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Goshen College's GLBTQ hiring practices questioned by students
The college administration's stance of not hiring people in GLBTQ relationships has inspired much discussion on campus, and two student-led groups have different perspectives on the subject.
Goshen College does not hire people in GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning) relationships, but some students are working to change that.
Students in the Goshen College Open Letter group wear t-shirts that proclaim "Where's my GLBTQ prof?" and regularly meet with administration, hoping the school will change the long-standing hiring practice that stems from its affiliation with the Mennonite church.
That practice, according to Jodi Beyeler, interim director of communications and marketing for the college, is to require prospective employees to agree to a "commitment to community standards."
The standards say, in part, that sex should only happen between a man and a woman in a marriage relationship. Goshen College would hire GLBTQ staff, Beyeler said, but would expect them to remain celibate.
The Open Letter group has been actively trying to change this practice since 2011, but this year another group of students stepped forward saying they think the college's hiring practice is just fine.
These students wear yellow shirts that say,"Peacefully, I support the GC hiring practices."
Ryan Smith, the freshman behind the yellow shirts, said he wanted to give a voice to students who didn't agree with the Open Letter group, but were afraid to speak up.
"I made these shirts not to divide the community, but to bring it together," he said.
And though some students have said they feel threatened by the yellow shirts, Smith said that wasn't his intention.
"People, when they first saw the t-shirts, they thought 'Westboro Baptist Church,'" he said, referring to an extremist group known for toting signs that say "God Hates Fags."
Smith has talked with GLBTQ students and the leaders of the Open Letter group since he printed the yellow shirts about a month ago. Those conversations have been mostly positive, he said, and he encourages anyone with questions to talk with him.
"Eventually, there will be a middle ground where no one feels threatened," he said.
There's still a ways to go before that's true though, because Smith admitted he had never actually worn the yellow shirt before an April 1 interview with The Elkhart Truth -- there's too much tension on campus over the subject for him to feel comfortable wearing his beliefs, he said.
Abby Deaton and Stefan Baumgartner, both juniors, co-lead the Open Letter group, a movement that's grown to include about 250 current students and about 1,500 alumni, staff and faculty.
Just like the shirt says, members of the Open Letter group want Goshen College to adopt a hiring practice that allows staff to be in GLBTQ relationships.
To them, this isn't an issue and it isn't a debate. The school's hiring practice hurts people, and it should change, Deaton and Baumgartner said.
"One thing that I constantly hear from GLBTQ people on campus is that we don't have that mentorship," Baumgartner explained. "Many of the GLBTQ students on campus identify in a faith tradition and we want to see that in a GLBTQ professor."
Baumgartner, who grew up in Goshen, said he wanted to attend Goshen College partly because he felt it was a safe place.
The college has a statement that says it welcomes all students, regardless of sexual orientation. There are several groups on campus specifically for GLBTQ students.
Baumgartner only recently told his friends and family that he is gay, and he accepted his sexual orientation only after much soul-searching and in light of his Mennonite Christian faith.
"That acceptance was a direct result of my faith and experiencing God's everlasting love," he said. "Now, I am more able to use my voice to spread the love of God."
Deaton said she attended a Mennonite church where sexual orientation was "a non-issue." Because of that background, she was shocked when she arrived at Goshen College and heard of the school's hiring practice.
She immediately became involved with the Open Letter group, and founding student Patrick Ressler asked her and Baumgartner to lead the group after he left Goshen.
They've done a lot this year, including selling shirts to alumni at homecoming weekend and leading a campus discussion for anyone with questions about the movement.
They feel that they are making progress.
"Administration has been very, very open to talking to us," Deaton said. "It's not the students versus the administration. We want to work together and be in good communication."
Beyeler, communications director for the college, echoed Deaton, saying that administration and students regularly discuss the school's hiring practices.
The board met in February and talked about the subject extensively, Beyeler said, but made no decision.
Board members need more time, she said, especially in light of similar conversations happening in the Mennonite church as a whole and at Goshen's "sister school" Eastern Mennonite University, which is also considering a change in its hiring practices.
EMU says on its website that board members started a six-month "listening process" in January and could make a decision on the school policy about hiring people in same-sex relationships in June.
"It's a time in the church where there is a lot changing, and I don't know what that means," Beyeler said. "I think we are all watching for how the spirit is moving."
Students' voices on the subject have had an impact and they are being listened to, she said, "but they are not the only voices at the table.'
Deaton and Baumgartner, encouraged by a potential change at Eastern Mennonite University, think a similar change for Goshen could come soon.
"I hope that there are students on campus now that will not need to wear their shirts by the time they graduate," Deaton said, adding, "But it won't be us."


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Ellijay, Ga. – Originally established in 1903 as The Ellijay Telephone Exchange, ETC humbly began as a telephone company offering limited service to a few customers. In 2003, the company celebrated a 100 year birthday offering many communications and network services to multiple communities in North Central Georgia.
Now in 2013, the company has reached yet another milestone; 110 years in business. Since its humble beginnings, ETC now reaches into 5 counties in North Georgia and Polk County, Tennessee. The company offers a variety of business and residential solutions to meet the growing demands of a society that is becoming more technologically advanced. "People are communicating in so many different ways,"explains Nathan Collier, ETC Marketing Director. "Our goal as an organization is to stay current and progressive with the technology constantly being introduced, and that's always going to be a challenge that we must be prepared to take on as your local service provider." .
ETC is quickly becoming a novelty of sorts being that it is just one of a handful of family-owned, small market communications companies still standing in Georgia. This is impressive considering today's competitive market which is continually seeing many rural companies of its size around the country beginning to sell out to larger systems such as Comcast and Charter.
The company was purchased by Albert E. Harrison in 1958. Much like the company itself, Mr. Harrison came from humble beginnings and was known by many as a visionary. But who could have predicted that ETC would evolve from basic telephone service in the early 1900's to modern day broadband and digital transmission? Since its 100 year celebration, ETC has added its own television station, ETC3, and several other lines of business including home automation, computer repair and backup, cable TV and directory advertising, and 24/7 security monitoring to name a few.
While the future holds uncertainty for small telecommunications companies across the country, ETC continues to be an anchor business in the local community and remains committed to serving its customers. Like many other century old businesses, the organization has witnessed World Wars, government regulations, and generally tough economic times. But despite a few setbacks along the way, the company has history on its side. "We have always prided ourselves on providing unmatched customer service while being truly committed to the communities we serve," says Assistant VP Jason Smith. "ETC is looking forward to serving our customers for another 110 years, and beyond."


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Aerial view of the north corner of 5th Street and Elm Avenue. Burned debris at the upper right is from the Coalinga Inn, site of the only major fire caused by the earthquake. Some buildings totally failed, other buildings in the area had only limited damage. The open fronts at street level had only glass breakage.
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May 2, 1983 Coalinga USA earthquake
Location: Central California, 20.8 kilometers from Coalinga. Affected area: 205,000 square kilometers. Damage: $31 million. The most serious damage occurred in the eight-block downtown commercial district, but residents were also heavily damaged. More then 800 single-family houses were destroyed or incurred major damage. The majority of the 94 injuries occurred in residential sections of the city.
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- "The three seed dealers in this area have said their seed sales indicate a 30 percent to 40 percent increase in cotton acres this year," says Jay Hoover, Macon, Miss., who is growing the crop for the first time this year. And growers in the area say there are reasons to believe coming years will see more land coming out of soybeans and into cotton as irrigation capability increases and a new $6.5 million cotton gin begins operation this fall.
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GROWING COTTON is a new experience for Jay Hoover, long-time grains and poultry producer at Macon, Miss. Area producers are diversifying into or expanding cotton acres as they increase irrigation capability.
Tyler Huerkamp: 'Spectacular yields'
Tyler Huerkamp described 2011's challenges and rewards for Mississippi Farm Country, the magazine of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
The year was "a rough start, a beautiful finish," he wrote.
"New Year's Eve brought a tornado and eight inches of rain. While we were very fortunate and suffered only minor damage, the storm demolished some neighboring farms."
Another serious outbreak of storms occurred mid-April, spawning another tornado that hit an employee's home and many surrounding homes and farms. After cleaning up the damage, the Huerkamps began preparations for planting cotton.
"April 27th brought the worst tornado outbreak of our lifetime," Tyler wrote. In addition to numerous trees in fields, it destroyed a center pivot system that had been damaged in a windstorm two years earlier. The shop was a wreck, and I had to replant corn that was in the tornado's path."
Cotton planting got under way, with fairly normal weather for a month; then, June brought drought and "unbearably hot weather." While cotton hadn't started blooming and setting bolls, corn was in the pollination stage, and the heat took a toll on yield potential.
"The hot, dry start helped our cotton to develop a very extensive, strong root system," and with normal irrigation, "the crop was shaping up to be a good one."
Then, a tropical storm dumped 9 inches of rain on the farm. "But as the sun came out, damage was assessed and, amazingly, turned out to be minimal. The cotton crop was not injured badly, although the storm seemed to inhibit the defoliation process … and the maturing of the cotton seemed to be slowed and boll opening seemed more difficult."
But as harvest got under way, Tyler wrote, "It was obvious that the drought and heat, sprinkled with a few timely rain showers through the growing season, had been nearly perfect for the crop. Excitement spread through the county at news of record yields being harvested.
"Despite all the trials the year brought, cotton yields were spectacular and we finished the year with record yields on our farm, with some fields averaging over three bales per acre."


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I originally did this for one of the KFM duelling circle challenges, and had so much fun with it, I thought I'd post it here.
Ever wonder why you end up with a crate of gizka on your ship on Tatooine? Well, here's your answer.
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Oh, no. Geordans going to be so disappointed. Are you sure thats what the memo says? Mayran asked.
Im lookin right at it, Mayran, Jor-ul said. I know Geordans going to be upset, but hes a big boy now. Hell get over it. Besides, shes got beady little eyes, and theyre only cute when theyre young.
Let me see that, Mayran said, grabbing the datapad from Jor-uls hands. What do you know? Shes the cutest little gizka Ive ever seen. And she has such personality.
Her eyes darted back and forth as she scanned the datapad, looking for any possible way to get around the directive.
Memorandum on Gizka Policies
To: All Anchorhead residents
From: Czerka Corporation Tatooine Governor, Ardis Mran, MBS
Re: Non-compliance with Gizka Ownership Policies
It has once again come to my attention that there are some Anchorhead residents who have apparently not been educated on Czerka Gizka policies. This memo is being sent out to make very clear what our policies are.
Gizka are not to be owned by any residents. We are trying to eradicate the hairless little frog-faces because they breed faster than a Jawa talks. Theyre chewing up our cables faster than the Sand People can steal them, and the replacement costs are killing us. Despite the fact that theyre small and can only hop around, trying to capture them is like trying to hang on to the greased handles of a speeding swoop bike. Its bad enough trying to catch the wild ones without citizens adding to the problem by taking them into their homes and feeding the things.
I have heard any number of excuses on why So-and-so should have a special dispensation to keep one as a pet. Theyre cute. They dont chew on the cables at our houseyou just have to train them right. We always police their guano when we take them for a walk. My personal favorite is We only have one. You have to have two to make more gizka. Well, whoever said If you own one gizka, you own a hundred made the understatement of the millennium. Weve had more gizka pop up in the last two weeks than we had in the last two years, and frankly, Im tired of seeing their chirpy little bug-eyed faces jumping all over Czerka stuff and making more gizka. The only way to keep the prolific little buggers from making more nuisances of themselves is to rid them from Anchorhead entirely.
You have three days to remove all gizka from your homes. Czerka will provide euthanasia services for free for the next three days, a 58 credit value to you. After that, you will be fined 500 credits for possession of a gizka, and it will be removed anyway.
If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office.
But our gizkas too young to breed! Well, I
shes too young to breed, but we dont let her out, anyway! They cant do this to a child. He loves Pookie, Mayran said in dismay.
Mayran, we dont have 500 credits to pay the fine if they search us and find the critter.
I cant stand the idea of putting her down. Thats too cruel. There has to be another way, Mayran said, tears beginning to brim.
Jor-ul ran his hand over his smooth head, trying to consider his options. I dont know, Mayran. I dont have a lot of ideas here. Well just have to tell Geordan we took her out to a farm.
Geordans young, but hes not stupid.
I gotta get to work. Ships dont dock themselves, you know. Jor-ul put on the robe that prevented the blowing Tatooine sand from scouring his skin.
Thats it! Mayran exclaimed.
Whats it? Jor-ul stopped, hand still on the doorknob to leave.
Heres what you need to do. Just make sure you find a nice pilot .
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You the
Ebon Hawks
owner? Jor-ul asked Revan after the customs official finished with him.
Jor-ul swallowed hard. This owner, Revan, seemed to see right through him, almost as if he could read thoughts, and Jor-ul briefly reconsidered his plan. There were no other ships scheduled to dock for the next three days, however. The only other ship in port was owned by a nasty Trandoshan who looked like he could eat Pookie alive. Jor-ul was out of options, and he could feel the sweat beading on his forehead. He hoped this Revan would just think it was the heat.
You gotta sign this delivery order. We put crate 42-B7 on your ship.
A delivery? What order?
This is the
Ebon Hawk
, right? Docking bay 32? We got an order to put this crate on your ship. Says right here on this datapad. Crate 42-B7 goes to Docking bay 32. Ill get in trouble if I dont deliver it right. You gotta sign it. Jor-ul hoped his hand wasnt shaking too badly as he handed over the datapad.
Revan scrutinized it for a long minute while Jor-ul held his breath.
All right, Revan said finally, putting his thumbprint on the datapad and handing it back.
Jor-ul felt the weight lift from his chest, and he could breathe again. Thank you, sir, he said, with just a little too much exuberance.
Revan caught and held his gaze for a moment. Jor-ul felt the searching and thought of anything but gizka.
Youre welcome, Revan replied after a pause that seemed to Jor-ul to last an eternity.
Jor-ul trudged away, at least until he was out of Revans presence. Then his walk lightened as he headed for home, enjoying his success at saving his sons pet. Mayran, I put her on the
Ebon Hawk
. Looks like shell be OKI saw a young Twilek there. I bet shell take care of that gizka almost as good as Geordan.
Mayran cried a bit at the loss, but then said, I suppose Pookies lucky. Shell see more of the galaxy than we will.
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Ebon Hawk
slipped into hyperspace after leaving the dust-bowl planet.
Aw, look guys, check out this cute little gizka! Mission exclaimed to the rest of the crew, smiling broadly. She had some babies, too! Now everyone can have their own!
What idiot let her on board? Revan asked, looking suspiciously at the young blue Twilek who was now cuddling the gizka in her arms. The gizka cooed as Mission scratched her knobby head.
Excited statement: Gizka make excellent target practice, Master. It will be a pleasure to remove them from the ship, HK-47 noted.
Mission, still holding on to the gizka, jumped up from where she sat and stuck her finger in HKs face. Oh, no you dont, you nasty little assassin droid. Shes mine. And no accidents either, or Ill take you apart while youre powered down.
Indignant reply: I am not little.
Revan held a hand up to forestall the droid. I take it you let her on board, then. Those damn gizka will be hopping all over this ship before long, Mission, he said, trying to control his frustration and not quite succeeding.
Oh, no, I didnt bring her on board. I found her by this broken crate in the cargo hold. There was a note inside that said her name is Pookie, and the owners wanted us to save her from Czerka. They even left a bunch of gizka food for her. Isnt that great? Can I keep her? Please? Mission put on her best help a poor starving orphan Twilek look, trying to charm Revan into agreeing.
Oh, no, Revan groaned. Let me guess. Crate 42-B7?
Hey, thats right. Those Jedi senses of yours must be pretty darn good.
Yeah, theyre good all right. Revan replied, putting his head in one hand and sighing.
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Your surroundings, home, personal care, pets, clothing & bodyare all reflections of how you see and express yourself. Do these reflect your true self?
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If there is one door in the castleyou have been told not to go through, you must.Otherwise you'll just be arranging furniturein rooms you've already been in.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves.The process never ends until we die.And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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To live in this world, you must be able to do three things:to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bonesknowing your own life depends on it;and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.
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You are built to pull a cart, to lift a heavy load and bear it, to haul up the long slope, and so am I, peasant bodies, earthy, solid shapely dark glazed clay pots that canstand on the fire.
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Even in the running away from hurting, there is hurting. In opening unprotected to the experiencethat is enslaving you with its torment,there is the willingness to be free.Are you willing? Or do you just want towait until the world finally gets it and does it your way?
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Why Does Hollywood Remake Films That Weren't That Great?
This weekend brought remakes of two movies many filmgoers may have forgotten: "Conan the Barbarian" and "Fright Night." Their release begs the age-old question: why is Hollywood so addicted to remakes, reboots and re-everythings?
"It is much easier to get a remake made," says Nick Nunziata of the film development website CHUD.com. "It takes a little extra gymnastics to get people in the seats for something original and creative."
Remakes tend to have a built-in audiences of fans. "Hollywood's whole goal is to create excitement for that opening weekend, get off to a great start and then go from there," says Boxoffice.com's Phil Contrino.
But Contrino and Boxoffice.com don't expect much remake excitement this weekend. Both "Conan" and "Fright Night" had less than stellar starts at the box office.
"Quality still matters," says Contrino. "It is quite clear that remakes are not as much of a sure thing as Hollywood would like to think."
But, despite professional and amateur critics who complain about too many sequels and remakes, Nunziata says remakes aren't always a bad thing. "I used to blindly rail against remakes, but you can't convince the masses to embrace older films. I can't convince kids to see John Carpenter's 'The Thing' but those same kids are going to line up to see the new 'The Thing' in October."
Nunziata is one of the producers on "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," a remake of a 1970s TV movie which opens in theaters next weekend. "Nobody really knows the original. If you can find these small hidden gems that people have not seen and expose them to people, that's a good thing."
"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" has had a successful run on the festival circuit and has so far gotten good reviews, especially for a horror film. "The best movies to remake are the ones that had great ideas but didn't quite pull them off – movies that were almost there," Nunziata says.
A good example of that may be the recent hit "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," which uses modern technology to bring the apes to life in a way never possible with just makeup and Roddy McDowell in a furry suit. It is on its way to being one of the biggest hits of the summer.
More remakes are on the way. Says Contrino, "2012 is chock full of sequels and remakes too. Hollywood just does not want to take chances."


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Whenever my boyfriend leaves on a trip I am always worried that the time will go by way too slow and I'll be miserable for the majority of it. I have to say that this week went by incredibly fast and I had a fabulous and very relaxing break. We went to celebrate Christmas at my oldest friends house which was really nice! I also hung out with my family while recovering from a cold, was able to squeeze in a manicure & pedicure and a wonderful lunch at the Neiman Marcus Cafe. I'm looking forward to the New Year, and hope you all have a fabulous celebration!
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The Key To My Heart
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I've always been a huge fan of Marc Jacobs, but when I came across this dress covered in mini velvet hearts at a consignment store, my love for him grew even more. He most definitely has my heart; he knows how to make a classic dress with a playful twist that's exceptionally flattering. I love when any garment, (but dresses in particular) can be worn day or night with the right accessories. I originally got this dress for an event I had to attend and since then I've worn it out and about in the city, no occasion necessary!
Push it to the Limit
{pea coat: jcrew pants: anthropologie top: madewell shoes & sunnies: vintage bag: zara jewels: aqua & vintage}
It sometimes only takes one piece in your closet to inspire a look that typically isn't your style. Though, I do have to say that I have pretty eclectic taste, which means that my style doesn't only fall into one category, it falls into a whole assortment of categories, which I prefer! My dad bought me this pea coat about four years ago when I moved up to the city, because 'I didn't have any coats to keep me warm.' Surprisingly, he fell for it and of course I wore it a few times and then moved onto another coat (or two) but never got rid of it. It's a classic piece that makes me feel sophisticated and it has the ability to balance out something a bit more playful, like these red pants. I love when clothes can push your personal style in a way that you never could have imagined it going.


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Lisa Disch's research in both political theory and feminist theory is motivated by a concern with the power of conventions that are regarded as necessary or natural, a fascination with how they come to be looked upon that way, and an interest in the conditions under which such conventions can be challenged and changed. Feminist theory informs and inspires the way she thinks about such questions, even when she is not working explicitly on matters of gender. Her most recent book, The Tyranny of the Two-Party System (Columbia University Press, 2002) analyzes how, after a robust century of third-party participation in US politics, 20th-Century US citizens not only came to take it for granted that in this first-past-the-post system a vote for a third party is wasted, but to welcome US electoral duopoly as bulwark of their democracy. Her current research includes a project on political representation that seeks to reconcile the insight that acts of representation neither merely reflect constituencies nor originate with them but, rather, mobilize them with the democratic expectation that representative government is government "by" the people. She is also at work on a project on the reciprocal influences of contemporary French and US political theory, with a particular focus on exchanges between Anglo-American and French feminists.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -
The men's tennis team fought its way back to tie the match at 3-3, but 13th-ranked Mississippi would hold on to win the final match to take a 4-3 victory on Friday at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. With the loss, the Crimson Tide stands at 9-4 on the season and 0-1 in Southeastern Conference play while the Rebels improve to 6-2 overall and 1-0 in the league.
Doubles was tightly contested throughout the beginning of the match; however Mississippi would pull through on courts one and three to take a 1-0 lead. First to finish was the matchup on court two where Alabama's Becker O'Shaughnessey and Daniil Proskura won five straight games to take an 8-3 victory over 49th-ranked Adrian Skogeng and William Kallberg. The Rebels would secure the doubles point on court three with an 8-4 win following an 8-4 win on court one.
Singles would come down to the wire as the Tide picked up three wins, first by Jarryd Botha on court two, who knocked off fifth-ranked Jonas Lutjen, 6-4, 6-3, followed by O'Shaughnessey, who beat 55th-ranked Kallberg, 7-5, 6-3. Stuart Kenyon awarded Alabama its third point of the night, winning 6-2, 7-5 on court six, leaving the decision to the matchup on court four. After dropping his first set 6-3, Philippe Tsangarides battled to take the second set 7-5, forcing a third, which would end up being played out in a tiebreaker. The breaker would go back and forth with both Tsangarides and Rebel netter Stefan Lindmark having match-point opportunities, but in the end, it would be Lindmark holding on to take the match 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(10) to edge out Tsangarides.
Next up, Alabama hosts No. 10 Mississippi on Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. The match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. CT.
RESULTS Doubles 1. No. 5 Scholtz/Lutjen (UM) def. Botha/Vieyra (UA) 8-4 2. O'Shaughnessey/Proskura (UA) def. No. 49 Skogeng/Kallberg (UM) 8-3 3. Lindmark/Backstrom (UM) def. Kenyon/Tsangarides (UA) 8-4 Order of Finish: 2,1,3
Singles 1. No. 12 Nik Scholtz (UM) def. Daniil Proskura (UA) 6-3, 6-1 2. No. 100 Jarryd Botha (UA) def. No. 5 Jonas Lutjen (UM) 6-4, 6-3 3. No. 85 Becker O'Shaughnessey (UA) def. No. 55 William Kallberg (UM) 7-5, 6-3 4. No. 106 Stefan Lindmark (UM) def. Philippe Tsangarides (UA) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(10) 5. Johan Backstrom (UM) def. Harris Barnard (UA) 6-3, 6-4 6. Stuart Kenyon (UA) def. Adrian Skogeng (UM) 6-2, 7-5 Order of Finish: 1,2,3,5,6,4*


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1. Check how you measure success.
If money is your main marker for success, then it's time to get realistic about it. Most small businesses don't break even the first year. Are you anticipating something different? It takes time to build a business, whether you're a solopreneur or brick and mortar establishment. Business is business.
2. Keep your expectations realistic.
It's become a mainstream to be hit in the face with "get rich quick" marketing, especially geared towards the online entrepreneur. Hold fast to your gut instinct that if it's too good to be true, it probably is. No matter what you're being fed by advertising about overnight riches, that is the rare exception to the rule. Success takes a plan, action, consistency and time. Period. It takes doing the things you need to do like marketing, networking, developing products/services, more marketing and networking.
3. Don't let people bring you down.
Those who have never been entrepreneurs have many misconceptions about what it means, and how they view you, your work and your success. Unfortunately, it's the often the people you are most counting on for support that might be plagued with these misconceptions.
One of the biggest assumptions is that entrepreneurs are 'rolling in dough', and when you're not, the next assumption is that you're not successful yet. In their eyes, no money = hobby, not business.
Also, your efforts are perceived differently when you're working from home. It looks like pretty cushy deal – you set your own hours, don't have to dress up every day, and most likely spend lots of time networking on social media. The misconception here is that you're not really working, and that you actually work LESS than you would at a regular job.
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Undergraduate Degrees in Statistics
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees
Students who major in statistics may seek a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree by satisfying the general requirements of that degree and by completing the following:
- MATH 220 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 hours)
- MATH 221 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4 hours)
- MATH 222 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (4 hours)
- One of: CIS 200 Fundamentals of Software Design (4 hours) or CIS 111Fundamentals of Computer Programming (3 hours)
- One course selected from MATH 551, CIS 209, CIS 300 (3 hours)
- ENGL 516 Written Communication for the Sciences (3 hours)
- One of STAT 325, 340 or 350 (3 hours) (Note: STAT 320 and 330 are now combined into STAT 325.)
- STAT 341 or 351 (3 hours) (Note: STAT courses at the 400 level or higher may replace either or both of the 300-level STAT courses.)
- STAT 510 >Introductory Probability and Statistics I (3 hours)
- STAT 511 Introductory Probability and Statistics II (3 hours)
- STAT 705 Regression and Analysis of Variance (3 hours)
- One of STAT 710, 720, or 722 (3 hours)
- One additional STAT course at 700 level (3 hours)
- Upper-division quantitative electives to give a total of 46 credit hours. Courses must be at the 400 level or above, and may include IMSE 541, math, computer science, statistics, or course in other area with substantial quantitative content. Note that STAT courses at the 400 level or higher may replace either or both of the 300 level STAT courses.
- A minimum of 2.0 GPA in STAT courses taken as part of the major is required for graduation.
Additional information about undergraduate degrees in Statistics is available in K-State's Undergraduate Catalog.
Statistics minor
Students interested in quantitative methods to complement their major area of study may select a minor in statistics. The requirements are:
- One of: STAT 325, 340, 350, 510
- One of: STAT 341, 351, 511
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Dual majors and dual degrees
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Students may obtain a dual degree in statistics and a field in another college such as business administration or engineering. The degree requirements of both colleges must be met and a minimum of 120 hours must be completed. Students who choose this option should complete the calculus sequence by the end of the sophomore year.


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Wednesday Feb 18, 2009
Sunday Aug 17, 2008
Liferay consumes OpenPortal WSRP project
By trajesh on Aug 17, 2008
The OpenPortal WSRP Project consumer is now integrated into Liferay Portal. The next stable release of Liferay Portal is expected to have both the OpenPortal WSRP producer and consumer integrated in it.
Checkout the following posts for detailed information on this integration.
Stay tuned on the OpenPortal WSRP Project mailing list for more information w.r.t to this integration.
Tuesday Jun 17, 2008
Leasing for Remote Portlets
By nitkal on Jun 17, 2008
WSRP 2.0 offers Leasing of Portlets as part of the specification. Leasing is the process by which a Consumer registers with a Producer for a specified time period, after which the Consumer Registration is rendered invalid. Lifetime is an optional parameter in the Registration offered by V2 producers. The OpenPortal WSRP project (Sun's open source implementation of WSRP ) has implemented this feature using the Open Source Portlet Container 2.0 . Check this wiki page for more information on portlet leasing.
Here's a primer on using the Leasing feature..
Wednesday Apr 02, 2008
WSRP 2.0 specification approved by OASIS
By trajesh on Apr 02, 2008
Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) specification version 2.0 has been approved as an OASIS standard. Here are the links to the approved specification.
- HTML: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-spec-cs-02.html
- PDF: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-spec-cs-02.pdf
- XML Schema: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-types.xsd
- Interfaces: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-interfaces.wsdl
- Bindings: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-bindings.wsdl
The OpenPortal WSRP Project implements the above all the mandatory and some of the major optional features defined in this specification and milestone 3 binary is available for download.
Monday Mar 10, 2008
OpenPortal WSRP version 2.0 milestone 3 available
By trajesh on Mar 10, 2008
The OpenPortal WSRP Project v2 milestone 3 is now available for download. The OpenPortal WSRP Project version 2.0 is now feature complete and will be OASIS WSRP specification compliant whenever the OASIS WSRP specification would be approved.
The OpenPortal WSRP v2 milestone 3 previews the following features, some
defined in OASIS WSRP version 2.0 specification.
- WSRP 2.0 getResource
- WSRP 2.0 Caching
- Markup Caching
- Expiration Markup Caching
- Validation Markup Caching
- Resource Caching
- Expiration Resource Caching
- Validation Resource Caching
- Tomcat 5.5 support
- Migrated code to the latest WSRP 2.0 schema
You can download the OpenPortal WSRP version 2.0 milestone 3 from
the project
download page.
This is the last major milestone build from the OpenPortal WSRP
Project, the future milestones are expected not to add any major new
features to the WSRP version 2.0 implementation rather provide
pluggable extensions mechanisms to consuming portals to implement some
of the WSRP version 2.0 features such as Portlet Management, CC/PP etc.
Here are some of the documents that are related to this milestone
- Whats
new in milestone 3
- WSRP installation on Glassfish
- Milestone 3 preview document
- WSRP installation on Tomcat
- WSRP User Guide
Stay tuned on the future
milestones of the OpenPortal WSRP version 2.0 project. If you would
like to keep track of future announcements and
to the OpenPortal WSRP Project, please subscribe to the email@example.com
If you have questions on how to use the OpenPortal WSRP Project and other comments/suggestions/requests, we urge you to join the firstname.lastname@example.com alias.
Please report any issues that you encounter while trying OpenPortal WSRP version 2.0 milestone 3 to email@example.com.
Monday Feb 11, 2008
Voice-over Screencast to Demonstrate WSRP Feature in Sun Java System Portal Server
By hemadri on Feb 11, 2008
Here is a new voice-over screencast that demonstrates the Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) feature in Sun Java System Portal Server. In this screencast, I have explained how to create a WSRP Producer, Consumer, and a channel/container to publish remote portlets in Sun Java System Portal Server.
The screencast also explains interoperability feature, by demonstrating how to consume remote portlets from Netunity producer in Sun Java System Portal Server.
Go through the screencast and watch this space for OpenPortal WSRP version 2.0 implementation screencast, soon.
Thursday Feb 07, 2008
Thursday Dec 27, 2007
WSRP version 2.0 milestone 1 binary now available
By trajesh on Dec 27, 2007
The WSRP version 2.0 milestone 1 release is the first release from the OpenPortal WSRP Project that implements the OASIS WSRP version 2.0 specification. The main intent of this release is to provide a base platform for developers to build optional and additional features that are defined in the WSRP version 2.0 specification and demonstrate to WSRP users the basic usecases of using both the versions.
Technically since all the major features of the WSRP version 2.0 specification are defined optional, we already have a WSRP version 2.0 implementation, by just porting the version 1.0 implementation to 2.0 schema's and claim version 2.0 compliance. However to have a meaningful version 2.0 implementation, the optional features are required to be implemented. The OpenPortal WSRP Project addresses/implements these optional features in the subsequent milestone. Please check the WSRP version 2.0 Project page for more details.
So what exactly is there in this release ?
- Provides a base v2 implementation by porting v1 implementation to v2 schema's.
- Provides both version 2.0 and version 1.0 WSRP Producer implementation.
- Supports sharing of resources like registration-handle/portlet-handle across v1 and v2 WSRP Producer services.
- Provides both version 1.0 and 2.0 implementation of Consumer.
- Provides the necessary administrative interface to create a v1 or v2 Consumer.
- Supports backward compatibility by supporting both v1 and v2 stacks.
Note : The code base uses OASIS WSRP public review 04 schema to demonstrate the above
Stay tuned for future announcements on optional feature implementation, Please subscribe to email@example.com
Wednesday Nov 28, 2007
firstname.lastname@example.com 2007
By vihangpathak on Nov 28, 2007
One of world's largest FOSS events, FOSS.IN 2007 is opening in Bangalore. Sun is a platinum sponsor of this event. Sun is participating in almost all the events throughout the five days of conference: Project days,Presentations Demos, Hack center, BoFs, Lightning talks
Click here for the official FOSS.IN page.
is also registering its presence via a host of demos and BoF sessions.Check out this blog for more details
Thursday Nov 01, 2007
WSRP v2 draft 4 public review
By trajesh on Nov 01, 2007
The OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets TC has recently approved Web Services for Remote Portlets Specification v2.0 as a Committee Draft and is available for public review. The public review starts from 31 October 2007, and ends 15 November 2007.
This specification was previously submitted for a 60-day public review on 24 July 2007, this 15-day review is limited in scope to changes made from the previous review. All changes are highlighted.
The specification document and related files are available here.
Highlighted PDF copy is available here:
The schema and wsdl files are available at:
Wednesday Sep 19, 2007
WSRP 1.0 beta and Portlet Container 2.0 beta
By trajesh on Sep 19, 2007
WSRP 1.0 beta and Portlet Container 2.0 beta is now available as part of the Java Application Platform SDK Update 3 Beta release.
The Java
Portlet Specification, 2.0 (JSR 286) adds new features like events,
public render parameters, resource serving, and portlet filtering to
the Portlet
Specification, 1.0 (JSR 168). Portlet Container 2.0 Beta provides a preview of
these new features as defined in the JSR 286 Public Draft 1.
You can download the same from here. Here are some links to related resources
The Portal Pack 2.0 Beta (NetBeans Portlet Plug-in) is available as a separate download that helps developers to develop, deploy and test portlets onto the Portlet Container 2.0 Beta.
Tuesday Sep 11, 2007
OpenPortal WSRP Project JAX-WS migration effort
By trajesh on Sep 11, 2007
OpenPortal WSRP Project has released the first set of install instructions for the JAX-WS branch, the install instructions are available on the project wiki.
This is the first drop from the jaxws_branch, the branch was created a while back to facilitate the migration of the WSRP implementation from the older webservice stack (JAX-RPC) to new webservice stack (JAX-WS). For feedback, please report issues to email@example.com or using issue tracker
The trunk of the Open Portal WSRP Project is still on JAX-RPC.
Thursday Sep 06, 2007
WSRP component consumed by the Portal Server implementation
By atul on Sep 06, 2007
The componentization strategy, or as some call it, the consumables strategy (read an earlier blog entry and/or this SDN article for background) being executed by the OpenPortal community has hit another important milestone.
As reported earlier, along the lines of the Portlet Container component having been integrated into the Enterprise-class Portal Server implementation in the OpenPortal community; next the WSRP implementation has followed suit. Rajesh describes the new development here.
Tuesday Aug 14, 2007
Code for freedom!
By md146841 on Aug 14, 2007
To commemorate India's 60 years of Independence, we have announced a unique contest today, aptly named "Code for Freedom".
Open to undergraduate and graduate students in any college/university accredited by the Government of India, the contest invites contributions to 5 Open Source projects namely OpenSolaris, NetBeans, Project GlassFish, Apache Derby and OpenPortal and will run until January 2008. The winners of the contest are set to win Laptops, iPods and every contributor gets a T-shirt and certificate from Sun.
You can find more information at the Code For Freedom site.
As you have come to this blog, I am assuming you are interested more in an open source enterprise portal - and we will be very happy to help you in any way we can. You can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you want to contribute to the development of the OpenPortal project, you can find details over here.
If you want to create cool JSR168 based portlets, please check Satya's blog to learn about some easy steps on how to do portlet development.
Wednesday Aug 08, 2007
Consumables from the OpenPortal Community
By md146841 on Aug 08, 2007
Some time back we had decided to open source some on the key components of the Sun Java Portal Server product in a piece-meal fashion. The idea was to enable those components to be consumed by other communities or software products (refer this article for the goals).
Since then we have open sourced the Portlet Container (based on the JSR168 standard) implementation, the WSRP implementation, the JSFPortlet bridge, and also created some new innovative projects such as Portal Pack (NetBeans and Eclipse), SAW and Mirage. And to further walk the talk, I am happy let you know that some of these components have already been consumed back by the enterprise class open source Portal Server implementation in the OpenPortal community.
A successful open source community is about adopting other communities and getting adopted by other communities, I would like to welcome other communities and software products who believe in open source to come and look at what we have to offer as part of the components mentioned above.
To go back to the article that states the goals of the OpenPortal community --
The objectives for the Portal Server open-source initiative are threefold:
- Expose Portal Server's mature and proven enterprise-class capabilities to the community and evolve it there through active participation from the community of developers, users, partners, and like-minded individuals.
- Build composable, decoupled, and lightweight components that can be used by the developer community and other projects, for example, components that serve as development or test runtimes in tools.
- Collaborate with other portal, middleware, or similar open-source efforts in the software universe for the benefit of the community.
Note: Please stay tuned for news on JSR286 and WSRP 2.0.
Recent Posts
- Simplify Your Portal Deployment: Web Space Server 10 VM Template
- Deep Dive: Sun GlassFish WebSpace Server
- Web Space Server 10.0 Downloads
- WSRP 2.0 FCS binary
- Content Management System in Glassfish Web Space Server 10.0
- Web Space Server Launch Links
- Web Space Server - Localization
- Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0: Now Available!
- Relocating WebSynergy Installations
- How to do I18n and L10n in WebSynergy
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- Atul Batra
- Dean Polla
- Deepak Gothe
- Design@Sun
- Greg Ziebold
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- Karthik Sudarshan
- Manish K Gupta
- Marina Sum
- Navaneeth Krishnan
- Paul Bohnenkamp
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- Portal Performance
- Prashant Dighe
- Rajesh Thiagarajan
- Rajiv Chamraj
- Ram Venkatraman
- SOA Solar System
- Sandeep Soni
- Satya Ranjan
- Sun.com Design Blog
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For many years, Samus Aran was considered to be one of the most respectable female protagonists in gaming.
She was one of very few female leads to wear gender-neutral armor. Her gender and physical appearance were never a factor in her abilities, and did not affect the storyline of her games. She spoke rarely, and only for the sake of exposition, creating the impression of a serious and stoic woman. She is also incredibly powerful, known for defeating enemy armies single-handedly, causing the genocide of an alien species, and the destruction of entire planets.
In Metroid: Zero Mission for the Gameboy Advance, Samus briefly loses access to her armor, leaving her in a form-fitting, body-hugging, skin-tight blue bodysuit. This "Zero Suit" hugs every curve of her body so tightly that it is scarcely different from a coat of blue body paint, which has inspired fans to draw hundreds of erotic illustrations of Samus wearing it.
Since Zero Mission, every video game featuring Samus has depicted her wearing the Zero Suit, if only briefly. This has caused a massive change in the way that Samus has traditionally been depicted; she is now portrayed as a beautiful woman with sex appeal, rather than simply being a badass bounty hunter who just so happens to be a woman underneath the armor, who you might get to glimpse for a moment if you're lucky.
This new portrayal of Samus is widely viewed as a vandalism of her original character, and has disgusted many Metroid fans. Samus was loved for being the opposite of stereotypical female video game characters, and now she is just like them - a sexy babe wearing minimal clothing while striking provocative poses at every opportunity. It's no surprise that Metroid fans have been extremely vocal about their powerful distaste for Samus' new look.
On April 8th, Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the Super Smash Brothers games, stated that Zero Suit Samus will be returning in the next iteration of the Smash Bros series, and revealed her new look. She is still a buxom babe in a skintight suit, only this time with the addition of sci-fi high heels. Her new footwear has been met with outrage by Metroid fans who hate seeing their beloved protagonist portrayed wearing feminine shoes that are impractical for running or combat.
Nintendo appears to have embraced Samus' new appearance, and is showing no signs of abandoning the Zero Suit or returning Samus to her roots. Metroid fans who grew to respect Samus for being the antithesis of a typical video game heroine will most likely have to accept the fact that Nintendo has no intention of restoring Samus' lost dignity, or portraying her in a gender-neutral light ever again.
An image gallery of the new Zero Suit Samus can be seen above. The new Super Smash Brothers game will be released for the 3DS in Summer, and for the WiiU in Winter.


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Employees may be hired and work for businesses in The Sims 2: Open for Business and The Sims 4: Get To Work.
The Sims 2: Open For BusinessEdit
Hiring employeesEdit
Employees can be hired over the phone or computer. Sims can also be hired as employees by interacting with them directly, but they might refuse the offer unless their relationship with the hiring Sim is good. Hiring over the phone or computer provides a choice of six Sims to hire and displays their Skills, Talent Badges, and starting salary. A business can employ up to 8 Sims. A business owner can use the phone or computer to hire Sims from home. Members of the owner's household who are on the business lot can use the phone or computer to hire employees.
Sims that can be hired as employees may be either from the pool of townies (regular townies, Downtownies, Garden Club members, locals, tourists, and social group townies) or Sims that live in the neighborhood. When using the phone or computer to hire employees, Sims in any of those groups may appear in the hiring pool, and Sims in the Family bin may also appear. If a Sim being hired already has a job, hiring that Sim will force them to quit their job.
Most of the time, when the Garden Club members, locals, tourists, or social group townies appear in the hiring pool, they will not have any talent badges at all. This could be advantageous or disadvantageous, depending on the player's view. They might require on-the-job experience in order to gain more advanced talent badges. On the other hand, if they do have talent badges, that will raise their required salary, even if those badges are not useful for the business.
Managing employeesEdit
Assigning tasksEdit
After employees are hired, they can be called into work by using the open/closed sign. Once they arrive on the lot, they must be assigned a task.
Assigning the right employees to the right task
|Associated Skill
|Associated Personality
|Associated Badge
|Be Stylist
|Be Masseuse
|No badge
|Arrange Flowers
|Flower Arranging
|Prepare Meals
|No badge
|Ring up sales
|Craft Robots
|Tend Bar
|Make Toys
|Toy Making
|Tidy Up
|No badge
Breaks and sending employees homeEdit
Giving employees a break is great for when they get hungry, bored, or have to go to the restroom. An employee's mood is symbolized in the small dot above their head. Yellow and red dots indicate employees in a bad mood; these employees should be put on break or sent home, or they may quit. If their mood is still red after they've been on break for a while, the best thing to do is send them home for the day.
Raising wages and promoting employeesEdit
Raising Wages - Changing an employee's wages is easy, and is important to keep employees happy as they gain skills and badge levels. Sims with higher skills and/or talents demand a higher salary, and Sims who are underpaid may refuse to come in. If employees are too underpaid, or underpaid for too long, they'll quit. If they are "fairly paid" they will stay longer.
Promoting (Community Business Only) - Promoting an employee to Manager allows a business owner to make a profit from a business without being at the business. Only employees with 5 talent points (Bronze Badge = 1, Silver Badge = 2, Gold Badge = 3) are eligible for promotion. Promotion is done by selecting a business owner, clicking on the employee, and selecting management/promote to manager. If FreeTime is installed, a playable employee who receives a hobby chance card outcome that results in a promotion will be promoted to manager even if he or she does not have 5 talent points. Once promoted, the new manager becomes selectable. Managers can be told to Mind the Store, meaning that a business owner need not visit the business for it to function.
Firing and laying off employeesEdit
Firing - Firing an employee is necessary when that employee is not doing his or her job properly, or is failing to follow instructions about basic procedures.
Laying off Employees - Laying off employees is the same as firing, but lets them down easy and does not make them angry with the Owner. Laying off is also useful for good employees that aren't needed anymore, or employees the Owner cannot afford to keep.
Checking inEdit
If a business has at least one manager, that business owner must check in with their businesses once a day to ensure that everything continues to run smoothly, or the business may not make a decent profit, or may even lose money. If a Sim owns more than one business with a manager, all businesses can be Checked at the same time. Checking In is done over the phone, by selecting the Business/Check in with Business or Check in with all Businesses. The Business Rank of a business determines how long it will take for a Sim to Check In - the higher the rank, the less time it will take to check in.
Playable employeesEdit
When playing a family in which one or more Sims is an employee, those Sims will work from 9am to 5pm (0900 to 1700), Monday through Friday, and will be paid a daily salary based on their hourly wages. They will receive paid vacation days, pregnancy leave, and parental leave on the same basis as Sims in regular career tracks. Like Sims in regular career tracks, they may bring other Sims home from work. While those Sims will also be employees, they may not be employed at the same business. If FreeTime is installed, they may receive work-related hobby chance cards.
The Sims 4: Get To WorkEdit
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In The Sims 4: Get To Work the feature to create and maintain a business returns from Open for Business, which includes the ability to hire and manage employees.
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According to the Get to Work trailer, Sims are able to manage employees in a similar fashion to Open for Business.


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NCAA Regional Tournament; Cornell and Massachusetts Press Conference
May 14, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. -
Cornell Head Coach Dick Blood
Coach Blood on 2004 NCAA run
Coach Blood on being an underdog
Meg Risica on home state of Massachusetts
Allison Intihar on Massachusetts
Risica on Masschusetts
Intihar on great hitting
UMass Coach Sortino on hosting a NCAA Regional
We are really happy to be here. It's a very exciting thing for us to see the lights out there. Tomorrow night is going to be a great night for us; it is going to be absolutely historic for our program because it's going to be the first time we have ever stepped foot under the lights in what we consider to be a beautiful softball field. We're looking forward to it, we're thrilled to be representing the Atlantic 10 and are looking forward to a strong regional championship.
Coach Sortino on Cornell
Carly Normandin on higher level of play
Whitney Mollica on postseason play
Coach Sortino on the strength of the Regional
Balschmiter on maturing over her career
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The Knitter's Book of Wool
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In this complete guide to wool - the most popular yarn around - passionate wool expert Clara Parkes translates the vast world of sheep and their wool into the language and context of knitting. The Author of this Book is clara parkes . Array ISBN . . The Knitter's Book of Wool available in English.


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Heaven confuses many people. Some don't understand much about it. Others are convinced they know all they want to know and have decided they aren't interested. A lot of people think heaven sounds boring with a capital B!
Huck Finn said that he thought heaven was a place where a person would "go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever." I have never heard any of you play the harp. I have heard some of you sing. With all due respect, I don't think much of the idea of spending forever listening to either. Undoubtedly it was this perspective that led Mark Twain to write on another occasion, "I'll take Heaven for the climate and Hell for the society."
A few years ago, the subject of heaven came up in a speech before the National Press Club by Ted Turner, the millionaire founder and former owner of CCN. Turner is sometimes not so affectionately called "the mouth of the South." I don't know the context. Perhaps someone had asked him about his ex-wife Jane Fonda's professed conversion to Christ. I suspect Turner spoke for a lot of people when he said, "Heaven is going to be a mighty slender place. And most of the people I know in life aren't going to be there. There are a few notable exceptions and I'll miss them . . . Heaven is perfect. Who wants to go to a place that's perfect? Boring. Boring."
Heaven will be a lot of things — beautiful, gorgeous, magnificent, marvelous, amazing, fantastic, surprising, radiant! But boring isn't one of them! That notion is one of Satan's big lies. The Deceiver will do anything he can to discourage saints and sinners alike from becoming too enthusiastic about what God has in store for those who love him. Two tactics have proven especially effective. He paints hell as one big party and heaven as a bunch of monks standing around watching paint dry.
Revelation 21 Revelation 22 sets the record straight once and for all. Scattered throughout these two climactic chapters are an abundance of clues about the true reality of heaven. They assure us that heaven will not be boring. Anything but! Why?
For one thing, there will far too much to explore. Boredom comes from shortened horizons and limited expectations. I remember when our older kids were in upper grade school or junior high. A few days after school was out in June they began to complain about being bored. "There's nothing to do. We're bored!" I'll bet you have heard the same complaint. Of course, all they had been doing all day was sitting around the house watching TV. Like any thoughtful parent I tried to solve their problem by offering to have them mow the lawn, clean house, or wash the windows. That went over like a screen door in a submarine!
After listening to the complaints for several days, I decided on another approach. I told them they didn't have to do any of the chores. They could do whatever they wanted. But I unplugged the television and put it in a closet. Wow, did the child abuse hotline ring off the wall that day! Within a few hours, they decided that anything was better than sitting in the house staring at the walls. So they adventured outside. It took a while, but before long they found so much to do and were having so much fun that we had to convince them to come in for supper. They found games to play, friends to meet, a neighborhood to explore, and adventures to discover. Summer suddenly became anything but boring.
John's vision pictures heaven as a huge bustling city with a wall 200 hundred feet thick surrounding it. A wall was what made a bunch of houses a city in the ancient world. The vast metropolis stretched on for nearly 1500 miles in every direction, including height. The puny little Sears Tower would hardly be visible from the top of the New Jerusalem's skyscrapers. The new city's vast network of streets and avenues would sprawl as far as from the Atlantic seacoast to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, from Florida's Keys to the lakes of Minnesota.


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Minutewomen Tripped Up By Dartmouth, 76-72
Dec. 30, 2013
HANOVER, N.H. - Kim Pierre-Louis earned her first collegiate double-double on 17 points and 17 rebounds, but UMass women's basketball dropped a 76-72 game to Dartmouth at the Blue Sky Classic on Monday. Of Pierre-Louis' 17 rebounds, 11 were grabbed from the offensive glass, while the junior forward also had three assists and a pair of steals in 27 minutes.
Nola Henry led the Minutewomen with 19 points and Emily Mital scored 18 on a 5-of-8 evening from the floor, including four three-pointers, and a 4-of-5 finish at the foul line. Kymber Hill added eight point, four rebounds, three blocks and a steal. Henry was named to the Blue Sky Classic All-Tournament Team following the completion of the game.
Fanni Szabo finished 12-of-18 on field goal attempts and 6-for-7 from the free throw line to lead Dartmouth with 34 points. Milica Toskovic chipped in 12 points and Lakin Roland notched 11 for the Big Green.
After Dartmouth raced to a 7-2 lead only two minutes, 10 seconds into the game, UMass answered with an 11-3 run to move in front, 13-10 with 13:30 remaining in the half. Henry used a three-pointer from the right side to give the Minutewomen the 11-10 advantage before Jasmine Harris capped the run with a fastbreak layup.
Henry and Pierre-Louis buoyed the offense as the Minutewomen maintained their lead into the final minute of the opening half. Henry had four consecutive points for UMass on a layup and two free throws, with the foul shots stretching the Minutewomen lead to 19-15 with 9:19 to play. Pierre-Louis followed with six straight points for the Maroon and White on three layups, with her final attempt earning UMass a 25-19 advantage.
The Big Green (2-10) pulled even with the Minutewomen at the break, 28-28, on the strength of a 9-3 run spanning the final 4:43 before halftime. Roland converted two free throws and Szabo drained a jumper in the paint to pull Dartmouth within 25-23. Mital used a three-pointer with 68 seconds left in the half to extend the UMass advantage to 28-23. However, Szabo provided a trey on the other end before Nicola Zimmer drained a pair at the foul line to even it at 28-28.
With the contest tied at 39-39, the Big Green used an 8-0 run to spread the margin to eight, 47-39 with 13:48 to go. Dartmouth went on to lead by as much as 13 points before the UMass offense countered to move within one basket of tying.
With UMass down, 65-58 at the 3:31 mark, Pierre-Louis hit the front end of a pair of foul shots before Hill fought into the paint to convert a layup. After a Daisy Jordan jumper gave Dartmouth a 67-61 advantage, Mital knocked down a trey with 97 seconds to play to move UMass within 67-64.
However, Szabo was fouled at the other end and converted both free throws to extend the home side's advantage to 69-64 with 1:21 left. The Minutewomen were unable to draw closer than four points during the remainder of play as the Big Green hit their final five free throws to keep pace with the UMass rally attempt.
Massachusetts shot 39.4 percent from the floor (26-of-66) and finished 14-of-20 from the foul line (70.0 percent). UMass hit 4-of-5 three-point attempts in the second half to finish 6-of-11 in the category (54.5 percent). Dartmouth was 25-for-61 overall (41.0 percent), including 6-of-22 on three-pointers (27.3 percent). The Big Green ended 20-for-24 on free throws (83.3 percent).
Spurred on by Pierre-Louis' points total, the Minutewomen outscored Dartmouth in the paint, 34-28. UMass also led in second chance points, 24-12 while the Big Green held an 18-10 advantage in scoring off of turnovers. The Massachusetts reserves scored 17 points against only nine produced by Dartmouth's bench.
The Minutewomen begin Atlantic 10 Conference play at VCU (12-1) in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
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A Guide To Some Of The Coolest Places To Visit In Pennsylvania.
Great places to visit in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is full of amazing and wonderful places to visit, no matter what your interests may be there is sure to be something that will attract you to the wonderful state of Pennsylvania here are just a few of the places to visit in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch country, just a few hours outside of major cities you can find yourself taking a step back in time. Pennsylvania Dutch country has everything from historic bridges to entire towns, including buildings of original industry, mills and churches.
It is a wonderful place with tons of festivals year round celebrating a number of holidays. Get a feel for German and Dutch culture as well including the Amish and the Mennonite cultures.
Pennsylvanias Canals Prior to the railroad and highways the waterways and wagons where how goods were transported. Coal, iron and other resources traveled down Pennsylvanias canals from the mines to the coast.
Many of these canals and the towns, which sprung up along them still exist and have become some of the best places to find homemade goods like candles and soaps, travel the locks, or take a mule ride and a step back in time.
Historic sites Pennsylvania has been one of the historic centers of the United States and is full of museums, sites of note, even the former capital of the United States. There are also the historic sites from the civil war. It is one of the most historically rich cities in the United States.
Whether you are just vacationing for fun or you are, visiting for history these sites shouldnt be overlooked. They offer a glimpse into the making of the United States from the times of the Indians and even more recent and modern history.
Pennsylvania has claims to some of the best when it comes to cheesecake and cheese steak. So not only is it rich in history, culture and traditions that go back to olden days but you can also enjoy great food, and great wine. Pennsylvania is also home to several wineries.
Looking for some amusement places to visit in Pennsylvania check out Adventure sports in Hershey, Brandywine Picnic Park in Pocopson, Bucktail Camping Resort in Mansfield, Camelbeach Water Park in Tannersville, Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster to just name a few.
Adventure Sports in Hershey Go karts, 18 holes of miniature golf, batting cages, bumper boats and an arcade with over sixty games.
Brandywine Picnic Park in Pocopson Perfect for taking a relaxing break in a picture perfect location, this park however is only open from mid may to Mid September.
Bucktail camping Resort in Mansfield Enjoy camping and looking for a great place to enjoy the outdoors and still enjoy some amusements, then this is the place for you. A train, and other amusement rides compliment the mountains and valleys of Tioga County.
Camel Beach Water Park in Tannersville features twenty-two waterslides, everything from those for small kids to multi person raft slides there is something for everyone. If you are someone who enjoys water parks then this is definitely a place to visit.
Whether you are looking for a little fun or looking to delve into history or take a modern day trip into the past there are tons of places to visit in Pennsylvania.
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The Coexistence of Degree-Premium and High-Dropout Rates in the Uruguayan Secondary Education: An Incentives Problem
Alejandro Cid
University of Montevideo - Department of Economics
Daniel Ferres
University of Montevideo - Department of Economics
February 26, 2010
Although participation rates in the educational system might look impressive for a Latin American country, educational outputs are not that great. Uruguay is characterized by educational gaps and high drop-out rates in the secondary education. In our work we first explore the returns to schooling in Uruguay. In the course of our analysis, we use quantile regression models that are more suitable than ordinary least squares (OLS) for countries where heterogeneity within the labour force in terms of earnings and the impact of individual characteristics on earnings is significant. In particular we test the hypothesis of the existence of a degree premium for those individuals that complete the secondary education (12 years of education). As we find evidence that allows us to confirm the existence of the degree premium, we make conjectures and present a possible explanation that links the evidence between the existence of degree premium, educational gaps and dropouts. The rationale is that since only the completion of the secondary degree will generate a clear economic benefit, many individuals will exit the educational system as they find difficulties in the transit along the secondary level. In other words, the completion of the entire secondary stage might be seen as a long haul race and Uruguayan youngsters end up exiting the process when they are still far from the end. To cope with the estimation problem of unobservable household or children characteristics, this investigation employs an instrumental variable (IV) strategy both for two-stage least squares (TSLS) and quantile regression (QTE).
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Keywords: returns to schooling, education, instrumental variables, quantile regression
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Deep Inside Prison's Dark and Tangled Economy
Yes, Prisoners Carry iPhones in Their Asses
If you think the cell phone explosion of recent years has somehow been kept at bay by prison walls, you would be greatly mistaken. Technology, like water, permeates every crack. Today on Lockdown, we're talking phones in jail.
The Many Insane Flavors of Improvised Prison Weapons
The DIY Wizards of San Quentin
Prison Hacks are the big house's answer to Gizmodo's homemod. Prison is designed to be uncomfortable—it's prison, after all. But even incarceration can't lock up the spirit of human ingenuity. What prisoners do with extremely limited resources is incredible.


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This is the game Drop. Test the limits of your reflexes to fall down as far as you can!
Timing and precision is everything. And don't move too slow or it's Game Over!
I've had this game for a long time... Ever since I was using my HTC Bravo, and everything looked great on Bravo's smaller screen. I love the game. But since now the screen sizes of my phones are bigger, everything looks out of proportion. The ball is tiny, the gap is huge as compared to the size of the ball. I propose that the game should automatically adjust it proportion according to the size of the screen.
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HAHA YESS! Sweet and simple! Gotta love it! I only wish that there was a leaders board and maybe even a way to use the stars you earn. Like maybe you can change the ball color, or the color concepts, or play with music, multiple balls at one time... or just a pause button would make a difference! Great game but could you turn it up just a notch?
Has potential to be a fantastic game but gets a little boring quickly needs somethin to mix things up a little to bring the fun back but good game
Great game. They should add option to increase number of balls that you have to deal with atvl one time
Works great on moto cliq.If it had a leaderboard, this would be a perfect game. Pause button would be nice too(people might cheat tho) 1982 high score
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★ Limit of bonus stars increased to 9999
★ Corrected broken tilt controls on some devices (thanks Harry!)
★ Fixed bug where game would crash when starting up on some phones
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June 26, 2012
Odds and ends after UA's 4-1 victory over South Carolina lifted it to a 2-0 sweep in the Championship Series and College World Series title Monday night in Omaha...
*The NCAA baseball crown is the 18th national title in history and fourth in baseball (also 1976, 1980 and 1986), joining the Wildcats' previous titles in softball (8), women's golf (2) men's basketball, men's golf, men's swimming and diving and women's swimming and diving.
*Arizona's four baseball titles rank fifth all-time among Division I programs, tying Cal State Fullerton and Miami (Fla.). Only Southern California (12, LSU (6), Texas (6 and Arizona State (5 have won more baseball titles than the Wildcats.
*Arizona's CWS crown is the 16th for the Pac-12 Conference, a total which leads all conferences.
*Arizona won its last 11 games and 18 of its last 20 in 2012, a great time of the year to get hot.
*Head Coach Andy Lopez became only the second coach to win a Division I baseball national title at two different schools (Pepperdine, 1992). Augie Garrido is the only other coach to do so (Fullerton '79, '84 and '95; and with Texas '02 and '05).
*Arizona became the 14th different team and ninth different school to win a national title without losing a game in the NCAA Tournament. Cal and USC (twice) are the only other Pac-12 schools to do so.
*In each of the Wildcats' last four Championship Finals appearances, the squad came through with the prize. It had fallen in its first three national finals games (1956, '59, '63).
*The short game helped the Cats get the title. It had 20 sac bunts during the NCAA Tournament. Opponents had zero, and third baseman Seth Mejias-Brean's force out at second on one sac attempt in the final South Carolina game helped get that done.
*The Cats were the first team since 1957 -- in 55 years -- to have its starters in each CWS game pitch at least 7.1 innings. Onlyu four other teams had such stalwart starting pitching in the College World Series.
*Arizona outscored its opponents 47-12 in two-out RBI over its last 20 games.


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Kim Kardashian may be one of the world's most hated celebs but that isn't stopping her from sharing her values with her millions of twitter followers. Apparently, her values are not what one would expect of a sex-tape-exploiting woman.
Kimmie K shared that she loves Jesus over everyone else -- including her family and baby, North West. How's that going to sit with Kanye West? He calls himself "God" after all.
The reality star took to her twitter page to share how much she loves Jesus. If she went to her boyfriend's concert, she probably met the leader of the Christian faith -- he did appear on stage to face off with Kanye.
"RT @Women_Of_Christ: Jesus is my top priority!" she said via twitter.
Fans and haters were not too pleased with the tweet with many referring to her sex tape and others saying that Kim is dating "god" already.
What do you think of Kim Kardashian? Do you really believe that she puts Jesus over everything? From what is seen on TV and in magazines, Kim and her family put money over everything!


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U7 Too
When another space in our lobby became available we thought it would be great to have a permanent pop up store that we could change each month. Always fresh and exciting it gives us the opportunity to bring new emerging designers to our customers as well as special shows and lines we otherwise would not have the space to carry. Visit U7 TOO each month for a new and interesting shopping experience.
Upstairs on 7th is proud to present Planet at Upstairs on 7th. We loved this line so much we wanted to show the entire line so we opened a store in our lobby just for Planet. Open Monday through Friday 11-6 and Saturday, 12-5, Planet is the place to go for lifestyle clothing you will want to incorporate into your wardrobe.
Lauren Grossman, designer-owner of PLANET presents a creative collection of women's apparel which uses the finest natural fabrics. Lauren works with Irish handerkerchief linen, pima cotton, washed silk and washed silk organza. The palette consists of soft hues of natural elements, such as sea, fog, putty and lots of white on white. The silhouettes are soft and flowing. The shapes are Japanese inspired which are loose and away from the body. Together the fabrics and the body styles enhance everyone's figure. This line of clothing is size-less, season-less, and age-less. Comfort along with style is synonymous with PLANET.
To view the entire line in pictures go to www.planetclothingonline.com. We ship anywhere in the US and have access to the pieces within days if we are out of stock.
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Planet Trunk Show – Wednesday August 3rd from 11-7 and Thursday, August 4th from 11-6.
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Ray Harris Trunk Show – Thursday, September 22nd from 1-7, Friday September 23rd from 11-7 and Saturday, September 24th from 12-5.
Ricki Peltzman
Ricki Peltzman, owner and buyer of Upstairs on 7th, began her fashion career as the buyer for the contemporary design department of The Higbee Company, a major department store in her native hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Ricki later went to work for Weiss, an upscale clothing and fur company, as the European designer buyer. It was on her first trip to Europe for Weiss that the iconic president of Henri Bendel, Geraldine Stutz, took Ricki under her wing. In 1998, Ricki founded the Cleveland chapter of the non-profit Dress for Success that is still in operation.
In 2003 Ricki relocated to the DC area and could not find anywhere to shop for the style of clothing she was accustomed to. It was then that she decided to start her own shop, resulting in the creation of Upstairs on 7th, a women's apparel and accessories boutique. Originally located inside the Touchstone Art Gallery on 7th street, U7 relocated when the 7th street building began renovations. Despite the move, Ricki did not feel it was necessary to change the name of the well known Upstairs on 7th, which now operates inside the lobby of the building on F and 12th that also houses Arnold and Porter, Celadon Salon, and Gallery 555.
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Foothill High School hosted its Fine Arts Night in the school's event center recently, showcasing students' visual and performing arts. Culinary students provided refreshments. The audience was treated to performances by the school's dance team, the Madrigal Singers, the advanced women's ensemble, advanced theater arts students and the school's jazz band.
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