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Week 15 Recap: Walkin' The Tightrope
Well, at least that makes things a lot simpler…
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost their second straight, fourth of the last five, with a soul-crushing 27-24 loss in overtime to the Dallas Cowboys. I feel kinda dumb even talking about the playoffs considering the way this team is playing, they're just going to be one-and-done anyway but the loss does clarify things quite a bit. The margin for error is now officially zero. The Steelers must win their last two games against the Bengals and Browns. If they lose either game, they're out.
Yesterday's loss was yet another miserable performance aided and abetted by the Black and Gold's annoying habit of shooting themselves in the foot. When it's not turnovers, it's penalties. When it's not penalties, it's stupid mistakes. Worse yet, every week brings us a new goat.
This week's wearer of the horns is Antonio Brown. AB had what may have been the worst game by a wide receiver since the glory days of Limas Sweed. Steeler Nation has been brutal towards Mike Wallace, with good reason. However, they really need to start looking at the other members of Young Money, a group of arrogant little pricks who are fast revealing the fact their actual skills aren't nearly as high as their opinions of themselves.
AB got paid this off-season, mostly because Wallace turned down a reasonable contract due to delusions of grandeur. Brown has definitely been the team's best WR this season but that didn't stop him from almost single-handedly costing us the game yesterday. With the Steelers up 7 and about 8 minutes left in the game, the defense forced a punt. AB reversed field and broke off a huge return which would've set the Steelers up at mid-field except he forgot one thing: how to secure the football. A Dallas player who wasn't even in position to make a tackle reached out and grabbed Brown's arm like one might stop a passerby at the supermarket to ask where they keep the peanut oil and that jarring impact knocked the ball loose.
A field goal at that point probably locks up the game. Instead, Dallas got the ball right back and scored the game-tying TD. But Brown wasn't done. With less than two minutes left, the Steelers D again forced a punt. Dallas kicked from their own 20 so even with a good punt you'd expect the Steelers to get the ball somewhere around the 35-40 yard line leaving them in decent position to drive for a late game-winning FG. Instead, Brown, bonehead that he is, let the ball bounce and roll all the way to the 20 for a whopping 59 yard punt.
What was he doing? Did he not know what do? Or was that the doing of Amos Jones, Mike Tomlin's handpicked – and stunningly inept – special teams coach?
Brown did end up leading the team with 8 catches, including a nice lunging TD which put the Steelers ahead for the first time all afternoon. Mike Wallace had a typical Mike Wallace game, only catching 4 of the 10 passes thrown his way (although to be fair only two of those were CLANGS) but one of the four was a deep bomb (pretty much the only route he's good at running) that went for 60 yards. Manny Sanders came in for one play, caught a deep pass over the middle and shades of the Baltimore game, fumbled it away. The refs bailed him out by claiming he didn't "complete the catch" but whatever, that's the last we saw of him and it's the last I hope to see of him until he LEARNS TO CATCH THE FREAKIN' BALL.
And don't give me any bullshit about "his shoulder is hurt so he can't secure the football." Dez Bryant played the entire game with a broken finger. He missed some catches because of the finger but he sure as hell didn't fumble the ones he did make either. Sanders is putz, just like the rest of
Young Money Cash Droppahs. But make sure you get up and pose and thump your chest when you do make a catch, guys.
What I wouldn't give to have Hines Ward back. I don't even care if he can't get open. At least Hines didn't act like a big shot and then go out on the field and accomplish nothing.
Speaking of guys we want back, while Bruce Arians is in discussion for Coach of the Year (yes, really), we're stuck with Todd Haley and his anemic offense. Ben Roethlisberger continues to be a big baby about it, complaining to reporters after the game that the team didn't run enough no-huddle (where he gets to call plays). Of course, the team did run no-huddle once, in overtime, two plays into which Ben threw a terrible pass behind Wallace and was picked to basically end the game.
Along with the realization that Young Money isn't worth ten cents on a dollar, it may be time we start re-evaluating the whole "Big Ben is the best clutch QB in football!" meme. Once again, Ben was handed the ball with the game on the line and once again he failed. Not once, but twice. Despite AB's boner, the team completed a couple passes with time winding down in regulation to get near mid-field. Then Ben took two consecutive sacks to force a punt. One of the sacks was on David DeCastro, who blocked the wrong man because the coaching on this team also sucks. However, at some point Ben has to learn to get rid of the ball.
Yes, the scrambling TD to Heath Miller was one of the most awesome plays you'll ever see. Yes, Ben is a great QB and definitely the team's best offensive player. So what? For years we've argued that stats aren't the be-all, end-all, it's the Ws that count. Ben isn't pulling out these close games anymore, he's actually gift-wrapping them to the opponent. That has to stop.
There was a lot more wrong yesterday I don't really feel like belaboring. Once again, the running game was a non-factor. I don't like Rashard Mendenhall but Jonathan Dwyer isn't looking like the answer. The defense wasn't good, giving up a whopping 415 total yards, although they practically defined bend-but-don't-break. One long Dallas drive ended in a FG, another ended on a fumble caused by James Harrison. They still don't generate enough splash plays but only an insane Ben apologist like Mark Madden would seriously argue the defense cost us this game.
Nope, that dubious honor would fall to the $100 million quarterback and $50 million dollar wide receiver. Let's hope they get their act together in time for this weekend's pivotal match-up with Cincinnati. If they do, well, I'm sure another goat will emerge anyway. It's just that kind of year.
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Know Thy Enemy: Dallas Cowboys
This Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Dallas Cowboys in a game brimming with playoff implications for both teams. A Steelers-Cowboys match-up really needs no added incentive. Steeler fans hate the Cowboys, Dallas fans detest Pittsburgh. Even though the two teams only play each other once in a blue moon, it doesn't dissipate the level of animosity and anticipation between the fan bases.
The Cowboys have adopted the moniker of "America's Team." No two words inspire more bile to well up in the stomach of Steeler Nation. The fact Jerry Jones and his merry band of miscreants have adopted that as both marketing slogan and credo will never cease to anger us. Usually these rivalries mean more to fans than they do to the players but it seems that isn't always the case.
Ben Roethlisberger gave an interview on Wednesday where he was asked about the "America's Team" moniker. Ben suggested if the Cowboys represent American, perhaps the Steelers should be referred to as the "World's Team." Not the cleverest bit of trash talk although you have to admire that Ben's heart is in the right place. Certainly no team has a larger or more passionate fan base be it in the US or around the world than do the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Bragging right are all well and good but that's a secondary concern come Sunday afternoon. As I said, both teams are in the thick of a playoff race. Both teams need a win to keep pace. A loss at this juncture could severely cripple their post-season plans. In fact, a loss could very well wind up knocking a team out of the picture altogether.
STEELERS DEFENSE vs COWBOYS OFFENSE
Tony Romo continues to be Tony Romo. What that means is you always have to take the good with the bad. The good is when he's on, he can be a very competent passer with the kind of arm capable of making all the throws. The bad is he's still prone to boneheaded mistakes. Romo has throw for 4,000 in every season he's been healthy and started and he's less than 100 yards away from eclipsing that total once again. Unfortunately, coming off a year where he posted a career best TD/INT ratio (31/10) he's fallen back to old habits this year, nearly balancing his stat sheet with 20 TD against 16 INTs.
One bit of good news for Romo and company is that his best target, WR Dez Bryant, is adamant about playing this Sunday despite suffering a broken finger. Bryant is currently 10th in yardage and has caught 9 of Romo's TDs so his presence would definitely be missed. How effective he'll be catching balls with a broken finger remains to be seen. Mike Wallace can't catch balls with two perfectly manicured hands so maybe having all your fingers operational isn't that big a deal.
The Dallas packing attack remains strong with TE Jason Witten continuing to be one of the most dangerous pass catching targets in the game. He and Bryant are complemented by Miles Austin, whose 2012 campaign has been beset by injury. Perhaps to their detriment, the Cowboys don't run as much as they should although Felix Jones and DeMarco Murray remain threats out of the backfield.
I'm not gonna lie, Dallas' passing game scares the heck out of me. Coming off an utter dismantling at the hands of Phillip Rivers (who really didn't even play that well) and a crew of utter no-name receivers, this game has the potential to get real ugly real fast if the Steelers' secondary doesn't play a helluva lot better. To that end, the Steelers have already decided Curtis Brown, who was about as useful as tits on a giraffe against San Diego, will ride the pine in favor of Josh Victorian. Victorian, who spent the entire season on the practice squad, didn't exactly shine in his brief stint last Sunday but I can safely say it'd be nearly impossible to play worse than Brown did.
LaMarr Woodley has been practicing and it appears the Steelers will have their oft-injured LB back for the game. Of course, the Football Gods have deemed it unfair for us to have both Woodley and James Harrison together for any length of time so look for one (or both) to leave after a handful of plays. On paper, it looks like the defense will be formidable with both Woodley and Troy Polamalu back after extended absences but I think we've seen enough of Troy to know he's playing at half speed. Whether that's good enough for him or Woodley or Harrison to force another big game-changing turnover remains to be seen.
STEELERS OFFENSE vs COWBOYS DEFENSE
Big Ben and company better bring their A-game or else last week's anemic offensive effort is gonna look like an ArenaBall game by comparison. I don't know what has gone wrong with Todd Haley's offense but something clearly has. Going back to the game against KC, the offense has been sputtering to a standstill even with Ben at quarterback.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly what the problem is because nothing seems to work. The running game doesn't move the chains. The passing game creates opening only for passes to CLANG harmlessly off the receivers' hands. The short quick routes still end with Ben running for his life. And the end result is a team with a load of offensive talent on paper struggling to score points.
The offensive line will look different yet again with rookie first rounder David DeCastro finally getting a start at RG. Ramon Foster will slide over to the left while Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey remains in the middle. Whether this line-up will open up some holes for the running game is anybody's guess. It will certainly help matters if Jonathan Dwyer and iRed can get something going on the ground.
The Cowboys boast perhaps the fiercest pass rush we've seen all year. OLBs Demarcus Ware (11 sacks) and Anthony Spencer (8.5) will eat Ben up if the team becomes one dimensional. Corners Brandon Carr and Maurice Claiborne aren't the flashiest secondary even though they've combined to form the 8th best pass D in the league. Dallas has a very strong defense so when the plays present themselves, it'll behoove the Steelers to not let those opportunities slip through their fingers.
The last time these two teams met during the regular season, a pick six by Deshea Townshend turned the tide of the game and perhaps of the season. The Steelers went on to win and then went on a roll which culminated with a heartstopping victory in Super Bowl XLIII. Will this game be a similar springboard? Or will it be just another stop on the path to diminished expectations?


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UIS Writing Style Guide
Language is always evolving and, for the most part, grammar, style, and usage can't be presented as simply black and white. Any number of style guides and reference books are available today; they don't always agree with each other, but that's all right.
The guidelines you'll see here are based on the Chicago Manual of Style, published by the University of Chicago Press, though some departures have been made that are specific to UIS.
This guide is by no means exhaustive; it's meant only to address some of the most common questions that writers on this campus may have.
If you want additional information, try:
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- The reference section of Brookens Library
- The Center for Teaching and Learning
- Some suggestions for E-Style
Click on a letter to jump to that section of the alphabet:
- Degrees: Use periods in abbreviations for academic degrees (B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.). Use apostrophes when the degrees are spelled out (bachelor's degree, master's degree).Lowercase a degree when it's spelled out following a person's name (Harold P. Simpson, doctor of law) or if it's referred to in general terms (a master of science, a doctorate in physics).
- Departments: Uppercase the name of an academic department as follows:Ted teaches in the Department of Cryogenics. Ted teaches in the Cryogenics department. Ted teaches in the department. Ted teaches cryogenics. Ted is a professor of Cryogenics at UIS.
- Titles: Uppercase academic titles when they precede a name and are used as part of it (Professor June Clemens; June Clemens, chair of the Department of Archaeology; Professor of Archaeology June Clemens; archaeology professor June Clemens). Also see the section on "Titles" below.
- Use the active voice (the board decided) rather than the passive (a decision was reached by the board) whenever you can.
- Spell out state names used with a city (Boston, Massachusetts, not Boston, Mass., or Boston, MA), unless you're creating a tabbed list or in a mailing address (Boston, MA 02109).
- Compass points and terms like street, avenue, and boulevard can be abbreviated in mailing addresses (818 N. Main St.).
- Use this format when sending U.S. mail to a campus address:
John Q. Professor
Aeronautics Department, UHB 6013
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS UHB 6000
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- Author is a noun, not a verb. You can write a book or you can be the author of a book, but you can't author one.
- Don't use several words when a few can say the same thing, and more clearly. For example:
due to the fact that = because
in the event that = if
she is of the opinion that = she thinks
- If you're writing for a general audience, don't use a lot of jargon or technical terms unless you also explain what they mean.
- If you must use foreign words or phrases, double check for correct spelling and meaning. (You should also italicize them. However, if you cite a longer passage not in English, set it off like a quotation.)
- In the acronyms for most of the structures on campus (such as HSB, SAB, or UHB) the final "B" stands for building. So rather than saying Student Life is in room 20 of the SLB building (or the Student Life Building building), say Student Life is in SLB 20.
- Use campus to refer to each institution in the University of Illinois system individually. (The campus has adequate parking.)
- The word university is part of the proper name of each campus, but use it sparingly by itself in subsequent references to any one of them.
- The U of I uses University (note capital "U") to refer to the entire University of Illinois — the three campuses and the central administration. Capitalize references made in that sense (the University seal, the University president, the University's third campus).
- The name of the university is University of Illinois Springfield. By decision of the Chancellor's Cabinet, we dropped the use of the word "at" and are now known as University of Illinois Springfield – or simply Illinois Springfield.
- Springfield is the capital city, so we have the capitol building. (It helps to remember that the capitol building has a dome, which is spelled with an "o.")
- Please resist the urge to use lots of capital letters, and especially to use all caps, except OCCASIONALLY for emphasis.
- Do capitalize:
proper names of specific persons, places, or thingsUniversity when used alone and referring to the University of Illinois as a whole. (See "Campus/University" above.)the names of academic programs (the History program, a major in Women and Gender Studies)
- Don't capitalize:
state in the phrase state of Illinois; words like center or auditorium when they stand in for the unit's complete, proper nameacademic degrees when spelled out (a bachelor's degree, a master's, a doctorate)academic subjects (My adviser says I need to take a botany course.)
Also use lowercase in these instances: the universities of Illinois and Pittsburgh, the 1995 spring semester, the city of Phoenix, central Illinois.
- In titles, the first and last words, as well as all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and words like if, because, and that are capped. The words a, an, the, and, but, or, for, nor, and prepositions of any length are lowercased (unless they're the first or last word). The to in infinitives or the second part of a hyphenated word is also lowercased (A Long Way to Run, To Have and Have Not, Planning a Sit-down Dinner Party, Your Next Dinner Party: Buffet or Sit-Down).
*See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional, specific examples.
- Use one before and or or in a series. (We ate toast, eggs, and cereal. I had my choice of red, black, or blue pens.)
- In this sense, compose means to create or put together. (Jack's comic book collection is composed of several first editions.)
- Comprise means to contain or include. (The panel comprises people from all parts of campus.) Note, however, that the panel is not "comprised of" people from all parts of campus.
- You may want to use constitute, or something entirely different, if neither compose nor comprise seems to work. (Eleven problems constitute the math test. The math test consists of eleven problems. People from all parts of campus make up the panel. Panel members are drawn from all parts of campus.)
- Use include when a list may not be complete. (The list of confirmed guests includes Senator Gatsby.)
- Days of the week and names of months should be spelled out, except in tabular material.
- Use commas as follows:
The twins were born in April 1989.
The twins were born on Tuesday, April 30.
The twins turned 16 on April 30, 2005.
The twins started driving on May 1, 2005, and they went to the mall twice.
- Use apostrophes carefully: the 1990s, the '90s, the nineties (not the 1990's or 90's)
- Capitalize the title as follows: Dean Olivia Gordon; Dean Gordon; Olivia Gordon, dean of the School of Architectural Sciences; Dean of the School of Architectural Sciences Olivia Gordon. Olivia Gordon is the dean of architectural sciences. (Also see the "Titles" section below.)
- In general, we prefer to use "Dr." as a medical title and avoid it when talking about academics or clerics. When it's necessary to mention that a person holds a doctorate, you can often do it parenthetically (Joseph Q. Bixby, Ph.D., or Joseph Bixby, who holds a doctorate in geology).However, as an academic institution we understand that earning a doctorate is an achievement to be respected and also that speaking of "Dr. Bixby" may contribute to the prestige, credibility, and authority of the University, its faculty, and programs.In those instances, use "Dr. Joseph Bixby" on first reference and "Dr. Bixby" on second reference. Then, depending on the case at hand, "Bixby" may be acceptable in subsequent references. Unless you're writing very informally, or you're a close personal friend or are quoting someone who is, never refer to Dr. Bixby as "Joe."
- Although they both mean "to make certain," ensure and insure are not quite interchangeable. Insure more properly refers to finances. (Using this method will ensure success. Insure yourself against the high cost of illness.) Assure implies the removal of doubt or suspense. (I assure you that I mean no harm.)
- Entitled means to have a right to something. (Martin was entitled to a third of his grandfather's estate.) Don't use it if you're talking about the name of a book, play, etc. (The presentation was titled "Learning to Use Algorithms.")
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- Note the hyphen. Abbreviate GPA and give the number with two decimal places (a GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale).
- Although it's increasingly common to see they/their used as gender-neutral singular pronouns, this is incorrect. (A student should consult with his or her adviser. Students should consult with their advisers.) If following this advice makes a sentence awkward, try to rewrite it.
- Check a recent dictionary. Treatment of a word can change as it moves into common use.
- Or read for clarity. "Her reply was thought provoking." Does that mean her reply was thought (considered) provoking or that it was thought-provoking (it made you stop and think)?
- Words made with these prefixes are generally not hyphenated:
anti: antihero
bi: biannual
co: coauthor
extra: extraterrestrial
inter: interrelated
micro: microeconomics
mid: midlife
multi: multiracial
non: nonviolent
over: overprotective
post: postdoctoral
pre: prenatal
pro: prorated
re: reexamine
semi: semiannual
sub: subatomic
un: unwashed
under: underpaid
- Some exceptions: If the resulting word is difficult to pronounce or looks odd, hyphenate it (cochair/co-chair; coworker/co-worker). Hyphenate words that can be mistaken for other words (co-op/coop; re-creation /recreation).
- Hyphenate two words combined to make an adjective. (It was a hair-raising experience. Helen is a full-time student, so she can only work part time.)
- Ex is hyphenated when it's used to mean former (ex-spouse).
- It's a noun, not a verb. (The impact of a meteor had a tremendous impact on the dinosaurs.) The meteor did not impact the dinosaurs, though you could say it affected them or had an influence on them.
- Don't mix prepositions and dashes in the same phrase.These are ok: "He works from 9 to 5." "He works 9-5." This is not: "He works from 9-5."These are also ok: "People between the ages of 18 and 25 will love this movie." "People aged 18-25 will love this movie." "Everyone aged 18 through 25 will love this movie."
Note: Using thru for through is acceptable only in very informal writing, or in tabbed or other materials where space may be a consideration.
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- Simple, short lists don't require much punctuation."To go camping we need a tent, sleeping bag, and insect repellant." "We need a tent, sleeping bag, and insect repellant to go camping."
- Complex lists may require additional punctuation."We need these things to go camping: (1) a lightweight, easily assembled tent; (2) sleeping bags that are comfortable and can be zipped open and closed quickly; and (3) hypoallergenic insect repellant, preferably a brand that contains an FDA-approved sunblock." [Note: You can substitute (a), (b), and (c) for (1), (2), and (3).]
- For even amounts, omit the .00 except if needed in tabbed lists ($5, not $5.00). It's easy to misread $5.00 as $500.
- For amounts less than $1, use figures and spell out cents (5 cents, 75 cents).
- "The new library cost $1 million." "The chips cost 88 cents." "He looked like a million dollars." "Jason had to put in his two cents."
- In general, spell out numbers one through nine and use figures for numbers 10 and higher.
- But for consistency's sake, treat numbers alike in the same context (a 103-story office building between apartment houses only 3 and 4 stories high; four seniors out of a group of twenty-five students).Exceptions are years (2 A.D.), percentages (7 percent), and measurements (9 feet, 3 degrees). Also, for inclusive numbers in which one is lower than 10 and one is higher, use figures for both. (Answer questions 4 through 74.)
- The complete, proper name of an office should be capitalized. Other references should be lowercased (the Office of Financial Assistance, the financial assistance office).
- It's percent not per cent.
- Except in tabular material, use numbers and spell the word out (1 percent, not one percent or 1%) and use decimals, not fractions (0.5 percent, not 1/2 percent or 1/2 %).
- In general, plurals are not made by using an apostrophe + s. However, you can make an abbreviation plural by using " 's " if there is more than one period (M.A.'s and Ph.D.' s, but vols. and yrs.).
- Proper names are never made plural by using an apostrophe. (The Joneses (not Jones's) left on vacation. All the Sallys (not Sally's) are here.)
- A collective noun is a group of individuals considered as a unit – an audience, jury, or committee, for example. Collective nouns take singular verbs and pronouns when you're thinking of the members as a whole. (The family who lives next door is named Mulligan.) These nouns take plural verbs and pronouns when group members are thought of as individuals. (The jury are washing their hands before they go to dinner.)
- Words like athletics and politics are generally considered singular. (Politics is a dirty business.)
- Our preference for forming the possessive of proper nouns ending in "s" is to add only an apostrophe (Texas' flag, UIS' soccer team).
- Possessive pronouns ending in "s" do not take an apostrophe. (My hand is cleaner than yours. Your hand is cleaner than hers.)
- Don't confuse it's (it is) with its. (It's time to go. The dog bit its trainer.)
- Proved is a verb. (He proved to be an exciting speaker.) Proven is an adjective. (He has a proven talent for speaking.)
- Quality is a noun, not an adjective.
This is ok: "We're proud of the quality of our faculty." This isn't: "We're proud of our quality faculty."You can use quality as a modifier, however, if you combine it with another word. (We have a high-quality faculty.)
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- The choice of that or which can make a difference in the sense of your sentence."Norma never wore perfume that made her sneeze." (But she drenched herself in the other kind.)
"Norma never wore perfume, which made her sneeze." (She had allergies.)
- Use that to introduce an essential clause, one that can't be eliminated without changing your meaning.
Use which to introduce a nonessential clause, one that can be left out without changing the basic meaning of the sentence. (Frank couldn't recall the Latin phrase that he used as a password. Frank couldn't recall the Latin phrase, which he used as a password.)
- Times should be designated by a.m. or p.m. Don't use :00 except as needed in tabular material.
- 12 midnight, 12 noon, or Friday evening at 8 p.m. are redundant. Try midnight, noon, Friday at 8 p.m., or Friday evening at eight o'clock.
- A personal title is capitalized when it comes immediately before the holder's name and is used as part of that name (Chancellor Daniel Henderson), but not if it follows the name (Daniel Henderson, chancellor) or if it's used more to describe the person than as part of his or her name (university chancellor Daniel Henderson).Some titles can be abbreviated if they're used with a person's full name, otherwise spell them out (Rev. Daniel Henderson, Reverend Henderson).Consult a reference source if you have questions about the use of religious or honorary titles.
- Titles of books, movies, plays, etc.These take italics:
books (The Kite Runner)
long poems (The Iliad)
movies (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
newspapers (the New York Times)
operas and other long musical pieces (The Marriage of Figaro)
periodicals (National Geographic )
plays (The Death of a Salesman)
record albums (Mudvayne's Lost and Found)
TV and radio series (Dirty Jobs, A Prairie Home Companion)
works of art (Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Rodin's The Thinker)These require quotation marks:
articles in magazines and newspapers ("Fed Drops Interest Rate" in the May 14 Wall Street Journal)
chapter titles (chapter one of David Copperfield, "I Am Born")
dissertations and papers (a paper titled "What I Did on My Summer Vacation")
essays (John Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding")
individual episodes of a TV series (the "Humbug" episode of The X Files)
short poems (Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman")
song titles (Tina Turner's version of "Proud Mary")
- See the "Campus" entry above.
- Use use.
- No hyphen.
- The correct form when referring to a UIS vice chancellor is "vice chancellor for" not "of." (Michael Millroy is vice chancellor for human resource management.)
- Use who or whom instead of that to refer to people and to animals with names. Use who when it's the subject of the sentence, clause, or phrase. (Lassie is the dog who saved Timmy.) Use whom when it's the object of a verb or preposition. (Timmy is the boy whom Lassie saved.)
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Matters of electronic style – no less than old-fashioned grammar – are open to interpretation. Here is one from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The following examples briefly represent a general style adopted for this campus.
And please, do take the time to read over what you've written at least once before hitting the send button. Unless your input is urgently needed, clarity, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and basic civility still count.
- All these are commonly used, but we lean toward keeping the hyphen and lowercasing the "e," unless it's the first word in a sentence.
Emoticons and acronyms
- Please don't use little smiley faces : ) or similar emoticons in anything but the most casual messages.
- Likewise, don't assume that everyone knows what "BTW," "LOL," or other trendy acronyms mean.
- Capitalize it when you're speaking of "the" Internet.
- One word
Web addresses
- Like the "1" in 800 telephone numbers, the "http://" can (almost always) be safely omitted from web addresses.
- Don't underline web addresses, and don't underline other text for emphasis. Most people now assume that underlined text is linked text.
- Opinions differ about putting a period at the end of a web address that is also the end of a sentence; some prefer to leave a space between the address and the closing punctuation (www.uis.edu .). Our preference is to punctuate the end of the sentence, with no extra space. Questions or exclamations that end in a web address still require the closing ? or ! (You bought that at Amazon.com! How could you buy anything at Amazon.com?)
World Wide Web
- Initial caps for the full name and if (like "Internet" above) you're speaking of "the" Web. But otherwise lowercase web (web address, webpage, website).


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The project will enhance the capacity of research and development (R&D) institutions in PNG, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to carry out efficient and effective agricultural research. Appropriate human resource capacity is the key to generating and transferring agricultural technologies and innovations. As a result, the project aims to improve the capability of agricultural researchers, research managers and extension workers to identify and prioritise R&D issues, formulate research projects, and out- and up-scale technologies for successful agricultural development.
Agricultural production and productivity can be increased substantially if innovative technologies are developed and promoted. Such technological advances are only possible if sufficient and appropriately qualified human resources are devoted to conducting focused scientific research and promoting agricultural innovations. Scientific research that leads to the development, dissemination and adoption of improved agricultural technologies will improve livelihoods and reduce poverty of the poor and women in the countries dependent on agriculture through:
- Increased productivity.
- Increased gainful employment.
- Growth in non-farm activities.
- Affordable food prices.
- Reduced vulnerability to climatic and other risks.
- Economic and social empowerment.
However, in the Western Pacific countries agricultural research is neither being conducted efficiently nor being adequately focused. Research results are not disseminated effectively by various research institutions, meaning that improved technologies are not adopted, preventing agricultural growth and development. The shortcomings of agricultural research have been attributed largely to the weak capacity of researchers and research managers in agricultural R&D institutions to design and develop high priority and high impact-oriented research projects. There is therefore an urgent need to improve the human resource capacities within these institutions.
The project is specifically designed to address the needs, constraints and aspirations of the partner and associate institutions to develop capacities of researchers, research managers and extension workers in the identification and prioritisation of agricultural R&D issues, formulation of research projects and out- and up-scaling of agricultural innovations (Scaling-out is the replication of innovation to other similar sites at local level; Scaling-up refers to expansion of innovation from local to national levels and leads to more quality benefits of more end-users over a wider geographical area: it implies adapting the innovation to the conditions of different end-users). The partner institutions have been mandated by their respective national governments to find solutions to the agricultural problems of the farming communities.
Capacity building will take place through a review of various training methods and the subsequent development of training programmes, which will be accompanied by guidelines and manuals for trainers and trainees. Training components will include:
- Identification of R&D issues and priority setting.
- Assessment of constraints, opportunities and potentials in crops and livestock.
- Development of agricultural R&D projects.
- Capacity development in out-scaling and up-scaling of promising agricultural innovations.
The figure depicts these four training components and the way they are linked in the project.
An innovative feature of this project is the participation of trainers through skills development programmes: mentoring and training of trainers from the partner institutions is a central element of the project. Those who have completed training will then be able to train other researchers in their respective institutions in the Western Pacific countries. This process will build up institutional R&D capacity, reducing the need for external help.
Networking and communication among the participating institutions shall be encouraged via a web-based communication forum, which will also facilitate communication with other regional and international networks promoting human resource capacity in agricultural R&D activities.
The Project Co-ordination Unit (CU) will facilitate the implementation of the project activities, under the guidance of a Steering Committee consisting of representatives of NARI, MAL and VARTC. The CU will oversee day-to-day implementation and will ensure inter-institutional coordination and appropriate technical guidance of project team members. The CU will also be responsible for central-level procurements, consultant recruitment, funds disbursement, facilitation of travel, and organisation of workshops and training programmes.


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Primary responsibility is the provision of direct and support services to sexual assault victims and their families,
Position is fulltime plus on-call rotation. Ideal candidate will possess the ability to provide effective crisis intervention & support services and knowledge of the socio-cultural dynamics of sexual assault victimization and the legal system. Must be experienced in sexual assault advocacy and the provision of direct services to victims. Supervisory experience and Master's degree required.
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This book contains thoughts of the 20 Head Start teachers regarding
collections representing their teaching, reflections on Head Start, and
reflections on the trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Grew up in a small, rural town in Northwest Missouri to move to Chicago to attend Columbia College Chicago. There, I studied film and video as well as photography and dabbled in graphic design. After graduating with my BA from Columbia, I took up working for my alma mater as an administrative assistant and enjoy taking photos as well as designing for the web and print in my - dwindling - free time.
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Summer Infant BabyTouch Color Video Monitor
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BabyTouch Color Video Monitor is the first touchscreen-controlled baby monitor to the market. Simply touch the monitor screen to control all the features including: pan, scan, zoom, brightness control and ability to add additional cameras. In addition, the handheld unit comes with a stylish magnetic recharging base and the camera has a convenient battery pack allowing you the ultimate portability package.
- Parent Unit: 3.5" color video display
- Small, sleek, lightweight design
- Touchscreen display that is easy to use and intuitive
- Digital technology and pan, scan and zoom
- Battery indicator on screen tells you how much battery life the parent's unit has left
- 2-way Talk Back Feature
- Belt clip and built in flip stand
- Sound, lights and volume control / brightness control up to 400' range
- Scan between 4 different rooms automatically when additional cameras are added
- Baby Unit: Wall achor and security clips for camera installation and table top or wall mountable
- Rechargeable batteries included
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Baird Sampson Neuert Architects design for Old Post Office Plaza in St. Louis Missouri serves as an urban catalyst for revitalization while forming an iconic event space for downtown St. Louis. Inspired by a large public sculpture, "the Torso of Icaro" by noted sculptor Igor Mitoraj and donated for installation in the project, the design creates a three dimensional armature of spaces and program that spiral upward and around the work to explore the deeper structure of ideas that the myth of Daedelus and Ikarus evokes. Not only was Daedalus the key protagonist of one of the great narratives of flight and fall, he was associated with early manifestations of public space and public art in ancient Greece, as an archetypal architect and sculptor.
Architectonic and landscape elements are used strategically to re-contextualize urban edges and dramatically transform the micro geography of the flat site created by urban clearing. At its centre, a new civic square serves as a venue for events and "cours d'honneur" to the historic Post Office. The raised "theatre plateau on the west side creates an urban edge and vista northward to the handsome Italianate entry pavilion to the historic American Theatre, with the Screen/Cloud wall masks the side wall never intended to be viewed.


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The Delaware Chapter of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will present is 2013 Blood Cancer Conference Sept. 19 to celebrate September as Blood Cancer Awareness month.
The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Delaware, 210 S. College Ave., Newark. The conference will provide the latest information about the three most common forms of blood cancer, as well as the most recent research advances and treatment options for these cancers.
The conference will also focus on survivor-ship issues as well as what it means to be a caregiver to a blood caner patient and how to cope with and manage the day-to-day challenges.
The special guest speaker will be Hollywood film designer, Chris Ayers. He will talk about his life as an AML survivor and more.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Registration is free but attendees must register before Sept. 13.
For more information: (302) 661-7300 ext. 2367 or visit lls.org/de/bloodcancerconference.org.
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The sculpted Yaro salad bowl is made of acacia wood, a dense, durable hardwood that glows with warmth and enthralls with finely patterned grain of varying shades. Designer Sean O'Hara places the bowl on a narrow pedestal and flares the sides roundly up to a wide mouth. Tossing a salad becomes a snap, while the more narrow bottom helps ensure that no dressing escapes the greens. Naturally resinous, acacia wood will not absorb stains or odors, and the bowl can be hand washed with warm soapy water. The accompanying salad servers have acacia wood heads and sculpted handles made of our signature Nambe alloy.
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Maple Pumpkin Torte RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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This pumpkin dessert always gets rave reviews. When people ask where I bought the cake, I smile and say that it was made with love in my own kitchen. —Dianna Wara, Washington, Illinois
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1-1/3 cups vanilla or white chips
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 7-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring
- Grease three 9-in. round baking pans; line with waxed paper. Grease the paper and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1/2 cup flour, water, pumpkin, eggs, oil and cinnamon; beat for 30 seconds on low speed. Beat for 2 minutes on medium.
- Transfer a third of the batter to a small bowl; beat in brown sugar and remaining flour. Stir in chips and pecans. Pour into one prepared pan. Divide the plain batter between the two remaining pans.
- Bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a large bowl, cream shortening until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and maple flavoring; beat until smooth.
- Place one plain cake layer on a serving platter. Top with a quarter of the frosting. Top with the pumpkin-nut cake layer. Top with a quarter of the frosting. Top with remaining plain cake layer; spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Yield: 12-14 servings.
Originally published as Maple Pumpkin Torte in Taste of Home October/November 2005, p52
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Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
"I absolutely love this recipe I make it every year for my husband thanksgiving feast at work and get great comments....:)"
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2012
"This is an excellent cake! I used buttermilk instead of water and mini cinnamon chips instead of white chips. Will make again!"
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2012
"This is a really good, decadent dessert. Picn1k, vanilla or white chips are sold alongside the chocolate chips in the baking aisle. Just white chocolate chips in other words."
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2012
"I have a question; what does 1-1/3 cups vanilla or white chips mean?"
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2012
"This is for Gloria. You can buy sugar free cake mix and use brown sugar splenda instead of brown sugar. Frosting use 1 8 oz cream cheese and sugar free cool whip mixed together. If you want sweet, add splenda to it."


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"In Prism, we will present a new piece, that investigates the state of mind of the Stand-up Comedian through the format of contemporary dance," says Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Ririe Woodbury artistic director.
The work is a collaboration between architect Nathan Webster, actor Ethan Phillips, writer David Kranes, video editor Hoda Peterson, the Ririe Woodbury dancers dancers and Boye-Christensen as the choreographer.
"The title of this work has proven to be one of the most thrilling challenges of my creative life, as I am not typically funny on stage but have managed to find a deeper understanding of myself as an artist through this process," Boye-Christensen says. "This work is at times humorous, edgy, moving, strange and poetic, and I think that we have broken new grounds with this piece and made the impossible possible."
Collaborations always present unique challenges, but they also result in a truly different experience for the audience. This work contains humor, playfulness and athleticism. It's quite brilliant and I cannot wait to see the finished work.
Click the below video to watch a short interview with Brad Beakes and Alexandra Bradshaw, two of Ririe-Woodbury's newest dancers.
"Prism" will be performed Dec. 8-10 at 7:30pm, with a matinee on Saturday, in the Black Box Theatre at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.
Jennifer Hickman is an advisory board member for Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Studio D, and Vivace and is an arts contributor to Salt Lake magazine.


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Fast. Powerful. Opulent. There are any number of descriptors one could use to describe the Bugatti Veyron. But along with them is "heavy" – including heavy on fuel consumption. That's just the way it goes when you're dealing with a sixteen-cylinder, quad-turbo beast of a supercar. But that could change, if the latest output from the rumormill proves accurate.
- Mid-engine Corvette spied in daylight
- Matt LeBlanc threatens to quit Top Gear
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2013 Senior Thesis Exhibition
The 2013 Senior Thesis Exhibition was on view in the Gallery at Higgins Hall on the Midtown campus fromWednesday, April 24-May 6, 2013.
The Senior Thesis Exhibition is the capstone experience for the students who major in art and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Within the program, there are four areas of concentration: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, and Studio Art.
Graphic Design
Kristen Brassard
Charles Bryant
Janet Dey
Antonio Franqueira
Christopher Gabriel
Michael Gmitter
Ryan Greene
Zachary Hossan
Sarah Jackson
Danielle McPhee
Megan Mills
Stephanie Moran
Santiago Osegueda
Shavonna Person
Briana Stottle
Kristy Swanson
Sarah Weber
Tina Yuanglamyai
Joseph Albert
Sonya Elser
Timothy Heinlein
Xavier Potter
Emily Gombos
Kayla Adams
Heather Brasche
Heather Braxton
Frederick Fitch
Maria Palacios
Samantha Quattro
Robert Siemon
Emily Staley
Brendan Wixted
Studio Art
Rachel Brewer
Corinne Speidel
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The Cheraw School Board heard two student groups on Monday night. The first was Sydney Buhr, Tiana Garcia and Irvin Nunez, representing the senior class. The second was the entire Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, all of whom qualified to advance to the state competition after placing in their individual contests at regional.
The senior class has only nine members this year, and they have selected Durango as their destination. The five and a half hour trip will leave time for many activities on the five-day trip. They plan to visit Mesa Verde, historic landmarks and Fort Lewis College. They will white water raft on the Animas River, which runs through Durango, and play paintball. They will ride the Durango/Silverton Train and go on jeep trail rides. They will have dinner at the historic Strater Hotel and stay in a large cabin near Durango. They asked permission to have the boys sleep downstairs and the girls sleep upstairs. Mr. Martin, their sponsor, thought that with this group, small and well-behaved, the arrangement would be fine. They also plan to play table games in the evening at the cabin.
The seniors found a package that includes most of their activities for $229 apiece, starting May 1, so they asked permission to go in May this year (the weather will be warmer, too). Total cost per student is about $475, plus transportation. The board approved and complimented the students on the thoroughness of the presentation. Seniors have worked and saved money for their trip all through junior and senior high school.
The entire FCCLA appeared before the board, describing the contests which they had won at the regional level. The board approved their trip to the state contest in Denver, 15 students and six adult chaperones. "An abundance of excellence," commented one member of the board. The FCCLA also earns the bulk of the money needed for their trip.
Principal Ryan Nesselhuf presented the District Wide Committee Report. The focus this year will be on writing. A rubric for grading short constructive response, paragraph and essay answers will be developed and tested by the faculty to insure consistency in grading written responses. The rubrics will be developed with reference to state rubrics and using the expectations of standards and curriculum. This will also be used as part of the Accountability Unified Improvement Plan.
School Board Member Raphena Graham reported on the Santa Fe Trail Board of Cooperative Educational Services. The Santa Fe Trail BOCES has been approached by the Lamar School District and is considering the possibility of letting that district join. The speech-language pathologist has resigned and will be replaced next year. In the meantime, a paraprofessional is serving in this capacity.
Feb. 11-16 is Winter Sports Week in Cheraw. Parent conferences are Feb 7. The secondary teachers will see parents in the gym to facilitate better circulation for the parents.
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2013 Planner
January to December
Back in 2008 I decided I'd had enough awesome weather and sandy beaches, so I left Malta and moved to England. I've taken up cooking, washing dishes and paying bills, a bit of photography and a vague interest in wine and coffee. In my free time I also work as a software developer at Expedia.
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A story is told about two little kids who are playing together in a sandbox with their pails and shovels. Suddenly a huge fight breaks out and one of the runs away screaming, "I hate you! I hate you!" In no time at all they're back in the sandbox playing together happily again.
Two adults observe the interaction from a nearby bench. "Did you see that?" one comments in admiration. "How do children do that? They were enemies five minutes ago.
It's simple the other replies. They choose happiness over righteousness.
Grownups rarely make such a choice. Married folks have a terrible time stepping aside from anger, bitterness, and hurt. We know that life is short but damn it, we're not betting back in that sandbox until the other person agrees to having started it and admits to being wrong.
A great deal of suffering could be avoided if we could be more like those kids. Of course married life is not always so simple as the sandbox story. We need both to lighten up and to have a strong voice when the situation calls for it. Here's what the challenge requires.
1. Get More Bite Marks on Your Tongue
Dial down the criticism. Many people value criticism in courtship stage of relationship, but become allergic to it over time. Remember that no one can survive in a marriage (at least not happily) if they feel more judged than admired.
2. Respect Differences
One of my favorite cartoons, drawn by my friend Jennifer Berman, shows a dog and a cat in bed together.
The dog is looking morose and reading a book called "Dogs Who Love Too Much."
The Cat is saying, "I'm not distancing! I'm a cat, darn it!"
Lighten up about differences. We all view reality through different filters depending on our class, culture, gender, birth order, genetic makeup, and unique family history. A good marriage requires us to stay emotionally connected to a partner who thinks, feels, and believes differently, without needing to change him or fix him up.
3 Apologize and repair disconnections
You can say, "I'm sorry for my part of the problem" even if you're secretly convinced that you're only 14% to blame. Marriage goes best when at least one person can apologize or find some other way to cut right through the nonproductive "whodunit" or "who started it" mentality. We know that the failure to initiate repair attempts—or the failure to respond to a partner's attempt to offer the olive branch and move forward—is a flashing red light in marriage.
4. Warm your Partner's Heart
During the courtship stage (or "Velcro Stage," as I call it) of relationships we automatically focus on the positive and make our partner feel valued and chosen. The longer people are married, the more this "selective attention" flips. Now we automatically pay attention to what we are critical about and that is what we notice and speak to. ("Why are you putting so much water in the pot for the pasta?" Don't you know that's the wrong knife to cut a tomato"). We automatically fail to notice and comment on the positive. Be intentional about making positive comments ("I loved the way you used humor to deal with your brother on the phone tonight.") even if you're feeling angry and resentful. Your partner won't make use of your constructive criticism if there's not a surrounding climate of love and respect.
5. Practice Pure Listening
Loweryour defensiveness and truly listen. Listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give your partner. Practice listening without interrupting, offering advice, defending your position, or correcting distortions and exaggerations. Listen only to understand. Save your defense for a future conversation.
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ZF-2795: Zend_JsonTest failure
Results from r8521 of trunk (WinXP, PHP 5.1.4, PHPUnit 3.2.15):
13) testJsonWithPhpJsonExtension(Zend_JsonTest) Failed asserting that two strings are equal. expected string difference <??????> got string <> c:\Documents and Settings\dfelton\My Documents\SVN Remote\Zend Framework\trunk\tests\Zend\JsonTest.php:79 c:\Documents and Settings\dfelton\My Documents\SVN Remote\Zend Framework\trunk\tests\Zend\JsonTest.php:59
Assign to [~stas] for possible review.
Works for me OK on windows with 5.2.4. Maybe ext/json missing?
No, ext/json is enabled on the system of the issue description.
Strange... Can you reproduce it with 5.2.x?
Running it on 5.2.5 I get no such failure; all tests pass.


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Florid Shirt
This long sleeve shirt is with polyester taping on shoulder, inside placket and cuffs. Two functional front pockets and shoulder epaulets. Self color embroidery on flap pockets, shoulder epaulets, sleeves and back of shirt.
Care: Machine wash cold separately, no bleach, tumble dry low, warm iron. 100% cotton.


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Citrus Twist
Orange Orange
3 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
3 ounces cranberry juice
1 1/2 ounces orange-flavored vodka
1 1/2 ounces Cointreau
3 cranberries, for garnish
1 orange twist, for garnish
Combine all the ingredients and shake with ice. Strain over finely crushed or shaved ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with the cranberries and orange twist.


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Nothing crazy, just thinking back...About 10 years ago this month I was walking into a recruiters office in Medford, OR.
I remember my fun days as a care-free (ha-ha-ha) PFC. Learning how the fleet worked, and what pisses off NCOs. Pinned LCpl in July 2004 in the middle of the Meditteranean Sea.
Broke a few rules as a LCpl, mostly alcohol related stupidity (drinking while waxing the decks in the CP afterhours. Floor wax is better than a slip-n-slide. Participated in OIF II. Never thought I would see Corporal.
Pinned Corporal in October 2005 in South Carolina.
Got Married as a Corporal. Just moving along. Sergeant was for career people, I'll never see it.
Pinned Sgt in November 2006 at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
Sgt was a fun rank. Never dreamed of moving up the rank ladder. Went back to Iraq of OIF 07-09. Came back, once dwell was up, went to Japan on a UDP/WestPac.
Pinned Staff Sergeant in July 2009 in Kuantan, Malaysia.
Moved from 29 Palms, to Camp Pendleton. Went here and there, etc. Same thing. This will be as far as I advance. But hey im ok with it. SSgt aint a bad rank to be. Still in a little of both worlds. Draw-downs, cut-backs, etc. No room for an 0431 to become an 0491. Or so I thought.
Thusly, you are all cordially invited (in spirit) to my pinning of Gunnery Sergeant this Friday, March 1st. Holy hell. Hope I survive the wet down.
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Sep 13th 2012
Survey: What's the Holy War's future? Enter to win $25 to Aristo's
With this Saturday being the second to last time in the near future the Holy War is played, who will take the field for Utah? Do you think the Holy War should continue? Take our short survey for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Aristo's. Read More


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Safety First
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This was the cover to one of the Christmas Cards I received this past year. A friend of mine ended up in a serious biking accident earlier that year and the Christmas card photo was what was left over from the accident. The good news is he recovered and we meet at CX nationals in KC on the sidelines since both of us were disabled from racing it that year and both of us will compete in 09. How did this happen!? Was it a car, racing accident, poor road conditions? No. My friend showed up to meet a few friends for a ride, took his bike off of his car, put the wheel on and forgot to clamp the skewer on the front wheel down, then later on the ride rode to the front of the group and bunny hopped a dead squirrel in the road... Front wheel came out on the jump and had a course of its own.
Point of the story? We ride nearly everyday, training, commuting or just having fun and many of us (including myself) should stop at least every now and then to check our bikes. Once I did a random check on my bike and found the stem bolt very loose... think of what kind of story that could have turned into!


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Brad Rock, photo provided by Deseret News. Click here for Rock's Deseret News profile.
BYU football players will report to fall camp tomorrow to begin intense preparations for the upcoming season. While you're waiting (30 days exactly, but who's counting?) for the Cougars to take on Virginia, pick up a copy of Deseret News columnist Brad Rock's newly-revised collection of stories from BYU football history. The book, Tales from the BYU Cougars Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Cougar Stories Ever Told, reveals unique memories and hilarious anecdotes about players like Jim McMahon and Steve Young, and coaches like LaVell Edwards and Bronco Mendenhall.
I chatted with Brad Rock about his stories, and he offered a glimpse of what's in store for the reader.
Why will people want to pick up a copy? Is there anything that will surprise a big fan?
"I think that they'll like the stuff on Max Hall (former BYU and Arizona Cardinals quarterback). I won't give all of that away, but there's some stuff on Max Hall and his hating on Utah. They'll get the whole story on what was behind that, how long he was thinking about it, and what spurred it. So that will interest both BYU and Utah fans. I think the best thing is just the sense of humor these guys have … A lot of them are really good guys but it doesn't mean you can't be funny."
I'm sure you have a lot of favorite stories, but what's one of your favorite anecdotes?
"Tom Holmoe (BYU's athletic director) told a story. When he was in college, he and Dan Plater (former BYU wide receiver) were on the football team, and they had a test coming up. I think it was on a Monday. It was a vertebrate zoology class or something like that. And they were wondering how they were going to study for this test because they had a game in Hawaii. Plater had figured out how to get into the lab after hours … so what he does is take a gym bag the night before they go to Hawaii and goes in and steals a couple turtles and a shark and stuffs them in the gym bag … and flew it to Hawaii. And then Plater and Tom got to their rooms and they just opened the gym bag, laid the shark out on the table in their room and dissected the shark. And according to Tom, they aced the test. That was bringing your homework."
What was the most challenging part of collecting the stories and writing the book?
"I think the hardest part about it was the last chapter [I added for the revision]. The challenges were reaching the people and having access to the people. When I did the book the first time 10 years before, I just set things up and called the coaches at BYU and I'd go down and there and just talk to them … Now you have to go through different layers to get to the athletes."
What did you enjoy most about the process?
"The most enjoyable part was getting to know those people I had only known on a really peripheral basis or not known at all, like Jan Jorgensen (former BYU football player, current MMA fighter). I'd known him beforehand but I got to sit and really talk to him. I saw a side of Max Hall I didn't know at all. He made me laugh and I thought he was a funny guy. And he talked in the book about that I-hate-Utah thing, and he said people need to lighten up and it's only a football game. I thought he was pretty spot on about that. He's just a guy that doesn't like his rival."
What do you hope readers will get out reading this collection of stories?
"I'm hoping they'll be entertained, that it will make them smile and that they'll have a sense of what it would be like if they had the access I did. It's like if they went out with the former players or a coach and just got to talk to them over lunch and ask them, 'Who was the nuttiest guy you ever played with? Who was the most intense guy you ever played with?' I'm hoping those are the kind of stories that are in the book, because not everybody can do that."
Is there anything you wish you could have included but didn't?
"There were just a few players that I wanted to talk to that I wasn't able to get a hold of. And the one thing that I didn't have that I really wished I would have had was some Ziggy Ansah (current Detroit Lions defensive end) stuff. He came on out of nowhere … and I don't think it was until the combines in Indiana that he really burst onto the scene. And by the time that happened, I had my chapter done and couldn't do anything on Ziggy."
What are you expectations for the 2013 season and its challenging schedule?
"I think this year it could be as a good as a seven- or eight-win season, but not better. Unless they play very well, I think they could end up in a five-win season. It's the most interesting season they've had because of the big games."
Brad Rock became a sportswriter when he took a full-time sports job to avoid covering beats like the water conservatory district or the legislature after graduating in mass communications from the University of Utah. Before he became a columnist for the Deseret News in 1994, Rock covered everything from little league baseball to high school sports, Utah State football, BYU basketball, boxing, and the Jazz.


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MY husband, Ismail, and I were traveling to Libya, where I would meet his family for the first time. I loved the exhilaration of international travel—and having trekked the Himalayas, camped along the Baja peninsula and crossed Europe in trains, I considered myself a seasoned traveler. If I'd known that the cup of coffee I drank at the Milan airport would be my last for the next two weeks, perhaps I would have felt more apprehensive about this trip. Dependent on both strong coffee and regular exercise, I was also unaware that the workout clothes neatly packed in my suitcase would remain untouched. None of my previous adventures had prepared me for my arrival in Libya as the American wife of a firstborn Muslim son.
A crowd of relatives the size of a tour group awaited us at the Tripoli airport. Ismail's youngest brother, Hussein, engulfed him in a tight embrace, weeping and kissing his cheeks, while his four sisters, in bright head scarves, circled around us. Like colorful, twittering birds that have found birdseed, they talked and laughed and kissed our cheeks, foreheads and hands. We crammed into tiny cars, counting each lap as an additional seat, and drove to Ismail's parents' home, where my mother-in-law, Haja Njima, waited beside a parched lime tree whose skinny branches were bowed with fruit. Her head was covered by a flowered head scarf, a faded cloth was wrapped around her body like a toga, and a thin green line stretched from her bottom lip to her chin.
"A tattoo," my husband explained to me later, "inked onto her face by an elder the week before her wedding."
Haja's leathery face creased into a broad smile, and her eyes brimmed with tears at the sight of her son, whom she had not seen in eight years, with his young, blond wife in jeans and running shoes. She laid her broad, calloused hands over mine, then stood back to -appraise me, furrowing her brow and uttering Arabic words that, I would come to learn, meant, "Too skinny! Eat!" She pulled me by the hand through the doorway of her squat stone home, turning back once to wag her finger at Ismail and accuse him of not feeding his wife. Inside, a crowd of relatives gathered in a circle on thin floor cushions. The men looked down when I entered the room, avoiding eye contact, but the children stared wide eyed, and my four sisters-in-law met my gaze with exuberant smiles as I sat down among them.
For the next several hours, Haja plied me with pastries and jerk meat and sweet green tea, seeming to be at peace only when my mouth was full. Sunlight danced across the concrete floor, then faded. Darkness pressed its veiled face against the window, and the shadows of women in the kitchen boiling yet more water for fresh tea began to seem like a delirious dream. Five hours had passed since our arrival, and I was exhausted. I had not had a moment to myself except in the bathroom—and then, squatted on the low toilet, I'd listened to my sisters-in-law in whispered conference outside the door before they cracked it open to offer me toilet tissue and slippers. I longed for privacy, and I'd hoped to stay in Tripoli's big new hotel, where oil executives and tourists congregated. I wanted a steaming-hot bath, a shining countertop on which to spread my toiletries, an adjustable thermostat and a heater that hummed through the night, drowning out the honking of horns on the crowded streets below.
I did not realize how offensive this proposal would be to his family, but Ismail did. His gentle suggestion that we retire to a hotel was met with shocked silence, followed by a clamor of protest from relatives who insisted we stay in the finest accommodations they could offer: the half-built home of my sister-in-law Fauziya and her husband, Adel. Blinking back tears of frustration, I climbed into the backseat of Adel's tiny car, and we sped off down a winding alley while I groped in the dark for seat belts that did not exist. At their unfinished home, Adel and Fauziya led us to a small, unpainted bedroom with black plastic taped over each gaping window frame to keep out the wind, and we slept in their bed while they curled up nearby on the floor.


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"When we lived together, the silence in the home / was denser than the silence would be after he left." Sharon Olds's newest collection of poetry, Stag's Leap (Knopf), reads like a novel with an empathetic heroine in a situation many may face: the finale of a long marriage. How Olds springs back from being a "Left Wife" after 30 years is what the "Leap" of the title is really about (even though the Stag is obviously the husband). With metaphorical jolts and astonishing candor, she lands in freedom, even as she acknowledges, "I am half on the side of the leaver." A bareback ride through the inner life of a prizewinning poet every woman should know.
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Comment – October 12, 2012
Hi, I am a newcomer to canada and i have worked in a similar company like moneris before and I am looking to get into company like Moneris. 8.00 to 6.30 - this time is totally out in the field and is this cold calling and sign new accounts or relationship management with the existing accounts. While in sales, how is the pressure and I guess u said it is only commission? no fixed salaries? Thanks for replying


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This may come as a surprise, but Europe is a major global player economically.
This may come as a surprise, but Europe is a major global player economically.
Well, the oil consumption just to send our ships back an forth along the extended route alone would put a dent in the oil trade, forcing us to spend more on oil and sell it back at a higher price.
I can understand why you'd want to keep most of your cultural heritage with you, though. After all, the British Museum is full of stuff we nicked from other countries. Anything they can keep a hold of they'd want
My logic is along the lines of why you would back up your hard drive. I've had stuff stolen, destroyed, left behind or misplaced. Sometime it's good to have stuff in different places.
I also could care less about who ends up with what. I call it sharing.
I wish Hosni Mubarak is the leader again so we can keep on paying Egypt billions of dollars to play nice with Israel.
Honestly no one gives a shit about Isreal anymore. It was only a big issue in the 1950s and since then all the monarchys have been overthrown and turned into dictatorships. While dictatorships aren't human rights friendly they don't declare war on a country becuase they hate them.
And someone needs to mess up Isreal maybe not with a war but they definatly need to be knocked down a peg.
Unfortunately we do care about Israel because we still send them over 3 billion dollars in aid a year. Israel should really work on being self sufficient so we dont have to worry about them. If you want to mess them up tell our leaders to make Israel go cold turkey on the foreign aid
bill O'reily said it best: "FUCKIN' SAND NIGGERS GET SHOT"
oh boy
your welcome
^ win
did i just receive... some gratitude?
for something i did ON POKEDREAM OMG
your welcome
is that a rare occurrence?
Those Jews are greedy it seems like
Money solves all problems Kirby
Money doesn't by time.
Even if you spent all your money on staying health you can't get past 130 years. Only less than half of that would be healthy.
money is nothing. its simply a value that we give it. its the only thing that makes it possible to trade objects and services through other people rather than one person.
if you give a man a fish, he will fuck it. if you teach a man to fish, he will fuck it.
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Supply Chain Software: Rocky Brands steps up productivity
Integrating the WMS and WCS systems has doubled the number of items sorted to the packing stations.
You've heard the old phrase: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
That phrase certainly applies to the makeover of a 210,000-square-foot distribution center in Logan, Ohio, operated by Rocky Brands, a manufacturer and distributor of work, western and outdoor footwear and apparel brands such as Rocky, Durango, Michelin, Georgia Boot and Mossy Oak.
Working with a systems integrator (EnVista), Rocky Brands redesigned the processes in its primary distribution center in central Ohio. The redesign included a significant upgrade of its warehouse management system (WMS) and the integration of the WMS and the warehouse control system (WCS), which control the existing conveyor and sortation system.
Most of the materials handling and software parts were already in place, including the conveyor and sorter. But by rethinking processes, integrating systems and making better use of the available functionality, Rocky Brands has seen significant improvements over the past three years that exceed the sum of the parts, according to Michael Walker, senior vice president of product fulfillment. Those improvements include:
Improved turn times: Prior to the project, the average order turn was 2.8 days. This year, 96.5% of orders ship in 24 hours and 75% ship the same day.
Improved throughput: The facility is running 11,000 pairs of boots through the sorter during an 8-hour shift compared to 4,500 pairs per 8-hour shift in the past with no addition to the head count average—like many suppliers to retailers, the distribution center does have seasonal spikes in temporary labor. Overall throughput has increased from 1.6 million units annually to more than 3 million units per year.
Improved inventory accuracy: Inventory accuracy has improved from less than 95% to more than 98%, with a goal to reach 99.5% accuracy.
Looking forward, the warehouse management and control systems will continue to drive further operational efficiencies in the future. "We're continuing to look for ways to continue to improve our processes," says Walker. "We believe software is a major part of how we're going to do that."
Just this year, for instance, Rocky Brands implemented slotting to improve picking and wave efficiency. There are also plans to implement each picking functionality in the near future. "That will allow us to pick small order quantities and deliver them directly to their own pack station rather than send them through the sorter," explains Barbara Sherbourne, manager of direct operations. "That will improve the performance of the sorter."
Supporting growth
With its headquarters in Nelsonville, Ohio, publicly traded Rocky Brands Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets premium-quality rugged outdoor, occupational, and casual footwear, as well as branded apparel and accessories.
The original company was founded in 1932 as the Wm. Brooks Shoe Company by the grandfather of Rocky's current chairman, Mike Brooks. The Rocky name was established in 1975. With manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and sourcing in Asia, the company's footwear, apparel and accessories are marketed through several distribution channels under a number of brands including Rocky, Georgia Boot, Lehigh, Durango and the licensed brand Michelin. Most recently, Mossy Oak was added to the slate.
Rocky has also been focused on growing its business. In early 2005, the company acquired one of its major competitors, EJ Footwear, an acquisition that added a number of brands and more than doubled its size. That acquisition led the company to rethink its distribution strategy as well as the technology that supports its order fulfillment operations.
"At the time, we owned this facility and EJ Footwear had a major facility in eastern Pennsylvania. A 3PL location was added a short time later," says Walker. "We realized that we had a real opportunity to reduce our costs if we could consolidate two facilities into one and eliminate the need for a 3PL."
Although Rocky now owned brands manufactured and distributed by EJ Footwear, a customer ordering from multiple brands was still receiving two shipments for one order, because different brands were supported by different facilities.
With one of the most extensive highway networks in the country, the central Ohio location was the preferred location for distribution activities. The facility can service 50% of the U.S. population within five days. However, consolidating facilities would require a redesign of the existing systems and processes. "We simply weren't designed to handle double our volume," says Sherbourne.
To accommodate the additional inventory and orders, she adds, the facility needed to:
• increase the throughput of the existing sortation system,
• increase storage capacity in the existing narrow aisle rack system, and
• redesign the existing picking strategies.
Most importantly, Rocky wanted to accommodate additional inventory, brands and throughput without adding to its head count or physical space.
"We wanted to create a flexible distribution center that could accommodate our new requirements and additional growth in the future," says Walker.
Redesigning processes
The new design created by Rocky's system integrator maintained the original layout of the facility, but with some physical changes, says Sherbourne. For instance, to increase storage capacity, the height of the very narrow aisle racking area was extended all the way to the ceiling of the building. A mezzanine area was then installed, primarily to manage an expanding line of apparel.
The most significant improvements, however, were the result of redesigning storage, picking and outbound shipping processes.
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Bob Trebilcock, executive editor, has covered materials handling, technology and supply chain topics for Modern Materials Handling since 1984. More recently, Trebilcock became editorial director of Supply Chain Management Review. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.


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A.M. Rush Espresso Smoothie RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1/2 cup cold fat-free milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla flavoring syrup
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1/2 medium banana, cut up
- 1 to 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon ground flaxseed
- 1 teaspoon baking cocoa
- In a blender, combine all the ingredients; cover and process for 1-2 minutes or until blended. Pour into a chilled glass; serve immediately. Yield: 1 serving.
Reviews for A.M. Rush Espresso Smoothie
"I love this grab and go breakfast smoothie! I also use Vanilla Almond Milk and have even used Dark chocolate almond milk - delish! The banana makes it thick and nutritious especially with the flaxseed powder, and I just use instant coffee."
"I make smoothies almost every morning and then switch to coffee at work so I thought I would try to combine them. I substituted vanilla almond milk for the fat free milk and found it to be very refreshing"
"This is a nice summery change, but not truly delicious. I skipped the flaxseed. The banana flavour was a little odd; another time I'd skip the banana too and only use half the ice, as it was quite watery."
"I usually have this for breakfast 2 times a week and I love it. I am not a coffee drinker, but I really enjoy this smoothie. I used sf vanilla flavoring and sf cappuchino powder (wasn't paying attention at the store!) and actually put a whole banana in, instead of half. Love this recipe!!!"
"This is the best. I use Vanilla Almond milk and skip the vanilla syrup. Also use Vanilla Soy milk. Includes some great nutrients."


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I saw this movie some years back, new at the time, so probably around 2008.
At the end of the movie I found it very strange. Instead of something happening to save the main characters at the last minute, they end up getting stabbed slowly in the stomach on a couch. I remember thinking it was strange that the movie had such an "unhappy" ending.


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Suppose a child in the United States dies from a medically treatable condition because her parents prayed over her but did not take her to a doctor. Will criminal charges be filed against the parents? In most cases, no. American prosecutors have found it difficult to obtain convictions in such cases because the laws in most states exempt parents from prosecution for child neglect, child abuse, and manslaughter if their religion mandates spiritual healing. The statute in Wisconsin is typical.
If you're a regular listener to NPR news programs, you're probably familiar with the occasional brief commentary during the morning or evening news programs by experts in various fields; people providing insight into public affairs, observations on the arts, and thoughts on how we live. This page contains transcripts and/or audio recordings of local commentaries that have aired on WYSU.


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On June 29 the Church honors the apostles Peter and Paul. We pray that we will be faithful to the teaching and grace handed down from the apostles. At the heart of that faith "that comes to us from the apostles" is the teaching on the sanctity of life. The fact that God cares for human life is the basis of all he does for us; the fact that he has entrusted us to the care of each other is the basis for all we do for each other.
Peter and Paul had relied on the Lord to sustain them in many battles. That true of the Church throughout the ages. Yet "the gates of hell will not prevail." These words apply well to the battles to defend a culture of life against a culture of death.
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We are lucky enough to be invited to the fabulous awards ceremony at the Grosvenor, Park Lane each year. As. . .
According to recent reports, Vauxhall are set to launch the first car powered with Apple's Siri technology. This new technology. . .
The German engineering giant are set to launch the first in a series of steps toward the fully automatic car.. . .


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Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Winter/Spring 2008 issue.
Vallarta's abandoned companion animals now have a light at the end of the tunnel, efforts being made on their behalf by the new government-registered SPCA of Puerto Vallarta.
Working in tandem with the local pound to make it a more well rounded and humane facility, it provides the Centro de Acopio Animal with funds for physical improvements, supplies and increased staffing, as well as holding a weekly adoption event at the Los Mangos Public Library of animals urgently in need of a second chance at life. All cats and dogs up for adoption have been fixed. Or, if still too young to undergo the operation, the new owner is given a pass to have it done at no charge. And volunteers do their utmost to place those animals not adopted in foster care until the following week.
The SPCA also networks on behalf of those who have lost or found pets, via the Internet and "Pet Tails," a weekly column in the "Vallarta Tribune" newspaper. Furthermore, it has forged a close relationship with P.E.A.C.E. Mexico's Help the Animals, which focuses on extensive neuter and spay programs.
To learn more, contact the SPCA at email@example.com, Help the Animals at firstname.lastname@example.com or the Acopio at 293-3690.