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New Mexico Tech Implements First-Year Computer Boot Camp, Aug. 30, 2005
by Dr. Mike Topliff, 505.835.5735
SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 29, 2005 – New Mexico Tech has initiated a new "Computer Boot Camp" program for entering freshmen this fall semester that may be the first of its type available at any university in the nation.
Through the newly implemented academic program, entering students at New Mexico Tech are being provided with the opportunity to build their own desktop personal computer (PC) from scratch for their educational use while attending the state-supported research university.
The innovative program is an outgrowth of one of New Mexico Tech's Master of Science Teaching (MST) classes that Tech astrophysics professor Dr. David J. Westpfahl has taught since 1997.
The MST version of the Computer Boot Camp class has been available to K-12 science teachers throughout the state and has provided them with an opportunity to build a PC using integrated circuit boards, computer chips, disks, and other components that were donated to the university from other state agencies or corporations.
"This type of classroom activity provides the teachers with a better understanding of computers and erases the fears some people have when dealing with computers," stated Dr. Westpfahl.
The idea of expanding the Computer Boot Camp was hatched when Dr. Mike Topliff, Director of the New Mexico Tech Computer Center (TCC), and Dr. Westpfahl began discussing the possibility of using some of the obsolete surplus computers from the TCC to expand the MST class to include undergraduates, especially freshmen.
"We believe that every student at New Mexico Tech has a definite need for computer access," said Dr. Topliff, "and this became the driving force behind expanding the program."
While the TCC provides over 250 computers for student use in public labs throughout the year, there are times when students that do not own computers are at a disadvantage, Dr. Topliff observed.
"Furthermore, it was depressing to see numerous old computers taking up space in Tech's Surplus Property Yard, while knowing that some students did not have a computer," said Dr. Topliff.
When these older, surplus computers are auctioned off each year by the university, the winning bids for a semi-obsolete machine typically average about $5.
"Dave (Westpfahl) and I thought we could come up with a plan to put the machines to better use and provide better service to the students of New Mexico Tech," Dr. Topliff said.
Drs. Westpfahl and Topliff met with Dr. Lorie Liebrock of Tech's Department of Computer Science, who upon hearing of the plan to expand the Computer Boot Camp program volunteered her time and also enlisted the help of volunteers from students enrolled in the university's Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.
SFS students at New Mexico Tech are given funding and training in Information Assurance in exchange for service to the federal government upon graduation.
Dr. Liebrock's group of student volunteers now provides guidance to Tech freshmen in building the computers, installing software, and especially securing the computers.
(Dr. Liebrock specifically asked to acknowledge the SFS volunteers who signed up with her to assist in the Computer Boot Camp lab, who are listed as: James Kearney; Misty Gottlieb; George Schmaltz; Scott Miller; Aaron Soto; James Lee; William Kwan; Eric Cornelius; Samuel Ashmore; Chad Cravens; Barry Gavrich; Moses Schwartz; Margarita Castillo; and Paul Ferrell [plus one non-SFS volunteer, Nathan Goulding].)
"The close-knit group that has formed since the inception of New Mexico Tech's SFS program has contributed greatly to the freshman experience, in that the camaraderie demonstrated by SFS students, their willingness to help the freshmen, as well as their impressive knowledge, sets a high standard for student achievement," Dr. Liebrock related. "We are already seeing some of the same characteristics emerge in this first group of participating freshmen."
"One of the biggest financial hurdles to implementing the new program was the cost of the required Microsoft licenses," stated Dr. Topliff. "But with the new Microsoft Academic Alliance program, we were able to include the licensing for the students' software under the TCC license, with the specific stipulations that students be enrolled in the class for credit and that a faculty member from the TCC be included as an instructor of that class."
It was at that point that Drs. Topliff, Westpfahl, and Liebrock contacted Ms. Elaine DeBrine-Howell, who is the supervisor of New Mexico Tech's Education 101 Freshman Seminar class.
"Elaine was very supportive of the Computer Boot Camp concept, and believed that the hands-on construction of PCs by the students could serve to better prepare them for their university experience," Dr. Topliff said.
Drs. Topliff, Westpfahl, and Liebrock, and Ms. DeBrine-Howell then met with Dr. Peter Gerity, New Mexico Tech's Vice President for Academic Affairs, who immediately embraced the plan.
"We also met with Dr. Ricardo Maestas, Tech's Vice President for Student and University Relations, who viewed the plan as an important enhancement for the total student experience at New Mexico Tech," Dr. Topliff added.
"Drs. Gerity and Maestas thought so much of the plan, that they decided to split the funding of the incidental costs of the program," said Dr. Westpfahl.
"We also met with the staff in Vice President Denny Peterson's administration and finance office to ensure that we did not violate any state regulations regarding statutes on donation of equipment," he added.
The PCs used in the Computer Boot Camp program are loaned to the participating students for the duration of the time they are enrolled at New Mexico Tech, but must be returned to the university when they graduate or leave. Thus, the equipment can be reused—if possible—for ensuing sessions of Computer Boot Camp.
Prior to the start of the 2005 Fall Semester at New Mexico Tech, Ms. DeBrine-Howell contacted all new entering students to solicit their participation, and, as a result, 29 Tech freshmen enrolled in the new program.
Nineteen of these participating students arrived at New Mexico Tech without a computer, and are currently building their own computer as part of the class.
The other ten students enrolled in Computer Boot Camp already owned computers, but wanted the experience of building a PC from scratch and learning to install Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems, as well as other software.
After spending time in the computer lab with the "Boot Camp" students, Dr. Liebrock said, "These freshmen have progressed at amazing speed. Many of them had not built computers or installed software before, but they completed these tasks far more quickly than expected, and even challenged us to give them more advanced knowledge and experience, such as how to make their computers more secure.
"Many of them are now beginning to do system administration on the Linux operating system, which they had not previously even used," Dr. Liebrock continued. "A couple of the students have even talked to me about making Computer Science or Information Technology their major."
Of the further impact this program is having on students, Dr. Liebrock said, "Some of the students have been somewhat frustrated by the experience of building a computer for the first time, but overall, all of the students I have talked with have said this has been a very positive experience. I don't think any of them are 'afraid of computers' at this point. The students and their response make this type of endeavor worth doing."
"The students have finished building their PCs and installing the software, and New Mexico Tech now has 29 new students who are ready to concentrate on their studies and don't have to worry about developing their computer skills," said Dr. Topliff. "This project was one of the rare times where everything aligned at once."
Contributing factors to the success of the weeklong Computer Boot Camp program, cited by Dr. Topliff, et al. were:
- Experienced faculty in Dr. Westpfahl, who is dedicated to the concept of teaching students to build a PC through Discovery Learning;
- Dr. Liebrock, who provided the software support and marshaled a core of volunteers;
- Dr. Topliff, who provided surplus equipment from the TCC, and TCC staff members Dustin Graham and Steve Ingoglia, who helped teach;
- Elane DeBrine-Howell, who included the project in her freshman success class,
- Drs. Gerity and Maestas, who provided the financial support for the program;
- Microsoft and its new Academic Alliance Program, which enabled the use of the company's proprietary software;
- the New Mexico Department of Transportation, which donated surplus computer equipment; and
- Intel Corporation, which also donated surplus equipment


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Beaune"Clos Saint Désiré"
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- AppellationBeaune
- Grape varietyChardonnay
The Vine
- Average vine age 35 years
- SoilClay and limestone
- Average yield40 hl/ha
- HarvestHand picked
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- Cellaring Potential3-5 years
- Serving temperature 11-13°
- White Beaune accounts for only 5% of the total production from the Beaune appellation. Situated on the slope of the Saint-Desiré hill, "Clos Saint-Desiré" has soils composed of limestone and chalk which is perfect for Chardonnay. The combination of this unique terroir and traditional ageing in oak creates an elegant, ample and lively white wine.
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- FermentationTraditional in oak barrels with complete malolactic fermentation
- Ageing8 to 10 months ageing in oak barrels, 10% new
- BarrelsLouis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toasted
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- Tasting NoteGolden in colour with a distinctive nose of almonds paired with smoky gun flint notes. Generous in the mouth, long-lasting with freshness. Tasted November 2010.
- Food PairingShellfish - fish - cheese
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- Beaune "Clos Saint Désiré" 2009 - Burghound.com - June 2011 - 87/100
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- Beaune "Clos Saint Désiré" 2011 - Wine Enthusiast - October 2014 - 90/100From a small parcel at the base of the hill of Beaune, this is a delicious wine with a touch of vanilla. It is rounded, smooth and rich, bringing out both fruit and toasty wood flavors that are integrated well. Drink from 2016. Online Exclusive (USA)
- Beaune "Clos Saint Désiré" 2009 - Burghound.com - June 2011 - 87/100A pungent nose of straw, citrus and pear aromas leads to admirably well-detailed and quite pure flavors that possess both good freshness and energy on the dry and clean if not especially complex finish. 2013+. By Allen Meadows (USA).
- Beaune "Clos Saint Désiré"2008 - Burghound.com - Issue 39 - July 2010 - 87/100A high-toned nose of cool citrus and white flower aromas merges into pure and pretty middle weight flavors that are round, supple and delicious while retaining a reasonably good sense of detail and tension on the agreeably dry and crisp finish. 2012+. By Allen Meadows (USA).
- Beaune "Clos Saint Désiré" 2007 - Burghound.com- July 2009- 88/100This too has a discreet wood application framing fresh, cool and bright aromas that blend floral and citrus notes together that continue on the lemony and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that possess lovely balance, punch and persistence. This is not overly concentrated but packs good flavor authority all the same while finishing with notable dryness in the best sense. 2010+. By Allen Meadows (USA).
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Wanda Bernice was born on 10 Aug 1921 in Hunt City, Jasper, Illinois to Murl C Ferguson and Naomi Sempstott. Murl worked as a laborer on the farm rented by his father in Willow Hill, Jasper County, Illinois according to the 1920 census.
By 1923 Wanda had a little sister Garnet. The little family moved to Chicago to seek better work opportunities. Murl found employment with the railroad and in 1930 he was a switchman for the Steam Railroad. They lived next door to Murl's brother Byrl who had followed Murl from Willow Hill to Chicago.
Although Wanda's sister Garnet, sadly, died in 1928, there always plenty of cousins around since records show that several nieces stayed with the family over the years and right next door was Uncle Byrl and his family.
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On 1 June 1938, having completed two years of high school, Wanda married Harold Peterson who worked as an electrician for the railroad. One year later, on 1 June 1939, their son David Lee was born. Later came Patricia Ann on 15 March 1942.
During the 1940s Harold and Wanda took flying lessons with Harold's sister Hazel and her husband Larry. Photos from that time show the families at the air field.
Unfortunately the marriage did not last and the couple separated about 1947. Wanda and the children moved in with her parents and Wanda got a job at the telephone company. Wanda worked nights and eventually met Gus Gulyban who also worked nights at the telephone.
Gus and Wanda were married 2 Dec 1949. Their daughter Susan Margaret was born 15 Apr 1952 while they were still living in Chicago. Soon they moved to Wheaton where Wanda continued working for the telephone in Wheaton while Gus kept working in the downtown Chicago offices.
Wanda remained in touch with her southern Illinois roots returning there frequently and often letting David and Pat spend parts of their summer vacations in Willow Hill. Gus had roots in Ohio so the couple traveled in that direction often too. On one of their trips they were in an accident and Wanda suffered back injuries that caused her to take an early retirement due to disability.
After her retirement Wanda began knitting until arthritis in her hands made it too painful to continue. Her back injuries required several surgeries which were less than successful. Wanda used a walker for many years before being forced to move to a wheelchair.
|50th Anniversary 2 Dec 1999 with Pat, Susan, and Dave
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A man pointed his finger at Santa Fe private school students and said "pew pew." This didn't go over well.
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On Wednesday, the US Naval Academy announced that it will integrate sexual assault prevention into the academic program in an effort combat high rates of sexual assault in the military.
Commandant Captain Bill Byrne, who took over the academy this summer, wants to change the current Sexual Harassement and Assault Prevention Education initiative from after-class trainings to part of the classroom structure starting on "Day One." The program discusses rape and its psychological effects, consent, dating, the effects of alcohol, and what bystanders can do to stop assault. It is expected to be made part of an introductory Navy leadership class during the spring semester and then incorporated into other classes.
In May, the Department of Defense issued an annual report that showed that sexual assault in the military rose by 35% from 2010 to 2012. The report found that 26,000 members of the military experienced "unwanted sexual contact" in 2012 when answering an anonymous survey - a rate of approximately 70 assaults a day. That number is almost 7,000 instances higher than in 2010. In addition the report found only 3,374 reports of sexual assault were filed, according to the Pentagon. Of those cases filed, fewer than one in 10 ended with a court-martial conviction of sexual assault. In the majority of cases, the alleged attacker faced small administrative punishments or the case was dismissed.
"The leadership division and the faculty are figuring out exactly what it means to the student in the classroom, and we aren't there yet," Byrne told reporters. "But I feel good that everybody's in agreement that it's the right thing to do."
Media Resources: Associated Press 8/21/2013; Baltimore Sun 8/21/2013; Feminist Newswire 5/8/2013


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Today: Another month of booming job growth sends Dow Jones higher than 17,000 for the first time.
The Lead: Another strong jobs report sends Wall Street to record highs
The United States labor market closed out a monster second quarter by adding nearly 300,000 new jobs, dropping the unemployment rate to its lowest reading in six years and pushing Wall Street indexes to record highs Thursday.
The Labor Department reported Thursday morning that 288,000 new jobs were created in June, the fifth consecutive month that the U.S. added more than 200,000 jobs, the first such streak in the 21st century. The unemployment rate fell from 6.3 percent to 6.1 percent, its lowest point since the Great Recession began destroying the U.S. economy in the fall of 2008.
"The labor market is literally exploding," Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, told Bloomberg News. "It's a full-on expansion. The economy is creating millions of jobs."
Investors celebrated the news by pushing the Dow Jones industrial average atop 17,000 for the first time in the blue-chip index's history, while the Standard & Poor's 500 also reached record highs and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index posted its highest total since the dot-com boom went bust in 2000,
"The stock market has more than recovered from levels seen during the financial crisis more than five years ago," Scott Wren, a senior equity strategist with Wells Fargo Advisors, wrote in a research note. "Slow and steady can win the race; and it has."
Booming job growth has allowed the U.S. to replace all the jobs lost during the Great Recession, though more than half of states are trailing their pre-recession marks. In the Bay Area, Silicon Valley's hiring strength put it ahead of the U.S. trend, with job growth strong yet down from the year before through the first five months of the year.
Economists' next hope for the labor market is increased wage growth. Pay has risen in line with inflation at about 2 percent since the recession, while longer term trends are higher, at 3.5 percent.
"The stark reality remains that Americans are still not seeing much purchasing power, and unless we see a more meaningful acceleration in incomes the next few months to offset higher inflation, a slowdown in consumer spending (and thus economic activity) is inevitable," Economic Outlook Group economist Bernard Baumohl wrote in a note.
SV150 market report: Silicon Valley stocks grow after Web reports
Silicon Valley technology stocks grew in line with the gains for Wall Street's main indexes Thursday, in a shortened session ahead of the three-day holiday weekend.
Internet stocks faced a conflicted study on the Web's future and a positive report on investor optimism. A study by the Pew Research Internet Project found that Web experts are greatly concerned about the future of the Internet, with worries including blocking of content by nations and surveillance of users' activity on the Web. "Some express wide levels of concern that this yearning for an open Internet will be challenged by trends that could sharply disrupt the way the Internet works for many users today as a source of largely unfettered content flows," the study read. Meanwhile, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Victor Anthony published a note detailing Web stocks' rebound from a bloodbath in early May, which also disappeared in the full tech sector, thanks to Apple and other stocks.
Silicon Valley's largest Web company, Google, gained 0.4 percent to $593.08 while detailing to news organizations what links they have been delisting to deal with the recent "right to be forgotten" court ruling in Europe. Facebook fell 0.2 percent to $66.29 while continuing to deal with fallout from a study on the site's users, and rival Twitter dropped 1.1 percent to $41.33. San Mateo action-camera company GoPro continued to sink back to earth after a rapid run-up following its initial public offering, dropping 1.1 percent to $41.58.
Up: NetApp, Symantec, Netflix, Intuit, Adobe, Oracle, Gilead, Nvidia, eBay, VMware, LinkedIn, Yahoo, SanDisk, Cisco, Apple
Down: Splunk, AMD, SunPower, Workday, GoPro, SolarCity, Twitter, Pandora, Yelp, Juniper
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: 1536.56 +8.29 (+0.54
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: 4,485.92 +28.19 (0.63
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: 17,068.26 +92.02 (0.54
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: 1,985.44 +10.82 (0.55
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Cardinals coach Bruce Arians says his new quarterback, Carson Palmer, has played better football recently than most people think.
Arians said in an interview on ESPN that he believes Palmer had an outstanding season in Oakland in 2012, and that people who focus on the Raiders' 4-12 record need to realize that Palmer was not the one to blame.
"What he did last year with the Raiders, in a crazy situation, I thought was very, very impressive," Arians said.
Arians didn't elaborate on what he thought was crazy about the Raiders over the last two years, but suffice to say he's not the only one who viewed the Raiders that way. And Arians makes a fair point: Palmer completed 61.1 percent of his passes, threw for 4,018 yards and had 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Palmer wasn't the reason the Raiders lost 12 games.
In Arizona, Arians thinks Palmer is going to win a lot of games.
"The biggest thing is his experience level," Arians said. "He's tough as nails. As good a deep ball thrower as I've ever seen — I mean, really accurate on the deep ball and still has it."
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Author Notes: I could eat pasta morning, noon, and night. But I'll admit that a diet of unfettered carbs just isn't healthy. Lucky for me, Mark Bittman wrote an article some time ago encouraging us to continue eating our pasta, but to shake it up: instead of preparing a lot of pasta with a little sauce, make a lot of vegetable-inclined sauce with a small amount of pasta. This changed my life. This is inspired by this concept -- it's a leafy green salad with pasta mixed in, along with tuna, olives, and tomatoes. I have a major weakness for good canned tuna and this is such a refreshing way to eat it. —student epicure
Serves: 2
quarter-sized round of angel hair pasta
generous handfuls arugula
olive oil
teaspoon red chili flakes
anchovy fillets
cup pitted kalamata olives, chopped
can good quality Italian tuna packed in oil
campari tomatoes, chopped
fresh lemon
salt and fresh ground pepper
- First put medium pot of water on to boil. Follow cooking directions on package for al dente angel hair.
- Divide arugula between serving bowls/plates. Toss with good quality olive oil (~1 T per bowl), a little lemon juice, and salt and pepper. Set aside.
- As pasta cooks, in a small saute pan, heat about 1 T olive oil over medium heat. Add chili flakes and anchovy. As oil heats, use a wooden spoon or spatula to break up anchovy until it has "dissolved" into the oil. Add olives and stir briefly to coat. Add tuna and break up chunks into smaller pieces. Let cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through.
- By now the pasta should be fully cooked. Drain and return to pot. Pour in the tuna and another tablespoon of the good quality olive oil and toss. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, and olive oil as necessary. Divide between bowls of arugula and serve immediately. Arugula will wilt a bit -- don't worry, that's what is supposed to happen!
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Rep. Louie Gohmert said he was baffled by the United State's recent announcement to provide $250 billion in aid to Egypt.
During an appearance on conservative The Lars Larson Show, Gohmert said at a time of domestic across-the-board budget cuts, he couldn't decipher why the U.S. was sending money abroad.
"All I can figure out is this president's sense of fairness, he figures we're a lot stronger country for those people who hate us and want us to destroy us, 'let's give them a head start here,'" he said.
During a trip to Egypt over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the U.S. would write a check to help out Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi during a time of economic instability for the country, a move harshly criticized by opponents who see it as direct support of the Muslim Brotherhood. The aid is apart of a pledge President Obama made to providing Egypt with $1 billion following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
With an upcoming election next month, some fear Morsi and his political party, Muslim Brotherhood will attempt to rig the election to maintain power.
The Texas congressman chastised the decision, saying after the heavy unrest in fall 2012 sparked by the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" video, America does not need to be funding ill will towards the U.S.
"We're giving them what they need to pound Israel and pound us. That's pretty ridiculous," he said.


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Students and staff in the Laveen Elementary School District raised $7,213 to support recovery efforts for Mexico's devastating earthquake. The funds were raised through a Dress Down Day fundraiser held on September 29.
For $1, students were permitted to dress out of uniform and staff members could dress in business casual attire. All eight schools and district departments participated. Parents and community members also made donations.
The idea came from Brittney Downs, a third grade teacher at Paseo Pointe — the district's dual language immersion school. The school was celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and students were researching various Spanish speaking countries when the earthquake struck.
"In the midst of our efforts to celebrate these cultures, Mexico was hit by a tragedy. Helping will connect our students to the Mexican people in a way that goes deeper than just studying their culture," Downs explained. "What better way to honor them than to lend a helping hand in a time of need?"
She pitched the idea to district superintendent Dr. Bill Johnson who was immediately on board with the idea. "We have so many students who have family members in Mexico. I've been asking staff to think of ways in which we can show our support to our families impacted by this tragedy. This district-wide effort allows students, staff, and our entire Laveen community to help many of our neighbors and friends."
"I think all people, children included, know and feel the benefits when they help others. When we fill other people's buckets, our buckets are getting filled too," Downs said. "I hope our fundraiser reflects our hearts for loving our neighbor- in our classrooms, in our community, and all over the world. I hope the students are empowered to a lifetime of serving others."
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Last semester, 12 Clarkson University students on the Construction Engineering Management (CEM) SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience & Design) team competed in the 23rd annual Student Competition for the Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 in Morristown, N.J.
Two teams traveled to the competition -- one to compete in the commercial building competition, and the other to compete in the heavy civil competition.
The two-day competition involved planning, estimating, and presenting on a complex construction project.
The commercial building team worked on the development of a regional transit support facility and placed fourth out of 14 teams.
The heavy civil team completed a project involving the relining of a hydroelectric power dam supply tunnel and placed fourth out of 10 teams.
The commercial building team was comprised of senior civil engineering majors Lucas Short (captain) of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Robert Sousa of Chelmsford, Mass., Brendon Reyell of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Christopher Krushinski of Patchogue, N.Y., and Monique Choinere of North Bangor, N.Y.; and senior engineering management major James Kiley of Manchester, Mass.
The heavy civil team was comprised of senior civil engineering majors Lee Cadby (captain) of Lancaster, N.Y., Jacob Earl of Unadilla, N.Y., John Bolger of Roxbury, N.Y., and Kyle Doy of Naugatuck, Conn.; and junior civil engineering majors Francis Duba II of Harwinton, Conn., and Sean Dutcher of Johnson City, N.Y.
The CEM team, advised by Professor Spencer Thew, director of the CEM Program, and Kenneth Meding, adjunct instructor in the CEM Program, is part of the SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience & Design) program, one of the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering hallmark initiatives, exemplifying Clarkson's "defy convention" approach to education.
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Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through more than 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health professions, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Photo caption: Twelve Clarkson University students on the Construction Engineering Management SPEED team competed in the 23rd annual Student Competition for the Associated Schools of Construction Region 1. Left to right: Robert Sousa, Brendon Reyell, Lee Cadby, John Bolger, Francis Duba II, Christopher Krushinski, Jacob Earl, Kyle Doy, Sean Dutcher, James Kiley, Lucas Short, and Monique Choinere.


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Dr. John DeWitt McKee, 1919-2000
SOCORRO, N.M., May 10, 2000 -- Think of John DeWitt McKee as a missionary once sent to preach the gospel of salvation to the savages, only in this case the gospel was the beauty of the written word, and the savages were the rank and file students at New Mexico Tech.
The metaphor is based on McKee's own words: Being a professor of English at a science and engineering school, McKee once said, "is like being a missionary in an outpost."
The image of McKee as a bastion of the written word is entirely appropriate. Even after he retired from Tech in 1985, McKee, who died on April 26 at the age of 80, continued his life's work of preaching the gospel of good writing.
A memorial service is planned for McKee from 3-5 p.m. on Friday, May 26 at New Mexico Tech's Macey Center. Family, friends, former colleagues, and alumni are invited to share their memories of a man remembered as the quintessential English professor.
McKee loved words, and was a master of the pun, said Dr. James Corey, Tech professor of humanities. "He was very well liked by students of both technical writing and literature," Corey said, adding that McKee pioneered an introductory course on the arts, the first Tech humanities class outside mainstream literature.
McKee retired at about the same time that Tech started its Technical Communication (TC) program. Although McKee never taught a TC course at Tech, he helped develop the curriculum, and agreed that it should be offered as a Bachelor of Science, rather than a Bachelor of Arts program.
"I have no quarrel with the sciences," said McKee in an interview published in Socorro's Defensor Chieftain in 1982. "The sciences are just a branch of the humanities. Once we get the kids in, they get interested. If we work it right, we can grab them. We can teach them a little about living instead of just making a living."
McKee knew a lot about living for a man not expected to live much beyond late childhood. He was born in 1919 with cerebral palsy, weighing a mere two and a half pounds at birth. Since there were no incubators at the time, his first months were spent in a closed basket surrounded by warm bricks.
In rural Kansas in the 1920s, "they didn't know cerebral palsy from spaghetti," said McKee. Fortunately, he had two things going for him: Tough parents, especially his mother who didn't "baby" her son; and an inherently strong will, as can be attested by anyone who ever knew McKee or spent time in his classroom.
He also gave credit to a surgeon in Kansas City, whom he once described, in typical McKee fashion, as "a crusty old bastard, but a marvel." Between the ages of five and 17, the young McKee had several operations to try to help him walk.
"I suspect that most of that was pure, 'Let's try this and see it if will work,' and it did," said McKee in the Chieftain interview.
His parents and two brothers "never let me think that there was anything I couldn't do," he said. McKee played football and baseball (although he could only throw for three innings).
The result of his upbringing was that McKee didn't consider himself handicapped; and, consequently, others tended to take his disability very matter-of-factly. But, while other kids were out roughhousing, McKee said he instead developed a love of reading and writing at an early age.
McKee started writing about sports for his junior high school newspaper, and during his summers away from Kansas Wesleyan, he wrote for the "Phillips County Review," a highly acclaimed Kansas weekly.
He majored in English literature and minored in journalism and history, and for 10 years after graduating, he worked for newspapers, starting with the Raton News and including The Albuquerque Tribune.
Eventually he received a Ph.D. in American studies. "If I had gone on to get a doctorate in English," he said, "I would have ended up spending my whole life counting the commas in Keats."
In 1959, accompanied by his wife, Jeannette, McKee moved to Socorro and joined the faculty at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He had arrived at his missionary outpost. It may be difficult for the New Mexico Tech community of 2000 to imagine what life was like for a post-World War II English professor teaching at a small technical school.
Undaunted, McKee and the late Howard Sylvester were to set standards that continue today.
One of McKee's students was Bill Hume, now editorial page editor of the Albuquerque Journal, who wrote of one of McKee's courses: "It was perhaps the most effective I ever experienced in terms of showing how to make language say precisely what is intended, but keeping it interesting and readable at the same time.
"McKee was teaching how to make technical reports more understandable -- but his insight applied in spades to the trade of news writing as well. McKee loved his English, but to him it was a tool, an instrument for the use and enjoyment of its user, rather than a master and disciplinarian. There must be hundreds upon hundreds of former Tech students who share this advanced understanding of and relationship to English, thanks to their sojourn with Jack McKee."
McKee also was an inveterate writer of letters to the editor, very often for the Journal and the Chieftain. Woe to those who abused the English language, for McKee was ready to wield his editorial pen to - as he might have said - write the wrongs of grammar and clarity.
The Journal's Jim Belshaw remembers well the tone and texture of McKee's writing. "[McKee's letters were] marked by humor and grace, not the ham-handed hatchet jobs of today's cheap-shot cynics. Even when Jack was unhappy, he made you smile and left hope that the sinner he had in his sights might still be saved."
Since we are back to a salvation theme, this seems the proper time to mention McKee's affiliation with the First Presbyterian Church of Socorro. McKee was a devout church member, although he might object to the adjective devout. In fairness, then, let us say he was a devoted member.
In 1984 McKee published a centennial history of the church (1880-1980) called Time of Trouble, Time of Triumph. In it he recounted the names and events that shaped a church history; and, we might add, McKee himself was one of those patrons who helped guide the church as an Elder and Clerk of Session.
It was a joy to run across the McKee brand of humor amid his standard journalistic prose, such as an entry from the first chapter. In it, McKee tells readers that the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church found Socorro by accident (as many do). McKee wrote that the Rev. Mr. Fulton was headed to Albuquerque when he stopped in Las Vegas, N.M., to spend the night.
Las Vegas, then a strong rival of the bigger city to the south, painted such a convincing picture of that city's wildness, "the vices of its inhabitants, the dizziness of its climate, and the savagery of neighboring Indians, that Mr. Fulton traveled right on through Albuquerque to Socorro instead."
Continued McKee: "Had [Fulton] known about the wildness of the inhabitants of Socorro at that time, he might very well have decided to give up the whole idea."
Throughout his life, John DeWitt McKee never gave up on the principles he held as ideals, nor his vision of the world and its inhabitants.
"The happy thing about the humanities is that the questions they ask will never be answered," he said in that 1982 interview. "The topic of what it means to be human will constantly be reviewed, revised, and rewritten."
McKee might have been talking about the art of writing itself.
(Thanks to Bill Kiraly, who interviewed McKee for Defensor Chieftain in 1982; and to Bill Hume and Jim Belshaw of the Albuquerque Journal, for allowing us to use quotes from their articles on McKee.)


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Pacers, Vogel ponder lineup changes | Heat soak in another sweep | Report: Ex-Warriors assistant taped conversations | Rockets' Alexander offers solution for Sterling issue
No. 1: Pacers, Vogel ponder changes after Game 5 shocker — As our own Steve Aschburner pointed out last night, the Pacers find themselves and their Finals-hopeful season on the brink after a Game 5 loss at home to the Hawks. A telling second quarter — in which Atlanta outscored Indiana 41-19, mostly on the heroics of reserve Mike Scott — has the Pacers thinking some lineup changes will be necessary for Game 6, although even that notion is a bit mixed. Mike Moneith at Pacers.com has more on the team's state after the loss:
This qualifies as a desperate time, and therefore calls for a desperate measure.
Then again, is it really desperate to change the starting lineup when you're down 3-2 and in danger of becoming the sixth No. 1 seed in NBA history to lose to a No. 8 seed? The bold thing would be to go with the status quo.
"I consider everything at this point," Frank Vogel said in the wake of his team's 107-97 loss to the Hawks at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Monday.
Changes to the starting lineup, or even playing rotation, aren't as simple they're often made out to be, given the lack of time for preparation between games in a playoff series, but a team trailing 3-2 doesn't have the luxury of getting virtually nothing from its starting center. None of the voices heard in the Pacers' somber postgame locker room could be heard calling for a drastic change. David West even went so far as to say "we can't change our starting group."
When they were down 30 midway through the third quarter, the Pacers' lineup consisted of Chris Copeland, C.J. Watson, Paul George, David West and George Hill. That group got Atlanta's lead down to 20 by the end of the period. Lance Stephenson and Ian Mahinmi started the fourth quarter but Mahinmi was subbed out less than three minutes later and Stephenson was back on the bench with 5:23 left. The group that started the comeback from 30 down finished the game from there, and got within nine points twice before it was too late. Their last reasonable hope came after Paul Millsap missed twice and the Pacers got the ball back, but George missed a three-pointer with 1:10 left that could have made it a six-point game.
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No. 2: Heat soak in another first-round sweep — Through the many ups and downs of the Miami Heat's "Big Three" era, one thing has been reliable: beating the Charlotte Bobcats. Miami did just that last night in Game 4, finishing off their first-round series with Charlotte and improving to 19-0 vs. the Bobcats in the Big Three era. Miami isn't taking this series win for granted but will surely enjoy the extra rest an early dismissal of the Bobcats gives them, writes Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel:
For now, these past four matchups against the Charlotte Bobcats felt more like games Nos. 83, 84, 85 and 86 of a regular season that never quite brought out the championship best in Erik Spoelstra's team. Completing their second first-round sweep in as many seasons, the Heat took advantage of a Charlotte lineup lacking hobbled center Al Jefferson in a 109-98 victory Monday night at Time Warner Cable Arena that now will give them at least five days off, perhaps even more.
"This does not get old and we do not take it for granted, having the opportunity to move on to another round," Spoelstra said when it was over. "We're very pleased that we're able to move on and we're not jaded enough that we don't enjoy this process."
"The best thing about this series is that we improved every game," said LeBron James, who closed the series averaging 30 points on .557 shooting, eight rebounds and six assists. "And that's what it's about, you improve every game.
"I feel pretty good. I'm getting to my game."
"When you get a team on the ropes, you don't want to let them have life," Dwyane Wade said.
For the Heat, there now is time to move into a heightened playoff state on the practice court.
"I'm sure our guys will love it," Spoelstra said of getting time off, "but the most important thing is you have a chance to move on."
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No. 3: Report: Ex-Warriors assistant taped conversations — The Golden State Warriors' coaching staff under Mark Jackson has seen its share of changes since the season began. On March 25, assistant coach Brian Scalabrine was demoted to the NBA D-League because of what was called a "difference in philosophies" with Jackson. On April 5, Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired for, as GM Bob Myers put it, a "violation of company policy." Chris Broussard of ESPN.com reports that Erman's firing may have had to specifically do with him secretly taping conversations between the coaching staff:
Sources said Erman, who was coach Mark Jackson's second assistant, would record coaches' meetings, meetings between the coaches and players, and informal discussions among coaches that took place in the team's coaches room — all without the participants' knowledge.
"He was taping everything," one source said. "Taping pregame speeches wouldn't have been that bad, but he was taping guys just sitting around talking in the coaches' office."
Sometimes Erman would be present during the tapings. Other times, he would leave the room and leave his phone behind to record conversations the other coaches were having.
It is unclear what Erman did with the recordings. The sources weren't sure if he shared them with the club's owners or front office executives.
"Was he taping it for himself or was he taping it for management? That's not known," a source said. "But he had a lot of communication with members of the front office."
The Warriors' other coaches began noticing a change in Erman's demeanor and behavior in March, a source said. A few weeks later, they discovered that he was recording them. After being caught, Erman told the club he had been recording the conversations for three weeks. Jackson kept Erman on his staff for another week before Warriors' management fired him.
No. 4: Rockets owner has own solution for Sterling situation — We will all find out today (2 p.m. ET, NBA TV & NBA.com) what the NBA's ruling will be about Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling and his alleged comments that came to light over the weekend. Many an NBA voice has chimed in on the situation, from Mavs owner Mark Cuban to Warriors coach Mark Jackson to others all along the spectrum. Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has his own solution for the issue, as Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports:
Calling the comments "disgusting," Alexander said he told NBA commissioner Adam Silver he should stab "a sword" into the heart of Sterling's ownership of the Clippers.
"I thought that there's got to be a way to disrupt him from owning the team," said Alexander, who after 20 years owning the Rockets is one of the longest tenured owners in the NBA. "I gave him the sword to deal with this. I said, 'Let the players become free agents.'"
Alexander said the goal of his suggestion was not to break up the Clippers, considered among the league's top teams, or even to punish Sterling. He said the objective was solely to back Sterling into a corner from which he will choose to sell the Clippers.
The NBA constitution does not allow the league owners to remove Sterling, Alexander said. But he added that the NBA needed to take steps to drive Sterling from the league.
"This kind of behavior can't be allowed in the NBA by owners, players or anybody," Alexander said. "This guy has no place in the family of the NBA. Whatever it takes, we have to make sure this kind of event never happens again."
The first step to ensuring that, he said, was to get Sterling out of the league.
"I mentioned that to Adam," Alexander said. "I told Adam I don't think he can be removed because the constitution (of the NBA) only allows him to be removed except for gambling. I'm not sure that legally can be done. But if he loses his players, nobody is going to want to go there. He'll only be able to get a player that is worth $2 million and will play for $12 (million.) And who is going to want to coach there?
"If you're a player in the NBA you don't want to play for somebody like that. If you worked for a company, you would walk away and say, 'I'm gone." I think the players should have that right."
Though Alexander had referred to the NBA "family," and said that he and Silver did discuss if there was anything that could have been done sooner to sanction or even remove Sterling, he was especially dismayed by the suggestion that he and other NBA owners are in any way represented by Sterling. Though they share inclusion in a 30-member club, and an even smaller group of owners with decades long place in the league, Alexander said theirs is more of a forced association.
"I'm really upset that some of the press has lumped us together as one," Alexander said. "We are 30 different individuals and most of us are not even friends. We are business associates. To lump us together is beyond the pale."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: The Magic have reportedly reached out to their 2005 Draft pick, Fran Vasquez, to gauge his interest in coming over to the NBA from Spain … Magic Johnson, via Twitter, shoots down talk that he's interested in buying the L.A. Clippers … If the Hawks end up eliminating the Pacers in the first round, is it really an upset? …
ICYMI OF THE NIGHT: The guys over at The Starters are sure to enjoy this one … a playoff game dunk "wedgie", courtesy of the Pacers' Lance Stephenson …
VIDEO: Lance Stephenson's dunk 'wedgie' during Game 5 last night


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By Rob Schabert, Sports Information Director
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- In just a few hours, the Tennessee Tech tennis team will gather at the campus courts for its annual end-of-season cookout, where head coach Kenny Doyle will announce the team's award winners, including the Johny Donnelly Maverick Award.
The celebration of this year's team -- winners of back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference regular season championships -- comes shortly after several of us in the Athletics Dept. heard the sad news of the passing of Heath Dwenger, 36, the first winner of the Maverick Award back in 2000.
Heath played on the Golden Eagle tennis team from 1997 to 2000, and was part of coach Randy Smith's 1999 OVC Championship squad. He received the inaugural Johnny Donnelly Maverick Award, named for a long-time fan who died at a young age from Muscular Dystrophy. The Award recognizes the "fight" in a player and his or her willingness to battle through obstacles, along with leadership and determination.
We got word from Brian Brooks, a former team manager and friend of the tennis program. Obviously, a good friend of Heath's (that's Heath with Brian at Brian's wedding in the first photo below), as well. Brian's email said a lot about Dwenger, and the fight he had battled after a serious motorcycle accident to his battle against leukemia.
"It really hit all of his Tech friends hard," Brooks said in a
followup email. "Thanks so much in advance if you're planning to
put something on the website about him. I know it would mean alot
to him and it would mean a lot to all of his friends that knew him
well in the Tech/Cookeville community and beyond."
The best way to spell out the news is in Brooks' own words:
"I realize that many of you may not actively monitor your
Facebook timeline, so I wanted to reach out to you via email to
deliver some bad news. It is with great sadness....that our friend
and brother, Heath Dwenger, passed away yesterday.
"As many of you know, he had battled some overwhelming circumstances over the past few years. He had the very bad motorcycle accident that he never fully recovered from, and then over the last couple of years, he's been battling leukemia. He was a true warrior and fought it hard. We all thought he had it licked for good, but unfortunately it returned in the last few weeks, finally taking his life yesterday.
"Volkan Salar traded some emails from his sister last night. She says that he went peacefully in his sleep and that the family was heartbroken but happy for Heath that he no longer has to suffer.
"I myself am heartbroken and still very shell-shocked when I read Volkan's email in the middle of the night last night. I couldn't go back to sleep as I lay there thinking about Heath and what he's had to go through. While I still have tremendous sadness losing a brother in Heath, I am trying to focus on the good times, the healthy times and memories of him.
"I remember the last time I saw him in San Francisco a couple of years ago. After everything he had gone through and was going through, he was the same Heath, happy, joking, up for anything and living life to the fullest. Even after his horrible motorcycle accident, he was anxious to get another one and start riding again.
"Then I remembered the good times at Tech. It shouldn't surprise
any of us that he fought these battles so fiercely and with such a
good attitude because that was Heath. I remember all of the days on
the courts and the track at Tech in August, with 100+ degree
weather. The team would be running their miles for time or doing
sprints and Heath would always be the last man standing, often the
first one crossing the finish line.....most of the time laughing or
with a smile on his face.
"Then there's the Heath that could party like no other. He would amaze us all by going out like a champ all night long and then waking up bright and early the next morning like it was nothing. He was a piece of steel with a smile on his face. He was a good friend that would sit and talk with you for hours about any subject and make you feel great to have him in your life. He always found the positive side of things. I will miss him for the rest of my days, but I'm choosing to be happy for him being able to finally rest from his pain and I'm choosing to remember the healthy, happy, fun-loving Heath that we all knew and loved.
"I am hoping Tech will post something on the Athletics site in memory of him in the coming days. He certainly deserves to be remembered. I don't have everyone's contact info, so if you guys want to let his other friends know, please do so.....especially Piotr, Razvan, Aldrin, Sam, the Donnelly's. I think Heath was the first or one of the first recipients of the Johnny Donnelly Maverick Award that was ever given. Another great memory.
".....Most of all, remember and pray for Heath and his family. Much love to you all."
Heath joined the team in 1996-97 as a walk-on from Celina, Ohio, and in four seasons he posted 27 wins in singles play and 23 in doubles, giving him 50 career combined victories. His best year came in 1997-98, as a sophomore, when he was 11-4 in singles while filling the No. 6 spot in the lineup. As a senior, he combined with four differnt doubles partners for a combined 10-8 record. Much of his success that year came when he was teamed with Daniel Chavarria from Bolivia, with a 7-4 doubles mark.
By the time he entered his senior season, the bio in the team's media guide said: Heath is a great motivational member of the squad...his game has improved tremendously in his three previous seasons...continued to show constant improvement during the '99 fall season...pushing for a spot in the lower portion of the lineup...should help provide depth in doubles play...working to become more consistent on his forehand...won the inaugural Johnny Donnelly Maverick Award last season for his dedication and overall efforts and leadership.
The son of James and Mariyn Dwenger, his full name was Heath James Dwenger and his birthdate was April 1, 1977. He earned his degree in mechanical engineering in December, 2000.


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I'm not really sure how he could get bitten through all that armour, but it appears Tony Stark is the newest member of the gory undead. Zombie costume: boring. Iron Man costume: boring. Zombie Iron Man costume: sure!
This bloody superhero (former superhero?) was spotted at this year's Paris Zombie Walk. The attention to detail with that popped-out eyeball is great, but it looks like this guy is just wearing Iron Man pajamas. Covered in blood. [Obvious Winner via BuzzFeed]


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Following a car injury of a young person skateboarding on the streets of Snow Hill, the town built a skateboard park to prevent further accidents. In the beginning, boards were rolling and jumping. But in the past several months, the park has hardly been used. Area skaters say the park�s regulations on wearing protective wear are too constricting. Parents sympathize with the youth, but also emphasize the dangers of not wearing at least a helmet. The town looks to state law to make its decision, while activity at the park has died down to not much more than a late-night hangout.
SNOW HILL � The clash between young people desiring certain freedoms and adults� concerns over their safety has been ongoing for ages.
That clash was apparent when a 21-year-old made a request to the Snow Hill Board of Commissioners concerning the town�s skatepark policy on protective gear.
�I don�t know if anybody has paid enough attention,� Dillon Lee of Bullhead told the board recently, �but the park has seen little use since this has been enforced, and it�s only been enforced a few months now.�
Lee proposed the town change their policy and institute a waiver that would allow adults to have a choice in whether they or their children should wear elbow and knee pads and helmets. The waiver and a �Skate at your own risk� sign, he suggested, would release the town of any liability if someone should get injured.
Lee cited the city of Wilson�s skatepark sign as an example.
The signs at Snow Hill�s skatepark currently list the rules, including wearing protective elbow, knee and head gear.
Commissioner Becky Scarborough, a mother of two young children, asked Lee if he was proposing skateboarders not wear any protective equipment.
Lee said he just wants people to have a choice and suggested the town give a card or sticker to users of the park who have signed � or their parents have signed � a waiver.
�I know a lot of the kids and people that use the park,� he said, �and I know most of them don�t have any pads, even the helmet. A lot of them don�t have the ability to get it themselves. � It�s just kind of a bummer.�
Lee said he and his friends now skate in Greenville, but at the parks with higher ramps, most skateboarders at least wear helmets.
�Really, I just think most people really, really don�t like wearing pads,� he said, �and I think people should have a choice.�
Scarborough said adults have �an ethical and moral responsibility to protect� young people, and she expressed concerns about head trauma.
�I think we would be very foolish to not require children to wear helmets,� she said.
Lee said it should be the parents� choice, not the government.
Sergi Scroggins, 15, of Snow Hill, said in an interview if one of his friends was not wearing protective equipment at the park, a police officer would tell that friend not to skate. If one person wasn�t able to skate, they all would leave the park, he said.
Sergi said he didn�t mind the helmet so much, but not the pads.
�It�s really uncomfortable,� he said. �I mean, like, it�s really uncomfortable.�
Gavin Williams, 16, of Kinston, said most of his friends can�t afford the equipment.
He quit going to Snow Hill after a few times and now goes to private parks in Greenville where participants are charged a fee to skate.
Town Administrator Dana Hill said the town had several sets of pads and helmets in a box at the park when it was built.
�Yet, within a week,� he said, �they were either torn up and scattered around the park or gone altogether.�
Hill told the board he believed there may have been liability issues requiring the wording on the park�s sign.
The board members assured Lee they would look into any possibilities for changing the policy.
The parents� view
Sergi�s mother, Tyra Scroggins, said the kids were told to leave the park, even if they had a helmet on, but no pads. A group of youth now skates at parks in Greenville and Goldsboro or they find places around Kinston to skateboard.
�Banning them isn�t the answer,� she said. �If one is told to leave, then they�re all going to leave.�
The activity at the Snow Hill park has just about died out, Scroggins said.
One reason for that, she said, is the lack of parental involvement, including buying safety wear and giving authorization to the town for their children to skate.
She considered buying equipment for her son�s friends, but increased hours at her job has prevented her from taking the kids to the park lately.
Scroggins said the Snow Hill ramps are smaller than some of the other area parks.
�People are always complaining that kids stay in their houses and play video games,� she said, �� These kids are outside being active and they�re getting kicked out.�
Some of them, she said, want to skate professionally and are getting or have gotten sponsored. Part of that learning experience is skating at a variety of parks, Scroggins said.
�This is a group of kids that are taking their skating very seriously,� she said.
Gavin�s father, Nicky Williams, sees the situation as a �touchy subject.�
On the one hand, young people are watching the pros skate without any safety equipment on and they want to emulate them, he said.
But on the other hand, there is the potential for head trauma, and young people don�t realize the severity of the risk, Williams said.
�In my opinion,� he said, �I don�t think it�s worth it taking that risk, especially to the head.�
Williams said he could see skating at your own risk, as far as the pads, but not the helmet.
A search on the Internet of videos and photos taken at area skate parks show numerous skaters on medium to high ramps without any protective gear on at all, or wearing a helmet, but no pads.
What the law says
Hill said there are liability issues with the town�s insurance carrier. But the final answer has come down to the law.
�We don�t want to do anything that�s in opposition of what the state requires of us,� Hill said.
The N.C. General Statutes list the risks as injury from other skaters, spectators and falls, damage to property and death. They place more emphasis on government entities than on private skateparks.
They go on to specifically require unsupervised government-owned parks to adopt an ordinance requiring skateboarders to �wear a helmet, elbow pads and kneepads.� In addition, the parks must have a sign posted stating that requirement, as well as �any person failing to do so will be subject to citation.�
�I read it to pretty clearly speak to the liability issue,� Town Attorney Brian Pridgen said. �If it�s a facility that�s not supervised on a regular basis, then the government�s liability is OK if they put a sign up.�
At one time, the city of Wilson had a supervised facility. Snow Hill used Wilson as a model, but never had regular supervision. Wilson�s current sign simply reads, �Skate at your own risk.�
Adam Rech, Wilson�s safety technician, said the park�s policy is based on the recommendation of the city�s insurance � the city is self-insured � and legal team. Pridgen said self-insured governments need to make sure they are fully insured.
�We haven�t had any issues with it,� Rech said. �We haven�t had any claims filed. So it appears to be working OK.�
The statutes continue on by stating that government entities that comply with the statutes will not be liable for damages and injuries by a voluntary participant, with certain exceptions such as gross negligence.
With that in mind, Hill said the town would not be able to relax its stand on protective gear.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.


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If, as most believe, losing can be a valuable teacher, then the UC Irvine men's basketball team was as ready for Saturday's 99-79 win over visiting San Diego as it would like to be for this week's academic finals.
Coach Russell Turner's Anteaters ended their six-game drought to begin the season in impressive fashion, draining shots, sharing the ball, maintaining defensive intensity and leaving the Toreros (4-3) wondering if that 0-6 on the UCI stat sheet may have been some kind of cruel typo.
Having lost their only previous home game before Saturday, it was clearly good for the seven freshmen on the UCI roster to experience not only victory, but a commanding triumph that left Turner little with which to quibble.
"We had a number of people perform at a high level," Turner said. "What I saw us do was make the plays we should make."
UCI's four leading scorers (Mike Wilder with 19, Chris McNealy (16), Will Davis (15) and Adam Folker (11) combined to make 25 of 27 field-goal attempts to help the 'Eaters shoot 61.9% as a team.
Another factor was the strong play of freshman Aaron Wright, who for now has assumed the starting point guard role. Wright had eight points, seven assists, six rebounds, one steal and only two turnovers in 28 minutes.
"I believe in Aaron Wright," Turner said. "He's not a perfect player yet, but he's talented. He's big, he can guard, rebound, and he can see plays. He had a good performance tonight, I've got to make sure he gets better."
Turner was clearly relieved to end the winless streak, but said the triumph, no matter how dominant, would not earn his players any extra time off as they crack down for finals before facing Vanguard on Saturday night at the Bren Events Center.
"We can't really take days off right now," Turner said.
Vanguard (6-4) is coached by Rhett Soliday, who spent four seasons on the UCI staff before taking over the Lions' program for the 2010-11 season.
Another former UCI assistant, Tod Murphy, who also starred as a player for the Anteaters (the school's No. 2 all-time scorer), will bring his Gordon College team (from Wenham, Mass.) to Vanguard. Murphy's squad will meet the Lions on Dec. 29 as part of the Bill Reynolds Holiday Classic.
Nearly as impressive Saturday was the UCI women's team's 88-82 come-from-behind win over visiting Santa Clara.
The Broncos came in 6-1 and shot 53.4%. But UCI scored the final 10 points of the contest to improve to 3-5 and post its third win in its last four games.
UCI Coach Molly Goodenbour said the emergence of senior Kassandra McAlister at point guard has helped spur the recent success.
McAlister, who had 29 points in a Nov. 25 loss at Oregon, scored all 19 of her points after halftime to help UCI erase a 43-38 deficit at intermission. She also had nine assists, four rebounds and three steals, while committing just two turnovers in 27 minutes.
"[McAlister] is really the difference in where we're at now and where we were the first four or five games this season," Goodenbour said. "She is getting more comfortable as a point guard after never having played the position on a full-time basis before."
Goodenbour was particularly pleased to beat a strong Santa Clara squad.
"That was a good win for us and I'm really, really pleased," Goodenbour said. "I'm really happy for the girls. They've gotten better. We're starting to build a foundation. Hopefully, we can just keep improving."
Reed Williams, a Corona del Mar High product and a sophomore forward for the UCLA men's soccer team, picked a good time to score his first goal of the season on Saturday.
Williams netted the game-winner in double overtime to propel the Bruins to a 1-0 NCAA quarterfinal win over host Louisville.
UCLA (18-4-1) advances to the four-team College Cup. It will meet top-seeded North Carolina on Friday. Creighton and Charlotte round out the field.
CdM High product Erik Rask, a senior linebacker and captain at Penn, was one of two finalists for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in football.
Rask, a first-team All-Ivy performer that last two seasons, had a team-best 83 tackles, including 11.5 for losses and 2.5 sacks.
He helped the Quakers to a 5-5 season.
Harvard's Josue Ortiz won the award.
Twitter: @BarryFaulkner5


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Tech's Observatory Hosts Meteor Shower Party
SOCORRO, N.M. July 8, 2013 – The Magdalena Ridge Observatory is hosting a special sky-observing event during the Perseid Meteor Shower on Saturday, August 10.
Professional organizations and observatories from all over the globe are collaborating to organize the International Starry Night event, set to coincide with the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. The shower is visible beginning in mid-July each year, with the peak of activity between August 9 and 14. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. Magdalena Ridge Observatory is one of several locations in various countries participating in this public global event. To find out more about Starry Night and see a list of participating observatories, visit starry-night.org.
The event coincides with the annual New Mexico Tech Regents' Retreat. Members of the Board of Regents, their guests and the public can experience a memorable evening at the Observatory.
"I'm excited to be showcasing our facilities to visitors," said Dr. Daniel Lopez, President of New Mexico Tech. "Taking part in an international event like this lets people experience the Magdalena Ridge Observatory and how serious we are about our role in the global astronomical scientific community."
This free event kicks off with tours of Magdalena Ridge Observatory's world-class instruments, including the 2.4-meter fast tracking telescope, the interferometer, and Langmuir Atmospheric Laboratory, which are located at an elevation of 10,600 feet.
Dr. Ifan Payne, Program Director of the Observatory, said "We are proud to be a part of this international event and thrilled to be able to open to the Observatory to the public."
The schedule of public events:
4 to 5 p.m. – Meet at Water Canyon to caravan
5:30 p.m. – Tour of the Langmuir Laboratory
6:30 p.m. – Tour of the MRO Interferometer
7:30 p.m. – Tour of the 2.4-meter telescope
8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. – Observing!
Guests are encouraged to set out blankets and chairs, don warm clothing (the ridge can get quite cold and windy after dark), and bring bug spray. Guests should also bring food and drink. The Perseids are visible by the naked eye, but guests are welcome to bring telescopes or binoculars. Only flashlights that emit red light should be used. The meteor shower will peak after midnight, so guests should be prepared to stay as late as 2 a.m. to see the wonder.
The Perseid Meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. The debris burning up in Earth's atmosphere produces the dazzling sight we call a meteor shower.
The MRO isn't doing this alone. Besides the many other observatories participating in the first-ever International Starry Night, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array has also lent its support and will be assisting MRO in coordinating this event. This event is part of ongoing public outreach and education efforts at MRO.
Starry Night at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory is free and open to the public. However, registration is required. To learn more and to register, visit http://www.mro.nmt.edu/education-outreach/star-parties/international-starry-night-august-10-2013/.
By Elizabeth Barteau/New Mexico Tech


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'The Wolverine' Offers Six Stylish Character Images
Though it doesn't seem as noticeable in the trailers, 'The Wolverine' keeps releasing gorgeous, well-composed photos of the cast, which makes us wonder if this will be the most beautiful superhero movie yet. The latest stills to hit are character portraits that highlight Hugh Jackman's new friends and foes in the film.
Here are those images, courtesy of IGN. First up is Wolverine with Yukio (Rila Fukushima):
And here are two of Yukio by herself:
Next there's an image of Mariko Yashida (Tao Okamoto) as the silent but deadly type:
And here's Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper:
Finally, here's Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada, also known as The Silver Samurai:
These images are stylish and sexy, which is not the norm for a comic book movie, but that's what director James Mangold hinted at when he name-checked Wong Kar-Wai's movies as his inspiration for the look of the film. But we'll know for sure when 'The Wolverine' opens July 26. Here's the film's synopsis:
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.


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If you want to stock your kitchen with the bare minimum for preparing Vietnamese food, start with good quality fish sauce (nuoc mam). How do you judge fish sauce? Look for a light amber color and the words nhi or thuong hang on the label.
These terms indicate that the condiment came from the first extraction of liquid from the fermented fish, and is of the highest quality. Grades of fish sauces are similar to that of olive oils. That is, extra virgin olive oil is more flavorful and costlier than virgin olive oil. This same rule applies to judging different fish sauces.
Also keep in mind that fish sauce is also used in Thai and Filipino cooking, where it tends to be saltier and heavier in flavor. So, even though Thailand produces most of the fish sauce sold in the U.S., you need to make sure that the condiment you're buying is made in the 'Vietnamese' style. How to do this? Look for Vietnamese lettering alongside the Thai script.
Sometimes, the terms Phu Quoc and Phan Thiet are included on the label to signal a connection with these two famous fish sauce-producing areas in Vietnam. Fish sauce from Vietnam now sometimes use "Hon Phu Quoc" or "Hon Phan Thiet" (see image on left) to indicate that their product came from islands in those regions; hon means islands, and communicates a more authentic Viet condiment (versus a Thai product, which may not be clued in on such linguistic subtleties).
About five years ago, One Pigeon brand from Vietnam offered different grades of fish sauce, using degrees on its labels to reflect how much the nuoc mam has been diluted with water before bottling. For example, "25° dam" means there's 25% fish sauce in the bottle. When I contacted the producer, he said that most fish sauces are 20%. One Pigeon came in several intensities. The higher the degree, the more you paid. That's how it is in Vietnam. Sadly, that fish sauce didn't last in the U.S.
If ca com is one of the ingredients, that's an indication that the end product was made from a high quality anchovy native to the waters surrounding the island of Phu Quoc. Though I like Viet Huong's "Three Crab" brand for its consistently delicate flavor, aroma and color, I often try newer brands. Please note that Three Crabs and Flying Lion are both made by Viet Huong. The former is lighter in flavor than the latter, according to the Chung family that produces it.
Some are saltier while others are sweeter. Let your palate be your guide. Depending on where you shop, there may be as many as a dozen brands to choose from. As price is often a reliable indicator of quality among Asian groceries, select a mid to high priced fish sauce (about $3 to $4 per bottle!). If you buy online, fish sauce will cost a little more.
Hot to shop for fish sauce:
- Shop price — choose mid to high price.
- Buy glass over plastic bottles as glass indicates a better quality product.
- Look for Vietnamese style fish sauce which is lighter in flavor than Thai nam pla or Filipino patis.
- Fish sauce with an amber-red color is better than dark coffee.
- Reliable brands I stick with: Three Crabs Brand Fish Sauce and Flying Lion; both are made by Viet Huong. Both are sold at Asian markets. If they're not available, use Tiparos Thai Fish Sauce or Thai Kitchen.
- Transport fish sauce standing up in your car, lest it leaks a bit; the bottles are seldom well sealed.
How to store fish sauce:
- If you use it often, keep it in a dark cupboard.
- If you seldom use it, refrigerate it where it will keep for months.
How to use fish sauce:
- You can always add more but it's harder to take it out of foods.
- I combine fish sauce with salt in cooking foods because the savoriness of fish sauce isn't the same as salt.
- Old school Vietnamese cooks use lower quality fish sauce for cooking and reserve pricier fish sauce for dipping sauces. If you can afford it, and I hope you can, use only the good stuff. Your food will taste consistently good.