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Forum Post: Pass Rush will kill the game
If the game has degenerated into a pass rush exhibition, then the NFL will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Stadiums won't be able to fill their seats if all we see QB's being beaten to the gr more »
Forum Post: 4th Quarter Lead
Like just about everyone else on this board, I'm baffled by the 4th qtr collapse. It shouldn't be happening and no one can seem to put a finger on it. Therefore, it is intentional on the part of BB. more »
Forum Post: Does Chaos Theory Explain BB's Strategy
Ok, I admit this may be far-fetched but bear with me. There is no pattern to this Pat's season. Players like Sanders were kept on the bench while other less talented players were on the field. Duri more »
Forum Post: AFC Championship Game: New York Jets/New England Patriots
I'd agree that the Bengals and Ravens will lose in the first round. While I wouldn't read too much into tonights performance by the Jets, I'm more worried about their pass rush and more violence infli more »
Forum Post: Patriots @ Texans REPORT CARD
As usual a clear insightful analysis of the game. Only thing missing is a peak into BB's mind which I think may clarify why the 4th qtr fell apart. The outcome of the game only makes sense if you see more »
Forum Post: 5 reasons the Patriots are going to win the Superbowl
All good reasons. I would add another point. BB has been using the reg season as a training camp to bring the younger players up to speed. As a consequence, a lot of rotation during games has led t more »
Forum Post: Patriots @ Broncos REPORT CARD
When you compare this to other Pats-Broncos games it wasn't that bad. The Pats seem to come here with a Jinx and want to get out with as little embarrasment as possible. Brady can't throw in this alt more »
Forum Post: Why did we loose today?
Here's the inside scoop: 1) the Bronco's uniforms were so ugly the Pats wanted to get of the field, 2) Brady didn't recognize Moss or Welker because of the throwback uniforms, and 3) the thin air at m more »


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Steve Cohen on Government ReformDemocrat | |
A: Yes.
Q: PAC contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Corporate contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Political Parties contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
A: Yes.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D, FL-20): We, as Members of Congress, have responsibility not just for the institution, but for the staff that work for this institution, and to preserve the facilities that help support this institution. We have endeavored to do that responsibly, and I believe we have accomplished that goal.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. SCALISE (R, LA-1): It's a sad day when someone attempts to cut spending in a bill that grows government by the size of 7%, and it's not allowed to be debated on this House floor. Some of their Members actually used the term "nonsense" and "foolishness" when describing our amendments to cut spending; they call that a delaying tactic. Well, I think Americans all across this country want more of those types of delaying tactics to slow down this runaway train of massive Federal spending. Every dollar we spend from today all the way through the end of this year is borrowed money. We don't have that money. We need to control what we're spending.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This measure will more effectively regulate, but does not ban, the practice of registered lobbyists bundling together large numbers of campaign contributions. This is a practice that has already taken root in Presidential campaigns. "Bundling" contributions which the lobbyist physically receives and forwards to the candidate, or which are credited to the lobbyist through a specific tracking system put in place by the candidate. This bill requires quarterly reporting on bundled contributions.
We ultimately need to move to assist the public financing of campaigns, as soon as we can. But until we do, the legislation today represents an extremely important step forward.
Opponents support voting NO because:
This legislation does not require that bundled contributions to political action committees, often referred to as PACs, be disclosed. Why are PACs omitted from the disclosure requirements in this legislation?
If we are requiring the disclosure of bundled contributions to political party committees, those same disclosure rules should also apply to contributions to PACs. Party committees represent all members of that party affiliation. PACs, on the other hand, represent more narrow, special interests. Why should the former be exposed to more sunshine, but not the latter?
The fact that PACs give more money to Democrats is not the only answer. Time and again the majority party picks favorites, when what the American people want is more honesty and more accountability.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This bill corrects a 200-year-old oversight by restoring to the citizens of the District of Columbia the right to elect a Member of the House of Representatives who has the same voting rights as all other Members.
Residents of D.C. serve in the military. They pay Federal taxes each year. Yet they are denied the basic right of full representation in the House of Representatives.
The District of Columbia was created to prevent any State from unduly influencing the operations of the Federal Government. However, there is simply no evidence that the Framers of the Constitution thought it was necessary to keep D.C. residents from being represented in the House by a voting Member.
Opponents support voting NO because:
The proponents of this bill in 1978 believed that the way to allow D.C. representation was to ratify a constitutional amendment. The Founders of the country had the debate at that time: Should we give D.C. a Representative? They said no. So if you want to fix it, you do it by making a constitutional amendment.
Alternatively, we simply could have solved the D.C. representation problem by retroceding, by giving back part of D.C. to Maryland. There is precedent for this. In 1846, Congress took that perfectly legal step of returning present-day Arlington to the State of Virginia.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This bill would strengthen one of our most important weapons against waste, fraud and abuse, and that is Federal whistleblower protections. Federal employees are on the inside and offer accountability. They can see where there is waste going on or if there is corruption going on.
One of the most important provisions protects national security whistleblowers. There are a lot of Federal officials who knew the intelligence on Iraq was wrong. But none of these officials could come forward. If they did, they could have been stripped of their security clearances, or they could have been fired. Nobody blew the whistle on the phony intelligence that got us into the Iraq war.
Opponents support voting NO because:
It is important that personnel within the intelligence community have appropriate opportunities to bring matters to Congress so long as the mechanisms to do so safeguard highly sensitive classified information and programs. The bill before us suffers from a number of problems:
Makes it unlawful for anyone before or during a federal election to knowingly communicate false election-related information about that election, with the intent to prevent another person from exercising the right to vote. Increases from one year to five years' imprisonment the criminal penalty for intimidation of voters.
Introductory statement by Sponsor:
Sen. OBAMA: This bill seeks to address the all-too-common efforts to deceive voters in order to keep them away from the polls. It's hard to imagine that we even need a bill like this. But, unfortunately, there are people who will stop at nothing to try to deceive voters and keep them away from the polls. What's worse, these practices often target and exploit vulnerable populations, such as minorities, the disabled, or the poor. We saw countless examples in this past election.
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, known as the House Judiciary Committee, is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities. The Judiciary Committee is also the committee responsible for impeachments of federal officials. Because of the legal nature of its oversight, committee members usually have a legal background, but this is not required.
Congressional Summary:Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act): Amends the Securities Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit purchase or sale of either securities or commodities by a person in possession of material nonpublic information regarding pending or prospective legislative action.
Bill explanation (ProCon.org, "Insider Trading by Congress", Feb. 3, 2012):
Congressional Summary:
The result of Citizens United was that "Super PACs" spent millions on TV ads in the 2012 election, advocating both issues and candidates. The DISCLOSE Act attempts to reduce the negative effect of Citizens United by requiring disclosure of independent expenditures made by advocacy groups.
A BILL to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to establish a minimum period of 15 days for early voting prior to the date of an election for Federal office and to ensure that no individual will be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office.
Rep. CONYERS: "Since the late 1950's, the pernicious practice of 'voter caging' has been used to discourage or prevent eligible voters from casting their vote. Recent elections have shown that caging tactics are not outdated, and in fact, have disenfranchised voters in recent midterm and Presidential elections. While caging efforts have traditionally been directed at minority communities, all voters are susceptible to these attempts at voter intimidation and suppression.
"The undemocratic practice of voter caging involves sending mail to voters at the addresses at which they are registered to vote. Should such mail be returned as undeliverable or without a return receipt, the voter's name is placed on a 'caging list.' These caging lists are then used to challenge a voter's registration or eligibility.
"In my home State of Michigan, I have seen firsthand how caging efforts are used to harass, bully, and ultimately disenfranchise, eligible voters. With a Michigan lawmaker advocating 'suppress the Detroit vote,' I cannot help but think that is synonymous with 'suppress the Black vote' as Detroit is 83% African American. These voter suppression campaigns always seem to target our most vulnerable voters--racial minorities, low-income people, homeless people, and college students.
"Caging tactics meant to suppress the vote do more than impede the right to vote. They threaten to erode the very core of our democracy. By eliminating barriers to the polls, we can help restore what has been missing from our elections--fairness, honesty, and integrity."
A bill to prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010.
For purposes of the provision of law amended by section 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have taken effect in fiscal year 2010 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.

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Book Description:This book reveals how, for well over a millennium and across three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic) in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to legal and financial oppression, as well as social isolation. Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad conquests were brutal, imperialist advances, which spurred waves of Muslims to expropriate a vast expanse of lands and subdue millions of indigenous peoples. Finally, the book examines how jihad war, as a permanent and uniquely Islamic institution, ultimately regulates the relations of Muslims with non-Muslims to this day. Scholars, educators, and interested lay readers will find this collection an invaluable resource.
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This plugin adds basic support of C++ language into Sonar.
- Basic size metrics:
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The Cxx-Plugin has an obligatory dependency on Java (of course... the plugin itself and all runners are Java programs).
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- RATS. Detects (potential) security problems in code, sensible for code bases with increased security requirements. Use binary packages or compile from source.
- Vera++. Focuses on code style issues. There's a binary package for Windows, users of other platforms are likely to compile themselves.
- Valgrind (memcheck). Detects various memory management problems at runtime. Basically Linux only; just use the packages from your distribution.
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sonar.cxx.suffixes.sources | System- and/or project-wide | .C,.h | Comma separated list of file name extension to be considered as C++ source files during analysis. Leave unset to use the default ("cxx,cpp,cc,c") |
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sonar.cxx.cppcheck.reportPath | Project-wide | cppcheck-report-*.xml | Ant pattern describing the path to Cppcheck reports, relative to projects root. Leave unset to use the default ("cppcheck-reports/cppcheck-result-*.xml"). |
sonar.cxx.cppncss.reportPath | Project-wide | cppncss-report-*.xml | Ant pattern describing the path to CppNcss reports, relative to projects root. Leave unset to use the default ("cppncss-reports/cppncss-result-*.xml"). |
sonar.cxx.gcovr.reportPath (<0.2) | Project-wide | gcovr-report-*.xml | Ant pattern describing the path to gcovr reports, relative to projects root. Leave unset to use the default ("gcovr-reports/gcovr-result-*.xml"). |
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sonar.cxx.valgrind.reportPath | Project-wide | valgrind-report-*.xml | Ant pattern describing the path to Valgrind reports, relative to projects root. Leave unset to use the default ("valgrind-reports/valgrind-result-*.xml"). |
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sonar.cxx.xunit.reportPath | Project-wide | xunit-report-*.xml | Ant pattern describing the path to unit test execution reports, relative to projects root. Leave unset to use the default ("xunit-reports/xunit-result-*.xml"). |
sonar.cxx.xunit.xsltURL | Project-wide | cppunit-1.x-to-junit-1.0.xsl | A name of a built in XSLT-file or an URL to an external one. Available builtins:
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Maven projects
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For details see the first sample project.
Ant projects
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Outside of the maven world the process of integration of a sonar analysis into your project is usually less straightforward but also more flexible. The rough pattern should remain the same independent of the environment:
For details how to invoke the tools and tie it all together see the second sample project.
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Gcov / gcovr
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Title | Pallbearers loading casket onto fire truck at funeral for Homer Lyles |
Date | 1953 |
Description | A group of spectators stands on either side as pallbearers load the casket of Chief Homer Lyles onto a fire truck. |
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Published September 22, 2010, 10:08 AM
Trial for accused killer delayed until this winter
Moorhead, Minn. (WDAY TV) - A murder investigation that left two people dead in a Moorhead last February is so large, the trial for the accused killer won't start until sometime this winter.By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY
38-year old Tracy Zornes of Naytahwash is charged with killing Megan Londo and John Cadotte. The two were staying inside a south Moorhead apartment.
Authorities say Zornes murdered the two, and then set the apartment on fire. The pre-trial hearings have been delayed so Zornes' attorneys can go over 45-hundred pages of police reports and 800-pages of grand jury testimony.
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Michigan Worker Fired After Turning In Gun Found On The Job
Sometimes it doesn't pay to do the right thing. Just ask John Chevilott, a former public-works employee in Wayne County, Mich., who earlier this month found a loaded, snubnosed revolver while mowing grass in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood, turned it in and was promptly fired.
"It was damaged, so it could've went off. Surprisingly, it didn't kill the guy on the mower," he told Detroit TV station WJBK. Chevilott (pictured at left) said the crew was waiting for Detroit police to swing by and pick up the gun, but they never showed.
So the veteran employee of the Department of Public Services did what he thought was the right thing: Finished the job and then turned the gun into police later the same evening.
Police told Chevilott he did the right thing by getting the gun off the streets, he said. A check revealed that it had been stolen from a nearby suburb in 2005.
Where he ran into trouble is with his superiors, who saw things rather differently.
A Wayne County spokeswoman told WJBK that according to department rules employees aren't allowed to possess a weapon on work property.
So after 23 years -- just two shy of retirement -- Chevilott was fired for violation of department policies, even though he found the gun while on the job and didn't bring it to work. His foreman, who knew about the incident, was suspended for 30 days.
WJBK reports that Chevilott, who wants his job back, was also fired for insubordination and unauthorized access to the department's road yard.
The union representing Chevilott, Local 101, has filed a grievance and intends to fight all three accusations.
Union President Thomas Richards told the TV station, "There's never been any policy brought to light on what we should do when they find a weapon."
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As advised by IGR, I have been to the help file. |
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The U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team arrived in Laredo, Texas Wednesday morning for the team's July 11 match against Mexico at 8 p.m. CT. The 16 player squad will train on Wednesday and Thursday evenings leading up to Friday night's kickoff at Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex. Tickets for the game are still on sale, and fans can follow along live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker.


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For decades, scientists thought that flying squirrels could do little more than glide, controlling their descent from a high point to a low point. After all, that's what the squirrels did when observed. But most detailed observations took place in laboratory settings.
The laboratory is not where Alexander Badyaev prefers to be. Badyaev is a University of Arizona professor of evolutionary biology. He was born in Russia, so, when pronouncing the word "squirrel," he endearingly calls to mind Boris Badenov.
He regularly conducts northern flying squirrel research in the forests of Montana. A few years ago, Badyaev spent night after night staking out a corner of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. He came to learn the habits of a particular female - when she was active, which trees she launched herself from. And he knew that in mating season, male squirrels would compete to get her attention.
It was there, on a freezing February night, that Badyaev saw the object of his attention leap up from a tree branch, unfurl her patagia - the winglike material that stretches from front legs to back legs - and soar away in level flight.
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BC Baseball Splits with Lower Columbia March 8, 2012
On Wednesday, March 7, the Bellevue College baseball team made its way south to Longview, WA, to face off against the Lower Columbia Red Devils in a doubleheader that had been rescheduled from the previous weekend. In game one, Bellevue pitcher Matt Cooper pitched his team to a 2-1 victory tossing four innings and allowing only one run on two hits while striking out seven. Bulldogs reliever Scott Kuzminsky threw two innings of no-hit baseball, and Adrian Sampson earned his first save of the season closing out the seventh. Freshman outfielder Jordan Richartz was 1-3 with an RBI single in the second. Infielder Jared Casper scored both runs for the Bulldogs.
In game two, Bellevue managed an early lead but fell short to the Red Devils 3-2, suffering their first loss on the year. Bellevue scored runs in the second and third innings on RBIs from Dustin Breshears and Marc Dickerson taking the early 2-0 lead. Bulldogs pitcher Jeff Gonzales threw four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit during his turn on the mound. Then, in the fifth inning, the Red Devils evened up the score at 2 a side. In the sixth, Lower Columbia added the go-ahead run that was enough to earn the win. Bellevue's Will Minice suffered the loss in relief in his pitching debut.
The Bulldogs are back in action this weekend playing their next four games at Edmonds CC, beginning with a game against Spokane on Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.m., followed by a match-up against Edmonds at 5 p.m. On Sunday, March 11, still at the Edmonds field, Bellevue faces Spokane again at 2 p.m., then Edmonds at 5 p.m. Fans can follow Bellevue baseball online at Pointstreak.com.
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Families and friends who are still celebrating thanks after Thanksgiving visited the fourth annual Day of Sharing in Oswego County. The Toys for Tots event is to benefit the United States Marine Corps and to make sure every kid has a present on Christmas Day. Carmella Mataloni has more.
OSWEGO COUNTY, N.Y. -- It was a day filled with holiday cheer as hundreds of families celebrated the gift of giving. Presents were lined up for the fourth annual Toys for Tots campaign.
Planning for the event began in September, with agencies from all over Oswego County coming up with ways to make sure every child has something to open on Christmas Day.
"I don't think any child should be without a toy, without a Christmas. There are a lot of kids in this community that need a toy or just to have something to look forward to Christmas morning and this is the perfect vehicle to get their Christmas presents under the tree," said Chris Jones, Oswego County Toys for Tots Coordinator.
Coordinators say that this is the most successful event they have seen over the past four years and just today, are expected to collect over 900 toys.
Children who donated a toy got their picture taken with Santa, made arts and crafts, listened to Christmas music and had a bite to eat while enjoying each other's company.
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The canyon under my kitchen
My 20 year old house has a crawl space under the kitchen that can be accessed through a hole in the adjacent basement wall. When you enter the crawl space there is a 2 foot gap between the entrance and the dirt mound (the floor of the crawl space). You can see the other side of the basement wall footers and all. I have make repairs to the kitchen floor and need to place temporary supports within 2 feet of the crawl space entrance. It would be great to have a surface that is even with the dirt mound to support the jacks I need to use. Should I attempt to backfill and then compact some of this area to make it even with the rest of the crawl space floor or should I attempt to backfill the entire area? I estimate that it would take at least 30 cubic yards to back fill this area. I estimate it would take 2 or three yards to create a mound at the entrance. I am thinking of using stone dust as the fill material.Any on have any ideas on how to proceed?
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Hey the real issue here was how to support the kitchen floor temporarily while a section of ledger board shown in the second image was replaced. The problem was complicated by the fact that the soil under the floor (first image) did not appear to be stable enough to prevent jack posts from sinking into the excavated area under the load from the kitchen floor above.
As it turned out the soil in the trench was stable enough to support the weight of the floor although there was some displacement of the jacks (sinking). It took a couple of weeks to slowly raise the floor enough to allow the ledger board (shown in the second image) to be replaced with a solid section of wood. I would still like input on how to fill the trench to make it level with the rest of the crawl space floor. |
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The Bruins announced today that they have assigned rookie defenseman Matt Bartkowski to the Providence Bruins. Bartkowski will stay with the team until they return to Prague but cannot practice with the team or dress for this weekend's games against the Phoenix Coyotes. The Bruins now have 24 players (including non-roster invitee Brian McGrattan, who is on a professional try-out agreement and spare goalie Nolan Schaefer). So, the only question mark left is whether on or not the B's sign McGrattan. This seems to be pretty much their opening night roster. According to Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe and Boston.com, this is how the B's lined up in practice today: Wheeler Bergeron Recchi Lucic Krejci Horton Paille Seguin Ryder/Caron Marchand Campbell Thornton/McGrattan Chara Boychuk Stuart Ference Hunwick Seidenberg Bartkowski McQuaid Rask Thomas Schaefer
The Bruins tonight are dinner guests of Pat Convery, the city's Lord Mayor, a post that originated in 1613, less than 12 months prior to the start of Mark Recchi's rookie NHL season.
Boston Globe Hockey Scribe Kevin Paul DupontWhat Julien has on his hands right now is a team that can't score, skates without much zip, doesn't make plays, doesn't hit very much or very effectively, and most games just goes through the motions like Stepford husbands pushing carts around the Stop & Shop. Other than that, they take a mean team picture. Oh, and they had such a wonderful field trip to Fenway for the Winter Classic.
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Accelerated B.A./M.A. Program in Geographic Information Science
Michele Bozeman '08, M.A. '09 talks about her research in the accelerated B.A/M.A. program in GISci.
Prof. John Rogan discusses the accelerated B.A./M.A. program in Geographic Information Science.
Who is Eligible
Students majoring in geography, global environmental studies, earth system science, economics, international development and social change, or environmental science and policy can apply to the accelerated B.A./M.A. program in Geographic Information Science.
To be eligible for the fifth year M.A. program in GISc, a student must meet all university requirements for entry into the fifth year program, as well as have completed Geography 190 Intro to Geographic Information Science, Geography 206: Advanced Vector GIScience, Geography 293: Introduction to Remote Sensing, and Geography 296: Advanced Raster GIScience by the end of their senior year. A GPA of 3.6 (overall Clark GPA) is required for entry into this program, although students not meeting this requirement may petition the School for a waiver. Applicants must complete an Honors Thesis in their senior year, although in some circumstances students may opt to enroll in the honors program for the spring semester of the junior year and fall semester of the senior year.
In accordance with these requirements, students who have declared their intention to apply for the fifth year program must submit a formal application to the Graduate School of Geography by October 15 of their senior year. Then by April 1 of the senior year, it is necessary to submit to the Geography B.A./M.A. Program Advisor, evidence (such as a current transcript) that all course requirements will be met, and an approved Master's Project proposal, signed by a Geography faculty advisor and a reader. The reader can, with the approval of the Geography B.A./M.A. Program Advisor, be a faculty member from outside Geography. Final offers of admission will be made by the Graduate Dean.
Masters in GIS Program of Study
The M.A. degree in Geography specializing in Geographic Information Science requires the completion of 10 graduate course credits, two of which are taken during the senior year and two of which are completed during the summer between the senior year and the fifth year. Three of the 10 credits are devoted to the completion of a master's research project. The breakdown is as follows:
- Senior year: Geog. 296/397: Advanced Raster GIScience (please note prerequisites for Geog. 397 are Geog 190: Into to GIS and Geog 206: Vector GIScience) and Geog 293: Introducation to Remote Sensing. Candidates for the fifth year program are also required to develop a master's research proposal, with a signed statement of support from two faculty sponsors who will act as the advisor and the reader. The proposal must include a three-semester work plan. See the Departmental Requirements section for details on timing.
- Summer following senior year: a one-credit internship in Geographic Information Science. This internship is focused on database development for the Master's project. Typically, this course is completed off-campus. However, it requires frequent communication with the student's advisor. Details of the mechanism for this communication must be included in the project proposal.
- Fifth year: six graduate course credits (three per semester), of which one credit each semester will be devoted to the completion of the Master's reserach project. In April the student will be required to give an oral presentation of the findings of the master's research project, along with other students in the program. In addition, the student must submit to the B.A./M.A. Advisor, by the end of the spring, a publication quality paper, associated with the project, certified by the student's advisor and reader. A credit in Directed Study is required for the final summer.
Of the six courses not associated with the master's project and internship (taken during the senior and fifth years), a minimum of four must be directly associated with Geographic Information Science and two may be electives associated with the application area of specific interest to the student.
Lab Fee
Because of the very heavy costs associated with hardware and software licensing in the GIS and Image Processing area, students will be required to pay a lab fee of $1000 per semester (fall and spring) during the completion of their fifth-year program. This lab fee is NON-refundable and will be billed through your student account.
Current MA GIS Students
Students admitted for the accelerated B.A./M.A. in fall 2013:
Joseph Danko B.A. '13
Yelena Finegold B.A. '13
Christina Geller B.A. '13
Andrew Hostetler B.A. '13
Alexander Kappel B.A. '13
Matthew Manley B.A. '13
Noam Raffel B.A. '13
Therese Smith B.A. '13
Emily Sturdivant B.A. '13
Recent MA GIS Graduates and First Employment
- Dylan Broderick B.A. '12/M.A. '13
- Andrew (A. J.) Shatz B.A. '12/M.A. '13 has accepted a position at AIRWorldwide as a GIS analyst replacing fellow MA GIS graduate, Boyd Zapatka, B.A. '10/M.A. '11 who has been promoted. A.J. was also a 3-year HERO Student, and 2-year HERO Manager.
- Blaize Denfeld (B.A. '10/M.A. '11) is continuing her education in pursuit of a PhD at Uppsala University in Uppsala Sweden. She will be studying dynamics of CO2 emissions from inland waters in relation to ice cover dynamics. Her research will be incorporated into the Nordic Center of Excellence CRIACC and into the CoW Project. http://www.ebc.uu.se/Research/IEG/limno/Staff/Blaize+Denfield/
- Tom Hamill (B.A. '10/M.A. '11) is continuing his education in pursuit of a PhD in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple University. Tom was also a one-year member of the HERO REU site project and a student manager in HERO for two years.
- Boyd Zapatka (B.A. '10/M.A. '11) has accepted a position at AIR-Worldwide as an analyst. AIR-Worldwide is the leader in catastrophe modeling and risk analysis for the insurance and reinsurance industry. As a part of the Data Management Group, Boyd's duties include developing and organizing claims databases, general DBA, generating internal reports, and making maps for publications.
- Samuel Blanchard (B.A. '09/M.A.'10) has accepted a position at UC Berkeley as a Staff Research Associate II in the College of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management. Sam is the lead researcher for the Advanced Tools for Consolidation of California's Groundwater Data project to develop a webGIS spatial database and visualization platform aggregating archival groundwater data throughout the state of California. read more
- Nick Bumbarger (B.A. '09/M.A. '10) is a Geospatial Analyst Level II for MDA Information Systems, Inc. in Maryland. He is currently serving as the Task Lead of validation within a high-priority global-coverage mapping contract.
- Andrew Caiazzo (B.A. '09/M.A. '10) is a Geospatial Analyst for MDA Information System, Inc. In Maryland. Andrew will work on the Global Mapping Project in which they use Landsat TM/ETM+ data to create land cover maps for the entire globe.
- David Hattis (B.A. '09/M.A. '10) - is a Research Analyst for AIR Worldwide, a consulting company that models risk for insurance companies. David's main role is to help develop a geospatial database of insurance exposures.
- Rachel Shmookler (B.A. '09/M.A. '10) is a Junior Scientist at Applied SciencesAssociates, Inc., Cranston, RI. She uses geospatial techniques to process model outputs of oil spills in the marine system for the presence of surface, entrained, and shoreline oil. Rachel supports environmental data analysis for projects such as entrained oil tracking, coastal habitat assessments, and windfarm site planning, and develops data automation models in ArcGIS using VBA and Python. She is building off of the skills acquired from her undergraduate, graduate, and HERO experience at Clark University, and looks forward to working on future projects at ASA on habitat assessments, marine spatial planning, and water quality monitoring.
Recent Publications by MA GIS Grads
Blaize A. Denfeld, Karen E. Frey, William V. Sobczak, Paul J. Mann & Robert M. Holmes, 2013, "Summer CO2 evasion from streams and rivers in the Kolyma River basin, north-east Siberia." Polar Research, 32: pp 1-15
Gao, Y.,Marpu, P., Niemeyer, I., Runfola, D.M., Giner, N., Hamill, T., Pontius Jr., G.R., 2011. "Object-based classification with features extracted by a semi-automatic feature extraction algorithm - SEaTH." Geocarto International. 26 (3)
Rogan, J., Bumbarger, N., Kulakowski, D., Christman, Z., Runfola, D.M., Blanchard, S., (Forthcoming, 2011). "Improving forest type discrimination with mixed lifeform classes using fuzzy classification thresholds informed by field observations." Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.
Fortier, J., Rogan, J., Woodcock, C., Runfola, D.M., 2011. "Utilizing temporally invariant calibration sites to classify multiple dates of satellite imagery." Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 77 (2): p.181
Blanchard, Samuel D., John Rogan, and Deborah W. Woodcock, 2010, "Geomorphic Change Analysis using ASTER and SRTM Digital Elevation Models in Central Massachusetts, USA" GIScience & Remote Sensing, 47 (1): 1–24
Contact Person
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Israel and Nuclearization of Mideast
-By DR. ABDUL RUFF
[Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst; Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc.) Former university Teacher; website: abdulruff.wordpress.com/write:
Encouraged by the USA and Europe, Israel has pushed the Mideast region into nuclear flash-point by its illegal possession of nukes and threatening Iran with terror attacks on that Islamic Iran for becoming or almost reaching a nuclear power. With a hidden agenda for Mideast, the US military industry tripled its global arms sales to Mideast to a record $66 billion in 2011. Half of that went to Saudi Arabia ostensibly to counter the Islamic Republic of Iran. UAE, Britain's largest military company and a key supplier to Saudi Arabia, has a major presence in the unilateral United States.
With heavy arms and nuclear reactors deals with Western terrocracies under way, Mideast is set to go nuclear on a large scale and under the usual garb of electricity generation and the Arab states are also indeed aiming at nukes. Clearly, both Saudi Arabia and UAE drive for nuclear power.
It is however unlikely any of them will fulfill their nuke ambitions in the near future. For now, only the Emirates and Saudi Arabia have the political clout and the financial reserves to achieve nuclear power programs that will transform their economies. They also have the backing of the United States for this strategic geopolitical transition in return for pledges not to militarize their nuclear programs. The United Arab Emirates, one of the top oil exporters, is leading the race to develop nuclear power in the Arab world and has awarded contracts worth $2 billion to provide, convert and enrich uranium.
All these Arab countries along with Israel and US are bitterly opposed to Iran's nuclear drive. Tehran swears it's purely for peaceful purposes but the Islamic Republic's adversaries insist it masks a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons. For the Saudis, nuclear power might be becoming increasingly "vital". At present it uses increasing amounts of oil for domestic electricity generation. That means less crude for export, which is backbone of the Saudi economy. Some experts say if the kingdom's current energy consumption growth rate of 7 percent a year continues, it'll be burning some 8 million barrels per day within 20 years. That's about two-thirds of its current production level. The state oil company, Saudi Aramco, puts the figure at 3 million bpd by 2028, but that's still a big problem as the world's leading oil exporter uses up more and more energy at home.
The Saudis' nuclear program, costing $100 billion, is by far the most ambitious, with 16 nuclear reactors planned by 2030, the first scheduled to start producing electricity by 2019. But it's trailing the Emirates, which launched its program in 2009 and plans to build four 1,400-megawatt reactors. The first is scheduled to deliver electricity by 2017, with the other three coming on stream at a rate of one a year until 2020. The uranium fuel contracts were signed by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Persian Gulf federation and its economic powerhouse, with six companies Aug. 15. They are ConverDyn of the United States, Uranium One of Canada, Urenco and Rio Tinto of Britain, Russia's Tenex and French energy giant Areva, and indicate the Emirates is spreading its supply of nuclear fuel among the world's main suppliers as a hedge against future geopolitical changes. A recent report by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) said the 2011 figure, amounting to nearly 78 percent of all global arms sales constituted an "extraordinary increase" over the 2010 US arms sales total of $21.4 billion. The study is considered the most detailed overview of unclassified global arms deals available to the general public.
Americans and their western allies are making efforts to overcome financial crisis by increasing weapons sales to oil cash rich Mideast. By actively supporting an arrogant Israel, the USA is locked in a Persian Gulf confrontation by heavily increasing its sale of terror goods, including nuclear, to Mideast. European powers like Germany Merkel's seeking to emulate the USA, which sells weapons to both Israel and its Arab adversaries, apparently without qualms. Germany's already heavily involved in arms sale to the Middle East and keen to hustle more business. It's building a second batch of nuclear-capable Dolphin class submarines for Israel that will greatly enhance the Jewish state's strategic reach. At the same time it's negotiating with Saudi Arabia for the sale of hundreds of Leopard 2A7+ main battle tanks potentially worth $12.6 billion.
High oil prices, and burgeoning fears about Iran's growing isolation because of US and European economic sanctions over its nuclear program, are likely to ensure that the Saudis and their five partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council -- the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain -- have funds for large-scale military procurement.
Arab states already signed up for most of their most important military requirements, air-defence missile systems, advanced combat aircraft, new warships and armour. The Saudi deals embrace a multitude of weapons systems and advanced military technology, such as command-and-control systems for battlefield management as well as radar and communications systems. So, major arms purchases from the GCC may be few and far between in the next few years. Forecast International, a market intelligence and analysis firm in the United States, observed in February that the GCC, as well as other Arab states, is expected to spend $385 billion on its military and security forces over the next four years. This, in turn, is likely to intensify the competition within and between the U.S. and European military establishments, for Middle Eastern contracts.
It is clear that arms sales have increasingly become a vital element of maintaining economic stability to the United States and other industrialized nations. The military industries in the USA and Europe and to a lesser extent those in Russia and China, have come to rely on terror goods exports to maintain production lines for weapons systems used by their national military forces. They argue that the international arms market is shrinking because of a weaker global economy and major military spending cutbacks by the United States and its European allies. But these cutbacks obviously have a knock-on effect that further undercuts the economies concerned. Europe's combat aircraft industry faces an uncertain future, while the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the combat jet of choice for most air forces, including Israel's. there is no new European-developed manned combat aircraft currently in prospect
Germany is easing its long-held restrictions on arms sales to conflict zones, to sell arms to Arab states, largely out of economic necessity. These include two Type-209 diesel-electric submarines to Egypt and 600-800 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia worth up to $12.6 billion. In July, Turkey signed a $2.5 billion deal with a German consortium for six U-214 submarines. German military contractors are eyeing big arms deals in the Middle East, Africa and India as Berlin moves toward relaxing its long-tight restrictions on arms exports. That marks a major shift in Berlin's foreign policy and underlines how military exports have assumed a new importance for the industrial powers amid shrinking military budgets. Indonesia said it's interested in buying 100 Leopards. The Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, one of the world's leading natural gas exporters which is increasingly engaged in foreign affairs, including backing rebels in Libya and Syria, has also expressed interest. Qatar is eyeing the acquisition of 200 Leopards, a deal worth $2.5 billion. Angola, an authoritarian, military-run state in West Africa that's challenging Nigeria as the continent's top oil producer, is talking of buying German-made patrol boats to protect its oilfields in the Atlantic.
The increasing potential arms sale is widely seen as the next test case for Merkel's new arms-export policy. Germany has simply ignored the human rights issue in these considerations. Despite opposition from Germany's allies in NATO, such as Britain, France and Italy, all major arms exporting states, Merkel's pressing ahead with her plan to make "arms exports to crisis regions -- which has long been a taboo in Germany -- a major pillar of the country's security policy. The Germans, still haunted by the World War II "holocaust", have long made Israel an exception to their arms export restrictions and have covered most of the cost of three Dolphin subs delivered to Israel and three advanced variants in various stages of construction. The Dolphins are built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel, a subsidiary of the giant ThyssenKrupp conglomerate. ENEC, the state nuclear agency in UAE, signed a $20 billion contract to build the first reactor to a consortium led by a South Korean enterprise, Korea Electric Power Corp., which beat out more seasoned nuclear power producers in the United States, France and Japan. The US Import-Export Bank authorized a $2 billion direct loan to the Emirates' Barakah One Co. to purchase US equipment and construction services to build the initial Emirates' reactor, which will be the first nuclear power plant built on the Arabian Peninsula. The reactors will all be built along the sparsely populated Barakah region of the gulf coast about 140 miles from Abu Dhabi near the Saudi border. Between them they will produce 5,600 megawatts gross electricity. By comparison, Saudi Arabia's 20 reactors should produce 41GW within 20 years, with geothermal and waste-to-energy systems providing another 4GW. At present, the kingdom's electricity output is 52GW generation by 79 power stations.
Mideast nuke ambitions have limitations. Qatar is too small to house a nuclear reactor. Kuwait has the cash, but has been through eight governments in the past six years ... Bahrain continues to face destabilizing protests by its majority Shiite population and its budget is already in deficit. Jordan's nuclear plans have been scuppered by a vote in Parliament" as "too hazardous and costly ... Elections in Egypt have not brought political stability. Nor is there any immediate hope of transforming the state's perilous-looking finances." Along with the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, other Arab states such as Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan have said they will pursue nuclear programs aimed at boosting electricity production to meet a steadily growing demand caused by swelling populations and industrialization.
America still prefers to be a dictatorial rogue state targeting energy rich Muslims nations while the NATO terrorists continue to kill Muslims, eating the corpses and drinking their blood profusely. The only country the US-Israel duo opposes and objects to its nuclear program is Iran.
More and more nations joining the nuke club is serious threat to humanity and the trend has devastating consequences. By not signing the legally binding NPT agreement countries like India and Pakistan pursue nuke programs. Americans indirectly allow that by getting them do the CIA's dirty job. Humanity continues to tremble.
Instead of disarm and denuclearize Israel, USA and EU states are now arming Arab nations by taking away their scarce resources. Euphoria and tensions being generated by the West and Israel about "Iranian nukes" have forced Arab nations also to embrace nuclear methods, threatening global security and human survival. By selling terror goods to rich Arabs, the Western terrocracies an nuclear powers are strengthening their economies and military establishments. Uncertainty is further hardened.
Weaponization of and nuclearization of Mideast might now look a good balanced move but could pose permanent threat to the region and world. Unless Israelis disarmed, the real danger to humanity persists.
د. عبد راف
Terrorism is caused by anti-Islamic forces. Fake democracies like USA and India have zero-tolerance to any criticism of their anti-Muslim and other aggressive practices. Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies.
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