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The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense industry program managers in today's dynamic environment, providing the latest information related to:
Taught by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) professors and other guest speakers, the course uses the same acquisition policy information provided to DoD students who attend DAU courses for formal acquisition certification.
Target Audience: Industry program managers, assistant program managers, systems engineers, industry personnel serving on DoD Integrated Product Teams, and other personnel that must interface with DoD program offices involved in program development and execution. The result of successful completion of this course is a comprehensive understanding of the environment and driving forces affecting program managers which will significantly increase awareness and effectiveness in dealing with programmatic issues. The course is also open to a limited number of government mid- to upper-level managers, who are certified Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) level III in an acquisition functional career field, tuition free.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Will you be rooting for Tiger Woods to win
the Masters?
Or, like many I believe, will you be rooting for anybody but Tiger to win at
As polarizing as the guy is - and since LeBron James has become a good guy and
fan favorite again and Ray Lewis retired - Tiger's probably the most polarizing
athlete going without question. Heck, I don't even know who might be second.
But you have to give him a ton of credit because so many "experts" wrote him
off as being finished and anointed a bunch of others - Rory McIlroy, Dustin
Johnson, Luke Donald - to take his place atop the golf world.
None of them did for long and Tiger has worked his way back to No. 1, dusting
off the rest of the field like he's done seemingly forever.
But can he do it again on the game's biggest stage? Can he amp it up and be the
old Tiger for four pressure-packed rounds?
Let's take a quick look at what has happened since he last put on the green
jacket on a Sunday evening in April.
The last time he won at Augusta was in 2005 at age 29.
That was way before any of his injuries and way before he got busted for his
And long before he creamed that fire hydrant at the bottom of his driveway
which helped alert the world what was going on after he left the golf course.
Then he got divorced. Now he's apparently hooked up with skier Lindsey Vonn.
The Masters victory in '05 was his ninth major win. He added five more after
that, the last coming at the U.S. Open in 2008 when he beat Rocco Mediate in a
playoff while limping on a bad knee.
He's still four short of tying Jack Nicklaus for the most majors won, and he'll
be 38 in December.
But he's still the guy the odds makers think will tame Augusta yet again. And
it's hard to bet against him.
When you consider there are only two golfers under age 40 who have won more
than one major (Tiger with 14 and McIlroy with two), it's even easier to think
he'll do it.
The fans at Augusta - oops, I meant the patrons - will be pulling for Phil
Mickelson, and CBS will be praying (yet again) for a Tiger and Phil final
pairing on Sunday. But if Phil falters along the way, who else is going to give
Tiger the biggest challenge?
Not long ago, we would have said McIlroy. But since he took over as No. 1, all
he's done is crumble. Yes, Nike paid him zillions (like they do Tiger) to
become the new face of golf, but one wonders if those folks at Nike
headquarters in Oregon aren't now a bit worried about that investment. Yes,
yes, he made a nice run last Sunday at the Valero Open, but that was the Valero
And what of defending champ Bubba Watson? We haven't heard much from him since
he hit that wild approach in the playoff to beat Louis Oosthuizen.
Lee Westwood? How long have we heard how he'll break out and win multiple
majors and become a dominant force?
A long time is how long and he's still trying to win his first.
Luke Donald? See Lee Westwood.
Maybe Justin Rose. Actually, I think with the way Rose is playing, he could
hang around for a while and be a threat.
Matt Kuchar might be a guy who could be dangerous. The galleries at Augusta
love him dating back to when he was the low amateur at the Masters in 1998 and
couldn't stop smiling. He's consistent and doesn't rattle easily. The pines
would reverberate with roars of "Kooch" if he makes a run and that would be fun
to see.
Brandt Snedeker could really use a major win. The guy is darn good, like Bill
Haas, but needs to get over the hump. Both of these guys also could be in the
But that's about it. The field for the Masters isn't as large as it is for the
other majors and there are only a handful of guys who could win it.
Heck, if I were a betting man, I'd go with Tiger, too.
Drew Markol has been a sportswriter and columnist for several Philadelphia-area
newspapers for over 25 years.
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Video: Mississippi readies for Isaac to hit
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Video: Hurricane Isaac lands in Louisiana
Video: New Orleans Mayor: Isaac is 'most dangerous' now
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By Alan Gomez, William M. Welch and Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY
KENTWOOD, La. - As the long, wet slog that was Hurricane Isaac slouched off into Arkansas, weary residents of Louisiana and Mississippi confronted the muddy, powerless - and dangerous - mess left behind.
Nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the states, leaving the ground too soaked to absorb the overflowing rivers and pushing dams and levees outside New Orleans to the brink. As the water swallowed cars, houses and roads, helicopters and boats swept in to pluck families and pets from rooftops.
At least four deaths were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi. The latest two victims, a man and a woman, were discovered late Thursday in a home in the hard-hit town of Braithwaite, south of New Orleans. Their names were not immediately released.
National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said the storm surge and unrelenting rain will pose "significant and ongoing" hazards.
"For some folks in Arkansas, the event is just beginning," he said. "Flooding is a risk over widespread areas."
Isaac, downgraded Thursday to a tropical depression, will move over Arkansas today and southern Missouri tonight and Saturday, before moving into Illinois on Sunday.
The storm knocked out power to almost a million households and businesses in Louisiana and 150,000 in Mississippi. Airline, rail and highway travel was expected to be snarled through week's end.
Disaster modeler Eqecat estimates Isaac did $2.5 billion in damage. President Obama has declared both states disaster areas.
"I realize in a large sense that Katrina was worse, but this one's doing a lot of damage in small areas. The areas that are getting hit are getting hit hard," said Dorothy Lewis, 58, who evacuated her Kentwood home in Tangipahoa Parish, a mile from the swollen Tangipahoa River.
A few miles north near the Mississippi-Louisiana border, engineers started a controlled release of water Thursday afternoon to reduce the threat of a break at the earthen Percy Quin Dam. If the dam failed, it could send a devastating rush of water that would raise the Tangipahoa 17 feet and wash out hundreds of homes along its banks, including Lewis'.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called the situation "the biggest challenge" facing the state Thursday and said 40,000 to 60,000 people would be affected if the dam breaks. Search-and-rescue teams evacuated residents within a 1-mile area .
"It's so stressful," said Pat Womack, who rode out Isaac's lashing in a local church and then returned home only to evacuate again - this time to her brother-in-law's powerless house - to wait for the river to recede. "You don't know what's going to happen. I hope it ends soon."
The $14.45-billion hurricane-protection system ringing the New Orleans area, installed after Katrina's catastrophic levee breaches, continued to hold, keeping storm surge and floodwaters out of the city - but in suburbs and small towns nearby, the situation was dire:
•In LaPlace, the National Guard evacuated 3,000 people trapped by flooding. One couple used a flashlight to signal a Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew, which plucked them and their two dogs from a flooded home early Thursday, said Lt. Cmdr. Jorge Porto, an Air Station New Orleans pilot.
The floods "were shockingly fast-rising," Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said.
As the water receded and the rain let up, residents returned to the River Forest community to retrieve soaked belongings or check on their homes. With water too high to drive, many came by boat or waded barefoot through waist-high water.
"I'm fine,'' said Wayne Jones as he waded shirtless. "But I don't know where my family is.''
•In Plaquemines Parish, where 8-foot-high tidal levees keep storm water and high tides at bay, a storm surge leapt over the barriers and overran the fishing enclave of Braithwaite, said Bob Turner, regional director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
State and parish officials began the days-long process Thursday to release the trapped floodwater by punching a hole in a levee north of Braithwaite and letting it drain into marshes , Turner said.
Alice Sino's Braithwaite home is on the wrong side of the massive floodgate that protects New Orleans. When Isaac bore down, she and her husband fled a day before the floodwaters overwhelmed her home. Sino remembers when workers raised the floodgate near her home. She took it as a bad sign. "When they put it up, I said, 'They're going to drown us out,'" Sino said. "And that's exactly what happened."
•In Slidell, David and Gina Oliver were sitting on their front porch on Wednesday afternoon when they saw the water climbing up to their yard. "Thirty minutes later, the house was full," Gina Oliver said.
The couple evacuated with their two children to her mother's house farther inland. But they were back Thursday afternoon, loading their small fishing boat onto a flooded road to get back to their house and salvage anything they can.
"I don't wish bad on anyone, but they fixed New Orleans. They're high and dry," Gina Oliver said. "And still, all you hear is New Orleans, New Orleans, New Orleans. You haven't heard a damned thing about Slidell."
Richard Roussell, 45, a construction worker in Slidell, walked along the train tracks on Front Street after checking on a house he had finished renovating just two weeks ago.
"I thought it was a little baby storm, but obviously I was wrong," he said. His home had about a foot of water inside. "It ain't pretty."
Welch reported from LaPlace, La.; Leinwand Leger from Washington. Contributing: Rick Jervis in Braithwaite, La.; Doyle Rice in McLean, Va.; and Alison Bath, Shreveport, La.
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PRAGUE – Family of freshman Ivana Kmetovska met the Washington State University women's basketball team in Prague, Tuesday, Aug. 13 as the team returned from a victory over Hradec Králové.
The Macedonia native had father, Trajce, brother, Peter, and sister, Jovana, in attendance today as the Cougars faced Karlovy Vary. Family members said they drove more than 15 hours to watch "Iva" play.
"It felt great to have them here and to watch me play, " Kmetovska said after the game.
Kmetovska scored four points to helped WSU defeat Karlovy Vary, 85-60.
Kmetovska will be a freshman at Washington State and is pursuing a degree in psychology.
The Cougars are in Europe as part of a 10-day foreign trip through Austria, Slovakia, and Czech Republic. The team will return to Pullman Aug. 16.
Fans can follow the Cougars' foreign trip on wsucougars.com, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Photos from the trip can be found here.
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Stress effects
by Kate Ledger
Worrying about being able to pay the bills? The babysitter canceledagain? Situations like these are the modern-day equivalent of being attacked by a saber-toothed tiger, and our bodies rev up to face the threats, says Paul J. Rosch, MD, president of the American Institute of Stress. Chronic stress can lead to a whole host of physical and emotional problems. Plus, women often have stronger stress reactions than men, says David Rakel, MD, director of integrative medicine at the University of Wisconsin, maybe because the area where emotions are processed in our brains is larger. Even more of a reason to ID your stress and learn to let it go.
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Our heroes
Here we profile some of IUCN's conservation heroes - people from Brazil to Pakistan, Laos to the Democratic Republic of Congo - all with unique stories to tell.
Rumbles in the jungle
Naresh Subedi, Nepal
Office? The jungle. Colleagues? Elephants, rhinos and tigers. Naresh Subedi has many stories to tell. Stories that are not only fascinating and impressive but that can also make your hair stand on end. …
04 Apr 2011 | News story
The communicator
Dr Phaivanh Phiapalath - the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic
In a country like Laos, where rapid socio-economic development is driven by the exploitation of natural resources, and the human and financial resources to protect the environment are extremely scarce, nature conservation is not the highest priority. Phaivanh Phiapalath, IUCN's Senior Programme Officer specialized in protected areas management and wildlife in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, has found a way to put nature on top of many people's agendas. His secret is 'friendly communication'. …
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Sure Chill is a unique new cooling technology with the power to impact on people and business around the world. It doesn't need a constant power source. With intermittent or erratic power, it works perfectly well. Without power, but teamed with solar, it also works perfectly. Sure Chill acts like an energy store to set appliances free. It shouldn't be possible, yet it is. It's simply impossible cooling.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Only on WUSA9, a look behind the scenes at our nation's Terrorist Screening Center, the TSC. Created after September 11th, it's designed to prevent attacks against Americans anywhere in the world.
"Can't happen again," said TSC Director Christopher Piehota.
Outside the Terrorist Screening Center stands a stark reminder of why it exists. A trident recovered from the devastation of the World Trade Center.
"They were better than us at one point. We had to change," he said.
The TSC keeps the government's Terrorist Watchlist-a single database of as many as 700-thousand known or suspected terrorists worldwide.
"We are safer now than we have been, however, the threat remains persistent," said Piehota.
The TSC ensures that every government agency is using the same terrorist watchlist. That includes airport screeners, embassies issuing visas overseas, and state and local law enforcement.
"There are still those who would do us harm, both within the United States and outside the United States," he said.
The operations center is a bridge between the law enforcement and intelligence communities. Analysts here help police and others identify whether someone is a suspected terrorist. And throughout the building, clear signs that their work is important.
"The artifacts are a continual reminder of the different types of threat that exist," said Piehota.
A steel column from the North Tower of the World Trade Center revealing the precise point of impact of American Airlines Flight 11. Left behind after the Oklahoma City bombing... keys, a shoe and toys from the on-site daycare. From the suicide bomb attack on the USS Cole, a smoke-stained American flag and a life ring. And from Atlanta's Centennial Park, the phone where an anonymous caller alerted police that a bomb would go off... a call that came too late.
"10 years later, the TSC is better than it's ever been. And ten years from now, it will be better than today," he said.
The Terrorist Screening Center may be best known for its no-fly list. In fact, the Director says most people think they're on it when they simply have a rough day at the airport! Untrue, he says. Only 7% of the overall database is part of the no-fly list. Less than 2% are US citizens or legal residents.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA)-- With the flu bug spreading locally and across the nation, urgent care centers just like hospital emergency rooms are backing up.
In Washington, D.C. the DC Immediate & Primary Care Center in the Cleveland Park neighborhood is experiencing a spike in patients, double what the staff is used to.
Jordan Hitchens, a medical assistant at the clinic, says usually they see about four to five patients in an hour. Lately she said , "We've been seeing six or seven patients an hour."
Dr. Roscoe Adams of the same clinic tells 9News that Influenza type A and type B are spreading like wildfire, and almost all the patients causing the spike at his clinic are displaying flu-like symptoms.
Dr. Adams said, "There are about 41 states that are reporting these two strains."
So don't expect empty waiting rooms at urgent care centers, your doctors office or even hospital ER's, he said.
The best advice is to call ahead and find a clinic whose wait times are shorter than the others.


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I m in grave trouble and would like u expert guys to pls help me out.
I have installed Zimbra open source on FC4 and is working fine. Now i m looking forward for integration with Samba and Posix account zimlets. I could deploy the adm extension but they are not getting executed. I followed Greg 's guide UNIX and Windows Accounts in Zimbra LDAP and Zimbra Admin UI - ZimbraWiki
The samba domain does not feature readily in domain list.
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A reasonable religion
Interview | Author Rodney Stark on how Christianity changed politics, economics, and much besides
Rodney Stark's latest book, The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success (Random House, 2005), is scheduled for publication next Tuesday. It's a useful corrective for folks in Austin, Boston, and other blue spots who think of Christianity and rationalism as opposite historical forces and philosophical concepts. The veteran Baylor professor discussed with WORLD how the Christian sense of progress led to political, technological, and economic advances.
WORLD How is Christianity unique in emphasizing the idea of progress?
STARK The other great faiths either taught that the world is locked in endless cycles or that it is inevitably declining from a previous Golden Age. Only Christians believed that God's gift of reason made progress inevitable-theological as well as technical progress. Thus, Augustine (ca. 354-430) flatly asserted that through the application of reason we will gain an increasingly more accurate understanding of God, remarking that although there were "certain matters pertaining to the doctrine of salvation that we cannot yet grasp . . . one day we shall be able to do so."
Nor was the Christian belief in progress limited to theology. Augustine went on at length about the "wonderful-one might say stupefying-advances human industry has made" and attributed all this to the "unspeakable boon" that God has conferred upon His creation, a "rational nature." These views were repeated again and again through the centuries. Especially typical were these words preached by Fra Giordano in Florence in 1306: "Not all the arts have been found; we shall never see an end to finding them."
WORLD But a lot of us learned that Europe fell into the "Dark Ages." How did that historical understanding originate, and what's wrong with it?
STARK The Dark Ages have finally been recognized as a hoax perpetrated by anti-religious and bitterly anti-Catholic, 18th-century intellectuals who were determined to assert their cultural superiority and who boosted their claim by denigrating the Christian past-as Gibbon put it in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, after Rome came the "triumph of barbarism and religion." In the past few years even encyclopedias and dictionaries have begun to acknowledge that it was all a lie, that the Dark Ages never were. This always should have been obvious since by the end of the so-called Dark Ages, European science and technology had far exceeded that of Rome and Greece, and all the rest of the world, for that matter.
WORLD Could you be specific? What were some of the "Dark Ages" innovations that show the folly of considering Greek and Roman culture the apex of civilization until recent times?
STARK How about the perfection and widespread use of waterwheels, windmills, and pumps, the invention of the compass, stirrups, the crossbow, canons, effective horse harnesses, eyeglasses, clocks, chimneys, violins, double-entry bookkeeping, and insurance? This list doesn't begin to do justice to this era that historians of science now refer to as an age of remarkable innovation and discovery.
Perhaps the most revealing instance involves the "story" that in order to gain backing for his great voyage west, Columbus had to struggle against ignorant and superstitious churchmen who were certain that the earth was flat. Truth was that all educated Europeans, including bishops and cardinals, knew the earth was round. What produced church opposition to the Columbus voyage was that Columbus believed the circumference of the earth was only about one-fifth of its actual distance. Thus, the church scholars who opposed him did so because they knew that he and his sailors were bound to perish at sea. And they would have done so had the Western Hemisphere not been there to replenish their food and water.
WORLD So Christians were pro-science, but you suggest that the Muslim conception of God held back the rise of science in the Islamic world?
STARK Allah was not conceived of as creator of a universe governed by "natural" rules, in contrast with the prevailing Christian conception of Jehovah as the Great Clockmaker. Instead, their image of Allah encouraged Muslims to focus their attention on interpreting divine laws governing human behavior, not to search for the divine "secrets" that govern the universe.
WORLD You say the Christian doctrine that sin is a personal responsibility made a difference in the extension of liberty and economic opportunity in the early modern era.
STARK The admonition "Go and sin no more" is absurd if we are mere captives of our fate. Christianity teaches that we have free will and therefore must be relatively free of compulsions. This theological insight led directly to doctrines that opposed repressive states, slavery, and other forms of exploitation and in favor of private property and freedom of conscience. These freedoms often were not achieved, but their clear basis in Christian doctrines did result in some relatively free, early European societies, initially in the medieval Italian city-states, and in the eventual spread of democracy.
WORLD You argue that the problems of the Spanish empire display, among others things, the disadvantages of having a state church. How?
STARK In two primary ways. First of all, a "kept" church is lazy. When clergy do not rely on the laity for their support, they tend to neglect their pastoral duties. In the case of the Spanish church, because everyone was by law a Roman Catholic, nothing needed to be done to convert them or even to attract them to Mass. In fact, the state collected the church tithes so the clergy had no need to bestir themselves even for money. And that's why until very recently most people in Latin America were only nominal Christians, if that.
The second great shortcoming of state churches is that they are captives of their political rulers. By treaty the King of Spain chose all bishops and cardinals, not only in Spain, but in the empire. Moreover, no church pronouncements, including papal bulls, could be published in any Spanish area without prior consent of the king. As a result a whole series of 15th- and 16th-century papal condemnations of slavery were unknown in Spain and Latin America and were ignored by historians until the past decade or so.
State interference in religious affairs was not unique to Spain. Whether ruled by despots or merely by politicians, where there is a state church the state can never keep itself from interfering in religious affairs. In Scandinavia, where Lutheran state churches prevail, parliaments revise doctrines and even concern themselves with details such as the contents of hymn books. Indeed, in Sweden pastors of the state church (and of other churches as well) are now prohibited from reading in public any portion of the Bible that is critical of homosexuality.
WORLD You've emphasized in your writing the advantages of church competition and religious entrepreneurship. Are those advantages also contributing to the recent growth of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and China?
STARK In 1881-82 William F. Bainbridge, a prominent American Baptist, visited all American Protestant overseas missions (in those days they were still all coastal and easily reached). He found that in some places the denominations had cut up an area and granted each group an exclusive mission field, but in other places all the denominations competed for converts. He observed that the missionaries were far more successful where they competed. This remains the case. Consider that for centuries Roman Catholics had an exclusive right to missionize Latin America, at the end of which most of the continent was unchurched. Then Protestant missionaries were allowed to enter. The result has been not only the conversion of millions to active Protestantism, but also to so greatly revive Roman Catholicism that it now is growing, too. Meanwhile, the Christianization of Africa is being accomplished by hundreds of competing denominations, most of African origins.
WORLD What do you think the shape of Christianity will be in 2050?
STARK By then Christianity may well be the dominant religion in China. Latin Americans probably will be as churched as North Americans. Africa will be more than half Christian. As for Europe, it will be well along in a major revival of religion, one way or the other: Christian or Islamic.


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Eric Allen Whisnant, 28, is being held in the Davidson County Jail without bond, charged in a murder on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Thomasville.
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The entire track list hasn't been released, but Cooper mentioned fours songs on the album that he and his band have been performing on tour: The Doors' "Break On Through," the Beatles' "Revolution," Jimi Hendrix's "Foxey Lady," and the Who's "My Generation."
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Dozens demand artificial-turf fields during Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District meeting
Board of Education promises short- and long-term plans
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will not install synthetic-turf athletic fields in 2013-14, Marion Blane, the Board of Education president, said at a June 5 meeting. But synthetic-turf fields are under board consideration for subsequent years, she said.
Reading from a prepared statement, Blane cited the cost of new synthetic-turf fields, as well as that of other possible projects, like upgrading science laboratories and renovating bathrooms, as challenges that the district would have to overcome for the projects to become a reality. She said the board would consider several funding options for projects that it identifies as "critical" in the coming weeks and months, including a possible bond proposal.
In the spring of 2007, the Bellmore-Merrick Board of Education first rejected a proposal to add synthetic-turf fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools, largely due to the cost. At the time, estimates ranged from a low of $800,000 to redo one football field from end zone to end zone to a high of $1.2 million when all fees and contingencies were factored in, including engineering and architectural charges. Those figures did not include interest charges if the district had bonded the project.
If the fields had been included in the 2007-08 Central District budget and the proposal had passed a public vote, property taxes would have risen more than 9 percent that year. Additionally, the cost of disposing of the artificial turf at a certified landfill after its eight- to 10-year life ranged from $175,000 to $200,000 per field.
In 2009, the Central District Board of Education formed a committee of school officials, parents and residents to examine options to repair and maintain all of the district's fields. The committee offered recommendations to the superintendent, Dr. Henry Kiernan. After nearly a half-year of deliberations, the group recommended a better maintenance regimen rather than synthetic turf, again citing cost as the primary reason.
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The data is in, has been for 7 long years. Think about the Student Athletes that would benefit from doing it now. The Irondequoit school district upstate dissolved a reserve in February 2013, of 3.5 million because they felt they did not need it. Bellmore/Merrick has a reserve that they did not need for 80 years of school history. But started one called (EBLAR) in 2002 to pay employees there sick and vacation time when they retired. After starting it, from 2002 to 2009 the district did not spend one Pennie of the reserve to retires that left the district. So I ask the board, if you didn't need the reserve for 80 years and didn't use it for 5 years after you created it. Why do we have it. I say desolve it, ask the community to VOTE on it, take the 7million that is in it now and setup a capital reserve and due Science Labs, bathrooms, band rooms, roofs, windows and of course TURF FIELDS everybody wins the Taxpayer and the Kids. Comment as you may. WE CAN DO IT
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Dear Bellmore Herald and Bellmore/Merrick Residents,
I would like to clarify a few things said about me in last week's article about turf fields. The article stated that I am against installing turf fields. This is not true. I concluded my statement by saying, "I am not against turf and bleachers, I just think we need to look at everything." Earlier in my speech, I had said, "I am all for spending more money on bleachers and turf fields if we support other areas." My speech's point was to highlight that there are many things that need to be improved in the district. If we choose to put additional money into athletics, we must, at the same time, put money into all of the other areas that make up the total school program and need to be updated. These improvements must be prioritized by the Board of Education and district officials. A few of the pro-turf field parents who spoke before me mentioned that they are also in favor of fixing everything, not just athletic-related problems. I was glad to hear that. I believe in doing whatever the elected Board of Education and administrative professionals think is best. I did not speak to completely oppose turf fields, but rather to make sure that the decision to install them would be an informed one that was not just based on one group's comments, especially because there are so many different groups each with their own interests. I am not in favor of doing nothing; I am in favor of spending wisely and fixing the most important things first. Even if nothing is improved in the district except for the fields, I will support that decision as long as the Board decides that installing turf fields is its top priority and must be done to enhance the total school program. I thank the Herald for reporting on what I said.
Ross Shulman
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I have a top-notch athlete for a child who is an All-County athlete as a FRESHMAN...She would excel at ANY sport she wanted to play...She asked to play lacrosse...However, I won't let her because I would never jeopardize her athletic career on the garbage our district calls athletic fields...It's been an embarassment for years and years...Hey, but lets have multiple superintendants whom have become fat-cats...Just look at their salaries...And here I thought education was a thankless profession where people were just 'enriched' by the minds they mold - not by the wallet they fill...
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I have a top-notch athlete for a child who is an All-County athlete as a FRESHMAN basketballer...She would excel at ANY sport she wanted to play...She asked to play lacrosse...However, I won't let her because I would never jeopardize her athletic career on the garbage our district calls athletic fields...It's been an embarassment for years and years...Hey, but lets have multiple superintendants whom have become fat-cats...Just look at their salaries...And here I thought education was a thankless profession where people were just 'enriched' by the minds they mold - not by the wallet they fill...
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Some local teachers take time to discuss war, and the students say it helps.As the U.S. prepares for war for the first time in more than a decade, area schools are taking time to put aside the books and talk about what war could mean for students, their families and America.
On the heels of an important address by President Bush, Mr. Bier's world history class takes a break from the American Revolution, to discuss Saddam Hussein and war with Iraq.
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I was eating lunch today and was sitting with some Hawkeye fans and these were their comments:
1. Paki O'Meara is better than any running back ISU has had in the last 10 years.
2. Iowa's third string running back is better than any running back on Iowa State's roster.
3. Ricky Stanzi is much better than Arnaud and the stats don't mean anything.
4. Ricky Stanzi is just as good with or without Shonn Greene.
5. Iowa will beat Iowa State 27-3.
6. Ricky Stanzi is the best quarterback in the Big 10 and Big 12 and is just a notch below Tebow after this season.
7. Iowa will go 10-2 and win the Big 10.
And all of this surprises you?
BCS championship
I can't stand some Hawkeye fans. I was told Hawkeyes hate everything Cyclone and that Paki O'meara will be the next great running back. Something about Big Ten Champions and possible National Championship. The same stuff they say every year.
I'm livin' the dream
Awesome, just makes for a very good meltdown on SoundOff.
dont they have RB issues???
Paki O'Meara = Adrian Peterson
Originally Posted by BigLame
Paki O'Meara = Adrian Peterson
They do look alike
and the funny thing is that Paki would be 4th string on our team and stanzi would probably be 3rd string.
Originally Posted by BigLame
Paki O'Meara = Adrian Peterson
I for one, believe everything they said. We are so screwed, Hawk fans are like prophets.
Originally Posted by price26
I for one, believe everything they said. We are so screwed, Hawk fans are like prophets.
At least we are getting some....
All of those are stupid. #5 is the only possible one of those
Originally Posted by BigLame
Paki O'Meara = Adrian Peterson
That is just scary as it has already been established that Stanzi=Tom Brady.
Actually every Iowa fan I know say paki sucks
go to hawkeyereport they hate him
If you have a problem - if no one else can help - and if you can find
them - maybe you can hire: The A-Team.
Originally Posted by cycloneman003
and the funny thing is that Paki would be 4th string on our team and stanzi would probably be 3rd string.
Both of those statements are about as completely absurd as the original posters Hawk "friends" claims. Paki could easily be #2 on our depth charts. Stanzi would also fight for the starting position. Stanzi is a good quarterback. I dont think he would fit in at all in our system, but he is a good quarterback. I played against Paki in high school and he had crazy break away speed. Granted this is D1 football and not high school, I think Paki will still have some surprising speed. I think that as Cyclones, we are very fortunate for the Hawks to have to running back woes that they have had. I just wish they had some defensive woes, or some offensive line woes to go along with that.
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NRS 400.010 Definitions.
NRS 400.015 "Council" defined.
NRS 400.020 "System" defined.
NRS 400.025 Legislative declaration.
NRS 400.030 Creation; membership; terms; vacancies.
NRS 400.035 Meetings; compensation of members; administrative support and other assistance.
NRS 400.040 Powers and duties.
NRS 400.045 Annual report.
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(Added to NRS by 2007, 3155)
NRS 400.015 "Council" defined. "Council" means the P-20W Advisory Council created by NRS 400.030.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3155)
NRS 400.020 "System" defined. "System" means the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3155)
NRS 400.025 Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada was created by the Nevada Constitution and empowered to control and manage the affairs of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
2. Matters relating to education are vitally important to the future of the State of Nevada, its economy and the general welfare of its residents. In light of the growing enrollments in Nevada's system of public elementary and secondary education and Nevada's system of public higher education, it is important that the Nevada Legislature, the Board of Regents, the State Board and the Executive Branch of the State Government work together as partners in developing a needed public agenda to advance education in this State.
3. The development of an agenda to advance education should be carried out with a view toward seeking input from all parties who have a stake in the advancement of education in this State.
4. Coordination between elementary, secondary and higher education must be strengthened to ensure that pupils in the 12th grade are prepared adequately to make the transition from secondary education to higher education or to careers. To this end, a body should be established to coordinate education from the level of preschool through the completion of a bachelor's degree, to be known as the P-20W Advisory Council.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3155)
NRS 400.030 Creation; membership; terms; vacancies.
1. The P-20W Advisory Council, consisting of 11 voting members, is hereby created to assist in the coordination between early childhood education programs, K-12 public education, postsecondary education and the workforce in this State. The Chancellor of the System, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the Council.
2. The Governor shall appoint five members to the Council as follows:
(a) One representative of higher education in this State.
(b) One representative of elementary and secondary education in this State.
(c) One representative of private business in this State.
(d) One member who is a parent of a pupil enrolled in a public school in this State or of a student enrolled in the System. The parent must not be employed by the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or the System.
(e) One person who possesses knowledge of and experience in early childhood education programs and services for children in this State from birth through prekindergarten.
3. The Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint two members to the Council as follows:
(a) One member of the House of the Legislature that he or she represents.
(b) One person who meets the qualifications of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection 2.
4. The Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Assembly shall each appoint one member to the Council who is a member of the general public.
5. The members of the Council shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair from among the members of the Council. After the initial term, the Chair and Vice Chair serve in the office for a term of 2 years beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair or Vice Chair, the members of the Council shall elect a member to fill the vacancy to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of that office.
6. After the initial terms, each member of the Council serves a term of 3 years commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment. Such members may be reappointed for one additional term. A vacancy on the Council must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Each member of the Council continues in office until his or her successor is appointed.
7. Any member who is absent from two consecutive meetings of the Council without permission of the Chair:
(a) Forfeits his or her office; and
(b) Must be replaced as provided in subsection 6 for the filling of a vacancy before the end of a term.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3156; A 2013, 475)
NRS 400.035 Meetings; compensation of members; administrative support and other assistance.
1. The Council shall meet at least once each calendar quarter and as frequently as necessary to afford the general public, representatives of governmental agencies and representatives of organizations an opportunity to present information and recommendations relating to the coordination between elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, including, without limitation, the Nevada Youth Legislature created by NRS 385.515 and the Advisory Council on Parental Involvement and Family Engagement established by NRS 385.610.
2. The Council shall comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
3. For each day or portion of a day during which the members of the Council attend a meeting of the Council or are otherwise engaged in the business of the Council:
(a) The members who are Legislators are entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session plus the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655, payable from the Legislative Fund.
(b) The members who are appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Assembly who are not Legislators are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally, payable from the Legislative Fund.
(c) The members who are appointed by the Governor are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally, payable as other claims against the State are paid.
4. The Office of the Governor shall provide:
(a) Administrative support;
(b) Equipment; and
(c) Office space,
Ê as is necessary for the Council to carry out its duties.
5. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada and the Department shall provide technical assistance to the Council upon the request of the Chair.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3157; A 2009, 255)
NRS 400.040 Powers and duties.
1. The Council shall address:
(a) Methods to increase the number of students who enroll in programs at the System to become teachers, including, without limitation, financial aid programs for students enrolled in those programs.
(b) Methods to ensure the successful transition of children from early childhood education programs to elementary school, including, without limitation, methods to increase parental involvement.
(c) Methods to ensure the successful transition of pupils from:
(1) Elementary school to middle school;
(2) Middle school to high school; and
(3) High school to postsecondary education or the workforce, or both,
Ê including, without limitation, methods to increase parental involvement.
(d) Methods to ensure that the course work, standards and assessments required of pupils in secondary schools is aligned with the workload expected of students at the postsecondary level.
(e) Methods to ensure collaboration among the business community, members of the academic community and political leaders to set forth a process for developing strategies for the growth and diversification of the economy of this State.
(f) Policies relating to workforce development, employment needs of private employers and workforce shortages in occupations critical to the education, health and safety of the residents of this State.
(g) The development and oversight of a statewide longitudinal data system that links data relating to early childhood education programs and K-12 public education with data relating to postsecondary education and the workforce in this State.
(h) A plan for collaborative research using data from the statewide longitudinal data system developed pursuant to paragraph (g), including, without limitation, research that assesses:
(1) The efficiency and effectiveness of the use of state resources to improve the readiness of pupils in this State for postsecondary education and the workforce;
(2) The effectiveness of the preparation of teachers and administrators in this State; and
(3) The return on investment of educational and workforce development programs paid for by this State.
(i) Other matters within the scope of the Council as determined necessary or appropriate by the Council.
2. The Council may:
(a) Establish committees to assist the Council in carrying out its duties.
(b) Apply for any available grants and may accept any gifts, grants and donations from any source to assist the Council in carrying out its duties.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3157; A 2013, 476)
NRS 400.045 Annual report. On or before June 30 of each year, the Council shall submit a written report of its activities and any recommendations to the:
1. Board of Regents of the University of Nevada;
2. State Board;
3. Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature;
4. Legislative Committee on Education; and
5. Governor.
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even though at this point they are at the bottom, there's no telling when a team will make a run. lot of season left.
i'd really like to face texas when they are completely mentally beaten. unfortunately we have to face them with mike kabongo. on the flip side, would be a tough game in morgantown if they get any momentum going.
lucky for us john holmes will likely be out for our game as he re-injured his wrist running stairs.
another player just left the game with an ankle injury too for texas.
He ran stairs with his hands?
I'm pretty sure both of these teams are pretty crappy so I don't think it matters who wins. Not to say we won't lose to one or more on the road. Hopefully we at least split or maybe get both at their place.
Who cares, all we need to do is keep winning.
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Well Texas will have home cooking on their side so there is that and WV will be tough at home, but do not care for either team. To answer the thread WV, just because they play John Denver when they win at home.
Actually it does matter. Seeding wise in the Big 12 Tourney. I'm guessing we would rather play West Virginia and here's why:
UT will only get better with Myck Kabango back, while WVU is still the same team. You can point at the two games in Ames, but WVU got sooo lucky with all the 3's.
so I think we want WVU to win just in case we finish 2nd... Optimism...
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Wow!! His Physical Therapist should be fired for that rehabilitation! lol..
Originally Posted by Cydkar
He ran stairs with his hands?
Why are we concerned about the winner of WVU vs UT?? I am with the group that says who cares!!!
We want home team to win....so WVU
Originally Posted by Cydkar
He ran stairs with his hands?
yes, he has been training for the barnum and bailey circus to become "the human foot". tweeked it.
Don't see how it matters. They aren't our competition.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Texas is about dead last (only ahead of TCU and TT). Even with Kabongo back, theres about a 2% chance they make the tourney, unless they win the big 12 tourney or win like 8 straight games.
It's a round robbin. Doesn't matter
Are they filming a Gieco ad in Morgantown because I'm pretty sure I just saw a 7-foot caveman on the court for the Mountaineers!!!
Originally Posted by CycloneErik
Don't see how it matters. They aren't our competition.
they may well be in the big 12 tourney. remember what happened last year when we lost in rd 1 and got stuck as the 9 seed in the worst region to be in. i'd say it can/will matter. a team with sweet 16 talent got knocked out in the round of 32 because of a big 12 tourney loss.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
FASHION FIX: Brooklyn Decker trend watch in Hotlanta
Brooklyn Decker, who we last saw decked out in Herve Leger for the ESPY Awards, took a turn for the casual as she watched hubby, Andy Roddick, scrape out a 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-3 win over compatriot Rajeev Ram in sultry Atlanta.
Yes, it's been a near record summer in terms of heat in many parts of the U.S. - including New York City where I'm currently melting - and Hotlanta is no exception. I'm not complaining, though, because it gives people license to wear next to nothing just to survive and that makes my fave past time - people gawking - a much more pleasant experience. At least for me.
But I digress. Back to Brook. The tennis WAG busted out a few trends for her hubby watching:
1) Ray Ban Aviators: Yes, I know I've written about this style maybe a little too much but they're my fave style and the WAGS seem to love 'em too. It's a classic and not a fad like their cousin, the 8o's Wayfarer, which is EVERYWHERE on EVERYBODY right now. But don't worry. Once the Wayfarer gets tired and leaves you, Aviator will be there waiting. You'll see.
2) Boyfriend t-shirt: This trend is all about taking your boyfriend's t-shirt and wearing it as your own, except it's not his - the shirt was made for you. It's an I-just-rolled-outta-of-bed-after-sex-with-my-man-piece-and-threw-on-his-shirt look. Don't act like you've never done it. Or it.
3) Gladiator sandals: Gah! Like the Ray Ban Wayfarers this sand style is everywhere on everybody. I love Brook's color choice but these have been around for a couple of years now. If you don't already have them in your closet then try something new like platform sandals or these cute flats.
4) Chunky necklaces: This accessory trend can get complicated and heavy if you wear too many. Plus, you may need help getting up from your chair and that's never cute (though if you've got A-Rod at your back then you're just blessed.) Keep it simple like Brook is doing here and you should be able to get around all on your lonesome.
P.S. Getty Images listed the woman to Brook's right as Stacy Gardner, Mardy Fish's wife. I'm thinking not.
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Labels: Atlanta Tennis Championships, Brooklyn Decker, fashion, necklaces, sandals, style, sunglasses, t-shirts, tennis
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Nice analysis, love it!ReplyDelete
And you're right, it's not Stacy next to Brook, it looks like Jen Hodge. You may better know her as James Blake's assistant or seen her in photos with Roddick's dog Billie, or even better yet, John Isner's self-proclaimed 'best friend' from UGA. Her brother Bo and John were doubles partners at UGA. Ok, I guess I know way too much about this. hahah
Lovin' your blog :)
Love it. Thanks for the info - the name is familiar but not the face for some reason. But that's pretty typical for me.ReplyDelete
I was at the Roddick vs. Fish match and try as I might could not spot Brooklyn...trust me the "stadium" was tiny and I'm renowned for my binoc skills. She wasn't there. My guess is they got in a tiff and that's why Andy tanked the 2nd set...that or Mardy was playing lights out...maybe a little bit of both. :)ReplyDelete
I quickly honed in Stacy however. She was easily spotted because of her large (signature?) sunglasses. Overall a fun tournament but the heat was outrageous!
@EJ: LOL good analysis.ReplyDelete
Did you see this bit of news today? So sucks:
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True random number generators generally have a limited source of entropy and therefore can fail or block.
- Availability: A program may crash or block if it runs out of random numbers.
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- Requirements specification: Choose an operating system which is aggressive and effective at generating true random numbers.
- Implementation: This type of failure is a logical flaw which can be exacerbated by a lack of or the misuse of mitigating technologies.
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Likelihood of exploit
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The rate at which true random numbers can be generated is limited. It is important that one uses them only when they are needed for security.
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while (1){ if (connection){ if (hwRandom()){ //use the random bytes } else (hwRandom()) { //cancel the program } }
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Yesterday's federal court ruling that the Port of Los Angeles can regulate trucks that haul goods in and out of its property was cheered by local government leaders and organized labor.
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W.Va. blasted over Internet router deal
February 11, 2013
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia officials wasted millions of federal stimulus dollars by insisting on buying more than 1,000 high-capacity routers as part of a $24 million deal meant to boost......
The marketing tactics of this manufacturer needs to be part of an investigation. See other news how this same outfit took advantage of other buyers ***********networkworld****/news/2012/102212-cal-state-cisco-263588.html
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In private industry the person who sign off on the router would be gone and probably his boss. Cisco only supplied the product. If there is more to this, the new AG has his first case for WV.
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The peeps better start worrying about their pensions. About 45 states have something in the pipeline for pensions. West Virginia is always late with the plan but the pension will be changing. Maybe they will use the new and improve HOME RULE plan.
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The same thing is going on at all level of WV government. The appointed and political connected are blowing millions on things that are overpriced or just not needed. Wheeling always needed a field of dreams for the taxpayer to foot the bill. So who will foot the pension bill if they build the dream fields.
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When the stimulus money was printed, all one trillion dollars of it, it was like roaches in the sugar jar. Government officials just went nuts at all levels of government making up things to buy. We heard a lot about the bailouts of businesses but far more of the money was used to create new government jobs, issue grants to organizations favorable to Dem candidates, and buying nutty stuff like this. The bailout money to companies had to be paid back and we hear a lot about that but $600 billion was just used a palm greasing for local political groups. Few jobs were created, in fact the jobless rate rose after the stimulus and has remained higher than before the trillion gluttony. Someone's cousin was hired and was in place when the router thing came up and bought them based on what the salesman told him cuz he was not qualified to be in the job he was in. The real project should have provided more ACCESS to cable, not oversized routers to those who already had access.
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It's what the peeps do with tax payer money! Who will be held accountable?
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Netanhayu Courts Right w/ Slaughter of Nowhere-to-Run Gazans
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Mohammed Omer, Palestinian journalist based in Gaza who in 2008 won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, writes:
"Air strikes are bombing everything that moves. Everything that moves in the streets is being bombed and attacked. ... One thing that we ought to talk about here is the humanitarian situation in the Gaza strip. This is a situation of targeting a population of civilians, exactly like Israel is shooting in a fishbowl. And there is no shelter, and there is nowhere to run for the general population. Gaza is living in a very dire situation."
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North Central College alumnus Don Pilmer '87 has been promoted to executive vice president and head of commercial banking with Aurora-based Old Second Bank.
A lifelong Aurora resident, he began his banking career at Old Second more than 20 years ago and has spent the majority of his service in commercial banking and branch development.
Pilmer earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications from North Central College where he also contributed to The Chronicle campus newspaper. He later earned an M.B.A. from Aurora University. He is