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Waterfall Cave (Japanese: たきつぼのどうくつ Basin Cave) is a dungeon in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It has eight floors and is unlocked after beating Drowzee on Mt. Bristle, and performing sentry duty at the Wigglytuff Guild. This is the first dungeon to have shops in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
On the first visit, the hero and the partner are asked by Wigglytuff to explore the dungeon. Upon reaching the bottom, they stumble into in an alcove filled with gems and a giant gem is at the back. The partner wants to take the gem back to the guild but finds it difficult to remove. It is at this point when the hero experiences another dizzy spell and sees an image of the past. A Pokémon had pushed the gem and had accidentally set off a trap that caused a flood to wash it away. Unfortunately, the hero is too late to warn the partner Pokémon as he/she pushes the gem and triggered the flood. However, they are flushed away to the Hot Springs where they first meet Torkoal.


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Achievement First | Brooklyn and New Haven CT NY 11238 USA | Full Time | Posted: 11/26/2012
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Associate Art Director
Start Date: Immediate
Team: Marketing & Communications
Location: Brooklyn, NY or New Haven, CT
About Achievement First
Achievement First is a non-profit charter school management organization that is creating a network of achievement-gap-closing public schools in New York, Connecticut and other high-need areas in the Northeast. Achievement First currently operates 22 schools in Brooklyn, NY, and New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford, CT (and will expand to Rhode Island in 2013). Over the next five years, Achievement First plans to open 10-15 additional schools, spanning the full K-12 spectrum and creating college-prep opportunities for more than 12,000 urban students. Beyond our students and schools, Achievement First is an engaged and prominent partner in the larger conversation about how to improve public education and student achievement in our country. For more information about the Achievement First mission, model, our schools and team, please visit our website at www.achievementfirst.org.
The successful candidate will be a graphic designer who is passionate about, and has a strong background in, managing all activities, timelines and deliverables to successfully complete a wide range of incoming requests from internal teams, including procedures, approval processes, timelines/schedules, budgets and supervision of support staff and/or vendors. In addition, the associate art director will create, deliver and ensure a consistent identity and tone throughout Achievement First's visual communications. This position is responsible for conceptualizing, designing and producing communications materials such as print collateral, advertising, signage, environmental graphics and digital/interactive media. The person will report to the senior director, marketing & communications.
Responsibilities of the Associate Art Director include but are not limited to:
• Utilize desktop publishing for the development of internal and external print and digital projects, including the design and production of Achievement First advertising, signage and environmental graphics, newsletters, student and teacher recruitment material, fundraising statements such as the annual report, branded items for staff and events, online assets, and miscellaneous projects
• Act as the liaison with design, photography, printing and SWAG vendors
• Manage the public website and content management system, and implement (with outside developers) new online features
• Ensure that all visual communications pieces are consistent with Achievement First's brand and graphic standards
• Evaluate the current creative and production processes, recommend improvements and oversee implementation of new procedures
• Work with teams to ensure standards of excellence (i.e., quality, content, pricing)
• Schedule, traffic and prioritize all projects and requests into the team from point of inception through final delivery to ensure the creative concept is adhered to and schedules are met
• Prepare weekly and monthly rundowns to prioritize work; maintain a three-month map of upcoming short-term activities and an annual blueprint of recurring initiatives
• Review the accuracy and completeness of all requests before processing, and work with requestors to complete/correct information
• Provide weekly job status updates to the senior director and requestors, and disseminate timely and ongoing communications regarding all current and planned jobs
• Ensure that design, copy and routing dates are met and that final deliverables reflect the checkpoints approved by requestors
• Support the marketing and communications team, including dotted-line management responsibilities, on the tactical implementation of strategies
• Act as a marketing and communications subject-matter expert for all interactions with stakeholders
Secondary Responsibilities
• Act as a thought partner on the team's work (internally and with consultants) around diversity campaigns, student, teacher and school leader recruitment initiatives, AF expansion opportunities, school requests, and Network Support projects across 20 teams and 22 schools
Skills and Characteristics
• Superb experience in project and traffic management on a high-performing and fast-paced team with numerous "trains" that must run on time
• Demonstrated proficiency with Creative Suite, especially Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Strong typography skills
• High attention to detail and administration
• Pre-press and production skills a must
• Ability to manage vendors to receive high-quality, well-priced and on-time materials
• Mastery of the design process
• Familiarity with local vendors (print, mail, website, etc.) a plus
• Photography, interactive and illustration skills a plus
• Copy editing/writing and AP Style experience a plus
• Video production and website development a plus
• Must have strong time management skills and remain flexible in order to accommodate multiple projects simultaneously, many with tight deadlines
• Possess a positive and resourceful attitude toward solving problems
• Willingness to work independently and be a team player; strong relationship-building skills within a cross-functional team
• Belief in the Achievement First mission, core values and approach
• Maturity, humility, strong work ethic, sense of humor and "roll-up-my-sleeves" attitude
• Willing to work extended hours when required
Educational Background and Work Experience
• At least 4-6 years of graphic design, production and account/traffic management experience required. Successful team, project and people management must be demonstrated, as well as a highly sophisticated design skill set, approach and portfolio. Please provide evidence of design know-how and success in planning, organizing, scheduling and creating timelines.
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or related field a plus.
Salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience. Additionally, Achievement First offers a comprehensive benefits package.
Additional Information
Some weekend/evening work will be required and some travel between New Haven and Brooklyn will be requested.
To Apply
Submit a cover letter, resume, and three design work samples or a link to an online portfolio to the hyperlink below. To be considered, you must illustrate and explain in your cover letter an alignment to the Achievement First mission, core values and instructional approach.
Mel Ochoa c/o Cailin McDuff
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
Achievement First is an equal opportunity employer. People of color and individuals from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about diversity at Achievement First here: http://www.achievementfirst.org/about-us/diversity/.
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This research paper will explore the images of women presented specifically in the popular television reality crime program Cops. This topic will discuss the feminine traits and gender stereotypes associated with women. The show Cops is a documentary series that is broadcasted on FOX and features close up footages of police officers capturing criminals and patrolling criminal activities all over America. Through a close investigation of the series Cops, I conducted a study based on the different images of women featured as criminals and suspects, the various ways in which they were represented and whether these images change over the course of the series. Findings in The Construction of Gender in Reality Crime TV highlights the significance of my research topic on how "media disseminate gendered images" and that reality crime programs "effectively blur the boundaries between factual and fictional genres…and reproduce gender stereotypes" (Cavender et al. 643). Other scholars mention how the television impacts society by portraying different gender images and how they "impinge on our very definition of who we are" (Cavender et al. 644). My argument suggests that the television reality program Cops portray various recurring feminine stereotypes of women. Scholars such as Mach and Ott in Critical Media Studies: An Introduction define these feminine stereotypes according to passiveness, emotional, helplessness and beauty (182). These feminine traits function in disempowering the image of women and structuring the roles of women in Cops as criminals, suspects and in certain circumstances, as victims.
Context and Methods
To strengthen the research of my topic I conducted an in-depth qualitative observation of four different episodes from the "Bad Girls Special Edition" season because it specifically focuses on female criminals and the various crimes associated with women. To conduct a more detailed study of the images of women, I viewed five other episodes from seasons nineteen and twenty-four of the Cops series. When watching these episodes, I examined the show's treatment of women through the various footages in which they are portrayed as criminals. To conduct my research, I also observed the crimes related specifically to women and how they might be objectified as a victim in certain cases. In addition, I focused on the different traits of females such as physical appearance, sexuality, behavior and personality. When watching the episodes, I observed the ratio of female police officers relative to male officers to investigate the representation of women in the policing field. In order to further support my argument, I analyzed four peer-reviewed scholarly sources found in the database specific to the fields of rhetoric and communication studies called Communication & Mass Media Complete. I vetted these sources by specifically examining subject terms that correlate to my topic such as "gender and crime TV." In doing so, I was able to find articles specifically related to the reality crime TV program: Cops.
From analyzing the content of the four scholarly articles, I gained a relatively strong understanding on my topic about the images of women portrayed in Cops. I am able to identify the different traits defined as gender stereotypes pertaining to women in the scholarly journal Critical Media Studies: An Introduction, such as the stereotypes of femininity labeled as "powerlessness, insignificance, passiveness and limited control" (Mack, Ott 182). This article enabled me to identify the different categories of feminine stereotypes while watching the episodes, for instance, active and passive, logical and emotional pertaining to males and females respectively. The authors Cavender, Maupin and Jurik in The Construction of Gender in Reality Crime TV address the images of gender labeled specifically as "hegemonic masculinity" and defines "emphasized femininity" as "subordinate to and defined by hegemonic masculinity" (Cavender et al. 644). These findings will help contribute my topic in proving how women are underrepresented in the television show Cops and portrayed as subordinate to men. The scholars argue how the narratives portrayed in America's Most Wanted "offer an image of victims as worthy, sympathetic, innocent women" (Cavender et al. 656). These images of women as crime victims mentioned can also be applied to my topic about how some criminals, such as prostitutes are portrayed as crime victims. These traits can prove the argument that women are sympathized or helpless individuals. In Doyle's work "Cops": Television Policing as Policing Reality, he discusses about the voyeuristic element present in the episodes Cops. The author argues that "voyeurism is taking pleasure from viewing the private or forbidden…viewing may thus be experienced as an act of domination" (Doyle 101). This finding can serve as evidence for the sexual objectification of women as shown when most criminal women are dressed provocatively. In addition, scholars such as Cuklanz and Moorti contribute to my research when they insist that women in crime dramas are manipulative in "maliciously and willfully fabricating the false charge…and efforts to fool detectives" (121). From their findings, I learned that women criminals are in fact manipulative and can use their emotions to fool the police officers and create an innocent image. These findings from various scholars from these scholarly articles are useful in supporting my overall argument about the images of women in Cops.
"Girls" not "Women"
The vignettes featured in Cops are overt in portraying the chase of women criminals, as shown specifically in the "Bad Girls Special Edition" episodes. There is a certain way in which Cops label female criminals as "Bad Girls" instead of "Bad Women," which suggests a sense of disregard for the respect for women and their adulthood. The term "Girls" denotes a negative, demeaning outlook on young females because the criminals and suspects portrayed in Cops are grown women from teens to mid-twenties. Because they are labeled simply as "girls," it suggests a sense of immaturity and incapability of women. In addition, "bad girl" references to a term an adult would use when disciplining or scolding a child, likewise, it implies that the police act as the authoritative or adult figure and the female felons as the badly behaved child. Therefore, the title of the special edition episodes contributes to my argument of the negative portrayal in which Cops casts women.
The Helpless Victim
Although the women in Cops commit serious crimes of domestic violence, misdemeanors and felonies such as narcotic possession and prostitution, in most cases they are portrayed as the helpless victim. As Mack and Ott argue, "femininity and 'being a woman' are tied to passive acceptance and helplessness" (182). An example of this is shown mainly in cases with women criminals as prostitutes. In episode 11, "Bad Girls Special Edition #10" (season 19), the police officer pulls over a vehicle with illegal lighting and discovers a young eighteen-year-old prostitute who is being transported to a nearby hotel. Instead of resisting arrest, she willingly submits to the police officer's authority. Before sending her off to prison, the following male police officer engages in a conversation with the prostitute:
Male officer: You seem like a nice girl…so what is it that made you listen to this guy (pimp) and made you want to go out here and have sex for money?
Young woman: Because I got kicked out at 16 from my house and dropped out of school and had to make a living.
When the male police officer questions her about her pimp, she mentions
" I've gotten hit a couple times…and tazed with a tazer gun"
As featured in this scene, the male police officer empathizes with the prostitute's life story only to discover that she is caught in a helpless situation as she endures the abuse of her pimp in hopes to struggle for a living. Through this dialogue, viewers are able to identify with the "passive" gender stereotype that characterizes the young prostitute as "helpless" (Mack & Ott) because she is portrayed as a victim of abuse incapable of protecting herself from her pimp. Although the scene features a chance for the young woman to testify the story of her life, it portrays her as a sympathized woman instead. This is exemplified when the police officer sympathizes with the prostitute:
Male officer: You're 18, imagine ten years from now, you're going to end up dead, hurt. I hope I don't see you out there, I hope you get your act together, maybe get back with your family
Young woman: I don't like doing this. I mean I know to an extent it's by choice, but you get so far into it that you don't know how to get out of it.
Male officer: I generally feel bad for you, you have to find that inner willpower and strength to move on.
Although Cops incorporates women's voices in the following narratives, scholars Cavender, Maupin and Jurik insist, "the inclusion of women's voices and experiences, however, does not guarantee that resulting narratives will be empowering to women" (647). Firstly, it portrays women as the helpless victim as shown in the dialogue "you get so far into it that you don't know how to get out of it." She is portrayed as a trapped victim unable to escape the oppressive life of prostitution. Cops portray police officers empathy toward the prostitute's situation, when he mentions "I generally feel bad you." Furthermore, Cops portray police officers as heroes as shown when the male cop provides advice for the prostitute, "I hope you get your act together…you have to find that inner willpower and strength to move on." Because "viewers must rely heavily on the police interpretation of events," (Doyle 103) the focus tends to be on the police officer, thus portraying the male police officer as a merciful hero- one who fulfills a sense of civic obligation and duty in keeping young innocent women safe and off the streets.
Another example in which women are portrayed as helpless victims is shown in episode 2, "Chases and Stings" (season 24) featuring yet another eighteen-year-old teen who was involved with prostitution because she had no work background, no aspirations and was homeless. Similar to the previous teen mentioned in the first example, she was also reliant on her pimp to survive. According to the police officer, pimps are "looking for people just like that to exploit." As shown here, she is trapped in a helpless situation, making her an easy victim of exploitation. Once again, the police officer is portrayed as the authoritative figure, instructing the criminal:
"Is this what you want for the rest of your life?" you're not going to see an adult life you're gonna get beaten by a pimp, raped by a trick…this is probably the best thing that could happen to you tonight."
As shown in this dialogue, Cops portray prostitutes as potential rape and abuse victims instead of criminals. When the cop mentions "this is probably the best thing that could happen to you tonight," it implies that women are reliant on the police for protection and security, just as they are with their pimps. Therefore, it portrays the negative image of women criminals and suspects as "passive" and "helpless" (Mack & Ott).
The Emotional Manipulator
Cops categorize women as an emotional manipulator by dramatizing the emotions of women criminals and suspects in the vignettes. When these women are confronted, they are always in denial of being guilty of committing a crime. Similar to the way in which scholars Cuklanz and Moorti claim that women in the crime drama SVU are, "maliciously and willfully fabricating the false charge…and efforts to fool detectives," (121) it is also shown in the TV show Cops. An example of this is shown in episode 3 "Smooth Criminals" (season 24), which features a woman Dalia Dippolito who was charged for a deadly serious crime of contract killing. The episode features a candid camera secretly recording the conversation in which she hired a hitman (who is an undercover cop) to murder her husband. As part of the elaborate plan, the police informed Dippolito of her husband's murder, to which she proceeds to break down into tears and kept pleading "where is he, where is my husband!" As shown, Dippolito is portrayed as overemotional as well as deceptive when she pretends to act mournful over her husband's death, when in reality she is attempting to create an innocent image in front of the cops. When confronted with the hitman in the investigation room, she continues to lie and claim "I've never seen him before. I did not do anything wrong, please I don't know what's going on." As shown here, Dippolito is portrayed as a "malicious" (Cuklanz & Moorti) character who stubbornly denies her wrongdoings and fool the police officers, even though they have evidence that clearly portrays her as guilty. Even at the very end, she pleads with her husband to save her, and mentions how she did nothing wrong against him. Her evil intentions were clearly visible to the police and husband, however, she used her emotions as a defense mechanism to cover up her guilt and play the innocent victim.
Similarly, in episode 11, "Bad Girls Season #10" (season 19), a police officer pulls over a young teen who committed a felony and was caught for possession of marijuana and cocaine. When the cop asks her "what type of drugs are in the brown bag found in your car?" She nervously replies, "What is that. I wouldn't know I'm not a drug dealer." She also claimed that she was unaware of the people who left the drugs in her car. After countless denials and lies, she admits that there were more cocaine packs hiding in her pants. When her mother arrived, she was in tears, begging her mom that she was innocent. In both vignettes portrayed in Cops, the women criminals are characterized as "feminine" based on the emotionality they possess in different situations. Some scholars argue that "femininity is defined by irrational or emotional impulses as a result" (Mack & Ott 185). This is true because these women criminals are susceptible toward their emotions in how they rely on them to manipulate the police officers, however, in the end they fail to appear innocent and instead, appear weak and vulnerable.
In addition to being deceptive, Cops portrays a sexualized image of women criminals as shown in episode 26 "Pullovers #2" (season 19) when a male officer conducts a traffic stop because of the broken taillights of an attractive blonde girl dressed in a black bikini. Similar to the earlier case, she acts clueless about her suspended license and uninsured car and repeatedly mentions, "I'm not going to lie to you, I already renewed my license yesterday and all my insurance had been paid for." Furthermore, she convinces the police officer that she needs the car to have a surgery for "a boob job" (breast implantations). The feminine attributes of her sexual image is objectified when she mentions a private part of her body- her breasts, and it is highlighted through a provocative image of her semi-naked body. The author argues that "voyeurism is taking pleasure from viewing the private or forbidden…viewing may thus be experienced as an act of domination" (Doyle 101). This is exemplified by a close-up view in the way she is dressed. It portrays an explicit image of the convicted woman because she is portrayed as vulnerable because her body is open and "on display for the viewer" (Mack & Ott 182).
Underrepresented as cops
"Hegemonic masculinity" is defined as "the subordination of women, authority, aggression, and technical competence," likewise, the term "emphasized femininity" is defined as "subordinate to and defined by hegemonic masculinity" (Cavender et al. 644). Both terms are portrayed in the show Cops through the underrepresented role of women as police officers. From the episodes I watched, there were only a total of 5 female police officers featured, and the rest were male police officers. Whenever the female cops were featured, they were paired with a male police officer, thus emphasizing that women are subordinate and dependent on men. Also, the male cops were associated with more masculine roles that involved action in the crime enforcement field. According to Mack and Ott, "to be masculine is to be 'in charge…'" (186). Therefore, male police officers are commonly known as the dominant figure taking charge and instructing the women officers in the crime enforcement field. Cops also reflects a "patriarchy that empower men and disempower women by making constructed, gendered power imbalances seem natural and innate" (Mack & Ott 179). Along with the feminine stereotypes portrayed in women criminals and suspects, this social system reflected in Cops also work negatively in creating a harmful image of women.
As portrayed through my research as well as the work of other scholars, Cops addresses feminine stereotypes such as helplessness, passiveness, emotional and powerlessness defined by Mach and Ott in women portrayed as criminals, suspects, victims and even police officers. These negative images of women seem to recur throughout the different episodes and seasons of Cops. From this research of Cops, viewers will be alert in the selective and constructive ways in which Cops portrays women as vulnerable through the harmful gender stereotypes. As Mac & Ott emphasize, "gendered stereotypes of masculinity and femininity tend to structure the possible roles that men and women can fulfill in society" (187). For instance, Cops portrays unequal gender power within the crime enforcement field by limiting the roles of women as police officers. However as Doyle mentions this "hyperreality" is a blurring of mediated representations and the 'real' world itself" (96). Therefore, women need to understand that these stereotypes work to disempower the image and future of women through the biased representations portrayed in Cops. Since media becomes a representation of the world, individuals are largely influenced by the media and would widely accept different stereotypes without knowing its harm. Therefore, it is important to break down the stereotypes between gendered groups that would create conflict and social oppression.
Works Cited
Cavender, G., Maupin, L. B., & Jurik, N. C. 1999. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IN REALITY CRIME TV. Gender & Society, 13(5), 643-663.
Doyle, A. (1998). "Cops": Television Policing as Policing Reality (M. Fishman & G. Cavender, Eds.). In Entertaining Crime: Television Reality Programs (pp. 95-116). Hawthorne: Aldine De Gruyter.
Ott, B.L. & Mack, R.L. (2010). Critical Media Studies: An Introduction. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell
Cuklanz, L. M., & Moorti, S. (2006). Television's "New" Feminism: Prime-Time Representations of Women and Victimization. Critical Studies In Media Communication, 23(4), 302-32.
Cops (1989-present TV show)
Season 17 Episode 35 (Bad Girls Special Edition #4)
Season 19 Episode 11 (Bad Girls Special Edition #10)
Season 20 Episode 20 (Bad Girls Special Edition #11)
Season 21 Episode 24 (Bad Girls Special Edition #12)
Season 19 Episode 26 (Pullovers #2)
Season 24 Episode 1 (Arrests with a Twist)
Season 24 Episode 2 (Chases and Stings)
Season 24 Episode 3 (Smooth Criminals)
Season 24 Episode 17 (Caught in the Act #3)
Youtube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkNGq9ODGJo ("Video played at Dalia Dippolito trial")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEsg_Gf10s ("COPS TV Show, Bikini Car Stop, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department")


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Sadly, this is all too common. Malware is getting pretty nasty. At best, it may extort money from you for a real repair. At worst, it'll extort money from you and do nothing.
I'll save the "prevention is so much easier than the cure" missive for a moment. We just want this fixed.
There are things that we can try, but unfortunately, there are no guarantees.
The problem: When malware interferes
What you're seeing is the malware on your machine is actively looking for you to try to remove it and thwarting your attempts.
It's watching for downloads that "look like" anti-malware tools and web or other access that might be going to anti-malware sites. It's even monitoring what programs you run. When it sees you doing anything that could lead to its removal, it steps in and either redirects you to sites of its choosing or simply causes the operation to fail.
We'd love to download and run anti-malware tools, but we can't.
So, we have to get creative.
Run Windows Defender Offline
I've changed my original recommendation since this article was first written. Now, I recommend that you begin by downloading Windows Defender Offline.
Windows Defender Offline is an anti-malware tool – essentially a stand-alone version of Microsoft Security Essentials – that you download and burn to CD. You then boot from this to avoid any of the malware that is on your machine. That way, you can run the anti-malware tool directly.
It's important that you download Windows Defender Offline when you need it – which probably means using a different computer as the existing malware on your machine may prevent you from downloading it. That way, the tool is up-to-date. You should always run the latest version of Windows Defender Offline, so you're protected from the latest threats.
Let the tool perform a thorough scan of your machine. Hopefully, it will detect and remove the malware that's causing your problem.
If it doesn't detect and remove it, if you can't run Windows Defender Offline, or if you just want to keep scouring your machine with additional tools, we switch to other tactics.
Temporarily kill the malware
One possible solution to the blocking problem is to temporarily kill the malware that's running. This won't remove it, but it may allow you to download tools that will.
The folks at BeepingComputer.com have created a tool called RKill that does exactly that.1 You may need to download Rkill on another machine (because it may be blocked on the infected machine), but you can quickly copy it over to your machine using a USB drive or something else.
You may also need to rename rkill.exe to something else (like "notrkill.exe" or "leo.exe"). Once again, the malware may be paying attention to the name of every program being run and may prevent the software from running if it recognizes the name.
Run the program and do not reboot. Rebooting will "undo" the effect of having run Rkill. Any malware that Rkill killed will be back.
Download and run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is currently one of the most successful tools at identifying and removing the types of malware that we're talking about here. It's not really a replacement for anti-virus software (you'll find that they say that in their support forums), but in cases of infection, it has a pretty darn good track record.
Download the free version, install and run it, and then see what it turns up. (Once again, you may need to download the tool on another machine and copy the download over as you did with rkill.)
Try other tools
After running Rkill, you may (or may not) be able to run some of the other tools that the malware was blocking. You can try registry editing tools, the task manager, Process Explorer, or others.
You can also try your other anti-virus and anti-spyware tools. Either they will be able to download an update that catches this problem or you can download another tool that will.
But in general, my money's on Malwarebytes.
What if it doesn't work?
If none of that works, then things get complicated.
You may consider trying:
- Boot from another bootable antivirus rescue CD. There are several, including from anti-virus vendors like Avira, AVG and many others. If you have a favorite anti-malware vendor, check with them to see if they provide a bootable scanning solution. These are interesting because they boot from the CD, not your hard drive, like Windows Offline Defender. The malware doesn't have a chance to operate and block you. You can then run a scan of your hard disk and hopefully clean it off.
- Remove the hard disk and place it in or connect it to another machine. Hardware issues aside, this needs to be done with care to prevent the malware from spreading. Just like booting from that CD, however, this boots from the new machine's installation, not yours. You can then run anti-malware tools against your drive and hopefully clean it off.
Restore from backup
If you have a recent system backup, it's possible that restoring to that will take your machine back to a time before it was infected at all.
Regular backups are wonderful for this. This is yet another reason why I so often harp on backing up.
Be aware that it does have to be the correct type of backup: either a full system or image backup. Simply backing up your data will not be helpful in a scenario like this unless you are forced to take the final solution (see below).
And for the record, my opinion is that System Restore is pretty useless when it comes to bad malware infections like this (if it hasn't already been completely disabled by the malware). Give it a try if you like, but I don't have much hope for its success.
The final solution
That subtitle sounds dire, because it is.
As I've mentioned before, your machine is no longer yours once it's infected. You have no idea what's been done to it. And you also have no idea whether the cleaning steps that you took removed any or all of the malware that was on the machine.
Even if it looks clean, there's no way to prove that it is.
You know it was infected, but there's no way to know that it's not now.
Scary, eh?
The only way for you to know with absolute certainty that the malware is gone is to reformat your machine and reinstall everything from scratch.
Sadly, it's also quite often the most pragmatic approach to removing particularly stubborn malware. Sometimes, all of the machinations that we go through with trying to clean up from a malware infection end up taking more time than simply reformatting and reinstalling.
And reformatting and reinstalling is the only approach that's known to have a 100% success rate at malware removal.
If you don't have a backup of your data, then before you reformat, at least copy the data off somehow. Boot from a Linux Live CD or DVD if you must (Ubuntu's a good choice). That'll give you access to all of the files on your machine and allow you to copy them to a USB device or perhaps even upload them somewhere on the internet.
After things are cleared up and working again, take a few moments to consider how to prevent it from happening again or what you can do to make the next time easier:
- See if you can identify how the infection occurred and then, to the extent that you can, never do that again.
- Make sure that you have the most up-to-date security measures that it takes to stay safe on the internet.
- Consider investing in a backup solution of some sort. Nothing can save you from more different kinds of problems than a good, regular backup.
As I said at the beginning, prevention is much easier than the cure.


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National Travel & Tourism Week
It's National Travel & Tourism Week! See the special events our 13 Welcome Centers around the state are hosting for visitors.
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Tara Wildlife's annual Spring Birding Weekend offers excellent opportunities to view the spring migration of song birds and more in the Mississippi Flyway. The Spring Weekend activities combine both casual birding opportunities along with organized birding tours led by seasoned birders. Tara is adjacent to the Mississippi River, providing a beautiful landscape for bird watching. Evening social events and activities are included for overnight guests. Lodging is available onsite.
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: According to one of MediaTakeOut.com's faithful readers, Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas disrespected R&B singer Shanice.
Apparently, Fergie was performing in front of a star-studded crowd in the Bahamas when this happened:
During one of Fergie's numbers, the pop star proceeded to pass the mic around to different celebrities in the audience. Eventually, the singer approached Actor/Comedian Flex Alexander who was one of the players in the tournament and is one of the top 10 celebrity golfers.
Admitting that he is not the best of singers, Flex suggested that Fergie hand the mic to wifey, Pop/R&B sensation Shanice. WHAT'D HE DO THAT FOR, because all hell broke loose when.... Fergie obliged, much to her chagrin.
Shanice, although put on the spot and with her normal shyness, proceeded to give a modest sampling of what she can do with a mic, which garnered her a standing ovation from the star-studded audience.
Apparently [this upset] Fergie into a fit of rage to the point of snatching the mic out of the bashful diva's hand. Fergie then proceeded to take out a few dollars and stuff it down Shanice's bra, in a pathetic attempt to further discredit the lady.
Oh … no no no no NOOOO she didn't!!! If that meth smoking piece of trailer trash tried to snatch the mic out our hands … it would be on and CRACKIN!!!
Of course Shanice is more of a lady than the chicks here at MediaTakeOut.com. Cause Shanice just accepted the applause and sat back in her seat.


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Source: http://www.sing365.com
A Different Angle
Kari Rueslatten
I shut my mouth
and lift my head up high
Singing my time will come
Can you carry me home?
I close my eyes
I close everything in sight
'cause I don't want to see
Be good to me
Here we stand now
I have it all close to me
Here we go now
looking for a different angle
This is me
I am what you see
I am wild and strong
Where do I belong?
I close my eyes
I close everything in sight
I have no dignity, all my sense laugh at me
I go away


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|Article Authors:
|Junbao Yang; Eddie A James; Srinath Sanda; Carla Greenbaum; William W Kwok
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|CD4+ T cells recognize diverse epitopes within GAD65: implications for repertoire development and diabetes monitoring.
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|Type 1 diabetes is associated with T-cell responses to -cell antigens such as GAD65. Single T-cell epitopes have been investigated for immune monitoring with some success, but multiple epitopes may be required to fully characterize responses in all subjects. We used a systematic approach to examine the diversity of the GAD65-specific T-cell repertoire in subjects with DRB1*04:01 haplotypes. Using class II tetramers, we observed responses to 15 GAD65 epitopes, including five novel epitopes. The majority were confirmed to be processed and presented. Upon stimulation with peptides, GAD-specific responses were equally broad in subjects with diabetes and healthy controls in the presence or absence of CD25(+) T cells, suggesting that a susceptible HLA is sufficient to generate a potentially autoreactive repertoire. Without depleting CD25(+) cells, GAD(113-132) and GAD(265-284) responses were significantly stronger in subjects with diabetes. Although nearly every individual responded to at least one GAD65 epitope, most were seen in less than half of the subjects tested, suggesting that multiple epitopes are recommended for immune monitoring.
|Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, USA.
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|Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte;HLA-DR Antigens;Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit;Glutamate Decarboxylase;glutamate decarboxylase 2
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|Amino Acid Sequence; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes(immunology); Case-Control Studies; Cell Line; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1(genetics; immunology); Epitope Mapping; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte(chemistry; immunology); Glutamate Decarboxylase(chemistry; immunology); HLA-DR Antigens(immunology); Humans; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit(immunology; metabolism); Lymphocyte Depletion; Molecular Sequence Data
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Man faces charge of selling heroin
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A Jefferson City man is charged with selling heroin in the Capital City.
As of Monday afternoon, Wayne Bush, 21, of 2123 Lewis Drive, was being held on $250,000 bond in the Cole County Jail.
Authorities said between Feb. 1 and this past weekend, a confidential informant conducted a sale of suspected heroin from Bush that was recorded by audio and video recorders.
Bush is considered a persistent/prior drug offender since he was convicted of distribution of a controlled substance on Feb. 22, 2010.
He is currently on five years probation for distribution of a controlled substance and seven years for illegal possession of a firearm.
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Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Planning • Environment • Real Estate
The FHWA maintains links to other websites, reports, publications and media tools about environmental justice, community impact assessment, public involvement and transportation. This section will be a growing resource for access to such information
There are many websites and tools about environmental justice, community impact assessment, public involvement and transportation. They are organized on this site as follows:
EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
The Office of Federal Activities' website on the draft "Guidance for Incorporating Environmental Justice Issues in EPA's NEPA Compliance Analysis." This guidance is designed to assist EPA staff responsible for developing EPA compliance documentation as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and Environmental Assessments (EA), in addressing a specific concern -- environmental justice (EJ). It defines common EJ terms, illustrates the relevance of EJ issues in environmental analyses, heightens awareness of EPA staff in addressing EJ issues within NEPA analyses, presents methods for communication with the affected population throughout the NEPA process, and introduces EJ as a primary consideration to the NEPA process.
The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) is a federal advisory committee that was established by charter on September 30, 1993, to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to environmental justice. The NEJAC is made up of 25 members, and one Designated Federal Official (DFO), who serve on a parent council that has seven subcommittees. Along with the NEJAC members who fill subcommittee posts, an additional 39 individuals serve on the various subcommittees.
State of Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
This organization seeks to insure the availability of efficient, cost-effective, and quality transportation services for transportation disadvantaged persons.
African American Environmentalist Association is an environmental organization dedicated to protecting the environment, enhancing the human ecology, promoting the efficient use of nature resources and increasing African American participation in the environmental movement.
Center for Community Change (CCC)/ Rural Justice Center/ Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is especially interested in MPOs and geocoding, and other transportation equity issues. They are a national nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. with a thirty-year old track record in anti- poverty issues.
Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) develops resources to promote healthy, sustainable communities.
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO) is a program of the San Francisco Urban Institute, with funding provided by the EPA.
Colorlines Magazine is a national magazine on race, culture and action.
Community Transportation Association CTAA is a national, professional membership association of organizations and individuals committed to removing barriers to isolation and to improving mobility for all people. CTAA conducts research, provides technical assistance, offers educational programs and serves as an advocate in order to make coordinated community transportation available, affordable and accessible.
EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund is an environmental advocacy group.
Environmental Defense (EDF) is a national advocacy organization. Their Living Cities program promotes clean air, water and lands in the nation's population centers.
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest (ELPC) is a Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization working to achieve cleaner energy resources and implement sustainable energy strategies, promote innovative and efficient transportation and land use approaches that produce cleaner air and more jobs, and develop sound environmental management practices that conserve natural resources and improve the quality of life in our communities. One of ELPC's premises is that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an environmentalist organization dedicated to public education and preservation of the environment.
The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA) is a citywide network that links grass roots organizations low-income neighborhoods and communities of color (EJ communities) to advocate on behalf of EJ communities that are disproportionately and adversely affected by environmental and health impacts of public and private actions and policies.
Noise Issues, The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is a national nonprofit organization with extensive online noise related resources. The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse seeks to: 1) Raise awareness about noise pollution; 2) Create, collect, and distribute information and resources regarding noise pollution; 3) Strengthen laws and governmental efforts to control noise pollution; 4) Establish networks among environmental, professional, medical, governmental, and activist groups working on noise pollution issues
The Surface Transportation Transportation Policy Project advocates for transportation policy and investments to help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the economy, promote social equity, and make communities more livable.
Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC) is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to restructuring transportation policy, infrastructure and choices to promote environmental health and sustainability, economic efficiency and social equity in the 32-county metropolitan region from Trenton to Hartford. There are thirteen public interest organizations in the New York/ New Jersey/ Connecticut metropolitan region.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization working to develop innovative solutions to transportation problems.
The Center for Urban Transportation Studies (CUTS) at the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students who share a common interest in the various aspects of transportation. Among the issues studied at the center are urban mass transit, transportation management, land use, travel forecasting, alternative futures, technology transfer, private sector involvement in transportation, ride sharing, energy constraints on transport ion, port operation and planning, railroad operations, environmental impacts, community impacts, and transportation planning.
Environmental Justice Clinic is a public interest, environmental project to lend the expertise of the Civil Rights and Environmental Movement to disenfranchised minority and low-income communities in Texas and neighboring states.
Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC) at Clark Atlanta University serves as a research, policy, and information clearinghouse on issues related to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban sprawl, and Smart Growth.
The Institute on Race and Poverty (IRP) is a strategic research center located at the University of Minnesota Law School. It is a national organization that directly addresses the underlying causes of the problems created at the intersection of racial injustice and poverty.
Working Group on Environmental Justice This Harvard University interdisciplinary working group holds regular faculty meetings, workshops and maintains an Internet site of relevant studies and resource information.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks is known as "the mother of the civil rights movement." On December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her seat for a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Parks was arrested for her defiance. After she challenged the local segregation ordinance and lost, Parks and others organized the Montgomery bus boycott: "For a little more than a year, we stayed off those busses. We did not return to using public transportation until the Supreme Court said there shouldn't be racial segregation." Parks and others lost their jobs, and she was harassed and threatened. The boycott raised an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence and resulted in the US Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses. Follow these links to learn more about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott.
Freedom Rides: In the Spring of 1961, bus loads of people waged a cross-country campaign to try to end the segregation of bus terminals. The nonviolent protest, however, was brutally received at many stops along the way. The US Supreme Court had already ruled that desegregation of interstate travel was unconstitutional. However, most of the southern interstate bus stations and transportation were segregated. Follow these links to learn more about the freedom rides.
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott: Baton Rouge was the site for the first successful bus boycott in the 1950s. This boycott became a blueprint for the more publicized boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, and set the stage for desegregation in the Deep South. Follow this link to learn more about the Baton Rouge Bus boycott.
Commuter Connection: Commuter program in Washington, DC metro area.
Acerca de Commuter Connection
An Annotated Bibliography for Community Impacts and Environmental Justice has been prepared and is periodically updated to reflect current applied and academic research as well as available publications. Follow this link to download the current version of the Annotated Bibliography for Community Impacts and Environmental Justice.
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Spray 'n Pray is a perk in Fallout: New Vegas.
Spray 'n Pray reduces the damage you do to your companions by 75% (in other words, you only do a quarter of your normal damage to allies). It is primarily useful for rapid fire weapons used outside of the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (low critical hit chance weapons with a large area of effect, spread or high rate of fire) and Explosives.
It is similarly effective at protecting companions from Meltdown and Heavy Handed automatic attack weapons such as the thermic lance and chainsaw, though on the latter two weapons it does not prevent them from being knocked around by Super Slam!.
Behind the scenes
- Spraying and praying is a term used to describe someone firing an automatic weapon at an opponent in long bursts with little to no regard for accuracy.


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Windows may have its own mobile based operating system, but do you know that Google which has its own Android system for mobiles in the form of Android also owns the Google Maps. Now, you may ask that can we use the Google Maps which is of Google on Windows Phone 7? The answer is yes you can use the Google Maps on your Windows Phone 7.
Similar Videos : Share Web Pages on IE, Delete IE Cookies on Windows Phone 7, Delete Images and Videos on Windows Phone 7 & Enable or Disable WiFi on Windows Phone 7 Devices.
So, in the due course of this article let's see on how one can use the Google Maps on their Windows Phone 7. No jargons or a tough job, all you need to do is to just follow the instructions which are mentioned below in the form of a simple to understand tutorial. Since many of the users might have migrated from the low end phones or for all those who wanted to know on how to use gMaps on WP7, the tutorial below will be perfect one.
Procedure to use Google Maps on Windows Phone 7:
- From the home screen of your Windows Phone 7, you first need to swipe the screen to the left hand side so that you can get into the applications as well as the various settings which are there on your Windows Phone 7.
- Once you are into it, you just need to find an option called "gmaps" after which just tap on the same to open the Google Maps application.
- As soon as you open the application of the gmaps, you will see that the maps database will be loading and depending upon the internet connection the maps will be loading in quite a while.
- After sometime, you will have to go to the lower end of the screen and need to tap on the first option after which the current location of you will be rendered and then your current location will be shown on the screen.
- Now, when your actual location is shown, now you may want to search for a place to where you wish to travel. Just enter the location where you wish to go after which just tap on the "Go" option. It will search for the location for quite a while as the data will be rendered depending upon the Internet Speed.
So, now in this way you can search for the locations on the Google Maps, after searching if you wish to calculate the distance to that place then tap on the car option to calculate the distance and then you can plan your travel accordingly. For your convenience, we have also demonstrated the same in the Video which you can find below.


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2013 TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k Results
Thursday, November 28, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM (EST)
Photo Credit: Mykal McEldowney / Greenville News Staff
2013 Results
5th Annual TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Presented by
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Events and Start Times
Start/Finish Line
Course Maps
Cash Purse
The Top 3 Female and Top 3 Male finishers will receive cash awards: 1st Place $100; 2nd Place $75; 3rd Place $50.
Top 1st, 2nd, 3rd finishers - will be given their cash awards upon finishing.
Age Division Awards
Top 3 for both Males and Females 8k run will receive an award: 11-14; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70+.
Awards Ceremony
New this year: we will not have an awards ceremony because many of you need to race home to get a Turkey in the oven.
Age Division Awards can be picked up race day near the start/finish line from about 8:45am - 10:30am. We will print a set of results around 8:45am and then shortly after 9am.
Age Division Awards will be posted here as soon they become available. Awards can be picked up FRIDAY 11/29 at Fleet Feet Sports on August Street, Greenville, SC. They will be there when the store opens Friday 11/29/2013 at 10am. (Fleet Feet is located at 1708 Augusta St., Greenville, SC 29605).
The Age Division Awards are 16 oz glasses with black print.
Packet Pick-Up and Race Registration
On-line Registration / Packet Pick-Up Registration / Race Day Registration
8k Run Early Bird - $24 (ends 8/31 11:59 pm EST)
8k Run Fall - $28 (ends 10/31 11:59 pm EST)
8k Run Late - $32 (online registration ends 11/25 11:30 pm EST)
8k Packet Pick-Up and Race Day - $35 (11/26 and 11/27; and 11/28))
2 Mile Walk Early Bird - $22 (ends 8/31 11:59 pm EST)
2 Mile Walk Fall - $26 (ends 10/31 11:59 pm EST)
2 Mile Walk Late - $28 (online registration ends 11/25 11:30 pm EST)
2 Mile Walk Packet Pick-Up and Race Day - $30 (11/26 and 11/27; and 11/28)
The Race Shirt
YOUTH SHIRTS, KIDS SMALL, and 5T ARE SOLD OUT.
This year's race shirt will be a long sleeve performance shirt.
Tot Trot Shirts: If you register for the 1/4 mile tot trot + shirt ($10), this year's shirts will be Toddler Sized t-shirts.
Parking and Road Closures
Parking is at large.
There are City Parking Garages very close to the start/finish line (i.e, 316 S. Spring Street, 25 W. McBee Ave., and 101 W. Washington).
FREE PARKING in all City of Greenville Parking Garages and Lots on Thanksgiving Day.
Road Closures: Begin at 6:45am.
E.McBee Ave will close at 6:45am so we can set up the Start and Finish Line.
You can register on this page to volunteer. We need volunteers for race day and packet pick-up. Shifts are available.
All volunteers will recieve a long sleeve technical shirt.
We need over 50 volunteers to make this year's event safe, enjoyable, and successful. Thank you in advance for volunteering. We appreciate your time and help.
Will there be race day registration and race day packet pick-up.
Do you need volunteers?
Yes. You can register on this page to volunteer. Please feel free to email us with any questions, firstname.lastname@example.com
Can I volunteer the morning of the race and also run?
Absolutely! Please make sure we know you are running so we assign you appropriately. Email us at email@example.com. Thanks!
How can I become a Corporate Sponsor?
Please contact Joelle Teachey at 864-313-0765 or email@example.com for information about sponsorship levels and benefits.
Will there be water stations on the course?
Yes. There will be two water stations.
Can I walk the 8k?
The 8k course will only be closed for 1 hour. If you plan on walking, please register for the 2 mile walk.
*The 2 mile walk goes over the Liberty Bridge!!! (The 8k course does not).
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
Parking is at-large in the downtown Greenville area. The start/finish line is on East McBee about half way in between Spring Street and the Church Street bridge.
What can/can't I bring to the event?
Dogs are not allowed. An ipod or equivalent is at your own risk; please be mindful of your volume and others though. The only thing with wheels that are allowed are baby joggers and wheel chairs. Wheel chairs will start with the Baby Joggers at 8:05am. There will not be a bag check.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Yes. You can change the attendee information directly through eventbrite. If you have a problem making that update, email us: email@example.com
Can I update my registration information?
Yes. You can change the attendee information directly through eventbrite. If you have a problem making that update, email us: firstname.lastname@example.com
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No. If you received a confirmation email after registering, you are registered. All attendees will be listed on our master attendee list at packet pick-up. If you can't remember if you registered already, email us: firstname.lastname@example.com
What is the refund policy?
The event is rain or shine. Registrations can be transferred. It may not be possible to change the shirt size though.
The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?
It is important that we have all 8k registrants: names, sex, and age groups correct. If you think there may be a discrepency, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
2012 8k Race Results
TreesGreenville is membership based 501 c 3 founded in 2005. Our mission is to plant, promote, and protect trees in Greenville County. TreesGreenville volunteers have helped plant over 4000 trees and logged over 9000 hours.
TreesGreenville plantings are funded by grants, memberships, donations, honorariums & memorials, the Turkey Day 8k, and our Annual ReLeaf Party.
Our donors, volunteers, events, and Corporate Partners will help us plant 300-500 trees each year throughout Greenville County.
Where do we plant? Parks, schools, and neighborhoods throughout Greenville County.
What do we plant? The majority of the trees we plant are 15 gallon trees. They are urban hardy and mostly native species.
When do we plant? We plant most Saturday mornings October - March. Each planting begins with a workshop to teach volunteers how to properly root prune, plant, mulch, and water. Our plantings are family friendly. Our volunteer schedule is on our website, www.treesgreenville.org.
What are our favorite trees? Trees that will live 100 years or more and benefit generations yet to come. We call them Legacy Trees: i.e., Oaks, Maples, Elm, Hickory, Tulip Poplar, Black Tupelo, Magnolia.
How do I properly plant and mulch a tree? Thank you for asking! You can learn more here.
How can I help? Become a member. Volunteer. Make a donation. Plant and care for trees in your own yard.
In order to purchase these tickets in installments, you'll need an Eventbrite account. Log in or sign up for a free account to continue.


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"Oh look, there goes a pedal and pop."
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According to a study released this week by SRI International and EDC, an overwhelming majority of grade 6-12 teachers and students in the Henrico County, Virginia public school district have benefited from the use of laptop computers. The Henrico County program has provided 25,000 laptops to students and teachers and is the largest single district "one-to-one computing" initiative in the United States.
In one survey conducted as part of the study, 97% of mathematics and science teachers reported that the computers have helped students to learn these challenging subjects, and 59% report that the laptops have helped "a lot" or "a great deal." Also among the study findings:
- Teachers report that the laptops have had "positive" or "very positive" impacts on both gifted students and students with learning disabilities as well as on typical students
- More than 80% of students reported that it is "helpful" or "very helpful" to have a computer to use for their schoolwork.
- Teachers report that the computers have had "positive" or "very positive" impacts on students' engagement and interest levels, the teachers' interactions with students, and on students' ability to work independently.
"The survey results and site visits we conducted in Henrico County provide strong evidence that the initiative is working to strengthen teaching and learning of mathematics and science in the district," said Raymond McGhee, Ph.D., the research scientist at SRI International who directs the study, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.
As part of the study, researchers interviewed and conducted focus groups with more than 100 students, teachers, parents, and administrators. According to one teacher, "The benefits to students are amazing. The fact that they can see animations on the laptops and see things happening just makes it so much better than a two-dimensional model."
One school principal expressed that the laptops were especially beneficial for at-risk students. About 25% of the 43,000 students in the district, located near Richmond, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a common measure of student poverty, including far higher proportions at some schools. A separate survey conducted for Henrico County by FGI Research reinforced the SRI-EDC findings, showing for example, that the great majority of teachers, parents, and students support the Henrico County initiative, with 86% of thousands of respondents wanting the County's high school laptop initiative to continue.
District support has been particularly strong. In fact, teachers report strong support by the district for maintaining the computers and related equipment, including the wireless Internet network in each middle and high school. The district also offers extensive professional development to help teachers integrate laptops into instruction. For example, more than 75% of the mathematics and science teacher respondents report taking a technology workshop during the academic year, while 64% report taking a summer workshop. The district also licenses software and Internet resources useful for teaching and learning in various subjects.
"The study shows that Henrico County has provided teachers and students with the supports they need to make the laptop initiative work," said Andy Zucker, Ed.D., of EDC, who co-directs the NSF grant. "The very positive findings from research in Henrico County, and from related research in Maine, where every 7th and 8th grade student and teacher has a laptop, show that one-to-one computing is feasible on a large scale, and that teachers, students, and parents recognize its value," said Zucker.
Results from the study were presented at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) on June 23, 2004.
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Randy Altschuler is a 'Young Gun' — Again
Thu, May 10, 2012
The Altschuler campaign reports that businessman Randy Altschuler, GOP and Conservative candidate for New York's 1st congressional district, was 1 of only 12 Republican candidates in the entire country to achieve full-fledged "Young Gun" status from the National Republican Congressional Committee. Altschuler, who lost to the incumbent, Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop in 2010 by less than 100 votes, was advanced by the National GOP Committee the 'Young Gun' status in 2010 as well. (See here.) According to the NRCC website, 62 out of 92 Young Guns won in 2010.
The Young Guns Program was created by Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the 2007-2008 cycle as a Member driven organization of House Republicans dedicated to electing open seat and challenger candidates nationwide. In the 2009-2010 cycle, the NRCC adopted the Young Guns program under the leadership of Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX).
Young Guns served as the model for both Member participation and support for Republican candidates, as well as a training program designed to assist candidates in developing aggressive campaigns. By Election Day, Young Gun Members raised $10.6 million for Young Gun candidates nationwide.
Read the NRCC press release below:
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2012
Contact: Press Office (202) 479-7070
Randy Altschuler Achieves 'Young Gun' Status
"Randy Altschuler has met a series of rigorous goals that will put him in position to win on Election Day," said NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX). "The momentum behind his campaign is proof-positive that New York families are fed up with President Obama and Tim Bishop's policies that continue to spend too much, tax too much and borrow too much at the expense of hard-working families. Randy Altschuler is leading the pack as Republicans continue to send a loud and clear message that we will hold Democrats accountable for their unpopular partisan agenda."
The 'Young Guns' program encourages candidates who have proven their ability to meet crucial campaign benchmarks to develop their campaigns further in order to achieve victory on Election Day. In achieving 'Young Gun' status, Randy Altschuler has met organizational and fundraising benchmarks and has established himself as a strong contender. Altschuler has reached the fourth and final step by establishing a clear path to victory through his ability to build a formidable campaign structure and achieve important goals and benchmarks.
The grandson of Polish immigrants, who was raised by a single mom, Randy Altschuler came from humble beginnings to achieve the American Dream. A successful entrepreneur, community leader and dedicated family, Randy is currently the Executive Chairman of CloudBlue, a company he co-founded, that now has sixteen facilities across the country and has created over 300 American jobs.
Tags: NRCC, Randy Altschuler, Suffolk GOP, Young Guns


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State by state: Implementation of Obama health law
Posted at: 03/22/2013 6:09 AM
By The Associated Press
|Print Story
|A look at how states are putting in place President Barack Obama's health care law, including health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid coverage, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:
|Alabama Federal exchange Not expanding 696,000
|Alaska Federal exchange Not expanding 128,000
|Arizona Federal exchange Plans expansion 1,306,000
|Arkansas Federal-state partnership Decision pending-x 545,000
|California State exchange Plans expansion 7,471,000
|Colorado State exchange Plans expansion 817,000
|Connecticut State exchange Plans expansion 391,000
|Delaware Federal-state partnership Plans expansion 115,000
|District of Columbia State exchange Plans expansion 65,000
|Florida Federal exchange Decision pending-x 3,952,000
|Georgia Federal exchange Not expanding 1,992,000
|Hawaii State exchange Plans expansion 102,000
|Idaho State exchange Decision pending 239,000
|Illinois Federal-state partnership Plans expansion 1,795,000
|Indiana Federal exchange Decision pending 856,000
|Iowa Federal-state partnership Decision pending 292,000
|Kansas Federal exchange Decision pending 361,000
|Kentucky State exchange Decision pending 727,000
|Louisiana Federal exchange Not expanding 811,000
|Maine Federal exchange Decision pending 146,000
|Maryland State exchange Plans expansion 734,000
|Massachusetts State exchange Plans expansion 215,000
|Michigan Status unclear Plans expansion 1,336,000
|Minnesota State exchange Plans expansion 453,000
|Mississippi Federal exchange Not expanding 530,000
|Missouri Federal exchange Decision pending-x 780,000
|Montana Federal exchange Decision pending-x 179,000
|Nebraska Federal exchange Decision pending 226,000
|Nevada State exchange Plans expansion 555,000
|New Hampshire Federal-state partnership Plans expansion 136,000
|New Jersey Federal exchange Plans expansion 1,334,000
|New Mexico State exchange Plans expansion 506,000
|New York State exchange Plans expansion 2,780,000
|North Carolina Federal exchange Not expanding 1,583,000
|North Dakota Federal exchange Decision pending-x 74,000
|Ohio Federal exchange-xx Plans expansion 1,578,000
|Oklahoma Federal exchange Not expanding 597,000
|Oregon State exchange Plans expansion 678,000
|Pennsylvania Federal exchange Not expanding 1,319,000
|Rhode Island State exchange Plans expansion 122,000
|South Carolina Federal exchange Not expanding 754,000
|South Dakota Federal exchange Not expanding 108,000
|Tennessee Federal exchange Decision pending 982,000
|Texas Federal exchange Not expanding 6,654,000
|Utah Status unclear Decision pending 424,000
|Vermont State exchange Plans expansion 61,000
|Virginia Federal exchange-xx Decision pending 1,023,000
|Washington State exchange Plans expansion 812,000
|West Virginia Federal-state partnership Decision pending 266,000
|Wisconsin Federal exchange Not expanding 562,000
|Wyoming Federal exchange Not expanding 84,000
|x-governor supports Medicaid expansion
|legislature must approve
|xx-state will oversee exchange insurance plans under federal law
|Sources: Associated Press Research, U.S. Health and Human Services Department and the Urban Institute.
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(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Who:Female and male ski racers aged 18 (as of December 31, 2014) to 85 and over.
What: The Alpine Canada Masters' programme is a recreational programme that allows adult skiers to develop their technical skills and maintain a healthy lifestyle while competing with skiers from across the country and internationally. Whether you are a former competitor or a new racer, the Masters' programme is a fun way to enhance your skills on the slopes and be an example of the sport for life philosophy.
Get involved: Find a club near you to join a Masters programme and become an Alpine Canada member. You can also contact your Masters' regional representative for help.
Types of membership: Please note: provincial fees vary by province.
Masters Weekend Pass: Masters' weekend passes are for racers (over the age of 18) competing in Masters' events. Weekend cards can be purchased through your Provincial Ski Association (PSO) or club and are valid for one event or one weekend series. Weekend passes are also valid for training with an Alpine Canada sanctioned club.
Masters National card: A Masters' national card can be purchased through your PSO or club and allows members to compete in Alpine Canada sanctioned Masters events across Canada (racers must be 18 years of age of older). Racers with an Alpine Canada national Masters' card may participate in the entire schedule of sanctioned Masters' racers. They are listed on the national database newsletter archives in a fall newsletter each year. National Masters' card holders will receive Masters world cup points and are eligible for nomination to the Canadian Masters Alpine Team. National Masters' cards are also valid for training with an Alpine Canada sanctioned club.
Masters FIS card: To participate in international FIS Masters' events in Canada, the USA, and other countries, racers require a current FIS Masters competitor card. FIS cards are acquired by Alpine Canada through your PSO or club, and are available for members over the age of 30. Members must already hold a current National Masters card to be eligible for a Masters FIS card.
FIS Masters' equipment rules: Please note, FIS Masters' ski length recommendations do not apply to the Canadian Masters' events. FIS Masters' equipment rules.
International racers: All non-Canadian racers who wish to enter an Alpine Canada sanctioned race must have their entries submitted by their national ski association (NSO) to Ashlie Avoledo firstname.lastname@example.com
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2014–15 Alpine Canada Masters' team
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Past Alpine Canada Masters' teams
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Squeenix Announces Developer for Final Fantasy Theatrhythm
Remember Final Fantasy Theatrhythm? Of course you do; how could you forget something like that?
Well, Square Enix has given the 3DS rhythm game a website, and so now we know whose developing it. The devloper: indieszero, who previously did Electroplankton.
In other news, the website also teaches us that Theatrythm will cover all the main FF titles, from I through XIII. So you'll get a chance to musically revisit every painful moment in the series. And the good ones, too, I mean. You know.


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by Aspiring Investments Corp
Developer Notes
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In addition to the professional actuarial exams, actuaries must complete approved coursework in applied statistical methods, corporate finance, and economics. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire offers courses which meet these requirements, listed below:
- Applied statistical methods: Econ 316 - Econometrics
- Corporate finance: Fin 320 and Fin 327 - Principles of Finance and Long Term Financial Management
- Economics: Econ 103 or 303, and Econ 104 or 304 - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
To receive VEE credit, the student must earn a B- or better in the course. Prerequisites for these courses may be found in the current course catalogue. Please visit the Registrar's Catalog Index for current and past catalogues.


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6 Miniature Sgnd Egyptian Etchings Jan/Mel Fleck
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6 Miniature Signed Egyptian Etchings Jan / Mel Fleck
Six (6) Miniature Signed Egyptian Etchings Jan / Mel Fleck 6" tall x 4 7/8" wide each- They are sealed in plastic with a slightly larger piece of foam core board. (except for the Lion – his plastic is taped) The embossed center measures 3" tall x 2 5/8" wide, & the beautiful painted etching is only one inch square! Click on the pictures to get a better look at the artwork. 1. The Lion 2. The Snake 3. Two Flowering Reeds 4. The Owl 5. The Mouth 6. The Flowering Reed Each of these little pieces has a variety of textures and surface heights that accentuate the beauty of the central figure. Snippets from the Fleck Presentation Info Sheets: "All our etchings are original compositions; none are copies of ancient paintings or tomb drawings. The cumulative knowledge gained from over twenty years of travel and study allows us to present original scenes in a historically-accurate yet completely new way. By learning how the Egyptians and other cultures used color, design and dimension, we have developed guidelines for converting our own ideas into correct representations of ancient beliefs, ways of life and aspirations… The initial design of all our images is a collaborative effort. Upon completion of the design, Jan etches the images onto a zinc plate using nitric acid. Mel hand rubs & pulls each image from the plate. Finally, either Jan or Mel hand-colors the etching using acrylic washes… Our artwork reflects who we are and what we believe. When our images appeal to another person, it provides the basis for a genuine connection between us. Because we want that connection to be worthwhile, we attempt to make our artwork both visually attractive and symbolically meaningful… " We are selling all six of these pieces together – Couldn't see breaking up the group.
As of now, eBay only accepts Electronic Payments, which means we have no choice - Paypal is IT.Uninsured items are shipped ENTIRELY at buyer's risk, with no refund on lost or damaged items in transit. We use a third party insurer, so closing value + full S&H are covered! Shipping & Handling fee is not negotiable & visible on this page before you bid/buy. When you bid or buy, you are agreeing to pay the amount on the eBay Shipping Calculator . We add a very small handling fee to the very large shipping costs & fees. Giving us less than a 5 on our DSRs for shipping is unfair - the money goes to the USPS plus shipping expenses. * Shipping Discount * We combine S/H charges for auctions won within a 7 day period & paid with ONE Paypal payment. Single Item with highest S/H is charged at 100%, the rest will be charged at additional 50% of their individual item shipping cost. Buyer must inform us of additional items being bid on during the 7 day period. International Buyers – Please Note this eBay Statement : · Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. · Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. · These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up – do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. · We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as "gifts" - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior.
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In this edition of "Mosher's Mailbag," I answer a question about the safety position.
Q. "Looks like Malcolm Jenkins and Earl Wolff [are] really developing chemistry. How does the safety position look? Improving?"
- Sean Mondelo
A. Safety is still somewhat of a question mark for the Eagles, but only because it's not a position where the team has an abundance of playmakers. These days, with such a heavy emphasis league-wide on the passing game, teams are spending big or using high draft picks to get top-flight safeties.
Right now, the Eagles are solid at safety and deeper there than they've been in years. All the coaches and players seem very impressed with Malcolm Jenkins and the intangibles he brings. Earl Wolff mentioned that his morning film sessions with Jenkins have already helped him see the game from an entirely new level. Nate Allen played all 16 games last year for the first time in his career and he played very steadily, really rescuing his career after two years of major regression.
Jenkins and Allen will start and Wolff will again work his way into the mix with a chance to crack the starting lineup if he plays really well. Rookie sixth-rounder Ed Reynolds and Chris Maragos probably aren't going to see the field outside of special teams, but Reynolds has some upside and will get groomed for a future role.
None of these guys are going to make the Pro Bowl, challenge for the league lead in interceptions or conjure images of Brian Dawkins, but overall, the Eagles are still more stable and more balanced in the back end than they were last year.
For starters, Jenkins is the anti-Patrick Chung. Chung overran plays, got suckered by play action and had poor tackling fundamentals. Jenkins comes with a reputation for being smart and instinctive, if not overly athletic, and nothing I've seen in the spring camps or heard from his new teammates was contrary to that reputation.
Allen was once a big-time prospect and maybe in year two of Billy Davis' scheme he's even more comfortable, which could enable him to take another step in his development. If not, Wolff is ready to take over. He's still learning his way in coverage, but played well when healthy last year and gives the Eagles a solid No. 3 option at a position where they've struggled for the past five years just to find to two starters.
Howie Roseman has talked often about the difficulty in finding the next Brian Dawkins. He still hasn't found one, but the Eagles should be much more disciplined and less sporadic this year at safety. It's a start.
Send questions for the next Mosher's Mailbag to firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter (@GeoffMosherCSN).