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Yesterday, I was out in the boondocks looking over my intended bug out site. I decided to take a look at the natural water spring from which I intend to get the water I will need to stay alive if TSHF. My wifes family came to this area in1927. This spring has always had water. And, water is a necessity for life, and, it is too heavy to carry much of it at a time. So, I figure that I will have to hunker down somewhere close to water. Anyhow, I checked it out; everything was OK; and I returned to where my wife was waiting. And, we enjoyed the rest of the day just being out in the mountains.
When I got home, I removed my dirty clothing and tossed them in the wash. I felt a slight itch on my side toward the front I looked down and-YUK-a tick! It was boring away on me! I carefully removed it by turning it (they kinda screw their way in and out) and dropped it into the sink, turned on the water and flushed it away.
Today the spot is a little sore, but it seems to be healing up. This isnt the first time that a tick has latched onto me so, I think I will be OK. I did disinfect it and put a cover over it after removing the varmint.
But, it did remind me that, if we head out to the boondocks to live, we will have to be on constant alert against this problem. Some ticks are carrying dangerous diseases such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In a TEOTWAWKI situation, that could ruin your whole day! So, we will have to be diligent in checking for ticks on each other.
I got to wondering if there is anything that can be done to prevent and/or control ticks There are some products that you can apply to your body that are supposed to repel ticks. But, how long would they last in a time of Armageddon? So, I googled Ticks and found some information.
Apply insect repellant and use the brands designed to repel ticks. Follow label instructions. Avoid use of DEET-containing repellents on children. Carefully follow instructions and apply some repellents directly to skin and others to clothing. DEET-containing repellents with concentrations of 15% or less may be suitable for children. These should be carefully applied strictly following label directions. Repellents containing permethrins may be applied to clothing but not to skin. In areas that have a high tick population, DEET-containing repellents may need to be reapplied more frequently than for repelling mosquitoes. Follow the package label instructions carefully.
One natural form of control that is recommended for ticks is the guineafowl, a bird species that consumes mass quantities of ticks. Just two birds can clear 2 acres (8,100 m2) in a single year! Guineas are also good watchdogs! Let a stranger come around and they will let the whole world know. They do lay eggs. They are easy to raise and care for. They like to roost high in trees, so, you wouldnt have to build a coop for them. I think that they will fit right into my plans. I want to have chickens, so, Ill get a few guineas, too.
Years ago I was working on a ranch. WE started as soon as it was light enough to see. The mosquitoes just feasted on us. I started eating a clove of garlic every day to ward off colds (it works for me). I soon found out that the skeeters werent biting me nearly as much as the others. I guess they dont like garlic in their blood. Once I neglected to take garlic for a few days and, suddenly, the mosquitoes started feasting on me again! So, as long as I worked there I ate a clove of garlic every day! The reason I even mention this right now is wondering if it would work against ticks? I believe that I will plant and cultivate garlic at my bug out spot. I know it helps other health issues.
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ARK animal neglect hearing today
Published: Monday, November 19, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 5:28 p.m.
The fate of more than 130 cats and dogs seized from a DeLand animal shelter could hang in the balance during a court hearing Monday over allegations of mistreatment.
The hearing before County Judge Shirley Green is slated for 1 p.m. in Room 3B of the Volusia County Courthouse, 101 N. Alabama Ave.
The animals were seized from Animal Rescue Konsortium Inc., 441 S. Woodland Blvd., after police received complaints of overcrowding and neglect. DeLand police and animal control officers served a search warrant at the downtown shelter Nov. 8, and said they found substandard conditions.
In his petition seeking the hearing on whether ARK officials and volunteers are able to provide adequate care for the animals, DeLand City Attorney Darren Elkind claimed the animals were living in conditions that constituted neglect and/or cruelty.
"This petition is filed for the purpose of determining the disposition of the seized animals," Elkind wrote.
Attorney Tanner Andrews, who represents ARK, said organization president Maggie Hall and her helpers "will be vindicated."
He will ask that the cats and dogs be returned to ARK and the organization will receive its court costs and "other such relief as may be just."
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Mahalia Jackson was born in New Orleans, LA.
Mahalia Jackson lands her first recording contract after she's heard singing at a funeral.
Mahalia Jackson begins a 10-year stint as Thomas Dorsey's vocalist and chief collaborator.
Mahalia Jackson popularizes one of Thomas Dorsey's greatest compositions, "There Will Be Peace In the Valley."
Mahalia Jackson signs with Apollo Records, where she records some of her most fervid and best-loved gospel slides over the next eight years.
Mahalia Jackson moves to Columbia Records, where she remains until 1967, finding a wide audience among both black and white listeners.
Mahalia Jackson's recording of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" enters Billboard's Top 100 singles chart—an unlikely feat for a gospel song. It peaks at #69.
A crowd of 200,000 hears Mahalia Jackson's moving rendition of the inspirational "I Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned," which precedes Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
Mahalia Jackson releases 'Bless This House'.
Mahalia Jackson dies of heart failure in Evergreen Park, Illinois. She is buried at Providence Memorial Park in Metairie, Louisiana.
Mahalia Jackson wins the Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
Mahalia Jackson is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the twelfth annual induction dinner. Mavis Staples is her presenter.
Mahalia Jackson is honored with a stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service.


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Due to heavy striking, your equpment may wobble a bit. This sandbag helps keep everything in place while training is in progress. The D-ring is used as support for bags suspended from cables. Use the regular sangbag to weigh down any bag stands that are prone to movement.


text: Jeri Rice | 54 | Entrepreneur | Seattle, Washington CARE site: Jenin, West Bank/Gaza Why did you get involved with CARE? The thing I love about CARE is that they include local citizens in the programs they're working on in each location. How can I, as a U.S. citizen, tell someone from the Middle East how to live? CARE actually works with the community to reach a common goal. It doesn't matter whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, a Muslim or a Jew — there is a place for you at the table through CARE. How did you get involved? In 2005, I met the program director of CARE Jenin (a small town outside of Jerusalem) while I was working at a global initiatives conference in Washington. He invited me to come visit CARE's work in the West Bank/Gaza. The area has always been important to me because my father was an Orthodox Jew and he passed away when I was 28. I don't think Israel today is what he envisioned it would be, and I don't want to pass that future on to my son. What did you do in Jenin? I visited over a dozen women who had benefited from a microfinance program CARE started in the mid '90s, which is now run in conjunction with the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee, a local nongovernmental organization.The women get a loan of approximately $100 to bottle food such as olive oil and make crafts like embroidered fabrics. Then they sell these products to the local market and make an income for their families. How did the experience inspire you? The oldest woman I met was 45, but she has eight children (the typical size of a Jenin family). The way she looks at 45 is different from the way I look at 54. Our lives in the U.S. are so much easier in comparison to the everyday rough and toughness of Jenin. Despite our differences, we share the desire to make a better future for our children. The women I met are actively working with CARE to reach out to their community and improve the lives of their families. Even though bullet holes are visible in the buildings and rifles go off in the air, these women still have smiles on their faces. They're hopeful and receptive to new ways of doing things. I couldn't walk away without a plan of action. What do you do for CARE now? In October, I'll be organizing a panel with the University of Washington that includes International policy makers and business people who are experts in their fields. Our goal is to create a system beyond micro lending that can improve the economy in the West Bank/Gaza, which we can present to the president of CARE, Helene Gayle. When you reach 50 you're too old to die young. I decided it was time to take off my white gloves and get in there and help.What Your Dollars Can Do in JeninFarming is Jenin's main source of revenue. CARE works with local women to diversify their crops and help them make a profit on their produce. You, too, can help. $25: Buys five hens that produce eggs throughout the year $50: Buys vegetables that can feed an entire family $100: Allows a woman to purchase one beehive that produces honey she can sell $200: Enables a woman to buy vegetable seeds and grains to harvest and sell $300: Helps a woman start her own small business $500: Can be used to raise and rehabilitate livestock $1,800: Can be used to build a cistern that provides clean water to multiple familiesLearn more about CARE Join the CARE MORE Giving Circle Challenge Originally published on MORE.com, September 2007.


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The Department of Education's Higher Education office today launched its Delaware Goes To College Backpack Design Contest.
The backpacks will have a design printed on them chosen though this contest. Seniors are encouraged to submit designs, which will be posted on the Delaware Goes to College Facebook site, facebook.com/DelawareGoesToCollege, where the public may vote on favorites. The design with the most votes will be printed on all the backpacks.
Submissions should be emailed to email@example.com. by 8 p.m. March 21. Voting will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 22-25.
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Liz Cheney: When Your Dad is 'Darth Vader'
What do you do when your father's been pilloried but you're convinced his policies will be vindicated by history? If you're Liz Cheney, you help him write a memoir, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, in the hope of setting the record straight.
Anyone who has seen Liz Cheney on the political-talk-show circuit knows that besides being an attorney and a former State Department official, she is a proudly hard-core conervative and a warrior for her clan. Now chair of the national-security advocacy group Keep America Safe, Cheney has suggested to Fox News that President Obama found it "fashionable" to side with terrorists. Her leave-behind is almost always the same: that the policies of the George W. Bush administration were absolutely right.
Despite her loyalty, Dick Cheney remains one of the least popular vice presidents in American history (rivaling Dan Quayle), the government official whom critics from Hillary Clinton to Popular Science have compared to Darth Vader. That's one reason Cheney urged her father to write his memoirs, and it's why she has spent nearly every day for the past five years with him—taking dictation and line-editing his handwritten drafts, all the while slamming Starbucks skim lattes. "He does Grande skim. I do quad Venti—that's four shots of espresso," she says.
The book—In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir—was withheld from the press until its late-August release, so More could not interview Cheney about its contents. Instead, she talked about her motives for doing the book and her own warm view of the man many Americans found cold. She wants people to understand her father's "amazing" backstory: At age 22 a college dropout who had been arrested twice for DUI, he then got his act together and by 34 was White House chief of staff. "For people who have only known him as a vice president," says Cheney, "this book is a chance to have insight -into who he is as a person."
Do you feel your father has been misjudged?
Certainly there has been a lot of criticism. That is why it's so important to have a book like this one. He'll say, "Look, here is what we did, here is why we did it, here's our thinking behind these decisions." It's not easy to see someone you love criticized. [But] we laugh about the Darth Vader thing. Dad always reminded us that it just goes with the territory. I think it bothers us more than him.
You and your father seem especially close.
We are. The family has always campaigned together. We spent years traveling around Wyoming [the state he represented for six terms as a congressman] in a motor home. When he ran for vice president [the first time], my sister, Mary, was his personal aide, and in 2004 she ran the vice-president piece of the campaign. Both times I managed his debate preparation. And there are a lot of grandkid stories in the book. In 2002 we were in Wyoming when he was supposed to do a video conference with a number of [anti-Saddam Iraqis] in Washington. But before he could get into the room, my daughter Elizabeth, who was about three, did some dances. She had on a pink tutu, and she stuck out her tongue and entertained the Iraqis, who were on a split screen next to her image.
Do you disagree with any of his positions?
That's part of what was interesting about doing the book together: having the chance to talk about what we have disagreed about over the years. When he was secretary of defense, he didn't think women should serve in combat. I remember debating him about it. Now he recognizes that the nature of combat is changing, and I think our positions on this are more alike. We talked about Monica Brown, the young medic who earned a Silver Star in Afghanistan. My dad had been so honored to award her the medal, but then the army pulled her from the unit [because it was on a combat mission]. He doesn't think that was the right decision.


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Former valedictorian to speak at Deltona MLK event
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6:51 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 11:20 p.m.
When Arvia (Bruten) Hall gave her valedictorian speech to the DeLand High School Class of 1990, she mentioned two names.
If you go
WHAT: Deltona DreamKeepers' annual Martin Luther King Weekend Celebration breakfast.
WHERE: New Hope Baptist Church, 2855 Lake Helen-Osteen Road.
WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday
FEATURING: A talk by Arvia (Bruten) Hall, a DeLeon Springs native who, in 1990, was valedictorian at DeLand High School. She is now a manager at General Electric Co., a graduate of Georgia Tech and a wife and mother of three children in Stockbridge, Ga.
TICKETS: $10. Available at the door or by calling Mike Williams at 386-804-6136.
ALSO: A gospel program is set for 4 p.m. Sunday at the Deltona Alliance Church, 921 Deltona Blvd., followed by a candlelight vigil.
Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King.
On Saturday, the now-40 mother and manager at General Electric Co. will return to Volusia County to once again address a large crowd — and she'll have little choice but to discuss at least one of those two iconic figures in recent history. Hall will address the Deltona DreamKeepers' annual Martin Luther King Weekend Breakfast on Saturday morning at New Hope Baptist Church.
Organizers of the talk say she is DeLand High's first and only black valedictorian. Volusia County was one of the last counties in Florida to integrate its schools in the 1969-1970 academic year, according to a district history, and some longtime DeLand residents say they can't think of another black valedictorian at DeLand High. However, school officials say they have no way of verifying that.
Hall considers herself a beneficiary of the work of King and other civil rights advocates – and not a pioneer herself.
"Me and my friends never faced any racial-type situations," she recalled in a telephone interview this week. "I never felt as though my color, my race, held me back from anything. It could have been me being young and blind to it."
She said she was often the only black student in honors and Advanced Placement courses. But she said she was used to being a racial minority, having grown up in DeLeon Springs, so it wasn't really an issue for her.
"I was very comfortable with high school," Hall said. "Those were some of my greatest years. ... One of my good friends will be introducing me (Saturday in Deltona)."
Hall's family said there might have been more going on beneath the surface, but no one questions her ability to focus on her studies and avoid getting pulled into the drama and politics of high school's upper echelon.
"Even as a small kid, she was always very bright," said Jim Johnson, her cousin, an Ormond-by-the-Sea resident who, along with his wife, Dorothy, at times hosted his much-younger cousin and helped guide her toward college.
Hall didn't know she was in the running for valedictorian until late in her senior year. Johnson said he and Hall's mother, Louise of DeLeon Springs, had to intervene in order to make sure Hall's entire record was considered.
"Initially, the student about to be named valedictorian was actually the salutatorian. There were questions as to whether they could find Arvia's grades," Johnson said.
Eventually, questions about her transcript were cleared up and Hall was given the honor.
"She was driven to be a straight-A student and she did what she needed to do no matter what obstacle was put in front of her," Johnson said.
Former DeLand High Principal Lee Britton, who's retired but still lives in the community, said he doesn't remember any problems related to Hall's race. But he certainly remembers her.
"She was just a doll. A brilliant person," he said. "Talk about bright. I wish I had her brain power."
The Johnsons, as part of their mission to get Hall to consider not just college but an elite higher education, took her to Boston to visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, but they recall the temperature had fallen into the 40s and it was June. Hall, who didn't want to stay in Florida for college, decided instead to go to another famous engineering school, Georgia Tech.
She and her husband, Marshall Hall, have three children and live in Stockbridge, Ga., an Atlanta suburb.
During her valedictorian speech in 1990, Hall said: "We should always keep in mind from whence we came."
She credited her mother and family with giving her a strong support system to thrive.
And now, she speaks from a parent's perspective.
"One of the points I was going to make during my speech," she said, "is it's so powerful, the words you speak to a child. You're formulating their opinion of themselves. (My family) anticipated great things for me."
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"[I'm] very disappointed, to put it mildly [about being 0-4] but Tony is the right coach and that the players believe in him."
"But certainly, we have to see better results."
"Everybody involved with this team – the players, the coaches, are disappointed to be 0-4. We have to stay together and really get behind our coach. I believe Tony is the right coach. All the games we've played have been very close, could have gone either way. But when you see the team practicing and playing as hard as they can, I think that's a good sign."
"I am hopeful [the team will turn around its season]"
"You read in the press, everybody talks about changes and that would change things around. I really believe that any football team, if you look at the winning teams, they are consistent and they stay the course. You go through rough periods. I think we have a lot of talent."
"But I think, most important, the players believe in Tony. As long as the players believe in him and are playing hard for him, with the talent we have, we are going to win our share of games.""We're committed to winning, will do whatever resources it takes to win. As long as the team is really behind its coach and it has talent, it has a good shot of winning. Like in anything else, you've got to be optimistic. I think you stay the course. We'll get there."
"I feel as frustrated as you do. When you hurt, I'm hurting. I'm dedicated to making sure we turn this around as fast as possible."
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I'm not sure what to make of Ross' comments
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No. What Ross is okay with is not firing Sparano until the end of the season. Basically Ross is not on board the "Suck For Luck" train - he still wants the Dolphins to win as many games as possible this year. Ross knows the following:
1) There are no good mid-season options for coaching changes. Top candidates will not take over mid-season. Daboll is not experienced enough. Nolan is running the #30 defense in the league right now.
2) If he undermines the coach then the Miami job will become less attractive to future candidates, who will fear that the same thing will happen to them. (Potential candidates already may not look too kindly on Ross' actions at the end of last season)
3) If Sparano is undermined and the locker room becomes chaotic than things will only likely get worse during this season then the already are.
Ross's plan is almost certainly to try to bolster Sparano to see if anything one-quarter-decent can still be obtained from this season. However, then he's almost certainly going to decide to fire Sparano at the end of the season (barring some absolutely shocking turnaround.)
Truth be told, I am not very worried about what I described above. These tactics seem fairly reasonable to me.
Here's what I am worried about, and I believe it is a realistic possiblity: Ross will fire Sparano and not Ireland. Ross seems to be "buddy buddy" with Ireland. He seems to trust Ireland. He brought Ireland with him on the plane trip to see Harbaugh last year, remember?
I think this would be disastrous because Ireland is as much, if not more, culpable for this mess than Sparano is.
Also, most of the top candidates would want to bring in their own GM (or at the least, they'll have doubts about Ireland) so it will turn candidates off.
Ross is at least half-responsible for this mess, what else could he say? He had to come out and say something, right? Either Tony's fired or this half-ass vote of confidence. I guess we're on a Sparano-Firing-Watch, but I wouldn't be surprised if he makes it till the end. Then what should happen is both Tony and Jeff get shown the door.
The only way to fix this is to first find a quality talent evaluator and staff, until that happens we'll continue to stink up the place.


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Cooler temperatures with chance of rain throughout day
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 8:29 p.m.
Today: Overcast with rain showers, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 68F. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the North in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30%. Tonight: Overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 45F. Winds from the NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
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|Lozano set for US Open Playoff
MOSCOW – With the fall semester right around the corner, it's a busy time of year for most college students. However, for Idaho women's tennis player Vicky Lozano, it's an entirely different animal that's capturing her attention the final few days of summer. Lozano will compete in the US Open Mixed Doubles National Playoffs Aug. 21-24 with a chance to earn a spot in the 2013 US Open.
Lozano and partner Patrick Smith, a former UMKC standout, won the UTSA Missouri Valley mixed doubles section earlier in the summer, earning one of 13 spots in the Mixed Doubles National Playoffs, which will yield one berth to the US Open mixed doubles main draw.
"Vicky put a lot of work in this summer and played a strong tournament schedule highlighted by making the semi-finals of two pro doubles events and two quarter finals while playing as an amateur," Idaho Director of Tennis Jeff Beaman said. "I am excited for her upcoming senior year."
The Mixed Doubles Playoffs will be played at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and features one duo from each of the 13 sections. The US Open runs Aug. 26-Sept. 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
"It's a great opportunity for Vicky," Idaho women's tennis coach Myriam Sopel said. "She definitely has all the tools to reach such a big event. It would be a great for her to compete at the top level. She has been training very hard all summer and she is fully ready for this event."


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The Stone Golem: A Story of the First History (Paperback)
The dramatic conclusion to Ilario: The Lion's Eye
Fleeing a surprise treacherous murder attempt, the former King's Freak and would-be painter Ilario has run to Carthage, the city-state under perpetual darkness, in search of freedom. But strange plots are afoot, and a tenuous, complicated alliance with a bookseller-turned-spy will lead Ilario from the shrouded land into tense negotiations and intrigues in seductive, mercurial Venice, from a fraught return to Iberia to a final confrontation with family . . . and destiny.
About the Author
The author of A Secret History, Mary Gentle has written eight books that have won critical acclaim from science fiction and fantasy authors and critics alike. She's completed two Master degrees and is an expert sword-fighter. Her home resides in England
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"winderfully convincing...the intricate plots allow plenty of room for Gentle's subtle, ironic commentary on politics and gender.
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"[an] impressive first in a new series from British author Gentle..."
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Natalie Portman
Jerusalem, Israel
"Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends and even strangers."
- Natalie Portman
Not since the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly has an actress possessed such a potent cocktail of elegance and beauty as Natalie Portman. Armed with a maturity well beyond her years and a subtle sexuality that creeps up on you (it emerged full force in Closer), Portman has become one of the most coveted and successful actresses in Hollywood.
The Harvard grad can do big-budget blockbusters (Star Wars, V For Vendetta) and character-driven dramas (The Other Boleyn Girl, Brothers) with equal amounts of ease and has managed to avoid scandal and tabloid overkill despite living in the public eye since she was just 12 years old. And just when Portman's star couldn't possibly get any brighter, she goes ahead and wins a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for her harrowing portrayal of a ballerina in crisis in Darren Aronofsky's psychosexual masterpiece, Black Swan.
The Harvard grad can do big-budget blockbusters (Star Wars, V For Vendetta) and character-driven dramas (The Other Boleyn Girl, Brothers) with equal amounts of ease and has managed to avoid scandal and tabloid overkill despite living in the public eye since she was just 12 years old. And just when Portman's star couldn't possibly get any brighter, she goes ahead and wins a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for her harrowing portrayal of a ballerina in crisis in Darren Aronofsky's psychosexual masterpiece, Black Swan.
Even from a young age, in films like The Professional and Beautiful Girls, Portman was an object of desire (in those cases for men many years her senior). Now, at (almost) 31 and with a fresh baby, Portman is the picture of grace and intelligence (Harvard!), and can exude a hypersexuality that most women spend their entire lives striving to achieve. The actress is notoriously private and has kept alleged relationships with the likes of Jude Law, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gael Garcia Bernal and Devendra Banhart tightly under wraps, and we like it that way. The fewer boyfriends we know about, the less hate mail we have to write.
When Portman revealed that she was to marry and have a child with her Black Swan costar -- world-renowned ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied -- it was like someone simultaneously gave us a back rub and a punch to the gut. We were at once consumed with jealousy and yet were still genuinely happy that Portman, whom we named as one of our 99 Most Desirable Women of 2011, had finally found happiness. Portman gave birth to a boy, Aleph Portman-Millepied, in June of 2011 and officially married Millepied in August 2012.
Natalie Portman BiographyThough Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag) was born in Jerusalem, her family moved to the United States when she was just 3 years old in order for her father to continue his career in medicine. By 1988, her family had settled in Long Island, and Portman, who has always felt a close tie to her Jewish roots, attended Solomon Schechter Day School of Glen Cove, New York, and graduated from Syosset High School. When she was 11, Portman was discovered in a New York pizza joint by a modeling scout, but her true passion was acting, a love affair she developed while attending the exclusive Stagedoor Manor Performing Camp for three summers.
Natalie Portman's Film Career Kicks Off With The ProfessionalWhen Luc Besson cast a 12-year-old girl with no film acting experience named Natalie Hershlag in his film The Professional (aka Leon), he couldn't have foreseen that he was launching the career of one of the most celebrated young actresses of our generation. But that's exactly what happened. As soon as the precocious girl walked into the frame of the slick urban thriller -- about an assassin who befriends a young girl -- a star was born. The film was a roaring success and has since become a cult classic, but some critics took issue with a such a young girl taking part in such an extremely violent film. Still, Portman emerged a star and used her unusual maturity to land roles in Michael Mann's Heat, Ted Demme's Beautiful Girls, Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! Not too shabby for the start of a career.
Natalie Portman Is Indoctrinated Into The Star Wars UniverseBefore George Lucas cast Natalie Portman to play Padme Amidala in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, the actress had never even seen any of the previous three films. Still, by signing on to the project (and its two sequels) -- by far one of the most highly anticipated movie events in history -- Portman cemented a place on the wall of your parents' basements for all time. Even though the films were box-office juggernauts, their stiff dialogue and lazy storytelling couldn't save them from critical and audience backlash, Portman had entered the world of blockbuster filmmaking with a bang. Fans though couldn't help but wonder if her talents would be better served elsewhere.
Natalie Portman Charms Our Pants Off In Garden StateThough she had already earned a Golden Globe nomination for her turn in Anywhere But Here and portrayed a teenage mother in Where The Heart Is, audiences still longed to see Natalie Portman in a role that utilized her charming girl-next-door appeal. In walked Zach Braff, who, with his ode to family, coming home and New Jersey, made Portman the apple of every headphone-wearing hipster's eye. After watching Garden State, in which Portman literally plays a girl next door, it was impossible not to develop a massive crush on the enchanting actress.
Natalie Portman Stars In CloserProof that Natalie Portman had finally reached the pinnacle of superstardom was in director Mike Nichols' decision to cast her alongside Julia Roberts, Clive Owen and Jude Law in the steamy drama Closer. As one-quarter of the sexiest foursome to hit the screen since Screech did those three chicks and taped it, Portman stripped her way to a Golden Globe for best supporting actress and an Oscar nod to boot. Officially on Hollywood's exclusive A-list, Portman had her choice of films, and she ran the gamut in both size and scope. From big-budget blowouts like V For Vendetta and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, arty indies like My Blueberry Nights and The Darjeeling Limited and pensive period pieces like Goya's Ghosts and The Other Boleyn Girl, Portman was proving that no matter what the script called for, she was game. Except nudity, of course. To this day, Portman has yet to show us the goods on screen (save for a brief butt appearance in Wes Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier).
Natalie Portman Stars In Black SwanThe moment the first images of Natalie Portman's painted white face and red, searing eyes hit the web, Darren Aronofsky's erotic ballet thriller Black Swan became one of the most anticipated films of the year. After it premiered at Venice, Telluride and Toronto, buzz surrounding the film reached a fever pitch, with Portman's devastating portrayal of a ballerina come undone attracting the majority of the attention. Well, this indie film shot on a shoestring budget earned nominations for every major award, including an Academy Award for Best Picture. But at the heart of the film is Portman's bravura performance as Nina, a fragile ballerina who descends into madness with the help of a mysterious rival (Mila Kunis) and a sleazy choreographer (Vincent Cassel). Portman trained intensely for a year leading up to the shooting of the film, and it shows in her eerily intense performance. Already with 21 awards to her name, including a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama, Portman earned her first Oscar for Best Actress.
Natalie Portman dodges black swan controversyIn early 2011, Natalie Portman was thrown into the center of numerous controversies. In January, she became the new face of Dior in the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign. One month later, a video of Dior designer John Galliano's anti-Semitic rant surfaced online, and Portman released a statement condemning Galliano's actions, specifying that she was "shocked and disgusted," and that as a proud Jewish woman, she refused to associate herself with him from that point on. Since the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign was set to officially launch two days after the video surfaced, Dior was forced to take legal action to work out a settlement in order to keep Portman as a spokesperson. Galliano was fired on March 1, 2011, and the ad campaign launched as originally planned.
In early Apri 2011l, Portman's Black Swan dancing double, Sarah Lane, came out to say that the public had been misled about how much dancing Portman actually did in the film and stated that she performed the work that had won Portman a best-actress Oscar for her starring role. While the back-and-forth surrounding the controversy continued, Darren Aronofsky said in a statement put out by Fox Searchlight, the studio behind Black Swan, "I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. One hundred and one are Natalie Portman untouched; 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math, that's 80% Natalie Portman."
Regardless of who danced what, Portman has positioned herself to be at the forefront of our collective radar for the distant future. And yes, that's a very good thing.


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John Edward Nisby
Position: G
Height: 6-1 Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1936 in San Francisco, CA
Died: February 6, 2011 in Stockton, CA
High School: Stockton
College: Pacific (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 6th round (70th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 31 (3206th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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May 13, 2013
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Washington State 7-6 in nonconference baseball, Monday.
The Gauchos (28-21) rallied against Sean Hartnett (2-2), the fourth pitcher of the day for the Cougars (21-27). A pair of singles sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt tied the game. An error on the second single and a ground out pushed the winning run to third. Cameron Newell followed with a bunt single to drive in the winning run and make a winner out of Greg Mahle (6-4), who worked three innings in relief.
UC Santa Barbara scored a run in each of the first-two innings to jump out to a 2-0 lead against Washington State starter Tanner Chleborad.
Washington State got on the board in the fifth when Yale Rosen was hit by a pitch, took second on a single by Patrick McGrath, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Nelubowich and scored on a sacrifice fly by Matt Mendenhall. It was Mendenhall's first-career RBI. The Gauchos responded with two runs on four hits in their half of the fifth to stretch their lead to 4-1.
In the top of the sixth, Collin Slaybaugh singled to open the inning. With two outs, Yale Rosen tripled to the gap in left-center cutting the Cougars' deficit to 4-3.
Washington State tallied twice in the eighth inning to grab a 5-4 lead. Slaybaugh and Jason Monda recorded back-to-back bunt singles to begin the frame. After a sacrifice bunt by Brett Jacobs, Rosen walked to load the bases. McGrath followed with a two-run single to put the Cougars on top.
The Gauchos drew even in their half of the eighth against Washington State reliever J.D. Leckenby on a single, a sacrifice bunt and a double.
The Cougars regained the lead at 6-5 in the ninth on a leadoff double by Trace Tam Sing and a one-out single by Slaybaugh.
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Geothermal Energy
The Geysers, Northern California
Photo: Pacific Gas & Electric, NREL 00059
Hot water and, in some instances, steam can be used to make electricity in large power plants. Hot water can also be put to direct use, such as heating greenhouses or other buildings. The constant temperature below ground can also be tapped to warm and cool your home through a ground-source heat pump.
Geothermal Powerplants
Forty-six of California's 58 counties have lower temperature resources for direct-use geothermal. In fact, the City of San Bernardino has developed the largest geothermal direct-use projects in North America, heating at least three dozen buildings - including a 15-story high-rise and government facilities - with fluids distributed through 15 miles of pipelines. Environmentally benign fluids are discharged to surface water channels after heat is used.
When added together, California's geothermal power plants have a dependable installed capacity of about 2,030 megawatts. They produced 4.8 percent of California's total electricity in 2004 (about 14,000 gigawatt/hours).
The most developed of the high-temperature resource areas of the state is the Geysers. North of San Francisco, the Geysers was first tapped as a geothermal resource to generate electricity in 1960. It is one of only two locations in the world where a high-temperature, dry steam is found that can be directly used to turn turbines and generate electricity (the other being Larderello, Italy).
Other major geothermal locations in the state include the Imperial Valley area east of San Diego and the Coso Hot Springs area near Bakersfield. It is estimated that the state has a potential of more than 4,000 megawatts of additional power from geothermal energy, using current technologies.
Additionally, two forms of geothermal energy - Hot Dry Rock and Magma - have the potential to provide thousands of megawatts in California. Recent investigations in Hot Dry Rock were focused in the Clear Lake area of Lake County; Magma research occurred in the Long Valley Caldera of Mono County.
For more information on geothermal energy, contact:
California Energy Commission
Geothermal Program
1516 Ninth Street, MS-43
Sacramento, CA 95814
Department of Energy
Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy
1000 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20585
Phone: 202-586-5463
Geothermal Education Office
Marilyn Nemzer, Executive Director
664 Hilary Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone: 800-866-4436
Geothermal Resources Council
P.O. Box 1350
Davis, CA 95617
Phone: 530-758-2360
Oregon Institute of Technology
Geo-Heat Center
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
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Latest City News for April 2014
Department of Licenses and Inspections Cleaned Hazardous Alleys Throughout the CityPosted on 04/30/2014 16:48 PM
The alley clean ups included the trimming of bushes and trees and the removal of trash and illegally dumped debris.
Wilmington City Council Agenda for the Meeting of Thursday, May 1, 2014Posted on 04/30/2014 12:59 PM
Agenda Includes a Synopsis of Each Ordinance and Resolution
City Council Member Hanifa Shabazz Welcomes Entrepreneurs to a Third Meeting for Training, Experience and SuccessPosted on 04/29/2014 11:52 AM
The May 6 Event is Another Step in Creating an Eastside RISING Empowerment Center That Will Produce Successful Businesses and Create Jobs
City of Wilmington and State of Delaware Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Westin WilmingtonPosted on 04/28/2014 17:39 PM
Westin Wilmington to Anchor Chase Center on Riverfront
City of Wilmington Hosts 4th Annual Community Project DayPosted on 04/28/2014 13:32 PM
More than 70 groups worked to enhance their communities with block clean ups, landscaping projects, garden initiatives, and educational outreach projects.
Mayor Williams Takes National Director of Cure Violence on Walk-through of Crime Hotspots in WilmingtonPosted on 04/24/2014 13:18 PM
"I believe that implementing the Cure Violence model can be successful in reducing violent crime," said Mayor Williams.
City of Wilmington Joins Biden to Take Action to Shut Down Wilmington Gang HousePosted on 04/21/2014 13:42 PM
Criminal haven has been site of more than a dozen shootings, including 5 homicides since 2006; 'Violent criminal activity is ongoing and escalating'
Modified Holiday Sanitation Collection Schedule AnnouncedPosted on 04/17/2014 17:18 PM
Sanitation crews will collect trash and recycling on a modified holiday schedule.
Wilmington, Delaware ranked a top U.S. city for solar energy; 3rd in the nation in solar power per capitaPosted on 04/11/2014 14:21 PM
Press conference showcases solar carport at Delaware Tech Wilmington campus
Council President Gregory Comments on Changes in Assignments Within the Williams AdministrationPosted on 04/11/2014 10:16 AM
"I look forward to continuing a good working relationship with the Mayor and his entire team," said Council President Gregory.
Mayor Williams Thanks Planning Director for Public Service Upon DeparturePosted on 04/10/2014 10:32 AM
Ms. Hanson will take on a new role as Acting General Manager of Community Services for New Castle County, subject to confirmation by County Council.
Mayor Williams Announces Key AppointmentsPosted on 04/09/2014 14:43 PM
"I am proud to announce a team with deep expertise necessary to move Wilmington forward," said Mayor Williams.
City Welcomes Navient Corporate Headquarters to the RiverfrontPosted on 04/08/2014 16:31 PM
Mayor Williams projects Navient will support economic and job growth in Wilmington
City Council Member Darius Brown Applauds President Obama's Support of Equal Pay for WomenPosted on 04/08/2014 14:07 PM
Brown Sponsored a City Council Resolution in 2013 Urging Congress to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act Which Remains Stalled
Wilmington City Council's Finance Committee to Begin Its Review of the Administration's Proposed Fiscal Year 2015 City BudgetPosted on 04/07/2014 10:24 AM
Council President Gregory and Finance Chair Freel Urge Citizens to be Part of the Process Either In-Person or by Viewing Live or Replay Telecasts on WITN, Channel 22 or at WITN22.org


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Texas-Style Beef Short Ribs Recipe
Fire up your grill and get ready for some serious smoke.
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- Active time:20 minutes
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- 1/4 cup coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder (optional)
- 2 racks beef short ribs, 4-bones each, 10- to 12-inches square, membrane removed and hard fat cap trimmed to 1/8 inch
- 3 to 4 chunks of a medium smoking wood, such as oak or hickory (see shopping link above)
- 2 large pieces of butcher paper
- Type of fire: Indirect
- Grill heat: Low
In a small bowl combine pepper, salt, and garlic powder (if using) to make the rub. Season ribs all over liberally with the rub.
Fire up smoker or grill to 225°F, adding chunks of smoking wood chunks (see shopping link above) when at temperature. When the wood is ignited and producing smoke, place the ribs in the smoker or grill, meat side up, and smoke until an instant read thermometer registers 165°F when inserted into the thickest part of the ribs.
Wrap each rack of ribs tightly in butcher paper and return to smoker. Continue cooking until an instant read thermometer registers 185°F when inserted into the thickest part of the ribs. There should be no resistance when inserting the thermometer into the meat.
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Area Sports Briefs - Molinaro leads UNCW in win; Shea to speak at luncheon
Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:53 p.m.
Molinaro leads UNCW in win
ELON | Tyler Molinaro drove in three, scored three runs and collected two hits, including his sixth homer of the season, as UNCW held off Elon late for an 8-5 win in non-conference baseball action at Latham Park on Wednesday.
The Seahawks improved to 24-10 with the victory and finished off a sweep of Elon.
Ryan LaGrange added two hits and Luke Dunlap drove in three runs while belting his third homer of the season.
William Shepley (1-0) earned the win in relief while Kelly Secrest got the final five outs for his third save of the season.
The Seahawks return to Colonial Athletic Association action on Friday with a 6 p.m. start against visiting Delaware.
Shea to speak at luncheon
Sports commentator Don Shea will be the keynote speaker at the Greater Wilmington Sports Luncheon at noon May 3 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside.
The seafood buffet luncheon is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Registration is available at wwwgwshof.com.
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The IO64 is often used as an input/output expander for our other products, but it's also a complete stand-alone show controller. It's designed to control a single serial device plus lots of discrete I/O. At its heart it uses the same operating system as our larger controllers, so it can handle many tasks at once.
Anyone who's owned a PC takes the occasional crash and reboot for granted. With show control that's simply not an option. That's why our products use special, highly reliable hardware, connectors, and our super-stable ScriptOS real-time operating system. Some Alcorn McBride show controllers have been powered up and operating continuously for fifteen years without a reboot or power cycle. Try that with a PC!
Not only is ScriptOS extraordinarily stable, it's also powerful, yet easy to use. Each controller is loaded with a script written using our Windows programming software, WinScript. You create your show's script by entering instructions in an English-like scripting language, much the same way data is entered into a spreadsheet. Once the unit
is programmed, a PC is no longer needed.
Each script may contain as many as 256 sequences, which are completely independent. One sequence could handle a preshow, another the main show, and a third could simply monitor the entrance doors.
The IO64 has one RS-232 serial port, brought out on an easy to use DB-9 connector. This port may be configured for MIDI. WinScript comes with protocol files that speak the language of thousands of different devices. And if yours isn't listed, it's easy to create a new protocol file using our Protocol Editor. Your new commands become a permanent part of the ScriptOS language.
The IO64's uses self-restoring polymer fuses on its 32 discrete outputs. Even a dead short in the field won't harm them; they simply open the circuit until the problem is corrected, then almost miraculously heal themselves.
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Womens Basketball Wins Sixth Straight, Drops Dartmouth 87-46
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Double figure scoring runs and controlling the glass lifted the Princeton women's basketball team to a dominating 87-46 victory over Dartmouth Friday night in Hanover, N.H. The win improves the Tigers to 16-6, 7-1 Ivy and drops the Big Green to 3-20, 0-9 Ivy.
Riding its six-game winning streak, Princeton heads to Harvard (17-6, 7-2) for a 6 p.m. meeting on Saturday. The Crimson are coming off a 63-50 loss to Penn to put the Tigers and Quakers in a tie for first place in the Ivy League.
In a game that saw contributions and points from every active player, it was sophomore Annie Tarakchian's career and game-high 14 points that paced the effort. She went 6-of-7 from the field and recorded a game-high seven rebounds.
Tarakchian led a quartet of Tigers in double figures, as Kristen Helmstetter added 13 points and six boards, Blake Dietrick made 12 points and Taylor Williams dumped in 10 points in her third straight start.
Princeton labored on offense early, seeing some hesitation and turnovers disrupt its ability establish fluid tempo. As the Tigers worked through their ebbs and flows, dominance on the glass ignited things for the Orange and Black. Princeton fed off its solid defensive effort and surged to a 16-4 run to go up 31-14 at 3:08.
The Tigers outrebounded the Big Green 24-8 over the opening half, limiting Dartmouth to only two second chance points on one offensive board.
After closing out the first half leading 39-21 and on a 4-0 run, the Tigers pounced to open the second period and extended their run to 21-2 to establish a 56-23 advantage at 14:56.
From there Dartmouth had no answer to Princeton's all-around dominance and the Tigers saw their lead swell as high as 44.
The Tigers finished holding a 39-20 rebounding margin, allowing the Big Green only five offensive boards and four second chance points.
Princeton finished shooting 60.4 percent (32-for-53) from the field to Dartmouth's 38.3 (18-for-47). The Tigers also forced 16 Big Green turnovers and converted them into 20 points.
Postgame Notes: Sophomore Taylor Williams made her third straight start … Annie Tarakchian scored a career-high 14 points … Princeton is now 43-29 all-time versus Dartmouth and 10-4 under seventh season head coach Courtney Banghart.


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CLEVELAND (August 30, 2010) – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will honor the life and music of Hall of Fame inductee Otis Redding with an exhibit and film screening. Redding would have been 70 on September 9. That day, the Hall of Fame will unveil a spotlight exhibit with more than 20 artifacts in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Main Exhibit Hall. On Wednesday, September 7, the Museum will screen the film Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding.
In honor of Otis Redding's legacy and to support the Rock Hall's mission, his widow Zelma Redding will donate a portion of her husband's papers to the Rock Hall's new Library and Archives. These will include contracts, correspondence, photographs, receipts, and sheet music. The Library and Archives will be the world's preeminent research collection of written and audiovisual materials relating to the history of rock and roll. It will open to the public in early 2012.
In addition, Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, is Co-Chair of Otis Redding's 70th Birthday Celebration Weekend and will be traveling to Macon, Georgia for the festivities.
Schedule of events in honor of Otis Redding's 70th Birthday at the Rock Hall:
Wednesday, September 7 at 7 p.m. in the Foster Theater – Screening of Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding. This event is FREE with a reservation. Seating is limited. Please email email@example.com or call (216) 515-8426 to RSVP.
Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding features 16 complete performances filmed throughout America and Europe showcasing why Otis is considered one of the greatest soul singers of all time. Interspersed between the songs are 40 minutes of interviews filmed exclusively for this DVD with Steve Cropper (Booker T. and the MGs), Jim Stewart (founder of Stax Records), Wayne Jackson (Memphis Horns), and Otis Redding's widow Zelma. The film includes staggering versions of "I Can't Turn You Loose," "Respect," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Try a Little Tenderness" (filmed the day before Otis' tragic death) and more, all in re-mastered sound and video. Produced by Reelin' in the Years Productions, this 90-minute film is the first full-length program to commemorate the legacy of Otis Redding and paints a stirring portrait of an artist whose music remains as powerful and influential as it was 40 years ago.
Friday, September 9 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Main Exhibit Hall – Spotlight exhibit featuring more than 20 artifacts representing Otis Redding's career.
Highlights include:
· Promotional poster announcing the release of Otis Redding's original version of "Respect," 1965
· Master tape box for the recording of "You Left the Water Running"
· Sweater worn on stage
For images of Otis Redding's spotlight exhibit at the Rock Hall visit http://rockhall.com/pressroom. Photos will be available beginning Thursday, September 8.
About Otis Redding
Though his career was relatively brief, Otis Redding was a singer of such commanding stature that to this day he embodies the essence of soul music in its purist form. His name is synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying. His recording sessions were galvanic, impassioned and intense - the very apotheosis of soul. Donald "Duck" Dunn, bassist with the M.G.s, recalls: "Otis would come in, and he'd just bring everybody up. You wanted to play with Otis. He brought out the best in you."
Redding left behind a legacy of recordings made during the four-year period from his first sessions for Stax/Volt Records in 1963 until his death in 1967. Ironically, although he consistently impacted the R&B charts beginning with the Top Ten appearance of "Mr. Pitiful" in 1965, none of his singles fared better than #21 on the pop Top Forty until the posthumous release of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." That landmark song, recorded just four days before Redding's death, went to #1 and stayed there for four weeks in early 1968. It marked a new direction for the singer toward a soul-folk-pop synthesis that drew from such influences as Bob Dylan and the new breed of performers at the Monterey International Pop Festival, at which Redding had performed.
There was earthiness and candor in his every performance, be it slow, soulful ballads like "I've Been Loving You Too Long" or fast-paced numbers such as "I Can't Turn You Loose." Such albums as Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - which was recorded in a single 24-hour period in 1965 - is a virtual soul-music primer. In concert, Redding routinely incited pandemonium through the thunderous intensity of his performances, which included vocal ad-libs and false endings - devices that were evident in his memorable rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness" at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967. Redding stole the show at Monterey, as a wide-eyed new audience - the youthful counterculture - enthusiastically opened up to him. Given that launching pad and his songwriting breakthrough with "Sittin' On (The Dock of the Bay)," Redding was poised for superstardom at the time his twin-engine Beechcraft crashed into Wisconsin's Lake Monona on December 10, 1967, killing him and four members of his touring band, the Bar-Kays.
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays, the Museum is open until 9 p.m. Museum admission is $22 for adults, $18 for adult residents of Greater Cleveland, $17 for seniors (65+), $13 for youth (9-12), children under 8 and Museum Members are always free, for information or to join the membership program call 216. 515.8425. For general inquiries, please call 216.781.ROCK (7625) or visit www.rockhall.com. The Museum is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.


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My current research activities are focused on advances in several fields of rapid technology development, notably wireless networks, social networks and smart grid. The dramatic increase in demand for new capacity and higher performance has been a major issue in the design and deployment of contemporary wireless networks. The development of these capabilities is severely limited by the scarcity of two of the principal resources in wireless networks: energy and bandwidth. Emerging generations of wireless standards are addressing these issues through the use of technique such as cooperative communications and spectrum sharing. One focus of our recent work in wireless networks has addressed the fundamental limits of such techniques through the information theoretic analyses of relay and interference channels. A further issue that we are addressing is the fundamental ability of the physics of the radio channel to provide security in data transmission, and the development of codes and other methods to exploit this capability. In the area of social networks, our focus has been on two areas of interest. The first is the development of new models and analytical techniques for studying the degrees of social separation in small-world networks, and the application of such models to aid in the understanding of social phenomena that have been observed in experimental studies of social networks. The second area of interest has been the development of an on-line content trading platform, and the use of this platform as an experimental test-bed to investigate the behavior of users in various types of content sharing and content trading scenarios. Smart grid has emerged as a key technology for improving the efficiency, efficacy and security of the distribution and consumption of electric power, and particularly for the integration of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, into the electricity grid. Our work in this area has focused on the use of advanced methods from communications and information technology to address several issues arising in this context, including the detection and amelioration of bad data attacks, the study of privacy issues for both operators and consumers, and development of distributed algorithms for state estimation and control of the grid. Preprints of my recent and forthcoming publications describing this research can be found on the ArXiv website . Other publications describing recent research progress in related areas can be found there as well.
"Principles of Cognitive Radio." With E. Biglieri, et al. (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
"Self-Organization in Dense Small Cells: A Reinforcement Learning Approach," (with M. Bennis, et al.). IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear.
"A General Framework of Precoding Design for Multiple Two-way Relaying Communications," (with Z. Ding). IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 61 (6) 1531 – 1535, March 15, 2013.
"A Game-Theoretic Approach for Energy-Efficient Contention-Based Synchronization in OFDMA Systems," (with G. Bacci, et al.). IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 61 (5) 1258 - 1271, March 1, 2013.
"Delay of Social Search on Small-World Random Geometric Graphs," (with H. Inaltekin and M. Chiang). Journal of Mathematical Sociology, to appear.
"From Technological Networks to Social Networks," (with K.-C. Chen and M. Chiang). IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, to appear.
"How Do Local and Global Decision Makers Interact? Bayesian Games and Social Learning," (with V. Krishnamurthy). IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 30 (3) 43 – 57, May 2013.
"Fundamental Limits of Network Community Detection: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications," (with P. Wolfe, et al.). Proceedings of the XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Hamburg, Germany, May 21 – 26, 2013.
"Smart Grid Communications and Networking." Edited, with E. Hossain and Z. Han. (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
"Sparse Attack Construction and State Estimation in the Smart Grid: Centralized and Distributed Models," (with M. Ozay, et al.). IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Smart Grid Communications 31 (7) July 2013, to appear.
"Energy Imbalance Management Using a Robust Pricing Scheme," (with W. Chiu and H. Sun). IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 4 (2) 896 – 904, June 2013.
"Economics of Electric Vehicle Charging: A Game Theoretic Approach," (with W . Tushar, et al. ). IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 3 (4) 1767 – 1778, December 2012.
"Smart Meter Privacy: A Theoretical Framework," (with L. Sankar, et al. ). IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 4 (2) 837 – 846, June 2013.
"Capacity and Security of Heterogeneous Distributed Storage Systems," (with T. Ernvall, et al.). Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7 - 12, 2013.
"Utility-Privacy Tradeoffs in Databases: An Information-theoretic Approach," (with L. Sankar and S. Rajagopalan). IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 8 (6) 838 - 852, June 2013.
"On Energy-Secrecy Tradeoffs for Gaussian Wire-tap Channels," (with C. Comaniciu). IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 8 (2) 314 – 323, February 2013.
"Cooperative Wireless Cellular Systems: An Information Theoretic View." With O. Simeone, et al. (Now, 2012).
"Heegard-Berger and Cascade Source Coding Problems with Common Reconstruction Constraints," (with R. Tandon, et al.). IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 59 (3) 1458 - 1474, March 2013.
"New Results on Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Broadcast Channels with Confidential Messages," (with R. Liu, et al.). IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 59 (3) 1346 – 1359, March 2013.
"The Multi-way Relay Channel," (with D. Gündüz, et al. ). IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 59 (1) 51 – 63, January 2013.
"Classical, Semi-Classical and Quantum Noise." Edited, with L. Cohen and M. Scully. (Springer-Verlag, 2012).
"Distributed Linear Parameter Estimation: Asymptotically Efficient Adaptive Strategies," (with S. Kar and J. Moura). SIAM Journal on Optimization and Control, to appear.
"A Sequential Predictor Retraining Algorithm and its Application to Market Prediction," (invited, with H. Zheng and S. Kulkarni). Annals of Operations Research, to appear.
"QD-Learning: A Collaborative Distributed Strategy for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Through Consensus + Innovations," (with S. Kar and J. Moura). IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 61 (7) 1848 – 1862, April 1, 2013.
"System and Method for Initial Ranging in Wireless Communication Systems,'' (with M. Morelli and L. Sanguinetti). U. S. Patent No. 8,254,242. Issued August 28, 2012.
"System and Method for Blind Estimation of Multiple Carrier Frequency Offsets and Separation of User Signals in Wireless Communication Systems," (with V. Koivunen, et al.). U. S. Patent No. 7,929,937. Issued April 19, 2011.
"Method and Apparatus for Regenerative Based Interference Cancellation Within a Communication System," (with A. Flaig, et al.). U. S. Patent No. 7,697,594. Issued April 13, 2010. [Assigned to Texas Instruments.]
"Methods and Systems for Using Pulsed Radar for Communications Transparent to Radar Function," (with D. Meyers, et al.). U. S. Patent No. 7486,221. Issued February 3, 2009. [Assigned to Honeywell.]


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