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Hurdle, Francona have winning personalities
Manager of the Year winners succeed by being honest and open with players
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Clint Hurdle and Terry Francona are reminders that, above all else, it's a people business. To spend five minutes with either of them is to understand their magic. Every manager can learn important lessons from them.
First, they have the ability to convince you that the five minutes they're spending with you is the best five minutes of their day. Virtually every player who has played for them will tell you the same thing.
How do they do this? Since not every manager has the same knack, it can't be that easy, even though it seems so simple.
Players will tell you that Hurdle and Francona care about them as people and that they care about their families, too, that they see players as something more than numbers on a spreadsheet.
They'll tell you both men are honest, and that every player knows where he stands. Every decision -- even tough ones -- is made based on what's best for the team. Players must buy into this simple concept.
Beyond all the strategy and all the tough decisions a manager must make, Hurdle and Francona have an essential decency that plays well over a season that can run nine months or more.
This ability to lead, to get players to buy into the concept of a team and to give a good effort every single day is the most critical aspect of managing in this era when analytics can provide a manager with many of the basics of preparing a team for a game.
Jim Leyland's players remember how he touched bases with them almost every single day. He would ask about the family. He would make small talk. Sometimes, he would say nothing at all.
Leyland simply walked up, smiled and hung around to see if the player had anything on his mind. If those small gestures didn't mean all that much at the time, players would eventually come to understand their significance.
They kept the lines of communication open, and because of that, there simply was no reason for grudges or unhappiness. Leyland was always there to hear a guy out.
Remember how some poked fun at Tommy Lasorda for all those hugs and laughs, for those raucous clubhouse meetings and the atmosphere around the Dodgers?
There was a method to Lasorda's madness. He understood the important part of his job maybe more than any other manager ever has. He believed that if his players felt good about themselves, if they trusted their teammates and they really did believe there was something special about playing for the Dodgers, that they were more likely to play hard and be a good teammate and be productive.
In the end, it's not just about lineups and defensive alignments and bullpen matchups. Those things are as important as ever, but managing has changed in some fundamental ways the past decade. Most front offices can supply a manager with data to assist with lineups, etc. What no amount of data can do is replace the human touch and its impact on winning baseball.
Hurdle was named the National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after leading the Pirates to their first postseason appearance in 21 years. He began building toward this moment when he took the job after the 2010 season and communicated the same message to players and fans alike.
Hurdle told them that what had been acceptable previously in terms of sloppy play and a lack of accountability would no longer be acceptable. He asked every player if they believed the Pirates could be great again.
Hurdle wanted to hear them say it and to gauge whether they believed it. Had they come to accept that losing was the norm in Pittsburgh?
So many things have happened in Pittsburgh that it would be a mistake to assign the credit to one man. General manager Neal Huntington did his part in assembling a terrific roster and constructing a first-rate organization.
But on the ground floor, there was Hurdle, with his booming voice and his large presence, selling the gospel of the Pirates to every single person he met.
When Hurdle accepted the job, he moved his entire family to Pittsburgh. He didn't want to just manage the baseball team. He wanted to be part of the community, to see it and touch it and feel it.
Last season, as the Pirates rolled toward the postseason, Hurdle would see kids at schools wearing Pirates gear again, once more proud of the local team. He knew things had changed.
Francona did the same thing in his first season with the Indians. He told his players he believed in them, and he never wavered. He was honest and consistent and rock solid. Early in the season, when the Indians were playing terribly, he called a brief meeting to say that, losing aside, he believed in them more than ever because he appreciated the effort through tough times. Francona knew his guys were not accepting losing.
"You know what that kind of thing does for you?" Indians leadoff man Michael Bourn said. "It just makes you feel good. It makes you want to play for this guy."
Bourn spoke these words during a losing streak. As music played and players yelled at one another in the clubhouse, Bourn smiled.
"See what I mean?" he said.
This stuff can't come from just the manager, but the manager is where it starts.
Francona was named the American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday, and while he and Hurdle got the hardware, they'd be the first to tell you that plenty of managers do similar things.
John Farrell changed the environment in Boston by being demanding, consistent, honest and open. From the beginning of Spring Training, the Red Sox knew their guy had their back and that all they had to do was play hard and be accountable to one another.
Joe Maddon's guys show up at the ballpark each day not knowing if they'll hit first or ninth, or whether they'll be in the lineup at all. But they buy in because they trust their guy to do the right thing and to see things maybe they can't see.
There's no better example of this than the Orioles trading for Chris Davis and then their manager, Buck Showalter, beginning the process of restoring Davis' confidence and eventually getting a great player in return.
In Ron Washington and Ned Yost, in Mike Matheny and Buddy Black and Bruce Bochy, it's amazing how different styles can get similar results. What's eerily similar is how all their players believe in them and trust them and bust their tails for them.
Hurdle and Francona would be a good place to start for Bryan Price and Matt Williams and all the other first-time managers in 2014. There'll be good times and bad, but honesty, consistency and effort never take a day off. That's the overriding message for the 2013 Managers of the Year. They both did it right.


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This also backs up Angela Nolan deposition where she states:
Let me explain the process. This is an electronic signature, so there's certain states that allow electronic signatures. And I believe I sent you documentation on that where we sign our name, it's scanned into a database, then the signatures are applied electronically.
So here is some of the examples…. and do not ask me to get ALL that are there because I will need an entire year to gather them all.
Take a look at the notary signatures.
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As soon as the files index is updated none of the msg files in "msg" view nor in "all" view can be previewed.
Can any confirm the same ?
I have reported this to X1 support being a BUG, i havent renewed my support subscription lately so i have not heard anything from them regarding solution or the like


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Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka win at French Open
In the first set, Novak Djokovic angrily busted his racket. At the end, he happily threw a punch at the red clay he's so eager to conquer.
Mostly he tried to keep his emotions in check Monday at the French Open while grieving the death of his childhood coach.
Djokovic lost a set for the first time in the tournament, then rallied to reach his 16th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal also advanced, celebrating his 27th birthday by beating Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Afterward the center court crowd serenaded Nadal with "Joyeux Anniversaire" - "Happy Birthday" - and he was presented with an enormous cake.
Djokovic's celebration was more tempered. He played for the first time since learning that his first coach, Jelena Gencic, had died in Belgrade at age 76.
She mentored him for about five years, starting when he was 6.
"I feel even more responsible now to go all the way in this tournament," he said. "I want to do it for her, also, because she was a very special person in my life."
Tipsarevic apologizes for swearing at fans during match
He recalled his grandfather's death, when Djokovic was in the midst of a tournament and went on to lose in the final.
"The experience that I had with my grandfather's passing away last year helped me a little bit to kind of stay tough this time," he said, "because it took me a long time last year to recover. It was very emotional.
"I'm handling it better. I'm trying to focus my thoughts on the nicest memories."
The No. 1-ranked Djokovic will next play 35-year-old Tommy Haas, who became the oldest French Open men's quarterfinalist since 1971 by beating Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Haas is also the oldest man to reach the quarters at any major event since Andre Agassi at the 2005 U.S. Open.
Victoria Azarenka swept the final nine games and advanced to the women's quarterfinals by beating 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-0. Azarenka will next play Maria Kirilenko, who reached her first French Open quarterfinal by ending the surprising run of 67th-ranked American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 7-5, 6-4.
Nadal trailed early in each of his first three matches, but he played from ahead against Nishikori, the first Japanese man to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since 1938.
Daily Bagel: Video: Fire extinguisher needed at Murray GQ shoot
"I played better than in previous days," Nadal said.
Riding a 19-match winning streak, Nadal seeks to become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam event. He won a record seventh French Open championship last year and is 56-1 at Roland Garros.
His opponent Wednesday will be the winner of the match between No. 7-seeded Richard Gasquet and No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka.
While Nadal is trying to repeat, Roland Garros is the only major tournament Djokovic has yet to win, and he hopes to become the eighth man to complete a career Grand Slam.
The six-time major champion was subdued at the start against Kohlschreiber but gradually became more animated. While the abuse of his racket when he fell behind didn't inspire an immediate turnaround, his shots began to carry more sting in the second set, and he was quicker to pounce on balls near the net.
He repeatedly escaped trouble with his serve, erasing 11 of the 13 break points he faced, and avenged a straight-sets loss to Kohlschreiber in the third round at Roland Garros in 2009.
Haas became a first-time Roland Garros quarterfinalist in his 12th appearance at the tournament, a record for such a breakthrough. He's the first German man to reach the final eight since Michael Stich and Bernd Karbacher in 1996.
And he's the oldest men's quarterfinalist at Roland Garros since 39-year-old Istvan Gulyas in 1971.
"These are cool stats sometimes to hear," said Haas, who is mounting a comeback from injuries that sidelined him for more than a year. "I feel like I'm riding a wave that I hope to continue as long as I can. I'm going out there and I try to improve my game as much as I can, and to be in this situation is spectacular."
Seeded No. 12, Haas needed 13 match points to beat John Isner in a third-round marathon, but his victory over Youzhny took less than 90 minutes. By the second set Youzhny was so frustrated he demolished his racket by banging it nine times against his changeover chair.
"Bad luck for that racket," Youzhny said.


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Monday, March 3, 2014
»Craig Epplin, Isabel Jaén, Lina Quiroga and Robert Sanders, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented a panel discussion titled "Culture, Heritage, and Spanish at PSU" at the 2014 Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching Conference at Pacifi
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, presented "Open Peer Review: Directions and Challenges" at the inaugural Innovating Communication in Scholarship Project meeting, Publish or Perish?: The Future of Scholarly Publishing and Careers, at University of California,
»Kevin Kecskes, Public Administration faculty, presented the closing plenary session at the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders Alumni Professional Development Conference in Casablanca, Morocco, Feb. 21-25. Kecskes traveled on a U.S.
»Junghee Lee, Art + Design faculty, presented a paper, "Conservation and Management of World's Petroglyph Sites," in the workshop Strategies and Tasks for the Inscription of Bangudae and Cheonjeon-ri Petroglyphs on the UNESCO World Heritage List, hosted by
»Anne McClanan, Art + Design faculty, presented "Digital Humanities in Byzantine and Medieval Studies" at the University of California, Berkeley, Feb. 27.
»Cynthia Mohr, Psychology faculty, presented her research with PSU students Lindsey Alley, Cameron McCabe, and Sarah Arpin on "The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model in Intimate Partner Research: A Systematic Review" at the Society for Personality and Soc
»Barbara Tint, Conflict Resolution faculty, presented a plenary session on networking skills at the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders Alumni Professional Development Conference in Casablanca, Morocco, Feb. 21-25. Tint traveled on a
»Silvia Boero, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored an article about the Irish and Italian diaspora, "The Long Walk to Hibernia: The Italian Immigration to Ireland Diasporas, Traveling Nations, and Traveling Communities in 'Chippers' by Nino T
»Anita Bright, Curriculum and Instruction faculty, authored "The Randomness," a creative prose piece, published in "Not So Far Afield: A Newsletter of the Maryknoll Affiliates," Vol. 2, No. 6, November/December 2013.
»Per Henningsgaard, English faculty, co-authored with two former students an article titled "A Pedagogical Tool for Studying the History of the Book: Thirty-five Years of Bibliographical Presses in Australia and New Zealand, 1977–2012," published in the cu
»Michihiro Kosuge, Art + Design emeritus faculty, has his sculptures on exhibit at the Laura Russo Gallery in Northwest Portland, March 6-29.
»Kendall Leon, English faculty, authored "Chicanas Making Change: Institutional Rhetoric and the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional," published in Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning, Vol. 13.1, fall 2013.
»G. Tucker Childs, Applied Linguistics faculty, authored the chapter "Problems for the Salvage Linguist: Picking Up the Pieces After Asymmetrical Contact" in the book In and Out of Africa. Languages in Question. In Honour of Robert Nicolaï, Vol. 2. Languag
Monday, March 10, 2014
»Anita Bright, Curriculum and Instruction faculty, presented a paper she co-authored with doctoral student James Gambrell titled, "Critical Race Theory With Preservice Educators: Unpacking the Uncomfortable Complexity of Privilege," at the 26th Annual Ethn
»Ramin Farahmandpur, Educational Leadership and Policy faculty, presented "Surviving the Academy: The Experiences of Faculty of Color with Institutional Racism in Higher Education" at the 10th Annual Globalization, Diversity and Education Conference in Spo
»Kimberly Kahn, Psychology faculty, presented a poster on "Force and the Face: Examining Intragroup Bias in Police-Citizen Interactions" at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Austin, Texas, Feb. 14.
»Susan Kirtley, English faculty, presented a workshop, "Consider the Alternative: Embracing Popular Culture in the Composition Classroom," at the Northwest Regional National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Portland, March 1-3.
»Suwako Watanabe, World Languages and Literatures faculty, was invited by Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon to give a lecture, "Chado — Japanese Tea Ceremony — as a Treasure House of Culture Learning," at the Confederation in Oregon for Languag
»Jennifer Allen, Fletcher Beaudoin, Elizabeth Lloyd-Pool and Jacob Sherman, Institute for Sustainable Solutions faculty, co-authored an article, "Pathways To Sustainability Careers: Building Capacity to Solve Complex Problems," published in Sustainability:
»Kimberly Atwill, World Languages and Literatures adjunct faculty, authored an article, "Beginning English Literacy Development and Achievement Among Spanish-Speaking Children in Arizona's English-Only Classrooms: A Four-Year, Two-Cohort Longitudinal Study
»Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, with Donald Truxillo and Todd Bodner, Psychology faculty, co-authored an article, "Socioeconomic Status: A Comparison with Traditional Affirmative Action," published in Employee Responsibilities and Rights Jou
»Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, authored a paper, "Spatial Analysis of Annual Runoff Ratios and their Variability Across the Contiguous U.S.," published in the Journal of Hydrology, January 2014.
»Tom Gillpatrick, Business Administration faculty, co-authored an article, "Values-Based Supply Chains: Supporting Regional Food and Farms," in the journal Economic Development Quarterly, February 2014.
»Mel Gurtov, Political Science emeritus faculty, authored "Rotten to the Core: Japan's Unending Crisis," published in the journal Global Asia, April 2014, and was interviewed by Beijing-based China Radio International about the China-Japan territorial disp
»Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, co-authored an article, "Valuing Green Infrastructure in Portland, Oregon," published in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning, April 2014.
»Alan Yeakley, Environmental Science and Management faculty, co-authored an article, "Review of Urban Water Body Challenges and Approaches: (1) Rehabilitation and Remediation," published in the journal Fisheries, January 2014.
Monday, March 31, 2014
»Will Parnell, Curriculum and Instruction Early Childhood Education faculty, has been elected chair of the Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education Special Interest Group with the American Educational Research Association, a world-leading educati
»Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies and International Studies faculty, was interviewed by the Voice of Russia on March 26 about the political situation in Crimea.
»Karen Thomson, Contracting and Procurement Services, has been awarded Professional Manager of the Year, recognizing excellence in public procurement, by the local chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing. Thomson earned the award for h
»Annabelle Dolidon and Stephanie Roulon, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented "How to Improve Learning with Digital Credentials" at the Central Connecticut State University eighth annual Conference for Language Teachers, March 8.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, presented "When a Collection is Not a Collection" at the Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries, London, United Kingdom, on Feb. 24.
»Andy Job, Educational Leadership and Policy faculty, presented "Effective Classroom Assessment Techniques for the Adult Learner" as an invited guest speaker at the National College of Natural Medicine's Center for Teaching and Learning 2014 Faculty Semina
»Jason Jurjevich, Population Research Center, and Meg Merrick, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, presented a poster, "Visualizing Uncertainty: A User Study of Techniques for Geovisualizing Uncertainty in Survey Data for Urban Planning," at the 20
»Meg Merrick, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, presented "Moving from Measurement to Action: A Reexamination of Greater Portland Pulse" at the 2014 Urban Affairs Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 21.
»Eva Nunez, World Languages and Literatures faculty, was invited by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Nevada, Reno to give a lecture on "The Most Asked Questions in the History of Spanish," March 12.
»Inger M. Olsen, World Languages and Literatures, participated in and presented a paper, "Denmark's Colonial Past Mirrored in 'Rejsen til Kærlighedens Ø' by Jette Kjærboe," at the Yale Conference on Baltic and Scandinavian Studies at Yale University in New
»Lee Ann Phillips, Social Work faculty, and doctoral student Jessica Schmidt, with Maylyn Kane, presented "Building Hope and the My Life Project: Supporting Youth in Special Education and Foster Care" at the 2014 Oregon Association of Vocational Special Ne
»Tracy J. Prince, Portland Center for Public Humanities, wrote an op-ed for The Oregonian, "Why Tillicum is the Right Name for TriMet's New Bridge," Feb. 27.
»Ken Ruoff, History faculty, delivered a lecture on "The Nanjing Massacre in History and Memory" at Oregon Episcopal School, March 7.
»Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, co-edited a monograph on integrated river basin management titled "Lessons from North and Central American UNESCO-HELP Basin (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization-Hydrology for the Environment, L


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An exciting opportunity has arisen in the School of Advanced, Career and Higher Education at Lincoln College. We are recruiting a Senior Administrative Officer who will provide day to day supervision of the administration team as well as providing full and confidential secretarial and administrative support.
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You are checking out the "Amazon Appstore for Android" and you see this message. (For example, when I click on "Newspapers" or "Sports" on my Android tablet I see it at the moment). I suspect that many of the categories have "Kindle Fire" only apps at this point. I assume this will change someday.
Learning what a tablet might be useful for. Entertainment mostly at the moment for most people it seems. Web-browsing. This might be proven naive soon enough. Even most of the flash-based games the kiddo likes on the netbook won't work here since they require a mouse and arrow keys. Flash itself works fine in android… but these games were designed for different input and will need retooling.


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Snow plow plan: Wapak council chair favors new approach to battle snow on streets
One city elected official says he believes the best scenario is never having to utilize the equipment purchased for an emergency or for inclement weather, but he also realizes that thought is unrealistic.
Wapakoneta City Council 4th Ward Councilor Dan Graf said while the saying is often used by fire chiefs regarding fire trucks, he believes the adage can be applied to the harsh road conditions battled by members of the Public Works Department and local motorists.
He also thinks a new plan developed this year should help in fighting the war against ice and snow.
"I think everybody believes the new approach we've developed will be more effective otherwise we wouldn't have instituted the changes we made," said Graf, who chairs the Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks Committee. "I really appreciate the fact that Public Works Superintendent Meril Simpson and Safety-Service Director Bill Rains took the time to sit down with members of the department and discuss what they thought would be the best practices for clearing the roads during and after an event."
Graf said Simpson and Rains reviewed the previous plan of attack and at the routes the snow plows took to develop a new scheme for what they intend snow plow crews to do in the future.
"They will now hit the heaviest traffic areas first and they intend to plow around the clock if necessary," Graf said of the new approach. "They used to plow when they came on shift in the morning, which was earlier than their normal shift, but now that has all changed and they hope by plowing around the clock, if necessary, it will help them keep on top of the storm and the snow it dumps."
A new addition to the battle plan is brine. One of the city trucks has a tank for brine, or salt water, which will be part of a pre-treatment defense. The salt water will be sprayed on the roadway prior to an impending snow event.
Brine comes at no cost to the city since it is a by-product of treating water at the Wapakoneta Water Treatment Plant. In the past, the brine was dumped into the sanitary sewer and treated at the Wapakoneta Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Graf said the first snow event this year is the only situation where brine cannot be used.
"When it is raining first, the pre-treatment with brine is ineffective because the brine will wash off the roadway into the storm sewers with the rain," Graf told the Wapakoneta Daily News. "We will have to wait to see how effective the pre-treatment is when a snow storm hits without a rain. It will not be effective if it is raining before it snows."
The city also invested in three new spreaders for the snow plow trucks.
"Three of the trucks will be equipped with these new spreaders which will be able to more evenly distribute the salt they apply," Graf said. "The spreaders adjust to the speed of the truck so the right amount of salt is spread.
"I also think it is great we are spreading pure salt and there is no grit in the mix," said Graf, who reported the changes during a recent council meeting. "The grit was effective when it was applied, but it often melted through the snow with the salt and it didn't affect the surface or provide traction for the vehicles. It was sitting on the street."
Graf said he also believes the new plan should work because more vehicles are equipped with snow plows. He noted a total of eight trucks have the plows attached — six with the Public Works Department and two at the Wapakoneta Electric Department to assist during an event.
Other machinery will still be utilized to clean downtown streets and move the snow.
The new plan was developed after reviewing policies and procedures of other area cities and villages.
Graf said city administrators will continually review the effectiveness of the new approach and determine ways to improve what is being done.
"We all anticipate this will be better than in previous years," Graf, who will be a councilor-at-large starting in January, said.


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Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll: Even With A Strong Case And $500k In The Bank, It's Too Expensive To Fight
from the too-bad deptA few weeks ago, we noted that Personal Audio, the patent troll that ridiculously pretended to own a patent on "podcasting" had put out a press release saying that it had tried to settle with Adam Carolla, the podcasting giant that the Personal Audio had sued a while ago. But Carolla had refused to settle. If you haven't been following the case, Personal Audio claims that patent 8,112,504 covers podcasting and went after a few of the "big names" with lawsuits, while sending demand/threat letters to many others. Carolla fought back hard, getting a bunch of other top podcasters to speak up as well, and point people to a crowdfunding campaign for a podcasting legal defense fund.
We were at least somewhat happy that Carolla was still fighting, noting that by continuing the case and pushing the counterclaims, hopefully he could invalidate the patent in court. However, a few weeks have gone by and Carolla has settled the case. Given that Personal Audio had already said it offered to dismiss the case for no money, it's unlikely that Carolla paid anything here, and you can never really fault someone for settling a lawsuit, which is going to be costly and time consuming when there's an easy out. Still, as the folks at EFF note, this is a lost opportunity to both kill off that patent and to get attorneys' fees out of Personal Audio:
Also, somewhat unfortunately, Carolla has agreed to a gag order, promising not to talk about any of this until the end of September. While that's not too far off, the EFF notes that between now and then, Personal Audio is using that patent against a number of TV companies in a case set to go to trial in September.
By settling now, Carolla gives up the chance to make Personal Audio pay his fees. If a defendant wins on the merits it can get fees in extraordinary cases. Winning fees would be a huge deterrent to future litigation from Personal Audio. Although the Supreme Court recently made it somewhat easier for victorious defendants to get fees, it is still a challenge. Moreover, the judge has a lot of discretion and this case was in the Eastern District of Texas, a forum generally considered quite friendly to trolls. Carolla's team likely made the calculation that fees would be a long shot.
Even more important, Carolla also loses the opportunity to invalidate the patent. If the case had gone to trial, he would have argued that the patent was invalid because the so-called invention was described or made obvious by other people's work before Personal Audio filed its patent. Carolla would have been able to use more prior art at trial than EFF (challenges at the Patent Office are limited to printed publications). As Charles Duan at Public Knowledge recently explained, if Carolla had won on the invalidity issue, he would have defeated Personal Audio for all podcasters. A troll can't sue with patent claims that have been invalidated by a court.
Furthermore, the EFF notes that this situation shows just how ridiculous the patent troll situation is. When you have a very strong case, and $500,000 given to you via crowdfunding specifically to kill this patent troll... and most experts agreed it still wasn't nearly enough, which is why settling is the right move:
The most disappointing aspect of today's settlement is how unsurprising it is. Almost every defendant, no matter how strong their case, ends up settling with the patent troll. Litigating patent cases is extraordinarily expensive. Carolla raised almost half a million dollars and that still would not have been enough to fund a defense through trial.Once again, it's time to fix the patent system to stop bogus trolling like this.
Trolls know this and use the cost of defense to extort settlements. In the rare case where someone shows a willingness to fights to the end, the troll will often save its patent at the last moment with a walk-away deal. This is likely what happened in Carolla's case.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) James Ennis had 29 points and 15 rebounds and Mike Caffey added 21 points and 11 rebounds as Long Beach State defeated BYU-Hawaii 82-65 on Saturday night.
Deng Deng scored 11 points off the bench for the 49ers (4-6).
Bracken Funk had 15 points and DeAndre Medlock 13 for the Seasiders (4-5), a Division II squad.
An 18-6 run over the last 7:16 of the first half gave Long Beach State permanent control. Caffey ignited the surge with 10 points, including two 3-pointers.
The 49ers led 43-32 at halftime, and BYU-Hawaii got no closer than seven the rest of the way.
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To help priesthood leaders understand this new type of seminary class, these resources contain instructions and guidelines regarding the phased implementation of online seminary.
After receiving significant and positive results from pilot testing of online seminary, the Church Board of Education has approved the phased implementation of this program. Online seminary is a new addition to the existing daily, released-time, and home-study seminary classes. Online seminary is not intended to replace established daily or released-time classes. Preference should be given to classes where students meet daily face-to-face. Online seminary will be made available in areas that consist mostly of stake seminary programs (not released-time areas).
Online seminary classes should be considered in situations where students cannot meet each weekday because of distance or other limiting factors. Priesthood leaders should consider the number of students available and the distance students must travel, as well as security, availability of technology, and local economic conditions. Online seminary is preferred to home-study classes when students and teachers have daily access to a computer with a high-speed Internet connection.
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Pence likely to get day off despite lengthy streak
Outfielder leads NL with 191 consecutive starts, in early slump at plate
DENVER -- Hunter Pence remains the last man standing from the Giants' Opening Day lineup -- the only player to start each of the Giants' first 20 games this season.
Monday's start in the series opener in Colorado marked his 191st consecutive start, the longest streak in the National League and second in the Majors to Prince Fielder's 524 consecutive starts. Manager Bruce Bochy has indicated that Pence is likely to get a day off before too long.
"We've talked about it," Bochy said. "I even told him this spring, probably we'd like to do it early so we don't get caught up in a streak. He's pretty adamant that he wants to play every day. When he's tired, he'll let me know. He'll do whatever, but he wants to be out there."
It's hard to argue with Pence's numbers from 2013, when he played in all 162 games and hit .283 with 27 homers and 99 RBIs.
But in 2013, Pence is off to a .181 (13-for-72) start with one home run and three RBIs.
"This guy is pretty tough," Bochy said, rejecting the idea that Pence is in need of a break. "Mentally he's as tough as they come, and a very positive thinker. He's thrown up some good at-bats. He's had hard luck. He's going to come out of this; it's a matter of time. He's not caught up in the numbers at all. If you watch Hunter play, he never lets up. Sometimes that'll show when you're getting beat up a little bit, as far as having success. With him it never shows."
Pence entered Monday in an 0-for-10 slump and was 2-for-17. He was hitless through the three-game series in San Diego.
"He hit some balls really hard there," Bochy said. "That happens in Petco. The ball just stays up there a little bit longer and it gives the outfield a chance to run them down."
Pence has shown his value, however, already surpassing his 2013 total of outfield assists with three and leading the team with four stolen bases.
"Right now he's going to be out there," Bochy said. "We need him. One thing he does give you is energy at the top of the lineup. He stole a couple of big bases there in San Diego."


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When I was in high school, I got pretty intimidated right off the bat. I went to a scholarship school and I felt like I was the last guy they let in. As early as freshman year, everyone seemed to know what they were good at and had already found lots of interests. The best and brightest rose to the top quickly and I didn't believe I would ever break into that crowd.
I think the same thing happens in tech and startup communities. We put investors and the top entrepreneurs on a pedestal--and while that motivates some, I know it makes a lot of other people feel like they'll never attain that rank.
So when I actually thought about such "ranks" I wondered how accessable the Alley Insider 100 list was. Did the digerati have a stranglehold on it, preventing newcomers from rising through the ranks, or is this the kind of community that takes well to newcomers? Granted the Alley Insider list isn't the be all and end all explanation of who has accomplished the most in the communnity, it's the best we have, and it's a pretty decent directional proxy if you're tracking people who appear mutiple times.
As it turns out, only a dozen people have been on the list five or more times in the six year history of the list:
Ben Lerer
Brad Burnham
Eric Hippeau
Fred Wilson
John Borthwick
Tim Armstrong
Barry Diller
Charlie O'Donnell
David Karp
Ken Lerer
Michael Yavonditte
Nick Denton
If you lower the criteria to being on the list more than half the time, you're still only talking about 43 people. So that means that more than half the list is new in any given year--a huge opportunity to rise up.
Part of the reason for this is not only the speed at which startups can succeed--but also how fast they can fail. The community is extremely dynamic, and new opportunties give rise to new faces in the crowd. It also means that, given the odds of most companies succeeding, you've got to maintain your leadership presence no matter what the ground is doing beneath you.
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CHICAGO -- Chicagoland native Jake Goebbert stuck around for at least another start since being called up on June 19, this time playing left field in Thursday's series finale against the Cubs.
Goebbert has started nine games at first base, including Tuesday's game in Chicago, but on Thursday returned to left field, where he played 351 games in six Minor League seasons.
"That's probably my primary position," said Goebbert, who is 11-for-43 in 21 games with the Padres. "It's a great opportunity to play in the outfield, where I probably played most of the games in the Minor League years. Looking forward to hopefully contributing and doing some good for the team."
"He's versatile. We like that about Jake," said manager Bud Black, noting that he's primarily platooned the lefty Goebbert against right-handed pitchers. "He's comfortable in the outfield. Either corner, left or right and at first. We've just got to get him re-acclimated."
Goebbert's status with the big league team remains unclear with the approaching return of many on the disabled list. But he will travel with the Padres to Atlanta, where the team opens a four-game series on Friday.
Newly-acquired Yangervis Solarte again started at second for the Padres on Thursday while Chris Nelson assumed his third straight game at third, the spot occupied by Solarte's exchanged commodity, Chase Headley, who is now with the Yankees.
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The department, while challenging a different Gujarat High Court order in the Supreme Court on Monday, sought a larger bench to hear the case related to the Vodafone-Hutch cross-border deal that created Vodafone-Essar.
Solicitor general RF Nariman argued that the governments 100-page review petition listing 130 grounds was not considered by the apex court. He said that things were put in his mouth in the high-profile tax case; so the impugned judgment was liable to be heard afresh on the ground of non-consideration itself. The SG also claimed that additional documents, which support his case, have also come to light and will be filed soon in the court.
While the bench headed by chief justice Altamas Kabir permitted the government to file additional documents, Vodafone senior counsel Harish Salve opposed reopening of the case, saying the Gujarat HC had given relief to the firm after relying on the apex courts January judgment.
The government had introduced retrospective changes in tax laws in Budget 2012-13, seeking to overcome the ruling. With foreign investors expressing concerns, it subsequently set up a panel to review the change in law asserting Indian jurisdiction to tax cross-border deals involving Indian assets.
On January 20, the top court had ruled that Vodafone which bought Hutchison Telecommunicationss 66.98% stake in Indian telecom firm Hutch Essar for $11.2 billion (around R52,300 crore) in an entirely offshore deal in May 2007 could not be taxed since the law did not explicitly provide for taxing offshore transactions.
The Finance Bill 2012 had proposed that notwithstanding any judgment from the apex court or any tribunal, the retrospective amendments would enable the government to keep alive all its tax demands and not return anything which it had collected as levy pursuant to the proposed change in law.
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Pal: Petraeus admits 'big screw up'
Retired Gen. David Petraeus, who has stepped down as director of the CIA over an extramarital affair, said this week that he "screwed up big-time," a close friend told CNN.
"You know, he…expressed deep regret for what happened, the damage he had done and the pain he had caused his family," said Ret. Col. Peter Mansoor, who served with Petraeus in Iraq. "He called his action morally reprehensible and said, in his words, 'I screwed up big-time.' And boy did he ever."
( Also on POLITICO: Petraeus will testify on Benghazi)
Mansoor, speaking on CNN's "Out Front" Tuesday evening, said Petraeus loved his position at the CIA.
"He really enjoyed his job at the CIA, it was the best job in the world, as far as he was concerned," Mansoor told CNN's Erin Burnett. "He had a good relationship with the president and national security team, and he threw that all away for…due to a personal failing. He is very, very down right now."
( PHOTOS: General David Petraeus's career)
After Petraeus stepped down Friday afternoon, a series of reports surfaced, indicating that Petraeus was ensnared in more than just an extramarital affair. His former mistress, Paula Broadwell, was reportedly the subject of an FBI probe: a series of threatening emails sent to a female friend of Petraeus's have allegedly been traced back to her, as have another batch of emails sent to top military officials, in which Broadwell allegedly maligned the friend, Jill Kelley. Kelley is now mired in a possible scandal of her own, involving the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Broadwell, Petraeus's biographer, got to know him and his "inner circle" while working on a dissertation, Mansoor said, before ultimately writing the book "All In: The Education of David Petraeus." Mansoor met Broadwell through her work with Petraeus
"Well, she struck me as a supremely confident, fairly attractive, physically fit woman with a huge agenda," said Mansoor, who met her in the summer of 2009.
Mansoor added that he didn't understand why Petraeus gave Broadwell the extensive access she received when she decided to write the book.
The two did not begin the affair until after he left the military, news reports say.
"I thought it very strange that Gen. Petraeus at that point didn't distance himself from her, because we had a couple of rules…" Mansoor said. "And one was, no extended embeds for reporters with Gen. Petraeus and no personality profiles, and that's exactly what she ended up doing. And I think to his detriment."


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I'm trying to parse a document using SAX for Java. I need to keep track of the parent of the children in an XML format that allows for infinite decendants. I need to keep track of the parent as I go through. When I find the root phase object, I need to create an object in the database, retrieve the ID of the stored object. When I get to the children I need to know who their parent is so I can set their parentID in the database. How do I keep track of the parent? I included an XML file and a diagram showing the hierarchy. If I go all the way down to B_level4, how do I know that B_level2 is the child of A_level1 and not A_level3?
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- find the first phase and set it to current
- Get the level below, set current to parent, and set the id to the current
How do I deal with the infinite depth (having phases within phases) and keeping track of who the parent is?


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The Applied Community and Economic Development (ACED) sequence is an interdisciplinary program that enables those who are passionate about social change through service to take their careers to the next level. The sequence is designed for returned Peace Corps Volunteers and students with other development experiences (e.g., AmeriCorps, nonprofit work). The Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development coordinates these programs for Fellows, who spend an intense year on campus followed by 11-month paid professional practice. ACED sequence students have a graduate assistantship in the fall and spring semesters on campus prior to field work. Students pursuing this sequence receive a solid and relevant educational opportunity to pursue careers in community and economic development in the United States and around the world.
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From the Leicester Chronicle Friday, December 29th , 1900 p2
Five Sons in the Service: Queen's Gift to a Leicester Man
Mr. Edmund G. Hanham, 19, Edward-road, Clarendon Park, who has five sons in the Service, has received the following letter from Sir Fleetwood Edwards, Keeper of the Privy Purse:-
Privy Purse Office, Buckingham Palace, S.W., 18th December 1900
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards is commanded to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Edward G. Hanham's letter of the 5th ulto., and, in reply, to say that the Queen is very much gratified to learn that Mr. Hanham has five sons at present in the Service, and Sir Fleetwood Edwards is further commanded to forward to Mr. Hanham the enclosed Post Office Order for three pounds from the Queen as a mark of her Majesty's appreciation of this interesting fact, with the hope that it may be of some temporary assistance.
Clever Mr Hanham, spending ha'penny on a stamp to write to the Queen, and getting a postal order for three quid in return! Edmund George Hanham (c1849 -1925) married Mary Ann Dawkes (1850 – 1934) in 1874 and together they had at least ten children. Edmund was a sergeant in the Staffordshire militia, so it makes sense that so many of his children chose a military life. On his retirement, the family moved to Edward Road in Clarendon Park, where Edmund set up as a boot and shoe maker.
Mary and Edmund's children were: Edmund George Lawrence (1875-1901), Violette Polly (1876-), Frances May (1878-1878), Hedley Thomas (1878-1962), Archibald Harry (1881), Albert Victor (1883) Thomas (1884-1884), Charles Gordon (1885), Albert Edwin (1887), Christie (1887-1946)
I haven't been able to find out about the military service of all Edmund's sons, but here is what I did find:
Edmund George junior was a Sergeant Doctor in the South Staffordshire Regiment. He died in January 1901 at Winburg, during the second Boer War of 1899-1902 and just a few days after the article in the Chronicle. How awful for his father, to be recognised by the Queen one month and then the next, to lose one of his sons.
Hedley Thomas joined the 5th Duke of Wellington Regiment and later the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was demobilised and became a warehouseman in Huddersfield. In 1914 he again enlisted, rejoining the Duke of Wellingtons. He returned to Huddersfield and died in 1962.
Christie joined the 5th Dragoon Guards in 1902. he was wounded in South Africa in 1903 and again in 1904. In 1905 he requested permission to emigrate to Canada – can't say I blame him – but was refused. He spent a few years in the Reserves before re-enlisting, then staying in the service until 1915. His record states that he had a tattoo of a flower and two dots on his right forearm! He never did make it to Canada: He died in Leicester in 1946.
The Hanhams didn't stay in Clarendon Park for very long and were living elsewhere in Leicester by 1911. I don't suppose they made much of an impact on the area but the letter from Her Majesty must have stirred a lot of interest at the time. Small stories, but interesting nevertheless. Regards, Elizabeth.


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People v. Fernino, — N.Y.S.2d —-, 2008 WL 382348 (N.Y.City Crim.Ct. February 13, 2008)
An order of protection, issued by a New York family court, required that defendant Fernino have no contact with a certain Delgrosso. After Fernino added Delgrosso as a "friend" on MySpace, she was charged with contempt of court for allegedly violating the order of protection.
Fernino moved to dismiss the criminal complaint against her, arguing that even if the allegations were true, the purported "contact" through "friending" Degrosso would not support a conviction on the charges. The court denied the motion to dismiss.
Finding that adding Delgrosso as a friend in the social networking context was prohibited "contact," the court cited to People v. Kochanowski, 186 Misc.2d 441, 442 (App Term, 2nd Dept 2000) and People v. Johnson, 208 A.D.2d 1051 (3rd Dept 1994). In Kochanowski, the appellate court affirmed the harassment conviction of a defendant who participated in building a bogus Web site containing, among other things, alluring pictures of his ex-girlfriend. In Johnson, the court held that the defendant committed aggravated harassment by responding to a personal ad in the victim's name, causing the person placing the ad to contact the victim.
In this case, the court observed that even though Delgrosso could have simply denied the friend request, it was still a form of contact. It found that the form of communication was no different from the defendant having a third party say to Delgrosso, "Your former friend wants to communicate with you. Are you interested?"
It should also be noted that the court cited approvingly to Wikipedia for a description of MySpace and to Alexa for information about MySpace's popularity.
Mark Fass of the New York Law Journal has more on this case here. The MyCrimeSpace blog has its take on the case here. Also found on MyCrimeSpace is this article from last year about a poor chap in the UK who was found to have violated a restraining order for friending his ex-wife on Facebook.


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We are pleased to inform that Prof. Anton Zeilinger will be the speaker in our colloquium series on May 4, 2014. Professor Zeilinger is a world-leading, distinguished physicist from the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology. He is also the president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Professor Zeilinger is the recipient of numerous prestigious scientific awards, and his research has had ground-breaking impacts on various aspects of quantum physics, such as the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum optics, and quantum information science.


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It is easy to put in a lot of money when designing a room. Custom furniture and imported artwork can create a beautiful space, but is not entirely necessary. Bargain hunting can be both fun and rewarding. Finding the perfect treasure at a flea market can keep your budget happy while still providing the look and feel you want. In Los Angeles, we are surrounded by great flea markets. The Rose Bowl Flea Market, open the second sunday of every month, is a fantastic place to look for unique finds. Having been open for over 40 years and with over 2,500 vendors, you're bound to find something!
Bargain hunting is not limited to flea markets. Vintage stores are also a great way to find a good deal on beautiful items. With vintage stores, it may take time to discover which ones are fairly priced, and which are more of a collectors boutique. This just takes time, and getting to know the local stores in your area. Antiques add character to your design, but it can be difficult to find a good vintage store stocked with furniture. To solve this, antiques can often be found at garage sales and swap meets. One of a kind pieces are worth the effort, and saving money is just a bonus.
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Hands On with Microsoft's Sculpt Ergo Keyboard
Microsoft has been making ergonomic keyboards for nearly 20 years, but this newest keyboard, called the Sculpt, is thinner and sleeker in its design than most clunky-looking ergonomic keyboards. AllThingsD's Lauren Goode reports.
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I was inspired to start this series "A Thousand Days of Praise" from this blog:
I realized that I was stealing my own joy by not choosing to be grateful for God's bounteous gifts to me.
Here is what I wrote the day I began my posts praising God for His blessings in my life (from 4/3/12).
So what do you do when you have given up on life? When you wake up one morning and say "Why am I doing this? Why do I keep fighting and struggling only to be beaten down by life again and again?"
Today was one of those days for me.
I would have rather crawl under a rock than face another day. But little voices called from the other room. Voices which I could not ignore for much longer. So I pulled myself up by my boot straps and faced another day.
Facing the day is rather an exaggeration.
I made an appearance.
I fed my family cereal and wished they'ed all just leave me alone.
That is when I stumbled upon this blog. I had read a few articles on the blog previously... about homeschooling and motherhood. But this article stopped me in my tracks. She described me exactly as I was today. Hopeless. Bitter.
Before long the flood gates of tears open wide and I had to answer the "Why are you crying Momma?" question. (I answered it in my usual way: "Girls cry a lot.") The author explains how her life was changed by the simple act of counting the gifts God had given her. Of teaching herself to be grateful by, day by day, recounting the blessings of God. The one statement in the article that stands out to me (I think I need to write in in Sharpie on my wall!) is "God doesn't ask me to be perfect; He asks me to praise."
I mean, I know that, don't I? I say something similar every time I read the catechism with my boys. We were made for God's glory, to glorify Him. But do I do it? Do I see that as my purpose in life? Maybe I wouldn't spend so much time fearing I had missed God's will for my life if I actually did what I know He created me for: praising Him. Maybe I'd be happier if I could focus on praising him, instead of focusing on all the ill in my life and all the ways I think I fall short of perfection.
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today highlighted the Department's historic investment in clean energy technologies in remarks congratulating the 2011 Solar Decathlon winners. The following are the Secretary's remarks as prepared for delivery:
Good afternoon, I'm delighted to be a part of today's ceremony. I want to start by thanking everyone who made the 2011 Solar Decathlon possible:
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Many of our Recovery Act programs are coming to an end, and the question we face now is, "Where do we go from here?" In past times of national stress, we took the long view and invested in our future.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, leading to the first transcontinental railroad.
Our nation felt the need to have the best scientific advice possible, so we created the National Academies of Science.
We passed the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862. States were given federal lands whose sale or income would be used to support educational institutions to "teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts"
Much of the support went to colleges that helped improve the agricultural productivity. Iowa State and Ohio State are land grant universities. So are the University of California at Berkeley, Cornell University and MIT.
All this was done during the Civil War. Did we say we couldn't afford to do these things? Did we say government intervention was not needed and the free market will fix all problems?
In the build up to the Cold War, after the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite, we again took the long view and invested in research and development, and in the education of future scientist and engineers. We not only put a man on the moon, but we made the United States the world's technological leader.
Today, we find ourselves at a cross-road. In these tough economic times, we are wondering if we should move forward or hunker down. Let's look again at our history; read from our own playbook.
The Wright Brothers invented the airplane, but by World War I, we had lost the lead. Did we give up and say domestic airplane manufacturing is not important? No. With government help, we fought back and recaptured the aerospace lead.
Henry Ford didn't invent the internal combustion engine or the automobile. Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz did. What Ford did was he invented the assembly line which allowed him to make a high quality, affordable automobiles. America became the dominant automobile manufacturing force in the world by becoming the low cost producer that focused on increasing productivity of each worker.
We invented solar cells, wind turbines and lithium ion batteries, but are no longer the leading manufacturer.
Some say we shouldn't compete. The question we face is "Are we going to be importers or exporters of these technologies?"
Through our investments at the Department of Energy, we are working to recapture the lead. We need to take the long view and invest in the future. That's what made American great and that's how we will prevail.
America can – and should – lead the clean energy revolution and capture the jobs it will create. We've still got the world's greatest innovation machine. You only need to look at the great teams here at the Solar Decathlon to see that American innovation is alive and well.
Congratulations again to all of our student competitors. You see the challenges and opportunities of solar power and energy efficiency. You've joined the clean energy race. You have enlisted in the war against climate change. You have done an amazing job.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union accused the United States on Thursday of ignoring a World Trade Organisation ruling to stop subsidies to planemaker Boeing Co (BA.N) and asked the Geneva-based body to investigate, prolonging the world's largest trade dispute.
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Since that time, scientists at the center and USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have grown its flagship genetics program and its germ plasm evaluation project, which has evolved to be the largest breed comparison study over the last 35 to 40 years, said John Pollak, the center's director. The project also has information on how various breed crosses worked as composites.
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At the pasture, participants will see a wide array of different animals in the germ plasm evaluation project and hear about its results.
Co-hosted by UNL, USMARC and the Nebraska Cattlemen, the 2014 Beef Improvement Federation's annual meeting will start at noon June 18 with registration.
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This ragi rava kesari is from one of my experiments after I tried ragi halwa. Actually I made this kesari accidentally, I wanted to make wheat rava kesari with palm sugar by mistake I have added ragi rava in a hurry. When I saw the color of the kesari then I realize, any way by mistake I made a delicious kesari :).
For Ragi rava wash ragi well and dry in a shade for one hour or till the ragi seeds are totally dry. Don't dry the ragi under sun, make sure and dry them under shade. Now grind ragi in to a rava consistence in a blender and store this ragi rava in a airtight container. This will stay good for one week in the room temperature or you can store this rava in fridge for one month. You can make ragi upma, ragi kudumulu(kozhukattai) and ragi instent idli, ragi kheer many more like this.
I used palm jaggery for this recipe you can use normal jaggery or honey for this recipe. Since I am posting this as diabetic friendly recipe I used jaggery but you can also use sugar to make this recipe. I have used unsweetened kova, you can use sweetened kova or condensed milk. In this case reduce the amount of jaggery or sugar.
So lets check the recipe.....
Ragi rava --- 1 cup
Water --- 1 cup
Palm jaggery --- 1/2 cup grated (or according to your taste)
Kova (unsweetend) --- 1 tab sp
Cardamom powder --- 1/2 tea sp
Cashew nuts --- 1 tab sp broken
Ghee --- 2 tab sp
1. Heat one tab so ghee in a thick bottom pan add cashew nuts and fry till golden remove and set a side.
2. Add ragi rava to the same pan and fry in the ghee for two minutes then add 3/4 cup of water keep the heat in low and let it cook for 10 minutes
3. In the mean while heat 1/4 cup water in a pan add grated palm jaggery let it melt and add this jaggery water to the ragi mixture keep mixing and let it cook for 5 more minutes
4. Add cardamom powder, kova and half tab sp ghee mix well and cook for five more minutes and keep mixing.
5. Now add cashew nuts, leftover ghee and give good stir and switch off the heat.
Sprinkle with kova and cashew nuts and serve hot.
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