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Dr. Howell joined the School of Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics in 2013. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with High Honors in 2004 from the University of Texas at Austin. He practiced for two years in environmental consulting related to groundwater pollution and environmental litigation before returning to graduate school. He earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2012 from the University of Houston where his research was primarily focused on measuring and modeling the environmental, sediment-mediated fate-and-transport of persistent organic pollutants in urban storm water and estuaries.
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I think it works very well and agree with previous feedback.
My suggestion would be to create navigation from one gallery into the other 3 without having to go via Photographs button on LH nav bar. I would also be trying to work out how I was going to expand the capability in terms of galleries and no of photos in each as you continue to make your excellent images.
I am currently struggling with both of these issues as I contemplate designing a new one for myself. Sorry, currently unable to offer solutions as they continue to elude me!


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Stephen P. Halbrook on the Tom Woods Radio Show to Discuss Gun Control
Recorded: Monday, March 23, 2015
Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich, talks with radio host Tom Woods about the events in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s that led to the disarming of Jews and other so-called "Enemies of the State" beginning with gun registration policies of the Weimar Republic, to the Nazis use of that information to disarm and eliminate any opposition.
Experts: Stephen P. HalbrookType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Freedom, Government Power, Gun Control, History (International), Law Enforcement, Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privatization, Religion, Terrorism and National Crises
Should CA Welfare Recipients Receive Increased Benefits When They Have More Children?
Recorded: Monday, February 23, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux joins the discussion on the Gil Gross radio on Talk910 in San Francisco.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Labor and Employment, Taxes, Urban Issues, Welfare, Womens Issues
Mary L.G. Theroux on KPCC on Repeal of the "Maximum Family Grant" Welfare Rule
Recorded: Monday, February 23, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux was a guest on KPCC radio to discuss California's effort to repeal the "maximum family grant" rule for welfare recipients with children. Families that have more children while on welfare do not receive an increase in their grant. This could be reversed by a new law proposed by Calif. State Senator Holly Mitchell, who was also a guest on the show.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Labor and Employment, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
Bruce Benson: Crime in the U.S.
Recorded: Thursday, October 23, 2014
Sr. Fellow Bruce Benson, author of To Serve and Protect appeared on the nationally syndicated Katherine Albrecht Radio Show. Benson discusses his writing on the criminal justice system, the war on drugs, and the founding principles of freedom in society.
Experts: Bruce L. BensonType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Freedom, Law Enforcement, Regulation and Deregulation
Bruce Benson on the Tom Woods Radio Show
Recorded: Friday, April 25, 2014
Sr. Fellow Bruce Benson, author of The Enterprise of Law appeared on the Tom Woods radio show to speak about the increasing frequency of private police in areas of our society. In an upcoming article in The Independent Review, Benson will update some ideas about private, market-based justice processes and less government police abuse.
Experts: Bruce L. BensonType: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Law Enforcement, Politics, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Taxes
Anthony Gregory Discusses Habeas Corpus on the Ernie Brown Show
Recorded: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Anthony Gregory, Research Fellow and author of The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the Kings Prerogative to the War on Terror, appeared on America's Radio News Network on Thursday, May 2 with host Ernie Brown. They talk about Anthony's new book, the history of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and how it is still relevant today.
Type: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Terrorism and National Crises
Alex Tabarrok on Americas Radio News Network
Recorded: Monday, January 14, 2013
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director for the Independent Institute, discusses gun buyback programs on Americas Radio News Network hosted by Ernie Brown and Rachel Sutherland.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: RadioIssues: Crime, Gun Control, Regulation and Deregulation
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement


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"The Elertus Wine Protection System gives consumers peace of mind that their valuable wine cellars are secure from theft and environmental damage," said Kent Hansen, president of Elertus. "The system can pay for itself many times over with the prevention of a single theft or cooling system failure."
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An aerial view of the area where the new bridge to Canada and its service plaza are planned in Delray on the Detroit side. / Romain Blanquart/Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Department of State issued this statement Friday, April 12, 2013, on the presidential permit for new international trade crossing between Detroit and Windsor.
Issuance of Presidential Permit for New International Trade Crossing
Today the Department of State issued a Presidential Permit to the State of Michigan for the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of a bridge linking Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario.
Under Executive Order 11423, as amended, the Secretary of State may issue a presidential permit for an international border crossing after finding that such a crossing will serve the national interest. After a thorough review of the Presidential Permit application for the New International Trade Crossing (NITC) that the Department of State received on June 21, 2012, and taking into account the public and inter-agency comments received on the matter, the Department of State determined that the issuance of a Presidential Permit for the NITC would serve the national interest. The Presidential Permit will be published in the Federal Register in the near future.
Consistent with the bilateral Beyond the Border Initiative, this permit contributes to ensuring that our border infrastructure supports increased competitiveness, job creation, and broad-based prosperity in the United States and Canada. The NITC will help to meet future capacity requirements in a critical travel corridor, promote cross-border trade and commerce, and advance our vital bilateral relationship with Canada.
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Glenville, WV – Glenville State men's basketball team was lead by Jamel Morris, scoring a career high 37 points, as the Pioneers defeated the Salem International University Tigers, 89-83 on New Year's Eve.
GSC jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead at the 16:44 mark of the first half, but the Tigers would come right back and tie the game at 24 all with 7:27 left till halftime.
Despite the Tigers comeback the Pioneers still managed to take a 12 point lead into halftime, 44-32.
In the second half both teams would battle back and fourth. The Tigers would take their first lead of the game at the 16:36 mark, 48-47.
Salem would extend their lead to four 55-51 with 12:47 left to play. GSC would come right back and tie the game 64 all with 8:06 left in the game.
After a turnover by the Pioneers Lamont Cole the Tigers would come down and go up by five points, 78-73 with under 5:00 minutes left.
However the Pioneers would weather the storm and build their own five point lead, 86-81 with only 26 seconds left to play.
After several attempts by Salem the Pioneers would come away with 89-83 win.
The Pioneers won the rebounding battle as they out rebounded Salem 43 to 40.
Jamel Morris scored a career high 37 points as he led the Pioneers. Morris also handed out a game high five assist and grabbed a team high five rebounds.
Kevin Gray was the only other player to score in double figures and he scored 15 points for GSC.
The Tigers had four players score in double figures with Jonathan Roper leading the way with 20 points. Raymar Porter chipped in with 17 points.
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The husband of a brain-damaged Florida woman is suing in the state Supreme Court for the right to remove her from life support.
Michael Schiavo is suing Gov. Jeb Bush over "Terri's Law," which Bush pushed through after Terri Schiavo was removed from a feeding tube.
Schiavo claims in his suit filed today with the court that Bush had stripped his wife of "her most intimate personal rights" by forcing her to be kept alive.
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Terri Schiavo has depended on the feeding tube to keep her alive for more than a decade after collapsing from a chemical imbalance.
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On December 22nd, 2005, RBCP appeared via satellite for a live interview with Dylan Ratigan on the CNBC show called On The Money. It was some kind of segment on "Corporate Terrorism" at Wal-Mart where they interviewed RBCP for a minute or two and played a couple of our Wal-Mart prank calls. They played Christmas Bows and the call where RBCP gives a customer bogus directions to the store. They also flashed "phonelosers.com" on the screen a few times. Some additional details about the interview are in RBCP's journal.
The Boston Herald interviewed RBCP for this article, but didn't use anything from the interview in the article. Click here for the actual article or read it below...
It's the retailer that some Americans just love to hate. Google "anti Wal-Mart,†and there's nearly 195,000 hits: from anti-sprawl Web sites, to a union campaign to change Wal-Mart working conditions, to walmartsucks.org (not to be confused with walmart-blows.com). These are the Wal-Mart wars, and the rhetoric at times is nasty.
One Web site, "Anarchy at Your Local Wal-Mart†even lists ways to sabotage and otherwise wreak havoc on the discount retailer. Topics include: "How you can take over the paging system of your neighborhood Wal-Mart,†and "Learn how to bypass . . . security on Wal-Mart's display computers. Have endless fun changing the Windows 98 backgrounds to porn.†The site's operator, of course, says it's all just for fun.
Nonetheless, the anti-Wal-Mart fervor has come a long way from the debate about mom-and-pop shops being driven out of business when Wal-Mart moves to town. "It's hit mainstream to bash Wal-Mart,†said Jeff Green, president of Jeff Green Partners, a retail consulting firm in Mill Valley, Calif. "It's taken on a life of its own.†Wal-Mart is taking notice.
The Bentonville, Ark., company more than tripled its Washington lobbying staff in the past year to help "set the record straight,†Lee Culpepper, Wal-Mart's vice president of government affairs, told Bloomberg News. Wal-Mart also is funding Wal-Mart for Working Families, a new group introduced this week that will tout the retailer's positive contributions to communities. "Our job is to just get out some good-news stories about Wal-Mart and try to balance what folks see out there in the press,†said Courtney Lynch, a member of the group's steering committee, which also includes crooner Pat Boone. Wal-Mart could have its image-makeover work cut out for it, based on survey results released last week by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
While 69 percent of 1,052 adults surveyed had a favorable view of Wal-Mart, ratings were considerably higher for other corporations, including Home Depot (90 percent), Target (85 percent) and McDonald's (74 percent). Only Pfizer (61 percent), Exxon/Mobil (47 percent) and Halliburton (41 pecent) had lower ratings. More Americans are getting the message spread by groups such as WakeUp Wal-Mart, according to Chris Kofinis, spokesman for the union-backed activist group fighting to improve Wal-Mart employment conditions. But, Kofinis still is not sure that Wal-Mart is really listening. "Hiring more image-makers (and) spending millions of dollars on lobbyists . . . does not solve the problem here,†he said.
We have a small mention in this article on HOPE. Click here to read it on usatoday.com, or read it below...
Hackers have HOPE
By Angela Gunn, USATODAY.com
NEW YORK  Kevin Mitnick, formerly the most notorious hacker in the universe, is trying to explain to a reporter who he is and what he's doing at a hacker convention. Upstairs at NYC's Pennsylvania Hotel, over a thousand computer intruders, security professionals, government agents, activists, programmers, politicos and artists – not to mention Mitnick's mom and grandmother – are waiting to hear him speak at The Fifth HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth). The gathering runs July 9-11.
The first HOPE, held in 1994, was inspired at least in part by Mitnick's deeds, by the skills and failings of the legal system that pursued him, and by the passionate subculture where people, technology and the law push one another's boundaries. This year, the conference – part skills exchange, part political confab, part gathering of the clans  goes literally nonstop from Friday morning to late Sunday evening.
Downstairs, the reporter is worried that conference attendees in general and the keynote speaker in particular are a dangerous combination. "Do [the authorities] know you're here?!" she pipes. Just behind Mitnick, a burly security staffer in a National Security Agency shirt grins.
They know. (Some of the older attendees were in fact on the law-enforcement team that helped track down Mitnick during his cross-country flights.) These days you're more likely to find a HOPE attendee working to prevent others from stealing your information, attacking you with spam, nibbling away at your personal privacy, or undermining your civil rights.
"If you're 15 and angry at your dad, you want to go and break something. But the biggest part of hacking is creation," notes "Acidus," a speaker at a Friday panel on intellectual property and technology. An engineering student and published security researcher, Acidus was the target last year of an injunction filed by Blackboard, the company that makes one of the US's most widely used college ID-card systems. The company's litigation threats were so powerful that Acidus is still not allowed to discuss the details of the settlement – or of his findings, which may have pointed to security or privacy problems with the ubiquitous cards.
That's the sort of hacker crackdown on most minds at HOPE this year. A number of the seminars this weekend are concerned with legal efforts against hackers – not to keep them from stealing credit cards or personal information, but to shut them up when a company or a representative of government doesn't like what they're saying. Speakers at talks on everything from corporate litigation to building one's own nanotech equipment worried that cracking down on hacking will kill not only individual creativity but innovation – eventually harming the very corporations that hound hackers.
Part of the point of bringing hackers together is to give an offline dimension to a culture that tends to be shared mainly in cyberspace. Geek-culture debris – caffeinated mints, tech manuals, t-shirts (slogan-bearing clothing is a major vector of communication in the geek community), more caffeine, hacker magazines, posters, stickers and more – is for sale everywhere, and the last official event of the night is a presentation/performance by pranksters Phone Losers of America, a crew funnier than anything yet seen on the likes of Crank Yankers.
But overall, the mood is serious about connecting the dots between security, politics, culture and economics. For every pure-geek seminar this year on, for instance, the working of computer systems in late-model cars, there are three on dealing with copyright lawsuits and Patriot Act privacy dilutions, to the dismay of some who'd prefer to learn the skills now and deal with context down the road. The ubiquitous T-shirts bear out current concerns, political slogans (Stop bitching start a revolution, Watch the watchers, Plead the First, I'll bet you vote this time hippy) vying with geek-lifestyle musings (Geek is sexy; No machine can replace me until it learns to drink) and gleefully obscure in-jokes (There's no place like 127.0.0.1 – if you have to ask, the moment is alas lost).
Kevin Mitnick's t-shirt today, an in-jokey one, says "got root?" The twist on the milk slogan doesn't signify anything to the fretful reporter, but upstairs as his raptly received keynote and Q&A, he'll take a question from someone else wearing exactly the same t-shirt, and 95% of the assembled group knows or can guess where the two were purchased and what that says about the wearers' interests and sensibilities. An attendance to fine detail is, after all, the hallmark of those who care about code – legal codes, programming code, social codes or what you will. This weekend, the tribes gather to celebrate the pleasures of that heightened state of awareness – and ask themselves how to present that to the world at large as a benefit, not a crime.
At some point, I think in 2002, Tech TV did a small piece on our Tech Support calls. They played half of one of the tech support pranks and talked about the website briefly.
During the course of 1 week in 1995, a newspaper in Belleville, Illinois called the Belleville News-Democrat did 3 separate peices on the PLA. Two of them were front page Sunday articles and the other was a mid-week editorial. If you read PLA035, PLA036 and PLA038 you can read the typed versions of these articles along with comments about them. These clippings were stored in a basement for several years before they were scanned so you'll have to excuse the little black dots - that's mold.
09/15/05 - Chris from CA: Phucking the with Lives of Assholes
08/31/05 - Jack from Bulgaria: Man oh man why did you stopped the zine!
08/27/05 - John from Texas: Your greatness has no bounds. Curtis Blows!
08/26/05 - fdisk from Australia: grow up guys
08/14/05 - mikey from alton illinois: makes me feel good that you guys are from this area
07/19/05 - bc from Granite City, IL: I remeber reading the belleville articles when I was younger...
04/11/05 - Taco from Aint tellin: Your Prime Time baby
03/19/05 - some guy from the internet: harrassment or "cactusing" as hackers call it...lmfao, ignorant fools
02/07/05 - phreakuency from Asheville, NC: Fuck those fucking fuckers...
01/04/05 - My name from My location: My comment
12/04/04 - Chris Tomkinson from Ohio: Please leave me alone PLA!!!!!!!!
01/18/04 - Phelix the Phreak from The Universe: Quite entertaining...Continue to give them hell!


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Oppo unveils Find 7 with 1440x2560 display, 4K video capture function
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Oppo Find 7 joined by lower-specification Find 7a
Oppo has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Find 7, as well as a more restrained version in the form of the Find 7a. Offering a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1440x2560 and a pixel density of 538ppi, the Find 7 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor running at 2.5GHz, supported by an Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage.
The Android 4.3 smartphone boasts the ability to take a 50-megapixel image, though this is mostly driven through software. Phone Arena reports the device has a 13-megapixel IMX214 Sony Sensor with a dual LED flash and an aperture of f/2.0, which when used with the Pure Image 2.0 software, is able to combine a total of ten photographs into one 50-megapixel shot. The rear sensor is also capable of recording 4K video, and is accompanied by a front-facing 5-megapixel version. The Find 7 also offers a 3,000mAh battery that can charge from flat to 75 percent capacity within 30 minutes.
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The lower-specification Find 7a offers the same 5.5-inch size of display, though at 1080x1920, combined with a quad-core Snapdragon 800 clocked at 2.3GHz, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a 2,800mAh battery.
Oppo will start shipping the Find 7a on March 20th for 2,998 yuan ($484). A release date for the Find 7 has not been revealed, but it will cost 3,998 yuan ($645).


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Kiyonari and Brookes dominate at Oulton Park
Ryuichi Kiyonari continued his 'War for Four' MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship titles at Oulton Park as he headed off the determined challenges of Josh Brookes to win the opening two races of the triple header seventh round at Oulton Park. However the Australian retaliated with a victory in the final race.
Kiyonari had provided a stunning performance in the first race of the weekend, charging through from the fourth row of the grid to take the win ahead of Brookes. In the second race, the Buildbase BMW rider again overcame the challenge from the Australian to take his winning tally at the circuit to twelve races.
Speaking after the first race on Sunday, Kiyonari said: "That was very difficult because the conditions were changing from wet to dry, but I am very happy with the win. It is important for me to keep winning as I don't want to be second now."
Brookes was relentless in his quest for the race three win, which he scored in a commanding style at the Cheshire circuit. The Milwaukee Yamaha rider led from the start of the final contest to head off series leader Byrne, who maintained his run of podium finishes.
Brookes said: "I wanted that win badly. I wanted to get out to the front first and go for it because I thought I could then control the race. I wanted to give myself the best possible chance and that was what I did by taking the lead at the start. I didn't know how hard to push to start with, but I decided and just kept focused. I didn't know what was going to happen, but I knew I wanted to win!"
Quattro Plant Kawasaki's Dan Linfoot continued his recent run of form by celebrating his first podium finish in the championship with a strong third place ahead of the determined Kiyonari.
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Oulton Park Round 7 race results:
Race one:
1: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW)
2: Josh Brookes (Milwaukee Yamaha) +0.496s
3: Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +2.011s
4: Tommy Bridewell (Milwaukee Yamaha) +4.362s
5: Dan Linfoot (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) +5.981s
6: John Hopkins (Tyco Suzuki) +7.149s
Race two:
1: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW)
2: Josh Brookes (Milwaukee Yamaha) +0.167s
3: Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +1.199s
4: Dan Linfoot (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) +23.664s
5: Chris Walker (Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki) +23.819s
6: Stuart Easton (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +23.842s
Race three:
1: Josh Brookes (Milwaukee Yamaha)
2: Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +7.509s
3: Dan Linfoot (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) +7.986s
4: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW) +8.111s
5: Stuart Easton (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +10.049s
6: Josh Waters (Tyco Suzuki) +10.430s
Championship standings:
1: Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) 313
2: Josh Brookes (Milwaukee Yamaha) 244
3: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW) 202
4: Dan Linfoot (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) 156
5: Tommy Bridewell (Milwaukee Yamaha) 142
6: Chris Walker (Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki) 136


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|The present study investigated the generalization of verbal operant conditioning using a group discussion paradigm. The hypotheses were: Hypothesis A: Verbal output of Target !s would increase with the presentation of positive reinforcers for talking and punishment for silence. Hypothesis B: Later testing of Target Ss in new groups would show generalization of increased verbal output. Hypothesis C: Later testing of Target Ss in new groups would show the reinforced Target Ss being rated as performing a greater degree of leadership function than non-reinforced Target Ss. Hypothesis D: The degree of generalization of verbal output would be a function of time, with Target Ss retested one day later showing more generalization than Target Ss retested one week later. Ss were female volunteers from an introductory psychology course. Twenty-four groups of three Ss were tested in a soundproofed room, with a hooded panel containing a red and green light situated on the table in front of each S. Ss were assigned to either a Reinforced or Non-Reinforced treatment, and each group met on three successive days for 30 minutes each day. On Day 1 no reinforcement was presented, in order to establish the operant level of verbal output for each Ss who spoke the least amount of time within their respective groups were selected as the Target Ss (N = 24). On Days 2 &3, Ss under the Reinforced treatment were instructed that they would receive a green light when they facilitated the group discussion and a red light when they hindered the group process. Actually Target Ss were positively reinforced (green light) for talking and punished (red light) for silence, while Non- Target Ss were punished for talking. Ss under the Non-Reinforced treatment received neither positive reinforcement or punishment. On Day 4, which occurred either one or seven days after Day 3, Target Ss were assigned to new groups with Ss who had not participated in the first discussion group. Target Ss received neither positive reinforcement or punishment during Day 4. At the end of Day 4, Ss ranked each other on a sociometric questionnaire concerned with leadership. Hypothesis A was supported by the results, with Target Ss showing an increase in verbal output under the Reinforced treatment (F2, 44 = 20.93, p<.01), and no change under the Non-Reinforced treatment (p>.05). Hypothesis B was not supported, with Reinforced Target Ss showing no significant difference (p).05) in verbal output from Non-Reinforced Target Ss on Day 4. However, Target Ss showed a significant increase of verbal output from Day 1 (First Group) to Day 4 (Second Group), for both the Reinforced and Non-Reinforced treatments (F1,20 = 22.77, p ( .01). Hypothesis C was not supported. Reinforced Target Ss did not show a significant difference (p) .05) between Day 1 (First Group) and Day 4 (Second Group) in leadership function, whereas Non-Reinforced Target !s showed a significant increase (F1,20 = 8.71, p<.01) in leadership function. Hypothesis D was not supported. Target Ss who were retested one day later showed no significant difference (p>.05) from Target Ss retested one week later.
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Merit Announces New Regional Fiber Rings
August 3, 2004For Immediate Release
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, Inc., has significantly expanded high-bandwidth
networking opportunities for Michigan education and research organizations with the addition of two new regional fiber-optic rings.
The two new rings are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, IL. Each fiber ring—literally bands of resilient fiber-optic cable circling or crossing the cities—is a vital part of Merit's primary goal "To make Michigan a showcase for high-performance networking in education and research." Utilizing a facilities-based network, including fiber directly to the customer, will provide Merit's Members and Affiliates the ability to participate in high-performance networking opportunities without the typical proportional increase in circuit cost.
With controlled fiber, increasing bandwidth utilization on the path is as simple as adjusting the lightwaves that carry signals through the glass fiber. No additional circuits are needed, and equipment upgrades are usually minimal. The time required to upgrade is usually days compared to the weeks required to install the typical leased circuit.
The Grand Rapids ring offers bandwidth of at least 1 gigabit per second (one billion bits per second). Grand Valley State University is already attached to the ring; as other Members and Affiliates establish connections, additional bandwidth will be made available.
Merit expects the Grand Rapids ring to be connected to Michigan LambdaRail (MiLR), a Technology Tri-Corridor fiber initiative that is being driven by the research needs of Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and the University of Michigan in conjunction with Merit. The link between Merit's Grand Rapids ring and MiLR will provide additional redundancy to Michigan customers and stabilize transport costs by keeping local traffic local.
The new Chicago ring replaces a leased telecommunications circuit between the Doral Plaza and the Equinix exchange point. Now, Merit owns its own 4 gigabit link between the sites. providing nearly limitless opportunities for advanced networking applications with other research organizations with minimal incremental cost.
These regional fiber rings will give Merit greater direct control over its backbone circuits, providing the ability to offer additional advanced network services while controlling the cost of basic services to its Members and Affiliates.
Merit previously activated a regional fiber ring in Lansing in spring 2004 and plans are underway to activate the next regional fiber ring in the metropolitan Detroit area. The Metro Detroit ring will connect Wayne State University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, and Merit's other backbone sites in Southfield. In addition, the Detroit ring will be used to interconnect Merit with ORION, Merit's research and education network counterpart in Ontario, Canada.
Merit will continue its effort to provide a facilities-based high-performance network throughout the state in the coming months.
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Todd Haley has been known for his short temper long before he landed the Chiefs' head coaching gig. Five years ago, when Haley was a wide receivers coach with the Cowboys, he and Terrell Owens had a falling out that ended with Owens stating that the two would have "no other dialogue" after Haley berated him for being late to a team meeting.
And then, in January 2009 when Haley was the Cardinals offensive coordinator, he got into it on the sidelines with receiver Anquan Boldin.
We mention this because last season, when the Broncos defeated the Chiefs, Haley refused to shake hands with then-Denver coach Josh McDaniels and instead decided to give him a finger-wagging lecture right there at midfield.
Haley later apologized saying, "I do believe in doing what's right and and that was not right. I probably let the emotions of the situation get to me too much and I apologize to the fans and to Denver and to Josh."
Well, on Wednesday, Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt appeared on the "Vic and Gary" show on 102.3 the Fan in Denver and he had some thoughts on why, exactly, Haley wasn't particularly happy with McDaniels.
"I don't know if I can answer that within the locker room, but I know that it has something to do with the Spygate, the videotaping," Colquitt said, according to PFT. "All the stuff like that. And I think that Haley was like, 'Listen, based on that game I can tell what you are doing, and you are cheating.' . . .
"I think it was just a culmination of rumors and [McDaniels] had been involved in that in New England possibly before, and so Todd was just kind of saying, 'Look, with the game plan we had and what you guys already knew we were gonna do, this is' . . . basically saying it was 'bush, bush league.'"
So there you have it. According to Colquitt, Haley was miffed because he thought McDaniels, who came to Denver from New England, was cheating. We eagerly await Eric Mangini's thoughts on the matter.
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MULLINAX ENTERS FINAL ROUND WITH THE LEAD AT ST. JAMES PLANTATION Miller leads Girls Division with a 78 at the Preseason Junior at St. James Plantation
SOUTHPORT, N.C. -Trey Mullinax of Mount Olive, Ala., shot a 2-under-par 70 for the lead heading into Sunday's final round at the Preseason Junior at St. James Plantation. Kelly Miller of Hilton Head, S.C., leads the Girls Division with a 6-over-par 78 after the first round of play.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Preseason Junior at St. James Plantation is a 36-hole stroke play event being held at St. James Plantation — The Members Club Course. The tournament field consists of 95 boys and girls, ages 12-18, from 20 states, China and Canada. The Boys Division is playing the par-72 course at 6,752 yards, while the Girls Division is playing at 6,054 yards.
The Preseason Junior at St. James Plantation is one of eight events being held as part of the Golf Academy of America Preseason Junior Series. The Golf Academy of America Preseason Junior Series is a series designed specifically for first-time AJGA members or those members who have not yet been accepted to or participated in an AJGA event in the current calendar year and/or the previous calendar year.
Mullinax tallied five birdies on the day including one on No. 9 where he used his gap wedge from the fairway to get the ball six feet from the hole and putt in for birdie. Mullinax then headed to the back nine determined to repeat with a birdie on No. 10. He accomplished his goal when he nearly sunk the ball in two shots.
Playing in his first AJGA tournament, Mullinax had a tough time with the back nine, bogeying Nos. 16 and 17, but thinks the caliber of competition helps make him a better golfer.
"I feel like being a part of the AJGA will make me better," said Mullinax. "There is a lot of good competition and I can't wait for the rest of the season."
Rounding out the Boys Division is Richard Fountain from Raleigh, N.C., with an even par 72. Tied for third with 1-over-par 73s are Yifan Liu of Guangzhou, China, Garrett Ray of Huntersville, N.C., Matthew Conley of Raleigh, N.C., and Michael Mullmann of Wilmington, N.C.
In the Girls Division, Miller's first AJGA event was a success as she ended the day in the lead. Up and down throughout the day, Miller went 39-39 without a birdie and sank a 6-foot putt for par on No. 18, when she had been struggling with putting all day.
"I felt I played really well, but my putts were a problem," said Miller. "I was really nervous because this was my first AJGA event."
Trailing Miller by one stroke and tied for second in the Girls Division are Taelor Rubin of Raleigh, N.C., and Paige Reese of South Hill, Va., with 7-over-par 79s. In fourth is Maureen Dunnagan of Lexington, S.C., with a 8-over-par 80. Rounding out the top five are Kaitlin Voll of Alpharetta, Ga., and Vivian Tsui of Markham, Ontario, tied for fifth with 9-over-par 81s.
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AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 200 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 350 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
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BOSTON (AP) - Jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial can expect to hear lengthy closing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys as they lay out their views of the case.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in Boston in the nearly two-month trial.
The judge has granted each side up to three hours and 15 minutes for its argument but urged lawyers to consider the jury's ability to stay focused for that long.
Bulger fled Boston in 1994. He was one of the nation's most-wanted fugitives until he was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.
He's pleaded not guilty to participating in 19 murders, laundering money and committing weapons offenses and other crimes.
His lawyers have focused on trying to rebut evidence Bulger killed two women and was an FBI informant.
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Novatel Wireless Inc. unveiled MiFi, an unprecedented line of Intelligent Mobile Hotspots. Together with a rich applications environment for enterprises and consumers, MiFi drives a new ecosystem of broadband connectivity. Unlike existing router solutions that require an external broadband modem and serve only to provide connectivity, the MiFi line creates a personal cloud of high-speed Internet connectivity that can be easily shared between multiple users and Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, cameras, gaming devices and multimedia players. The MiFi products serve as an intelligent, open platform capable of hosting advanced software applications and flexible enough to address the continued evolution of mobile broadband.
"With the pocket-sized MiFi device, Novatel Wireless has invented a new category of mobile broadband solutions, pushing the envelope in design and performance and ushering in the next era of the mobile broadband experience," said Peter Leparulo, chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless. "Our carrier partners will now be able to provide new wireless solutions and bundles for consumer and enterprise users. This will contribute to the continued growth of the addressable broadband market and create a unique opportunity for carriers to generate additional revenue per user through the deployment of innovative value-add applications and services."
"Mobile Broadband is evolving and with the large number of Wi-Fi enabled electronic devices coming to market, there is a growing consumer need for Internet-ready devices and applications to stay connected while on the go," said Christopher Collins, senior analyst with The Yankee Group Research, Inc.
MiFi represents the industry's first Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, a new category of mobile broadband that lets users put their world of content, services and connectivity in their pocket. Featuring an internal battery providing over forty hours standby and up to four hours of active use on a single charge, the MiFi product line enables users to access high-speed Internet from anywhere there is a cellular connection, including moving vehicles where multiple passengers may need Internet access.
The MiFi product line will offer enterprises, SMB and SOHO users a unique solution to secure, control and manage wireless connections. Certain MiFi configurations support applications such as auto VPN, automatic syncing of email and optional remote management capabilities for the enterprise IT manager. MiFi offers a robust platform capable of hosting third party applications that extend the reach and control of the enterprise when dealing with remote mobile assets.
With MiFi, consumers can consolidate and personalize their mobile Internet services through a convenient landing page whether they are at home, in the car or on the go. For the wireless operator, the MiFi landing page provides a window to the user to offer additional content and services. MiFi will continue to evolve in order to support applications and services for individuals and families leading a mobile lifestyle.
Novatel Wireless has applied its expertise in human interface engineering to make MiFi the easiest to use broadband device ever. Users are one-click away from their personalized content and services, with no need for installing host applications or hardware drivers as part of the installation process.
The MiFi line of Intelligent Mobile Hotspots will be commercially available in 1H09 through a variety of Novatel Wireless' global tier-one operator customers and retail channels.
Novatel Wireless, Inc. is a leader in the design and development of innovative wireless broadband access solutions based on 3G and 4G WCDMA (HSPA & UMTS), CDMA and GSM technologies. Novatel Wireless' USB modems, embedded modules, Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products and software enable high-speed wireless Internet access on leading wireless data networks. The Company delivers specialized wireless solutions to carriers, distributors, OEMs and vertical markets worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Novatel Wireless is listed on NASDAQ: NVTL.


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A Laie mom's passion for food and writing makes for a great blog
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Mariko Jackson of Laie is a high school English teacher, wife and mother of two young children, ages 5 months and 4 1/2 years. She works all day while her husband stays home, then she comes home and he leaves for work.
If you were Jackson, after the household chores were done, kids were fed, bathed and put to bed, and English papers were graded, would you:
a. Fall on the couch in exhaustion and start snoring
b. Vegetate in front of a television
c. Blog
If you picked "a" or "b," no one blames you. Many of us would. But Jackson picks "c."
"I enjoy blogging," she says. "I get to know people and I feel connected with them because of our shared experiences. Plus, it's a great way to have an audience. I like to write, and it's a good way to foster my writing. There's such an immediate satisfaction — people respond right away."
Jackson started her blog, the Little Foodie, in 2009 with a friend. Originally, it was intended to be about raising her children to enjoy food.
"My daughter, Amaya, was a very picky eater, and it drove me crazy," she says of the 4-year-old. Son Mozely is the infant.
Eventually, Jackson's friend bowed out, and the Little Foodie has evolved into an examination of parenting, Jackson's relationship with her daughter and her relationship with food.
Those themes are apparently an engaging combo. Last fall, Jackson entered Foodbuzz's Project Food Blog contest, a search for "the next food blog star," along with thousands of others. The Little Foodie made it through seven of 10 rounds and was among 48 finalists.
"Mariko Jackson's blog is an excellent example of an emerging voice. Her blog is a thoughtful, heartfelt and often funny look at cooking for a family, and it was exciting to watch her develop and refine her skills as a blogger during Project Food Blog," says Alexa Malott, Foodbuzz's community manager. Though Foodbuzz organized the contest, none of its staff served as judges.
Jackson thinks her Hawaii perspective also contributed to the blog's success.
"The food is strikingly different here; we cook all different kinds of food," she says. Jackson was raised in Oregon and moved to Hawaii in 1998. "There was a pizza round, so I made a bi bim bap pizza with rice crust and veggies. People associate fusion with the cuisine of Hawaii."
Fellow food blogger Sophia Lee is a fan of the Little Foodie. She eventually became Jackson's friend.
"I connect with her because she has Asian roots like I do," Lee says. "Her photographs are amazing ... and they are not of just food. There's her family, too; it's more personal, an inside look at her life. ... She has a subtle way of relaying who she is."
Lee says the appeal of blogging is in finding a shared passion.
"Who else will be talking about food 24/7? My friends don't understand my passion. In blogs, I can find someone who actually understands, and that's thrilling," she says.
Over the past couple of years, the Little Foodie has become a natural part of the Jacksons' family life.
"I'm always cooking, and the family expects me to take pictures," Jackson says.
Though setting up props and lighting for the shots add only 20 additional minutes to the process, the computer work on those images can take hours, and Jackson spends time on the blog every day. It's a job that takes the effort of both Jackson and her husband, Jacob, also an educator.
"My daughter is totally aware about the blog. She's always saying, 'We should make that for the Little Foodie.' We took popcorn to a friend's house, and she got out her own little camera and took pictures."
Though the Little Foodie pairs Jackson's love of blogging and food, her focus on food is rooted in more than just its entertainment value. Jackson believes food plays a significant role in imparting values about oneself and others.
"I want my daughter to have a good food relationship. I worry about how the world makes girls feel about their body image," she says. "My mom is Japanese. She tried to learn to cook American, and she also cooked Japanese food, and she expected us to eat everything. Food can connect you to other cultures that way."
Jackson also believes awareness and respect for different diets reinforce open-mindedness.
"I don't want my daughter to eat only whole grains. I want her to enjoy it all. I cook vegan, but I also cook meat. There's so much variety to enjoy. People misunderstand each other because of diets — 'Why do you have to eat vegan?' 'Why do you have to eat meat?' We have to accept everyone's diets. It teaches tolerance."
But much of Jackson's love of food comes from her upbringing. Her parents spent lots of time together in the kitchen.
"Food is treated like a chore, but it can be a whole family experience. My best childhood memories have to do with food," she says. "My mom cooked every night, and my dad was a good helper — he jumps in even more so now."
Today, though mother and daughter are separated by an ocean (Jackson's parents still live in Oregon), "we've both developed together," Jackson says. When they visit one another, the duo spends time trying new cuisines both in restaurants and in the kitchen.
Jackson's mother has in turn found inspiration in her daughter.
"Mom just started her own blog — it's awesome!" Jackson says. "It's surprising for me because I never knew my mom was so funny. I see a different side to her than just 'mom.' She's been calling me every day to ask advice. It's great for our relationship. It's a new side to our relationship."
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Danielle Hodgson, Central senior
Justin Oliver, Central senior
Dinner? Red Lobster after
After? Just dinner
Dress? David's Bridal
Hair? Did it herself
She spent? $200
He spent? $200
Favorite part? Dancing
Josh Matthews, Central junior
Tasha Brady, Morristown East freshman
Dinner? Texas Roadhouse after
Dress? Formal Approach in Jefferson City
Hair? Mom did it
She spent? $500
Favorite part? Hanging out
Ashley Glass, Central senior
Sonny Walton, Austin East senior
Dress? Dillard's
Hair? Regis Salon in West Town Mall
She spent? More than $200
Sarah Gibson, Central junior
Claire Martin, Central junior
Courtney Taylor, Central junior
Dinner? Calhoun's on the River
After? Ihop
Sarah's dress? Her aunt gave it to her as a gift
Sarah's hair? Did it herself
Claire's dress? Macy's in Chicago
Claire's hair? Fringes in Fountain City
Courtney's dress? Borrowed from a friend
Courtney's hair? Professional Hair Stylists in Powell
Claire spent? $45
Courtney spent? $35
Sarah spent? $35
Jenny Wu, Maryville junior
Kyle McCammon, Maryville senior
Dinner? Ate there
Ride? Chauffer brought them in a Buick sedan
After? Courtyard Grille in Alcoa then Ihop
Dress? Princess Diaries in Johnson City
He spent? $300
How he asked? "I just asked her in the car one day."
Favorite part? After party
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Dinner? Cheddars
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Hair? Friend did it
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Favorite part? Food and dancing
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Brianna's hair? Great Clips
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All westbound traffic will be required to exit at Grant Street starting at 9 p.m. both days. The detour follows Fort Pitt Boulevard to the Stanwix Street ramp to the parkway and to the Fort Pitt Boulevard ramp to the Fort Duquesne Bridge.
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Abbottstown Borough officials may have hit a new low by putting the three-person audience out onto the sidewalk in 32-degree temperatures so they could hold an executive session in the middle of the regular meeting.
The meeting began at 7 p.m. and board president Debbie Shearer announced that council would be going into executive session as soon as Councilman Mark Heisey, who was running late, got to the meeting.
Normally in other municipalities when an executive session is called during a meeting, especially during cold or inclement weather, audience members are invited to move to another room such as an office that is separate and well removed off from the meeting space.
Secretary/treasurer Loreen Greer retrieved the keys to her front office, which is completely removed and shut off by two doors from the borough meeting room, and indicated that the audience members should follow her.
As the three members of the audience, including this correspondent who was on crutches and was wearing a leg cast, followed Greer to the front office, Councilwoman April Trivitt came bursting out of the council meeting room, carrying coats belonging to the audience.
"You can't stay in the building during an executive session," said Trivitt. "We don't allow it."
Trivitt ushered all three members of the audience, which included developer Jeff Stough and his attorney Dan Frey, in addition to this correspondent, onto the sidewalk in the front of the building and directed Greer to lock the door.
Greer apologized for the inconvenience and offered to bring chairs to the three people who were put out of the building, with the correspondent on crutches accepting the offer.
This was only the most recent incident of audiences being thrown out of the building for an executive session, Stough said.
Stough said he was asked to leave the January planning commission meeting for an executive session, and he had to stand outside for more than 30 minutes with temperatures well below freezing. Finally, he said, he decided to go home.
Stough said he contacted the borough secretary the next day and she told him it was just as well he went home because about 50 minutes passed before she went out to the sidewalk to tell him it was doubtful the meeting would be over anytime soon.
"She said she was going to tell me that the meeting would probably be continuing for some time and I might was well go home," said Stough. "I'm glad I didn't wait around just to be sent home anyway."
The council declined to review what discussions were held at the planning commission's executive session.
At Thursday's meeting, the council finally allowed the banned audience to re-enter the building after about 20 minutes. Borough solicitor Guy Beneventano declined to give specifics concerning the executive session.
"It concerned obtaining advice from counsel," said Beneventano when asked what the executive session entailed.
The remainder of the council meeting lasted about another 30 minutes but very little was done except for having several issues on the agenda tabled to a future meeting.
Frey said the council also held an executive session just prior to the beginning of the meeting on Thursday night, with the front door of the borough building locked.
"I've never been to another municipality where the audience is pushed out in the middle of a meeting and made to stand on the street while they have executive session," said Frey.
At the conclusion of the night's agenda items, many of which were tabled, the council recessed instead of adjourning as President Debbie Shearer called yet another executive session.
Beneventano said that council would not be reconvening after the third executive session of the night as there would be no decisions made.
In related business, one agenda item that was eliminated with no discussion was a letter from Councilwoman Debra McEvers, who had submitted a letter of resignation, but then rescinded it.
McEvers, whose term expires at the end of 2013, said she had written the letter of resignation after the borough's December meeting. The council, however, did not have a quorum at its Jan. 3 meeting so the resignation wasn't reviewed nor accepted, said McEvers.
McEvers said that she had second thoughts about resigning after realizing the importance of having enough borough council members for a quorum.
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Thomas J. Brinneman, 65, Kalamazoo, Mich., died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Kalamazoo.
A former resident of Bluffton until his retirement when he moved to Kalamazoo to be with his family, he was a decorated sergeant in the Marines and a highly decorated Vietnam veteran. He also served as a guard in the American Embassy.
He was born on Feb. 15, 1947 in Three Rivers, Mich.
Survivors include seven brothers, Roy Brinneman, Roger Brinneman, "Little" Tom Betke, Michael Brinneman, Rick Brinneman, Jesse Brown and Jack Branning; two sisters, Carlene Campbell and Della Jones; several nieces and nephews; and many friends.
Services will be held at 1802 Fulford, Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.
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Ben Gilbert is joined by Engadget editor and former Best Buy celeb Chris Velazco, along with our social media guru John Colucci who's managed to drag himself away from Grumpy Cat and 3D-printed Oreos long enough to share his thoughts on SXSW. While Ben flexes his verbal Shaq Fu to keep the podcast on track, the real Shaquille is actually scheduled to host a panel on wearables at the Austin event this week. There's a good deal of strange news to talk about, but none quite as odd as Dorian Nakamoto's #bitcoinchase on Thursday. Of course there's a method to all this madness and it can be found at the streaming links below, steganographically embedded into this week's episode of the Engadget Podcast. Enjoy!
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Apple's online store is offering a variety of refurbished iPods at reduced prices. Fore a limited time the 8GB iPod nano is available for only $99, which is $30 off their regular refurb. price. The 16GB model has also been reduced to $149. Both models are available in black, pink, silver, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. First-generation iPod touch models are being offered starting at $159 for the 8GB and also include the 16GB model for $219 as well as the 32GB model for $279. Current-generation Touches are priced at $199 (8GB), $259 (16GB), and $349 (32GB). One and two gigabyte iPod shuffles are available in a wide array of current-generation and previous-generation colors for $39 and $59 respectively. The iPod classic is available in 80GB and 120GB capacities for $169 and $209 each.


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Earlier on Baby Daddy Period 1 Episode 6 "Take Her Right out the Ballgame", Riley becomes the captain associated with Ben's softball team, but her no-nonsense approach proves unpopular. Meanwhile, Bonnie begins a love with Danny's coach.
On this week's Episode title "May the very best Friend Win", Ben and Tucker vie for any same woman's affections. Meanwhile, Danny gets public-speaking guidelines from Riley; and Bonnie enters the globe of online dating.
In BABY DADDY, contented twentysomething bachelor Ben Wheeler (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) is actually loving living the single life along with his best friend, Tucker (Tahj Mowry), and his professional-hockey-playing pal, Danny (Derek Theler), in their New York Location apartment. But everything changes whenever his ex-girlfriend drops their particular baby on his door and disappears, leaving Ben to pick between his sense of duty as well as the path he envisioned to get his life. No one is more surprised than they're when he falls scalp over heels in adore with little Emma along with opts to raise your ex, but everyone — which includes his childhood friend, Riley (Chelsea Kane), who's back in his or her life and harboring any secret crush on Ben — provides to pitch in in addition to help him learn this ropes of parenting.
Baby Daddy taps right into a lighthearted — and greatly oversimplified — examine single parenting for nearly all of its laughs. The series has some positive things looking for it, like a gender position twist that leads an unsuspecting new father to raise to the plate once the mother throws in your towel, and a reliable support system of friends who pitch in to assist. But there's a sexual tone towards the dialogue — especially in references into the brief relationship that triggered an unplanned pregnancy — and also some language ("ass, " "damn, " "boobs, " "swear to God") and casual drinking to think about when weighing its appropriateness to your teens.
Unexpected single parenting isn't a different shtick in the comedy genre, and Baby Daddy has a lot of funny elements that harken returning to classics like Three Men as well as a Baby and Look Who has Talking. But what easily is actually a trite rehashing of your man-learns-to-cope-with-baby's-bodily-functions quips (of which there are lots) turns out to obtain some heart, not just in Ben's acquiring affection for his baby daughter and in the relationships among the list of adult cast. Not even an appreciate triangle between the brothers and Riley darkens this sense of camaraderie that will exists among this likable number of characters.
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Substituting for host Bill O'Reilly on The Radio Factor, Michael Smerconish repeatedly discussed "the sissification of America," claiming that political correctness has made the United States "a nation of sissies."
Over the span of two weeks, Washington Times chief political correspondent Donald Lambro has apparently reversed his support of continued U.S. military action in Iraq, without acknowledging that he has done so.
CNN's David Ensor, reporting on the revelation that President Bush "authorized" the disclosure of classified portions of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate pertaining to Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction, simply asserted without elaboration that unnamed "experts" say Bush's actions were "legal," and that the president has "the right" to declassify such information. Similarly, Fox News' Brit Hume said that both Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney "have the legal authority under an executive order signed by the president to make public classified information. So that takes the unauthorized out of it." Neither Ensor nor Hume challenged the notion that the president has the authority to leak classified information, questioned whether Bush -- assuming he has that authority -- properly declassified the information, or made any effort to explore the ramifications of the president's exercise of that alleged authority.
On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace offered up a series of false or misleading statements regarding President Bush's authorization of a warrantless domestic wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency.
Just days after the Democratic Party released a national security plan, CNN host Wolf Blitzer and NBC Today host Matt Lauer simply ignored the release and allowed -- and even encouraged -- Republican guests to suggest the Democrats have no "agenda." This continues patterns by CNN and Today of largely ignoring the Democrats' security plan, despite repeatedly reporting or commenting on the Democratic Party's purported lack of clear alternatives to the Republicans.
During an interview with Al Franken, Tim Russert objected to Franken's assertion that "[President] Bush and [Vice President Dick] Cheney did explicitly link Iraq to 9-11 on several occasions, especially when speaking to the naïve Russert." In fact, Cheney twice directly linked Iraq to the 9-11 attacks while appearing on Russert's NBC program Meet the Press. Additionally, while Bush "never brought ... up" the purported Iraqi link to 9-11 during a 2004 Meet the Press interview, neither did Russert, who could have asked Bush to explain a letter he sent to Congress shortly after the start of the Iraq war, in which he explicitly linked Iraq to 9-11.
In keeping with a pattern at The Washington Post, Shailagh Murray and Howard Kurtz dismissed suggestions that the Post should follow up on a National Journal article on an internal Bush administration review, which found that President Bush had been specifically advised that claims he made during his 2003 State of the Union address about Iraq's nuclear program might not be true. Despite the Post's failure to report on the revelation, Murray suggested readers already knew "that Bush had some indication" the intelligence he cited "was faulty."
On NBC's Meet the Press, host Tim Russert did not challenge Sen. John McCain's assertion that the Bush administration's false prewar claims about Iraq represented a "colossal intelligence failure" and that "[e]very intelligence agency in the world believed that he [former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein] had weapons of mass destruction." In fact, many of the Bush administration's most dramatic prewar claims -- about Iraq's supposed nuclear program, its alleged ties to Al Qaeda, and its willingness to attack the United States -- had been questioned by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Following recent demonstrations in which protesters marched against proposed legislation that would criminalize undocumented workers, some in the media have criticized the demonstrators for carrying Mexican flags. But these same media figures have not complained about people waving other nations' flags, such as Irish flags at St. Patrick's Day events, Italian flags at Columbus Day events, or Israeli flags at Israel Day events.
CNN Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz noted that Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll, released on March 30 by Iraqi insurgents who had held her for 82 days, had "been criticized and had her motives questioned by skeptics, critics, and conspiracy theorists here at home." But Kurtz seemed to have forgotten that he had joined numerous right-wing media figures in questioning the motives behind her statements.
Imus in the Morning executive producer Bernard McGuirk and co-host Charles McCord refused to apologize for their recent remarks about kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll. Because of Carroll's statements upon her release from kidnappers in Iraq that she was "treated very well" and "was not harmed" or "threatened," McGuirk claimed on the March 30 Imus broadcast that Carroll "strikes" him "as the kind of woman who would wear one of those suicide vests" to "try and sneak into the Green Zone," and added the next day that Carroll "is carrying [terrorist leader Abu Musab al-] Zarqawi's baby." McCord agreed with McGuirk on the March 30 program, stating that "[s]he cooked with them [terrorists], lived with them" and adding that "there is no evidence to suggest" that Carroll was not representing terrorists or insurgents with her statements.
On Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, Mort Kondracke claimed that "experts that I talked to think" that Iran will produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb by summer 2007. Kondracke did not inform viewers which "experts" he was referring to.
The final installment of The Washington Times' months-long series of opinion pieces aimed at "counter[ing]" the "disingenuous charge" that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence in justifying the 2003 invasion of Iraq included "excerpts from two bipartisan reports" that the Times claimed "absolv[e] the president and his staff of these opportunistic accusations." But National Journal investigative reporter Murray Waas, in two recent articles, has further offered evidence that Bush and his aides did, in fact, knowingly twist and manipulate intelligence reports to build the case for war, and then covered up their actions.
Fox News' John Gibson wished Sen. Richard Durbin "good luck" in "convinc[ing] the American people" that they don't like President Bush's strategy in Iraq. But Gibson ignored numerous recent and past polling illustrating that a strong majority of Americans already believe that Bush does not have a clear plan for Iraq and disapprove of the way he is handling the situation there.
Both the AP and the Los Angeles Times reported President Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein was to blame for the sectarian violence in Iraq, but neither news outlet noted that the Bush administration bears considerable responsibility for the escalating conflict between the ethnic groups there.


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Purvis Middle Shcool teacher Jennifer Carr makes her way through the class giving out stamps for good behavior. Purvis Middle School implements Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which is a disciplinary system that stresses the modeling and teaching of appropriate behavior to students and requires good behavior to be rewarded.
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PURVIS - Purvis Middle School teacher Jennifer Carr is making her way around the classroom as she wraps up another seventh-grade math class. She has a stamp in her hand and she is stamping her students' notebooks if they were respectful, responsible and safe while in her classroom.
Students must receive the required number of stamps in each class to get a reward such as a certificate for a free ice cream at the end of the month. Students with the most stamps get a bigger reward like a dance at the end of the nine weeks.
It's all part of the school's PBIS system - positive behavior interventions and ...