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Rod Rucker chipped in 13 points to go along with eight boards for UAB (13-14, 5-7 C-USA) as it collected its fourth win in five games. Robert Williams made an impact on the glass with 11 rebounds.
Elijah Pittman paced Marshall (12-16, 5-8) with 18 points while Nigel Spikes just missed a double-double with nine points and 15 rebounds. The setback marked the second in three games for the Herd.
The Blazers took control early on and carried a 30-17 lead into halftime despite hitting on only 33.3 percent of their field goal tries in the first period Marshall made just 19.4 percent of its shots from the floor and missed all 13 of its attempts from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes.
UAB continued to struggle in the second stanza, as it went 8-of-30 from the field and committed eight turnovers. The Thundering Herd managed to rally back from a 19-point deficit to tie the score at 46 with 2:51 left in regulation on a jumper by Spikes. Fahro Alihodzic put the visitors back on top on the ensuing possession with a make at the charity stripe and the Blazers increased their lead to five with just 14 seconds showing on the clock. DeAndre Kane made it a one-possession game with a successful trip to the free-throw line and Preston Purifoy turned it over to give Marshall one last chance. However, Tamron Manning's potentially game-tying 3-point attempt in the closing seconds fell off the mark which granted the win to UAB.
The Blazers held a 50-45 edge in the rebounding battle in the contest. Both teams struggled from distance as UAB went 4-of-18 from 3-point range and Marshall made only 3-of-26 from beyond the arc.


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Tha Lane Bay is dubbed as one of the most beautiful mangrove forests in Thailand. The bay was sheltered by columns of magnificent limestone canyons and the lagoons inside. Due to its pristine ecosystem and unspoiled conditions, it may soon as well become an official national park of Thailand. Kayaking is always a favourite marine sport but at Tha Lane Bay, you will experience it differently. Moving around the mangrove can be difficult so the boats here are more canoe-like and self-bailing with light plastic seat on top, meaning your legs will poke out of the boat and you are likely to get wet you may consider dressing accordingly.
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text: Bookmarks UPJ obstructionPrint-Friendly Ureteropelvic junction obstruction; UP junction obstruction; Obstruction of the ureteropelvic junctionPrevious imageEnlargeCloseNext image / NavigatorUreteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is a blockage at the point where part of the kidney attaches to one of the tubes to the bladder (ureters). This blocks the flow of urine out of the kidney.I Would Like to Learn About:Expand All Collapse All Causes UPJ obstruction mostly occurs in children. It often happens when a baby is still growing in the womb. This is called a congenital condition (present from birth). The blockage is caused when there is a narrowing of area between the ureter and the part of the kidney called the renal pelvis. Urine can build up and damage the kidney as a result.The condition can also be an abnormal blood vessel over the ureter. In older children and adults, the problem may be due to scar tissue, infection, earlier treatments for a blockage, or kidney stones.UPJ obstruction is the cause of most urinary obstructions in children. It is now commonly detected before birth with ultrasound tests. In some cases, the condition may not show up until after birth. Symptoms may include an abdominal mass or a urinary tract infection. Abdominal massAn abdominal mass is swelling in one part of the belly area (abdomen).ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Urinary tract infectionA urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection of the urinary tract. The infection can occur at different points in the urinary tract, including...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Surgery may be needed early in life if the problem is severe. Most of the time, surgery is not needed until later. Some cases do not require surgery at all. Symptoms There may not be any symptoms. When symptoms occur, they may include:Back or flank pain Flank painFlank pain is pain in one side of the body between the upper belly area (abdomen) and the back.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Bloody urine (hematuria) Lump in the abdomen (abdominal mass) Kidney infection Poor growth in infants (failure to thrive) Urinary tract infection, usually with fever Vomiting Exams and Tests An ultrasound during pregnancy may show kidney problems in the unborn baby.Tests after birth may include:BUN BUNBUN stands for blood urea nitrogen. Urea nitrogen is what forms when protein breaks down. A test can be done to measure the amount of urea nitrogen ...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Creatinine clearance Creatinine clearanceThe creatinine clearance test helps provide information about how well the kidneys are working. The test compares the creatinine level in urine with...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article CT scan Electrolytes ElectrolytesElectrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge. Electrolytes affect the amount of water in your body, th...Read Article Now Book Mark Article IVP - less utilized tests IVPAn intravenous pyelogram (IVP) is a special x-ray exam of the kidneys, bladder, and ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladd...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article CT urogram - scan of both kidneys and ureters with IV contrast Nuclear scan of kidneys Nuclear scan of kidneysA renal scan is a nuclear medicine exam in which a small amount of radioactive material (radioisotope) is used to measure the function of the kidneys...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Voiding cystourethrogramVoiding cystourethrogramA voiding cystourethrogram is an x-ray study of the bladder and urethra. It is done while the bladder is emptying.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Treatment Surgery to correct the blockage allows urine to flow normally. Most of the time, open (invasive) surgery is performed in infants. Adults may be treated with less-invasive procedures. These procedures involve much smaller surgical cuts than open surgery, and may include:Endoscopic (retrograde) technique does not require a surgical cut on the skin. Instead, a small instrument is placed into the urethra. This allows the surgeon to open the blockage from the inside. Percutaneous (antegrade) technique involves a small surgical cut on the side of the body between the ribs and the hip. Pyeloplasty removes scar tissue from the blocked area and connects the healthy part of the kidney to the healthy ureter. Laparoscopy has also been used to treat UPJ obstruction in children and adults who have not had success with other procedures.A tube called a stent may be placed to drain urine from the kidney until the surgery heals. A nephrostomy tube, which is placed in the side of the body to drain urine, may also be needed for a short time after the surgery. This type of tube may also be used to treat a bad infection before surgery.StentA stent is a tiny tube placed into an artery, blood vessel, or other hollow structure in your body (such as the tube that carries urine) to hold it o...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Outlook (Prognosis) Detecting and treating the problem early can help prevent future kidney damage. UPJ obstruction diagnosed before birth or early after birth may actually improve on its own.Most patients do well and have no long-term problems. Serious damage may occur in people who are diagnosed later in life. Long-term outcomes are good with current treatments. Pyeloplasty has the best long-term success. Possible Complications If untreated, UPJ obstruction can lead to permanent loss of kidney function (kidney failure).Kidney failureAcute kidney failure is the rapid (less than 2 days) loss of your kidneys' ability to remove waste and help balance fluids and electrolytes in your b...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Kidney stones or infection may occur in the affected kidney even after treatment. When to Contact a Medical Professional Call the health care provider if your infant has:Bloody urine Fever A lump in the abdomen Indications of back pain or pain in the flanks (the area towards the sides of the body between the ribs and the pelvis)Related Information UltrasoundRenalUnilateral hydrone...Abdominal massUrinary tract infe...FeverUrine - bloody Acute kidney failu... Urinary tract infe...Open ReferencesReferencesPais VM, Strandhoy JW, Assimos DG. Pathophysiology of urinary tract obstruction. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 41.Singh I, Standhoy JW, Assimos DG. Pathophysiology of urinary tract obstruction. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 40.Elder JS. Obstruction of the urinary tract. In: Kliegman RM,Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 534.Frokiaer J, Zeidel ML. Urinary tract obstruction. In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 35.BACK TO TOP Review Date: 5/7/2013 Reviewed By: Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Chief of Urology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang. 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Coco de Mer's master blow job class was hosted by oral sex expert Master Dominic, who runs a successful Dominant business in East London. As a man who has given and received oral himself, he guided us through his top blow job tips based on his own personal experiences.
After a bit of oral theory, Dominic led us through the hot spots with the help of a very real willy he named Ernest (that he placed over his trousers for optimal visual stimulation). He told us that we should avoid the tip until at least three minutes of teasing around his member. The real trick was figuring out what to do in those three minutes, where we practiced on flavoured lollies.
One of the biggest myths about blow jobs is going hard and fast. Tease your man with the tips of your nails and light kisses to really work him up before anything else. When you implement hands, go through a twisting motion that will shock his nerves and really blow his mind!
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SoftLayer Asia Roadshow Kick-starts its 5 City Tour
Posted by Namrata Kapur in International, News, SoftLayer
To help developers understand the benefits of the cloud and how to make their business scalable with the Softlayer environment, SoftLayer, in partnership with e27, is excited to announce the SoftLayer Asia Roadshow. The roadshow will stop in five cities:
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — October 1, 2014
- Jakarta, Indonesia — October 3, 2014
- Hong Kong — October 8, 2014
- Bangkok, Thailand — October 10, 2014
- Singapore — October 15, 2014
Designed as a half-day workshop with SoftLayer product and technical mentors, attendees will interact with instructors on how SoftLayer solutions scale and perform the way they do. The team will also take you through real business cases of how technical teams improved their performances in industries such as e-commerce, social media, and mobile gaming.
What you can expect at the workshop:
- Practical and technical advice that you can apply immediately to help resolve trouble spots and improve performance in your organization's IT environment
- Learn how SoftLayer servers are provisioned so that you can build your own public and private node virtual servers
- Learn and leverage SoftLayer Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with your account, products, and services
Who you will meet:
- Phil Jackson: Lead, Developer Advocate, Development
- Harold Smith: Director, Sales Engineering, Sales
- Chris Gallo: Developer Community Advocate, Development
- Mic Kwok: Sales Engineer, Sales
- Casey Lau: Sr. Manager, Catalyst APAC, Strategy
If you are a startup, developer, or an entrepreneur looking to hone your cloud skills then this workshop is for you. Since there are limited seats in each location, visit www.e27.co/softlayer to register, and the team will get back to you.


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A Kaufman County, Texas, family had their gifts stolen from their porch just two days before Christmas, but the alleged front porch bandit later had a change of heart. »
At least one "Christmas Vacation" fan was driving on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway Thursday, changing a sign on the highway's exit for Clark and Westfield to read "Clark Griswold." »
The Christmas spirit was alive and well this year from coast to coast, with a stranger paying off the layaway accounts of struggling families and police and firefighters stepping in with replacement gifts after... »
Google has released its 2014 list of its most common search requests. Many popular searches weren't surprising, like The World Cup international football competition, comedian Robin Williams, and the Disney... »
After a Christmas day full of fun, food, and celebrations, many shoppers hit the malls Friday to return some less-than-desirable gifts and scoop up some day-after deals. Sheldon Dutes reports. »
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority officers jumped into action to help a mother deliver the ultimate Christmas gift Thursday evening — a baby boy. »
From solemn events to celebrity stunts, political ploys, sports events, parties, concerts, crimes and corruption, see the photos from across the tri-state in 2014. »
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According to an industry source, the Red Sox are slated to scout right-hander Javier Vazquez when he pitches for Caguas of the Puerto Rican Winter League on Friday. Vazquez is pitching against Santurce in the third game of the playoffs for Caguas as part of the 12-game round-robin postseason tournament on the island. News of the Sox' scouting undertaking was first reported by Victor Ramos in Puerto Rico (via twitter). The veteran has been showing fastball velocity of 92-93 mph in recent workouts.
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What Does Camp Do For Kids?:
A Meta-Analysis of the Organized Camping Experience on the Self Constructs of Youth
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Thesis. Indiana University, Bloomington 1999
Examination and synthesis of previous research regarding the effects of an organized camp experience on children's constructs of self.
61 studies were initially investigated. 22 were included based on measurement of self-construct and sufficiency of data.
"Interpretation of data was based on point line plots, regression analysis, and effect size sensitivity analysis."
"The random effect is positively related to the individual camp's ability to operationalize strategies that focus on enhancing self. The effect is greater for younger campers and a positive effect was found across all ages studied."


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Head, Eyes, Flesh, Blood
Giving Away the Body in Indian Buddhist Literature
Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan literature written between the third century B.C.E. and the late medieval period, Reiko Ohnuma argues that this theme has had a major impact on the development of Buddhist philosophy and culture.
Whether he takes the form of king, prince, ascetic, elephant, hare, serpent, or god, the bodhisattva repeatedly gives his body or parts of his flesh to others. He leaps into fires, drowns himself in the ocean, rips out his tusks, gouges out his eyes, and lets mosquitoes drink from his blood, always out of selflessness and compassion and to achieve the highest state of Buddhahood.
Ohnuma places these stories into a discrete subgenre of South Asian Buddhist literature and approaches them like case studies, analyzing their plots, characterizations, and rhetoric. She then relates the theme of the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice to major conceptual discourses in the history of Buddhism and South Asian religions, such as the categories of the gift, the body (both ordinary and extraordinary), kingship, sacrifice, ritual offering, and death.
Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood reveals a very sophisticated and influential perception of the body in South Asian Buddhist literature and highlights the way in which these stories have provided an important cultural resource for Buddhists. Combined with her rich and careful translations of classic texts, Ohnuma introduces a whole new understanding of a vital concept in Buddhists studies.
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One of the great absurdities of the "intelligent design" debate is when someone says "science says."
Scientists say a lot of things. Scientists agree (and sometimes disagree). The consensus among scientists is what science "teaches." But that consensus can change, and does.
If you're not accepting of all this, it's not science. What we teach and what is are different.
This is especially true for evolutionary science. A generation ago there was the great revelation that dinosaurs didn't die out, per se, in one great disaster 65 million years ago. Many survived. Avian dinosaurs survived. Birds survived.
But what were the mammals' role in the dinosaurs' world? Some "Intelligent Design" wahoos posited something like The Flintstones, people and dinosaurs living together. And scientists, who could find no human-like fossils going back nearly that far, ridiculed them for it, positing that mammals existed only on the fringes of the dinosaurs' world, in tiny niches, the way mice and cockroaches live in our world.
Well, not exactly. Recently Chinese paleontologists have been making some remarkable finds. Most recently we have a platypus-like mammal, 164 million years old, buried among small dinosaurs and fish in Inner Mongolia. Other mammals, with similar age, have been found in Colorado.
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Yahoo tried to draw some favorable press coverage today.
(That's actress Charlize Theron, but she's very small, hard to recognize. That's deliberate, as you'll see.)
In the wake of a scandal over the fact its Chinese affiliate cooperated with authorities to silence dissidents, the story Americans were told by Yahoo today was that it will do everything it can to fight Web censorship.
That's not the way the story was carried in China. An American correspondent to Dave Farber's list wrote:
"In my Beijing hotel room this morning CNN aired a piece about Yahoo calling for search engines to cooperate to deal with China's 'search engine rules.'"
"In my Beijing hotel room this morning CNN aired a piece about Yahoo calling for search engines to cooperate to deal with China's 'search engine rules.'"
As the TV correspondent was about to say the word censorship, this writer added, the sound went blank, so it might have appeared to Chinese that Yahoo was, in fact, continuing to cooperate with its government. The Farber correspondent used asterisks in writing the word censorship, in order, he said, to get it past possible Chinese censorship. It got through.
The use of asterisks, of inference, of badda-boom badda-bing, in discussing subjects like freedom in China is widespread. It's titillating – as sex was in America under the Hays Office. The level of sex in America didn't decline under the code, but many Americans who were alive then say it was enjoyed more than it is in today's era of free Web porn.
Could this be true for freedom as well? Chinese people share the government's fear of anarchy. Americans, fortunately, have not faced the prospect in centuries, and this generation firmly shied away from it in the 1960s. We still prefer Nixon to Woodstock.
Should the Chinese be any different? Must they be?
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For many of the nation's office workers, keeping eyes healthy and going strong is a legitimate concern. Hours spent in front of a computer monitor is not the ideal situation for a person's eyes, yet many people are at a loss as to how to protect their eyes while still getting their work done.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), two hours of computer use per day is all it takes to develop what is now referred to as Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). CVS can include symptoms such as itchy or fatigued eyes and eyes that grow sensitive to light after prolonged computer use. Though computers aren't going anywhere, there are ways workers can minimize their risk of CVS while still getting their work done.
Beware of light reflections. Glare and shadows can negatively impact vision when sitting at the computer. When working at a desk, be sure to avoid facing an unshaded window or having an unshaded window directly behind you. If the layout of your office insists on either arrangement, use curtains, shades or blinds. To reduce reflections, position your desk and computer so the window is off to the side of your computer.
Consult your eye doctor. A big contributor to vision problems resulting from working at a computer is often the atypical distance the computer screen is from the eyes. The text on a computer screen is often farther away than the text might be when we're reading a book, but closer than the text on street signs when we're driving.
This intermediate distance can lead to problems with focus. For those who wear glasses, either full-time or just to drive or read, this can be a big problem. You might want to consult your eye doctor to see if a separate prescription tailored to computer use might be appropriate.
It might be the computer. Chances are the position of your computer monitor is playing a role in how well or how bad your eyes are feeling. Ideally, the monitor should be in a position where you are looking just over the top of the monitor when staring straight ahead. Keep the monitor at a slight upward angle as well, so your eyes are looking slightly downward when reading. Eyes focus more accurately when looking slightly downward, so this small adjustment can actually make a big impact on your eyes.
Keep eye drops nearby. Blinking helps our eyes remain moist. When using a computer we don't blink nearly as much as we normally do, often resulting in dry and irritated eyes. While it can be hard to make a conscious effort to blink more, give it a shot and also keep eye drops nearby to ensure your eyes avoid drying out over the course of a typical work day.
Give your eyes a break. Much like your legs might need to take breaks from sitting at a desk and be stretched out during the day, your eyes need to take breaks as well. Something as simple as focusing on an object that's farther away from your computer screen for 30 to 60 seconds can be enough of a break for your eyes. Keeping eyes focused on the same spot for too long can cause muscle strain and fatigue, so be sure to give your eyes a break several times over the course of a day.
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BIOGRAPHY If you think there's a minimum age for serious rock, Dutch pianorock band Only Seven Left will prove you wrong. These five young guys are ready to play their contagious tunes for the entire world. INSPIRATIONS The main inspirations for Only Seven Left are Jack's Mannequin, The Spill Canvas and Relient K. The piano is the most important ingredient for their melancholic songs - together with poetic lyrics and sweet melodies. FOREVER IS A LIE
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Bytes System Integration says that overhauling and standardising its IT services through the implementation of ICCM's e-Service Desk, it has opened up new sales opportunities."We have been able to distinguish between incident management supported by SLA's and change requests, which require additional effort and scoping. This has enabled Bytes to generate revenue from the change requests that were previously dealt with under problem management. Other revenue opportunities are developing by offering e-Service Desk as a managed service to existing clients who do not wish to establish their own service desks," says Brad Fraser, financial director at Bytes.
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Are there any really great local headphone stores that I don't know about?
Really great headphone stores? There aren't any afaik. Your best bet is probably Hawthorne Audio in Ravenna. You can listen to some Grados and Sennheisers. I was reminded again during my recent visit to the store why I returned the SR225 to TTVJ after trying them out. You'll also find HD25-1 there, and it was very nice. If I need a small portable headphone, the HD25-1 will be it.
The Magnolia AV store in Bellevue used to have HD650 and some other hi-end Sennheisers for demo, but other Head-Fi'ers have reported recently that the headphones are gone.
i live in Bellingham. im new but would love to learn
wow totally didnt check the date on this but im still down to meet i would love to talk to some one face to face and ask them stuff
Don't know if its too far of a drive for ya, but there is a Seattle Meet coming up
And we are giving some Audeze LCD-2's away and awesome tube amps by the MOT's. You show up you get a raffle ticket!
Newer Head-fi'er here in Bellingham saying hello!
I got into this hobby a year ago and have owned Grado 325is (from the beautiful reference-media.net store in Fairhaven) and am currently listening to an AKG Q701 with Nuforce Icon HD amp / 320k mp3 and flacs on Windows 7 in WASAPI exclusive mode. It sounds incredible, but it would be fun to hear some other brands and some higher end stuff and geek out with somebody some time.
I plan to make it a priority to attend the next Head-Fi meet in Seattle, as well.
I like the Bellingham idea and would be interested, but would probably have to skip this one as I'm likely busy the Thanksgiving weekend. I'll subscribe and keep watching this thread just in case my plans fall through or something else changes.
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Violence Continues in Afghanistan
With the death of Osama bin Laden in May, some legislators are pushing harder for an accelerated drawdown from Afghanistan when the U.S. withdrawal starts in July. Both top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan GEN David Petraeus, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates warned, however, that the battle there is far from over. U.S. military commanders have predicted for months that the fighting would be fierce this summer, and threats of revenge from bin Laden's followers promise even more violence.
In early May, days after bin Laden's death, the Taliban launched its first major attack of the spring fighting season in the southern city of Kandahar, shutting the city down for more than 30 hours. About 25 insurgents wounded 29 people and killed one in an assault on the provincial governor's palace, the mayor's office, the intelligence agency headquarters and many police stations before coalition forces stopped the attack. The Washington Post reported that the Taliban, in a telephone interview, said the onslaught was revenge for the killing of bin Laden. The buildings targeted, as well as the scale of the attack, imply that it was planned well in advance and that the insurgents do not lack willing volunteers.
GEN Petraeus and Secretary Gates suggested that bin Laden's death might weaken al Qaeda's influence in Afghanistan. "It could be a game-changer," Secretary Gates said in a visit to an Air Force base in North Carolina in May. GEN Petraeus, interviewed aboard his helicopter as he visited troops, told the Associated Press that "the deal between the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda was between Mulla Omar and Osama bin Laden, not the organizations. Ayman al-Zawahiri [the man currently presumed to succeed bin Laden] is no Osama bin Laden."
Over the last year, coalition forces have reversed the momentum in Afghanistan and forced the insurgents onto the defensive, but the shooting of eight troops and a contractor by an Afghan airman in Kabul in late April contributed to making it one of the worst single months for the United States since the war began. Insurgents wearing Afghan army uniforms launched several other attacks that month elsewhere in Afghanistan.
Iraq Update. As a wave of assassinations swept Iraq in April and early May, the Iraqi government did not request an extension of the agreed-upon final withdrawal date from Iraq, December 31. When Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates visited U.S. soldiers assigned to U.S. Division Center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad in April, he said, in response to a question about maintaining a military presence in Iraq, that that is up to the Iraqi government. "We are willing to have a presence beyond that time," he said, but " we 're going to need to get on with it pretty quickly."
For many Iraqis, the rising violence proves that Iraqi forces are not prepared to protect them and cannot enforce security. April's 50 targeted killings included generals and a deputy minister; among the wounded were a judge and a member of parliament. In May a car bomb killed 15 people and wounded more than 30 others in Baghdad. U.S. commanders and Iraqi officials blame the violence on rival groups vying for control in anticipation of the U.S. drawdown.
Five American troops died in combat in Iraq in April, and six died of noncombat-related causes. It was the deadliest month for American forces in Iraq since November 2009.
In other developments, in late April, DoD announced the deployment of the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade (AAB), 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., as part of an upcoming rotation of forces supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq. The rotation for these replacement forces, totaling about 3,500 paratroopers, began in May.
The 2nd AAB, renamed from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd, will have three primary missions in Iraq: advise, assist, train and equip Iraqi security forces; conduct partnered counterterrorism operations; and support and protect civilian and military efforts focused on developing Iraqi civil and institutional capacity. …


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East Carbon City will be searching for a new building inspector after its current inspector handed in her resignation last week.
Tikinna Barker, who worked for the East Carbon City Building Department, submitted her resignation to the city council.
Barker stated in the letter to the city council that she would be stepping down from her position as building inspector effective Nov. 15.
The council voted 3-1 in favor of accepting Barker's resignation, with councilman David Avery casting the lone no vote. Darrell Valdez served as the Mayor pro-tem as ECC Mayor Orlando LaFontaine was not present at the meeting.
The city council will begin looking for a new building inspector who would be qualified to inspect both residential and commercial buildings immediately.
While the search for a new building inspector is ongoing, the city council is working with Sunrise Engineering to fill-in at the building department until a permanent replacement is found. Sunrise Engineering would be brought in to do commercial inspections, but the city has asked if they could do residential inspections on a temporary basis. They passed a unanimous motion.


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Gretsch Rancher Giveaway Winners
Posted: July 5, 2012
Alfonso Vasquez with his new Gretsch!
Gretsch would like to congratulate the winners from our Gretsch Rancher contest.
Our two winners from region one are Alfonso Vazquez from Tlaxcala, Mexico and Sergio Garcia from Ecatepec de Morelos, México.
Our two winners from region two are Jennifer Williams from Toronto, Canada and Mike Dobbs from Hixson, Tennessee.
We are still waiting for permission to post the names from our two winners in region three, but we can say that one hails from the United Kingdom and the other is from Norway.
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Stephen Stills Talks Guitars With MusicRadar
Posted: July 3, 2012
In the midst of a summer tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Stills sat down with MusicRadar for a lengthy interview where he talked about his career, the live CSN 2012 DVD that is coming out July 17 and his guitars of choice.
When asked about his history with Gretsch, Stills went back to the late 1950s.
"A friend took me to Tampa, Florida in 1959 to a demonstration at the local music shop, and we saw Chet Atkins," Stills recalled.
"Right there, that began my love affair with Gretsches, because you can fingerpick 'em, particularly if you take the pickguard off. I've been doing that for a living for 50 years."
Stills noted that he picked up his first Gretsch when playing with Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield.
"Actually, I think I got my first Gretsch in the Springfield. Neil played one, which immediately attracted me to him. Anybody who played a Gretsch, that was it," he said.
"But I liked the orange ones. Graham [Nash] knows all the nomenclature. I like the brown ones, actually. I have two old, brown single cutaway Country Gentlemens, and they're really, really good.
"Now, the White Falcon in CSNY. Everybody was buying every guitar in sight. I happened to find a stereo White Falcon, and I traded Neil for his old one, which I still have. I've offered it back to him, but he says, 'No, no. A trade's a trade. You beat me on that one.'"
Read the full interview here, and visit Crosby, Stills & Nash's official website for more information.
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Five Great Televised Gretsch Moments of the British Invasion
Posted: July 2, 2012
On both sides of the Atlantic during the 1960s, the British Invasion created a golden age of rock and pop music on prime time TV that really hasn't been equaled since. In addition to the big, long-running U.S. and U.K. variety shows of the era—The Ed Sullivan Show and Sunday Night at the London Palladium, respectively—it saw a proliferation of pop/rock programs that televised the invasion as it happened, such as Top of the Pops and Ready Steady Go! in the United Kingdom, and Shindig! and Hullabaloo in the United States.
One particularly happy result of all that great live and lip-synched programming was that, as never before, millions of viewers got a good up-close look at Gretsch guitars and basses in action. Here then are five great televised Gretsch moments from the British Invasion, beginning with the phenomenal landmark performance that started it all.
P.S. – If anybody knows where we can find a Yardbirds TV clip that shows Eric Clapton playing his double-cutaway Gretsch 6120, let us know, would you? We searched all over and can't find it, but we're convinced that it exists and would love to see it …
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Nami Kurokawa
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Nami Kurokawa (黒河 奈美 Kurokawa Nami?, born January 25, 1980) is a Japanese voice actress[1] from Osaka, Japan. When voicing adult games, she is known as Mina Motoyama (本山 美奈 Motoyama Mina?).
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- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan as Tamiya-san (ep 5); Yuuko-sensei (ep 6,7)
- D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ as Tamaki Konomiya
- D.N.Angel as Miyuki Sawamura
- Demonbane as Raika
- Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! as Takako Kakuzawa
- Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl as Woman B (ep 2,3)
- Koihime Musou as Kan'u Unchō/Aisha[2]
- Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament as Literature Club Member 2 (ep 4); Woman A (ep 5)
- Shrine of the Morning Mist as Daughter (ep 18)
- Seikon no Qwaser as Mutsumi Sendou
- Soulcalibur IV as Scheherazade, Kamikirimusi
- The World of Narue as Aya Kanazawa; Emcee (Ep. 10); [+ unlisted credits]
- Wild Arms XF as Alexia Lynn Elesius
- Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na as Sayaka Hozumi
- ^ "CRUNCHYROLL AND MARVELOUS ENTERTAINMENT TO TRANSPORT FANS TO IMPERIAL CHINA (press release)". Active Anime. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Green, Scott (19 October 2009). "AICN Anime - Plenty of Updates on Gantz Live Action, Trigun, One of Stan Lee's Anime Projects, Voltron, Oldboy and More...". Ain't It Cool News. Ain't It Cool, Inc. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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- Nami Kurokawa at pro-baobab.jp (Japanese)
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Out of curiousity, I also googled these pinworm things.
I say that a picture of them should be posted in every public bathroom to encourage people to wash their dirty, dirty hands and prevent bacteria from spreading.
Are there people who eat poop?Yes, we all have, at one point or another.
Who the hell eats shxx??? Gross!!
" Healthy people can have green poop if they eat a diet rich in leafy green vegetables, or if they consume large quantities of food coloring (in ice cream, cake frosting etc.). "
this happens when I eat multi-colored cereal such as flinstones fruity pebbles.. Now I know why.
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Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) motif proteins constitute a growing superfamily of proteins that are broadly defined by the presence of one or more copies of a conserved 35 amino acid sequence, the PPR motif. They are particularly abundant in plants, and those whose function has been characterized have been implicated in several aspects of RNA metabolism in mitochondria and chloroplasts. In humans, PPR motif proteins are fewer in number. They include LRPPRC (Leucine-Rich PPR-motif -Containing protein), an RNA-binding protein that is a component of nuclear ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that contain spliced mRNAs. Most of the LRPPRC, however, localizes predominantly to mitochondria, where it binds polyadenylated RNAs. Mutations in the lrpprc gene cause cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in Leigh Syndrome (LSFC), which is accompanied by a decrease in COXI and COXIII mitochondrial mRNAs. Our hypothesis is that LRPPRC is an essential trans-acting factor in mitochondrial mRNA metabolism. In order to address the function of LRPPRC in mitochondria, we isolated LRPPRC-associated mitochondrial RNP complexes (mtRNPs). Analysis of isolated mtRNPs shows that the mitochondrially-encoded mRNAs associate with LRPPRC. A reduction in LRPPRC levels using RNAi causes a parallel reduction in steady-state levels of mitochondrially-encoded mRNAs, but not of nuclear-encoded mRNAs. Thus, LRPPRC is an important factor for mitochondrial gene expression and is necessary for the accumulation of the mitochondrial mRNAs to which it binds. Using LRPPRC as a paradigm, we sought and analyzed other members of the PPR motif family in humans. Four other human PPR-motif proteins, PTCD1, PTCD2, PTCD3 and PTCD4, also localize in mitochondria. Moreover, some of these proteins also bind RNA and exist in the same complexes as LRPPRC. This indicates that the human PTCD proteins, as is the case with LRPPRC, are also involved in mitochondrial RNA metabolism, pointing to PPR motif proteins in humans as a novel family of trans-acting factors in mitochondrial gene expression. These findings open the way for an expanded and more detailed understanding of human mitochondrial gene expression, and for an exploration of the potential involvement of human PPR motif proteins in mitochondrial diseases, as has already been determined for LRPPRC.
Starting with a completely rewritten code for the conductively-driven quasi-static vapor bubble growth in an axisymmetric, cylindrical cell comprised of solid and liquid phase of finite thicknesses under small Reynolds, Peclet, Capillary and Bond numbers to verify L. Huang's (our prior Ph.D. student) earlier results, we couple the solution of the quasi-static problem with three simple, somewhat ad hoc models of contact line motion and relax the assumption of small Bond number to simulate the growth of an incipient bubble until gravity begins to slowly deform the vapor bubble and then to detach it from the solid heater surface. A simple physical theory is developed to explain that when the bubble density is not too high, the bubble volume vs time approaches a 3/2 power before gravity begins to deform its shape, independent of contact line motion models and system parameters such as the conductivity ratio of the liquid to solid and degree of wall superheat. On the other hand, contact line motion does have a significant effect on bubble deformation and detachment. Molecular dynamics (MD) is employed to determine the contact line motion in a nano-scale version of our three-phase system because MD not only includes heat transfer, but also fluid flow, which can remove many restrictions of the earlier continuum calculation in our nano-size system. Instead of nucleating a bubble by cavitation, we nucleate a vapor bubble by heating the bottom of the solid upon which the fluid sits at constant pressure. Under a uniform body force that, due to the scale of MD is far larger than terrestrial gravity, we then track the bubble's growth driven by heat transfer from the conducting heated solid until detachment. Its contact line motion is monitored and the effects of wettability of solid surface, temperature-slip of fluid-solid interface and the choice of the interaction between the solid and the fluid have also been discussed. Unfortunately, this temperature slip mitigates some of the effects of the contact line that the continuum modeling (without temperature slip) finds so crucial at macroscopic scales.
This study historically investigates the circumstances - economic, political, and ideological - out of which the American political culture would shift to the right and become hostile to welfare. It is in part a genealogy of contemporary welfare reform discourse, which is comprised by the synthesis of varied and contradictory components of conservative philosophy about family, work, responsibility, and the role of government. This study also contextualizes that discourse within the development of a conservative politico-ideological apparatus. Today's conservative movement in the United States is the fusion of other sub-strands of conservatism and has successfully defined the parameters of acceptable discourse around the issue of welfare. It has developed a large pool of resources, become adept in the arena of activist and electoral politics, built a vast infrastructure for the production and deployment of ideas, and established a resilient presence in the everyday lives of Americans. Therefore a study of the erosion of the American welfare state must trace the development of these ideas and the means by which they became policy orthodoxy. Argued here is that the conservative movement's success in affecting welfare reform can be attributed to two factors. Firstly, it can be attributed to the consolidation and organization of libertarian and traditionalist conservatism and to the mastery of ideological production by a conservative politico-ideological apparatus or policy planning network. Secondly, it can be attributed to the emergence of varied conservative ideas on work, family, equality, and personal responsibility as a new policy consensus which was itself a consequence of important transformations in social and economic conditions. The post-war conservative movement has been dynamic and has managed its own ideological tensions by continually refining its argument and perfecting its methods of framing issues. It has contributed to altering the political culture in relation to the welfare state and related issues The subjection of welfare state programs to ongoing critique has enabled the social safety net to become vulnerable to reforms which have gradually altered them to be more consistent with the shifting requirements of the economic system and elite preferences.
Diversion programs were developed to ease the overrepresentation of individuals with psychiatric disorders in the criminal justice system. These programs divert individuals with mental illnesses out of jails into community treatment. Despite the increased popularity of these programs, little is known about the psychosocial, psychiatric and psychological characteristics of the diverted individuals. In addition, despite the importance of using standardized assessment instruments pre-diversion, no published study has attempted to evaluate the utility of risk assessment instruments or measures of malingering, personality or psychopathology in diverted offenders. This investigation attempted to address this gap in the literature through three different studies that (1) described a sample of 61 defendants released from jail in terms of demographical, clinical, and criminological characteristics; (2) determined the utility of the HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL: SV) in the prediction of diversion non-compliance, and recidivism in a sample of 120 defendants, and (3) identified alternative factors that help defendants succeed in diversion through a multiple case-study design. Results revealed that this sample consisted primarily of minority male defendants with extensive histories of prior arrests, significant histories of physical abuse, homelessness and suicidality, and co-morbid substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. The findings provided preliminary validation of the predictive validity of the HCR-20 and PCL: SV with defendants diverted to community treatment. The HCR-20 was found to be superior to the PCL: SV in predicting both non-compliance and recidivism, and the PCL: SV proved to be more useful in predicting recidivism than non-compliance. Results of multiple case-studies found a pattern of characteristics shared by participants who failed diversion regardless of HCR-20 results. These variables included history of physical abuse, family history of substance abuse or criminal behavior, levels of social support, and level of responsibility taken for the instant offence.
This dissertation examines the trajectory of modernist discourse between 1897 and 1907 and its impact on the process toward autonomy of Madrid's literary field. In the late nineteenth century, the failure of the liberal project and of positivism plunged European thought into what has been called the fin de siècle crisis. Spain participated fully in this process, generating a series of protest discourses that rejected the prevailing system. In the arts and literature in particular, this led to a number of trends aesthetically or ideologically opposed to the political system of the Restoration, to bourgeois values, to radical positivism and to realist aesthetics. The material and social conditioning factors greatly hindered the development of the new aesthetics. This caused the young writers to come together as a community of discourse conjoining the plurality of perspectives that characterized them under two basic principles: the defense of literary renewal and the rejection of the established powers. The constant struggle for these two assumptions laid the foundations for a symbolic revolution in the literary field. I understand modernism as the collective discourse that in the late nineteenth century started to make its way into the literary field and whose impact on it would be crucial in the process of autonomization. My study focuses on the public sphere of modernist discourse. I have examined mainly the modernist magazines published in Madrid between 1897 and 1907 because, compared to the consecrated press, they were the means by which the gente nueva could freely express and disseminate their opinions. Throughout the dissertation I explore the development of modernist discourse to show that it was not immutable, but that it was changing within the literary field. As it was gaining recognition, the modernist writers adopted literary positions that caused confrontations among themselves, leading to the breakup of the original community of discourse. However, they were still sharing the defense of the aforementioned principles, and when they finally imposed them and their discourse was perceived as legitimate by the whole field, a degree of autonomy hitherto nonexistent in the literary world was eventually reached.
Abstract CUCKOLDS AND CODPIECES: EARLY MODERN ANXIEITIES IN MALE POTENCY by Doris Barkin Advisor: Professor Clare Carroll My dissertation is an exploration of male potency through a close examination of the tropes of the cuckold and the codpiece as presented in English dramatic works of the early modern period: I examine codpiece and cuckoldry discourses side by side, to see how one informs the other, and to perceive to what extent masculinity is affected and communicated by these discourses. My purpose here is to explore early modern views of masculinity, marriage, and sexuality through various theoretical frameworks, from Freud to Foucault. My study argues that while the codpiece may emphasize or articulate sexual power and virility, that is, potency, the specter of cuckoldry undermines this power. It is my contention that in order to maintain mastery, the early modern male appropriates the signification of the codpiece, which is in and of itself charged with ambiguity: on the one hand it may signify concealment; on the other, exhibitionism. A close reading of Middleton and Dekker's The Roaring Girl and Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona reveals how gender is materialized and appropriated through the female codpiece, while Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Othello establish the tension between masculine identity and jealousy through the topos of cuckoldry, be it comic or tragic. My emphasis on impotence, as an undercurrent and overt theme, distinguishes my study from other scholarship in the area of gender and cultural critique . To demonstrate my argument, I apply an eclectic approach: my analysis is formed on the basis of a cultural historicist approach, and is further extended by the deployment of psychoanalytic and gender theories. In addition, the modality of resistance in feminism reaches out to the particular interests of queer theory such as transgressive phenomena, specifically cross-dressing, and, performative aspects of gender construction. My aim is to illuminate some of the most provocative tensions and possibilities in the study of early modern desire. Tracing as I have an evolution of thought, demonstrates that patriarchy was not monolithic and masculinity was not fixed; in fact, this evolution may have introduced a newer, heterodoxical view of ideal masculinity as tending toward the feminine. My aim, then, is to demonstrate that in early modern English drama, the tension between virility or potency and weakness or impotence as signified by codpiece and cuckoldry discourses betrays an anxious masculinity: masculine desire is represented as complex, fraught with aggression but also with fragility and vulnerability.
Sleep is important for memory consolidation. One potential mechanism of memory consolidation is replay, where recently formed memories are repeated during post-learning sleep. For example, the firing sequences evoked in hippocampus during learning are spontaneously replayed during bouts of slow wave sleep (SWS). The phenomenon of replay during SWS is common in many neocortical systems. Odor memory may also rely on sleep-dependent consolidation, even though olfaction is not a neocortical system. The primary olfactory (piriform) cortex is a three-layered archicortex receiving direct input from the olfactory bulb. Piriform cortical activity during slow-wave sleep-like states is modified by recent odor experiences and becomes highly coherent with the amygdala and hippocampus, suggesting a possibility of replay in the olfactory system. The goal of this research was to describe the role post-training sleep had in odor memory consolidation. The initial study utilized two different types of conditioning: standard odor fear conditioning and differential fear conditioning to examine how olfactory training can affect perceptual odor discrimination. Results from this study showed that animals that undergo differential odor fear conditioning are better able to discriminate similar odors following conditioning compared to animals that undergo standard conditioning. Furthermore, this change in perception is possible through changes in the receptive fields of individual units within the piriform cortex. The next study examined how SWS in the anterior piriform cortex is involved in olfactory memory consolidation following odor fear conditioning. The amount of time animals spent in SWS following conditioning significantly increased compared to baseline habituation days and the amount of time animals spent in SWS following learning predicted how much time they froze to the odor during testing. Finally, the last study assessed changes in both the strength and precision of olfactory memory following modifications made during post-training SWS. Imposing replay of the learned odor during post-training SWS enhanced the strength of the odor memory, while imposing replay of another odor stimulus caused animals to generalize their fear response to multiple olfactory stimuli. Taken together, these results underlie the importance of sleep in the consolidation of both the strength and precision of odor memory.
ABSTRACT Negotiating labyrinths of risk: The impact and implementation of a structured violence risk assessment instrument in juvenile parole Kevin Barnes-Ceeney Risk assessment has become a critical aspect of correctional work. Risk assessment instruments are often used by criminal justice workers to predict the likelihood of prison escape, recidivism, or an offender's potential for perpetrating future harms. Increasingly, state parole boards are using risk assessment to assist in their evaluation of offenders' risks, to identify requisite interventions, and to ascertain suitability for parole. Although there has been considerable research concerning the predictive validity of risk factors, few studies have examined how criminal justice workers experience and understand risk assessment, and how such understandings impact decision making. Many scholars have posited that the use of risk assessment to inform discretion decisions can improve the consistency and accuracy of recidivism prediction. Others, however, suggest that risk assessment instruments are indicative of the pernicious scientification of administration, and that an emphasis on risk factors may lead workers to practice containment rather than resolution, ensnaring individuals in biographical "labyrinths of risk." Despite extensive risk theorization, few scholars have examined the impact of risk technologies at the individual and organizational level. This mixed methods case study addresses this gap in the literature. The qualitative inquiry answers the central research question: How do juvenile justice actors experience and understand risk assessment processes? Subsidiary questions seek to unpack these experiences and understandings by asking: How do juveniles experience labyrinths of risk? and What is the nature of risk labyrinths? The quantitative part of the study answer the question: Does the implementation of a structured risk assessment increase the number of juveniles released early on parole? Tracking the implementation of the Structured assessment of violence risk in youth (SAVRY) assessment tool, in juvenile parole in New Jersey, this dissertation seeks to understand the meanings juvenile justice actors ascribe to risk, and how such understandings shape juvenile justice system responses. Semi-structured interviews focusing on perceptions of risk were conducted with three juvenile parole board members, six parole hearing team officers, 12 Juvenile Justice Commission staff, and 10 committed juveniles. Where possible, interviews were recorded and transcribed. Forty-five parole board hearings were also observed, and 21 case files were selected and transcribed. Quantitative data comprised of 445 SAVRY assessed and un-assessed juvenile cases. Cases were matched on the following variables: age within 6 months of index offense, gender, sentence length, seriousness of index offense score, and the Offender Group Reconviction Scale 3 (OGRS 3.) A grounded theory approach was adopted to analyze the qualitative data. Line-by-line open coding of transcripts was conducted, using Atlas ti qualitative data analysis software. The constant comparison method was used to refine initial codes, and develop pattern codes. Repeated patterns of meaning were grouped into themes, and the themes discussed with study participants. The quantitative data was analyzed through a survival analysis. Hazard curves were generated to examine whether assessed juveniles are likely to be released earlier than non-assessed juveniles. The findings suggest that juveniles who received a SAVRY assessment were more likely to be released earlier on parole, after an initial period of one year had passed. Parole board members felt that the SAVRY instrument was helpful as they are required to chart a course through large amounts of risk information. Risk assessment instruments do not create labyrinths of risk, however the labyrinths of risk metaphor is still useful. Risk assessment instruments appear to serve as Ariadne's thread helping to guide parole board members as they negotiate labyrinths of risk when making a parole decision. Furthermore, a juvenile's progression through the juvenile justice system can be likened to a classical labyrinth, consisting of a single unicursal path leading to the center and out again. Successful navigation of such a labyrinthine structure involves a process of transformation, in which the juvenile is expected to extinguish his offending self, thereby metaphorically slaying the Minotaur. A net labyrinth awaits the juvenile on his release. Organizational interconnectivity is of critical importance when a juvenile negotiates such a postmodern labyrinth of labyrinths. This dissertation facilitates a better understanding of the interplay between risk assessment instruments and juvenile justice decision-making. The findings improve knowledge of the barriers to successful risk assessment implementation, and identify problems with intra-and inter-organizational connectivity. Training opportunities for juvenile justice actors are identified, which facilitate the adoption of effective risk management procedures. Key findings of the dissertation were disseminated to juvenile justice employees through face-to-face discussions during the data analysis process, and meetings with senior parole officials.
Research on intergroup relations has a rich history in social psychology, with scholars devoting a considerable effort investigating factors that influence stereotyping, prejudice and discriminatory behavior. The results of these studies suggest that individuals' cognitions, affect, and behaviors are affected by their own group memberships as well as the groups to which others belong. People generally view the groups that they belong to (their ingroup) positively, and view the groups that others belong to (outgroups) stereotypically (Tajfel & Turner, 1986). However, much of the research on social identification and subsequent perceptions has focused on socially distinct groups rather than groups that blur categorical boundaries. As such, there is a dearth of research on how individuals identify with and perceive people who belong to multiple racial groups. To address this gap in the literature, I investigated minorities' identification with minority-White biracials, as well as the downstream cognitive (warmth and competence stereotypes), affective (pride, shame), and behavioral (facilitation, distancing) consequences of identification across three studies. Results demonstrated that Black (Study 1) and Hispanic (Study 2) participants were equally identified with biracials and other ingroup members (Blacks, Hispanics), and were less identified with outgroup members (Whites). In contrast, White participants (Study 1) were most identified with other White people, least identified with Black people, and moderately identified with Black-White biracial people. Moreover, Black participants stereotyped Blacks and Black-White biracials as equally warm and competent (Study 1); Hispanic participants felt equally proud of and were equally willing to help Hispanics and Hispanic-White biracials (Study 2); and both Black and Hispanic participants felt equally ashamed when a Black or Hispanic and Black-White or Hispanic-White biracial person acted in a stereotypically negative manner, and wanted to distance themselves from the wrongdoer (Study 3). In contrast, minorities perceived Whites less positively across measures of stereotypes, emotions and behaviors. Finally, consistent with self-categorization theory (Turner et al., 1987), minorities' identification with minority-White biracials predicted their group-based stereotypes, emotions and behaviors. These results make an important contribution to the limited work on perceptions of biracial people, and extend previous research regarding the role of identification for intergroup perceptions.
This dissertation provides an analysis of representations of counterfeiting in American literature across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. One of the oldest crimes in America and until the Civil War one of the most prevalent, counterfeiting appealed to the literary imagination not merely because it was so common, but because, as a fundamentally ambiguous activity, it seemed to expose significant fault lines in American life. The ambiguity of counterfeiting arose from the fact that its performance, and especially its successful performance, explicitly challenged the stability of the concepts, such as monetary value and sovereign authority, that were necessary to define it as a crime. Counterfeiting thus probed the shifting and often permeable boundaries between what was considered legitimate and illegitimate, legal and illegal, moral and immoral, natural and artificial, valuable and valueless, real and imaginary. The subject of counterfeiting became for a diverse group of American writers, from Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Burroughs and Charles Brockden Brown in the eighteenth century, to John Neal, George Lippard, and Herman Melville in the nineteenth century, a lens through which social and political analysis could be brought into focus, and a fertile source of philosophical speculation and literary creation. Once it was figured as a literary subject, counterfeiting also had a profound impact on the texture and development of American literature across this period. Most obviously, attempts to represent counterfeiting and counterfeiters gave rise to new experiences, new characters, new settings, and new vernaculars. Less obviously, the ambiguity of counterfeiting was such that it exerted pressure on the traditional literary forms, such as the picaresque narrative and the gothic novel, which were deployed in an effort to make it meaningful. What is more, sustained reflection upon the meaning of counterfeiting often led American writers to doubt the possibility of truthful or meaningful representation as such. "Counterfeiting in American Literature" thus seeks to demonstrate that the subject of counterfeiting exists in American literature as a site of literary creativity and cultural tension, a site where older literary forms are recast to fit new circumstances, and where different ideas are inaugurated and tested.


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Men's basketball: Former NBA players, coaches and even a Pitino make list of FGCU coaching candidates
ESTERO - Some names in the candidate pool to be Florida Gulf Coast University's next men's basketball are out, but FGCU athletic director Ken Kavanagh is mum on them all.
"I don't have any comments on any candidate," said Kavanagh, who earlier this month dismissed 10-year coach Dave Balza after a 10-20 season.
But Kavanagh, who is in his second year as FGCU's AD after 13 at Bradley, said he has narrowed the field to "the single-digit range now."
Former Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien's name has been bandied about after the part-time Naples resident was seen at the last few FGCU men's home games last season and the year prior. O'Brien, who like Kavanagh is a Boston College graduate, was thought to be a leader in Rutgers' coaching search last year. He coached Boston College for 11 seasons, taking the Eagles to the Elite Eight. He took over at Ohio State in 1998, leading the Buckeyes to the Final Four the following season. After two Big Ten titles and four straight NCAA appearances, O'Brien was fired in 2004 for allegedly violating NCAA rules.
However, after a trial that featured the former chairman of the NCAA Infractions Committee testifying that O'Brien did not commit NCAA violations, the Ohio Court of Claims ruled that the school had breached O'Brien's contract and awarded him $2.4 million. He has not coached since.
E-mails to and from Kavanagh's FGCU account gleaned by the Daily News via public records request reveal several notable names:
* Former Butler and Iowa coach Todd Lickliter
* Former Vanderbilt and NBA player and Cornell, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine and St. Bonaventure coach Jan van Breda Kolff
* Former Kentucky star, NBA player and Morehead State coach Kyle Macy, now a color commentator for UK telecasts
* First-year Florida assistant Richard Pitino, who is the son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino
* Former Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors coach Eric Musselman
Lickliter coached twice against FGCU. Once as the coach of Butler (a 79-65 win at Alico Arena in 2006-07, FGCU's last Division II season) and the other at Iowa (62-49 in the third game of the 2007-08 season). In six seasons at Butler, he led the Bulldogs to four NCAA tournament appearances and two Sweet 16 runs. He was the 2007 National Coach of the Year according to the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Other notable names in the candidate pool: Belmont assistant Casey Alexander; Appalachian State associate head coach Rick Scruggs; Florida International associate head coach Anthony Anderson; University of Minnesota director of basketball operations Joe Esposito; former New York Knicks scout Jeff Nix; Alabama assistant Dan Hipsher; Providence assistant Rodell Davis; Temple assistant Matt Langel; Lipscomb assistant Pete Froedden; former Fairleigh Dickinson coach Tom Green; former Denver Nuggets assistant Larry Mangino; former NBA D-League coach Joseph Harge
But in three seasons at Iowa, Lickliter's teams went 38-57 and he was fired last year.
Van Breda Kolff, the 1974 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year who played in the NBA and ABA from 1975-83, led Pepperdine to a 47-18 record from 1999-2001. After his second season at St. Bonaventure, he was fired because he played an ineligible junior college transfer. An NCAA investigation cleared him of wrong-doing. From 2008-2010 he coached the Nashville Broncos of the American Basketball Association but the club folded last year. Van Breda Kolff was one of three finalists for the UC Riverside job in 2007.
Macy is another high-profile name. He was a three-time All-American at Kentucky and was the point guard on the Wildcats' 1978 national title team. After his senior season, he was named the SEC Player of the Year. He played for three NBA teams from 1979-87 before coaching Morehead State for nine years. After a 4-23 season, Macy resigned in 2006.
Although only 28, Pitino could be a major player. Florida coach Billy Donovan, a Rick Pitino protege, hired Richard Pitino in 2009. The Gators' website states: "In his first season at UF, Pitino developed a reputation as a tireless recruiter and a thorough and detail-oriented scout. Among his critical scouts in his first year at UF were victories against Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Georgie and Rutgers."
Pitino was with his dad at Louisville the previous two seasons as the Cardinals made back-to-back Elite Eights. Before that the 2005 Providence grad was at Northeastern, Duquesne and College of Charleston.
The SEC East champion Gators (26-7, 13-3), seeded second in the Southeast Region, face No. 15 UC Santa Barbara in an NCAA tournament first-rounder in Tampa tonight at 6:50.
Asked if his single-digit list includes coaches that average college basketball fans will recognize, Kavanagh said, "I don't know. I can't speak for everybody. They're all people that are interested at this point and are interested in this job with a lot of experience. They are people that deserve to get to this particular juncture."
Kavanagh would not say how many interviews he has conducted but he did say there have been no serious talks with any individuals. As for salary, the new coach will probably make around $150,000, $45,000 more than Balza.
"We're in the $150,000 range depending on circumstances and so forth," Kavanagh said.
The pool for three full-time assistants will be $150,000, more than twice that of the previous staff and recruiting money also will rise dramatically.
Kavanagh said he still has "quite a few things to take care of before I can even make an offer." For instance, he still has to finish the application waiver that has allowed him to not post the job or accept applications that only go through human resources as the latter are a matter of public record and Kavanagh is trying desperately to keep this search close to the vest.
FGCU hosting a WNIT game on Friday night and possibly another on Sunday or Monday and March Madness tipping off today hasn't helped speed along the process.
"The time-table is the same as it has always been," Kavanagh said. "If I could have done it yesterday, it would've been done. I'm still trying to work through what is a very busy time of the year for everybody."
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