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Words of the Month: Military & Navy
The United States and Britain are deploying large numbers of soldiers, sailors, and airmen to the Persian Gulf. The United States and its allies are gearing up for another war with Iraq, so the words of the month are Military, adj., pertaining to soldiers, from the Latin miles or soldier, 1585, and Navy, n., a fleet or force of warships, from the Latin navis or ship, c. 1330.
We will take a look at some of the words that are used by and about the military, some official, some slang. Most of the technical or official terms dealt with here relate the US military. The definitions used by foreign militaries may be somewhat different and foreign militaries may employ synonyms for the words discussed here.
Book Review: Weird and Wonderful Words
Weird and Wonderful Words by Erin McKean is a fun, little book for those who delight in rare and odd words. If you ever wanted to know what jumentous means, this is the book for you (it means "resembling horse urine"). Or perhaps you were wondering about quangocrat? If so, McKean's book will tell you it is a British English word for a petty bureaucrat who works at a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization, or quango.
Now, this book and the words contained therein are not useful in any sense—unless you actually live a lifestyle where you might actually use the word jumentous, in which case I really do not want to know about it. The words are too obscure even for crossword puzzles. They most definitely are not kenspeckle (easily recognizable). Weird and Wonderful Words is strictly for fun.
The book is illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. She provides many ostrobogulous (unusual, interesting) drawings to illustrate various uses of the words.
If you like odd words, you could do worse than picking this book up. Who knows, it might help you increase your scibility (power of knowing).
Hardcover; 144 pages; Oxford University Press; October 2002; ISBN: 0195159055; $16.95.
[Note: Erin McKean was my editor at OUP for Word Myths.]
Prescriptivist's Corner: Confusing Word Pairs (Part II)
Here we have another installment of confused word pairs. These are words that, while they look similar, have distinct differences in meaning or usage and are often used improperly. Again, our favorite loan shark, Vinnie "The Squid" Calamari, takes us on a tour of how to use these words correctly.
Affect/effect. As a noun, the word that you almost always wants is effect. The noun affect is only used in psychological jargon. As a verb, affect means to influence, while effect means to bring about or accomplish. Vinnie effected the change in his collection policy, which positively affected the bottom line.
Book Review: Predicting New Words
Allan Metcalf has written an intriguing book about why certain words are successful, catching on and becoming part of vernacular, while others fail, destined to occupy some obscure corner of the English language or to be forgotten entirely. In Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success, Metcalf presents a methodology for predicting which new coinages are likely to be with us fifty years from now and which ones will be on the linguistic scrap heap.
Metcalf, who is a professor of English at MacMurray College in Illinois and executive secretary of the American Dialect Society (ADS), has been looking at new words and the factors that lead to their success for years. Every year, the ADS takes a lighthearted look at new or newly prominent words and honors them as "Words of the Year." Metcalf noted, however, that many of these annual selections quickly disappeared from the national vocabulary, while other words that escaped the group's notice went on to linguistic success and placement in the very best of dictionaries.
American Dialect: Louisiana
Last month we covered the dialect of the Southern United States. The Southern dialect is not a uniform one and one can see differences as one moves from region to region in the South. The state of Louisiana, however, is so linguistically rich that we are taking some extra time to examine the French influences on the language of the Bayou State.
Louisiana has one of the richest and most complex regional dialects in the United States. A blend of English, French, Spanish, African, and Choctaw languages contributes to this linguistic jambalaya.
2002 ADS Word of the Year
At its annual meeting in January, the American Dialect Society (ADS) selects its Word of the Year for the previous year. This word (or phrase) is a term that for whatever reason had special resonance in that year. The words and phrases selected are not necessarily new coinages (in fact they usually are not), but they are terms that have recently come to prominence. In addition to the Word of the Year, other categories of terms are also voted upon. This was the 13th year that the ADS has been honoring such words and phrases.
So this month, instead of our usual offering of a Word of the Month, we will take a look at the ADS nominations and selections for Word of the Year.
Prescriptivist's Corner: Confusing Word Pairs (Part I)
English has many pairs of words that are spelled almost identically or have meanings that are almost, but not quite synonymous. These words are often confused and writers frequently use one when they mean to use the other.
So here, with the help of our favorite loan shark, Vinnie "The Squid" Calamari, we present some of these word pairs and examples of how to use them correctly.
American Dialect: Southern Speech
Perhaps no American dialect is more famous or recognizable than the Southern dialect. It certainly covers the widest swath of territory of any of the variants on standard America speech.
First, let us dispense with the myth that Southerners speak with a purer form of English, one that is closer to Elizabethan English and the language of Shakespeare than any other dialect. Some Southerners love to tell tales of how Elizabethan English is preserved in the backwoods and hollows of the South, living relics of the original English settlers. Utter bunk. Southern speech is no closer to Elizabethan English than is Brooklynese or Australian. Sure, it shares some common features with Elizabethan English that are not found in other dialects, but it has just as much that is not in common with the language of Shakespeare.
Book Review: Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bill Bryson, a writer best known for his humorous travel books but also the author of two books on the English language, has recently produced a usage guide. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is an updating of his 1983 Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words and Phrases (now out of print).
In the book, Bryson lists a fair number of words and phrases that are commonly misused, misspelled, or confused. A very good writer in his own right, Bryson's advice is usually sound and practical, although he does stray a bit into the realm of personal idiosyncrasies and stylistic preferences and the book contains more than its fair share of errors.
Word Of The Month: Brand
This month, a US Federal District Court judge will rule on whether or not Microsoft has the right to trademark the term Windows. Lindows.com, a maker of Linux computer operating systems, has asked the judge to summarily dismiss a lawsuit against them in which Microsoft claims that Lindows.com is infringing on their trademark and brand. For their part, Lindows.com claims that windows was in common use as a computer term for rectangular graphic user interface displays before 1983 when Microsoft began marketing their Windows brand and that no company has a right to exclusive use of common English words.
As a result, brand is the word of the month. A brand is the name of a product or company, a trademark. By extension, the brand is also the values that customers and the public associate with a product or company. The term comes from the practice of literally branding products, or the casks and crates that contain the product, with a hot iron. The idea of brand as a marketing tool is relatively recent, only dating to 1827. Brand name dates to 1921. Brand image appears in 1958 and brand loyalty a few years later in 1961.
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Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56.
Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy included the Apple II, Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," Apple said. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."
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He had resigned as chief executive of Apple in August, after struggling with illness for nearly a decade, including a bout with pancreatic cancer in 2003 and a liver transplant six years later.
Few public companies were as entwined with their leaders as Apple was with Jobs, who co-founded the computer maker in his parents' Silicon Valley garage in 1976, and decades later — in a comeback as stunning as it seemed improbable — plucked it from near-bankruptcy and turned it into the world's most valuable technology company.
Jobs spoke of his desire to make "a dent in the universe," bringing a messianic intensity to his message that technology was a tool to improve human life and unleash creativity.
"His ability to always come around and figure out where that next bet should be has been phenomenal," Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, the high-tech mogul with whom Jobs was most closely compared, said in 2007.
In the annals of modern American entrepreneur-heroes, few careers traced a more mythic sweep. An adopted child in a working-class California home, Jobs dropped out of college and won the title "father of the computer revolution" by the age of 29. But by 30 he had been forced out of the company he had created, a bitter wound he nursed for years as his fortune shrank and he fought to regain his early eminence.
Once out of the wilderness of exile, however, he brought forth a series of innovations — unveiling them with matchless showmanship — that quickly became ubiquitous. He turned the release of a new gadget into a cultural event, with Apple acolytes lining up like pilgrims at Lourdes.
Jobs was born in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 1955, to Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian immigrant Abdulfattah Jandali, unmarried University of Wisconsin graduate students who put him up for adoption. He was adopted by Paul Jobs, a high school dropout who sold used cars and worked as a machinist, and his wife, Clara.
Jobs' willfulness and chutzpah were evident early on. At 11, he decided he didn't like his rowdy and chaotic middle school in Mountain View, Calif., and refused to go back. His family moved to a nearby town so he could attend another school.
When he was 12 or 13, Jobs would recall, he called the home of William Hewlett, one of the founders of Hewlett-Packard Co., to ask about parts he needed for a device he was building. For Jobs, it led to a humble summer job on a Hewlett-Packard assembly line, which he compared to being "in heaven."
While attending Homestead High School in Cupertino, Calif., Jobs met Steve Wozniak, who was nearly five years older. A technical wizard who was in and out of college, Wozniak liked to make machines to show off to other tinkerers.
The two collaborated on a series of pranks and built and sold "blue boxes" — devices that enabled users to hijack phone lines and make free — and illegal — calls.
In 1972, Jobs dropped out of Reed College in Oregon after six months but lingered on campus, sleeping on friends' dorm-room floors. He sat in on classes that interested him, such as calligraphy, which later inspired him to offer Macintosh users multiple fonts, a feature that would become a fixture of personal computing.
He worked sporadically as an electronics technician at video game maker Atari Inc., traveled to India on a quest for enlightenment and found guidance from a Zen Buddhist master.
Meanwhile, Wozniak had created a computer circuit board he was showing off to a group of Silicon Valley computer hobbyists. Jobs saw the device's potential for broad appeal and persuaded Wozniak to leave his engineering job so they could design computers themselves.
In April 1976, the two launched Apple Computer out of Jobs' parents' garage, reproducing Wozniak's circuit board as their first product.
Steve Jobs dies at 56; Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture
His legacy of blockbuster products includes the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, Jobs' other firm, Pixar, revolutionized computer animation.
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CUMBERLAND — Rev. J. R. Eaton of First Baptist Church in Cumberland said their community has been very fortunate.
Following a category four tornado that ripped through the Cumberland community last week, Eaton said area churches heard about the damage and immediately began offering to help.
Eaton said it began with First Baptist Church in Houston. They offered to send their food unit to set up at First Baptist Cumberland to serve lunch to anyone in the community and all workers helping to restore power and clean up.
Meadowview Baptist Church in Starkville and Mantee Baptist Church soon followed, allowing the tornado victims and utility workers an opportunity to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at a central location.
First Baptist Church in Cumberland received only minor damages in a storm that destroyed East Webster High School, just across the street, as well as numerous homes within the community. The minor damages have allowed members of various churches to use the facility to directly "minister to the needs" of a community following a natural disaster.
The meals have been cooked at the individual churches and brought to First Baptist Cumberland to be served by the cooks.
"They have said they are here to serve the community, including our church," Eaton said. "And what a great blessing they have been to this community."
Eaton said an average of 100 people have stopped by the church over the past week for lunch and dinner. They have only recently began serving breakfast.
"It is wonderful that they have been able to provide food for this community," Eaton said. "This has not only kept our strength up, but our spirits up. We are so happy to be together and alive and able to love each other. We are blessed."
Eaton said these churches have clearly shown genuine care and concern for their neighbors.
"I would say Meadowview, Houston and Mantee churches have clearly shown what it means to be part of the Christian community," Eaton said. "From the bottom of our hearts, we are genuinely thankful for the wonderful partnership this has been. They have shown that to know Christ is to take on the role of a servant and to help others. We have seen that are the genuinely grateful."
Eaton said he has seen ladies from these churches stand on their feet for eight to 10 hours a day serving food and taking care of the Cumberland community.
"I don't know when they eat," Eaton said. "They have been the clearest definition of virtuous women. They have been perfect and have worked so hard."
Eaton said the church is most thankful for Jesus Christ who has been a "refuge in the midst of the storm."
"This has been an emotional time," Eaton said. "I hope this sparks a revival in this community with all of the credit, all of the glory, going to Jesus Christ who has been our refuge and our strength. We can rebuild and we will be stronger together as we trust God."
Eaton said individuals throughout the area have also provided food supplies, desserts, paper products and other supplies as part of the effort to serve food to the community. "We've been blessed," Eaton said.
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Which Compact Camera for ADVering? +GPS? 3D?
I've just killed another camera with another trip to Morocco - this one got sand between the lens parts, I've stripped and cleaned it but I think it's scratched the plastic parts so the motor still cannot push the lens out on switch on/off. I also tried to wet n dry the affected parts but still no luck I think it's truly dead. That was a Samsung PL70 cheap/midrange 14MP point and shoot.
Previous camera was a Sony Cybershot that I think got too damp in my jacket pocket for too tempo on the last trip and died of moisture ingress into the lens/sensor.
That's 2 camera's in 3 trips - so I think the next one has to be a tough camera - but which one?
After the PL70 I'd like a much bigger and higher resolution screen as a lot of photo viewing is done on the camera. Seems like 3" is the max though and TBH there didn't seems a whole bunch of difference 2.7 to 3".
HD video recording I use plus it would be nice if it could play files on disk from my contour camera (may be asking a bit much there) so it could kind-of act as a viewfinder. Would be good to zoom without muting (like the Samsung did) while filming.
A panorama facility would be nice - very hard to get decent info on this, for example the Olympus TG-820 has panorama but digging around reveals for the camera to do the stitching it can only take 3 photo's and then lowers the resolution massively - you can stitch individual photos (so could use higher res + more photo's) on a PC but you could do that with any camera so it's pretty useless.
zoom - 5x was fine - would prefer to keep the camera small than have more zoom.
Would like good quality photo's in low light - the fuzziness of the samsung really got on my nerves I'd like something significantly better.
Size/weight - as compact as possible.
GPS? - can any-one comment how good this is and what do you view the photo's on?
3D - I'd definately like to try this and have a HD 3DTV to look at the results on, I shoudl try and look for some example 3D photo's from different cameras to look at but not sure if I can just put them on a memory stick to try or if I need the camera itself to send teh signal to the telly.
I've been looking at the Olympus TG-820, Panasonic TS4 and Sony DSC TX10&20.
I could also get a slightly lower spec camera like the Olympus TG-310 for £80 compared to the £220 for the TG-820 that way the buying decision is much easier because I'm spending less cash!
Any thoughts on which Camera - the Olympus ticks most boxes except rubbish in camera panorama's and no GPS, The TS4 has GPS but a low quality screen and I suspect poorer sensor/processor........
the Olympus TG-1 is coming soon - high end tough camera, $399
I have a Sony TX10 which I used on a long trip last year. It pretty much stayed in a pocket in my jacket or pants the entire time (when not being used). It does not have much of a zoom (100mm is 2x) but the 25mm wide angle lens was nice on a camera this small. Mind you it has a sweep function that automatically stitches a series of photos together by sweeping the camera along which I found very useful. I got some great landscapes plus fitted in shots that a normal camera of this size could not do easily.
This camera is smaller than others in its class which attracted me also (e.g. my brothers Panasonic TS-3 feels huge in comparison and it is not that big either). The large 3" LCD screen was excellent considering how small the camera is but this is helped by the fact that it is a touch screen so it can minimise other controls to save space ...
I also used it in the water a fair bit along the Western Australian coast (Ningaloo Reef). I found when snorkelling it fit into my hands quite easily (due to it being flat and very small) so I could use freestyle when swimming through the currents to get out the coral or other wildlife. It is only rated to 5m but I wasn't going to use it for diving so that was not a problem (most cameras in its class only go to around 10-12m anyway). By the way, the touch screen does not work that well in water so change any settings you want before you go in ... :D
One of the nicest features for me was the fact that it recharges its batteries in camera rather than making you lug a separate charger around (I rode a 250 and was always looking to reduce the load). The salesguy in the shop where I bought it said that people were turned away by the whole "charging in camera" feature and was surprised when I said that was exactly what I wanted. I just would hook it up to my USB charger on the bike every day or two and I was set.
I know that the TX10 does not have a GPS or 3D though - I would not mind a GPS feature on the odd occasion where I can not recall where I took that photo but I personally could not care less about the 3D thing. As the TX20 is out you may want to look at that if you don't care about those features (or try pick up a cheap TX10 on run out?).
I have the TS3 have used for everything from snokeling in Roatan,Honduras to ridng across Vietnam. Takes great pictures and has been has been bounced repeatedly off a a motorcycle tank while hanging from my backpack chest strap and subjects to monsoonal rains hanging from the same place, still works like new. So I cannot beleive the TS4 would not be equally good.
I am sure the other "tough" cameras have similar qualities. Look at the buttons and how they will work with gloves and your given hand size and use that as a guide also when deciding. I personally think that is the most importnat part. Picture quality is not going to be drastically different between the cameras.
A couple of negatives I have on the TS3 is the lense is not covered so I have had water droplettes in pictures when I forgetten to wipe it off and that it does not have a standard USB plug in for down loading. Other than that I really like the camera and how it functions. I can take one handed with riding gloves on while riding.
My 0.02 anyway.
RE the TG-1 I think that's gonna be out of my price range, it looks like £220 for a TG-820 or AW100 but £360 for the TG1. Seems like the TG1 gets a better lens (F2.0) vs F4 for the TG820 and an OLED display which is lower resolution........
Maybe worth waiting to see if the TG1 pushes the TG-820 prices down though?
Waterproof camera comparison
DPreview like the Panasonic, but that was the previous model the TS3. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q311...pactgrouptest/
Thanks for that I'd already read that review - it's pretty good, problem is everything moves so fast - the Olympus has a new SLR derived CMOS sensor and processor with the 820 now but can't find a review to compare the camera's currently available for image quality.
I bought the TS3 partly because of its GPS feature. In the real world, shooting sometimes while riding or at quick stops, the GPS is too slow to acquire an updated position - so it's not much use. Next time I buy a camera I doubt I'd pay extra for GPS, although of course the newer TS4's GPS might be improved. Otherwise the camera is suburb in all respects including "toughness" (I've already wrecked two conventional p&s's).
Some additional thoughts: it does come with a USB cable for downloading, it does have a scene mode called "panorama assist" (never used by me), it offers a hi-def video mode (which is not readily emailable), and there's a 3D setting.
Panasonic has in addition to the new TS4 model a lesser model called TS20 - I'd take a close look at that.
Had a look at the TS20 but I'm willing to pay a bit more for a better screen and lens. Still keep coming back to the Olympus TG-820.....
Yes, there is a GPS setting for ON, which means it's on all the time. There's also an "airplane" setting where the GPS turns on only when the camera itself is turned on. But even in the ON mode, it's too slow. The location recorded for your quick shot is not correct - it's the last updated position which could be a few hours ago. (Maybe carrying the camera in my pocket does have some bearing on that). I'm not familiar with the Olympus, but one spec which interests me is the "wide" end of the lens range - the wider the better. In my experience, there's no noticeable difference in lens quality or in-camera processing quality among the newer p&s's, and none of the LCDs are better than barely adequate in bright daylight. Mainly it's the combination of non-photographic features that makes one camera more suitable for motorcycling than another, IMO.
I've been looking at 'travel zoom' compacts in the same price range as the Olympus tough and you seem to get a much better camera with more features/manual control which is tempting to try and get a bit creative - I've never owned anything other than point and shoots so would like to give one a try. I'd have to stick this type of camera in a waterproof bag and hope for the best......
I've been looking at the Canon in this review http://tech2.in.com/features/point-a...ompared/307422
It would be useful if any-one could comment on how useful the long zoom is - I suspect it would be very useful but never having had one before I don't know.
There's also the Fuji 550 EXR which is nearly 1/2 the price of the Olympus tough but would seem to take far better pictures in anything other than perfect conditions.
GPS is finicky, sometimes will locate itself in seconds, other times it could take 10 minutes and a few tries. I've found that the best setting for me was airplane, unless I was shooting every 30 minutes or so, it didn't really seem to help speed up signal acquisition times at all. (Yes, running the latest FW, it helped, but still unacceptable for quick use.) At least in the Airplane mode, I don't get bogus GPS data in my EXIF. I like having the data, but hate waiting for it.
The weak point is the rear LCD, it scratches without too much work. Dropped the camera off the seat of my KLR (while waiting for sat. acquisition...) onto gravel, left a few scratches on the screen.
I also appreciated the lens cover on my older Olympus that at least kept some of the errant smudges, fingerprints, and fog off the lens. It's easy enough to wipe off, but it be even easier if I didn't have to! Optics and image quality are leaps and bounds above my old 790sw.
Have you considered the Nikon AW100?
YouTube has quite a few reviews on cameras.
I've been in the market for a new camera for some time now. My current one is old Canon that eats AA batteries. Yea, that old. I don't carry it around much, it's too big to fit in comfortably.
So far the options I've found are:
Sony TX-20
Nikon Coolpix AW100
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT4 / TS4
Canon PowerShot D20
Olympus Tough TG-1
Pentax Optio WG-2
(some of the model names might differ around the world)
I was first interested in Panasonic but many reviews say it's waterproofing isn't the best one possible and many Amazon's users are giving it one star for the same reason.
Nikon AW100, it has GPS and integrated world map, sounds good. However image quality in sample pictures hasn't been that good and coming from me those were pretty bad. It has two attachment points for a strap, so I'd imagine a neck strap might work. Operating the camera with gestures sounds also funny but usable with a bike, gloves on and all.
Sony TX-20 is still the most interesting one for me. Small and probably very easy to use one-handed on the road (slide cover to power on). No GPS but 3D. Touchscreen won't work underwater or with gloves but maybe with a stylus. Weak point is sand/dust getting under the slide cover.
Canon D20 looks awful, like a toy camera and big.
Olympus is quite expensive here and Pentax, that I haven't seen live yet.
While I have no plans to go actually diving or throw the camera around in sand (if those happen, it's either a faceplant or I've driven into a river and I've got other things to worry...), just having it with me and knowing it will survive if rainstorm hits and camera is in unprotected pocket is enough. That said, I think I'd carry it most in jeans front pocket during summer and jacket pocket otherwise.
I've found one site that has these models rated but I'd like some real-life experiences too. Mentally I've been set for Sony TX-20 for a while now. Should I lose my future paycheck for it? :D
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It's been in the news for three years now, with reviewers and enthusiasts alike referring to it as something a superhero would drive, even comparing it to the Bat-Mobile at times, and while Chevy's website still has it buried in their list of "upcoming vehicles," the truth is that the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is about to appear on the horizon.
Once nicknamed the Blue Devil, the Corvette ZR1 weighs in at about 3,350 pounds thanks to a Z06-inspired carbon-fiber roof and frame and lightweight aluminum block that make this car a role model, at least when it comes to construction. It's also a poster-child for computer modeling, which technique allowed Chevrolet's engineering team to fine-tune the 6.2 liter small-block engine, allowing it to be 20% stronger than similar engines. Specifically, this supercharged LS9 V8 offers the power of 638 horses and pushes out 604 pounds-feet of torque, allowing speeds of up to 205 mph (on test tracks) and the ability not only to go from zero to 60mph in under 4 seconds, but from zero to 100mph in only seven. Mated to this is a six-speed manual transmission and carbon-ceramic brakes.
Inside the ZR1 special design features include a heads-up display and a boost gauge included in the cluster of dials on the dash, as well as an option for an all-leather interior. Other internal details are yet to be shared (the car is still in pre-production, though Chevrolet quoted a late-summer delivery for a limited number of vehicles – about 150 if estimates are correct – each of which will come with a unique VIN), but when it comes to sports cars, and especially supercars like this one, it's the exterior lines people really care about.
With its exterior design, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is drawing mixed reviews. It's true that the features it comes with are pretty spiffy. Especially worthy of note are the front air splitter, rocker extensions, and dual-cove front fenders, as well as the wheels (19 inches in front, 20 in back), and the domed carbon-fiber hood sports a window to the supercharger that is definitely attractive, but the reviewers at Cars.com felt that the design was "not as subtle" as that of its predecessor the Z06, as if that's a bad point.
All in all, the 2009 Corvette ZR1 is a supercar, albeit with offering new car prices that are significantly lower than most other super-performing vehicles. Its base price of $103,300 not only includes the $850 shipping fee, but also gets each new owner a ticket to free performance driving classes at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in Arizona. Not included is the $1,700 "gas guzzler" tax that also comes with this car, because for all the futuristic technology encompassed within this car, it's fuel economy is decidedly retro: 14 mpg in the city / 20 on the open road.


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Hoosiers Compete at Charlotte UltraSwim
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2012 Big Ten Women's Swim and Dive Championships - Day 2 Recap
2012 Big Ten Women's Swim and Dive Championships - Day 2 Recap
Finished fourth in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2011 ConcoPhillips National Championships ... that performance earned her a spot on the 2011-12 USA Swimming National Team ... represented Team USA at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Mexico, where she won a bronze medal in the 400-meter IM ... set a new school record of 1:56.80 in the 200-yard IM at the Georgia Invitational.
Big Ten Champion in the 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley ... set a then-school and new CBAC pool record in the 200 IM (1:57.01) ... her time of 4:04.59 in the 400 IM was a then-Big Ten record ... placed third in the 200 breaststroke with a school-record time of 2:07.71 ... first-team All-Big Ten ... earned All-America honors with an 11th-place finish in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships, posting a time of 1:57.45 ... that is the third-fastest time in school history ... placed fifth in the 400 IM, breaking her own Big Ten record with a time of 4:04.30 ... became a three-time All-American at the meet with an 11th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:09.70-third fastest in school history).
Placed 14th in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors (2:10.69) ... also took 31st in the 200 IM (1:59.85) and 26th in the 400 IM (4:13.94) ... won her first Big Ten title in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:06.94 ... also took third in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.66 ... finished eighth in the 200 individual medley ... finished third in the 100 breaststroke with a season best time of 1:04.42 in a dual meet win over Louisville ... fifth in the 100 breaststroke in a double dual with Texas and Michigan (1:04.72) ... took 19th in the 200 breaststroke at the 2009 U.S. Short Course Nationals (2:15.23) ... victorious in the 200 breaststroke in a dual meet win over Purdue (2:16.21) ... victorious in the 200 breaststroke in a double dual with Michigan and Texas (2:17.90) ... 22nd in the 200 individual medley at the U.S. Short Course Nationals (2:01.40) ... won the 200 IM in the dual meet win over Purdue (2:03.01) ... eighth in the 400 IM at the U.S. Short Course Nationals (4:15.10) ... third in the 400 IM in a double dual with Texas and Michigan (4:15.84) ... over the course of the season posted one A cut and six B cuts in the 400 IM.
Placed 11th in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2009 U.S. Open with a school-record time of 2:15.92 ... also took 20th in the 400-meter individual medley (4:51.87) ... clocked a season-best time of 2:21.22 in the 200 breaststroke at the IU Last Chance Meet ... also posted season bests in the 200 IM (2:04.82) and 400 IM (4:23.07) at the meet ... season best of 1:08.10 in the 100 breast came in a dual meet win over Purdue ... mid-year transfer from Virginia.
A five-time Pennsylvania state champion and 18-time All-American ... won states in the 200 IM as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... took second in the event as a senior ... also won the 100 breaststroke her junior and senior seasons ... second in the 100 breast as a sophomore and part of runner-up 200 medley relay team as a junior ... 17-time district champion ... 2008 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 IM and 400 IM ... helped her team win its first district championship in 2008 ... state record holder in the 200 IM ... helped lead team to a second-place finish at the state meet with just four competitors ... class valedictorian ... plans to major in biology ... parents are Dennis and Geri Vavra ... has two sisters (Sami, Karoline) and one brother (Anthony) ... born Jan. 3, 1990.
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'The Bible' producer Mark Burnett talks 'Son of God,' 'A.D.' and 'Shark Tank' blessingsAdd to Favorites | The Bible
Tonight (Feb. 23) on Catholic cable/satellite network EWTN, at 9 p.m. ET, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey appear with the channel's news director, Raymond Arroyo, on "Reflections on Son of God," to talk about the Friday, Feb. 28, release of "Son of God," the theatrical version of the New Testament section of their History Channel blockbuster miniseries "The Bible."
Featuring re-edited scenes from the miniseries -- which don't include the original scenes featuring Satan, since many thought the Moroccan actor looked too much like President Obama -- along with new footage, "Son of God" covers the life of Jesus from the Nativity to the Resurrection.
Incidentally, star Diogo Morgado isn't providing the voice for Jesus in the Spanish-language version of "Son of God." Since he's Portuguese, and that's his first language, that task falls instead to a close Catholic friend of Burnett and Downey, Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui ("Chasing Papi," "Bella").
The half-hour EWTN special is only one small part of a huge marketing push for the film that has seen spouses Burnett and Downey retracing a lot of their steps through the Christian leaders, clergy, churches and organizations that helped them promote "The Bible."
Calling in to Zap2it shortly after landing in Nashville, Tenn., for an event, Burnett says he and his wife have probably become the experts in this world, saying, "Roma and I learned in the last few years how bringing groups together works and how it doesn't work, to spread the Holy Spirit. Also, we've got the biggest overall vision of who's who.
"'Son of God' is something everyone agrees upon. I'm sure the combined power of the Protestant and the Catholics together can be very powerful. That's probably the next big step for several issues. We are good connectors, especially among Catholic groups, evangelical groups and Protestant groups, on certain issues.
"Just on a public level, 'The Bible' and 'Son of God' have been a great convening help."
Much as the story of Jesus didn't end with the resurrection, the Biblical storytelling doesn't end with "Son of God." Burnett is currently working on "A.D.," the successor to "The Bible," set to air in 2015 on NBC.
"Roma and I," says Burnett, "we're in this for the long haul -- 2013, 'The Bible'; 2014, 'Son of God'; 2015, 'A.D.'"
Asked about the status of "A.D.," Burnett says, "We're shooting this fall. The essential backbone of 'A.D.' is the Acts of the Apostles. Building around that historical document is the political drama of the time. You've got King Herod; Rome under Pilate; the Temple authority under Caiaphas and Annas; and you've obviously got the growing people of The Way."
( "The Way" was one of the earliest names the nascent Christian movement gave itself.)
Burnett continues, "It really is a story of, how did twelve Apostles change Rome? It started when Jesus sent them on the Great Commission, right? Through faith and the Holy Spirit, in the most unlikely of times, with the most brutal regimes going on, it all came to be.
"The story is the drama around what happens."
According to Burnett, one of the storylines at the beginning of "A.D." concerns the search for the body of Jesus.
"If they had found the dead body of Jesus," he says, "that would have disproved [the Resurrection]. That's one dramatic line. It's got a lot of elements of 'House of Cards,' which is brilliant, but that behavior and that maneuvering has been going on since the First Century and before."
Meanwhile, Burnett and Downey are stumping hard for "Son of God," and they're getting a lot of help from church organizations, religious fraternal groups (like the Catholic Knights of Columbus) and Christian business leaders, who are buying out theaters and distributing the tickets to the faithful.
Burnett even got a boost from a couple of successful entrepreneurs on his hit ABC Friday reality show "Shark Tank."
"Two of the sharks from 'Shark Tank' have booked out movie theaters," says Burnett. " Lori Grenier has booked multiple theaters in Chicago; and Robert Herjavec has booked multiple theaters in Toronto. They've both stepped up and bought out screenings, given the tickets away to church groups."
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Police hunt man who ran over car roofs in Barrow
Last updated at 18:35, Monday, 11 August 2014
A MAN ran over the roofs of numerous cars, kicked over a moped and keyed a trailer in Barrow during a spate of criminal damage.
Police are looking for a young white man who caused the damage in Salthouse Road in the early hours of Monday August 4.
It is believed the man was part of a larger group.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact PC Daniel Knowles on 101, quoting log reference number 17 of August 4.
First published at 18:33, Monday, 11 August 2014
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hybrid endurance training
So my dirty little secret (and I'm letting it out on my third post) is that I'm sort of an endurance athlete.
For most of my life, my athletic endeavors revolved entirely around martial arts. I didn't do much dedicated S&C until the early-to-mid-90s, and for a few years it consisted mostly of sporadic hill running and bodybuilding-type weight training that I picked up from friends. In the late 90s I started reading T-Nation (then Testosterone) and started focusing on multi-joint exercises. In 2000 I moved to Colorado and wanted to see the backcountry, but I didn't have time for backpacking trips.
This got me interested in LSD trail running. This started in 2001/2002, and by 2005 I had worked up to a 50-mile trail race. Everything I did was on trails, usually with several thousand feet of climb, at altitude. I think I became aware of CrossFit in 2003 or 2004, and played with it on and off for quite a while.
After the 50-mile trail race, I was dissatisfied with how weak I'd gotten. It was also around this time that I discovered Gym Jones. I started messing around with doing high-intensity circuits during the week, and long run/hikes on the weekends. This worked quite well.
Last year I was continuing with this program until I got injured (one injury from starting martial arts again, the other from standing in tight rock shoes for too long). Right now my running is limited to the 6-10 mile range, so I'm focusing on increasing speed at shorter distances, and on getting stronger. The current program looks like this:
Monday - strength (weighted pullups and squats)
Tuesday - 5.5 mile run with intervals according to feel
Wed - met con circuit
Thurs - strength (weighted dips or floor press and squats)
Fri/Sat/Sun - rest, met con, or run/hike, depending on family obligations
I'm mainly posting this to see if there are any other endurance-ish athletes out there who do similar types of work. I am simultaneously sympathetic to and mystified by the anti-endurance meme. If I lived in the city I would never run--excruciatingly boring. But living in the mountains, I can't see how anybody doesn't want to run the trails.
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SpecificationsNotebook: Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940 (Satellite M505 Series)
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 650 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940
Source: PC World
Toshiba knows a thing or two about squeezing a lot into a little laptop. Has the company succeeded with this student-friendly, $650 (as of 8/11/09) machine? Well, though the M505-S4940 cuts a corner (an obstructed HDMI-out) or two (an integrated GPU, a low-rent CPU), it is a decent deal with some flashy looks--and uninspiring guts. In all seriousness, though, the Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940 isn't a horrible laptop--it's just an underpowered portable that could have been so much more. And considering the price, the good multimedia performance isn't enough to make this laptop a clear winner.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/13/2009
Rating: Total score: 74% performance: 61% features: 79%
Source: CNet
Positioned as a midrange affordable laptop in the budget area of our back-to-school retail roundup, the Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940 is a machine that simply looks a little better than it is. In terms of body design and many features, it's very similar to the almost identically-named Toshiba Satellite M505-S4945, which we also reviewed. At $649, the 14-inch S4940 falls into a range already mapped by products such as the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 and the Gateway TC7804u. Equipped with great speakers and a good screen but an inferior processor and keyboard, the Toshiba M505-S4940 just isn't a good enough buy for the money
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/24/2009
Rating: Total score: 58% performance: 60% features: 50% mobility: 60%
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Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
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Intel Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.
Entry class dual core CPU with 1 MB level 2 cache and no virtualization technology. Compared to the Core 2 Duo line, some power saving mechanism are deactivated.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.0": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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HR Use Only: DRG Assurance Coordinator - Main Campus
Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus & Family Health Centers
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Department: HDS CODING
Job Code: U23000
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Summary: The DRG Assurance Coordinator (DAC) insures hospital case-mix index and severity profiles are accurate by performing DRG Assurance program activities. The coordinator insures appropriate MS-DRG (Diagnosis Related Group), APR-DRG (All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group), SOI (Severity of Illness) and ROM (Risk of Mortality) assignments. As well as any other inpatient grouping system employed and used by fiscal intermediaries, regulatory agencies, accrediting bodies, etc.
Job Responsibilities: Works collaboratively with Medial, Nursing, Case Management and ancillary staffs to improve the quality of chart documentation and to accurately reflect a patient's severity of illness. Communicates verbally or written via DRG Assurance prompter with physician to obtain/offer more specific principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, or procedures when it affects DRG or SOI/ROM score. Solicits clarification of existing documentation. Responds and/or communicates appropriately and timely to medical and other staff. Provides physician education and assistance when needed. Follows coding, CMS, hospital and compliance guidelines at all times. Meets operational standards of the DRG Assurance program. Assists co-workers and management as workload requires. Consistently maintains quality and productivity standards. Performs initial case review and follow up review appropriately and within the established time frames. Follows open physician queries and obtains response with minimal intervention prior to discharge, or final coding as appropriate. Completes the DRG update screen for hospital LOS initiatives on a daily basis. Completes documentation on DRG worksheet according to established standard practices. Insures appropriate and accurate DRG, APR-DRG, SOI and ROM assignment. Works collaboratively with HDS Coding staff to prepare chart for final coding and billing. Contributes and participates in team education efforts and activities. Communicates cooperatively on a daily basis with Coding staff to promote team approach to DRG assignment. Assists at all times in meeting departmental target time frames and key indicators. Refers problematic cases to DRG Assurance Supervisor. Other duties and responsibilities. Accurately completes other duties by established deadlines. Maintains flexibility to meet organizational demands for new skills and knowledge. Other duties as assigned.
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Experience: Thorough and up-to-date clinical skills. Experience in working directly with physicians. Utilization Review, Case Management, and/or Coding and DRG assignment experience strongly preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required. Ability to write inquiries to physicians. Ability to effectively communicate with physicians to relay and obtain information as well as respond to questions. Assertive personality and team player, dependable, aptitude for accuracy, detail and organization skills, PC and/or encoder experience. Must be detail-oriented. Will need to work independently with minimal direct supervision and be able to resolve problems independently.
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current license as a Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Ohio with one year of review experience or coding experience preferred. RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCA with utilization review or concurrent DRG assignment experience preferred. Physical Requirements: Physical demands require standing, walking, sitting, lifting, carrying up to 25 lbs. Close, distant, and color vision is required. Requires manual dexterity to grasp and handle records and to operate a PC computer in the course of work. The work environment is at a moderate noise level (business office with phones, copiers, computers, and printers).
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Sterling Silver St. Blaise pendant, comes on a 24" continuous stainless steel 3mm curb chain. This stunning pendant measures 1 x 3/4" and comes in a gift box. Made in the USA, this medal is die-struck, which produces rich detail.
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Aubrie Powell, of Los Alamos, is one of 10 student composers to create an original work of music for the distinctive dance production at Baldwin Wallace University dubbed, "fyoo zh en '14: new music & dance," March 20-23. The annual event pairs 10 student choreographers with 10 student composers who create a "fusion" (fyoo zh en) of completely original movement and music.
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Maslyn Locke, of Los Alamos, earned honor roll for the fall 2013 semester at the University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts. She is the daughter of Thomas P. and Karen Locke.
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Mei Liu, of Los Alamos, was named to the Honor List of Oxford College, the two-year liberal arts division of Emory University located in Oxford, Ga., for the 2013 fall semester. Liu also received an Associate of Arts in December.
Emma Phillips, a junior at Los Alamos High School, was recently honored as February's Rotary Student of the Month. Phillips is the daughter of David and Edie May Phillips and sister of Nate and Elyse.
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos selects one student each month of the school year to honor as a Student of the Month. This year's recipients reflect a combination of both LAHS seniors and juniors; next year, only juniors will be recognized in hopes of inspiring their interest in Rotary programs that fall during the summer following junior year. Students are nominated by their teachers and chosen on the basis of their academic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and, in particular, their service to the community.
Phillips's involvement in school and church activities demonstrates the important role community service plays in her life. With interests in serving the disadvantaged, Phillips has traveled with the youth group from her church, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran, to feed homeless people in Denver. Through similar church activities, she has had the opportunity to cook meals for the needy at St. Elizabeth Shelter in Santa Fe, which provides emergency lodging, food and counseling for the homeless.
Jan. 16 — A girl, Ariana Magdalena Martinez, born to Monica and David Martinez
Jan. 17 — A boy, Rohan Quillen Goff, born to Jaipriya and George Goff
Jan. 17 — A girl, Sylvia Francis White, born to Desiree and Joshua White
Jan. 31 — Twin boys, Collin Bennett Clayton and Owen William Clayton, born to Julie and Derik Clayton
Jan. 31 — A girl, Emma Caroline Bittner, born to Sarah Brew and Douglas Bittner
Feb. 1 — A boy, Dedrick John Tso, born to Darlene Martinez and Dylan Tso
Feb. 4 — A boy, Anselm Marcelo Weickert Jaime, born to Franziska and Marcelo Weickert Jaime
Feb. 4 — A girl, Avaya Armijo, born to Saravena and Timothy Armijo
Feb. 4 — A girl, Hazel Martha Brookshire, born to Claudia and Joshua Brookshire
Feb. 14 — A boy, Gabriel Arthur William Kelley, born to Mary McGee and Robert Kelley
Feb. 16 — A boy, Eli James Brelsford-Coon, born to Christa Brelsford and Ethan Coon
Feb. 17 — A boy, Francisco Perea, born to Maria and Francisco Perea
Feb. 18 — A boy, Herschel Oeyee Paa Whiteman, born to Jeriolyn and Daniel Whiteman
Feb. 19 — A girl, Christiane Aubrey May Bacik, born to Michelle and John Paul Bacik
Shelby Marie Courtright, of Los Alamos, was named to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Deans' List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year. Courtright is a senior nutrition and health sciences major in the College of Education and Human Sciences.
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Kathryn Hemphill, of Los Alamos, received academic honors from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University by making the Dean's List for the fall 2013 semester.
Jacob Holesinger, a student at Los Alamos High School, has been selected to represent New Mexico as a National Youth Delegate to the 2014 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University.
Holesinger joins a select group of 250 students from across the country to participate in an intensive study week-long of leadership in environmental science and conservation.
Holesinger was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in leadership in the sciences and conservation studies.
The Washington Youth Summit on the Environment will be June 22-27.
Nolan K. Bell, of Los Alamos, was named to Fort Lewis College's Dean's List for the Fall 2013 semester. Bell's major is Sociology/Human Services — Criminology Option.
James Coburn, of Los Alamos, has been named to the Academic Honor Roll for Bloc two and three of the current school year at Colorado Timberland Academy boarding school. Coburn is the son of Steven Coburn of Los Alamos.
Jenny Tumas, of Los Alamos, whose major is Political Science, has been named to the Dean's List at Clemson University for the fall 2013 semester.
Oct. 25 — A boy, Austin Grant Watkins, born to Heath and Alison Watkins
Dec. 17 — A girl, Reya Padma Thulasidasan, born to Namrata Menon and Sunil Thulasidasan
Dec. 27 — A boy, Andrew William Brown, born to Ann Marie and William F. Brown
Dec. 27 — A girl, Aubriana Corine Trujillo, born to Alissa Trujillo
Jan. 1 — A boy, Lucas James Epperson, born to Amelia and Adam Epperson
Jan. 3 — A boy, Joel Donald Francisco, born to Mary and Eric Francisco
Jan. 4 — A girl, Kamrynn Kololia Wilson, born to Puataunofo Barber and Nikolaus Wilson
Jan. 9 — A boy, Carlos Becerra, born to Katrina Gonzales and Charles Becerra
Jan. 10 — A boy, Conner Charles Hollowell, born to Brittany and Benjamin Hollowell
Jan. 12 — A boy, Jonathan Michael Maskaly, born to Karlene and Garry Maskaly
Jan. 14 — A girl, Lily Lucy Yarotski, born to Eleonora and Dmitry Yarotski
Jan. 15 — A boy, Jude Martinez, born to Ericka Velasquez and Jason Martinez
Nathan Phillips, a senior at Los Alamos High School, was recognized in the recent issue of National Ski Patrol magazine for receiving a Silver Merit Star for being the runner up for Outstanding Young Adult Patroller in the country.
Phillips has been on the Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol for four years helping provide safe snow sport recreation on the mountain. He and the rest of the local Young Adult Ski Patrol are attending the Rocky Mountain Division Young Adult seminar at Winterpark, Colo., this March.
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Aubrie Powell, of Los Alamos, has been named to the Dean's List for the Fall Semester 2013 at Baldwin Wallace University.
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Prospective Pacific Lutheran University student Haley Bridgewater, from Los Alamos High School, has been awarded a President's Scholarship worth $22,000 a year — along with the opportunity to earn more.
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Tristan Goodwin, of Los Alamos, has been accepted to Cornell College, a private liberal arts college located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and also earned the King Scholarship.
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Hae Chung, a Los Alamos resident and a student at the prestigious Pratt Institute, was among more than 1,000 students who made the President's List in the Fall 2013 semester.
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Dennis Erickson, of Los Alamos, was re-elected to the California Lutheran University Board of Regents.
Erickson, a retired physicist, will serve a three-year term on the 31-member board responsible for guiding the policies of the university.
The following Los Alamos students were named to Eastern New Mexico University's Deans List for the Fall 2013 Semester: Amethyst Collins, Anna Day, Amanda Dermer, Samara Fellows, Ian Forsyth, Luke Johnson, Alexandria L'Esperance, Katie Lofton, Matthew Morgan, Jessica Roberts, Kyle Stephens, Steven Williams and Mariah Zerr. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours with a GPA between 3.25 and 4.00.
Former Los Alamos resident Bryan Cort was recently awarded the Master of Science degree in psychology from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Cort is currently employed as a research associate with Haskins Laboratory in New Haven, Conn. He is the son of Barbara Katz of White Rock.
Jaime Benage, of Los Alamos, graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. on Dec. 31. Benage received a BS with a major in chemistry.
Micaela McCormick, of Los Alamos, graduated from Eastern New Mexico University on Dec. 14.
Nichole Kluk graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a Masters of
Business Administration in December 2013. Kluk is employed by the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club as an assistant in Group Outbound Sales. Kluk is the daughter of Emily and Mike Kluk of White Rock.
Michael Leslie, a 2009 graduate of Los Alamos High School, graduated on Dec. 14 with Highest Honors from the College of Education at New Mexico State University.
Leslie received his bachelor of science in kinesiology with an emphasis on exercise science.
He has completed all requirements for medical school where he hopes to pursue a career in emergency medicine.
Leslie graduated a Crimson Scholar with a 4.0 GPA and worked as a scribe at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces. He also received the NMSU Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate award for the College of Education, as well as the Denise Briggs Outstanding Senior Award.
As a freshman, Leslie was awarded the Medical Auxiliary Scholarship provided by the Los Alamos Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary. He is the son of Paul and Carolyn Leslie of White Rock.
Nov. 5 — A boy, Westyn Kyle Moore, born to Jessica Evelyn Howze and Kyle Steven Moore
Nov. 6 — A boy, Nehemiah Liam Gallegos born to Stephanie Sandoval and Patricio Gallegos
Nov. 7 — A boy, Ocean Chen, born to Chih-Chun Chien and Chang-Yu Chen
Nov. 8 — A boy, Craig A. Cisneros, born to Veronica Pacheco and Craig D. Cisneros
Nov. 20 — A girl, Aubrey Arooshi, born to Mumu Mahbub and Towfiq Ahmed
Nov. 24 — A girl, Adrianna Addison Montoya, born to Renee K. Martinez and Anthony Montoya
Nov. 28 — A boy, Isaac Jacob Joseph Gurule, born to Gwen and James Gurule
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Can I Use Sakura Microns For Professional Work?
I have started using the Pigma Micron Pens by Sakura for illustration work for a little while. But, Ive noticed, particularly comic book artists, say that for professional work they either use a brush and technical pen or nibs. Most of the time the technical pens that they are referring to are usually by Kohinoor, and are "old school" traditional steel nib pens that you have to fill with india ink and maintain and clean constantly. Some artists say they use those pigma pens for less professional work like convention sketches.
I took a college drafting course where I was instructed to buy those Rapidograph technical pens, and I really considered them a waste in that sometimes they never work....or spill. The maintenance required is also way too much of a hassle, really. It seems so ridiculous. I just bought the Microns, and they were MUCH more convenient, and it is listed on the pens that they have the same archival fadeproof and waterproof ink. But still, some of the instructors said to stick with the Rapidographs and avoid the Microns if you could, if you were doing traditional drafting. I never understood this. Maybe my instructor mistook the Micron pens for some other kind of pen?
So, then why is it that some artists (comic book artists really) see those pigma pens such as the Sakura Microns and similar not fit for "professional use." Should I be using them professionally alongside a good sable brush? What do people see in those technical pens, anyways? I know they are great for creating technical linework, but cant the Microns accomplish the same task? Is there something that I am missing? If the Microns are not suited for "professional" level work, is there another kind of pen that is like the Rapidograph pens that is not so much of a hassle and actually works?
Can somebody kindly answer the questions I have and bring some kind of clarity to this matter?
January 21st, 2010 #2
I'm not talking from experience, but as far as I know, anything can be used as long as the art director approves.
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Creating distinction between professional and non-professional tools is unnecessary.
By the way. I was taught that ink is so versatile medium that you can apply it with anything. You can even use pointed stick found in the forest if it gives interesting mark .
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Residents packed into the 106th Precinct at this month's community council meeting in Oct. 9 to meet Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct's new commander, and voice concerns about quality-of-life issues.
Schiff told the audience that he would be implementing his successful "Spot It to Secure It" program in the precinct, which involves cops patrolling the neighborhood for parked cars that have iPhones, iPads, laptops and other valuables inside and in plain sight. The officers will snap pictures and mail, to the vehicle's owners reminding them not to leave belongings in their cars.
Schiff said that in addition to criminal charges, he might also seek civil forfeiture penalties against bars, clubs and pawn shops that are found to be in violation of the law.
In an effort to curtail the repetitive noisemakers in the community, Schiff and his staff will be reviewing noise complaints for the past three years and sending registered warning letters to the chronic violators informing them of the required permits they will need.
"Those individuals will know that we are looking at them," Schiff said.
Schiff introduced the precinct's new executive officer, Capt. John Ganley, a 21-year veteran of the NYPD and assigned to the 106th Precinct with Schiff.
Howard Beach resident Rita Pristina, whose locked car was broken into three times since July, without a scratch on the door, asked Schiff how the thief could have gained access to her car. Pristina said that on the third break-in, she spotted the thief at 1:30 a.m., dressed in a black hoodie. He was scared away when a neighbor yelled at him.
She had heard that there are master keys for her model car, and asked if this was true.
"It wouldn't surprise me," Schiff said, adding, "It's not unheard of for something like that to happen."
Pristina's neighbor, Mary Ellen Krowicki, told Schiff that her and her daughter's boyfriend's cars were also broken into without any sign of forced entry. The women said that it was not possible to break into their cars with a "slim-jim," a thin piece of metal used to pick locks.
Krowicki didn't report any of the break-ins to the police because she believed them to be petty thievery. Schiff reminded the audience to always report any crime to the police, no matter how minor or petty they believe it is.
"Basically, if you have a crime occur and don't report it, we don't know where to go," Schiff said.
The inspector said that every Monday, he reviews the crime reports for the previous 28 days to see where he should deploy resources.
A South Ozone Park resident who did not give her name, complained about loud music every Friday night near her home in the vicinity of 132nd Street and Sutter Avenue.
"All I want to do is just get a good night's sleep at night," she said.
South Richmond Hill resident Moody Bandelly, who complained about loud music at a bar in the vicinity of 129th Street and Liberty Avenue at the July community council meeting, said the problem continues.
Schiff was aware of the location and the police and other agencies, including the Department of Buildings, the FDNY, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Liquor Authority conducted a joint operation at the bar on Sept. 27.
Schiff added that the DEP sound-level meter check showed that the music was within the limits allowed under the city noise law, although the DOB and the FDNY did issue summonses to the bar owner for other violations. There were no SLA violations.


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Subsidiarity is a complicated word that's actually very basic and it's a wonderful concept. It says that an issue or problem should be dealt with by the people who are closest to it.… Solutions that we lob over like a scud missile or something where we do drive-by ministry and help somebody for a minute, those are not going to be very effective. They're not going to deal with the root issues.More from Rudy Carrasco
John Armstrong on Person to Person
Subsidiarity helped me understand that essentially the best way to deliver care for people in need is at the level that is closest to the people. The further removed you get from the actual people, and the actual need, and the humanness – the humanity that is rooted… in anthropology, in the Doctrine of the Human Person. That's a core conviction of… historic Christian theology… that the delivery of aid and goods and support must never be removed from person to person. It's best delivered at the level of human interaction, in communities, in local relationships. It's not that the government has no role at all, it's that its role is defined more by this anthropology, by this Christian thought.More from John Armstrong
John Armstrong on Personal Impact of Subsidiarity
[Subsidiarity] was an explosion, in my mind. It was a freedom to my heart…I'd had two long trips to India. I had seen grinding poverty in Latin America. I had read some of the Liberation Theologians, and I was attracted to some of what they were saying…But subsidiary helped me understand how to do good and do it well, and do it in a way that actually made a difference, so it became a vehicle to express my concern for the poor and for how to deliver care for the poor."More from John Armstrong
Rev. Robert A. Sirico on Solidarity
People might say, 'Well, you can talk about subsidiarity, but what about solidarity?' And point of fact, subsidiarity is a way in which we express our solidarity with people. Precisely because it's centered on the human person, it gives us a chance to be neighbors to neighbors in need.More from Rev. Robert A. Sirico
Subsidiarity Defined
The principle of subsidiarity holds that social and economic problems should be solved by those closest to them whenever possible (i.e., the family, the church and neighborhood, the community), making temporary recourse to more distant levels of assistance only when necessary and with deep awareness of the dangers of institutionalizing detached and distant forms of bureaucratic assistance. The complementary principle of solidarity—which emphasizes the inherently social nature of the human person and humanity's common bond as creatures made in the image of God—is often and rightly invoked in discussions of global poverty, but the principle of subsidiarity also bears on the subject, and has played an important role in both Catholic and Protestant social thought.
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- Subsidiarity Defined
- Subsidiarity in Action
- Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Teaching
- Subsidiarity in the Bible
- Subsidiarity in Protestant Thought
- Subsidiarity and the Information Problem
Subsidiarity in Action
The principle of subsidiarity is strongly supported by empirical evidence. One negative example is the distribution of malaria nets in Africa. Malaria kills roughly one million Africans each year, and bed nets have served as one tool in protecting people against the mosquitoes that carry the disease. The World Bank sponsored a donation of mosquito nets to countries suffering acutely from malaria (mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa). Unfortunately, many of those nets ended up in the hands of corrupt dictators and from there into a black market, often ending up as fishing nets and wedding veils.
In The White Man's Burden, William Easterly contrasts such an approach to one guided by the principle of subsidiarity. Population Services International (PSI) sells nets to nurses in Malawi for fifty cents (White Man's Burden, p. 25). The nurse who distributes the nets gets nine cents per net. PSI also sells nets for five dollars to rich Malawians, which allows them to subsidize the cost of the nets so they can get to people who actually need them.
This is just one example of how subsidiarity works. It was the Malawians who came up with the concept of selling the nets through the nurses: they knew the situation "on the ground" and so were able to find an informed, effective way to get the nets to the people in the community who needed them, and who could explain how to use the nets and why they were worth using. In sum, PSI succeeded by connecting with, listening to, and partnering with key actors embedded in the local culture.
Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Teaching
Pope Leo XIII began to develop the principle of subsidiarity as Catholic social teaching in his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum. The principle of subsidiarity was formally defined and further developed by Pope Pius in his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno. Pius wrote, "It is an injustice, a grave evil and a disturbance of right order for a larger and higher organization to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies. This is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, unshaken and unchangeable, and it retains its full truth today." As he further emphasized, "The supreme authority of the State ought, therefore, to let subordinate groups handle matters and concerns of lesser importance, which would otherwise dissipate its efforts greatly."
In 1991, Pope John Paul II emphasized the principle of subsidiarity in Centesimus Annus, the papal encyclical celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum. There he wrote that the welfare state ignores the principle of subsidiarity by intervening directly and aggressively in local communities, leading to "a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending."
Subsidiarity in the Bible
The biblical foundation for both Protestant and Catholic teaching is rooted in a rich understanding of being made in the image and likeness of God. Scripture tells us that we are responsible for addressing our own needs whenever we are able. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 exhorts, "If a man shall not work, he shall not eat." God has equipped the majority of us to be productive and create wealth and resources for ourselves and others.
We are also called to help others, and Scripture makes clear that this begins with our families. The life and story of Ruth beautifully illustrates this mandate and privilege, but it's just one of many places in Scripture where we read of the importance of taking care of family members. In 1 Timothy 5:3-8, for instance, Paul urges Christians to take care of their widowed mothers and grandmothers, and he describes the person who does not care for family members in need as "worse than an unbeliever" (vs. 8). Further, Paul goes on to describe the responsibility that each of us has to care for the widows and the orphans among us. Paul explains that individual Christians should take care of widows they are related to so that church leaders need only be responsible for those in extreme need. We are also called upon to be mindful of our neighbors. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus answers the question of what it means to be a neighbor; to see a person in need, show compassion, and get personally involved in addressing that need. Throughout Scripture, we are frequently reminded to determine how God has equipped us to address the needs around us before calling on other people or institutions to intervene.
Notably, Scripture almost always speaks of caring for needs as a form of service to one another. From a biblical perspective, tangible generosity takes place in the context of a personal relationship. This means that money and physical resources are not seen as the primary solution to social problems. The start of the solution to social problems in Scripture begins with the acknowledgment that we exist in relation to God and to one another, and that it is a great responsibility and privilege to care for needs around us in the most effective manner.
Subsidiarity in Protestant Thought
The principle of subsidiarity is widely known as a social, political, and ecclesiastical idea that finds its classic modern expression in Catholic social teaching. Lesser known, however, is that the more remote origins of the principle of subsidiarity are found in the ecclesiastical and political thought of the Reformation. The development of Reformed political thought, particularly with regard to the concepts of federalism and subsidiarity, are often identified with the Dutch thinker Johannes Althusius. The Renaissance and Reformation attempts to synthesize various sources from the history of legal and religious thought find expression in Althusius' Dicaeologicae, which itself was an immense work that sought to construct a single comprehensive juridical system by collating the Decalogue, Jewish law, Roman law, and various streams of European customary law. In both theology as well as law, during this period, the topical method of organization, along with attention to the various streams of traditional precedents, set the stage for the sort of massive integrated works that Dicaeologicae typifies.
Besides the pervasive influence of a scholastic method modified by the insights provided by Renaissance humanism, an important ecclesiastical source for the development of the concept of subsidiarity is embedded in a resolution passed in 1571 by the Dutch synod of Emden. This resolution was intended to govern the relationship between parishes and general synods. The first article produced by the Synod of Emden in 1571, for instance, has a textual predecessor in the Wezelse Artikelen of 1568. Furthermore, we can trace the origins of the expression of subsidiarity present in the Emden resolution through the influence of earlier texts, themselves influenced by the Reformed churches in sixteenth-century France.
Subsidiarity and the Information Problem
Subsidiarity, then, has a lot to do with knowledge. The closer you are to a problem, the more likely you are to be familiar with the relevant information. Thus, in seeking to help poor people, we ought to seek and support local initiatives informed by local knowledge, and to forge partnerships with local actors, partnerships that share wisdom and provide mutual accountability.
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As a fellowship, we are an outreach ministry of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs with Pastor Raul Ries and have been blessed to serve in the same region as Calvary Chapel Sioux Falls.
Calvary Chapel South Sioux City was birthed decades ago through the prayers and tears of two meek South American missionaries, Ed and Noami Farrell (South Sioux City, Nebraska natives & the parents of Sharon Ries), and through the radical redemption of the violent life of a southern Californian street thug from Mexico City named Raul Ries. Please visit www.calvarygs.org for details of Pastor Raul's testimony and ministry.
Years later God would begin to inspire a young and very passionate believer and Bible teacher named Tim Hall along with his pregnant wife Zully and three young children (Noah, Lilly, and Abby) to move to the Siouxland area to start a simple bible study. Ruby Esther, their fourth child, would be born 3 months later on a snowy mid-west winter day.
Divinely, Calvary Chapel South Sioux City was birthed on Sept 9, 2010 as six adults, three children, and one dog (named Blue) would gather at the Hall's small two-bedroom/one-bath rented house in Sioux City, Iowa (Morningside) to study through the Book of Ephesians.
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I see that cows will be "fenced in" by a tingling electric shock in their nostrils if they stray too far from a central mast (6 January, p 7).
I have a vision of vandals chopping down the mast in order to watch the poor things running all over the place in search of relief from the pain in their noses. If this happened, a rustler with a portable radio transmitter could then lead the cows away over the fenceless fields, rather like the Pied Piper.
And if it works on cows, why not use the system on toddlers to stop them wandering too far from their parents, or crying too loudly?
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Reverence and revelry at UST's Neo-Centennial
The University of Sto. Tomas (UST) may have ended its 400th year but for the country's oldest university, it isn't so much an ending as it is the beginning of another hundred years.
UST's giant choir bids adieu to quad celebration. Arranged according to vocal range, 40,000 students singing as a giant choir fill a University of Santo Tomas open field on Friday as the university ended its quadricentennial celebration. Roehl Niño Bautista
The University pulled out all the stops for what it called its Neo-Centennial celebration which began last Jan. 20 with the opening of an exhibit called "400 Shots to Immortality," by talented Thomasian Paul Quiambao.
After a whirlwind week of events which included a university fair, flamenco night, and a living tableau of 19th century UST among others, the festivities came down to the grand finale on Jan. 27.
Grand is indeed the best word to describe the final festivities―how else as candles were lit, fireworks and sky lanterns dotted the sky, and 40,000 Thomasians raised their voices in song.
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As a pontifical university and the only one in Asia to have hosted two popes three times, it was only fitting that it began the closing celebrations with a Thanksgiving Mass at the UST grandstand. The eucharistic celebration was a special one, officiated by Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma. Plenary indulgence was granted to those who were in attendance.
After the mass, members of the UST community geared up for the musical event called "40,000 Voices," where even in the open air, those voices managed to fill every crack and crevice. Conducted by Prof. Herminigildo Ranera and accompanied by the UST Symphony Orchestra, the 40,000 students, faculty members, alumni, and employees sang their hearts out to a diverse repertoire that included Philippine Folk Song medleys, ABBA classics, "Ako ay Tomasino," and of course, the UST hymn.
After the performance, there were fireworks, as is customary in every big celebration. In UST's case though, it was no ordinary pyromusical show. The fireworks were released from four iconic areas on UST's Main Campus so that the audience at the grandstand was surrounded by spectacle. The music, on the other hand, was drowned out by the ohhhs and ahhhs of the elated Thomasians. As if the fireworks weren't enough, a group of students even released sky lanterns, which elicited their share of sighs from onlookers as they floated into the night sky.
A big feast awaited the students, who were no doubt hungry after hearing Mass, singing and sighing at fireworks. It was a feast indeed as glorious spreads of lechon baka fresh from the spit, lechon baboy, and roast chicken were strategically placed all over campus.
As the variety program commenced, many flocked to the grandstand to watch as the likes of Jett Pangan and Gloc 9 took the stage. Others chose to hang out in their favorite spots on campus, with some even taking advantage of the occasion to play around at the UST fountain.
The revelry lasted well into the night, but as Thomasian laughter and cheer hung thick in the air, it felt like the celebration could have lasted 'til next century. — KG, GMA News
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Your article on rogue waves brought back some memories (30 June, p 28). During the inquest into the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race, a helicopter pilot gave evidence of a wave he and his crew faced during a mission to rescue a stricken sailor. In his story he tells of being 102 feet above the sea when he saw a wall of water approaching. The crest missed his skids by just 6 inches. His aircraft was fitted with the latest altimeter and was tested to be accurate to within millimetres.
Unfortunately, at the time one of the rescuers was in the water and this poor fellow nearly drowned as he was dragged through the monster. I would like to suggest that this is the largest wave ever recorded by a human.
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