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Prior to the time today's round was canceled, the Wildcats were in third place after completing 16 holes of play. When play was suspended, Arizona was at 63-over-par and trailed first place Duke by eight shots and second place Arizona State by six. Individually, Jenna Daniels had moved up to eighth place at 8-over-par and Krissie Register was in 11th at 15-over-par.
"We were probably going to shoot the lowest round of the day and that would have put us in a good position," Arizona head coach Todd McCorkle said. "Obviously, we were disappointed that the round was canceled."
Duke won the team competition at 895 and Arizona State's Grace Park captured the individual medalist honors at 1-under-par 212.
Third Round Results That Will Stand As Final Results
Team Scores
1 Duke University 288-309-298--895
T 2 Georgia 301-303-299--903
T 2 Arizona State 300-309-294--903
4. Arizona 305-307-292--904
5 Pepperdine 302-301-308--911
Arizona Individual Finishes
T 7 Jenna Daniels 76-76-72--224
T 7 Krissie Register 76-74-74--224
T 21 Christina Monteiro 76-80-72--228
T 35 Jill Gomric 77-77-77--231
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This clear and accessible textbook introduces the brain's remarkable capacity for memory. The text was developed for undergraduate and beginning graduate students, but it will also be of use to cognitive scientists, biologists, and psychologists who seek an introduction to biological investigations of memory. Like the first edition, this fully-updated second edition begins with a history of memory research, starting with a "Golden Era" at the turn of the 20th century, and progressing to our current understanding of the neurobiology of memory. Subsequent sections of the book discuss the cellular basis of memory, amnesia in humans and animals, the physiology of memory, declarative, procedural, and emotional memory systems, memory consolidation, and the control of memory by the prefrontal cortex. The book is organized into four sections, which highlight the major themes of the text. The first theme is connection, which considers how memory is fundamentally based on alterations in the connectivity of neurons. This section of the book covers the most well studied models of cellular mechanisms of neural plasticity that may underlie memory. The second theme is cognition, which involves fundamental issues in the psychological structure of memory. This section of the book considers the competition among views on the nature of cognitive processes that underlie memory, and tells how the controversy was eventually resolved. The third theme is compartmentalization, which is akin to the classic problem of memory localization. However, unlike localization, the notion of "compartments" is intended to avoid the notion that particular memories are pigeon-holed into specific loci, and instead emphasize that different forms of memory are accomplished by distinct modules or brain systems. This section of the book surveys the evidence for multiple memory systems, and outlines how they are mediated by different brain structures and systems. The fourth and final theme is consolidation, the process by which memories are transformed from a labile trace into a permanent store. This text encapsulates the major concepts in the field of memory research, and makes this area accessible to students who pursue a variety of related disciplines.
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|A brain system for emotional memory
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|Consolidation: The fixation and reorganization of memories
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|Two distinct stages of memory consolidation
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|Working with memory
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|Final Thoughts
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Sports Betting – Gambling in AmericaPosted by admin in S
Sports betting occurs when gamblers make wagers on the results of games and contests played by other persons. The results of the games and contests are completely independent from the wagering activity of the gamblers. In other words, the gamblers have no control over the outcome of the games – that is, as long as the wagering is honest. Whether it is legal or not is another matter.
There are sports betting opportunities with a wide variety of games and contests. Although in a generic sense sports betting includes wagers made on the results of horse races and dog races, these games (contests) are usually considered to be different than other contests. In this encyclopedia, they are discussed separately, as are jai alai contests and betting on dog fights (pit bull fights) and cockfighting.
Sports betting in North America involves many kinds of games. It may be suggested that making wagers on the results of games is the most popular form of gambling in North America. It is certainly the most popular form of illegal betting in the United States.
In Nevada, there are 142 places, almost all within casinos, that accept bets on professional and amateur sports contests. Nearly $2.3 billion was wagered in these sports books in 1998. The casinos kept $77.4 million of this money; that is, they "held" 3.3% of the wagers, owing to the fact that the players bet on the wrong team and also that the casino structures odds in its favor. The sports wagers constituted just over 1% of all the betting in the Nevada casinos. About two-thirds of the wagers were on professional games and the rest on college games (National Gambling Impact Study Commission 1999, 2–14). Although the profits casinos realize directly from sports bets seem to be low, sports betting is very important in Las Vegas and Reno. The major gamblers like to follow sports, and the wagering possibilities draw them to the casinos. Also, the casinos sponsor championship boxing matches and give the best seats to their favorite gamblers. Superbowl weekend is the biggest gambling weekend in Las Vegas each year, as the casinos have special parties, usually inviting sports celebrities (retired) as well as other noted personalities to come and mingle with their gamblers. Of course, many of these invited celebrities turn out to also be heavy gamblers.
In 1998, the Oregon sports lottery sold $8.5 million worth of parlay cards on professional football and basketball games, and the state retained over $4.2 million (50 percent) as its win. This is less than 1 percent of total lottery winnings, but 4 percent of the winnings on non-video lottery terminal lottery games. The sports lottery is structured to produce a return of 50 percent to the players on a pari-mutuel basis.
The National Gambling Impact Study Commission suggested in its 1999 Final Report that illegal gambling activities draw wagers of several hundreds of billions of dollars each year, perhaps as much as $380 billion (National Gambling Impact Study Commission 1999, 2–14). It is likely that the operators of these games hold 3 to 5 percent of the wagers as profits. The illegal sector commands considerably more activity than the few legal outlets for sports gambling in the United States.
Betting has developed rapidly in recent decades. In 1982, the Nevada sports books attracted $415.2 million in wagers and kept only $7.7 million (less than a 2 percent hold). The hold increased an average of 16.6% every year until 1998, after which it leveled off. Only California card rooms and Native American gambling operations had greater annual increases. In comparison, casinos increased 10.4 percent each year and lotteries 13.5% (Christiansen 1999). The added interest in sports betting has been affected by an added interest in sports in the United States. Although individual sports have different experiences with their growth, one factor that has affected all sports has been television access to games and news media on odds and points spreads. Most Nevada sports betting was confined to small parlors outside of the major casinos until the late 1970s. The gambling activity was discouraged by the fact that the federal government imposed a 10 percent tax on each sports wager; however, this was lowered to 2% by 1975. In that year, the amount wagered in Nevada quadrupled. The state of Nevada changed laws in 1976, making it easier for casinos to have sports books. Then, a final breakthrough came in 1982 when Congress lowered the federal betting tax on sports contests to 0.25%, which is where it is today. Major sports betting areas were constructed in many casinos, the largest books (in physical size) being found today in the Las Vegas Hilton and Caesars Palace.
Ironically, given the widespread nature of sports betting, the gambling is also very controversial. Popular opinion on betting is very mixed, and indeed, opinion is more strongly against legalizing this particular form of gambling than are negative factors on any other type of gambling. The survey taken for the Commission on the Review of the National Policy toward Gambling in 1974 found majority acceptance of several forms of gambling – bingo, horse racing, lotteries – whereas fewer than half of the respondents supported legalization of casinos (40%) and offtrack betting (38%), and the fewest supported legalized sports betting (32 percent) (Commission on the Review of the National Policy toward Gambling 1976, App. II). A 1982 Gallup poll found majority support for all other forms of gambling but only 48% approval for betting on professional sports events (Klein and Selesner 1982). Opponents of sports betting suggest that the activity may have a tendency to corrupt the integrity of games, as those making wagers could try to influence the activity of the players in the contests.
Sports betting is authorized in Canada, Mexico, and other parts of Central America and the Caribbean region; however, sports betting is very limited in the US. Actually only in Nevada can a gambler legally make a wager on an individual contest or game. In Oregon the lottery runs a sports game in which the player must select several professional teams playing basketball or football on the same day or weekend. Nonetheless, sports betting is very pervasive in the United States, as bets on almost all sports events take place among friends or fellow workers or among social acquaintances in private settings. Almost all of these wagers, as already discussed, are illegal, as are wagers made through betting agents known as bookies. The appearance of the Internet and the worldwide web, which provide services in a form available to most residents, has led to a substantial increase in the amount of sports betting by Americans, most of which is also clearly illegal. There is some debate, however, as to whether Internet gambling, which is controlled by an operator in a jurisdiction where it is licensed and legal, is always illegal if the player is in another jurisdiction.
The greatest amount of sports betting – both legal and illegal – in the United States consists of wagers made on American football games. The National Football League (professional) games attract the most action, with the championship game (the Superbowl) being the initial attraction, the most wagering "action". The Superbowl attracts wagers approaching $100 million in the casinos of Nevada, and perhaps fifty times that amount or more is gambled on the game illegally. Most of the illegal gambling on the Superbowl consists of private bets among close friends or participation in office "pools" in which the participants pick squares representing the last digit of scores for each of the two teams. Following the Superbowl in importance for the gambling public are the college basketball championship series, the World Series for professional baseball, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series.
Each kind of game has different structures for gambling. Basically, wagers are made on an odds basis, on a basis involving handicapped points for or against one of the contestants (teams), or on a combination of odds and handicapped points.


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J2SE 1.4 - A Higher Standard
The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition is at the core of Java technology, and version 1.4 raises the Java platform to a higher standard. From client to server, from desktop to supercomputer, improvements have been made to J2SE across the board. With version 1.4, enterprises can now use Java technology to develop more demanding business applications with less effort and in less time.
Version 1.4 builds upon the current J2SE platform and provides even more features for developers to build into their applications. More functionality in 1.4 means developers can now spend less time writing custom code to accomplish what is now part of the core J2SE platform. The result is faster application programming with more consistency for enterprise development initiatives.
New features in J2SE 1.4 also reduce the developer's reliance on other technologies such as C or C++, PERL, or SSL and DOM implementations in browsers. This allows developers to use a single technology to develop, test, and deploy end-to-end enterprise applications and solutions. Most anything you want to do, you can do in J2SE version 1.4.
Version 1.4 provides more ways for developers leverage existing systems without changing their underlying platforms. Version 1.4 provides additional support for industry standards technologies such as XML, DOM, SSL, Kerberos, LDAP and CORBA to ensure operability across heterogeneous platforms, systems, and environments. Additionally, developers and software vendors may now use a new Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism in version 1.4 to provide newer versions of endorsed standards, such as CORBA, as they become available.
Massive Scalability / Record-Breaking Performance
J2SE version 1.4 brings Java technology to new levels of scalability and performance. With support very large memory configurations and ultra-fast I/O, version 1.4 allows for entirely new classes of applications to be written using Java technology. No mater what style of development - servlets, EJBs, or rich client applications - developers will experience immediate scalability and performance benefits from adopting this super-charged release.
Record Breaking Performance
J2SE version 1.4 smashes performance records for enterprise scalability. Using the SPECjbb2000 Java Business Benchmark on a three-tier server system, version 1.4 shows an improvement of 58% over J2SE version 1.3.1. Dramatic improvements have also been made for Java client applications. Internal testing on JFC/Swing based applications on J2SE version 1.4 shows a 20%-80% performance gain over version 1.3.1.
64-bit Support
64-bit support provides Java technology developers with near limitless amounts of memory for high-performance, high-scalability computing. While previous J2SE releases were limited to addressing 4 gigabytes of RAM, version 1.4 allows Java applications to access hundreds of gigabytes of RAM. This enables developers to drive more applications and very large datasets into memory, and avoids the performance overhead of reading data in from a disk or from a database. The result is significantly faster processing for business intelligence, data mining, engineering and scientific applications.
New I/O
With the new I/O features in 1.4, developers can now write ultra-scalable, high-performance server applications such as web, application, file, and database servers. They can also write heavy-duty scientific, technical, and graphics applications that require fast access to large quantities of data. I/O operations that previously required programming in C or C++ can now be performed using Java, but with the performance of a native C or C++ application.
Other Performance Improvements
Rock Solid Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
J2SE is a proven technology that has been battle tested with millions of customer installations. Version 1.4 builds upon this solid foundation and brings enterprises closer to achieving more 9s than ever before. Improvements have been made to the J2SE platform so that applications can be engineered to run more reliably, with less downtime and improved maintainability.
Improved Debugging
-Xcheck:jni command-line option performs additional checks for Java Native Interface (JNI) functions. Specifically, the Java virtual machine validates the parameters passed to the JNI function as well as the runtime environment data before processing the JNI request. Any invalid data encountered indicates a problem in the native code, and the JVM will terminate with a fatal error in such cases.
More Runtime Information and Enhanced Troubleshooting Capabilities
A More Complete Security Offering
Java technology enables enterprises to conduct secure, e-business transactions over the Internet while protecting their most valuable data assets. J2SE version 1.4 now provides the most comprehensive security offering in the Java 2 Platform to date. The new security features in 1.4 provide a level of abstraction above complex security mechanics that help to minimize the risk of creating subtle, but dangerous, security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, they simplify application development by serving as building blocks which developers can integrate directly into their applications.
New security features in J2SE 1.4 include:
Additionally, three previously optional security packages are now included as part of the core J2SE platform:
New Options For Connectivity And Data Interchange
XML technology is expected to revolutionize network-oriented applications, especially in the area of data interchange. By using Java and XML technologies together, developers can build sophisticated, interoperable Web applications more quickly for less cost. Java and XML technologies are enabling a new generation of Web applications and services in e-commerce, enterprise application integration, and more.
J2SE version 1.4 includes the basic facilities for working with XML documents, and provides built-in support for XML standards such as SAX 1.0 and 2.0, DOM 1.0 and 2.0, and XSLT support.
JDBC 3.0 technology enables universal data access from virtually any source - relational databases, spreadsheets, and flat files. Version 1.4 consolidates the separate core and optional JDBC packages into a single offering, and provides enhancements such as Connection Pool configuration improvements, Statement pooling for Pooled Connections, and a description of the migration path from the JDBC SPI (Service Provider Interface) to the J2EE Connector Architecture.
Several CORBA enhancements have been included in the J2SE 1.4 release. The J2SE Portable Object Adapter (POA) ORB allows programmers to construct object implementations that are portable between various ORB products, and supports objects with persistent identities. The Portable Interceptors API provides a set of OMG standard APIs that can be used by J2EE compatible vendors during development. Finally, full compliance with the CORBA "Interoperable Naming Service" (INS) will allow developers to use URL-like string to access naming services at remote sites, and CosNaming support has been enhanced to now allow for persistent stores.
Other improvements include access to the Domain Name System (DNS) has been added through the Java Naming and Directory Interface; support for IPv6 for more flexible socket creation, binding, and connection; and a new Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) API.
Rich Clients For Web Service
When a web page simply isn't enough, J2SE version 1.4 is the complete platform from which to develop functionally rich applications that can be deployed on any platform. Version 1.4 advances client application development with new Swing controls, accelerated Java 2D graphics performance, expanded internationalization and localization support, and enhanced deployment options with Java Plug-in and Java Web Start.
Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
Several new enhancements have been made to the Java Foundation Classes/Swing APIs in J2SE 1.4:
High-Performance Java 2D Graphics
J2SE version 1.4 contains major improvements in Java 2D graphics performance. The internal Java 2D "pipeline" architecture has been redesigned to reduce the overhead of common graphics operations used for Java Foundation Classes/Swing-based applets and applications.
A new VolatileImage API allows developers to take advantage of hardware graphics accelerators common in most current PC and workstation configurations. This results in dramatically faster Swing-based applets and applications, with some GUI operations now running 20% to 80% faster!
The new Java 2D architecture also dramatically improves the speed by which remote GUIs are transported over the X-Windows protocol. Depending upon the operation, the performance for GUI operations using Remote-X has been improved from 600% to 1200%.
Internationalization and localization enhancements include full Unicode 3.0 support, a new character encoding API for plug-able character converters, support for Thai and Hindi languages, and a new currency class so that currencies can be referenced independent of locales. The J2SE version 1.4 JRE is now available for Solaris, Linux and Windows in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Swedish. The J2SE version 1.4 SDK is available in English and Japanese.
Enhanced Deployment
A new deployment technology for Java technology-based applications, Java Web Start technology is now bundled as part of the core J2SE platform. Java Web Start allows Java applications to be launched with a single click, eliminates complicated installation and upgrade procedures, and guarantees that users are always running the latest versions of their applications.
The Java Plug-in allows developers to run applets on J2SE in popular browsers such as Netscape and Internet Explorer. New Java Plug-in features in version 1.4 include support for multiple versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), HTTPS through the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE), and applet caching enhancements to handle files such as GIFs and JPEGs in addition to JAR and class files. Other enhancements include the asynchronous loading of applets and other HTML elements, a progress bar to provide user feedback on applet initialization, a faster Java Archive (JAR) file format compression to speed downloads, and a new W3C standard DOM API that enables applets to traverse Document Object Models. Additionally, the 1.4 Plug-in can now run Java 1.1.x based applets on Windows clients using the APPLET tag, which eliminates the need for developers to modify existing HTML pages.
More Than A Technology, Java Is An Industry
Java is more than a technology, it's an industry. The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition is available on every major computing platform including the Solaris Operating Environment, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64 Unix, Windows, MacOS X and many others. And since Java-based applications, tools, and components are available from multiple vendors, enterprises can choose best-of-breed solutions while eliminating lock-in from any single vendor.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a company that responds to the needs of the Java technology developers. Version 1.4 is the first J2SE release to participate in the Java Community Process - an open, community-based process for the development of Java technology specifications, reference implementations and associated technology compatibility kits. Driven by Sun Microsystems, Inc. as Expert Group specification lead, companies such as Borland, Compaq, Fujitsu, SAS, Symbian, and IBM participated in defining and developing J2SE version 1.4 specifications side-by-side with other industry leaders. In all, 39 companies and industry leaders participated in the development of J2SE 1.4, which had a total of 11 Java Specification Requests. The result of this collaborative effort is a high-quality specification that best represents the diversity of the Java community.
SPECjbb2000 is benchmark from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). Competitive claims reflect results published on www.spec.org as of 1/28/02. For the latest SPECjbb2000 results visit http://www.spec.org/osg/jbb2000.


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Purdue Out-Slugs UIC in 17-10 Loss on Saturday
March 9, 2013
CHICAGO - The UIC baseball team (4-7) was overpowered by Purdue on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 17-10 at Les Miller Field in game two of the three-game series. Senior Alex Grunenwald had another great showing at the plate, hitting 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs. Junior Alex Jurich also tallied three hits and tacked on two runs and a RBI. Purdue notched 20 hits on the afternoon, including five doubles.
"Two innings made the difference in the game," said head coach Mike Dee. "We talk all the time how pitching and defense need to be the cornerstones of this team and today they weren't very good. Sometimes these things happen and we need to put it past us and get ready for tomorrow."
Purdue rattled UIC in the top of the second inning with eight runs on seven hits. The Flames got took of those scores back in the bottom half of the frame off a RBI-triple from Jurich and sac fly from Ryan Boss.
The Boilermakers put up single runs in the third, fourth and sixth frames, extending their lead to 11-2. UIC answered with four scores in the bottom of the sixth as De LaRosa kicked things off with a single to left center. Grunenwald then posted his fourth homer of the season on deep shot to left field. Two batters later, Joe Betcher went yard on a two-RBI bomb as the Flames chopped Purdue's edge down to 11-6.
UIC seemed to have the momentum until the Boilermakers lit up the scoreboards one more with six runs in the eighth. The Flames had one last gasp in the ninth inning by plating four runners.
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Friday night, the DeSoto Thunderbirds hosted a 4-team jamboree at Sam Howe Field. Call it a preseason scrimmage. Call it a tune up under game conditions but it all boiled down to being a dress rehearsal for opening night that gets underway for Mississippi Private School Association members this coming Friday evening. Besides the T-Birds, the other squads participating in the annual jamboree were West Memphis Christian, Tunica Academy and Lee Academy Marianna. Each team got in three 20-minute quarters of action that were played non-stop with the exception of one time out per session. There was no kicking in the contest. Play began the ball at its own 35 and maintained possession until they ran out of downs, turned the ball over or put the ball in the end zone. DeSoto looked sharp in its first two quarters of action. Defensively, they held West Memphis Christian scoreless for the entire 20-minute session. The T-Birds got a break late in the quarter when the Black Knights were called for pass interference. With no time left on the clock – a quarter cannot end on a defensive penalty – Zac Manning hooked up with Tyler Warfield for the score. The Thunderbirds managed to run the ball almost at will against the Lee Academy Cougars. DeSoto generated touchdowns by Reed St. Columbia, Tucker VonKanel and Griffin Christine. DeSoto opens the regular season this Friday night (August 23) when they host the Marvell Academy Eagles in an eight-man contest. Game time is 7 p.m.
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One of the people caught up in a syndicate police say was the market leader in the underground pill market has pleaded guilty.
Police arrested 22 people last month after a 12-month investigation into the manufacture, supply and distribution of Class B and C drugs.
One of those arrested was Ivy Lau. She appeared in the High Court at Auckland today.
She pleaded guilty to two charges - one of possessing and supplying a class B drug.
She will be sentenced in June.
Dubbed Operation Ark, police seized about $14 million of assets in the raids - including multimillion-dollar homes, up to $1 million cash and luxury cars.
At the time of the arrests, Auckland metro drug squad head Detective Inspector Bruce Good said the syndicate was responsible for the bulk of Ecstasy manufacture and supply in New Zealand.
It has also been linked to tablets at Fairfield College in Hamilton, where six students were hospitalised after swallowing what they thought were lollies. ESR testing has confirmed the tablets were Class C drugs and the 38-year-old mother of one of the students has been charged.


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Selections From Masterpeace & Spirit Touch
Joseph Akins
2011 / Heart Song Music
79 pages
Joseph Akins' long-awaited solo piano songbook is here, and it's a beauty! From the elegant cover to the much-appreciated spiral binding to the crisp clean notation, this book is a welcome addition to any piano sheet music collection. The song titles include five pieces from each of Joseph's first two solo piano albums, Masterpeace (2007) and Spirit Touch (2009). All but one of the pieces were transcribed by Joseph Akins himself, which ensures that the artist is happy with the final versions of his sheet music. These are note-for-note transcriptions, so following the music while listening to the recordings is easy and very helpful. In addition to the pieces, Akins has included four pages of performance notes that include the inspiration behind the music and suggestions for playing the improvised passages - an invaluable tool!
Joseph is a very accomplished pianist, so although the pieces are not terribly difficult, some contain some tricky timing and move all over the piano. I would suggest that most of the pieces are early-advanced, although a less-experienced pianist who really wants to learn a piece should be able to do it. The key signatures are not complicated, with three being the most sharps or flats in any piece. The notation is well-spaced and roomy and includes chord charts. Expression is also clearly-marked. All ten pieces are fun to play, so if you are a pianist who loves Joseph Akins' music, this book is a must!
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I feel like I'm always complaining about something. People don't like complainers, right? But since there is righteous indignation, is it possible there is an equivalent in the world of bellyaching? Could complaining be construed as standing up and fighting for a standard? I'm going with a "yes" answer here because without it, I won't find the motivation to continue with my rant. I'm a self-confessed idealist. Most people have that perceived human fault knocked or coaxed out of them before they reach sixty-four years of age. I've been stubborn. I refuse to let go of the concept that we followers of Jesus can and should lead a life of excellence in the area of goodness and cooperation. If we have died to self and our stone heart has been replaced with an organ of flesh, then why should we not live for the one who redeemed us? If we are truly living for Him, there will be no shadow of compromise with God's standard nor of cowardice nor apathy.
You might be wondering what catalyst has set me off this time and what my point is. OK, here you go. A couple of days ago I ran into a wall of disillusionment. Not disappointment, disillusionment. I was ready to believe that nobody is really living for the Lord and that the spirit of Mammon rules the earth and the airwaves. The exact way I felt was like in Braveheart when William Wallace discovers that the knight he is fighting is actually his supposedly fearless leader, Robert the Bruce. That story appears to be a fig Newton of Hollywood's imagination, but the example remains. I felt like someone I looked up to as leading the fight against the devil was actually selling out.
So you still want more details, huh? OK, you're dragging it out of me. Here you go. I ran across a Facebook post from a man representing the 700 Club indicating that CBN was starting a new program that would shine the spotlight on Christian entertainment. What a wonderful surprise that was. I was pumped because someone who has the platform was actually going to use their influence to help God's media army to get their messages before the public. I wrote to the man and my joy turned to consternation and then to disillusionment. They are certainly hosting such a program, but in order for a film maker or author or singer or comedian to be featured on the show, they have to invest a minimum of $10,000 for advertising. And so only those entertainers who can fork out ten thousand dollars will get the exposure needed to succeed in the world of Christian entertainment, at least from CBN. Here I thought these guys had the vision that in order to battle Satan, the entertainment media is a vital part of the armed forces and for maximum effectiveness they needed to give air support to the media troops. Instead dollar signs rule the day and life goes on as usual. Films that everybody knows about like Heaven is For Real and God's Not Dead will be featured on their show and movies that perhaps have more impact potential won't be because the producers don't have the do, ray, mi to spend on advertising. When will Christians realize that movies are a weapon in the spiritual warfare going on around us? Or perhaps better asked, when will Christians realize there even is a war?
Everywhere I look I see Christian ministries protecting their turf and advancing their own cause. It is time we all come together for the Kingdom. Watch this video of what happens when believers put away their differences for a season and come together in unity to war against the forces of Satan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIIkzzh16e0


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When unidentified human remains are discovered at some crime scene of the future, authorities may be turning to Caitlin Hickey '14 to assist in their investigation.
Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Anthropology Helen Cho and Officer David Houk of the Town of Davidson Police Department, Hickey is currently enrolled in an independent study of forensic art and anthropology. As her final project for the course, she will be reconstructing the face of a human skull.
Cho provided Hickey with the plastic cast of a real human skull from the anthropology department's bone lab. Hickey will measure the skull's features to determine its age, sex and ancestry. Then she'll reconstruct the face.
Hickey explained that facial reconstruction involves both science and art. "The metric processes involves measuring the skull and comparing the numbers to other examples, or plugging them into a computer program that determines sex and ancestry," Hickey said. "Non-metric processes, which are observational, include analyzing the closure of sutures (small cracks) on the skull to determine age."
Cho is guiding Hickey in determining the basic, anthropological facts about the skull, and Officer Houk is tutoring her in recreating the skull's face. Houk is an FBI-trained forensic artist, and assists in police investigations by creating artistic facial reconstructions based on skulls or partially decomposed human faces.
"A forensic artist can recreate a human face from a skull similar to the way a home builder can look at an old foundation and tell you what kind of house stood there," Houk explained.
Houk is teaching Hickey the artistic skills required of successful forensic artists. "She's not an art student, but my job is to turn her into one!" he joked. "I tell her to draw every day, and when we meet she shows me the faces she's drawn. Her task is difficult, but she's taking it very seriously."
The reconstruction process involves placing small rubber markers all over the skull to indicate tissue depth. Then Hickey will create a drawing of the face based on the rubber markers and anthropological factors. Finally, Hickey will create a three-dimensional likeness of the face by molding clay over the tissue markers to simulate facial muscles and skin.
When Hickey has completed the two-dimensional and three-dimensional reconstructions, she will compare her finished product with an actual likeness of the skull's original owner that Cho has obtained.
Hickey acknowledges that facial reconstruction is a subjective enterprise. She said, "Though you gather a lot of scientific data, facial reconstruction depends in large part on artistic interpretation and the artist's skills. Because of that, some anthropologists oppose it."
Her project, including the completed facial reconstructions, will be presented at the Social Sciences Poster Fair in April.
Cho said, "Rarely do you have someone with backgrounds in both anatomy and creative art. She is also very energetic and enthusiastic, so my job is pretty easy. It's also gratifying to know that the course directly relates to her career aspirations."
After graduation from Davidson, Hickey plans to continue her studies of forensic art and anthropology at the University of Tennessee, home to the famous "Body Farm" where law enforcement and anthropology students study decomposing cadavers.
When she completes her studies there, Hickey will join an elite corps of law enforcement professionals and anthropologists. "I only know of two other forensic artists in North Carolina," said Houk.


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Sharon Creech is an expert at making her stories relatable--for everyone, not just teenagers. If a teen read Walk Two Moons, they could easily connect the story and events with their present. If an adult read the story, they might reminisce about how their life used to be. For Idahoans, the story is particularly special because much of the setting can be easily visualized, or at least applied to that internal map of Idaho we all have. Idaho isn't a state that often gets much press in the way of movies or books, so it really feels special when it gets noticed.
The events in Phoebe's and Sal's stories might not necessarily correspond exactly to events in a reader's life, but the emotions, fears, hopes, and dreams are conveyed in a way that is universally recognizable. Those things are what readers will relate to. Everything is a big deal to teenagers, and things get completely blown out of proportion easily. Everything has to relate to them somehow, and life is at an awkward stage where they are still trying to figure out just who they really are.
When my mother left for Lewiston, Idaho, that April, my first thoughts were, "How could she do that? How could she leave me?"
The passage where Phoebe tells Sal she is brave, and Sal responds that she isn't really brave at all, is admirable. This really shows the reader who Sal is, and it is reminiscent of all the kids who put on the stereotypical "tough guy" act at school. It reminds us that maybe they are just as scared and insecure as Sal is. The part of the book that went back to Sal and her grandparents was particularly enjoyable. She was so close with them, and they were as quirky as can be. In this way, they are similar to many people's grandparents. It is often easy to feel embarrassed of the ones we love because they say or do something silly. But at the same time, there is always an incredible amount of love present--the same as it was for Sal.
We've all tried believing something wasn't true or real because we didn't want it to be. This was the part of Sal's story that is the saddest. It would be wonderful if everything could be just as Sal wanted it to be, but of course it couldn't. Many of us have been let down like this before, and to face that reality, or even remember it, can bring forth a storm of emotions.


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A colorful, unique baby shower featuring vintage vinyl records, fun/funky florals, contemporary patterns, and custom paper details.
– Modern paper patterns in the party's color palette were printed out and used to customize a big batch of 30 vintage vinyl records purchased on ebay for $31. The customized records were used as "table runners" and also to completely cover the surface of the food & drink buffet. {They'd be super cute as hanging decor too!}
– Simple, colorful flower arrangements featuring an interesting mix of hydrangea, aster, tinted spider mums, dianthus, and button mums were displayed in modern white vases embellished with rhinestones & hand-cut custom paper details. I found the Black Faux Diamond Ribbon at Wholesale Flowers in San Diego – what an fast/easy/affordable way to add some bling!
– Custom 4×6 signs were displayed in double-sided Tolsby frames from Ikea.
– Favor-sized baby bottles from Social Couture were embellished with craft rhinestones and little drink flags.
– White candlestick holders were used to elevate modern plates and bowls on the food & dessert buffet and add height to the display.
– Several of the decorative items on the buffet & outdoor table – including the retro-mod serving dishes, translucent drink carafes, and solar-powered table lanterns – were purchased at Target! The sequined "charger" underneath the drink carafes is actually a mini Christmas tree tableskirt that's part of our regular holiday decor. =)
– Plain white onesies (a staple that I personally LOVED when Macy was super tiny) were customized with decorative paper embellishments that could easily be removed after the party. The onesies were hung on the trees & plants using wooden laundry pins.
In keeping with the theme, we filled simple cellophane bags with some of the new Almond Joy Pieces from Hershey's which had the perfect shade of aqua blue to tie into the party. The bags were customized with coordinating favor tags and displayed in modern rows in a melamine dish. Each guest also received a bottle of nail polish in one of the "rock star" colors displayed throughout the party… there was even black! A special glittered bottle was reserved for mom-to-be.
I'm excited to be able to share some free downloads of the paper details I designed for this party with you! Click here to view/download the collection from my Scribd account right here: http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/3137297
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– Blank Food/Drink Labels (can also be used as place cards)
– Drink/Straw Flags (also used with the mini rhinestone baby bottles)
Please Note: Since I don't offer customize-on-demand services like a printable party shop would, these downloads can only be offered on an "as-is" basis (I'm unable to facilitate requests for color changes, name changes, etc). I've done my best to make the downloadable versions as generic/accessible as possible by removing the original names & initials and offering "blank" versions. Some elements are completely ready-to-go as-is (patterns, frames signs, etc), and others may require you to add text or an initial (drink menus, labels, favor tags) in Word, Photoshop, or a similar program. Enjoy! =)
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The Picketwire Players, La Junta's community theater organization, is celebrating their 45th consecutive year producing quality community theater. As in years past, they are producing yet another outstanding summer musical with a cast of veterans and newcomers in the Tony-award winning Broadway musical: Urinetown: The Musical.
The play has a little bit of everything: colorful characters, show stopping musical numbers, characters who show courage as they find themselves, corrupt politicians, greed, and young love. As the narrator tells us at the beginning of the show: "It takes place in a town like any town ... that you might find in a musical."
The character names are reminiscent of something out of a Damon Runyon story: Robby the Stockfish, Hot Blades Harry, Soupy Sue, Little Becky Two Shoes and many more. There are numbers that use a chorus line, some that are a bit more hip hop, and others that inspire the poor and downtrodden to revolution. It's Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Les Miserables rolled into one. One thing for certain, you are going to have a rip-roaring good time in the theatre, clapping and laughing along with those on stage.
The cast features veterans such as Tom Seaba, Ashley Jo Owen, David Eckhart, Dawn Pollmiller as well as some newcomers. Returning to a Picketwire summer musical for the first time in 20 years is Tim Baublits. He is happy to be able to do a Picketwire musical again and plays someone quite out of character for Tim - a corrupt, corporate mogul. Katie Lagregen also returns to Picketwire after a long hiatus. This summer is the first play in which she will perform since State Fair in 2005.
The full cast of characters is below. Be sure to mark your calendars for this fun, tongue-in-cheek musical production: July 25, 26, 27 and August 1, 2, 3. All show dates are performed in Picketwire Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 8th & San Juan in La Junta.
Director: Tracey Salzbrenner
Assistant Director: Cameron Salzbrenner
Musical Director: Josh Race
Choreography: Desiree Goheen and Susie Sarlo
Officer Lockstock: Tom Seaba
Penelope Pennywise: Dawn Pollmiller
Bobby Strong: David Eckhart
Little Sally: Ashley Jo Owen
Caldwell B. Cladwell: Tim Baublits
Hope Cladwell: Katie Lagergren
Officer Barrel: Brenda Erwin
Josephine Strong: To be announced
Old Man Strong: Dante Finley
Little Becky Two Shoes: Kat Dennis
Senator Fipp: Glenn Parker
Mr. McQueen: Cory Higgs
Mrs. Millenium: Maria Armijo
Hot Blades Harry: Benjamin Meiklejohn
Soupy Sue: Sue Samaniego
Tiny Tom: Devin Palomino
Billy Boy Bill: Dante Finley
Robby the Stockfish: Cory Higgs
Page 2 of 2 - Dr. Billeauz: Devin Palomino
Cladwell's Secretary: Susan Shand
Old Woman: Nenna White
UGC Executive #1: Dani Settle
UGC Executive #2: Jayden Martinez
Boy Cop: Johnathan McKelvey
Girl Cop: Maria Armijo
Lead Ensemble: Maria Armijo, Bonnie Grossen, Cory Higgs, Devin Palomino, Dani Settle, Susan Shand, Pam Valdez, and Nenna White
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BOSTON — Three goals in three minutes in the second period and 32 saves by Emerance Maschmeyer gave No. 5 Harvard a 3-0 victory over No. 3 Boston University on Tuesday in the Beanpot consolation game.
Lyndsey Fry, Samantha Reber and Hillary Crowe scored in a stretch of 2:47 to turn a scoreless game into a comfortable Crimson (18-3-2) lead.
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I love finding out about Canadianisms that go beyond the obvious – eh, aboot, ketchup chips, etc. This one is huge.
Yesterday Libby informed me that for the past YEAR she has thought that I had some grammar problem because I kept saying I was done things… "I'm done work," I'm done my sandwich," I'm done Bossypants so now you can take it", etc. Apparently she didn't want to point it out lest she embarrass me, until the other day when she heard another Canadian interviewed who kept saying the same thing. (btw for everyone who has no clue what's wrong with these quotes, apparently most people would say "I'm done with work" "I'm done with my sandwich"
Not using with is evidently the most egregious "mistake" that Canadians make. Here are some comments I've found replying to how wrong dropping the "with" is:
Sounds and is totally wrong grammatically. However, many communities appear to have errors in their modern day speech and are either oblivious to it or use it as some sort of badge! One that springs to mind is the gang infested hoods of parts of LA etc.
"It looks like a contraction of "I'm done with my homework" and a mix-up with "I've done my homework". It is hard to tell however if this is an example of imperfectly learned English in a ghetto environment or whether it was largely artificially perpetrated by a few people trying to be humorous.
So I mean…this isn't just a cute mispronounciation like "aboot", this is yet another sign of the gang culture infiltrating Canada!
This blogpost is very likely the first website to write anything about the issue. All I've managed to find is a lot of arguing on various forums on whether it should be "I'm done dishes" or "I'm done with homework." The forums confirm that this is Canadian and common to some parts of the East Coast – NJ, New Hampshire, Philadelphia.
A Quebecois guy confirms this on one forum:
dans certaines régions (dont le Québec et l'Ontario) on peut utiliser le verbe "be" avec cette structure (pour quelques personnes c'est seulement avec un des deux, mais bon…) même lorsqu'il y a un objet :
I'm done my homework.
I'm finished my report.
Il faut noter que cette structure n'est pas considérée comme "standard" et elle serait incompréhensible pour la plupart des Américains (sauf dans les zones américaines où la structure existe, comme Philadelphie et l'ouest de l'état de New York), mais ça s'entend souvent au Canada. Ailleurs, on dirait plutôt :
I'm done with my homework.
I'm finished with my report.
A few things of note:
- Americans are CRAZY when it comes to defending their grammatical style. I have seen every explanation of why they are right for using with and everyone else is ghetto…or an alien. A lot of the counter examples don't even make sense. One person said "I'm done my homework only works if your name is done my homework". So when I say "I'm hungry" I'm temporarily changing my name to hungry. Then there's people arguing with all these participle rules that don't make sense to me and I can't be bothered to read them. Mainly because English has so many exceptions to everything it seems weird to cite a rule and then decide an entire country must be wrong.
- Many people said what my cousin said, which is using "with" seems way too emphatic. Like "I'm DONE WITH YOU!" or even "I'm DONE WITH THE DISHES!" meaning like… I'm never washing dishes again. STUPID DISHES! From now on I am JUST eating straight off the table!!
While I'm at it, why do some people find it SO HARD to understand how to use "eh" in context? It's the easiest thing ever. Even Libby can explain it to you! Although she is now the master of converting from Fahrenheit to Celsius as well… so she is officially bilingual. Soon she'll be saying "I'm done my homework."


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Former Deagan's Kitchen & Bar chef Demetrios Atheneos has found a new home at The Oak Barrel in Valley View. The new gastropub, which opened in December, has a menu full of comfort foods with French influences. "We took some classic French dishes and put a spin on them," says Atheneos. Looks for items such as duck confit mac 'n' cheese ($15) and a croque monsieur flatbread ($14).
Chef Zack Bruell starts his day with two cups of coffee every morning. "It's one of the most important parts of a meal," says Bruell, who worked with Caruso's Coffee in Brecksville to craft five different kinds of coffee to match the specific cuisine and culture of each of his five restaurants. His sixth coffee creation and signature blend, Hot Lips, is a flavored Italian combination with pepperoncini spice, maraschino cherry notes and Venezuelan dark chocolate. "We blended this flavor as if we were blending a cocktail," says Bruell. Twelve-ounce bags of Zack's Brews ($8.99) are available exclusively at all Heinen's locations.
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It was the first day of summer break for my oldest (entering 3rd grade next year). The morning started out pretty good. I woke up early and had time to do my Spark Coach first thing, wake myself up with some tea, quiet moments, reflection, planning time and a healthy smoothie. The only major challenge I was experiencing was excruciating back pain. Somehow, when I was cleaning the kitchen/filling spice containers in my cabinet (up and down on step stool) the day before, I moved the wrong way and felt this horrible pinch on my low back. Took some Ibuprofen, felt better, went for a 4 mile run in the afternoon. Ice on back in the evening.
Back to the morning; things going fairly well, in spite of back pain. Then the kids got up. God love 'em.
I had planned to take them to a horse rescue down the road from my Dad's house. The place was having a garage sale benefit, and offering horse/pony rides. The girls were all geared up and excited to go.
It was raining.
But, I checked the weather, and it appeared that the rain would be subsiding by late morning, and I found out from their Grandma Linda that the horse/pony rides didn't start until noon anyway. Just had to dig out the rain boots for everyone.
The more I moved around, the more it became quite clear that I was going to have to do something about my back. I called the chiropractor and got an appointment for later in the afternoon. Unfortunately, my 'regular' guy was on vacation, so I was going to have to see his partner whom I had seen in the past, and was not so helpful. And, the kids were not listening to me, but were, rather, mesmerized by the television. And, I tried to make some special tasty muffins for them, but they ended up overcooked and tasted like crap. I had 3 pieces of bread for toast left (3 pieces, 3 kids - should work). Burned one of them. Not a good cooking day for me. Threw out burnt toast, cut up two remaining, distributed pieces on 3 plates; patted self on back for overcoming obstacles.
At this point, the pain in my back became debilitating. So, I called up my Master Delegate, and politely directed my children to "bring Mommy this" and "take that over to your sister", and "go upstairs and fetch thus which can be found 'here'..." For a while, this worked well, until we got to the task of tidying the living room. This always seems to be a sticking point. Though I've directed this activity many times, and made my expectations perfectly clear, everyone seems to develop temporary lapses in understanding and extreme bouts of distractedness where tidying the livingroom is concerned. Usually to the point where I have to say, "I'm setting the timer. You have "x number of" minutes (depending on the level of current state of disaster). If the livingroom is not tidy by the time the timer goes off, we will not go ride horses." Which was a dumb thing to say, because I really wanted to go to the garage sale.
The bottom line was, the living room did not get tidied in the allotted time. So, I had to backtrack and problem solve. We came up with 3 improvement strategies for the next time, and I let them know that in this special circumstance, I would trust that they will remember their improvement strategies, and follow through on them for the next time. However, should they breach my trust the next time, the consequence of not being able to enjoy the 'fun event' would be followed through. Everyone understood. We went and enjoyed the garage sale and horse riding.
I left the kids with Grandparents and went to my doomed Chiropractor appointment. What a waste. I knew it would be. Afterward, I went to the library, picked up the copy of the Juicing Bible on hold for me, and checked out some Yoga videos.
Then - headed to the mall, straight for the Accupressure kiosk. I knew those folks would beat my aching back into submission. And lo, the heavens opened, and 45 minutes later, I was RIGHT.
This morning, my back, neck and shoulders feel sore - but it's an 'on the mend' type sore, rather than the debilitating pain and tightness I had been experiencing.
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On October 10, 2013, CCA hosted an OpenCo session, an event that announces itself as "a mix between a business conference and artist's open studio with the vibe of a music festival."
OpenCo launched in 2012 in San Francisco and has since expanded to four cities. At this year's San Francisco edition, more than 3,600 attendees -- investors, marketers, job seekers, and curious neighbors -- visited 135 different companies and organizations, getting direct access to local innovation leaders in, you might say, their natural habitat.
CCA Welcomed OpenCo
The session at CCA, hosted by Director of Campus Planning David Meckel, welcomed many new audiences. "Almost all of the OpenCo attendees who came to CCA had never been on campus before," he reported.
"We know that an art and design education contains many of the core values necessary for innovation, yet it's only in recent years, since the founding of Stanford's d.school in 2005 and CCA's MBA in Design Strategy program in 2008, that there's been widespread acceptance and understanding of the power of design thinking."
Innovation Corridor
CCA sits squarely in the epicenter of the "innovation corridor" that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has been promoting. The college's location, and its strong partnerships with organizations and companies such as Intel, Levi Strauss, Autodesk, and the SF Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation, are key to CCA's ability to connect emerging talent with innovation opportunities.
The OpenCo session at CCA was geared toward showing attendees what an art- and design- and human-centered approach to innovation looks like.
Key Players
They were welcomed with a short introductory presentation about the college, followed by a curated gathering in the Hybrid Lab, where they heard presentations from studio managers Chris Parsell and Andrew Maxwell-Parish, Architecture faculty Jason Kelly Johnson and Michael Shiloh, and MBA in Design Strategy faculty Christopher Ireland and Tim Smith.


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As alleged by many including this reporter, China owns the US, to some extent. How much? According to analysis by Tim Murse at About.com, the Chinese own about 8% of America's debt. However, there is something "funny" about how that is determined. In his analysis of a few years ago, of the $14.3 trillion debt, the Social Security Trust Fund holds $3 trillion and the Federal Reserve holds $2 trillion. Well, that's funny money. First of all, I bet citizens on Social Security don't feel good about that. Second, the Federal Reserve is just a manipulation of the books.
Murse reported that China owns more debt than all of the personal debt of US citizens, which is the basis for concluding that they own us. Then again, his final conclusion is that when all is tallied Americans are still holding more of the bag than the Chinese.
No matter how you assess the situation, it's a pickle that we need to escape from. The current criminal case against the Chinese government need to be used as a means for accomplishing a few things:
1. Gain more respect from the Chinese government for our trading partnership.
2. Awaken Americans to the consequences of our insatiable appetite for debt and the things that drive it.
3. Improve our international relationship through the painful legal process and diplomacy.
"How Much U.S. Debt Does China Really Own?
The U.S. debt was more than $14.3 trillion during the so-called debt crisis of 2011, when the level of borrowing reached its statutory limit and the president warned of a potential default if the cap wasn't raised.
See also: 5 Presidents Who Raised the Debt Ceiling
So who owns all that U.S. debt?
About 32 cents for every dollar of U.S. debt, or $4.6 trillion, is owned by the federal government in trust funds, for Social Security and other programs such as retirement accounts, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury.
China and U.S. Debt
The largest portion of U.S. debt, 68 cents for every dollar or about $10 trillion, is owned by individual investors, corporations, state and local governments and, yes, even foreign governmentssuch as China that hold Treasury bills, notes and bonds.
Foreign governments hold about 46 percent of all U.S. debt held by the public, more than $4.5 trillion. The largest foreign holder of U.S. debt is China, which owns more about $1.2 trillion in bills, notes and bonds, according to the Treasury.
In total, China owns about 8 percent of publicly held U.S. debt. Of all the holders of U.S. debt China is the third-largest, behind only the Social Security Trust Fund's holdings of nearly $3 trillion and the Federal Reserve's nearly $2 trillion holdings in Treasury investments, purchased as part of its quantitative easing program to boost the economy."
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2006 Article IV Consultation with AustraliaPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 06/123
October 23, 2006
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation with Australia is also available.
On October 11, 2006, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Australia.1
Australia's economic performance continues to be robust and prospects remain bright. The economy is entering its 16th year of expansion, reflecting the benefits of wide-ranging structural reforms and sound macroeconomic policies. After a modest slowing in 2005 following a welcome cooling of the housing market, growth is expected to strengthen once more because strong global growth has lifted Australia's terms of trade to the highest level in three decades. As a result, business investment has risen sharply, laying the foundation for solid export-led growth in the medium term.
Real GDP growth eased to 2¾ percent in 2005 as consumption growth declined and dwelling investment fell modestly following the cooling of the housing market. The slow down was cushioned by rapid growth in business capital spending, with investment being particularly strong in the mining sector. The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.8 percent in recent months, its lowest level in 30 years, but there has been little generalized wage pressure. Nonetheless, resource utilization is relatively high in some sectors and regions, and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) preferred measure of the core CPI inflation edged up to almost 3 percent (y/y) in June, while headline CPI inflation was 4 percent y/y owing to rising oil and fruit prices.
The external current account deficit was 6 percent of GDP in 2005, exceeding its typical level of about 4½ percent owing to high business investment. The trade deficit narrowed with the rise in export prices, but export volume growth was slow, reflecting unfavorable weather, the appreciated exchange rate, and disruptions of transport infrastructure for commodity exports. More recently, the trade and current account deficits have both eased somewhat. The Australian dollar has been broadly stable, but remains relatively high by historical standards, at about 12 percent above its 20-year average in real effective terms in September 2006. Net foreign liabilities reached a new high, at 57 percent of GDP, but the ratio of net interest payments to exports remained low at 9 percent.
Monetary policy was tightened modestly, with the RBA raising the target cash rate to 6 percent in two 25 basis point steps in May and August 2006. The fiscal position continues to be robust, with fiscal surpluses recorded in eight of the past nine years. Indeed, the net debt of the Australian government was eliminated in April 2006. The underlying cash balance for the 2005/06 fiscal year was 1.6 percent of GDP, ½ percentage point higher than budgeted owing to strong revenues. The 2006/07 budget targets a fiscal surplus of 1.1 percent of GDP, and projects the surplus to remain at 1 percent of GDP in the medium term.
Growth is expected to pick up to about 3 percent in 2006 and 3½ percent in 2007. Domestic demand growth is expected to slow gradually as investment growth moderates. With mining sector projects scheduled to come on stream, higher exports will help reduce the trade deficit, but the external current account deficit will decline more modestly owing to rising equity income outflows. Unemployment is expected to remain stable or decline gradually, and core CPI inflation and wage growth are projected to remain broadly stable. In the medium term, export commodity prices are assumed to decline significantly owing to an expansion in the global capacity of the mining sector, but there are both upside and downside risks to this outlook.
Executive Board Assessment
Australia's current economic expansion is now in its sixteenth year and unemployment has fallen below 5 percent for the first time in three decades. Executive Directors commended the authorities on their sound macroeconomic management and continuing structural reform efforts that have underpinned the sustained strong economic performance. Looking ahead, macroeconomic policies are well positioned to face potential external shocks, and Directors were confident that the authorities will press ahead with necessary reforms to address medium-term growth and fiscal challenges.
Directors judged that monetary policy has been tightened appropriately as the medium-term prospects for inflation had risen owing to rising world commodity prices and the relatively high level of resource utilization in some sectors and regions. They noted that further monetary tightening may eventually be needed if domestic demand growth or other factors lead to an increase in underlying inflation pressure. Although the Australian dollar is relatively high by historical standards, Directors saw no clear signs of misalignment given the high level of commodity prices and the prospects for stronger growth in export volumes.
Directors commended Australia's continued strong fiscal position, observing that the elimination of net public debt by the Australian government was an impressive milestone that few countries have been able to achieve. With the budget expected to remain in surplus in the medium term, Directors endorsed the establishment of the Future Fund to invest these surpluses to help Australia manage its long-term fiscal challenges. Noting that the current fiscal policy stance is mildly stimulatory at a time of relatively high resource utilization in some sectors and regions, Directors recommended that the fiscal surplus be allowed to exceed budget targets if growth and revenues are higher than expected.
Directors noted that that much of the recent improvement in Australia's terms of trade may eventually be reversed, and that there are also broader downside risks to the global economic outlook in the medium term. Nonetheless, Directors considered that Australia's macroeconomic policies, flexible exchange rate regime, and the robust medium-term fiscal outlook and the medium-term focus of monetary policy provide substantial cushions to help the economy cope with a fall in commodity prices or other shocks. Although potential vulnerabilities are contained and private sector risk management practices are sufficient, Directors recommended that the authorities continue to monitor private external debt closely.
Australia's participation in the Financial Sector Assessment Program was welcomed by Directors, and they endorsed the finding that Australia's financial system is healthy and financial supervision is sound. Nevertheless, with financial institutions entering new businesses and facing growing competition, Directors encouraged the authorities to remain vigilant by promoting robust risk management practices. In this regard, Directors welcomed the close monitoring of household debt servicing capacity by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, along with the review of liquidity regulation that is currently underway, and they fully supported the authorities' request to the banks to conduct regular stress tests. They also welcomed the steps taken to enhance supervisory cooperation with New Zealand. Directors emphasized that the authorities' ongoing work to ensure the legal foundations for timely and minimally disruptive resolutions of failed institutions was important to underpin the resilience of the financial system and minimize fiscal cost.
Directors welcomed the agreement between the Australian and state governments on the ambitious National Reform Agenda to lift productivity and labor participation over the next decade. They supported the broadening of the reform agenda to include human capital issues such as education, training, and health care. However, Directors recognized that progress on this reform agenda would be challenging, as evidenced by the lagging reform implementation in crucial areas—such as trading in water. Accordingly, Directors urged the authorities to make appropriate use of the resources provided by the recent surge in fiscal revenues to help spur the implementation of reforms. They considered that such an investment in reforms would help sustain strong economic growth and better position Australia to address the challenges of an ageing population and rising healthcare costs.


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Aug. 13, 2003
SEATTLE - Husky Hall of Famer Eleanor McElvaine, a UW assistant coach since 1990, will be named Washington's head women's rowing coach, Director of Athletics Barbara Hedges announced Wednesday. McElvaine will officially assume the title of women's head coach on Sept. 1.
"I am thrilled that Eleanor is succeeding Jan Harville as head coach of women's crew at the University of Washington," Hedges said. "Her history with the program, as a rower and a coach, in addition to a well-conceptualized vision of the future Washington rowing, will ensure a smooth transition and continue the legacy of excellence for the program."
A native of Everett, Wash., the 40-year-old McElvaine becomes just the third women's head coach at Washington since 1980, during which time Husky women's crews have earned 22 national collegiate titles. McElvaine replaces longtime head coach Jan Harville, who retired in June after 16 years at the helm of the UW women's program.
"I don't just have shoes to fill, I have hip waders," McElvaine said. "The good news is, I've been fishing next to Jan for the last 13 years. When I rowed here in the 1980s, I felt it was an honor to race with the Washington uniform on. I feel the same sense of honor and responsibility now as I take on the mantle of head coach, and look forward to continuing the tradition of excellence that is Washington rowing."
Washington is the first collegiate head coaching position for McElvaine, who has worked for the last 13 years as a women's novice coach, both at Washington and for U.S. Rowing. McElvaine's pupils formed the UW varsity four that won three-straight gold medals at the NCAA Championships from 1999-2001, giving the Huskies three of the possible six titles awarded since the championships began in 1997.
In 2001, McElvaine was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame as a member of the 1983 national champion women's crew. In four years as a Husky rower from 1982-85, McElvaine helped Washington to three-consecutive varsity eight national titles, rowing in the six seat.
"Eleanor's dedication and hard work during her time at Washington, both as a rower and a coach, are what have made her so successful," UW men's head coach Bob Ernst said. "She's trained for this for a long time, and is eminently qualified to do the job."
McElvaine has also excelled as a coach on the national level. In 1994, both McElvaine and Harville were honored by U.S. Rowing with its Woman of the Year award for "outstanding service to rowing in the United States." McElvaine was named head coach of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2000, and led the United States' four-oared crew to a gold medal at the 2000 Junior World Championships - the first gold medal ever won by the U.S. junior women - and a silver medal at the event in 2001.
A 1985 graduate of Washington with a degree in history, McElvaine attended Cascade High School in Everett. She was honored as the Everett Herald's Woman of the Year in 1984, following her junior season at Washington.


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My ex and I recently divorced and he was granted placement of our three children "until such time as mother becomes established on her own" (as per the G.A.L.) I received a small settlement and 9 hours of visitation with my kids per week. It has been a difficult task to find a place to live, as I have not worked in over 12 years and therefore have no steady income.
Now, I also am extremely worried about the safety and emotional stability of my children. Their father, although he holds primary placement, dumps the kids off at his mothers' house so that I CAN'T see them except during my granted visitation times. Her name (his mother) however, was never mentioned in our settlement agreement.
Also, the G.A.L. never spoke to any of the children (ages 11, 9 and 7) and is currently not responding to any of my e-mails regarding my concerns for them.
Not only are the children miserable with her (grandma), but my youngest was dropped off for our 'visit' on Wednesday with a severe blistering sunburn. I took him to the ER and have since not allowed his father to take him out of the house. Those were the instructions given me by the ER doctors.
I was met with extreme rage and threats nearing violence, but there was no way I was going to let my baby be put back in harms way. Since then, both my ex and his mother have tried do downplay the situation, even going so far as to make jokes about it.
My daughter (the eldest) even asked me tonight "How old are you when you get depression?" She, more than her brothers, is seeing what is going on and I fear for her emotional well-being; especially given her tender age. She (my daughter) also has said they aren't eating well or being listened to, and if they try to stand up for themselves, they are ridiculed.
I have almost 200 texts between us on my phone from her complaining of her grandma's cruelty and her desire to come home (and my responses).
I feel helpless in our situation, the G.A.L. clearly is not doing his job, and I don't know where else to turn to help us out of this!
You can and you may, naturally assume that I am not perfect either, but I have never abused or neglected my kids.
I am desperate for advice.
Thank You for your time.
Placement of minor children
Started by mommommom , Jul 20 2012 10:13 PM
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 10:13 PM
Posted 21 July 2012 - 03:44 AM
"Their father ... dumps the kids off at his mothers' house so that I CAN'T see them except during my granted visitation times."
There's technically nothing wrong with that. Whichever parent has possession can leave the children wherever they wish. You can do the same when the kids are with you. Any time your ex allows you to visit over and above your granted visitation time is at his discretion.
"Also, the G.A.L. never spoke to any of the children (ages 11, 9 and 7) and is currently not responding to any of my e-mails regarding my concerns for them."
It's not the GAL's job to referee your and our ex's issues regarding possession of the kids, but to make sure the kids' interests are protected in court. Whether the GAL is doing his or her job properly or not I can't say, but there's nothing in your message to indicate s/he isn't.
It's not clear from your message how leaving the kids with their grandmother is placing them in harm's way, one case of sunburn notwithstanding. However, if you have reason to believe the kids' health and or safety are at risk in the current situation, you are free to take the matter back to court for review. The kids' physician's report will be an important piece of evidence, and if you need more, you can contact Child Protective Services and voice your concerns to a caseworker. If anyone can get the matter before the court (assuming your concerns are valid) they can.
Meanwhile, you must abide by the terms in your divorce decree or be liable for sanctions for contempt of court. Consult local counsel.
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The Police Athletic League (PAL) has a rich history in our city that began 95 years ago when Police Commissioner Arthur Woods and Captain John Sweeney gave birth to the concept of cops helping kids helping communities.
Since 1914 PAL has been serving New York City's youth with safe, structured programming designed to engage boys and girls in positive activities that improve their quality of life, present developmental opportunities, and offer the prospect of a brighter future.
PAL Teen Impact Center's offer opportunities for youth between the age of 14- 19 to engage in sports and recreation, prevention education, life skills rap sessions and one on one positive peer and adult relationships within a Safe Haven.
Through local partnerships and collaborations with reputable and committed partners PAL will establish Safe Havens in schools, faith based institutions and other locations within their own neighborhoods and communities. These strategic partnerships will foster a Community approach towards helping to provide positive alternatives and services for youth.
Youth are offered the opportunity to participate in activities otherwise not accessible to them within their community.
These activities will include but will not be limited to the following:
The goal of PAL Teen Impact Center's is to provide a safe environment with services and developmental activities that offer youth the opportunity to positively socialize, participate and experience fun life altering experiences. Youth have the option to choose to belong to a positive, safe environment within their own community during the Fall, Winter and early Spring.
This year, PAL has redesigned its Teen Impact Center's into a goal-oriented program with set objectives and performance targets. In addition, we have enhanced activities with a teen focused life skills and prevention curriculum developed by the National Crime Prevention Council to further increase their awareness on a number of life altering topics.
ACTIVITIES: Negative youth behavior prevention lessons are interwoven into Teen Impact Center activities. These include crime and drug prevention, conflict resolution, child abuse and gang awareness. Life skills lessons such as Your Conflict Choices, Suspicions and Stereotypes, Diversity and Bias Awareness are incorporated as well. Based on a curriculum designed by the National Crime Prevention Council, each Teen Impact Center site will be introduced to Prevention or Life Skills theme of the week with group discussions regarding a different aspect of the theme will further be enhanced through the distribution of related informational pamphlets. Staff members will be trained to incorporate and deliver the lessons through all daily activities.
ACTIVITIES: High-organizational games and activities such as volleyball, basketball, and double-dutch will be offered. Low-organizational games such as jump rope, step and board games such as Checkers, Noc Hockey, Monopoly, Carom, Connect Four, Uno and more will give youth the opportunity to socialize and engage in one on one interaction with their peers or with adult mentors. Youth will also have opportunities for open play, and be able to prepare for and take part in citywide games and tournaments such as Hot Shots & Double Dutch.
ACTIVITIES: PAL hosts a number of visual and performing art competitions throughout the year. The Spring Poetry Contest encourages teens to express themselves through creative writing. The winners are published in an anthology and are invited to read their work at a Poets Café gathering at the Affirmations Art Gallery in Chelsea. "Tell It Like It Is", Public Speaking Contest allows teens to perform monologues and scenes from published work in February. "Show Stoppers" is a dance and step team showcase held during April. Teens also have an opportunity to display their visual art and crafts projects during a variety of citywide competition such as the PAL Arts Calendar and Brotherhood/Sisterhood Art Show.
ACTIVITIES: PAL will encourage youth to learn and gather information about their local community organizations and governmental agencies available in the neighborhoods. Each site will have an opportunity to gather information to be disseminated regarding their local police precinct, library, hospital, post office, Council person's office, Borough Presidents office, Parks & Recreation, Health Department, etc.
Through collaborations with governmental organizations such as the New York City Police Department and the National Guard Counter drug Task Force, youth will be invited to special events and presentations. In addition, NYPD from PAL's Liaison Unit, Community Affairs Office and local precinct officers will visit the sites often to help break down negative barriers and work constructively with the youth.
Borough Field Supervisors manage all logistical and administrative details related to the operation of the Teen Impact Center program. They make daily visits to the sites and provide support with the delivery of equipment, replenishment of supplies, processing payroll, checking attendance and collecting evaluation data. Additionally they are responsible for ensuring compliance with contracts, coordinating and communicating with staff and partners and ensuring that all Teen Impact Centers are operating in accordance with the Policy & Procedures of the Police Athletic League. Site Directors are based at the site and oversee all operations, supervise staff and are responsible for daily set up and breakdown of equipment. The Site Director also ensures that all health and safety procedures and protocols are properly followed, and helps the recreational specialist to facilitate site activities to include recreation and rap sessions. Recreation Specialist based at each Teen Impact Center organizes and implements sports & recreational activities as well as facilitates rap sessions.
All staff members will attend a pre-season training in September, 2013 where they will learn policy and procedures, prevention curriculum, safety policy, conflict resolution, youth development techniques and the logistics of setting up and providing a Teen Impact Program each day. PAL has arranged for the following organizations to provide their expertise at workshops held during this training: NYC National Guard Counter Drug Task Force will teach Drug Prevention; the Bronx District Attorney's Office will teach Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention; and the NYPD will teach Gang Prevention.
All staff members will also attend a mid-season training held on January, 2013 where they will receive feedback from participant surveys, build strategies for refining and improving the program for the remainder of the season and plan for next years program.
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