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CHENEY, Wash. -- One tradition continued, but the Eagles are hoping to begin a new tradition of winning it all.
Playing in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs for the first time since winning the NCAA Division I title in 2010, the Eastern Washington University football team will host a second-round game on Dec. 1 at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Kickoff has been set for 3:05 p.m. Pacific time, as the Eagles will play the winner of the first-round match-up between Wagner and Colgate.
The Eagles received the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, with North Dakota State getting the top seed, followed by EWU, Montana State, Old Dominion and Georgia Southern. The top five teams are seeded 1-5, and are guaranteed home games as long as they are the higher-seeded team in their match-up and have met NCAA guidelines to host.
"I'm extremely happy," said Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin. "The level of teams that the selection committee has to sort through is a tough job. It's always a tough decision and it is every year. Once you are in the playoffs, we are all doing the same thing -- trying to take care of business one week at a time and see what happens. We are excited to be where we are."
Tickets go on sale Monday (Nov. 19) at 10 a.m., and cost $20 for premium seating in sections C&D, $15 for sections A/B/E&F, $15 for end zone and $10 for east side seating (behind visitor bench). Tickets may be purchased via ww.ticketswest.com or 1-800-325-Seat.
Current season ticket holders have until Monday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. to call EWU at 509-359-6059 to purchase their existing seats, at which time those will be released to the general public. An announcement regarding availability of tickets for EWU students will be forthcoming.
Eastern will be making its ninth appearance in the playoffs, ranking the Eagles among a select group of 20 schools with at least that many berths. The other appearances for the Eagles came in 1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. With a 6-5 record during an injury-ravaged season in 2011, Eastern fell a victory shy making its first back-to-back-to-back appearances.
It is also the sixth berth in a nine-year span, ranking the Eagles as one of only five schools among 121 in FCS to accomplish that feat. The only other four teams to have qualified six of the last nine years are Appalachian State (2005-06-07-08-09-10-11-12), Montana (2004-05-06-07-08-09-11), New Hampshire (2004-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12) and Southern Illinois (2004-05-06-07-08-09).
The four first-round games are Nov. 24, with 12 teams receiving byes. Eight games in the round of 16 are played on Dec. 1. The quarterfinals are Dec. 7-8, the semifinals are Dec. 14-15 and the championship game is Jan. 5 in Frisco, Texas. All games will be produced by ESPN, with the first two-rounds available via ESPN3.
The Eagles will enter the game 9-2 overall this season, and captured a share of the Big Sky Conference title and the league's automatic playoff berth with a 7-1 league record. Colgate is 8-3 and won the Patriot League title with a perfect 5-0 record. Wagner is 8-3 and shared the Northeast Conference title with a 7-1 mark, but defeated Albany to earn the league's automatic berth. Eastern has never played a team from either conference in football.
In 2010, Eastern was the No. 5 seed, and because of higher-seeded teams losing in the early rounds, hosted three games at Roos Field. Of Eastern's seven Big Sky wins this season, six have come by a combined margin of 28 points – one by seven points, two six-point wins and a trio by just three points. On the other side of the coin, the Eagles are only seven points from an unbeaten season, having last-possession chances in both of its losses to pull out a miracle win.
"We were fortunate enough as the five seed to get the home playoff games (in 2010)," said Baldwin. "There is no question it's an advantage -- you don't have to look at too many years to see there is a common theme that the top teams played a lot of games at home.
"Ultimately, we have to find a way to win," added Baldwin, who will be making his fifth playoff appearance as either an Eastern assistant coach (2004, 2005) or head coach (2009, 2010, 2012). "We have played a lot of close games this year which hopefully puts us in a good position in one of the toughest conferences in the country. We are just excited about the one we are going to play in two weeks."
* Eastern is now 9-7 all-time, with 2010 marking its fifth appearance in the quarterfinals. Eastern has reached the semifinals twice before (1997, 2010), but 2010 was EWU's first appearance in the championship game.
* Eastern has now advanced past the first round five times (1985, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2010) and has a 9-7 record in eight playoff appearances (1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010). Only 15 teams have made more playoff appearances than the Eagles.
* Seeded fifth, Eastern won four-straight games to win the 2010 NCAA Division I National Championship. The top-ranked Eagles defeated #9 Southeast Missouri State (37-17), #25 North Dakota State (38-31 in overtime) and defending champion #10 Villanova (41-31) in three home playoff games, then defeated #5 Delaware (20-19) in the championship game on Jan. 7, 2011, in Frisco, Texas. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was selected as the game's Most Outstanding Player after throwing three touchdowns passes in the final 16:48 as EWU rallied from a 19-0 deficit.
* In 2009, the 13th-ranked Eagles lost at No. 12 Stephen F. Austin 44-33 in the first round. In 2007, the Eagles handed second-seeded and No. 3 ranked McNeese State its first loss of the year in a 44-15 first-round victory. Eastern then lost in the quarterfinals at two-time defending champion Appalachian State. In 2004, Eastern defeated No. 1 ranked and top-seeded Southern Illinois 35-31 in the first round and then lost 35-34 to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinal round in EWU's first-ever playoff game at Roos Field (formerly Woodward Field) in Cheney, Wash. In both 2004 and 2007, Eastern entered the playoffs ranked 14th nationally.
* Until 2004, Eastern hadn't appeared in the FCS playoffs since 1997 when the Eagles advanced to the semifinals where it lost to Youngstown State 25-14 at Albi Stadium in Spokane, Wash. Eastern played two early-round games at Albi, defeating Northwestern State 40-10 and Western Kentucky 38-21.
* Eastern also participated in the playoffs in 1985 (won at Idaho 42-38 and lost at Northern Iowa 17-14) and 1992 (lost at Northern Iowa 17-14). The school's only other postseason experience came in 1967 when Eastern advanced to the NAIA Championship game where it lost to Fairmont State 28-21. Eastern has won three previous national titles, but none in head-to-head competition or at the NCAA Division I level. Eastern won the 1977 NAIA wrestling title, the 1982 NCAA Division II men's cross country championship and the 1970 Class II national championship for women's collegiate gymnastics programs.
Here is a complete list of EWU's FCS playoff games (EWU received a first-round bye in 2010, the first year the playoffs were expanded to 20 teams):2010 - Delaware - W, 20-19 (Championship/Frisco, Texas)2010 - Villanova - W, 41-31 (Semifinals/Cheney)2010 - North Dakota State - W, 38-31 in OT (Quarterfinals/Cheney)2010 - Southeast Missouri State - W, 37-17 (Second Round/Cheney)2009 - at Stephen F. Austin - L, 33-44 (First Round)2007 - at Appalachian State - L, 35-38 (Quarterfinals)2007 - at McNeese State - W, 44-15 (First Round)2005 - at Northern Iowa - L, 38-41 (First Round)2004 - Sam Houston State - L, 34-35 (Quarterfinals/Cheney)2004 - at Southern Illinois - W, 35-31 (First Round)1997 - Youngstown State - L, 14-25 (Semifinals/Spokane)1997 - Western Kentucky - W, 38-21 (Quarterfinals/Spokane)1997 - Northwestern State - W, 40-10 (First Round/Spokane)1992 - at Northern Iowa - L, 14-17 (First Round)1985 - at Northern Iowa - L, 14-17 (Quarterfinals)1985 - at Idaho - W, 42-38 (First Round)
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* Eastern is ranked fourth in the final regular season Sports Network NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll, with fellow Big Sky co-leaders MSU (2nd), Cal Poly (12th) and NAU (20th) also ranking in the top 25. After losing 30-27 to Southern Utah on Oct. 27, Eastern fell from first to seventh. Previously, a 27-24 victory over then second-ranked Montana State on Oct. 13 catapulted the Eagles from sixth to the top spot for two weeks. It's the third-straight year Eastern has been ranked No. 1 at one point in the season. Eastern ended the 2010 regular season with its first No. 1 ranking in school history, and remained in that position after winning the NCAA Division I Championship. The Eagles were also ranked first in the 2011 preseason poll, as well as after the Eagles narrowly lost its opener last season at Washington, 30-27. The Eagles were also No. 1 for two weeks in the coaches poll and in rankings released by College Sports Journal and College Sports Madness.
* Eastern, Montana State and Cal Poly all finished 7-1 in the Big Sky Conference to share the league title. The Eagles won the tiebreaker to determine the automatic berth in the NCAA Football Championship Playoffs. Montana State and EWU both defeated Sacramento State, and Cal Poly lost to Sac State, thus eliminating Cal Poly from the tie. EWU won the automatic berth because of its head-to-head win over MSU.
* Eastern will be making its ninth berth in the FCS Playoffs, and first since winning the NCAA Division I title in 2010. The other appearances for the Eagles came in 1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. With a 6-5 record in 2011, Eastern fell a victory shy of its sixth playoff berth since 2004.
* In this week's Jeff Sagarin ratings, Eastern is fifth overall in FCS (85th overall). North Dakota State is first among FCS schools, followed by Sam Houston State, Montana State (81st overall), South Dakota State and Eastern. Other highly-ranked Big Sky schools include Cal Poly (7/92), Northern Arizona (18/112), Southern Utah (28/137), North Dakota (32/144) Sacramento State (37/153), Montana (38/154), UC Davis (42/159) and Portland State (43/161). The Eagles were a season-high second nationally among FCS schools at one point this season.
* In November and beyond, Eastern is 11-0 since 2010 and 20-3 since 2007. Since 2010, EWU is 23-2 after Oct. 1, including an 11-0 mark two years ago, 6-1 last year and 6-1 this season. The lone losses were a 43-26 home loss in 2011 versus Portland State and a 30-27 road setback at Southern Utah on Oct. 27, 2012.
* Besides sending the seniors out with a victory on Senior Day on Nov. 10, Eastern finished the regular season 5-0 at home. Since the red Sprinturf surface was installed in 2010, Eastern is now 15-2 at "The Inferno," with one of the losses a 43-26 setback to PSU on Senior Day last season. Eastern's Nov. 3 game versus 16th-ranked Cal Poly was sold out, with an announced attendance of 8,644 – the seventh-largest non-Montana crowd in Roos Field history.


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I found the ship to be in good shape and very clean. Spa staff - Briggette, Mariflora and Natalie were helpful and provided good services. Patrick our cabin steward was one of the best! We enjoyed the many food options/venues. Even though the entertainment has changed drastically from the traditional nightly "Broadway" themed shows, we found the family friendly comedy, Hasbro Game all to be just as fun and entertaining. (I was traveling with a 17 year old and a 12 year old.)
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Bowling Green Police are looking for a woman they say may have tried to abduct a juvenile female Monday.
Police say the attempted abduction occurred around 4 p.m. Monday on South Church Street near Wooster.
According to police, a heavy-set woman with a short, buzzed haircut was sitting in the passenger seat of an older, gray four-door sedan, possibly an Oldsmobile. The suspect, possibly in her mid-30s, motioned for the victim to get in the car and said, "Come, get in," while opening the passenger-side front door.
The victim, whose age has not been released, immediately went to the Bowling Green Police Division and was unharmed.
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Chicago radio personality Erich "Mancow" Muller has been booked as a guest on Friday night's edition of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," NBC confirmed Tuesday morning.
Muller, who co-hosts WLS-AM 890's 9-to-11 a.m. weekday slot in addition to doing a Chicago-based nationally syndicated program not heard locally, is set to appear with Anna Paquin of HBO's "True Blood."
Also scheduled for Friday on "Late Night," as musical guest, is the Dead Weather, a new group featuring Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), Alison Mosshart (Kills) and Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs, Greenhornes).
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What truly great smoking experience. I loved everything about this cigar. It will be in my top drawer selections for a long time to come. Do yourself a favor and smoke one yourself!Larry in Ankeny Iowa September 12, 2012
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This cigar was excellent. Most impressed with its consistency; close to the end, it maintained its flavour and did not grow bitter. Ash held up nicely. Found it strong and spicy, in a pleasant way, like jalapeno peppers on nachos, not like crazy-suicide-wings-with-a-waiver that make you sweat. Paired well with bourbon. Normally don't smoke cigars all the way to the end but couldn't put this one down. Would recommend taking time to pre-cook and light this bad boy. As other reviews have noted, the gorgeous wrapper has a tendency to burn a little unevenly. But this is, quite frankly, a small thing and not to be taken too seriously if your criteria is taste first and not the aesthetics of even-wrapper-burn.Wes in Whitby, Ontario July 7, 2012
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I have only had the first of a 5 pack, but have only experienced the positive attributes. Great flavor, smooth and rich, easy draw (once or twice, too easy). had to touch up twice, but that only took about 10 seconds each time, including striking the match.Joshua in Minnesota July 7, 2012
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This cigar is one of the best I have smoked. The cigar itself is gorgeous to look at, and it has a very satisfying flavor. The only thing bad I have to say about this cigar is that I seem to have trouble with is keeping it lit and getting an even burn. I find myself having to re-light this cigar if I don't draw on it frequently. Other than that, this cigar is almost perfect, I would highly recommend this cigar to anyone who enjoys a cigar.Justin in North Dakota July 4, 2012
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"A very strong cigar"Alec Bradley Prensado Churchill
Dont smoke these unless you're a fan of very strong sticks. I happen to enjoy a cigar that is full bodied. Great smoke!Rod in Pa April 17, 2012
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I must be crazy but I have problems with the burn of this one. Cigar is beautiful and tastes good not great. I like the Prensado but I think it is far from being the best cigar out this year according to C.A.Zach in SLC UT April 14, 2012


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At last, some positive news for fans of K-1 and Dream. After various cancellations and postponements, it looks like we finally have some real news about two of Japan's biggest yearly events - the New Year's Eve show, and the K-1 Grand Prix.
First up, New Year's Eve. This week, pro wrestling legend and (arguable) MMA pioneer Antonio Inoki announced that he would be staging a major show on December 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. Inoki will be co-promoting the show with representatives from Dream, and it will be the heir to the Dynamite!! franchise. Because the name Dynamite!! was sold earlier this year, Inoki's show has instead been given the odd name of "Are You Healthy?!! New Year's Eve!! 2011" (Genki Desu Ka!! Omisoka!! 2011 for the Japanese speaking audience).
The card will feature 20 bouts, including a mixture of MMA, K-1 rules kickboxing, and pro wrestling under the banner of Inoki's IGF organization. Initial fight announcements could come any day. The New Year's Eve card is a huge tradition in Japanese MMA, and it's exciting to see it will once again be honored this year.
As for K-1, the news is potentially even bigger. Former K-1 head Kazutoshi Ishii announced the formation of a new organization called FIKA (Federation International K-1 Association) that will serve as a new governing body for K-1. And they are coming out of the gates strong with plans for a full line-up in 2012 culminating in the return of the K-1 Grand Prix.
Plans right now call for a return to the old Grand Prix format of international qualifying events with the winners moving to the finals. Their tentative timeline has the international qualifiers beginning in April 2012, followed by a round of 32 in May or June, a round of 16 in September or October, and the traditional Final 8 in December. They are also planning to keep the same three weight classes last used by K-1 - Heavyweight, 70kg (MAX), and the recently added 63kg.
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The Front office has finally reached out to Karl Malone to mentor our young bigs like we all knew / hoped / pleaded that they would. Now hold your horses, so far it is apparently only in a consulting / part time gig, but hey you have to start somewhere, and i don't care how much it is, it's something which is better than nothing
Personally i can't wait for a couple favors hammer dunks, and kanter to pull out a malonesque fadaway jumper, and vice versa. I also want malone's other traits to rub off on them. his work ethic and his toughness (physical and mental).
Props to the FO for getting this done, props to Greg Miller for getting this done, props to Corbin, for asking that this get done. I for one am glad to see the Mailman back with the jazz, even if just in a small way.
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California to Direct Clean Energy Funds to Low-Income Communities
In September 30, California took a big step toward giving all residents access to clean energy and green jobs when Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 535 and AB 1532 into law. The new laws—which are the result of a four-year campaign by a broad-based coalition—will invest hundreds of millions of dollars towards greening underserved areas and in the process, support small businesses and bring clean energy jobs to disadvantaged communities each year.
Climate Transit Connection
Manuel Esteva is a San Franciso resident and mother of three; a child care worker, and a member of the community organization POWER. She joined POWER three years ago after hearing a presentation at her church. She was interviewed in the studio of Radio RP&E.
Clarke: Tell us why you are interested in climate change. Why does POWER connect transit and climate?
Esteva: (Tr.) The connection really started [with] the campaign for young people to be able to travel around the city without having to pay.
We started realizing that not only would this benefit youth, but we could also [help] the environment.
A lot more natural disasters are affecting people in cities, like the one that just hit New York. And this is caused by global warming. What cities like ours can do is take these small steps that, over time, can have a large impact on the climate.
San Francisco is a small city that can have a national and global impact. It's a city that sees itself as a green city, always trying to make strides in terms of community health. We can serve as an example to other cities when we create policies that eliminate dependence on cars.
We know that cars create 20-percent of the pollution in the city. When public transit is made accessible, people use it more. So we can achieve big things when we create [these] policies.
Planning for Climate Diaster: Resilient Communities Respond
After months of silence on the presidential campaign—preceded by years of denial by big industry—climate change was forced back into the national political conversation last October by Hurricane Sandy, which swept across the northeastern U.S. A New York Times opinion piece entitled, "Is This the End?" ran with a photo of the Statue of Liberty underwater;[1] and a front page story in the San Francisco Chronicle noted that "water levels in San Francisco Bay could rise 16 inches or more by 2050, inundating shoreline habitat and infrastructure."[2]
Meanwhile, 14,000 public-housing tenants in New York were left for weeks without electricity or running water in the wake of Sandy.
After President Obama's reelection, California Senator Barbara Boxer predicted that several of her colleagues would be quick to introduce climate legislation in the new Congress—a move that had been considered political suicide since the Waxman-Markey bill was killed by a Republican Senate in 2009.[3]
But will legislation considered politically realistic be enough to address the scale and urgency of the climate crisis? And will it address the equity crisis? Imara Jones wrote in Colorlines, "Sandy smashed into the world's wealthiest city but hit its poorest neighborhoods the hardest."[4]
Reflections of Activistas
We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
Activistas from the New Majority
At the Empowering Women of Color conference in March this year, I was moved to hear Grace Lee Boggs, in an open dialogue with Angela Davis, say that we must re-imagine everything; change how we think, what we do, to re-invent our society and institutions in order for revolution to happen. And as I listened to female MC and rapper Rocky Rivera give short glimpses into the revolutionary lives of three iconic women activists—Gabriela Silang, Dolores Huerta, and Angela Davis—in the 16 bars of "Heart," I wondered who would be our next movement builders.
Equitable Alternatives to AB 32's Cap-and-Trade Program, June 10, 2011
Equitable Alternatives to AB 32's Cap-and-Trade Program
In 2006, environmental justice advocates helped pass California's first-ever climate change legislation (AB 32), which requires the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. The passing of AB 32 was a significant victory for environmental justice communities, and set a precedent for future federal legislation. However, in April of this year, environmental justice advocates won a federal lawsuit that brought the implementation of AB 32 to a halt, claiming that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) did not adequately evaluate alternatives to its proposed cap-and-trade program, which could disproportionally impact low-income communities and communities of color.
On June 10, 2011, environmental justice advocates, decision makers, and policy experts from throughout the Bay Area discussed AB 32, the lawsuit that halted its implementation, and identified equitable alternatives to CARB's cap-and-trade program. Chione Flegal, Senior Associate at PolicyLink and member of the CARB's Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) shared the concerns and recommendations raised by the EJAC; Adrienne Bloch, Staff Attorney at Communities for a Better Environment and one of the lead attorneys in the aforementioned lawsuit provided an overview of the case and the opportunities it is providing environmental justice advocates; and Bob Allen, Director of Transportation Justice for Urban Habitat presented on challenges and opportunities of conducting an equity analysis. Other advocates from throughout the Bay Area were also on hand to provide updates on their environmental justice work as well.
Read the speakers' bios and hear the podcast of their presentation:
*Chione Flegal, Senior Associate, PolicyLink
*Adrienne Bloch, Staff Attorney, Communities for a Better Environment
*Bob Allen, Director of Transportation Justice, Urban Habitat
Outsourcing Global Warming Solutions
When the implementation of California's Global Warming Solutions Act, AB32, came to a grinding halt due to San Francisco Superior Court's March 17, 2011 ruling that it violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), it came as a shock to industry and environmentalists alike. It would not be surprising if leading-edge environmental legislation like AB32 were to draw fire from climate-change deniers and oil interests. Indeed, the most recent attempt to derail the law, last year's Proposition 23, was pushed by two out-of-state oil companies. Voters, mobilized in large part by grassroots climate justice groups, roundly defeated that attempt.
But the lawsuit against California Air Resources Board's (CARB) regulatory framework for AB32 was undertaken by the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) and Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)—two groups that advocate on behalf of "frontline and fence-line environmental justice communities." They represent low-income people and people of color who live, work and play in the shadow of refineries in Wilmington and Richmond, in the agribusiness fields of the Central Valley, near the waste dumps of Kettleman City, and in other California communities plagued by industrial pollution.
Timber Companies Stand to Benefit from CARB Regulations
A lawsuit brought by environmental justice groups has put AB 32 on hold. The plaintiffs are from communities located near agricultural and industrial operations and say that "trading" carbon credits will generate more pollution near their homes. The court's March 17 decision will require California Air Resources Board (CARB) to go back and look at alternatives to the cap-and-trade plan, analyzing options, such as directly regulating polluters. While there has been quite a bit of coverage on the impacts of the "trade" portion of the program on communities located near greenhouse gas emitters, few seem to have been aware that the program also has implications for communities that live near the "offset" locations that aim to reduce these emissions. —STC
California timber firms could emerge as big winners in the state's fight against global warming, earning millions of dollars through the sale of carbon credits under the set of rules approved by the Air Resources Board on December 16, 2010.
CJ Resources
Introduction: Catalyst or Catastrophe?
I started this issue as a skeptic of climate change. I didn't doubt its reality, the human contribution to it, or the threat it represents to the ecological health of the planet but I doubted that this crisis created an organizing moment that could benefit low-income people and communities of color. When Race, Poverty and the Environment covered this topic in 2006, [Clarke] efforts within the United States to organize in response to climate change were scattered and largely led by white environmentalists. We had to turn to a Canadian author to find a succinct description of a framework for green economics. [Milani]
Since then the global crisis has become more apparent and we have seen the development of a much broader engagement in climate justice organizing. Judging from the wide-ranging responses we received to our call for submissions, a movement is emerging.
Young Activists Revitalize EJ Movement
On an Eco-bus tour of Detroit during the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, 17-year-old Janice Nyamakye strives to capture everything with her video camera: the tour guide's comments, the city sights, as well as the 'sites'—a dirty incinerator, salt mining operations, and power plants—all located in low-income communities of color. The tour informs Nyamakye's own work in environmental remediation back home in Worcester, Massachusetts where she has been involved with Toxic Soil Busters (TSB) for the past four years.
As an organization, TSB effects improvements in the lives and environments of urban youth by employing them to first test local soil for lead levels, then remediate and redesign affected environments as needed. "We are a youth-led cooperative business," says Nyamakye proudly. "The youth do everything." As a videographer, she uses media to connect different EJ communities and amplify the message of youth working for environmental justice. From California to Massachusetts, groups like TSB, Grind for the Green (G4G), and Third Eye Unlimited are using new outreach methods to successfully reach a new generation of information-seeking cyberkids. And increasingly, youth interested in acting for environmental change are finding outlets through national organizations like It's Getting Hot In Here (itsgettinghotinhere.org) and SustainUs: US Youth for Sustainable Development (sustainus.org).
Connecting Struggles Across Issues and Borders
The roots of the environmental justice movement lie in an archetypical struggle between low-income communities of color and industrial polluters—refineries, incinerators, landfills, and dirty ports, to name a few. In the last few years, leaders of this movement have worked ardently to infuse an environmental politic into racial and economic justice campaigns and to underscore local control of common resources and community-based solutions to social and ecological ills.[1]
Now the fruits of this labor are becoming evident. What was seen as isolated pockets of noxious industrial impacts are now being viewed as symptoms of larger phenomena that create other social inequities. People are connecting the impacts of toxic industry to other injustices, such as forced migration and poverty jobs, and coming together to address these multiple crises.
On a hot July afternoon in Detroit last summer, over 300 movement organizers from across the United States gathered to plot a course for ecological justice as part of the U.S. Social Forum. "We come from environmental justice communities who have been on the frontlines of the effects of polluting industries like waste incineration. But [we] also come from economic justice struggles... and immigrant [communities that] understand the connection between land and life," said Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan, strategy initiatives director for Movement Generation based in Oakland, California.
Transforming the Land-- One Garden at a Time
Raheem Payton used to think nothing of littering streets until he discovered his community garden. Now he is angry that he and his friends ever did such a thing. "I'm an advocate for putting your trash in the right place now," he says, "and I try to keep my friends on the straight path, too." Payton discovered his calling earlier than other youths through a program called Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) in the Bayview district of San Francisco. Founded in 1998 by a coalition of youth, educators, and community leaders, LEJ addresses the ecological and health concerns of Bayview-Hunters Point and surrounding communities of southeast San Francisco.
The project that Payton participates in operates a native plants nursery
at a former dumpsite near Candlestick Park. The garden is the primary
supplier of plant stock to two major restoration projects in San
Francisco—Candlestick Point State Recreation Area and Heron's Head Park.
Payton works three hours a day in the garden transplanting starter plants into larger pots to be taken to one of the restorations sites. Already, the 18-year-old is hooked on gardening.
"I want to major in landscape architecture [and] design gardens to
encourage cities to be healthier and better looking," he says. Community organizer for Green Action, Marie Harrison says, "These
children are gaining knowledge that is quite valuable. If there ever was
a disaster these children would know exactly how to sustain
Urban Agriculture in Cuba
What will it mean to our oil-steeped economy when we run out of cheap oil? Will it mean the ruined warlike world of Mad Max or the peaceful post-industrial tribalism of Ursula LeGuin? Is there a model for a modern urban post cheap oil society? How, for example, will schools and hospitals provide nutritious meals when there is not enough fuel to haul produce to urban markets. The answer is urban cooperative farming.
Utopian though it may sound, the idea is actually Cuban. Cubans are actively using urban gardening—an after-work hobby—to help them shed an oil-dependent plantation economy and create long-term sustainability.
Building a Post–Plantation Cuba
The small island nation of Cuba has been exploited in the world economy since Christopher Columbus stopped by in 1492, beginning a process of extermination for the native populations and sowing the seeds of a plantation economy based on slave labor. For most of the last 500 years, Cubans have grown sugar, coffee, and tobacco for foreign markets: first Spain, then the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Detroiters Find "Way!" Out of No Way
Former autoworker Rich Feldman began working in Detroit's auto plants in 1970 with a belief that labor unions were the driving force of revolution in the U.S. Like other young activists at the time, he joined the factories to organize workers after having been involved in the radical student movement of the 1960s. Today, globalization has decimated the autoworkers. (Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in this decade alone, the number of autoworkers in Michigan has decreased from 320,000 to 109,000.)
At the old abandoned Packard plant just outside downtown Detroit, Feldman reflects: "It's the end of the economic American dream, which was also very destructive. On one level we have to grieve, but we also have to welcome it. Now we can move on to create another kind of American dream that is based on quality of life versus a standard of living."
Out of necessity, the people of Detroit are shaping alternatives to the urban wreckage left by the collapse of the auto industry. And new possibilities are emerging across the city: Eastside residents have transformed their neighborhood into an outdoor public art exhibit with waste materials collected from vacant lots. Just a short drive away, a group has purchased storefronts, planted fruit trees along a few city blocks, and renamed the area "Hope District." Elsewhere, another group has reclaimed two acres of unused and underutilized land in the city to grow produce that feeds community members. In short, the movement in Detroit is putting forth a model for creating solutions rooted in frontline communities and place-based relationships.
"Detroit Shall Burn No More!" Incinerator Fight Heats Up
On the final day of the 2010 United States Social Forum scores of local activists and several hundred of their allies from across the country held a series of rallies targeted at the city's municipal waste incinerator. The Social Forum had chosen Detroit because the city represents all the vast failures of corporate industrialism and immense possibilities for renewal. The closure of the incinerator four months later, temporary though it may be, showed the prescience of the Forum in its choice of target.
Given the wide range of themes discussed at the forum—from immigration to gender to militarism to media justice—and the broad set of issues facing Detroit—from evictions to utility shutoffs to unemployment rates of up to 50 percent—the focus on the waste incinerator for the forum's closing action was significant.
As the marchers made their way through the nearly vacant neighborhoods of this once thriving metropolis, one chant evoked a complex web of memories. To locals, "Detroit shall burn no more!" brought to mind the 1967 race riots that resulted in thousands of buildings being burned, as well as the inner city arson incidents of the eighties, when property owners would burn down their unmarketable homes for insurance under cover of Devil's Night (the night before Halloween). This time around, however, the metaphor served to connote the burning of waste and rising global temperatures.


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Tom Marino on Government Reform
The Contract from America, clause 1. Protect the Constitution:
Require each bill to identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do what the bill does.
The Contract from America, clause 5. Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government in Washington:
Create a Blue Ribbon taskforce that engages in a complete audit of federal agencies and programs, assessing their Constitutionality,
The Contract from America, clause 9. Stop the Pork:
Place a moratorium on all earmarks until the budget is balanced, and then require a 2/3 majority to pass any earmark.
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: Resolution Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days and expressing that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
Text of Resolution:
OnTheIssues Notes:Pres. Obama attempted to appoint Elizabeth Warren to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in May 2011; House Republicans disapproved of Ms. Warren. House Speaker John Boehner disallowed the Senate's adjournment resolution, which meant the Senate was legally not adjourned and Pres. Obama could not make a "recess appointment" which would otherwise be allowed. This Resolution brings the issue to the fore again, for another set of Obama appointments for which House Republicans disapprove.
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DALLAS - Instead of the strappy sandals Sue Ingram would rather be wearing under the searing sun, this 43-year-old's feet are fully covered.
"[T]hey're not pretty," Ingram said. " I can't paint my toenails anymore."
Ingram blames psoriasis.
The itchy, blotchy skin condition is aggravated by heat and sweat. Doctors have seen a rash of cases in this hot summer.
Now dermatologists are finding that what aggravates psoriasis, can also improve it.
Doctors are using a laser light treatment to cure the skin condition. It takes just seconds and uses a narrow wavelength in the UVB spectrum.
Dallas Dr. Alan Menter has helped write the national guidelines for psoriasis treatment and uses the laser light treatment with his patients.
"[Y]ou've got to be very careful with the dosing of light," Menter said. "... and the wavelength of light that is used with this laser is very specific, and if used carefully, it doesn't burn, and the patches clear up within about 10 treatments. "
Menter said light therapy is changing the lives of many psoriasis sufferers, including Sue Ingram.
"It has had great results compared to my other topical treatments and soaking treatments," Ingram said. "It has completely cleared up some of my areas."


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morning to watch firefighters at work along Interstate 16.
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it under control within a few minutes, but traffic started to get congested due
to drivers rubbernecking.
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even have to drag out the water hoses. They just used fire extinguishers to put
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Korean-Style Corn Pancakes
- 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) black pepper
- 2 eggs
- 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) fresh corn kernels
- 6 green onions, halved lengthwise and cut in 2-inch/5 cm lengths
- 4 hot red peppers, thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) (approx) peanut or vegetable oil
- Seasoning Sauce:
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) soy sauce
- 4 tsp (20 mL) rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tsp (10 mL) sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- 1 green onion, minced
Seasoning Sauce: Stir together soy sauce, vinegar, sesame seeds and oil, garlic and onion.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt and pepper; add 2 cups/500 mL ice water, stirring until smooth. Beat in eggs just until blended. Stir in corn, onions and hot peppers.
In 10-inch/25 cm cast-iron or nonstick skillet, heat half of the oil over medium heat; pour in half of the batter and spread to edge. Fry, reducing heat if bottom is browning quickly, until top is set and bottom is golden brown, about 8 minutes; flip and continue frying until bottom is golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes.
Slide onto plate and cut into 6 or 8 wedges; keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve with Seasoning Sauce on side.
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Enterprise Apache Hadoop users can leverage Hadoop into a powerful tool for reaping the benefits of collaborative data sharing.
Big Data Insights
Big data and Hadoop tools will increasingly allow companies to utilize customer insights to improve their services and increase productivity.
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a workshop at Imperial College London on The Future of Big Data Management. This was organized by some of the CERN physicists who were interested in bringing together scientists across different fields together with those of us in the computing industry working on some of the same problems.
CERN's Hadron Collider Experiments -ATLAS and CMS being the big two- are the latest in a long line of particle detectors that have always stressed the computing, network and storage technologies of the time. …
As analytics platforms like Hadoop become more powerful and user-friendly, the market for intelligent business software will continue to grow.
At the Hadoop Summit, industry analysts touted YARN as an evolutionary step in processing Hadoop HDFS and improving enterprise big data operations.
Implementing sophisticated, real-time analysis for big data insights can be an easy process with Apache Hadoop and MapReduce.
Apache Hadoop has quickly risen from a promising curiosity to a industry leader, based on its high performance and many applications.
The myriad benefits of Hadoop clusters have positioned Apache Hadoop as the leading platform for big data analytics.
Breaking down the Hadoop ecosystem into its stages sheds light on how the whole environment works.
A technology-centric university recently announced the construction of a state-of-the-art research facility for its big data projects.
Circumventing big data hurdles with Apache Hadoop and Hortonworks
Big data analytics have gained in popularity over the last few years, yet many operations continue to struggle with their implementation. Not all analytics platforms are created equal and businesses may find that a hastily chosen application is unsuitable for their needs and existing capabilities. For instance, only the most high-quality solutions will facilitate the use of unstructured data. The scope of a data analytics project can be greatly improved by incorporating difficult-to-quantify information sources such as audio and video recordings, allowing researchers to dig deeper into the data pool and glean more actionable insights.…
Although launching a big data project presents certain challenges, Hortonworks and Apache Hadoop can help organizations eliminate those issues.
The question of whether data can be effectively processed in Hadoop is dependent on the user strategy, not the information itself.
Hortonworks' recent partnership with Red Hat is poised to provide Apache Hadoop users with greater flexibility integrating storage solutions and enterprise file systems.
Apache Hadoop can benefit the healthcare sector, which needs user-friendly ways to effectively store and apply data for improving medical care.


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Rhum Agricole is the French term for cane juice rum, a style of rum originally distilled in one of the French West Indies islands from freshly squeezed sugar cane juice rather than molasses. Cane juice rums are made throughout the Caribbean, including Trinidad, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Most rum is made from molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining but when France began to make sugar from sugar beets, sugar prices plunged heavily. The debt ridden sugar factories could not survive solely on sugar production. The French islands found that fresh cane juice was available for fermenting and distilling into rum.[1]
Much cane juice rum comes from Haiti (Barbancourt) and the island of Martinique, though other islands in the Caribbean, including Trinidad, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and St. Barths also produce it. Reunion Island and Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, also produce cane juice rum (aka rhum agricole).
Cane juice rums from Martinique are labeled "AOC Rhum Agricole Martinique" because French and European law allowed a designation called "Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée" (protected designation of origin) of "rhum agricole AOC Martinique" for rums produced on the island of Martinique that meet certain local standards.[2] This designation is local peculiar to Martinique, and does not define the category of cane juice rum or rhum agricole. It is the main ingredient in Ti'Punch.
In Martinique, AOC labeled cane juice rums are usually distilled to 70% alcohol (140 proof in the U.S.) and then watered down to 40–55% (80–110 proof) when bottled. It may be aged as little as a few months (3 months at least for AOC rhum agricole) or for a few years. After three years of aging in oak barrels, it may be called "rhum vieux," or "old rhum".[3]
Fourteen distilleries in Martinique produce rhum agricole. The most renowned include Clément Estate in Le Francois, DePaz Distillery in Saint-Pierre, and Saint James Distillery and Museum in Sainte-Marie.[1]
The rest of the Caribbean produces cane juice rums of varying ages. Most notable are the Barbancourt rums of Haiti which are aged to four, eight and fifteen years. A form of cane juice rum first appeared in Brazil where it is called cachaca, see below.


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A front office source for the Red Sox has told Sean McAdam of CSNNE that it's likely Daniel Bard will be shifted back to the bullpen, rather than allowed to continue his transition into that of a starting pitcher. In place of Bard, the reliever many have thought would end up back in the bullpen, Alfredo Aceves, is expected to start.
Bobby Valentine did not seem thrilled with Bard after last night's start, as he threw just the one change-up, a pitch Valentine feels the righty will need. That seems somewhat reactionary, given it's a spring training start, and Bard experimented with the two-seam fastball he's also been asked to work with. (Valentine's claim that 83 pitches over five innings was problematic is also a bit tenuous -- a stretched-out Bard would likely have another two frames in him at that rate.) But these criticisms do give you an opportunity to read between the lines; is Valentine cushioning the eventual blow of Bard's being taken out of the running, by feeding reasoning out there in advance, or is he just being vocal about what needs to improve before Bard is committed to starting?
Bard has not had a great spring thus far, with a 7.11 ERA and 10 walks against six strikeouts in his official innings, but he's also thrown just 12-2/3 frames, and is in the process of being both stretched out and converted. It was never going to be a completed transition by the time April came around, so it's hard to read too much into what we've seen. The Red Sox have to make a decision soon, though, so if they aren't seeing anything they like right now, then they aren't going to force the issue, even if Bard feels he's making progress.
This story has not been confirmed elsewhere, nor has there been an official announcement from the Red Sox on the matter. But if McAdam's source is on target, this means the Red Sox would have Andrew Bailey, Mark Melancon, and Daniel Bard for the seventh, eight, and ninth innings, or some combination of the three on a nightly basis. That would certainly stabilize the bullpen, but if Aceves doesn't cut it as a starter, or Doubront fails to develop as the Sox hope, it could leave a lot of pressure on Aaron Cook to return healthy and productive in the rotation.
We'll update with any additional info, but for now, sans confirmation, this is a rumor. Albeit one from someone with a quality track record.


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Private Paramilitary 'American Police Force' Corporation Takes Over Small Town Police Force and Prisoner-Less Jail
Flashback: Guantanamo January closing deadline may slip | Tory plans for U.S.-style prisons slammed in report | Pentagon-handpicked 9/11 families want Gitmo kept open | Guantanamo's closure window dressing – overseas CIA 'black sites' to stay | CIA waterboarded 2 al-Qaida suspects 266 times | Document lays bare CIA torture techniques | Obama administration: Guantanamo detainees have 'no constitutional rights' | Obama backs Bush: No rights for Bagram prisoners | After Obama praises torture ruling, civil liberties group appalled | Obama shuts network of CIA 'ghost prisons' | Obama requests Guantánamo Bay tribunals suspension | Sept. 11 suspects want to "confess" | 9/11 widows call for new investigation after revelations of White House, commission ties
Neil Katz, CBS News/AP
September 29, 2009
|Screen capture of the website for American Police Force (which, to judge by its Serbian crest is neither American nor a Police Force), which has since been pulled from the Net
HARDIN, Mont. – This is the strange story of how American Police Force, a little known company which claims to specialize in training military and security forces overseas, has seemingly taken control of a $27 million, never-used jail, and a rural Montana town's nonexistent police force.
After arriving in this tiny city with three Mercedes SUVs marked with the logo of a police department that has never existed, representatives of the obscure California security company said preparations were under way to take over Hardin's jail, which has no prisoners.
Significant obstacles remain – including a lack of any contracts to acquire prisoners from other jails or other states.
And on Friday came the revelation the company's operating agreement for the facility has yet to be validated – two weeks after city leaders first unveiled what they said was a signed agreement.
Still, some Hardin leaders said the deal to turn over the 464-bed jail remained on track.
The agreement with American Police Force has been heavily promoted by members of the city's economic development branch, the Two Rivers Authority. Authority Vice President Albert Peterson on Friday repeated his claim to be "100 percent" confident in the company.
The lead public figure for American Police Force, Michael Hilton, said more than 200 employees would be sought for the jail and a proposed military and law enforcement training center.
That would be a significant boost to Hardin, a struggling town of 3,500 located about 45 miles east of Billings. An earlier announcement that a job fair would be held during the last week never came to fruition.
The bonds used to pay for the jail have been in default since May, 2008.
Hilton also said he planned a helicopter tour of the region in coming days to look at real estate for a planned tactical military training ground. He said 5,000 to 10,000 acres were needed to complement the training center, a $17 million project.
But the company's flashy arrival this week stirred new questions. The logo on the black Mercedes SUVs said "City of Hardin Police Department."
Yet the city has not had a police force of its own for 30 years.
"Pretty looking police car, ain't it?" Hardin resident Leroy Frickle, 67, said as he eyed one of the vehicles parked in front of a bed and breakfast where Hilton and other company representatives were staying. "The things you hear about this American Police, I don't know what to think."
Hilton said the vehicles would be handed over to the city if it forms a police force of its own. The city is now under the jurisdiction of the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office.
After meeting briefly with Hilton on Friday, Mayor Ron Adams said he wanted the police logos removed.
"This helps, but it doesn't answer everything until the contract is signed," Adams said. "Talk is cheap."
Hilton said the company's arrival in Hardin would help allay such concerns. And he promised that on Feb. 1, 2010, Hardin would receive its first check under a deal said to be worth more than $2.6 million annually.
Little has been revealed to date about American Police Force. The company was incorporated in California in March, soon after Hardin's empty jail gained notoriety after city leaders suggested it could be used for the Guantanamo Bay terrorism detainees.
Members of Montana's congressional delegation say they have been closely monitoring the events in Hardin, but the city has largely been going it alone.
In the two years since the jail was built, city leaders have clashed repeatedly with the administration of Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who opposed efforts to bring in out-of-state prisoners.
After then-Attorney General Mike McGrath issued a 2007 opinion saying prisoners from other states were prohibited, Hardin successfully sued the state.
Despite the city's contention that the state has continued to foil its efforts to find prisoners, Montana Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Anez said his agency is no longer involved. "That's water under the bridge," Anez said.
On Friday, American Police Force announced its first local hire: a reporter for the Billings Gazette, Becky Shay, who has covered events surrounding the jail since its construction. She will be the company's spokeswoman for $60,000 a year.
Shay said she intended to bring new transparency to the process, but declined to directly answer the first question posed to her: Where is American Police Force getting the money to operate the jail and build the training center?
"I know enough about where the money is coming from to be confident signing on with them," she said.
Gazette Editor Steve Prosinski said he was first informed about Shay's decision to leave the paper on Friday. "We weren't aware that she was talking with them about employment," he said.
Hilton said he also had a job discussion with Kerri Smith, wife of Two Rivers Authority Executive Director Greg Smith, who helped craft the deal to bring American Police Force to Hardin. Greg Smith was placed on unpaid leave two weeks ago for reasons that have not been explained.
Kerri Smith is one of two finalists in the city's mayoral race. Hilton said he asked her to call him about possible employment if she did not win the race.
Kerri Smith could not be reached immediately for comment. A message was left by The Associated Press at a theater owned by the Smith family. Her home number is unlisted.
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Roanoke, VA - Roanoke police arrested a woman they say stabbed a man early Sunday morning.
They say 40-year-old Teresa Seagraves of Roanoke is charged with malicious wounding.
Police say they got to Melrose Avenue just after midnight and found 45-year-old Terry Gray stabbed.
They say Gray and Seagraves do know each other.
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August 13, 2012, 6:32 AM —
I read your column saying that a techie's technology skill set has a two year marketability half-life and cried. I left the workforce three years ago, can't find a job, and your column told me why. You're right, at least for me. How do I retool my IT skills to improve my marketability and find a job?
Thanks for your email, thanks for your question, glad I was able to provide you some insight into your predicament, and sorry I made you cry.
There are a number of things that you can do to update your skill set and reestablish your professional marketability. I don't know your specific technical specialty, so I'll try to make my suggestions applicable to technical jobs in general.
1. Do your research: Your first step is to gain an understanding of what exactly has changed in your technical area. If your specialty is related to using a software package, then find out what has changed architecturally and functionally within the software package. Alternatively, if you are in the datacom side of the house, identify what new hardware devices have entered the market and what enhancements have been made to existing hardware and its related software.
2. Pick your battles: With your research complete, divide the technology changes you found into two primary categories; first, technologies you really want to dig into and learn, and second, technologies you just want to be cognizant of so you can speak intelligently about them during an interview. After all, you can't become an expert in everything. Note that when choosing which technologies you truly want to learn, consider the accessibility you will have when trying to learn the technology.
3. Find access to selected technology: In many cases, the hardest part of studying a technology is gaining access to it in a way that it can be studied. That said, if your selected technology is free to attain or inexpensive to purchase you're all set and off to the races. If, however, this is not the case, here are few tips on how to gain this access:
a. If your technology is software based, call the vendor, explain your situation, and ask if you can have access to a cloud-based test region of their software.
b. Call your old employer, explain that you are trying to update your skills and ask to work on the technology free for a month or two. The company will get free labor. You will get professional-level experience with the technology and recent work experience, thus illustrating your reentrance to the work force. Also, who knows, after some volunteer work your old employer may offer you a job.


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Not quite the perfect game we were looking for, but a pretty good game. Would have been nice to put the Panthers to bed before halftime, but alas we let them hang around. Bu this is the NFL and a win is a win is a win. Does Pittsburgh get anything extra for throttling the Raiders? Nope. Counts the same as the Patsie's squeaker against the dolts which of course counts the same as our victory.
The Good
Flacco. Made good decisions, didn't put the ball at risk. But most importantly, I saw Flacco extend plays with his size, strength and legs. Saw a little bit o' Elway/Young/Roethlisberger in Joe Cool yesterday. Cundiff. His touchbacks are really starting to turn into a weapon as if the defense can get a three and out or only give up one first down and then get off the field we have a decent chance at good field position for our offense. The 49-yarder was nice. Unless something extraordinary happens, I think the Ravens have found their long term solution at kicker. Special teams overall- nice return by the rookie Reed but he also had most excellent blocking on that return. It is nice to see all factions of a return firing on all cylinders for once. Suggs and Ngata. Both had good pressure, they supported the run at the point of attack and I believe covered all their defensive responsibilities pretty darn well. Reed. Nice cutback on the interception return which allowed for the easy pitch to Laundry for the TD. Balance, on offense. Nice balance between McGahee and Rice –I believe roughly 20 carries for Rice and 10 for McGahee; plus a roughly equal amount of passing plays (~30) for Flacco. Good gameplan from Cam, although even though they have a decent defense, how hard can it be to gameplan against the Panthers? A Jarret Johnson sighting! I saw at least one slant thrown Mason's way –incomplete, but it is a start-!
The Bad
Offensive line. Although it looked like they had issues early because Moll was in(?) (please correct if wrong) at RG for Chester -so maybe some inconsistency and working bugs out at first. And then it appeared the line tightened up as the game wore on. But still, way too much pressure on Flacco, and Rice and McGahee really did not have much room to run. Obviously still a work in progress. And it is going to have to improve quickly because Tampa, even at home, is not an easy out this year. And let us face it- I do not believe Birk is physical enough at the point of attack. I think teams believe they can get good push against Birk now. Birk ain't getting any younger. He may make all the correct protection calls with his Harvard trained and someday to be donated to science brain, but I do not think his body has the physical tools it once had.
The Ugly
Ball security. Yes we were even in the TO category, but that is not acceptable. A testament to how bad the Panthers are: we were minus two and still up by at least a touchdown throughout the whole game. The ball was on the ground way too much. Lapses on defense. Still, way too many lapses on defense. Yes, the Panthers are paid professionals also, but we should have never given up the bomb and Goodson had too many holes for too many decent runs. Let us face it, other teams have figured out that they can run on us –they are not scared to try. Heck, there was a time not too long ago when teams wouldn't even open up the run portion of their playbook against us; now it is not uncommon to see 22 for 110 against us on a recurring basis… sad state of affairs really…
Overall, hard to tell if the pressure the Ravens put on the QB was because of the Ravens play or the Panthers, especially given two of their starting offensive linemen were out. The time for Mattison's experimenting and tinkering is over. They need to, as a unit, get good now. With Tampa and P-burgh coming to town, there will be no margin for error, especially with the way the squeelers are playing, despite all the injuries they have.
If we have "Joe Cool", is Ben now "Glass Joe"?