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With regret, Rumours and Innuendo in St. Paul announced that they will close their doors permanently after the Boos Pub Crawl, Saturday, October 30. The Lowertown Entertainment District in St. Paul had been home to the bar and nightlclub for nearly four years, however; the lightrail construction right outside their frontdoor has taken its toll.
In a prepared press release the club stated that they fought an uphill battle since the beginning of the construction. Time lines were ever changing and no clear communication of "whats next" was given to the club. The club enjoyed strong business until the start of the light rail construction project. Rumours and Innuendo thank their customers and staff for the last four years.
If you would like to stop in one last time, the bar will be open the rest of this week and open for the Boos Pub Crawl on Saturday, October 30, 2010.

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Given, $p$ is a prime number and $p>3$. How do we prove that the remainder $r$ is always $1$ if $p^2$ is divided by $12$?
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$ p^2 -1 =(p-1)(p+1) $. Since p is odd, these are two even factors, so the product is divisible by 4. Also, one of p-1, p, p+1 must be divisible by 3, but since p is prime, it is not divisible by 3. Thus one of p-1, or p+1 must be divisible by three.
Hint: $\,3 < p\,$ prime $\,\Rightarrow\, p = 6n\pm 1\,\Rightarrow\, p^2 = 36n^2\pm12n+1$
Hint: consider $0,1,2,\ldots, 11$, which are all the possible remainders modulo 12. Take out the ones that couldn't be congruent to a prime bigger than 3. Square all the ones that are left modulo 12, and see what you get.
If $(a,12)=1, (a,3)=1$ and $ (a,2)=1$
$(a,3)=1\implies a\equiv\pm1\pmod 3\implies a^2\equiv1\pmod 3$
$(a,2)=1\implies a$ is odd $=2b+1$(say) where $b$ is some integer
$(2b+1)^2=4b^2+4b+1=8\frac{b(b+1)}2+1\equiv1\pmod 8$
$\implies a^2\equiv1\pmod { \text{lcm}(3,8)}$
Now, lcm $(3,8)=24$
since $p>3$ we know that $p$ is not even. So the posibilities for $p$ mod$(4)$ are : $...$
consequently for $p^2$ mod$(4)$ are : $...$
and for $p$ mod$(3)$ are : $...$
consequently for $p^2$ mod$(3)$ are : $...$
If you did the right calculations you will see that in both cases $p^2\equiv 1$ mod$(4)$ and mod$(3)$ , so ?


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TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 12 Arizona women's golf got off to a strong start on day one of the SunTrust Gator Women's Invitational, hosted by Florida. The Wildcats sit in a tie for fourth place in the team standings and are just three strokes from taking over the team lead. Play will resume at 6 a.m. MST/PT on Saturday.
Held at Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla., competition will take place Fri.-Sun., March 14-16. One round of play will be contested each day with 6 a.m. MST/PT tee times. Mark Bostick Golf Course is a par 70, 6,002-yard club.
No. 30 Ohio State and No. 42 Florida State share the team lead after day one. Both squads shot an opening round of 292 (+12). Penn State rounds out the top three with a 293 (+13). No. 12 Arizona and No. 29 Virginia share a tie for fourth place with a score of 294 (+14). Karolina Vickova of Florida leads the individual race with a 69 (-1).
Leading the field early in the day, junior Andrea Vilarasau was Arizona's top golfer in a tie for fifth place after round one. She fired a one-over score of 71. No. 91 junior Kendall Prince and freshman Jessica Vasilic share a 13-way tie for 25th place. Both players carded a score of 74 (+4).
No. 21 sophomore Lindsey Weaver and No. 36 freshman Wanasa Zhou round out the Arizona five and share a nine-way tie for 38th place. Both players shots opening rounds of 75 (+5). Competing as an individual, junior Manon Gidali shot an opening round of 79 and sits in a five-way tie for 60th place.
Live results are available at golfstat.com. A complete recap and results will be available at ArizonaWildcats.com after each day of competition.For continued coverage of Arizona Wildcat women's golf, follow the team on Twitter @UAWomensGolf, at Facebook.com/ArizonaWomensGolf or visit ArizonaWildcats.com.


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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Belize vs Trinidad and Tobago 2013 (en vivo live score below) delivers an International Friendly in soccer from MCC Grounds in Belize City tonight. The game marks the first friendly of the year for Belize.
Belize vs Trinidad and Tobago 2013 (start time 3 pm PST) follows recent mixed results by both teams. Belize has one win only with three losses and one draw in their last five matches, officials tell news. The situation for Trinidad is not much better. They have delivered only two wins and three losses in their last five showdowns, news analysts note.
Belize last battled in a World Cup qualifier in 2011. That ended in a win. Since then, the team has faced against some strong soccer nations, only to produce a mixture of wins and losses. Belize was beat by Costa Rica in January. Then the team came back to draw against Guatemala. Later that month, Belize beat the strong Nicaraguans. But in recent matches, Belize has struggled. The team has been defeated by Honduras in January only to come back and fall to El Salvador. As news analysts note, Belize has only scored four goals in their last five matches.
Trinidad, however, has been far more effective on scoring in the last six months. The team defeated the Dominican Republic last December. Days later they did the same against Martinique. But last month, the team shocked news, falling in a 0-2 loss against Peru. For live score results today click HERE.


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So…I Skinned A Couch.
I have been known to do a crazy DIY here and there. Remember when I made an actual rug? Good times. Any who. After I got the green monster painted, and had my curtains up, I temporarily hung my headboard, and threw a few scarves on the bed (to give it a little bit of color in place of the pillows that will one day live there).
I sort of have this gut intuition. If I don't love something along the way, the chance that I am going to get heart palpitations every time I see it, is slim. And heart palpitation inducing is what I am going for.
So I am sitting on my couch on the other side of the room, and running every option that I can through my mind. It was just feeling way up here (insert me waving my hand around my head) and I needed something to ground it. It was just too painted, and colored. It was like one of the Real Housewives. Too much fake crap.
It needed something natural. In fact I think that I was subconsciously anticipating it because I bought this knitted pillow from Target.
We are back to sitting and stewing. Then it hits me like a bolt of lightening. Its needs leather. Leather PILLOWS! Angels sing, Mr.. Richard Simmons gets longer shorts, and everything is right with the world.
The research begins. Oh don't you worry. The leather pillows that are for sale online are 1. Reminiscent of a Tricia Yearwood belt circa 1992. 2. Roughly the price of a kidney. 3. Look like something that came off of a sectional at Big Lots.
Ex-nay on that idea.
Next idea, buying fabric. Even FAUX leather that is not lick worthy is going to cost me $80 + Shipping.
So then my heart says "Mandi. Why are you straying so far from what you actually want to do? Get your butt on Craigslist and see what you can wrangle up."
So that is just what I did.
And guess what?
I found a couch. The ad said that the seat cushions had been redyed but that it looked great.
I was actually feeling a little bad about the possibility of cutting up a nice couch to make pillows. It had to be THIS couch because it had the perfect amount of wear without being janky.
Imagine my surprise when I stopped by to look at it and the dye job was not awesome and all of the hesitation and guilt? Gone. Sold. Getting a Heidi Montag makeover.
This was a very nice couch. I am not going to lie. I am sure if someone wanted to they could have had new leather put on the seats or a blanket or something, but this couch's destiny was for something different.
Repurpose onward and upward friends.
Cant wait to show you how they turn out, after I do them…still working on that.
So what do you think? Is this a brilliant upcycle or a terrible idea because I did in fact, cut a couch apart to make pillows?
Also I have a naked couch sitting in my garage. Anyone want it?


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1) What was the last song John Lennon played for a paying audience?
Choose Your Answer: A: Across the Universe, B: I Saw Her Standing There, C: Imagine, D: Bennie and the Jets
2) Who was the first Beatle to get married?
Choose Your Answer: A: John, B: Paul, C: George, D: Ringo
3) Which Beatle crossed Abbey Road first?
Choose Your Answer: A: John, B: Paul, C: George, D: Ringo
4) What Beatles song was written for Mia Farrow's sister?
Choose Your Answer: A: Dear Prudence, B: Honey Pie, C: For No One, D: Julia
5) What was the working title of "Yesterday"?
Choose Your Answer: A: All My Troubles, B: I Believe, C: The Day Before, D: Scrambled Eggs
6) Who was the original drummer for the Beatles?
Choose Your Answer: A: Stuart Sutcliffe, B: Pete Best, C: Bill Wyman, D: Ringo Starr
7) What Beatles song was taken from the Broadway musical The Music Man?
Choose Your Answer: A: Tomorrow Never Knows, B: Till There Was You, C: Your Mother Should Know, D: Ain't She Sweet
8) Who was "Got to Get You Into My Life" written about?
Choose Your Answer: A: Linda Eastman, B: Dorothy Rhone, C: Yoko Ono, D: Marijuana
9) What is the only song John Lennon recorded completely by himself during his time with The Beatles?
Choose Your Answer: A: In My Life, B: Only a Northern Song, C: Julia, D: Mother
10) Who took Ringo's place on drums when he temporarily quit the band during the recording of The White Album?
Choose Your Answer: A: Paul McCartney, B: Phil Collins, C: Charlie Watts, D: Pete Best
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If I am not wrong, turbo codes was submitted to the ICC conference and rejected but accepted later on.
I want to know if there are other similar works (strong works) that were rejected at first but then accepted and considered revolutionary.
If I am not wrong, turbo codes was submitted to the ICC conference and rejected but accepted later on.
I want to know if there are other similar works (strong works) that were rejected at first but then accepted and considered revolutionary.
Higgs's 1964 paper on the Higgs mechanism was rejected by Physics Letters (where his preliminary paper on the subject was published).
He was told that it was not suitable for rapid publication and that he should send it to another journal. However, he reportedly heard that the paper had been rejected because the editors felt that "it was of no obvious relevance to physics."
Apparently, Higgs acknowledged that the paper "had been short on sales talk," and after adding a couple of paragraphs it was accepted by Physical Review Letters.
Here is an early example of manuscript rejection, from 1842: Mayer came up with the theory of conservation of energy, and wrote an article explaining his idea that "energy is neither created nor destroyed." It was rejected by the leading physics journal of the time, ended up in an obscure chemistry journal, and was mostly ignored by physicists. When the physicists of the time rallied around Joule, who described conservation of energy later in the 1840s, Mayer suffered a mental breakdown. Towards the end of his life, he was finally given credit as a father of thermodynamics.
Nature declined to accept Krebs's paper on the "Krebs cycle" in 1937. The work later won a Nobel Prize. The letter from the editor regretfully informs Mr. Krebs that the editor already has "sufficient letters" for the next 7-8 weeks.
The seminal paper on quantum cryptography, Wiesner's "Conjugate Coding," was rejected by the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. (A surviving copy of the original typewritten manuscript says "Submitted to IEEE, Information Theory" on it.) It was published about a decade later.
In the same subfield, the original manuscript by Bennet, Brassard and Breidbart that introduced quantum key-recycle scheme (QKRS) was rejected several times by major CS conferences including STOC, and was never successfully published.
Ernst's work on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was rejected not once, but twice, by the Journal of Chemical Physics.
Binning and Rohrer's report on their first experiments in scanning tunneling microscopy, which earned them a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986, was initially rejected on the grounds that it was "not interesting enough."
These are just a few examples. Many more have been compiled in various publications:
Originally posted on this question, but it may be more useful in helping to answer this one. This article by Juan Miguel Campanario and Erika Acedo investigates the question of paper rejection:
It is published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Andrew Hayes writes about the subject, linking the above article, as well as this second article also by Juan Miguel Campanario, at his blog.
Full citations, for posterity's sake:
Campanario, J. M. and Acedo, E. (2007), Rejecting highly cited papers: The views of scientists who encounter resistance to their discoveries from other scientists. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 58: 734–743. doi: 10.1002/asi.20556
Campanario, J. M. (1996), Have referees rejected some of the most-cited articles of all times?. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 47: 302–310. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199604)47:4<302::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-0
Many of the seminal papers that have proven of exceptional importance to science were rejected. Some of them over 13 times: https://majesticforest.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/papers-that-triumphed-over-their-rejections/
Dan Shechtman's paper in which he announced the discovery of quasicrystals was rejected for being "not interesting". It was accepted after few years in a different journal.
He won the Nobel Prize in 2011 for this discovery.


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The Maryland Board of Physicians has ruled against another abortionist, leaving her medical license suspended after she and the abortionist who employed her performed a severely botched late-term abortion that required surgery to save the woman's life.
Much of the public labors under the illusion that because abortion is legal, it is therefore safe. This is not true now, and has never been true.
We have to bear in mind that abortion in America was not legalized through a legislative process, in which there could have been extensive fact finding, testimony, public input, hearings, amendments, and provisions to protect women from abuse. But none of that happened.
Abortion is never safe and is never justified, even if all these things had occurred. Never allow its proponents to claim that its legality protects women.


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Criminal law and criminal justice has always struggled in finding a gang definition that can reach a consensus among everyone who is involved in dealing with the gangs, the effects of the gangs, and the problems associated with the existence of gangs. Researchers in the social sciences deal with the gang definition different than a social worker that is dealing with the problem in the neighborhoods. Additionally, the police provide a different definition as to what is a gang. And lastly, the criminal justice practitioners and criminalists have their own definition or understanding about gangs. Some interpret the definition to fit their field of work and others create an understanding that many times criminalizes the term more than necessary.
This article provides a causation overview of gangs in the United States (US) based on cause and effect and not inside the realm of identification of programs that have failed to solve the gang problems. A gang in the United States is viewed different than the gangs in Central America. The types of crimes are one of the biggest distinctions among gangs in the US from the gangs in other parts of the world, followed perhaps by the level of violence used against society. In Chicago, the gangs have ample opportunity to be involved in drug dealing, property crimes, and crimes such as armed robberies (crimes that involve violence). The gangs in Chicago also get into the illegal sale of guns and participate in most of Part I crimes: Aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, robbery, arson, burglary, theft (larceny), and motor vehicle theft (FBI).
In comparison, in Central America, the gangs get involved in all the crimes from Part I and also are involved in kidnapping, extortion, money laundering, white-collar crimes, transnational crime (drug trafficking and counterfeiting), illegal gun trade, and murder for hire. The crimes like kidnapping and extortion are two crimes that gangs in the US try to avoid because it carries the attention of the Federal Authorities. Unfortunately, the gangs in Central America enjoy a lot of more flexibility and maximize their crime opportunities. Therefore, this article will only focus on gangs in the US. This article will not go into details on how these crimes occur, but perhaps shine a light on the factors and reasons that bring about the necessary conditions for gangs and crime.
Malcolm W. Klein and Cheryl L. Maxson describe a gang as, "A street gang is any durable, street-oriented youth group whose involvement in illegal activity is part of its group identity" (2006). This definition is for the most part a complete definition but it requires that the elements be understood at a much deeper level. It is important to highlight the durable component in this definition mainly because a group of youth may not be tied up to a gang. The misunderstanding of the gang definition could misdiagnose a group for a gang, even if the group appears to have some characteristics of a gang.
As the result, the durability factor is easily tested when the gang members get arrested or the leadership leaves. If the so-called gang disintegrates when some of the members move out of town or end up in jail, the gang was not a gang, but simply a group of criminals involved in criminal activity without a gang affiliation. Therefore, it is important to determine if the group is actually a gang. Better training is required in this field in regards to gang detection and determination. It appears that too many times youth groups are mislabeled.
Another element in the definition above is the word "youth" that intends to describe that a gang has youth involved and leave out the "hardcore" adult gang population. Perhaps the definition should have "young and adults." G. David Curry writes that youth involved or not seriously involved may actually become adult (hardcore) gang members according to the juvenile and criminal justice systems (2000). Therefore, it is important to consider the youth gang member and the adult gang member in the same definition, while each may receive a different application of the law and face different courts. This consolidation must take place in order to have one view and not a number of views that ultimately see the gang as a different thing.
According to Klein and Maxson in order to provide a definition for a gang, there must a sufficient number of characteristics that could define a gang or a troublesome youth group (Klein and Maxson, 2006). A judge or a prosecutor, while part of the justice system that will be dealing with the gang member, is unable to be on the street "defining" a gang. Law enforcement is the one group who is given the power to determine what a gang is and what is not a gang. Therefore, defining a gang remains in the hands of the police and as the result the definition Klein and Maxson provide is adequate.
Gang patterns and crime are not always basis for gang activity or gang related crime. In 1988, G. David Curry and Irving A. Spergel revealed some interesting facts about gangs (1988). The 1980's the US experienced some of the most challenging times in regards to gang violence (Curry & Spergel, 1988). Curry and Spergel explain in detail how the gang problem can be considered in many different ways but it comes down to be a community problem where Hispanic and black communities (mostly disadvantaged and poor), create different dynamics that result in the creation of gangs based on location and racial composition (Curry & Spergel, 1988). However, this alone does not provide sufficient evidence for gang patterns and crime. The main reason is because many crimes from these gangs take place outside their territorial control or the gang infested community. Also, gangs are not limited to Hispanics and blacks.
Curry and Spergel state that delinquency and crime involves juveniles and adults and many times they have a well-organized gang that includes (or not include) leadership, but they are still considered gangs (Curry & Spergel, 1988). Drawing this distinction of youth and adult is important, since much of the focus from the governments is around youth gangs. As the result, many police departments assume that the youth are the only ones they need help i.e. intervention and prevention. Therefore, when the gang is more complex and organized it is easier to analyze gang patterns and crime. The challenge is to address the problems created by the rest of the criminals who are non-gang members but act as a well organized criminal group and the smaller gangs, often called "nontraditional gangs."
In the area of socioeconomic (the combination of social and economic factors) arena, Curry and Spergel revealed also that the neighborhood and poverty have a lot to do with gangs (1988). Curry and Spergel claimed that criminal law theory does not normally distinguish the poverty belt and social disorganization (1988). Cities may desire lower crime but do little or nothing to invest in the high crime communities that most times have high levels of gang presence.
It is true that racial divisions in neighborhoods dictate certain norms and gang membership opportunities. The socioeconomic condition of a neighborhood that is poor and the residents have no job opportunities will attract gang and crime (Gordon et al, 2004). The residents must earn a living even when most may be receiving public aid. The only alternative for these residents is gang membership and crime. Therefore, the root of the gang problems in poor neighborhoods again has more to do with the socioeconomic factors, which are conditions that could be overturned, but it gets little attention as a possible solution.
In the research titled "Facilitating Violence: A comparison of gang-motivated, gang-affiliated, and Nongang Youth Homicides" the authors revealed that there is confusion regarding "gang-related" and how this confusion causes researches and probably everyone else a lot of confusion (Rosenfeld et al, 1999). It is much easier to classify crime that occurs inside high crime areas as gang related. Criminalists and police officers (who are criminalists), make errors in judgment when they do that. While it is possible to address the issue of gun violence with an argument of lack of gun regulation in this topic, the only point worth making on that issue is that gangs are often using military grade assault rifles to conduct drive-by shootings and attacks against rivals (McDaniel, 2014).
Many times the evidence may be such that it is not necessarily gang related but because it occurs in a certain location, it is quickly assumed that it is. This of course causes confusion not only for the city administrators, the police, and the professionals involved in the criminal justice system, but also confusion in the minds of the residents (gang members and non-gang members).
It is a real problem when police, the criminologists collecting the evidence, and the prosecutors do not pursue a more rigorous investigation when the crimes occur in the "bad areas of town." As the result it is much easier for everyone to label the crime gang related. This discrimination is more visible when the crime takes place in the rich neighborhoods or in the middle of a commercial area frequented by tourists. Chicago is no exception.
When the police assign the definition of gang related to a non-gang related crime, the numbers and crimes statistics for researchers become unreliable. It is true that individual gang members have higher risk of violence and that membership is not necessary for an individual to participate in a gang war, a real misconception in the police field (Rosenfeld et al, 1999). It is possible that the confusion on when something is gang related or not actually affects the perception from the police, criminalists, and the prosecutors. It is possible to argue that there should be no distinction based on the neighborhood where crime occurs and each crime should get the same level of service.
Lastly, risk and violence exposure is relative to the location and neighborhood. This is a fact. It is possible to assume that revenge killings and other crimes will take place by "civilians" i.e. non-gang members. This is also a fact. Therefore there is a high degree of confusion on the determination of what is gang related and what is not.
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Neighborhood Instability are factors that help gang proliferation (Rosenfeld et al, 1999). The discussion earlier touched on socioeconomic conditions that crate fertile grounds for gang and crime. The main distinction on putting focus on the different neighborhoods has more to do with addressing the infrastructures of the neighborhood such as security, lighting, streets, stores, housing, businesses, and public transportation. In the last 8 years, the City of Chicago began to tear-down vacant houses in disadvantaged neighborhoods, which today has resulted in more neighborhood instability. These neighborhoods today have less housing available and a lack of housing creates other challenges.
One of the challenges seen today is that gangs that have lost housing in their territories and they are relocating to other areas where turf wars are increasing. This lack of housing in the disadvantaged neighborhoods is increasing violent crimes in suburban communities, where gang members and other criminals relocate and find easy crime targets. Crimes such as armed robberies and murder, caused in the commission of a crime, are increasing.
Focusing on the neighborhoods and improving the neighborhood has a lot of value that can reduce gang activity and criminal activity and result in neighborhood stability. For example, routine activities and gang function are factors that facilitate access to risk and violence as well as crimes such as drug dealing and gun violence (Rosenfeld et al, 1999; Curry & Spergel 1988). As long as neighborhoods continue to be disadvantaged and have great neighborhood instability, the gangs will continue to produce crime and violence. Add to that the easy access to gun ownership (in the illegal market place) and the recipe is for more gang membership and more guns on the hands of the gang members (Rosenfeld et al, 1999; Bjerregaard & Lizotte, 1995).
The criminal justice system is facing significant challenges as well. The states that are decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana are challenging the efforts to combat drug trafficking and gangs. Gangs make a significant amount of revenue because of the sale of illegal drugs. Why would someone want to pay 100 for something they can get with their local drug dealer for 20 dollars? This is a question that nobody seems to be able to answer in the states of Washington and Colorado. Unlike the production of alcohol, marijuana is a plant that can be easily produced. The message for youth today is that marijuana is not bad. However, marijuana still remains a gateway drug. The increasing presence of heroin a harder drug to leave is creating chaos in the criminal justice system and it is now challenging how police head out to emergency calls when a possible overdose is possible.
Attorney General Eric Holder in a recent interview at the University of Virginia stated that he was concerned that these marijuana shops in Colorado and other states are operating an all cash business, since most banking systems have excluded them (At University, 2014). Holder indicated that he would be proposing legislation in order to allow these businesses to enter the banking system in order to avoid other problems. (At University, 2014).
At the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the US incarcerate about a quarter of the world's prisoners, over half of the 216,000 inmates are in jail in a federal prison for drug related offences, and the Department of Justice spends 6.5 billion dollars in prisons a year (Remarks, 2014). This issue shows a real disconnect in the prevention or perhaps in addressing the real causes of criminal activity in communities. Addressing gangs and drugs by using alternative means could be ground shaking. Filling up the jails so far have produced no positive results in these poor communities.
In a paper in Criminology, Richard A. Ball and G. David Curry, they state that there is a lot of confusion on defining what is a gang and everyone involved in dealing with the gang problems have a different definition (1995). Ball and Curry add, "The confusion is so great that some advocate abandoning the term, maintaining that it can never be standardized because it is not a term use by youth themselves to reflect the actual empirical reality of their involvements but rather a meaningless label thrown about by the adult community" (1995). Therefore, there is no standard definition.
The gang population in the United Sates is responsible for a lot of the criminal activity. Their actions cost the US billions of dollars and loss of property and life. This article suggested many ideas that go to the root of the gang problem. Trying to incarcerate every gang member will not "fix" the problem. There must be other alternative approaches to build safer communities, bring pride for these residents and create job opportunities. Gang violence, gun violence, drug sales, and gang related violence are topics for policymakers and politicians, but they never address the opportunities and causes of gang violence or gang's existence or causation (Klein and Maxson, 2006).
While this article did not discuss education, making education available to disadvantaged neighborhoods should be one of the highest priorities for governments. Projects that include prevention, intervention, and suppression activities to reduce gang population must also look at the root causes as described in this article (Klein and Maxson, 2006). Everything must be coordinated together and every step must include all the stakeholders. There must be a lot more research in regards to gang members who leave the gang and the process that caused them to leave the gang (Klein and Maxson, 2006). Lastly, a neighborhood stabilization approach may include corporate responsibility, the community, and all levels of governments.
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Bjerregaard, B., & Lizotte, A. J. (1995). Gun ownership and gang membership. The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 86(1):37-57. Retrieved from: American Military University.
Curry, G. David. (2000). Self-reported gang involvement and officially recorded delinquency. Criminology; Nov 2000; Vol. 38, 4; ProQuest. Retrieved from AMU.
Curry, G. D. & Spergel. (1988). Gang homicide, delinquency, and community. Criminology, 26 (3): 381-405. Retrieved from: American Military University.
Klein, Malcolm W. & Maxson, C. L. (2006). Street Gang Patters and Policies." New York: Oxford University Press.
Gordon, R. A., Lahey, B. B., Kawai, E., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Farrington, D. P. (2004). Antisocial behavior and youth gang membership: selection and socialization. Criminology, 42(1): 55-87. Retrieved from: American Military University, CRMJ523 B001, Week 2.
McDaniel, D. (2014). Gun violence myths debunked; quest for profits exposed. National Catholic Reporter, 50(6), 1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1476492363?accountid=8289
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Research by K-State's Kristin Michel may one day limit a mosquito's ability to spread malaria in humans, one of the world's most deadly diseases, particularly in developing countries.
Michel, an associate professor of biology, studies the innate immune system of mosquitoes and how it relates to the pathogens they transmit. She specifically works with Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes, the species most responsible for malaria transmission in Africa.
Her lab has identified a variety of immune factors that either positively or negatively affect the survival of the malaria parasite in its mosquito vector. She and her research team are focusing on a group of serine protease inhibitors called serpins. These proteins control key innate immune reactions against different stages of the malaria parasite, and could potentially control reactions against other disease agents. Michel's long-term goal is to apply her lab's findings to the design of novel disease control strategies that could interrupt disease transmission within the mosquito vector.
Her work has continuously been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources and more. As the author or co-author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, her work has appeared in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, EMBO Reports, Journal of Cellular Microbiology, International Journal of Parasitology, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, and several others. She also serves as a reviewer for professional journals and scientific publishers. Michel has presented her work at conferences and research seminars across the U.S. and in Europe.
In July 2012, Michel was appointed to the Department of Health and Human Services' Vector Biology Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. Study section members are selected on their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other significant activities, achievements and honors. She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2013.
She is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, German Society of Parasitology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomological Society of America and the German Society of Genetics.
Michel earned a diploma in biology, the equivalent of a master's degree, from Christian-Albrechts-University in Germany, and she earned a doctorate in entomology from the University of California at Riverside. She also served as a postdoctoral researcher in insect immunogenomics at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. She joined K-State in 2007.
Michel can be contacted at 785-532-0161 or email@example.com.
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Let's be clear up-front about this. I do not mean you should write a cover letter that makes the hiring manager or other reader leap up from his/her chair and keel over from shock! Getting employers' attention is critical, but it needs to be the right kind of attention. In other words, it has to generate the type of response you need—most importantly, a phone call that can lead to an interview. Always, always keep that goal in...
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The Huguenot Library is currently housed with UCL Special Collections at The National Archives.
The Huguenot Library was formed from the printed and manuscript collections of the Huguenot Society and the French Hospital Libraries, and contains the most complete body of Huguenot literature in this country. Since 1957 it has been housed within UCL Special Collections.
The main focus of the collections is on the history of the Huguenots in Great Britain and Ireland, but the Library holds material on a much wider span of Huguenot-related topics, and covers the history of the Huguenots in France and the wider diaspora. The archive collection in particular provides an invaluable insight into the lives of the immigrants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Both the library and the archive collections contain significant sources for genealogical research. Please see the family history page for information about the available sources, and guidance on researching Huguenot ancestors. Most of the material covers the period from 1550 to 1750. A list of family papers in the archive is available on the Archive page.
The printed holdings have been catalogued on Explore, the UCL Library online catalogue. The catalogues for the archive holdings are in the process of being made available in electronic form. See the Archive page for more information on the online archive database and the existing printed catalogues, published as volumes in the Huguenot Society's Quarto Series.
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Watch and learn great drills that will improve middle distance runners. Tom Green is a personal trainer with multiple years of experience working with high level college athletes. In these two clips you will see track movement preparation drills and power development drills that will allow you to run faster for a longer period of time.
Prepare your body to run fast with the three drills shown in this clip. The first of which is called Pogo Sprints. You will bounce on the balls of your feet about 10 times and then sprint out several strides. The next is called Push-Up to Acceleration. Focus on leading with the power leg, which is the lead leg that would be in your starting block. The last exercise is the Four Touch Mountain Climbers. It is key to start and end the climber portion, before you sprint, with the power leg. Make sure you don't bounce too much and maintain steady hip height.
Take a look at a great power development activity, the Overhead Ball Throw. Using a medicine ball, varying weights depending on the level of athlete, you want to use hips, knees, and ankles all in unison when throwing it. Having these three areas work together will generate the most force on the ground. Try not to use your arms too much or to jump too much.
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For all of us who procrastinate or have too many things on our plate, today we have a quick list of last minute gift ideas for Mother's Day. Most of these retailers have overnight shipping and some shops you can find live.
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Marco Túlio Pimenta Gontijo <marcotmarcot <at> gmail.com>
Hi. I just noticed that my global Contents of the haddock documentation of modules ( file:///home/marcot/.cabal/share/doc/index.html ) lost most of the modules. My workflow is fairly straightforward, but I do some --reinstall --force-reinstalls with cabal install. For instance, the link for Prelude is not there, but Prelude.Unicode from base-unicode-symbols is present. I can still access documentation from the package's Contents page ( file:///usr/local/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-18.104.22.168/index.html ). What could have caused this? Is there a way to recover all the links? I'm using Debian Squeeze with ghc-7.4.2 (installed with http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.4.2/ghc-7.4.2-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 ), cabal install version 0.14.0, using version 1.14.0 of the Cabal library. Greetings. -- -- marcot http://marcot.eti.br/


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Rose Comes Away First Champion
The most important golf event ever held in Turkey to date, the Turkish Airlines World Golf final ended on October 12 with English golfer justin rose's victory.
Host to a fierce competition among the eight top names in world golf, the tournament at Antalya Golf Club saw enormous interest in all the matches played.
First winner, Justin Rose said he had previously been unaware of Turkey as a golf destination. But, he pointed out, after coming to Antalya and seeing some of the courses he realized that this was indeed a great golf destination. Rose also said that people who play golf in Britain normally choose destinations like Spain and France in winter but that this tournament was definitely going to put Turkey's name on the map as a world class golf destination. Rose added that winning undefeated in a tournament with the world's top eight golfers was extremely encouraging for him. In short, the tournament's first champion Justin Rose left the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final very happy both as a tourist and as a professional golfer.
Rose said he really liked the tournament format. Following an exciting elimination round, he naturally took the most pride in being paired with a big name like Tiger Woods in the semi-final and eliminating him as well. The most critical moment in the Rose-Woods pairing was at the 14th hole when Rose, who was one stroke behind Woods up to that point, took a one-stroke lead with an eagle and maintained his advantage right up to the 18th hole. Leaving Tiger Woods out of the loop, Rose in the final faced Lee Westwood, who had earlier routed Charl Schwartzel and broken a record in the semi-final.
Justin Rose's final match was as close as his semi-final. Golf lovers experienced the pleasure of watching a nail-biting match whose champion was undecided right up to the last hole. Said Rose of the final, "I think Lee used up all his good puts breaking a record in the semi-final. Rose passed Westwood, who failed to show his previous day's success on the green, with a one-stroke lead to claim the one-and-a-half million-dollar prize. At the awards ceremony after the final round, Turkish Airlines' Senior Vice-President of Marketing and Sales Faruk Çizmecioğlu and Turkish Golf Federation President Ahmet Ağaoğlu handed Rose the tournament's cup.
Another match eagerly anticipated at Belek took place in the elimination round. This faceoff between world number one Rory McIlroy and the legendary Tiger Woods saw at least as much interest as the final. Leading the match from start to finish, Woods beat McIlroy, who appeared to be somewhat off form throughout the tournament.
Before they played in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, we asked the golfers their thoughts about and expectations of Turkey:
Justin Rose
I'm going to Turkey with an open mind and looking forward to experiencing the local culture.
Lee Westwood
Turkey is one of those intriguing places that I've always wanted to visit but because they have not had a major golf tournament there and my schedule is very hectic, I have never had the opportunity.
Tiger Woods
I've heard wonderful things about the country and the people.
Charl Schwartzel
I've always considered Turkey as one of the places on my 'must visit list'.
Rory Mcilroy
It is a country where the golf Tour never visits so to get a change to play somewhere different is always exciting.
Webb Simpson
Great country. I am excited to visit again.
Hunter Mahan
I've only heard incredible things about Turkey, it's people, beautiful scenery. I always look forward to playing golf abroad.
Matt Kuchar
I'm excited about the chance to get to Turkey and experience a new country.


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Christmas Muffins
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These Christmas muffins (cranberries, pecans and orange) are ready for the holiday season!
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I really love the festive flavours in this muffin, especially the surprising tinge of orange. Enjoy these muffins with a cuppa hot chocolate for breakfast or tea time. If you have extras, freeze them in ziplock bags and toast them in the oven for a few minutes till they are warm whenever you want a muffin or two.
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Hello! I know it's not Christmas any time soon but I tried your recipe and it yielded the most delicious muffins I've ever baked! I really like that it's non-oily and it has a lovely golden crust on the exterior! The interior of the muffin is really soft and moist! Love the orange zest that infused into the muffin! :) Thank you so much for sharing! This is one muffin recipe I'm so going to keep! Thank you!
that's great to hear! it's never too early to start making them and Christmas is just a few months away. I, too, love the aroma of the orange zest :)
I have just bought a small oven. I will most probably start off with the basic cupcakes recipe on your web page. I love your Christmas Muffins. When you indicate stir until just blended (and lumpy), what kind of stirrer you use? Can I use a mixer? I am planning to buy some baking needs soon.
Hi Susan, no don't use mixer for these muffins. Just use a wooden or silicon spatula to stir :) Happy baking!
Hi Just wanted to say that I'm such a fan of your site! Wonder if you watched Ratatouille, where the Chef wrote a book "Anyone Can Cook"? Well your easy-to-follow recipes and motivating pictures of the end products is a true testament to that statement!
I've tried a few of your recipes and each one was a successful attempt. Thanks for making cooking fun and enjoyable for me!! I will definitely try these out for Christmas and spread the festive cheer to loved ones by feeding them these muffins. ^^v
Hi Jean, thanks so much for your kind words! I'm touched. Yes, I watched Ratatouille, that's one of my fave movies and it had inspired me to cook too :) happy cooking ^_^
Hi, Just wondering how much raisins to add? The ingredient list is blank for raisins :o)
Hi Wiffy
Your photos are so beautiful! These muffins look easy to bake and I am very sure it will be nice for Christmas. Need to practice before mass production for colleagues. May I know how much raisins did you add? Your ingredient list did not indicate for raisins. However, your photo and title flag out raisins :o). Thanks!
add 50g, or to taste. Sorry I have amended the recipe :)
Thanks for sharing the recipe, I made it and they came out rather pretty by the way I reduced the amount of sugar (a bit less than a cup) otherwise it will become too sweet for me. Enjoy baking everyone :)
Can these wonderful muffins be made as mini muffins? Wonder if they will be as moist. Same temp & what do you estimate on time?
Hi Wiffy!
your muffins looks great and i'm trying it out. just want to check is the amount of sugar correct? in your receipt for cranberry muffins, the amount is only 100g. Thanks! :)
Hi! The amount is correct. The reason cranberry sauce muffins contain much lesser sugar, is because the cranberry sauce is already very sweet, hence sugar is reduced.
If you prefer less sugar, you may reduce to taste, then test taste the batter and add sugar accordingly before baking.
Thanks Wiffy! will try that out..
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The lights go dim, the music starts and the curtain rises. The Chandler Center for the Arts has been entertaining the valley with musical performances, legendary comedians, unique dance productions and world cultural artist for 25 years.
Come and celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the Chandler Center for the Arts during their free weekend of celebrations. For three days kicking off on Friday August 22 till Sunday August 24. Festivities will feature youth musical groups with a mixture of metal, Rap, Folk, punk pop, classic indie and reggae.
Musicians from all over the world make up the exciting ensemble Todo Mundo. Bad Cactus Brass Band from Phoenix brings the vibe of Mardi Gras, Spice and flavor are the rhythmic sounds of ¡FlaMEXico and The Music of Motown with Joe Bourne will take you back to the soulful sounds of the 60's with songs from the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.
The Chandler Center for the Arts has a little something for everyone during their free three day 25th anniversary celebration. A source of family and community entertainment the Chandler Center for the Arts strives to maintain a vast understanding of the community by providing trendsetting, state of the art, tech savvy and innovative performances. This is not always an easy task but with General Manager Michelle Mac Lennan on board the future is bright.
Mac Lennan has 25 years of experience working in arts and administration which plays a vital role in setting the direction for the center. Keeping the public's interest can be a challenge. Mac Lennan said, "Biggest challenge of the last five years and the challenge of our future is audience behavior. This is a different reality with technology and people's ability to curate their own content from home having people step outside of a place and be entertained when they can do it in their own home has proven to be a challenge."
The Chandler Center for the Arts supports and relies on their dedicated and loyal members who have been with them for years but with a growing demographic toward a more youthful audience. The Chandler Center for the Arts focus on its youth through family and outreach programs to bring in sophisticated arts and educational opportunities that serve the interest of the youth.
New works is something that the center is always searching for Mac Lennan said, "We use our smaller theaters for new works last year we brought in a group from Japan on the first international tour called Siro-A-Technodelic. They are the Blue Man group of Japan. A high tech driven performance we are looking for those artist to engage a different demographic that have a lot of cross over potential."
Something special that you will only see at the Chandler Center for the Arts is the blending of world events that changed history as part of the 25 year anniversary celebration. In November the center will host a free film event called "Rocking the Wall" a documentary on how rock-n-roll music impacted in bringing down the Berlin Wall on the 25 anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
The Chandler Center for the Arts gives the community that something special, a live performance. Come, experience and celebrate art, culture and entertainment during the free three day 25 year anniversary celebration. In the heart of downtown chandler located at 250 North Arizona Avenue, Chandler, Arizona 85225. Friday August 22-24 times vary for additional information click Chandler.


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In the running community, Dean Karnazes, the self-titled ultra-marathon man who's run countless miles and long-distance races, is a popular guy. So popular among Chicagoans that when they hear he's coming to the Windy City, they flock to meet him. Karnazes currently is touring the country and spreading the word about The North Face Endurance Challenge Series, which hosts trail races of varying distances including one in Wisconsin in September.
Last night, Running Away Multisport hosted Karnazes at their Chicago store at 2219 N. Clybourn. It was a packed house with Karnazes running three to five miles with the group and then answering questions about running, ultramarathons and more.
Karnazes was such a huge hit with the Chicago crowd that RAM is repeating the event. Tonight, they'll be welcoming Karnazes to their Deerfield location, 800 Waukegan Road. The fun starts at 6 p.m. with a three to five mile run that'll end in a Q&A session back at the store. The North Face will be on-hand with giveaways and raffles throughout the night—you could win a race entry as some lucky attendees did last night.
A few quick facts about Karnazes:
- He recently completed his 10th Badwater Ultramarathon. This foot race travels 135 miles through Death Valley where temperatures reached roughly 131 degrees.
- He's run on all seven continents--more than once.
- In 2006, he ran 50 marathons in all 50 United States over 50 days.
- He runs so many ultramarathons that a marathon, at 26.2 miles, is considered short.
Registration for tonight's event is requested by the Deerfield store. You can contact them by calling 847-945-2929 or tweet RAM, @ramultisport.


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HALIFAX - The first full day of campaigning in the provincial election kicked off with all three party leaders declaring themselves the underdog in the race.
ŌĆ£Absolutely, but thatŌĆÖs nothing different for New Democrats,ŌĆØ said Premier Darrell Dexter during a campaign event Sunday morning at the Italian Canadian Cultural Association. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve been underdogs in almost every campaign weŌĆÖve ever been in, so weŌĆÖre used to that position.ŌĆØ
A poll released last week by Corporate Research Associates suggests the Liberals are leading the NDP by 10 per cent among decided voters ŌĆō but Liberal party leader Stephen McNeil said heŌĆÖs not the front runner.
ŌĆ£Government always has the upper handŌĆ".theyŌĆÖve been out there promoting themselves using taxpayer dollars over the last number of months,ŌĆØ he said during an announcement in Dartmouth Sunday afternoon. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm going to continue toŌĆ"talk to Nova Scotians, continue to lay out ideas that we think are in the best interests of Nova Scotians.ŌĆØ
Jamie Baillie, whose Tories trail the other two parties in the polls, said heŌĆÖs relishing the role of underdog in his first provincial election campaign.
ŌĆ£As people are getting to know, I used to run the credit union and we would compete against CanadaŌĆÖs banks every day and win,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£I enjoyed that, and I have the same feeling about this race, and IŌĆÖm enjoying it already.ŌĆØ
All three party leaders brought up power rates and the provincial economy during campaign events on Sunday, touting plans to manage one and improve the other.
Both the NDP and PCs issued news releases attacking each other and the Liberals, apparently setting the stage for four weeks of attacks on the Grits.
Dexter said that negative strategies such as attack ads are necessary to help voters distinguish between the three parties.
ŌĆ£People need to know what the difference is between the approach that we take and the approach that the Liberals and the Conservatives take,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£Those kinds of ads are hard-edged, but theyŌĆÖre there for a reason. ItŌĆÖs becuase there are substantial differences.ŌĆØ
At the time of dissolution, the NDP held 31 seats in the legislature, the Liberals 12 and the Progressive Conservatives 7. Two seats were vacant.


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Boston continues to build on its carrier class optical network deployed by DoIT over the last four years. Over the past year, we have enhanced the BoNet (Boston Optical Network) foundation to enable new, mission critical applications, such as the City's Public Safety Radio transmission, providing cost savings of over $400 per circuit per month, saving the City more than $1M per year. It is important to note that BoNet operates with a high availability rate of 99.99% - a critical metric for public safety communications.
We have also leveraged BoNet by adding seven additional (and free to users) WiFi Hotspots throughout the City. These network extensions include public parks, common areas and also bring free WiFi capabilities to several of our underserved neighborhoods.
BoNet's reach is now extending to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, collaborating with the MBTA (state transportation authority) and other state agencies to enhance video asset sharing and improve public safety information flow between city and state agencies. Loop A – 492 strands of fiber – interconnects local and state government offices in Cambridge and Boston to the statewide fiber backbone, saving money on leasing fiber or paying for network interconnection from a provider.
The City's Transportation Department is now using BoNet for cameras and traffic control, synchronizing light signaling to accommodate traffic patterns. BoNet is also being leveraged to improve energy efficiencies as City agencies are using the network for data collection and video monitoring of fuel consumption in 8 locations.
We continue to replace CENTREX and rollout VOIP (Voice over IP), our cost effective phone communications systems which utilizes BoNet as the communications backbone. To date, 2,000 IP phones have been successfully deployed throughout City Hall, Police Headquarters, District stations as well as many off-site City agencies.
The initial investment in BoNet began the City's commitment to "Connecting Boston" with broadband capabilities. It has connected hundreds of city facilities, allowing City departments to work together to support the citizens of the City. It was also instrumental in our deployment of more than fifty Public Computing Centers (PCCs) that now provide computer and internet access to many of the City's underserved neighborhoods. BoNet directly supports the lives and livelihoods all of our residents, visitors and businesses. We are active voices in the work to deliver an interoperable, national broadband network for our public safety first responders. The City of Boston was the first city in the country to request an FCC waiver for the use of wireless spectrum made available through the Digital TV transition. Although the City was not able to deploy a network with this waiver, Boston has been a regular member of the OAC (Operator Advisory Committee) that been instrumental in developing the standards (with NPSTC -National Public Safety Telecommunications Council) and developing a plan vision for FirstNet. Boston is also actively involved in FCC proceedings that impact broadband competition and deployment across our city, region and the nation. Most recently that activity addressed the spectrum transfer agreements between the cable industry and Verizon.
Boston's broadband strategy recognizes that broadband affordability and adoption is critical to improve the lives of our residents and the success of our small businesses. Boston's negotiations with Comcast in 2011 led to an low cost option for internet access for all of our income eligible participants of Boston's Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SBA) programs. This program was ultimately replaced by Comcast's 2011 introduction of their Internet Essentials program.
Our premier technology adoption program - Tech Goes Home (TGH) - has gained national recognition as a model digital literacy training and has been endorsed as an exemplary broadband adoption program in the National Broadband Plan. TGH has received funding and awards for innovations in program design and delivery that demonstrate the organization's impact beyond Massachusetts. TGH trained 8,468 Boston residents in 2011, and followed that up in the first half of 2012 with an additional 9,648 program graduates. In addition to the training, 3,916 netbooks were provided to families following training and 103 tablets given to students with significant disabilities.


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This little book is for my grandson: Silas, although you haven't quite been born yet, later it might be interesting to you to have a description of how you happened to have a dresser and cubby cabinets. When I was born, my parents got me a puppy. She, Kitten Candy, was my growing-up friend for 16 years. But you already have a dog and your mom said you needed furniture. A puppy might have been better. But you got furniture. Sorry. Here is how it was made while we were waiting on your arrival.
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Farewell. Because it needed to be said again.
Why? So many people have been asking that question now for three weeks. Why are we saying farewell? Still? Again?
As per the last writing, what is the measure of a man? That is not my phrase. I didn't write that originally, and yet here we are. Reviewing. Rethinking. We are here again because there was a memorial service for our friend this past Saturday that was attended by at least two hundred people. What is the measure.
How can one person have so great an impact on so many in so short a time? By what measure?
That is, now, the challenge. The first article was essentially about a friend, that I did not name throughout. This will, and must, be the same. Because, at some point, that is the measure.
He never asked for or expected recognition. Everything he did was a celebration of life. At that moment, and in that environment. He represented a specific craft brewery, but celebrated all that is craft beer. And in so doing, was their salesman of the year.
He wasn't hawking his wares. He wasn't a shill. The craft beer industry is growing phenomenally. And craft beer people get it. Promote the industry, with integrity. You will be respected by your peers, your colleagues, and everyone you encounter.
It used to be Bud versus Miller. The corporate rules included that an employee couldn't partake in any other beer other than theirs. No. Really. In many cases that is still the case. Well, statistically, in most cases that is still the case. A person employed within a certain line of product is forbidden from straying from that.
In some ways that makes sense. Growing up in the Detroit area, most of the employment was with an automaker or a supplier. It was bad practice to park your Dodge in a Ford factory. But that died in
Hopefully, that is not the case in craft beer. Our friend showed us that. If we accept that message. Which is not easy, sometimes. Inclusive. All are welcome.
Bottle swapping, tasting, is exclusive to craft beer. How about a guy that works for a brewery that hosts a tasting with almost none of his own beer? OK, by that, I mean not with the company he represents. Because, in reality, most of the beer provided was by him. Never asking for anything in return. Just a great opportunity to bring like minded people together, and enjoy a like minded passion.
The measure. So many people posted something to the affect that if one percent responded to their similar event, well, enough said. I've never seen anything like this. So, do I hope not to see it again? Or do I hope to have the opportunity to know someone like him again.
Losing sucks. No matter the issue. Your football team. Your girlfriend. Your whatever. It is better to have had the opportunity. I am lucky to have known someone it hurts so much to lose.
Time for a pint. Cheers, Curtis.


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Love those tasty little marshmallow Peeps? Coming to Walt Disney World for the Easter holiday? You'll be happy to know that the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort has enhanced its holiday fun with a sprinkling of the cute seasonal candies.
In addition to traditional Easter activities like visits with the Easter Bunny, a glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt, and Easter egg races, the resort has created larger than life artwork featuring Peeps, and its restaurants are serving up special items that use the candy as an ingredient. How does a Peeps milkshake sound? What about smores made with the candies? Those are just a couple of the special offerings available from April 16 to 23. You'll even get some Peeps when you check into the hotel, which is conveniently located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, with a walking path and free boat transportation to those parks and buses that go to the others.
If you're staying at the resort on Easter. there's no reason that the kids have to miss out on getting their basket. Arrange for a special basket delivered by the Easter bunny himself. Visit www.swandolphin.com/easter or call 800-227-1500 and use code word PEEPS to check on the holiday specials.
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April 17, 2012
Arizona State 12, Arizona 8 (Box Score)
TEMPE, Ariz. - The No. 13-ranked Arizona baseball team let a five-run lead slip away, and No. 20-ranked Arizona State capitalized on a seven-run seventh inning to win a non-conference game between the in-state rivals by a score of 12-8 at Packard Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Arizona (24-12) overcame an early two-run deficit and used a six-run fifth-inning to take a 7-2 lead. Arizona State (24-13) then chipped away with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and a single run in the sixth, before erupting for seven runs in the seventh to go on to a 12-8 come-from-behind victory.
The Sun Devils took advantage of an erratic Arizona bullpen. Starter Tyler Crawford turned over a 7-4 lead in the fifth inning, before the floodgates opened. Relievers Tyler Hale, Stephen Manthei and Mathew Troupe surrendered eight runs on just four hits, but yielded four walks and two hit batters.
Troupe (2-1) suffered the loss after allowing the inherited tying runs to score and eventually the four runs that provided the winning margin in the bottom of the seventh. The right-hander walked in the tying run before giving up consecutive two-run base hits by Deven Marrero and Joey DeMichele.
Joseph Lopez (1-0) earned the win in relief for the Sun Devils despite giving a run on two hits. The damage could have been worse for the right-hander if not for a bases-loaded line drive double play that prevented a potential big seventh inning. Instead, the Wildcats scored just one run in the top half of that frame, before giving up the decisive seven runs in the bottom half.
The Sun Devils wasted no time taking an early 2-0 lead off Crawford, but the lefty settled in and tossed scoreless third and fourth innings to give the Wildcats' bats time to heat up.
Arizona scored a run in the top of the third before exploding for exploding for five runs in the fifth inning against starter Alex Blackford. Joseph Maggi led off with a double and Joey Rickard was subsequently hit by a pitch before Johnny Field bunted them to second and third, respectively. Alex Mejia and Robert Refsnyder followed with a pair of RBI singles, before Mejias-Brean launched a three-run homer to left field to give the Wildcats a 6-2 lead.
Against reliever Matthew Dunbar, Riley Moore hit a two-out double and scored on Trent Gilbert's RBI single. In all, the Wildcats scored six runs on seven hits and sent 11 batters to the plate.
In the end, it was a bigger inning by the Sun Devils that provided the difference. Arizona out-hit the Sun Devils 13-12, but stranded eight runners to ASU's seven. Wildcat pitchers walked five, while Sun Devil hurlers issued just one walk.
Arizona resumes Pac-12 play this weekend in Seattle against Washington. The Wildcats are in a three-way tie for first place in the conference at the mid-point of the 30-game slate. The three-game series begins on Friday at 5 p.m. PDT at Husky Ballpark.


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I am wondering if someone can point me in the right direction. We are currently evaluating our bandwidth policy and are finding the need to dig deeper in our network traffic to find out what the current bandwidth is being used for.
We have used different tools in the past, NTOP for example to find out this information but it seems that this tool may no longer be a good way to go about it.
We are finding the need to look inside socks connections and classify traffic that is encrypted on it's own amount other things.
I was hoping some people could provide a list of tools they are using or have used to help in classifying or inspecting network traffic on a ongoing bases.
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