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Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professors Barton, Burton (Chair), Gregor, Ritzi, Wolfe (emeritus)
Associate Professors Agrawal, Carney, Cheng, Dominic, Hauser, Hunt, Slattery, Tebbens, Watts
Assistant Professors Ciampaglio (Lake Campus), Hammerschmidt
Lecturer Brown
Earth Sciences
The department offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in earth sciences and earth sciences education. Both programs are designed to include earth and related sciences and to prepare students for graduate study or professional employment. Professional earth scientists are employed in protecting and enhancing natural resources (environment, surface, and ground waters), as well as in exploring for new resources (oil, gas, and minerals). The Bachelor of Science program is more highly structured and through the various options offered is intended to prepare students for specific professional or technical careers. The Bachelor of Arts program is intended to be more flexible and to permit students with either broad or specialized interests to fulfill their program needs. The Bachelor of Arts program readily permits interdisciplinary programs such as a dual major in an unrelated field.
Students who have taken the General Education Earth and Environmental Sciences sequence (100 level) are not required to take EES 251, 253, and 255. However, they are required to take EES 252, 254, and 256.
Environmental Sciences
Wright State University's program is one of only 26 nationwide accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council. The curriculum in environmental sciences provides students with a sound academic background and the specialized training needed to work effectively in several Areas involving environmental quality management. Career opportunities include work in public health and environmental protection agencies, environmental consulting firms and analytical laboratories, and health and safety programs in industries, as well as in natural resource management. The program also prepares students for graduate programs in public health and environmental sciences. A field internship program, operated in cooperation with participating environmental health agencies or industries, gives students an opportunity to gain practical work experience.
Both the Earth and Environmental Sciences programs also offer minors. Since personal objectives, interests, and aptitudes vary considerably with each individual, the department offers a broad spectrum of educational options within a sound academic framework. Majors have considerable choice in the basic program, options, and elective courses. Students should identify these choices as early as possible because course sequencing, particularly in Bachelor of Science options, is a critical factor. For this reason, all students are strongly urged to consult their advisor to develop their individual programs.
Honors Program
Candidates for the B.A. or B.S. degree who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better may apply at the end of their junior year for admission to the departmental honors program. Requirements for graduation with honors are a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and satisfactory completion of a senior thesis under the guidance of a faculty member. EES 496 (Senior Thesis Research) requires a total of six to nine credits. Students may choose the topic from any branch of earth and environmental sciences; current course listings in this catalog may be taken as a rough indication of the range available.
Application forms for the honors program are available in the department office and require the following:
1. A summary proposal of the senior thesis topic
2. Expected date of graduation (which must be at least three full quarters, not including summer quarter, after the date of the application)
3. The endorsement of the student's departmental advisor and that of the senior thesis advisor, if not the same
Degree Requirements-Earth and Environmental Sciences/Earth Science Option
Bachelor of Science Degree
The Bachelor of Science degree curriculum is designed to prepare the graduate for a technical career or for graduate study in earth sciences. The course requirements and recommended course sequences follow.
Bachelor of Arts Degree
The Bachelor of Arts curriculum is designed for students who desire scientific training, especially through interdisciplinary programs. Because of its broad and flexible approach, students who elect to follow a Bachelor of Arts program should have specific educational objectives that can be reasonably attained through this program.
Earth Sciences Education
Students who wish to teach earth sciences in Ohio public high schools can pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon completion of this undergraduate degree program in the College of Science and Mathematics, students then must complete the Professional Educators Program (PEP) Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree through Wright State's College of Education and Human Services. Graduates of the B.A. or B.S. in earth sciences and the M.Ed. Professional Educators Program are eligible to seek licensure from the Ohio Department of Education in Earth and Space Sciences, Earth Sciences/Chemistry or Life Sciences/Earth Sciences, depending on the content of the undergraduate curriculum.
Degree Requirements-Earth Sciences Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Earth and Space Sciences)
The Adolescent to Young Adult Earth and Space Sciences Licensure Program is based on an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in earth sciences.
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Earth Sciences/Chemistry)
The Adolescent to Young Adult Earth Sciences/Chemistry Licensure Program is based on an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in earth sciences.
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Life Sciences/ Earth Sciences)
The Adolescent to Young Adult Life Sciences/ Earth Sciences Licensure Program is based on an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in earth sciences.
Minor Program
Students may earn a minor in earth sciences. A minor in earth sciences can improve a student's credentials for employment or for acceptance into graduate school. The minor requires a minimum of 35 credit hours. At least 10 of the credit hours used toward the minor may not be earth sciences courses required by the student's degree program. A GPA of 2.0 must be attained in the minor courses. A minor will be completed when the following requirements are satisfied.
Minor Requirements-Earth Sciences
Degree Requirements-Environmental Sciences
Bachelor of Science Degree
A grade of C or better must be achieved in each course used to fulfill the environmental sciences core, required supporting courses in biological sciences, environmental specialty courses, and supporting electives units of this degree.
Minor Program
An Environmental Sciences minor is available to all WSU students, regardless of major. Students must have junior standing, a 2.0 GPA, and an interest in environmental issues. A minimum of 35 credits are required for the minor. The 35-credit minimum permits the student to select from a broad array of environmental courses suited to individual needs.
Minor Requirements-Environmental Sciences
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Weekly Update - 06/28/2013back
Each week, the City Manager's Office provides an update that includes information on programs, services and issues within the City, as well as news, project updates and follow-up information when applicable. It can be found on the City's website.
Fourth of July Preparation: We are expecting large crowds this week as we prepare for our annual Fourth of July celebration. Please bear with us as we put things in order in advance of Thursday. As the community knows, the City readies itself for six major events in town. Here's what the community should know:
- No-parking signs will be posted on Monday, July 1, in advance of the Fourth of July to provide ample warning of areas where the public is not permitted to park.
- The community may begin placing their items in the Orange Avenue medians at 5 a.m. on Thursday morning to watch the parade.
- Seating stands and restrooms will be put in place on Wednesday, July 3.
- A parade safety zone where no parking is allowed will be set up early Thursday. Vehicles found in the marked no-parking areas, inside a one-block radius on either side of Orange Avenue, will be towed. This safety zone is meant to ensure event security and to provide an area for emergency vehicles and clean-up crews.
- Parking is permitted along the northbound and southbound lanes of State Route 75/Silver Strand Boulevard north of Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, where it is normally allowed. However, no vehicles may park AT ANY TIME along the medians of State Route 75 from Pomona Avenue to Tulagi Road, or along the southbound or northbound shoulders of State Route 75 south of Naval Amphibious Base Coronado south, where parking is always prohibited.
- The RV staging area for entering the Silver Strand State Beach is north of the Coronado Cays guard shack along the western curb of Coronado Cays Boulevard. In the Village area, RV parking will be temporarily permitted Thursday along Glorietta Boulevard and along State Route 75 on the City Hall side, or across from the Coronado Shores. However, no overnight sleeping or awnings and pop-outs are allowed.
Here's the list of Fourth of July events in Coronado:
7 a.m. 37th Annual Independence Day 15K Run/5K Run-Walk; Registration/start at Tidelands Park; http://kathyloperevents.com/cor15K/
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art in the Park; Spreckels Park at Sixth Street and Orange Avenue; http://www.coronadoartassn.com/
9 a.m. 55th Annual Rough Water Swim; Central Beach; registration at 7:30 a.m.; http://www.july4roughwater.org/
10 a.m. 64th Annual Independence Day Parade; Orange Avenue; Parade Participants
4 p.m. Concerts in the Park at Spreckels Park; Coronado Community Band; http://coronadoconcert.com/
9 p.m. Fireworks Show over Glorietta Bay broadcast live on radio station KYXY 96.5 FM; Big Bay Boom over San Diego Bay; http://www.bigbayboom.com/
A press release on the City's website has more information, including links to the parade line-up and a map of traffic control and street closures. The City thanks you for your patience and understanding during this event-filled day.
Power Outage: On Wednesday shortly after noon, a power
outage occurred that affected about 2,000 SDG&E customers in various
locations throughout town, including many homes and businesses. Traffic backed
up along Silver Strand Boulevard due to the power being out at the signalized
intersection on Tarawa Road near Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Coronado
Police directed traffic and Fire personnel responded to several false ringing
alarms, as well a lift-assist where an elevator was not functional. Power was
out at City Hall and Community Center. The swimming pool was closed most of the
day to return the pool to the proper chlorine levels. A second power outage
affected another 2,400 SDG&E customers early yesterday morning. Power was
restored before 10 a.m. SDG&E said the cause of the first outage was due to an underground cable that
failed and the second outage was due to a transformer fire on a line behind the
U.S. Post Office. The outages were unrelated.
Coronado Police directing traffic at Silver Strand Boulevard and Tarawa Road after power outage cut off power to signals.
Free Summer Shuttle Bus: Look for the Summer Shuttle bus in the Fourth of July Parade next Thursday. The bus will have a "wrap" design on it, announcing the free service. The service will be offered from July 5 through September 30 around the Village area from the Coronado Ferry Landing to City Hall and back. The City is working on a bus schedule with a map and timetable. It will be provided free to the hotels and businesses interested in promoting it.
New Signage for Bike Corrals: Signs placed at four of the eight bike corrals yesterday explain how to use the bicycle parking areas and inform the community how to provide input so the City can to gauge support. As a reminder, the bike corrals were installed earlier this month for a trial period. A survey is available to those who live, work or bike in the community and is open to anyone, whether they use the corrals or not. The results will be presented in a staff report to the City Council at a future meeting. The survey may be found using this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TL2KJRK.
Storefront Etiquette: As part of an effort to keep the sidewalks clear of poorly displayed items, such as tables, signs and merchandise, the City asked people this week to remove improper sidewalk sandwich-type signs from the commercial district. A notice went out to businesses along the City's commercial districts a few weeks ago reminding them of those areas on the sidewalks where encroachment is not allowed.
'Wizard of Oz' Celebration: A few dozen community members attended a meeting Monday, where City and Warner Bros. officials announced the City of Coronado's involvement in the festivities surrounding the 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" film, starring Judy Garland, and its re-release in 3D and IMAX. The celebration will include special screenings of the film and various charity events throughout the community that will benefit local nonprofit groups beginning in September. Stay tuned for more information.
Mayor Casey Tanaka and Warner Bros. executive and Coronado resident Millard Ochs making the announcement Monday of the City's involvement in the 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" film.
Special Events Permits: Special events permits issued for beach and parks scheduled to be held from Saturday, June 29, through Friday, July 5.
Wedding Ceremony
Bay View Park
June 29
Wedding Ceremony
Centennial Park
June 29
Wedding Ceremony
South Beach
June 29
Birthday Party
Spreckels Park
June 29
Wedding Ceremony
South Beach
June 30
Rotary Low Tide Ride & Stride event
Coronado Beach; Sunset Park
June 30
Wedding Ceremony
Central Beach
June 30
Wedding Ceremony
Centennial Park
July 1
Wedding Ceremony
Central Beach
July 2
Summer Program Outing
North Beach
July 2
Fireworks Display
Hotel del Coronado beach
July 2
4th of July Parade
Orange Avenue
July 4
Fireworks Display
Glorietta Bay
July 4
Design Review Commission: On Wednesday, June 26, the Commission elected Christian Rice to be the chairman of the Commission. The Commission also approved an exterior remodel to the Sherwood Condominiums at 534 E Ave. and approved, with conditions, a remodel to the Crown Shops commercial complex at the southeast corner of the intersection of C Avenue and Tenth Street.
Street Overlay: Construction is anticipated to begin on Monday, July 8, on a major street overlay project in Coronado. It is expected to begin on Seventh Street with the majority of construction initially taking place between Orange and D avenues. Construction efforts also will include pedestrian ramp replacement along Seventh Street. You may have noticed the contractor out this week. In preparation for the July 8 start date, the contractor identified the exact location of existing utilities. The work will include the installation of an asphalt overlay over the entire length of Seventh Street, Soledad Place, Palm Avenue between Third and Sixth Streets, and portions of Pine Street and Pine Court. This project was delayed until after school testing and the busy Fourth of July weekend. Parking along Seventh Street in construction zones will be temporarily removed to accommodate construction. Signs will be installed a few days before the work begins. The City appreciates your patience.
Vactor Waste Enclosure: Construction continued this week as the contractor poured concrete for the new enclosure's ground surface, foundations for the enclosure walls, and portions of the enclosure walls themselves. The vactor waste enclosure provides the City with a place to dump wet material, such as debris from cleaning storm drains, that will allow the liquid to decant and be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. The solid material will dry and then be hauled off for disposal.
Fire Training: Fire personnel are conducting live fire training at the Coronado Cays Fire Station this weekend. The training began yesterday and will run through Saturday, June 29, in a trailer designed for this purpose. This is funded by a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, allowing for fire personnel throughout the South Bay region to train together. There will be no visible smoke resulting from this training.
Jelly Fish Stings: The City has experienced a higher than average number of jelly fish stings over the past two weeks. When stung, it is best not to rub the area but rather wash it with fresh water and/or spray with a solution of one part white vinegar to 10 parts tap water and then rinse again. Stingray stings have been abnormally low. Remember to shuffle the ground when entering the water to avoid encountering a stingray. Lifeguards are expecting large crowds this weekend with the warm weather expected. Here is a Coronado Lifeguard handout on jelly fish and sting ray stings. Click on the handout below to get a larger version.
Summer Reading Programs: So far, 325 children have signed up for the Children's Summer Reading Club. Events this week included the annual "Bubble Day" on Tuesday, June 25, and the Fourth of July T-shirt craft on Thursday, June 27. So far, 113 teens have signed up for the Teen Summer Reading Club. Events this week included a "Yoga and Smoothies" program on Wednesday, June 26.
Summer Festival: On Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m., Christine Donovan from the Hotel del Coronado will give a presentation on the hotel's 125th anniversary. Donovan will also talk about writing and publishing several official books on the Hotel del Coronado.
The United States Police
and Fire Championships: The Western Division United States Police and
Fire Championships were held June 15-23 in San Diego. Coronado
Police Officer Jade Gutzmer participated on one of the six women's teams,
playing soccer with the San Diego Heat, a team of mostly San Diego Police
Officers. The team took home the Gold Medal last week.
Low Tide Ride and Stride: The 16th annual Low Tide Ride and Stride will be held on Sunday, June 30. The event, sponsored by the Coronado Rotary, travels the 8.2 miles of beach from Camp Surf in Imperial Beach to North Beach in Coronado. Click on the image below to reach the event website.
Tennis: Little Stars Tennis Class, with children ages 3-6, has averaged 14 children per week. This class is offered from 5 to 5:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday all summer long. Twilight Camp is now being offered in the evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. Jr. Pickleball for Kids is another evening class which will begin on Saturday, June 28, at the Tennis Center from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Tennis Center is definitely hopping this summer.
Sidewalk Cleaning: The selection of a new contract for a sidewalk pressure cleaning operator for the maintenance of sidewalks along Orange Avenue has been delayed to allow for a re-bid on the work. However, the current contractor will continue cleaning on a month-to-month basis.

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Was there something more mystical about Mount Doom that meant another volcano wouldn't work and no matter how much energy was put into it, it would not be destroyed? A comment mentioned that not even Ancalagon the Black, the greatest dragon, could not have done it; but how about a Balrog? What about another Maia or a Vala? Could a sufficiently advanced technology destroy it? Given that middle earth was becoming more industrialized wasn't it only a matter of time until a furnace or other artificial heat source that was hot enough was created? If some catastrophe destroyed Middle Earth entirely would the ring be unmade, or would Eru have to do it himself?
A possible explanation from the canon is that volcanoes were remainders of the doings of Melkor (Morgoth) in his attempts to undo the work of the Valar in the "days before the reckoning of time". In the Valaquenta, the Silmarillion says of Melkor:
And in "Of the beginning of days":
Volcanoes are explicitly associated with Melkor in the Silmarillion as the remaining scars on the world after the Valar "repaired" the damage:
I think that Sauron, being Melkor's most powerful disciple, would have forged the Ring in the fires of Utumno, if he would have had the opportunity:
However, Melkor's fortress was utterly destroyed after his downfall. Perhaps Mount Doom still held most residue or echoes of Melkor's power or malevolence.
Mount Doom was where the Ring was forged, so the implication was that only its fires could destroy it.
If any other odd volcano could do it, Gandalf wouldn't need to risk the Ring falling into Sauron's hands by sending Frodo into the middle of Mordor
I think that physics phenomena such as heat are irrelevant here. The Ring must be destroyed at the end of the Journey, by a combination of Magic and Fate. It is not only the intense heat of Mount Doom that destroys it, but the fact Mount Doom is an important feature of Middle Earth, back from an ageless time when... etc, etc.
A technological terror like the Death Star could not make a dint in the One Ring, merely because said weapon is neither ageless nor magical in nature. [Note: I mention the Death Star because it is what the original question was about, before it got edited].
Now, if one were to use the Force... :P
Supporting statement from Elrond (from the movie, unfortunately):
He never says "... Or any other fire of equivalent intensity".
The Ring could be destroyed only by the Fires of Mount Doom, because that is the place it was made. The lesser Rings of power could be destroyed by dragon-fire, as Gandalf mentions:
I believe Aule the Smith could destroy it, since he taught Sauron everything he knows, in his forge in Valinor if you could convince the Valar to allow the ring to go there, and no one stole it, but that is outside the world of Arda, so Gandalf is correct that there is nothing in Arda that could destroy it except Mt. Doom.


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Service-Learning Teaching Strategies
Service-Learning Introduction -- An introduction to service-learning that explores models, pedagogical roots, historical rise, and similarities to Duquesne's Spiritan tradition.
Helping Service-Learning Students Make Connections through Reflection -- A teaching tip on using the DEAL model of reflection.
Service-Learning: Windshield Surveys -- A teaching tip that describes an early course assignment that will help your students think more deeply about the community in which they are doing service-learning.
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Friday, Sept. 30
6 p.m. PT - #2 UCLA at Utah
Online Coverage: Gametracker | Video
Sunday, Oct. 2
1 p.m. PT - #2 UCLA at Colorado
Online Coverage: Live Stats | Video (Fee)
The Bruins (11-2, 4-1 Pac-12), who climbed to second in this week's AVCA Top 25 poll, will travel to the two newest Pac-12 teams this weekend, taking on Utah (6-8, 1-4) on Friday at 6 p.m. PT and Colorado (5-8, 0-5) on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT.
Gametracker and free video will be available for Friday's match against Utah. Live stats and video for a fee will be available for Sunday's contest at Colorado. Links can be found on the schedule page at UCLABruins.com.
The Bruins continue their four-match road trip next weekend at the Arizona schools, facing Arizona State on Friday, Oct. 7 and Arizona on Saturday, Oct. 8. Both matches start at 7 p.m.
Thanks to a pair of wins over the #1 and #2 teams in the nation, the Bruins jumped up five spots to second in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches poll. The #2 ranking is the highest UCLA has been in the AVCA poll since it began the 2000 campaign as the preseason #1. It is the Bruins' highest regular-season ranking since being #2 on Sept. 6, 1994. UCLA received 1,345 points, 231 more than last week, as well as one first-place vote. The Bruins also moved up to second in this week's Volleyball Magazine rankings, up four spots from a week ago, earning 180 points (36 more than last week) and two first-place nods. In the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll, the Bruins were fifth with 90 points.
Junior Bojana Todorovic continues to pace all Pac-12 players in service aces per set at 0.50 and is one of five players listed in the Top 10 of their respective statistical categories. Junior Rachael Kidder is in the Top 10 twice, ranking fifth in both kills (4.25) and points (4.88) per set. She is tops among Pac-12 players in kills (4.56) and points (5.08) per set during conference matches. Senior Lainey Gera is third in digs per set overall at 4.73, sophomore Mariana Aquino is third in blocks per set at 1.40 and senior Lauren Van Orden is sixth in assists per set at 10.39. As a team, the Bruins are in the top half of the Pac-12 in five categories. UCLA comes in at third in digs per set (15.68) and opponent hitting percentage (.137), fourth in kills per set (13.51) and fifth in blocks per set (2.71) and assists per set (12.68). Overall, the Bruins are seventh in hitting percentage at .222, but have improved on that during league play, swinging at a .257 clip, which is second among conference squads.
Junior Rachael Kidder is ranked in the Top 30 nationally in two statistical categories, coming in at 24th in points per set (4.88) and 28th in kills per set (4.25). Two more players, junior Bojana Todorovic and sophomore Mariana Aquino, are in the Top 20. Aquino is tied for 15th in blocks per set (1.40), while Todorovic is tied for 18th in aces per set (0.50). As a team, the Bruins are tied for 19th in bps at 2.71.
Utah brings a 6-8 overall record and a 1-4 Pac-12 mark into Friday's match, having dropped four in a row to Stanford, California, Oregon State and Oregon, all in three sets. The Utes lone conference win was against their fellow newcomer Colorado in three sets on Sept. 13. Utah is 0-3 against ranked teams this season. As a team, the Utes are hitting .206 and are averaging 12.79 kills, 1.09 aces, 15.00 digs and 3.05 blocks per set. Three players are posting at least two kps, led by sophomore Morgan Odale, who is first with 3.11 kps and nine aces and second with 2.70 dps. Freshman Chelsey Schofield is second with 3.04 kps and third with 2.57 dps, while sophomore Erin Redd is third with 2.87 kps and first with 1.49 bps. Juniors McKenzie Odale (9.54 assists per set) and Abby Simmons (5.96) have each seen time at setter recently. In the backrow, sophomore Nikki Sim is leading the way with 4.32 dps, while at the net, senior Danielle Killpack is second with 1.22 bps and first with a .379 hitting percentage. Beth Launiere is in her 22nd year at Utah and has a record of 431-246.
The Bruins lead the all-time series with the Utes 8-1. The last matchup came in the season opener for both teams in 2007 at the AVCA Showcase in Omaha, Neb., as UCLA won in three sets, 30-23, 30-21, 30-27. The Bruins have split a pair of meetings in Salt Lake City, winning in three sets on Nov. 6, 1987 and losing in five on Sept. 17, 2004. UCLA has won 22 of 26 sets against Utah.
The Buffaloes enter their home contest on Friday against USC on a five-match losing streak, having dropped all 15 sets to Utah, California, Stanford, Oregon and Oregon State. Colorado is 0-3 against ranked teams this season. The Buffs are hitting .195 as a team and are averaging 12.04 kills, 0.85 aces, 13.75 digs and 2.00 blocks per set. Junior Kerra Schroeder is first on the squad with 4.00 kps and 11 aces and second with 2.62 dps, while sophomore Nikki Lindow is second with 2.09 kps. Senior Alyssa Valentine (9.90 assists per set) has seen most of the time at setter, but junior Michelle Miller (5.32) and sophomore Erin Stock (3.67) saw action in place of her last weekend. In the backcourt, sophomore Megan Beckwith is first with 4.54 dps, while at the net, senior Anicia Santos has a team-best 0.98 bps. Liz Kritza is in her third year at Colorado and is 11-50 in Boulder, as well as 94-99 in six-plus years of coaching overall.
UCLA has won all three matchups with Colorado, with the last meeting coming in Honolulu on Sept. 1, 2006, a three-set Bruin victory. The Bruins also beat the Buffaloes at Hawai'i in four sets on Aug. 30, 2002 and won at home in three sets on Nov. 13, 1992.


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Three nights are now in the book from the 2013 National Finals Rodeo from Las Vegas. Round Three was full of several riders tying for top spots in their respective events, many separated by only tenths of a second or just a half point.
Here are the results for Round 3 of the 2013 National Finals Rodeo.
Anthem performed by: Rylee Werth, Youth Contest Winner (Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo)
Bareback Riding (full results)
Steven Peebles took home a First Place check for the second consecutive night, riding 'Cool Water' for a score of 85.5, adding $18,629.81.
Austin Foss rode 'Shanas Delight' to post a Second Place finish for two straight nights after scoring an 84.5, putting $14,723.56 in his pocket.
Bobby Mote rode 'Make Up Face' for a score of 81.5 earning him Third Place and a check for $11,117.79.
Steer Wrestling (full results)
Luke Branquinho took First Place with a blazing time of 3.6, and added $18,629.81 to his earnings.
Four contestants tied for Second Place with matching times of 3.8, just two-tenths of a second behind Luke Branquinho: Jule Hazen, Casey Martin, Wade Sumpter and Hunter Cure all took checks for $9,615.38.
Matt Reeves posted a time of 3.9 to take Sixth Place and a check for $3,004.81.
Team Roping (full results - Header, Heeler)
Three team roping teams posted times of 4.2 to tie for First Place and took checks for $14,823.72:
Bandon Beers & Jim Ross Cooper; Riley Minor & Brady Minor, and Drew A. Horner & Buddy Hawkins II.
Trevor Brazille and Patrick Smith took Fourth Place with their time of 4.3, earning them $7,812.50.
Saddle Bronc - (full results)
Wade Sundell scored an 86 riding 'Big Muddy' to take First Place and the check for $18,629.81.
Second Place went to Tyler Corrington after riding 'Cool Runnings' for a score of 85.5 earning Tyler $14,723.56.
Isaac Diaz posted a score of 84 to take Third Place with his ride on 'Sundance' to take home $11,117.79.
Tie-Down Roping - (full results)
Cody Ohl took home the First Place check for $18,629.81 after posting a time of 6.7.
Shane Hanchey took Second Place with his time of 6.9 earning him $14,723.56.
Third Place went to Clif Cooper after he posted a time of 7.3, adding $11,117.79 to his earnings.
Barrel Racing - (full results)
Round 3 went to Taylor Jacob after she posted a time of 13.65, earning her a First Place check for $18,629.81.
Christy Loflin and Kaley Bass posted times of 13.83 to tie for Second Place and giving them each $12,920.67.
Sherry Cervi, who won both Rounds 1 and 2, tied for Fourth Place with Lisa Lockhart with times of 13.87, earning both riders $6,310.09.
Mary Walker rounded out the top six with her Sixth Place finish time of 13.94 to earn a check of $3,004.81.
Bull Riding - (full results)
Cody Campbell led the pack after his score of 90 points on 'Magic' earning him the First Place check of $18,629.81.
J.W. Harris, ranked first in the World Standings, rode 'Total Bull Big Bopper' for Second Place score of 88.5, earning him $14,723.56.
Cooper Davis scored an 85.5 on 'Kitty Shack' to take Third Place and pocket $11,117.79.
Cody Teel took Fourth Place after riding 'Rustler's Paradise' for a score of 82.5, earning him a check for $7,812.50.
Crown Royal Riders Recap
For the second straight night, Crown Royal Rider Steve Woolsey was not able to make a qualifying ride. There is plenty of time left for Steve to qualify – and Crown Royal will donate $1000 every time he can post a qualifying ride, so check back tomorrow and see what Round 4 has in store!
Click here for results from Round 2.
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Things are shaking up a bit around the "Jerseylicious" cast. On Jan. 27 the New York Daily News reported on the arrest of Corey Epstein. While that name might not ring a bell, he is the husband of reality star Tracy DiMarco.
"Jerseylicious" cast member Corey Epstein was part of a 21-person drug bust of what police are calling a "loosely affiliated" group of Staten Island drug dealers. This all comes from a 16-month drug sting operation known as "Silent Hill."
A sixth season of "Jerseylicious" was filmed but never aired on the Style Network. It has been reported that the Style network was rebranded as the Esquire network. Once that change took place, the target audience changed from female to male and the series never did find a new home.
It was during that sixth season that the marriage of Corey Epstein and Tracy DiMarco was filmed. Epstein was arrested after allegedly selling three oxycodone pills to an undercover agent outside of his home in New Springville.


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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano plans to axe another 700 jobs in a second round of layoffs, consolidate police precincts and require all county employees to contribute 25 percent to their health insurance to close a projected $310 million budget deficit next year.
Mangano's proposed 2012 budget, which doesn't include tax increases, will be submitted to the legislature Thursday for approval. Under the plan, the county workforce would decrease from 8,410 to 7,400 employees.
"My budget changes a culture of taxing and spending, which has brought us to the point we are at today," said Mangano said Wednesday at a press conference at his office in Mineola.
"Our problems are not tax driven," he added, "they are spending driven."
He also proposed nixing police precinct minimum-manning requirements that are part of police union contracts and consolidating the back-end office functions of two of the county's eight police precincts, but declined to say which precincts would be affected.
The county laid off 128 workers and eliminated a total of 300 positions earlier this summer to close this year's budget gap after the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state fiscal watchdog, declared a fiscal emergency and froze county employee wages. The panel recently told the administration it must revise its prior budget plan proposed for next year before the board can approve it.
Mangano expects to release a department list of layoffs in October, although the cuts and police consolidations require county legislative approval along with the overall budget. Union officials balked at another round of layoffs.
"We are protected by our contract, and simply cannot be mandated to pay 25 percent into our health insurance costs," Jerry Laricchiuta, president of the Civil Service Employees Association Nassau Local 830, said in a statement. "We are already understaffed with the lowest workforce since the 1950s, and will in no way be able to function as a county with 710 fewer jobs."
James Carver, president of the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, which represents the department's uniformer patrol officers, said more cuts would "compromise public safety."
"You are seeing a destruction of the police department at the hands of this administration," he said.
Nassau's budget crisis has widely been attributed to a combination of the Great Recession, unsustainable county employee union contracts and a broken tax assessment system that has bled an estimated $100 million annually.
Mangano said without the cuts, the county would be required to raise taxes 39 percent. Nassau residents already pay some of the highest taxes in the nation.
Democrats in the legislative minority blamed Mangano for the fiscal mess.
"As he proposes layoffs that could affect vital police protection and other services we provide our residents, Mr. Mangano continues to pad the payroll with his cronies and to retain politically connected law firms," Minority Leader Diane Yatauro (D-Glen Cove) said in a statement. "No one has helped to 'spin finances out of control' more than Mr. Mangano."
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In the fickle world of hospitality, any restaurant in its 25th year must be doing something right.
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Mediterraneo Charcoal Grill
Chef and owner Michael Popovic's stated mission is to promote the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet.
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Characteristics: There are three things that stand out most prominently in Kreosotum, and when they appear together the symptoms in minor degree will be likely to be associated.
These three characteristics are:
1. Excoriating discharges;
2. Pulsations all over the body, and
3. Profuse bleeding from small wounds.
When these three things arc associated in a high degree Kreosote should be examined. A prick of a pin will cause the oozing of bright red- blood, and mucous membranes bleed easily. Any pressure upon the mucous membranes will cause oozing.
Bleeding here and there about the body. The lachrymation is excoriating. It excoriates the margins of the lids and checks, and they become red and raw, and smart. If there is a purulent discharge it is acrid. The corners of the lips and mouth are red and raw, and' the saliva burns and smarts. The moisture about the mouth, whatever it may be, excoriates and the mouth is raw. The eyes smart and burn as if raw.
The leucorrhoea causes smarting and burning about the vulva, so that the mucous surfaces of the labia are red and raw, sometimes inflamed, but always burning. The vagina burns during coition, and there is bleeding after coition; granulations of the vagina and os uteri, so that the pressure of the act of coition brings on bleeding and burning, smarting and excoriation. And the male organ will smart and burn after coming in contact with the secretion of the vagina during coition.
The urine burns and smarts. This tendency to excoriation from the excretions and secretions applies to all the tissues of the body.
Every emotion and exciting circumstance is attended with throbbing all over the body, pulsations to the ends of the fingers. Every emotion is attended with tearfulness, Music that will in the slightest way excite the emotion, minor strains and music that strikes home to the heart, pathetic music, will bring out tears that are acrid, and palpitation and pulsations that are felt to the extremities.
When the Kreosote sore throat is present the least pressure of the tongue depressor will establish oozing, little drops of blood will appear. During the coryza there is nosebleed. When the eyes are red and raw and inflamed, they will bleed easily. If an individual pricks the finger the blood will not merely be a single drop, but a good many will flow. Prolonged haemorrhage from the passages; hemorrhage from the kidneys, from the eyes, the nose, the uterus. Haemorrhage after coition. Tumors bleed easily.
These are the most marked features of Kreosote. If these are fixed in your mind, we have what may be known, as a Kreosote constitution out of which may come all the rest of the symptoms in all their minutiae, and little symptoms and fragments in every organ. You have in this one group the strong features of Kreosote. No matter how many particulars you may have in a case, if you do not have something of these general features you need not expect to find your patient constitutionally cured or relieved by Kreosote. These may be considered essentials.
Mentally the patient is so irritable that there is nothing that will suit him. The wants are so numerous that nothing satisfies. The patient wants everything and is satisfied with nothing, that is, he wants something and when he has it he does not want it. That is the state of irritability and lack of satisfaction in a chronic condition.
You see the child in the mother's arms. It wants a toy, and when given it throws it in the face of somebody; it wants this and that and is never satisfied, always wanting something new, a new toy which it throws away the moment it gets it and then calls for something else.
The lips are red and bleeding, the corners of the month are raw, the eyelids red and the skin excoriated. If it has, in connection with all this, loose passages from the bowels and you examine the fissure between the nates, you will find it is red and raw. If the child be old enough to make such motions he will put the hands upon the sore genitals and fissures and cry out in a most irritable way, because of the smarting.
Such is the Kreosote baby. It may be suffering from cholera infantum; it may be subject to wetting the bed; it may have spells of vomiting, in which it vomits all its food; it is a Kreosote baby.
Kreosote has attacks of diarrhoea and vomiting; all sorts of disturbances of the urine; great distension and trouble with the bowels; abdomen distended from flatus. You look over the whole case at once as a Kreosote case, because of these general features that can be summed up in the aspect of the child.
The Kreosote face has a yellowish pallor; it is a sickly countenance, semi-cachectic, intermingled with blotches that are reddish looking, as if erysipelas were going to set in. In olden times this countenance was called a scorbutic countenance.
Take a woman with this kind of countenance; at every menstrual flow she complains of much swelling and rawness of the genitals; the flow is copious, clotted, stops and then starts again, comes too soon and lasts too long; at times it is black, very foetid, produces rawness upon the thighs and the genitals, with much swelling; at every menstrual period there is rawness of the lips and fissures in the corners of the mouth; the tears become acrid; at the menstrual period all the fluids of the body seem to be acid and they burn wherever they touch.
Very often there is a loose stool, which is also acrid and smarts the anus at the menstrual period. All the symptoms are worse at the menstrual period, sometimes in the early part, sometimes at the middle, sometimes all through, and sometimes at the close. Something more about the scorbutic constitution is brought out in relation to the gums; the gums become puffed and red and tumid and settle away from the teeth.


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1 lb. apples, 1 qt. water, sugar and flavouring, 1 tablespoon sago (may substitute cornstarch for sago).
Wash the apples and cut into quarters, but do not peel or core. Put into a saucepan with the water and sugar and flavoring to taste.
When sweet, ripe apples can be obtained, people with natural tastes will prefer no addition of any kind. Otherwise, a little cinnamon, cloves, or the yellow part of lemon rind may be added.
Stew until the apples are soft. Strain through a sieve, rubbing the apple pulp through, but leaving cores, etc., behind. Wash the sago, add to the strained soup, and boil gently for 1 hour.
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Say no to mergerFebruary 27,2013
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I have lived in Northfield for nearly 20 years and served as a Village Trustee for the last three years. I want to thank the merger committee for their hard work and diligence to move this worthy project forward. I support the concept of merger but not the merger document that will be voted on at town meeting.
The current Village charter is a strong and important document that protects the interests of the rate payers of the utilities. Currently, the utilities are overseen by an elected Board of Trustees. Under the proposed merger document, an appointed commission, not autonomous from the select board would oversee the utilities.
If merger were to occur, the utility users would become minority voters in the combined town/village. Without an autonomous commission I believe several major projects including a sewer line extension down Route 12A to protect our water source would not be a priority within the combined municipality.
Town and village residents benefit from the Village owned and financially well run utilities. Users of the water/sewer systems currently vote to make important decisions regarding upgrades, expansion and protection of the systems. Merger as proposed would dilute their power to control these decisions.
Please join me in voting no on the proposed merger.
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|The Scotsman newspaper reports that the Scottish Defence League is to appeal the decision by Edinburgh Council to ban its demonstration planned for Saturday 26th May.
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"Far-right extremists are planning a new demonstration in the Capital and have vowed to pursue city leaders through the courts over a decision to ban them from marching.
"The Scottish Defence League (SDL), which says it opposes Islamic extremism, had lined up a procession on May 26, but that was ruled out by the council.
"Today, SDL leaders accused city chiefs of deliberately delaying the handover of documents necessary to their appeal, which was lodged yesterday, and said they would take action under equality laws.
"They added that members would take to the streets in September if the appeal against the ban fails or is not heard before the original date.
"The council rejected the claim, insisting it doesn't have to provide a copy of the order explaining its decision until at least two days before a procession is due to be held.
"The SDL's move comes after members of the previous administration's licensing sub-committee decided to ban the extremists from marching over public safety and disorder concerns.
"James Smith, Edinburgh organiser for the SDL, which still intends to hold a static demo on May 26, said: "We met with the council and were told we would receive a letter within two days stating the reasons for prohibiting it.
""Until we got that letter, we could not start the appeal process, but we only got the letter last week.
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"Unite Against Fascism committee member Luke Henderson said: "Any time groups like that organise, they are able to get their message across and you see more racial abuse and more racism – why should outsiders be allowed to bring a message of hate into our city?"
"Leaders of the Pakistan Society of Edinburgh, however, said they were relaxed about the march.
"Amjad Chaudhry, society chair, said: "As long as they do not start shouting against Muslims and mosques, and trying to create trouble, then there should be no problem."
The SDL have previously held several demonstrations in various Scottish cities, each heavily outflanked by anti-racist demonstrators. Scotland's laws on demonstrations differ from those in England, with moving processions requiring both council and police approval.
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One of my favorite books on my shelf is Violent crime – The challenge to our cities. This is The Report of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence [1969].
There is an introduction by Daniel P. Moynihan. The book is a thin thing of eighty-two pages, straightforward and uncomplicated. The emphasis is on urban policy. Being a little urban myself, having worked South Central Los Angeles, I think their conclusions are mistaken.
For the last three decades, I have believed that gun control is the advance force which paves the way for larger government and that the repeal of all guns laws will begin to unwind big government to make it a healthier executive than a self-appointed leader.
Moynihan's political life was different from those of most democrats in terms of wielding the power of his party, but his views were just as mistaken. He believed that crime was a function of poverty and that if we have the national will to declare war on poverty, we will wage war on crime.
But this is not where crime is fought.
J. Edgar Hoover said this: The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
Crime does not come from poverty, or the poor would be in jail. All of them. Crime comes from anger and other anti-social behaviors, expressing itself in ways other than violence and crime.
Over the years, I began to believe that leftism was not another legitimate viewpoint, but a force hostile to the United States. One can easily see how liberals in every field are doing their small part to undermine the safeguards which really protect our nation. Adherence to these is the path back to smaller government and our independence by sharing, teaching and showing how these values cannot be replaced by government attitudes, values or even force of the State.
And since they cannot be replaced as the optimal safeguard of the nation, they are high value targets.
Gun control was among the first forces of the State to substitute itself for the armed citizen who fights crime better because the armed citizen is present and the policy absent. In past articles, I have said that where the armed citizen is, the law is there also. This is not to say that there is no need for police: it is to say how needed the armed citizen is where there are no police. Talk about a national will, America is starting to muster the national will that police have their job and we as armed citizens have our job. The two co-exist in the optimal equilibrium which cannot be replaced.
But Moynihan and others convinced colleagues that poverty creates crime. From the listings of poverty factors of criminals apprehended [page 48], it is certain that there is an anger among many of the poor, no mistake about it. But a look at other criminals – some of whom are more sophisticated and more than wealthy – there is that same element in common and it is distinctly in the absence of poverty: Anger.
It is not poverty that FBI Director Hoover brings to light more than once; Hoover also remarked: No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
Law enforcement's missions are to keep the peace and to enforce the law. This is done by crime detection, investigation, apprehension, evidence collection, high visibility presence for deterrence, administration of justice and other tasks. Where the armed citizen comes in is where police are not. It is not that police cannot be everywhere – it is that it is not their task to protect individuals from the criminal acts of others to begin with.
Like the assumption that crime comes from poverty, the lay public believes that it is the job of police to protect citizens from the criminal acts of others. Hence, good citizens feel they are cooperating when adhering to unreasonable gun laws. Or surrendering their guns. Or worse, surrendering the guns of others.
When it comes to violence then, there is only one way to stop it, and that is at the moment it strikes. You may be able to avoid the psychos by cultivating healthier families, better values, and even punishing bullying, but these are systematically being short-circuited. Think easy-out divorce, think zero tolerance, think erasure of United States History. The system works best when the system is worked by the citizens, but it seems to disappoint us when it is sabotaged and short-circuited and the system itself blamed. The way back to smaller government is going to be a lot of faith in the system of due process and fair play, and to summon officials to their duty and integrity. Hopefully, with a change of Congress now, this will be possible.
Gun control is one of those places where our system is sabotaged. Undermine the place where violent crime is fought best – at the scene of the crime during the crime – and you then create a void which was tailor-fitted for further disarmament and the increase in the size of government.
Here is an excerpt which says it all. From the Report:: "Warring on poverty, inadequate housing, and unemployment is warring on crime. A civil rights law is a law against crime. Money for schools is money against crime. Medical, psychiatric and family - counseling services are services against crime. More broadly and most importantly [sic] every effort to improve life in America's 'inner cities' is an effort against crime."
Belief system or expanding government? If you were looking for a smoking gun . . .
It is easier and easier now for non-gun owners to solve the puzzle of how we got this far in abuses of due process and largess. Gun control was one of the earlysmoking guns in growing government by blaming violence instead of meeting it.
It is easier to see now the gun control / big government connection. It's easier to see how violent crime is essential as an adjunct excuse to proceed with a host of programs and policies costing billions, and which really go against our better judgment. Our instincts, I believe, would have handled it differently and done one vital thing big largess cannot do: preserve the dignity of people in independence and refusing dependency.
It can still work that way. It will require a national will to refuse big government subsitutions for our values as safeguards of our society. It will require a national will to delete existing substitutions of our values as safeguards which went against our better judgment.
The repeal of gun laws will begin a process of unwinding unneeded programs which had promised to take the place of the armed citizen. Violent Crime has been used as an excuse to disarm the public first so that crime can be used as an excuse to grow billions in costly programs next.
Understanding the second amendment is encyclopedic. For some writers, the beat is economic. For others it is U.S History and civil rights. Others write about self-defense, and others write about the plain old truth of how wrong and even neurotic gun control is. My own beat has been that big government could not exist without gun control first. It is not a matter of violent resistance of tyranny at the point of a gun, it is a matter of impeaching or discrediting tyranny as unneeded when the armed citizen is already the best possible safeguard against crime.
Let us hope and pray [not to mention write, phone and fax] that our executives now in Congress are sincere about reducing the size of government. For them to do this, they have to understand that the armed citizen is essential to keeping the peace in the absence of first responders. Crime can no longer be cited as an excuse to create more and more programs. The ubiquitous armed citizen is not a concept of anarchy and disregard, it is a concept of the law on scene.
This is my last article here. I wish you the very best in sovereign liberty and safety. For those who would would like to stay in touch, please opt-in to my Safer Streets Newsletter and Commentary.


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Confirmed: 'The Amazing Spider-Man 3,' 'Venom,' 'The Sinister Six' movies on the way
Sony Pictures announced today that Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon, and Drew Goddard will join Marc Webb in a "brain trust" that will collaborate on three new Spider-Man movies: "The Amazing Spider-Man 3," "Venom" and "The Sinister Six." The formal press release was a hidden download on the studios' new Electro Arrives website.
Webb is currently finishing "Amazing Spider-Man 2" the sequel to the 2012 blockbuster which effectively rebooted the franchise with Andrew Garfield playing the wisecracking Wall-Crawler. In a press release, Sony Pictures noted it "hopes" Webb will return for "Amazing Spider-Man 3" which will hit theaters on June 10, 2016. "Amazing Spider-Man 3" will be written by Kurtzman, Orci and Solomon.
Additionally, Kurtzman and Orci will write a standalone "Venom" movie that Kurtzman will direct. Goddard, who has also been put in charge of Marvel's "Daredevil" series for NetFlix will write a "Sinister Six" film with an eye to also direct. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will produce all three projects.
Venom has traditionally been an alien symbiote that has chosen a human host on Earth. The character was a villain in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 3."
The Sinister Six are a supervillain group that have teamed up in order to take down Spider-Man. In the comics, members have included Electro, Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Sandaman, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter, among others. It's unclear which six villains Sony will use for this standalone, but Electro, Rhino, Vulture and the Green Goblin look like they will be introduced in "Amazing Spider-Man 2."
Doug Belgrad, president of Sony Pictures division Columbia Pictures, remarked on the news, "The Spider-Man film franchise is one of our studio's greatest assets. We are thrilled with the creative team we have assembled to delve more deeply into the world that Marc, Avi and Matt have begun to explore in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. We believe that Marc, Alex, and Drew have uniquely exciting visions for how to expand the Spider-Man universe in each of these upcoming films."
In a joint statement, Arad and Tolmach added, "This collaboration was born out of the great experience we and Marc had working with Alex, Bob, and Jeff on The Amazing Spider-Man 2. With more than fifty years' wealth of stories in the comic books to draw upon for inspiration, the Spider-Man universe is truly boundless; in addition, the Spider-Man comics have the greatest rogues gallery of any series, and to have the chance to explore that on film is truly thrilling. Until now, we have approached each film as a separate, self-contained entity, but with this move, we have the opportunity to grow the franchise by looking to the future as we develop a continuous arc for the story. That is what Alex, Bob, Jeff, Ed, and Drew will do in this unprecedented collaboration, and we're excited about the directions they are taking the character and the world."
There are a number of interesting questions poised by this announcement. Will Kurtzman and Orci no longer be able to write Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek 3"? Let alone their commitment to Universal Pictures for the new "The Mummy" film. Moreover, Marvel Entertainment was not quoted in the release, but were included as one of the two companies involved. Considering Goddard's very deep involvement with the "Daredevil" series does this mean Marvel and Sony are officially coordinating their efforts? If so, that opens up many doors to crossovers between the two seemingly separate Marvel Universes.
Moviegoers and Spidey-fans should find out more when "Amazing Spider-Man 2" opens nationwide on May 2, 2014.
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According to My Fox Atlanta, a friendly dog waited at a DeKalb County, Ga., bus stop with some high school students earlier this week, then decided to hop on board as soon as the doors opened.
The dog, dubbed "Ryder," promptly settled into a seat on the bus and then, refused to leave.
Eventually, with some food and a good deal of coaxing, Ryder decided to leave his comfortable seat, and the bus - at the time, nobody caught him and he was allowed to trot away. Not long after the story hit the local media, Ryder was found and sent to Diva's Pit Bull Rescue.
In every photo, Ryder, aka "bus boy," is sporting a huge smile, seemingly happy to be safely off of the streets. The dog has some superficial wounds on his face and body, but nothing serious.
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By Lissa Levin
If a training program leaves the station on a Sunday at three p.m., asking 54 women and two intrepid men to absorb six days of dense scientific material at a rate of ten hours per day multiplied by three to six cups of coffee – how soon will breast cancer be eradicated?
Answer: January 1, 2020
The National Breast Cancer Coalition means to meet that deadline, aided by more informed, effective advocates by way of Project LEAD. Which is why I applied for it.
I'm a 60-year old, 20-year survivor of breast cancer, whose mother died of the disease at 60. And I have a 22-year old daughter. You do the math.
On that Sunday, I joined a group of almost entirely breast cancer survivors of varying years away from high school math and science. I don't like to put a label so inciting or damning as "math/science averse" on women, particularly as the lecturing faculty of Project LEAD® included so accomplished a brain trust of professional women in the sciences that the group literally shaved 10 percent off the gender disparity.
Now I'm not forgetting the coterie of female attendees either in the sciences, or riddled with an aptitude for them. (The men were enigmatic about their command of the field.) But amongst the rest of us, even though accomplished in careers and advocacy, I heard of and witnessed enough unease to know I was not the only suffragette wrestling with the fight or flight response upon mention of the word "denominator."
But while fear of math/science is right up there with public speaking, heights and aging, women who have faced breast cancer can face any fact, digest any concept, glean any truth, reject any falsehood, bust any myth, examine any alternative, question any logic, follow any trail, prevail over any statistic.
The day before Project LEAD, I didn't know my ass from an allele. I couldn't make genetic metaphors. I had no understanding, at the molecular level, of my own diagnosis. I'd previously questioned where research was headed, but didn't have even an elementary handle on how and why it was headed where it was headed. I thought that the concept of confounding was reserved for my mental state during the discussion of acetylation. The day before Project LEAD, my focus was on how many shoes to bring and how constipated I'd be sitting in a learning center for six days and sharing a bathroom with a roommate.
Answer: Very
So where is my focus now, now that I and 55 others have taken a bite from Project LEAD's apple, now that the train has left the station?
January 1, 2020. There's no time to waste. But then, women and men who've faced their own mortality have a high regard for deadlines.


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Conscious Vision for Action Versus Unconscious Vision for Action?
Version of Record online: 7 MAR 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01171.x
Copyright © 2011 Cognitive Science Society, Inc.
Cognitive Science
Volume 35, Issue 6, pages 1076–1104, August 2011
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How to Cite
Brogaard, B. (2011), Conscious Vision for Action Versus Unconscious Vision for Action?. Cognitive Science, 35: 1076–1104. doi: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01171.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 26 JUL 2011
- Version of Record online: 7 MAR 2011
- Received 19 December 2009; received in revised form 14 October 2010; accepted 6 December 2010
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- Blindsight;
- Color processing;
- Consciousness;
- Dorsal stream;
- Enactive theory of perception;
- Perception;
- Shape processing;
- Unconscious vision;
- Ventral stream;
- Vision for action;
- Vision for perception
David Milner and Melvyn Goodale's dissociation hypothesis is commonly taken to state that there are two functionally specialized cortical streams of visual processing originating in striate (V1) cortex: a dorsal, action-related "unconscious" stream and a ventral, perception-related "conscious" stream. As Milner and Goodale acknowledge, findings from blindsight studies suggest a more sophisticated picture that replaces the distinction between unconscious vision for action and conscious vision for perception with a tripartite division between unconscious vision for action, conscious vision for perception, and unconscious vision for perception. The combination excluded by the tripartite division is the possibility of conscious vision for action. But are there good grounds for concluding that there is no conscious vision for action? There is now overwhelming evidence that illusions and perceived size can have a significant effect on action (Bruno & Franz, 2009; Dassonville & Bala, 2004; Franz & Gegenfurtner, 2008; McIntosh & Lashley, 2008). There is also suggestive evidence that any sophisticated visual behavior requires collaboration between the two visual streams at every stage of the process (Schenk & McIntosh, 2010). I nonetheless want to make a case for the tripartite division between unconscious vision for action, conscious vision for perception, and unconscious vision for perception. My aim here is not to refute the evidence showing that conscious vision can affect action but rather to argue (a) that we cannot gain cognitive access to action-guiding dorsal stream representations, and (b) that these representations do not correlate with phenomenal consciousness. This vindicates the semi-conservative view that the dissociation hypothesis is best understood as a tripartite division.


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Big Mo, a local comedian and aspiring filmmaker, will finally present his controversial Celebrity Player's Ball this Sunday (January 26th) at the Twelve Lounge (1123 H Street, N.E.).
Big Mo is currently shooting a feature length movie and he is hosting a series of showcase events leading up to the premiere. He recently did a show with Sassy from VH1's Black Ink, and rappers Rome Solo and Maryland Menace.
The Player's Ball is another event Big Mo put together to help promote the movie, and also to capture additional footage for the final scenes. He hopes to wrap production in the next couple of weeks for an early summer release.
Big Mo ran into a problem right away by using the term "Player's Ball".
Traditionally, a Player's Ball is a gathering of movers and shakers from all around the country. They come together to socialize and vote on the most successful businessman (or businesswoman) in their industry, and that person is given the prestigious title of "Player of the Year".
Because DC is a city with a culture, and a history, of producing shot-callers and heavy-hitters, calling your event the "Player's Ball" carries significant weight, and some people take it very seriously.
After Big Mo released the Player's Ball flier and began promoting the show on social media, Vice Dolla, a rapper and CEO of Dat Doe Entertainment, was extremely critical of the event.
Vice didn't have a problem with the concept itself, but he considered the line-up to be unworthy of an "DC Player's Ball".
"They're charging people $50 to see an MMA fighter, former boxing champ Riddick Bowe, and the headliner (Bonecrusher) is an irrelevant rapper," said Dolla incredulously. "How can you have a Player's Ball with no players?"
Vice Dolla faced off against Big Mo and J.R. Gray (former partner and promoter) in several tempestuous discussions about the legitimacy about the show.
Another major issue arose when Big Mo announced he was going to give out awards. Not just for "Player of the Year", but also for categories like "Best Male Rapper", "Best Rap Group", "Best Model", etc. Rumors began to circulate that Big Mo was having his own DMV Awards presentation. People were even more upset when they saw the online ballot included several nondescript rappers who shouldn't have been in consideration.
The acrimonious debates culminated in a confrontational meeting at the Eddie Kayne radio show on WLVS. In attendance were Big Mo, Vice Dolla, Lex Boogie, Sherlock (Absoloot CEO), and myself. The conversation became heated at times, but everyone respectfully (although sometimes loudly) expressed their opinions.
Big Mo said that the event was never intended to be a "DC Player's Ball", or a "DMV Awards", it was simply a "Big Mo's Celebrity Player's Ball". And because he was paying for the venue and the trophies, he could distribute the awards to whoever he wanted to - regardless of their credentials. That explanation seemed to satisfy most of the critics, and by the end of the show everyone made peace and agreed to support the show.
That peace was shattered about week later when Big Mo and J.R. Gray (Chocolate City Entertainment) became involved in a financial dispute. They exchanged accusations of financial impropriety and threatened lawsuits against each other. J.R. Gray issued a statement that he was "officially backing out of the show and will no longer endorse the voting results for the awards." He also demanded that Big Mo print new tickets removing any association with Chocolate City Entertainment.
Gray's comment about the voting results was important because (according to him) he was solely responsible for coordinating the online ballots. He claims that nobody else had access to the votes and without his involvement to verify the voting results no legitimate awards can be distributed. Gray has also threatened to release the "true" voting results the day after the Player's Ball.
In Gray's absence, another local promoter, Traci Lex Entertainment, stepped in as lead promoter. She quickly made moves to stabilize the event and announced additional appearances by Big G (Backyard Band), Bam 640 (recently signed to Universal Records), and The Real Housewives of Benning Road.
Traci Lex also had to extinguish another rumor, allegedly started by J.R. Gray, that the Player's Ball was canceled. She released a statement on Facebook that addressed the erroneous gossip and the voting situation.
"The show is still on January 26th. The public has voted. Nothing has been changed except if you are not there to receive your award, it goes to the runner-up. No one person will stop my dreams! Sorry for the confusion, If you have any questions please contact me."
J.R. Gray denies starting the rumor or releasing the voting results to anybody associated with the Player's Ball.
After all the drama and confusion, the Player's Ball seems to be in pretty good shape. Established entertainment entities like Forever DC, DTLR, and Go-Go Radio.com are promoting the event, and Big Mo remains as confident as ever.
"The tickets and tables are almost sold out," he proclaimed. "The awards will be handed out as scheduled. We had online voting and the percentages were right there on the website for everyone to see. So it's crystal clear who the winners are. We're going to have over 40 models. Two go-go bands are going to perform and my own Mo'at Models have something really special planned."
Big Mo went on to address all the people who doubted him.
"I had a lot of people who hated on me and didn't believe I could pull this off - but I did it. And I'm not finished yet. My movie, Big Mo's Gonna Learn, will be out in the summer and I also have a hip-hop fashion show in the works. But first, I want everyone to come out to the Player's Ball on Sunday and have a good time. It's going to be a great show. My haters are invited too, lol!"


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Trailing the New Orleans Saints 16-14, the Carolina Panthers were hoping to move the ball at least to the New Orleans 35 on their final drive in the fourth quarter, Carolina Coach John Fox said.
"It wouldn't have been automatic,'' Fox said.
The Panthers didn't get close enough, and Kasay didn't get a chance to kick.
Out of timeouts, the Panthers had reached the Saints' 36 and were playing a second-and-8 with 1:46 left. Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams took a handoff from quarterback Jimmy Clausen and cut to the left, trying to get to the outside. But Saints strong safety Usama Young tackled Young for a 4-yard loss.
"Unfortunately, we went backwards,'' Fox said. "That wasn't by design. In one case, it was a player (Williams) trying to make a play. In the other case, it was a player (Young) making a great play.''
On the next play, Saints free safety Malcolm Jenkins sacked Clausen for another 4-yard loss.
"I was just trying to make a play,'' Clausen said. "They were blitzing, and I couldn't get it out quick enough. I can't take a sack in that situation.''
When cornerback Jabari Greer broke up Clausen's long pass to Dwayne Jarrett on fourth-and-16 with two seconds left, the outcome was assured. Carolina fell to 0-4.


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2010 Toyota Prius
Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius models worldwide due to potential brake problems.
A software issue is the root of the problem. Faulty software can cause a brief delay in the activation of the brakes in cold weather or on bumpy roads.
Along with the Prius, Lexus HS 250h models are affected. Owners will be sent letters in the mail, notifying them of the recall. The fix should take about 40 minutes.
This brings the total number of Toyota vehicles affected by various recalls to 8.5 million.
For more info: www.toyota.com/recall, www.chicagotribune.com