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(not all of these topics may be covered each semester. Read carefully for this semester (Fall, 2007). Also don't just print the guide out without regard to the linked files and images.)
Hints- it will be useful to know the meaning of the following terms:
...lives primarily in trees
...lives primarily on the ground
...defends its geographical region, independent of whether it flies, swings, walks, or slithers through that area
opposable thumb
...can be turned opposite the other fingers including pinky
...possessing great dexterity, having nimble fingers...
any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
Below is a summary and review to an extent of what you should know something about.
(check the web version Tuesday for updates, before the exam next Tuesday, Oct. 02. Essay questions will not be changed other than for clarification.)
See readings, Life in the Trees video notes for features - some general mammalian features, others unique primate features.
With exception of humans, our immediate ancestor, their cousins like Neanderthals, and Japanese and other Asian macaques, virtually all primates are in the tropics --±23.5 degrees off the equator.
These have been particularly significant for various reasons.Know some basic differences/similarities among prosimians, monkeys, and apes. Prosimians are more like the early primates. While monkeys are older than apes, they share many features. One notable exception is that most monkeys have tails; no ape has a tail. Baboons are African monkeys that have been viewed by some as interesting models for human evolution.
, lorises (Jay Leno star) -- all prosimians2. Baboons 3. Other notable monkey species
Cebus and related
squirrel monkeys are new world species with a reputation for being clever--
probably reflecting their relatively large brains.
Vervets are colorful, quite terrestrial African monkeys whose communication system is noted for its referential warnings of specific predators.
Rhesus monkeys gave us the RH- in the Rh blood factor and were among the monkeys used by Harlow in his attachment research.
A broad category including existing apes, humans, and extinct ape and bipedal ancestors including "cousins" such as Neanderthals. See Table 1.1 in TO,)
From ancient times, humans have reflected upon themselves using animals as a mirror, pro and con. Notably not until recent times have the most similar primates, the apes, been available for either scientific, philophical and political reflection. Should we strive to be more or less like these animals? Of course what it's like to be these animals is a product of human imagination and reflect --not a given.
They are an important part of life on earth
Almost everyone! Naturalists, zoologists, biologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists and even some linguists.
(I emphasized how great changes in geological time - changes in species, climate, geology, the human condition..... have occurred but to our personal experience things seem to change very little if at all and then rather slowly.)
(bonobos, circa 1925)
(Mountain gorilla, 1902)
(see biographical sketches)
Linne classified species on the basis of common morphology.
Species transformed from a common origin
The false belief that offspring could inherit acquired traits of parents is known as :"Lamarckism."
While the idea of evolution of complex species from simpler ones was not new (read Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus, and Lamarck, for example), Wallace and Darwin were the first to really put together an account of how species may be transformed -- "descent with modification" EHE, p.9.There are 4 parts to their argument: variation, a struggle for existence, natural selection, and accumulation of favoured variants -- which over time produce different species.
Baldwin argued cultural artifacts might become part of an organism's inheritance through the usual Darwinian processes of variation and selection. No Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characteristics was needed. for example, human language might have shaped the evolution of the brain in that only children who caught on quickly survived to pass on their "language acquisition" talent genes.
This is the idea that many of the differences among primates may result from different timing of the same genes in the course of prenatal and postnatal development. It offers an explanation of how very similar genotypes can produce quite different appearing and behaving phenotypes. The discussion in modern times has been in terms of mosaic evolution, regulatory genes, and heterochrony. Yet the observations that humans are more like fetal primates than other species is quite old. Much recent DNA research is directed at these old questions.
(this is NOT necessarily related to size or physical strength but any trait that relates to the chances of one's genes increasing or decreasing in relative frequency in succeeding generations. Genes promoting a trait, e.g. body size increase, may enhance fitness in one environment (lots of food) but decrease fitness in another (little food supply).
(parts of the whole can be more or less independently shaped by evolution)
(means "differential timing" - in evolution, different parts of the whole may have different growth rates in different species.)
"Paedomorphosis (retention of formerly juvenile characteristics by adult descendants) produced by retardation of somatic development. (Gould, 483)"
. Gould, 1977 says, p.365, "I believe that human beings are "essentially" neotenous...because a general temporal retardation of development has clearly characterized human evolution."
compare an infant chimp
with an adult!
Which is more human-like? Why? The answer can be seen in a comparison with the growth of human heads with the growth of a chimp head. -- from infants to adults in both species.
Similar forms can occur for a variety of reasons, e.g. dolphins and fish forms, various fins.
Initially similar forms can differentiate into many unique niches, e.g. mammal forelimb in bats, humans, and elephants.
what about genitals
and sexual dimorphism?
How well can you relate form (morphology) to function (behavior)? Exceptions? What's would you predict from the presence of lots of cones in an animal's eye? Relatively large eyes? Forward facing eyes?
(See Nordby's autobiography "512notes")
What about gorilla canine teeth?
what about genitals and sexual dimorphism?
is absolutely certain -- evolution theory predicts in general that form is
related to function but chance can play a large role. And in mating, form
may have no function other than being a preference of the opposite sex. (though
there may be a deeper story underlying preferences.
Nothing is absolutely certain -- evolution theory predicts in general that form is related to function but chance can play a large role. And in mating, form may have no function other than being a preference of the opposite sex. (though there may be a deeper story underlying preferences.
This refers to continual interaction over time of various parts. For example a larger brain will affect all sorts of structures and behaviors -- the costs/benefits we discussed. Here is an example use of the term:
"I assume that major human adaptations acted synergistically throughout their gradual development. The interaction system of delayed development--upright posture--large brain is such a complex: delayed development has produced a large brain by prolonging fetal growth rates and has supplied a set of cranial proportions adapted to upright posture. Upright posture freed the hand for tool use and set selection pressures for an expanded brain. A large brain may, itself, entail a longer life span....This retardation interacted synergistically with other hallmarks of hominization--with intelligence (by enlarging the brain through prolongation of fetal growth tendencies and by providing a longer period of childhood learning) and with socialization (by cementing family units through increased parental care of slowly developing offspring...Gould, 1977, pp.399-400"
use of existing structure/behavior for novel use, e.g. cones enable reading though originally for foraging and depth perception.
the role of chance in evolution
while variation and natural selection are the systematic means by which species are transformed, not all transformations need be systematic. There was nothing 100 mya that predestined primate "dominance" -- just the principles of evolution operating in a very particular context with many other unique, unpredictable factors.
The idea is that some event serves as a filter allowing only certain individuals (and their genes) to pass into the next generation. Climate, for example, is often mentioned in this context, e.g. that cold periods reduced populations dramatically, leaving only small numbers with traits to cope, to survive and pass on those traits. (Of course, luck may be a factor here too.) Bottlenecks are suspected when reduced genetic variability is observed -- as for example in human populations compared with chimpanzee genetic variability.
early advocate of primate research and conservation
"law of effect" , trial and error learning, and one of first comparative experimentalists
Originated the idea of "insight" in opposition to trial and error.
"learning sets", attachment, and "mother love"
"genetic epistemology" and stages of development
Russian psychologist who also experimentally demonstrated very similar human-chimp color vision.
The Kelloggs and Hayes were families of psychologists who raised a chimp in their home, See video notes on Kelloggs.
analysis and comparisons of
Allometric relationships
Artifacts, geological events, climate changes, etc.
All primates are derivations
from this basic model
Each species has its own unique features reflecting their evolutionary history over the past 60 million years.
Hominoids -- apes and humans -- share much of this history.
b) swinging through trees like orangs
(how might swinging (b) adapt an organism for c?)
compare the feet -- same plan but notable differences reflecting specific locomotion adaptations. Similar, though lesser, changes occur in forelimbs.
the sensory-motor homunculus , balance and motor co-ordination
Reduced olfactory sense
Enhanced visual capacity- depth, color
, balance and motor co-ordination
Human eye-hand coordination?
Hearing and vocalization adaptation
olfactory sense and pheromones?
See the development of mammal brains.
The combined sensory-brain enables the organism to model that environment with an internal representation. This in turn enables prediction and control of future events.
A common mammal sensory-motor "homunculus", modified for each species. See human model.
Each species has its own modifications -- recall Limber's puppet metaphor. The brain space devoted to an external body part corresponds to the amount of information required to control movements of those parts
(much space devoted to vocal tract, hands with human foot less than 1/2 the space of those hands. Imagine differences between monkeys with prehensile tail and those without.)
Increase in visual capacity, declining olfactory capacity.
Increased control of timing
of movements (think of the puppet metaphor -- making it tie its shoes or say
Increased laterality of function (Gazzaniga's "interpreter")- humans are unique in extent of "handedness" ~90% right handed. Some animals show preference in specific tasks but not to the extent of humans as far as I know.
Language and memory enhancements in humans
Longer exposure to environment while developing because of 1) premature birth and 2) longer juvenile period. This allows for greater impact of environment – culture and specific learning – on the actual "building" of the brain itself.
Synergistic effects of larger brain, costs and benefits, implications for diet, birth and mothering, social structure and culture.
Summary of comments on development of the brain.
Primates carry on all mammal reproductive traits. Primate infants are relatively helpless, highly dependent on their mothers. Reproduction is relatively slow, one at a time with several years between births (depending on species). Mothers (except humans) give birth by themselves and must pick up the infant who can cling to mom who must forage for both of them. Apes show much variability in mating and sexual activities as well as social organization. Much of this is probably due to variability in diet and food availability. In humans, culture plays a large role in variability in these matters.
My suggestions for preparing this exam include reviewing the study guide, reviewing at least the most recent old exam available, going over the daily notes, video notes, and "primate news" -- there are always one or two multiple choice questions from recent news articles. Here is a list of videos to this point -- the video bits may not be accurate depending on available time, etc.
(Only a non-human primate has an excuse not to work out these before the exam! It is no excuse to say after the exam "I didn't understand the question!").
1 Compare and contrast two existing large primate species with respect to their sensory systems, limbs and locomotion, brain features, and social/reproductive structures. Then discuss briefly the "synergy" among the various characteristics --that is how they fit together enabling adaptation to distinct niches. Put another way – compare and contrast two species of large primates ( compare/contrast any two of orangutans, gorillas, common chimps, bonobos, and humans on five dimensions.)
(Be sure to say something about each of the five features for each of your primates; then say how those features work together --the synergy-- to enable those species to "fit" well into their niches. (I think a niche originally meant a hole in the wall where birds could build a nest.))
2. From the videos and readings, we have encountered lots of information about various species of primates. What is the generic prototypic hominoid? What do all of these species seem to have in common? At a minimum, consider the five dimensions in essay 1.
Describe the common physical and behavioral (which includes social/sexual) features of that hypothetical being. (By hypothetical, I just mean that I am asking you to abstract the common features from known hominoids, each of which has its own unique adaptive and historical characteristics as well.)
See old exams on the exam page. One of the short answers will be a version of the other essay question. "What's new" topics are fair game. For example, what the heck is "mechanicoelectrical transduction?" What primates do it? Why?
This semester we have a book (Gomez) that has some different topics and doesn't cover much at all about brains and senses other than vision. Expect a short answer question or two from that book. Here are some examples.
1. Why are individual faces important in the life of primates, expecially apes and humans? What adaptations, say over those of dogs or cats, might you expect because of this importance? (Gomez (2004, around p.15
2. Primates, especially apes and humans, tend to have longer periods of remaining in infant and juvenile periods. What advantages are there in this extended "childhood?" (Gomez, 2004, 16-24) also class discussion and videos.
3. What is an example of a monkey or ape motivated by "curiosity" -- and not a food reward? Gomez, 2004, around p.53-57)
4. How is diet related to the evolution of variations in human skin color? (see "news" & Eve video)
5. What is unique about human hands? (video notes) How might this be related to other unique human features.
See old exams. Any topic or
fact from readings, class discussion,
"what's new?", videos and video notes is fair game. I recommend
that you review your notes, my daily notes, and all the video notes.
There will be a few from Gomez, ch. 1 & 2 (not 3 unless explicitly discussed
in class before the exam. We may, for example, get around to discussing Piaget
and his ideas, Fig 3.1 in Gomez).
There will be a few from Gomez, ch. 1 & 2 (not 3 unless explicitly discussed in class before the exam. We may, for example, get around to discussing Piaget and his ideas, Fig 3.1 in Gomez).Here is a similar table of Piaget's sensory-motor stages.
In general, if I didn't mention it in class, or in the daily or video notes or show it on video, it won't show up on the exam.
Major topics of class discussion are outlined in this review and guide. These include:
The nature of primates – their common and unique features, their evolution, and methods of studying primates. How are conclusions reached and well as what are these conclusions.
Something of the history of
the field, including the people and the ideas that were and are important
in shaping our understanding of these concepts. (Nothing that was not
discussed in class on this topic will be on the exam.)
(Nothing that was not discussed in class on this topic will be on the exam.)
Some specific details about concepts of evolution, features of primate brain, senses, and limbs – as well as specifics about the development of those topics. And finally, but not least, a beginning discussion of what is intelligence, how does it differ or not among species, and what is behind its development and evolution?


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Commencement Speech May 2008On behalf of the entire Duquesne University community, I congratulate today's graduates. I also offer my thanks to the parents and spouses of our graduates. You gave them the love, discipline, and encouragement that made this day possible. I would ask that all the parents and spouses of our graduates stand now and accept our applause.
This is a time of change in a place of profound transformations. Duquesne University takes in nervous freshmen and new graduate students and creates confident and skilled adults. We take in youthful enthusiasm and create mature commitment. We take in atomic individuals and create responsible citizens. We take in self-absorption and create service to others. We take in peer pressure and create community leaders. We take in formless beliefs and create abiding faith. We take in the casually curious and create critical thinkers. We take in the capacity for hard work and create lasting achievement. We take in raw talent and create accomplished artistry. We take in the desire to help and create caring professionals. Most importantly, we take in vague aspirations and create real opportunities.
All of us at Duquesne have had a hand in bringing about these dramatic transformations. The students themselves are key to this growth–living with and learning from each other. Our Spiritan community plays a major role by the faith they share and the remarkable sense of community they build. Student services personnel are very important, giving their energy and talent to the service of each student. But the group on campus that takes the lead in working this transformation is our outstanding faculty.
Let me read an excerpt from a letter a student's mother sent to me last week. It is about our faculty in one particular program but what it says is true throughout our faculty. She writes: "The last four years have been exceptional for my son in many ways. The faculty have been many things for him—teachers, role models, advisors, mentors, and friends. "I cannot begin to tell you how much my husband and I appreciate all that you have brought to our son's college and life experiences. Even after four years, I am still amazed at how much Duquesne takes an active interest in their students' lives. I sing your praises whenever I have the opportunity. I also tell my son how lucky he is to be part of the Duquesne community. Please keep doing what you do so well." I ask our remarkable faculty to stand now and accept our gratitude.
For you graduates, your years at Duquesne have been times of change on campus. Just before you arrived we acquired Brottier Hall and Duquesne completed ownership of the entire Bluff. The University then acquired a block on the north side of Forbes, on which we built the new and extraordinary Power Center, connecting it to campus with a dramatic pedestrian bridge. This brought a modern rec center to campus and beautiful new meeting space. These additions expanded our campus by 10% on the ground, with a potential expansion of 25% in square footage. The Brottier Commons was created, adding beauty and green space to the west end of campus. More than $40 million dollars have been invested in renovations and repairs since you arrived, improving virtually every building and mechanical system on campus. Dramatic advances have been made in academic space in the College and in the Schools of Music, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sciences, Law, and in the Bayer School. The Palumbo Center has been renovated. We added Starbucks—as well as a new bookstore, restaurant and juice bar. And our men's basketball team had a winning season this year—their first since you were seven years old. (But not their last.)
Because of efforts by our Admissions Office, your class and the ones behind you are among the biggest in the University's history. This year we had the largest student body in the University's history and the most students living on campus ever. Now we have the largest concentration of young people living in downtown Pittsburgh. Moreover you helped us improve in student talent so that our average SAT score has moved up dramatically. We have set new records for student retention. Eleven endowed faculty chairs are in place. More than two dozen new academic programs have begun and we have a system now for periodic evaluation of all existing programs. The University opened a new campus in Rome and many of you spent a life-changing semester there. We have been recognized as a national leader in computer connectedness and now virtually all of campus outdoors is covered by a wireless system. The faculty members are implementing a new mission-driven core curriculum. And we have completed an ambitious 5 year Strategic Plan that has given the University enduring structural improvements.
I like to say that this is a great time in the life of a great university. Sometimes people may think that I am a bit biased on the topic. But this is not just my opinion. In a series of extraordinary coincidences, five groups of independent experts examined the university this last year and drew the same conclusion. The NCAA found our athletic program to be in top shape. Standard & Poor's as well as Moody's both gave us A ratings for our financial stability—A- from the first, A2 from the other. The IRS showed up to review our tax exempt status and gave us a clean audit. Finally, our major accreditor for the whole university visited and wrote a report this semester. They confirmed that we passed all their standards and praised our students, faculty, and staff for an extraordinary and pervasive sense of mission.
Our pledge to you as alumni is that we will continue on this path of excellence so that your degree and your continued association with your Alma Mater is a matter of deepening pride for you and your family. You leave us now, but the mission that you gave life to when you arrived goes on. With your help and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne will continue to do an ever better job in the future of serving God by serving students.
And we have an impressive history to live up to. For 130 years, Duquesne faculty have taught and learned, researched and discovered, created and performed on this Bluff. They and the entire University have served the needs of communities near and far. The Duquesne Family has changed the world from downtown Pittsburgh to West Africa; from the Hill district to Eastern Europe; from Bethel Park to Rome.
Duquesne has done most of these remarkable things through its graduates. Since 1878, more than eighty thousand men and women have earned degrees from Duquesne. They left us—as you graduates do now—with a depth of knowledge and skill in the arts, the sciences, and the professions. The quality of their Duquesne education gave them the capacity to enrich their own lives and their families as they served others and contributed to their communities. And they left—as you graduates do now—shaped by a Spiritan Catholic tradition that gave them a greater love of God and neighbor and a deeper desire to make this world a better place.
As you graduate, Duquesne University lives in a time of special grace. Our Spiritan community is deeply dedicated to our students and remarkably diverse. Our faculty is exceptional and gaining a deserved national and international reputation for the quality of their research and teaching—and you know better than anyone our faculty's great care for students. Our student body in growing and improving in its academic profile. Our staff has attained a unique combination of professionalism, effectiveness, accessibility, and friendliness. A genuine spirit of mission, mutual respect, and service to the common good prevails across campus.
We have profound links to our neighbors through the exceptional amount and kinds of voluntary service work of our students, faculty and staff. Our alumni are connected to their Alma Mater in increasingly important ways, not the least of which is the generous support they provide to current and future students. Our campus has expanded and has been beautified not only on our Bluff but also along Forbes Ave. And we face the future with confidence because our mission relies as it has since 1878 on the providence of the Holy Spirit.
I ask you graduates to take your place in our unbroken line of loyal, engaged, accomplished alumni. You can help insure success for future generations on our Bluff by remembering your Alma Mater in your prayers. Ours is fundamentally a spiritual enterprise—your diplomas read "Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit." As such, we believe that prayer makes a difference and we ask for yours.
You can also help us by helping Duquesne students who will follow you, and whose skills and aspirations will be shaped here like yours have been. You can help another generation of Duquesne students find internships and jobs where you work. You can help us to keep Duquesne affordable through scholarships assistance and general support of the University and its programs. Duquesne generations of the past did this for you; now it is your turn to do it for Duquesne generations of the future.
But the way you can help your Alma Mater the most is to live your lives in accord with our University's values. Take the education you have gained and apply it in the service of others. We say our mission here is to serve God by serving students. But that in only half the picture. You complete that mission as alums by using our service to you on behalf of others.
Congratulations on all you have accomplished. You are now a graduate of an outstanding University that has a hundred and thirty year history of successfully transforming students. Now go and transform our world. Make it a better place because you are a graduate of Duquesne University.


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Faculty and Staff
Peggy Koorhan
Peggy Koorhan, faculty
Peggy Koorhan, BA Spanish Language and Literature, is passionate about Spanish! Just ask her students! Peggy has been teaching for 27 years. She started her career as a bilingual elementary school teacher. She has taught high school Spanish for 15 years and Spanish at the community college level for 5 years. Her credits include Inglewood Unified Teacher of the year and Terra Linda Rotary Teacher of the Year. She has participated in Spanish Language & Literature workshops at UCLA, Stanford, UC Berkeley and the Universidad San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador.
Peggy spent several years in Mexico attending the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores in Guaymas, Sonora as well as the Universidad Ibero Americana in Mexico City. She has traveled extensively in Latin America and brings her knowledge of the Spanish Language and culture into the classroom. In her spare time she enjoys Salsa dancing, traveling and being co-advisor of the Nicaragua Service Club at Terra Linda High School. She has taken students to Nicaragua for the past 3 years to do volunteer work.


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It took salsa singer Marc Anthony twenty plus years for all his accomplishments and ten years to release his latest solo album which garnered him four "Premio Lo Nuestro" awards and the most important "Premio Lo Nuestro" recognition - Excellence Award Thursday night in Miami, Fla.
Salsa music kind of was put on the back burner with other music genres developing but lately salsa music is revolutionizing. The names are Marc Anthony and Sergio George who was the producer of Marc's successful "3.0" album last spring. Marc himself can't believe how his music has exploded even more after the release of his first hit song "Vivir Mi Vida" which ranked number one on Billboard Latin music chart and on radio airplay immediately. The catchy salsa song has been a hymn and inspirational song for all ages.
The first award won by Marc was Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year beating Victor Manuelle, N'Klabe and Juan Esteban. Marc Anthony dedicated his speech to Venezuela when he received the award for Best Tropical Song of the Year for "Vivir Mi Vida". With the latter, he was also given two additional awards for Tropical Album of the Year "3.0" and Collaboration of the Year with Tito 'El Bambino' for "Por Qué Les Mientes"..
But it was the announcement for the Excellence Award that brought the entire venue to their feet as soon as singer and good friend Pitbull, made the award presentation. Marc's famous band were already in their designated spots. The huge screen played back Marc Anthony's singing trajectory that was short of a few accomplishments of the singer. Then Marc Anthony set out what he has been destined to do - sing. Everyone sang along from the first note that Marc sang of his first select song of his lengthy song list to the last song for a medley of three songs - "Tú Amor me Hace Bien", "Cambió de Piel" his latest release song from "3.0" and "Vivir mi Vida".
But Marc's finale was euphoric, some just couldn't contain themselves. They ran to try to get closer to the singer they have been waiting to witness the prestigious presentation and award. Nilda and her daughter have followed Marc Anthony for about 20 years. They both have seen him grow in all respects. It was were very emotional for mother and daughter, hugging each other, high fives and shedding tears. Nilda stated, "He is like my son from the very first day we met thanks to my daughter. He always said 'bendicion' when he saw me and I would give him my blessings. We are very proud of him."
The arena was full of lots of love for the most acclaimed salsa singer today. The clapping, chanting for 'otra, otra, otra' (requesting another song) let Marc in awe and teary eyed leading him to his knees to kiss the stage floor.
Marc Anthony has been a true role model and icon in the music industry. He has a golden heart to help others especially children in need with his Maestro Cares Foundation. For this and so many more reasons, Marc Anthony deserves the Excellence Award and many more. As he stated, "Esto sigue" (this continues).
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Since the Senate passed the unemployment benefits extension bill on April 7, 2014 the Republicans in the House of Representatives have considering adding provisions to the bill to make it acceptable to the Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH so that he would put the bill to a vote. Now White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced on Monday, April 21, 2014 during his daily press briefing that President Obama will not negotiate any concessions on the unemployment benefits bill. Prior to the Congressional recess on April 10 during the House GOP leadership press conference Speaker Boehner stated he was looking for the White House to list what kinds of added job creations provisions would be acceptable to them. Now they have given their indirect response cutting off hope of the bill ever reaching the House floor for a vote. Nearly 3 million long-term jobless have been left without any benefits since Dec. 28, 2013 when Congress let the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program expire.
At the daily press briefing White House Press Secretary Carney was asked about the House Speaker Boehner's request that the White House provide a "proposal" for job creation measures to be included with the unemployment benefits extension bill. The journalist was looking to see if the White House ever formally replied to the speaker. Carney evasively responded with a comment about House Republicans increased interest in passing the unemployment benefits bill, and the White House continuing to urge "action." Carney stated; "Well, I think you've noted that more Republicans have made clear their support for extension of vital unemployment insurance emergency benefits since the last time we discussed this in this room. And we continue to press Congress to take action to restore those benefits."
Then the press secretary gave the administration's position on added provisions, they do not support it and do not want it, as always President Barack Obama is looking for a clean bill from the House GOP, just the unemployment benefits extension, with no provisions. Carney clarified; "I don't have the latest on how that effort is progressing on Capitol Hill, but our position remains very clear, which is that these are benefits that should be extended. Extending them would be, of course, hugely impactful to the families who receive them directly, but also of great benefit to the economy." Continuing, Carney urged the House to pass the bill, saying; "And Congress ought to take action."
The added provisions to the bill would make it acceptable to both GOP members of the House and the speaker. In usual Obama administration fashion, Carney insulted the Republicans, implying they are not serious about passing the bill with added provisions, calling it "throw[ing] spaghetti against the wall." Carney concluded; "I just don't have an update. What we've seen in the past in these kinds of situations generally are an attempt to throw spaghetti against the wall on sort of ideological things that have nothing to do with making sure that these benefits get to the people who need them."
After Carney's remarks concerned Labor Secretary Tom Perez took to Twitter for damage control, pleading with the House to pass the bill, and the White House to negotiate on a compromise, writing; "There is still hope Congress will extend emergency unemployment benefits. I urge both sides to work together - and quickly - to #RenewUI." House Speaker Boehner's spokesperson Brendan Buck responded to Roll Call that the White House has not directly contacted the speaker to negotiate, by simply stating; "Nothing recently."
Even though Congress is out for Easter recess, negotiations have been going on to find a solution and extend unemployment benefits for America's long-term jobless. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV even has become flexible and his staff is speaking with Boehner's staff and he intends to meet with the speaker to negotiate to pass the bill. Reid thinks because the two leaders have a good working relationship some agreement might come between the House and Senate.
Two Republican Representatives, Charlie Dent from Pennsylvania and Mark Meadows from North Carolina introduced an alternative to the Senate passed unemployment benefits extension bill entitled the "GROWTH (Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help) Act" (HR 3885). The new bill restructures the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, extends benefits for a year, and adds provisions that would pass the XL Keystone Pipeline, and change two elements of the Affordable Care Act, the health care law.
The most popular provision choice however, by the House GOP at this moment to bring the bill to a House vote is the "Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act" (HR 803) sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. and passed by the House in March 2013. Senator Dean Heller, R-NV, one of the Senate co-sponsors and authors of the unemployment benefits extension bill is negotiating for the Senate with the House, agrees that combining job training would be good a fit and he supports that idea just as long as the unemployment benefits extension gets passed. The SKILLS Act "streamlines" job training programs, and would provide job training to 3.7 million Americans unemployed for longer than 27 weeks.
At this point Speaker Boehner does not intend to put the Senate bill as it is to a vote at all, despite wide public support for the bill, and states with Republican representatives including Boehner's own that are still facing high unemployment rates. Some moderate Republicans want to vote on the bill, others see it as an opportunity to advance their own special interests. Boehner finally commented publicly on the Senate passed unemployment benefits extension bill (HR 3979) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the House GOP leadership press conference at the Capitol. Boehner left the possibility of a compromise open whereas the bill could still be voted on and pass the House. The White House however, needs to agree to the job-creation provisions he has been requesting.
Boehner speaking to the press on Thursday morning, April 10 reiterated his position on job creation measures being a part of any unemployment benefits extension bill he would bring to a House vote. Boehner stated; "Listen, I made clear to the president last December that if he wanted us to consider an extension of emergency unemployment benefits, it would have to be paid for and it would have to include things that would help get our economy going. They have not put forward anything with regard to how we would create more jobs. And so the ball's still in their court." The speaker told the press to ask the White House when asked what measures would have to be included for the bill to pass the House. Boehner responded; "You'll have to ask the administration. I made it clear what it would take for me to consider it. They've not had any suggestions."
Boehner still believes that the Senate needs to move on serious job creation bills to solve the economic problems the Americans are still facing. The speaker explained; "Meanwhile, Democrats here in Washington continue to play their usual politics, using their old playbook of pitting one group of Americans against another. And frankly, it's pretty obvious that their efforts have failed. They've fallen flat because the American people are still asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?,' and these political votes provide no answers."
Job creation and training legislation is a priority for Boehner and the Republican House. The speaker explained the types of bills the House are making a priority. Boehner indicated; "So the House is going to continue to focus on the American people's priorities: creating good paying jobs, increasing wages, and expanding opportunity for all Americans. This means reforming our job training and skills programs, advancing bipartisan charter school legislation, critical water and highway infrastructure bills, expanding exports to our allies, and repealing and replacing ObamaCare – just to name a few."
The speaker's listing of legislating priorities give a good idea what type of provisions need to be added to the unemployment benefits extension to get the bill to a vote and passed in the House. Among those being seriously considered by House Republicans are revising and "streamlining" job training programs or a "business tax cuts" extension. According to Roll Call an official from the White House stated that President Barack Obama and the administration are willing to negotiate with the House Republicans on any bill to extend unemployment benefits that could also pass the Senate.
Boehner's spokesman Michael Steele commented on the Republican considering provisions to add to the bill. Steele stated; "A lot of members have proposals on economic growth and jobs provisions. No decisions have been made at this point on how we'll proceed." So far no consensus has been reach among the GOP about which particular provisions they will consider.
Not all Republicans in the House of Representatives agree with Speaker John Boehner's, R-OH position and dismissal on long-term jobless unemployment benefits, and on Thursday, April 3, 2014, seven Republican Reps signed a letter objecting to Boehner, asking him and House Majority leader Eric Cantor, R-VA to pass the Senate's bill or House produced "alternative." Reps. Peter T. King, R-NY and Frank A. LoBiondo , R-NJ sent the Speaker a letter requesting he extend unemployment benefits and put the Senate bill known as HR 3979 or just any unemployment benefits extension bill to a vote. They were joined by five other Republicans Representatives, who also signed the letter they included according to Roll Call; Joe Heck, R-NV, two other New Jersey Reps. Jon Runyan and Christopher H. Smith, and two additional New York Reps Chris Gibson and Michael G. Grimm.
The pressure is on from on Speaker Boehner from fellow Republicans, Democrats, the Senate and the White House to pass the unemployment benefits extension. Supporters are arguing back that not extending the benefits would hurt the economy. Supporters cite a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study that found a full year extension would provide 0.2 growth to the economy, and even the five-month Senate extension would serve beneficial to the economy. If extended for a full year the CBO study concludes extending benefits would add 200,000 jobs and the program would cost $26 billion.
The Senate passed on Monday, April 7, 2014 the full and final vote on the long-term jobless unemployment benefits extension bill with 59 votes for and 38 against with six Republicans joining the Democrats to pass the bill, while three Senators did not vote at all. The bill extends benefits for five months to the 2.79 million Americans that lost them when the program expred on Dec. 28, 2013. According to Roll Call Republican Senators "Susan Collins of Maine, Dean Heller of Nevada, Mark S. Kirk of Illinois, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rob Portman of Ohio" voted for the bill and also Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.
The Senate bill would extend unemployment benefits for two million long-term jobless that lost benefits at the end of last year. The deal will extend the benefits retroactively for five months from Dec. 28, 2013 and last until June 1, 2014. The speaker has already said he will not allow the House to vote on the Senate's bill in the present format. The Senate bill will cost $10 billion will be entirely covered by revenue.
The bill is authored and primarily sponsored by Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Dean Heller, R-NV, who have been leading the charge for an unemployment benefits extension. The bipartisan bill has eight other Senate sponsors, including the support of five Republicans; Heller along with "Sens. Susan Collins, R-ME; Rob Portman, R-OH; Lisa Murkowski, R-AK; Mark Kirk, R-IL" Additionally five Democrats, Reed and "Jeff Merkley, D-OR.; Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Sherrod Brown, D-OH; and Dick Durbin, D-IL" support the extension bill.
Speaker of the House Boehner opposes the Senate bipartisan bill to extend unemployment for the long term jobless. Boehner thinks creating jobs is more important than extending benefits. Boehner expressed at his Wednesday March 26 press conference; "I made clear that if we're going to consider dealing with emergency unemployment, we've got to do something about creating better jobs in America, higher wages in America. The Senate is sitting on dozens of bills that we sent over there. I think it's time for the Senate to work with the House to help get the economy moving again. That's the real issue."
Since Dec. 28, 2013 nearly 3 million Americans lost access to benefits, and each week about 70,000 Americans have lost benefits, by the end of the year 1.6 million more Americans will lose benefits. The total long-term unemployment rate is 2.5 percent, while the total unemployment rate was 6.7 percent a point more the 6.6 percent in February.
Generally Republicans have opposed the extension because they believe it does not motivate the unemployed to find a job as long as they have access to benefits. All throughout the financial crisis and recession Republicans voted with Democrats to extend the benefits, but now with the worst of the crisis over Republicans think the long-term jobless need to find jobs rather than receive benefits.
During the 2008 recession when Republican George W. Bush was President the government enlarged the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Program to extend unemployment benefits beyond the 26 weeks that the states give. During the recession the "combined" state and federal benefits gave unemployed Americans 99 weeks of relief. The federal government provides "47 weeks" of extended benefits averaging "$300 a week." The unemployment benefits were extended 11 times until now, the last time was a year extension in January 2013. Then benefits were cut from 99 weeks to a maximum of 73 weeks.
Now that Congress is on a two-week Easter recess having left on Thursday April 10 and returning on April 28, any discussions surrounding the bill will have to wait until Congress returns. By the time they return it will be four full months that America's long-term jobless would have been left without benefits since they expired on Dec. 28, 2013.
Press Briefing by the Press Secretary Jay Carney, 4/21/14, April 21, 2014
S.2097 - Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014
S.2149 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014
Bonnie K. Goodman is the Editor of the Academic Buzz Network, a series of political, academic & education blogs which includes History Musings: History, News & Politics. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies, both from McGill University, and has done graduate work in Jewish history at Concordia University as part of the MA in Judaic Studies program. Her specializations are US, Canadian & Israeli politics.
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You're Not a Dog, So Break the Chains
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Have you ever watched a dog that is chained? Have you ever noticed how hard he tries to go a little farther, but the chain always stops him at the same place, never letting him go farther and experience more? I notice this when people take their dogs on a walk. They leash them and sometimes use chains to keep the dog from going anywhere other than where the owner wants the dog to go. The dog really has no freedom outside a 3-foot radius.Unfortunately, in the church of the 21st century, many people are chained and remain in the same place. Rather than moving forward into what God wants to do in their lives, they remain in the same place where things are familiar, even if it is uncomfortable. It is as if they are on leashes that prevent them from experiencing more than what the dictator of their lives want them to experience.Today, we will look at a few people whose chains were broken, and we hope chains will be broken in this place today.Let's just say you had to go to prison for some time. Four years were spent behind bars for various crimes you committed. Now, imagine the day you were released. What would you do? Where would you go? What feeling do you think you would have once you walked outside the prison and into the world again? We need to understand that feeling because Christ has set us free from the bondage we have been in all of our lives. He broke every chain this world has used to bind us; and after we inspect His Word today, we pray we all will feel the amazing joy of having freedom again.So what are the chains people are struggling with today? There are so many; but as we see in the New Testament, those chains already have been broken. Today, we want you to find the freedom Christ is offering you, the very freedom He died to give to you. Now, we have to step out in faith and believe God has more for our lives than what we are experiencing. Before we look at the specific chains, let's see what the Scripture says to us about being free.You Are Set Free (
We are heirs and not slaves anymore. Rather than embracing the freedom we find in Christ Jesus, we often allow ourselves to remain chained to the past and the things of this world. As we see in Scripture, we do not need to do that! We do not have to live that way. Look at verse 5:1 again. Paul said we should not be subject to a yoke of slavery again! The chains are broken! We have been set free through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. We are now a part of His family and are now heirs rather than slaves.Reference Romans 6:1-18
In Romans 6:18, Paul implored the Romans to be slaves to righteousness rather than sin. When we enslave ourselves to righteousness, we find sin no longer exists in our lives unnoticed. Rather, sin disgusts us because we are longing for righteousness. Paul again pointed out in this passage that we are set free from sin, that it does not have to hold us in bondage anymore.


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According to a UBS survey released today, investors consider $5 million to be the new benchmark for financial success. Once you're past $5 million, you've truly reached financial independence and don't have to worry about how or where you spend it, they reason.
" It's about being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it," explains Emily Pachuta, Head of Investor Insights, UBS Wealth Management Americas.
Getting to that point is the hard part. Investors who weren't spooked by the recession have likely started making up for lost ground, but there are some who are so dubious of the market's ups and downs that they've increasingly turned to cold hard cash. Cash holdings have increased about 3% since 2010 to 23% of portfolios.
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Well, thank you very much for your work.
Not wanting virtual memory makes very good sense to me.Virtual memory is like running your on 4wheel motorisation mode all the time - yes it has advantages but it comes for a price. It does result in a more expensive and slower system in the end of the day.
You really have no clue whatsoever, do you? Why the blazes would you want to emulate Amiga binaries when the OS is running them natively? Are you so indoctrinated with PPC Amiga and OS4:s Amiga emulation functionality that you think that you even need to emulate 68k Amiga on 68k Amiga itself?
I see some negative comments on UAE-Amikit. That is strange because I use these without issue for the most part. Same with AmigaSYS. Even ClassicWB packages work pretty good.
also known as classicWB - redundant edition.
Memory protection and virtual memory only works for the CPU - and the CPU is a tiny little fraction of the AMIGA system. Memory protection and virtual memory contradict a pure DMA design. You like the Linux memory protection?You think this is save?It is save but for a very high price.
Memory protection is by desing not save on a DMA based machine, unless you completely disallow DMA usage from user space. To become secury Linux goes the route to disallow DMA. Every bit that the DMA brings needs to be copied again by the CPU to get the sytem secure.
We don't want this, right?We do not want to handcopy every byte from our DiskDMA again.We do not want to handcopy eveything what the Blitter does touch again.
We have to make a pick.Either we like to have a DMA machine or we don't.
I don't know how much AROS is linked to GCC, but may be trying another compiler (VBCC?) can help.
Another option can be to compress some (less used) resident modules, and decompress them on regular memory when the machine resets. This gives, also, extra space to provide a more update Wanderer, for example.
Keep in mind that we are talking about AmigaOS, which wasn't a resource hungry, and applications too weren't so much demanding on memory requirement (except for some of them).
I think that a 2GB system can satisfy many guys, and surely without any sort of "slowdowns".
He just doesn't know anything about computers. He just combines bits he heard/read into a incoherent rambling, for examples go to moobunny and read some of his rants about Windows XP.
Hint: It isn't.
As long as the CPU initiates the DMA transfers through the Os, and the Os ensures that the transfered memory is within the region accessible to the user initiating the transfer, everything is fine. The CPU is the conductor, and the CPU by that has the control of which DMA transfer is initiated and which is not.
Besides, should I remind you that you invented the rule of "disk DMA only to chip memory?" So quite the reverse, the inability of DMA-ing into fast mem requires *on the Natami* with the current design that disk data is copied around. That is not required in a sane system. Ehem.
So long,Thomas
If you look at this "in theory" then yes.
If you look for example how Linux does thisthen I know two approaches of doin it in real live.
A) The Secure approach: DMA goes only to Kernel Buffers.Linux does this by copying every byte that is Read or Written by DMA, first into a Kernel buffer.
The Linuxkernel functions used for this are called:copy_from_user and copy_to_user
This extra copying ensures that every byte goes thru the MMU.This makes DMA secure but slow the system down dramatically.This solution often becomes a serious system bottleneck.
While under AMIGA OS all you need to copy 1 MB with the blitter is: own the blitter, set the address, set mintem and size registers and you are done.
This means if you own the Blitter, to copy 1 MB of memory the CPU only needs to do about 8 move instructions.
On Linux the CPU does copy the whole MB first into Kernelspace.This means you execute in the order of a million CPU instructions more, for the same!
The other common approach on Linux is called Kernel-Bypass.This is commonly marketed as "accelerating" of Linux by allowing direct access of DMA from userspace.Defacto this means - the application does totally bypass the memory security system. The application can this way read anything on the system. Or in case of a typo in setting up the DMA the application can trash anything in the system.
Thomas, please don't be unfair here.There is a differance between "Perfect solution", and "Working on day 1".
The perfect solution for DMA to all memory regions,will go 100% transparently needs a very clever CPU cache controller.
We all agree that getting to this point will be very nice.But this is not something to rush on the 1st day.First get the CPU working, get the whole system working.Doing this step by step is reasonable.
That's patently false. First of all, *any* POSIX compliant OS can support DMA straight to/from user pages when using mmap().
Secondly, Linux goes further and from 2.4 on supports zero (CPU) copy for a number of situations. That is, not only can you DMA straight into or from user space buffers, but you can for some situations avoid userspace buffers entirely. E.g if you want to read from a file and write to a socket, the kernel can do that by triggering DMA from the drive to a kernel buffer and then immediately DMA that data to the network card.
You're right that you can't initiate a DMA transfer from user space in Linux, but what that means is not that the kernel needs to do additional copies (though it does in many situations if developers are careless) for everything - nothing prevents the *kernel* from initiating DMA straight to/from user space, and it does if you write your code properly.
But the Kernal By pass trick is how AOS would handle it too.(sort of)
Further more you total omit uClinux which can run without MMU.And your post is written like there is no linux that can run without MMU.
In linux there is nothing you can stamp never, or always on since there is always a exception. ;)
True, but you loose the memory protection in the move. Then, nothing prevent a program to write everywhere in memory, and crash the computer like AOS.
µLinux is still interresting for the drivers library and if you want to use an unix like OS without MMU (educationnal, µcontroler, amiga1200+4MiB without accelerator card :-), ... ).But you loose the main advantage of real memory protection and real separation of privileges.


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There were many things that went wrong for the Atlanta Falcons in the 2013 NFL season, but the biggest problem was their offensive line, specifically the inability to protect their $100 million franchise quarterback. Rather than doing anything unconventional with their first pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, the Falcons picked up Texas A&M offensive tackle Jake Matthews with the sixth overall pick last night.
While injuries were one of the big issues for the Falcons last season, those are X-Factors that a team doesn't really have control over. But one factor a team certainly can control is its ability to protect their quarterback.
Last year, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was sacked 44 times during the season, including nine coming in the final week. Only Miami's Ryan Tannehill and Baltimore's Joe Flacco were sacked more this season. Neither of those teams made the playoffs. The previous sack record for Ryan in a season was 28 times, set back in 2012.
Jake is now the newest member of the Matthews NFL family legacy. He joins his cousins, Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews III and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Casey Matthews, as active members of the NFL.
But the list of Matthews in the NFL is not limited to these three men. Jake's father, Bruce Matthews, is a Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, was selected to 14 Pro Bowls as well as being a ten-time All-Pro.
Jake also has connections regarding football and the city of Atlanta. Jake's uncle, Clay Matthews Jr., was a four-time Pro-Bowler and three-time All-Pro linebacker, who played for the Cleveland Browns as well as the Atlanta Falcons. Jake's grandfather, Clay Matthews Sr., was an offensive lineman for Georgia Tech before playing professionally with the San Francisco 49ers.
While nothing is ever certain in the NFL, the Falcons drafting Matthews seems like a no-brainer. At Texas A&M, Matthews was a team captain, charged with protecting the eventual 22nd pick of this year's draft, quarterback Johnny Manziel. And with Matthews' bloodline, Matty Ice should sleep easy knowing he'll be well-protected for the next decade.
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In the "fun " wrap up to the Joint Commission survey last week, Donna Sollenberger recognized Ambulatory Team with this survivor certificate as The Awesome Award!
The entire team, all 700+ employees, were indeed awesome, together we answered questions, demonstrated our knowledge of joint commission standards, were consistent across clinics with our implementation of policies and really showed that we all work together to work wonders. The site visitors recognized our commitment to our patients, to a safe environment and to excellent service. I am proud of all the clinics and I know that Donna Sollenberger is as well.
While many of you were recognized in Donna's daily briefings, all employees deserve recognition for ensuring that UTMB Health System achieved such an AWESOME result.
I also want to thank the people that escorted the surveyors, manned the command center, scribed the findings and made sure that at all times we were communicating the results, and all preparation to ensure that the clinics were survey ready at any time.
Casey Peterson drove the surveyor all over Galveston County, and Tammy Cupit traveled in the back seat transcribing the findings from all clinics. Both Casey and Tammy texted Cheryl Bryant and me in the command center, our phones constantly beeping, or in Cheryl's case whistling, to let us know what was happening and where, so that we could keep up with progress and address issues.
Cheryl Randle escorted and scribed for the PCP and UHC surveyor visits, together with Jenny Lanier, Michelle Stout and Terri Gately, also keeping Cheryl Bryant informed as they went around.
Cheryl Bryant led the readiness preparation over the past 12 months, and working with all the pracice managers and nurse leaders made us ready for this unannounced survey (who thought they would come the day after a major holiday). Jesse Seelback ensured that our facilities and emergency plans were ready, and Peggy Mann was recognized by the surveyors for the documentaion of our POCT plan.
The surveyors were very impressed with our employees and our facilities, and would have liked to visit more of our clinics, but time ran out on Friday morning!
I want to thank everyone for making this such a successful survey, it is impossible to name everyone, but congratulations to all ambulatory employees, all the preparation made us a TJC ready and compliant institution.
Thank You, and now look forward to Happy Holidays, TJC won't be back for three years!


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Formula 1 drivers preparing to compete in the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 6 participated in a press conference sponsored by the FIA on Thursday, April 3 at Sakhir's Bahrain International Circuit. According to Formula 1, Jenson Button will be racing his 250th Grand Prix on Sunday and was asked his thoughts about reaching this milestone. Formula 1 also reports quotes from other drivers looking forward to the third contest in the 2014 season. The TV schedule for Americans wishing to watch the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix appears below the quotes.
McLaren driver Jenson Button is now racing in his 15th year in the sport. When asked about his 250th Grand Prix coming up and lessons he's learned, he commented:
"I've learned a lot along the way, as you can imagine, racing for 14 years in Formula One. The thing that surprises me is how quickly it goes by. Fifty races ago I was in Hungary, celebrating my 200th Grand Prix, which I won by the way! So, it's amazing how time flies. You really do have to enjoy every moment of it as much as you can. For me, being 14 years in the sport, I still feel like I have more to learn. I'm definitely not the perfect driver yet, and I never will be, but there is always still more to learn. That's something, for me, that's exciting about the sport. New regulations obviously are changing the sport quite a lot, especially with these new regulations, and again, you always have more to learn. For me that's what keeps the sport exciting and that's what has kept me on my toes for the last 14 years and hopefully for many more."
Later in the year, according to Formula 1, Button, who is the 2009 F1 world champion, will become the third most experienced Grand Prix driver of all time. Brazilian Rubens Barrichello holds the record for the most starts; Germany's Michael Schumacher the second.
"I'm a Duracell Bunny," Button joked, according to the Telegraph.
Career milestones duly noted, attention turned to the current season. Button's team-mate, rookie Kevin Magnussen, has been impressing observers and fans so far this season, not least of which by placing on the podium in the Australian Grand Prix, his first Formula 1 race. About Bahrain, he mentioned that it will be his first experience returning to a track where he has driven a F1 car before, even though it was just in testing:
"It'll be a good experience to go racing at a circuit on which I've already driven a Formula One car - a first for me in fact because I already have four days' running under my belt from the recent winter tests. While that doesn't really make a massive difference, because you can learn a circuit relatively quickly, assisted by simulator experience, it does mean you can go straight into Friday's practice sessions on the front foot. You don't need to familiarise yourself with the track first."
Season leader so far in the drivers' championship, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg had this to say about his prospects coming up in Bahrain:
"The first two races have been a great start to my season and I'm already looking forward to being back in the car and carrying on that momentum in Bahrain. It's a great track and I really enjoy driving it. I've never had much luck on race weekends here, but it's definitely the one I'm best prepared for this year."
Lewis Hamilton, Rosberg's team-mate at Mercedes -- the team is the current constructors' championship leader -- won the Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend and is also looking forward to keeping his team's momentum up in Bahrain:
"It was great to kick-start my season with a win in Malaysia. Taking a one-two was also a fantastic result for the team and I can't wait to see what we can do in Bahrain. I've finished on the podium here a couple of times here but, for one reason or another, I've never managed to get the win. Until last week it was the same story for me with Malaysia, so fingers crossed this can be the year of breaking those cycles!"
Hamilton continued, elaborating a bit on Mercedes's plans going forward. Mercedes has been the early leader in the constructors' championship points, an important distinction especially considering the massive regulation changes for the 2014 season:
"Malaysia was a really busy event for the team and we have a test coming up straight after this weekend's race, so it would be great to give the crew another good result to head home with after a long road trip. We know it's going to be tough to maintain our current form, particularly at a circuit where every team has had so much running time over the winter, but I'll be pushing hard to keep those results coming."
NBC released the TV schedule for the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix. Coverage over the weekend will be broadcast across two of its properties -- NBCSN and CNBC, according to the schedule below. Live broadcasts are marked with an *:
Friday, April 4:
*11:00 a.m. Eastern -- Practice 2, NBCSN -- LIVE.
*12:30 p.m. Eastern -- F1 Extra, NBCSN -- LIVE.
5:00 p.m. Eastern -- F1 Extra, NBCSN -- Rebroadcast.
Saturday, April 5:
*11:00 a.m. Eastern -- Qualifying, CNBC -- LIVE.
12:30 p.m. Eastern -- Qualifying, NBCSN -- Re-broadcast.
Sunday, April 6:
*10:30 a.m. Eastern -- Bahrain Grand Prix, NBCSN -- LIVE RACE
The Bahrain Grand Prix is the third race in the 2014 season. Leading the drivers' championship so far is Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg with 43 points; second is his team-mate Lewis Hamilton with 25 points; third is Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with 24 points.
In the constructors' championship, Mercedes is leading so far with 68 points; McLaren is second with 43; and Ferrari is third at 30 points.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Connie Ann Kirk, Ph.D. has been credentialed by the FIA to write about Formula 1. She is working on a book about racers and racing. See her blog, Motor Sport Muse.


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College Hockey:Pioneers Sweep Seawolves
Ruegsegger's Five Points Spark Pioneers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The powers that be at USA Hockey must be happy after the last two Saturday games by the No. 4 Denver Pioneers.
Pioneers' Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani were named to the U.S. National Junior Team. Last week, Rakhshani scored a hat trick to lead the Pioneers past St. Cloud State. Tonight, Ruegsegger had a career high five-point night and Brock Trotter and Tyler Bozak each scored two goals as the Pioneers crushed the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 6-2, getting their third WCHA series road sweep of the season. The win moved the Pioneers into a first place tie in the WCHA.
The Pioneers spotted the Seawolves a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes of the first period. Jared Tuton pushed in a rebound at 3:30 and Kevin Clark scored moments later at 4:46.
Trailing 2-0 going into the second, the Pioneers stormed back with four goals. Ostrow got the Pioneers on the board at 4:09. Tyler Bozak buried a pretty Ruegsegger feed at 7:11 and Trotter gave the Pioneers the lead, scoring the last two goals of the period at 9:26 and 12:32.
Denver put the game out of reach with two additional goals in the final period. Ostrow tallied his second goal, shorthanded, at 1:57 after Ruegsegger stole the puck from Olthuis. Ruegsegger completed his five-point night with a breakaway empty-net goal at 6:53. UAA outshot DU, 27-21, in the contest.
The Pioneers return to action at the 16th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup on Dec. 28-29, playing Sacred Heart the first night. Dartmouth and Northern Michigan are also in the tournament.
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Jan. 13, 2013
TUCSON, Ariz. -
Six players scored in double digits to fuel Arizona women's basketball (10-5, 2-2) past Oregon (2-14, 0-4), 100-68 on Sunday afternoon at McKale Center.
Junior Layana White (Lancaster, Calif.) had 16 points, freshman Carissa Crutchfield (Ft. Gibson, Okla.) added 13 each and freshman Nyre Harris (Stockton, Calif.) scored 10.
Crutchfield also dished out a career-high 11 assists for her first double-double of the season.
As a team, Arizona scored its highest point total of the season with 100 points, making it the first time the Wildcats reached 100 points since Dec. 31, 2010.
UA forced 26 Oregon turnovers and held the Ducks to only nine assists, while only committing 10 turnovers of its own.
"There was a ton of urgency coming into the game," Arizona head coach Niya Butts said. "We know that we are capable of doing anything and we also know that anything can happen. You can start winning a couple games but then you can go on a three game losing streak. They know what we want to do as a team and in order for that to happen, we needed to protect home court."
In the first half, Arizona shot 58 percent from the three-point line, including 4-of-4 from White. The Wildcats took an 8-7 lead, turned it into a 20-point lead and went into the locker rooms up, 55-34. White scored 14 points, while Gloyd scored 12 and grabbed seven rebounds.
Oregon fought back in the second half, but Arizona was able to maintain its lead and went on a 7-0 run to stretch its lead to, 76-49. The Wildcats did not let up and finished the game, 100-68.
Jillian Alleyne led the Ducks with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Arizona will hit the road again next weekend to take on Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jan. 18 and Colorado in Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, Jan. 20.
For complete results and continued coverage of Arizona women's basketball, visit ArizonaWildcats.com or follow @ArizonaWBBall on Twitter.
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"Shereen stepped up for us. She gave us seven solid minutes which was huge. She has come a long way since the year started. I couldn't be happier with her effort."
On the sense of urgency coming into the game:
"There was a ton of urgency coming into the game. We know that we are capable of doing anything and we also know that anything can happen. You can start winning a couple games but then you can go on a three game losing streak. They know what we want to do as a team and in order for that to happen, we need to protect home court."
On Layana White:
"Sometimes the basketball gods are on your side and today they were. She definitely sparked us in the first half. Shooting is a confidence thing and she had it today."
On Alli Gloyd:
"She was very aggressive today. She has gotten her shot blocked a lot this season and we are working on getting her to give a shot fake more. Every time she did today she got to the line and made her free throws. Every time she didn't give a shot fake, it got blocked. Maybe now she understands where we are coming from."
Senior guard Davellyn Whyte
On difference between today and Friday:
"The energy level was there. We knew our scouting down to a tee. The tempo they played went in our favor. They played zone and we hit our shots."
On building off momentum:
"I think the feeling that we had today is a lot better than the one we had on Friday. We'll take this into practice ready to work and we're right back in it at 2-2 now."
On Layana White:
"We were all encouraging her to shoot it and today she connected."
On scoring 100:
"With the style of play, you're always going to score a lot. We like the fast tempo. The bigs were scoring inside and the guards were hitting shots outside so I figured we might get [100 points] at the first media timeout.
On distributing the ball
"I know that teams are going to scout me. With Layana on the wing hitting all of those shots it was easy for me to find her with all eyes looking at me. It was easy to find my bigs and guards."
On Keyahndra Cannon:
"Keyahndra hits jump shots in practice, so we all knew she could do it. Being able to hit those shots in the game helped her confidence. We were all hitting shots, so Carissa [Crutchfield] was able to get assists."
On urgency for win:
"It was definitely what we wanted. It was a good win for us to defend home court."
On performance:
"Over the past couple of games I've struggled, but I came out aggressive and matched their energy."
Layana White
On performance:
"I was just confident. Now I just need to stay confident."
On urgency for win:
"After the loss [on Friday], I feel like we needed more energy and I think that's what we brought today."


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It was a cold, rainy day this past Wednesday when a small puppy was lying injured on the side of Carl Turk Rd, Livingston, AL, having been struck by a car. Local teacher, Valerie Burns, received a call from one of the people standing around the trembling puppy, saying, "We need to find someone to come shoot this pup and put her out of her misery."
One of Burn's students had happened to stop as well. She had advised the group of people standing around to call Burns for help, not to find someone to shoot the poor pup. Fortunately, Burns had no intention of helping find someone to shoot the injured pup, and offered to come right away and get her.
"When I arrived," said Burns, "I found a 14 week old, 10-15 pound puppy curled up in a ball and shivering on the side of the road. It's right rear leg was obviously broken. But as I approached the dog, she raised her head and looked me in the eye. I could tell that she was fine other than the broken leg because she had some spunk in her eyes. I let her sniff and lick my hand. The people were still standing around trying to find someone to come "take care of the dog", so I picked her up in a fleece jacket I keep in my trunk for emergencies like this. The little dog didn't make a sound. She let me move her, and I drove off with her in my lap all the way to the vet."
Livingston Animal Clinic veterinarians diagnosed a fracture just below the joint, treated the leg and administered all necessary shots, deworming and "fixed her up".
Burns said that "Carlie", the name bestowed on the pup, was now in the loving care of the very student who had stopped that day. " She will no longer be a cold, shivering stray on a county road in rural west Alabama. She has a warm bed and good care until we can find her the forever home she deserves."
Sumter County provides no county animal shelter. The Livingston Animal Clinic takes in county dogs, informally, and holds them for seven days as a rule, unless injured or sick. Individuals like Valerie Burns do their best to rescue, pay for veterinary care and find homes for the countless strays and abandoned dogs in Sumter County.
"It gets overwhelming at times, the need is so great to help - so many." says Burns. "Funds are greatly appreciated. Funds will be used for her spay to pay off the remaining balance so that I can keep pulling dogs off the side of the road before someone shoots them to "put them out of their misery."
If you would like to contribute for "Carlie's" veterinary expense, you may call or mail in to Livingston Animal Clinic, 200 N. Industrial Park Rd, Livingston, AL, 35470,, 205-652-9372 or by Pay Pal account: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Practice, it's been said, makes perfect.
That's why ham radio operators across ARES Region 5 will staff their emergency operation centers (EOCs) on Saturday, August 9, to make sure towns and cities can interact with each other in the event of disaster.
ARES is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, a volunteer organization of hams trained to assist first responders and agencies such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army with communications when needed.
In this post-911 era, ARES is considered part of the state emergency response plan, under the larger umbrella of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security.
To view the official Connecticut disaster management plan, click here.
Today's ARES communicators must be well trained and understand their place in a formalized and structured system, officials say.
Freelancing - though well intentioned - is no longer welcome and considered a liability.
Connecticut has five ARES regions, which exactly match the state emergency management regions.
Region 5 is a mix of small towns in Litchfield and New Haven counties, plus the cities of Torrington, New Milford, Waterbury and Danbury.
Some ARES groups have close relationships with the emergency managers of their cities and towns (Torrington, Winchester and New Milford), while others (Waterbury) have none at all, depending on past practice and local politics.
For this exercise, the main control point will be at the Winchester EOC, while Region 5 North control stations will operate in Goshen and Warren, and Region 5 South control will be in Newtown, Prospect and New Fairfield.
Each EOC will attempt to contact every other EOC on three different radio bands: 144 MHz (two meters); 54 MHz (six meters) and 7 Mhz (40 meters in the shortwave "HF" band.)
This exercise will be one of the first to test new ICOM IC-7000 all-band radios that have been installed in each municipal EOC.


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Dan Marino reflects on losing combined wins record to Brady-Belichick
Two more Dan Marino marks fell by the wayside Sunday, which Miami Dolphins loyalists tend to take personally.
First, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton surpassed the record Marino had shared with Jim Plunkett since 1983 for most touchdown passes by a rookie (now 14) through his first nine games.
Then, much more significantly, the New England Patriots pounded the New York Jets on Sunday night, which meant Marino and Don Shula had to step aside as Tom Brady and Bill Belichick set the new mark for most combined wins (117) by a quarterback-coach pairing.
"I was very fortunate to be with a guy like Coach Shula and that staff," Marino said this morning on WQAM's The Joe Rose Show. "They always gave us an opportunity to be successful, no matter if we were a team that was heading to the Super Bowl or a team just trying to get into the playoffs. Coach Shula was just terrific."
As for losing the coach-QB wins record …
"That's something I always talked about being very proud of," Marino said, "because football, you see this passing, you see all that. It's about throwing touchdowns and getting your team in position to win and winning games, from my position. … Being with Coach Shula and winning [116] games is pretty strong."
Of course, it took Marino and Shula parts of 13 different seasons (1983-95) to set that mark.
"How many years was that with Brady and Belichick?" Marino wondered aloud. "They might have done it a little quicker than we did, but I don't know."
For Brady and Belichick, it all happened in a span of basically 10 seasons (2001-11), with Brady missing all but the first quarter of the first game in 2008. And, painful as it is to admit, the B&B Boys crammed three Super Bowl rings into that span as well.
Marino also sounds more and more resigned to losing his record for most passing yards in a season (5,084), which has stood since 1984.
"It's pretty cool the 5,000-yard thing is still there; it looks like that's going to go away this year too," Marino said. "It's more of a passing league now than it's ever been in the history of the game, so those things are going to happen. … It's fine. A lot of those things actually lasted a pretty long time."
As Rose ribbed his old teammate about gradually ceding his stranglehold on those passing records, a bit of the old Marino fire roared anew.
"Oh, I've got some other ones out there, Joe," Marino said. "There's more than just one [left]."
Yes, but for how much longer?


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Scrabble word: REAM
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Definitions of REAM in dictionaries:
- noun - a large quantity of written matter
- noun - a quantity of paper
- verb - squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
- verb - remove by making a hole or by boring
- verb - enlarge with a reamer
- A quantity of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream, 516 sheets.
- Often reams.
- To form, shape, taper, or enlarge (a hole) with or as if with a reamer.
- To remove (material) by this process.
- To squeeze the juice out of (fruit) with a reamer.
- verb - to enlarge with a reamer
There are 4 letters in REAM: A E M R
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Rowland and Dahlkemper were named to Soccer America's MVP team in 2013 and are returning NSCAA All-Americans. Rowland led the nation in goals against average (0.27) and set a school record with 15 solo shutouts. Dahlkemper was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy and the first-ever UCLA winner of the Honda Award for soccer.
Killion and Mewis both played with the U.S. Women's National Team during the off-season, with Mewis picking up her first two career caps at the Algarve Cup. Killion was a first-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region honoree in 2013 and led the Pac-12 in assists with 12. Mewis tied the school record for assists in a game last season with three vs. USC and led the team in postseason scoring with seven points (1g, 5a).
Additionally, eight UCLA players have made Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 list - No. 2 Dahlkemper, No. 3 Killion, No. 13 Mewis, No. 15 Rowland, No. 47 Darian Jenkins, No. 51 Taylor Smith, No. 87 Ally Courtnall and No. 100 Caprice Dydasco.
UCLA opens the season on Friday, Aug. 22 vs. Maryland at Marshall Field at Drake Stadium. The match will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks at 7 pm PT.


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Cardiac Rehabilitation
Sterling Regional MedCenter's cardiac rehabilitation program helps patients with heart conditions live healthier lives.
Our cardiac rehabilitation specialists tailors individual exercise and diet programs to meet each patient's needs. Our goal is to improve each patient's heart performance through exercise, a healthy diet, stress reduction and education. The cardiac rehabilitation program consists of two phases.
1. Inpatient Program - Phase I
For heart patients, cardiac rehabilitation may begin in the hospital with low level, progressive physical activity. Patient and their families will learn about heart disease and how to manage the patient's care after he or she is discharged from the hospital.
2. Outpatient Program - Phase II
The outpatient program at Sterling Regional MedCenter, overseen by a Medical Director and a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, provides self-monitoring skills and tools for a healthy lifestyle. The patient participates in monitored exercise sessions three times a week for up to 12 weeks. During that time, patients are provided with education on nutrition, exercise and stress management.
For more information on the cardiac rehabilitation program, please call (970) 521-4444.
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April 3, 2012 12:00 AM
" (CBS) Much to the consternation of the Green Bay Packers, defense still matters in the NFL.
As powerful as the offense was last season when the Packers rolled to a 15-1 record, head coach Mike McCarthy suffered as he watched his defense give up big play after big play and touchdown after touchdown.
On the surface, it seemed like the Packers were leading the new NFL. The Packers, the Saints and the Patriots all used a dominant offense and a substandard defense to roll through the regular season. None of those teams won the Super Bowl. The New York Giants played a more well-rounded game and came away with the championship.
Mike McCarthy's goal during the offseason is to improve his defensive personnel and up that unit's competitiveness so that Green Bay becomes a force on defense once again. When you have a stud like Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, the offense is still going to be the main part of the story in 2012, but the defense can't be last in passing yards allowed and total yards allowed again. The Bears are hoping that the Packers don't make any key inroads in that area "
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