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"On your mark. Get set. Go!"
They took off running and in just a few paces The Boy fell behind the pack, all of them but that pink-clad girl older and longer-legged than him. The race was down and around a loop and back. The little girl, cheered on by her parents, didn't bother with the loop. It's just a kids' race after all and she wanted to run with the big kids. The Boy, brows still furrowed and his arms pumping as fast as his legs, ran every inch of the course. He finished last.
The parents holding the tape let it fall slack after the herd of kids finished. The Boy picked it as he finished the race so he could run through it, too.
All the kids got ribbons and a kite. He was pretty excited about the kite and stood with the other kids for pictures, holding out his neon green ribbon and pretending to smile for the camera. But when I congratulated him, all he said was, "I was way behind." He sat for a few minutes with me as we waited for the adult race awards to start.
"Momma, I'm gonna go find some shade. I need to stretch."
"You want me to come with you?"
"No. I'm just gonna go find some shade."
I let him go. It's hard to lose. He didn't want to hear us tell him that he ran as hard as he could (he did) and that that was the best he could do, or that the other kids were older. He wanted to be alone with his disappointment, so I let him be. But I watched. He did stretch a little, going through his version of the stretches he sees his Daddyman do every day. But mostly, he sat in the grass and fingered his ribbon.
Eventually, the husband went to talk to him. Together, they determined he just needs to keep running and maybe longer distances are his forte. He's still a little sad about the last race, but he's already talking about the next one.
I hope he's always so resilient.


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January 22, 2010
1. Semi-Finalist for Provost and VP of Academic Affairs on Campus
2. Van der Laan and 70 Others Honored for Academics by GLIAC
3. Winter Carnival's Gearing Up: Come on Out and Play
4. 2010 F&A Rates Change
5. Flags Flown at Half-Staff Today
6. Dining Services Plans for Winter Carnival
Entertainment and Enrichment
7. All That Jazz (and More): Cabaret at the McArdle Friday and Saturday Nights
Seminars and Workshops
8. Physics Professor Organizes June Workshop
Regular Features
9. Teaching at Tech: Human Ecology
10. Job Posting
11. In Print
1. Semi-Finalist for Provost and VP of Academic Affairs on Campus
The second semi-finalist candidate for the position of Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Max Seel, will be interviewed on campus Monday, Jan. 25, and Tuesday, Jan. 26. Seel holds the position on an interim basis and is also a professor of physics.
Seel will participate in an open forum for the campus community from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Jan. 25, in Rekhi G05. The remainder of Seel's schedule and curriculum vita can be viewed under the "Candidates" link on the search committee website,
. This and the remaining open forums will be recorded and made available at the search committee website.
The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs search committee encourages the campus community to interact with Seel during his visit and to evaluate his suitability for the position. Comments and opinions can be submitted online at
, or by contacting members of the search committee. A listing of the committee members can be found at
The third and last semi-finalist candidate visit is scheduled as follows: Jeff Wright, Feb. 1-2. James Coleman, who was originally scheduled for a campus visit on Jan. 28-29, has withdrawn his candidacy.
2. Van der Laan and 70 Others Honored for Academics by GLIAC
Football player John van der Laan (Grand Rapids) and 71 total Michigan Tech student-athletes have been honored for their academic success by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Van der Laan was named a Fall 2009 Commissioner's Award recipient. He and 70 other student-athletes from the sports of cross country, football, volleyball, and women's tennis gained Academic All-GLIAC accolades.
Van der Laan earned one of only six Commissioner's Awards handed out by the GLIAC to male student-athletes involved in fall sports. The Huskies' linebacker totaled 51 tackles, including two for loss in 2009, to finish his four-year career with 212 tackles. Van der Laan was Tech's Fred Baird Memorial Award winner as the defensive player of the year. He owns a team-leading 3.97 cumulative grade point average in electrical engineering.
Commissioner's Awards, which are based on academic and athletic excellence, are handed out to six female and six male student-athletes for the fall, winter and spring seasons.
Academic All-GLIAC Awards are given to all non-first-year student-athletes with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average who are active members of their team's roster.
Of Michigan Tech's 71 Academic All-GLIAC honorees, 33 were from football, 17 from women's cross country, 11 from men's cross country, seven from volleyball and three from women's tennis. Football and men's cross country had the highest number of award winners in their respective sports.
The full list of winners is below.
Men's Cross Country
Mackenzie Brennan, Physics, East Jordan, Mich.
Zachary Carlson, Audio Production and Technology, Hayward, Wis.
Kyle Demerath, Electrical Engineering, Green Bay
Luke Geisor, Engineering, Waukesha, Wis.
Kenneth Gilkerson, Mechanical Engineering, Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Scott Kentner, Forestry, Grand Ledge, Mich.
Jesse Lang, Electrical Engineering, Saint Louis Park, Minn.
Colin Singleton, Civil Engineering, Eagle River, Alaska
Petter Andre Sjulstad, Engineering, Krokstadelva, Norway
Nicholas Wimmer, Chemical Engineering, Charlevoix, Mich.
Lucas Wyzlic, Biomedical Sciences, Ironwood, Mich.
Women's Cross Country
Sydney Bruestle, Biological Sciences, White Bear Lake, Minn.
Sarah Gray, Biomedical Engineering, Denmark, Wis.
Melanie Hoffman, Exercise Science, Pulaski, Wis.
Karen Jarvey, Mechanical Engineering, Calumet, Mich.
Jenna Klein, Exercise Science, Ely, Minn.
Christina Michica, Health and Physical Education, Hancock, Mich.
Darcy Mundahl, Biomedical Sciences, Winona, Minn.
Jaclyn Pribyl, Biological Sciences, Stillwater, Minn.
Elizabeth Quinley, Civil Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska
Lauren Rantala, Exercise Science, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Megan Smaby, Civil Engineering, Neenah, Wis.
Jill Smith, Forestry, Bemidji, Minn.
Alison Springer-Wilson, Chemical Engineering, Dearborn, Mich.
Samantha Stam, Chemistry, Negaunee, Mich.
Lisa Weidemann, Environmental Engineering, Andover, Minn.
Lauren Wiza, Scientific and Technical Arts, Cedarburg, Wis.
Kathryn Wold, Biomedical Engineering, Maple Grove, Minn.
David Bellomy, Biomedical Engineering, Detroit, Mich.
Emmett Bjorn, Mechanical Engineering, Calumet, Mich.
Mat Brynick, Civil Engineering, Dewitt, Mich.
David Carmody, Civil Engineering, Newberry, Mich.
Matt Carothers, Forestry, Edgerton, Mich.
Tyler Cattelino, Civil Engineering, Houghton, Mich.
Jacob Clark, Engineering, Lansing, Mich.
Ian Coughlin, Health and Physical Education, Madison Heights, Mich.
Matthew Curtin, Civil Engineering, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Matt Desotell, Civil Engineering, Green Bay, Wis.
Brian Fabbri, Civil Engineering, Crystal Falls, Mich.
Matt Gaudard, Engineering, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Ryan Glaser, Chemical Engineering, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
Josh Hauswirth, Engineering, White Bear Lake, Minn.
Brent Heim, Civil Engineering, Green Bay, Wis.
Jacob Klingelhutz, Mathematics, Kingsford, Mich.
Erik Markstrom, Business Administration,Northville, Mich.
Phil Milbrath, Health and Physical Education, Norway, Mich.
Chris Mullen, Engineering, Green Bay, Wis.
Michael Potes, Biomedical Sciences, Marquette, Mich.
Michael Rittenour, Mechanical Engineering, Becker, Minn.
Anthony Santi, Mechanical Engineering, Kingsford, Mich.
Charles Schlaud, Mechanical Engineering, Caro, Mich.
Tim Schmalz, Computer Engeering, Shawano, Mich.
Ethan Shaver, Biological Sciences, Menominee, Mich.
Steve Short, Exercise Science, Kingsford, Mich.
Bobby Slowik, Biomedical Engineering, Green Bay, Wis.
Justin Springer, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon, Wis.
Brian Stawowy, Engineering, Standish, Mich.
Tom Tollefson, Mathematics, DePere, Wis.
John VanderLaan, Electrical Engineering, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Chet White, Mechanical Engineering, Rhinelander, Wis.
Raymond Wojtala, History, Allen Park, Mich.
Women's Tennis
Asel Otunchieva, Business Administration, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Nathalia Rondelli, Psychology, Macae, Brazil
Danielle Stoll, Biomedical Engineering, Green Bay, Wis.
Lyndsey Dixon, Business Administration, Stillwater, Minn.
Alison Greene, Psychology, Fridley, Minn.
Kaari Nevanen, Mechanical Engineering, Duluth, Minn.
Jaclynn Roberts, Biomedical Engineering, Kingsford, Mich.
Kathleen Storm, Exercise Science, Hancock, Mich.
Amanda Vogt, Business Administration, Plymouth, Minn.
Kaitlin Wiza, Humanities, Cedarburg, Wis.
3. Winter Carnival's Gearing Up: Come on Out and Play
Winter Carnival (theme: "Games We Know Captured in Snow") doesn't begin officially until 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, but plenty of fun is on tap before the final push to finish snow statues during the All Nighter.
complete schedule of events
is posted on
Michigan Tech's Carnival website,
along with
from 2009's event. Curling starts Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Calumet Drill House, and ice bowling, skating, ice fishing, snow volleyball and yooper sprint competitions are scheduled until Feb. 3.
Students will be voting for their Winter Carnival Queen candidates next week. The queen's rehearsal is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, with a dress rehearsal at noon Saturday, Jan. 30. The Queen's Coronation, including the talent portion of the contest, begins at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 30.
4. 2010 F&A Rates Change
submitted by Sponsored Programs Office
The Office of Naval Research has finalized negotiations with Michigan Tech for our Facilities & Administrative (F&A) cost rate, effective July 1, 2009.
The new predetermined rate agreement can be found on the website of Sponsored Programs:
The new rates are effective immediately for sponsored project proposal budgeting.
What does this mean for sponsored proposals and projects?
For projects awarded between July 1, 2009, and January 19, 2010, Michigan Tech is required by regulation to retroactively adjust the rate charged to awards when the final rate is lower than the rate used in the proposal budget. Therefore, in those instances, retroactive calculations will take place in the project indices to reflect the newly approved rates.
Where the final rate is higher than the rate used in the proposal budget, Michigan Tech has decided to grandfather those projects at the lower proposed rate. Please keep in mind the rate in the proposal budget may not be the same rate that will be charged to your project.
For existing and incrementally funded projects, awarded prior to July 1, 2009, the rate in effect at the time the project was awarded will continue to be charged for the life of the sponsored agreement. Incrementally funded projects exist when incremental awards will be received throughout the approved project period referenced in the original agreement; therefore, the F&A rates for these projects will remain the same.
The new rates will apply to supplemental or additional proposals where funding is being requested for work beyond what was contained in the original agreement. When awarded, the supplemental and additional funding will generally be given a new index number in order to account for the different rates.
5. Flags Flown at Half-Staff Today
Flags will be flown at half-staff today in honor of Army Sergeant Lucas T. Beachnaw of Lowell, who died in Darya Ya, Afghanistan, while on active duty supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Beachnaw, 23, died Wednesday, Jan. 13. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy. Beachnaw had served one month of his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
6. Dining Services Plans for Winter Carnival
Dining Services is anticipating Winter Carnival and the rush of crowds looking for food and hot drinks in between checking out the snow statues and other festivities.
"We want to accommodate everybody touring campus," said Matt Lean, associate director of Dining Services. "A good meal, a hot beverage, and someplace to warm up."
Accordingly, both the Library Café and the Commons Food Court will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6. Both venues will serve their usual fare.
Lean expects "a decent amount of business" handled efficiently. "The lines will be short," he says, "and the foot traffic will be smooth and easy."
7. All That Jazz (and More): Cabaret at the McArdle Friday and Saturday Nights
Aficionados of jazz, funk, and blues can get their groove on this weekend, as the Jazz Club Cabaret takes over the McArdle Theatre.
Three groups will perform each night, according to Mike Irish, director of jazz studies. Friday night, Michigan Techs JazTec and Momentum will be on stage, along with Calumet High Schools Jazz Experience, which is led by Scott Veenstra.
Saturday night features the return of RealTime with Charles White on keyboards, Kirsten White on vocals and flugelhorn, Adam Johnson on drums, and Mike Irish on guitars as they focus on contemporary jazz.
From Jaztec, fans can expect standards and todays jazz, while Momentum pumps up the funk, and the selections from these two combos will differ each night.
Tickets cost $10 and are $5 for children age 18 and under. Tech students get in for free with ID. Both nights shows take off at 7:30 p.m.
8. Physics Professor Organizes June Workshop
Professor Ulrich Hansmann (Physics) is helping organize a workshop--"From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology"--that will be held in Traverse City June 6 to 8.
The session will bring together scholars in physics, biology, and computer science to address such topics as folding and aggregation, protein-protein complexes, supramolecular assemblies, cellular environments and interaction networks.
Faculty are invited to make presentations. As well, students and postdocs can receive financial support for travel and lodging, the opportunity for oral and poster presentations, and consideration for research awards.
The registration deadline to be considered for presentations is April 1.
There will be no registration fee for accepted students and postdocs, but faculty and other researchers will be asked to pay a registration fee of $100 if paid by June 1 and $150 if paid on-site.
In organizing the event, Hansmann is working with Michael Feig of Michigan State University.
For more information, contact Hansmann at
9. Teaching at Tech: Human Ecology
By William Kennedy, director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development
Humans spend fortunes to construct supercomputers. For example, the Cray Jaguar, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has 255,000 processing cores, performs over two thousand trillion calculations per second, has 299 terabytes of memory, takes up 4300 square feet of space, and uses 7700 kilowatts of electricity to run its processors and cool itself. The only public cost estimate I could find associated with this machine was a hundred million dollars.
Vast arrays of interconnected, lower-power computers process information even faster, I'm told. Some see the loose assemblage of computers, smart phones, cell phones and other devices connected to the World Wide Web as another sort of ad hoc supercomputer.
Author Kevin Kelly writes, "Its circuit board encompasses the million copper wires and radio connections linking all the chips contained in the gadgets in your pocket, office and car. Instead of being powered by a mere billion tiny transistors, as your typical personal desktop is, it runs on a billion PC chips, each with its own billion transistors. Its memory is the collective hard disks and flash drives of the world. Its RAM is the sum of all memory chips online. Every second, a Library of Congress worth of data flow through it. The program it runs--its initial OS--is the World Wide Web." Kelly dubbed this new supercomputer, "One Machine."
There are nearly seven billion people potentially capable of providing unique inputs to be shared across all those interlinked computers and smart phones connected to this One Machine. Each of our three-pound brains is capable of storing a unique version of our own life stories, our shared experiences, musings, and insights, and the experiences of others with whom we have come into contact throughout our lives. Each of us carries one of these three-pound processing marvels capable of seeing new patterns--of coming up with an idea or insight that might change the world forever.
Maybe this One Machine provides everyone who has access to it the opportunity to share those new insights in ways we've only begun to imagine.
As ecologists have taught us that nature expresses itself in a web of intricate and highly interdependent connections, I can't begin to compute the price we humans routinely pay for ignoring the tremendous potential that lies untapped in the neural processing of all of those humans who remain outside of our present intellectual and spiritual circles of favor--all of those we ignore as disposable ones.
As we frantically scan the Earth in order to locate and retrieve the ever more limited reserves of oil and coal to power the machines that provide some small subset of us with transportation, comfort and light, we routinely overlook the tremendous potential that lies in the experience of those who live outside of the bubble of material wealth we call "the first world."
Though we fancy ourselves to be well-educated, most of us are quite ignorant of what lies outside of our immediate circle of concern. Our lack of understanding filters down to the attitudes of our students.
In the end, we may find that it was in one of those lost places--among the ones we have routinely considered disposable and "backward"--that the answers that we desperately seek had long lain dormant waiting to be unearthed by eyes that could see.
We exist in a time when we have unprecedented access to the insights and dreams of the other inhabitants of our planet, yet we continue to act as though nothing has changed. There is a given quantity of what I like to think of as the "human
neural mass" on the planet at any given point. How we care for and develop that most precious resource and make use of the creative products of its processing activities may determine whether we endure as a species or suffer the fate of many others.
10. Job Posting
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11. In Print
Research Assistant Professor Yinan Yuan (SFRES), collaborated with scholars from the University of Georgia (formally Michigan Tech scientists) to publish, "Alternative splicing and gene duplication differentially shaped the regulation of isochorismate synthase in Populus and Arabidopsis," in
"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA."
106: 22020-22025 (2009). Co-authors include: Chung J-D, Fu X, Johnson VE, Ranjan P, Booth SL, Harding SA, Tsai C-J.


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Over the week, 14-year-old Emily would nearly wear out the exclamation point on her keyboard with her daily reports. She tried to keep family and friends abreast of all the breaking Olympic news and highlights, particularly those involving her favorite swimmers - Phelps, Kate Ziegler and Katie Hoff - many of whom had befriended Emily over the previous year.
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Yet all she can talk about is Phelps, Ziegler and the U.S. Swim team.
"What she's had to experience, to undergo with all of those surgeries, she still has such a great attitude," says Debbie Phelps, mother of Michael, who this weekend will try for his seventh and eighth gold medals at the Summer Games, which would set a record for the most won at a single Olympics. "She is just an outstanding, dynamic little girl."
Since before Emily was born, Dr. Ben Carson, the noted Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, has been treating her. Her family has been in and out of Johns Hopkins Children's Center ever since.
"It's been one thing after another for about 14 years now," says Carson. "She's a very complex critter."
As for her long-term prognosis, Carson says it's difficult to predict. Very little about Emily's condition has been conventional and even less has been predictable. "Nothing is guaranteed except that we're going to the do best we can for her," he says.
The family had been referred several times to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. When she was younger, Emily especially wanted to meet Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She was always too sick, though.
Fortunately, by time she was healthy enough for a wish, it'd turn out to be much more meaningful than hugging a Disney princess.
When Emily was 7, she followed her brother's footsteps to the swimming pool. While Emily looks about the same as her peers, her parents had hoped to improve her motor skills, which had been affected by the cysts.
"She was excited about the water from the day she stepped in it," said her mother, Debbie Long.
Emily swam with UMBC's Retriever Aquatic Club, which at the time was coached by Tom Himes, who happened to have been the first coach of Phelps, Emily's favorite male swimmer.
"She literally cannot wait to get to the pool every day," says Himes. "There were times when she had no reason to be there - too sick or something - but there she was. She has that special passion that you don't always see. To a certain extent, if she had all the physical attributes of Michael, she'd be another Michael Phelps."
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Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Recognizes Local Volunteers
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC) recently honored Girl Scout volunteers Toni Ambrosy, Martha Barnes, Claudia Bodolus, and the Greer family for their many years of service to the organization. They received their awards during the annual spring GSSJC recognition event.
Ambrosy was honored for 25 years of membership. Membership Numeral recognition is presented for total years of registered membership, both as a girl and an adult. Ambrosy was a Brownie, Junior and Cadette Girl Scout member of a troop at Corpus Christi Catholic School in Houston where her mom was a co-leader. She began selling cookies when they were 50 cents per box, offering them door-to-door in her grandparent's West University neighborhood.
Toni was co-leader and leader of her oldest daughter's troop since first-year Brownies. She has been the registrar for EverRock Service Unit for the past three years and worked on numerous service unit events including father/daughter dances and younger girl try-it/badge events.
Barnes was presented with her 25 year Membership Numeral for total years of registered membership, both as a girl and an adult. She spent her Brownie through Senior Girl Scout years in a troop in Hobbs, New Mexico as part of Zia Girl Scout Council. She earned the four Cadette challenges and the First Class Award, the Gold Award equivalent at the time.
Martha became a leader in 1994 for her first daughter's troop and now has girls working on their Gold Awards. She is also a leader for her second daughter's troop, which just finished earning their Silver Awards. Barnes was chair of the Engineering, Science and Technology Day for 12 years and now serves on the Math and Science Committee for the Council.
Bodolus received her Appreciation Pin. The Appreciation Pin is a national recognition awarded to registered adults who have given outstanding service above the requirements of the positions they have held. They must have served at least one geographic service unit or program delivery audience.
Claudia began volunteering with the sailing program as a dorm mom and First Aider. For the past 18 months, Bodolus has served as the Mariner coordinator. One of her first major tasks was to work with the Commodore, who is the girl leader of the Mariners, in planning an out-of-state summer trip to Tampa, Florida for 24 Mariners, ages 13-17, along with three other adults.
"The trip was a complete success," said Council volunteer Dean Eicher. "Claudia's love of sailing and her enthusiasm in sharing it with the girls makes her a truly great volunteer."
The Greer family received the Family Award. The Family Award is presented to a registered Girl Scout family having a profound impact on the lives of Girl Scouts. This award is given for service performed by more than one registered adult family member.
Charlotte Greer began her involvement in the program as a girl member. Now, as an adult, she has served as a leader, service unit steering committee member, Cookie and Product Sales manager and as the coordinator for many events. Her husband John is a genuine Do-Dad. He has helped wherever he was needed, both with daughter Megan's troop, and also at service unit and Council events. "For years, both Charlotte and John have been involved in Engineering, Science and Technology Day, bringing their troop along as volunteer helpers year after year," said Council volunteer Martha Barnes. Daughter Megan has stayed in Girl Scouting after graduation. Following in her parents' footsteps, Megan is now an adult volunteer in EverRock Service Unit.
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization for girls, with a membership of more than 3.7 million girls and adults. Today, as when founded in 1912, GSUSA helps cultivate values, social conscience, and self-esteem in young girls, while also teaching them critical life skills that will enable them to succeed as adults. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Chartered by GSUSA to provide Girl Scouting locally, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is one of the largest Girl Scout councils in the country serving over 63,000 girl members and 18,000 adults in 25 southeast Texas counties. For more information call 1-800-392-4340 or visit www.gssjc.org.
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January 12, 2011, 5:05 PM — A strong minority of enterprise IT shops are prioritizing the development of a private cloud, but Forrester surveys suggest these moves will fail. The reason lies in the motivation behind these efforts and the focus. Most are building private clouds to keep their developers from going to the public cloud and are focused on the physical aspects of the cloud, not the operations - and it's the operations that make the cloud.
"The Cloud" is no longer an elusive term that is just entering the market. Today, enterprises of all sizes and across all verticals are talking about, and deciding how to implement cloud strategies. That's because the promise of instant access to a technology service at a fraction of the cost of traditional IT deployments means faster time-to-market and higher productivity for the business. But, consuming public cloud services still poses major concerns for IT security and operations managers. Security remains the number one concern among senior IT decision-makers - cited almost twice as often as the next highest concern, maturity. As a result, for many enterprises their favored way of delivering cloud value without these risks is to set up a private cloud.
The prioritization of building a private cloud grew in 2010 for 24% of IT decision who view building an internal cloud as a high or critical priority. In examining these decision makers, we found that the desire to adopt an internal private cloud crosses industries and geographies. Yet two characteristics are strong indicators of the likelihood of building a private cloud: company size and growth of the virtualized environment. It's no surprise that 60% of those prioritizing private clouds are at companies with more than 1,000 employees. These large enterprises sink more investment into their own data centers, operations personnel, and IT processes, so they have more to lose if the business goes to the public cloud.
Although the prioritization of private clouds is affecting a wide range of organizations, investments in several key areas differ for those who are prioritizing versus those who are not. Specifically, increased investments are being made in four infrastructure categories to accommodate the private cloud option, including the overall data center budget and consulting and outsourcing services. But, these same organizations are still not investing enough in key operational requirements that are essential to guaranteeing the success of a private cloud. For example, automation and self-service portals are two major factors contributing to a well-oiled private cloud. Yet, 44% of those prioritizing private clouds have no plans to invest in automation software for their virtualized environment. And only 11% of cloud builders have a self-service portal implemented today, while 62% are interested, but holding off. It's going to be very difficult to lure developers away from the public cloud without these core features.


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In the 1980s, scientists began to gather data showing that the protective levels of ozone in the stratosphere, which absorbs much of the harmful UV rays from the sun, was being destroyed by man-made chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons. These compounds are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and have many other applications.
The global alarm — and the science — was so strong that the leaders of the industrialized world signed the Montreal Protocol in 1987 banning some, limiting the use of others and urging development of newer, more ozone friendly compounds. The public accepted the data and health possibilities. When we are out in the sun, many of us use sun block to protect our skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation.
Attempts by lobbyists and others to spread doubt about the science were unsuccessful and Congress and President Reagan approved this legislation quickly.
Today the science is just as strong: Greenhouse gases (GHGs), primarily carbon dioxide, cause global warming. Carbon dioxide is at the highest level in more than 800,000 years. Ninety-seven percent of actively publishing climate scientists have expressed concern, if not outright alarm, about GHGs that are bringing about climate change. However, many in Congress and the United States do not believe that GHGs are a concern and no actions are being taken to reduce these levels.
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued their fourth report, which stated, with greater than 90 percent probability, that both the planet was warming and that human activities were primarily responsible.
The same science and data have convinced all of the major national science bodies on the planet, including our own National Academy of Sciences, that there is cause for alarm.
The IPCC is currently assembling about 1,500 scientists from around the globe to evaluate and integrate new data published since 2007 and will issue a new report in 2013. There are more than 1,000 new peer reviewed research articles for them to consider and many wait for their interpretations and recommendations.


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Years before "I Don't Want to Be" propelled him to pop/rock success, songwriter Gavin DeGraw began honing his piano skills at the age of eight, followed by his participation in several cover bands with his older brother in upstate New York. After a brief stint at the prestigious Berklee School of Music -- where he rubbed shoulders with future singer/songwriter contemporary John Mayer -- DeGraw decided to take his original songs to New York City. He arrived during the late '90s and steadily expanded his audience with a series of buzzworthy shows, one of which was captured on the concert recording Gavin Live. The steady buzz led to offers from major labels, and DeGraw eventually signed a record deal with Clive Davis and his J Records imprint (home of Santana, as well as R&B mainstays Alicia Keys and Angie Stone). DeGraw's debut album, Chariot, arrived during the summer of 2003. Like the singer's early days in New York City, Chariot slowly built momentum and earned the young DeGraw a small but fervent following. By 2004, the leadoff single "I Don't Want to Be" had become a Top Ten hit, and the album itself was soon re-released in expanded form under the title Chariot + Chariot Stripped. DeGraw's next single, the titular "Chariot," was also met with positive response and climbed the charts in 2005, pushing the album to double platinum sales. DeGraw took five years to release a self-titled sophomore album, which appeared in 2008, initially charting higher than Chariot but failing to spawn any comparable singles (although "In Love with a Girl" did peak at number 24). DeGraw shifted gear for his next release, the looser and seemingly less labored Free, which appeared only a few months later in early 2009. DeGraw took more time to release his fourth album. Co-writing with other artists for the first time, he spent two years workshopping the songs that eventually comprised Sweeter. The album was released in fall 2011, several months after "Not Over You" -- a song co-written with Ryan Tedder -- returned DeGraw to the charts. ~ Wade Kergan & Steve LeggettPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for human health. For example, they are crucial for proper brain function and also may support joint health by reducing inflammation.
Fish oil supplements (including distilled versions and cod liver oil) contain the long chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA but may also contain persistent organic pollutants such as PCB (see also here) and DDT, as well as toxic elements such as arsenic and mercury (see a mercury comparison between vaccines and tuna here). Dark fish (such as salmon) consumption may be particularly problematic.
Because of these high levels of pollutants in fish, mercury levels in hair samples and arsenic levels in blood samples can now be used as biomarkers that can estimate a person's past fish consumption.
The good news is that we can get all the omega-3s we need from plants. However, the omega-3 fatty acid most commonly found in plant foods is the short chain omega 3 ALA (alpha-linolenic acid). The body can lengthen ALA into EPA and DHA, but it may not convert enough for optimal health. Therefore, an fish-free DHA and/or EPA supplement may be a good idea. These plant-based supplements may provide all the benefits without the contaminants.
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The net cast by Yahoo! Sports' mind-blowingly intense investigation into former booster and current incarcerated felon and former Hurricane booster Nevin Shapiro grows wider and wider: two coaches at the University of Alabama, one at Louisville and one at Florida are accused of having improper contact with Shapiro.
Alabama's offensive line coach, Jeff Stoutland, and its director of football operations, Joe Pannunzio, were named by Yahoo!'s pitbull investigative reporter Charles Robinson here and here, respectively. Neither of them were secured hookers or blow, like some players, but both were involved in the improper recruitment of offensive line prospect Matt Patchan.
Patchan, who is now a backup offensive lineman at Florida, reportedly visited Shapiro's home with his mother, father and brother with Stoutland and Pannunzio in attendance. Shapiro named Stoutland, but they had minimal contact, he said. Robinson's investigation turned up Pannunzio's name after Shapiro wouldn't reveal it, and phone records show the two exchanging at the very least 422 calls and texts from 2006-'10.
Clint Hurtt was the defensive line coach/recruiting coordinator for Miami from '07-'10, landing some of the best classes in the country despite the team consistently underachieving. He now holds the same position at Louisville, but he might not be so secure right now. He was named in the investigation, naturally, but had far more contact with Shapiro than the afore-mentioned 'Bama coaches.
Robinson quotes Shapiro as calling Hurtt "a really good friend of mine." If I were to wager a guess, that's probably no longer the case. Hurtt allegedly brought several recruits to Shapiro's mansion and enjoyed meals at Café Grazie in Miami for "large groups of recruits" on Shapiro's dime.
Hurtt was named ESPN's National Recruiter of the Year for his first season in Louisville in 2010.
The fourth coach named in Robinson's story is Aubrey Hill, now the wide receivers coach at the University of Florida. Hill was present with Hurtt in the recruiting trip with Andre Dubose, Ray-Ray Armstrong and Dyron Dye at Shapiro's mansion. Past that trip, Shapiro doesn't allege any further impropriety with Hill.
I doubt we see any penalties levied against Alabama, Louisville or Florida, but if any of these coaches have a penalty coming, it's Hurtt. Best friends forever, right Nevin?


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(FOX 11 / FOX News) In 1997, a game was released that sent shock waves throughout the world. 17 years later, it's here to shock us again -- or maybe not?
On Tuesday, Rockstar Games will release "Grand Theft Auto V," the 15th installment of the one of the most controversial series of all-time. Yet there are indications that it may be taking some steps away from its hyper-violent predecessors.
Back in 1997 when Miley Cyrus was still in diapers and President Clinton was enjoying his pre-Lewinsky glow in the polls, "Grand Theft Auto" hit the shelves. At that time, two years before Columbine, the idea that videogames were a possible inspiration for real violence had been raised only sporadically.
"Grand Theft Auto" changed that.
"GTA" as the game became known was a cathartic title that allowed players to recklessly rampage in a city. From running over civilians to blowing up cop cars with rocket launchers and causing multiple train pileups, the possibilities were endless.
The whole game was designed to allow the gamer to cause as much carnage as physically possible.
The game was enormously popular in the videogame world, spawning a string of sequels across multiple consoles. Yet the mix of obscene violence, accompanied by a lack of care in offending sensibilities (in one installment, huge bonuses were given for slaughtering Hare Krishnas) caused a media storm unlike any game before.
Additionally, as the media started to question whether videogames could inspire violence in the post-Columbine world, GTA became the poster child for the games that were fingered for corrupting America's children.
The controversy has lingered ever since. Rockstar, the company behind the series, was not available for comment to FoxNews.com. However, Rockstar's president Sam Houser recently told The UK Sunday Times that the controversy has sometimes become frightening in its scope, expanding even beyond violence.
Houser recalled Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor who was later embroiled in a prostitution scandal, holding a press conference to slam the prostitute characters in the GTA games. "The hypocrisy is so funny, you can't make it up," Houser told The Times.
Yet something was missed in many media reports as the GTA series expanded. The violence increased, but the use for it in the game matured.
While the protagonist was anonymous in the first few installments, a voiceless entity through whom the gamer could unleash his inner sadist, later titles introduced characters and storylines. The most notable breakout was 2008's "Grand Theft Auto IV." The protagonist is Niko Bellic, an Eastern European immigrant seeking to make a new start in the land of the free.
Although violence was still the order of the day, it was crafted into an interesting tale about a rough man trying to escape the criminal underworld into which he has become entangled.
Some hints as to Rockstar's new direction may be gleaned from its 2010 hit "Red Dead Redemption" – a Wild West title similar to GTA in many ways. The game gave players control over John Marston, a former outlaw who had reformed his life to be with his family, but who, on the orders of the police, must go back and hunt down one of his former comrades in crime.
Marston is a religious man who now abhors violence, and seeks redemption, but is forced back into the lifestyle against his will to save his family. The game's theme therefore is about escaping violence, not about embracing it.
This recent wave of titles are not necessarily less violent, but they contextualize it, giving it a role beyond exploitation. Consequently the violence is more akin to what is seen in Oscar worthy R-rated movies.
"Grand Theft Auto V" also seems to be taking this approach. One of the three main characters, Michael, is a retired criminal who wants to leave the illegal world behind.
In the opening line of one of the trailers for the game, Michael says, "I want something that isn't this. I want to be a good Dad, love my family, live the dream." While he is speaking, the trailer shows carnage ensuing -- indicating Michael does not get what he wants.
Some of the game's new features also seem less inclined to teenage boys, and more to a more mature gamer. Fancy playing tennis and dabbling in the stock market before investing in some real estate? Surprisingly this all seems to be part of the new title.
This isn't to say that the game won't be bloody. The Entertainment Software Rating Board – the de facto rating system for videogames – has given "GTA V" an M—Mature rating, noting that it contains blood and gore and intense violence. It's definitely not one for the kids, but then again Rockstar never claimed to make "Grand Theft Disney."
Whatever "GTA V" contains, it will be packed full of controversy to ignite the airwaves. But it may be a different controversy for a different world than that which greeted the 1997 original. Gaming fans and concerned parents wait with baited breath.
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At Next Gen game store, gamers were lined up to buy a copy of the newly released Grand Theft Auto V. Some game reviewers say it may be the most violent and offensive version of the controversial video game released by Rockstar Games.
But the biggest difference is this game is larger in scope for players.
Gamer Brian Hanson says, "you literally have thousands of possibilities and i think thats what these games are about more than anything."
The possibilites include shooting police, assassinating targets, and getting topless lap dances in a strip club, according to the Entertainment Software rating board.
It also says the game depicts other adult content such as drug use, sex acts and uses sexually and racially offensive language. And these are actually the more tame activities listed in the game.
Gamer, Edwin Mendoza admits, "little kids they see stuff they shouldn't be seeing for example drugs shooting and all that a for example it gets into their heads and they can become more violent. "
But his 16 year old brother, Jose Mendoza says "if you have the right mind set you won't go out shooting people and stuff it's good, i don't have any problems with it."
This debut is highly anticipated since the last version came out in 2008 to record breaking sales of 3.6 million copies sold in 24 hours, raking in roughly 310 million dollars.
Jeff Bryson owns Next gen game store and expects to quickly sell out. "This game is probably going to be one of the biggest games of the year if not the game of the year so basically the game to have basically because how large it is how much fun it is to play."
He says it's not all sex and violence, "all of it there's a lot of it in there, the story line is going to be comprised of it but i think overall it's just like any movie that you see there's going to be sex there's going to be violence."
Grand Theft Auto V is rated M for mature players 17 and older. But with such wide scale distribution, it may be hard to keep younger kids from getting their hands on it.
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PEORIA, Ill -- Some Illinois lawmakers woke up to paychecks Saturday.
Governor Pat Quinn suspended legislators' pay back in July after they were unable to come up with a solution to Illinois' $100 billion pension problem.
This past week, Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka was ordered to immediately begin issuing paychecks with interest to lawmakers. This came after a Cook County Judge ruled that Quinn's decision was unconstitutional.
Lawmakers missed two pay checks over the summer.
Local politicians from both sides of the aisle said they do not believe halting their pay was the best way to solve the pension crisis.
"The judge threw this out because it was unconstitutional," said state Senator Dave Koehler, (D) 46th District. "Legislators should never put either the government, administration or judiciary ever in a compromise. Neither, should they be able to have a strangle-hold on the other."
"This was just a political stunt and that is all it was. I think everyone could see through that. It was a very populous thing for him to do while he is running in a primary," said State Rep. Mike Unes, (R) 91st District.
During a stop in Peoria on Saturday, Governor Pat Quinn defended his decision.
"I respectfully disagree with the decision. I think the Governor does have the right to veto appropriations for the salary of legislators," Quinn said. "We will carry that out in court, but the principle here is I am not taking a pay check, no matter what the court said. I am not getting paid and I don't think any legislators should get paid."
A committee has been meeting all summer to find a solution to the pension crisis.
They hope to pass a bill during the fall veto session, which begins October 22.


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He looked like LeBron, he walked like LeBron, he jumped like LeBron, but ... wow. As Charles Barkley said postgame, "Shocking is a good word, Ernie." Seriously.
It may have come after a 32-point Boston win left us all shellshocked, but it was about LeBron James. Barkley later said of James, "As a fan, I'm disappointed." There are plenty of reasons Cleveland lost — perimeter defense, Mike Brown's refusal to go small, and a lights-out performance by the Celtics — but there was only one reason the Cavaliers lost like THAT. Tuesday night in Cleveland, LeBron James just disappeared.
Just a few weeks ago, I mentioned to a friend that it'd be a great prompt to ask a group of writers to put together 1,000 words describing LeBron's 2009-10 season. Now? Put those same writers in a room and ask them to describe what happened last night in Cleveland. This wasn't just a "rough shooting night" or a series of "bad bounces" that didn't go Cleveland's way. This was the best player on earth pulling a disappearing act and taking his team down with him. Which LeBron was calling the shots last night?
It's not really surprising that Boston won. I mean it is, because the Cavs were favored, but it's not historically surprising. LeBron James going 3-14 and floating around the court like a ghost, while his team's season crumbled around him? That's something we'll remember for a long, long time. Tuesday night was a moment of truth for LeBron — either a wake-up call that shapes him going forward, or a sign that maybe, possibly, we've been wrong all along in crowning King James.
The Cleveland fans sat there stunned in Quicken Loans Arena, and you could feel the anxiety hundreds of miles away. An entire city sitting there disappointed, wondering amongst themselves:
"Is this how it's supposed to end for us? With this? Our star mailing it in on the biggest stage possible, our coach sitting there on the sidelines with his arms folded, and our rivals doing shooting drills for the second half? That's how the story ends?"
Those are the questions Cleveland fans — and players, coaches and everyone else around the NBA — get to ask themselves over the next 48 hours. And for Cleveland, that soul searching may be particularly brutal, because last night's stakes were higher than you think.
When a seven-game series is tied 2-2, the team that wins the fifth game goes on to win the series 83% of the time. Boston now has control of the series, and a chance to win it at home on Thursday night. Tuesday, we kept hearing, "If the Cavs lose tonight, there's a good chance they'll lose in Boston, and then what if LeBron James leaves in the offseason? Game 5 could be his last home game in Cleveland." Do you think LeBron's deaf? He heard it too. He knew what was in play Tuesday night. Everyone did.
As the Cavaliers beat writer Brian Windhorst tweeted in the fourth quarter: "Can't dodge the feeling that the fallout from this night and effort could be felt for years. That's the reality."
"I missed a lot of open shots that I'm capable of making," LeBron said afterward. "You don't see it a lot out of me, so when it happens, it's a big surprise."
But in light of those comments, let's clarify: LeBron doesn't deserve this criticism for not shooting well, but for not going down shooting.
He spent much of the second half dazed and detached. Look at ESPN's shot chart. Of his 10 shots in the second half, only two were in the lane, one of which was a wide-open breakaway. Of his 12 free throws for the game, 10 were in the first half. In other words, when the game was on the line and the Celtics pushed him, LeBron stopped attacking. Instead, there he was, settling for 22-foot jumpshots, passing off to teammates, and continuously looking up to scoreboard with a blank look, watching the Celtics widen their lead from six at halftime, to 17 entering the fourth quarter, and then 32 at the final horn. That's not an "off night." That's a great player cracking under the pressure.
"I don't mind guys having a bad night, some nights you don't make shots," explained Barkley afterward. "But in this game, I had a problem with LeBron not being aggressive." Maybe we can forgive that with other players, but not the Greatest. This was Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope, except LeBron never got off the ropes to throw a punch.
For someone else, even putting him in the same sentence as Ali would be unfair, but not LeBron. He's courted this stuff from day one. And he acts like he's already there. As he said postgame, "I spoil a lot of people with my play. When you have three bad games in seven years, it's easy to point them out."
Oh yeah?
Actually, LeBron, it's easy to point out a bad game when it happens on national television against an aging, underdog team, in a crucial playoff game, with every NBA fan on the planet waiting anxiously, asking themselves, "What's LeBron going to do here?"
When you do nothing, then it's pretty easy to point out you had a bad game.
And at that point? Your seven-year career becomes irrelevant.
Because this isn't a commercial. This is actually happening to LeBron James, the real-life basketball player. It's not a cover story on LeBron James, the icon, and what he could do over the course of his career. It's not about his business pursuits with Jay-Z, or the fashion sense that landed him on GQ last year. It's about the one thing that made all that other stuff possible in the first place: Basketball, and being the best at it.
Fair or not, the best basketball player on earth can't have games like Tuesday night.
It was one game, sure. But make no mistake: what happened Tuesday changes the narrative for LeBron. So far, he's gotten the benefit of the doubt in big games because of his age, his teammates, his coaches, and because, at the end of the day, he's so talented that just about everyone felt safe assuming that one day he'd put it all together. Now, he's older, hardened by previous playoff experience, his teammates are better than ever before, and LeBron James has run out of excuses. Maybe there's something going on that we don't know about, but to outsiders, Tuesday night there was just 'Bron standing by idly as the Celtics smacked his team in the mouth on Cleveland's home court.
And now, for the first time in his professional life, there are real questions about who he is as a player. Forget the Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant comparisons — last night, I would have rather had Dwyane Wade. It doesn't mean LeBron's not a great player, but maybe he's not that kind of great player. The Greatest. The type of guy you can bet your life on in crunch time, because you know, even if he doesn't win, he'll kill himself trying.
For anyone that watched Tuesday night, LeBron wasn't exactly killing himself out there.
Maybe we anointed him earlier than we should have? Maybe he mistook the fame and fortune to mean that he'd Made It? Or maybe he's just not built the way we thought he was?
These are the questions that are going to be asked of LeBron James in the coming days. And he wanted it this way. He may not realize it now, wondering how we could criticize him after "three bad games in seven years," but this is the standard he set for himself. With all the commercials, the King James nickname, that ridiculous tattoo, and everything else that's become synonymous with LeBron James Inc.
Whether he realized it or not, all of that success hinged on his ability to win at the most important moments, and dazzle us when everyone's sitting at home asking, "What's LeBron going to do here?"
Ultimately, that's what being the Greatest is all about. It's not about marketing potential, or winning unanimous MVPs, or having the best regular season record two years running. It's not about hitting home runs when your team's winning in April, it's about hitting home runs when they're losing in October. Can LeBron James be that type of player?
If Cleveland loses on Thursday, you can add yet another notch to that city's belt of crushing disappointment. If they lose this series, you can bet Mike Brown will be looking for work by next week. If they lose, LeBron may leave in free agency, throwing the state of Ohio into about a thousand different kinds of depression. But more than anything, if the Cavs lose this series, LeBron's whole career shifts from "Can't wait to see what he does!" to "Will he ever do it?"
Playing in Boston, against a Celtics team that's beaten the crap out of the Cavs the past two games, LeBron's task won't be easy. Rajon Rondo's been spectacular all series, Paul Pierce finally stepped up in Game 5, and the whole Celtics team is playing better than ever. To win the next two games, LeBron will have to be nothing less than the best basketball player on earth.
The lights are on and the cameras are rolling, but the commercials are over now. It's time for the main event. Past time, actually. So... "What's LeBron going to do here?"
You could say the pressure's on, but LeBron's been laughing at pressure from day one. Right?


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College students are back to school. That means there's sure to be some parties and drinking.Unfortunately, police say, many underage students don't know their limits and take things a little too far.
There is a law that can help protect them in case of an emergency.
It's a state law that went into effect last year and police say there have been recent examples of where the law comes into play.
Just last weekend excise police say a party at an off-campus condo in South Bend could have ended badly.
When police showed up for a noise complaint, two underage drinkers got their 22-year-old friend, who was severely intoxicated, medical help.
Because of the lifeline law, they didn't get in trouble for drinking underage.
"We're interested in getting people medical assistance," says Captain Phil Trent with the South Bend Police Department. South Bend Police says while underage drinking is not condoned, young people shouldn't be afraid to call 9-1-1 if someone they're with is sick or hurt.Police say while the law provides immunity, underage drinkers who seek help for others have to follow some rules.
"You have to stay. You have to provide some basic information on the patient and just broadly you have to be cooperative with law enforcement," says Trent.Students say they think the law is a good idea.
"Something like that could have really helped, I think it was Bloomington, a girl was drinking and fell down the stairs and died. That just happened last week. Something like that could really stopped that death," says IU South Bend Freshman, Amir Blythe.
Students also say going through a situation that requires the Lifeline law, could teach an important lesson.
"They'll probably stop drinking from that, or at least cut it down," says Blythe.
Indiana isn't the only state with the Lifeline Law, seven other states have similar laws.
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Although I normally like to have three pieces to work on at any given moment, right now I just have two. One is for soprano sax, bassoon and electronics called Sparkling in the Dark. I'm coming down the home stretch, with maybe 10-20 percent of the work on it left to do and a mid-August deadline. More about that later.
The other piece is one I've just begun, also with a mid-August deadline. It's for six violins.
These two pieces present very different compositional challenges. Whenever one works with electronics, one is faced with the question of what not to do, since the possibilities are endless. By contrast, working with a single instrument, albeit by the half-dozen, implies a very narrow color palette.
Both challenges spur me, but I have to admit I enjoy the challenge of working with limited timbres more. In fact, I've spent the past four weeks on just four measures of the six-violin piece, trying out all different combinations, each one bringing me a shade closer to the texture I'm imagining. The violin, in the hands of a capable player, has an enormous range of expression. Multiply by six, and the possibilities are enough to make you lose your way.
I'll put these four measures behind me at some point. I have a pretty clear idea of where the piece wants to go. Once it starts going there, maybe a title will occur – I hate slapping those on at the very end.


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Police said that around 10:30 p.m., a man entered the gas station convenience store and displayed a knife to the female attendant. The suspect reportedly then chased the attendant, who ran outside.
The suspect followed the attendant and knocked her down, according to police. The attendant then reportedly screamed and the suspect ran off.
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Gas prices are up sharply across the country.
The state average for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.49. That is an increase of 15 cents in a week.
In the Dallas Fort Worth area it's up 18 cents at $3.58 a gallon. That's compared to $3.37 last Monday.
Gas experts suspect unrest in Egypt is pushing crude oil prices up, which ultimately affects retail prices.
Drivers say the prices are definitely a pain and their wallets are taking a hit.
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Nationally prices are about 20 cents higher than a year ago.
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NEW ORLEANS — Twenty-five Red Cross disaster relief trucks are heading to Oklahoma, including two from New Orleans, to aid in the response to the victim's of Monday's devastating tornado.
In all, five of the trucks are traveling from southern Louisiana, including Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
The volunteers said their first priority will be to provide people with food while also providing victims with everything from cleaning supplies to emotional support.
The bright spot in this tragedy are these people, who for years have dropped everything in their lives to run towards devastation and help.
Melissa Eugene, the spokeswoman for the local Red Cross, explained that the volunteers from this area have a special connection to this kind of tragedy.
"Our volunteers living in south Louisiana have experienced disaster themselves or been part of a local response," Eugene said. "So, it's important for them and many of them want to go and help other local communities."
"This one is going to be bad," said Tom Butler, who has volunteered for 17 years. "I've seen it on the news. This is the worse one I've seen so far."
Added Ethel Sesley, "I like to help people. I've always helped people."
The local Red Cross said it's not worried about a shortage of these warm-hearted volunteers for the Oklahoma disaster, but said they can always use more help.
At least 24 people have been found dead and over 150 sent to hospitals after the tornado tore through Oklahoma Monday.
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Mysterious lights, possibly UFOs, filmed over Tucson
The unexplainable returns to Arizona, this time in the form of possible UFOs flying over Tucson.
According to the Huffington Post, the lights were spotted on July 28 by YouTuber Cbazz.
My family and I witnessed these strange amber lights in Tucson on our way home from dinner. There were seven or eight of them crossing the sky, some solo, and others in pairs flying very very close together.
The video shows numerous red dots flickering the skies. Cbazz said there was no sound from the lights and were flying low enough that he should have heard something.
Living in this part of the country we often hear fighter jets from the Air Force base, but we are used to that and it is always recognizable and very loud.
However, as the host of SyFy's "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files" said, the lights were likely something a little less E.T.
"In my opinion both videos are definitely man-made, combustible objects -- most likely Chinese lanterns," according to Ben Hansen, a former FBI special agent whose investigative skills have been used to analyze thousands of videos and photographs of alleged paranormal events.
This would not be the first time UFOs have been spotted over the desert. Some strange lights were captured on New Year's Eve over Surprise, Ariz.
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This policy was approved by the SRA's Director of Inclusion on 18 July 2012 and is in effect from that date.
In our role as regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) aims to lead the way in legal services regulation and to encourage an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession. This statement sets out how we recognise and respect the rights of those who have undergone or are undergoing gender reassignment.
The Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Recognition Act 2004 provide protection for anyone who is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of reassigning the person's sex by changing physiological or other attributes of their sex. This is known as gender reassignment which is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and this statement will explain how we intend to comply with our legal responsibilities. (Section 7 of the Equality Act 2010 makes discrimination on the grounds of gender reassignment unlawful in employment, in the provision of vocational training and in the carrying out of public functions. For further information, please visit the Equalities and Human Rights Commission website.)
A transsexual person is someone who intends to or is undergoing or has undergone gender reassignment, so it is transsexual people who are protected by the Equality Act. A transgender person is someone who does not identify with their gender at birth—they may chose to undergo gender reassignment, or they may not.
The SRA is fully committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all and we will not tolerate discriminatory behaviour by any of our agents, including employees and contractors.
In line with our public sector equality duty, the SRA will have regard to how we can
The SRA is committed to ensuring that we do not discriminate on the grounds of gender reassignment in carrying out our regulatory work and as an employer.
The SRA will take appropriate action in relation to any form of discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment, whether by
We will also take action where there is discrimination against someone who
As a regulator, we strive to treat all our service users, stakeholders and those we regulate fairly and we will keep any information we obtain related to the gender reassignment of an individual in the strictest confidence in accordance with our legal obligations.
Although we include a category for transgender in our diversity monitoring for solicitors on the roll, we provide an option for people who prefer not to say. An individual will not be required to disclose information about their gender history unless there is good reason for this information to be supplied.
Where a service user or a regulated person decides that they wish to live permanently as a member of the opposite sex, the SRA may agree with them the date from which their name and (if appropriate) gender, is changed on all relevant records, including the solicitors roll and their practising certificate. The name will usually be changed from the date that the individual's name has been changed by deed poll and the gender from the date of the gender recognition certificate.
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 gives legal recognition to transsexual people in their acquired gender.
If an application to the Gender Recognition Panel is successful, the transsexual person's gender becomes for all purposes the acquired gender and they will receive a full gender recognition certificate (GRC). The GRC allows for the creation of a modified birth certificate reflecting the holder's new gender.
In prescribed circumstances the Gender Recognition Act 2004 prohibits disclosure of the fact that someone has applied for a GRC or disclosure of someone's gender prior to the acquisition of the GRC. Such disclosure constitutes a criminal offence liable to a fine.
These privacy provisions apply in most circumstances where the information is received by someone acting in an official capacity, for example, as a member of staff at the SRA. It should generally be assumed that the law might apply, whenever an employee or individual working in any capacity for the SRA is dealing with a service user or stakeholder. There are however exceptions to the privacy provisions which are set out in the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) Order 2005. The SRA Legal and Enforcement Directorate should be consulted before considering whether or not those exceptions can apply.
Unlawful disclosure can happen not only by word of mouth communication but also where there has been uncontrolled access to paper or computer files. A transsexual person may consent to the information being disclosed, but such consent must be explicit and it must not be assumed.
Consequently, staff must comply with the privacy provisions in every part of their work in the organisation including
Whenever a member of staff becomes aware that the person they are dealing with is a transsexual person, they must have regard for the privacy provisions and seek specific legal advice to ensure that the Gender Recognition Act and the Equality Act are complied with.
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ANTWERP – Time is Running out....the deadline is almost here....Get those entries in for the Christmas Village of Lights this year!
Show your holiday spirit, deck the halls and the walls in holiday cheer. Antwerp shines its brightest during the holiday season and the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce would like to help our residents show their community pride through friendly competition. The Christmas Village of Lights holiday decorating contest gives you the opportunity to make Antwerp a little (or a lot) brighter. The contest is open to everyone in the Antwerp School District.
Homes will be judged based on curbside appeal only. Judges will not enter the interior of any property.
Each home will be judged in one of the following categories. You choose which category best describes your home display.
• Religious (best display with a religious theme)
• Clark Griswold (excessive use of outdoor lighting & decoration)
• Anything Goes (no specific theme, but WOW!)
• Martha Stewart would be proud (if she would be proud ... you WIN!)
A $50 prize will be awarded to the top house in each category.
Entry forms may be picked up at the Antwerp Pharmacy, Antwerp Exchange Bank, Marilyn's Petals & Vines, or at Kammeyer's IGA. They are also be available online at www.antwerpohio.com. Entries must reach the Chamber by 5 p.m. Dec 12. They can be mailed to PO BOX 1111, Antwerp OH 45813, or turned in at Kammeyer's IGA.
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USMEF Confident in Road Ahead for U.S. Pork in Taiwan
Meanwhile - high-quality U.S. pork is becoming more and more popular in Taiwan. The U.S. Meat Export Federation recently held an event with support from the Pork Checkoff to help U.S. pork gain a larger share of the food service sector by capitalizing on demand for branded, premium pork dishes at high-end restaurants and hotels. USMEF-Taiwan Director Davis Wu says the finest hotels and restaurants want to distinguish themselves from their competition by serving distinctive dishes - such as dry-aged pork steaks and branded pork. Wu says raising the awareness of high-quality U.S. pork with this audience is a good step toward building consumer demand. During this event - celebrity chef Chen of ShenYen Teppenyaki entertained reporters by serving samples of different pork cuts with local ingredients. This event was part of a broader campaign with retail promotions and a rolling U.S. pork billboard that goes through Taipei and Ilan County in Taiwan. Wu says many consumers are unaware of the quality of U.S. pork and where it can be purchased. Seeing Chef Chen demonstrate easy-to-cook pork recipes while discussing positive attributes of U.S. pork for high-end foodservice sends a strong message to those chefs searching for unique food ingredients - according to Wu.
Taiwan is 94-percent self-sufficient in pork - but Taiwanese consumers enjoy more red meat than those in Japan and South Korea - and pork is their absolute favorite. Taiwan does have a zero tolerance for growth promotant residues - but USMEF has made inroads to expand the market for U.S. pork beyond the processing sector - providing growing opportunities for U.S. pork niche items - including natural pork and unique processed and branded items.
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TALENTED school students have been training under a top Christchurch chef to improve their skills.
Ian Hewitt led the course for Year 10 students at The Grange School, with pupils taking part in the two-hour weekly sessions designed by Food Festival Education Trust chairman Mary Reader.
As part of the course, the youngsters were also taken to The Pig restaurant in Brockenhurst where they were introduced to head chef James Golding.
The programme culminated in students preparing a two course meal for their families.
Parents were invited to school to sample the meals which had been cooked by their children. Mary Reader said: "I could not have been more pleased with the final results when the students chose their own recipes and cooked them for their parents and guests.
"The food was of restaurant quality and delicious to eat. They had really taken the course seriously and I hope that this has helped to focus on their career choices and raised their self-confidence for the future."
Headteacher Steve Dossett said: "I want to thank the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust for giving our students such an exciting opportunity to enhance their cookery skills.
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Daniel Bryan Talks CM Punk Feud, Being A Vegan, No Way Out & More
New York City radio DJ Peter Rosenberg of the Hot 97 hip hop radio station has landed yet another exclusive interview with a WWE superstar – Daniel Bryan. Rosenberg interviewed Bryan, who was in town to hype tonight's WWE RAW Supershow from Long Island, NY. Among the topics discussed:
- Setting the record straight on his backyard wrestling past
- Training with Shawn Michaels and William Regal
- Working at McDonald's
- Vince McMahon's reaction to him being a vegan
- How he CM Punk don't fit the mold of the typical WWE main eventer
- Their match at No Way Out last night
- Original plans for his feud with Mark Herny
- A funny story about him, Ryback & Cody Rhodes at Panera Bread restaurant
- Which WWE superstars need a push & who WWE should sign
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