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The U.S. space agency readies the first test flight of the vehicle destined for the moon.
One of the largest structures in the world, the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the last stop for the space shuttle before it is rolled out to the launch pad. But with the shuttles scheduled to retire in 2010, the massive building has already become home to NASA's next launch vehicle.
The Ares rockets are a crucial part of the Constellation program, NASA's plan for new manned flights to the moon and possibly to Mars and beyond. Unlike its predecessors, the Ares will use separate launch vehicles to transport cargo and crew. Ares I will carry humans to space, while Ares V will transport large-scale hardware such as items needed to establish a lunar base.
Ares I-X, the first launch vehicle to be tested in nearly four decades, sits in immense pieces in the assembly building, awaiting a test flight scheduled for late August. "This flight will allow us to nail down the design of Ares I and eliminate uncertainties, so that everyone will feel more comfortable when the first rocket flies with humans on it," says Jon Cowart, deputy manager for the Ares I-X project at Kennedy. The main goal is to gather data during the first two minutes of ascent, when the rocket is most vulnerable to failures. To that end, the I-X includes a mix of real and simulated systems and is equipped with around 700 sensors that will measure load, pressure, vibration, temperature, acoustics, strain, and movement at different points on the rocket and at different stages of flight. The sensors will gather information on the rocket's performance in the roughest parts of the atmosphere, on the separation of its stages, and on the recovery of its boosters.
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Entering High Bay 4 is like walking into a giant indoor stadium. In the middle of the bay sit five large steel cylinders, called stacks, that will be assembled into Ares I-X. Surrounding them is a seemingly haphazard assortment of cranes, toolboxes, laptops, and rolling chairs.
The first stage of Ares I will include a single, five-segment solid rocket booster. Its design is derived from the shuttle, which uses two four-segment solid rocket boosters, and it will burn the same specially formulated propellant. "We didn't want to start over," says Steve Cook, manager of the Ares project office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. "We took the best from the past and combined it with modern technology." Ares I-X will use only a four-segment reusable solid rocket booster, with a dummy fifth segment stacked on top. The mock segment marks the beginning of the first stack and lies in several similarly sized pieces, all solid white. (The fifth rocket motor will allow Ares I to lift more weight and reach a higher altitude, but it's not needed for the test flight.)
Near the bottom portion of the fifth-segment simulator is the first-stage avionics module, which will control the components of the booster and communicate with the upper stage. For example, the module will send the signal to fire the motors, control the vehicle's flight path by moving the motor nozzle, initiate the booster separation sequence, and command the parachute recovery system. The module will also gather important test flight data, specifically on the performance of the flight control system. In the final design, however, the avionics will be housed in the upper stage of the rocket, since propellant will fill the fifth segment.


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1991-10-03 Vinny Pazienza w rsc 12 Gilbert Dele, Civic Centre, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - WBA. Referee: Luis Rivera. Considered by many to be over the hill, the battle-scarred Pazienza (154) proved his critics wrong when taking the title from the fancied Dele (154), who was found to be wanting despite having an 11-inch reach advantage. Darting in and out with fast jabs and thumping body shots, Pazienza bewildered Dele at times and while the champion always tried to fight back he was being outmanoeuvred at every turn. Although the doctor had a close look at Dele before the tenth got underway he was allowed to continue, but in the 12th, having turned away from Pazienza and claimed that he had been thumbed in the eye, the referee stopped the fight. There were just 50 seconds of the contest remaining, but it was clear that Dele had lost heart and had given up fighting.
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Shreveport dentist Steve Guier prepares "Doc?s Painless Pulled Pork? pig for roasting on the opening morning of the 2010 Que?in on the Red barbecue festival in Alexandria. That was the last time the festival was held.
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The banking reform package wending its way through Congress is widely seen as a virtual wish list for banking. The version approved on June 28 by the House Banking Committee, which has a long way to go before becoming law, would open a lot of doors for banks. It would allow them to branch into other states and enter a passel of new businesses, from securities underwriting to insurance. But buried in the measure are harsh proposals that would have a quite different impact. They would impose stiff constraints on banking regulators and crack down, probably too soon, on banks that fall on hard times.
Stung by the lax supervision that led to the savings and loan debacle, lawmakers have decided that the banking industry's cops can't be trusted to be tough with the banks on their own. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s request for a $70 billion loan to bail out the agency's ailing insurance fund has made Congress even more antsy. "Regulators blew it in the `80s," says Representative Charles E. Schumer (D-N. Y.), a member of the Banking Committee. "They took 50 years' credibility and lost it."
A mechanism in the bill would require regulators to move swiftly when banks start to deteriorate, preventing government dithering that at times lets bad situations get worse. The further a bank falls short of certain requirements for capital, asset quality, and earnings, the more the government overseers have to do: freeze growth, stop dividend payouts, and curb executives' salaries and bonuses. The Treasury Dept., author of the reform plan, thinks regulators could be more hard-nosed. Says a senior Treasury official: "It would be healthy to have a clear road map, which sets out actions for regulators."
GOOD RECORD. But many critics think that the clamping down on regulators goes too far. "Congress cannot micromanage banking in its attempts to respond to the current crisis," says Kenneth A. Guenther, executive vice-president of the Independent Bankers Assn. "Once the crisis is over, it will have put in a set of guidelines that may not work."
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency argues that regulators have a good track record of letting shaky banks rejuvenate themselves without tapping the bank insurance fund. OCC official Leonora Cross says that if the tougher standards had been in effect when Bank of America got in trouble, "Bank of America would not be here today." Regulators kept the San Francisco bank open during its worst days in the mid-1980s, and now it is one of the most successful in the country. The reform bill does allow some leeway, letting regulators circumvent some mandated actions if they deem it necessary. But they may have to explain themselves before Congress--not an appetizing prospect.
Industry experts complain the legislation undercuts the flexibility of bank executives. It could prompt banks with battered loan portfolios to use their available resources to rebuild capital instead of reserves set up to absorb loan losses. The bill "will end up not only eliminating regulatory discretion but managerial discretion as well," says Washington banking consultant Karen Shaw.
The bank bill's strictures make sense in at least one area: curbing the Federal Reserve Board's lending to ailing banks via the discount window. The Fed used loans to prop up such sick banks as Boston's Bank of New England and Washington's Madison National Bank. The House Banking Committee found that the Fed has $8.3 billion in loans outstanding at 320 banks. Since it has first claim on bank assets, the Fed gets its money back. Many depositors--whose accounts exceeding $100,000 aren't insured--were happy: The banks used the Fed money to pay them off. Yet that left the FDIC holding the bag. "This is a massive form of forbearance granted in secret by the Federal Reserve," fumes House Banking Committee Chairman Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Tex.).
Faced with the threat of strict limits on discount-window lending, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan struck a deal with Gonzalez. Under the bill, if the Fed wants to lend to a bank for more than 60 days, either the Fed chairman or the bank's top regulator must certify that the bank isn't failing. If the bank then goes under, the central bank would have to reimburse the FDIC for any losses caused by discount-window loans. The impact of that compromise could force the Fed to back away from its "too big to fail" stance of propping up the largest banks at all costs.
OVERDUE. The reform bill also is sensibly tough on the disposal of failed banks. It calls for the FDIC to choose the least expensive method, which would likely mean dissolving the institutions and selling their deposits for a premium to other banks. Under current law, the FDIC typically prefers to keep failed banks intact by selling them to investors, believing that this better serves the community and protects the financial system.
Moves to strengthen bank oversight are overdue. Forcing prompt regulatory action, especially if banks are allowed into new businesses, may well be a sound approach. But regulation, like banking, is a judgment business. If Congress writes rules that are too rigid for the new era of financial services, it may win the war of the `80s--and lose the war of the `90s.Catherine Yang and Mike McNamee in Washington


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This is the first fund in the industry to achieve this NAV level. The fund was launched 19 years ago.
"Our in-depth research capabilities coupled with stocks picking abilities have, over the years, yielded superior returns to our investors. We are confident of offering superior returns to our investors in future," Reliance Capital Asset Management CEO Sundeep Sikka told PTI.
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Currently incorporating some of the newest technology for brain tumor treatment, the center remains true to the philosophy of personalizing treatment to each patient as much as possible, addressing the whole person behind the diagnosis—the impact of the diagnosis on patient, caregivers and loved ones. The team also works to assure good communications with referring physicians, essential to continuity of care for each patient.
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The patient care coordinator follows the patient through the treatment process and serves as the liaison among the whole team, the patient, family and caregivers. Other services, such as nutrition advice, neuropsychology, physical/occupational and speech therapy are available through the Hahnemann system.
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For Sale ,pair of montrali hardrock mens size 10.Worn around town for about 1 month.Ship from Boulder CO.Sell for $50-00.
Hi, Do you have pictures of the shoes (to help with determining their condition)? ThanksPat
Sorry, but i didn't bring my camera with me.They are in very good condition, not worn on trails etc, only around town.
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SOLD Just got this last week as a family shelter but its not really going to work for what I need it for. (Flawless sewing and seams) I cut and installed brand new Lawson Eq ironwire (dyneema cord) for the guys. I like this cord for linelocs better than any that I have used because it is wedges and holds very tightly but is slick and adjusts very easily under tension. It also lasts forever without fraying or bunching like triptease.It is not seam sealed and has not been used at all by me or the previous owner.Just looking to get back what I put into it.245.00 shipped in the lower 48 SOLDplease use paypal personal or include the 3% fees.Thanks
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My last one was baseboard trim. I was finishing the trim and the last inside corner took 8 trips from the house to the garage to get it to fit (and one to the home depot to buy more baseboard ).
My last one was baseboard trim. I was finishing the trim and the last inside corner took 8 trips from the house to the garage to get it to fit (and one to the home depot to buy more baseboard ).
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I was building two desks for my nephews for Christmas using mortise and tenon for the apron to leg joints (8 legs 16 mortises). When making up the legs (laminating) I realized that I should have cut some extra material to use as test pieces to setup the mortises. I found that some of the boards were longer than the rest and I put them together in one leg so that I would have scrap on one end to do a practice mortise.
Fast forward a bit, I have the legs glued and dressed, one end trimmed and the mortises marked from that end. I have done the test mortise on the extra long leg and am plowing the mortises using my drill press attachment square chisel mortise.
When I slide the leg to the right to do the last cut on the last mortise on the last leg it hits the wall of the shop. ¼ inch more and I would be done. I quickly realize that this is the longer leg and that is why none of the other legs hit the wall. Instead of trying to move the drill press I decided I would take a quick cut off the end of the leg. The end had served it purpose as a test area for the mortises anyway. I took the leg over to the band saw to chop off about 3 inches. Halfway through the cut I saw the nearly complete mortise beside the band saw blade and realized I was cutting the wrong end of the leg. There was no way to salvage the leg. I had to start over and quickly glue up another leg.
Why just tonight I thought really, really carefully and still cut a biscuit into the side instead of end of a joint. Gave up and came in for a drink.
This is an awesome thread .... makes me feel normal
Just after Christmas I started in on my media cabinet. It was going to hold my subwoofer, receiver, satellite receiver, dvd player and Wii. That's 6 items - I figure a shelf per item. Routed my dados (6 of them) - done. Looking good so far. Now to route the edges of the shelves to fit the dados. Ah, here they are - all 5 precut shelves. 5!!!!! Doh!!!!! I forgot I had done a set of measurements a couple of months before in which my Wii was going to go on the same shelf as the DVD player. Not any more. Had to cut the top of the sides of at the location of the top most dado. Either that or buy another sheet of maple ply to get a 20"x18" piece.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try
My most recent one isn't woodworking related, either.
I was flown into Winnipeg to train a bunch of guys at the sewage treatment plant in the use and maintenance of their "Scum Disposal System" (yes, it really is as glamorous as it sounds ) Anyway, I didn't build the panel, and the VFD wasn't a brand that I had dealt with before, but I had been told that I *wasn't* doing the training on the electrical - only the mechanical. There were two electricians there to train on the electrical. Okay, fine. So the electricians do their bit, for a grand total of about four minutes ("that's the start button, that's the e-stop, and that over there... that's an e-stop, too.") Someone asked if the conveyor could be reversed. People start looking at me. I hadn't looked up anything about that VFD so while I know that you should be able to reverse it, I don't know what all the VFD programmer might have done to keep the operators from doing that. I told them I wasn't familiar with that particular VFD, but I'd be happy to go through the manuals with them after the presentation and get an answer to that question. A guy runs up and says they have lots of those VFDs and he can do it. He starts pushing buttons. The spidey senses are tingling at this point. Soon, he's pushed lots of buttons, and the machine doesn't work any more. He leaves. I'm left as the center of attention for about 20 guys as I mutter terrible things under my breath as I figure out how to get this bleedin' VFD to co-operate again to run the machine. It took me a good 10 minutes to get it working again, and it was a loooooong 10 minutes.
Oh, and did I mention they were filming the presentation for posterity?
Mike in Orangeville, ON
The list is way too long, but if you narrow it down to "Lately" As I haven't been doing any shop work until lately....
At the present time I am trying to make a picture fram from Old Barn Siding. A friend has a super nice print he wants framed, With a recient purchase of several farm acres he aquired 3 old barns that are being held up by the trees that grew around them. Hewn posts and beams w/ some really neat mortice & pegged tenon joints . what a shame to loose that wood. So he offered siding from the barn for the wood, It is difficult to get enough stright pieces to construct a frame , but I have been trying and I think I am settling in on a do-able results. Keeping the natural edge as much as possible has been a challange. I have wasted a lot of wood as well as amassed a pile of kindling pieces. And the Smell..... Old Yellow Pine, The aroma as it goes through the TS.... Might as well snort Turpentine and be done with it. (Wife calls down, "You spill the Lysole")
Then the other pieces that must have been an Outhouse in its former life. Geeze, that fragerance still haunts me....
After much failure in the process, I determined to plane the thickness with the exposed texture down as I ran through the planer. this uniform thickness and flat surface made the whole process easier. Using the router table and several jigs I was able to trim the "inside" edge and cut the groove for the glass and backing, to a satisfactry result. I brushed with a brass wire brush to clean the mud and loose fibers and gave a couple coats of Satin Poly spray, last night, I'm hoping that will stabilize it's condition so I can cut the miters today.
Will post pix when finished.
Bill "Hickory" Simpson
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This is a fairly therapeutic thread
It's nice to know I'm not the only one cutting on the wrong side of the line.
I posted about doing this in a thread a few months back, but the gyst of the issue came when I was gluing up a panel that had 30 dowel holes. I apparently drilled one of the holes too shallow. And of course, I didn't bother to dry fit with a dowel in each hole. I dry fit the panel and all seemed to fit very well. But, when it came to glue up time, I applied the glue to all the dowels and put the clamps on. That is when it became apparent that one of the holes was too shallow. Panel has since been cut up and fed into the fireplace.
Saturday afternoon glued up the last but one draw for my lower kitchen cupboards complete with nice box joints & perfectly square. Sunday morning grabbed a coffee, unclamped the draw & proceeded with the last one. It was a bugger to keep square, kept moving. When I unclamped it a couple of hrs later I saw why. Forgot to put the bottom in. Should have had one more coffee before starting.
Paul W.
I made some cabinets for my daughter Kathleen for Christmas. They were to go into her basement rec room.
On Boxing Day, I went to her house to install the cabinets and found that they would not fit down her narrow basement staircase.
In the next week or two, I plan to start a thread about this screw-up and how I recovered from it.
Since I have yet to build the "perfect" piece....pretty much anytime I am in the shop I am guaranteed some sort of issue.
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My dad has a framed sign above his work bench that says "Perfect is good enough."
Mine should say:
"Laughably naive and enthusiastically optimistic!"
It's not the destination, but the journey that is important.
Here is one big screw-up on my part:
was building a coffee table with M/T joints all around. Dry fit: fine, everything looks good. As to reduce the amount of stress of gluing multiple pieces at once I decided to do only a few at a time. The coffee table had a base with drawers and on the tops the aprons were also M/T.
Glued up the base for the drawers and my wife came to see how it is going.
Asks me: aren't those upper pieces supposed to be glued at the same time? Yeap! the appron cannot be fitted between the glued legs anymore
Mine happened the other day I spent most of the day turning a genie bottle from eucalyptus, really tough going and it was my first really deep vessel and trying out a home made deep hollowing tool and was doing a pretty good job.I kept about 1/2in on the bottom to give it some weight but had the sides thinner. The narrow neck was about 1/4 thick and I got tired of the hollowing so I decided to touch up the outside and then the sound changed, and instantly I knew what I did -a yelled a verry loud NOOOOO! I stopped the lathe and saw my over ambitious thinning. I blew the wall right out. 8 hours gone down the tubes(so to speak).I decided to tell my Wife the genie got out on his own. This was 2 days ago and you can see how much the vessel has shrunk and cracked.The pinkish wood is a beautiful red while turning.
What happens in the forum stays in the forum, right? Interestingly, not a single person has ever noticed, and the stool works perfectly.
I like that stool. What might have been even cooler would have been to do an Escher-esque thing with all of the rungs rising in one direction like a never-ending staircase.
Mike in Orangeville, ON
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I tried to make peppermill (the shorter one). I had it finished with laquer. Tried to bring it to work for the hole but only damaged with chuck mark from the metal lathe and never got holed. I bought a 1" auger bit but I could not grab it because it's already rounded and smooth. I grab another wood (the tall one) and drill 1" hole. Made a spindle (mandrel) and glue one end of the blank. When it was done, I reverse the rotation for sanding. Then the motor blew. I look in the scraps to make the head. I patiently shaped it with a dremmel. For the shorter one, I used a small drill bit and drill many times to make larger hole. I made plug from scrap to fit the salt shaker attatchments. Here are my unfinished salt and pepper but are usable. The vase in the picture is my master piece but still with a shallow hole.
I'm in the process of making another head stock. I got another scrap motor from PA. I hope I will be turning again this weekend.
Kerfin, when I saw that stool I started to chuckle but stopped when my back started to spasm. Unfortunately I was still staring at it and started chuckling again, Ouch, ouch move the picture out of site.
The router table I am building in a shop course I am taking was suppose to be 33" wide. Unfortunately when I was drawing up the plan I had the back placed between the gables & the bottom & top. which was 31 3/4". The instructor said to put it outside the sides & bottom & top. You guessed it; I never changed the length on the plan. Strange thing is that only the length was affected. The height is fine. So my router table will be 31 3/4" wide. Oh well! It will fit into my car easier now.
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The Presidential Timeline Project
In May 2005, The Learning Technology Center received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and began working on a "We the People" project to promote knowledge and understanding of American history and culture. The LTC worked with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and the 10 other presidential libraries and document projects, the University of Texas at Austin Libraries UTOPIA Project, faculty in the Colleges of Education and Liberal Arts, and the Austin Independent School District (AISD) on the development of a Web-based resource to give the public access to the libraries' rich archives of historical artifacts. The two-year $233,000 project also included funding from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and the UTOPIA Project.
The Presidential Timeline Web site, which debuted on Presidents' Day 2007, features an interactive timeline of the 20th century based on the administrations of American presidents. The timeline contains digitized artifacts and primary historical resources, such as audio and video clips, photographs, and documents from the collections of the Presidential Libraries to illustrate or provide in-depth information on events. For example, information on the Gulf of Tonkin crisis during the Johnson administration includes President Johnson's daily diary and audio files of conversations he had leading up to his address to the nation about the matter. Through the Presidential Timeline, students and the general public are able to examine original source materials that were available in the past only to serious scholars, providing them insight into the complexity and confusion that often surrounds presidential decision-making.
Dr. Paul E. Resta, director of the LTC and principal investigator for the project says, "In working with the Presidential Libraries on this important project we combined vast historical resources with technology in ways to help make history come alive for students across the nation." His team, led by Ken Tothero, Coordinator of the LTC's External and Special Projects, manages the project and works closely with the project partners on the Web site design and programming.
Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, Former Director of the LBJ Library, assisted the Learning Technology Center by coordinating the work of the libraries. Says Dr. Flowers, "The Presidential Libraries are enthusiastic in their support of the Presidential Timeline and confident that the materials they can contribute from their archival resources will be of enormous benefit to students of history and the general public for years to come. The NEH has provided the foundation for an exciting project that will continue to grow and develop."
Another major aspect of the project is the curricular material that allows teachers to effectively integrate the resources of the Presidential Timeline into their instruction. All the project participants contributed to the design of these materials. In particular, the education specialists at each presidential library were able to share their knowledge and resources to create "exhibits" that explore events and issues, such as Human Rights, in detail. All of these instructional resources take advantage of the Presidential Timeline's source materials to strengthen students' skills in research, analysis, problem solving, and teamwork.
The Presidential Timeline received an additional $557,311 in October 2008 from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation through special Congressional funding. The new funding provided for many more of the presidential libraries' primary sources to be digitized and added to the Timeline. Many new exhibits were also added. The project team also began providing summer institutes, held at various presidential libraries, for social studies teachers on using primary sources in their teaching. A series of Webinars on related topics was also begun.
In 2012, the project received $375,000 from the Office of Presidential Libraries to continue its activities. The funding will allow many improvements, including more powerful search capabilities, interaction through mobile devices, and a back end portal for streamlined delivery of new resources from the libraries.
For more information about the Presidential Timeline, contact Ken Tothero.


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Dear UT Brownsville Friends, Colleagues and Family,
December 6, 2012, will be remembered as the day Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and the UT System Board of Regents flung open the door of opportunities to the universities in the Rio Grande Valley to join their sister institutions as equal recipients of the Permanent University Fund (PUF)—a dream long-awaited. How did it happen? Why now? There will be many versions of this story told in the future, but the one that I know as eyewitness to the event is that Chancellor Cigarroa and Chairman Gene Powell had a vision for what the future of South Texas must be and then made it happen. Previously, the only path to getting The University of Texas -Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville in the PUF was to pass a constitutional amendment, which would require approval of a two-thirds majority of voters in Texas. It was always considered high risk with bad odds. But, instead of giving up yet once again, they sought another solution: to create a new institution and have it automatically become a recipient of PUF along with all other UT institutions. This alternate solution also requires a vote, in this case, a two-thirds majority of the Texas House and Senate. Benefiting not only South Texas but the entire state; the legislation has a much better chance to pass. On Thursday, December 6 the Board of Regents unanimously approved the Chancellor's request:Mr. Chairman and members of the Board, I ask you to approve this vision and to grant me the authority to work with the Legislature to establish a new university in the Valley that would include U. T. Brownsville, U. T. Pan American, and the future South Texas School of Medicine, which will integrate our Valley institutions into a comprehensive new university. We envision this as a university that spans the entire Rio Grande Valley, with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas – Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, and McAllen. To boldly expand medical education in the Valley, I also respectfully ask the Board of Regents to allocate $100 million over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition of the Regional Academic Health Center into a school of medicine. This will be extremely important in recruiting necessary leadership, to recruit additional medical school faculty, to enhance biomedical research, and to work with our hospital partners to establish core residency programs throughout the Valley. The announcement was made to both campuses on December 7. The good news is that the proposal has received strong support from our local legislative delegations and from many others throughout the state. If the legislation passes, here is what we know so far:
We do not know what the name of the new university will be. In his remarks to the Board of Regents, the Chancellor referred to the creation of a new university poised to prepare graduates for a global environment that would take advantage of its geography and the unique characteristics of the Rio Grande Valley to serve as a gateway to the Americas. Obviously, the unknown creates uncertainty and apprehension. Change is not easy, even change that will so positively transform the Valley. In the next ten years, we expect to add 7,000 to 10,000 jobs in the Valley that will, on average, pay $63,000 annually. We will continue with our master planning and site selection to build a new campus in Brownsville, and we foresee the construction of new buildings in Edinburg and McAllen. More doctoral programs will come to the Valley, and the prestige of this new university will grow exponentially. There may be questions about our future, but remember that we remain committed to graduating as many students as possible, as quickly as possible, with the best education that we can provide. With the addition of PUF funding, we will have the resources needed to make dreams into reality. The new university is about growth and expansion: expansion of opportunities; of academic programs-online, on campus and using blended models; expansion of technology available for creating new ways to teach and for our students to learn; expansion of campuses that will create new models of student engagement and accelerate time to graduation. The new university is about expansion of our vision for how we can contribute to the transformation of the Rio Grande Valley and how we can become the state's greatest asset for driving economic development by preparing a competitive workforce that can compete in a global environment. And, most of all, it is an expansion of our vision that includes us working in sync to model how collaborative and regional thinking strengthens our work, makes better use of scarce resources and delivers greater benefits. Our preeminent focus must first be on getting the legislation passed this spring. If we are successful, the process would culminate with the governor signing a bill establishing a new unified UT university in the Rio Grande Valley this summer. For UT Brownsville, it must also include completing the separation with Texas Southmost College and preparing a strategic plan for building the new Brownsville campus as a model for the 21st Century. We have been faced with uncertainty before, and each time we have risen to the challenge. Now we are faced with uncertainly once again, but this time, with the great benefit of the inspired leadership of Chancellor Cigarroa and of the Board of Regents who unanimously signaled their faith in our ability to build a new place: a place that is proud of its heritage, experienced by its history and inspired by the people it serves. Sincerely,


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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
YAKIMA — In a move that had been urged by the Yakama Nation and other critics, Oregon on Monday denied a key permit needed for construction of a proposed coal export project on the Columbia River.
The permit would've allowed Australia-based Ambre Energy to construct a rail-to-barge facility on the Columbia River near Boardman, Ore., creating a vital link that could send nearly 9 million tons of coal to Asia each year.
The proposal had been criticized for its effects on climate change, but also its impact on tribal fishing areas and recreation on the Columbia River.
After numerous delays and more than 20,000 public comments, the Oregon Department of State Lands denied a removal-fill permit for pilings in the Columbia River that would support construction of docks and conveyor systems to transfer coal from trains to barges.
"We believe our decision is the right one, considering our regulatory parameters laid out in Oregon law, and the wealth of information we have received from the applicant and the public," Mary Abrams, the agency's director, said in the announcement.
"We are pleased the State of Oregon acknowledges our treaty rights in its decision denying Ambre Energy's permit application," said Yakama Tribal Council Chairman JoDe Goudy in a statement released late Monday.
"But this is only the beginning of what I expect will be a long fight. Yakama Nation will not rest until the entire regional threat posed by the coal industry to our ancestral lands and waters is eradicated. We will continue to speak out and fight on behalf of our people, and for those things, which cannot speak for themselves, that have been entrusted to us for cultivation and preservation since time immemorial. Today, however, we thank and stand in solidarity with the state of Oregon, and celebrate its decision to protect the Columbia River from further damage and degradation."
In May, members of the Yakama Nation fished at the proposed site to protest Ambre Energy's claim that the project would not interfere with tribal fishing rights.
The Yakamas opposed the development, saying it would destroy fishing sites.
More broadly, they expressed concern about growing potential for pollution from increased coal traffic in the Columbia Gorge.
"We are river people," George Selam, the chairman of the tribe's General Council, said at the May protest. "Our lands have no price tag. Once our resources are gone, we're gone."
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, which represents Yakama fishing interests, applauded Oregon's decision in a news release as a "significant setback" for the project.
"Today's landmark decision reflects what is in the best interest of the region, not a company's pocketbook," said Carlos Smith, chairman of the commission and a member of the Warm Springs Tribal Council.
"This decision is one that we can all celebrate. It reaffirms the tribal treaty right to fish, is in the best interest of the Columbia Basin's salmon populations, and our communities."
A spokeswoman for Ambre Energy said that the company disagrees with the agency's decision and called it a political move.
"We are evaluating our next steps, and considering the full range of legal and permitting options," Liz Fuller said in an email.
Under Oregon law, Ambre Energy may appeal the decision in front of an administrative law judge.


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Cowboys' top pick, Travis Frederick, on track to be starting center
IRVING – Coach Jason Garrett was roaming the halls of Cowboys team headquarters at Valley Ranch on Thursday after the final off-season practice when he crossed paths with first-round pick Travis Frederick.
The center from Wisconsin spent the last month running with the first team in practices and has done more than held his own.
Garrett stopped Frederick and asked, "You feel different than you did 12 weeks ago?"
Frederick quickly replied, "It's amazing."
This exchange had nothing to do with Frederick trimming his bushy beard. The 22-year-old has certainly grown up in his first few weeks in the NFL and appears set to be the Cowboys' opening-game starter.
"I feel a lot more comfortable now than when I first came in," Frederick said. "Right now the focus has changed a little bit from learning the big-picture things and the plays to really focusing on the little things and trying to get better at the technique. By getting better at the technique it makes everything a lot easier. It's starting to slow down a little bit as far as running up to the ball and seeing things and trying to see the big picture."
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The following activities will take place at the Silver Springs Senior Center through Jan. 9, 2013.
Jan. 2: Art Club 9 a.m.; Dinner 4-5 p.m. (tuna salad, garden vegetable soup, tater tots)
Jan. 3: Golden Needles 10 a.m.; Dinner 4-5 p.m., (grilled cheese sandwich, potato corn chowder, tropical fruit).
Jan. 4: Breakfast 9:30-10:30 a.m. (scramble eggs, bacon, oatmeal, toast) Resource Specialist 10 a.m.; Walmart Trip 10:30 a.m.
Jan. 7: Music 10 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (baked chicken, green beans, potato wedges, peaches); Free Bingo 12:30 p.m.
Jan. 8: Game Club 10 a.m.; Resource Specialist 10 a.m.; Dinner 4-5 p.m., (stuffed cabbage casserole, mixed veggies, whole wheat roll).
Jan. 9: Art Club 9 a.m.; Dinner 4-5 p.m., (Sloppy Joe on whole wheat bun, baked beans, baby carrots); Bingo 5:30 p.m.
The Silver Springs Senior Center is located at 2945 Fort Churchill Street. Call 577-5014 for more information.


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As a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., going to the rodeo at Madison Square Garden was almost a religious experience. My family loved the excitement, the crowds, every aspect of it.
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While I wholeheartedly condemn any sort of cruelty to animals, where do we draw the line? What about the circus, zoos, and the list goes on. How do we differentiate? What might the answer be? I'd like to know.
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Vivianne Wersel holds a photographer of her late husband, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Richard Wersel, who died of a heart attack in 2005. A decision years earlier to purchase extra life insurance helped the Wersel family after Richard Wersel's death. (Thomas Brown / Staff)
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Having the money from an extra life insurance policy above and beyond Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance gave Vivianne Wersel extra options after her Marine husband died in early 2005.
"It allowed me to stay in the area of Camp Lejeune, where my children wanted to stay, where their friends were," she said. The children were 12 and 14 at the time.
Otherwise, she said, she might have had to return to California to regroup with her family.
"My parents would have been glad to have me," she said, but the extra $200,000 on top of the couple's SGLI policy allowed her to stay near Lejeune until her children graduated from high school, as she continued her career as an audiologist.
"That extra $200,000, knowing I had it, was instant security, at that moment in time," Wersel said.
When her husband, Lt. Col. Richard Wersel, died from heart failure at age 43 one week after returning from deployment to Iraq the SGLI maximum was $250,000. It later increased to $400,000.
Thanks to a commanding officer who urged his troops to get their affairs in order in 1993, when Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., were expecting to deploy to Somalia, the Wersels bought the extra life insurance from a company now known as First Command. It turns out the Marines didn't deploy, but Wersel is glad they did some insurance planning at that time.
Insurers and financial experts alike agree that the Veterans Affairs Department's SGLI program is a good deal for troops costing 6.5 cents per $1,000 of coverage, regardless of a service member's age.
It's available in increments of $50,000, up to $400,000. Premiums for the maximum coverage are automatically deducted from military pay, at a cost of $27 a month. Service members must submit a written request to refuse coverage or to choose partial coverage.
Gauging your needs
But how do you know whether you need more or less than $400,000 in life insurance?
There are various broad rules of thumb. For example, some say you should have insurance equal to eight to 10 times your income.
"But we recommend taking a magnifying glass to look at your individual situation," said J.J. Montanaro, a financial planner for USAA.
For example, do you want your spouse to be able to pay off debts such as cars and the mortgage? Do you want to fund your spouse's schooling so he or she can get into the workforce? Do you have a family member with special needs or parents who rely on you for support?
When the Wersels were making their plans in 1993, $200,000 was a lot of money. Vivianne Wersel said that as she and Richard discussed their finances before he went to Iraq a decade later, they didn't feel they needed to increase that amount.
"He joked that he married me for my earning potential," said Wersel, an audiologist at the new hospital at Fort Belvoir, Va. "That was his conservative logic. He felt I had the ability to earn a good income. Insurance was not for me to quit work, it was to help fill the financial gap left by the loss of his salary.
"My husband provided for us. We were not caught cold."
She has invested most of the insurance money and tries not to dip into it. But she has found that even with government benefits and her salary, meeting all expenses and the extra costs of rearing children is challenging.
"My financial future is based on me and me alone to take care of me and my children," she said.
To start the planning process, Montanaro suggests using an insurance needs calculator. A good one is on the VA website, at www.insurance.va.gov/sgliSite/calculator/LifeIns101.htm.
Among the factors to consider are the standard benefits for the spouse and children when a service member dies on active duty, the most significant being the $100,000 "death gratuity."
Other benefits include, but are not limited to, VA's Dependency and Indemnity Compensation at the basic monthly rate of $1,195 for surviving spouses, plus $296 per child.
Running the numbers
According to the most recent government calculations, a middle-income family with a child born in 2010 can expect to spend about $226,920 on food, shelter and other necessities to raise that child to age 18 before even thinking about college costs.
If you have four children, that's approaching $1 million, notes June Walbert, another USAA financial planner. "And if you have four children, is it a reasonable expectation for the spouse to go to work?" she said.
Retired Cmdr. Jack McVeigh, vice president of membership for the Navy Mutual Aid Association, which sells life insurance, said the SGLI program is great, and everyone should take advantage of it.
But while $400,000 is a lot of money, "if something happens when you're young, it's not going to last your family for the rest of their lives," McVeigh said.
On the other hand, if you're a single service member with no one depending on you for financial support, you probably don't need a lot of life insurance, said Gerri Walsh, president of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation.
"If you're on active duty, SGLI is one of the most affordable insurance policies available," Walsh said.
Yet when FINRA has visited military bases for financial education seminars, "we see a lot of young enlisteds talking about being sold private insurance contracts," she said.
Laws and Defense Department regulations over the past several years have increased protections for troops against insurance agents selling expensive policies they don't need. Yet questionable practices continue, such as agents targeting young troops at kiosks in local off-base shopping malls.
"Buying life insurance is a very serious proposition," said USAA's Walbert. "The shopping mall is not the place to sign on the dotted line."
Factors to consider
Other things to consider about life insurance:
Readjust. Life insurance is not "one and done," Montanaro said. "It's something you need to stay on top of." Things change people get married, buy houses, have children. From time to time, you may need to reconsider the amount of insurance you need.
Later in life, if your financial situation has changed so that you've saved more than enough money to provide for your family in the event of your death, you might consider whether you need life insurance at all.
Research. Once you decide whether you need term or permanent insurance, you should compare policy features and prices. If you're in the military and looking to buy extra insurance to supplement SGLI, make sure that extra policy doesn't include a war clause or aviation clause that would prevent a payout if you died in the line of duty. SGLI has no such exclusions.
Don't rush. Check out the company before you buy. There's no rush and if a salesman claims there is, that's a red flag.
The financial health of an insurance company is important so that the company will have the money to pay your beneficiaries in the event of your death. Visit www.standardandpoors.com or www.ambest.com. Check out the company with your state insurance regulator. Go to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners website at www.naic.org, and click on "States and Jurisdiction Map" to link to your state's insurance regulator.
"You can check to make sure they're licensed, and see if they've been in trouble with regulators," Walsh said. "Certainly, you do not want to do business with an insurance representative that is not licensed in your state."
Keep it updated. As your life changes, make sure you've made needed changes in the beneficiaries of your policy.
If you originally named your parents as SGLI beneficiaries when you joined the military but you've since married and had children, change the beneficiary designation.
Don't assume that your parent would voluntarily give all or even part of $400,000 after your death to your surviving spouse and children. There are sad, real-life stories of families being torn apart by such situations.
Similarly, if you have divorced, you also will probably want to change your beneficiary designation unless you want your ex-spouse to receive your life insurance proceeds.
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With the departure of the hairy but golden-penned Mr. Lieberman, I have been passed the torch of the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage. It is with honor and deference I accept this great undertaking. I hope to carry on where he left off, bringing you the best of the best in this galaxy of automobilia. Unfortunately, my first… »


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Several Westchester communities will again be receiving a substantial portion of money allotted for green infrastructure projects aimed at improving water quality in the Bronx River.
The funding, which has been awarded to ten entities in Westchester County and the Bronx, will be used to alleviate existing problems along the river that force snow melt to collect raw sewage, litter, gas and oil, pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants while flowing into the river, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said.
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New features including enemies walk to investigate sounds, sounds are dampened by obstacles, and a number of bug fixes.
Posted by jeffr on Oct 24th, 2011
Here is the latest in our new weekly Overgrowth alpha format! David himself took some time to illustrate the traditional changelog in video form.
Don't forget that you can help support us, try out our weekly alphas (such as the one in the video), and chat with other preorderers in the Secret Preorder Forum by preordering Overgrowth.
The features highlighted in the above video are as follows (among some extra ones thrown in for good measure):
- Enemies walk to investigate sounds
- Sounds are dampened by obstacles
- Fixed occasional "movement object not found" bug when saving
- Fixed occasional crash on switching from levels that have hotspots
- Fixed main menu showing both system and game cursors
- Fixed crash when shader uniform ids are too large
- Fixed red flash when loading levels from main menu
- Fixed problem with false positive visiblity checks
- Fixed decals on detail-mapped objects
Thanks as always for all the support! See you guys in IRC and the forums.
Also, feel free to support us by preordering Overgrowth!
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You've been making some nice progress, but one thing I don't like is the "death noise" the rabbits make when they die, sounds a bit high pitched.
What's wrong with that? They're bunnies.
Indeed, I am agree with you because... I´ll not kill a real bunny for only record his/her/it cries of death. D:
Also is a videogame, any sound is always welcome and always exist the posibility of change the rules in some cases. :)
You don't want to use the death cry of a real rabbit. It'll get annoying fast.
Yeah, I played the game at one of my friends that preordered and I was amazed to see how good it was. If there will be any way to work on a Intel Chipset I will buy too, until then I'll just watch. Nice update btw.
What was that noise?... Anyone?
Metal Gear Solid: Rabbits Edition.
haha, reminds a lot of mgs
knock knock?
And if you can stealth your movements with the noise of the wind, grass and water? Will be nice for add strategies for make ambushes. o3o
The weekly progress is amazing, it's awesome to see how a professional team works on a game see it's progression.
Keep it up ^^
Maybe one noise should make the enemy stop and look around and a second one would make them investigate....
Or it could be random or depend on difficulty and faction?
It seems weird when the AI hears one sound and immediately turns to investigate.
Yeah, that seems more realistic. But don't forget that this is just preliminary code for a very deep feature. In fact, it's amazing that you guys can keep adding features AND fixing the myriad of bugs I'm sure you're dealing with. Keep up the good work!
I can't state enough how much potential this development has!!
Wall walking was fun! hahahaha. Maybe ad the ability to grab ledges.
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According to a press release by the Openbaar Ministerie (the Public Prosecution Office), a dutch man with the initials SK has been arrested in Spain for the DDoS attacks on Spamhaus. more»
China and the United States will set up a working group on cybersecurity, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday, as the two sides moved to ease months of tensions and mutual accusations of hacking and Internet theft. Speaking to reporters in Beijing during a visit to China, Kerry said the United States and China had agreed on the need to speed up action on cyber security, an area that Washington says is its top national security concern. more»
Neil Schwartzman writes to report that U.S. Cert issued Alert TA13-088A on Friday March 29, 2013. "It is a solid how-to guide to test for, and remediate DNS configurations that can be used for Distributed Denial of Service attacks." more»
The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history. A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks affecting the wider internet. It is having an impact on popular services like Netflix -- and experts worry it could escalate to affect banking and email systems. more»
The newly released handbook applies the practice of international law with respect to electronic warfare. The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare -- named for the Estonian capital where it was compiled -- was created at the behest of the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, a NATO think tank. It takes current rules on battlefield behaviour, such as the 1868 St Petersburg Declaration and the 1949 Geneva Convention, to the internet, occasionally in unexpected ways. more»
According to reports, North Korea has accused the United States for conducting a cyberattack that has disrupted Internet connectivity in the country. "While the details of the cause of the disruption are unknown, we can confirm that in the last two days, North Korea's sole Internet provider has, in fact, suffered from disruptions in connectivity to the global Internet," reports Doug Madory from Renesys. more»
ICANN has released a set of guidelines to explain its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting. The guidelines serve two purposes, says ICANN: "They define the role ICANN will perform in circumstances where vulnerabilities are reported and ICANN determines that the security, stability or resiliency of the DNS is exploited or threatened. The guidelines also explain how a party, described as a reporter, should disclose information on a vulnerability discovered in a system or network operated by ICANN." more»
President Barack Obama has introduced a cybersecurity executive order in his state of the union address on Tuesday that offered a broad outline of how the government plans to deal with cyber threats. The eight-page document outlines a process that allows government agencies to work with private industry to combat cyber threats, while seemingly addressing concerns of citizen privacy. Past legislative attempts at cybersecurity have been criticized by groups who believe bills like Cispa violate privacy by allowing information-sharing between private industry and the government. more»
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted U.S. financial institutions this week have reached 60 Gbps, according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks. more»
SANS has announced NetWars CyberCity, a small-scale city located close by the New Jersey Turnpike complete with a bank, hospital, water tower, train system, electric power grid, and a coffee shop. NetWars CyberCity was developed to teach cyber warriors from the U.S. Military how online actions can have kinetic effects. more»
A cooperative international report was released last week outlining Internet and mobile best practices aimed at curtailing malware, phishing, spyware, bots and other Internet threats. It also provides extensive review of current and emerging threats. "Best Practices to Address Online and Mobile Threats" is a comprehensive assessment of Internet security as it stands today... more»
Internet based attacks have targeted Iranian infrastructure and communications companies, disrupting Internet access across the country, according to today's reports. Country's secretary of the High Council of Cyberspace, has been quoted telling the Iranian Labour News Agency: "Yesterday we had a heavy attack against the country's infrastructure and communications companies which has forced us to limit the Internet. ... Presently we have constant cyber attacks in the country." more»
Kaspersky Lab Expert, Fabio Assolini, has provided detailed description of an attack which as been underway in Brazil since 2011 using 1 firmware vulnerability, 2 malicious scripts and 40 malicious DNS servers, affecting 6 hardware manufacturers, resulting in millions of Brazilian internet users falling victim to a sustained and silent mass attack on DSL modems. more»
Michael Cooney reporting in NetworkWorld: "Security researchers this week will detail a prototype system they say can better detect so-called Domain Name Generation- (DGA) based botnets such as Conficker and Kraken without the usual labor- and time-intensive reverse-engineering required to find and defeat such malware. The detection system, called Pleiades, monitors traffic below the local DNS server and analyzes streams of unsuccessful DNS resolutions..." more»
In the past five years, cyber and telecommunications defence has left its niche market to become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In 2011, governments, industry and ordinary computer users spent roughly £65 billion shoring up their computer networks, a figure that is predicted to double within five years. more»


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Dads of all ages will laugh in agreement at the predicaments in How Tough Could It Be? The Trials and Errors of a Sportswriter Turned Stay-at-Home Dad. With humor in his pen and one hand on a mop, Sports Illustrated writer Austin Murphy shares his experiences as he swaps roles with his wife for six months. How does a man go from interviewing superstar athletes to planning the elementary school talent show? Or more specifically, how does he survive it? There is both insight and laughter in Murphy's answer, making this book entertaining for both fathers and mothers alike.
Howard Shirley is a writer and father in Nashville.


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CAMBRIDGE, Minn. - Seven people who were arrested in connection to a meth lab were charged Thursday morning in Isanti County.
Derrick Stone, 44, and Lindi Swenson, 51, were charged Thursday morning with first degree meth manufacturing and fifth degree possession of a controlled substance.
Four people were charged with fifth degree possession of a controlled substance: Timothy Gleason, 60, Shawna Gleason, 54, Bradley Johnson, 45, and Shannon Converse, 41, were all charged Thursday.
Harry Anderson, 47, was charged with fifth degree drug possession and violation of a court order.
Two more people who were arrested Wednesday, a 48-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have not been charged. It is KARE 11 policy to not name suspects until they have been formally charged.
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President Barack Obama is joined on stage by singer Bruce Springsteen during a campaign event near the State Capitol Building in Madison on Monday. / Associated Press photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
MADISON — In the final day of campaigning before todays election, President Barack Obama appeared Monday with iconic musician Bruce Springsteen to rally support in Wisconsin .
Appearing in a sea of people that filled the streets below a flag-draped state Capitol, Obama made his case for another four years.
We have come too far to turn back now, Obama told a crowd of about 18,000. We have come too far to let our hearts grow faint. Nows the time to keep pushing forward, to educate all our kids and train our workers, to create new jobs, to bring our troops home, to care for our veterans, broaden opportunity, grow our middle class, restore our democracy and make sure that no matter who you are you can make it here in America if you try.
With polls showing a tight race in Wisconsin, the Obama campaign has been saturating the state with television ads and visits. Mondays visit was Obamas third to the Badger State in recent days; he appeared Saturday in Milwaukee and Thursday in Green Bay.
The Mitt Romney campaign also has been campaigning hard in Wisconsin. Romney was in West Allis on Friday, and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan of Janesville was at Lambeau Field for a tailgate Sunday.
Footage of Mondays Obama rally depicting large crowds of young, enthusiastic voters the day before the presidential election will have state and national implications, said Dennis Riley, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Its going to hit YouTube, its going to hit Facebook, its going to be everywhere in all of the media, Riley said. The day before an election, (to show) a massive crowd with your people, you can then say, The things that made it go in 2008 are back and they are going to show up tomorrow. Thats probably what they are trying to symbolize.
In his remarks, Obama tried to draw a sharp line between his vision for the country and Romneys plan.
Its not just a choice between two candidates or two parties its a choice between two different visions for America, he said. A choice between returning to the top-down policies that crashed our economy or a future thats built on providing opportunity to everybody and growing a strong middle class.
Polls indicate Wisconsinites are closely divided. A Public Policy Poll on Saturday had Obama up just 3 points over Romney, although other polls last week showed Obama up by a larger margin in Wisconsin.
The closeness of the race has put the state in the spotlight. In 2008, Obama led Republican John McCain widely in most Wisconsin polls, and Obama spent his final day on the campaign trail in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia three states he went on to win the next day.
After leaving Wisconsin on Monday, Obama headed to Ohio and Iowa, two other battleground states.
Obama supporters at the Madison rally were optimistic about tonights poll results.
I think its going to be tight, but I think its going to go Obamas way, said Melinda Ferraro of Madison .
Outgoing Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl said the election will be very close.
It will be decided not by millions of votes but by just a very few votes, he said.
Jerry McDonough of Sun Prairie, who said he has been out canvassing for the Obama campaign, likes the presidents chances and thinks Obama will carry the state by 5 or 10 points. But McDonough admits he was wrong when he predicted the outcome of Gov. Scott Walkers recall election earlier this year.
I thought Walker was going to be recalled and it was not even close, he said. You never know.
Ben Jones: 608-255-9256, or email@example.com; on Twitter: @MadisonPolitics.


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JERUSALEM, December 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Four Israeli settlers Wednesday attacked a Palestinian teenager, while he was on his way home in Silwan town south of Jerusalem, injuring him seriously, said Wadi Hilweh Information Center on Thursday.
It reported that 17-year-old Abed Asslam al-Qimari was riding his bicycle to his house in Wadi Hilweh along with his eight-year-old brother when he discovered four settlers chasing after him.
According to the center, settlers attempted to take the bicycle from al-Qimari claiming that they own it.
The four settlers hit him and sprayed pepper spray in his face then pushed him off a 10-meter high hill before fleeing the location.
Al-Qimari was transferred to hospital after he was found by three men who were passing by and called an ambulance.


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Hey guys, Jesselyn here at the DVT. It's pretty hot outside and I'm not so ecstatic about it like I said I would be. I was over the weekend but I can't wear my swimsuit to work and there's no pool here, so the excitement for the heat has faded.
But I did get excited the other day when I walked to my mailbox and had a letter from my younger sister. We are acting pen pals but we aren't allowed to tell the other one when we get or send a letter. It's been really fun. The first time she wrote me she didn't put a return address on her letter! So, I had to call her and get it. What a goof ball.
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Real Ways to Tighten the Belly After Baby
There is no doubt that bringing a baby into the world is one of the most beautiful things that a woman can do. However, despite how beautiful that little baby you welcome is, the state of your stomach may be a little less, err, beautiful. Your belly stretched a whole lot to accommodate your growing belly, so it is no wonder that you may be a little alarmed when you look down at your belly several months post-partum.
This is not to say that you shouldn't be proud of your post-baby belly or that you need to lose weight and tone it; however, in the event that you do want to regain your pre-baby belly, know that there are ways that you can achieve your goal. Here is a look at a few simple exercises that will help you get your post-baby belly back to its pre-baby shape.
Crunches without the Crunch: Don't subject yourself to those painful crunches that often don't show any results at all; instead, try doing some crunches without the crunch. To do this exercise, you'll need to lay on a flat surface. Bend your knees up and place your feet flat on the floor. Set your arms at your sides, exhale, inhale and while inhaling, pull your lower abdomen down into the ground. Complete as many reps of this as you feel comfortable with.
Pelvic Tilt: Start in the same position as the previous exercise. With your hands at your sides, slowly lift your butt off the ground, supporting your weight with your abdomen. Hold the position for five seconds, slowly lower back down to the ground and start again. Do 10 reps of these.
Jump Rope: There is a reason why athletes jump rope as a part of their workout routine; because the results are amazing. Simply jumping rope for a period of 10 minutes a day will help you burn an amazing amount of calories, shed fat and build the muscle in your lower abdomen.
If you want to tone your belly after pregnancy, remember; it isn't going to happen overnight. It took you 9 months to create your baby, so it is going to take at least that long to get back to your pre-pregnancy shape. Also, you should wait to start these exercises until you are fully healed from delivery. Once you start, keep at it; it is possible to get your pre-pregnancy belly back – I did it myself, using these exercises.


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Can't wait for this movie to come out. Finally looks like there will be a Sofia Coppola movie that I'm into - while I respect her filmmaking ability, I think she's take on kind of dry, boring scripts, and I'm interested to see how she does with what (to me) is a much more exciting type of film. Also, loved that they used "Crown On The Ground" by Sleigh Bells in the trailer, that's exactly the type of song that wouldn't be in one of the slower dramas that Coppola has done in the past, and I think will fit the mood of this film. Also, can't wait to see Emma Watson in this type of role, too I think she's up to it, and it'd be nice to see her push her boundaries too.
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