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Claire Chafee's works include Whisper from the Book of Etiquette, Darwin's Finches, Why We Have a Body, Even Among These Rocks and Five Women on a Hill in Spain. Her work has been produced at Magic Theatre in San Francisco, the off-Broadway Judith Anderson Theatre, and in numerous theaters around the country. She recently won the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for her latest play "FULL/SELF". Other awards include a Drama-Logue Award, the Bay Area Critics' Circle Award, and the Oppenheimer Award in New York for Best Emerging Playwright. Her work has been published by Penguin Books, Smith & Kraus (Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of 1993), Alexandra Street Press, and the literary journals NuMuse and ZYZZYVA. Chafee holds an MFA from Brown University and earned her EdM in arts education from Harvard University.


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The Harley Owners Group (or HOG) chapter to which I belong conducts several Long Distance Trips every year. Think 500 miles or more heading out, the same coming back, and a bunch of miles in between.
And what does that have to do with resumes and job searching? Actually, in thinking about the planned trips for 2014, I realized the two things have quite a lot in common.
When we go on a long distance trip, the members who are going prep their bikes carefully to make sure they're safe and ready to go before we hit the road. Fluids are checked and topped off or changed. Cables are inspected; ditto for tires, brakes, and lights. Repairs are made as needed. This procedure, my friends, is akin to you checking over your resume to make sure it is as good as it can be before you send it out the door. No typos. Nothing important left out. Everything on it functioning as intended.
The next thing we do on our trip prep is to pack the bikes – and this takes skill, believe me. Room is in short supply, and you're taking clothes, basic tools and bike supplies, rain and hot weather gear, and water and snacks for rest breaks. All of this is packed in a way that makes it easy to get at whatever you may need whenever you may need it… and this is usually done a few days before the trip, because last minute surprises are not very welcome. For the job hunter, the same applies for an interview. You need to prep your wardrobe and your grooming ahead of time, print out a few hard copies of your resume, and make sure you have two working pens and a notepad, because again… last minute surprises are not very welcome. In other words, finding out your suit has a grease stain on it the morning of your interview is not a good thing.
Next up? We review the details of the route we're going to take, so that we know exactly how we're going to get where we're going. It may sound silly, but when going to an interview, you should do the same thing. Don't assume you know how to get where you're going; be sure you know. On top of that, you might want to research an alternate route or two in case of traffic or road work. Being late to your interview, no matter how good the reason? Bad idea.
What it comes down to is this: The things our chapter members do prior to one of our trips are meant to enhance safety and maximize enjoyment of the trip. You should think of your job search the same way – because proper preparation can keep your chances of finding a job alive. And yes... you might say landing one qualifies as enjoyable.


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As part of its effort to reform the nation's health care system, one of the signal goals of the Obama administration is to promote the development of a national network of electronic health records (EHRs) shared by doctors, hospitals, labs and retail pharmacies. Under this network, all of a patient's health care providers would be privy to critical health data, from diagnoses and test results to medications and allergies; it would build on electronic medical records that some physicians ...
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ERIE, Pa. — Bentley women's basketball coach Barbara Stevens has been up front about expectations this season.
The confidence she exudes and the experience of her seniors have the Falcons just one win from a perfect season and the program's first national championship.
"It's an incredible feeling for me and for our team and everyone involved in Bentley women's basketball to be sitting here right now," said Stevens at the national championship news conference on Thursday. "This was certainly something when we started off our season in November that we had a dream of doing. To get to the national championship game is something we talked about and didn't shy away from talking about.
"Although it did not dominate our converstations, we felt like with the group of seniors we have and the returning team from last year that we had a shot at sitting here and talking about playing for a championship."
Top-ranked Bentley (34-0) faces fifth-ranked West Texas A&M (32-2) at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday in the NCAA Division 2 title game.
The Falcons dominated the East Regional, winning by an average of 15 points. After grinding out a 74-66 win over Drury (Mo.) in the Elite Eight and a 77-62 victory against Cal Poly Pomona in the Final Four, Bentley is one win away from giving Stevens, a legendary coach with more than 900 wins, her national title.
"She's a great coach and I've absolutely loved playing here for five years now," said guard Courtney Finn. "It would mean the world to us to give her a national championship. She deserves this and we'd love to bring her a title."
The Falcons haven't lost a game since a 53-51 setback against Dowling in last year's Elite Eight. Bentley and its seniors have been in redemption mode ever since.
"It has hit us a little bit, but we're trying not to think about it and focus more on the game," senior Lauren Battista said. "All seven of us know it's the last time we'll suit up for Bentley, but what better way to go out than playing for a national championship? We're content with our careers ending in this game, especially after what happened last year. Ever since that loss, we've thought about wanting to be here in Erie."
Battista leads the Falcons with a 17.5-point average, while Finn averages 15.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists. Senior Jacqui Brugliera and freshman Jen Gemma avera 10.3 and 10.2 points, respectively.
Brugliera could play an integral role in the championship game, as she has been counted on as the team's top post defender. Brugliera shut down Drury's 6-foot-7-inch forward, Amber Dvorak, in the Elite Eight before battling Cal Poly Pomona All-American Jada Blackwell in the Final Four. Tonight, Brugliera will have to slow down Chontiquah White, a 5-11 forward who has 38 points and 27 rebounds in the last two games .
"Jacqui did a great job defending Amber Dvorak on Tuesday and she knew her role was to defend and rebound," Stevens said. "On Wednesday, we thought she could be more of an offensive threat and we were able to unleash her inside. She has done an outstanding job for us in whatever role we need her in."
White averages 14.4 points and 7.1 rebounds, while forward Devin Griffin averages 15.1 points and 7.0 rebounds. West Texas A&M also leads the nation in assists per game, field goal percentage, and 3-point percentage. The Lady Buffs entered the Elite Eight averaging 19.2 assists, shooting 47.8 percent from the field, and 39.9 percent from behind the arc.
Knowing what's at stake, the Bentley faithful have been loud all week. There could also be several buses of students traveling from Waltham, Mass., to support the Falcons.
"The support has been great this year," Battista said. "They've been holding viewing parties in our gym on a big screen all week. Erie is driveable from campus, so I think there will be some students coming and we've had a lot of support from other student athletes. We've had great fans all week and our president is our biggest super fan. Hopefully, we can win a championship for Bentley."


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CES 2013 Reveals Exciting New Technologies
January 17, 2013
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The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was a 4-day-long playground for all the tech geeks that flocked to Vegas to enjoy it. From January 8-11 many companies unveiled hundreds of prototypes for new technologies, testing out how different products will sell.
The show encompasses all different types of electronics, including TVs, tablets, audio devices, computers, phones, apps and much more. It was here that 3D TVs, XBox's, DVD players and BlueRay disks were first shown.
CES offers hands on demonstrations and tests of expensive, high tech electronics and is filled with some of the strangest, most futuristic devices one can imagine—making it nearly impossible to review everything. Here's a brief look at some of the most talked about and awarded technological products shown:
Healthy lifestyle technology seemed to be a trend at this year's CES, catering new products towards geeks on the go. Many companies unveiled their different exercise-oriented electronics, including the "Basis Band".
This amazing device looks like a fairly normal large-screen digital watch yet, deceivingly, is actually a pedometer, heart rate monitor and much more.
The Basis Band logs calories burned and steps taken, as well as both the length and projected quality of one's sleep. Incredibly, the band then combines all this data to illustrate how healthy one is, recommending healthy habits, which can be viewed on its companion Android app or via an online Basis account. At only 199$ this slim personal trainer is great for techie exercise enthusiasts.
Televisions this year continue to improve—with outstanding picture quality and new designs, the exciting possibilities for television in 2013 are plain to see. Among these modern televisions is the Samsung UN85S9 4k/UHD TV. Though not a gargantuan screen, this television's unique free-standing easel-like frame and tilting ability truly set it apart from competition.
The television also has voice integration, a built in Smart Hub app (which enables music, videos and movies), and the ability to control other Samsung "smart" appliances—such as its washing machine or heating system—using the TV. With the help of a fully LED backlight and incredible image quality, the definition on this television leaves competitors in the dust. Samsung hopes to place this product on market sometime this year
Tablets have enjoyed such a successful year, with improvements to both the Windows surface and the iPad, that it was hard to think how the tablets at CES could present anything new.
Yet by focusing on gaming, tablets at CES offered new opportunities for portable gaming systems such as the Razor's Edge tablet, which won "Best in Show" at the convention awards. Essentially, the Razor's Edge is a full Windows 8 computer, with a shorter battery life, and a large focus on gaming, aided by its small size and portability.
However, the Horizon 27 tablet proved that not all tablets at CES are created equal. This 27-inch multi-touch, multi-user desktop is literally the top of a desk about equivalent in size to those used in schools, but completely covered in a touch screen computer. It is semi-portable–with the ability to stand alone, or to be built into a table.
The Horizon 27 be used as either a computer or as a full gaming station with its Bluetooth connectable joysticks. Focused around gaming, it has many built in games, and its large screen and multi-touch technology allow multiple players while maintaining a comfortable gaming experience.
At 999$ this wont be affordable (or practical) for everyone, but it opens a whole world of possibilities as improved, cheaper versions emerge.
Phones were not a huge player at CES this year, as most of the popular phones were released and marketed before the show. Nonetheless the Yota phone was one of the more talked about things to come out of CES, due to its double-faced combination of Android and E-ink technologies. The front is composed of a regular touchscreen Android phone, while the battery-saving back screen, not always active, looks more like a Kindle screen due to its use of E-ink. It also features new gesture navigation and a 12-megapixel camera.
Though not the next iPhone, the Yota phone definitely gave new perspective to what phones can offer, leading it to win the "People's Choice" phone award for the convention.
There were many other technologies unveiled at CES, both fantastic and fascinating. While many of these things will never even reach the market, they'll all one day be eclipsed by whatever comes out at next year's CES.
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After unveiling the platform last spring, Facebook today announced the Dubai launch of Facebook Studio Edge, a tutorial platform designed to help digital agencies and organizations learn the ropes when it comes to marketing on the social network.
Described as a "social learning and recognition program," Facebook Studio Edge offers a series of 10-15 minute interactive, self-guided courses that train the user on three primary lesson topics: Pages, Advertising, and Technology (i.e. Facebook's APIs).
To help marketers and community managers learn the best ways to incorporate Facebook into their online marketing strategies, Facebook pledges to continue to release new courses and updates as they evolve the social network.
Individuals can also earn badges as they progress through the modules. These, along with the Facebook Studio Awards, will allow individuals to showcase their level of expertise in Facebook marketing.
Currently in beta, the platform is available for team members to sign up to request access to the platform.
Here's what attendees had to say about today's event in Dubai via Twitter (#FBStudioEdge):
Tweeter @mony_ threw out some stats related to how users truly engage with each other on Facebook.
@AbbasAlidina was tweeting live throughout the event, mentioning some key pieces of advice for Facebook marketing.
Keep content relevent to your users and the community, adds @AliSABKAR.
@JustFalafel jumps in to reveal their Facebook marketing strategy- do it internally.
On the heels of their recent Graph Search announcement, Facebook is now flexing its monetization model: marketing. The site is no longer just a social meeting place for friends to live and share together. The launch of Facebook Studio Edge in Dubai signals to users that marketing is now a top priority and one of the top functions for the platform.
This bodes well for Facebook optimized ad platform SocialWire, but should Facebook become too marketing-central, maybe users will begin to consider other platforms for their social sharing. Until then, the social network will maintain its middle road approach of enabling users to build connections while allowing marketers to take advantage of the data they collect.
For the Facebook Studio Edge team, Dubai is just one stop on their world tour; for Middle East agencies, it's a good opportunity to brush up on the basics.
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The Chalet: Rustic charm teams with new menu
January 26, 2012
By John Halverson
A classic has made a comeback.
The Chalet outside of Elkhorn has a reputation for fine food and beverages dating back decades. In February it reopened and the food selection is broader and better than ever while the rustic, "chalet-like" atmosphere is still a big drawing card.
Don Johnson, who owns The Shrimp House in Delavan, has teamed up with long-time Chalet owners Bryan and Sharon Dixon to combine the best of the old Chalet with the new.
When you first step in you're taken with the environment. A big stone fire place, plank floors, hand carved furniture, stained glass windows and a beamed ceiling. It conjures a "rustic, cozy and romantic" atmosphere.
But the Chalet offers more than great atmosphere. Don's restaurant experience, starting in Chicago, is evident in every meal.
The long and varied menu includes many items from his Shrimp House menu including his famous hand-breaded gulf shrimp as well as other high-quality seafood at reasonable prices such as Grouper, Salmon and Prawns (a large shrimp that tastes like lobster tail at a fraction of the price.) Also on the menu: New York Strip, Filet, Surf and Turf, pizza, hamburgers and appetizers, ravioli and fresh Italian sausage, a fresh oyster bar, home-made clam chowder and French onion soup.
There are also weekly specials such as jambalaya, crab claws and steaks. The Chalet offers party trays of fresh shrimp and seafood.
All your beverage needs are filled with a full-service horse-shoe shaped bar.
One reviewer said: A quaint and cozy atmosphere, but the food is the main attraction. I had the prawns and they were excellent! Juicy, garlicy, HUGE! French onion soup to die for. Friendly waitstaff, great service. I plan to return as often as possible!!
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A straddle is an investing technique that uses put and call options of the same stock to try to make money. It involves taking advantage of market volatility in the short or long term, regardless of whether share price goes up and down.
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This strategy is probably not a good one for novice investors to try as it involves understanding and keeping track of several market factors at the same time. Keep in mind, but don't mentally angst too much over, the fact that the call and put options you buy (or sell) will have the same strike price and expiration date.
This way you "straddle" the line between a stock price going up or down, and can profit either way: same stock, same time frame.
There are two types of straddles: long straddle and short straddle. You gotta know that a call option is the right to buy shares of stock at an agreed-upon price before a specified expiration date. You pay to buy the option, and that payment is gone whether you exercise the option by buying the stock or not. A put option is the right to sell shares of stock at a certain price before a specified expiration date. You also pay a premium for put options.
Long Straddle: Limited downside; large upside potential. You buy both put and call options on XYZ stock, selling now at $112 per share. Both options have a strike price of $120 and an expiration date of Dec. 20. So far, the straddle has cost you the purchase price of the options. If the stock price doesn't change enough before the expiration date to make exercising either the call or the put options profitable, then you're out that initial cost.
However, you've got the pieces in place to make a big profit if the price changes enough -- up or down. If it goes to $200, you could buy each share for $120 then turn around and sell each for $200.
Short Straddle: Limited upside; large downside potential. You sell both put and call options on MNO stock, both with the same strike price and same expiration date. You profit immediately because you're paid for the put and call options. However, you could lose big time, because you're betting on a small enough change in the stock price that the buyer of your options won't exercise them to your financial detriment.
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College Hockey:Corsairs ready to contend, again
Going into a season, at any level, and in almost any league, there always seems to be that one consistent team that will contend for a championship, that no matter what is always a force in the league and sits atop the standings each year.
In the MASCAC, that team is the Massachusetts-Dartmouth Corsairs.
Since the 1984-85 season, when current head coach Jon Roli took over, the Corsairs have won nine league titles, 12 regular season titles, and made three consecutive trips to the D-III national tournament. Roli, who now enters his 29th season at the helm for the Corsairs, credits the success to a very simple formula.
"We look for players who are serious about their studies and willing to work on and off ice to improve as players," explained Roli. "Just like everyone else."
Those teams that are always in the playoffs or win the regular season title may not necessarily win the league championship or even make it to the NCAAs. For a team like Mass.-Dartmouth, it is a good feeling to know that you have a legit shot each year.
Mass.-Dartmouth, a perennial powerhouse in the ECAC Northeast before jumping to the MASCAC at the start of the 2009 season, won five straight ECAC Northeast regular season titles from 1994-1999. During that span, the Corsairs won three league titles as well, but did not make the national tournament. Additionally, from 2000-2005, Mass.-Dartmouth went 103-44-9, yet did not win any hardware.
The 2012-13 season for the Corsairs should have the same outlook as the previous years; contend for a title. This year started a bit slow, but like its proven track record, Mass.-Dartmouth turned it around by picking up nine out of 10 points in its last five games after starting the season 0-1-1.
"We have played well all season and early on were just lacking in wins," said Roli, who led the Corsairs to the MASCAC title in 2011. "The turning point was the 5-4 OT win at Wesleyan."
The chance to be able to contend for a title has a lot to do with the players on the ice, of course. For coach Roli, all three positions are just as important as the rest of them, and he makes sure he gets the best from his players.
Defensively, the Corsairs have a mix of young and old, as senior Zach Helper and sophomore Stephen Ginand led the defense.
"Hepler and Ginand were second team MASCAC All-stars last season, and have been exceptional this season," said Roli. "The key to the play of our defensemen, however, has been the improved play of veterans like Matt Correia and Nate Dupere. Having [goalie] Ryan Williams backing up the defense never hurts, especially since the other two defense positions have been filled by four freshmen."
Speaking of Williams, the netminder looks to close out his stellar career with another successful run.
"Williams brings the same game each and every night," Roli said. "He was exceptional last week, turning aside 39 shots against Westfield and all 26 attempts in shutting out Fitchburg to earn the MASCAC Goalie of the Week recognition."
Up front, Roli is seeing a bit of the same situation play out like his defensemen, but this time it's his forwards.
"Senior Dave McDonald has had a great start and sophomore Shaun Walters has been our most improved player thus far, but we have a number of veteran forwards who have notched important goals for us," proclaimed Roli. "We expect offensive balance from our top three lines. Newcomers Dmitry Antipin and Swann Boisvert are special players that can contribute as well."
Mass.-Dartmouth heads into each season with goals and expectations to make sure that they are able to contend every year for a league title. By attracting some of the nation's top players, not only can they contend, that chance to win gets better.
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Alex Cotte, Plymouth State, Senior. Collected five points on a pair of goals and three assists for Panthers in perfect week for Plymouth State.
Defenseman/Rookie of the Week
Stephen MacManus, Salem State Vikings, Freshman. Picked up a pair of helpers in the Vikings 5-2 win over Westfield Sate. The Westwood, Mass. native leads all Viking blue-liners with five points.
Goaltender of the Week
Ryan Williams, Mass.-Dartmouth Corsairs, Senior. Went 2-0 last week and stopped 65 of 66 shots for a .50 GAA and .985 saves percentage. One of his wins was a 26-save shutout over Fitchburg State.
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The Academy for Character Education was established in 2000 to help foster the character traits of responsibility, civility, respect, honesty, fairness, trustworthiness and citizenship in students throughout the educational spectrum as well as in families and communities. While its primary goal is to help school districts integrate the concepts of Character Education into their formal and informal curriculum, the Academy pursues a comprehensive approach to character development, reaching out to all sectors of the larger community including the family, civic organizations, businesses, and government.
The Academy, which operates within Sage's School of Education, provides training institutes, in-service days for teachers and staff, leadership training for students and specialized programs for other sectors of the community.
As the first institution in Eastern New York and Western New England to take a leadership role in the nationwide character education initiative, the Academy has begun to serve the region's character education training needs, by offering conferences and workshops to all members of the school and general community.
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DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois volleyball team announced its National Letters of Intent from the high school class of 2010 today, as the Huskies will add four talented student-athletes to next year's team.Of the newest Huskies, two were all-state selections in 2009, and all four bring solid height into the mix, as three are over six feet tall and the other is 5-10. While two of the newcomers are from Illinois, the Huskie coaching staff also spanned the Midwest's Nebraska and Minnesota to bring in added depth for 2010. "This is probably the most athletic class I've ever had at Northern Illinois," said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. "I feel that we have found four volleyball players that have tremendous ceilings."Below are bios on each of the four signees, along with a scouting report from the NIU coaching staff.
Sarah AngelosMiddle Blocker6-1FreshmanWaukegan, Ill./WaukeganHigh School: Four-year letterwinner for Waukegan H.S. in volleyball and basketball ... received All-Lake County first team recognition by The News Sun for her junior and senior seasons ... twice named team captain in volleyball (2009, 2008) and was team captain in basketball three times (2009, 2007, 2006) ... registered 176 kills, 52 blocks and 12 aces in 30 matches in 2009 ... named team MVP as a junior ... totaled 161 kills and 16 aces in 30 matches in 2007 ... selected to honorable mention all-county team as a freshman, third team as a sophomore and second team as a junior ... garnered honorable mention all-county in basketball as a sophomore.Club: Member of Wisconsin Juniors VBC ... Went 17-1 in 2009 with third-place finish in JVDA Club Division ... Finished 16-1 in 2008 with fifth-place finish in JVDA Open Division.Personal: Major - Undecided ... Birthdate - December 31, 1991 ... daughter of Tom and Joy Angelos ... participated in FROLF and Bulldog Inc. in high school ... admires Michael Jordan ... made high honor roll all semesters of high school career ... was a three-time Central Suburban League Scholar Athlete ... twin sister Amy will be playing volleyball at Bradley in 2010.Gooden: "I really like Sarah's aggressiveness as a blocker. I feel with the way we are trying to run both our offensive and defensive systems, she will be a good fit."Assistant Coach Dan Pawlikowski: "Sarah is a blocking presence, and with her athletic ability, she will continue to improve in all areas. She will push the middles in the class ahead of her to get better and form a solid combination for us at that position." Assistant Coach Coley Pawlikowski: "She will fit in well with our group of middles, especially with her athletic ability."
Tori HalburOutside Hitter6-2FreshmanOmaha, Neb./Millard WestHigh School: Two-year letterwinner at Millard West H.S. ... team captain in 2009 ... registered 178 kills, 30 blocks and 25 aces in 31 matches during her senior campaign ... led the Wildcats to district runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2009.Club: Member of Omaha Wave VBC from 2006-08 ... totaled 266 kills and 123 blocks in 102 matches ... set single-season digs record (133) for Omaha Wave Junior Club ... played with Nebraska Elite VBC in 2009.Personal: Major - Biology ... Birthdate - April 24, 1992 ... daughter of Doug and Lisa Halbur ... involved with FCCLA, FCA, and student council in H.S. ... admires former University of Nebraska volleyball standout Sarah Pavan ... named to honor roll every year of H.S. ... aspires to be a marine biologist.Gooden: "I'm excited about Tori's physical presence and her potential as a pin hitter."C. Pawlikowski: "Tori is very dedicated and committed to getting better, bigger and stronger. She will do whatever it takes to be in a situation to grow the most. I think the way Tori plays the game above the net will be a good fit for us."
Lauren WicinskiOutside Hitter6-1FreshmanGeneva, Ill./GenevaHigh School: Four-year letterwinner at Geneva H.S. ... named to first team all-state by the Chicago Sun-Times ... nominated for 2009 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year (announced on Dec. 16) ... twice named team captain and MVP (2009, 2008) ... led Geneva to back-to-back Western Sun Conference and Regional championships in 2008 (30-8, 12-2) and 2009 (35-3, 14-0) ... registered 356 kills with a .691 attack percentage, 63 aces and 37 blocks in 38 matches in 2009 ... compiled a school record 380 kills in 2008, along with a .589 attack percentage, 57 aces and 32 blocks in 38 matches ... tallied 297 kills with a .520 attack percentage, 36 aces and 18 blocks in 2007 ... had 110 kills with a .406 attack percentage, 39 aces and 16 blocks in 2006 ... garnered the team Most Improved award as a sophomore ... named to first team All-Western Sun Conference and was conference MVP in 2008 and 2009 ... was selected to all-conference team as a sophomore ... received all-area recognition by the Daily Herald, Kane County Chronicle, and The Beacon News from 2007-09 ... named Geneva H.S. Offensive Player of the Year and won the Chris Malone Award (outstanding student-athlete) in 2008 ... three-year varsity letterwinner in basketball (2007-09) ... led Geneva to 2007 and 2008 conference championships ... named to all-conference and all-area by the Daily Herald, Kane County Chronicle, and The Beacon News in 2007-08 ... made third team all-state in 2008.Club: Member of Kane County Juniors VBC ... named MVP of 18 Gold Team in 2008 ... earned Most Improved award on 18 Gold Team in 2007 ... has played at the 18s level since her sophomore year.Personal: Major - Education ... Birthdate - July 15, 1992 ... daughter of Rob and Gina Wicinski ... participated in Key Club in HS ... volunteers through St. Peters Church in her hometown of Geneva ... mother Gina played volleyball for NIU from 1983-87 ... father Rob played football for NIU from 1981-85.Gooden: "I think Lauren has a very high volleyball I.Q. She has a very good chance of making an immediate contribution to our program. I'm excited with what she has done in her career up to this point."D. Pawlikowski: "We are excited for her high school accolades that she has been receiving. We look forward to her being an impact player here for years to come. She is a very well-rounded, versatile volleyball talent."C. Pawlikowski: "She has all the components to be one of the better players in the Mid-American Conference and I look forward to the opportunity to help her do that. I think it's special that her parents have a legacy at NIU as athletes and it's an exciting opportunity for her to carry that on."
Kayla ZenoSetter5-10FreshmanLake Elmo,Minn./Stillwater AreaHigh School: Four-time letterwinner for Stillwater Area H.S. ... led SAHS to a school record 20-8 finish in 2007 and improved every year, going 23-7, 7-1 in 2008 and 26-6, 9-0 in 2009 to win conference and sectional championships and take fourth in the state championship ... selected to Minnesota High School Coaches Association all-state team and made Class AAA first team all-state in 2009 ... named to All-Suburban East Conference team in 2008 and 2009 ... earned honorable mention all-conference recognition as a freshman ... registered 146 kills, 102 blocks and 55 aces through 27 matches in 2009 ... recognized on the All-Tournament team for the 2009 AAA State Tournament ... selected as Stillwater H.S. Female Athlete of the Month in Sept., 2009 ... totaled 136 kills, 54 aces and 39 blocks in 30 matches in 2008 ... compiled 147 kills, 35 aces and 25 blocks in 28 matches in 2007 ... holds school records for season (726) and career assists (2,026 - previous record was 1,474).Club: Member of Mizuno Minnesota One VBC ... selected to USAV A2 Program in 2007, as one of the top 80 players in the U.S. for her age.Personal: Major - Biology ... Birthdate - February 12, 1992 ... daughter of Mike and Liz Zeno ... admires Penn State setter Alisha Glass ... made honor roll as a freshman and sophomore ... aspires to be a geneticist ... named an all-star at the 2008 University of Minnesota team camp and was named best setter at the 2009 camp.Gooden: "Kayla has all the tools to be a high level setter. She brings a physical front row presence, in addition to her setting ability."D. Pawlikowski: "Kayla has a good opportunity to come in and learn the setter position at the collegiate level, and will do a good job of running a team at some point in her career at NIU."C. Pawlikowski: "I think Kayla is one of the more athletic setters that NIU has had. She is a winner and has strong leadership skills. That is something that we will look for her to continue at NIU."


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Nov. 19, 1999
Stanford women's gymnastics signed five outstanding gymnasts to National Letters of Intent to join the Cardinal squad for the 2001 season, Kendall Beck, Caroline Fluhrer, Lise L?veill?, Robin Phelps, and Lindsay Wing.
Kendall Beck is one of the top gymnasts in the country. A Houston, Texas native, Beck was the 1997 USA Balance Beam Champion. She competed at the 1999 US Classic, and her team took first place at the 1998 Pacific Alliance Meet. Her individual finishes of fourth in the floor exercise, sixth in the vault, 10th in the balance beam and 12th in the all-around at the 1998 International Team Championships helped her team to a first place finish. Beck was also a 1997 World Championship Team Member.
Lise L?veill? is one of the top Canadian gymnasts and an Olympic hopeful. From Burnaby, British Columbia, Leveille just returned from competing in the World Championships in China, where she helped her team to a 10th place finish, which qualifies them for the 2000 Olympics. In the summer of 1999, Leveille's first place finish on the balance beam helped her team win the Pan Am Games. At the Canadian Nationals, she won the balance beam, and placed second in the all-around. In 1999, she competed in Moscow, placing third on the beam and eighth in the all-around.
Caroline Fluhrer, from Seattle, Washington, qualified for Senior International Elite after returning from an ankle injury. In 1998, she placed in the top six at Level-10 Nationals, qualifying for event finals in the vault, bars and balance beam.
Robin Phelps, a native of Rockville, Maryland, placed sixth at the World Championship Trials in September of 1999. She placed eighth at the US Championships in August of 1999 and qualified for the vault finals. At the 1998 American Classic, Phelps placed seventh on the floor, ninth in the vault, and 11th in the all-around.
Lindsay Wing, from Cypress Texas, qualified for the World Championship trials in September of 1999. She competed at the US Championships and the 1998 International 3-on-3 Championships. At the 1998 Visa American Cup, she finished seventh in the vault, and eighth in the all-around and the uneven bars. She took first place in the floor exercise at the 1997 US Championship, and placed first in the all-around at the 1997 US Classic.


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Ion Chromatography
Major anion analyses are performed using IonPac As15 (4mm) column, and self regenerating suppressor ASRS Ultra (4mm); sample loop is 25 μL.Perchlorate is separated using IonPac AS16 (2 mm) column and self regenerating suppressor ASRS Ultra II (2mm) with external water mode. KOH
Samples should be filtered through 0.45μm filters immediately after sampling and stored at 4 ºC. The shelf time of some anions is only 48 hours. The analysis is performed using calibration standard at 4 levels adjusted to concentration of the samples. Quality control and blank control is performed every 10th sample. For a full SOP click here.
Detection is performed with conductivity detector in water matrixes. For complex matrixes (e.g. tissue) the IC is connected to a mass spectrometer (Finnigan AQA) with an electrospray ionization source. The settings of mass spectrometer are:
For further details on our pechlorate analyses see Dodds, et al. (2004), Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 379:881-887.
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After the accident caused by Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake in
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, we have obliged
the workers to wear full face masks (including half face masks) in the
whole area of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station except in the Main
Anti-Earthquake Building or the rest places.
The density of the radioactive materials in the air of the power station
is gradually declining and it has stayed below our in-house standard* for
wearing the full face masks since last June until now.
Regarding such situation, in order to mitigate the inconvenience for the
workers, we reported today to Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)
that we plan to permit the workers to omit wearing the masks in the
certain areas such as the places where they pass by vehicles to go to the
Anti-Earthquake Building. NISA confirmed that the changes in our operation
are reasonable. Therefore, we will start the operation from November 8
this year.
As a result of the effort for the recovery from the accident at Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Station so far, the amount of the radioactive
materials released is steadily declining. We will endeavor to keep the
radiation dose greatly minimized (Step 2).
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(1) Exceptions to the obligation of wearing full face masks
·In the vehicles transporting between outside of Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station Site and buildings such as Anti-earthquake
Building, between Anti-earthquake Building and Service Buildings of
Unit 5&6, between vehicles and Anti-earthquake Building to the entrance
of rest places in the Service Buildings of Unit 5&6
·Watch by the security guard at the main gate
·During transportation in order to take the procedures for entrance etc.
(2) Rules to omit the Use of full face masks
·Full face masks should always be carried
·Observation of the aerial radioactive materials by consecutive
measurement in the areas where the usage of full face masks are omitted
& Establishment of communication system in emergency
·Placement of signs which indicate the transportation vehicles in which
the full face masks can be omitted
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Our in-house standard for wearing the full face masks stipulates that
they should be used when the density of the aerial radioactive materials
exceeds1×10-4Bq/cm3. This value is no more than 1/10 of the density
of the aerial radioactive material I-131in the Notice of Exposure Dose
Limit based on the Regulation for Placement and Operation of Practical
Reactor for Power Generation.
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Gamer's Notebook
Big news from Sony and the return of Lara Croft
By Chris O'Neal 02/28/2013
Tomb Raider available March 5
for the Playstation 3.
At the time of the Nintendo 64's 1996 unveiling, I was a mere youth trying to find his footing in a world gone semi-digital. America Online was the best way to access what was then called "the Internet," American television had yet to dissolve into reality television repetition, and Bill Clinton was enlivening the White House with his after-hours parties. No one would have believed that the Nintendo 64's spotlight would be trumped by Sony's Playstation 2, four years later, with better graphics and game play. Thirteen years after that, on the cusp of another technological revolution, Sony is doing it again with the Playstation 4.
Sony wowed fans with several hour-long press conferences last week, detailing just about nothing on its upcoming system apart from there being big news to announce at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The typical lineup of Sony producers was ushered onto the stage and forced to talk in code about upcoming projects.
While the allure of possible new games and dramatically beautiful visuals is like a siren call to those of us who actually enjoy gaming, the Playstation 4 is going to be more than that — and if you have been paying attention, this should come as no surprise. Social media and the tag of general entertainment played a heavy role in the announcement. Expect apps, apps and more apps linking the PS4 to non-gaming-related clutter.
Way back when the Nintendo 64 and the Playstation 2 were announced, it was just enough that 3D would be available in your home. Now a system isn't a system if it can't do everything a computer can do and more. In fact, the Playstation 4's new dual shock controller replaces the standard start and select buttons with a share tab. Expect your Facebook wall to be littered with pictures of victory poses in the near future.
We shouldn't be entirely pessimistic or morose about the onslaught of new social technologies. The Playstation 4 does, in fact, offer several new and exciting features: instant downloads of games via the market, a computer that thinks and gets to know you personally to better customize the gaming experience, and several top-tier developers on board to deliver potential launch-day games.
The Playstation 4 is expected this holiday season.
Around the time of the Nintendo 64's launch, talk around the schoolyard revolved around the pixelated beauty known as Lara Croft. Our young minds hadn't yet been over-saturated by the wonders of the Web, so when a woman built of triangles jumped and fought her way through fantastical landscapes in the Tomb Raider series, our minds raced.
Lara Croft has returned in the Playstation 3's exclusive Tomb Raider, a prequel to all of the original games and a step in the right direction for a re-launch of the once-queen of action/adventure.
Lara is a young woman aboard a vessel shipwrecked on a mysterious island, which just happens to be the spot on where her first adventure begins. We witness the birthing of an action heroine unlike any seen before. We watch as she struggles to cope with the dangerous world around her and to come to terms with what must be done. We witness her first kill and the pain she feels, having taken a life, and then we go on to kill hundreds more.
Where the game succeeds is in its storytelling. Lara Croft is no longer a pixelated piece of eye candy. Now she's a real woman with real problems. Sure, there's the occasional piece of fan service, but below the predictable flash of cleavage is a game with true depth and detail. Lara climbs and jumps her way across a perilous island, fighting criminals and the somewhat supernatural as we watch her transform from a meager student into the ass-kicking heroine we've all come to love and ogle.
Chris O'Neal was nominated for Best Boy at the 2013 Oscars but lost out to Robert Downey Jr. Follow him on Twitter @Agentoneal.
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Family & Children's Place is the leading agency in Louisville and Southern Indiana providing services that stop and prevent the trauma of abuse, violence and neglect, services that help children and families recover and heal.
We talk about things few want to discuss and reveal situations some would silence or bury forever. With help from Family & Children's Place, children and families affected by violence, abuse and neglect have the chance to lead happy, healthy lives, filled with safe, healthy and meaningful relationships.
Services include no-cost therapy in homes, offices, and the community; child and family advocacy; information on victims assistance; case management; referrals to appropriate community services; and domestic violence groups for children impacted by violence in the home
With help, separated parents and children rebuild relationships through our Supervised Visitation Center, first-time parents learn to manage their new responsibilities and give their baby the best start possible. Students learn to make healthy choices, avoid drugs and alcohol and access resources they use to improve socially and academically. Families are assured safe, secure housing.
Through collaborations with the Crimes Against Children Unit of Louisville Metro Police, Child Protective Services, U of L School of Medicine and the Commonwealth's Attorney office, our Child Advocacy Centers ended the trauma of physical and sexual abuse for more than 1,300 children last year alone.
Family & Children's Place provides proven interventions for children and families hurt by violence, abuse or neglect. Last year alone, we helped nearly 5,000 children and family members regain hope.
If you witness or suspect child abuse, call the Kentucky Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-752-6200 or the Indiana Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-800-5556.
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A GRANDMOTHER whose garden partially collapsed into building works next to her home is still waiting for the damage to be fixed after eight months.
Denise Davison, 77, lives on Southlea Drive, Hoyland, next to the Milton Crescent project - a development of 14 two and three-bedroom detached and semi-detached bungalows.
On July 28 last year, Mrs Davison woke up to a scene of devastation. The stone wall and fence at the bottom of her back garden had collapsed along with a bank sloping down to the building site.
Now she is afraid to go into her garden because she fears it is unsafe and her grandchildren are not allowed to play out.
She spoke to workers on the building site and was told the contractors had changed because the original company, Niche Construction, had gone into administration.
There is a sign next to the site for the 'considerate construction' scheme with a contact name of Dave Roberts and telephone number.
But when the Chronicle rang the number, a spokeswoman said: "He doesn't work here. This site is nothing to do with this office. When contractors change this is what happens, they just down tools and leave."
The spokeswoman did confirm Niche Construction went into administration in March last year.
Mrs Davison said she and her son Stuart, 45, were now at the limit of their frustration.
She said: "We had a visit from a chap who suggested we could have concrete posts with gravel boards but this is not an equivalent replacement in value or style."
The building work is for a housing scheme for Guinness Northern Counties. Sandra Burke, area programme manager, said the company was in regular communication with homeowners on Southlea Drive and had put up temporary fencing following the land collapse.
She said: "Stabilisation and finishing of the bank are due to complete this month and a contractor is being appointed to recommence works to the road and pathways, which includes the fencing and walls to the north bank on Southlea Drive.
"We are endeavouring to complete all works as soon as possible and will keep neighbours updated."


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Khloe Kardashian on Kim and Kanye West: "I Don't Think It's Serious" (VIDEO)
Khloe Kardashian gave a "Kimye" update during her appearance on "Watch What Happens Live" on Sunday night.
Kardashian said her sister Kim and Kanye West are exploring their new romance but, as Gossip Cop previously reported, don't expect them to walk down the aisle anytime soon.
"I don't think it's serious," Kardashian said. "I think it's too soon."
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Still, the reality starlet admitted West is fitting right in with her family, largely because he's been in their lives for nearly a decade already.
"It's not like some stranger getting into a hurricane," Kardashian noted, adding that "Kimye" share a "great friendship, and friendships make the best relationships."
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Not necessarily, said Kardashian.
"It's not like we're driven to slavery. Everyone has the option [to appear on-camera]" she said, before joking, "Except for us — except for the ones my mom gave birth to."
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Zhang was named the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Diver of the Year.
March 19, 2014
Tim McCaughan
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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Kaixuan 'Sherry' Zhang is ready to represent the Salukis this week at the biggest event of the season, the three-day NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Minnesota.
Competition is set for Thursday through Saturday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center, but Zhang will compete in both the one and three-meter diving competitions held on Thursday and Friday. Minneapolis is serving as the host site for the first time since 2007 and fourth time since 1993. Morning preliminaries begin daily at 11 a.m. and evening finals are set for 7 p.m. There will be live video webcasts available for all sessions, with ESPN3 and WatchESPN providing the free live coverage of the finals sessions Friday and Saturday.
Zhang automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with her first-place finish in the three-meter competition and her third-place finish in the 1-meter competition at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships last week.
With her finish in the three-meter dive Saturday the 2014 MVC Diver of the Year becomes the third women's diver to take the top-spot at the Zone Diving events in school history. Zhang scored a 709.90 to lead the rest of the field by 20 points in the three-meter dive. She scored 342.30 in the preliminary round to sit in second-place behind Kentucky's Christina Cabot, but a finals round score of 367.60 vaulted her into first and to the programs first NCAA Diving Championship since 1995.
The Hu Bei, China native finished the one-meter event on last Friday behind Purdue's Casey Matthews, who bested the field of 45 divers with a score of 616.20, and Illinois State's Wengting Zhang who finished second.
Zhang is the third women's diver to represent the Salukis and just the fourth diver in program history to qualify for the NCAA Diving Championships. The last Saluki to qualify for the NCAA's was seven-time All-American Rob Siracusano who finished competed in four NCAA meets and finished fifth at the 1994 World Championship Trials.
Earlier in the season Zhang broke the school and pool records in both the one and three-meter dives several times. At the start of the year the school record in the three-meter was set at 313.55 by Lisa Holland in 1996. At the 2014 MVC Championship, Zhang broke her own record she set previously in the year by scoring 439.40 on the springboard.


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Mathematics Education at the University: An Item Difficult to Enter on. The difficulties are: high deficiency of mathematical knowledge that new students bring from high school and absence of motivation and lack of training of the students for problem solving. To solve these problems a research group on mathematics education at the School of Biochemistry designed a distance education course. This course is written with an historical view and based in the heuristic methodology. Since motivation is very important, they looked for problems intimately connected with the discipline chosen. The visual impact plays important roles in motivation because sensitive experiences are the background upon which deeper knowledge is built. Finally, the problem solving is the methodology with which we are working. The resolution of mathematical problems supplies students with techniques, which can be used in different areas, even to everyday problems. Mathematical thinking is logical and strict, intuitive and creative, dynamic and changing.
The Preparation Needs of New Graduate Teaching Assistants. In the USA, Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs, both domestic and international) are critical in the effective mathematics education of undergraduates because they teach a large percentage of lower division courses. A variety of efforts have been implemented to prepare these instructors to teach in a variety of ways with a diversity of students and an evolving curriculum, a context which is often different from the one in which GTAs learned mathematics. The joint Committee on Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has held sessions at national conferences in order to explore this issue. I will present: (1) an analysis of themes and emerging ideas from the AMS/MAA sessions and (2) results from an in-depth study of 25 new GTAs at the University of Oklahoma. This latter project will examine the perspective of new GTAs, using journal entries, statements of teaching philosophy, and videotapes of classroom teaching as data.
Four Clues to Teaching Mathematics: Good or Right and Complexity or Abstraction. In studying mathematics two types of attitude are required; one acceptance or agreement and the other argument. Definitions and notations are important in mathematics and they are something that is adopted. They are essentially matters of good or bad. On the other hand another important part of mathematics is logical argument. Logical argument is essentially a matter of right or wrong, not good or bad. Many students tend to have interchanged attitudes in this aspect. I believe that their wrong attitudes make their study of mathematics harder. If we take these attitudes as warp, there are two types of difficulties of mathematics as woof: one the difficulty due to complexity, the other due to abstraction. Abstraction is harder to conceive and rather unfamiliar to everyone, and thus requires extra work for it. I believe that if instructors indicate the nature of the difficulty according to these four clues it would increase the effectiveness of teaching mathematics.
The Genetic Principle in Teaching University Mathematics. The genetic approach in mathematics teaching has been known from the times of Diesterweg, but it was almost never used in teaching higher mathematics: it was assumed that for undergraduate students, mathematics should be taught in strict logical and deductive way. For example, the teaching of mathematical disciplines in universities began with detailed account of logical and set-theoretic foundations, the linear algebra courses began with the general theory of vector spaces etc. However, modern experience has shown that the strict logical and deductive teaching of mathematics is inappropriate for undergraduate mathematics teaching, too. This presentation discusses the genetic approach to teaching higher mathematics. This approach consists in presenting subject matter as developing out of the principles that have determined its presented form. Such approach requires, for example, that elements of number theory should be taught before abstract algebra.
Statistical Literacy: A Pre-Stats Bridging Course. The traditional applied statistics course is not accomplishing its mission. It has too many topics and does not do enough in helping students evaluate non-statistical arguments involving statistics. This paper argues that there are two causes. First, an over-emphasis on statistical inference -- on chance, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests. Second, an under-emphasis on statistical literacy: the distinction between association and causation, between experiments and observational studies, between a biased measurement and a spurious association, between a frequentist p-value and a Bayesian strength of belief. Since both statistical inference and statistical literacy are extremely important, this paper proposes a new course: a "Statistical Literacy" bridging course. This is not a "baby stats" course; it is not just a vocational remediation course that reviews arithmetic and algebra. Instead, this is a critical thinking course that focuses on descriptive statistics and modeling with a strong emphasis on conditional thinking and on written communication using proper English.


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Gardening Articles: Edibles :: Vegetables
Using and Preserving the Other Alliums
by National Gardening Association Editors
Scallions or green tops are one of the first vegetables ready for harvest each spring. It's a real pleasure to go into the garden and pull them. Good scallions are young, green and tender and usually have several inches of white skin above the roots. They are either grown from a variety of bulbless onion or they are green tops - thinnings from the entire onion family: garlic, shallots and leeks as well as onions.
Scallions keep a few days if wrapped in plastic and kept in the refrigerator, but they're best if picked the day you use them. To prepare scallions, wash them and cut off the roots. Peel off the outside layer of skin and cut off the top green tail, leaving four- to six-inch scallions. The green tails are good as garnish. They're excellent with sliced tomatoes, on baby boiled potatoes, fish, egg dishes or salads.
Preserving Scallions
To dry scallions, cut them crosswise, tops and all, into 1/8- to 1/4-inch bits. Put the chopped scallions into a cheesecloth bag and blanch them in boiling water for 30 seconds. Plunge the bag in cold water, then take it outside and shake it to dry. Put the scallions in a single layer on dehydrator screens, and when thoroughly dry, seal them tightly in containers. When using dried scallions in dips or spreads, let them stand in the mixture for two hours before serving.
To freeze scallions, simply chop them up and put them in small, plastic containers and place them in the freezer. As with onions, use frozen scallions within a month or so for best flavor.
Chives are chopped finely and used as garnish and in spreads, dips and eggs. Their flavor gets stronger the longer they're mixed with cottage cheese or cream cheese, so only combine them at serving time.
To cut chives, use scissors and trim a few of the stalks to a height of one inch rather than cutting the tips of the whole plant. When they grow back to six or seven inches, they're ready to be trimmed again.
The queen of the sauce onions, the shallot imparts a delicate flavor to sauces somewhere between garlic and onion. Shallots should not be browned, as they turn bitter. Three to four shallots are the equivalent of one medium-sized onion; they're rarely eaten alone, but are used regularly in cooking. However, pickled shallots are special. Shallots are cured, dried and stored in the same way as onions.


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"One of the most prolific writers and performers on the comedy scene in recent years" The Hollywood Reporter
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Sydney Opera House today announced another exciting addition to the Just for Laughs 2012line up. Superstar comedian Aziz Ansari will open the festival on 12 October with his solo stand up show Buried Alive in the Concert Hall.
Check out Aziz Ansari performing at Just for Laughs in Montreal here.
As the cocky yet loveable Tom Haverford on the Emmy-nominated NBC series Parks and Recreation, Aziz Ansari plays a small-time government employee bent on becoming a Diddy-like mogul. Considering he's cameo'd in a Jay-Z and Kanye West music video, counts Quentin Tarantino as a fan and has Barrack Obama 'keeping him humble and hungry', it seems Ansari's real life is doing just fine.
Ansari recently released his second hour long stand-up special Dangerously Delicious online and is following this up with the all-new BuriedAlive – an evening of bewilderment and disillusion set to open Just For Laughs at Sydney Opera House.
Ansari is also keeping busy in the film world and was most recently seen starring in the action comedy 30 Minutes or Less opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride. He will next voice a character in the Twentieth Century Fox animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift, and he's in production on End of the World, which he co-stars in opposite Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, and James Franco. Mandate Pictures also picked up a comedy feature pitch by Ansari and Matt Hubbard, which he will star in alongside Danny McBride.
Additionally, Ansari is developing three films for Judd Apatow and Universal with Director Jason Woliner. The collaboration with Apatow began on Universal's Funny People, where Ansari created the popular character of 'Raaaaaaaandy,' who went on to become a viral hit on FunnyOrDie.com. Ansari also appears in Get Him to the Greek alongside Russell Brand, Jonah Hill and Sean 'Diddy' Combs, as a co-worker of Hill's character. He has had roles in the hit comedies I Love You, Man and Observe and Report.
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Funeral services for Cecil Edward Denison, 56, of Timpson, TX, will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Timpson, with Bro. Cliff Hughes and Bro. Eric Pledger officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 PM, Tuesday, in Munnerlyn Chapel Cemetery, Mira, LA. Mr. Denison passed away December 10, 2011, in Hope, AR.
Born January 01, 1955, in Shreveport, LA, Cecil Denison was the son of the late Billy Sanders Denison and Annie Belle (Adcock) Denison. He was a graduate of North Caddo High School in Vivian, LA. Mr. Denison was a welding inspector for Center Point Energy and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Timpson. Cecil and Nancy Decker Stephens were married August 19, 2006, in Timpson.
Survivors include his wife Nancy Denison of Timpson; mother Annie Bell Denison of Mira, LA; brother Billy Denison and wife Theresa of Avinger, TX; sister Nina Dickerson and husband Greg of DeBerry, TX; daughter Anna Austin and husband Brad of Vivian, LA; stepson Andy Stephens and wife Jody of Timpson; stepdaughter Emily Jordan and husband Bill of Greenwood, AR; grandchildren: Landry Kate Austin; Hayden and Nathan Jordan; Allysha, Jamie, and Xander Stephens; and "granddaughter" Gretta Oliver.
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Ostatic: Linux Foundation to Launch Free, Online Educational Q&As This Week
The Linux community has a long history of sharing educational resources, tips and tools, but much of this sharing is done on an ad-hoc basis online. In an effort to build new, structured and free opportunities for community members to learn about Linux, The Linux Foundation is launching a series of Live Linux Q&As on its social channels, starting this week, Wednesday, January 16, on Facebook.
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Alabama Softball
#8 Alabama at Auburn (Game 2)
Apr 03, 2010 at AUBURN, Ala. (Jane B. Moore Field)
Score by Innings R H E
Alabama............. 014 012 2 - 10 10 2
Auburn.............. 100 000 1 - 2 4 0
Umpires - HP: Dora Martinez 1B: Craig Hyde 3B: Patrick Heim
Start: 3:50 PM Time: 2:48 Attendance: 3125
Weather: Sunny, 77, Wind: W at 10 mph
Alabama Softball
#8 Alabama at Auburn (Game 2)
Apr 03, 2010 at AUBURN, Ala. (Jane B. Moore Field)
Alabama starters: 1/2b Braud; 18/rf Boccia; 34/1b Morgan; 20/ss Larsen; 2/lf
Lunceford; 9/3b Conley; 24/c Gibson; 3/dp Davis; 7/cf Fenton; 0/p Dunne;
Auburn starters: 1/3b K. White; 34/cf C. Stangl; 10/1b A. Harrison; 16/c
Eisterhold; 24/dp Cartwright; 5/ss L. Guzman; 99/lf L. Harrelson; 7/2b M.
Mitchell; 9/rf K. Clyde; 8/p J. Loree;
Alabama 1st - Braud grounded out to ss (3-2). Boccia
grounded out to p (3-2). Morgan grounded out to 3b (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Auburn 1st - Boccia to dp. Davis to rf. K. White
homered to center field, RBI (0-0). C. Stangl struck out swinging (1-2). A.
Harrison grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1). Eisterhold struck out swinging
(1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 2nd - Larsen walked (3-1). Lunceford
grounded out to ss (1-1); Larsen advanced to second. Conley grounded out to 3b
(0-0); Larsen advanced to third. Gibson singled to right field, RBI (2-2);
Larsen scored. Davis singled to left center (0-0); Gibson advanced to second.
Fenton reached on a fielder's choice (3-2); Davis advanced to second; Gibson
out at third ss to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Auburn 2nd - Cartwright flied out to cf (1-2). L.
Guzman grounded out to p (2-2). L. Harrelson struck out swinging (3-2). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 3rd - Braud singled to shortstop (3-2).
Braud stole second. Boccia struck out looking (3-2). Morgan walked (3-1).
Larsen struck out swinging (3-2); Morgan stole second; Braud stole third.
Lunceford doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (2-0); Morgan scored; Braud scored.
Conley homered down the rf line, 2 RBI (2-2); Lunceford scored. C. Schultze to
c for Eisterhold. A. Thompson to p for J. Loree. Gibson walked (3-2). Davis
struck out swinging (1-2). 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Auburn 3rd - M. Mitchell grounded out to 1b
unassisted (0-0). K. Clyde singled to shortstop (0-1). K. White lined out to cf
(0-1). C. Stangl struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
Alabama 4th - Fenton struck out swinging (3-2).
Braud popped up to p, bunt (0-0). Boccia walked (3-1). Morgan grounded out to
2b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Auburn 4th - A. Harrison walked (3-2). Eisterhold to
c for C. Schultze. Eisterhold fouled out to 3b (0-0). Eisterhold to dp. C.
Schultze to c for Cartwright. C. Schultze struck out swinging (1-2). L. Guzman
hit by pitch (3-0); A. Harrison advanced to second. L. Harrelson struck out
swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Alabama 5th - Larsen struck out looking (3-2).
Lunceford hit by pitch (1-0). Conley singled to shortstop (1-2); Lunceford
advanced to second. Conley advanced to second; Lunceford advanced to third on a
passed ball. Gibson walked (3-1). Davis struck out swinging (2-2). Fenton
walked, RBI (3-2); Gibson advanced to second; Conley advanced to third;
Lunceford scored. Braud struck out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Auburn 5th - Branham to 2b for Braud. M. Mitchell
struck out swinging (0-2). K. Clyde struck out looking (1-2). K. White walked
(3-2). C. Stangl reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); K. White out at second 2b
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 6th - Boccia walked (3-2). Elizondo pinch
ran for Boccia. Morgan doubled to left field (2-1); Elizondo advanced to third.
Dozier pinch ran for Morgan. Larsen grounded out to ss, RBI (2-0); Elizondo
scored. Lunceford struck out looking (2-2). Conley singled down the lf line,
RBI (2-1); Dozier scored. H. Ragsdale to p for A. Thompson. Gibson singled to
pitcher (2-1); Conley advanced to second. Davis fouled out to c (0-0). 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Auburn 6th - Morgan to 1b for Dozier. Sewell to p
for Dunne. A. Harrison reached on an error by 3b (3-1). Eisterhold struck out
swinging (1-2). Dawson to c for Gibson. C. Schultze hit by pitch (1-0); A.
Harrison advanced to second. L. Guzman reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); C.
Schultze advanced to second; A. Harrison out at third p to 3b. L. Harrelson
grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Alabama 7th - Smith pinch hit for Fenton. Smith
struck out swinging (2-2). Branham hit by pitch (2-0). Boccia to dp for
Elizondo. Boccia grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1); Branham advanced to
second. Branham advanced to third on a wild pitch. Morgan homered to right
center, 2 RBI (2-2); Branham scored. Larsen flied out to cf (1-2). 2
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Auburn 7th - Fenton to cf for Smith. M. Mitchell
struck out looking (0-2). K. Clyde walked (3-1). K. White singled to right
center (1-0); K. Clyde advanced to second. C. Stangl singled to pitcher, bunt
(0-1); K. White advanced to third; K. Clyde advanced to third, scored on an
error by p, unearned. A. Harrison walked (3-2); C. Stangl advanced to second.
Eisterhold reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); A. Harrison advanced to second;
C. Stangl advanced to third; K. White out at home 3b to c. C. Schultze reached
on a fielder's choice (2-1); Eisterhold out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2
hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.


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Senior Amy Otteson earns third-straight all-confernece honors
April 30, 2012
IRVING, Texas - East Carolina's Amy Otteson (first-team), Fanny Wolte (second-team) and Katie Kirk (third-team) have been named to the 2012 Conference USA Women's Golf All-Conference teams the league announced Monday afternoon. The three selections marks the 11th-straight season a Pirate has taken home All C-USA accolades.
Otteson, who finished seventh at the 2012 C-USA Women's Golf Champsionships last week, is a three-time all-conference performer following her third-team selection last year and second-team designation in 2010. During her senior season she posted a team-best and C-USA second-best 74.17 stroke average in 10 events, where she recorded seven Top- 20 finishes including a share of second place at the 2011 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate. In four years with the Pirates, Otteson owns a 76.17 career stroke average, which ranks fifth all-time in school history, and has posted 20 career Top-20 placements.
Wolte picked up her second career all-conference honor following her first-team selection a year ago where she was named C-USA Freshman-of-the-Year. The Graz, Austria native played in all 11 events as a sophomore carding a 74.69 stroke average with six Top-20 placements. In 10 of 11 events, she finished 27th or better and claimed a pair of sixth place finishes in her first two events of the season (GolfWeek Program Challenge and Wild Eggs Cardinal Cup). During her two year career, Wolte owns a 74.90 career stroke average, which ranks first all-time at ECU among golfers that have played at least 50 career rounds. She has two career tournament wins, both coming during her freshman season, and has 13 career Top-20 finishes.
Kirk has participated in all 11 events during her rookie season for the Pirates posting a 76.16 seasonal stroke average, which is the 16th-best single-season average in school history. The Davidson, N.C. native recorded a fourth place finish at the 2012 UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic with a 1-under par 215 and also took home a share of fifth place at the JMU Eagle Landing with a 1-over par 217.
The Pirates (102-48) will learn their post-season fate later tonight when the NCAA reveals the 72 teams selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA Women's Golf Championships.
2012 All-C-USA Women's Golf Teams
All-Conference USA First Team
Amy Otteson, East Carolina
Marissa Steen, Memphis
Maribel Lopez Porras, Tulane
Kristina Merkle, Tulsa
Marita Engzelius, Tulsa
All-Conference USA Second Team
Fanny Wolte, East Carolina
Felicia Espericueta, SMU
Katie Mitchell, UCF
Carolin Pinegger, UCF
Shang Fan Huang, UTEP
All-Conference USA Third Team
Katie Kirk, East Carolina
Gemma Dryburgh, Tulane
Ashley McKenney, Tulane
Samantha Troyanovich, Tulane
Kamryn Ruffin, Tulsa
Monifa Sealy, UCF
*Six players were named to the third team because of a tie in voting
Golfer of the Year: Kristina Merkle, Tulsa
Freshman of the Year: Katie Mitchell, UCF
Newcomer of the Year: Kristyn Morrone, Marshall
Coach of the Year: Randy Keck, Tulsa


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College Hockey:Deja Vu In St. Cloud
Power Play Once Again Rules in Huskies' Win Over Brown
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Another hard-fought battle in the National Hockey Center. Another outstanding performance by the St. Cloud power play. Another valiant effort from outmatched Brown. Another St. Cloud win.
Not everything was the same tonight, though. The Huskies prevailed against the underdog Bears, 5-4, on the strength of a 3-for-5 night on the power play. Friday night, it was 4-for-5.
St. Cloud's Tyler Arnason led the way with a goal and two assists. Sophomore defenseman Derek Eastman scored the game winner 2:18 into the third — surprise, surprise, on the power play — which, at the time, gave the Huskies a 5-3 lead.
"Special teams killed us all weekend," Brown head coach Roger Grillo said. "But we gave ourselves a chance in both games. I was proud with the way we battled."
Like Friday, the Bears entered the third with a one-goal deficit, down 4-3. Brown couldn't get that fourth goal, though, until just before the final buzzer.
"I thought we played undisciplined and unfocused tonight," St. Cloud head coach Craig Dahl said. "There isn't much to take out of a game like this."
The visiting Bears came out as flat as a soda that has been sitting out all night, giving up two goal in the first six minutes, and three in the first 11, to give St. Cloud a 3-0 lead. The crowd was roaring, the Huskies were outplaying the Bears in every aspect of the game, and it appeared things could be on their way to a rout.
Opening up the scoring for St. Cloud was Keith Anderson. Just like last night, he gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead on the power play. Anderson received a nice back-door pass from sophomore forward Joe Motzko, which he converted past Brown's freshman netminder, Yann Danis.
Just over a minute later, SCSU assistant captain Ritchie Larson jumped up into a two-on-one with captain Brandon Sampair, after a Brown neutral-zone turnover. Larson fired in a one-timer from the left side.
And just when things could get any worse, Husky defenseman Duvie Wescott fought past several unsuccessful Brown defenders and beat Danis stick side. With the score at 3-0, Grillo saw no option but to call a timeout and get his troops together.
"We were flat and they were flying in the first," Grillo said. "After the timeout, we started skating and Yann started to settle down."
Brown turned it around after that, and played a relatively even game with the No. 4-ranked Huskies. Freshman forward Shane Mudryk got the Bears on the board late in the first, off a perfect feed from senior Matt Kohanksy. Kohansky made a great move and a great pass that Mudryk fired in a wide open net.
Brown would cut the lead to one goal midway through the second. After the Bears couldn't convert on a great opportunity in front, in large part due to some great saves by SCSU goaltender Scott Meyer, the puck squirted out to sophomore forward Paul Esdale at the left point.
Esdale fired a shot that somehow got through the mess of bodies in front of the St. Cloud cage. After the mess cleared, Meyer was furious that the goal was allowed, despite the many Brown bodies in the crease area. His outburst cost him a ten-minute misconduct, and he did not return to the game.
But minutes later, Brown took another penalty, and the crowd erupted in anticipation again. Arnason had no problem extending the lead to 4-2, after receiving a nice pass in front from Nate DiCasmirro.
Brown would counter later in the second, cutting the lead in half, to 4-3. Kohansky, who had a goal and an assist on the night, came down on his second two on one opportunity of the night, and this time was not stopped by Jake Moreland, Meyer's replacement in net.
Kohansky took his time, cutting into the middle of the ice, and beating Moreland, who did an admirable job coming cold off the bench, between the pads.
"Their 'D' were pinching a lot tonight," Kohansky said. "That's what gave us a lot of chances. We are starting to bury the puck a lot better, which is a good sign."
Early in the third, just as last night, the Bears took a bad penalty that would lead to the game-winner. On the power play, Eastman fired a bullet shot from the right point. The puck deflected off a Brown stick, and past the helpless Danis, who was only beaten that one time in the last 30 minutes of the game.
"I thought we were doing a good job killing that penalty," Grillo said. "It just seemed like the puck had eyes on their power play this weekend."
Brown had plenty of chances to get within one, but Moreland held the Bears back. Finally, with the extra skater on the ice and an empty net at the Brown end, Paul Esdale scored his second of the night, on another slapper that just beat the clock.
"I think we're playing pretty well," Arnason said. "They played some good hockey this weekend. Their record doesn't show it, but they are a tough squad. People expected blowouts. We played good enough to win, and I'm happy about that."
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