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Here's tonight's bake. Launched at 700 in the Blackstone and went for 3:00 on the nose. The increase in temperature meant that I got the additional bit of char that was missing (for me, John, not for you ) in last night's bake. The texture was more what I've become used to with this recipe. Crust was light and pillow-y inside a nice eggshell crunch (more like what I was getting indoors on the soapstone). The Blackstone certainly works for this style pie.Barry
That's just flat out beautiful, John. 6 day dough... I was wondering how far you could push it. Was that all in bulk until the last 12 hours? For you, 545 is a cool oven. For me, that's all I can get on a good day from my home oven. I'm trying to imagine what an 8+ minute bake would look like in my oven... much darker I think. Is the All Trumps malted?
John/Barry,If you are reballing a lower hydration dough, do you have any problem opening the skin in a consistent manner (thin or thick spots)?
I'm not John or Barry, but I have major problems re-balling low relative hydration (as relating to absorption value) doughs. If I can't pinch the re-ball completely shut, forget a good stretch. I do oil my initial balls, though, so maybe using less oil or no oil might help in this regard.
This week I scaled and balled everything before refrigerating. Barry, it's not the temperature of my ovens that was important in this experiment, it was the relative differences in the temperatures I used which caused much differing baking times. When I am baking, if the bottom browns too fast, I throw a screen under it to slow it down to catch up to the top. All Trumps is malted.John
Well... I've been away for a long time, initially because of a crazy work schedule that was keeping me out of town 3-4 days a week (thankfully, that's over... I'm down to one day a week now) and then because of health issues at home (my wife is now on the mend 5 weeks after major surgery).I finally had the time to put together a Fazzari dough.DoughFlour: 15% organic KA white whole wheat; 85% organic KABFWater: 64%IDY: 0.4%Salt: 2.25%Oil: 1.5%Sugar: 1.5%Poolish made of 40% of flour at 50% hydrationNormal procedure from earlier in thread, with a 3 day cold ferment, 2.5 hours at room temp. Fired up the very lonely looking Blackstone. Bottom stone at approx 600 and top stone at approx 725 for first pie - a white margherita (garlic, basil, tomatoes, mozz and a spray of EVOOw ,with peppadews on half).. That came out a little uneven, with the bottom pretty pale. It was tasty though - declared by the 13-year-old critic and wife.Balanced the heat better for the second pie (garlic, basil, broccoli, mozz and a spray of EVOO, again with peppadews on half). Much better browning and char on the bottom, and even tastier I was told.Third pie was half garlic, mozz and basil and half everything else that was left over. Also balanced better.Dough handling skills are rusty, to say the least, but they started to come back a bit. It's good to be back with friends, and I'll be participating more regularly again, now that my life is back to what passes for normal around here.We finally planted some tomatoes, basil, chard, kale, etc. in our community garden plot last weekend, and the garlic is looking good. I can't wait to be able to work with produce that tasted like something after a very long New England winter and cold spring.Barry
Most excellent post and faaaantastic looking pies Barry.Glad you are back in the saddle man!CB
Glad to see you back on the forum. I agree, your pies look delicious!Norma
pies look great! I was driving through Guilford a few weeks ago and was wondering where you were, good to see you back and good that your wife is on the mend.

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"I fired two shots that sprouted into big red blossoms across the white cotton shirt he wore."Why not "his white cotton shirt"? What does "he wore" add? What could the victim have been doing with his shirt except wearing it? If yesterday's writing quirk was common in American pulp stories of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, I associate this one with writers of the '40s and '50s, often when describing the attire of an attractive woman. But "the dress she wore" (rather than "her dress") always takes me out of the story, if just for a moment.
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Snakes and Ladders but Italy Still Dominates After Day Five in Porto Cervo
5 June 2008
Porto Cervo, 5 June 2008 - What a difference a day makes, as the 114 competitors from 16 nations found out on the fifth day of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo. With the fleet now split into Gold and Silver groups the Race Committee was able to run races seven through nine on both courses. The skies were somewhat overcast but there was a great sailing wind from the north west that varied in strength from the low teens up to high 20s for brief periods. The weather challenges combined with the strength of this fleet made for a real "snakes and ladders" day as the overall results reveal.
Only two boats came out of the day with three top ten scores – Nicola Celon, sailing ITA638 Marchingenio for Giorgio Marchi who scored 3, 8, 6, and Luca Bursic, sailing ITA730 Etabeta for Paolo Testolin, who scored 5, 4, 5. As a result they have moved into fifth and seventh place respectively.
In the overall standings Lorenzo Bressani, helming Lorenzo Santini's ITA757 Uka Uka Racing, has taken the lead. His day opened with a mediocre 14th, but he made up for this by following it with two wins and now counts 24 points. Speaking after racing Bressani said "The day didn't start in a great way. In the first race, the second upwind leg wasn't perfect, and an infringement on the second windward mark made us lose about 10 places. We made up for it well in the next two races. The last was really exciting! It was very tiring, especially in the last race of the day where the wind got up to 28/30 knots. It went well though! We need to concentrate hard; it's still wide open, at least for the top 5 boats. I would say we can't complain, even if we've lost a few points here and there" Lorenzo Bressani said.
Alberto Bolzan, sailing Gianni Catalogna's ITA727 Pilot Italia, remains in second place having scored 10, 14, 4 in today's races and counts 32 overall. "Today we were not very lucky" - declared Bolzan – "however we are second in the provisional rating and the games of the World Championship are still all open. Tomorrow, the last day of the regattas, it is as begin again the Championship from the first day, we and another 4 crews will sail very good during this last three races."
Flavio Favini, at the helm of Franco Rossini's SUI521 Blu Moon, has moved up from fourth into third after an 18th in race seven followed by a third and second, putting him 2 points behind Bolzan. Favini was complimentary about his competitors after sailing - "We still have three races to do. I hope. And it could be heavy air so we still want to sail well tomorrow. We would love to swap places with Uka Uka. They are sailing very well and when you sail that well, you deserve to win. They deserve to be in the top spot. We'll see if we can do better tomorrow, because we still have some racing to do."
Overnight leader Luca Valerio, helming ITA722 Alina Helly Hansen for Maurizio Abba, has slipped down into fourth overall having started the day well enough with a sixth in race seven, but he then came 20th in race eight before recovering with a third in race nine.
The Gold fleet in particular is so closely matched that there was high drama at many of the marks and constant changes of place on each leg. Perhaps the most spectacular mark incident of the day occurred at a second weather mark when a last minute wind shift threw the approaching boats into chaos. The leading pair – Lorenzo Bressani and Flavio Favini – got around cleanly but behind them boats arriving from the left had nowhere to go and there were collisions galore. Within seconds it was more like watching ballet than yacht racing as several boats took 360o penalties to exonerate themselves. Tonight the jury has 15 protests to hear and will be burning the midnight oil.
Nicola Celon, helming Georgio Marchi's ITA638 Marchingenio, was one of those caught up in the incident but his day got even worse when, having extricated himself and set off down the run in fifth place, his spinnaker blew out on hoisting. His well practised team's high speed sail change saved the day and he only lost four places. With a day's score of 3, 8, 6 he now lies fifth overall with 41 points and if three races are sailed tomorrow remains in contention.
In the Corinthian Division for all amateur crews Cedric de Kervenoael's FRA612 Bouygues Telecom, helmed by Jean-Francois Cruette, has taken the lead by three points from Oyvin Peder Jahre, sailing NOR555 Terra Eindomsmeglng for Stian Briseid. Bruce Ayres and his USA637 Monsoon team had another great day coming third in race seven, and winning races eight and nine. In the overall Corinthian standings he now lies third. After racing an excited Ayres said - "We wanted more! There are a lot of really good teams here. The top 10-20 teams are really, really good."
For Jahre this morning's race seven was almost but not quite a spectacular double. He not only won the Corinthian Division but he also led the race overall right from the start. Breathing down his neck the whole way round were Gabrio Zandona, helming ITA633 Joe Fly for Giovanni Maspero, and Nicola Celon, but he managed to hold them off all the way into the closing seconds of the race when the Joe Fly crew timed their final gybe perfectly and slid up neck and neck alongside. On the line it was too close to call from the press boat and only the Race Committee could confirmed Zandona had beaten Jahre. After racing Jahre confirmed - "We had a very good start and a lot of good speed. We managed to get ahead at the first mark. Downwind we were very fast, but at the end it was very close with Joe Fly."
On the Silver Course there were three different winners in the shape of Paolo Brescia in ITA585; Enrico Sinibaldi, helming ITA608 Masamantes for Renato Vallivero; and Alain Settler, helming SUI336 Meister Ropes Switzerland for Amrein Hansmartin. The overall standings on the Silver Course are first Emmanuel Nebout sailing FRA471 Mu, second ITA585 helmed by Paolo Brescia and third Matthias Keller helming SUI530 Acqua for Gianluca Tribo.
The Race Committee, headed by Principle Race Officers Peter Reggio on the Gold Course and Hank Stuart on the Silver Course, has confirmed that racing has again been brought forward to 10.30 tomorrow to give the best possible opportunity of running all three remaining races before the 15.00 final start time cut off. The forecast is for more good wind and with five teams going head to head for the Overall Volvo Melges 24 World Championship and three serious contenders for the Corinthian Championship it's going to be a thrilling finish to the series.
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As Iraq war veteran Brendan Marrocco recovers from an extremely rare double arm transplant, experts in the field of reconstructive transplantation say the surgery's ultimate success depends heavily on a patient's immune system response and nerve tissue regeneration.
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When Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott — who make up the mega-talented country music trio Lady Antebellum — say that they love their fans, they really mean it. In fact, when Lady A superfan Jessica Stokes appeared on 'Anderson' on Tuesday, she couldn't stop talking about how much she loves the group and how she's never seen them in concert — that's when the trio gave her the surprise of a lifetime.
Basically, Stokes sat down with host Anderson Cooper under a cleverly disguised ruse. She thought she was on the new daytime talk show to simply chat about her fandom and to try and win Lady A tickets by passing a quiz about the band. Stokes told Cooper that since her husband is in the military and her family has been stationed in Germany for a few years, she hasn't had much opportunity to see a live Lady Antebellum show, and when she did, she missed it.
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As a military wife who doesn't always get to see her husband often, Jessica talked about how the Lady A hit 'I Run to You' really hits home with her. "That song makes me think about him… and there are so many songs that remind me of our relationship," she said.
When Cooper tested Stokes' knowledge about Lady Antebellum, she answered the first two questions correctly with absolutely no hesitation. Then came the third question: "What song is this?" Cooper asked, as a truly live version of 'Need You Now' started playing in the background. Stokes had no idea that all three members of the group were there, miced up and singing the tune backstage.
The second the trio walked out singing, the world's biggest Lady Antebellum fan jumped out of her seat screaming. "Shut up!" she yelled in disbelief (at least a dozen times).
Stokes will get to see a full live show soon, but we have a feeling that hugging her three favorite country stars more than makes up for that missed show in London. Lady Antebellum sure know how to treat their fans right!
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Skip to comments.Phyllis Schlafly: Are Mexican Immigrants Assimilating Or Invading?
Posted on 11/30/2001 7:47:46 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, support for the United States has poured in from around the world, but the response from Mexico has been decidedly lukewarm. A Gallup poll reported that 78 percent of Mexicans oppose contributing troops to a multinational coalition, and we have seen no indication that Mexico will modify its oil policy of acting like a member of OPEC.
While there is no evidence that the 9/11 terrorists entered over the Mexican border, the trial in El Paso of an Iraqi smuggler produced evidence that he alone brought more than 1,000 Middle East illegals into the United States via that route, charging his clients $10,000 to $15,000 each. Border Patrol agents have confirmed the increase in illegal aliens coming from the Middle East across our southern border and the fact that Arabs pay up to $50,000 each for a "coyote" to smuggle them into the United States.
The 9/11 events have temporarily shelved the foolish proposals to grant amnesty to three million Mexicans illegally living in our country. Unfortunately, there is no indication that Mexico has retreated from its longtime goal of opening the U.S. border.
In Chicago on July 27, 1997, then Mexican President Ernesto Zedilla told the National Council of LaRaza, "I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders." He announced a Mexican constitutional amendment that purports to allow Mexicans to retain their Mexican nationality even though they become U.S. citizens (which is contrary to the U.S. naturalization oath).
When President Vicente Fox came to the United States this year, he reiterated this line, proclaiming that "the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders" and includes migrants living in the United States. He called for open borders and endorsed Mexico's new dual citizenship law.
Some Mexicans use the term "reconquista," which is Spanish for reconquest, to describe their desire to see California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas acquired by Mexico and named the new country of Aztlan. They are teaching their youth that the United States "stole" those areas from Mexico and that they should be "returned."
The United States acquired the Southwest a century and a half ago in three ways: part by the 1845 annexation agreement with Texas, which was then an independent republic, part ceded by Mexico in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War, and part by the 1852 Gadsden Purchase.
Mexico's claim to the Southwest originated with the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew an imaginary line on the map to divide the Western Hemisphere between Spain and Portugal. Because geography had so many unknowns at that time, Portugal got only Brazil (which is why Brazilians speak Portuguese).
Other countries never recognized this treaty, and Americans consider it ridiculous even to talk about giving the Southwest to Mexico. Most national borders all over the world have come about as the result of war.
Mexicans obviously have no thought of invading the Southwest with troops, so their hope is reconquista by migration, both legal and illegal. According to Mario Obledo, founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, "California is going to be a Hispanic state and anyone who doesn't like it should leave."
An amnesty rally in the Los Angeles Sports Arena on June 10, 2000 attracted 25,000 people. In demanding amnesty for illegal Mexican aliens, the speakers proudly announced the names of at least a dozen unions in Los Angeles that are now headed by Mexicans.
Vicente Fox presented Mexico's Congress with a five-year development plan to eliminate the U.S.-Mexican border. He said he plans to serve "the 100 million Mexicans who now live in Mexico and the more than 18 million who live abroad," and to "strengthen our ability to protect and defend the rights of all Mexicans abroad."
Juan Hernandez, appointed by Fox as special liaison to Mexicans abroad, lobbies to get U.S. driver's licenses issued to illegal aliens and defends the Mexican government's issuance of desert survival kits to those sneaking across the border. On ABC's Nightline on June 7, he boasted: "We are betting that the Mexican-American population in the United States ... will think Mexico first."
Fox's five-year plan calls for building a larger consular presence in the United States, and this is already in operation. In U.S. areas with large Hispanic (including illegal) populations, the Mexican consul donates to the local public schools the same textbooks that are used in every elementary school in Mexico, grades 1 through 6.
The books, written in Spanish and including all academic subjects, teach that America "stole" the southwest from Mexico and that Mexico is entitled to take it back. The Mexican government considers these textbooks a symbol of Mexican national pride, guarantees a set to every Mexican child, and makes it a crime for anyone to sell them.
The only reason we learned about this Mexican plan is that one school in Santa Ana, California, decided to sell the books at a book fair and the local Hispanics kicked up a fuss about it. The school apologized to the Hispanics for selling the books, but should have apologized to the students for accepting the books in the first place.
The question we should ask our Mexican immigrant friends is, are you assimilating or invading?
We both wasted too much time, and peace of mind attempting to have a discussion. I accept his creditials - he fought his war. Every man fights his own wars - either in uniform or at the office - and none should diminish the history of another.
The kid was exactly correct in his position that the early story information indicated Americans were present at the scene of what could in fact have been a serious war crime.. But then, he stupidly walked into the clearing - attempting to say there was NEVER any acceptable scenario where "war crimes" must be seen in the light of situational ethics and the will to survive.
Frankly, I hope he cools down, takes that chip off his shoulder and comes back. I'll bet you're man enough to forgive - once.
Semper Fi
Those aren't my leaders. Those opinions don't represent my viewpoint. Should I go find quotes from Anglo politicians, professors, militia whackos and street people and then insist that they represent all Anglos?
Hispanics aren't some monolithic, cultural equivalent of the Borg coming to America to "out-reproduce" you and live on welfare. Shake yourself.
Is your faith and confidence in America and American ideals so fragile that you think we can't absorb immigrants without collapsing? Is this the end of America as we know it? Sure. It probably is. That doesn't mean it's the end of America or our Constitution or our way of life. America will be just fine. Relax.
But what number would you think is too much, given the amount of support they will need to be assimilated for many years? 1 million, 10 million, 100 million, or do you think no limit at all?
And if no limit at all, why have any border? -- Is that your view?
How true, how sad, we're doomed if it's not stopped soon.
That said, I think we quickly forget how many decades it takes for an ethnic group to get assimilated. THe reason we've forgotten is because immigration between the 1920s and 1968 virtually ground to a halt, so we tend only to know of families who came to this country and assimilated decades ago or families who have only come very recently. German-Americans started coming here in droves in the mid to late 1800s and had German schools, German neighborhoods, and German churches. This likely would have gone on for a few more decades were it not for WWI which made expressions of German culture "unwise"-- not to mention the decades upon decades it's been since we've seen new communities of German s moving to the USA.
My father's side of the family came here in the early 1950s. His parents never really learned that much English, and at family holidays we still bounce back and forth between languages. English was learned as a second language for all of my cousins. However, now that my cousins have children (the second generation born in the USA-- 30 years after my cousins were born and 50 years after my father and his siblings came to the USA), THEY are the first generation to learn English as a first language-- decades after their grandparents first came to this country as children. You're not going to see fully "assimilated" Mexican families -- or any kind of family -- for at least 50 years after they first arrive here.
Very Respectfully,
I am a white older woman who lived for over twenty years in the city of Orange, also right next to Santa Ana, and I watched sadly as parts of my town turned to slum-like conditions because of the hordes of illegals living there, twenty to an apartment, cashing their welfare checks at the bank and using their food stamps at the markets. They drive with no auto insurance, and for the past ten years no one could leave their garage open without things being ripped off by Mexicans.
No racism here, my family is multicultural, but I'm sick and tired of my property taxes being used to build schools for millions of kids from Mexico, and I'm sick and tired of my state taxes being used to pay for their welfare and their beer, and I hate seeing California towns turning into slums. If you don't like my views, too bad.
Watch 75% of illegals go home if the freebies are stopped.
Lately the Admin Moderators had seemed to have a policy of politely cleaning them up behind them, and that is what set me off, but Jim Rob cleared it up for me.
Didn't stop you from finding them, though. What was your source?
Virulent, assinine comments are hardly unusual among so-called leaders of any race, creed, nationality or religious faith. The original article is ample evidence of that fact.
Bless your heart and God Bless America!
as I did too, twice. Differing opinions are fine, but please keep it civilized! Sheesh!
P.S. Newbie mvscal, read at the top NO Profanity, thanks
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Christmas comes early for Kobe Bryant this year, what with this special delivery from Santa's summer home in Florida of Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard.
Oh, and a hearty Feliz Navidad to Pau Gasol as well.
Gasol won't be relocating. He doesn't have to play center anymore. And he and Bryant can start rebuilding their interpersonal chemistry that took a beating last season.
Now, admittedly, the arrival of a superstar big man who averaged 20.6 points, 13.4 field-goal attempts and 10.6 free-throw attempts with a 26.1 percent usage rate is going to require some offensive adjustments from Gasol. But so did the Lakers' shift in emphasis last season to Andrew Bynum, who got off shots nearly as frequently as Howard, lacking only the hack-a-Dwight opportunities from the line.
Gasol gets to exploit his mismatches against many power forwards, without being subjected to the pounding of post play and cross-traffic in the lane. He'll have Steve Nash organizing the offense, which will go down easier than Bryant dribble-dribble-dribbling for 18 seconds. Mostly, though, Gasol gets to stay, not only contributing to the Lakers' stunning new front line but also benefiting from it.
Bryant has to know that, too. As focused as he might be – and surely Laker fans are – on their team's new toys, Howard and Nash, this all looks better, makes sense and sparks excitement because L.A. manages to retain Gasol.
All along, Bryant has maintained that his repeated blisterings of Gasol, so heated, so public, are intended to motivate and focus his Euro teammate. It's supposed to be, well, Jordan-esque in that way, like His Airness goading Steve Kerr or Luc Longley for something. It even has gotten results at times. Bryant knows and appreciates Gasol's hoops IQ, he just believes Pau's pilot light burns low.
Still, it never has suited Gasol's style. And aside from some expressed empathy from Bryant when Gasol's name got bandied about in trade rumors, the chastisings and Bryant's volume shooting led to a bigger gulf between them last season than at any previous point in their five seasons together.
Now the spotlight is on Howard and Nash. The expectations never change in Lakersland — win big now — but the two newbies will be shouldering most of them.
Bryant, meanwhile, can look around him and see that Lamar Odom is gone, Derek Fisher is gone, Bynum is gone too. The one teammate who has been around for all three Finals trips and both championships since 2008, the one guy who — with his contributions certainly and through all the drama that comes with life in Staples Center — has had Bryant's back has been Gasol.
So it was nice when Bryant told reporters in Spain a couple weeks ago about Gasol: "As long as I'm there, he's going to be there."
It's even better that Gasol will be around to enjoy whatever success Howard and Nash and all the new dynamics bring, rather than being the piece that helped provide them.


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U.S. News & World Report
September 12, 2012
Small classes, faculty to student ratio rank
high for Otterbein among Ohio schools
Westerville, OH—Otterbein University has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Washington Monthly for its focus on academics, service and student success.
Among the Ohio schools in the Regional Universities–Midwest category of the 2013 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, Otterbein boasts the third highest peer review score and third highest percentage of classes with less than 20 students. It also has the second lowest student to faculty ratio and second highest percentage of full-time faculty among its Ohio peers. Otterbein is ranked 16th overall among 149 peers in the Regional Universities–Midwest category.
"We are gratified to be rated so highly by our peers and to have performed so well on so many measures relative to our peers, but we are most excited by the fact that most of our already strong measures showed improvement over previous years," said Otterbein Provost Victoria McGillin. "Our most important competition is with ourselves and our most important outcomes are the learning outcomes of our students."
According to the guide, institutions in the Regional Universities category provide a full range of undergraduate and master's programs while offering few, if any, doctoral programs. Otterbein offers master's degrees in allied health, business, education, educational mathematics and nursing, and a doctor of nursing practice degree.
This year Otterbein competed with schools from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri for this honor. Peer institutions include Butler, Drake and Xavier universities. The rankings are based on 16 measures of "academic excellence," which fall into six categories, peer assessment and graduation and retention rates being the most important. Presidents and academic vice presidents are surveyed in the spring each year and are asked to rate their peer institutions (those schools in the same category and region).
Otterbein also was recently recognized by Washington Monthly as a top school for contributions to the public good as measured by social mobility, research and service. Otterbein was ranked 10th in service and 52nd overall among 682 schools across the nation. Within the service category, Otterbein ranked seventh in community service participation by students.
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Chosen twice from more than 100 applicant institutions to receive grants for participation in American Association of Colleges and Universities multi-year programs.
National Science Foundation (2006)
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Chosen as a benchmark program by Plymouth State University (NH) as it redesigned its general education program. Included an onsite visit to Otterbein by Plymouth State faculty team.
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"Independent University Challenge Program for Liberal Arts Excellence," $106,000. One of six programs honored by the Regents in a statewide competition.
New IS Curriculum Passed in Senate
A bill to pass the new IS curriculum was presented to the Senate on November, 4, 2009 . After some debate, the bill was voted on and passed overwhelmingly.
Otterbein Featured in the International Educator
"Shared Futures: Global Learning and Liberal Education" was a 3-year initiative sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Otterbein University was 1 of 16 institutions selected to participate in the program which challenged institutions to transform their core curricula so that students become more global-minded, ethical, and engaged.
In the latest issue of the International Educator (published by NAFSA: Association of International Educators), Otterbein's role in the Shared Futures project as well as the new Integrative Studies curriculum are highlighted.
The article can be read here : Globalizing General Education
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"Through the hands-on COSI project I learned a lot that I could have never learned from a textbook."
"It's not just a course you can take once and forget, it's something you can keep using."
COSI staff were also positive about the sessions, saying that the students "were a delight to work with" and plan on using the student's scripts to develop future energy activities at COSI.
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(Reuters) - Video recorder pioneer TiVo Inc posted a quarterly profit as it gained $490 million from a patent litigation settlement with Google Inc's Motorola Mobility and Cisco Systems Inc.
Tivo reported a net profit of $268.9 million, or $1.96 per share, in the second quarter, compared with a net loss of $27.7 million, or 23 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 53 percent to $100.1 million.
TiVo said in June it settled a patent lawsuit with Motorola Mobility, which had accused it of infringing patents for digital video recorders.
(Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bangalore; Editing by Don Sebastian)


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Hello all,
It has been quite a while since I visited the ASAP boards! I was diagnosed more than 3.5 years ago, surgery a little more than 3 years ago and I had two relatively normal years following surgery. Now, all pre-surgery symptoms are back, along with some new, frightening symptoms. I have recently been approved for MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) insurance after a little more than a year of being without insurance. I previously had private insurance which allowed me to choose nearly any doctor of my choice and I also lived in a large metro area (Kansas City) with a number of neurosurgeons to choose from. I now live in Springfield, MO and have not yet found or heard of any NS in this area who is knowledgeable in CM. I am looking for any and all recommendations in these three states and I can research to see if they will take my new, state health insurance.
I appreciate any and all recommendations you have for Neurosurgeons in the tri-state region or anyone else nearby if you're certain they will take MO HealthNet. Thanks everyone for taking a moment to read this and providing your suggestions and recommendations.
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Hammett begat Leonard, and Leonard begat Nicol?
Each author will have his protagonists pause amid the main action to engage in something like old-fashioned vaudeville cross-talk, one character cutting the other's verbal legs out from under him as they veer off into comic mutual misunderstanding. It can be great fun, and it does much to humanize the characters.
Then a Detectives Beyond Borders reader pointed out a passage from Dashiell Hammett's early story "Arson Plus" that does something similar. Hammett has the Continental Op stop, step back, and reflect upon the investigation in which he is engaged:
"We poked around in the ashes for a few minutes—not that we expected to find anything, but because it's the nature of man to poke around in ruins."The humor here is darker and more introspective than Leonard's or Nicol's, but it similarly does much to flesh out the protagonists. The device helps explain what readers mean when they that say the characters are likable or that the authors have created sympathetic heroes (or, in Leonard's case, villains).
© Peter Rozovsky 2012
Labels: Africa, Dashiell Hammett, Elmore Leonard, Mike Nicol, miscellaneous, South America


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|Cherry Hill, N.J.
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|Cherry Hill East
2009: Appeared in 53 sets…Had 96 kills (1.81 per set) and 40 blocks (0.75 per set)…Ranked third on the team and ninth in the Ivy League in blocks per set…Selected as Ivy League Player of the Week after averaging 3.22 kills per set with.424 hitting percentage and a tournament-high 1.22 blocks per set in Yale's sweep of the Seton Hall Invitational…Also earned All-Tournament Team accolades for that performance, which includes a season-high 12 kills against Hofstra…Had eight kills in the Oct. 2 sweep of Brown…Reached double figures with 10 kills and added five blocks on Oct. 10 against Penn.
2008: Played in 83 sets...Averaged 1.68 kills with a .238 hitting percentage...Registered 0.51 blocks per set...Hit .333 with 13 kills and just one error en route to earning a spot on the Penn State Classic All-Tournament team...Recorded five kills and a season-best five blocks in the Sept. 27 sweep of Long Island...Recorded a season-high 12 kills on 22 swings (.500) on Oct. 3 at Brown...Hit .778 (8-1-9) on Oct. 4 vs. Brown...Tallied nine kills, and a career-best five digs on Oct. 18 against Penn...Matched her season high of five blocks on Oct. 18 against Penn and again on Nov. 29 at Loyola Marymount...Led all players with nine kills on Oct. 24 at Cornell...Recorded 10 kills on 20 swings without committing an error on Nov. 14 at Penn.
2007: Made 17 starts, appearing in 62 games at middle blocker...Posted 127 kills and 63 blocks...Named to the Yale Invitational all-tournament team after tallying 23 kills and 13 blocks in the tournament...Had eight kills in three of the first four matches of the season, and seven in the other...Hit .778, recording seven kills without an error vs. Sacred Heart (Sept. 8)...Had five solo blocks and seven overall vs. Maine (Sept. 8)...Recorded seven blocks at Harvard on Oct. 6...Smashed 18 kills (double her previous career high) and hit .472 in the season finale against UC Santa Barbara in the Baden Thanksgiving Classic (Nov. 24).
2006: Started the first 10 matches of her collegiate career...Appeared in 51 games during the season...Notched 83 kills and 54 blocks...Led team with 1.06 blocks per game...Posted eight kills against Siena in her first collegiate match (Sept. 8)...Tallied a career-high nine kills in Yale's win over Rhode Island in the Courtyard by Marriott Yale Classic (Sept. 22)...Registered eight total blocks in Yale's five-game win over Connecticut (Sept. 12).
Before Yale: Helped lead Cherry Hill East to its first Group IV New Jersey state championship while being named the Star Ledger South Jersey Player of the Year...Lettered four times in volleyball and twice more in swimming...Honored as a Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, a National Merit Commended Student and a National Achievement semi-finalist.
Getting to Know LJ
Favorite Quote: "The vision of a champion
is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of
exhaustion, when no one else is watching."
Biggest Inspiration: My parents
Favorite Reality TV Show: "Survivor"
Favorite Sports Movie: Remember the Titans
People are surprised that you…: are obsessed with the TV show, "Survivor". It is currently in its 18th season, and I have not missed a single one.
Which of your teammates would make the best coach?: Kate Parker, because of her love for the game.
Why did you choose Yale?: I chose Yale for the combination of the opportunities to attend a great academic university and to be a part of a successful volleyball program. When I visited and got a chance to be on campus and spend time with the team, I knew Yale was the perfect fit.


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|2012-01-12, 04:36
|Link #2021
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
You should be able to load things like the enhanced night sky, water effects, improved landscape textures and run well. I've got most of that stuff running and I've got an obsolete video card (no one laugh, I upgraded the system for christmas but retained the old card til I have money for a new video card).
AMD Phenom IIx4 965 3.4GHz (black quad)
8GB of RAM
but... an Nvidia 9600 GT
I have to cut back a bit on the textures mostly because the modders are only testing on the newer cards and once in a while I "look" at something that causes the graphics to spray unless I turn off some features.
If you're hearing someone whine about "all the bugs" - you might wonder if they're running any mods (mods and combinations of mods can increase flakiness). There were some game mechanic changes but those aren't 'bugs', just changes in gaming design.
The only real "issue" I'm scratching my head over is sometime during me moving mods off and on, I turned one of the blacksmith's blouse invisible ... invisible in that she has head, hands, and skirt but the torso is invisible. Somewhere a mesh or texture got lost and I've been too lazy to figure out where.
|2012-01-12, 14:28
|Link #2023
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Australia
Age: 35
So a funny thing happened today in my 2nd playthrough. I was travelling to another cave to do quest when I had a random encounter with Thalmor agents who immediately attacked me. Guess they didn't like me killing their justicars all the time. Needlessly to say I was not prepared for the mage in the group who shot out lightning like a machinegun.
Gets back to same spot of the encounter but instead of Thalmor I get spriggans. Meh. I wanted revenge.
RELOADS. Stormcloaks vs Imperials.
RELOADS. Bandits.
RELOADS. Forsworn
RELOADS. 2 spriggans fighting a troll.
RELOADS. COmpanions killing bears.
RELOADS. 2 apprentice necromancers.
RELOADS. Spriggan fighting a hargraven.
45 mins later... Finally I get the Thalmor again.
I was obsessed like that.
|2012-01-12, 16:46
|Link #2024
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
I'm about 60 hours into my first playthrough, and I still have so much to do. I never had more than one follower with me. I'd like to have two or three followers. I'm thinking Aela the Huntress, Mjoll the Lioness, and possibly Lydia, too. Do you need a mod for two followers? What about three followers? Need a mod? Can you even do three followers; mod or no mod?
|2012-01-12, 19:55
|Link #2025
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: who knows?
|2012-01-15, 16:35
|Link #2028
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Normandy SR-2
Age: 24
I finally figured out how to take proper screenshots - my character (the second actually) is an Argonian, although I actually meant to do Khajiit.
Spoiler for edited:
I'm having really bad FPS issues though, can it be the number of mods I have installed? I stayed away from most texture mods, other than little ones like ones for specific armour, ice or animals... haven't used any post-processing either.
I also fiddled with the .ini to try and improve the shadows, but they just got worse >.>
I do think my game's performance has gotten worse progressively My PC is awful, below the minimum requirements but it's been running decently for a while. I'm such a n00b when it comes to gaming, sigh.
|2012-01-16, 13:50
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♪ ~ ♫
God, this game. I'm level 31 and my last main quest was meeting with the Greybeards for the FIRST time. Haven't even been to half the cities yet. There's so much to do...
Btw, was anyone else lucky enough to have Skjor rise from the dead after finishing the Companions questline? Gives quests too, like everyone else from the circle.
Though it's a little creepy...
...well, not as creepy as dragons landing in front of you, just to lay down and die. Without any prior interaction whasoever. Or weaponry ascending towards the blue skies whenever I come near.
Skyrim is full of miraculous wonders indeed.
|2012-01-16, 14:20
|Link #2030
"Show it to me"
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: In solitude, where we are least alone
I have so many opened quests and that's just the side quests and the main ones are out of control too. I tried to focus doing the Thieves' Guild first but one of the requirements for one of the quests was all the across the map! Man, if I tried travelling from god knows where, I'll ended up getting distracted by exploring caves, beating bandits, out of nowhere dragon battles, and running away from angry giants
|2012-01-16, 14:40
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Skyrim is just a big homage to the ancient comic "Family Circus" and Billy (GU Comics referenced this in one of their 'skyrim' comics). That's about what my skyrim journey looks like...
|2012-01-16, 15:56
|Link #2033
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Oh.... and I mentioned I *hate* the dog? One character got so pissed off at him for pushing her off a cliff she beat him til he attacked her. There's a mod that reduces the "I want to have my nose rammed up your ass and bark" ... but either its the worst "follower" routine I've ever seen or the programmer was completely in rage he was stuck with programming the dog.
|2012-01-16, 16:12
|Link #2034
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: who knows?
|2012-01-16, 23:29
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Oh... here's the "Sky Boost" that was being asked about a page or two ago... no idea how well it works --- it seems to need an update every time there's patch.
|2012-01-18, 05:03
|Link #2039
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
I want to give every NPC Ebony Armour so they don't die to Dragons. But it seems that isn't possible in Skyrim without mods.
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
My axe-and-shield orc-ette has gone through two followers (friendly fire killing blows). It'd be nice if they'd *wear* their special armor she gives them. It'd also be nice if they'd get out of the damned way when they're hurt.
(yeah, yeah, I know I could get them back but I like to try and not subvert the reality they're in too much)
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SOUTH BERWICK – Nicole Harvey struck out 11 as Marshwood topped McAuley 3-1 Monday in a Southern Maine Activities Association softball game.
Harvey won a pitching duel with Taylor Whaley and the Lions (0-1).
Whaley finished with 13 strikeouts with three walks, but allowed runs to score on a passed ball and a wild pitch.
Sammy Crosman had an RBI triple for the Hawks (2-0).
WESTBROOK 4, SANFORD 1: Kerigan Demers drove in the winning run with a single in the third inning as the Blue Blazes (1-1) downed visiting Sanford (0-2).
Demers advanced to third on the throw home and later scored on a wild pitch.
Pitcher Allie Lemay gave up three hits, walked two and struck out eight for the win.
Kelly Tovey gave Sanford an early lead with an RBI double in the top of the first.
CHEVERUS 12, DEERING 1: Brittany Bell was 4 for 5 with two RBI and four runs scored as Cheverus (1-0) posted a six-inning, mercy-rule win over visiting Deering (0-2).
Starting pitcher Isabella Grasso struck out six, walked one and allowed two hits through four innings. Bell pitched the final two innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.
GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 9, LAKE REGION 4: Zoey Adams' two-run homer in the third inning gave Gray-New Gloucester (3-0) its winning margin over Lake Region (0-1) at Gray.
Samantha Wilkins provided an RBI single in the first as the Patriots scratched out three runs.
Pitcher Maria Valente tripled in the third and Adams followed with a towering homer to center field for a 5-0 lead.
Wilkins added two more RBI in the fifth with another triple.
Valente struck out two and walked none, giving up five hits.
WELLS 12, YARMOUTH 5: Lauren Bame pitched a complete-game four-hitter and homered, leading Wells (1-0) past the Clippers (1-1) in Yarmouth.
The Warriors trailed 4-2 before a six-run fifth inning capped by Monica Link's two-run single. Bame homered as Wells added four more in the sixth.
BONNY EAGLE 7, GORHAM 3: Rebecca Howell tripled home two runs and scored a third to give Bonny Eagle (1-1) a 4-1 lead over the Rams (0-1) in a sixth-inning rally in Gorham.
Alli Pike had three hits for the Scots, and Mariah Harrison, Ally Oillar and Howell added two each.
Kara Stahl rapped two singles for Gorham.
THORNTON ACADEMY 18, PORTLAND 1: Bailey Tremblay allowed one hit and struck out eight during a game shortened to five innings in Portland.
Tremblay added a two-run homer among her four hits, leading Thornton (2-0) past the Bulldogs (0-1).
Samantha Schildroth also hit a two-run homer for the Trojans.
Maddie Kennie had Portland's only hit, an RBI single in the third.
MEDOMAK VALLEY 10, MORSE 1: Desiree Benner had 13 strikeouts and allowed two walks to lead the Panthers (2-0) past the Shipbuilders (0-3) at Bath.
Amanda Nickerson, Maria Ennamorati, Abby McQuire and Lauren Guptil each had a pair of hits for Medomak Valley.
Neisa Ryder had two hits for Morse.
POLAND 12, YORK 1: Poland (1-1) connected for 17 hits in its rout of the Wildcats (0-1) at York.
Pitcher Kolby Woods allowed five hits, struck out three and walked one.
MT. ARARAT 4, EDWARD LITTLE 2: Mallory Nelson doubled home two runs and scored on an error as Mt. Ararat (1-2) scored all its runs in the third inning to beat the Red Eddies (1-2) in Auburn.
Kim Leslie pitched a complete game for the Eagles, limiting Edward Little to three hits. Emily Schario pitched a four-hitter for Edward Little.
CARRABEC 15, BOOTHBAY REGION 2: Brooke Lewis hit three doubles and a triple to help Carrabec (1-0) defeat Boothbay Region (0-1) in six innings at Boothbay.
Carrabec scored 10 in the sixth to extend its lead to 14 runs.
SACOPEE VALLEY 17, TRAIP 5: Dakota Miner had three RBI as the Hawks (2-0) downed the Rangers (0-1) at Kittery.
Cari Estes knocked in two runs and Brooke Totman had a two-run double for Sacopee Valley.
Lynne Moore and Briana Lamoureux had two RBI apiece for Traip.
WINTHROP 13, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 1: Randi Dennett had a double and three singles to lead the host Ramblers to the MVC win.
Abby Helm added a triple and two doubles for Winthrop (1-0). Kristin Doughty pitched a two-hitter to earn the win over the Falcons (0-1).
MESSALONSKEE 12, LAWRENCE 1: Courtney Veilleux, Natalie Hunt and Phoebe Pelletier each had three singles to lead the Eagles (3-0) to the KVAC A win in Oakland.
Bri Garland added a three-run double and a single for Messalonskee.
Bri Emery led Lawrence (0-3) with a double and a single.
ERSKINE 14, LEWISTON 0: Alyssa Gartley had three singles to lead the Eagles to the KVAC A win in South China.
Kaitlyn Sutter and Avery Bond had two singles apiece for Erskine (1-2).
The Blue Devils are 0-3.
MARSHWOOD 16, NOBLE 0: Janay Wright had four goals and an assist, and Alli Schoff three goals and an assist as the Hawks (1-0) dominated Noble (0-2) in South Berwick.
Brittany Bossi added two goals and four assists, and Jillian Gori also scored twice. Meghan Lewis made six saves for the shutout.
WAYNFLETE 14, WELLS 2: Ella Millard scored five times and assisted on four others, and Sadie Cole added five goals and four assists to give the Flyers (1-0) the victory against Wells (0-1) in Portland.
Amanda Deshaies and Hailey Smith scored for the Warriors.
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According to author Chris Nichols, 'googie' design expert, architectural guru, and Associate Director at Los Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles is home for amazing modern restaurant design and architecture dating back to the mid 1950s and 60s when modern and post modern architecture swept the design world by storm. To date many of these restaurants still exist and flourish with the surge of economy in the last sixty years (not counting the recent devastation) and have only grown drastically in admiration and aesthetic quality. Modern restaurant design today though beautiful to the eye and swanky in feel, have all been influenced in some way, shape, or form by these designs that pioneered what we now know as cool, modern architecture and design. We hate to state the obvious, but design has come a LOOONGGG way since these buildings were the "it" buildings by architectural standards, but we have to admit that Los Angeles would not be the same without the authenticity and integrity of these restaurants. Its for that reason that L.A. natives, tourists, and designers just can't resist giving them the 'nod' they deserve.
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Pets, Pets, Pets
Spay Day USA is always the last Tuesday in February. Last Hope Animal Rescue marked the occasion by holding another free feral cat TNR (Trap/ Neuter/ Return) clinic on Sunday Mar. 1. Thanks to the all volunteer team of seven veterinarians plus about 30 vet techs and helpers, 93 cats (most trapped that weekend) were spayed or neutered, vaccinated, wormed, and treated for fleas/ear mites.
Merci beaucoup: We (and the cats) are so grateful to Dr. Dennis Leon and his staff for hosting the event at Levittown Animal Hospital, and to the participating vets- Dr. Gay Senk, Dr. Diane Levitan, Dr. Kevin Cummins, Dr. Ron Pettinati, Dr. David Foster, Dr. Frank Valenzisi, and Dr. Janet Juliano; also to Diane Pionegro for coordinating the vet techs and supplies; and to the many vet techs, students from Suffolk Community College vet tech program, and other assistants who made our 4th free clinic successful, even though Mother Nature's looming blizzard presented new challenges. The Bernice Barbour Foundation partially funded this clinic.
Feral spayathons are a great way to stop the kitten influx; to curb overpopulation of LI's ubiquitous cat colonies. Word of a free clinic spreads like wildf ire among caretakers so slots fill up fast. We overbook since our actual patients average about 75 percent due to the uncertainty of synchronizing trapping to the clinic. This time Last Hope staggered sign-in times to make intake go smoother. We started off slowly because of the presnow before the big storm. Later, especially when the Oak Beach crowd arrived, operating rooms got quite busy.
Many caretakers bring multiple cats. All tabbies or tuxedos look alike in a trap. Since these are not familiar pets, often even the sex unknown until anesthesia, labeling the cats and traps correctly is crucial for return to the proper person. After each clinic we try to fine tune tagging procedures especially to distinguish cats with medical complications or the tamed cats that will either be leukemia tested or not get ear tipping, and to save recovery techs time locating the right carrier or trap.
Our silliest client was the stowaway. This female had been spayed at the Animal Lovers League clinic the weekend before but she hadn't learned her lesson. She entered the trap again with another cat. Rather than risk losing both if they released her, the feeders brought Ms. Stowaway along as moral support for her buddy. She had some hours to ponder her folly.
Keeping post-surgical cats warm is so important. Towels and sheets thrown over traps to calm frightened captives are recycled later when workers cradle drowsy kitties. In recovery cages sleepy cats wrap their paws around a different kind of heated, security blanket- microwaved socks filled with rice.
Our previous TNR clinics had been at the hospital adjoining the Last Hope Dog Center, so our territory was a bit more familiar. This time Dr. Leon "lent" the itinerant cat crew his Levittown Animal Hospital- a truly generous gesture. "Operation Cat-snip" is similar to an alien invasion. Every inch of your hospital is completely taken over by strangers and outside veterinary personnel. Traps are stacked everywhere. The cats themselves, particularly the males, are not happy campers and express displeasure with that distinctly malodorous feline perfume which lingers despite a flood of bleach. It takes a few days for the air to forget the ferals were there.
Despite the intrusion and infusion, Dr. Leon felt the event ran well "in a foreign land" and has even invited Last Hope and company back for the next TNR clinic- a magnanimous gesture. I would like to spread the word about his other public service. The last Tues. of each month at Levittown Animal Hospital (www. levittownvet.com) Dr. Leon offers free seminars (with refreshments) open to all on a variety of topics like heartworm, vaccines, and dental care. Thenext Parent- Teacher Conference, as he dubs them -"Vomiting Regurgitation, and Diarrhea…oh, my!" will be Mar. 31 at 7 pm. Call 516-796-2266 to RSVP.
On a very sad note, one of our vet tech volunteers, Marian Krauss of Massapequa, passed away suddenly while tending to her own dogs the day after helping at the clinic. Marian had assisted at other Last Hope TNR events. Few, including me, knew the amazing scope of her animal advocacy.
Actually Marian was a brilliant scientist, a retired geneticist who researched at Cold Spring Harbor and was later a partner in a NYC pre-natal genetics
testing laboratory. She also dedicated her life to animal welfare. As a 25-year volunteer for the Bronx Zoo, Marian supervised other volunteers and organized the children's zoo programs. Two years ago on her 70th birthday she invited friends to a private tour at the Bronx Zoo. According to her cousin Jack Schnurr, Marion inspired others by her example; she understood that pets, and even wild animals in today's fragile environment, cannot take care of themselves so we have an obligation to protect them.
In addition, Marian gave time to Bide-A-Wee, Little Shelter, a New Rochelle rescue, and other organizations, where she shared her vast knowledge and devotion to all creatures. Marian made several trips to the world's largest shelter, Best Friends in Utah, to help and to learn. She was a world traveler, enjoying two safaris and the Galapagos, at times touring with other scientists. She just returned from three weeks in Antarctica.
Marian's three senior dogs, all rescues, have been adopted by her dear vet tech friend. As another shelter colleague wrote: "I know Marian Krauss won't be forgotten. She was one of the rare ones; selfless, nurturing, a friend to all she knew."
For Adoption:"Brook" #122 an American Bulldog and "Koko"#100 a Siamese mix are among the dogs and cats at Oyster Bay Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset waiting for homes.
•Cats: "Trixie" #99 "Koko's" sister; a muted calico declaw # 103; "Cartwheel" #1025- playful tabby.
•Dogs: "L'Oreal" #110- Jindo/Shiba; a chocolate Lab
Fabulous Fund-raiser: Almost Home is holding an Animal Well-Fair-a huge Chinese Auction-to benefit their pet outreach program on Sat. Mar.21 from 11:30 -4 at the Elks Lodge, Edgewood Rd. Smithtown (just north of Jericho Tpke.). Over 100 prizes including tickets to the Mets, Vanderbilt Museum, Top of the Rock, Bronx Zoo and gift certificates such as Danfords, the Irish Coffee Pub, Huntington Cinema Arts. Call 631-627-3665.


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for wandersign in t-shirt design - custom.
PLEASE READ THE BRIEF BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST... it seems were getting a lot of entries from people just digging in their computer and throwing in designs and hoping for the best, without even reading the brief, or knowing what were looking for.
the contest is for 100 dollars to each designer, 5 winning designs, and a free printed version of their design... and maybe future work if we like your style
IF YOUR DESIGN HAS 1 STAR, dont expect any feedback, just re-read the brief
none yet
starting a new tshirt company, no name yet, and thought this would be a great place to get some input
id say were looking for a minimalistic style, but that does not mean simple... heres a perfect example
the tshirts color should be the predominant color, so maybe its best to not use white (but if it works with your design, then use it). these will be screen printed, so i would have to say a maximum of 4 colors not including the tshirt color
they have to convey some sort of message, maybe some subtle dark humor but without a punchline.... if that makes any sense. for example, in the above tshirt, the best part of that tshirt is the little orange bird.
for more examples of what we like, check bellow
there will be 5 winners for this contest, 100 each, maybe more winners if we get a bunch of good entries, and you can submitt more than one entry to win.
i will try to give the best feedback possible. this is the first contest ill be holding, but ive entered in a lot of contest, and know how frustraiting it is when no feedback is given. but just to make sure i focus on the most promising entries, if you dont get at least 3 stars, i might not give detailed feedback.
1 star - sorry, your entry is of pretty low quality and its not what were looking for... id really rather not waste your time, thanks anyways
2 star - you have the skillset, but your not heading in the right direction, read the brief again, or pm me for more examples of what we like and why
3-4 stars, ill give detailed feedback
5 stars - your entry is one of the 5 winners
so yeah, be creative, we might hire you to design more tshirts. you can use vectors, just dont over do it, original artwork will have better chances
heres a couple of example designs we like
download their catalogue where it says "descargar catalogo"... really good example of the kinds of shirts we are looking for
get inspiration from this guy... follows the kind of dark humor style were going for
-flowers (trees would work)
-patterns (there has to be a focus)
-something that looks like you just got a bunch of vectors from deviant art and threw them together.... i can do that myself


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Valhalla, the all-female Brazilian Death Metal band has just released their newest album, entitled "Evil Fills Me".
Apart of its flawless artwork, it features four songs rooted in the very essence of Death Metal. With about 20 years on the road, these veteran musicians stand as brutal as usual, and once again show that Metal is made for women too. Talent, seriousness and strength is what they convey through "Evil Fills Me".
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January 19, 2011, 12:45:04 AM »
Hey law school applicants! I was in your position a few years ago and I want to now give back to the community and answer some questions. Shoot away! A little about me. I am a transfer student that transferred from a school in the 60s range to SMU which is in the 40s range. I now have 1 year left, and I do have a job already. Anyway, feel free to ask any questions you may have.
a.k.a. Miguel Sanchez
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January 19, 2011, 11:28:36 AM »
Thanks for posting.
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January 22, 2011, 01:01:20 AM »
Well, I guess no one has any questions.
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January 22, 2011, 07:40:10 AM »
Sorry I am late to the game...
Looking back at the path you took leading you into law school, is there anything that you are especially glad that you did? Or perhaps something that you did do that you now feel was not worthwhile?
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January 22, 2011, 11:16:44 PM »
My law school endeavor has been like this. I chose to go to law school in a state in which I thought I would want to practice but quickly realized that I was better off in my home town. I was one of the lucky ones to actually get to transfer to my home town law school. Although I went to law school to do patent law, at this point, I probably wont be practicing in that area. A combination of factors including poor economy, and personal interests have led me on a different course into litigation work. I entered law school with hopes of being that top 10% and law review guy etc. For the first few years of law school I felt like a complete failure because I missed grading on to the journals by .05 GPA and I missed the mark as far as writing on. I am now in the top 15-20% but early on I was a little bit lower. For a while it felt like I was failing at everything I tried to do including finding a good internship etc. But I did a little soul searching after first year and decided that I only wanted the big firm job because of the guaranteed money it offered and the prestige factor. I really never considered whether I would actually be happy in the job itself. Now that I have heard stories of other students who have worked in biglaw and been a little closer to people that experienced the life, I now realize that I would not be happy in such an environment. I got a job with a small firm and realized that you can still make good money in a small firm. The lawyer I work for right now started his own firm a few months after he graduated. Within 2-3 years he had his first $1,000,000 settlement check (he copied and framed it lol). Just last year, he settled a case and netted himself over $800,000 in fees. These are just two cases, among many other cases. After experiencing this, I now plan to one day open my own firm doing litigation.
So knowing what I know now I would not have gone to engineering school and would have probably picked another UG major and applied to law school straight out of UG. I would have started studying for the LSAT while I was in college for maybe the last two years. Then I would take the high LSAT and get a scholarship to a good school.
In my case, I really had not planned on going to law school until a year before I applied. I spent that year working full time and studying for the LSAT. I had already been working as an engineer for 1.5 years then decided to go to law school for patent. Then a year later I applied. So really the only thing I can think of that I am glad I did before law school was taking an LSAT prep course. The prep course really helped me in guiding me on what to do for the test. Other than that, there is really not much you can do to prepare for law school short of taking an UG major like philosophy that includes a lot of writing and debating etc. Coming from an engineering background, first year of law school I had no idea what an outline was and what you were suppose to put in them. I had to get one from another student and see what they had done to see how to do one.
I forget the name, but the law school admission counselor that wrote a book on how to get admitted to law school, was a good purchase that I think helped a ton in getting the acceptances I did. Trying to study for classes before you get to law school is not going to help. The book, getting to maybe, is a good read but I dont feel that it helped me any on my exams.
You should really think about going to law school part time as well. I went part time and was able to work for law firms the entire time. I will graduate with 2.5 years of experience now. Because I worked for smaller firms I was entrusted with doing actual legal work. At this point I have drafted petitions, summary judgment motions, discovery, motions to appoint auditor, motion for entry upon land, motion to compel, motion for new trial, motion to substitute counsel, motion for sanctions, motion to remove lien, bill of exceptions, notice of appeals, two appellate briefs, TONS of legal research, witnessed multiple hearings and trials, talked with clients, drafted subpoenas, and the list goes on and on... I am miles ahead of most law school graduates in terms of experience. I feel like I am paying my dues right now while im in school instead of paying my dues after I graduate. I can now graduate and hit the ground running. I feel confident enough to open my own firm as soon as a graduate and will do so if I need to.
I say all of this so others can start to think about this stuff before they go to law school. That way they can mold their experience in law school to what will make them truly the happiest. If you guys have any other questions then let me know i'm happy to help. Wish I had been told all of this before I started myself.
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January 23, 2011, 01:23:56 PM »
How's the Texas legal market looking right now? How well is SMU placing students in legal jobs?
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Quote from: john4040 on January 23, 2011, 01:23:56 PM
How's the Texas legal market looking right now? How well is SMU placing students in legal jobs?
The Texas legal market seems to be fairing better than other markets, but I personally have experienced issues. Like I said earlier, I went to law school to do patent work. I have had few interviews but have not gotten an internship. I thought I was the ideal candidate for these jobs because in the job posting they say that top 30% and BS in electrical engineering is preferred. I have not met one other electrical engineer in both of the law schools I have attended. I am also in the top 15-20% so you would think that I would be the ideal candidate. But the last interview I had was telling. I straight up asked them, how many interns do you plan on hiring? They candidly responded that they were still trying to decide if they were going to have an internship this year. Which is consistent with my theory. All law firms that usually do OCI dont want to tarnish their reputation by not participating in a sagging economy. So they just interview students at OCI and make 0 offers or substantially less offers than usual. So, the Dallas legal market is hurting a bit, but I think that the most hard hit are the larger firms that do corporate work. "people law" is not hurting that much. There will always be criminals, who have family that will sell their home to pay the lawyer, and there will always be injuries in accidents which the lawyers take on contingency. Transactional work is the hardest hit in a down economy. When commerce stagnates or declines, then there are less transactions. But litigation seems to not hurt as much because people will sue on their patents or contract or anything else to get money where they wouldn't normally get money. Its an avenue that people start to explore when normally they would not sue.
So to sum up everything, yes the Dallas legal market has been hurting but most legal markets are as well. Transactional work the worst, with litigation taking a hit as well but still going. We shall see where the economy takes us. One thing about Dallas though is we have a low cost of living. So the money you make goes a little further than CA or NY. Plus you get the benefit of the large population DFW = 5mill Houston = 5mill. etc.
As far as SMU's placement of students... I personally have not been placed in a job. But I do get emails from Career Services every once in a while, and they do ask for you to tell them if you currently have a job or not etc. But what they do with this information I have no idea. Ever since I told them that I had a job, I have stopped receiving emails from them lol. I used to get emails saying which jobs have been posted lately on symplicity. When I told them I was looking for a job, nothing really changed. If you want something out of career services you will have to seek them out and take advantage of what they have to offer like resume editing, and general recommendations etc. In a perfect world the career services department would be like a head hunter calling around for you trying to place you somewhere. But this is not the reality of most career services departments. SMU is not harvard or yale. The top schools career services probably would fair better with placing students. SMU on the other hand will only be able to place easily in a job those students in the top of the class. The others it would be really hard to do, and take a lot of work on the part of the career services employee. So take it for what its worth and go out and do your own thing. Take advantage of what they have to offer and dont just sit around hoping they find something for you. Dont be a job snob and apply to places you feel are beneath you and you will be fine. Sometimes these jobs end up being the job you always wanted anyway.
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text: The bilingual Shoshone woman Sacagawea (c. 1788 – 1812) accompanied the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition in 1805-06 from the northern plains through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and back. Her skills as a translator were invaluable, as was her intimate knowledge of some difficult terrain. Perhaps most significant was her calming presence on both the expeditioners and the Native Americans they encountered, who might have otherwise been hostile to the strangers. Remarkably, Sacagawea did it all while caring for the son she bore just two months before departing.


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A sewer project in Rocky Mount plagued by protests and a lawsuit was dealt another blow with the rejection of a low interest state loan.
A sewer project in Rocky Mount plagued by protests and a lawsuit was dealt another blow with the rejection of a low interest state loan.
In a Nov. 22 letter, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Sara Parker Pauley denied the Rocky Mount Sewer District's application for a Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan.
The loan was to be the primary funding mechanism to build a wastewater treatment facility off Route Y as part of the first phase of a six-phase sewer project.
Parker Pauley praised the district's efforts to improve the environmental quality of the north shore area, but outlined several reasons why DNR denied the loan.
The letter said the loan application, which included numerous documents, "do not support a conclusion that the project is adequately developed."
The issues DNR identified include:
•Fluctuating user rates
•Lack of consistency in the number of connections to the facility
•Volunteers — not licensed operators — slated to operate and maintain the facility
•Operating budget deemed too low
•No plan to implement a shutoff resolution for dealing with multiple units on a single grinder pump
•Contingency funds inadequate to support full execution of the proposed project
•The district's reluctance to pursue funding from the Community Development Block Grant program
Despite the concerns, the sewer district board hopes to move forward with the project within the next few months.
"We are hoping to get final approval in the near future — probably in January," board secretary Peggy Cochran said, although it's unclear how the district will get approval.
In the original plan for the facility, "volunteers from our Board of Trustees, from the Gravois Mills Board of Trustees and manager, from our engineering firm, from Lake Ozark Watershed Alliance, from Lake Environmental, and several others," were going to operate the facility, Cochran said.
The district's financial plan and low budgets were primary factors for the denial of the loan — something the use of volunteers was supposed to alleviate.
"We believe that the contingency funds are sufficient given the commitment from the company that was awarded the bid and that the volunteers will take care of the low operational budget," Cochran said.
The news wasn't all bad for the district, however. DNR identified a possible course of action to obtain the financing necessary to begin construction on the facility. Should the district acquire funding privately and successfully maintain the operation of a facility for two years, the SRF program would consider a refinancing application, which would lower the district's payment.
DNR recommended to secure private funding, the district "may want to seriously consider obtaining a financial commitment from 80 percent of the rate payers that would pay two years of connection and service charges as earnest money."
Parker Pauley noted DNR's willingness to work with the district "to reach the best outcome for the residents and businesses of the area."
Stan Schultz, with Schultz Surveying and Engineering — the district's engineering firm — said he's optimistic about getting the project going.
"We fought as hard as we could for this plan," he said. "The whole process got confusing for all sides as we brought new ideas to the table to make it acceptable to MDNR. We will get a project. It will not look exactly as the one presented, but we will get a project in the ground."
The denial of a SRF loan is another setback for the project. The district decided to change the location of the facility from the headwaters of Blue Spring Creek to the Route Y in January after residents along Blue Spring Creek mounted a strong protest to plan. Then, in summer 2013, the Lick Branch Cove Homeowners Association filed a lawsuit in Morgan County against the district, claiming the facility would harm the overall well-being of the cove and its inhabitants. The HOA settled with the district, providing that no other homes outside those on phase one be connected to the treatment facility.