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Recorded her first collegiate meet win with a wind aided 100m hurdle time of 14.34 at the Cal Poly Dual Meet. Ran 14.47 at the Big West Challenge. Also ran on the winning 4 x 400m relay at the Cal Poly Dual Meet. In her first Big West Championship Meet she finished 11th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.50.
Trumbull graduated from Oak Ridge High School where she competed under coach Lissa Mueller…Holds records in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles…Also competed in soccer and was a member of the ski team
Shannon Trumbull was born July 17, 1994 in Portland, Oreg to parents Katrina and Scott Trumbull…Has one older sister and one younger brother, Kelly and Michael…Is a biology major with hopes of becoming a marine biologist.
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100mH- 14.47 (2013 Big West Challenge)
400mH- 63.36 (2013 Cal Poly Dual Meet)
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2013- 100mH, 11th, 14.50
2013- 400mH, 15th, 1:06.05

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It's the nature of technology and marketing. We move along at an ever increasing pace. While many will say 4K TV, that is, Ultra High Definition (UHD), 2160p, has no visible benefits from a distance, there's no content and the TVs are too expensive, it won't matter. Soon enough, we'll all be on the 4K bandwagon.
I have a hunch. Call it a premonition. 4K TV is coming whether some like it or not. Of course, it's easy to be a naysayer here at the end of 2013. Here are the objections.
- 4K TV will require a lot of bandwidth to stream, perhaps 15 Mbps.
- There's very little content right now.
- Broadcast standards and carrier infrastructure just finished wrestling with 1080p. Carriers and TV stations aren't in the mood to start all over with expensive new equipment.
- It's hard to see the difference between 1080p and 4K from a typical living room distance.
- 4K UHDTVs are very expensive.
But we heard all that before in the transition to 1080p. The question is not whether there are short-term technical and commercial hurdles. There always are. The question is whether, based on historical trends and the pace of modern digital technology, whether these difficulties can be overcome.
Of course they can.
The Solutions
Currently, with the Sony UHD system selected movies are downloaded in the background. As bandwidths improve, we'll get to 4K streaming. However, UHD will be, for quite some time, an Internet, not a broadcast, experience.
More and more content is being shot in 4K.
While UHDTVs, at a distance, may not be stunningly better than 1080p, the fact is, they have more pixels. They will be marketed as better. All the tech talk and lab measurements will sink into the background because when did extreme technical details ever have a massive effect on American consumer buying habits? The messaging will be that 4K is better, ways will be found to leverage four times as many pixels, and enough people will want something new and better that, in typical fashion, the prices will come down.
I think we have a short technical memory. We're jaded by the fact that a 50-inch HDTV can be had today, roughly for about $600, give or take. Back in 2007 when 1080p was taking over from 720p/1080i HDTVs, a 50-inch plasma was close to $3,000.
Even now, UHDTV prices are falling fast. Here's a great summary in which David Katzmaier at CNET sizes up the situation.
So how soon before the difference between a flagship 1080p TV and its like-size 4K TV brother becomes 'affordable?' Already that difference is down to $500 for the 55-inch Samsung F8000 and F9000 models. I would be surprised if by the end of 2014 that difference weren't down to $200 or so, or about $2,000 for the least expensive 55-inch 4K TV from a major maker, and $3,000 for a 65-incher. Not exactly affordable, but getting there pretty fast.
Too often, we see things from a technical viewpoint and expect everyone else to see things the same way. But my gut instinct says that UHDTVs that can upconvert from all existing 1080p content and exploit 4K content as it arrives will be strongly marketed by the TV industry. Given the exponential pace of technology nowadays and the desire by the TV industry develop a new cash cow, I expect the conversion to happen more quickly than expected.
And Apple?
How will this effect Apple? Apple is on a cusp right now. Ithink it would be considered bad form for Apple to release a 1080p TV as part of its next generation TV project -- if a full display TV is what the company has in mind. And yet UHD TVs are still on the pricey side at Christmas of 2013.
One strategy might be to launch a full-featured next generation Apple TV set top box with all the next generation bells and whistles in 2014 and leave the UHD marketing and sales to the rest of the industry. Later, Apple could, if it choses, fold the guts of the electronics into an Apple branded UHDTV, if desired, if Apple's new technologies would benefit and when the price is right.
In any case, movie studios and video professionals will all have 4K monitors connected to their new Mac Pros, and the rest of us will be hungry for what 4K technology will have to offer in the living room. There are no real show stoppers for the wealthy, early adopters and, then later, the rest of us.
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Oct. 11, 2005
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The Engineers (10-2, 2-1 NEWMAC) came out fast and controlled the game early at Smith College (6-5, 1-2 NEWMAC) on the misty Monday afternoon. Smith senior goalkeeper Megan Maguire stood tall in the first half, stopping 16 shots, but the Pioneers could not withstand MIT's relentless pressure and collapsed in the second frame. MIT scored twice in the first three minutes on their way to a 3-1 victory.
It was not the usual suspects who finally got the Engineers on the board in the second half. Freshman Janet Pan ended the scoreless deadlock at 34:04 when she tucked the ball behind Maguire for her third goal of the season. Two minutes later, sophomore Ashley Thomas recorded her first points of the season by capitalizing on a precision pass from Pan. Thomas' first goal proved to be a big one and the game-winner, as Smith's sophomore Alex Janos cut the Engineers lead in half at 27:18. Trailing only by one goal through the rest of the second half, Smith remained in striking distance, but MIT's senior co-captain Noelle Kanaga iced the game with her team-leading seventh goal of the season at 12:37. Junior Sharon Prange picked up an assist on the score.
The Pioneers exposed an obvious weakness in the second frame, registering only three shots in the half, and four in the game. MIT dominated the game offensively and kept the ball away from their sophomore goalkeeper Alexa Herman, who had to make only two stops in the contest. Despite the loss, Maguire was impressive in net for Smith, posting 16 saves.
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ACC seeing its share of 1-sided games so far
In the Atlantic Coast Conference, 'tis the season for blowouts.
Close games need not apply in the ACC so far this year, and down-to-the-wire matchups have been true rarities. Conference teams have combined to play 56 games, and of those, only 12 were decided by less than 10 points.
Florida State hasn't played a game decided by fewer than 14 points. Maryland's four wins came by an average of 28 points, and its one loss was by a whopping 63. Clemson's only nail-biter was in the season-opener against Georgia.
So forgive ACC fans if they're leaving games a bit earlier than usual. With the way many matchups have gone, they may as well try to beat the traffic.
"Particularly early in the year, I'd be interested to see if that continues as everyone truly gets into the bulk of their conference play," Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst said. "But it is an interesting trend."
Here's a smattering of scores from games involving ACC teams this season: 77-7, 70-0, 63-0, 62-7, 59-10 ... there isn't much drama going on out there.
That is, except at Virginia Tech.
The Hokies are already 4-0 in games decided by 10 points or less, and have won seven straight of those types of games dating back to last season. Combined, the Hokies have won their last four games by a total of 30 points.
"We certainly haven't been a blowout team, that's for sure," Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. "But I'm proud of our football team. We're kind of grinding football team, play a lot of young kids, kids playing hard — they don't always play well, but play hard, and they're getting better all the time, too."
They are very much to the exception to the ACC rule so far.
No. 3 Clemson, No. 6 Florida State and No. 13 Miami are the league's last three unbeatens this season, and they've combined to outscore teams by an almost unfathomable 715-223. That works out to an average score of Tigers, Seminoles or Hurricanes 48, Whichever Team They're Playing 15. And frankly, a lot of those games haven't even seemed that close.
"You don't take any games for granted," Miami quarterback Stephen Morris said. "In college football, everyone's a great team. Every team works hard. Everyone's got great players."
What makes the eye-popping numbers at Clemson, Florida State and Miami look even better is that the big scoring margins just aren't predicated solely on fast starts.
They're keeping the gas pedal down on teams well into the second half.
Clemson has come out flying for the most part, outscoring teams 76-21 in first quarters so far, then steadily adding the rest of the way. The Seminoles have outscored opponents by a surprisingly close 30-21 count in the first 15 minutes of their games — then run away and hidden by a 238-39 combined score over the remaining three quarters.
Miami's first-quarter margin is 66-30, but the Hurricanes have won second quarters 69-3 and third quarters 63-13.
"It sets the tempo and gives us control of the game early," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "It helps create momentum. It is something that we like to do, especially when you are on the road. ... Again, it just gives us confidence coming out of the gate and shows that the guys are ready to play."
No team has personified this all-or-nothing trend so far in the ACC better than Maryland, which won its first four games by margins of 33, 37, 11 and 37 points.
Then last week, the Terrapins went to Florida State — and lost 63-0.
"It's over with," Maryland coach Randy Edsall said. "It's done. We move forward."
These games winding up with large margins doesn't necessarily mean the league's been short on entertainment value. Boston College's Andre Williams leads the nation in rushing yards per game, Clemson's Tajh Boyd ranks sixth in passing efficiency, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston may be the nation's most electric freshman and the ACC has three 5-0 teams for the first time in its 61-year history.
And Pitt's first ACC season has already had its share of wild moments, winning 58-55 against Duke one week and then grinding out a 14-3 win over Virginia seven days later.
"It was an interesting two weeks," Chryst said. "At the end of it you're appreciative of the effort and guys finding a way to win, but that's the exciting thing to me about a season. You don't know who you are — each week you define a chapter."


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A rain squall crept toward our open 18-foot sport fishing boat. Heavy droplets began to crater the glassy-calm water. We trolled slowly along the eastern side of the rugged Gnarled Islands, blissfully aware that we were the only boat within kilometres, and enjoying the solitude.
My wife, Suzanne, steered the boat, working the "fishy" edges of the wind-and wave-eroded shore. Our fishing lines shuddered as they passed through swarms of baitfish. With our fish box already holding a couple of silvery salmon, what more could we wish for?
As if on cue, two tall plumes of spray rose from the ocean a hundred metres behind us. A pair of immense backs broke the surface, followed by the long, bumpy pectoral fin of a humpback whale. Broad tail flukes lifted high in the air as the two whales made a steep descent.
We fumbled to extract our cameras from waterproof bags, and did our best to shield them from the rain while agonizing minutes elapsed. Had the whales passed us by?
A sudden ripple broke the surface scant metres away, then loud geysers of misty breath. We could almost reach out to touch the broad, barnacle-studded backs and short, pointed dorsal fins. The great humpback whales swam right beside us for a few surreal moments before gliding back into the depths.
Craftsmen at the historic Matsumoto Shipyards on the Dollarton Highway in North Vancouver built the classic 72-foot wooden seiner Ocean Star in 1955. When Willis Crosby purchased the Ocean Star in 2001, he had every intention of using her to commercially fish for salmon with his son, Shawn.
By the end of the 2003 season, though, with diminishing stocks and fewer opportunities to make a decent living commercially, Willis and Shawn began to reconfigure the interior space into comfortable private cabins and converted Ocean Star into a family-run cruising ship and fishing resort.
Their operation, Ocean Star Charters, is based in the port of Prince Rupert.
Willis captains the ship, deciding where to tour in these northern B.C. waters, which tourists have only recently begun to discover. While Shawn also has a Masters ticket to command the ship, he prefers to act as head guide, managing the sport fishing side of things. Mom Gayle is the ship's hostess and looks after guest accommodations and food. Josh Pallister is their only hired hand, guiding and doing other shipboard chores.
Ocean Star runs Tuesday-to-Friday charters each week, with weekends free to clean and provision the ship. Willis notes, "Guests have a direct say in almost every aspect of our operation because the ownership is right on board to listen."
Willis draws upon his decades of commercial fishing experience around Prince Rupert to bring his guests to the best fishing spots, with protected anchorages where Ocean Star can safely moor.
For most of the summer, Willis heads to Dundas Island, about 40 nautical miles north of Prince Rupert, and just a few short kilometres from the B.C.-Alaska border in Dixon Entrance. Dundas boasts excellent fishing and is one of the best places on our coast to spot sea mammals.
The journey through Chatham Sound to an anchorage deep in Brundige Inlet, at the north end of Dundas Island, takes about four hours. We all sat and chatted at one table right next to the galley while Gayle prepared delicious meals for us. Hot brunches after fishing or sightseeing included Manhattan-style clam chowder with tasty hits of shredded smoked salmon, which also made her eggs Benedict sensational.
We mixed fishing sessions with time to explore the north end of Dundas Island. Brundige Inlet plunges deep into the island, with several well-protected arms that provide safe anchorage. We snuck in and out of the small bays and passages, admiring the yachts that had also discovered this spot.
As Ocean Star pulled into her berth in Prince Rupert, she looked downright petite next to a mammoth Alaska cruise ship just docking at the city's new terminal. While a big cruise ship is a luxurious way to see these northern waters, a trip aboard the Ocean Star offers something more: a chance to experience life aboard a vessel that represents a quickly passing era of commercial fishing in British Columbia.


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Kayan mothers fasten stable wooden carriers on their backs to hold and protect their babies. As a woman moves, the ornaments on the carrier rattle to repel evil away from her child. Observe the carving on the spine. The Kayan believe infants' souls are vulnerable until age two, the point at which souls attach securely to the body.
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In concert
Remembering John Lennon
The beloved Beatle is honored with an all-star tribute at a special weekend-long festival devoted to the lad from Liverpool and his music in celebration of his Oct. 9 birthday. The Classic Albums Live band returns to the area performing "The White Album" on Oct. 5 and "Let It Be" the following day. The re-creations of these acclaimed albums – note for note, cut for cut – are the highlight of the weekend-long event that includes a pre-performance screening of the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" and exclusive Beatles memorabilia in the Tilles Center Atrium.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6. $47, $37 and $27 for each performance. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.
Family Fun
Parrot Expo 2012
See birds, birds and more birds at the annual Parrot Expo, presented by the Long Island Parrot Society. There's fun for all with educational presentations, interactive displays, "parrotphernalia," children's activities, and those many birds to see and adopt. Meet avian behavior expert Lara Joseph, who gives two sessions on parrot behavior management, along with avian veterinarians and other parrot authorities.
Saturday, Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $8, $3 seniors, $2 children under 12. Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Rd., Freeport. (631) 957-1100 or www.liparrots.org.
Autumn Delights
"Fall Wildflowers" Walk
Enjoy a relaxing fall walk during this glorious season. Take in the vibrant colors and delicate scents of wildflowers during a nature walk through Muttontown Preserve's miles of nature trails. See fall's beauty with the help of an experienced guide, while strolling along paths and fields.
Sunday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m. Enrollment is limited and registration required. Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, Muttowntown Lane, East Norwich. (516) 571-8500.


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MILTON, Mass. – Visiting Salve Regina outscored Curry 29-7 in the second half, en route to a 43-10 win in New England Football Conference (NEFC) action Friday night in Milton. The Seahawks moved to 5-1 overall and stayed unbeaten in league play at 4-0. The Colonels fell to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in NEFC action.
Salve Regina opened the scoring at 10:56 of the first quarter, capping a short five-play, 30-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown run from junior quarterback Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.). The Seahawks also notched the only other points of the opening frame after sophomore Alex Hulme (Hopkinton, Mass.) blocked a punt by Curry junior Tim Crowley (Walpole, Mass.). The ball was picked up at the Colonels' 26 yard-line by sophomore Brad Kelly (Portsmouth, R.I.) who ran it in for the score.
The second quarter was dominated by the defenses, with the only points scored on a 39-yard field goal by Curry senior Zach Kumin (Needham, Mass.) just 25 seconds prior to intermission. Salve Regina led 14-3 at the break.
Less than two minutes into the second half, the Seahawks extended their lead to 20-3 on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Wilken to Hulme. Nine minutes later, the Colonels responded with an 11-yard touchdown run by junior fullback Jordan Shairs (Gloucester, Mass.) that closed the gap to 20-10. But that was as close as the host team would come as Salve Regina went on to score 23 unanswered points to account for the 43-10 final.
Curry held an edge in time of possession (32:20-27:40), but the Seahawks outpaced the Colonels in total offense, 395-303.
Wilken finished 14 of 27 for 215 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Senior running back Richie Edwards (Trumbull, Conn.) posted game highs for carries (17) and net rushing yards (108). Hulme had four catches for 66 yards and a TD.
Curry senior quarterback Kevin Fruwirth was 22 of 43 for 268 yards. Shairs finished with 44 yards on eight attempts. He also had a team high five receptions for 57 yards.
Junior Jiyon Ruffin amassed a game high 10 tackles (7 solo), including 2.5 tackles for loss (-8 yards). Sophomore Hayden Stanton (Wallingford, Conn.) had eight tackles, including five tackles for loss (-34 yards) and two sacks (-16 yards).
The Colonels' defense was led by senior defensive linemen Sam Calley (Weymouth, Mass.) and Kevin Janvier (Dorchester, Mass.), and junior linebacker Stanley Sainterlien (Providence, R.I.) who each collected five solo tackles. Janvier had three tackles for loss (-17 yards), including one sack (-13 yards). Sophomore Curtis Davila (Yorba Linda, Calif.) had the game's only interception.
Salve Regina stays on the road next weekend, visiting Central Connecticut State in a non-conference matchup at 1:00 p.m. Curry is off until November 2, traveling to NEFC rival Western New England for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
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MILTON, Mass. – Visiting Salve Regina outscored Curry 29-7 in the second half, en route to a 43-10 win in New England Football Conference (NEFC) action Friday night in Milton. The Seahawks moved to 5-1 overall and stayed unbeaten in league play at 4-0. The Colonels fell to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in NEFC action.


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Times Three: USU Scientists Note Odd Genetic Pattern in Western Aspen
Thursday, Nov. 01, 2012
From left, USU scientists Richie Gardner, Carol Rowe, Karen Mock, Paul Wolf; USDA FS RMRS scientist John Shaw and USU scientist Hardeep Rai are among the authors of an Oct. 31 paper describing a curious genetic pattern in western aspen.
USU scientists documented the genetic phenomenon triploidy in more than half of clonal colonies of quaking aspen in areas of Utah and Colorado's forests.
As in years past, aspen, favored yet beleaguered icons of North America's western forests, fail to disappoint as the trees splash brilliant fall colors across the region's landscapes. But the enduring toll of drought remains evident, as scientists study the quakies' ebb, including a mysterious syndrome dubbed "Sudden Aspen Decline."
Recent findings by a Utah State University-led team of scientists add to the puzzle with the discovery of a curious genetic pattern among aspen of the arid forests of the American West's mid-section. The team has documented the genetic phenomenon triploidy in more than half of clonal colonies of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in areas of Utah and Colorado's forests.
Triploidy describes the presence of three sets of chromosomes in an organism, instead of the usual two: a set from the mother and a set from the father.
"In many plants, triploidy isn't unusual but this kind of frequency is rare, especially in trees," says Karen Mock, associate professor of conservation genetics in USU's Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center. "The pattern we're seeing in aspen is also striking; these triploids are especially common in dry western landscapes."
With USU colleagues Paul Wolf, Colin Callahan, Hardeep Rai, Carol Rowe, Ron Ryel and Richie Gardner, along with John D. Shaw and Stewart Sanderson of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Nurul Islam-Faridi of the USFS Southern Institute of Genetics and Michael Madritch of Appalachian State University, Mock published findings in the Oct. 31, 2012, edition of the online journal PLoS ONE.
Triploidy causes an array of conditions across species but a usual trait is sterility or at least reduced fertility. Although a triploid aspen clone may sucker from roots, the scientists say, it is unlikely to produce viable seed.
Aspen reproduce both sexually (from seed) and asexually (from roots), says Shaw, biological scientist with the RMRS Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis program in Ogden, Utah.
"With its tiny seeds, aspen has trouble reproducing sexually without adequate moisture," he says.
Shaw, whose program collects inventory data on forests throughout the United States, notes the tree commonly establishes from seed in Alaska, northern Canada and the eastern United States, but reproduction by suckering is more common in the West.
Mapping latitude, glacial history, climate and regional variance in clone sizes, the scientists wonder if triploidy might enable very large clones — like Pando, the gigantic aspen clone in Utah's Fishlake National Forest thought to be the world's largest organism — to persist.
"The correlation with climate makes us wonder what advantages triploids might have in western landscapes," says Mock, the paper's lead author. "Do triploids grow faster? Or can they live longer or handle drought better than diploids? Are they less or more susceptible to climate changes than diploids?"
Wolf, professor in USU's Department of Biology, notes triploid plants often have larger cells, which might affect how plants cope with different conditions.
"It's possible triploid aspen can better absorb water than diploids and are therefore better suited to withstand dry conditions, but they may be especially vulnerable to severe drought," he says.
Mock says the team's study is derived from more than eight years of data collection from a patchwork of inventories conducted by Forest Service personnel, a NASA Biodiversity program, university researchers and "a heck of a lot of volunteers."
Emerging technologies, such as microsatellite genotyping, cytological tools — chromosome-counting techniques — developed by team member Islam-Faridi and flow cytometry protocols developed by team member Rai, are accelerating the team's work, Mock says.
"Determining ploidy levels in aspen clones is tedious, time-consuming work, but these new techniques are streamlining the process," she says. "Though our findings come from many years of study, they provide an important starting point as we go forward. What we're learning will help us understand both the past and the future of aspen in the West."
Related links:
- USU Department of Wildland Resources
- USU Quinney College of Natural Resources
- USU Department of Biology
- USU College of Science
- USU Ecology Center
- Western Aspen Alliance
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Corruption allegations against Clive Palmer have been referred to Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission by the deputy premier over allegedly dodgy approaches by the mining magnate to buy political support.
Jeff Seeney alleges that shortly after the LNP's landslide victory in 2012 Mr Palmer sought special treatment for his western Queensland mining investments.
"Clive Palmer wanted specialist treatment on the basis that he had been a supporter of our government, he wanted to bypass the proper processes and we weren't prepared to do that," the deputy premier told the ABC's 7.30 Queensland program.
Mr Seeney has denied reading a bill concerning activity in the Galilee Basin, allegedly drafted by Mr Palmer who has significant interests in the area.
"I didn't read it of course because I rejected his approach immediately, but he explained to me that this was a draft bill that would give him the exclusive right to build a port and a railway and have control of the Galilee Basin," Mr Seeney told the ABC.
"He believed he should have that in exchange for the support that he'd given in the past in getting elected.
"I rejected that completely and so I didn't even read it, I pushed it back across the table and told him that that wasn't the way we would be doing business, we would do business through the proper processes."
Neither the CMC nor the police were told at the time but Premier Campbell Newman was, Mr Seeney said.
During his interview on the ABC Mr Seeney said, "I think I should have reported it at that stage."
"But at the time it was a case of just rejecting that sort of approach and saying this is the way we are going to do it," Mr Seeney said.
The once strong relationship between the conservative party and the Palmer United Party leader has soured drastically, with Mr Seeney previously calling Mr Palmer a crook under the cover of parliamentary privilege.
The deputy premier reckons the colourful businessman bought Liberal National Party defectors Alex Douglas and Carl Judge in 2012.
"He couldn't buy this government, he couldn't buy us, so he bought the member for Gaven and he bought the member for Yeerongpilly and started his own party," Mr Seeney told parliament on Friday.
Mr Newman and Mr Palmer are also set to square of in court, with Mr Newman launching a legal defence against Queensland's most prominent miner, who is suing him for defamation.
The premier in April damaged Mr Palmer's reputation by claiming at an media conference he was "a guy who tried to buy ... my government," he says.
Mr Newman's lawyers say the comment was in the public interest and will allege Mr Douglas and Mr Judge received "substantial gifts" from Mr Palmer and his companies to switch allegiances to the Palmer United Party.


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In the US Amazon has told customers that they'll keep their PS4 pre-order, stating: All orders for the Watch Dogs PlayStation 4 bundle will keep their place in line and we will fulfil the PlayStation 4 (without the Watch Dogs game) in accordance with your current delivery estimate.
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The St Cloud State Huskies continued their improbable postseason run with a 4-1 win over Miami (OH) in the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon in Toledo, OH. The Huskies topped Notre Dame on Saturday to open the tourney.
The Huskies were once again propelled to a win by freshman Joey Benik. After tallying just three goals in the regular season, Benik scored two for a total of four in the tourney.
The frosh Benik struck first with a goal at 5:28 of the opening period from the doorstep of the goal mouth for a 1-0 lead that would hold until the first intermission. Miami outshot SCSU 9-6 in the first period.
Benik struck again at 5:36 of the second period from Brooks Bertsch and Kevin Gravel for a 2-0 Huskies lead. Miami got a power play goal at 7:50 of the second period, but SCSU regained a three goal lead when Cory Thorson scored at 10:12 (assisted by Benik) to make the score 4-1. The Huskies outshot the RedHawks 10-5 in the second for a 16-14 advantage through two.
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The worry among the civic-minded about the state of Colorado's budget made me think about an issue I haven't looked at for a few months — the so-called Amazon tax.
Making that tax work is like trying to wrestle a porcupine, but the estimated $173 million in state and local sales tax revenue that will go uncollected in Colorado in 2012 may be worth the fight.
You might remember how the Amazon tax was quite the battle in Colorado, with state legislators trying to get the online retailer's help in collecting sales taxes, a move that was right on principle but wrong on law.
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Ten new goals and a passion for history - that is the emphasis for the Museum of disABILITY History's new director. The Museum of disABILITY History and People Inc. have announced historian Douglas Farley has been appointed to the position of director of the Museum of disABILITY History.
Most recently, Farley was the director for the Erie Canal Discovery Center and director of development for Niagara County Historical Society.
As the Museum of disABILITY History moves in new directions, so does Farley. With a 30-year career as owner of a local retail business, Farley realized it was time to analyze his career path when he moved to his most recent positions, which he held for nearly 10 years at the Erie Canal Discovery Center and Niagara County Historical Society.
"I learned a lesson after working over 30 years in one career to analyze my situation more frequently," Farley said. "I loved my job at the History Center, but I realized I needed one more move to finish up my career on the highest possible plateau. The move to the Museum of disABILITY History and People Inc., Western New York's largest nonprofit human service agency, will give me that sense of excitement that primes my pump to keep going ever upward."
As Farley recalled, "Part of what convinced me to take the job at the History Center was the sense of urgency in the situation. Now, I have accomplished much of what I had set out to do there and am very pleased with the result."
He hopes for the same results with this next chapter: "I feel that same sense of urgency and need at the Museum of disABILITY History. They need a strong leader that will help them move to the next level. Also, I am very interested in the mission and feel this is a way I can give something back to folks that were dealt a tough hand in life."
Farley's expertise will be invaluable as has been charged with 10 goals that are shared by James M. Boles, president of People Inc. and founder of the Museum of disABILITY History. Farley's main mission is to improve the museum's sustainability. Along with his team of three staffers, Farley is working on more than 30 solutions to current challenges.
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"I think I am most excited about helping the museum create a visitor's center and helping to make the museum more experiential with interactive, hands-on exhibits and a virtual reality sensory experience," he said.
A resident of Newfane and a native of Niagara County, Farley did his undergraduate studies at the University at Buffalo. His community activism includes: board of directors for Lockport Community Television; committee member for the City of Lockport Tourism Task Force; and current chairman and former committee member for the Erie Canal Task Force. Farley has been recognized with prestigious awards, including Eastern Niagara United Way - Gold, Silver and Bronze awards presented for work associated with successful United Way campaigns; and the Lockport Union Sun and Journal Unsung Hero Award presented for acts of unselfish kindness, courage and generosity.
The Museum of disABILITY History, a project of People Inc., is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and display of artifacts relating to the history of people with disabilities. The mission is to tell the story of the lives, triumphs and struggles of people with disabilities, as well as society's reactions. The Museum of disABILITY History, located at 3826 Main St., in Buffalo, offers educational exhibits, programs and activities that expand community awareness.


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The morning started with breakfast and a welcome by the President of the College, Gregory D. Hess. He explained his focus points for the coming months to the parents and spent time answering their questions.
The Careers Session provided helpful, insider tips on the areas of career planning and exploration with the staff at the Schroeder Center for Career Development. Director Scott Crawford and Assistant Director James Jeffries walked families through many of the elements of their four-year plan for careers.
The Financial Aid session started with a reminder that financial aid forms submission is a four-year approach, not "one and done" in the freshman year. Director Heidi Carl and Associate Director (and Wabash Mom) walked families through the required document and explained that changing family financial situations should always be brought to the attention of the staff in their office.
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Associate Dean for Advancement Joe Klen and Associate Director Of Admissions Chip Timmons outlined simple ways Wabash families could make a difference at Wabash, now and in the future. Joe Klen talked of the power of investing in Wabash, just as many parents have done before. Chip Timmons explained how parents could be a powerful voice to others who are exploring their college options.
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Jason Molina R.I.P. - tribute thread
An incredible songwriter. Seems bafflingly that someone this talented and respected can't afford to pay their medical bills - but then now isn't really the time to bemoan music industry economics nor the American health system... I would pay £20 for every time 'Lioness' has knocked me for six, but there isn't enough money in the world.
Such awful news. Axxess and Ace will always be one of my favourite albums, and 'Being In Love' is still probably the most devastating song I've ever heard. Thanks to the Rough Trade Country compilation (best compilation I've ever listened to) for putting me on to them. This was the first song of his/theirs I ever heard, and was probably never bettered.subjective this'd this
Really sad and a massive loss to music.
I'll cry even more now when I listen to Didn't It Rain.pichaelmarker and incandenza_ this'd this
this is so sad
i had no idea things were so bad for him. only had a few of his albums but i really dug em. he was a talented guy.
this has made me a bit teary at work (though admittedly mostly because of other things adding to it)
a wonderful musician. Alexander Tudor's piece on him has always been one of my favourite pieces of writing on DiS or anywhere else, too:oceanRain this'd this
Absolute tragedy
RIP Jason. It's difficult to talk about his songs or respective place in the songwriter canon now cos it just seems redundant, he was warm, self-deprecating and gracious when I had the pleasure of meeting him and its been painful to follow his battle with his demons over the last couple of years. Several of his songs helped me to conquer issues with depression more than anything else I can think of and for that I will forever be in the man's debt. Can only hope he's finally at peace now
oh, this is so sad
the tone of his message last year was really hopeful. Such beautiful songs.
Didn't it Rain
The Lioness
Didn't It Rain is really great
quite sparse and very beautiful. The Magnolia Electric Co ones are more country rock-y/full band, from the ones I've got.
my favourite is the Songs: Ohia album called Magnolia Electric Co
I think it may be the saddest record I've ever heard
saw him perform stuff from this
a few years back at the rescue rooms, was a great set, suited the venue, and his performance was perfect.
That's the only one I have
Farewell Transmission is a great track
This is awful.
Saw him at the Dirty Three ATP (I think) and he was really great.Jordan_229_2, nice_squirrel, and tamperevident this'd this
Big fan
He'll be missed.
Terrible loss
An amazing songwriter, with an amazing back catalogue.
Really this is just so sad
It's obvious to anyone who was a fan of his work that he had serious issues but when you listened hard there was always an element of redemption, a sense that hey if I keep on fighting things'll end up getting better and, for him at least, they never seem to have.
Very sad news
I listened to Leave the City by Magnolia Electric Co. on my way into work this morning. I had no idea Jason had passed over the weekend.
I saw Magnolia Electric Co. at the Middle East in Boston shortly after I moved there. It was a great show. Jason will be sincerely missed.
RIP. terrible news
when i die put my bones in an empty street to remind me of how it used to be
don't write my name on a stone bring a Coleman lantern and a radio
Cleveland game and two fishing poles and watch with me from the shore
ghostly steel and iron ore ships coming home
where i am paralyzed by the emptiness
clearly iron age beasts you can tell by the rust and the chains
and by the oil that they bleed the crew and crows fly the skulls and bones
they fly the colors of their homes i fly the cross of the blue factory flame
stitched with heavy sulpher thread/threat
they ain't proud colors but they're true colors of my home
where i am paralyzed by the emptiness
every mile for ten thousand miles and every year for a thousand years
every night for a thousand more i hear them calling
they never say to come home
where i am paralyzed by the emptinessDaddyorChips and subjective this'd this
39 is no age to go
devastating news
this is really sad.
A really great songwriter. Beautiful voice.
Rest in peace Jason.
one of my favourite gig memories:
after playing at bush hall, they all left the stage and emma 'scout' niblett was standing at the front of the crowd just shouting 'more', 'more' at the top of her voice...good, good times! ...that songs:ohia 'electric magnolia co' just a hell of a record, a hell of a record...indeed, remember putting one of the songs off it on a mixtape for a work buddy and he was 'it's kinda like neil young, but maybe better...'
His last ever performance was almost exactly 3 years ago
He wasn't even supposed to play that night.
It was billed as a Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina gig at the Luminaire to promote the record those two had just jointly recorded and released. Geoff Farina had to pull out the day before the show to return to the US for family reasons. As Jason was living in London at the time, he kindly offered to play instead, so that the show could still go ahead.
After Jason had cancelled a tour with Will Johnson the previous December due to illness, nobody was sure what to expect. He didn't play too for long, but he seemed to be happy to be on stage again, and his voice and guitar playing was as wonderful as ever.
really sad news
Such a talented artist. Will be dearly missed.
absolutely tragic
I still remember the first time I heard Farewell Transmission as a teenager baked off my face with a couple of friends in the woods. It just totally blew my mind and still does today.wilbur this'd this
also i had an idea a few days ago to make a new song out of the tracks from Didn't It Rain
as the guitars and vocals are sparse enough to do it. not sure whether it'd be a tribute to him to do so now or be a bit cheap.
properly gutted.
I bought Didn't It Rain based on a two sentence review.
Never looked back :(
Such sad news, I thought he was on the way back :(
Didn't It Rain is such a beautiful record.
As if listening to Two Blue Lights wasn't devastating enough.
It feels somewhat inappropriate/bizarre to be listening to the new Timberlake album whilst reading a bout this.
Need to change it for something else.
RIP Jason, rest easy.
Been half expecting this since reading about how ill he was
Really glad I got to see him live a few times, especially the Luminaire show just before christmas 2007. There are youtube videos for most of it and there's even a recording of the audio taken straight from the mixing desk kicking around. I recommend tracking that down, brilliant gig.
Ah man
This is really sad news. I'm listening to the Lioness right now, beautiful songwriter, sounds like he poured himself out into his music. He'll be missed that's for sure. RIP Jason.
:( terrible news
Through the static and distance
A farewell transmission
Fuck :(
This is the worst one yet; Elliott smith gûided me through my angsty teenage years, mark linkous helped me cope through beautiful melancholy numbness, vic chesnutt was courageous and defiant but Jason Molina was the honest plain voice of my depression singing back to me, the power of his songs will never be lost to me. He was the only musician I ever really wanted to meet, ever wanted to say thank you to no matter how cliched and stupid that is, now he has gone there's really no one musically left to guide me.
Rest in pace Jason
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realize this is probably the wrong thread to ask this
but was it you posted the link ages ago to All The Wrong People Are Dying by The Styrenes? That's become one of my favourite songs of all time as a result of that... cheers.
yes it was!
Glad you like it, it's a brilliant song.
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"Hold On Magnolia" December 3, 2006 at Acme Comics in Columbia, South Carolina
We are deeply saddened to announce that Jason Andrew Molina passed away in his home in Indianapolis this past Saturday, March 16th of natural causes at age 39. Jason was a world class musician, songwriter & recording artist. He was also a beloved friend. He first caught international attention in 1996 when he began releasing albums under the name Songs: Ohia. In 2003 he started the band Magnolia Electric Co. Between those two bands he released over a dozen critically-acclaimed albums and — starting in 1997 — he toured the world every year until he had to stop in 2009 to deal with severe alcoholism. Jason was incredibly humbled by his fans' support through the years and said that the two most important words he could ever say are "Thank you."
This is especially hard for us to share. Jason is the cornerstone of Secretly Canadian. Without him there would be no us — plain and simple. His singular, stirring body of work is the foundation upon which all else has been constructed. After hearing and falling in love with the mysterious voice on his debut single "Soul" in early 1996, we approached him about releasing a single on our newly formed label. For some reason he said yes. We drove from Indiana to New York to meet him in person, and he handed us what would become the first of many JMo master tapes. And with the Songs: Ohia One Pronunciation of Glory 7" we were given a voice as a label. The subsequent self-titled debut was often referred to by fans as The Black Album. Each Songs: Ohia album to follow proved a new, haunting thesis statement from a prodigal songwriter whose voice and soul burned far beyond that of the average twenty-something. There was organ-laced, sepia-toned econimica (1998's Impala) and charred-hearted, free form balladry (1999's Axxess and Ace). There were the dark glacial make-out epics of 2000's The Lioness and the jungle incantations of 2000's Ghost Tropic. There was the career-defining agnostic's gospel of 2002's Didn't It Rain, an album about setting roots that also seemed to offer solace to a world that had recently seen its bar on terror raised. It was followed in 2003 by a thrilling about-face, the instant classic Magnolia Electric Co., which took Jason's songwriting to '70s classic rock heights. The move was such a powerful moment for Molina that Magnolia Electric Co. became the new moniker under which he would perform until 2009. With Magnolia Electric Co., Jason found a brotherhood in his bandmates, with whom he built an incredible live experience and made a truly classic album in Josephine (2009).
We're going to miss Jason. He was generous. He was a one of a kind. And he had a voice unlike any other.
Fans can contribute to Jason's medical fund as a memorial gift by sending money via PayPal: http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2013/03/jason-molina-of-songs-ohia-and-magnolia-electric-co-passed-away-saturday/
Hold on, Magnolia, to that great highway moon
No one has to be that strong
But if you're stubborn like me
I know what you're trying to be
Hold on, Magnolia, I hear that station bell ring
You might be holding the last light I see
Before the dark finally gets a hold of me
Hold on, Magnolia, I know what a true friend you've been
In my life I have had my doubts
But tonight I think I've worked it out with all of them
Hold on, Magnolia, to the thunder and the rain
To the lightning that has just signed my name to the bottom line
Hold on, Magnolia, I hear that lonesome whistle whine
Hold on, Magnolia, I think its almost time
thats beautiful
RIP Jason
Very sad indeed.
Great songwriter. His songs are as bleak as they come, but there's an undeniable beauty that many can't touch upon. Not ashamed to say he is the only musician to bring me to tears at a concert. This guy really was a powerful & captivating performer.
When I was a weird pre-GCSE teenager
I used to absolutely hammmer my parents phone bill to chat to American girls all night on yahoo messenger on my 56k dial-up internet connection. One of them was a couple of years older than me and liked really cool music. I remember she sent me two Songs:Ohia tracks via email - took absolutely ages to download them. I hadn't heard anything quite like them before - they were awesome - this must have been before I got into Elliott Smith and the like, back in 1998 or so. My favourite album at the time was probably something like The Good Will Out by Embrace or something ridiculous. I probably even sent her an MP3 back of All You Good Good People.
I'm ashamed to say I never followed these two MP3s up, and to this day have not heard a full Jason Molina penned album and never saw him live, despite having ample opportunity. Which is stupid really because it is something I know I would have loved, and will no doubt listen to now and become a big fan.
So genuinely sad that an alcohol problem can lead to anyone's premature death at 39, but when it is someone this talented it is even worse. If there's one thing to take solace in for his fans, it's that he must have died knowing that he was hugely appreciated by all of them, and had affected a number of people's lives with his music. I sincerely regret not taking the time to be one of these people myself.
Oh no
I really thought / hoped he'd have one of those comebacks that never happen to musicians I really love. The Magnolia Electic co. is my favourite album of all time.
it's an utter tragedy that he's ended up drinking himself into the grave
Bam harks back to Vic and Elliott and it just pains me so much to think that another sensitive, poetic soul has fallen to his demons.
'Ghost Tropic' is like nothing else.
this one feels overwhelming tonight
fathomless voice. the depth of feeling in the tremulous cragginess of it, like Will Oldham minus the suspicion of irony.
I like the link between Palace Music's Viva Last Blues and Molina.
Feel's a right kind of comparison, if that makes sense.
I knew he was ill.
But I didn't know he was this ill.
This news is incredibly, incredibly sad. To drink himself to death before he was 40 shows that he was in the ravages of something truly hideous. The poor, poor man :(
I'm fortunate to have seen him live. I wanted to see him again but I never will now. Shame.
This is the closest thing to `the other side` that I've ever heard in recorded music I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCQqAPTSGc. Devastating stuff.
favorite show memory:
They (Magnolia Electric Co) were the headlining band in a Church basement in Philadelphia , Clap Your Hands Say Yeah had opened up for them, the place was packed for Clap Your Hands and then half the crowd left for MEC ... it was the middle of July, it was hot as hell down there. Given all his money troubles, I thought it was so great that he got one of the staff's attention and said how much are bottles of water? I can't have everyone dehydrated out there! and he handed the staff guy $100 to spend on water to hand out to everybody. The show was so awesome. They seriously shredded and rocked that little basement. Jason Molina -- great dude.
next to mark linkous and bill callahan, no one tugs on my heartstrings more than those three
if bill callahan ever met a similarly tragic end I would probably just quit life. it's distressing that the people I most identify with in music are the people who end up dead. Is there really not any hope for anybody?
Devestating news
Was listening to The Lioness in the car today, hard not to get emotional to The Black Crow. A truly gifted songwriter and singer; I can imagine Molina's work getting a lot of posthumous recognition, but it's tragic that it should have to come to that. So, so sad.


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DescriptionDream Chronicles is an unusual casual puzzle/adventure game that assigns the player the role of Faye, a young woman, whose husband, Fidget, has been whisked away via magical means by Lilith, a mysterious fairy. To ensure that Faye's husband stays with her, Lilith has put an entire kingdom to sleep. Somehow, Faye wasn't affected, and now, it is her purpose to rescue her husband and to save the kingdom in process.
The game comprises 18 chapters (screens), in each location a specific set of puzzles should be solved and a number of jewels located, by playing a Hidden Objects type of game. Those jewels do not assist in solving puzzles, but instead help to unravel the mysteries surrounding the story and increase the player's final score. Player can take his time while solving the puzzles, however, his final score will be affected if it takes too long.
The puzzles presented by the game vary from classical inventory-based puzzles to mathematic and logic puzzles reminiscent of Myst. Another resemblance Dream Chronicles shares with Myst is its presentation, which is the same pre-rendered 3D stills viewed from the first person perspective.
However, due to its casual nature the game incorporated a number of limitations to the formula of classic adventure. All of the game puzzles must be solved within the limits of one screen and player is not allowed to move any further, before solving the puzzles for a present chapter. Previously completed chapters cannot be revisited either, and all the jewels left in them are gone for good.
Dream Chronicles boasts a fairy-tale approach to its artwork and music, trying to create an interesting and gripping story through the series of visions, diary entries and various comments on the events by the game's protagonist.
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- "Загадки царства сна" -- Russian spelling
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Understanding Plagiarism
Evangel subscribes to an Internet program, Turnitin.com, through which you will submit papers that will be checked for plagiarism. The reason for this program is (1) to bring an awareness of honesty in writing and (2) for faculty to know that student work is not plagiarized from the Internet or from previously submitted papers of other students.
Many people don't understand exactly what plagiarism is. They know it has to do with stealing someone else's writing but are not aware of the specifics. Others understand the concept but choose to plagiarize anyway. Many well-known writers, actually, have been discovered plagiarizing and have lost important things: positions, reputations, or money through lawsuits. Many students, too, have lost much from the act of plagiarism.
What, exactly, is plagiarism in writing?
Two distinct types of plagiarism exist. Blatant plagiarism is an act in which the writer tries to deceive the teacher or readers-either for a grade or acclaim- into believing he or she is totally responsible for the content. Technical plagiarism occurs when the writer is not trying to cheat or deceive but fails to follow accepted methods of using and revealing sources. Blatant plagiarism can result in automatic failure of a course or dismissal from school. Technical plagiarism, though not subject to disciplinary action, nevertheless will lower the grade on the project. (Click the link at the end of this paper to see what one prominent American suffered partly because of technical plagiarism.)
It is necessary for Evangel students to study plagiarism and find out how to avoid it.
Understanding plagiarism is not as simple as some think because it involves several components.
Plagiarism is the act of:
- submitting under one's own name for a grade, publication, or public display
- any whole work or portions of a work that the "submitter" either
- did not personally create, draw, or compose– OR for which the writer
- did not reveal details of origin
- (one who had the idea)
- (one who wrote the original words) OR
- did not change the sentence structure or some of the original phrasing
- (even though many of the words were changed and credit was given to the source)
- did not place quotations around exact words of the source
The above definition is complex enough that we need to look at it closely in order to understand and avoid plagiarism.
How can I avoid plagiarism?
1. Understand that using any portion of someone else's writing without attribution (giving credit to its source in both a citation and a bibliography or works cited page) is dishonest under any circumstances.
- "any portion" = a line pasted from an Internet site, a paragraph, an outline, a thesis lifted verbatim from a source
- "someone else" = a friend, a relative, an Internet or print author
- "any circumstances" = your personal illness, a family emergency, forgetting an assignment, long work schedules
2. Understand that providing or writing any portion of a paper for a friend carries the same penalty as blatant plagiarism because it, too, is an overt act of deceit.
3. Learn the basic attribution principles in order to avoid plagiarism:
- All ideas borrowed from a source, even if put into your own words, must be cited.
- Not one word my be omitted from or added to a quoted passage unless you signal the reader with
- brackets [ ] to add
- or an ellipsis (three spaced dots: . . .) to omit.
- As many as three significant words (nouns, adjectives, adverbs) used in order must be
- within quotation marks
- given a citation.
- Even an author's syntax (order of words and phrases) must be changed unless the passage is placed in
quotation marks.
Most professional writers, or course, borrow ideas and quotations from others; such is desirable and expected. The problem occurs when writers try to pass such work off as their own. However, some writers who know they must give credit don't realize exactly when and how to do that. Look closely at the following three versions:
Original: "Students who eschew dishonesty, regardless of the inducement, will glean the approbation of the deity and will institute a lifestyle commensurate with Christian ethics." This was written by Gerald Smith.
Plagiarized version: People who avoid cheating, in spite of rewards through grades, will both gain God's approval and instill in themselves a style of living that meshes with Christian righteousness (Smith 23).
Acceptable version: Even though cheating may bring good grades, students who avoid dishonesty will please God as well as establish Christian behavior as a pattern for life (Smith 23).
The student author of the plagiarized version did a good job of changing the overblown diction of the original and gave credit to the author. Even so, this is plagiarized because the student kept the original sentence structure (subject, dependent clause, prepositional phrase, verb phrases that contain objects, ending with a prepositional phrase.) The original author worked to write a rhetorically pleasing sentence, and the student stole his pattern, his writing style. It is not enough just to substitute "common" words for "learned" ones even if the writer gives a citation. The paraphrase must be in the student's own sentence style as it is in the acceptable version.
Will I be accused of blatant plagiarism if I make a real effort to change the syntax but fall short in some spots?
The answer is "NO." Though you may lose some points on the paper, your teachers will be able to see that you made the effort.
Am I allowed to get any help on my papers?
Yes. Getting help of the right kind is considered a learning experience. For instance, tutors in the Write Place will suggest words or phrasing, help you with correct grammar and punctuation, and even suggest good ideas you might use. Getting help in the writing lab is not considered plagiarism because it is part of the learning experience. Also, nothing is wrong about brainstorming with a friend for ideas, asking someone to read your paper and comment, or getting help with punctuation rules.
However, handing your paper to someone-a typist, for instance- who rewrites passages, proofs, edits, and/or rephrases is dishonest in the academic setting. That person becomes the "author" of portions of your paper. Your professors expect that the papers you hand them are your own projects, except for "lessons" you may have received during the writing process. Any help you get on a paper must be a learning experience, not just a "proofreading" favor of a friend, parent, or spouse who never explains WHY the portions need to be changed.
Do I need to worry that I'll accidentally write something too close to an Internet piece or someone else's already-submitted paper?
No. If by chance you write in an essay a short identical phrase or two quite similar to someone's writing, you will not be accused of plagiarism. Also, though you may be guilty of technical plagiarism as you are learning the process, you will not be accused of deceit.


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Did The White House Call For A New SOPA?
from the missed-that-one dept
"We believe that new legislative and non-legislative tools are needed to address offshore infringement."Now, the report also does reiterate what the White House said earlier during the SOPA/PIPA fight: that it would not support DNS blocking or other legislative efforts that harm the internet, but just saying that it supports some legislation at all seems pretty questionable. If anything, it's probably a wink and a nod towards Hollywood to try again, with something less overreaching. Of course, anything that's cooked up in the backrooms again simply isn't going to go over well, and (as I noted in my previous post on the report) it's a real shame that the White House doesn't even seem to acknowledge that the landscape and awareness on this issue has changed.


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Don't ever leave their musky little soccer shoes in the car overnight. I did once. Had to sell the car.
Because kids' sweaty soccer shoes develop a funk-mold still unidentified by medical researchers. Fragrant as methane. Ripe as low tide. Only a mother would pick up a shoe like this.
"Ewwwww, little boys," she thinks to herself. "I really gave birth to that?"
With a garden tool, you can sometimes pry open the crusty soccer shoe, then set it in the sunlight on the porch for a few hours in hopes of drying out the mold/mildew/streptococcus spores. Good luck.
But when you see those shoes piled at the back door at a team pizza party, accompanied by slimy shin guards and Limburger socks, it all seems worth it, doesn't it?


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FAVOURITE | New forever beauty products in 2010
PLENTY OF people in the beauty world don't have forever beauty products. Why would we when a huge chunk of the job is trying everything out that comes to market?
Rarely have I bought something over and over again. If ever. Honestly, whether they'll tell you or not, the beauty folk often call in what they use or if they're so backlogged with reviewing stuff (ahem, my default state), then they beg off new products, already so mired in countless products they have to use.
Usually, I use whatever's on hand, whatever I am trialing that day/week/month. Maybe it's not like that in real life. I guess there's some sense of brand loyalty but it's hard to develop a taste for one thing when you've got 20 on the docket to try.
Here are a few from 2010 for which I'll be happy to plunk down cash when they run low or wear out.
I'm all over this brand like white on rice. In 2010, Glyolic Acid has changed my 30-something skin for the better. The range is described as Glycolic based Anti-Ageing. They should add acne-fighting and Rosacea-styming to that description too. Gorgeous stuff. The Essential Hydrating Cream, Liquid Gold Intensive Night Repair Serum and the Daily Essential Moisturiser all get my humble blogger stamp of approval. Particularly the first two... packed with Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Glycolic 14%, Niacinamide, Licorice Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5...
I rocked this shiz on the Vail ski slopes over the Christmas holiday in the brilliant berry Nocturnal. Why not? It was moisturising, stayed on, has rich pigment, the tube's refillable, it's got none of the nasties that are found in many lipsticks and, well, I was in the mood for a bit of glamour wherever I could find it as I didn't have the full ski bunny outfit. Instead, I wore my mother-in-law's 1970s ski pants that were almost a foot too short, a second-hand pastel camo coat from my sister and a helmet. If it can withstand the weather and wear of skiing and make anyone dressed as mad as I was feel glamorous, it's a keeper.
L'Occitane Peony Lip and Cheek Water
Has cut down my every day routine by a huge chunk of time. Swipe a bit onto my cheeks after I put on my RMS un-Cover Up in 22, once across the lips before blotting it with a finger, wiggle some mascara into my eyelashes or pile a bit of bright lipstick on the stain that's created a nice base and I'm good to go. It's super light, easy to blend before it sets (unlike many lip and cheek stains), has a natural, lovely peachy-pink colour and -- the real kicker -- makes me actually look like a refreshed, younger version of myself.
Just take the lid off and your entire house smells amazing. Light the sucker and it'll last for hours. Clean burning, long burn time, beautiful (and re-usable) glass containers with gorgeously heavy lids. I have two in a small one bedroom place and that's all I need. The scent is slightly musky but not overbearing. It smells expensive.
Oral-B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000 Electric Toothbrush
This one has taken some getting used to. As in, I can't mindlessly run it across my teeth for a few seconds before going to bed. You have to individually brush each tooth with the round, rotating brush head, like the dental hygenist does. The rubbery nubs and bristles are seriously whitening too and there's a timer so you know when you've done two minutes. My smiles loads brighter than it was before and my dentist is so much happier to see me than he was at the end of 2009.
[Can't find a pick of the brush online. Boo.]
I still have to cut knots out of my hair. True story. It gets so tangled and matted during the winter when I have a scarf or collar rubbing against it all day. Often times I would just tuck it under on itself and leave it, like a giant dreadlock, until warm days. Conditioner was no match for it and even my favourite brush -- the one I've had for EIGHT years, my Marilyn -- couldn't make any but a superficial difference. Enter the Babyliss brush... a combo of boar bristles and spikey plastic ones that massage my scalp and instantly fix my mop. I dragged it through my hair and had tamed the previously un-tamable mess in less than 30 seconds. My hard has been looking sleek since (also thanks in part to at Vidal Sassoon). I'm still trying to find a voltage converter to use my Root Boost, but I bet it would have made the 2010 list if I could've used it.


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It is often said that some breeds are genetically prone to aggression. A dog's behavior is determined by genetics. Human beings, however, are intelligent, sentient creatures who have free will. Dogs, of course, are also intelligent and sentient creatures, but being 'lesser' animals, different genetics apply to them...somehow.
Of course, genes are genes, whether in humans or canines. So, when politicians start banning breeds under the rationale that some breeds are more inherently vicious than others, they engage in breed profiling. If these same politicians were to say, on the other hand, that black people need to be eliminated because they commit the majority of crimes, that would be racial profiling. Racial profiling is wrong. Breed profiling is, however, somehow thought of as different. Dogs are not people, after all.
Dogs are not people, that is obvious, but humans, especially those called politicians, are perhaps a bit too arrogant and naive. If the argument is sound that some breeds of dog are genetically predisposed to aggression, then the argument is equally sound that some ethnicities within the human species are genetically predisposed to aggression. Dogs may be dogs, but science is science, and science is both objective and universal.
Sir Francis Galton, born in 1822, was the first scientist to study heredity and human behavior systematically. Since then, the science of behavioral genetics has advanced. There are several indications that behavior is genetic.
Behaviors can be altered in response to changes in biological structures or processes. For example, a brain injury can transform a shy, quiet person into a loud, aggressive jerk, and doctors routinely treat behaviors caused by mental illness with drugs that affect brain chemistry. Geneticists have even created or abolished specific mouse behaviors by inserting or disabling certain genes.
In humans, some behaviors run in the family. For example, mental illness tends to cluster in families.
Behaviorial similarities run across similar species. Chimpanzees are humanity's closest relative, sharing 98 percent of oru DNA. The two species also share behaviors that are very much alike. For example, both are highly social creatures. Both nurture, cooperate, demonstrate altruism, and even share similar facial expressions.
Recently, the science of behavioral genetics has shown that many human personality traits that most people see as a product of will are, as it turns out, products of genes. Novelty-seeking, for example, shows a strong genetic influence. In fact, studies demonstrate that certain behaviors such as alcoholism are related to growth hormone release. Another study looked at 124 unrelated subjects and showed that "higher than average novelty seeking test scores were significantly associated with a particular exonic polymorphism, the 7-repeat allele at the locus for the dopamine receptor D4 gene." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=601696) What that means, basically, is that novelty-seeking is likely linked to a particular genetic variation in humans.
Genes affect a variety of human behaviors, whether or not individuals like to believe they do. Dog behavior is also influenced by genetics. In fact, humans share more of their ancestral DNA with dogs than with mice. Dogs and humans are so genetically alike that scientists study disease in dogs to learn about disease in human beings. ""When compared with the genomes of human and other important organisms, the dog genome provides a powerful tool for identifying genetic factors that contribute to human health and disease," according to Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Scientists also have evidence that genes influence aggression. Researchers at the University of Virginia, for example, published information indicating that sex chromosomes (those X and Y shapes of DNA in our cells) influence maternal and aggressive behavior in humans. Emilie Rissman, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Virginia remarked on her research, "It is our hope that these data could lead to the discovery of new genetic bases for aggression and parental behavior in other animals, including humans."
So, beware. If you believe that certain breeds of dogs should be exterminated because they are genetically prone to aggression, then it follows, logically, that certain human races or even genders are more prone to aggression than others. In other words, if you support breed profiling, then you must, according to science, also support racial profiling.
Welcome to the brave, new world.
Author D. Capp holds an M.S. in medical science (biochemistry and genetics), a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, and a law degree.


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With her 20th novel, "The Beginner's Goodbye," about to be released, Baltimore novelist Anne Tyler is already hard at work on her 21st — a "sprawling family saga that goes on and on and on" that she'll be writing backward, beginning with the ending.
That way, Tyler explained in an interview broadcast on NPR on Friday morning, should she die before the book is finished, it could still be published.
"Backwards, nobody would ever know whether you had reached the end you had planned," she told NPR's Lynn Neary.
The interview, Tyler's first in 35 years, began with Tyler taking Neary on a quick tour of her beloved Roland Park, where many of her...


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