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All residence halls and the majority of public spaces have free high-speed wireless service available, and each residence hall room is equipped with two high-speed wired network connections. We can supply a free 25 foot network cable if needed
Wilson College uses the Antigen virus scanner with Spam protection on our Email server to protect all Wilson email accounts.
have also purchased a site license for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise from
Network Associates as our desktop virus protection solution.
We will be offering a free copy of the Virus Scan Software to each student connecting to our Campus network.
This software will help protect both your computer AND the Campus Network against computer viruses.
NOTE - No virus scanner can guarantee absolute protection against all
threats. It is very much like a seat belt in a car. It will not fully
guarantee your absolute safety in the event of an accident. It is only
an additional level of safety.
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The purpose of this bulletin is to give a brief overview of the
problem of "spam". Spam is email that you may receive from a completely
unknown source, almost always unwanted, and very often potentially
dangerous. It is important to be aware of the dangers of spam, because
it is often used by individuals with criminal intent to perpetrate
identity fraud.
Spammers' Objectives
Most spammers are legitimate, albeit obnoxious, business people who
are merely trying to make a profit selling goods and services. However,
there is also a significant sector of the spammer world that is composed
of criminal elements. Organized criminal elements from various parts of
the world are often involved in the spam business. For this reason, it
is important to understand that spam can be very dangerous.
Spammers' Methods – Mailing List Builders and Sellers
Legitimate businesses exist worldwide which compile and sell mailing
lists of email addresses. Email mailing lists are very valuable because
for the cost of a few pennies, it is possible to email potential
customers or victims numbering in the millions located in all 200+
countries worldwide—something which would cost millions of dollars to
implement using conventional "snail" mail.
Emailing list companies harvest email addresses legitimately,
illegitimately, and also "methodically". For example, emailing list
companies will take a known email address and run a computer program to
generate "educated guesses" about email addresses within the home
institution from which the email address originated.
The method works like this:
If the email address for John Smith at Wilson College or the SuperBizzie.com company is known to be:
firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com
The email list company will send out a blastogram that would span a range of addresses such as:
firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
email@example.com email@example.com
email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
….. etc …. ….. etc ….
firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com
Addresses that generate "unknown address" messages are simply crossed off their list. Those that don't are addedautomatically to their list.
PLEASE NOTE - For safety and security reasons, the Wilson
College email server DOES NOT respond AT ALL to messages sent to invalid
addresses. These messages are just deleted. More and more
administrators are adopting this policy to block these types of attacks.
As you can imagine, if it is your business to generate emails, and
you have the technical means, it is not hard to generate emailing lists
with literally millions of email addresses.
Email mailing list vendors also routinely troll websites to harvest email addresses. So, for example, we
must take for granted that any email address posted on the Wilson
College website will inevitably end up on emailing vendors' lists. Then,
those vendors will generate "educated guesses", as described above, to
add names to their lists.
Legitimate vendors are genuinely respectful of those wishing to be
crossed off of their lists. However, the illegitimate vendors merely use
"unsubscribe" messages to confirm vulnerable victims! Therefore, if you
receive spam from an unknown source, it is best NOT to follow the
"unsubscribe" process offered by the spammer. More about this later.
Such spammer emailing lists can be bought on the open market. Their price will depend on their size, quality, and reputability.
Spam Filters – How They Work, How They Fail
In a good year, the problem of spam can cost US businesses millions
of dollars per year. Spam clogs up circuits and storage space, both of
which cost money to make available for legitimate usage. Furthermore,
spam is often also the "infectious pathogen" for criminal schemes, and
computer viruses. Businesses keep their cases of victimization
confidential, because it does not make them look good. However, it
should be noted that some spam-propagated viruses in the past few years
have brought the Fortune 500's email systems to their knees for periods
of up to 48 hours.
Spam filtering companies work on principles similar to those used by
email address list builders. Filtering companies harvest spam and build
databases that identify: (1) senders (originating email addresses) (2)
subject lines, and (3) message content. This database data is then
constantly fed to the customers of the spam filtering companies. Spam
filtering software scans incoming email messages for patterns matching
the spam filtering database records, and eliminates those that match the
identified patterns.
Spammers try to get around filtering software by varying the
"patterns" of their spam. Spammers will constantly change their "sender"
email address, using legitimate and illegitimate methods. Then, they
will inject characters, digits, and text randomly into the subject lines
and message text fields to degrade the identifiable patterns used by
spam filtering software. This explains why much spam today contains
seemingly bizarre or nonsensical characters or strings of text (often
classical poetry) that seems completely unrelated to the purpose of the
Worldwide Spam Problem
A December 6, 2006 article in the New York Times noted that in 2003,
Bill Gates had predicted that the spam problem would be solved by 2006.
Spam received by businesses was significantly reduced in early 2006.
However, in the second half of 2006 there was a resurgence of spam
received by businesses even greater than before. Currently, the problem
of spam is seen in terms of crisis proportions, because spammers'
techniques for evading spam filtering technologies are in ascendancy.
The most successful current technique that spammers are using is to
transfer their messages to picture formats (jpg or gif files) and embed
them in emails containing random and meaningless text. This type of spam
is known as image spam. Spam filtering companies are working on
new ways to filter this type of spam, but have not yet developed a way
to filter out image spam.
Spam-filterers (the Good Guys) are constantly chasing a moving
target. Right now, the bad guys are winning. We'll keep you posted.
You can view a recent chart of the global spam epidemic published by Commtouch Software by clicking
Bulletin Date: 10 April 2007
1. If the volume of your spam is not too excessive, it is helpful if you forward spam you receive to email@example.com. This is the address that Wilson College uses to register spam so that it can be added to our filtering software.
2. There is not much more you or Wilson College's IT Team can do
about spam. There is currently a worldwide epidemic of spam which is
affecting every business and institution as badly as Wilson
College. According to one spam filtering company, nine out of ten
messages currently sent across the internet are spam. This is confirmed
by the our experience at Wilson College.
Real Life Wilson Example:
a. Between 8:30AM on 08 Jan 2007 and 8:45AM on 9 Jan 2007 (Just over 24 hours), Wilson College received 49,592 emails.
b. Of those, 39,666 (79%) were immediately deleted by our SPAM and anti-virus filters.
c. Of the 39,666 that were deleted, 57 contained viruses and 39,609 were detected as SPAM.
d. Since we know that a lot of SPAM still got through, we can assume
that the actual volume of SPAM received was very possibly close to 90%
of total email received.
3. Veteran users will receive more spam than new users. It is just a matter of time before spammers acquire your email address.
There is currently a worldwide epidemic of spam which is affecting
every business and institution as badly as Wilson College. It is very
possible that the spam epidemic will get worse before it gets better.
The IT Team is monitoring industry reports so that we can react
optimally to changing conditions.
Revised: 10 April 2007
Virus and SPAM scanning is handled at Wilson College by a product
known as Sybari. The company has recently been purchased by Microsoft so
this should increase it's effectiveness.
Unlike some solutions that deliver all messages to your mailboxes and
THEN try to filter viruses and SPAM, Sybari filters them BEFORE they
get to you. Messages detected by our system are just deleted instead of
just tagged as SPAM or delivered to a SPAM folder which you would need
to empty.
We went with this particular company due to their extremely high
Virus (Zero since installation in 2000 following an outbreak of the
Melissa virus) and SPAM (>95%) detection rates as well as their low
"false positive" rates (<1 in 10,000). The SPAM detection rate has
dropped recently due to the worldwide proliferation of "Image SPAM".
The Virus scanner scans each message with scanners from multiple
vendors for greater security (If one vendor misses it, another will
catch it)
(Vendors: AhnLabs, CA InoculateIT, CA Vet, Network Associates (McAfee), Norman Data Defense and Sophos).
The Wilson College virus scanners update themselves every 24 hours and the SPAM scanner updates itself every 15 minutes.
Wilson College receives between 35,000 and 50,000 emails daily. Of that, between 70% to 85% of them are SPAM (35,000 to 42,500).
We have also started using "RBLs" (Realtime Block Lists) to assist in the SPAM filtering battle. They catch an additional 5-7%.
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Since the decline (or lack) of JRPG's in the current generation (compared to say Playstation 2 era...) despite building up large Xbox360 and PS3 libraries... I've lost a lot of interest in console games. The prospect of no backwards compatibility on future Sony/Microsoft hasn't helped.
I've been passively playing around with the WiiU, 360 collects dust, and PS3 is my dvd/blu-ray/netflix/crunchyroll player.
That being said, WiiI U has rekindled interested me in console games I've not felt in a while.
(Links to youtube trailers)
Wii U titles
- Monolith Soft Trailer - Looks like a Xenogears / Xenoblade Chronicles game (by same creators) with HD graphics
- Bayonetta 2 - Loved the first one (also like Bullet Witch on 360 but wish there was a sequel)
- Shin-Megami Tensi X Fire Emblem - unless this turns in to a strategic turned based game
- Ni no Kuni - When Level 5 game developer and Studio Gibil animation studio join forces
- Atelier Ayesha - Still wish the go back to older sytle PS2 Atelier series... but will take what I can get.
- Pandor's Tower - I still value game play / story over graphics but so wish this was in HD
Sorry about no xbox360 titles catching my eye, I don't dislike the system, loved Halo Reach especially.
I'm a bit irked about having to re-buy Nintendo Virtual Game "WiiU" versions again (even at significant discount).
But re-releasing Zelda Windwalker in HD and adding Virtual Game Boy Advanced games soften's the blow a bit.


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Andrew Bacevich, retired professor of international affairs and history at Boston University, talks about ISIS, the Middle East and the United States military. He is the author of several books, including, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (2013).
Roy Peterson, the president of the American Bible Society, talks about "The Living Word" project and the group's move to Philadelphia.
Mitzi Schroeder, the director for policy for Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, talks about the refugee crisis in honor of World Refugee Day on June 20.
Elizabeth Drescher, author of a forthcoming book on the "nones," explains her research and why some "nones" still find Scripture meaningful.
David Stewart, S.J., America's London correspondent, talks about the growing scandal surrounding FIFA and whether it will affect the popularity of soccer worldwide.
Bill McGarvey, author of The Freshman Survival Guide, offers some advice for high school graduates and their parents as families transition to college.
Msgr. John P. Meier, author of A Marginal Jew, a multivolume study of the historical Jesus, and a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, offered his analysis of Jesus' parables in this May 20, 2015 lecture at the American Bible Society in New York City. James Martin, S.J. offered the introduction.
Robert Ellsberg, an editor at Orbis Books, author of All Saints and the recent article in America, "Called to Be Saints," talks about two candidates for sainthood, Blessed Oscar Romero and Servant of God Dorothy Day, and why they are important for today's church.
Kerry Alys Robinson of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Managment talks about her book Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and a Spiritual Call to Service.
James Martin, S.J., talks to Tim Reidy about the final episode of "Mad Men" and why it may be the greatest television show ever. You can also listen to Father Jim and Tim talk about the first few seasons, season 5, season 6 and season 7 (part 1).
Mark Gray of the Center for Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University talks about the profile of the average American Catholic.
Nathan Schneider, a columnist for America and a contributor to the Nation, The New Republic and Vice Magazine, talks about the Catholic cooperative tradition and why it remains relevant today.
Poetry editor Brother Joe Hoover, S.J., talks about what he looks for in a good poem on "America This Week."
Holly Taylor Coolman talks about her article in America, "Tied Together By Love: Adoption and the Christian Life."
Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., art critic and theologian, talks about the traditions of Holy Week and Easter on "America This Week."
Jeanne Bishop talks about her book Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy and Making Peace with my Sister's Killer.
Stephen Bullivant talks about his book The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic in this week's excerpt from "America This Week" on The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM.
The full audio of Amy Jill Levine's lecture at the American Bible Society on March 11, 2015, featuring an introduction by Rabbi Daniel Polish. Dr. Levine's remarks begin at 9:48.
Rudy Lopez of Interfaith Worker Justice talks about the "fast from fast food" campaign for Lent.
Maureen Tilley, professor of theology and medieval studies at Fordham University, discusses Ash Wednesday, public penance and secret sins.
Bill McGarvey talks with Tim Reidy about this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture, and a few favorite films that did not make the list, including "Calvary and "A Most Violent Year."
Christiana Peppard of Fordham University talks about her book Just Water and the ethics of water consumption. Hear her analysis of the water bottle industry at 9:35.
James Martin, S.J., delves into his book Jesus: A Pilgrimage with Kevin Spinale, S.J., as part of the Catholic Book Club discussion for this month. The CBC will be leading conversations on books about Jesus throughout the spring. February 6, 2015
John Carr, America's Washington Front columnist and director of The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, examines partisan gridlock in Washington, the State of the Union address and the annual March for Life.
Msgr. Paul Garrity answers questions on the annulment process from listeners and speaks about ways to strengthen marriages.
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The Roanoke College Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Blaha, will present its fall concert Thursday, December 9 in the Olin Hall Theater at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend at no charge and tickets are not required.
Along with other works, two major compositions for band, Second Suite for Military Band in F Major by Gustav Holst and the Incidental Suite by Claude Smith, will be featured. The rousing overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein and the majestic March and Processional of Bacchus by Leo Delibes also will be performed.
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Competition: 1995 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 1999 - 2001
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Project director/Project manager: Georg Kolendowicz, Anke Koch
Project team: Thomas Helms, Christine Wolf (LA) et al.
Client: Land Nordrhein Westfalen vertr. durch das Staatliche Bauamt Recklinghausen
Gross area: 19.480 m²
Volume: 83.853 m³
The three cubic buildings of the university of applied sciences, plastered in white, form a group along an ascending, narrow forum at the transition point between the city and the open countryside. The central forum is characterised by the stairs, which follow the topography and can be used as seats, and by the timber-clad lecture halls, which protrude out from the row of buildings.The cubic central building housing the library and the cafeteria gives way to an elongated ascending forum. The library comprises the ground floor and the gallery level and is con-nected to the main building of the campus by a glazed steel footbridge. Window panes over two floors and a skylight ensure adequate daylight.Back


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"Gerrymandering for the public good" is how
The problem: Some areas have fewer donated organs, and higher demand for them, than others. The sickest patients go to the top of the waiting list. But the geographic variation means that someone in
"This should not be happening," Segev said.
Segev is advising the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the transplant network, as its liver specialists consider the novel idea of "redistricting" how livers are allocated — redrawing the nation's 11 transplant regions based on the distribution and demand for donated organs, much like lawmakers set political districts based on the party voting histories of different areas.
The ultimate goal: "That your chance of dying without a liver transplant doesn't depend on your ZIP code," said Dr. John Roberts, transplant chief at the
The geographic disparity adds another hurdle to the already dire shortage of livers. Just 6,256 patients received a liver transplant last year, all but a few hundred from deceased donors. Nearly 16,000 people are awaiting a liver. About 1,500 people die waiting every year.
Desperate patients sometimes travel across the country to get on a shorter waiting list, if they can afford it or even know it's possible. The best-known example is the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who lived in
"I could have withered away here," said William Sherbert, 47, who temporarily moved from
When hepatitis B caused liver failure, Sherbert spent a year awaiting a transplant from a
Patients who have the highest MELD score — a ranking, based on laboratory tests, that predicts their risk of death — move up the waiting list. But it's not a single national list. The 11 transplant regions are subdivided into local areas that form individual waiting lists, and there are wide variations in organ availability within regions as well as between them. Generally livers first are offered to the sickest patients locally and then regionally. Changes that began this summer will allow some of the sickest patients access to livers from other parts of the country, an initial step to address disparities.
United Network for Organ Sharing figures show that in three regions stretching from
An Internet database, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, compares transplant center wait times and success rates so people can choose where to go. They can get on more than one waiting list if they meet each hospital's qualifications, and if they can get to that center within a few hours of being notified that an organ is available. Often, that means moving.
"It's really a shame" that people have to consider such a step, Sherbert said. But he's glad he switched to a
In a study published last month in the American Journal of Transplantation, Segev's team used computer modeling to redistrict the transplant regions, better balancing local areas' supply and demand. Segev said 28 percent of Americans live in an area where they'd have a high risk of death before getting a new liver, and redistricting could drop that proportion to as little as 6 percent.
The transplant network's liver committee is considering different map options as it debates how to improve fairness without having to fly organs too far around the country. One big challenge will be turf wars, as transplant centers with shorter waits understandably don't want them to lengthen, said committee chairman Dr. David Mulligan of the Mayo Clinic in
"Every doctor wants the best for their patients. The issue becomes stepping back and looking at the big picture and thinking about all the patients," said Mulligan, who hopes to have a proposal ready for public comment within two years. "Yes, your patient waits a little longer, but they can wait a little longer."
Smaller disparities exist for some other transplants, including kidneys, but the transplant network is focusing first on livers. It wouldn't be a problem if there were more organ donors, Mulligan noted, encouraging people to register: "It's the last chance we have to be a hero in our lives."


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Jan Van Quirm wrote:Not necessarily - Ridcully's too insensitive/strong-minded to think much about music, because he's simply not interested in any of it at all, aside from it making the senior wizards even more difficult to handle than they are already
Ponders into the mechanics of anything not the creative/emotional involvement so he's like Spock - he's fascinated by how it's happening not why so he's immune to the aesthetics
Tonyblack wrote:Yes, Gaspode makes his first appearance in Moving Pictures.
I remember reading somewhere that Terry had actually killed Gaspode off at the end of the book and it was an editor who insisted that doing so was a BAD thing to do.
Tonyblack wrote:The simple answer to why Ridcully isn't influenced by the music is that in this book he plays the role of 'dad' - who can't and won't try and understand what the younger generation see in this 'noise'.
He's probably got a tin ear too! :lol:
Ponder is the nerd who just doesn't 'get' it. We are talking stereotypes here. I can still remember my dad yelling up the stairs to me: "Turn that bloody racket down or off!!!" :roll:
I got him back one day when I played Dark Side of the Moon really quietly in the same room as him. He nodded off and I turned the volume up at the bit where all the alarm clocks go off. :P
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And Pratchett's biggest joke is that (foreshadowing Thief of Time) at the end of the book, nothing which has taken place during the reign of Music in Discworld has ever happened. But the beat goes on elsewhere.
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Nov 14, 2006
Introducing the Minblocks
To put that another way, the miniblocks result in smaller programs on the NXT, as well as in some cases faster execution. For instance, 16 consecutive Display blocks generates a program on the NXT that is about 4k in size; but making the same program using 16 of the new miniDisplay blocks results in a program just 2.2 to 2.5 k in size, close to a 40% savings in memory. The miniMotor blocks are even more impressive, resulting in a savings of almost 70% over the "stock" Motor blocks! The miniblocks are also slightly faster in execution: Display a point, for instance, is about 30% faster than with the original Display block, as well as being smaller.
This doesn't answer all the issues folks have brought up with NXT-G and the memory on the NXT brick, but it shows two important things to me: first, LEGO & NI have been listening, and responding to things filtering out of the community (I strongly doubt this is the last time that occurs). Second, there are multiple solutions to any problem. Nope, they haven't added more memory to the NXT, they just reduced the amount of memory that programs need to run in... and done it less than a year after the product release. Well done!
For those who like numbers, here's the figures I got:
16 Move blocks: 11.8 kb
16 miniMove blocks: 7.7 kb
16 Motor blocks: 12.5 kb
16 miniMotor blocks: 3.9 k (!!)
16 Display blocks: 4 kb (with one Display block of a point taking 1.3 ms)
16 miniDisplay a RIC: 2.5 kb
16 miniDisplay a string: 2.4 kb
16 miniDisplay a point: 2.2 kb (with this miniDisplay block taking 0.93 ms)
Footnote: quite apart from these savings, I've also noticed that some FLL teams have gotten around any memory problems by using MyBlocks to save lots of memory, and even condensing down everything to one program where the kids select which mission to run on-screen (that way, any MyBlock used gets stored just once, instead of once per mission). Kudos to a number of FLL teams for working within the limits, and learning (& teaching!) something new.
The patch to NXT-G itself is rather nice: it adds another option under the "tools" menu, allowing you to import and export custom blocks into any of the subpallets within the Common pallets. I put the miniMove block in the subpallet with its big brother, and the miniDisplay blocks in with the original Display block... but you could put them anywhere you like. Keeping the the import tool in the menu keeps the interface from becoming cluttered as well, and it's fairly easy to use.
Brian Davis
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Thanks for info.
I'm supposed to be a NXT expert and had been waiting and waiting for these Mini Blocks. Our state starts the FLL competitions tomorrow. Too late for those teams, but the events after Thanksgiving will give teams the time they need.
Here are the details of the install and a bit of commentary.
Thanks again for a great site.
- Nov 18, 2006, 2:39:00 PM
Before everyone rushes out and changes their "big" blocks to mini blocks, it might be useful to do a bit of testing.
One big thing that appears to be missing from the mini Move block is the ability to control only one motor. So lets say you have a typical FLL robot with two motors controlling wheels and one motor controlling an arm. You can control the wheels with a mini Move block, but you need either a mini Motor block or a "big" Move block to control the arm.
As I understand it, every time you add a new type of block, it eats up a lot of memory compared to reusing an existing type of block. Therefore, while the mini blocks may be smaller, if you use the mini blocks, you now need two types of blocks instead of one.
I think people need to do some testing to make sure this is not going to end up using MORE memory than the "big" blocks.
- Nov 19, 2006, 2:12:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
>missing from the mini Move block is the
> ability to control only one motor.
True; in fat, simplifications like that are some of the main resonse the miniBlocks are more streamlined. That ability is uncovered, however, in the miniMotor block. So to move the two wheels synchronized, and a third motor moving an arm, you would need either at least two cases of the full Move block, or one miniMove and one miniMotor. Testing...
Move BC + Motor A --> 8.0 kb
Move BC + Move A --> 5.7 kb
miniMove + miniMotor --> 4.5 kb
So it would appear even here, the miniblocks offer a smaller solution, memory-wise (although your point about using a minimum number of different types of blocks as also good, as is shown by the first example in theat list of three).
Your point about "more testing" is a good one (my "testing", above, took about 10 minutes), but it's going to depend on the individual program - in other words, it's *always* something to keep in mind, but rules of thumb (like "miniblocks save memory") can be very useful as well. Conservative, tight coding under NXT-G is something we're all still learning... but I'm really glad there are more options now availible.
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The Achaemenid rulers of Persia (modern Iran) established an empire that lasted from 559 b.c. until it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 b.c. By that time, the Persian Empire controlled an area extending from Egypt through present-day Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey into India. The Achaemenid kings built huge palace complexes at Persepolis and Pasargadae in southern Iran and hired craftsmen from throughout the world to decorate them with sculpture and reliefs.
This fragmentary lion's head—representing an eye and part of the muzzle—was part of the decoration of a palace. The modeling of its facial folds is highly stylized and, as on all Achaemenid representations of lions, its mouth is open to snarl or roar.
- Medium: Bituminous Limestone
- Place Made: Iran
- Dates: 5th-4th century B.C.E.
- Period: Persian Period
- Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (22.6 x 25 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Middle Eastern Art, The Hagop Kevorkian Gallery, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: L54.3
- Credit Line: Collection of Robin B. Martin
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Fragment of a Head of a Colossal Lion, 5th-4th century B.C.E. Bituminous Limestone, 8 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (22.6 x 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Collection of Robin B. Martin, L54.3. Creative Commons-BY
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Like so many auto enthusiasts, chasing horsepower and overall performance is a constant. Take Erik Cederberg, a Swedish transplant now living in Miami, Florida, for instance. His former list of "toys" include a few Mustangs and Corvettes, even a 500hp Viper-powered truck, but he was in the market for something new. "The movie Transformers piqued my interest in the Camaro concept, but I wasn't 100 percent sold on it until I saw it in person," remembers Erik. "I looked at the new Mustang 5.0, Challenger SRT-8, and others, but they were either too slow, too heavy, or just plain boring to me."
In late 2009, while on the way home from catching a movie, he and his wife happened to drive by a Chevrolet dealership and couldn't help but notice a couple of new Camaros on the showroom floor. "My wife took particular interest in a black one with the GFX body kit. It had the manual transmission and no sunroof—exactly what I was looking for," remembers Eirk. "We ended up buying it right then and there."
A little background on Erik: he's an avid road racer and autocross fanatic, so having a car that's fast and handles well is of utmost importance; especially the handling part. Erik is also the owner of Torq, a shop specializing in dyno tuning and installing high-performance parts for late-model cars and trucks, in Miramar, Florida.
Since the new Camaro would be Torq's latest calling card, it had to do everything great. Actually, this thing would have to be better than great. It would have to be outstanding while being able to handle the long-term effects of hard miles related to road racing, autocross, and hundreds of quarter-mile blasts.
With all that in mind, Erik was anxious to get cracking on the upgrades. But before getting started, some dyno testing was in order. He also wanted to hang the car out at Homestead Miami Speedway for some track time so he could obtain a bit of feedback on the car's handling ability in stock form. "I was actually surprised with how well the car did, but there were definitely some areas that needed addressing in order to prove itself as a true handling machine."
With baseline testing done, the first task at hand was to beef up the stock LS3. Erik started by installing a set of Torq Stage 1 aluminum heads. For a bit more "salsa" in the higher rpm range, a Torq "Roadrace" custom grind replaced the stock cam, but for now Erik is keeping specs on the "down low."
A FAST 102mm LSXR intake gobbles up atmosphere fed by an LSR Performance air filter. Customized Katech cast-aluminum valve covers adorned with the Torq logo dress the otherwise blasé scene. The nifty coil relocation kit—that's also by Katech.
Kooks 17/8-inch headers exit into an MBRP stainless X-pipe exhaust and 3-inch mufflers. The sound is ruthless under hard acceleration, but docile enough for street cruising; a bonus as Erik passed on the extra girth of heavy sound equipment. For this ride, amps and subwoofers are an unnecessary weight gain to an already swollen hot rod.
Erik's not the first to initiate the LS3's ability to ignite with a head and cam swap, but with the addition of long-tubes, the Torq machine wakes up to the tune of 475 hp and 419 lb-ft to the tires. The added beef would easily melt the stock clutch so a Katech ZR1 twin-disc was called upon to handle the increased power affair.
With the horsepower perked up, the suspension was next on the "hit list." "I wanted a well-balanced, daily driven spec monster that could turn amazing times at the track and also be a reliable car I'd be able to drive across the country in comfort."
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UNDP Asia-Pacific chief congratulates Nepal on holding a successful rebuilding conferenceJun 26, 2015Kathmandu, Nepal – Haoliang Xu, a UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, congratulated the Government of Nepal on holding a successful rebuilding conference in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that struck the country on 25 April.
Precarious jobs incite vulnerability in Latin America and Caribbean, UNDP saysJun 26, 2015Half of the 220 million "vulnerable" men and women in the region—those who live slightly above the poverty line but were unable to rise to the middle-class—are working, but under precarious conditions, according to initial UN Development Programme for (UNDP) findings.
UNDP to boost expertise in post-disaster recoveryJun 25, 2015Panama – In collaboration with the World Bank and European Union, UNDP this week trained 40 disaster experts in how to conduct critical post-disaster needs assessments.
UN agencies and partners say funding shortage leaves Syrian refugees and host nations without vital support Jun 25, 2015A shortage of funds is hampering humanitarian and development assistance efforts to meet the needs of 3.9 million refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria, as well as more than 20 million people in affected local communities hosting them in neighbouring countries, according to a report released today.
UNDP's partner Project Everyone shines spotlight on the upcoming Global GoalsJun 24, 2015Project Everyone, in support of the United Nations, is in Cannes to call upon the media community to join leading brands, NGOs, tech, mobile and media companies, to shine a spotlight on the upcoming Global Goals "the most important to-do list in history, for people and planet".
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The Lehman College Child Care Center has relocated to its new home on Goulden Avenue between Davis Hall and Shuster Hall. Designed by Brooklyn-based Garrison Architects, the $6.3 million structure includes 12,000 sq. ft of space. It now accommodates up to 140 children in its various all-day and after-school programs, double the capacity of the previous center. The new center features six classrooms; a multipurpose room that can function as a playroom, after-school space or additional classroom; and a natural playground incorporating greenery, boulders and garden space, along with traditional playground equipment. A lobby atrium provides an open stairway to the second floor and skylights that offer a natural ventilation system, as air heated by incoming sunlight is exhausted through the atrium ceiling.
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Chair and Specialist Professor of Music and Theatre Arts Joe Rapolla was featured on NorthJersey.com on October 16.
October 13, 2014
Monmouth University's affiliation with the Grammy Museum was featured in the Star-Ledger/NJ.com on October 10.
October 10, 2014
Monmouth University's affiliation with the Grammy Museum was featured in the Asbury Park Press on October 9.
October 02, 2014
A launch event and celebration will be held on October 10 at 2:30 p.m. in Lauren K. Woods Theatre
September 29, 2014
The Center for the Arts Springsteen Symposium was featured in the New York Post on September 23.
September 12, 2014
Rare Springsteen Photo Up For Auction
Proceeds benefit Bruce Springsteen Special Collection at Monmouth University
September 10, 2014
Bruce Springsteen Events & Auction at Monmouth University


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Back in the '40s, the famous director David O. Selznick hoped to exceed his success of Gone With the Wind with a new movie, Duel in the Sun. Since the plot revolved around themes of prejudice and forbidden love, critics jokingly dubbed it "Lust in the Dust."
What does this brief filmography have to do with a twin-turbo Z06? Well, all of those titles could conceivably refer to Mark Rodriguez' project (allowing for slight change in spelling in reference to the dual turbos). After all, a Corvette smokin' the tires with 700 horses and pound-feet of torque-and the potential to break the 1,000 mark-would surely be an object of lust, as it disappears in a cloud of dust, and goes like the wind. (Sorry.)
OK, those movie clichs are really worn, but you get the point, right? And so did Rodriguez, since his object of desire was the mechanical kind, not the stuff of movie melodrama.
"It wasn't about beating anyone or outdoing someone," he admits. "It was about me and what I wanted."
Let's cut to the details. In December 2006, Rodriguez began researching in earnest, doing his homework on what would later become one of the first twin-turbo C6 Zs on the planet.
That meant evaluating everything from a set of $6,000 All Pro Heads to a $1,700 Corsa exhaust. He went through three different clutches before finding the perfect fit with a Textralia twin-disc setup. The one Rodriguez chose is called the Exo-Skel, and it uses a relatively small diameter for a low MOI (Moment of Inertia). When combined with multiple discs, it provides the maximum amount of surface area possible in a small-diameter clutch. Bolstering that drivetrain upgrade are RPM's Level 5 diff and transmission. (Typically, anything above 500 horses requires a stronger clutch and rear stub axle.)
After all, as Rodriguez points out, nothing could be left to chance when trying to achieve immense horsepower, since any miscalculation could carry with it dire consequences.
But Rodriguez wouldn't put up with any drama. "I wanted speed, but not at the cost of gutting the car and taking the essence away from what makes the Z06 stand out above the rest," he says. "The car still has many of the luxury features that it came with, like heated seats, the radio, and yes, even the A/C unit." So his ride still has broad entertainment value, rather than appealing to a narrow audience. Who were the cast of characters he chose?
"To help me achieve my dream, I enlisted the help of none other than Kurt Urban [formerly of Wheel to Wheel Powertrain, and now with J&K Racing] to construct my over-the-top, fully built LS7 engine," he reveals. And in a key supporting role was that scientific genius, "Dr." Phil Hoelfer, the engineer behind Turbo Technology Inc.'s twin-turbo kit and a custom fuel system.
The dual setup, mounted low down near the oil-pan rail, consists of a Turbonetics T3/T4 configuration. There isn't enough room for a T4 turbo shell without tearing apart the engine bay, so the T3 housing is bored out to accept the larger T4 innards. With this configuration, the turbos didn't have to be mounted on top, which would otherwise clutter up the engine bay, produce more underhood heat, and make it virtually impossible to change the spark plugs without dropping out the engine. As a result, the only visible giveaways are the intercooler and the custom, ceramic-coated exhaust manifold. Completing the exhaust system are Corsa's Z06 converter-back system and a 3-inch cross-pipe.


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I want to take this phone and reprogram it to use VOIP in a different way. However, I have no experience with these phones.
When I was looking on Google and I found Asterisk (which is an open source Software Development Kit) for VOIP, but I don't know how all of this works.
I can install the Asterisk on a Virtual Machine in Linux using VirtualBox, but I wanted to see if anyone here has played with anything like this.


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Christ Blessing
Previously known only through a nineteenth-century engraving, this panel was discovered at a country auction in Dorset, England, in March 2000. Thanks to the rapid accessibility of images on the Internet, within the course of one day scholars had identified the panel as the missing pinnacle of Nardo di Cione's altarpiece Madonna and Child with Saints Zenobius, John the Baptist, Reparata, and John the Evangelist. As the pinnacle to the larger panel, the Christ Blessing would have been located directly above the Madonna and Child with Saints, much like the arrangement of these subjects in the Museum's small traveling altarpiece by Maso di Banco. The altarpiece was cut into two pieces when transported from Italy to France in the early nineteenth century. The two panels, sold separately at auction in 1851, were reunited for the first time when Museum acquired the pinnacle in 2000.
Christ Blessing came to the Museum in the unusual hexagonal form in which it was reproduced in a nineteenth-century engraving, and with the accumulation of several centuries of dirt. However, the original trefoil (or cloverleaf) shape of this work can be gleaned from X-rays.
Once the pinnacle painting was removed from the altarpiece to be displayed as an object in its own right, the panel was slightly enlarged by nailing wood strips to the outside edge of the original shape, forming the present hexagon, as this X-ray demonstrates. The voids were then filled with gesso putty. Gilding and paint were added to extend the composition.
- Artist: Nardo di Cione, Italian, Florentine, active 1343-1356/1366
- Medium: Tempera and tooled gold on panel
- Place Made: Italy
- Dates: mid 14th century
- Dimensions: 8 x 9 in. (20.3 x 22.9 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:European Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
- Accession Number: 2000.27
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by The Dave H. and Reba W. Williams Foundation, Healy Purchase Fund B, and the Mary Smith Dorward Fund, gift of George S. Hellman, by exchange
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: Nardo di Cione (Italian, Florentine, active 1343-1356/1366). Christ Blessing, mid 14th century. Tempera and tooled gold on panel, 8 x 9 in. (20.3 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Dave H. and Reba W. Williams Foundation, Healy Purchase Fund B, and the Mary Smith Dorward Fund, gift of George S. Hellman, by exchange, 2000.27
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Friday, September 08, 2006
Nahreen mails out the concert tickets
times, aren't on the wall of shame. But those of us who have only
communicated to the outside world on one occasion have made it to the wall
of shame. That's right, I'm here to redeem myself!
It's been pretty crazy here in the office the last few weeks. We promised
FarmYard members we would have their tickets sent out 3-4 weeks before the
show. We decided to send tickets via FedEx Ground, that way we could track
tickets and verify delivery, while still being cost effective.
What we found out in the process of preparing over 800 ticket orders was
that most people don't use FedEx Ground if they're going to ship almost a
thousand envelopes. So when we spoke to FedEx, and explained what we planned
to do, they laughed. Then, told us we were crazy. And sure enough, we were
crazy. It took days. Once I had to stalk a FedEx worker. Twice I raided a
FedEx store for supplies (and got busted because they aren't a supply store,
as they pointed out). And for three days straight Katie sat in front of her
computer printing label, after label.
But, guess what? It was worth it. Because all the tickets went out, and the
happy emails from our members are coming in! We just got an email from a
delighted FarmYarder, he said, "You guys are doing something right! Keep up
the great work." Well, that's what we're here for... to do something right!
Thanks to all you who appreciate what we're doing and help us feel good
about doing it!
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Wow...just wanted to write to thank you so much for not only assigning my husband and I amazing fourth row tickets, but by also putting me next to my sister and her husband (as we requested when we ordered, but never dreamed it would happen!)ReplyDelete
I went to Farm Aid in Burgettstown, PA a few years ago to see some great music...and I came away with a life changing experience! My family now belongs to a CSA, we buy local whenever possible...and organic for everything else. We have a 2-year old son now. He LOVES coming with me to pick up our veggie share each week and eats all of the interesting and delicious fresh foods that we get from our local farm. Now that I have my sister coming with me...I am hoping she will leave the show as inspired to eat all good, organic, whole foods as well.
So, thank you for what you do for family farms, and I will continue to support the cause...and continue to enjoy the music too! :)
Received my tickets. Thanks! This is my first time attending a Farm Aid concert, and I can't tell you how excited I am. I'm not only looking forward to the great music, but also hopefully having a life-changing experience as the previous blogger did. I have a lot to learn...ReplyDelete


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A HAWKSHEAD Brewery beer was voted overall champion at the Brewers' Society Northern Beer Competition held in Manchester.
Hawkshead Brewery's Windermere Pale won the gold medal in the bitter pale ales category and a second gold for being judged overall champion of the competition.
Some 250 beers from 80 breweries were entered into the competition run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).
The North region is the largest of the seven SIBA regions of Britain.
The beers are judged in one of eight categories, the bitter category being the biggest.
Category winners then go forward to a national competition of winners of all seven regions.
Windermere Pale at 3.5% abv is hoppy and refreshing, pale gold in colour with a long bitter finish with hints of grapefruit.
The fruity hop flavours come from a medley of traditional and modern hops.
Managing director of Hawkshead Brewery Alex Brodie said: "Windermere Pale is a very popular beer, it has a lot of fans.
"It has become the best selling beer in The Beer Hall at the Brewery.
"It is one of those beers that is winning converts to real ale."
A VERY small Beatrix Potter drawing has sold for nearly £50,000 at an auction in America.
The three-and-three-quarter inches by six inches ink and watercolour had been expected to sell for up to 37,500 at the Sotheby's auction, in New York, but reached £47,438
The miniature, called 'Guinea pigs going to their garden...' was among 193 original illustrations sold by wealthy American couple, Kendra and Allan Daniel. The painting depicts four guinea pigs following a fifth along a path carrying garden tools.
A spokesman for Sotheby's said: "Early in 1893, when she was in her twenties, Beatrix Potter borrowed a number of guinea pigs from her friend, Miss Paget. One, named Mr Chopps, proved to be no problem but another, named Queen Elizabeth, apparently 'took to eating blotting paper, pasteboard, string and other curious substances and expired during the night. A pair of gardening illustrations date from this time: four guinea pigs following a blue-coated guinea pig and four guinea pigs working under the guidance of the blue-coated guinea pig.
"These were later redrawn in 1922 and used in Potter's book Cecil Parsley's Nursery Rhymes."


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The Rabbi And The Christian Cab Driver
by Brad Hirschfield
from the Huffington Post
I flew into Syracuse, N.Y., on a windy evening in October of 2000. After we landed, I hailed a cab. This not being New York City, where I am from, there was no cab line, no wait and no time to look at the car I was jumping into.
As soon as I was in the cab however, I noticed that pretty much every surface of the car's interior was covered with a JESUS LOVES YOU sticker, that there was a crucifix mounted on the dashboard and there were even little green pocket bibles hanging on strings at the point where the windshield meets the frame of the car. This wasn't just a cab, it was a rolling cathedral!
Part of me thought I should just jump out of the car, but we were already pulling away from the curb and I didn't want to cause any trouble or cost the driver his fare.
This essay is an excerpt from "My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, And Transformation" from Orbis.
As he pulled out of the airport, the cabdriver, a middle-aged man with a scraggly beard, lo
ng greasy blond hair and wearing a red checkered shirt, cut off at the sleeves, was checking me out in the rearview mirror. He was actually using his rearview mirror to see if what he thought he saw on the back of my head (a kippah/yarmulke/skullcap) was really there.
Having decided that it was really back there, which it was, he finally asked in the raspy voice of a heavy smoker, "So, what do you do?"


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Madison County Courts
Surrogate's Court
138 North Court Street
P. O. Box 607
Wampsville, NY 13163
Phone: 315-366-2392
Fax: 646-963-6594
Hours of Operation:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Public Access Computer available:
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
(Closed on State Holidays)
Judges' ChambersSurrogate
Hon. Biagio J. DiStefano
Secretary to Judge
Linda Mulford
Phone: 315-366-2381
Principal Law Clerk
Edward M. Kane
Phone: 315-366-2393
Court Reporter
Althea Davis
Phone: 315-366-2401
Hon. Dennis K. McDermott
Secretary to Judge
Judith Blair
Phone: 315-366-2360
Principal Law Clerk
Elizabeth Worth
Phone: 315-366-2437
Court Reporter
Thomas Frarey
Phone: 315-366-2402
All visitors must pass through a magnetometer
upon entering the courthouse.
Court Clerk's Office
Chief Clerk
Deborah Samoyedny
Phone: 315-366-2392
Fax: 646-963-6594
E-Mail: email@example.com
Sr. Court Office Asst.
Cheryl A. Chase
Surrogate's Court has jurisdiction over the affairs of filed, decedent's estate proceedings including those of probate of Last Wills and Testaments, administration proceedings in intestacy (instances in which the decedent dies without having duly executed a Last Will and Testament), small estate and ancillary proceedings, disputed claims, discovery proceedings, accountings, compromise and settlement of wrongful death actions, inter vivos and testamentary trusts. Guardianships of the person and property of infants as well as Article 17A proceedings are also handled through this Court.


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Do you love to read books (you know the old fashion kind, the real ones physically have to turn the pages =D) like I do? Don't get me wrong, I love my tablet/kindle too, but nothing replaces a good ole' book…
I want to share a hidden great find online that I came across a few years ago… this awesome site PaperBackSwap. PaperBackSwap is an an internet site dedicated to posting and trading your books amongst it members!
How does it work? Well, it a credit system. You post the books you are willing to trade, and for every book you send out, you get a credit. That credit is worth one book you can get from someone else. How awesome is that?!? You just post your books, and search for the ones you want to have. That's what makes PaperBackSwap an incredible site, in my opinion anyway. You save tons of money from having to purchase books, books are being read and traded all the time, and the only thing your are responsible for is the minimum shipping cost of the books you send out (which typically is only $250 – $3.00 a book). But keep in mind when you RECEIVE a book, you don't pay a thing!
I just used two of my credits and requested two books. I look forward to seeing them in the mail in next week or so.
I invite you to join me a PaperBackSwap and start sharing your books!


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What's better than a highly popular, well received game going free for a day? How about two highly popular, well received games going free for a day. Starting tomorrow, Disney has made their two games for Windows Phone 8 free for 24 hours. Both Where's My Water? and Where's My Perry? will drop from $0.99 to nada, zip, zilch, f-r-e-e.
Source: http://www.wpcentral...arting-tomorrow
Couldn't find in search. If its been posted my bad. Tried the trial and both are actually quite fun even as an adult. Plus its free so even better.


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"Hold Me Close" Barbie Clutch Wallet
Release Date: 5/3/2010
Product Code: F6528
Offered for the first time ever in the U.S., this plasticized clutch from Paul's Boutique in the U.K. is an absolute must.
Available in super shiny pink or golden vinyl. Limited quantities. 7.5"L x 4"H.
Gold and Dark Pink colors are Sold Out.
All sales are final. Colors, decorations and materials may vary from those shown.


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- Large hard drive(s). Installing 2 Operating Systems can take up a lot of hard drive space. I'd recommend having at least a 4 Gig hard drive, preferably a fast one at that. Although preferably you'd have 2 separate UDMA capable hard drives.
- 128MB RAM or more. While it's probably not technically a requirement – Windows 2000 is very RAM intensive. No serious users should have less than this amount of RAM.


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The Sea Scene #1449
Release Date: 1/1/1971
Product Code: 1449
This cold weather outfit for Ken® doll featured a white knit turtleneck with red and blue patterned knit slacks. A warm blue felt pea coat with four white buttons topped it off. Blue tricot socks and white shoes completed this set.
All images and descriptions courtesy of Collector Books, publisher of "Barbie Fashion: Volume 1" and "Barbie Fashion: Volume 2" by Sarah Sink Eames
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.
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O'Connor's rise and fall
But Ben Dillingham, her former chief of staff, said that O'Connor did not completely withdraw. She just did her work out of the limelight.
"She loved to go out and help people, and she did it all very privately," Dillingham said. "She was never the big party type. She didn't go where she was likely to attract public attention."
One of her recent outings was at a viewing for Copley's son, David Copley, after his death in November. Those who attended said she seemed a bit frail but well.
Few had any inkling of what Eugene Iredale, O'Connor's defense lawyer, described as her "lunatic" gambling compulsion.
"Complete surprise," Giametta said.
Dillingham, who said he spoke with her on the phone often after she had a benign brain tumor removed in January 2011, said he knew that O'Connor gambled over the years but not excessively.
"I knew she gambled in the same way I knew that she liked to go to the movies," he said.
She took private jets to casinos, where she went inside via a private entrance reserved for high rollers. She also went to local casinos, including the Barona Resort and Casino in Lakeside.
Her preferred game was a solitary one: video poker. She apparently played for hours at a time.
"Video poker is the crack cocaine of the business," said Las Vegas gambling expert Stephen Gordon.
Video poker machines with maximum bets of $100 are common at casinos, and even $500 machines exist at some of the high-roller rooms.
That's $1,000 for just two pops of the button. "It doesn't take long," Gordon said.
For O'Connor, it took about a decade to blow through her fortune, although medical records say her gambling habit began even earlier, after her husband's death in the mid-1990s. Along the way she sold homes, borrowed money from friends and liquidated savings.
She continues to receive an annual city pension of about $36,600.
O'Connor also has had serious health problems. After her brain surgery, she suffered a stroke. Iredale contended the tumor had been there for years and was in an area of the brain that controls decision making and judgment. It could have contributed to her gambling compulsion, he said.
Federal prosecutors, who said O'Connor ran up her debts from 2000 to 2009, don't agree.
Whatever the tumor caused, the operation left O'Connor physically diminished.
Booked and sent home
On Friday, O'Connor again came downtown again to the federal courthouse. No cameras awaited her outside like the day before, when she entered her not guilty plea.
Iredale said she was tired but gratified by the support she had received over the past 24 hours. He said she was also embarrassed by her conduct.
She went to the basement where the U.S. Marshals Service office is located. And then, the woman whose picture once appeared regularly on the front page of the U-T and who left a lasting imprint on the city as mayor, was formally booked into the federal prison system.
Marshals took her fingerprints. They took a booking photograph.


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i like it vey much!
very helpful
is it ok to shoot on the side of ur head like dat
You can't expect to automatically improve your shooting using this drill once, you have to constantly work on it everyday. Persistance pays. Practice makes perfecft.
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ARMITRON Men's 40/8172 Chronograph Digital Sport Watch
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Product Details
Track your workout with the ARMITRON® men's Chronograph digital sport watch, made with reliable quartz movement and a nylon clasp. It's loaded with features including an alarm, chronograph, lap, countdown and military time. The light-up display and backlight ensure maximum visibility, and it's water resistant up to 330 feet.
Get your new ARMITRON® watch today from Sports Authority.
- Black nylon strap with resin tabs
- Silver-tone top ring
- Black resin case and two-zone lens
- Light-up display with alarm, chronograph, lap, countdown, second time zone and military time
- EL backlight
- Quartz movement
- Water resistant up to 330 feet (100 meters)
- Made in China


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