jan. 16 at a dinner meeting of the Penn State Beaver Alumni Society and the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board. The award recipient must be able to attend the awards dinner.
Eligibility is limited to individuals who attended Penn State Beaver for one or more years and who graduated from Penn State. Consideration is given to alumni on the basis of their professional achievement, contributions to society and/or involvement with Penn State Beaver.
Nominations are solicited from alumni, the alumni society, the advisory board, the Beaver Valley Area Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, campus faculty and staff, and the public.
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Just a FYI for my fellow Nevada state people, that the Como, NV ghost town is now new upscale homes...no trace of the ghost town left...
Sad to read, and a little odd to be building homes at this rather remote location. thanks for posting!
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Cerverizzo Named to NSCAA All-East Region Team
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Sophomore midfielder Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III All-East Region Team. She received Third-Team honors.
Cerverizzo led the Farmingdale State women's soccer team to their third consecutive Skyline Conference Championship and an impressive 15-5-3 overall record. She helped the Rams lead the conference offensively in points, goals and assists as well as goals allowed, goals against average and shutouts on the defensive end.
Cerverizzo scored nine goals this season, which ranked ninth in the Skyline Conference. She was tied for second on the team and fifth in the conference with three game-winning goals. Cerverizzo had 18 points on the year, which was third best on the team.
The 2009 National Soccer Coaches Association of America NCAA Division III Women's All-East Region Team is as follows...
First Team
K - Amanda Davis - So. William Smith
D - Eileen Boylan - Sr. University of Rochester
D - Lindsey Feuz - Sr. SUNY Geneseo
D - Andrea Janda - Jr. Ithaca
D - Lindsay Schmitt - Jr. Skidmore
M - Beth Cherry - Sr. SUNY Oneonta
M - Reilly Condidorio - So. SUNY Fredonia
M - Allison Cuozzo - Sr. Union
M - Amy Scheffer - Sr. Ithaca
F - Ellen Coleman - So. University of Rochester
F - Bridgette DeSantis - So. SUNY-Cortland
F - Brelynn Nasypany - Jr. William Smith
Second Team
K - Celeste Hornbach - Sr. University of Rochester
D - Katherine Polido - So. St. Lawrence
D - Melissa vandenBerg - Sr. SUNY Oneonta
D - Kendra Wulczyn - Sr. Hamilton
M - Erica Conte - Jr. Nazareth
M - Emily Quirk -Sr. Skidmore
M - Jamie Sawyer - So. William Smith
F - Kayla Brantmayer - Fr. SUNY Oneonta
F - Rachael Palladino - Fr. Ithaca
F - Kathryn Redmond - So. William Smith
F - Bridgette Varin - Jr. University of Rochester
Third Team
K - Pamela Monnier - Jr SUNY Cortland
D - Kaitlin Collica - Sr. Plattsburgh State
D - Sarah Frisicano - Jr. RIT
D - Lauren Koppel - Sr. Ithaca
M - Jane Burroughs - Jr. SUNY Technology
M - Katrina Cerverizzo - So. Farmingdale State
M - Nicole Gibaud - Sr. Brockport State
F - Anne Graveley - Jr. Hamilton .
F - Lauren Heilweil - Sr. SUNY Fredonia
F - Jenni Hibbard - Sr. Skidmore
F - Filiz Kipcakli - Jr. New York University
F - Kristen Raina - Jr. SUNY-Cobleskill
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Patrick Alain's three books on Leadership/Management are the product of ten years of research on the corporate world. It is his effort to share one of the most invaluable skills in life: "Communicate like a pro". With his master communication skills, Patrick Alain helped to develop multi-awarded video games bestsellers which include Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and the Midnight Club Series.
Patrick Alain was born in Paris, France and has lived in a number of countries throughout his life. Being fluent in five languages, Alain attributes much of his success to his capability of vitally participating in large elitist teams.
Since 2004, Alain lives in San Diego with his wife and daughter. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Paris and runs a real estate company in San Diego.
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Teodora Guererra's abstract artistic vision has evolved throughout her years spent painting and teaching in Fairfield County, Connecticut; Tucson, Arizona, and upstate New York. Arizona's naturally radiant landscape and arid climate led her to experiment with rich under-painting and vivid color; while the shifting seasons of the East Coast inspired Guererra to pursue dripping and staining techniques. Her focus has always been pushing the limits through experimentation with new materials.
"As an artist, painting can be tormenting and sublime at the same time. I'm a big risk taker, constantly experimenting with new and different materials to layer, stain and saturate color on large surfaces. My most successful work achieves a sense of fluid movement with saturated color, that is complex yet minimalistic."
Guererra received her undergraduate and graduate art degrees from Southern Connecticut University, The College of Saint Rose and Skidmore College.
Guererra's paintings can be found in public and private collections across the U.S., including the Allmen Health and Wellness Center for Women in New York and SUNY Brockport, NY, William & Sonoma, San Francisco, CA.
Her influences are Pat Steir, John McCracken, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Jud, Bernar Venet, Agnes Martin and Brian Rutenberg.
"Sometimes the few people I see ask, where have you been, and I smile and say I've been traveling, which sometimes is true but often I've been in my studio for far too long. I'm a bit of a recluse so you will probably never meet me, but you will see my artwork. I am also a bit of an addict, because I can't stop thinking about the painting I am working on or the next one I want to start. And finally, I'm a big risk taker, so the work is often a series of continuous failures until I can work it out and then, when everything comes together, it's heaven. Painting can be tormenting and sublime at the same time which make the challenge to finish a completed work so addicting. I am interested in the staining and saturation of color and my most successful work achieves a clean color vibrancy, with a sense of fluid movement. The end result should be a painting that glides us across the canvas like a symphony, drowning out all the everyday noise we live in."


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IRVING, TX — The master franchise agreement that Gold's Gym International announced last month was a long time in the making.
The agreement, signed with Al Ahli Holding Group, an organization based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calls for 26 new Gold's Gyms to be built in four Arab Gulf countries — UAE, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain. The deal also provides an opportunity for Al Ahli to operate an additional 66 clubs spanning from South Africa to Morocco and from Cyprus to Jordan, covering a total of 13 countries.
Al Ahli could potentially become the largest Gold's Gym master franchisee in the world.
"I've been working with Al Ahli since March of last year," Joel Tallman, senior vice president of franchising and global operations for Gold's Gym International, told Club Industry. "We spent a long time getting to know one another. We're very comfortable with this group. To sum it up, it's the biggest deal we've ever done at Gold's Gym."
Terms of the deal were not announced.
Tallman adds that it was important for Al Ahli to bring a well-known American brand into the Arab region.
"In the UAE, outside of hotels — and most luxury hotels have a fitness component to them — there really wasn't that much competition," Tallman says.
According to the agreement, Al Ahli has to have its first facility up and running within 24 months, Tallman says, but based on discussions, he thinks the group will have gyms operating before the end of the year.
Last year, Gold's, which has 176 clubs outside the United States, signed a 20-year contract extension with the master franchisee covering India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The Irving, TX-based company also signed a separate agreement last year to open 26 gyms in the Philippines.


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10 One-Handed Snacks for New Moms
Know a new mom? Or are you a new mom yourself? One-handed snacks in the first few weeks can really save the day. When nursing around the clock, new moms expend the calories of a bricklayer. Treat a new mom you know (or treat yourself) with any of these simple-to-eat snacks.
Why One-Handed?
One-handed snacks make it easy for mom to get some nourishment while giving baby some too. Nursing generally takes one hand and leaves another free for one-handed typing, snacking, or reading. Hours are spent in those early days sitting with the little nursling, so having snacks like these on hand can really come in handy. Not to mention the fact that they're also easy to serve to older siblings who will inevitably want a snack when Mom's having one!
So, if you're looking for ideas on what to take to a new mom, consider the one-handed snack in lieu of the frozen lasagna (a go-to that many others may have already brought the growing family). Or if you're an expecting mom, store some of these away for those first postpartum days.
10 One-Handed Snacks for New Moms
- Muesli Snacking Cookies
- Roasted Edamame with Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper
- DIY Nutri-Grain Fruit and Nut Bars
- Deluxe Tropical Trail Mix
- Maple-Butter Spiced Popcorn
- Grown-Up Prosciutto & Cheddar Hot Pockets
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Energy Bars
- Savory Cheese-Herb Granola
- Wasabi-Toasted Nori Crisps
- Yogurt-Covered Cranberries
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I am probably a delusional crank with a lot of crazy, overly speculative conjectures. If I am not delusional, than at the very least I've been ahead of the curve, the last 40 or so years. I was a proponent of M-brane theory before many physicists took string theory seriously.
In 1965, I said von Neumann made a faulty assumption in his mathematical proof that no hidden-variable theory was possible for QM. At the time, very few PhD physicists in the world would have agreed with me. In 1985, I independently discovered Hugh Everett's theory. When I presented it to a dozen PhD physicists, they all said it was silly. Not one informed me that Hugh Everett had proposed it in 1959.
Here are my questions:
Could the number of microstates in a universe increase proportional to the size of a universe? As space-time inflates from a singularity could the number of microstates in the universe increase proportionally? Would this imply entropy increases with space-time inflation, and decreases with space-time deflation? How many microstates are there in a singularity? (With all due respect to Bekenstein radiation. Has Bekenstein radiation ever been proved?)
Hugh Everett -- matter-energy takes every quantum pathway. Hartle and Hawking -- space-time takes every quantum pathway. Max Tegmark -- Matter-Energy and Space-Time takes every possible pathway.
In black holes, temperature-pressure increases, and space-time decreases. What does it mean that time decreases? Time decreasing implies time-reversal. Hawking once thought entropy decreased in black holes. Now he claims that was his greatest blunder. What did Einstein think was his greatest blunder? Was he right?
If the temperature-pressure of all the matter-energy in the universe is increasing, doesn't that imply decreasing entropy. Could inflation be the cause for a cooling universe, the 2LoT, entropy and the arrow of time? Could deflation of space-time be the cause of a hotter universe?
When space-time deflates what happens to matter-energy? Does it change from a gas to a liquid to a solid to a solid that is more dense, more unified, and more compact till it reaches a quantum singularity?
Since when does carrying too much metaphysical baggage disquality a physics theory? Wasn't that the argument the Roman Catholic church had with Galileo's theory that the Sun, not the Earth was at the center of the solar system? Does Hugh Everett's theory really carry more metaphysical baggage than SR, GR, and the CI of QM? Did the straightforward interpretation of GR imply an expanding universe? Did the straightforward interpretation of Dirac's equations predict the positron? Why did Einstein and Dirac not interpret their equations in the most natural way possible?
When Brian Greene first proposed string theory, I said to myself it will eventually become a brane theory. Nothing infinitismal or infinite has ever been observed in the real universe. "Infinitismal" and "infinite" are mathematical abstractions, and Platonic idealizations. They may exist in the real world, but I would not presume they exist, since they have never been observed.
The space-time beyond the event horizon of black holes, and the space-time just following the big bang are just as inaccessible as Everett's other universes. We can't travel into the past and we can't look beyond the event horizon of black holes. Does that mean we can't talk about the time immediately following the BB? Does that mean what exists in beyond the event horizon of black holes will always just be speculative?
Everett's theory not only resolves all the paradoxes of QM, it not only restores QM to classical deterministic theory, it also justifies the anthropic principle.
When I was eight years old I believed Max Tagmark's AUH. I just couldn't believe there was just one universe, or just a limited number of universes. When I was eight my uncle said, if we can never observe those universes they might as well be non-existant. At the time, I accepted what he said. But it turns out that everything in the universe that exists is needed to explain the universe we observe.
There is a wine bottle analogy to explain hidden symmetry. From the top of the wine bottle we can observe hidden symmetry and hidden unity. From a higher plane we can see that the BB singularity is coeval with the present. This explaines entanglement. Einstein was right, there is no spooky action at a distance, because the universe is a branching manifold or tree. From our perspective there can be great space-time distance between two electrons, but from the top of the wine bottle looking down there is zero space-time distance between two electrons. That is why tunneling is possible.
From the perspective of a photon the universe has no width along its axis of travel. It travels no distance, and takes no time to get to its destination. Photons have the perspective of the top of the wine bottle. Everything is entangled because everything is in some sense is still connected and unified in the BB singularity.
Einstein and Edward Tryon both believed in a zero energy universe.
When the average person uses the word energy, they really mean exergy. Exergy is related to entropy. And they are both related to equilibrium, non-equilibrium, and Carnot's cycle. In a universe that is in perfect equilibrium you can't have exergy and you can't have low-entropy, can you?
I believe in a block-time, Eternal universe. What creates the illusion of motion, what creates the illusion of space-time? Our consciousness. Our consciousness is the only thing that moves. We experience space and time because our consciousness can only perceive a fustrum of the whole. It is our consciousness moveing through space-time that produces the illusion of motion. Our consciousness experiences the universe from a single location at the bottom of the wine bottle. Our perspective prevents us from seeing the hidden symmetry, and the hidden unity of the universe. From a higher plane, from a higher dimension looking down on our universe, there is no time, there is a perfect symmetry and a perfect unity.
What does heterotic, bosonic, E8xE8, M-brane theory say about this?
Physics without mathematical equations is nothing, but mathematical equations without interpretation is nothing. Einstein used non-mathematical thought experiments to advance physics. How was that possible if physics is just math?
Light of a certain wavelenth strikes the retina. There an electrical signal travels down the optic nerve to the visual cortex in the brain. Then the brain does something remarkable that physics so far is unable to explain. Our brains create color. The difference between blue light and red light is energy frequency, not color. So many people confuse light of a particular frequency with the effect it produces in human brains. Blue light is not blue. Blue light produces the sensation of blue only in human brains.
Other creatures that can differentiate between different frquency EM radiation may have a completely different sensation than we have when we experience blue light. The thing our brains sense is not light but an electrical signal produced in our retinas. The reality we experience and observe is a virtual reality most likely created by a real external universe. But we should never confuse our experiences and observations with the real universe, which is devoid of color. We see solid objects, but we know the solid objects we see are not solid at all. We just see emitted and reflected EM radition from "electrons" traveling very fast. Perhaps, electrons are just fluxtuations in a complex, multidimensional field, perhaps one that is imaginary.
There is an analogy that explains hidden symmetry by considering the view of from the top of the wine bottle looking down. Sometimes, I think you can actually see that hidden symmetry a lot better looking at the bottom of the wine bottle by looking up through the top of the wine bottle, after you have removed it from your lips.
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Can you resolve this paradox? Let's assume I just created a universe with ten particles in a group in one location, and another ten particles in a group in another location. One group is hotter than the other. The two groups are one light-year apart. The hotter group will emit infrared radiation to the cooler group. How does the hotter group know if the other group is hotter or colder? If the two groups are not in direct contact with each other how does the hotter group know it is hotter?
According to the laws of GR, suppose a creature has a lifespan of ten years. Is it theoretically possible for that creature to travel a distance of a eleven lights before his/her death without ever traveling faster than light, without tunneling? 40 years ago, I realized you don't have to travel faster than light to travel great distances, because the faster you travel, the slower time moves for you, and the shorter distance you need to travel. If you travel 165,000 miles/second for one second, then stop, you will have aged one second, but you will find you have traveled 4 times 165,000 miles. When you travel 165,000 miles/sec, the distance to your distination will decreases by 1/2, and your time will pass half as fast the destination you are traveling to (Assuming your destination is stationary with respect to Earth.). Use the Lorentz transformations and do the math.
Tachyons cannot theoretically exist according to GR, not because they travel backwards in time, but rather because they would overshoot the universe. Suppose you were able to travel arbitrarily close to "c" At some speed, the most distant point in the universe would be no more than a foot away. That means you could to the most distant reaches of the universe in less than a second without ever travelling faster than "c," providing of course the universe didn't die first (The faster you travel, the slower your time moves, and the faster the universe you travel through ages. In the limit, the universe ages infinitely fast. Yet, when photons arrive at thier destination, the universe has only aged a finite amount of time. How is this possible? You gain knowledge by resolving paradoxes. You don't really understand GR, until you understand how the paradoxes of GR are resolved.)
Suppose you could go back in time. Suppose you traveled one second back in time. Where would you be? Most likely in the same place you are now. Where would your former self be? Opps. If you traveled backwards in time, there would be two of you occupying the exact same space. What happens when two nuclei occupy the same space? This presumes of course there is just one past. If Hartle and Hawking are right (Hartle & Hawkings NBP), and time starts at the S. Pole of a hypersphere, and ends the the N. Pole of a hypersphere, there are many ways back to the S. Pole from any place on the sphere.
By the way, "white hole" is really a misnomer. The oppose of a black hole is a white projection. Really "black holes" should be called black, imploding, deflating space-time vortexes or drains, and white holes should be called: white, exploding, inflating space-time fountains. Black holes are part of the universes plumbing. They are like drains in a waterfountain leading to a main drain leading to water main leading to a fountain. Black holes lead to a baby universe--our baby universe. I know present observation lead physicists today to claim the inflation of the universe is accelerating, and the universe will experience heat death. I predict by the time all dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity dust settles, physicists will realize our universe will end in a Big Crunch. I've been right about everything else.
Imagine the universe as a heat pump with no external enviroment. Refrigerant (matter-energy) flashes and explodes out of a tiny orifice into an expansion chamber (evaporater) into an expanding universe, into an inflacting space-time. There the hot-condensed refrigerant expands, cools, and undergoes a change of state, it turns from liquid to a gas (in the case of our universe from a hot dense singularity to cooler matter-energy and radiation). It continues to cool until it gets sucked into a compressor, into a deflating, contracting space. Black holes are compressors. They compress matter-energy the exact same way a heat pump compressor compresses refrigerant. Compressors work by confining refrigerant in a smaller and smaller volume. The temperature and pressure of the refrigerant increases as the volume decreases. The refrigerant exits the compressor and travels through a very narrow tube called a capillary tube. You can call the capillary tube a worm hole. Finally the hot, dense liquid refrigerant (matter-energy) exits the capillary tube through a single tiny orifice where it explodes into an expansion, an expanding, inflated chamber.
Since I view the universe as an eternal block time universe, there is no moving refrigerant. I see the universe as a klein bottle, with cold, low temperature, low pressure, diffuse gas in the large chamber, and high temperature, high pressure liquid in the thin handle.
Escher's waterfall is not possible in the three dimensions, but is possible in four geometric dimensions. In many ways, the universe resembles a still of Escher's waterfall, though from our prespective water moves in it, just like from our prespective matter-energy moves through our universe. That is because we see frustums of world-lines, frustums of world-sheets, and frustums of world-branes (world-manifolds).
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The easy-to-use Samsung NX3000 is designed for users new to mirrorless cameras. Although it doesn't make us jump and shout, we can't argue with its price.
Beautiful picture quality and superb battery life
Some interesting specs in a teeny tiny body
Pros: Stills and video quality, build quality.
It's very small and it can take good pictures, but it's not well designed
Samsung gets the cheers for designing an incredibly small interchangeable lens camera, and it'll fill a niche with select customers, especially the selfie generation. Photographically, it isn't strong enough to replace cameras with larger sensors.
Sharp kit lens, Excellent high ISO performance
Deliver significantly more features and performance
Sharp images even from kit lens, Great Wi-Fi connectivity
Image quality, Build quality and design
The monster bridge camera with the monster zoom lens
The Samsung WB2200F is somewhat of a strange-looking duck, but definitely check it out if you're in the market for a mega-zoom.
Good performance at higher ISO settings
Delivers excellent still image quality
Very good image quality, Very good Wi-Fi connectivity
Good, compact design, Sound ISO noise control
Impressive image quality, AT&T/T-Mobile LTE connectivity
Excellent image quality
Slow processing, No physical buttons
Android OS and 3G/4G connectivity
Excellent wireless features and an abundance of shooting options
Sharp images, Integrated Wi-Fi
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May 18, 2006
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship -- Peter Drucker
LOS ANGELES - What does the world's first self-service bar have to do with new combinations of medicines to fight disease? What does new middle ware for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) networks have in common with Internet business and marketing consulting. And what does in-vitro fertilization have to do with any of them?
The answer: They are the business ideas and innovations represented by the five finalists in the 2006 Knapp Venture Competition. Now in its 25th year, the student-run competition, hosted by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Entrepreneur Association, is designed to provide UCLA Anderson students with an intensive learning experience in the venture initiation process. The finals of the 2006 Knapp Venture Competition will be held Thursday, May 25, 2006 on the UCLA Anderson campus.
The five final teams represent a vast array of business plans. John Tabis ('06) says his Filling Station team seeks to "empower bar goers through a patent-pending, self-service beer interface – a gas pump at your table that serves beer." Synergy Therapeutics' Matt Panuwat ('06) says, "We're combining approved drugs together into a single formulation." Precision Reproduction is also in the bio-med field. According to Greg Samson ('07), they've "developed, patented and tested a device and procedure for in-vitro fertilization that improves success rates and reduces risks for both mother and child."
Okoro Technologies is "an Internet consulting business focused on providing high-quality professional services to small and medium businesses in Los Angeles and Orange County," according to John Okoro ('06). Logic Alloy specializes in easy to use middle ware for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) networks.
To this point, the process has been impressive. William Benjamin, managing director of The Benjamin Group served as judge during the Knapp semi-finals. He said, "Some of the plans (I saw) were amazingly good. The detail and the thought that went into the preparation was really something that I haven't seen before and I've been looking at business plans for twenty years." Michael Kerr, president of Bluestone Communities and also a semi-final judge concurred. "I was very impressed with the overall quality of the business plans and the students. It was apparent that their classroom preparation helped them create realistic plans. The finalists were well thought out business concepts that addressed the major issues involved in starting a business, such as domain knowledge combined with ambitious goals; coherent, believable financial projections and clear presentation of key concepts with supporting facts and details."
Most of the finalist's plans began as "real-life" business ideas – they weren't just created to enter into a competition. For example, the Filling Station's seed germinated when Tabis was an undergraduate student at Notre Dame. "A few friends and I were sick of waiting 15 minutes for a beer while bartenders collected women's phone numbers. But what makes the plan unique, viable and so profitable is all the work that has gone into it over the past year and a half." There is precedence. Numerous businesses have been launched over the years as a result of Knapp entries, including stamps.com and eFriendsnet. Last year, Knapp winner Auditude licensed its technology to Premiere Radio Networks, the syndication division of Clear Channel Communications (and won $135,450 from additional competitions).
This year's Knapp competition will award more than $20,000 in prizes, with the distribution left to the discretion of the judges. Among the judges this year are Betsey Wood Knapp, founder and chief executive officer, BigPictures Investors, LLC; Bud Knapp, chairman and chief executive officer, Knapp Foundation; Timothy C. Draper, founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and entrepreneurs Austin Murray of Jamdat, Ruth Owades of Calyx & Corolla, and Louise J. Wannier of myShape.
Visit the Knapp Competition Web site
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The Hope Scholarship
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On the Ball: Two teams ousted, survivors' games set
Times, sites set for OV hockey, Tiger football
BURLINGTON — Game times have been scheduled for the Otter Valley Union field hockey team and the Middlebury Union football team, two of the three remaining active local squads for this local high school season. The Division II champion MUHS boys' cross-country team had been already set to run in the New England meet at Thetford on Nov. 13.
On Thursday, the Vermont Principals' Association announced that the No. 3 OV stickers (12-4) would take on top-seeded Harwood (12-1-3) at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The site of that D-II field hockey final had already been determined: the artificial turf at the University of Vermont.
Also on Thursday morning, MUHS activities director Sean Farrell confirmed the football Tigers, at 9-0 the top seed in D-II, would host No. 4 Fair Haven (6-3) at 7 p.m. on Friday at Doc Collins Field.
There had been talk earlier in the week that bad weather might force MUHS to host the game at Middlebury College's artificial turf stadium on Saturday afternoon, but Farrell said volunteers spread tarps over most of the Tigers' home field before rain hit on Thursday morning. The tarps will stay in place as long as possible before game time on Friday, he said.
Farrell also issued a heads-up: Friday's game is a VPA-sanctioned event. Adults must pay $7 to attend, and students will be charged $4.
Tiger girls' soccer run ends in semi
By JOSH KAUFMAN, ST. ALBANS MESSENGER, & ANDY KIRKALDY
MILTON — The Middlebury Union High School girls' soccer team couldn't pull off a third straight playoff upset, finally bowing out of the Division II playoffs on Wednesday with a 4-0 semifinal loss to two-time defending state champion Milton.
The second-ranked host Yellowjackets took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Gina Abbiati on a free kick, but the No. 10 Tigers kept it a 1-0 game with strong defensive play and some crucial saves by goalkeeper Sydney Reigle.
Middlebury was never able to get through Milton's experienced midfield and defensive backfield to create chances, forcing goalie Hillary Turner to make just one routine save in the match. But through the middle of the second half, Milton wasn't able to pull away and it remained a one-goal game before the Yellowjackets found their scoring touch three times in a 12-minute span to put the win away.
Sam Rock set up consecutive goals for Milton, heading a corner kick back across the goalmouth for a Jenna Morrisey score with 18:15 left, and leading Danielle Hurley on a breakaway down the middle of the field 1:07 later to make it 3-0. Hurley finished the scoring for the day with her second goal, assisted by Erin Turner with 6:57 remaining.
Reigle handled the Yellowjackets' considerable pressure well, making some tough saves and several times charging out to prevent dangerous shots. She and Sarah Snider, who played the last dozen minutes in goal after Reigle left with an injury, combined for eight saves.
After a 2-9-3 regular season, Middlebury opened the playoffs with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Springfield then knocked off No. 14 Fair Haven in the quarterfinals, also 1-0. The season was the Tigers' best since MUHS won four regular season games earlier this decade, and the playoff wins were the program's first since the early 1990s.
Wednesday's game was the final in the program for seven seniors: defenders Rosalie Wright-Lapin and Megan Myers; defender/midfielder Kiera Hoefle; midfielders Liz Kelley, Jane McCabe and Snider; and striker Nicole Brown.
Hartford ousts MUHS field hockey
HARTFORD — Defending champion Hartford scored four straight second-half goals on Tuesday, and the host No. 2 Hurricanes dealt the No. 6 Middlebury Union High School field hockey team a 5-2 setback in a Division I semifinal.
The 15-0 Hurricanes advanced to a Saturday final against No. 1 South Burlington (16-0), while the Tigers finished a successful season at 8-6-3.
MUHS managed a winning record and two playoff victories, one a 3-2 upset of No. 3 Essex, despite graduating a half-dozen starters, including three players who started for Vermont in this past summer's Twin State victory vs. New Hampshire.
Hartford took a 1-0 first-half lead on the first of junior forward Shelby Yee's four goals. Tiger senior Katie Ritter equalized 29 seconds into the second half on an unassisted strike.
But Yee answered, once about a minute later, again nine minutes later, and finally with 16:18 left. Ashley Brown made it 5-1 before Ritter netted her own rebound in the late going to create the final score.
Tiger goalie Anjelica Swinhart was credited with nine stops, and senior Hannah Thorpe made a defensive save. Hartford goalie Emma Seaver stopped three shots.
The game marked the final game in an MUHS field hockey uniform for eight seniors: Ritter and Sara Higgins, both forwards; midfielder Tiffany Audet; defenders Paige Cummings, Nina Edson Katrina James and Thorpe; and Swinhart.
Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at [email protected].


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Positioned as an alternative to Rational tooling, MyEclipse Bling is offered to IBM shops as a means to fully adopt Spring technologies in their WebSphere-deployable applications all the way from inception through production release.
"Our clients asked if we could support WebSphere the way they needed, they asked for the advanced tooling already available in MyEclipse for Spring, and asked if we would be willing to stay true to our low pricing models in a combined offering," said Todd Williams, vice president of technology for the Genuitec.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Jermichael Finley has little doubt about his playing status this weekend.
``I'm feeling good about Sunday,'' the Green Bay Packers tight end said Friday.
The outlook for some of Finley's teammates is not so rosy.
Green Bay (2-3), which has been rocked by injuries early in the season, will be missing another starter when it faces the unbeaten Texans (5-0) on Sunday night in Houston. The Packers ruled out receiver Greg Jennings on their injury report Friday.
Jennings, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, has been sidelined since aggravating a groin injury in Green Bay's win over New Orleans on Sept. 30.
``We feel that he's probably at the spot where he was before he played against the Saints,'' Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. ``So we're going to go probably another six days before we even attempt to test him, is our plan.''
Running back Cedric Benson also won't play against the Texans. The Packers placed him on the new injured reserve/designated to return list this week after he injured his left foot in a loss at Indianapolis last Sunday.
Two other key players for Green Bay left that game with injuries: Finley (shoulder) and nose tackle B.J. Raji (ankle). Finley and Raji are questionable for the upcoming game.
Raji didn't practice this week. McCarthy said Finley and tight end D.J. Williams, who injured a hamstring in practice Wednesday and was out Thursday, jumped in for the last half of practice Friday.
``We got 'em as many reps as we possibly could, and we'll see how both of those guys are in the morning,'' McCarthy said.
Williams also is questionable for the matchup with the Texans.
The Packers weren't in pads for practice Friday. But McCarthy indicated the training staff tested Finley's injured right shoulder with contact in rehab work using a blocking sled before Finley rejoined the team for practice.
Finley said this week he had a partially dislocated AC joint in the shoulder.
With regard to getting Finley and also Williams possibly ready to play Sunday, McCarthy said: ``We've done the best we can as far as the physical part.''
``Now it's just about seeing how they are in the morning treatment and possibly maybe work both of those guys out before the game,'' McCarthy added.
Finley insisted earlier in the week he would play on Sunday, and remained positive following practice Friday.
``I'm glad I'm going to go, hopefully,'' Finley said. ``Coach has got me as questionable. I went from doubtful to questionable. So it's looking good.''
Finley doesn't foresee having any limitations with the bum shoulder, though he acknowledged his tolerance for contact in a game situation is an unknown variable.
``Catching the ball is the easy part with the shoulder,'' Finley said. ``Now it's just dipping (the shoulder) and taking that hit and landing right. It's going to be a big challenge come Sunday, but I'm up for it and ready to go.''
Playing with a little extra adrenaline also could help Finley, who is returning to his native Texas.
Finley grew up in a small town about 100 miles from Houston. He said he bought tickets for more than 30 family members and friends to attend the game.
``It's going to be humid and hot, so I'll be revved up and ready to go,'' Finley said. ``I won't even think about the shoulder unless it gets pounded pretty hard.''
Green Bay could be without one of its top run stoppers in the matchup with Arian Foster. The Texans' star running back leads the league with five rushing touchdowns and ranks second with 532 yards rushing.
McCarthy said Raji was further behind Finley and Williams in his recovery from an ankle sprain, but the Packers aren't ruling out the Pro Bowl lineman.
``We've had to prepare all week to go without B.J.,'' McCarthy said. ``That's the way you have to approach it from a coach's perspective. (But) B.J. is definitely at the point in his career if he's ready to go then we'll give him the opportunity to do that.''
NOTES: Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers said Friday CB Davon House is ``getting closer'' to playing for the first time this season. House, a starting candidate early in training camp, dislocated a shoulder in the first preseason game. House has practiced on a full-time basis the last two weeks but is questionable to play Sunday. ``Obviously, when he went down with his injury, we thought a lot of him,'' Capers said. ``But like any young guy, when you miss time, it takes you time to get back in that groove.'' . The Packers will play their first game at Houston since they beat the Texans 16-13 on a last-second field goal by Ryan Longwell in 2004. Capers was in his third season as the first head coach for the expansion Texans that year. He isn't getting sentimental about returning to Reliant Stadium on Sunday. ``I spent five years there, so obviously I spent a lot of time in that stadium getting things started,'' Capers said. ``But once things are over, you kind of close the book on that chapter and you move on. It means a lot more to me going down (there) trying to get a win for the Green Bay Packers.''


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Chichibu Newborn Heavily Peated
Review by Nonjatta contributor - Dramtastic:
Chichibu Newborn Heavily Peated. Cask No.452. 61.4 per cent alcohol.
Nose: Citric peat, diesel, chargilled steak. Water adds some floral notes
Palate: Chargrilled sirloin marinated in Old No.7 sauce with chargrilled eggplant and chargrilled capsicum on the side. Eucalyptus tree regrowth after a bush fire. Camphor, Kippers. Peppery spice, cigar smoke. With water becomes more citric/lemon and chocolatey. Perfectly drinkable neat at 61.4 per cent.
Finish: Peat, peppered gravy, chargrilled steak, cigar smoke, diesel, lemon. Long, warming and drying out at the end.
General comments: I'd heard good things about this. Seems they are true. Amazing balance and complexity for a 3-month-old new make.
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- chris said...
I really liked this one too. I am simply amazed with how much flavor gets packed into the malt in such a little amount of time. The Double Matured is good, but in a completely different vein. I also just saw they released the Mizunara Newborn. Let's see if the hits can keep coming.
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The statement released on Tuesday by the Fritz Pollard Alliance regarding the proposed expansion of the Rooney Rule omits a key exception to the request that the provision apply to all coordinator and assistant head-coaching positions.
The January 19 letter from the Fritz Pollard Alliance to the NFL indicates that the Rooney Rule would not apply to hires made by a head coach who has just been hired.
"[A]lthough we believe that a new head coach coming in should have the right to construct his staff as he wishes, in the case of a sitting head coach we propose that the Rooney Rule apply to all offensive and defensive coordinator and assistant head coach hirings," Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten and executive director Harry Carson wrote in a letter to NFL executive V.P. of human resources Robert Gulliver and NFL executive V.P. and general counsel Jeff Pash.
The exception could, in many cases, swallow the rule. Most of the hiring of coordinators happens when a new staff is put in place. The willingness to exempt newly-hired head coaches reflects the urgency of building a staff upon being hired. Still, that same urgency exists once a coordinator leaves.
So if the rule is going to be expanded to include coordinators and assistant head coaches, the rule should include all such hires, not some.


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OneMoreNameless wrote:I'll call this hypothetical system 'merchant slots'. Merchant slots are unlocked as a gold dump, the same as locker slots. Each merchant slot offers a random unlocked item as a possible prep, and these slots are reset each time the player wins a dungeon run. If the player wanted to (quickly as they could) prep a specific item from merchant slots, they would likely have to complete a number of successful runs and might be tempted just to breeze through easier dungeons until it showed up. This is mildly scummy and on about the same level as farming for gold, but it's still playing the game as intended. Compare to (quickly ...) filling a locker slot, which I've heard involves picking the same most efficient class and restarting runs over and over while doing little more than checking stores. Same time expenditure, but the merchant slot way is more enjoyable during that time. Both slots could also be filled by chance while the player plays normally; except in the merchant slot case the player doesn't have to worry about disadvantaging their current run for the sake of carrying the item on to a different strategy in their next run, so it's less likely to frustrate them.
The greater advantage of the merchant slots though is how they would encourage trying different combinations out. Every few runs the player might see an item available to prep and think "hey, what if ..." and give it a try. It's a bit like the PQI, prompting the player to spontaneously try something new just because they can. Whereas locker slots tend to encourage sticking with the same preps (for well-discussed and not all negative reasons) and possibly missing out on some strategies as a result.
I can show you design notes for the Bazaar that had exactly this functionality Here's why we didn't go with it:
It leads to worse scumming than the current locker/backpack system. You're misunderstanding how most items are earnable from a single specific dungeon run - beat a Silver challenge and the item that challenge originally unlocked is added to your "carried out" item pool when you leave the dungeon. Or you could beat a vicious dungeon for its reward item. The only items that need to be scummed for in a similar fashion to what you're describing above are initial shop pool items (Bloody Sigil, etc) which have a high chance of appearing in any shop and sub-dungeon specific items, which truly are rather rare.
We have done everything in our power to reduce scumming - playing 1 run is a lot less scummy than playing multiple easy runs. It's also a lot less boring playing a Silver challenge or vicious run, so that engages with the actual gameplay of DD much better. Even with Merchant items, people would have better chance of finding items by scumming shop runs with a Tinker anyway due to the higher number of shops than Merchant item slots. Players would still feel like they were scumming Merchant items with otherwise worthless (to them) wins, so it doesn't solve the problem of their gameplay time losing value.
Encouraging different combinations is what the Backpack is for: Players are more likely to see an item they might have a neat idea around in an actual dungeon run (again, larger sample size, plus sub-dungeon item chance, plus influence of shop vetos preventing undesirable items in shops), so having 3 or even 5 "extra" items doesn't help with that too much.
What do you think the impact of allowing players to pay 50 gold to "re-roll" their Merchant items might be?


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- Marlon Gibson weighed 405 pounds at his heaviest
- He lost 245 pounds by gradually reducing unhealthy food and exercising
- He believes accountability is the key to weight loss
In the third grade, Marlon Gibson was so overweight his mom had to take him to the men's store to buy his Easter suit.
"Even back then, I absolutely loved clothes," Gibson said. "That's what really keeps me honest with all this weight loss. I want to go to the mall to buy more than socks."
At his heaviest he weighed 405 pounds. Now the 5-foot-11-inch associate director of student conduct at Emory University in Atlanta weighs 160 pounds. Since January 2011, he's lost 245 pounds, or the equivalent of a gas stove.
He says anyone can do it his way: without surgery or a special diet program
"I always tell people it's the three p's: persistence, passion and perseverance," Gibson said.
The turning point came when the 34-year-old watched his wife tear up during "The Biggest Loser."
"She told me she loved me, but she worried that I wasn't going to be around long because of my weight," Gibson said. "I had to do something."
Gibson had been heavy all his life. Growing up, none of the adults in his family ever talked to him about healthy eating. They didn't have to, he says.
"My mom used to joke my dad would get kicked out of buffets, he had such a great appetite and such a great metabolism. He never had to work to be small," Gibson said. "My mom was never bigger than a size 6."
His mom tried to set a good example with daily exercise. "She was the person who got up and did her Jane Fonda video every morning," Gibson said. But he was an only child, and everyone in his family showed their love with food. His grandmother, especially, doted on him.
"She would take me to McDonald's nearly every day," Gibson said. "I did love a big cheeseburger and fries, and I never met a sweet I didn't like."
He wasn't much into sports or exercising either.
"I never learned to swim at camp because I'd get ear aches," Gibson said. "I remember playing kickball in second grade and broke my pinky finger. And from there on out, when they'd ask me to play, I'd say, 'Nope, I'm good.'"
As he steadily gained weight, Gibson said he was lucky that the kids didn't bully him about it.
"I've always had a great sense of humor and can deflect the attention from my being obese," Gibson said.
That sense of humor also got him in trouble. While attending an all-boys Catholic school in Ohio known for its orderly discipline, he served a lot of time in detention.
But being the class clown also paid off with fast friendships.
"I'm lucky; people have always been nice, or at least they try to be," Gibson said. "People would often give me a back-handed compliment like 'you're handsome for a fat kid.'"
He met his wife, Sheree, at a fraternity function in 2004. They were in graduate school at the time. They married two years later.
Soon after he watched her tear up over "The Biggest Loser," he cut himself trying to force a zipper closed on a pair of pants that were too tight. That's when he finally decided he had enough.
He had to lose weight, and he wanted to do it in a way that would stick.
Rather than cut out all bad food, he gradually reduced the amount he was eating.
"I loved fried chicken, so I decided I would eat six pieces instead of eight," Gibson said. "Then I'd reduce it further to four pieces, and then eventually dropped fried chicken all together. I ate meat more like it was a protein condiment. Now I don't eat any meat at all. I'm a dedicated vegan."
Gibson said he is "hyper vigilant" about what he eats now. He'll start the day with a protein shake before he heads off to the gym in the morning. After he works out, he eats oatmeal with apple slices. Lunch is vegetarian chili with a salad and more vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli or corn on the cob. Dinner is often popcorn, with an occasional smoothie for dessert.
"By now this kind of eating is a habit -- so much so that when I went to visit a friend in Iowa, I packed my popcorn and chili and ate it on my layover in Chicago," Gibson said.
He breaks from routine every once in awhile, though.
"In May I turned 34 and decided to splurge," Gibson said. "We went to a vegan bakery and got a slice of the hummingbird cake, which we split. I hadn't had cake since 2010."
Gibson also exercises daily. "Spinning is my favorite. I like to do two 70-minute spin classes back-to-back," Gibson said. He also runs at least 3 miles in the evening and does crunches and push-ups before bed.
Gibson stays focused with the help of a coach, Ryan Blanck, CEO of offtrackonpurpose.com. Blanck lives in North Carolina, so all their sessions are virtual. Gibson finds their sessions particularly effective.
"He gives me positive encouragement and tough love. I remember one time he said, 'Your motivation isn't where it once was.' That's all I needed to hear. When I went to the gym that day I told my wife drop me off further away -- I need the walk."
This healthy living has paid off. In addition to the weight loss, Gibson no longer needs high blood pressure medicine. He says he's "got energy for days."
He also loves to motivate others and talks about his weight loss at church and helps friends.
"This weight loss has transformed my life," Gibson said. "It's totally possible. You just have to hold yourself accountable."


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Two captured after fleeing in stolen car
Two men were in custody Thursday night after Savannah-Chatham police captured them following a foot chase on the east side.
Jeffery Williams, 23, and Marvin Bryant, 22, were captured about 5 p.m. in the area between East 37th and East 38th streets after they were observed driving a stolen black Toyota Camry taken earlier this month from Savannah Toyota, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
Inside the vehicle, that was undamaged, officers recovered two handguns and two laptop computers, Miller said. At least one of the handguns was reported stolen and officers are investigating the other items.
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The question is, is it better the lightest raceboard or is it better a heavier one?
Or maybe an intermedium one, not the lightest or the heaviest.
This question appeared to me all of a sudden when last week, I saw that mikes lab raceboard 2012 is 5.1kg and 2013 is 6.2kg.


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"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century, the king of beasts was assumed as an appropriate emblem by the sovereigns of England, Scotland, Norway, Denmark, the native princes of Wales, the counts of Flanders and Holland, and various other European potentates." — Chambers, 1881


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Lone Star College-Kingwood had its start in 1972 when seeds for a Union Junior College District were planted. Who would have imagined that a pasture of grazing cows would soon give way to a bustling community college serving the needs of students from Humble, Kingwood, New Caney, Porter, Splendora, and other communities along the U.S. 59 corridor.
Located just north of the San Jacinto River and west of U.S. 59, the original location for Lone Star College-Kingwood was chosen to attract students from Humble, Kingwood, New Caney, Porter, Splendora, and other communities along the U.S. 59 corridor. The 1984 opening of the East Campus as it was known in those days marked the realization of the original vision of W.W. Thorne and the Board of Trustees. It was Dr. Joe Airola, chancellor of the college district at the time, who turned that vision into reality.
Lester Burks, the college's first President, and Dr. Nellie Carr Thorogood, the first Dean of Instruction and second college President, quickly earned respect and affection as the early administrators of the college. Backed by strong administrative leadership, the founding faculty is credited with creating a strong identity focused upon instructional excellence. Under the leadership of Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., the East Campus became Lone Star College-Kingwood, and the little "College in the Woods" became a vital part of the surrounding community.
Today, under the leadership of Dr. Katherine Persson, the Lone Star College-Kingwood is growing exponentially! Despite increased size and diversity, the standard of excellence established by the founders remains today.


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Living In London – "Time, Is On Your Side"
When you are living in London you have to pay a visit to Greenwich. Not only is it an important historical site, it is a great day out along the river, and a fascinating look into time itself. The area is probably most famous for its connection to the navy and to maritime history in England. The town was originally a Royal palace, and many famous royals were born there, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. A number of noble homes were constructed along the river bank and it became a popular destination for the nobility during the 17th century.


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Any of you guys go to yours? I cant decide if I want to go or not.
I missed mine
Do you regret that?
Mine is this saturday, not attending my senior prom.
I didn't go to mine last Saturday. The main reasons I didn't go included the planning, the money it takes to go, and the size of the event. A good Tux, a fancy dinner, and a damn ride cost too much for me. Some might say it would've been worth it but hanging out with friends or a going out a on a date would've been just as memorable in my opinion. My friends went though and had a great time, so I still don't know how much fun it would have been if I went since they are sorta like me when it comes to these things.
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Yeah I don't think I'm going to mine, I just don't like big things like that due to my social awkwardness when it comes to people I'm not really friends with or don't know very well
I was on Prom court and almost elected prom king. My best friend didn't even go. Most people probably think indifferently about their prom experience but I enjoyed it imensely.
Senior prom we had a picnic and carpooled. It doesn't have to be expensive. My date made me cry, so that sucked. But he was my boyfriend at the time, so he was "allowed" to make me cry. We picnicked in a gazebo and re-named it a Geekwazoo, which I have called gazebos ever since. Only in my mind though, it's too long an explanation. G.O. and I hung out in a geekwazoo. High school and its trappings (prom, parties, pranks, sports games) can be either the high point of your life or it can be an incidental phase. If it is VERY important to you (as it was to my friend Jessy, who still brings up high school stuff all the time, even 25 years later!) then go. If you think that your high school years will just be a 4 year chunk of an 80 year adventure, then fuck it.
or go and fuck shit up YO make it a prom to remember like CARRIE!!!!
I wasn't gonna go but my best friend who is a boy is going in a dress and I'm going with him in a tuxedo dress and a Magikarp tie.
oh shinsy! |)
I think boys in dresses are hot. Not boys wearing dresses to be "ironic" or because they are "gay" but because dresses are beautiful. Shinsy, what is a tuxedo dress? What is a magikarp tie?
Hmm well I think I will go spray paint some stuff then go chow down at Denny's with my friends, since only 2 of them are going. Not to mention I dont have a date, either. And Prom is this Saturday and I dont have a tux yet, either.
Excellent idea. I support you fully in your endeavors of havoc and dining. Be sure to leave silly messages written on the sugar packets.
I would have loved to go to my prom in a dress, but I'm not sure how that would have gone down at my conservative Christian boarding school. Oh, plus they forbid cross dressing, or maybe that's just at school? Anyway, they probably wouldn't let me and everyone would think I'm gay.
Dress(insert not equal to symbol)gay. There was a Goth phase where the guys wore long skirts, that was awesome. And then all the pagans and their Utilikilts (google it, fantastic) and then the nice Indian ones which are all soft cotton...
No, I definitely agree with you Wini, but a lot of people wouldn't. Edit: I googled those utilikilts. They're pretty cool, but I don't think it'd really be my style.
Trench Coats are where its at nowadays! And creme colored velcro shoes.
I like trench coats because you feel like Neo from the Matrix when you where one especially when you where some badass sunglass'. (maybe it's not a trench coat but it definetly is some long length coat that Neo wears).
Originally popularized by some dude a million decades ago, brought into fashion in the 80's by John Cusack (sigh!)and then adopted by the emo predecessors, then worn by those Columbine kids, so then it became kind of awkward to wear...I'm glad to see they're popular again. I like the black ones with jeans and a cool t shirt and high top Chuck Taylor All Stars. Not on me, that would be a ridiculous outfit.
The Doctor (David Tennant) from Doctor Who could pull off wearing a suit or a trench coat with Taylors.
A tuxedo dress is a dress that sort of looks like a tuxedo. I was thinking of just wearing a suit but I don't really want to. And Magikarp is a pokemon that my friend is gonna paint on a tie. My friend who is wearing a dress is actually gay though. Last week at school we had this "Mr. Troubadour" (Troubadour is our mascot) and he was one of the four guys nominated and for the talent competition he wore a billowy blue dress and lip synched to Dancing Queen. He didn't win but he should've. I think he actually likes wearing dresses and stuff but there's a twinge of irony in it, maybe not because of him but because so many people in his extended group of friends really like Ru Paul's tv show and stuff. I think. I don't really know them... Last summer at art school I met a boy who wore skirts all the time. It was different from my friend though, who as you can probably guess is very extroverted and theatrical. This kid was kinda shy and quiet and just wore them because he wanted to. One of my classmates made a documentary about him and in it he said that in his family gender doesn't really matter. He's beautiful. I heard he's asexual but if he wasn't I'd marry him immediately (if he wanted). Not really. (Maybe.)
That Ru Paul show is hilarious I see clips of it on the Soup all the time. I think people should treat the people you mentioned with respect, I think there are a couple of people like that (not to a cross dressing degree) in my school, and they don't get respect/tolerance/acceptence they deserve from other people. I wish people wouldn't care about gender as much as they do, like they have something to be afraid of. I do think it's a little strange but hey, skirts are probably more comfortable than shorts or jeans.
Ah Peace yesss!!! I'm super interested in gender theory and I love to hear people saying things about not caring about gender! THat's the best attitude to have, so many people end up not being able to express themselves properly because they're afraid of the backlash they'll receive from society just because they don't fit the gender binary predetermined for so many of us...I don't think many of us actually fit the gender binary. I know if people were more accepting I'd probably present myself in a more masculine way occasionally...just because that's who I am. Sorry that's an odd rant. I"m just really invested into the problem with gender because I know a number of people who consider themselves bigender, gender neutral, or refuse to put any sort of labels oon themselves..
Oh and Shinsy! asexuality doesn't mean people aren't' interested in relationships it's mores so they have almost no desire to be in a sexual one
Shinsy is the MASTER when it comes to demisexualism and the lack of importance on gender. I'm her student, we all are.
OH ......my....I've..........underestimated the master. ...sorry
Yes , I bascially affirmed my belief that Shinsy told me about a while back.
May I ask what this belief may be?
Demisexualism: Demisexuals are characterized by a lack of sexual attraction toward any person unless they become deeply emotionally or romantically connected with a specific person or persons. The level of connection it takes for sexual desire to form is dependent on how close the relationship is rather than initial attraction. It is an orientation that is not chosen. And the gender thing is that guys can like girl stuff, grils can like guy stuff and no one should judge one another based on what they see themselves as or liking.
Good for you Peacy! That's awesome, and I really wish faaaaar more people would adopt this belief. Makin me proud son! Makin' Me proud.
It took me awhile not to care about gender because I grew up in a society where gender roles were very fixed and I didn't know anyone that defied the gender "norm". Except maybe my gay uncle, but I didn't even know he was gay until I was 15 or something. I was led to believe that his partner was just his roommate, hahaha! I have a bunch of stuff to write down, but I'm finding it hard to get the words out, so I'll just summarize by saying that I don't care at all about gender, I'm probably as feminine as I am masculine, but I'm still attracted to girls. What now society?
I'm the master? I'm so flattered, y'all! And I know that asexual doesn't necessarily mean aromantic, but I don't really know the kid too well so I wasn't sure (and I wouldn't reallly want to pursue a relationship with him). Personally, I am not really "masculine" but sometimes I feel uncomfortable with any of my characteristics being attributed to my gender. I'd rather be a nothing than a girl but that doesn't really mean I want to change anything about myself. Also I have a lot of weird issues with physical attraction. Like I really struggle to understand the line between objectification and attraction.
Inherently you are who you are, but society labels certain traits as masculine or feminine. Identity exists outside of gender, many would say they are a man or a woman, but what does that mean? That's like someone asking who I am and me just saying I'm Australian.
Labels! "What do you do?" I pet my dogs, I dance, I cook, I sleep... "No, what do you DO, like, your JOB." My job is to love and open pathways. "No, like, for MONEY." Labels, in society NOW, no longer function as methods of communion and understanding. The opposite. It's hard for me to talk, though, I picked a cool label.
Librarian is my political views on facebook. I think it's funny. Some people might think I'm a libertarian though.
Can my political views be another profession, let's say...Geologist?
Ancoorgs! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!? GEOLOGIST!
most of y'all are "students" which is an excellent way of life.
i see them girlies walk by in their prom dress clothes!


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Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie is in Mobile, Ala., for the Senior Bowl. He arrived there Monday, with eight scouts in tow and no coordinators or assistant coaches. For good reason: all effectively are out of work.
For now, at least. The Raiders removed the coaches page from their official website. That lends further credence to McKenzie's stance that whoever he hires as the replacement for the fired Hue Jackson will be allowed to hire his own staff.
Given that, some, most or none of the coaches from Jackson's staff will be back in 2012, even those whose contracts haven't expired.
Defensive line coach Mike Waufle and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal already bolted, with Waufle going to the St. Louis Rams and Lal to the New York Jets in the same capacity they served the Raiders.
During his few days in Mobile, McKenzie intends to interview some prospective candidates for the Raiders head coaching vacancy.
His scheduled interview with Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice on Tuesday has been canceled, according to multiple reports from Chicago.
"I was disappointed I wasn't able to complete the interview process," Tice told ESPNChicago.com. "But let me say this: I'm very excited about the opportunity and the new position I have with the Bears. I strongly believe everything happens for a reason. And I think there are some great reasons to be in Chicago."
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In Newark, California, toward the southern edge of San Francisco Bay, 500,000 tons of salt is harvested each year by Cowgill Incorporated.
That seems like a large amount until you realize that there's an estimated 55 trillion metric tons of salt in the United States alone, according to Saltinstitute.org.
This giant salt facility in California is where what you see in the ocean ultimately becomes what you see on your table or in your favorite dish.
In a process that could take as long as five years, the salty brine from the ocean is evaporated out, filtered, further purified and processed to become what you put on your food.
California public television station KVIE has the video of how they harvest the salt, as featured on the PBS show America's Heartland.


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Cigarette butt, to be specific.
All over the world, governments impose draconian taxes on tobacco, and then they are surprised when projected revenues don't materialize. We've seen this in Bulgaria and Romania, and we've seen this Laffer Curve effect in Washington, DC, and Michigan.
Even the Government Accountability Office has found big Laffer Curve effects from tobacco taxation.
And now we're seeing the same result in Ireland.
Here are some details from an Irish newspaper.
[N]ew Department of Finance figures showing that tobacco excise tax receipts are falling dramatically short of targets, even though taxes have increased and the number of people smoking has remained constant… [T]he latest upsurge in [cigarette] smuggling … is costing the state hundreds of millions in lost revenue. Criminal gangs are openly selling smuggled cigarettes on the streets of central Dublin and other cities, door to door and at fairs and markets. Counterfeit cigarettes can be brought to the Irish market at a cost of just 20 cents a pack and sold on the black market at €4.50. The average selling price of legitimate cigarettes is €9.20 a pack. …Ireland has the most expensive cigarettes in the European Union, meaning that smugglers can make big profits by offering them at cheaper prices.
I had to laugh at the part of the article that says, "receipts are falling dramatically short of targets, even though taxes have increased."


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"Let's Reach One Million People" Campaign Goes Global
Many people in mainstream society would happily say that the LGBT community has generally gained societal acceptance and no longer faces discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Besides the gay marriage "issue," most Americans are completely ignorant to the fact that inequality is a daily problem that the majority of LGBT individuals face.
According to Joseph Knudson, an LGBT activist, even the government is blind to the many injustices faced by the LGBT community. When Knudson questioned an Oklahoma senator about what changes he planned to make during his term of office to remedy the plight of LGBT individuals, he said he was "completely shocked and unaware that the homosexual community faced any discrimination or inequality at all." Let's just start with the fact that we stopped referring to ourselves as "homosexual" in the 70's!
According to Knudson, it is this ignorance that allows the inequality facing the LGBT community to perpetuate and remain unchanged. It was out of this realization that Knudson and other global activists created the "Let's Reach One Million People LGBTQIA Equality Campaign;" a grassroots movement that aims to achieve social and political equality for LBGT individuals by spreading awareness of LGBT issues and providing information on how these issues could be remedied through group efforts.
The "Let's Reach One Million People" campaign recognizes that the "big boys in Washington talk the talk, but are taking no action." Because of the lack of governmental initiative surrounding these issues, the organization emphasizes that the best way to bring about social change is not from the top down, but from the ground up. The campaign focuses on the idea that if everyday people work together toward a common cause, drastic social change can be achieved.
Throughout history, this type of grassroots movement has proven successful in bringing about social change for varying minority groups. Because the organization recognizes the power that everyday individuals have when they band together and acknowledges that the first step towards creating social change is making society aware that the problem exists, the organization has created the first ever World Wide March For Civil Rights. On April 21, thousands of LGBT community members and supporters will gather in cities around the world to march and participate in peaceful demonstrations that aim to promote widespread awareness of LGBT issues, and to spread information on how individuals can help work towards social equality. People all over the world will band together and voice that the LGBT community will not be silenced, and is willing to fight for equal rights. The marches will be held in more than 30 cities around the world, and will span numerous countries. These include the United States, the United Kingdom and more notably, countries where it is currently illegal to be gay such as Tanzania, Uganda and Pakistan.
Although originally started in the United States, the organization also acknowledges that discrimination based on sexual orientation is not exclusive to this country, and aims to promote positive social change globally.
The march weekend will start on Friday with the Day of Silence, an annual event in which LGBT members and supporters remain silent to protest the harassment and bullying that many individuals in the community face. Saturday will be the day of the official march. And although all of the marches share a common goal of spreading awareness, gaining public support and creating a sense of solidarity among the LGBT community, the individual "marches" will vary in form from city to city.
Even though the march was the brainchild of the Let's Reach organization, its actual execution will be left up to local LGBT activists and organizations that have volunteered to host the event in their local cities. The Let's Reach organization has given these groups almost complete artistic license to individually tailor the march to fit the unique personality of its particular city. Even though the event is referred to as the World Wide Civil Rights "March," cities will be participating in a variety of different ways; including marches, rallies, picnics, parades and festivals. In addition to the 30 plus locations, additional locations will hold peaceful flash mobs to gain notoriety and support for the cause.
Since the main goal of the march is to educate and inform the public, booths will be constructed at many of the march sites that will offer literature and information about the current LGBT issues and provide information on how individuals can become involved in local and national efforts being made to help remedy the situation. The Let's Reach organization also acknowledges the importance of using civil procedures in bringing about social change, and will be using the march to spread information about how important voting can be to the LGBT cause. The LGBT community is one that is vast in size, and could potentially possess great clout at the voting booths. In order to have as many LGBT voters as possible, voter registration tables will be present at many of the events. The Let's Reach organization is bipartisan, and does not specifically endorse one candidate, but does endorse the idea that each voter should be informed on the opinion each of the candidates have of the LGBT community. The marches will offer information about the candidates, including information on how the candidates have previously treated the LGBT community. Organizers will urge voters to keep this information in mind while at the polls in November.
Knudson emphasized that it is not too late to organize and host an event, and that if anyone is interested in leading a march in a city that does not currently have one planned for April 21, they would be given the support of the Let's Reach organization. If a city cannot gain enough support for a full march, Let's Reach encourages that groups show support by throwing "viewing parties" where individuals gather together to watch the televised marches of other cities, to celebrate the successful organization of a world-wide LBGT demonstration and the huge strides made by the LGBT community. The Let's Reach organization urges LGBT individuals to support the marches in any way they possibly can, no matter how big or small, because every little step made is still a step in the right direction. As Knudson has said, it is imperative that every LGBT individual participates in this action because "failure to take action now and the failure of those to participate is nothing short of failing our own LGBTQIA communities and denying basic human rights worldwide."


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Shrewsbury? Families started celebrating the 16th annual Spirit of Shrewsbury Fall Festival with a free pancake breakfast, offered Sept. 29 at the Shrewsbury Sportsmen's Club. Afterward, kids ages 15 and under participated in a Fishing Derby at the club's pond. Everyone received a prize.
Also that morning, 92 runners and walkers were registered for the annual Spirit of Shrewsbury 5K Road Race and Fun Walk, which began and ended at Dean Park. Finishing first overall was Daniel Maselli, of Shrewsbury, in 19:13. The first-place female was Sarah Day, of Shrewsbury, finishing in 23:36. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Adelphi Council #4181, the race benefits the Shrewsbury Special Needs Program and Scholarship Fund.
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CARROLLTON Firefighters had no choice but to let a fire at a two-story house burn itself out Tuesday afternoon due to dangerous conditions, including ammunition going off inside the home as flames reached it.
CARROLLTON Firefighters had no choice but to let a fire at a two-story house burn itself out Tuesday afternoon due to dangerous conditions, including ammunition going off inside the home as flames reached it.
"We poured water on it, but it was just too far gone, and the floors started collapsing," Carrollton Village Volunteer Fire Chief Tom Mesler said. "It's just too unsafe and too dangerous to let the firefighters in any further."
Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams said the house was fully engulfed when he and two of his detective units were first to arrive on the scene, and he and his detectives found the home's resident and another individual carrying marijuana plants out of the house and hiding them in the weeds nearby. Williams said many of the plants were very large, and it appears they may have been throughout the house.
The fire call came to Carroll County's Sheriff Dispatch 911 at 2:05 p.m. At 5 p.m., the house still was fully engulfed, and firefighters remained on the scene throughout the evening. A large plume of black smoke could be seen from Carrollton almost four hours after the fire began.
The house, at 3049 Salineville Road, was being rented by Ray Arkenbaugh and Mesler said it appears the fire started in a wood-burner.
The house was owned by Melvin Lee, Sr., and was not insured, according to the fire report.
Mesler said the house was full of debris.
"There is just too much stuff in there, stuff in black bags, we don't know what is in there. It's piled high and it's just too dangerous," said Mesler.
When firefighters arrived, they were able to help Arkenbaugh retrieve a safe and several weapons from the house. The ammunition was not retrieved and as the fire reached the ammunition, sharp cracks could be heard as they went off.
Other departments at the scene that assisted were Fox, Augusta, and Carroll County Volunteer Fire Departments.
Williams said charges are pending against Arkenbaugh after the marijuana is dried, weighed, and further evidence is evaluated. Many of the marijuana plants burned in the fire, according to Williams.
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Adoption of Advanced Techniques Could Propel Crop Improvement29 June 2012
US - Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand the mechanisms that allow plants to adapt to their environments, current and former Purdue University researchers say.
In a perspective for the journal Science, Brian Dilkes, a Purdue assistant professor of genetics, and Ivan Baxter, a research computational biologist for the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, argue that today's technology could allow scientists to match physiological and genetic characteristics of plants with the soil characteristics that promote or inhibit their growth. Making those connections could reduce the time necessary to improve plants that are coping with changing environmental and climatic conditions.
"Evolution has solved the problems that we face in terms of adapting plants to grow in a multitude of environments," Professor Dilkes said. "If we understand these processes, we'll be able to apply that knowledge to maintaining diversity in natural systems and improving and maintaining crop yield."
The majority of a plant's makeup, besides carbon dioxide, comes from elements and minerals absorbed from the soil as the plant grows. The physiological and genetic mechanisms that allow plants to obtain iron from the soil, for instance, can also cause the plant to accumulate other elements. Understanding how those changes interact is an important piece of improving plants, Professor Baxter said.
"This is just a hint of the complexity that's out there," said Professor Baxter, a former post-doctoral researcher at Purdue who works for the USDA at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis. "If we're going to make the necessary improvements in agricultural productivity, we will have to move forward with these techniques."
Much of the work done to understand how plants have adapted to their environments focuses on one gene and one element it controls at a time. Pinpointing one or more genes responsible for a particular trait can take years, even decades.
Professor Dilkes and Professor Baxter believe a wider adoption of molecular phenotyping techniques, such as ionomics and genome-wide association mapping, could allow scientists to work with multiple elements and genes at once.
"By focusing on one gene or one element at a time, you miss out on the other physiological mechanisms occurring in the plant," Professor Dilkes said. "The potential to broaden our understanding of these complex interactions and have a dramatic effect on agriculture is there."
Genome-wide association mapping allows scientists to find genetic associations among multiple phenotypes, or physical traits. The process quickly shows which genes may be responsible for the physical characteristics.
Ionomics studies the elemental composition of plants and how those compositions change in response to environmental or genetic changes.
"Experiments with thousands of samples are now possible," Professor Baxter said. "We've just started to put these things together."
Research in Baxter's lab is supported by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy and the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
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