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The demographic of veterans changed after 9/11/2001. As of Sept. 30, 2008, the Department of Veteran Affairs estimated the United States had 23.4 million veterans. Since that time, more than 2 million additional U.S. veterans have seen service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The demographic of veterans changed after 9/11/2001. As of Sept. 30, 2008, the Department of Veteran Affairs estimated the United States had 23.4 million veterans. Since that time, more than 2 million additional U.S. veterans have seen service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Adjusting to life after the military can be challenging. However, according to the American Council on Education, today�s veterans come home to one of the most generous G.I. bills ever. The Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act not only offers more money for schooling, but it has broadened conditions under which a veteran qualifies.
Veterans enrolled in undergraduate programs tend to be older than traditional undergrad students. In fact, 85 percent of veteran undergrads are 24 or older. Imagine sitting in a freshman class with 18- and 19-year-olds whose biggest decisions so far have been prom dresses and whether to take Honors or AP classes.
While many traditional college freshmen face their first separation from home, vets have experienced basic training in a place far from home, and many have experienced the pangs of deployment. Military deployments last anywhere from six to 18 months, and many vets who come to college have experienced multiple deployments.
Traditional college students often take for granted a phone call to Mom or Dad that forms a safety net, but many vets have been stationed in places where phone calls were rare � and precious � more like lifelines than safety nets.
Since 9/11/2001, North Carolina has deployed 50,886 men and women. More than 100,000 North Carolina residents are on active duty. The experiences I am describing are more increasingly common on North Carolina campuses.
Veterans bring much to the college classroom. They have military training and life experiences that given them a much more worldly view of life. After all, they have rubbed shoulders with people from across this nation and around the world. Most veterans develop a skill set that can help them become successful in college: leadership, motivation, time management and work ethic, to name but a few.
Still, negotiating the vast bureaucracy of most colleges and universities can be as daunting for many vets as any assignment they faced in the military. Some vets can have difficulty relating to classmates. Some find loud noise disturbing. Some suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
East Carolina decided to do something special for veterans. The university recently implemented the Green Zone Program.
Faculty members in the Green Zone Program place a special emblem on their office doors. The emblem is a star in the background. A pair of dog tags hangs from the star point on the right, and GREEN ZONE is superimposed on the star�s left. Faculty participants in the Green Zone Program volunteer for the training and for the designation.
Green Zone faculty members do not receive the designation because they have answers to all the questions a veteran can ask. In fact, we probably have few solid answers.
What we do have is an open door � and an open ear � and an open heart.
The Green Zone training program emphasizes the importance of listening. We are encouraged to listen to problems with G.I. Bills questions. We listen to problems a student may be having with academics. We may listen to frustrations vets may be having with university policy and procedure. We may hear stories about their military service.
Our next move is to point these students in the direction of finding answers � making phone calls on their behalf or sending emails. Sometimes the next move is just listening some more.
The chief goal of the Green Zone Program is simple � to assist veterans so they can be successful in their college experiences and in their lives after the military.
Mike Parker is a columnist for The Free Press. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or in care of this newspaper.


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The last thing I want is to be accused of being biased. I dislike declaring a "winner" of E3, because I feel like, as consumers, WE are the winners, especially when all parties concerned have a strong showing. That said, it's disingenuous to ignore just HOW strong certain presentations perform over others. Sony, much like last year, absolutely killed it; but as both Microsoft and the Playstation brand parent were focusing squarely on games, the playing field was far more level this time. Sony, still, not only met Microsoft blow-for-blow, but they pulled out ahead to such a degree, I found difficulty in whittling down their event to merely five entries. As a result, I completely avoided cross platform games (no matter how excited I got for No Man's Sky, Mortal Kombat X, and Arkham Knight). Here we go!
Giant Squid is a studio to watch (as its founder previously held the position of Art Director for thatgamecompany's Journey), and if their first game is any indication, success will be synonymous with the studio's name. The phrase that smacked my mind to attention when the game was revealed was "underwater Journey," and I can't think of a more joyous combination of terms. Details are scarce at the moment, but from what was provided in the trailer, it seems to be a game focusing on exploration, and interacting with the immersed animalia.
4.) Bloodborne
A few days before the press events, a From Software leak exposed the world to Project Beast. Well, it has a new name, and it promises to titillate and tantalize every bit as much as Demon's Souls did. The entire trailer takes place above ground, in a Victorian city. Whether or not the game takes place entirely above ground is unknown at this time, but I highly doubt we won't see our fair share of catacombs and sewers if From Software's recent history has anything to say about it. Very excited for this one.
3.) Entwined
One part Tempest, one part Rez, Entwine didn't grab me at first, but as more of the game was revealed in the trailer, the less I could contain myself. Often, it's the simplest mechanics that prove the most engrossing, and I expect no less with this beautiful title. The best part? It's available as I type this.
2.) The Order
Sony has Victorian Dark Fantasy on lockdown with Bloodborne and The Order. Seamlessly transitioning between cut scenes and gameplay, more so than any other game to date; and while this title is just more shooting dudes with guns, the setting and tone push it far out in front of the FPS pack. CoD? Battlefield? They're alright. The Order? Sign me up right now!
1.) Little Big Planet 3
I didn't see this one coming, as obvious as it might have seemed. I've been a fan of one Mr. Sackboy ever since his first game, all the way up through Karting, and this announcement got me unreasonably excited. He has new friends, new mechanics, new textures, and all 8+ million levels created by all of us over the course of his entire back catalogue. Oddsock is adorable, and the rest of Sacky's brand new cadre are delightful.
Nintendo's event is tomorrow morning at 9am PDT. I won't be able to cover it, as I'll be on my way to the convention center to get on the floor ASAP, but you can watch it yourself via Nintendo Direct. I expect big, bold strokes from the House of N, and you should too. This year's E3 is turning out to be a doozey.


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SACRAMENTO - Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office today held a randomized alphabet drawing to determine the order that candidates' names will appear on the November 5, 2013, local election ballots.
The results of today's drawing are as follows:
In accordance with Elections Code section 13111, the names of candidates on the ballot are arranged based on the randomized alphabet. This alphabet applies throughout the entire last name of the candidate. If the names of two or more candidates begin with the same letter, their ballot listing order is determined by applying the randomized alphabet to the next letter(s) of their names. If last names of multiple candidates are the same, the randomized alphabet also applies to first names.
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The rumors are spreading: Florida State offensive coordinator James Coley could be Miami's next offensive coordinator.
Settle down Canes fans. This Coley story is just rumor-driven for now.
Nothing we've heard out of UM today or even FSU suggests Coley is in the running. We're not even sure he's been interviewed or spoken to UM coach Al Golden yet. But be patient. It's not out of the realm of possibility he could be.
A source close to Coley told me this morning the 39-year old Miami High graduate and former offensive coordinator under Mario Cristobal at FIU in 2007 is definitely interested in getting into a position where he could call plays and make a name for himself. Right now at Florida State, head coach Jimbo Fisher calls play. Coley prepares the game plan all week and then on game days assists Fisher from the press box.
Although Coley is a Florida State grad, a return home to South Florida for obvious reasons would be appealing.
"I grew up on Northwest 4th Street and 18th Avenue, about two blocks from the Orange Bowl," Coley told our Susan Miller Degnan in the days leading up to this year's Orange Bowl. "The Orange Bowl was ‑‑ as kids in that community, that was our playground. Hide and seek and running onto the field and throwing the football, getting chased by the security guards, getting out of there, and parking cars. You might have parked at my house if you went to one of the games."
Coley has always had strong recruiting ties to South Florida throughout his career.
At Miami High from 1998-2000 he coached Roscoe Parrish and Andre Johnson. He then served as the offensive coordinator at Miami Norland when Dwyane Bowe and the Vikings won a state title in 2002. He was then a grad assistant at LSU under Nick Saban for two years before moving onto the Dolphins with him for two more years. At FIU, in Cristobal's first season as coach in 2007, the Golden Panthers finished just 1-11. It was Coley's only season as offensive coordinator (FIU was coming off an 0-12 season and terrible). Coley then moved onto FSU where he's worked as the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator and now the offensive coordinator.
By taking Coley away from FSU it would also further help Miami's recruiting efforts and hurt the Seminoles, who lost a number of assistants. Is that a reason to hire an offensive coordinator away? No. But it's another reason to give Coley consideration.
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Zug, Switzerland-based insurer Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, AG says it is centralizing its global reinsurance operations with the announcement of three management realignments.
In a statement, the company says it named Thomas Kelly chief operating officer for Allied World Reinsurance Company. He will assume responsibility for all U.S. reinsurance operations and administration. He maintains his current responsibilities as chief underwriting officer for Allied World's U.S. reinsurance operations.
The company also named Kevin Marine executive vice president, international and global specialty. Marine will continue to manage the marine, aviation and crop businesses globally as well as directly oversee Allied World's reinsurance teams in Asia and Europe.
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Local cyclists prepare in advance for the annual September Bike MS ride in New Bern, which last year brought thousands of riders to the city.
Local cyclists prepare in advance for the annual September Bike MS ride in New Bern, which last year brought thousands of riders to the city.
A year ago, the Historic New Bern MS Bike Ride in September brought more than 2,400 riders to town, including 335 from the area, along with 200 local volunteers.
The ride raised more than $1.7 million for multiple sclerosis research.
In advance of this year�s main event, the New Bern TriCentury Cyclists plan a training ride � Le Tour de Bear � for current and new cyclists on June 8.
It�s an opportunity to ride with experienced cyclists and learn the ropes along with bike safety, according to event coordinator Rick Curlin. It will also raise money for multiple sclerosis research
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the ride starting promptly at 9 a. m. at The Galley Store & Marina in New Bern.
Organizers hope to top last year�s practice rider total of about 75, mostly from the cycle clubs in the area.
Distances are 25 miles or 50 miles. Curlin said one route goes on U.S. 70 East to Carolina Colours for a rest stop and then back to the Galley Store. A second 25-mile leg is available, on U.S. 70 to Clarks and back to New Bern. Again, that includes a rest stop.
Online registration is $25 through June 5 at sportoften.com. Race day registration is $30.
Registration forms and information are also available at Flythe�s Bike Shop on Trent Road and Atomic Cycles Bike Shop on South Front Street.
Atomic will provide bike checks and maintenance at the Galley Store, while Flythe�s provides SAG road rides and break-down maintenance along the routes.
Curlin said the TriCentury Cyclists formed in 2010 for New Bern�s 300th anniversary and attracted 300 riders and volunteers.
He said these days there are a number of cyclist groups around New Bern and the surrounding area.
After some practice race expenses, including insurance, the proceeds go toward MS research.
Curlin said the event is also good for riders who have not experienced the MS ride before.
�Some people might say, �let me see how I enjoy going out and riding on the road,�� he said. �It is sort of welcome-into-the-riding-community type of ride for somebody who might be on the fence about whether to ride out on the road or not.�
He said the two separate 25-mile routes allow riders to test their skills and endurance levels.
Curlin said the practice sessions draw heavily from volunteers, the same as the major race in September.
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Confessions of a Former Pinhead
A long time ago, ducklings, I had an oddball friend who wanted to be a bestselling author.
Lest you suspect this 'friend' is going to turn out to be 'me' in an explosive revelation at the bottom of this post, be reassured. We were indeed two separate people, who met in college, bonded over a love of books, and stayed in touch for a year or two after graduation. I was substitute teaching and writing; she was living off a small inheritance and contemplating what she wanted to do for a career once the money ran out. And what she chose was bestselling author. With her debut novel, she was certain that she was going to explode onto the world stage and leave a mark on literature that lasted centuries after she turned to dust.
You were going to know her name, children. All of us were.
We were in our early twenties. I had just finished editing my second book and was earnestly studying The Process of how one arrived at publication. My free time was eaten up in selecting prospective agents and publishing houses, writing a third book, and adding rejection letters to an ever swelling file. There was only one way to make this happen, and I was giving it all I had.
She also wanted to make it happen, but much faster. Having scribbled three chapters of a novel in an afternoon, she was leaping ahead to querying publishing houses. I implored her to follow The Process as I was, but to no avail. She declared that they were going to be so amazed at the brilliance of her sample that they would call her up, offer her a massive advance to complete it, and then rush her book to shelves at Barnes & Noble for eager readers to snatch up. Her apartment would turn into a mansion, her rattletrap into a racecar. There would be book signings and interviews and articles, fawning fans and awards and movies. It was going to be glorious.
Of course, it didn't happen that way. For either of us.
Despite her overabundant confidence in her future success, no one was amazed at her three hastily written, unedited chapters and a query comparing herself to the American Greats. Soundly rejected from all quarters, she decided in outrage and bafflement to pursue another career. And I? I followed The Process doggedly. I knew it would work eventually if I just kept at it, and I did. I only lost if I gave up, and I wasn't ever going to do that.
I wrote more books and got better at it. I searched and searched for the perfect agent or publishing house and sent off reams of queries. Although I got many nibbles, I never made it to a chomp. When I was 23, a top agent signed me on and then never sent out my work anywhere. When I was 25, one of the Big 6 burst with enthusiasm over a YA novel I had written, and then the editorial staff got culled and my book went with it. When I was 27, a small publishing house accepted that YA novel – and then filed for bankruptcy immediately after publishing it. The books were lost.
I was 30 by then. Heartbroken to have to explain to excited family and friends that The Book was not to be. And I was back to square one.
I turned 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. Still writing more books. Still looking for agents and publishing houses. Still getting nibbles that never panned out. I had countless frustrating experiences that I will not relate here, except for my favorite of the acquisitions editor at a famous agency (which I won't name, but if you've ever searched for an agent, you would recognize it). One day, he called me up to rave about my book. He grew more and more excited until he was fairly spitting with glee. Rambling that we had something amazing on our hands here, something different, something new, something incredible, he wanted us to get this show on the road.
It was everything a writer wanted to hear. And then . . . nothing. I found out why later. A heavy drinker even at work, he had landed himself in rehab. The book was passed on to a junior paper-shuffler, who sent it back with a complaint that she didn't like big words or science fiction.
It had been fifteen years now, and I wasn't any closer than when I had started. I was tired. Bone-crushingly tired of The Process. My old friend from college had done it all wrong and lost; I had done it right but was losing just the same. Self-publishing had never, ever been an option along the way. It meant I wasn't ever going to get into the club. It meant I had no talent. It meant I had given up. But after a decade and a half of going nowhere fast, I was at the breaking point. Something had to give.
So I gave up and self-published.
I'm not writing this guest post from a lovely cherrywood desk in my seaside mansion. In my first year of self-publishing, I made only $170. In my second year, $1700. In my third year, $5000. I don't have a story to tell you about my wild, runaway success. I wish I did. I love those stories. But mine is quieter.
I want to do better, yet at the very least, I'm doing. The Process, the painful, painstaking, and ultimately fruitless process, has ended. My books – albeit in small amounts – are being read. Some people love them. Some people hate them. But they are no longer collecting virtual dust within my computer. They are out there and that is an inexpressible relief. My only regret is in not self-publishing them sooner.
But I wanted to join the club so badly. I wanted that stamp of validation that comes with traditional publishing. If they chose me, it was proof that I was a good writer. I was holding out for that pat on the head, and I had a hard time accepting that it was never going to happen. It made perfect sense back then to just keep waiting for someone (anyone) to ask me to dance, and now I wonder what that younger me was thinking. I get validation every month when Amazon sends a check. It's small, but it pays for the gas and some groceries. It's more than I earned while running desperately on the query-mill, and I get occasional fan mail to boot.
If any of you reading this is at that point of giving up, I encourage you to do so. Give up and self-publish. What you're giving up are things you don't need. The cover art? I hired someone off the Smashwords list and can get a good cover for less than a hundred bucks. The editing? I'm lucky to have several people in my life willing to edit my work for free, and they aren't kind about my sensitive writer feelings. The promotion? You were going to be doing that for yourself anyway if you published traditionally.
The pat on the head? Oh, darling. Here you go.
I grew up being told that self-publishing was for losers, but I was losing in all that time I chased traditional publishing. In the months (and often years) I waited to hear back about fulls; in the stacks of queries where so many went unanswered (still waiting on a few from 1999); in frustration and aggravation, and devastation to finally have a book published the traditional way only to have no one be able to buy it. As the stigma around self-publishing gradually faded out in the world, I clung to it with a death grip in my own head. One way. There was one way to do this right. Even if it wasn't working for me.
Hold the Salt, a Jack Daniels/Cassandra Salter thriller on Kindle Worlds. So I'm busy, very busy, and loving it.
Giving up on traditional publishing turned out to be the best thing I've ever done. It may be the best thing you've ever done, too. Even if you're not ready to make a move as drastic as this one, just keep it bobbing about in the back of your mind. To me, pressing publish on Amazon for the first time felt like the end of the world. It was raising the white flag. Career suicide. I could never hold my head high again when people asked what I did.
*mumble self-publish mumble*
But I couldn't have been more wrong. I have people asking when the next book is coming out, and writing fan fiction based on my Zombies series. I can go out for a steak dinner once a month that my books have paid for. I'm moving forward, with very tiny steps, but forward all the same. After so long spent running in place, that is a magical feeling indeed. I don't need a pat on my head.
I just need to write.
Joe sez: This is a realistic, even-headed approach to reaching readers. It doesn't happen over night, or even over decade. It's slow, steady, and methodical. Learn your craft, make mistakes, improve, keep trying, focus on the positive, never give up.
For the moment, big publishing houses still exist as an alternative to self-publishing. If you write a gigantic bestseller, they'll come calling. But it doesn't make any sense to waste time trying to catch an agent's ear, or submitting to one of the Big 5, unless you've already mastered your craft and shown some reasonable success.
How much success?
Enough for them to come to you.
Back in my day, there was no choice. You submitted to agents and waited.
Things have changes. Now, readers can discover you on their own. If enough of them do, agents and publishers will start sniffing around.
You don't have control over that. You don't have control over readers, either. But you do have control over writing as many great books as you're able to, marketing them to the best of your ability, and keeping at it until you can quit your day job.
This isn't a sprint. It's a marathon.
Buy Macaulay's book, and keep at it.
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LONDON (AP) — Victims of press intrusion including writer J.K. Rowling on Friday urged Britain's political leaders to fully implement a judge's recommendations on regulating the country's often unruly newspapers.
Rowling, who was one of dozens of people who gave evidence about press intrusion last year during a media ethics inquiry, said that she was "alarmed and dismayed" by Prime Minister David Cameron's lukewarm response to Lord Justice Brian Leveson's report, published Thursday to conclude the probe.
Leveson's 2,000-page report concluded that Britain's press sometimes "wreaked havoc with the lives of innocent people," and recommended the print media be regulated by a new body enshrined in law. Cameron said he welcomed the proposal, but was reluctant to set down new laws to back a press regulator because such a move could threaten freedom of the press.
Rowling wrote on the website of the Hacked Off group, which campaigns for victims of press intrusion, that she feared nothing will change to hold the press to account.
"Having taken David Cameron's assurances in good faith at the outset of the inquiry he set up, I am merely one among many who feel duped and angry in its wake," she wrote.
The 47-year-old writer had told of how journalists had driven her out of her home and targeted her 5-year-old daughter at school during the inquiry, triggered by a scandal over tabloid phone hacking that expanded to engulf senior figures in politics, the police and Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Hacked Off on Friday launched an online petition urging Cameron and other politicians to implement Leveson's recommendations in full.
The recommendations have pitched Cameron against Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, his coalition partner, who argued that a new law on press regulation should be introduced without delay. Cross-party talks were being held in an attempt to reach an agreement.


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According to the Hambly Screen Prints blog, the brand is in the process of "winding down operations" at the direction of founder Harry Hambly and will produce no more new product.
The blog post earlier today was authored by Alison Kreft Abad, who was the company's Art Director for over 8 years. She states that she is no longer with Hambly because of the company's intent to produce no future Hambly Screen Prints product, and that she is transitioning to new opportunities.
Santa Clara, California-based Hambly Studios has been in business for over 35 years. The company is known in the crafts industry for its graphic styled screen printed products such as transparencies, and for its rub-ons, washi tape and prismatic stickers, but it also produces other products that include wall decals, notebooks and calendars.
UPDATED: Allison Kreft Abad indicated in a post about the closing yesterday on her own blog that one of the new opportunities that she is working on is designing a new collection for Echo Park Paper Company.


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Since you're a writer, you probably know that November is National Novel Writing Month, where thousands of authors, both newbie and pro, sign up at www.nanowrimo.org to try and write 50k words in 30 days.
Those familiar with me, or with this blog, know that I write pretty fast. In fact, I've written two books this year. The first, AFRAID, is a horror novel that will be coming out in January 2009 (more on that soon.) The second, FUZZY NAVEL, is book #5 in the Jack Daniels series, coming out in June 2008.
November is pretty busy for me. I've got to go to Delaware for a book festival, Wisconsin for Murder in Muskego, and Indiana for an ILF meeting. I also have two novellas due for anthologies that invited me, and one of them is 10k words.
So, naturally, I signed up for NaNoWriMo.
I have a specific reason for doing this. My contract with my publisher is complete when I turn in Jack #6 in March 2008. I'd like to also have Jack #7 done by that time. That way, if I don't get the offer I'm looking for, I'll have a complete manuscript to shop around. I believe a finished book is a better bargaining chip than a proposal or an outline.
Being between contracts is a scary time for a writer, and it can often last weeks or even months. So I'm going to write Jack #7, set it aside, and then in February write Jack #6, which my publisher is expecting.
I figure I have 24 free days to get 50,000 words done. I don't have an outline for this book, but I do have a pretty solid idea that should be fun to write.
And just to make it interesting, if I don't make my quota, I'll shave my head and post a video of it on YouTube.
Who says writing isn't exciting?
Watch this blog for bi-weekly progress reports.
Monday, October 29, 2007
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The HPC Advisory Council and the Swiss Supercomputing Centre will host the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2010 in the Lugano Convention Centre, Lugano, Switzerland, from March 15-17, 2010.
The workshop will focus on High-Performance Computing education and training including CPU technologies, accelerators, networking, storage, software middleware and various applications. The workshop will also cover advanced topics such as MPI offloads, networking optimizations and will feature presenters from the Swiss Supercomputing Centre, Simula Research Laboratory, HPC Advisory Council professionals as well as technologists from various Independent Software Vendors and OEMs. Hands-on training will be incorporated within the workshop agenda to allow participants to actually configure and test high-performance clusters. The workshop will bring together system managers, researchers, developers, computational scientists, students and industry affiliates for cross-training and to discuss recent HPC developments and future advancements.
This is an excellent training and educational opportunity for European-based, HPC and data center IT professionals.
The conference is free. Registration is required. REGISTER TODAY. The 3-day workshop will include coffee breaks and lunch courtesy of the HPC Advisory Council.
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The HPC Advisory Council is a large eco-system organizations which focuses on bridging the gap between high-performance computing use and its potential, bringing the beneficial capabilities of HPC to new users for better research, education, innovation and product manufacturing, and brings users the expertise needed to operate HPC systems, provide application designers with the tools needed to enable parallel computing, and to strengthen the qualification and integration of HPC system products. The HPC Advisory Council will be presenting at the workshop, as well as distinguished speakers from the HPC research organizations and vendors.


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by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., August 21, 2003 – New Mexico Tech is one of the nation's best institutions for an undergraduate education, according to the recently published 2004 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to the Best 351 Colleges.
The Princeton Review's annual survey, which is based on provided "inside information" and candid interviews conducted with students attending the various universities, rated New Mexico Tech highly in such areas as student admissions, financial aid options, and academics.
Fewer than 10 percent of all the colleges and universities in the United States, and only two Canadian colleges, are profiled in this latest edition of The Princeton Review.


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Deciding when the time is right to transform your business
Jul 30, 2013
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Len Padilla, Vice President of Product Strategy at leading global ICT service provider NTT Europe, discusses when the time is right for businesses to move to the cloud
Originally published in Data Center Solutions (dcseurope.info)
It is clear that a growing number of CIOs are turning to the cloud to help gain a competitive edge for their business as well as looking for new and innovative ways to cut costs. A recent study by KPMG[1] reveals that the use of cloud is genuinely dominating boardroom planning for 2013, with 42 per cent of UK organisations revealing that at least one-fifth of their total IT spend in the next 12 months will focus on cloud services. However while the business benefits of moving to the cloud may be clear, deciding when and how to implement a cloud strategy still remains a complex challenge for some.
Big questions of when and how
Deciding whether the time is right to move to the cloud raises a whole series of concerns for every business considering it. For firms of any size, questions around security, scalability and control are fundamental when choosing a cloud solution. As each business is unique, so too will it have its own set of questions. Smaller companies want to know how the cloud will give them a competitive edge, and what it will mean for their future growth. Larger firms, on the other hand, will be more concerned with how the cloud can support and improve what the business is already doing, the extent to which the cloud can interface with existing ICT infrastructure and the scale of change this move will result in. Reassurance on these issues will determine how quickly companies adopt cloud computing as the model for their ICT.
How small businesses can 'punch above their weight'
Managing ICT in-house is a major drain on resources for many small businesses, and as a result cloud email is now almost a given as far as start-ups are concerned. However, the cloud also gives businesses access to platforms which were previously the exclusive preserve of much larger companies, such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), HR management, and collaboration tools. These cloud-based services give smaller companies access to solutions which can provide a vital competitive edge. Signing up for and configuring these cloud applications can be done almost immediately, and at a fraction of the cost of acquiring the actual hardware and software itself. The as-a-service model which cloud solutions are based on means customers only pay for what they use, leaving the outright hardware and maintenance costs to the cloud provider themselves. And since the actual platform being delivered lives on the web, it can be accessed from any location or any device with a browser. As a result, it is far easier to build a 'distributed' business structure in the cloud, than it is to do the same with 'in house' ICT systems.
One final point: the in-built scalability of the cloud means it can flex to accommodate the growth of the business: a boon for start-ups with ambitions to grow rapidly.
Going global
Medium and large enterprises are more likely to have well-developed in-house ICT resources, but that doesn't mean cloud computing shouldn't have a role in their strategies. A large number of businesses that have matured in Europe or North America are using the cloud to harness growth opportunities in emerging markets, using e-commerce as a key enabling technology. Retailers and fashion brands from these regions are using the cloud to access 'new wealth' in these markets, and NTT Europe is helping a large number of businesses in the West expand into Asia, and vice versa, based on our extensive cloud infrastructure and global network footprint. The idea of the cloud implies ubiquity and ease of access globally - but it is local datacenters and local network points of presence, coupled with local knowledge, that make it a reality.
Expanding into these markets requires robust on-the-ground capabilities, in-depth market knowledge, and the ability to 'virtually' cut and paste head office systems and processes into new regional branches with minimal set-up time. Identifying suppliers which can truly deliver on this promise, however, needs careful consideration and research. Companies looking to place business-critical applications in to the cloud should look for, as a minimum, a data center infrastructure with presence in their key markets, all joined together by a global network from a single provider. Understanding who owns the network is vital to large enterprises. This goes beyond knowing who to call when things go wrong. This knowledge can help CIOs make informed planning decisions based on the service provider's investment priorities.
50 shades of cloud
The one distinction that is important to make is between 'public' cloud services, accessible to everyone via the web; and 'private' clouds, where services are delivered over private networks, on a bespoke basis. Google Drive and Amazon Web Services are examples of public cloud services, sharing computing resources with others signed up to the service.
Selecting a suitable cloud depends on the sensitivity of the data you need to store, how it's used and how available it needs to be. Mission critical services that are central to business success or systems containing customer data will require a private cloud with high levels of uptime and security. Less crucial applications and data, for example your company intranet, can live in a less regimented, lower-cost environment.
Cloud as a catalyst for business acceleration
The emergence of the cloud has forced ICT organisations to revisit one of the fundamental questions of business technology: is it about reducing costs, driving growth or both? The 'new model' businesses which have placed the cloud at the heart of their strategy have been able to concentrate their internal ICT resources on innovation and development, rather than keeping the lights on with their existing infrastructure. Consequently they have become far more innovative, and faster to unlock new revenue generating opportunities. Instagram is a great example of this new breed of businesses: it depends 100% on the cloud to deliver its service, but the delivery depends on its service providers. This means it can focus on delivering what its customers want. Just five years ago, such a business model would have been impossible. The practical challenges of delivering the solution would have gotten in the way of the original business idea.
Don't turn back at the junction
There's no simple answer to the question of when you should move to the cloud, but businesses need to consider it now or risk getting left behind. Choosing the right cloud provider means choosing what suits your business. This provider should take a consultative approach, helping you identify the objectives for your move to the cloud, whether cutting costs, improving scalability or increasing ICT flexibility and agility. They should be able to demonstrate the benefits of their cloud solution, and work with you to ensure that it can meet your business objectives. By making the right choices from the start, the sky is the limit for what the cloud can deliver.


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My husband is a police officer in a small town, and he got himself a SureFire flashlight for his duty belt. Well, he was so impressed with it that he bought a small handheld SureFire for me to keep in my car and take on camping trips. Recently, my six-year-old son and I joined some friends on the Clinch River for a weekend camping trip. We set up camp on a small strip of land next to the river and enjoyed a day full of fishing. As we prepared to lie down for the night, it started raining, so we all took shelter in our tents and waited for it to stop...but it never did.
Around 3:00 a.m. I started getting worried with our location and the rising river. I departed my tent with my SureFire flashlight and grew even more concerned when I lit up the river to see it was only a few feet from our tent. The river had risen dramatically since we set up shelter, and the little path we drove our trucks down was now completely flooded. I got everyone out of their tents and shared my concern for our safety, especially the children. I remembered seeing a little farm up the road, and we needed help fast, so with SureFire in hand we quickly gathered our belongings and got the children and adults to high ground, then headed down the flooded road toward the farm. Thankfully, the farmer was willing to come out in the horrible weather with his tractor and pull our trucks out of what I now call the pit.
Thank goodness for the SureFire light my husband bought me. It enabled us to escape a property- and possibly life-threatening event that night. Thank you, SureFire, for your strong, bright, and enduring product. Everyone was duly impressed with its ability to give us the vision we needed to evade Mother Nature!
Melissa C.
Gray, TN
In the winter of 2011, my friend Craig and I were caving in an advanced caving system in West Virginia. The cave, known to many as Norman Cave System, is a wet cave system that boasts 14 miles of passages, and Craig and I were deep into the cave that night. I always carried my SureFire E1e with me (since discontinued and replaced by the E1L) as another light source in case my main beam went out. Well, while crawling through a keyhole, I dropped my E1e into a deep, 20-foot crack. As I looked through the crack, I could see my light was submerged in icy cold cave water. We were running low on battery life and had a long three-mile hike back through the bowels of the cave, so I sucked it up and left my little SureFire behind. I was legitimately sad, because I really loved that little light, and it had been such an important part of my caving gear for so many years.
In fall of 2012, Craig and I returned to the same cave. As I neared the point where I'd dropped my flashlight nearly a year ago, I reflected on that piece of equipment and how it had served me so well for so many years. Farther into the cave we found a small passage that we figured would lead to a lower level. As we descended down the 200-foot-long passage on our bellies, we came across the very hole where my E1e had fallen back in December. There, at the bottom of the hole, still submerged in cold cave water, I could see my light. I literally screamed with joy! As I pulled the light out of the water and washed the mud off, I gave its tailcap a click. To my surprise, the light immediately turned on—I was even able to use it on the rest of my adventure! Although this time I tied some 550 paracord to it first.
Great light, SureFire. You've got a customer for life.
Stephan P.
Palmyra, VA
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It has been three days since Hurricane Sandy, dubbed the "Frankenstorm," rampaged through the Mid-Atlantic. For three days my family of four has had no power and no running water. With only five gallons of drinking water available, we had to gather rain water from the gutters to shower and to clean our dirty dishes. We have been eating what little canned foods that remain in our pantry for dinner. The cold, empty darkness can easily bring a sense of hopelessness and depression to even the mightiest of men. It is only by the bright beams of our SureFires that we've found our comfort, warmth, and sanity.
Currently, we have been using two Surefire Minimus™ headlamps and our trusted E2DL to navigate around the house. Although the sight of an 84-year-old grandma waddling around with a Surefire Minimus on her head may be hilarious, knowing that our grandma won't trip in the darkness and injure herself has brought the family great relief. Our E2DL has, thus far, served us the most by providing a bright 200-lumen beam in the middle of our living room. By standing the flashlight upright on its scalloped tailcap, the E2DL has been our beacon of hope and security. Our family has been gathering around the beam of light every night to share stories of our fondest memories. Although we are still freezing, SureFire has brought our hearts great warmth and confidence.
Thank you, SureFire!
Alex C.
Woodbine, Maryland
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In the dark a flashlight is a priceless commodity your senses can't do without. This is especially true when your house is enveloped in darkness for days. Our house was one of the 260,000 homes in Northern Illinois that lost power for days after a torrential rainstorm. And for those powerless days, my U2 Ultra was the most valuable part of our household. My U2's adjustable light feature was invaluable at night because we used the 100-lumen setting to read, then the two-lumen setting for household tasks--because the batteries lasts for 40 hours at this setting. Days of living in the dark demonstrated why the variable-output feature of the U2 makes it the ultimate personal flashlight. I've used the U2 Ultra's powerful 100-lumen beam in low-light shooting courses with my handgun, and now it has proven itself as a finely adjustable instrument for surviving a long-term power outage. Its balance between battery consumption and high-intensity brightness proved absolutely crucial.
Brian B.
Warrenville, IL
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About 0030 hours, my wife woke me, saying the disaster sirens were going off and that a tornado had been spotted and was getting close. I placed my wife and daughter in the safest room in the house and grabbed my "disaster kit," which included a SureFire E2L Outdoorsman. We called to warn my father-in-law, who lives about 25 miles away. Ten minutes later we called him again, on his cell phone, and he told us that his farm was no longer there. "It's all gone," he said.
I immediately headed out with my E2L. I could only drive within a half mile of what was left of the farmhouse, so I got out and walked, in the driving rain, my E2L in hand and my spares carrier around my neck. Moving through the terrain, I had to avoid needing rescuing myselfâsome of the downed power lines were still live, and the possibility of being punctured from debris was a real threat. As I maneuvered through, I found three other people in the dark, trying to search for anyone who needed assistance. One of them did not have a light source, and two of them had dead flashlights that were no longer usable. None of them could see well enough to safely navigate their way out of the debris. Using my E2L, we all managed the terrain safely and made it to the farmhouse. If it hadn't been for my E2L, four people could have sustained injuries or gotten hypothermia. Luckily, my father-in-law was okay and everyone was safely accounted for. Now every member of my family has a SureFire flashlight. Thanks, SureFire.
Kelly J.
Springfield, MO
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I purchased my E1L Outdoorsman about six months ago. The E1L is indeed an excellent light with small size and great output. I always carry it with me. There was a snowstorm a few nights ago in Ontario, Canada, and while I was driving home, I had a flat tire. I had to pull over and change the tire in the snowstorm on a small countryside road, surrounded by complete darkness. I clipped the E1L to the brim of my baseball cap, so I could light up the tire and have both hands free. The whole process took about half an hour, and the E1L performed its duty perfectly. It really saved me. Thanks for producing such dependable flashlights, SureFire.
Yu-Jen C.
Ontario, Canada
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I work on a drilling rig in Northern Canada, and I experience some pretty harsh weather sometimes. I started off my last rotation at work with a rig move in -40° C weather. At that temperature pretty much everything freezes and starts acting up. My watch and cell phone were the first items to freeze up and stop working. The next item to fall victim to the cold was my folding knife, which froze shut and proved extremely difficult to open. But, when it came time for my SureFire E1B Backup® to perform, I was pleasantly surprised. After I cleared the frost from the lens and pressed the tailcap, the light came right on, which made me very happy. I used my E1B a fair amount that day, and, even in the extreme cold, every time I needed light, it fired right up. I've tried many different pieces of gear at work, and nearly everything fails in these extreme conditionsâbut not SureFire. Thanks for making such a great light, one that can stand up to extreme, real-world conditions.
Cody H.
Ladysmith, BC
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In NYC we've had a pretty brutal winter so far. Snow, negative wind chills for weeks at a time, pretty bad. I have a SureFire E1B Backup®, which I bought in October. After about a month of using it I became very accustomed to having it with me all the time. One day, I reached for my handy-dandy, bright-as-hell little friend and it wasn't there. A strange feeling, since I carried it religiously. I felt lost without it. The very next day, after searching high and low, I went out and purchased a new Backup. I started using my new flashlight without a though of the old one, figuring I'd never see it again. Two days ago, three months later, I'm walking my dog and there, lying in a puddle of mud and ice, is my original Backup! I couldn't believe it. I hit the button, and it was a bright as the day I bought it. For over three months in subzero temps, wind, snow, rain, dirt, and water, this little flashlight laid there patiently, covered under a pile of snow and ice, just waiting to be found and used by its owner. I put the newer one in a drawer, and now I carry my original, and amazing, little Backup.
Paul C.
Yonkers, NY
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I purchased a G2® LED [superseded by the G2X Tactical--Ed.] at the recommendation of my brother, a retired military officer and army pilot, a few months before Hurricane Ike hit. I'm sure glad I did. I'd been using Mag-Lites for decades and, frankly, never really owned a proper flashlight. When Ike hit, my G2L was literally my best friend. The storm rolled in, and I hunkered down. I used my light liberally to check my windows, doors, attic, and everywhere else water and trees might have breached my home as the storm waned down. My area had no power for six days, and my G2L's batteries lasted for five days without replacement, an amazing feat, considering how often I used my light.
I work for the largest chemical fertilizer plant in Texas. We sustained tens of millions of dollars in damages, as we are directly on the Houston ship channel and endured massive storm surges. Our plant had eight feet of water over 30 acres of offices and plant production rooms. While our staff and half dozen security officers used heavy, foot-long flashlights while we surveyed the damage, none shined as bright as mine. They had these $300 flashlights that wouldn't even last four hours without recharging, and they could not recharge without sticking them on a generator. I was always one of those people who thought a $10 flashlight from a big box store was enough. I was wrong. As a gun enthusiast, I intend to also supply myself with your tactical lights. Anyone who lives in an area with extreme weather, as I do, should have a SureFire. Thanks for making an outstanding product.
Kevin L.
Missouri City, TX
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I was disappointed when I lost my SureFire L4 LumaMax while I was moving some items into an outside storage area in early winter, and I gave up hope of ever seeing it again...until today. When I returned to the storage area this spring, there was my L4, frozen in the ice. The flashlight had survived being frozen under snow and ice in -50º C weather in the Canadian arctic, and it worked perfectly when I chiseled it out. When I looked inside of it, it was dry, and the batteries were in great shape. I am now wearing it on my belt again.
Troy H.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
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I was camping out in Northern Minnesota, and one night there was a severe thunderstorm. As I was sleeping in the tent I was sharing with four other guys, I woke up suddenly to an unidentified object hitting me in the head. Dazed and confused, I noticed that the tent wall was starting to sag. About a half second later, the wind picked it up and threw the tent across the campsite, trapping one of the campers under 800 lbs. of wet canvas. After putting my boots on in record time, I grabbed my G2® LED [superseded by the G2X Tactical--Ed.] and woke up the rest of the guys. Two of them grabbed their SureFires, and we all got to work rescuing the trapped camper. Once he was out, we gathered up our important gear and made for the nearest shelter, about a quarter mile away, where we built a fire to fight off the beginnings of hypothermia. Having those SureFires at camp helped us get out that much quicker and avoid any serious injuries. Thanks, SureFire.
Joseph S.
Eden Prairie, MN
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I gave my son a SureFire U2 Ultra flashlight for his 36th birthday. He carried it with him at all times. Sadly, my son disappeared in the mountains near San Cristobal, New Mexico, in January of 2008. Nine months later, his remains were found. Beside him, still in working condition (except for dead batteries), was his trusty U2 flashlight. I'm sure that flashlight helped protect my son from the wild animals living in those mountains. Unfortunately, the extreme weather he encountered was simply too much for his own survival.
Susan W.
Portland, OR
SureFire extends its deepest sympathy to Susan and all of her son's family and friends. It's our privilege to publish this story, which we know must've been difficult for her to share.
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It was after 3:00 a.m., and I was behind the wheel of a 48-foot 33-ton tugboat. The weather was rough: heavy rain joined by a 25-knot winds gusting to 35 knots. The all-steel tug was swaying back and forth as if it weighed 33 pounds, not 33 tons. It had been a long day, and now a long night, as I was on the last leg of a voyage that started in Charleston, South Carolina, and was set to end in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Navigating on the water at night presents a challenging set of circumstances for any captain. Throw in the wind whipping the sea into a frothy mess of turbulence, visibility of near zero, no crew, and the level of difficulty increases exponentially. My concerns were many, but mainly that the tug's draft was five and a half feet, and I was about a mile outside the port of Tarpon Springs, on the Anclote River, and it was a dead-low tideâthe kind of dead low you normally only see in the winter, when it looks as if a giant sponge came down from the sky and sucked up all the water. Parts of the bottom I didn't even know existed were totally exposed, which meant if I didn't stay within the channel, running aground was a certainty.
Normally, flashing green and red channel markers point the way, and you simply stay within them to navigate, but not on this night. The only way to find the channel markers was to shine my LX2 LumaMax® in the direction I was headed. The light was so bright and so penetrating that it would bounce off the markers' reflective exteriors, allowing me to maintain my bearingsâand sanity. The light's 200 lumens shot through the murky, heavy darkness with a beam that consistently found the next marker, sometimes literally hundreds of yards away. If the conditions I was in were hell, the pure white beam radiating from my LX2 must've been the path of light to heaven. Thanks, SureFire, for getting me home safely.
Josh S.
New Port Richey, FL
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Every time Karen Brown watched coverage of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, she was moved to tears. She saw Julie Moss win the silver medal in February 1982, and dreamed of competing herself.
"Watching them, I thought, 'Oh, they're professional athletes, and I only run for recreation,' " Brown said. "I thought I could never do it."
By Ramsey Scott, For the Courier
Last weekend's Jeffco Fair and Festival at the fairgrounds in Golden celebrated the county's agricultural roots, and also offered a generous helping of music, art and entertainment.
And pie. Lots of pie.
Eager kids lined up to have their faces painted at the Ken-Caryl Ranch House on Aug. 3, just one of many activities at the Music a la Mode summer celebration.
Sitting on a blue chair, 3-year-old Jude Duran squinted as paint met skin. Meanwhile, Adam Duran, Jude's father, held his son's head still as a clown painted Jude's face to look like Spiderman. After the process was finished, Jude looked into a mirror with a smile of satisfaction.
By Ramsey Scott, For the Times
The Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District hoped that by firing up the grills this past weekend it would be able to muster some new firefighters.
The Jeffco Sheriff's Office has had two photographs selected as finalists in the National Sheriffs' Association's 2016 Photo Contest.
An image by Jeffco Sgt. Charlie Simmons of Deputy John Butler patrolling Highway 93 against a cloudy, mountainside sunset is one of the five finalists in the "patrol" category. And Specialist Stephen Willder's photo of Deputy James Tucker at the Jeffco jail during a night shift in February was in the top five in "jail / corrections."
At the intersection of Bowles and Kipling, a sign near the stoplights reads, "Ninja Training, next to Ace Hardware." Around the corner from the hardware store, people walk through a door and find themselves at the top of a flight of stairs covered with artwork of samurai. After a short trip down, visitors might feel as if they've walked into a ninja movie.
It was 1999 when South Jeffco resident Suzanne Braden first came face to face with a giant panda.
Braden was in China visiting the Wolong National Nature Reserve, which today encompasses nearly 500,000 acres and is home to about 150 giant pandas. The reserve also consists of four panda bases, including the China Conservation Research Center for the Giant Panda, where veterinarians and conservationists raise pandas and panda cubs in captivity.
Never was there a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo — this time featuring cell phones, city skyline backdrops, line dancing and contemporary musical interludes.
The Foothills Park & Recreation District's Theatre Company presented performances of "Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" July 22-23 at Clement Park, and will host two more performances this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
England was in the throes of World War II when London resident Mary Barry went into labor with her first child.
She remembers many of the roads were closed because of the bombing. Shells exploded all around the ambulance as it meandered its way to the hospital.
On an earlier occasion, Barry recalled how she and her husband, Jim, were caught off guard by a sudden barrage that was so intense they were unable to escape to shelter. Hunkered down in the street, Mary asked Jim if he thought they would survive until morning.
It's a peaceful Saturday morning at Clement Park. Groups of runners are preparing for a 5K. Ducks and geese are walking through the grass. Locals are running along the path, some with dogs at their sides.
In the midst of all this, a small group begins a game of dodgeball. Even as the players are knocked out, they run behind enemy lines and do a set of 10 pushups. And once they have a ball in hand, they can attempt to hit their opponents, who now have enemy fire coming from both sides.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – This weekend the Yale women's swimming and diving team will head to Princeton, N.J., for the 2011 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championship. The Bulldogs ended the regular season with a win at home against Brown on Feb. 12., and so they will arrive in Princeton coming off a win and with what is arguably more important, a weekend of rest. This will be the last real meet that seniors Kristin Darwin, Ileana Lucos and captain Annie Killian will swim as Bulldogs. Many will be looking to make either A- or B-cuts (view qualification standards here) to be eligible to compete in the 2011 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships held on Mar. 17–19 in Austin, Texas. But this weekend, assistant coach Toni Pullman (Brown '04) and Robert J.H. Kiphuth Head Coach Cristina Teuscher (Columbia '00) will return to Ivy's for their first time as coaches, looking to lead their squad to victory and bring home the trophy named after former Yale head coach Frank Keefe.
Yale heads into competition this weekend in third place in the Ivy League. The Bulldogs have a 5-2 conference record, with losses to first-place Princeton and second-place Harvard. Yale was positioned similarly last year where the team took third, in kind with its third place dual meet standing heading into the meet. The Princeton Tigers won with a score of 1465, to make it their ninth Ivy League title in the last 11 years. The Harvard Crimson, who have won the other two out of 11, finished second with 1438 points. Yale came in third with 1350 points. Seven swimmers and two divers earned All-Ivy honors for their performances, with Susan Kim '10 and junior Rachel Rosenberg being named swimmer and diver of the meet, respectively.
Of the 21 events contested at Ivy's last year, the Bulldogs won nine, including the 200-yard freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay, 100-yard butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 50 free, 200 fly and the three-meter diving event. As is unfortunately often the case for this small but distinguished squad, depth cost the Bulldogs points. For instance, Harvard did not win a single event the entire weekend and yet by racking up points earned from other top finishes, the Crimson went on to claim second place.
The team has had the last two weeks to rest up as well as mentally prepare for this meet, and as Princeton will be the last stop for most of the Bulldogs, fast times can be expected to come from the entire squad. As always, the Bulldog diving squad can be counted on for a first-rate performance. But one swimming event in particular that the Bulldogs should be competitive in this weekend is the 400-yard freestyle relay. It was an event that the Bulldogs won last year at Ivy's, by a whopping 1.87 seconds no less, and it is an event that the Bulldogs have been very consistent in this year. In all its matchups Yale has only lost this race on three occasions: once against Vermont when six of the team's fastest swimmers were in Ohio competing at Short Course Nationals, then against Cornell when the Bulldogs had already earned enough points to win the meet, and most recently at HYP. The Bulldogs have not won the Ivy League Championship since 1997, and if they are to bring home the title this year it will have to mean solid performances in events like the 400 free relay.
Competition will begin Thursday, Feb. 24 and go through Saturday, Feb. 26. Preliminaries will start each day at 11:00 a.m. and finals will be held at 6:00 p.m. in Princeton's DeNunzio Pool. A more detailed schedule of events can be found here.
Live results can be accessed here.
Report filed by Tom Lynam '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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Verizon Adds 39 New Channels to FiOS TV Lineup - Including 19 in HD - for Customers in Maryland and Northern Virginia
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Verizon FiOS TV is now even better for customers in Maryland and northern Virginia as the company is launching 39 new channels, including 19 additional high-definition (HD) channels. FiOS TV customers in the area now have more than 540 HD choices available at any time, with at least 49 HD channels and more than 500 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month.
As a result of this enhancement to the FiOS TV lineup, Verizon is now offering consumers here more HD than both Comcast and Cox offer. Verizon will continue expanding its FiOS TV channel lineup this year, with a major focus on HD content. By year-end, Verizon plans to offer all available major HD programming.
To make the offer even sweeter, Verizon is offering a year's free use of either an HD DVR (digital video recorder) or an HD Home Media DVR to consumers who sign up for FiOS TV by Oct. 31. With Verizon's unique Home Media DVR, customers can use one DVR to record programming that can be watched on up to six other TV sets in the home. This includes viewing up to three separately recorded programs simultaneously on different TV sets, and the ability to pause recorded programming on one set and continue watching it on another. FiOS TV's Home Media DVR is bundled with Media Manager, a feature that allows customers to access photos and music from their personal computers and play them on their TV.
Verizon is also offering new FiOS TV customers, or existing customers who upgrade to a bundled package, one free month of HBO and Cinemax, which includes more than 25 premium channels and access to hundreds of additional titles on VOD. New customers who take advantage of this offer will save between $200 and $260 the first year, depending upon the DVR customers choose.
"FiOS TV is the only service to consider if you want the ultimate HD experience," said Mary Ellen Payne, vice president of sales and marketing for Verizon's Potomac region. "With our increased number of HD channels, along with HD video-on-demand programming and our current HD DVR and premium movie promotion, we're blowing cable away.
"There's HD on FiOS, and then there's everything else," said Payne. "The addition of new HD and sports channels, along with new multicultural content and more, is part of our commitment to lead the industry in the scope and quality of our programming."
Verizon Leads the Way with New HD Channels, and More to Come
FiOS TV customers in Maryland and northern Virginia now will get to see more of their favorite channels in HD, including Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel and Smithsonian Channel. Other new HD programming that FiOS TV customers in the region now receive includes CNN, CNBC, Lifetime, Bravo, TBS, History Channel, Weather Channel, USA and SCI FI.
For sports fans in the area, Verizon has launched four new HD sports channels. Verizon has always placed a high priority on major sports programming and offering as much as possible in HD.
The company has now added top college basketball and football action with the Big Ten Network in HD. Hockey and golf fans will find NHL games, PGA Tour events and original sports-related programming on the high-definition Versus/Golf Channel. In addition, Verizon has launched the Outdoor Channel 2, which provides high-definition programming that promotes traditional outdoor activities like fishing, hunting and shooting sports; and ESPNU HD, a 24-hour college sports television network that will air all Thursday and Saturday college football games live as well as coverage of college basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey and more.
New Standard-Definition Channels, Including Multicultural Content
In addition to the new HD content, Verizon has launched 20 new standard-definition channels for customers in Maryland and northern Virginia. New content includes Reelz, Veria TV and WAPA TV. Verizon also is now offering two new standard-definition sports channels -- Big Ten Network and Setanta Sports, a premium channel dedicated to bringing European and International soccer and rugby to U.S.-based fans. Currently, no other cable provider offers Setanta.
Verizon also is offering customers in the area 15 new multicultural channels, including leading channels for Arabic, Portuguese and Russian audiences, among others. These new channels continue to make FiOS TV an outlet for emerging and independent networks to showcase their diverse programming.
Much of the multicultural content comes from World TV, a division of content management and delivery company GlobeCast, which previously signed a distribution deal with Verizon for top-tier international channels. The new GlobeCast World TV international television channels include MBT (Arabic), RTPI (Portuguese) and RTR Planeta (Russian). In addition to the World TV content, Verizon will offer Filipino channel GMA Pinoy TV.
Customers in Maryland and northern Virginia join those in Indiana, Oregon, New York, New Jersey, southeastern Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington and Pennsylvania, who are receiving new content on the FiOS TV channel lineup. Verizon soon will roll out this new content and more in other areas where FiOS TV is available.
Verizon's FiOS TV service offers a broad collection of all-digital programming, with more than 400 total channels and 11,000 video-on-demand titles per month, 70 percent of which are free. The VOD library also includes an increasing number of HD titles, and Verizon plans to have 1,000 HD VOD titles per month by the end of the year. FiOS TV is currently available to more than 7 million homes in 14 states. For more information on FiOS TV, visit www.verizon.com/fiostv. Consumers can also call their local Verizon sales office or 888-438-3467.
[Note: A complete channel lineup can be found online at http://www22.verizon.com/content/fiostv/channel+lineup/channel+lineup.htm.]
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 69 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 228,600 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.


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CCM RBZ Skate
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The game is two days away, but the players keep saying "aloha" while others are saying, well, "aloha."
Vikings left tackle Matt Kalil has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team. He replaces Redskins left tackle Trent Williams, who has withdrawn due to an injury.
(What's next? Changing the game plan for run-heavy to 60 passes?)
Kalil is the first and only (for now) member of the team's offensive line to get to Honolulu this year, even though they helped Adrian Peterson rush for 2,097 yards, the second most ever in NFL history. Kalil and Peterson are part of a seven-man (for now) Minnesota contingent in Hawaii.