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Jerry Palm of CBS Sports updated the projected NCAA tourney bracket on Wednesday. With the conference season winding down, every game will be magnified for the potential number one seeds, as well the bubble teams. This is only a projection and all of these teams are subject to change.
The top four seeds (Florida, Wichita State, Syracuse, Arizona) in the AP poll are still in strong consideration to be the number one seeds. However, it's very likely that another team could replace if any of the top teams slip up.
Wichita State storms to (30-0) in regular season.
The Kansas Jayhawks are projected to be a #2 seed, but they already won the regular season Big 12 title. If they continue on this journey without a loss, their strong schedule could push them up to the top line. The other #2 seeds are (Villanova, Wisconsin, and Cincinnati.) This line should look a lot different once the official NCAA bracket comes out.
Florida Gators #1 in the AP Poll, stay unbeaten in SEC.
Duke is the standout #3 seed, but the rest of the bunch brings a lot to the table as well. In similar fashion to the Blue Devils, Creighton and Iowa State bring a lot of scoring to the table. The other team, San Diego State, has been a stalwart defensively, and they're one of the best rebounding teams in the nation. When it's time to fill out the bracket, these four teams will be looked at as high level sleepers to get to the final four.
The #4 seeds would definitely be highlighted by the two Big 10 teams. The two conference leaders, Michigan and Michigan State would be matched up with potential opponents, Wichita State and Arizona. If those games happened, both Michigan schools could be the favorite. Virginia and St. Louis are the other potential #4 seeds. However, neither of these teams are likely going to be seeded here as well. Virginia hasn't lost since mid January, and they lead the ACC. St. Louis hasn't lost since the first day of December.
Here is the "Treat 16" Power Poll.
Jerry Palm has North Carolina as a #7 seed. At the rate they've been winning games, the Tarheels could be a favorite to win the championship. North Carolina has won nine games in a row, but they have three road games to finish the season. Are they a possible #1 seed?
Other notable teams close to making the cut are Georgetown and Nebraska. Currently, Jerry Palm has them on the outside looking in. To compare, Providence and Minnesota were chosen to be in the first round games hosted by Dayton.
Nebraska has won 8 out of 10 games and the Huskers are definitely trending towards the postseason.
It should be a wild couple of weeks prior to the conference tournaments, but teams will be banking on strong results during championship week.
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation with AustraliaPress Release No. 14/53
February 12, 2014
On February 10, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Australia.
The Australian economy has performed well relative to many other advanced economies since the global financial crisis. However, a transition phase has now been reached as the terms of trade driven mining investment boom of the past decade has peaked and the economy is moving to the production and export phase. Mining-related investment which accounted for almost half of GDP growth in the past couple of years is expected to drop sharply in the near term, and a recovery in non-mining investment will be needed to underpin demand and return the economy's growth rate to trend.
Annual growth has slowed to 2¼ percent in the third quarter of 2013, below the trend growth of around 3 percent. In addition to the slowdown of investment in new mining projects, non-mining investment has been weighed down by excess capacity and an overvalued exchange rate. Consumption growth has been modest and the household savings rate has remained above 10 percent. On the plus side mining exports are growing as new capacity comes on stream and in recent months housing market activity has begun to pick up with building approvals, transactions, and prices increasing. Nevertheless labor market conditions have remained soft and the unemployment rate has risen. Inflation remains anchored in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range.
After several years where house prices have lagged income growth and construction has been weak, the recent revival in housing market activity could contribute to near-term growth and begin to help address persistent structural supply shortages but has also boosted house price inflation. To date overall credit growth has remained moderate with many households continuing to prepay mortgages. Looking forward though, there is a risk that rapid house price growth could give rise to expectations-driven, self-reinforcing demand dynamics and price overshooting, and the authorities would need to be prepared to take preventative actions.
In response to weakening demand the RBA cut its policy interest rate substantially over the last two years. This has begun to support interest-sensitive spending and asset values. With growth currently on the soft side, the real exchange rate still strong and efforts to reduce the budget deficit likely, monetary policy should remain accommodative and act as the primary macroeconomic tool for managing aggregate demand in the near term. The prospects of tighter monetary policy in major advanced economies may help weaken the Australian dollar, a key factor for achieving broader-based growth in the economy.
The budget deficit was reduced from 3 percent of GDP to 1½ percent in 2012/13. The goal of returning the budget to surplus last year was held back by slower-than-projected output growth and weaker commodity prices. Revenue fell short of projections as the lower terms of trade together with the persistently strong Australian dollar reduced nominal GDP and dented corporate profitability. Spending was also somewhat higher than anticipated. The government has announced the broad aim of reaching a fiscal surplus in a few years, and the aim of reaching a 1 percent surplus in a decade. A more detailed framework will be established when the government announces its fiscal strategy in May.
Executive Board Assessment2
Executive Directors commended the authorities for their sound and prudent macroeconomic management which has contributed to a strong economic performance in recent years. Directors noted that the Australian economy rests on solid fundamentals but its near-term outlook remains vulnerable to terms-of-trade shocks and downside risks. Against this background, they agreed that the transition to a growth path along which investment in mining plays a lesser role presents important policy challenges in the period ahead.
Directors considered that the current macroeconomic policy mix is broadly appropriate. With inflation in the target range, growth below trend, and the real exchange rate on the strong side, monetary policy should remain accommodative and act as the primary tool for short term aggregate demand management. Directors also supported the government's aim to return to fiscal surplus without undue prejudice to growth to help rebuild fiscal buffers in the coming years. In this context, they emphasized the usefulness of early decisions on the spending cuts and revenue increases needed to reach the fiscal objectives.
The financial system remains sound and well managed. Furthermore, the intensive and proactive supervisory framework limits the likelihood that house price fluctuations will have an adverse impact on the financial system. Directors observed, however, that banks could be exposed to highly leveraged households and to rollover risks associated with offshore funding needs. Accordingly, they encouraged the authorities to remain vigilant.
Directors emphasized that Australia's floating exchange rate has been an important element of its macroeconomic policy framework and has served the country well by cushioning terms of trade shocks. They took note of the staff's assessment that the exchange rate currently appears to be modestly overvalued in real effective terms.
Directors welcomed the authorities' plans to embark on a comprehensive new round of structural reforms. They concurred that renewed efforts to strengthen competition in labor and product markets as well as to address infrastructure bottlenecks are critical to increase productivity and further diversify the sources of growth.


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Like so many civilization-changing discoveries – penicillin, radioactivity, X-rays and smallpox vaccinations – a new twist on solar energy production, uncovered by Penn State researchers, suggests that in the not-so-distant future, solar energy will be not only more efficient, but more affordable than it is today.
This is saying quite a lot, given the fact that solar photovoltaic (PV) panel prices have dropped precipitously since 2008, thanks to an overabundance of Chinese-manufactured PV panels.
In fact, the drop – about 75 percent, according to the most careful estimates – now accounts for the "thinning the herd" effect seen since 2008, when a number of solar panel manufacturing and installation firms went belly up, among them Solyndra and Evergreen Solar, both U.S. government-backed firms which should, by virtue of their association with the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, been somewhat protected from the meltdown.
More recently, Chinese mega-solar firm Suntech is facing bankruptcy. Together, these events confirm that a leaner but greener solar energy industry will rise from the ashes.
But it ain't over yet. In the wake of these disasters, Forbes – the financial reporter par excellence – predicted last year that another 180 solar panel manufacturers worldwide would bite the dust by 2015, leaving a cleared playing field for the best and brightest. The analysis is from GTM Research, a "green energy" publication from (of course!) Greentech Media.
So how did Penn State escape the cut? We're assuming it is a high level of know-how and the fact that Pennsylvania, the state, operates a program which models itself on the U.S. State Energy Program (SEP), and perhaps derives support from the government as well. In fact, the Pa. Office of Pollution Prevention and Energy Assistance (OPPEA), is the go-to agency for evaluating and siting cutting-edge energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies intended to address environmental problems.
But it's probably more than mere know-how. Penn State was one of the first to offer a Master of Professional Studies in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems degree. Big name, simple premise: let's make sure that the people in charge of the "clean and green" marketplace in Pennsylvania and the U.S. know whereof they speak. Because nothing leads to failure quicker than the first starter out of the gate who doesn't know where he, or she, is going. In fact, clean energy technologies followed a path very similar to Silicon Valley, where a boom-and-bust scenario in the late 1980s saw high-tech firms opened and closed, sometimes in the same week.
But back to Penn State, where materials and engineering scientists from a number of entities cooperated to discover the breakthrough, which will benefit both solar PV energy and optoelectronics – i.e., light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, fiber optic communications, electric eyes, remote sensors, and some medical diagnostic techniques like endoscopic surgery.
The discovery involves plasmonics (plasma/optic field oscillations in electron fields compressed into miniscule "wires"), a field that many scientists believe may lead to ultra-high-speed computing and a revolution in medical therapies.
The science is overwhelming to my tiny brain, but women all over the world will be heartened to know that a woman, Dawn Bonnell, the vice provost (i.e., vice president, vice chancellor, etc.) for research, led the integrated team from two universities to success.
Moreover, the discovery isn't "new-new". Bonnell published a paper in 2010 detailing initial work into plasmonic nanostructures. However, it wasn't until this September that scientists were able to confirm their theory that electrons gathered from the plasmonic structures were responsible for the amplified photo-receptivity.
Based on those observations, which saw efficiency increases of from three to 10 percent even before tweaking the system, Bonnell said that she could "envision huge increases in efficiency".
My question? Perhaps it's sour grapes, but what happened to the theoretical Shockley-Queisser limit on solar PV efficiency? I mean, come on, why make a rule if it's only going to be broken?
Well, there's this research, based on nanowire prototypes. And then there's Robert Browning, a 19th Century poet who said: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?"
Lacking the science, I am forced to go with the poet.


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dear diary,
i know it's been like sooooo totally such a long time & i'm totally sorry & stuff, but like it's been so completely craaaaaaazzzzy busy for, like, freaking EVERRRR!!!! everyone's been completely wondering what's going on with Donny & i & guess what??? he's still totally my boyfriend & stuff, which is totally cool, because i {HEART} him!!!!
anyway, so like last sunday Donny came over to, like, see me see me here, which was like kind of a drag because of my roommate & stuff but it turned out total grooviliciousness because she was completely out getting her eyebrows threaded. anyway, i was like getting ready to see him & like realized that he totally had all the good sex toys up at his house.
i know!!!! like totally all of them!!! he had the Njoy buttplug & the Njoy wand & the big thick dildo & it's not like he uses them on anyone (((at least i don't think he uses them on himself but he has been going through lube like really quickly))) & it's more that i just totally forgot them there (like about 4 pairs of panties)
so i knew he was coming & like i totally wanted to get ready for him & so i went into the corner of my closet on top of the cubes in the little pink bag where i keep all my toys & like totally found my smartballs, which i haven't used in like forever. so i washed them off and stuffed them up my pussy with a little bit of this totally weird KY lube i found lying around
((it's like sample size & warms when you rub it, which i totally don't get. i mean the only thing i ever use lube with is big toys and anal & like who needs a hot ass??? totally not me….but anyway i think my roommate got it somewhere and brought it home, which is totally "ironic" because she's a virgin & stuff))
anyway, he came in & pushed me down on the bed &was all like, "do you want brunch and then sex or sex and then brunch?" & i was like, let's have sex and then brunch because then we'll be all hungry & stuff & plus we always enjoy food more when we have sex first ((which is true but we tend to completely over order))
so like he was all like, "i really want to lick your pussy." lately he's gotten really so into licking me, which is totally cool because it feels totally greathott & so i was like, OK.
& so Donny pushed my skirt up around my waist & took off my panties & made me scooch really close like thisclose to the edge of the bed & so he could kneel down with me hanging of the side of the bed. then he started licking my pussy with my toy in me & it felt really cool, especially because i had to loop my legs around his shoulders because they were totally off the bed
he really was going to town with his tongue, licking & slurping & snurfling down there & making all these totally wet smacky noises with his lips against my clit and pussy lips & sometimes i could even hear the tink! tink! of his teeth against my clit ring, which is totally hott if you have a pussy piercing & even if you don't
it felt totally hott…all superswell gooshy wet & like greathott puddles of pinkwet pleasure were raining out from the inside of me & like everytime i moved my hips toward Donny's mouth & tongue i could feel the toy moving just a little bit—knock! knock! knocking inside me against my pink sugarwet walls
it felt totally greathott
& then Donny pushed me back on the bed (i guess he got tired of being on his knees & he was like, "you left this great big puddle!" & then he was like "Wow!" so i looked & he was right!!!
i left this gigandenourmous wetspot & i didn't even come yet! it was the size of a big dinner plate like what they give you at really nice restaurants. but i didn't spend very much time looking at my gigandenourmous wetspot because Donny had his face between my legs again & was licking licking licking away, slurping and tink! tink! tinking! & it felt sooooooooo amazing, like my whole inside was melting all rainforest together
& so i started to contract & release my pussy muscles with his licking & my rocking & i was so totally fucking his face!!! ((like that girl i fucked when Donny was out of town at the wedding that time & then later i called him, like after the wedding & we so totally had phone sex about me fucking her)) & then i started to press down toward Donny's mouth with my pussy
it was like everything he did i pressed away from & i wouldn't let myself contract in & had to fight it like a sea anemone & with every time i didn't let my pussy pucker in it felt so totally wetpink hot & i just totally concentrated on spooshing (& like i totally know that's not a word but it still seems like the right one) out with my pussy right in Donny's face, right on his tongue, right into his mouth
& then like i started to come & this total crimson ripple rushed out of my body like fluid light & it went on and on & like i was surfing this crimson crest over and over until my body just had to stop. it was so totally superswell wetpinkhott!!!
Donny was like, "you totally squirted in my mouth. I feel it & I could taste something different. You tasted different."
OH! i said, was it gross?
"No," he said like totally still between my legs & still totally lapping at my pussy. Isn't that so completely awesome?!!!! Don't you just totally {HEART} him?!!!!
i know!!! i like so totally squirted in his mouth!!!
& then there were 2 gigandenormous wetspots on my bed. & then Donny totally fucked me doggystyle & came all over my back & then i flipped over to hug him & so there were 3!!!
It was totally greathott!!! & superwettttspotttty!!!
anyway, until next time, dear diary!!! kissykiss!!!
chelsea girl
I wanted to apologize for not responding to my comments as I ordinarily do. My WiFi has been completely effed up, and it's all I can do to make a connection and get my e-mail. I appreciate everything you all have to say--especially when you correct me on my spelling.
Because, as we all know, good grammar and perfect spelling are hott.
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First jeff Ireland thought Henne would still work at QB. Then Mile Dee told us no one has given up on Henne.
Now Dan Marino has gone on record as saying that he thinks Henne is a good QB and will ultimately succeed in the NFL.
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In a typical unimproved bend (without Bendway Weirs), surface water currents tend to move from the inside of the bend toward the outside, concentrating flow and increasing velocities along the outer bank of the bend. These higher velocities can lead to increased bank erosion.
With the use of Bendway Weirs, water flowing over the weir is redirected at an angle perpendicular to the axis of the weir. The stream's strong secondary currents in the bend are broken up.
With the weirs angled upstream, flow is directed away from the outer bank of the bend and toward the point bar (inner part of the bend). This redirection of flow not only occurs at stages slightly higher than the weir crest but at all higher stages. Emergent weirs act as spur dikes.


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BELLVIEW, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities have charged three people after a mentally disabled woman was found handcuffed, bleeding and chained to a sandwich-style billboard in her family's backyard in Bellview which is a Pensacola suburb..
Pensacola area deputies call the incident one of the most brutal cases of abuse they have ever encountered.
Neighbors called 911 early Saturday. A deputy who arrived at the home heard someone crying in the backyard and found the 21-year-old disabled woman bound with pink fur-covered handcuffs and bleeding from the mouth. She was also wearing two large wooden signs around her neck with two metal chains.
The woman's mother, stepfather and a family friend have been charged with aggravated abuse of a disabled adult. The disabled woman and three young boys have been removed from the home.


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IN MEMORY OF Kathryn Ann Brunk
September 11, 2013
Kathryn Ann Brunk
Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fulda, MN at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2013 with Rev. Shawn Ethridge officiating.
1946 - Kathryn Ann Brunk - 2013
Kathryn "Kathi" Brunk, the daughter of Lorraine and Carroll (Shaw) Olson, was born on September 28, 1946 in Slayton, Minnesota. She grew up in Avoca, Minnesota until 1949 when her family moved to Hickory Ridge, Arkansas. In 1955 they returned to the Avoca area and Kathi graduated from the Slayton High School in 1964. She was united in marriage to Richard Brunk on October 4, 1964 at Faith Lutheran Church in Avoca. After their marriage they lived in the Fulda, Minnesota and Dundee, Minnesota area, except when wintering in Arizona. Kathi passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at her home in Dundee at the age of 66. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Fulda. She also belonged to the Dundee Birthday Club. Kathi enjoyed spending time with her family and being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She also liked to can and freeze vegetables from her garden and bake pies and other goodies. Kathi always enjoyed going on bus rides to Deadwood, South Dakota and traveling to Arizona and other various places.
Survivors include her husband Rich Brunk, Dundee, MN; three children: Lori West, Fulda, MN, David (Elizabeth) Brunk, Okabena, MN and Darren (Phyllis) Brunk, Worthington, MN; 11 grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; four sisters: Sandy Olson, Oakdale, MN, Barb (Gary) Jacobson, Apple Valley, MN, Jan Evans, Burnsville, MN and Terry (Dick) Mahon, Lake Wilson, MN and two brothers: Keith (Marsha) Olson, Tall Timbers, MD and Brian Olson, St. Francis, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents and son-in-law Mitchell West.
Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fulda, MN at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2013 with Rev. Shawn Ethridge officiating. The organist was Loretta Gehl. Special Music provided by A.W. Koopman and Margaret Yackel-Juleen and Rachel Wrenn. The honorary pallbearers were Mandy West, Tony West, Sara West, Abby West, Stephen Brunk, Tyler Brunk and Katilyn Brunk. Interment will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery rural Avoca, MN. Sign guestbook online at www.totzkefuneralhome.com.
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Forecast discussion: As we head into the last days of August, we are beginning to see the tug of war between two seasons. For the first half of the holiday weekend, it will have an autumn feel. But, as we move into the second half of the weekend, it will begin to feel more like summer.
Right now, it feels quite comfortable, as the humidity remains quite low. A cold front that passed through last night brought northwest winds this afternoon, and the mixing of the cooler air with the warmer air over us created those strong breezes Thursday afternoon. East-southeast winds will help bring cooler temperatures on Friday, with highs only in the middle 70's.
It will remain cool on Saturday, as we keep low humidity. However, as the high pressure center moves off to the east, our winds will shift to the south-southwest, helping to increase our humidity. We will feel the muggy weather on Sunday, as our temperatures climb into the middle 80's. Also, there is the risk of seeing an isolated shower or thunderstorm, as a cold front inches towards New England.
For Labor Day, it will look like the worst day of the weekend. I am expecting mostly cloudy skies, but I am not expecting a washout. However, there will be scattered showers and a possible thunderstorm throughout the day. Temperatures will remain mild, with highs in the lower 80's. The front will finally pass through on Tuesday, but there is a slight risk for showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
It appears the computer models continue to disagree on the long range weather forecast. The American model continues to keep the front stalled, allowing for more scattered showers and thunderstorms into Wednesday. But, the European model moves the front out to sea, allowing for a new high pressure center to take over the eastern U.S. At this time, I am not agreeing with the American model. It has been more consistent in its forecast, but the weather factors do not add up. There is no blocking pattern over Greenland right now that would allow the front to remain stationary. So, I will give us dry weather for Wednesday but keeping some moisture in our atmosphere. This would mean some limited sunshine, with the high moving over New England on Thursday. This will give us mostly sunny skies going into the following weekend.
Finally, please be careful if you are heading to any beaches this weekend. The High Surf Advisory remains in effect, due to the high surf created by Cristobal. The advisory was extended into Friday night, although the risk for rip currents will lower to moderate. Seas and swells will continue to slowly decay through the weekend, making it safer to enjoy the waters by Saturday.
72 hour forecast:
Tonight: Partly cloudy and cool with a low of 57.
Friday: Mostly sunny and cooler with a high of 75. Winds will shift to the east-southeast at 8-11 mph.
McCoy Stadium Forecast (7:05 p.m. vs. Syracuse): Partly cloudy, 68.
Friday night: Partly cloudy with a low of 58. Winds will come from the south-southeast at 3-6 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high of 76.
Saturday night: Partly cloudy with increasing clouds by dawn and a low of 64.
Sunday: Partly sunny with isolated showers or thunderstorms by the mid-afternoon. We will have a high of 85.
Sunday night: Cloudy with scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm. We will see a low of 68.
Extended Forecast:
Labor Day: Cloudy with scattered showers and a possible thunderstorm. Highs 80-83, lows 65-68.
Tuesday: Partly sunny with possible afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 81-84, lows 63-66.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs 79-82, lows 61-64.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs 78-81, lows 63-66.


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Archive for November 2010
Applying for a Job at a Small Teaching-oriented Undergraduate Institution
As a newly minted PhD in mathematics, you probably enjoy doing mathematics. For many people this means traditional scholarship and publication. But another natural consequence of loving your discipline is the desire to tell others about it. For some of us, this takes the form of teaching at schools that focus on educating undergraduates. It's appealing to share the beauty of the subject with talented students who are experiencing it for the first time, and maybe turn some of them on to mathematics.
This article is directed to recent PhDs who are looking for positions at undergraduate-focused schools; it is based on my 17 years of experience in helping select and interview candidates for faculty positions at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. One important thing I've observed is that the kind of application that will get you a position at a tier-one research school might not get you in the door at a school that focuses on undergraduates. In a short article, I can't tell you everything you might need to know, but I can highlight the salient differences between jobs of this type and more research-oriented positions, and ways in which your application should reflect this.
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SIAM Chapter Notes
In recent years, as Jim Crowley reports in the accompanying article, newly formed SIAM sections have been located exclusively outside North America. The much more numerous student chapters, by contrast, continue to crop up worldwide, although 9 of the total of 83 active chapters are outside North America.
Brief reports from a few of the nine:
The Colombia chapter at Universidad Nacional de Colombia actually preceded the new SIAM section in Colombia; Gerard Olivar Tost, leader of the effort to form the section, is the faculty adviser.
Representing the Edinburgh chapter (Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh) at the student breakfast in Pittsburgh during this year's SIAM Annual Meeting, chapter vice president Bubacarr Bah (pictured) described the group's inaugural conference, where student talks were interspersed with talks by high-profile speakers from the UK. Bah gave talks both at the student conference ("Random Matrix Theory in Compressed Sensing") and, as a recipient of a SIAM Student Paper Prize, at the SIAM meeting ("Improved Restricted Isometry Bounds for Gaussian Matrices," with co-author Jared Tanner, a faculty adviser of the chapter).
In a piece titled "Expand Your Professional-skills Training," Science magazine offered online career advice to young professionals, identifying the SIAM chapter at Oxford University as an example of "progams that foster initiative."
Interviewed for the piece, chapter president Hermes Gadelha, a doctoral student in mathematical biology, described the group's fund-raising efforts. In approaching prospective industrial sponsors, he said, the students have learned to emphasize benefits to the sponsors, including opportunities to gain exposure and be linked to the university. Mainly, he pointed out, sponsors are looking for "the chance to recruit students." The students' insights paid off: They recently secured more than $6000 from industry, supplementing contributions from the Mathematical Institute at Oxford and from SIAM.
Gadelha, who plans on an academic career, said that "the chapter is important for my research connections." As a result of his experience in managing chapter activities, he concluded, he felt "much more prepared for an interview for a job."
Finally, as predicted by David Keyes, KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia, is the home of a (brand new) SIAM chapter.
Computer Predictions with Quantified Uncertainty, Part I
Recently, a fresh look at how computer predictions are made has combined with several old philosophical ideas to bring about a revolution in computational science. The resulting panorama of formidable new challenges and research opportunities have to do with what computer models were always intended to do: make predictions of physical reality. Today, however, the phenomena and processes we ask computer models to predict are of enormous importance to critical decisions that affect our welfare and security—concerning, for example, climate change, the performance of energy and defense systems, the biology of diseases, and the outcome of medical procedures. With such high stakes, we must insist that the predictions include concrete, quantifiable measures of uncertainty. In other words, we must know how good the predictions are. The term "predictive simulation" has thus taken on a special meaning: the systematic treatment of model and data uncertainties and their propagation through a computational model to produce predictions of quantities of interest with quantified uncertainty.
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Materials Science: Epitaxial Thin Film Growth
By Jim W. Evans
Thin film deposition on semiconductor surfaces underlies microelectronics fabrication technologies. Indeed, it was the promise of the solid-state electronics revolution in the early 1950s that in large part drove the development of modern ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) surface science in the 60s and 70s. Offering additional motivation was the potential of modern surface science to provide a fundamental understanding of catalytic processes on metal surfaces and films. These developments not only enabled the study of surfaces and thin films in well-controlled contaminant-free environments, but also led to a host of experimental probes, including surface-sensitive diffraction for characterizing thin film morphologies in reciprocal space. The 1980s saw additional dramatic advances, with the development of high-resolution scanning probe and electron microscopes capable of providing real-space images of film morphologies down to the nanometer or even atomic scale (for scanning tunneling microscopy).
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Communication and its Possibilities
Communicating Science: Professional, Popular, Literary. By Nicholas Russell, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2010, 348 pages, $99.00 (hardcover), $31.99 (paperback).
A writer of whatever sort produces a piece of text. Who are the target readers? The writer may have some group in mind: family members, people madly in love with the sport of curling, dinosaur buffs, or even the entire "literate public." Then again, with no specific target in mind, the writer may simply be responding to an inner itch to write.
How will the text be aired or made public? As a Letter to the Editor, as a reprint in the famous Everyman's Library, as an article in the International Journal of Entropographics? The writer may post it on the Internet, a medium considered the modern Forum Romanum by some, the Black Hole of Communication by others.
What can the writer do to ensure that the targeted readers will understand what he/she has written? Oversimplify? Painfully spell out the major lines of the argument? Resort to the coded and specialized vocabulary of the targeted group? Provide a plentiful accompaniment of interactive pictorial possibilities? Include an interview of an entropographical maven by a journalist? While the problems of communication may be multiple, they have been no bar to verbosity. Cisco estimates Internet traffic for 2009 at 14 × 1018 bits/month.
Paralleling the sensible, useful, and famous Elements of Style of William Strunk and E.B. White, Nicholas Russell, emeritus reader in science communication at Imperial College London, gives us Seven Commandments, seven "thou shalt nots" to be followed by authors wishing to produce easy scientific reading: Thou shalt not use or create (1) interlocking definitions, (2) technical taxonomies, (3) special expressions, (4) lexical density, (5) syntactic ambiguity, (6) grammatical metaphors, or (7) semantic discontinuity. Because I had only a vague idea of what these expressions mean, I appreciated Russell's singling them out for detailed elaboration accompanied by examples.
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Barry A. Cipra
From climate modeling to materials science, many of the modern applications of mathematics share an analytic challenge that goes back decades, if not centuries: the need to parlay finite data sets into continuous functions with some semblance of smoothness. Atmospheric pressure, for example, needs at least one derivative to fit sensibly into the Navier–Stokes equations. How best to do this—and, in some settings, whether it can be done at all—has been a long-running question. But as Charles Fefferman of Princeton University explained in an invited presentation at this year's SIAM Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, there is now a firm theoretical basis for best-possible practice in smooth interpolation. There's only one catch: The theory, for now, produces algorithms that are wildly impractical.
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Painlevé Project Seeks Contributors
In recent years the Painlevé equations, particularly the six Painlevé transcendents PI, . . . , PVI, have emerged as the core of modern special function theory. Much as the classic special functions of the 18th and 19th centuries—such as the Bessel functions, the Airy function, the Legendre functions, the hypergeometric functions–were recognized and developed in response to problems of the day in electromagnetism, acoustics, hydrodynamics, elasticity and many other areas, the new Painlevé functions started to appear in applications around the middle of the 20th century, as science and engineering continued to expand in new directions. The list of problems now known to be described by the Painlevé equations is large, varied, and rapidly expanding. At one end is the scattering of neutrons off heavy nuclei and at the other, the statistics of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line Re (z) = 1/2. And in between, amongst many others, are random matrix theory, the asymptotic theory of orthogonal polynomials, self-similar solutions of integrable equations, such combinatorial problems as Ulam's longest increasing subsequence problem, tiling problems, multivariate statistics in the important asymptotic regime in which the number of variables and the number of samples are comparable and large, and random growth problems.
Over the years, the properties of the classic special functions–algebraic, analytical, asymptotic, and numerical–have been organized and tabulated in various handbooks, such as the Bateman Project and the National Bureau of Standards Handbook of Mathematical Functions, edited by Abramowitz and Stegun. What is needed now is a comparable organization and tabulation of those properties for the Painlevé functions. We invite interested parties in the scientific community at large to help in the development of such a "Painlevé project."
Although the Painlevé equations are non-linear, much is already known about their solutions (known collectively as "Painlevé functions"), particularly their algebraic, analytical, and asymptotic properties. This is so because the equations are integrable, in the sense that they have a Lax pair and also a Riemann–Hilbert representation from which the asymptotic behavior of the solutions can be inferred using the nonlinear steepest-descent method. The numerical analysis of the equations is less developed and presents novel challenges: In particular, in contrast to the classic special functions, where the linearity of the equations greatly simplifies the situation, each problem for the nonlinear Painlevé equations arises essentially anew.
As a first step in the Painlevé Project, we have established an e-site, maintained at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to which interested readers are invited to send: (1) pointers to new work on the theory of the Painlevé equations–algebraic, analytical, asymptotic, or numerical; (2) pointers to new applications of the Painlevé equations; (3) suggestions for possible new applications of the Painlevé equations; and (4) requests for specific information about the Painlevé equations.
The e-site will work as follows: (1) You must be a "subscriber" to post messages to the e-site. To become a subscriber, send e-mail to email@example.com. (2) To post a message after becoming a subscriber, send e-mail to email@example.com. The message will be forwarded to every subscriber. (3) The complete archive of posted messages can be found at http://cio.nist.gov/esd/emaildir/lists/painleveproject/threads.html. Access to this archive is not limited to subscribers. (4) For the complete list of subscribers, see http://cio.nist.gov/esd/emaildir/lists/painleveproject/subscribers.html. Again, the list can be viewed by anyone.
Depending on the response to this appeal, we plan to set up a wiki for the Painlevé equations and, ultimately, a comprehensive handbook along the lines of the hyperlinked version (http://dlmf.nist.gov) of the new NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, edited by Olver, Lozier, Boisvert, and Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. Incidentally, this work contains, for the first time, a chapter on the Painlevé equations.—F. Bornemann, P. Clarkson, P. Deift, A. Edelman, A. Its, and D. Lozier.
SIAM Growth Area: International Activities
Talk of the Society
James Crowley
SIAM has a rich tradition of regional sections, reaching all the way back to the years immediately after its founding. While the sections in the early years tended to be fairly local, those created more recently have been outside North America. It is in this new tradition that the Board of Trustees, at its July 2010 meeting, approved the creation of a new SIAM section in Colombia. The second SIAM section in South America, it complements the active section created in Argentina in 2006. Quiz question: What was SIAM's first international section? (The Colombia section plans to conduct regular regional conferences within the country. SIAM welcomes its newest section and thanks Gerard Olivar Tost for his efforts in organizing it!
The trend toward increasing numbers of sections outside North America demonstrates the globalization of applied mathematics research. Of course, research in applied mathematics was never confined to North America—many countries around the world, especially Japan and western European countries—have long-established programs in applied and computational mathematics. But in recent years we have seen worldwide growth in research in our discipline. One interesting bit of evidence can be found in the changing distribution of papers in SIAM journals by country or region (classified by corresponding author).
In 1999, the U.S. accounted for about 44% of all SIAM journal papers. While the number of papers from the U.S. grew in the course of the subsequent decade, the percentage fell to 33% in 2009. (These figures do not include TVP, the Russian applied probability journal we publish in translation, or SIAM Review.) During the same period, the percentage of papers from western Europe increased, from 35% to 42%. Other countries, most notably China, while still relatively small in terms of total numbers of SIAM journal papers, show tremendous growth rates and will undoubtedly become major contributors in future years.
SIAM conferences haven't been left out of this trend toward globalization. A glance at the SIAM conference calendar reveals that our activity groups increasingly opt to hold conferences outside North America. The major international conference in our discipline, of course, is the quadrennial International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics; the next one will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 18-22, 2011. The program is taking shape, and we encourage the community to participate. (Keep in mind that in favor of ICIAM, we will not have a SIAM Annual Meeting in 2011. On a sad note, I mention the recent death of Jerry Marsden, co-chair (with Ivar Ekeland) of the ICIAM 2011 Scientific Program Committee. His unflagging efforts, along with those of Ekeland and the rest of the committee, have produced an outstanding scientific program.
I draw your attention to one further item from the July meetings of the SIAM Council and Board: The governing bodies approved the creation of a new activity group in uncertainty quantification, or UQ. The group is now in the process of putting together documents describing how it will operate. Briefly, the intention is that activities of SIAG/UQ will complement those of the American Statistical Association and will bring together computational scientists, modelers, and statisticians interested in UQ. SAMSI, the NSF-sponsored Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, also plans a program in this area in 2011. Readers interested in the subject will want to read the insightful article on UQ, V and V, and prediction science in general by Tinsley Oden, Robert Moser, and Omar Ghattas in this issue.
One final item: The Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications has initiated a study, "Math 2025," in preparation for a report on research opportunities and trends in the mathematical sciences that could prove influential for those making decisions about our field.
Answer to quiz question: The first international section of SIAM, formed in 1974, was the now-inactive Pacific Northwest Section, which included two Canadian provinces—Alberta and British Columbia—along with the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. In recent years, all the new SIAM sections have been located outside the U.S., beginning with the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland SIAM Section, which was followed by the East Asia Section and, most recently, the Bulgaria Section and the South American sections in Argentina and Colombia.
Career Clarification
The statement "As a rule, you must be a U.S. citizen to work at a national lab" ("A Career in the Math Sciences at a National Lab," SIAM News, October 2010, ) merits some clarification. Foreign nationals interested in jobs at national labs should be aware that some Department of Energy labs (e.g., Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia) require U.S. citizenship. Many other DOE labs—including Argonne, Oak Ridge, Berkeley, Pacific Northwest, Brookhaven, and Idaho—do not. As suggested in the article, readers interested in opportunities at any lab should check that lab's requirements.


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Athletic Trainer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the past four years, home values have fallen as fast and as hard as Tiger Woods. Government officials are spending too much money (or is it too little?), and yet our economy hasn't budged. Jobs seem as scarce as an L.A. Clipper's post-season visit (Thank You Chris Paul). All of this should sound familiar, and if it does, should we as Sports Medicine professionals be concerned?
In a world where everyone is looking at increasing revenue or decreasing expenses, where do athletic trainers fit? In the traditional Sports Medicine setting, can we accomplish either without creating too much strain on an already overtaxed resource?
Can Sports Medicine Departments sustain the current economic environment without adapting or proving their worth, an environment where the all mighty dollar speaks very loudly? Athletic trainers traditionally bring in NO money for its employer, while draining their bottom line. It's time to re-evaluate that model: demonstrate your value!
Investigate implementing a Medical Model of health care at your setting. Bring in the college's student-health center or your University's hospital and place the athletic trainer in a clinical health care structure versus an athletic structure. The potential benefits include:
Collect Injury Data anyway you can:
Let me tell you how powerful those numbers look when you present the data set to the administration, coaches, and health center. These figures allow you to more adequately defend your time. For example, you are given a new project to conduct, without new allocation of funding or human resources to support it. Explain to administration based off of your current volume (objective data) what you can't get to because of the new request. Explain to a coach that "Sarah" will need to complete her rehab off-campus at a PT facility do to your new project. Could you get release time to finish the project? Could you get Per Diem money allocated to your department to complete this task? You won't know unless you can support your rationale and then ask.
Find ways to bring money into your institution:
Focus on looking at alumni outreach/support for fundraising. College and University revenue is hugely impacted by alumni gifts. This form of generating money is so large for these entities that they employ substantial departments to bring in alumni donations. Tap former patients to contribute to the Athletic Department, Health Center, or the Sports Medicine Department. Generate a targeted outreach letter to past patients. Your predecessor could have positively influenced the life of a patient who turned out to be the CEO of a financial institution. Considering giving back already for several reasons the CEO needed a push from the alumni office, gets a targeted letter from you, and before you know it you receive $250,000 to create a new athletic training room named after your predecessor. Now that's creating worth.
You could start as simple as creating a Sports Medicine Fund. Every former student-athlete would receive a letter from athletics asking for a contribution and your unit will be represented on the form. Image starting to receive annual contributions and building relationships with donors; your perception around the institution would positively change. You would be seen as more instrumental within your department and provide more power when needing or asking for things (think staff and money).
These are just a few options to explore. Justifying your position and making it a sustainable resource provides job security. Providing objective data to highlight underserved areas or increasing your institution's revenue make you a valuable resource. Reporting to individuals who understand healthcare can produce increase job satisfaction and support for additional resources.
Consider these items and think outside of the box to create a better working environment for yourself and enhancing opportunities for the profession. Promote your value and worth as a professional.
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Abbey Lee Kershaw's first appearance on the catwalks during fashion week season was in 2008. She opened the Fall fashion shows of Givenchy in Paris and Erin Fetherstone during New York Fashion Week. Since then, she managed to model for the world's top fashion labels, among them Fendi, Versace, Kenzo, Diesel, John Rocha, Etro and Rag & Bone.
One of Lee's most memorable moments on the catwalks is her famous fall on Alexander McQueen's show during Paris Fashion Week. Tight corset and high heels were the reason for the drama on stage, but shortly after the incident, it was published that Abbey was OK.
Throughout her successful modelling career, Abbey Lee Kershaw posed for the best fashion photographers. In 2008 it was Mario Testino who photographed her for two D&G ad campaigns. The same year, Steven Meisel photographed her for CK Jeans ad campaign alongside other young models. Also during 2008, Lee appeared alongside top model Lily Donaldson in Gucci's Fall ad campaign photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. In 2009, Abbey Lee was the face of Chloe' and Gucci's fragrance – Flora.
In 2010, Lee replaced supermodel Claudia Schiffer as one of the faces of Chanel. She was then photographed for several successful campaigns, among them for CK Calvin Klein, H&M and Mulberry.
In 2011, Abbey Lee was chosen to be the face of Tom Ford and Hugo Boss. In addition she modeled for Gucci's Fall ad campaign and stunned as the face of Versace's Yellow Diamond fragrance.
In between ad campaigns, runway shows and other modeling projects, Abbey Lee Kershaw finds a little time to do sports. She enjoys working out and spending lots of time with her family.


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2009 - Finished fourth in the long jump at NCAAs (21-5.25), earning All-American honors ... Won the West Region long jump crown (21-10.25) and placed eighth in the high jump (5-8.50) ... Finished fifth in the high (5-8.75) and 10th in the long jump at Pac-10s ... Against USC, won the high (5-10.75) and long (20-5.25) ... Won the UCSD Triton Invite high jump crown (5-8.75) ... In indoor track, earned All-American honors with a third-place finish in the long jump ... Won the New Balance Invite long jump (21-3.25) ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Summer 2008 - Competed at the Beijing Olympics for Trinidad and Tobago in the long jump, placing 37th overall with a mark of 19-3.50.
2008 - Jumped 21-8.25 in the prelims of the long jump at the NCAA Championships, but fouled out in the final as she tried to fight through a hamstring injury ... Placed fourth at the West Regional (20-5.25) ... Won the long jump against USC (21-2.50), at the RJ/JJK Invite (21-3.50) and at the UCLA Invite (20-11.75) ... Was second in the high jump against USC (5-7) ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.
Summer 2007 - Won the Trinidad and Tobago National long jump crown (20-6.50) and qualified for the World Championship team ... Did not compete at Worlds due to an ankle injury from the NCAA Championships ... Placed fifth in the long jump at the PanAm Games (21-0.75).
2007 - Won both the NCAA indoor (21-6.75) and outdoor (22-10, Pac-10 record) long jump crowns with lifetime-best marks becoming the first Bruin woman to win both titles in the same year ... Also earned All-American honors with her fifth-place finish in the high jump (6-0) which marks the first time in school history a Bruin has earned All-American honors in both the long and high jump at Nationals ... Set a West Region long jump meet record (22-4.50), winning that event ... Also finished third in the high jump (5-11.25) ... Won the long (21-8.75) and high jump (6-0.50, lifetime-best) crowns at the Pac-10 meet as she became the first woman to win both jumping titles in the same year ... Notched long jump wins at the UCLA Invite and Texas Relays ... Also won the high jump at the RJ/JJK Invite ... Against USC, won both the long and high jump competitions ... CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine District 8 All-Academic Second Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Summer 2006 - Won the gold medal in the long jump (21-2.50) at the World Junior Championships ... Won the Trinidad and Tobago Junior high and long jump titles.
2006 - Finished 12th in the high (5-9.25) and 11th in the long jump (20-5) at the NCAA Championships ... Set a new Trinidad and Tobago junior record in the long jump, 21-6.25, and tied the high jump record at 6-0 ... Won the West Region long (21-6) and high jump (5-9.25) titles ... Pac-10 champion in the high jump (5-11.25), and finished third in the long jump (20-7.25) ... Tied for first in the high jump (5-8.75) and finished second in the long (20-6.25) against USC ... Won the RJ/JJK Invite high jump (5-10.75), and placed second in the long (19-7.50) ... CSUN Invite long jump champion (20-4.25) ... Placed second in both the long (19-11.75) and high jump (5-10.50) at the UCLA Invite ... Did not compete in indoor track ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
High School - In 2005, set the Trinidad and Trobago National Junior Record in the high jump (5-11.50/1.92m) and equaled the National Junior Record in the long jump in (20-8/6.30m) ... 2005 National Champion in the high jump (5-10.75) and long jump (20-3.75w) ... Became the first female in her country's history to medal at the Pan American Games in 2005 (HJ, gold; LJ, bronze) ... Won the long jump at the Penn Relays in 2005 ... Competed in the Central American and Caribbean Senior Games, World Youth Games (`03), World Junior Championships ('04) and the Caritha Games ('05) ... Top prep marks of 20-8 in the long and 5-11.50 in the high.
Personal - Born December 9, 1987 in Port of Spain, Trinidad ... Daughter of Leroy and Avis Watkins ... Has one sister, Renecia ... Pre-Psychobiology major.
NCAA Champion
2007 - Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump
All-American 2009 - Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump
2007 - Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump, Outdoor High Jump
World Junior Champion
2006 - Long Jump
West Region Champion
2009 - Long Jump
2007 - Long Jump
2006 - Long and High Jump
Pac-10 Champion
2007 - Long and High Jump 2006 - High Jump
Watkins' Best Marks
Long Jump - 22-10 (21-6.75 indoor)
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Train Your Eye to Spot Good Horse-Health Characteristics
January 11, 2016
When judging horse conformation, look for the good characteristics first.
When most people set out to evaluate a horse, they hunt for faults. Instead, AQHA Judge Jim Heird, Ph.D. says to get into the habit of first looking for what's good about the horse.
Before you can know what you don't like, you have to firmly establish in your mind what you do like. Start by studying the breed ideal.
"Train yourself to find the horse that most closely resembles the breed ideal, with the most positive combination of balance, structural correctness, movement and appropriate breed characteristics," he says.
"From there, you can talk about what's optimum in a horse versus its usefulness," he says. "We have the ideal horse that we compare everything to, but we can accept certain deviations from that as we look at performance and form to function."
With the ideal firmly in your head, you can better see what deviations you can accept based on what that horse is going to do. For example, if you know what an ideal hock looks like, then, if a horse has a little more set to the hock, you can better see the difference between a deviation that helps a horse get its hind end under it (to better go around barrels or perform a sliding stop), and a true sickle hock that could lead to unsoundness.
Learn more with AQHA's American Quarter Horse Conformation Standards report. It's a great, FREE resource you can share with your friends
Look for the Skeleton.
"When you drive up to a building, all you might see is a big, red brick building," Heird says. "You don't think about its framing or what the rafters took like. "That's exactly the way most people judge horses," he says.
"They never look at the framework that's underneath – the skeleton. It doesn't matter how straight a horse's legs are if the skeleton is wrong."
Learn what a normal skeleton looks like and train your eye to see the way a horse's bones fit together. For example, look at the differences in the skeletons in the image above, especially in the shoulder blades and pelvic bones.
"Everything is attached at the same place, but the skeletons are different," Heird says. "Horse A is what a normal horse's skeleton looks like. Horse B has quite a bit of slope to the shoulder. Horse C is too straight in the shoulder."
The skeleton makes the difference between a horse that stands square and balanced (A), a horse that tends toward being uphill and on its haunches (B), and a horse too much on the forehand (C). When you see the skeleton, you can better see the individual as a whole.
Get your FREE copy of the American Quarter Horse Conformation Standards report. This easy-to-read, two-page report explains conformation standards and what to look for when judging a horse – at a show or for possible purchase
Quick Judging Tips
- Get an image of the ideal in your mind.
- Train your eye to see the skeleton.
- Train your mind to first look for the good: think positive, not negative.
- Develop a system for how you look at a horse, and stick to it.


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Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)
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Recruitment of Sub-Inspector (Telecommunication) / Head Constable (Telecommunication) / Constable (Telecommunication)/ Constable (Animal Transport)
Applications are invited for filling up the following posts in ITB Police (ITBP) from Indian citizens.
- Sub-Inspector (Telecommunication) : 11 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs. 4200
- Head Constable (Telecommunication) : 275 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs. 2400/-
- Constable (Telecommunication) : 15 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs. 2000/-
- Constable (Animal Transport) : 120 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs. 2000/-
How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be sent to reach the DIG (Estt.), Rectt.Cell, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, Block No. 2, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 on or before the last date 26/04/2012 (last date is 03/05/2012 for the candidates of Far - flung areas)


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Following months of anguish and anticipation from fans of the popular Pokemon X and Pokemon Y games, the Pokemon Bank application has finally been released in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Those that download the PokeBank app now will receive a free Celebi after they deposit their first Pokemon. The app is available on a free trial from now until March 14.
To download the app, the Nintendo 3DS system must be up to date. It should be easily found in the eShop. In order to retrieve Pokemon from older games fans must also download the PokeTransporter app.
Interestingly the release of the PokeBank app has yet to be announced on social media by either Pokemon or Nintendo of Europe. The reasoning for this could be so that the servers aren't overloaded all at once, which is one of the reasons the app was delayed to begin with.
There is still no word on when PokeBank will see an American release. Stay tuned for that information as it comes along.


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The simplicity of a strapless crinkle silk chiffon gown with illusion lace bodice and cap sleeves to up the romance in a major way. The ultra-fine lace, embroidered with the tiniest sparkles and bugle beads, finishes the sleeves with scalloped edges and delicate fringe. To give it a J.Crew twist, they rendered the neckline and back seams with thin bands of rough-cut chiffon. A-line silhouette. Fitted bodice with interior boning for added support. Falls to floor, 66″ from high point of shoulder (based off size 6). Silk chiffon. Back zip. Lined. Dry clean.
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"Scandal" returned on March 13 with the explosive new episode, "No Sun on the Horizon."
Talk about dark. The arguably morose installment opens with Jake (Scott Foley) talking to no one in particular about the path he's chosen and how moral lines have become blurred in the name of protecting the Republic.
Scott Foley excels at this kind of stoic, matter-of-fact speech and it's just so sad. The title of the episode is pulled from his intense monologue in which he notes there is no sun on the horizon and nothing to wish for. B613, essentially, becomes his family and his focus and the only way of life he can imagine.
We know right away from Jake's astute yet bleak remarks that something terrible is going to happen. We just don't know what it is or who it will affect. After the heavily teased OMG moment clip, we know we'll have to wait until the last thirty seconds to find out.
She's Come Undone
Sally (Kate Burton) has either had a nervous breakdown or is teetering on the edge. Leo (Paul Adelstein) is understandably spooked as he watches her prepare for her first presidential debate against Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) and she spews all kinds of venomous digs at him for his "satanic" and immoral behavior.
Leo calls upon Sally's pastor for help and to his horror, his plan backfires. Sally confesses killing Daniel Douglas to her pastor. Leo begs Cyrus (Jeff Perry) to postpone or cancel the debate. When Cyrus refuses, Leo advises him Sally intends to confess her sins to the whole world during the nationally televised event. This will ultimately send him and Mellie (Bellamy Young) to jail for their part in covering it up.
Sally's emotional/mental state post Daniel's murder marks the most intense work Kate Burton has done on the series. Sally's a ticking time bomb and who knows who else will fall in the wake of her eventual implosion?
So starts the panic train roaring out of the station. Can anyone stop Sally from condemning them all?
Cyrus Begs for Silence
If there ever was a poll about actors who deliver the most passionate tirades on television, Jeff Perry would win, hands down, for his riveting portrayal of Cyrus Beene.
Cyrus is really up against the wall when Olivia tells him she knows everything. He "whored out" his own husband then helped Sally cover up Daniel Douglas's murder. He's shocked Olivia knows but then scrambles into survival mode. He begs her to keep silent and she makes no promises.
Who else found it extremely hard not to laugh when Olivia burst into hysterical laughter and then Cyrus joined in?
Kerry Washington is easily the heart of the show, and we love her with Fitz. But, something extra-special happens when she shares these major scenes with the incomparable Jeff Perry. In this one, they're like a cat and mouse, circling each other, trying to anticipate the other one's move.
It's terrible to see this friendship tested time and again. One minute, we think Cyrus is incredibly loyal to Olivia and then the next minute, it seems like he reverts to solely wanting to save his own skin. We consider it lucky, in fact, that Cyrus doesn't shoot her in the back when she leaves!
Cyrus does the first thing that comes to mind: He calls Charlie and orders a hit on Sally. But Charlie refuses to play and refers him directly to Command.
Another amazing scene follows, this time between Jeff Perry and Scott Foley as Cyrus lays out his case for Sally's assassination. We're a little shocked when Jake cuts him coldly down to size and calls him a "small little man." Whoa! Mighty Cyrus has never been challenged in just quite this way.
The wheels begin turning in Jake's mind and Cyrus doesn't realize he may have just initiated a hit on his own husband instead.
Standing in the Sun
There could be such a strong case for Olivia and Jake doing what he suggests. They could just run away from their complicated, dangerous, deranged lives and start fresh, like a normal couple, and stand in the sun. It's a nice fantasy, but, it's B613. You can't run from that kind of deadly organization.
Still, it's a sweet scene when Jake begs Olivia to leave it all behind. We see the "pick me" in his pleading eyes and then we see the disappointment when he says, "You're standing with him."
Poor Jake. All that's left for him is his job. Olivia was his only perceived hope to stand in the sun and she rejects him.
On the flip side, it's great that Olivia tells Fitz everything under their "no more lies" policy. Fitz balks at throwing the debate to keep Sally from publicly confessing. But, he rallies at the last minute when he realizes the havoc a confession could cause.He confronts Olivia afterward because they were supposed to "keep it clean."
How heartbreaking is it when she explains to Fitz how "dirty and dark it is behind the curtain of power" and says, "There is no clean, just like, there is no Vermont? We want Vermont and jam for Fitz and Olivia worse than they ever will in this moment. Then she reaches out to his heart, like only she can and says, "This isn't how I wanted to be; how either of us wanted to be. This is what it is. Let's stop pretending. Let's just be here."
Here's where they get us every time. No matter what Fitz and Olivia do collectively or individually, we are drawn to them together. We can't escape the depths of their feelings for each other, try as we might. Their love defies logic. They continually risk their lives for each other. We want them to stand in the sun one day. We want them to make jam and the brilliant "Scandal" writers know we're even more invested with every word they type …
Smoking Gun
First of all, thank God Tom (Brian Letscher) didn't pull the trigger on Sally! (Of course Sally should pay for her sins. But an eye for an eye is a little extreme). At least Tom was spared putting "offing the vice president" on his resume'. For now.
Cyrus outs James as Publius (there goes that pesky name again!). We're surprised by his nearly tearful apology wrapped around a declaration of love. When James gets a text to meet David Rosen, we know things may not bode well for James. Did Cyrus realize this may be the end for his husband?
After all, we never saw Jake coming to shoot two reporters and then fire a third shot before the credits roll. Who did Jake shoot, James or David? Does someone else die?
Here's something to think about: Just because Jake fired a shot, it doesn't mean he killed someone. It's possible one or both men lived. Several scenarios could ensue: James or David is killed. James or David is seriously wounded and perhaps even placed on life support.
James seems like the most likely victim. He has more direct impact to the key players. Cyrus would be eaten alive with remorse; as would Fitz and Olivia. While David is important, he's not as directly tied to the central arc of the story as much as James.
If one person dies, what about the living witness? Will they become the next B613 recruit?
Furthermore, can anyone trust Jake? Let's hope he doesn't go spirally downward into a bottomless moral and emotional pit. Ultimately, once again, "Scandal" is must-see television at its best. There is just no other show that makes us breathlessly wait for more after every episode. We're locked in and wouldn't think of getting off the ride until it comes to a complete scandalous season three stop.
"Scandal" airs in Flint on WJRT ABC12 on Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.


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Back in the day, before the federal Education Act had a Title IX, there were sports for women at Lorain County Community College. Not many, mind you, but women's sports, nevertheless.
Linda Rowe coached two of them, field hockey and basketball. They weren't varsity sports back then. They were club sports. Organized sports for girls and young women weren't unheard of, but at the time they were scarce and virtually unnoticed.
"The first year of women's sports at the college there was no women's basketball," said Rowe, who in 1966 was a recent graduate of Albion College with a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University. "It was a club sport. In fact, I think it was club the second year, because I don't think we had women's basketball at all the first year.
"But the only reason they did (introduce women's basketball) was because they decided to have sports for men and they needed something for the women," she said. "Oh, the gals loved it. They'd have played anything. They'd have played tiddlywinks."
Rowe, now retired and living in Michigan's "thumb," was in Elyria recently to attend a reunion of former LCCC women's athletes. She reminisced with her former players and said she has seen colossal changes in women's sports since the early days of gender equity.
"The playing is so much better," said Rowe. "I don't think the athletes are any better, but they've got better facilities and better-trained coaches. I watched the women's fastpitch softball on television and the women's basketball, and it's amazing how good they are.
"I think it's because there are more opportunities and more money is being poured into women's sports. They're getting more support, too. Fathers of daughters now are pushing for their kids to become good athletes. We had some parents who came to our games, but I can't remember fathers coming so much. It wasn't that they weren't good parents, it's just that there wasn't that much interest."
Sharon Griffith, a graduate of old South Amherst High, now teaches at the new Lorain High School. She played field hockey and basketball under Rowe's direction.
"Linda was the first time I ever really had a coach who knew what they were doing," said Griffith. "It was a first-class operation by the time I got there. When you would walk in (the locker room), it was almost like you were a professional.
"That's the way I felt when I walked in. Everything was business. We had our uniforms washed for us, our practice uniforms laid out and everything ready to go. That went with hockey and basketball. We were actually equal with the boys at that time and we had never felt that way before. It was a first-class operation that Linda ran. We felt like we were special."
Amherst graduate Nancy Reichert had similar memories.
"It was a wonderful experience at LC," she said. "It was a first-class operation. When we look back, it's almost like we were treated like professionals are treated today. Your uniform was hanging in your locker, you changed out of your practice uniforms and they were laundered and given back to you the next day."
Rowe, who coached at LCCC until 1988, well remembered the days of the old "girls" basketball rules. This was a six-on-six game in which some players could cross the center line and others couldn't. Among other things, players were limited to three dribbles and could hold the ball for three seconds. No grabbing or batting the ball away from another player was allowed.
"Women's basketball has come a long way," Rowe said. "Our kids lucked out because they came in at the right time. But when they were in high school, they didn't have any sports."
And they were lucky to have had Rowe as their coach, Reichert said.
"We had good coaching, people who knew what they were doing," she said. "We always had coach Rowe, and she was top-notch. She was always well-organized and knew her subject, knew the game and just was a fantastic person. She cared about us more than just on the field or on the court. She cared about our studies and how we were doing and kept track of that. She made sure that we were toeing the mark as far as our studies. She was someone we could really look up to, and those were wonderful days."
The former coach and teammates got together at the Amherst Township home of Jan Sito, a two-sport star for Rowe and a longtime Lorain County teacher, multisport player, coach and official. It was their fourth reunion.
The first was organized with significant input by another former player, Sharon Hahn. Hahn has retired as a full-time teacher, but continues to teach on a part-time basis at LCCC.
"One of my friends at the college works with the alumni association," said Hahn. "I said, 'Oh, it would be really cool to get everybody back together.' So we went through some of the old pictures and tried to find some names, which as you know can be difficult after so many years. We got a core group together and Dr. (Roy) Church (LCCC president) agreed to do a luncheon and special thing for us at the college."
Later, the group collected enough money to buy a plaque honoring Rowe, which was placed in the college's old physical education facility. The former players also purchased a commemorative brick, which is in the university partnership area. They also had some extra money they donated to the women's basketball team.
"Linda didn't know much about field hockey at all," Griffith said, "but she told us, 'If you're going to play basketball, you need to play field hockey.' So she got us out there and taught us field hockey. We traveled a great deal, all over the state, all over Michigan. We went to numerous tournaments out of state. It was big-time, and it was fun to have that experience.
"I mean, (Rowe) meant business. She wasn't an easy coach to play for, but she meant business and boy, when you hit that floor, you better be ready."
"It's so good to see these gals again," Rowe said. "In one way or another, they all know each other – kind of. They didn't all play the same years, but they overlapped enough that they kind of know each other, or they knew each other in high school or something.
"They're good kids. Kids? Some of them are grandparents already."
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LCCC women sports pioneers hold reunion
Back in the day, before the federal Education Act had a Title IX, there were sports for women at Lorain County Community College. Not many, mind you, but women's sports, nevertheless.


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Jonah Hill: I Freeloaded at Brad Pitt's House for Months (VIDEO)
Jonah Hill lived at Brad Pitt's house in New Orleans for four months during filming on 21 Jump Street.
While telling Jon Stewart about his friendship with his Moneyball co-star ("He's like the coolest guy"), Hill stressed how annoying it is that Pitt is as nice as he is handsome.
"I was shooting in New Orleans, and he let me live in his house," recalls an incredulous Hill.
He said he warned Pitt that he'd be in the city for three-and-a-half or four months.
Pitt replied, That's cool. Live in my house."
But it turns out even Pitt has his limits.
"Was Angie home?" joked Stewart.
"He isn't that cool," admitted Hill.
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How can I afford to stay home with my baby?
I want to be a stay-at-home mom more than anything in the world. Even though I know I have to work for financial reasons, I can't help wishing my life were different, being depressed, crying all the time, being jealous of my friends who stay home, and fighting with my husband every day about not wanting to leave our 8-month-old. This is ruining our marriage, but I don't know how to just accept it. Please help!
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we are expecting our first baby in february. i just was able to get a job at a theature, and i only have like 3 months until she comes. i wanted to be an at-home mom, but i dont know if we can handle it. we just purchased our first house, and we are having a baby. i want to stay at home really bad, but we havent gotten into the bill groove yet. what should i do?? please help me!!posted 11/06/2006 by cassaundra07
I am a stay at home mom of two and I have just found a great at home job. I have been searching forever! I work with a company called Melaleuca, they are a wellness company that makes non-toxic products for your home. I joined up with a team called stayin home and lovin it and I have been staying at home working for a month. Melaleuca is great to work for and I have switch my house over to their products because I loved them so much. Before starting this business I started to educate myself on the toxins that were in some of the products I was using. From my cleaners to my make-up and even the kids shampoo, I couldn't beleive what was in them. It only made sense to me to switch! If this is something you are interested in let me know! http://www.annie-stayinhomeandlovinit.com/posted 10/30/2006 by MaineMomAnnie
Try going to garage sales and consignment stores to find good quality used items, and create an Ebay store. Sell clothing, books, CD's, etc... Look around your house and find all those things you just don't use anymore and place them on Ebay. I know many stay at home Mom's who do this. I am also a SAHM of an 8 month old, and we are facing the same problem. So I have been sewing and crafting and selling online. Good luck! You can do it!posted 09/18/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
I have an 8 month old baby, and it breaks my heart ever time I think about returning to work. I have found that there are a few ways to help my husband financially by doing Mary Kay cosmetic parties on weekends, I don't have a limit as to how much money I can make and my husband is supportive, so maybe that's something to think about, let me know if I can help. firstname.lastname@example.com 07/26/2006 by RRamirez1217
My little bundle of joy is 4 months. Like most mommies, I was torn between going out to work and staying at home with her. So, to keep the bills paid, I decided to go out to work. Then something happened and it broke my heart. When I picked my baby up from the nanny, she acted like she wanted to stay and didn't want to come with me. I definitely cried. That's when I knew I just HAD to find something that worked-and I did! This job that I'm doing offers next day pay, no cold calling, no selling, no upline, no MLM, and no gimmicks...I only have to return phone calls. I haven't been doing it for too long, but from what I can see, it will only get better!posted 07/13/2006 by taylorsmommy329
I have been staying home for almost three years and it has been a real stuggle. Robbing Peter to pay Paul. But I woudn't trade it. When I found out that I was pregnant for the 2nd time I knew that I had to do something if I wanted to keep staying home. I tried the candle thing and a few of those real estate infomercials and that didn't work. I recently found a great opportunity with a company called Juice Plus+ and it has made a real difference for me.If you would like more info please e-mail me @email@example.com 03/09/2006 by Wightgirl
Virginia - your story sounds just like mine! My daughter will be 2 in April. Ive spent the last two years resenting my husband because I have to work out of the home. Im slowly starting to feel better about our situation, but it has not been easy! As my daughter gets older & I see her having fun at daycare, it makes it a little easier, but its still hard. Im still working because we bought a house while I was pregnant & our mortgage is ridiculously high & we cant refinance. I wanted to sell it & return to renting, but that hasnt happened because my husband wouldnt dream of it. Im still trying to figure out a game plan! Selling makeup, candles, etc, may sound appealing to some, but I never cared much for it! I know you are resentful of your spouse right now, but if you can sit down & look closely at your budget, you may see a loop hole that will provide an answer....Good luck, I hope it works out for you!posted 02/28/2006 by katesmom428
I too am in the same boat....I have to return to work in 2 weeks when my baby will be 3 months old. I had always planned on returning to work, however, I never knew I would have such an incredible bond with my baby. Now, I really don't want to go back to work, but I have to for insurance reasons. My husband doesn't have insurance through his work, and we have to have it. I am a nurse and I work 3 12 hour nightshifts, which I guess is pretty good. At least I'll have 4 days off and she'll be home with dad at night. However, I have 4 weeks of training left on dayshift and she'll have to go to the babysitters twice a week and stay with dad 3 days a week. How can I make the transition easier??posted 01/01/2006 by sonrisaky
I'm a stay-at-home mom to my 4 month old and I love it but also tend to feel guilty that I'm not contributing financially. I'd love to know more about what Valerie does from home - it sounds like you've found a great solution!posted 12/14/2005 by calah6996
Virginia; Though all of us have great advice for you, none of our situations are exactly the same... I have a six-week old and will be returning to work in January. I have crunched the numbers until my brain hurts, and there is just no way for ME to stay at home with financial security. I am not comfortable living paycheck to paycheck... What if either of my sons get hurt... What if my husband loses his job... So many what-ifs... I am a low-maintenance, non-materialistic kind of person (shop at second-hand stores, clip coupons, etc.); however between our salaries, we have enough to pay our basic bills. I am trying to focus on the positive aspects of returning to work; adult conversation, good health insurance, retirement savings, and, most of all, financial security. I also realize that I am GOING to feel guilty about working. I have an 8 year old son as well, and have worked since he was 8 weeks old; he's turning into a very bright, adaptable, popular young man whom adores his Father and I. While it's easy for others to point fingers and make assumptions, you need to do what's right for YOUR family. Children can't survive on love alone. P.S. On a different note, my husband and I are going to re-assess our situation at the end of January to see if it IS possible for me to stay home... Would love that, but, then again, come more worries... :-)posted 12/02/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
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Junior midfielder Sam Mewis is blogging for UCLABruins.com during the 2013 season. Mewis is a regular with the U.S. Women's Youth National Team and a three-time all-conference selection who has scored 49 points on 15 goals and 19 assists in her career.
We did it! On Dec. 8, we beat Florida State in the National Championship game, 1-0, with a goal from Kodi Lavrusky in overtime. Winning UCLA's 110th National Championship and the first for the women's soccer program was made even more special by doing so with such an amazing group of people. It was such a long and challenging road, but I wouldn't change a thing. I am so proud of our team and feel so fortunate to have been a part of something so special and meaningful.
The College Cup weekend went by in a flash; Thursday night we took a limo to the banquet, where we had a nice dinner and got to mingle with the other teams. Friday we prepared for our game against Virginia, which ended up going into penalty kicks. Virginia was such a talented team, and we had to pull off quite a comeback with a goal from Ally Courtnall in the last five minutes to get us into overtime. Katelyn Rowland came up huge in the PKs, making two saves out of four shots. After that game, I think we all could sense that winning the final was within out control. We prepared well, and with support from countless UCLA staff, family members, friends and each other, we went into Sunday feeling confident and excited.
The game was a battle, and winning was surreal. I remember watching as Megan Oyster played an unbelievable ball through to Kodi. I stood still and said, "Oh my God," as I saw that Kodi was about to score. When she did, I immediately started crying hysterically - I was so happy! It was a very emotional moment for me and the team as a whole. The feeling of that victory is a memory that I will cherish forever.
I want to thank our coaching staff - Amanda Cromwell, Josh Walters, Louise Lieberman, Aline Reis and Sam Greene - for making this season unforgettable. I also want to thank Michelle Jenkins for continuing to support us wholeheartedly throughout the tournament, even when her new job required her to leave the staff. We can't tell you guys how much the coaching staff has taught us and helped us develop as people and players.
I also want to thank our extended team staff. Our trainer, Max Bertman, has been there for us all season for every injury that we have picked up. His assistant trainers, Kira and Shayan, also demonstrated tremendous dedication to our team. Our strength and conditioning coach Mike Linn has inspired us and conditioned us all year long. He was undoubtedly an instrumental and irreplaceable part of our team. Our academic advisor Kevin Chen helped us get through those last two weeks of school by some miracle. We could not have done it without his help and dedication to ensuring our academic success.
We need to thank UCLA Athletics for their support throughout our tournament run, as well as the Pac-12 and the NCAA. Thank you to our families, friends, and professors for their flexibility and support as we traveled all season. Thank you to our alumni who supported us throughout the season. Personally, I want to thank Rachel Grushkin and Liza David for their help with me in getting the opportunity to write this blog. I am so glad that we all have something to look back on that has documented some of the best times during our national championship season.
Finally, thank you to my teammates for giving me lifelong memories and a place in history with my best friends as the first women's soccer team at UCLA to win a national championship. I love each and every one of my 32 teammates and would not change a thing about this year. I am so proud to have been a part of this and to have had the opportunity to play soccer with such incredible women. Congratulations to all of you, especially the five seniors. Let's do it again next year!
Happy Holidays to everyone, and as always … Go Bruins!