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Calling Super Bowl XLVI one of the best coaching matchups of all-time might be a stretch. Labeling the coaching matchup the second best Super Bowl rematch of all-time, however, is on target.
New England's Bill Belichick ranks 10th all-time with 175 regular-season wins. New York's Tom Coughlin checks in at 19th with 142 wins, tied with Jeff Fisher.
Tom Landry (250 wins) and Chuck Noll (193 wins) are the only other two head coaches in the current top 20 who matched up against each other twice in the Super Bowl. Noll's Pittsburgh Steelers beat Landry's Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X and XIII.
Coughlin beat Belichick in Super XLII. Does that give Coughlin a slight edge heading into the rematch? Let's take a closer look at the resumes for both coaches:
Years as head coach: Belichick 17, Coughlin 16
Regular-season record: Belichick 175-97 (.643), Coughlin 142-114 (.555)
Playoff record: Belichick 17-6 (.739), Coughlin 11-7 (.611)
Overall record: Belichick 192-103 (.651), Coughlin 153-121 (.558)
Playoff appearances: Belichick 10, Coughlin 9
Super Bowl appearances: Belichick 5, Coughlin 2
Super Bowl record: Belichick 3-1 (.750), Coughlin 1-0 (1.000)
Head-to-head (Playoffs): Belichick 0-1 (.000), Coughlin 1-0 (1.000)
Head-to-head (Overall): Belichick 1-4 (.200), Coughlin 4-1 (.800)
Best season: Belichick 18-1 (2007), Coughlin 15-3 (1999)
Worst season: Belichick 5-11 (1995, 2000), Coughlin 4-12 (1995)
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Playoff Record: Belichick and Coughlin have excellent postseason track records with their current teams. Coughlin has won seven of his last eight playoff games with the Giants, including five road games and Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated Patriots. The last time the Patriots played a postseason game away from home was Super Bowl XLII against the Giants.
Head-to-Head: The Giants are the only NFC team to beat the Patriots more than once in the Belichick era. Coughlin also beat Belichick twice in 1995 during Coughlin's first season with Jacksonville and Belichick's last season with Cleveland.
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Suggested Grade Level:Pre K
Materials Needed:Cones to mark boundaries and 2-4 foam balls (depending on the number of taggers)
Lesson Plan:Description of Idea
This activity is designed for students to learn their phone number.
Set up cones to establish the playing area. Select 2-4 students to be the taggers and give each tagger a phone (foam) ball. Have all the students spread out in the playing area. On the teacher's "GO" signal, students will travel around the gym (skip, slide, gallop, walk, etc.). If a student gets tagged by a phone ball, they must walk over to the teacher and recite their phone number. After the student has recited their phone number, the student may enter the activity again.
Teaching Suggestions:
Make sure to switch taggers throughout the activity.
Instead of reciting phone numbers have students recite their address, birthday, and year they were born.
Author:Shawn Fortner who teaches at Back Creek and Bent Mountain Elementary Schools in Roanoke, VA. Posted on PEC: 10/7/2001.
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Stephen Colbert offers his take on white people's fears of black people
Replaying video from several Fox TV shows, Colbert noted that Fox personalities Bill O'Reilly, Bernie Goldberg and Chris Wallace had all offered statistics indicating that African Americans are more likely to commit crimes (murders, in particular) than Hispanics or non-Hispanic whites. [Read More]
Ron Paul to launch daily radio commentaries in March
Libertarian leader Ron Paul may no longer be a Texas congressman, but his voice is still being heard on the issues. In fact, it will soon be heard coast to coast. Paul announced his plans this week to launch "Ron Paul's America," a twice daily, one-minute radio commentary. The syndicated programming, set to begin in […] [Read More]
Now it's Republicans calling Karl Rove 'repulsive' and 'total loser'
"Evil genius" and "Bush's Brain" are just a few of the names thrown out by Democrats for Republican strategist Karl Rove. During his career as an adviser to George W. Bush, Rove was criticized by Democrats as the "Wizard of Oz" behind the curtain of the Bush campaign — the Rasputin of the White House. […] [Read More]
Commentary: Rush Limbaugh has a point about 'far, far left' presidential debate moderators
I think the presidential debate commission went down the wrong road to begin with. In order to please all sides and really ensure that no one moderator would be perceived as leaning too left, or another judged to be tilting in the other direction, why not just go with TV personalities like Ryan Seacrest, Lara Spencer, Gayle King, Jason Kennedy, Robin Meade, Wendy Williams or Kathie Lee Gifford? [Read More]


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Janet Sarbanes
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Faculty, Aesthetics & Politics
Phone: 661.255.1050 x2249
Fax: 661.255.0177
Room: E132
Teaching Areas: Narrative Theory; Cultural Studies; Fiction
Janet Sarbanes is the author of the short story collection Army of One, and has published cultural criticism in journals such as Afterall, Popular Music and Society, Utopian Studies, Los Angeles Review of Books and East of Borneo. Her current book project is titled Radical Imaginaries: Aesthetic Sociality and the Project of Autonomy. An essay from this collection, "The Shaker 'Gift': Charisma, Aesthetic Practice and Utopian Communalism," was awarded the Battisti Prize by the Society of Utopian Studies. She teaches in the School of Critical Studies at CalArts and directs the MFA Creative Writing Program.
- Article on the early years of CalArts in East of Borneo
- Review of Army of One in The LA Weekly
- "Homesick for the World," image/text collaboration with Susan Simpson, on Viralnet
Praise for Janet Sarbanes' Army of One
As far as story structure goes, Sarbanes has some kind of mad PowerPoint jones. In the wrong hands, that could be a disaster — like some postmodern trick gone awry — but Sarbanes is a writer of great precision; each discrete chunk of prose is like a little seismic event. – Marc Weingarten, LA Weekly
Stingingly funny fiction debut . . . This reader can't shake a feeling … both silly and dead-serious, noble and self-incriminating, a mirage or Rorschach blot that shimmers beyond all manner of spirit-killing convention, and which Sarbanes gets at, story after story, from oblique and totally original angles. – Rachel Kushner, BOMB Magazine


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NC auditor: Better estimates needed on IT projects
A state audit says North Carolina government does a poor job estimating what the actual costs of an information technology project will be and how long it'll take to complete the job.
The performance audit released Monday is the latest in a series of reports from State Auditor Beth Wood highlighting shortcomings in how state government builds or manages computer projects.
Auditors say a review of 84 projects shows actual IT project costs are more than twice as much and take more than a year longer to complete then the state agencies originally estimated. Auditors recommended changes to set more realistic goals and make state officials more accountable to meet schedules.
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Developer: InXile
Publisher: InXile
Platform: PS2, XBox, PC
Release Date: October 26, 2004
by Jason Ferguson
Are you tired of all the clichés in RPGs? Do you yearn for something different? If so The Bard's Tale is the game for you. Combining humor and fun with addictive gameplay and an interesting story, The Bard's Tale is certain to satisfy your cravings.
You play the game as the Bard, a loner who cares little for anything but himself. One day, while clearing the rats from a cellar, he learns to play a magical tune that allows him to summon a creature. Curious, the Bard continues on a quest to search out more of these tunes. One thing leads to the next, and before you know it the Bard, who wanted little more than coin and cleavage, finds himself fighting evil and saving the world. The Bard finds out he is the chosen one (cliché, no?) who must rescue the princess. This is a story that is sure to make you laugh. The Bard's antics and the humor of the narrator are hilarious. Hard-core RPG fans will enjoy it even more since many of the jokes revolve around RPG clichés, such as crushing barrels or killing rats in cellars. Not to say that many aspects of The Bard's Tale aren't cliché themselves, which ends up being one of the game's largest flaws.
In some ways this game is a classic top-down view fantasy RPG, but you'll quickly see some of the differences. You'll start the game off by allocating your stats (or having them done automatically for you). You also get to choose one of several abilities to start out with. As you level up by slaying foes you'll be able to increase your stats, allocating two points to whichever stat you want. You'll also be able to learn new skills, such as dual wield.
You'll only have direct control over the Bard, but you can also summon magic creatures to fight alongside him. There are plenty of different summon creatures you can collect as the game progresses. Each summon has different abilities and fighting styles. The Knight is a strong physical attacker who will run right into a swarm of foes and fight bravely. The electric spider isn't as strong, but can zap multiple foes at a time and occasionally stuns them. You'll be able to power up your summons as you progress, making them even more useful. You can command your summons with the directional pad, giving them orders such as "come here" or "attack."
You and your party of summons will travel from town to town, completing a variety of quests and progressing with the story. The world map is pretty dull, and for whatever reason The Bard moves extremely slow while traveling through it, but you really won't spend too much time there. You've got a handy quest log, which notes not only your main quest, but all of your active side quests. You'll make occasional stops at a shop to buy new equipment, and you can hang out in the bar to buy drinks and listen to a bunch of drunks sing. When talking to townsfolk you'll often get two choices on how to respond: snarky or nice. Think Knights of the Old Republic, but not nearly as deep. Still, the dialog is often hilarious, and your choices can affect how people treat you.
The dungeons are of good size, and you'll find all sorts of items, summons and equipment spread throughout each. You'll often have to go through several levels in each dungeon to get through it, but you've got a trusty mini-map to help you through it. The mini-map comes in very useful and can be zoomed in to make it easier to read. All exits as well as your destination are marked on the map. Enemies also appear on the mini-map once you're close enough to them.
The fighting is pretty action-packed, and you can find yourself against a rather large amount of enemies. The bard can wield range weapons, like a bow and arrow, or melee weapons, like swords. You can switch between weapons with ease by pressing the black or white button to see the weapons list, and then choose a weapon. You have no real inventory, as the Bard converts all the weaker weapons you pick up to gold automatically. It's convenient because it saves you the time of having to sell it, but those who want to be able to carry around a variety of weapons may find it a bit of a disappointment. Summoning and using items is just as easy and a list of your options pops up when you hit the R trigger for summons or L trigger for items. Each weapon type has its advantages and disadvantages, so you'll have to use some strategy choosing between them. The bow and arrow is nice for range, but at the same time it's hard to aim with, which can cause a lot of problems. Also, you often find yourself up against hordes of foes, so battle can be pretty frustrating. If you don't have a good fighting party out and happen to run into a group of foes, it could be game over for you! Even worse is that you have to spend time playing your lute while you summon, leaving you vulnerable to enemies. Then you have to draw your weapon to re-enter combat. By this time the battle could be over.
The sound in the game is top notch. The music fits the game perfectly, and the voice acting is not only hilarious, but is great quality. The Bard is voiced by Cary Elwes, who seems to fit the part perfectly. The game is full of songs, all of which are good. Everyone you come across will have an accent, and for a change we see a game where accents are done well. The game also features some nice graphics. The character models and environments are beautiful, and effects and movements are also well done.
Although The Bard's Tale falls prey to some of the same clichés that it mocks, it still offers one of the most entertaining RPG experiences in recent memory. The game is hilarious and even the cliché aspects are still fun. The Bard's Tale is an addictive and enjoyable game that RPG fans would be wise to add to their Christmas list.
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Noodles with stir-fried chilli veg
Cooking timePrep: 5 mins Cook: 10 mins - 12 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
A stir fry with a mild, sweet chilli flavour that kids will love. For a spicier kick, add a chopped red chilli
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- Vegetarian
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- kcalories
- 304
- protein
- 10g
- carbs
- 51g
- fat
- 8g
- saturates
- 1g
- fibre
- 3g
- sugar
- 6g
- salt
- 2.2g
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- 250g pack medium egg noodles
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- small piece fresh root ginger, grated
- 300g pack Chinese-style stir-fry vegetables
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If you prefer a spicier kick, stir-fry a chopped red chilli with the vegetables.
- Bring a pan of water to the boil. Add the noodles, bring back to the boil and cook for 4 mins, then drain well. Mix the tomato purée, soy and chilli sauce in a small bowl with 150ml water.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan or wok, add the ginger and vegetables and stir-fry for 2 mins. Add the noodles and sauce and cook for a further 2-3 mins until everything is piping hot.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2007
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This is the first recipe i have used from this site and it worked very well, it was a very easy dish to make yet full of flavour and not at all bland as some people may think noodles are. Instead of fresh root ginger i used half a tablespoon of ginger powder which still tasted wonderful.
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A Baltimore man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a plot to blow up an Armed Forces recruiting center in Catonsville, Md., a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed.
The man, identified by ABC News as Antonio Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain, planned to attack the center "with what he believed to be vehicle bomb," according to the spokesperson, Marcia Murphy.
"There was no actual danger to the public as the explosives were inert and the suspect had been carefully monitored by law enforcement for months," Murphy added.
She also said "[t]here is no evidence this individual is tied to the recent shootings at military recruiting centers in the Washington, D.C. metro area."
Law enforcement sources described Martinez as a Muslim convert who was angry at the U.S. military for what he considered a war on Muslims.
Martinez was ordered held without bond until a hearing on Monday.
According to charging documents, Martinez was arrested Wednesday morning after attempting to detonate a fake bomb provided to him by the FBI.
He was charged with attempted murder of federal officers/employees and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against a property owned, leased or used by the United States.
The Associated Press reported that President Obama had been informed of the investigation before Martinez's arrest, and was assured the public was not in danger.
The law enforcement sources said the man was caught in an FBI sting operation similar to one in Portland, Oregon, which led to the arrest of 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somali-born U.S. citizen. Mohamud is accused of plotting to drive a truck bomb into the city's Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.
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Elise Hilton: Give in to evil or give up: What should the Catholic bishops do?
(Acton Institute) National Catholic Reporter writer Michael Sean Winters has a message for the United States Catholic Bishops: become complicit with evil or toll the death knell for the Church in the U.S. Unlike the Amish, who choose to live in a manner outside of modern culture, Winters exhorts the bishops to not only engage the world, but realize that being part of evil is simply part and parcel of that engagement:
I bring up the Amish for a reason. They are lovely people and their commitment to living a Christ-like life challenges us all. But their model is not our Catholic tradition. We do not shut out the world; we engage it. And it seems to me that the approach of many bishops in recent years has been to mimic the Amish, to construct walls around a 'faithful remnant' of Catholics, close the doors in the face of those who evidence ambivalence, and denounce the culture for its moral turpitude. Setting aside the fact that those denunciations tend to be ideologically one-sided, this dour, pessimistic, denunciatory stance toward the culture is a death sentence for the church…
Winters is specifically addressing the bishops' decision to fight the HHS mandate, forcing employers to include abortificients and abortions with insurance coverage. Winters adds, "…no one is being tied down and force-fed contraception: We are talking about insurance coverage."
Contrast this with what an actual Catholic bishop has to say. Archbishop Charles Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia notes that the bishops of the U.S. have long held that all Americans deserve adequate health care, regardless of their employment situation. It is not the bishops, he says, but the White House, that has politicized this issue.
[H]ealth care has now morphed into a religious liberty issue provoked entirely – and needlessly — by the current White House. Despite a few small concessions under pressure, the administration refuses to withdraw or reasonably modify a Health and Human Services (HHS) contraceptive mandate that violates the moral and religious convictions of many individuals, private employers and religiously affiliated and inspired organizations.
Coupled with the White House's refusal to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and its astonishing disregard for the unique nature of religious freedom displayed by its arguments in a 9-0 defeat in the 2012 Hosanna-Tabor Supreme Court decision, the HHS mandate can only be understood as a form of coercion. Access to inexpensive contraception is a problem nowhere in the United States. The mandate is thus an ideological statement; the imposition of a preferential option for infertility. And if millions of Americans disagree with it on principle – too bad. [More]
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And so you are advocating an anti intellectual approachh to the Catholic Faith. You are going to tell the Dominicans, and other great teacing scholars and intellectuals, ant the monastic instructions of higher learning to close down and just read the Catechiism?
Over the past several months, I have refused to read the comments that follow the articles. Today, I decided to and I am more than appalled once again,at the rationalization of particular contributors. There appears to be a belief that one can change moral order and ethics to suit the times. We can somehow change God's laws willy-nilly to suit our purposes. Someone (The Church) has to hold the truth. When anything goes….nothing goes.
One forgets here that there are two…yes two bodies involved…..the mother's and the human infant in gestation. Both, and I emphasize both, have separate DNA and are separate bodies. Human beings are not grown out in the field someplace… although if some feminists had their way, they would like that to happen. Reproduction of human beings and all other beings has been designed by God. We cannot play God in choosing to deny a life once it is set in motion. We have the responsibility of safeguarding all life and to not foster the "I was here first mentality" of individuals so I get to choose. We seem to have difficulty in recognizing a "Higher Power". Mother Teresa so aptly stated that "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die in order to live as we wish." I truly fear for the future, we have gone down a very sorry path. When we attack men as being the antagonists here we are contributing to a gender war that is most divisive in society. Women do believe that this is a wrong as well. What about women who wish to safeguard life…..it is instinctive. And then there is the part that men contribute to the life itself. Don't they have a stake in it?
The whole issue is becoming more and more abhorrent to me.
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The very nature of the tradition is one of change. Cardinal Newman said: "To change is good, to change often is to become perfect." This is such an old argument. Of course the church and its tradition of proclaiming the good news of salvation for all changes, otherwise we would all be speaking Aramaic or Greek, dressing in long robes and sandals, and "ordaining" only Jewish men. The Catholic tradition has always been one of engagement. Read the story of the early Jesuit missionaries to China, Roman missionaries to England and Ireland or Europe, the European missions to the Americas. We are not Amish but we are slowly becoming irrelevant as we allow a bunch of old, mostly white, celibate men, pretty much out of touch, demand that the government ignore women's health issues in order to be Catholic. You are not historically informed; apparently your deacon education was not sufficient for you role in the church.
Many people do not understand that it is not that the Catholic Church will not change its teachings it is that the Catholic Church CANNOT change its teachings. Our bishops have an obligation to guard the truth as revealed by Jesus Christ and the Holy Scriptures.
oNE CAN NOT BE FORCED TO PAY FOR COVERAGE WHICH CALLS MURDER HEALTH CARE. FREE WILL! CONSTITUTION SAYS LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are found in the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution is a system of limiting government.
. . . and ignorance does not equate any sort of doctrinal purity.
Exactly the point. Just because coverage is provided doesn't mean on has to use it. This is the wrong issue to go to the mat over
Actually, it is THE issue to go to the mat over. While choosing to abort is an individual choice, a system that would require a faith based community to ignore its essential teachings is simply WRONG.
Anti abortion is not the central teaching of the Catholic Church! The health of the mother and patient is central to the oath physicians take. You are not a doctor, and certainly not a theologian, stop practicing.
Nor an essential teaching of the Catholic Church. It is a central teaching of biology, whether a species of plant, animal or tribal life. We are not biological slaves; medicine and human health, not ecclesial men, have a role here!
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 2271: Since the first century, the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law: You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause a newborn to perish. God, the Lord of life has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.
The God of life however has never entrusted to MEN the noble mission of taking a woman's life. Doctors must safeguard the life of their patients (here women) and if this requires taking a fetus it is a medical procedure necessitated by their sacred medical oath which the God of life affirms. The God has never entrusted to solely to MEN, ecclesial or otherwise, the mission of safeguarding life; it is as much the responsibility of women, particularly with regard to their own bodies. Abortion is not to be compared with infanticide. You and that catechism require scientific updating; God and the Catholic church deserve no less.
No Ann. YOU need to get in line and obey every single thing the Catechism says. As Pope Francis said yesterday, Catholics can't have it both ways. The way if the world is not the way to Heaven. The Catechism is the book of rules and guide to life for Catholics. Respect it. Obey it. Or, use the free will God have you and leave the Catholic Church. There are dozens of Protestant denominations out there that ordain women, support abortion and promote gay marriage.
Andrew, I said yesterday, the Catechisim is not the be all and end all of Catholic teaching. If it were people would not be getting advanced degrees in theology, studying things like morality,
Christology,ecclesiology, the Faters og the Church, Incarnational Theology etc. rather they wold sit home and parrot the Catecism which is inadequate in many ways
Sorry Tony but the Catechism is indeed the rules and regulations of the Church. Read it and learn something about your faith.
So all the subjects I mentioned are as straw, all the degrees one can get, BA MA PHD STD mean nothing? Might as well stay home, drink beer and read your Catechisim? I think not.
Correct. The worldly degrees are just that: worldly. What's in the Catechism is the divine truth and God's official Church outranks any man-made degree. If you respected your Faith, you'd know that


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"[If money and time were no object] I would get lost for months at a time, wandering around the world like a fly on the wall…I would tell stories with the photos I gather to anyone willing to look and listen."
Experience a slideshow of Shannon Switzer's photos from across the globe.
There are two bugs that have burrowed their way into the life of Shannon Switzer: the travel-bug and the shutterbug. A bite from either bug can shape your experiences, but to be bit by both means your life will be forever changed. You don't follow the ordinary path, you are always looking for new stories to explore and you are driven to make your images and your adventures mean something. Throw in a passion for the environment and documenting the human relationship with it, and you start to get an idea of what drives photographer Shannon Switzer.
"I credit my parents, Alan and Vicki, with introducing me to the natural world…I blame my godparents, Michael and Jeanice, for causing the travel-bug to bite [me]," Shannon jokes. Growing up in North County, San Diego, Shannon's parents had plenty of opportunities to foster a great love of the outdoors in their daughter--exploring the ocean by sailboat with her father and horseback riding in the nearby mountains with her mother.
Shannon's first travel abroad experience was a high school graduation gift from her godparents to Belize. But her experience wasn't what she had hoped for. "I was expecting to find an "untouched" tropical paradise in the middle of nowhere and was disappointed to the point of tears when we landed on one of the Cayes to find people and trash everywhere," Shannon recalls. "That was when I realized that nature, wildlife, humans and man-made objects are often inextricable parts of the landscape for better or worse." It was a lesson that Shannon would remember when she started pursuing photography.
The travel-bug bite allowed the shutterbug easy access when Shannon went abroad to Australia in college. "It began with a desire to document all of the incredible things I was seeing," Shannon says. "I loved making images that allowed me to share what I was doing with friends and family back home."
As her adventures continued, Shannon kept her camera at her side to document the journey, teaching herself along the way. She's sailed and surfed from San Diego to Costa Rica, studied chimpanzees in Uganda and whale sharks in the Seychelles and escaped a watery grave off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula after the captain of her boat lost his bearing during a violent storm.
Though her travels have taken her through all sorts of environments, the water is where she finds home. And where Shannon goes, her camera goes too. "Eventually I realized I could use photography as a powerful tool to help protect those natural places and things I enjoy so much," she says.
Earlier this year, Shannon was awarded a National Geographic Explorers Grant for her documentary photography project on the health of the watershed system in San Diego County, and how it affects the health of the coastal waters. "I illustrated how the health of those water systems affects our own health as citizens who use it," Shannon explains. "This includes anyone in San Diego who drinks fresh water, cooks with it and bathes in it, as well as those who immerse themselves in saltwater as beach-goers, surfers, fishermen and divers."
"As I worked on the grant and told more people about it, I realized most people didn't even know we had rivers in San Diego and didn't believe that the pictures I showed them were taken of the watershed system here in our own backyard," Shannon says. "The issues affecting our rivers and ocean in San Diego are similar to those faced by coastal communities around the world. So solutions we learn to implement here can potentially help further watershed conservation around the world."
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Remember when you were in grade school playing at recess and one of the games you would play would be freeze tag. The person who was "it" had to touch you to freeze you and to be unfrozen you had to have friend come and touch you. It was all good clean fun. However, what once was a fun game has turned into something that is downright disgusting. A group of 5th graders in a Minnesota Elementary Schools have been playing "Rape Tag."


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Prep football: Challenges, charms define Class 1A Utah teams
For the Duchesne Eagles, the long bus rides back to the basin when the nearest road game is a two-hour drive away have at least been more palatable in recent years on account of four straight state titles and a state-record 48-game winning streak (which was snapped Friday by North Summit, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 2A).
Along the Arizona border, the views at Monument Valley High School are spectacular, though assembling a team is never easy.
And tucked up in the northeast corner of the state, the idea of "Friday night lights" doesn't exist at Rich High in Randolph. Football has always been played in the late afternoon because there are no lights at the stadium. Furthermore, any time the possibility of changing that comes up, it's quickly shot down; by midseason, it would simply be too cold to watch a game after the sun had set.
These are only some of the challenges and charms of playing football in Utah's smallest classification. For the state's smallest schools, they are points of pride. And that's why they push for more to join them.
As the Utah High School Activities Association considers its realignment for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, administrators would like to see a reversal of course from the last realignment, when Class 1A was cut down to nine teams.
"What we see is, if that trend continues, then we see an issue with 1A football being a viable program," Duchesne High principal Stan Young says.
Small-town football in Utah has been through tough times before. The move to a five-classification system in 1993 left 1A with 33 schools, but only seven that played football. And from 1997-2000, the class completely dissolved, forcing both Rich and Duchesne to move up to Class 2A.
The state's smallest class was resurrected in 2001 and has limped along since, taking its most recent hit last year when the state went to six classes for football.
Even if it meant adding a 10-hour round trip to the Eagles' schedule, Duchesne was glad to see the Kanab Cowboys drop down to 1A last fall, meaning nine teams could compete for the 1A state title.
Officials don't want to see it stop there, however, and most are in favor of adding North Sevier, Parowan and some other small 2A schools to the mix.
But UHSAA president Rob Cuff says there is some concern about enrollment disparity between the smallest 1A schools and schools that could potentially move down. Parowan's roughly 350 students may not be many — until you compare them to Monument Valley's 225.
Adding new blood to 1A is a difficult balance. In most cases, cost and small enrollment numbers make fall baseball a more attractive alternative.
Hoping to entice more schools to join, UHSAA and others have offered another suggestion at various points over the years.
"We've always talked about six-, eight- or nine-man football," Cuff said. "But none of those [existing football] schools really want to do that."
For Duchesne, Rich and the others, it would be a step away from tradition.
"We would oppose that adamantly," Young said.
It's a standstill that has made it difficult for other schools to take up football. "It's really hard to get excitement going for more schools to have football, because they have to come on with 11-man teams," Cuff said.
Nevertheless, some will try.
Potential solutions
Realignment » The UHSAA realigns its programs every two years, and has discussed dropping several programs from Class 2A down to 1A, including North Sevier and Parowan.
Expansion » Thanks to community funding, Wayne High School (which competes in 1A in other sports) implemented a football program for the first time in its history this year and is playing a nine-game JV schedule.
Smaller teams » As a means of generating further expansion among low-enrollment schools, UHSAA has suggested that 1A teams switch from traditional 11-on-11 games to 6-on-6, 8-on-8 or 9-on-9. Existing 1A programs have opposed the idea, however.
Small ball
Class 1A football currently fields only nine programs:
» Altamont
» Diamond Ranch (Hurricane)
» Duchesne
» Kanab
» Milford
» Monticello
» Monument Valley
» Rich (Randolph)
» Whitehorse (Montezuma Creek)
Recent timeline of Class 1A
1993 » State's move to a five-classification system leaves 1A with 33 programs, only seven of which play football
1997 » Class 1A football is completely dissolved
2001 » 1A football is re-implemented after four-year hiatus
2013 » State's move to six classifications leaves only nine football-playing teams in 1A


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Does Assistant Superintendent Mike Gordon have it too easy?
That was the question brought up at Tuesday night's school board meeting. Scott Ford, a recently retired teacher and former president of the teacher's union, spoke during the public participation segment:
"The administration and the board failed to let Mr. Gordon know at his hiring that he would need to take classes regardless of whether state law required it or not," Ford said. "This would have brought his hiring into line with district hiring expectations of teachers."
Superintendent Wayne Babcanec said Gordon has a valid license and is in compliance with state law. Gordon was first hired under a temporary superintendent's certification, which primarily rested on his prior qualifications. Gordon holds permanent high school principal, permanent elementary principal and permanent superviser certifications.
Last year, that certificate became the alternative administrator's license, which requires 135 contact hours of professional development to renew. Gordon's license will expire in June of 2008, and Babcanec said Gordon is about half-way through his required hours.
"There could have been inequity previously," Babcanec admitted. "There is not now."
Ford said that the issue is the last six years in which the assistant superintendent was not held to the same standard as the teachers he manages. Whatever state law required, Ford said, Gordon should "lead by example."
Ford said his statements had nothing to do with the upcoming negotiations between the teacher's union and the administration. The only suggestion current union president Matt Lark made was adding a mention of the fact that teachers are required to pay for their classes and are given less financial resources to do so.
"I'm a free spirit," Ford said, "a cannon on the deck."
In other news:
The board unanimously agreed to seek bids to replace the windows at the school district offices on Benedict Avenue. Board member John Lendrum suggested that they should consider whether the building is likely to be replaced in the next ten years before they make any final decisions to spend the $250,000 to replace the windows.
Treasurer Kenn France reported the school's budget for fiscal year 2008 is the largest he's ever seen at more than $42 million.
France also reported that the school's five-year forecast is now better than it looked a year ago. The improvement is due to an increase of about $1 million in state funding.
The board discussed removing a line from the district's policy prohibiting school officials from taking leadership roles in booster organizations. The change is brought on by the boosters' organization's plan to incorporate.
Babcanec reported that enrollment is near its 1970 high, which was about 3,100 students.


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It appears that tech issues on Capitol Hill will have some new key players next year as a result of Tuesday's congressional elections.
An apparent loss by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., means the gavel will change hands on the House Energy and Commerce panel's Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which deals with consumer-privacy issues.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity Subcommittee, Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., also could lose his seat—the nine-term House member was trailing his Democratic challenger Ami Bera by 184 votes, a margin that could prompt a recount after the election results are certified.
The entertainment industry lost a strong supporter, Rep. Howard Berman of California, who is the second-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which handles copyright and patent laws. Berman was soundly defeated by another Democratic incumbent, Rep. Brad Sherman, after redistricting in California.
Finally, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will lose at least one Republican member: Rep. Charlie Bass of New Hampshire, who lost his bid for reelection to Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in a rematch of their 2010 race. Bass has been a member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee as well as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. Meanwhile, Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., who also sits on the Communications and Technology panel, is trailing Democrat Scott Peters by less than 700 votes.
Bono Mack, who trailed Democratic challenger Raul Ruiz on Wednesday morning, held several hearings in the last two years on whether Congress should pass consumer-privacy legislation. But she remained skeptical about the need for such legislation. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is the current vice chairwoman of Bono Mack's subcommittee, but other GOP members of the Energy and Commerce Committee could make a bid for the subcommittee chairmanship.
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Oracle Internet Directory (OID) : is LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) compliant Directory Server from Oracle. To know more about OID click here
Oracle Identity Manager Connectors : are used to integrate OIM with third party applications (ERP, OID, Databases)
Resources/Target System : Third Party Applications (OID, EBS/ERP, CRM, Databases) to which OIM connects for reconciliation and provisioning are called as Resources (sometime also referred by Target System)
- For OID Connector, OID version 9.x, 10.1.4.x and 11Gr1 (11.1.1.X) are supported.
There are two modes in which connector can be run (either of two) Identity Reconciliation or Account Management
a) Identity Reconciliation Mode :OID is used as trusted source and users are modified and created directly in OID and then reconciled to OIM.
At time of reconciliation,
i) Scheduled task establishes connection to OID and sends reconciliation criteria to APIs (Application Programming Interface)
ii)The APIs extract user records that matches reconciliation criteria and pass them to scheduled task
iii) Scheduled task brings the records to Oracle Identity Manager (OIM)
iv) Each record (users) fetched form OID is then compared with existing OIM users and if user record already exists then update made to user record in OID is copied to OIM user. If no match is found then user record fetched from OID is used to create an OIM User.
b) Account Management Mode: In account management mode OID is used as target resource . When configured in Account Management mode, there are two type of operations provisioning and reconciliation carried out by connector account .
Provisioning Operation: During Provisioning operation
i)Adapters carry provisioning data submitted through process form to OID.
ii)APIs on OID accepts provisioning data from adapters.
iii)APIs carry out required operation (add, update, delete) to OID and return response from OID to adapter
iv) Adapters return response back to OIM
Reconciliation Operation : During Reconciliation Operation
i)Scheduled task establishes connection to OID and sends reconciliation criteria to APIs (Application Programming Interface)
ii)The APIs extract user records that matches reconciliation criteria and pass them to scheduled task
iii) Scheduled task brings the records to Oracle Identity Manager (OIM)
iv) Each record (users) fetched form OID is then compared with existing OIM users and if user record already exists then update made to user record in OID is copied to OIM user. If no match is found then user record fetched from OID is used to create an OIM User.
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Global Camera Module Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 - 2019
- Language: English
- 85 Pages
- Published: October 2013
- Region: Global
The analysts forecast the Global Camera Module in Mobile Device market to grow at a CAGR of 13.20 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets. The Global Camera Module in Mobile Device market has also been witnessing rapid advancement in technology. However, the high cost of production could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The report, the Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the APAC and EMEA regions; it also covers the Global Camera Module in Mobile Device market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
The key vendors dominating this market space are Aptina Imaging Corp., Omnivision Technologies Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Semiconductor Corp., STMicroelectronics N.V., and Toshiba Corp.
Other vendors mentioned in the report are LG Innotek CO. Ltd., Sharpvision Co. Ltd., and Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.
Key questions answered in this report:
- What will the market size be in 2018 and what will the growth rate be?
- What are the key market trends?
- What is driving this market?
- What are the challenges to market growth?
- Who are the key vendors in this market space?
- What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?
You can request one free hour of our analyst's time when you purchase this market report. Details are provided within the report.
01. Executive Summary
02. List of Abbreviations
03. Scope of the Report
03.1 Market Overview
03.2 Product Offerings
04. Market Research Methodology
04.1 Market Research Process
04.2 Research Methodology
05. Introduction
06. Market Landscape
06.1 Market Overview
06.2 Market Size and Forecast (by units)
06.3 Five Forces Analysis
07. Market Segmentation by Technology
07.1 Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market by Technology 2013-2018
08. Geographical Segmentation
08.1 Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market Consumption by Geographical Segmentation
08.2 Global CMOS Camera Lens Market Production by Geographical Segmentation
09. Key Leading Countries
09.1 China
09.2 Japan
09.3 South Korea
10. Buying Criteria
11. Market Growth Drivers
12. Drivers and their Impact
13. Market Challenges
14. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
15. Market Trends
16. Trends and their Impact
17. Vendor Landscape
17.1 Competitive Scenario
17.2 Market Share Analysis 2013
17.3 Historic Vendor Share in Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market
17.4 Other Prominent Vendors
18. Key Vendor Analysis
18.1 Aptina Imaging Corp.
18.1.1 Business Overview
18.1.2 Key Information
18.1.3 SWOT Analysis
18.2 OmniVision Technologies Inc.
18.2.1 Business Overview
18.2.2 Key Information
18.2.3 SWOT Analysis
18.3 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
18.3.1 Business Overview
18.3.2 Business Segmentation
18.3.3 Key Information
18.3.4 SWOT Analysis
18.4 Sony Semiconductor Corp.
18.4.1 Business Overview
18.4.2 Key Information
18.4.3 SWOT Analysis
18.5 STMicroelectronics N.V.
18.5.1 Business Overview
18.5.2 Key Information
18.5.3 Business Segmentation
18.5.4 SWOT Analysis
18.6 Toshiba Corp.
18.6.1 Business Overview
18.6.2 Business Segmentation
18.6.3 Key Information
18.6.4 SWOT Analysis
19. Other Reports in this Series
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: Market Research Methodology
Exhibit 2: Types of Camera Module in Mobile Device (by technology)
Exhibit 3: Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market 2013-2018 (units in billion)
Exhibit 4: CMOS vs CCD Sensors 2013-2018 (percentage)
Exhibit 5: BSI CMOS vs FSI CMOS Sensors 2013-2018 (percentage)
Exhibit 6: Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market Consumption by Geographical Segmentation 2013 (percentage)
Exhibit 7: Global CMOS Camera Lens Market Production by Geographical Segmentation 2013 (percentage)
Exhibit 8: Mobile Phone and Tablet Primary Camera Resolution (2013)
Exhibit 9: Mobile Phones and Tablets Primary Camera Pixel Size (2013)
Exhibit 10: Global Smartphone Market by Unit Shipment 2012-2016 (million)
Exhibit 11: Global Tablet Computer Market by Unit Shipment 2012-2016 (million)
Exhibit 12: Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market Share by Vendor in 2013
Exhibit 13: Historic Vendor Share in Global Camera Module in Mobile Device Market (2009-2012)
Exhibit 14: Business Segmentation
Exhibit 15: Business Segmentation
Exhibit 16: Business Segmentation of Toshiba Corp.
Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: "Mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and partnerships are elements of corporate strategy that can help an enterprise to sustain growth. They are carried out to increase market share, gain new domain knowledge, enter new markets, lower operational costs, enhance industry know-how, improve profitability, and get access to new clients. Merger and acquisition activities enable companies to further diversify their product portfolio by introducing new products for various industry verticals. They also increase the market reach of products, thereby increasing companies' top line revenues."
According to the report, there are several factors driving the growth of the Global Camera Module in Mobile Device market. One of the main reasons is the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets. With the continual decline in smartphone prices and improving camera quality, the demand for mobile camera modules is growing.
Further, the report states that one of the main challenges hindering the growth of this market is the high cost of production which the manufacturers incur due to the high cost of the raw materials.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.
- Aptina Imaging Corp.
- Omnivision Technologies Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Sony Semiconductor Corp.
- STMicroelectronics N.V.
- and Toshiba Corp.
- LG Innotek CO. Ltd.
- Sharpvision Co. Ltd.
- and Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.


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March 13, 2009
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - John Parham's single up the middle of the infield in the bottom of the 11th inning capped of a Cal State Northridge (6-8) come-from-behind effort as TS Reed scored from third to snap the Matador's four-game skid in a 4-3 win over #25-ranked San Jose State Spartans (9-3).
The win improves the Matador's record at home to 6-2 while the Spartans suffered their third consecutive defeat after opening up the season with nine straight wins.
CSUN took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning as Spartan pitcher David Berner walked second baseman Justin DeMarco with the bases loaded to force in the first run of the afternoon.
The Spartans would retaliate with one run of their own to even the score at one after four innings, and eventually took the lead thanks to a two-run home run by outfielder Jason Martin.
After Chris Hannick hit his second home run of the season, a solo shot, in the bottom of the seventh to slice the Spartan lead in half, centerfielder Jeff Pruitt legged out his second triple of the season to keep the Matador rally alive.
Were in not for a brilliant diving catch by Spartan centerfielder Tommy Gale, John Parham would have driven in Pruitt to tie the game. Instead, his line-drive shot to left-centerfielder was snared by Gale who had to cover a considerable amount of territory in the outfield before making the diving grab to silence the partisan crowd, and preserve the lead for San Jose State.
That lead would disappear in the ninth inning however after Hannick singled through the left side of the infield to give his team a opportunity to even up the game. Once TS Reed entered the game to pinch-run for Hannick, he eventually rounded the bases thanks to a passed ball, a Todd Eskelin fielder's choice, and a single to left field by Pruitt that tied the game at three apiece.
The score would remain that way intil the bottom of the 11th inning thanks to a leadoff single by Reed and a sacrifice bunt by Eskelin that placed the winning run in scoring position.
After Billy Swanson was intentionally walked to set up a force play on all three bases, Jeff Pruitt reached on a fielder's choice; even through Eskelin was out on the play, Reed advanced on the play and was only 90 feet away from ending the game.
It was then when Parham swung on a 2-2 pitch hit a ground ball through the heart of the infield, into shallow centerfielder to drive in the winning run for the Matadors.
Having been robbed of a potential RBI in the seventh, Parham's hit ensured the Spartans would have to wait another day to win their first game ever at Matador Field.
Ryan Pineda kept his Big West Conference-leading hit streak alive with his single to left-field in the first inning, a streak that now stands at 14 games.
RHP Ryan Juarez (2-1, 7.20) will take the mound for the Matadors Saturday afternoon as he squares off against Spartan starter Max Peterson (2-0, 3.26) as Northridge looks for their fifth home win in the last six games played at Matador Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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Liz Smith: Lady Gaga Keeps a "Poker Face" About Tabloid Tales. Does She Have a Major "Little Monster?"
And more from our Gossip Girl: Fashion's Daphne Guinness talks … no more last meals … and the "rare" pics of Norma Jeane — not so rare!
"ONE SHOULD either be a work of art, or wear a work of art," said Oscar Wilde.
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Lady Gaga — who has certainly taken Oscar's dictum to heart — is not the kind of celebrity we usually see in the gossip magazines. Gaga doesn't seem to have much of a personal life to gossip about. She lives for her fans — her "little monsters," as she affectionately refers to them.
She is famous for her songs, her wild outfits, her outspoken stance on matters such as civil rights for gays, or bullying. Unlike her predecessor and inspiration, Madonna — who was also famous for her songs, fashions and forward-thinking — Gaga is not living a rich, romantic, sex life.
So imagine my surprise to find Gaga on the cover of InTouch magazine, the home of Jennifer Aniston and of reality TV stars. There was Lady G. and there was the headline: "Gaga stole my man!!" The story inside asserts that the singer spotted one Taylor Kinney while shooting a video. She just had to have him, and eventually did, despite the fact that he was supposedly attached to another. (Taylor appears in television's "The Vampire Diaries." That in itself might have turned Gaga on. Inspiration for a new set of outfits, fit for the undead?)
The guy's ex-girlfriend is screaming that Gaga is a "homewrecker." Oh, please. There was no "home" to wreck. They were dating. Stuff happens. And if the stuff happens to be Lady Gaga, that's show biz.
If Gaga is getting it on with anybody, I'm glad. The girl needs a hobby. Her "little monsters" can't keep her warm at night.
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Daphne Guinness, the last of the red-hot fashion fanciers and latest New York girl-of-the instant, gave an interview to The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead. In this chat, Daphne complained about the demands of fame and said she wished, sometimes, to be rendered invisible by her Alexander McQueen (and other fashionables) collection of costumes.
Ms. Guinness has platinum blonde locks on one part of her head and dyed black elsewhere, like Lady Gaga. She often wears futuristic Regency ruffles, Armadillo shoes, and resembles "a slightly deranged fairy."
Reporter Mead remarks: "When it was suggested to her that all a woman of 43 need do to become invisible is to go without make-up, leave her hair uncolored and wear ordinary clothes, she (Daphne) grows wide-eyed, as if the idea of doing any such thing were inconceivable."
Daphne Guinness boasts the Nazi-admirer Diana Mitford as her grandmother, has famous grand-aunts, English authors Jessica and Nancy Mitford, as well as Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. She was wed to Spyros Niarchos when she was only 19 and has three children who live mostly with their father. Daphne and Spyros are divorced and, of course, she has formed a liaison with a married Frenchman who is, himself, rather well-known.
Daphne now has a show of her fashion sensibilities at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.
So much for wishing to be invisible.
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NOW THAT they've suddenly forbidden favorite last meals for those about to be executed, prison life has lost one of its charms.
When I read that a man in Texas had two chicken fried steaks as part of his last meal, I have to confess my mouth watered — but I resolved to stay off Death Row.
Maybe the fact that I am attempting to be funny about something so serious only means that I think and wish there were no such thing as the state taking revenge on criminals by putting them to death in the first place.
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OVER THE weekend, the New York Times and some TV networks noted the ongoing, never-ending cultural obsession with Marilyn Monroe, including the coming "My Week With Marilyn" feature movie.
Other news outlets focused on the "new, rare, very first" modeling photos of MM, then known as Norma Jeane. The Daily News even put a radiant shot on its front page! Now, it is absurd to attempt to correct such things. She's dead for nearly fifty years for heaven's sake! But the reportage on the "new, rare … etc" did lead me to think on the more important matters of fact-checking and follow-up, which is fast and loose, these days. The fact is, these pictures of fresh-faced Norma are not new or rare — and are certainly not her first modeling session. The estates and families of David Conover (who actually discovered her working at a factory), Richard C. Miller and Andre de Dienes might take issue with the people peddling the late Joseph Jasgur's pics of young MM. Another forgotten fact is that Jasgur actually put out a book, with many of these "unseen" photos, about ten years ago.
But everybody reported this admittedly minor story. Nobody asked a question, looked at a file of images, nada. Now, we won't go to war over 19-year-old Norma Jeane Baker. But we did go to war because nobody asked a real question about WMD's. Is it really so difficult to ask a question. About anything?!
P.S. When the above-mentioned David Conover spotted Norma in a Hollywood factory, he said, after taking a few shots of her working: "Do you have a sweater?" Norma Jeane answered: "Sure, I always have a sweater." She put it on, went outside and smiled into the California sun. The rest was literally history.


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The small road sign for Tubac should easily be missed but with the flags of all the "rulers" of the area over the years blowing in the breeze you will certainly notice your exit.
Tubac's present incarnation as an artists' colony began in the 40's with the opening of Dale Nichol's
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The Bluest Eye Revisited
Sikivu Hutchinson: Perhaps no other book in contemporary American literature has captured the ontology of black female childhood experience and imagination as devastatingly as Toni Morrison's 1970 novel The Bluest Eye. In the novel, Morrison's preteen female protagonists bear fierce witness to the psychological disfigurements of racism, sexism, and segregation. They comment on the mystery of adulthood and the savagery of being dehumanized as young black girls in a culture that exalts the blue-eyed Barbie ideal. Speaking from an era in which racial progress was equated with the enfranchisement of black men, the female voices of The Bluest Eye quietly historicize the trials of black women in apartheid America.
Racism, Sexism and the Deceptive Social Science of the Far Right
hroughout the course of the Democratic presidential primaries, many have asked which is the bigger societal problem in the United States: racism or sexism? Although the question itself is absurd–the two are often interrelated, after all, and comparing systems of oppression is typically neither intellectually nor ethically very productive–there is little question that both remain […]
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know the issues that America currently faces with regard to racism and sexism have been addressed at many levels. While I'm encouraged by the conversations people are having (even the immature ones), I'm saddened with the reality that our country…our world…is saddled with such unnecessary burdens. I hate that we are so ignorant and fearful […]


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During the late 80'ies I designed a store and head office for the Odeon white goods chain at the ground floor of Casa Botter and vaguely remember the Karakoy Mosque. My mother worked at the Ziraat Bank. (old Wiener Bank- Verein[1] 1912 building).
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One of the marble pices saved is in the courtyard of the Kınalıada Mosque. It's intricately carved ebony mihrab/prayer niche can be seen at 'daki Yahya Kethüda Mosque in Kasımpaşa.
[1]Wiener Bank- Verein. branches in Istanbul and Izmir.
The buildings, which he designed at Yıldız Palace, were European in style. The best known of these are Yildiz Palace pavilions and the Yildiz Ceramic Factory (1893–1907), the Janissary Museum and the Ministry of Agriculture (1898), the fountain of Abdulhamit II (1901), Karakoy Mosque (1903), the mausoleum for the African religious leader Sheikh Zafir (1905–1906), tomb within the cemetery of Fatih Mosque (1905), Cemil Bey House at Kireçburnu (1905), clock tower for the Hamidiye-i Etfal Hospital (1906). Casa Botter (1900–1901), a seven-story workshop and residence building in Istiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, which he designed for the sultan's Dutch fashion tailor M. Jean Botter, represents a turning point in D'Aronco's architecture.
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Andrea Wolf snatched a shutout singles point during the match.
April 5, 2014
BALTIMORE - After dropping a tough match Friday afternoon, Xavier's women's tennis team was able to bounce back Saturday. The team faced UMBC on the road came out victorious, 7-0. This win is the team's fifth shutout of the season.
Freshman Sydney Liggins started the team off strong at the No. 1 spot with a victory over Kim Berghaus, 6-4, 6-2. Fellow freshman Cristina Di Lorenzo followed Liggins's start with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Mariami Dolashivili.
Senior Andrea Wolf snatched a shutout win from Adriana Aldunate, 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 5 position. Alex Brinker fought her way to a victory over Madlena Kurasz, 7-5, 7-5.
Rounding off singles play was Daniella Patton and Lizzie Ooserbaan grabbing the last two points up or grabs. Patton beat Isabel Aldunate, 6-3, 7-5, and Oosterbaan beat Shannon Cleary, 6-0, 7-6(6).
Doubles competition took care of business quickly with Brinker and Liggins and Allyson Westling and Wolf winning their matches, 8-3 and 8-4, respectively.
Head coach Eric Toth said, "Our girls really did a great job in some tricky conditions to respond from yesterday's loss. We have one more big week coming up we'll look to get things started in a positive direction against Wright St on Wednesday."
The match against Wright State will be played at Wright State on Wednesday, April 9 at 3 p.m.
1. Liggins (XU) def. Berghaus (UMBC) 6-4, 6-2
2. Brinker (XU) def. Kurasz (UMBC) 7-5, 7-5
3. Di Lorenzo (XU) def. Dolashivili (UMBC) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
4. Patton (XU) def. I. Aldunate (UMBC) 6-3, 7-5
5. Wolf (XU) def. A. Aldunate (UMBC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Oosterbaan (XU) def. Cleary (UMBC) 6-0, 7-6(6)
1. Brinker/Liggins (XU) d Dolashivili/I Aldunate (UMBC) 8-3
2. Cleary/Kurasz (UMBC) led DiLorenzo/Patton (XU) 6-4, Did Not Finish
3. Westling/Wolf (XU) d A Aldunate/Berghaus (UMBC) 8-4
Xavier 7, UMBC 0
Match Notes:
Xavier: 14-5, 1-1 BIG EAST
Order of Finish: Singles (1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6) Doubles (3, 1)


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