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Directed by Jillene Stark, the show is a little above mid-range on the best to worst scale of local parody plays, but worth the money if you're downtown on a Friday, Saturday or Monday night.
Doris Jones works at Macey's and hires Kris Kringle as the new Santa Claus. A conniving couple wants the area for their new playhouse and makes Kringle seem crazy, so he's taken into a competency hearing. Little girl who has her doubts and wants to believe, Kringle telling the court he's just telling the truth, Fred, Doris and Susan. All the makings of Miracle on 34th Street.
Bus Riley plays Kringle, and I even believe this guy is Santa Claus. He has the perfect delivery and nature to play Old Saint Nick. So, I hope he actually does put on the red suit at the mall when off stage.
Usually the comic relief is Off Broadway President Eric Jensen, but Clarence Stohn plays the goofy janitor/narrator who works everywhere in SLC in this play. He's funny and adds some clever improv to the show.
Jensen (currently Ronald Trump in Detsert Star's newest) is represented through Rusty Bringhurt's character Jerrick Henson. "No relation, of course, to Eric Jensen," Bringhurst says. "I have hair and he's bald."
Jensen's wife, Sandy, is parodied by Melissa Singleton as Xan Dee Henson.
I love the fact the Off Broadway founders aren't afraid to make fun of themselves, but not many actually caught on. Funny parts from these two come from the dialogue, not because they're based on the Jensens. Inside joke, maybe. But anyone at the theatre for the first time won't catch on.
The play is littered with hilarious tangents from appearances by Karl Malone to Chuck Norris defeating a nuclear bomb, but the funniest parts are the song parodies. The actors/singers made purposely ungraceful parody covers of Lady Marmalade and There Can Be Miracles into epic performances with the entire cast on stage. They also manage to squeeze in Drummer Boy and some other traditional Christmas songs.
The detailed set is great, from Susan Jones' bedroom to the Santa display in Macey's. And props, though cheesy, are used amazingly, including a set of doll arms to make Jerrick Henson look like a baby (probably the funniest scene in the play – maybe worth going all on its own). Equally cheesy special effects tied the show together and reminded the audience none of it was serious. Unfortunately, there were also parts I couldn't hear the actors, and maybe it was a glitch this one night, but I was only in the fourth row.
Overall, it's a nice way to spend an evening, but if you already have other plans...keep them, because I've seen better at the playhouse. The play runs through Dec. 27 at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Friday and Saturday nights. Click here for tix.
Cast members pose for a photo after the show
Santa turns things around on an Off Broadway fan and sits on her lap instead


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Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the 'citizen soldier'. Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the military during the chaotic years of the Vietnam War. Arms and the University probes various dimensions of this alienation, as well as recent efforts to restore a closer relationship between the military and the university. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, Donald Alexander Downs and Ilia Murtazashvili show how a military presence on campus in the form of ROTC (including a case study of ROTC's return to Columbia and Harvard universities), military history and national security studies can enhance the civic and liberal education of non-military students, and in the process help to bridge the civil-military gap.
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|p. xi
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|Introduction: The Closing of the University Mind: The Military-University Gap and the Problem of Civic and Liberal Education
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|Education in the Regime: How a Military Presence Can Enhance Civic and Liberal Education
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|ROTC and the Ivies: Before the Storm
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|ROTC and the Ivies: The Divorce
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|ROTC, Columbia, and the Ivy League: Sisyphus Renews His Quest to Renew a Troubled Relationship
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|Post-DADT: Sisyphus Ascends the Mountain
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|Pedagogy and Military Presence: The Educational Influence of Student-Soldiers in Their Own Words
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|Winning Hearts and Minds? The Consequences of Military Presence for Non-military Students
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|Military History Examined
|Military History: An Endangered or Protected Species?
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|Half Empty or Half Full: Military Historians' Perspectives on the Status of Military History at the Leading Departments
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|Military Presence in Security Studies: Political Realism (Re) Considered
|p. 356
|Security Studies in the Wake of the Cold War University: Paragons of Productive Friction, or Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater?
|p. 381
|Concluding Thoughts
|Conclusion: Placing the Military in the University
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BlindSpot global revival think-tank
- Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: BlindSpot global revival think-tank
- Submission Document: Not available
General Contenta) What are the expectations for the outcome of Rio+20, and what are the concrete proposals in this regard, including views on a possible structure of the Outcome document? Rio+20 is using the same thinking as the first Stockholm conference in 1972 and cannot be expected to have greater effect unless restructured. This restructuring would recognise that 40 years of international efforts haven't worked and ask why. Had this question been asked over the years then the international problem-solving effort would now be working and the problems would be solved or close to solved.
Why hasn't it worked? We instinctively define the problems and our responses in ways that fit our thinking and our institutions. This is the 'Einstein' test, "Are we trying to solve today's problems with the same kind of thinking that causes them?" Society has been failing this test for 40 years. However we will not continue to fail it. Either we now pass the test or society will itself fail as the end-point of unsustainability is reached.
Concrete proposal: We use Rio+20 to pass the Einstein test by allowing space, in the dialogue and in the outcome document, for thinking and policies designed specifically to create change at the necessary scale and speed. Thus Rio+20 would be divided into two parts; 1, what was likely to happen anyway, and 2, an 'out of paradigm space' (OOPS) to define a fast global response with new thinking and new policies.
How to think differently? How can anyone know when they are really thinking differently in ways that overcome previous self-imposed obstacles? How to be sure we're not collectively just pursuing a different delusion? I propose a 'Kuhn test', "Will the outcome change the paradigm as a whole?" This test avoids perpetuating the fundamental mistake in global problem-solving - trying to manage the large complex whole-system in smaller less-complex pieces. Climate change for example cannot be managed with climate policies, but only with policies that shift the paradigms (or operating system or dna) of civilisation.
In the next section I offer an outline of a process for Rio+20 and society as a whole to pass the 'Kuhn test' and actually solve the previously unsolved critical problems.
Reference 1: Op_Ed for International Environmental Governance Project. http://www.ieg.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/2011-08-19/international-environmental-governance-paradigm-governance
Reference 2. Proposed 'Fix the system' climate policy in MIT project. http://climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/4/planId/15101
b) What are the comments, if any, on existing proposals: e.g., a green economy roadmap, framework for action, sustainable development goals, a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, or others? Existing proposals are well suited to existing thinking and institutional structures but they cannot have the intended effect. They continue the established trajectory of international problem-solving and do not answer the 3 questions that would be asked if we were starting today (rather than 40 years ago).
1. How to frame society's response to global problems?
The language of 'green economy' with improvements in 'green sectors' is admirable but insufficient since it frames 'green' as a sub-part. 'Green economy' language builds consensus among those already in favour but undermines consensus in the wider group who see 'green' as a lobby rather than a vision. 'Sustainable' and 'sustainable development' have been co-opted and diluted in meaning and are no longer viable as descriptions of a vision. Sustainable development is also typically framed within a zero-sum game that 'balances' (trades-off) sustainability against continuing unsustainability.
Concrete proposal: Part 2 of Rio+20 should provide a vision, roadmap and action for wholes not parts, with an 'economy roadmap' and 'development goals'. The term 'global security' should replace 'sustainable development' as the overarching shared societal goal. Global security includes financial security, national security, human security and climate security (etc) which provides an ideal framework for defining societal responses that create synergy between goals.
2. How to calibrate society's response?
Forty years of relentless unsustainability has had an odd effect on society's ability to be ambitious with global problems. The lack of progress makes the problems appear hard to solve, leading to lower ambitions, which blocks progress (so repeating the cycle). Solutions that aim low, offering gradual change toward incremental targets for selected indicators or sectors, are irrelevant to global problems arising from deep systemic errors. With climate change for example, the impacts from existing GHG concentrations are already intolerable so aiming only to cut emissions is planning to fail.
Concrete proposal: Part 2 of Rio+20 must do what it takes to briskly turn civilisation around, from accelerating toward collapse, to accelerating away from collapse. This means aiming to reverse all major problems as a complete set (not just conventional 'green' issues). For example the 'green economy' must look beyond 'less of this and more of that' to a radically new growth pathway, where the price signals of every transaction add up to a surge in economic activity that brings net-positive impacts - such as human well-being rising, ecosystems expanding and phasing out waste accumulation.
3. How to focus society's response?
The question of what to actually do has been fudged over the decades by widening the gap between the wishful rhetoric of what we say will be achieved and the humble potential of what can actually be achieved with issue-focussed incremental 'make this bit a bit better' ambition. Different symptoms of the same underlying systemic errors (for example climate, resource depletion, waste, economic stagnation, disaster recover) ended up competing for attention, with the policy space for each divided up until little can be done about any of them.
Concrete proposal: Part 2 of Rio+20 should set out to fix the system not the symptoms. All global problems may be seen as symptoms of a single indivisible problem that the patterns of ideas and activities happening worldwide are causing systematic loss of value - economic, material, ecological and human value. The necessary paradigm change to be triggered by Rio+20 is to reverse this so the task is to manage the paradigm shift not all the individual issues directly. This is achievable by focussing change at whole system leverage points that combine switches in faulty world-views with policy interventions to make it happen.
The framework for action would be a plan to discuss, define and implement these leverage points. The global partnership would be the international collaboration across nations and institutions to do this.
Reference. My research published by NATO, Seven policy switches for global security. http://bit.ly/7switches
c) What are the views on implementation and on how to close the implementation gap, which relevant actors are envisaged as being involved (Governments, specific Major Groups, UN system, IFIs, etc.); The proposed seven policy switches would close the implementation gap (the gulf in speed and scale between what is being done and what must be done). The policy switches are set out in my paper available academically, directly from me (James Greyson - twitter @blindspotting) or at http://bit.ly/7switches They would work in combination as a set with each switch being needed to address any specific problem such as climate - even though individual switches have greater effect on particular problems. Hence if any switch was considered to be too hard or 'not a green issue' then success would be unlikely.
Various actors may opt to become ambassadors for particular policy switches though it would help ensure sufficient co-operation if no actor became the 'owner' of a switch. Switch ambassadors need not be the obvious candidates, for example IFIs may not all be well-suited to promoting a change in the way money is supplied into economies even though the change would even benefit the banking system.
Concrete proposal for a set of high-leverage policies to close the implementation gap (policy switches):
#1. The strategy of aiming to reduce problems can be switched to reversing them with ?positive development?. Less bad is not good enough. (This policy redefines 'development' ad recalibrates ambition to match the scale of the problems.)
#2. Education can inspire a culture of joined-up thinking and engagement by switching from predetermined to curiosity-led learning. (This policy replaces self-reinforcing herd thinking with creative win-win whole system thinking, learning and innovation.)
#3. Economic growth can be switched from consuming the basis for further growth to building it by correcting markets with ?precycling premiums?. (This is a market-based tool to efficiently account for externalities by incentivising preventive actions.)
#4. Rapid global disarmament can be launched by switching from Gross Domestic Product to ?Gross Peaceful Product?, that omits weapons-related transactions. (This policy makes national security affordable and achievable by incentivising mutually-assured non-destruction.)
#5. Exploitive commodification of the Earth?s surface can be switched to guardianship by international treaty that interprets ownership in terms of responsibility to future generations. (This policy enables the reversal of loss of nature by inverting our understanding of belonging - we belong to nature.)
#6. Surplus accumulations of financial wealth, which would be wiped out by the planet crunch, can be switched by the wealthy into investments that secure all forms of wealth. (This creates a missing feedback loop so hoarded wealth can be used productively (solving problems, meeting needs) rather than destructively (slowing economies, accelerating speculation).)
#7. Global Financial stability can be regained by switching money creation from the private sector to central public authorities and local currencies. (This provides for an immediate end to the era of austerity without adding to debt.)
d) What specific cooperation mechanisms, partnership arrangements or other implementation tools are envisaged and what is the relevant time frame for the proposed decisions to be reached and actions to be implemented? Awareness of the risks of positive (runaway) feedbacks between different parts of the climate systems makes solutions for climate more critically urgent. Awareness of the risks of positive (runaway) feedbacks between different problem dynamics (of which climate is one of many) makes comprehensive systemic solutions more critically urgent. So time is shorter than we think. The relevant time frame is to implement effective global paradigm changes many years ago - but failing that we must hope that decision-makers read and act upon these opportunities asap.
The first reference above (copied below) offers another leverage point relevant for Rio+20. The 'hardware' of existing national and international institutions are products of existing paradigms and are unable either to invent new institutions for whole system change or to organise effective dialogue for whole system change. Every dialogue is set in a paradigm to which it is driven to reinforce, irrespective of the intentions of participants. Hence a special design of dialogue is needed to foster paradigm change.
Concrete proposal for an implementation tool: Part 2 of Rio+20 should provide a virtual and face-to-face 'Out of Paradigm Space', or OOPS, in recognition of society's resounding failure to achieve meaningful solutions and with awareness that effective dialogue requires a deliberate switch of focus from 'solutions-as-usual' topics to shared exploration by making paradigm assumptions explicit. Participants are 'positioned' by thought experiment in the new paradigm and hypothetically freed from old paradigms. This simple technique allows sufficient creative energy to enable radical new making of plans and decisions.
Reference 1: Op_Ed for International Environmental Governance Project. http://www.ieg.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/2011-08-19/international-environmental-governance-paradigm-governance
Specific Elementsa) Objective of the Conference: To secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assessing the progress to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges. Contributions could include possible sectoral priorities (e.g., (e.g., energy, food security and sustainable agriculture, technology transfer, water, oceans, sustainable urbanization, sustainable consumption and production, natural disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation, biodiversity, etc.) and sectoral initiatives that contribute to integrate the three pillars of sustainable development could be launched and endorsed at Rio+20. N/A
b) Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication: views regarding how green economy can be a means to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions, and poverty eradication; what is its potential added value; experience to date, including what has worked and how to build upon success, what are the challenges and opportunities and how to address the challenges and seize opportunities, and possible elements of an agreement in outcome document on a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication N/A
c) Institutional framework for sustainable development: Priorities and proposals for strengthening individual pillars of sustainable development, as well as those for strengthening integration of the three pillars, at multiple levels; local, national, regional and international. N/A
d) Any proposals for refinement of the two themes. Recall that Resolution 64/236 describes the focus of the Conference: "The focus of the Conference will include the following themes to be discussed and refined during the preparatory process: a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development". Concrete proposal (copied from a, above): We use Rio+20 to pass the Einstein test by allowing space, in the dialogue and in the outcome document, for thinking and policies designed specifically to create change at the necessary scale and speed. Thus Rio+20 would be divided into two parts; 1, what was going to happen anyway, and 2, an 'out of paradigm space' (OOPS) to define a fast global response with new thinking and new policies.
Reference: Op_Ed for International Environmental Governance Project. http://www.ieg.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/2011-08-19/international-environmental-governance-paradigm-governance
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This year the committee members discussed a very wide range of artists – from those whose careers began in the Fifties to some who are still very active. Overall, more than 50 potential nominees were discussed and debated. Then a ballot listing all of the artists was distributed and each member got to vote for their top 15 artists. That vote determined who will go on the ballot, which is then distributed to the Hall of Fame's voters – a group that includes all living inductees, as well as various executives, journalists, historians and the like. In the end, 12 artists made the ballot, and five will ultimately be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I can't say who the nominees are, but I was very happy with the results – it's a very diverse group of artists in terms of musical styles, eras, etc. But stay tuned – the nominees' names will be made public soon.


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It was easy and quick where I am in Wisconsin. The whole thing took maybe half an hour. My husband went earlier this morning and said the line was a bit longer but still very reasonable and nothing he hadn't seen before.
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I voted in Washington, D.C. about two hours ago. It was the middle of the day -- about 2:30 p.m. -- so, there were hardly any lines. Others in the metro area (Maryland and Virginia) who went to the polls before work, stood in the long lines and had to wait 45 mins to two hours. Also, it began raining in my neck of the woods a few hours ago. Hope that doesn't deter people from voting.
My job gives you two hours of leave to vote. However, I decided to take half the day off.
Frankly, although I'm not willing to bet on a landslide, I think Obama will win. I'm far more interested in the congressional elections.
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...although I'm not willing to bet on a landslide, I think Obama will win. I'm far more interested in the congressional elections.
In the long run, as important as the president is (and he is), the Congress is where the bills and laws are passed. That's where we need to make sure the people we want sitting there are the ones that can help in our causes. Agree totally.
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I was in line when the polls opened this morning and I took my seven year old with me. We only waited for about 45 minutes. I'm so glad that I took my son so that he could witness this historic election (regardless of persuasion and all other issues) and that I could share that with him. As a history teacher (gov't too), it was just a special moment for me and I hope that it'll be one that he remembers as well.
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I voted at about 10:30 EST. I arrived at my polling place at about 9:45. It's the public library that is closest to my house. The line went from the door, across the concrete entrance, across the parking lot, and onto the landscaped field that separates a main highway from a neighborhood. Once inside the polling room, the only hold up was for the election official to find the voter on the computer screen; there were three. There were seven or eight "touch screen" voting machines.
There was rain earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon, but not while I was outside; the ground was soggy, though. My fellow voters and I weren't pleased with the weather or the line, but we were all determined to cast our vote, no matter how long it took.
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"We have not had an officer injured or a complaint about use of force since we purchased tasers in 2008."
Stuttgart Police Department Assistant Chief Steven Bobo stood before the Stuttgart City Council Tuesday night asking for approval to waive competitive bidding to purchase new tasers. The department asked for the bidding to be waived due to Teeco Safety being the only company that meets police department specifications.
The Council passed the measure unanimously, but opted out of the four year extended warranty.
This saved the department approximately $6,500. This came with discussion about the current taser equipment in circulation at the department, which is being phased out for the newer model.
"It seems we bought all brand new four years ago and this will be phased out. Instead of buying all new can we not purchase those cylinders until we have to purchase all new? Would it not be feasible to keep what we have until they are used up?" Stuttgart City Council member Ruth Ann Trice asked.
At this time Teeco is willing to provide $210 for the traded equipment, Bobo explained. If the department keeps the current tasers they would eventually be phased out and would be worth nothing.
"We don't know how much longer, they have not said," Bobo said explaining the phase out. "I'm worried about the money not being there when we need it."
The department also has new officers that are not currently carrying the equipment because of the class. If the department purchases the new tasers then new training would be needed for all officers. Each taser comes with its own course.
The department asked for $30,105.13.
"I know $30,000 sounds like a shocking number but that is 88 cartridges, the taser itself, holster and the download kit," Bobo said.
That total also included the four-year extended warranty, which is $299.99 per weapon. The warranty would allow the department to send the taser back if eventually found defective in any way. This would save the department from paying $950 for a new unit. The taser comes with a one-year warranty regardless.
"How many of the ones you have now have you had to send back?" Trice asked.
"None," Bobo replied.
"How many do you forsee sending back?" Stuttgart Alderman Jim Craig said.
"I just don't know," Bobo replied.
The motion was amended to read "less the sum of the extended warranty" and passed.
The department will now be spending approximately $24,000.
"That is quite a savings," Trice said.
SPD officers will now carry the X2 Taser.
Page 2 of 2 - "We do not shoot to wound, that is not how we are taught," Bobo said, explaining the difference between using a firearm and a taser. "We shoot to kill. A taser saves those situations."
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:30 – 6pm
This was a special workshop celebrating the legacy of our 2010 American Music Masters – Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, with special guests from New Orleans' acclaimed Roots of Music program (co-founded by Rebirth Brass Band musician Derrick Tabb).
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ASU: Four-year letterman played in 44 games over five years...a weak side linebacker, he accumulated 231 tackles (157 solo) and saw his number of tackles increase each year...totaled 10 sacks for a loss of 85 total yards, and 24.5 tackles for losses with a net loss of 115 yards...had three career interceptions and returned them a total of 56 yards, including one touchdown...had one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, and three pass deflections...was a two-sport standout at ASU, as he also was an outfielder for on the Sun Devil baseball team...won consecutive Pac-12 titles and twice went to the College World Series with the baseball team...was taken three separate times in the MLB Draft before he signed a contract to play with the Boston Red Sox following his collegiate football career.
2012: Led the team in tackles with 113 (81 solo) and finished second in the conference at 9.42 tackles per game despite missing one game due to injury...became the first Sun Devil to eclipse 100 tackles in one season since Robert James had 106 in 2007...earned Second Team All-Pac-12 honors...his 81 solo tackles were the sixth most in a single season in school history...returned an interception in the season opener against NAU 45 yards for his first career touchdown...had a season-best 6.5 sacks for a loss of 54 yards to go along with his 12.5 tackles for a loss of 115 yards...one of five players on the team to post double-digit TFL numbers, tied for the most in school history (2000)...forced one fumble and recovered one fumble, had one pass deflection and two total interceptions for with 45 return yards...averaged 9.42 tackles per game...had a Territorial Cup record and season high 17 tackles (14 solo) in his final regular season game to help propel the Sun Devils over Arizona, which helped him receive Pac-12 Player of the Week honors...had 13 tackles against USC (11/10), his previous career high...led team in tackles with 12 against Oregon State (11/3) - nine of which were unassisted...was third on the team in sack totals...led team in tackles against UCLA (10/27) with eight, including a sack...posted eight tackles in loss against Oregon (10/18)...had nine tackles - all solo - to lead the team against Colorado (10/11) and posted two sacks in the tilt...led the team in tackles against Utah (9/22) with 10 while causing a fumble and recovering another...tied for the team lead in tackles against Mizzou (9/15) with 12, including eight solo, and interception in the red zone...was named to Phil Steele's Postseason All-Pac-12 Team...was a team captain.
2011: Sat out season due to an Achilles tear suffered in preseason camp.
2010: Appeared in 11 games this season, starting eleven...second in total tackles behind Vontaze Burfict with 73 (48 solo)...had five tackles for loss for minus 18 yards...started the season off with half a sack for minus four yards against Portland State...lead the team in tackles vs Cal with 11 (five solo) and a sack...three tackles (two solo) and a fumble recovery in 42-0 shutout victory vs Washington State Oct. 30...followed that up the next week with 13 tackles (nine solo) vs Pac-10 foe USC...had season tying, team high 13 tackles (nine solo) to bring the Territorial Cup back to Tempe.
2009: Started the first game of the season and appeared in all 12...finished the season with 34 tackles (21 solo), seven tackles for loss and a pair of sacks...also had an interception and a quarterback hurry on the season...recorded five tackles (four solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, a 10-yard sack and returned an interception for 11 yards in a season-opening win over Idaho State...grabbed five tackles (four solo), a pair of tackles for loss, a 9-yard sack and a quarterback hurry against Washington State Oct. 10...made six tackles (five solo) and 2-yard tackle for loss vs. Louisiana-Monroe Sept. 19...collected four tackles Nov. 14 against Oregon.
2008: Played in eight games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams...recorded 11 tackles (seven solo) on the season...collected five tackles (three solo) in his collegiate debut, a season-opening win over NAU on Aug. 30...had one solo tackle in victory over Stanford on Sept. 6...missed the next four games due to injury...returned to action and made one tackle against Oregon on Oct. 25...had one tackle at Oregon State on Nov. 1...posted a solo tackle in win at Washington on Nov. 8...totaled two tackles in shutout victory over Washington State on Nov. 15.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Centennial High School in Corona, Calif....one of the fastest linebackers in the nation that brings a vital element of speedy aggressiveness to the Sun Devil defense...compares to recently graduated Sun Devil linebacker and 2007 First-Team All-Pac-10 recipient Robert James...exhibited his phenomenal physical gifts at multiple scouting camps and combines in California...an incredible overall athlete, he bench presses 350 pounds, squats 450 and power cleans 235...weighing close to 230 pounds, he ran a 4.44 40-yard dash at the Los Angeles Scout.com Combine, the second-fastest time by a linebacker in all of Scout.com's 15 combines across the country...uses his speed, strength and instincts to be a vicious blitzer from the weak side...led Centennial High School in sacks as a junior and as a senior...listed as the No. 18 all-purpose athlete in the West region by ESPN Scouts, Inc....rated as the No. 58 overall prospect and the No. 8 linebacker in the "California/Hawaii/Nevada 150" region by SuperPrep...participated in the 2007 Long Beach NIKE Combine and was one of the standout performers of the camp, recording the fastest 40-yard dash time among linebackers, as well as the most bench press repetitions (27) and highest vertical leap (35 inches) among those at his position...earned All-West Region honors as a senior by PrepStar...joined prep teammate Shelly Lyons as member of ASU's 2008 signing class...rated as the No. 4 weak side linebacker in the West region and the No. 21 weak side linebacker in the nation by Scout.com...also listed as the No. 52 overall player in the state of California and the No. 75 overall player in West region by Scout.com...rated as the No. 26 outside linebacker in the country, the No. 3 linebacker in the state of California and the state's No. 44 overall player by Rivals.com...saw action on varsity all four years and totaled 193 tackles (60 solo), 11.0 sacks, seven quarterback hurries, three pass deflections and two fumble recoveries...had 13 career games with seven or more tackles and eight games with more than 10...totaled 86 tackles as a senior (26 solo)...averaged 7.2 tackles-per-game...led the team with 7.5 sacks...added five quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and one pass deflection...had seven games with seven or more tackles as a senior and three games with 10 or more total tackles...had a season-high 12 tackles (two solo) in addition to 1.5 sacks against Valley View on Oct. 12, 2007...posted 57 total tackles as a junior (17 solo)...averaged 8.1 tackles-per-game in 2006...added a team-high 3.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries...only appeared in seven games on the year, but collected at least eight tackles in four games...had a career high 14 tackles (four solo) in a 36-34 win over Norco High School on Nov. 10, 2006...that Norco team featured current Sun Devils Garth Gerhart, Adam Tello and Kyle Johnson...recorded 11 total tackles on two occasions...totaled 48 tackles (17 solo) as a sophomore in 2005...averaged 4.0 tackles-per-game and added two pass deflections...recorded a season-high 12 tackles (three solo) against Clovis West on Oct. 7, 2005 and posted 10 tackles (five solo) against Rancho Cucamonga on Sept. 29, 2005...added two tackles in limited duty on varsity as a freshman in 2004...chose ASU over Arizona, Louisville, Nebraska, Tennessee and Washington State...committed to the Sun Devils on Jan. 13, 2008, along with Bass and Lyons...coached by Matt Logan at Centennial High School.
PERSONAL: Exploratory major at ASU...parents are Terry and Tia M. Magee of Corona, Calif....born Oct. 22, 1990.


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The detection of __________________ destroyed the Greek belief that the Sun was unblemished.
When does the solar cycle have a peak of activity? ____________________________
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on
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Read"Solar Flares" and answer the questions below.
What is called when a small region of the Sun erupts? _______________________
Why do these eruptions occur? _____________________________________________________
What year was the first solar flare ever recorded? __________________________
The energy released in a solar flare is _____________________ times greater than the energy released from a volcanic explosion, but it is less than ____________________ of the total energy emitted by the Sun every second.
Radiation from solar flares travels to Earth in ______________ minutes. Name one thing that can result from this radiation.
How hot can the corona increase to during a solar flare? _____________________________________
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What is the abbreviation for a coronal mass ejection? ________________________
How fast can a coronal mass ejection travel? ______________________
To observe a coronal mass ejection, scientists use an instrument called a ________________________. This instrument simulates a _______________________.
Ionized gas can also be called _____________________.
Coronal mass ejections can occur a few times a week or several times a day. What protects the Earth from the harmful effects of a coronal mass ejection? _____________________________________
When energetic particles from coronal mass ejections get through to the north or south pole, an ____________________ is created.
Go down the page and on the left-hand side find the movie called, "An erupting prominence observed in the Helium 304 channel".
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I went around my house and gathered all the things I could use to set up my tables. I used a 6-ft table with a white tablecloth. You can find that tablecloth at Target for $16.99. I use mine very often. I am not good at sewing, but I can make simple table runners and napkins as you see displayed on the tables. The blue and white stripes fabric is from Goodwill ($.99 cents for all of it). The red and stars table runners cost me about $20 in material, but you will have leftover material for other use.
Table set-up:
- A cake, cupcakes or dessert does not need to be the focal point in the middle of the table. I used my white beverage jar to make it the focal point.
- I decided not to buy desserts such as cookies, cupcakes, or cake pops because it can get very expensive. I bought fruit and it was way more affordable.
- I purchased 4 clear star dishes at the Dollar Tree ($4)
- I bought a small amount of M&M's ($5) from here: http://www.sweetiescandyaz.com/ (local store for me)
- I bought red and white tootsie rolls ($3) from here: http://www.sweetiescandyaz.com/
- I bought 2 bags of "flag" mints at the Dollar Tree ($2)
- I bought one bag of "red vines" ($1) and wrapped them with flag ribbon I purchased at Hobby Lobby for 90% off last year. It helps to buy things after each holiday. You get the best deal. The patriotic boxes where the beverage jar and flowers are setting on are also from the 90% isle last year.
- All the mason jars are from Goodwill. I spent $3.50 for all of them
- The patriotic straws inside the jars are from the Dollar Tree ($1)
- The little flags are from Target 3 of them for $1
- The red jars next to the white beverage jar are from Hobby Lobby. Clearance isle for $1.25 each
- The roses in the mason jars are from the Dollar Tree
- I wrapped 2 cans of soup with stars scrapbook paper to set the little red jars on top
- I make my own pennant banners from scrapbook paper. If you don't want to make your own, you can purchase them in my etsy shop at A To Zebra Celebrations.
Red grapes
Watermelon (cut into stars with a cookie cutter)
Total spent for fruit: $6.50 (everything was on sale)
The little white tray where all the fruit is set up is from Pier1 Imports, but I had a $20 gift card. It costs $24.99 but I only paid $4.99 plus tax :)
Kids table: I used my daughter's old table from IKEA and I used a red Christmas tablecloth I bought at Walmart years ago. I made the little table runner with the stripes fabric from Goodwill.
I bought paper plates, napkins, and 4 juice boxes at the Dollar Tree. Total for this $4
I wrapped the red chairs with the "flag" ribbon from my 90% off purchase at Hobby Lobby last year.
The little pinwheels inside the red jar in the middle of the table are from Michael's $1.20 with the 40% off coupon
All the little tags, signs, and party circles are a FREE download from Paper & Pigtails etsy shop. You can download them here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5oq3itg8jbfkkcw/July4thPrintables.zip
Total for this party was less than $80. However, I didn't spend this much because I already had things in hand. This total is for someone that practically has to get everything except the tables. If you have to buy tables, then you will go over this amount. I recommend to borrow from friends if you need to. Walmart, Goodwill, and Target are the best places for white dishes.
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pdo_mssql is also mentionned at several places in the adapter documentation, and the driver is named extension=php_pdo_mssql.dll in PHP.ini. Such a dilema...
The php driver name - which could be virtually anything - has got nothing to do with the adapter name in ZF...
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Brard Blanchard (available from Vinceremos for £19) and Guy
Pinard cognac (available from Vintage Roots for £25) are both organic
and Best Buys.
The organic Roland Seguin (available from Vinceremos for £12)
also scores well.
Of the widely available brands, Rémy Martin (from £13.97),
St Rémy (from £29.97) and Three Barrels (from £13.80)
score highest.
Amongst other outlets, Best Buys are available from ethical drink specialists
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tel. 0800 107 3086) and\or Vintage Roots (www.vintageroots.co.uk
tel. 0800 980 4992)
Jane Lawson looks for cheer in the global spirits industry.
Alcohol is no ordinary commodity. While for many of us it evokes pleasure and
sociability, the harm it causes is massive and pervasive.
Beer is the third most popular drink in the world, after water and tea.(3)
In the UK consumers spend more than £30bn annually on alcohol, accounting
for an astonishing 5.8% of consumer expenditure.(4) Thats more than we
spend on personal goods and services or power and fuel.
While many of us enjoy alcohol without problems, beneath such levels of consumption
in the UK lie a 95% increase in alcoholic liver cirrhosis since 2000, according
to the Royal College of Physicians, and an 18% increase from 2002-2005 in alcohol-related
deaths. Alcohol consumption is responsible for 70% of peak A&E admittance.
And according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) about
one in four UK adults drinks too much and are damaging, or at least risking,
their health.
The drinks industry as a whole is closely involved in Government efforts to
reduce problem drinking. However not everyone agrees that this cosy arrangement
is without problems. In 2006 the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported that, following
discussions with the industry, a 2005 Government standards document for the
production and sale of alcoholic drinks omitted any obvious mechanisms
of monitoring, implementation and enforcement...(1) According to the Foundation,
the industry was opposed to policies that seek to control overall levels
of alcohol consumption and rejected evidence linking levels of alcohol
consumption to levels of harm.
The alcohol industry spends £800m a year on advertising in the UK, 45
times more than the government spends educating people about the dangers of
alcohol. Promotion is restricted by a voluntary code of practice banning advertising
aimed at under-18s, encouragement of irresponsible drinking, and linking drinking
with social or sexual success or with masculinity or femininity.
However, the British Medical Journal accused the industry this year of pushing
the boundaries of the code, and of using market research on 15- and 16-year-olds
to guide their ad campaigns. Diageo brand Smirnoff Ice was reported to want
to become the most respected youth brand. In our Buyers Guides,
the Irresponsible Marketing column will help identify some companies criticised
in this respect.
A voluntary code of conduct is clearly not enough. According to evidence presented
by Professor Michael Marmot alcohol consumption among 11- to 15-year- olds rises
in line with increases in expenditure on alcohol advertising.(2)
Marmot attributes the increasing problems with alcohol consumption to the fall
in the relative price of alcohol (which relative to income has halved since
1960), the removal of restrictions on alcohol sales, and increased promotion
by the alcohol industry.
The latest advice from NICE about how to tackle problem drinking includes:
a possible ban on all alcohol advertising to protect children; a reduction in
alcohol licensing hours; and a minimum national price per unit of alcohol.
The Scottish government recently rejected a proposal on minimum pricing, as
has the UK Coalition government. The drinks industry claimed it would unfairly
target the poorest families. The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) calculated
a 45p minimum unit price (as suggested in Scotland) would cut consumption of
shop-bought drinks by almost 25% in households with incomes below £10,000.
But only 12% for those with incomes over £60,000.
And minimum pricing, warned the IFS, would hand millions to retailers while
reducing tax revenue. The social costof alcohol in the UK, in ill
health, crime, and social problems has been estimated at £20bn annually
while alcohol taxes provided £13.26bn.(13)
With alcohol consumption as old as civilisation itself we clearly cant
lay all of its associated harms at the door of industry. But nevertheless, society
as a whole is arguably subsidising the harm associated with a highly profitable
References: 1 Alcohol strategy and the drinks industry: a partnership
for preventions? Rob Baggott, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, December 2006. 2
How Can We Reduce The Burden? Michael Marmot, Presentation at the Royal College
of Physicians, 13 November 2007. 3 The Institute of Alcohol Studies study
2008; revenue figures for 2004.
As well as catering for the Western consumer most companies are merrily exploiting
new markets in developing countries, especially China where both the economy
and sales of alcohol continue to grow. Rémy Cointreaus 2009 Annual
Report describes, Formidable growth in new countries, especially Asia,
which now accounts for over 50% of the cognac market. China has become Rémy
Martins leading market, while the company even describes Vietnam as a
market with great potential. Bacardi sees the development of the Dewars
brand in China as a priority; promotional tactics have included themed parties
and an Academy of Whisky.(8) Brown-Forman expects Brazil, Russia,
India, and China and other emerging markets to gain significantly in importance.(9)
Halewood International has a joint venture in China,(10) while Pernod-Ricard
lists India and China amongst its most dynamic markets, and claims to be the
number one-ranking international spirits company in China, Mexico, India and
As well as exporting alcohol-related problems, the industry doesnt appear
to be doing as much as it could to tackle supply chain issues closer to home.
Fortune Brands (owners of the top-selling UK brandy Courvoisier Cognac), LVMH
and Bacardi have all improved their Supply Chain Policy marks since we last
covered them, but Pernod-Ricard still scores badly and none of the big companies
receive our top rating.
It is illegal to distil your own spirits in the UK without a licence from Customs
and Excise, but you can add a little something to the spirits you buy. Its
easy to make a special present by infusing shop-bought alcohol with extra ingredients
the classic example is sloe gin, made by adding sloes (the fruit of the
blackthorn tree) and sugar to gin and letting them infuse for three months,
shaking every week or so. Sloes are usually ripe around October or November.
The same method can be used to make damson vodka or gin. If this doesnt
leave time to make a present for this Christmas, there are other combinations
that dont require as long. Good options include vanilla pods in vodka,
slices of root ginger in rum, chili in tequila, dates in brandy you can
use your imagination. For most of these, a couple of weeks will be enough to
add flavour but keep testing until it tastes right!
Greenalls gin is owned by AHG Venice Ltd which is half owned by
Lloyds Bank, hence the majority of its marks on the table.
Bacardi & Company is subject to a boycott called by Rock Around
the Blockade for the companys role in undermining the Cuban Revolution.(16)
Brown-Forman has publicly stated that it has started to use GM corn
for some of its distilling.(17)
CL Financial Group bought Lascelles De Mercado & Co Ltd, owner of
the Appleton Estate brand, in 2008, incurring US$340 million in debt. CL Financial
Group was subsequently bailed out by the Trinidadian government and central
bank.(19) The company group receives an Animal Testing mark for producing pharmaceuticals
without having an animal testing policy.
The Edrington Group, owners of Famous Grouse, is owned by Scottish charity
The Robertson Trust. The company has helped raise £100,000 for the RSPB
Scotland through sales of its Black Grouse whisky.For every bottle sold, RSPB
Scotland receives 50p.(20) In 2009 The Edrington Group piloted a carbon capture
demonstrator project, capturing carbon dioxide from the distillerys boiler
exhaust and percolating it through algae reactors to convert it into protein
and vitamin rich animal feed.(21)
Guy Pinard was the first company to produce organic cognac, in 1969,
after the owner observed health problems in agricultural workers, especially
with grape pickers. The Pinard family has owned its vineyard for more than 300
The LVMH Group, which owns a number of luxury brands, receives a mark
in the Animal Rights column for the retail of fur by subsidiaries such as Fendi,
Loewe and Marc Jacobs.(23)
The spirit for the vodka and gin produced by the Organic Spirits Company,
owned by London & Scottish International Ltd, is biodynamically certified
by Demeter.(25)
Pernod-Ricard receives an Animal Rights mark for sponsoring the Scottish
Elephant Polo team.25
Speymalt Whisky Distributors Benromach whisky is made using only
Scottish barley, and the entire production process field to bottle
all takes place within 20 miles of Benromach Distillery.(26)
* Alcohol
Concern, 64 Leman Street, London, E1 8EU 020 7264 0510
Suppliers of organic products:
* Vintage Roots
0800 980 4992
* Vinceremos
0800 107 3086
1 Whiskies, Mintel report, August 2008
2 www.rcplondon.ac.uk/professional-Issues/Public-Health/Pages/Alcohol.aspx,
viewed 19/08/10
3 Alcohol strategy and the drinks industry: a partnership for preventions? Rob
Baggott, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, December 2006
4 Drinks industry seducing teenagers, Jeremy Laurance, The Independent,
21 January 2010 , viewed at www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/drinks-industry-seducing-teenagers-1874220.html
on 19/08/10
5 How Can We Reduce The Burden? Michael Marmot, Presentation at the Royal College
of Physicians, 13 November 2007
6 www.rcplondon.ac.uk/professional-Issues/Public-Health/Pages/Alcohol.aspx,
viewed 19/08/10
7 www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=54860, viewed 12/08/10
8 Bacardi Co Ltd 2009 Annual Report, viewed at www.bacardilimited.com/view_file.aspx?f=bacardi_annual_report_2009.pdf,
12 /08/10
9 Brown-Forman 2010 Annual Report
10 www.halewood-int.com/home/our-markets, viewed 12/08/10
11 Pernod-Ricard annual report 2009
12 Scotch Whisky Association Climate Change Strategy 2009, viewed at www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/swa/51.html
on 12/08/10
13 www.ginvodka.org/factsheets/EnvironmentalIssues.asp, viewed 6/08/10
14 Email from Scottish Wildlife Trust, 2/08/10
15 www.gjgreenall.co.uk/greenalls/own_label.html
16 www.ratb.org.uk, viewed 12/08/10
17 www.brown-forman.com/responsibility/steward, viewed 8/07/10
18 www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090220/business/business3.html, viewed
19 www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100618/business/business98.html, viewed
20 www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/famousblackgrouse.asp
21 Algae Demonstration Project Goes Live at Glenturret, article published on
company intranet 13/10/09
22 Questionnaire completed by Guy Pinard et fils sarl, 19/07/20
23 www.fur-style.com/fashion/by-designer/ready viewed 6/07/10
24 Questionnaire completed by London and Scottish International, dated 6 July
25 Advocates for Animals, Summer 2007
26 Questionnaire completed by Speymalt Whisky Distributors 5/07/10
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