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SOPHOMORE (2002-03): V-letter...Games - 13...Starts - 0...had a tackle in every game except Ohio State and in the Rose Bowl against Oklahoma...a key player in passing situations and on special teams...made three tackles in Nevada opener...had two stops against both MSU and California and then three tackles at Stanford, including a big TFL on a botched Cardinal punt that led to a WSU safety...season-high four tackles against ASU, then three against both Oregon and Washington...earned the following weekly team awards: Defensive Back - USC, Assassin - Oregon; Most Disciplined Special Teams - Washington.
JUNIOR (2003-04): V-letter...Games - 13...Starts - 0...earned the following weekly team awards: Iron Man - Idaho/Colorado/Stanford, Pac-10 Special Teams - Oregon, Special Teams Big Play - Oregon/UCLA. Special Teams: Punts, punt returns, kickoffs, KO returns, on-side kickoffs... Made four tackles against Colorado and UCLA; At Oregon intercepted a pass and returned a blocked punt four yards for a touchdown; Had a 72-yard fumble return to set up a score in WSU's win over UCLA; Key player in WSU's "nickel" and "dime" defenses; Made two solo tackles in WSU's Holiday bowl win over Texas.
Jeremy Tyler Bohannon...born July 1, 1983 in Kennewick, Wash....parents Anthony Bohannon and Dorothy Allen...mother an operations engineer...three brothers Jason, Justin and John...one sister Jordan...was the citizen youth fellowship president...belonged to the African American Student Union...will look at a communications major...Washington, Montana and Idaho also pursued Bohannon.


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FORT WORTH, Texas – Arizona State University student-athlete Taylor Kelly has been named to the 2013 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced Wednesday.
The O'Brien Award is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award.
One of five Pac-12 representatives on the watch list, Kelly has also been selected to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the nation's most outstanding player.
A total of nine different Sun Devils, including five on offense and four on defense, have earned nods on 12 different preseason award watch lists this summer.
Kelly set school records in both completion percentage (67.1 percent) and passing efficiency (159.9) in 2012, and his 29 touchdown passes were the second most in school history. He threw for a career-high five touchdowns in a win over Colorado last season and also set the school record with 19 consecutive completions against Washington State. Kelly also ran for more than 500 yards and accounted for more than 3,500 total yards of offense in 2012.
He earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 recognition as well as honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors this past season, and was also a Scholar Baller®, which honors those who achieved a 3.0 GPA or made outstanding academic improvement.
Kelly is heavily involved in the Scholar Baller Leadership and Outreach Program, where he helps develop curriculum, deliver, teach and mentor students at South Mountain High School, Academy of Excellence and Cesar Chavez High School. He teaches teenagers about developing championship character, creating a strong sense of self and becoming a great leader, among other things.
2013 Sun Devil Award Watch Lists
O'Brien Award (nation's most outstanding quarterback) – Taylor Kelly
Butkus Award (nation's most outstanding linebacker) – Carl Bradford, Chris Young
Lombardi (nation's most outstanding down lineman) - Will Sutton
Thorpe Award (nation's most outstanding defensive back) – Alden Darby
Outland Trophy (nation's most outstanding interior lineman) – Sutton
Nagurski Trophy (national defensive player of the year) – Bradford, Sutton
Mackey Award (nation's most outstanding tight end) – Chris Coyle
Maxwell Award (nation's most outstanding player) – Marion Grice, Kelly, Sutton
Bednarik Award (nation's most outstanding defensive player) – Bradford, Sutton
Hornung Award (nation's most versatile player) - DJ Foster
Rimington Award (nation's top center) - Kody Koebensky
Lott IMPACT Trophy (positive influence both on and off the field) – Darby
The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award
Quarterbacks from all 125 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools are eligible for the award until the field is narrowed to 16 semifinalists on Monday, Nov. 4. The Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce three finalists on Monday, Nov. 25. The 2013 Davey O'Brien Winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 12.
The 37th Annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held Feb. 17, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas.
ASU opens the 2013 season on Sept. 5 at Sun Devil Stadium against Sacramento State and the remaining schedule features two conference champions, the national championship runner-up and traditional Pac-12 rivals.
To purchase season tickets or enroll in a payment plan, call the Sun Devil Athletics sales department at 480-965-5812, go online at sundeviltickets.com, or come in person to the Sun Devil ticket office, which is located on the south end of Sun Devil Stadium and is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fans can also mail a check to: Sun Devil Athletics P.O. Box 872405, Tempe, AZ 85287.


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AtlantiCare will host "Showcasing the Strength in Our Diversity," Monday, September 24 at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Campus Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, New Jersey, part of an AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center continuing medical education event that will feature a panel presentation - Understanding the Healthcare Needs of Our Diverse Community. Registration is from 4 p.m. to 4:30. The event runs from 4:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Keynote speaker John Quiñones, Emmy Award-winning anchor of ABC News' "What Would You Do?", will discuss diversity and inclusion and the impact of discriminatory behaviors.
Panelists will include:
• Anjeanette Brown, MD, breast cancer surgeon, of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Department of Surgery
• Ines Digenio, MD, medical director, AtlantiCare Special Care Center
• Anthony Macchiavelli, MD, director, Hospitalist Program, ARMC
• Ephrem Hector Paradela, MD, family physician, AtlantiCare Physician Group Primary Care Plus
• Cydney Savage, LPC, clinical director, AtlantiCare Behavioral Health Outpatient Services
AtlantiCare's Employee Resource Groups are hosting the inaugural multicultural community event, which will be of particular interest to medical professionals and volunteers and will offer educational credits for physicians, physician assistants, medical residents, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals. Registration is required. To register, or for more information about the event, including educational credits, call the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1-888-569-1000, or visit http://www.atlanticare.org/index.php/find-an-event. Registration fee is $25 ($10 for AtlantiCare staff and physicians and Stockton students and staff). AtlantiCare will provide heavy hors d'oeuvres.
"Through this continuing medical education event we hope to increase awareness among not only our physicians and staff, but also our community, about the national issue of increasing awareness of, and eliminating disparities in healthcare," said Nilda Mahrer, manager, Human Resources Programs, who added "Showcasing the Strength in Our Diversity" is one of several educational events Employee Resource groups within AtlantiCare's Diversity & Disparities Council have held this year for physicians and staff. "Providing quality care involves understanding assumptions, expectations and behaviors of the diverse community and cultures we serve. Including our community in this important work is one way we accomplish that."
About AtlantiCare's Diversity & Disparities Council
AtlantiCare's Diversity & Disparities Council, which includes physicians, staff and leadership from throughout AtlantiCare, established employee resource groups (ERGs). The ERGs help support the mission of the Diversity & Disparities Council by educating staff about the culture/community; celebrating community/cultural holidays and events; representing AtlantiCare at community/cultural events; enhancing recruitment efforts; and identifying top health concerns and developing ideas for addressing these concerns. AtlantiCare ERG groups include African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Hispanic Americans, LGBT and Military.
About John Quiñones
John Quiñones, who has been with the network nearly 25 years, is the sole anchor of the "Primetime" series "What Would You Do?" - one of the highest-rated newsmagazine franchises of recent years. During his tenure he has reported extensively for ABC News, predominantly serving as a correspondent for "Primetime" and "20/20."
While Quiñones was covering the Chilean Miners' disaster in 2010, he was the first journalist out of thousands to get an exclusive interview with the first survivor.
Quiñones' work for "What Would You Do?" captures people's reactions when confronted with dilemmas compelling them to either act or walk away. He has extensively covered a religious sect in Northern Arizona that forces its young female members to take part in polygamous marriages. Other reports include going undercover with a hidden camera to reveal how clinics were performing unnecessary surgical procedures as part of a major nationwide insurance scam; he followed along with a group of would-be Mexican immigrants as they attempted to cross into the U.S. via the treacherous route known as "The Devil's Highway"; and he traveled to Israel for a CINE Award-winning report about suicide bombers.
In September 1999, Quiñones anchored a critically acclaimed ABC News special entitled "Latin Beat," focusing on the wave of Latin talent sweeping the U.S., the impact of the recent population explosion and how it will affect the nation as a whole. He was awarded an ALMA Award from the National Council of La Raza. He also contributed reports to ABC News' unprecedented 24-hour, live, global Millennium broadcast, which won the George Foster Peabody Award.
Quiñones' reports for "20/20" have included an in-depth look at the unprecedented lawsuit against the Cuban government by a woman who claimed she unknowingly married a spy, and an exclusive interview with a Florida teenager who brutally killed her adoptive mother. He was honored with a Gabriel Award for his poignant report that followed a young man to Colombia, as he made an emotional journey to reunite with his birth mother after two decades. Other stories originating from Central America include political and economic turmoil in Argentina and civil war in El Salvador. During the '80s he spent nearly a decade in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama reporting for "World News Tonight."
Quiñones has won seven national Emmy Awards for his "Primetime Live," "Burning Questions" and "20/20" work. He was awarded an Emmy for his coverage of the Congo's virgin rainforest, which also won the Ark Trust Wildlife Award, and in 1990 he received an Emmy for "Window in the Past," a look at the Yanomamo Indians. He received a National Emmy Award for his work on the ABC documentary "Burning Questions—The Poisoning of America," which aired in September 1988, and was also honored with a World Hunger Media Award and a Citation from the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for "To Save the Children," his 1990 report on the homeless children of Bogota. Among his other prestigious awards are the First Prize in International Reporting and Robert F. Kennedy Prize for his piece on "Modern Slavery -- Children Sugar Cane Cutters in the Dominican Republic." He received an Outstanding Alumni Award from his alma mater, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 2010.
Quiñones joined ABC News in June 1982 as a general assignment correspondent based in Miami, providing reports for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" and other ABC News broadcasts. He was one of the few American journalists reporting from Panama City during the U.S. invasion in December 1989.
Prior to joining ABC News, he was a reporter with WBBM-TV in Chicago. He won two Emmy Awards for his 1980 reporting on the plight of illegal aliens from Mexico. From 1975 to 1978 he was news editor at KTRH radio in Houston, Texas. During that period, he also was an anchor-reporter for KPRC-TV.
Quiñones received a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications from St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas. He received a Masters from the Columbia School of Journalism.
For more information or to find an AtlantiCare physician or provider, call the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1-888-569-1000, visit www.atlanticare.org or find AtlantiCare on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atlanticare.
Jennifer Tornetta, 609-569-7010, firstname.lastname@example.com
Frank Tedesco, 609-748-7539, email@example.com
AtlantiCare is an integrated system of services designed to help people achieve optimal health. It includes AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, AtlantiCare Health Engagement, the AtlantiCare Foundation, and AtlantiCare Health Services. Its more than 5,461 employees and 600 physicians serve the community in more than 60 locations. A 2009 Malcolm Baldrige Award winner, AtlantiCare was also included in Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2010. ARMC became the 105th hospital in the nation to attain status as a Magnet™ designated hospital in March of 2004 and was redesignated a Magnet™ hospital in 2008.


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With Memorial Day behind us, the grills have been fired up, the Tiki torches lit and the barbecue wine flowing. It's the best season yet - grilling season. Almost anything can be barbecued and most anything can be paired with wine. Girl Scout cookies…enough said.
Red Diamond Wine is the perfect match for the grill. The multitude of red wines that are offered are sure to give the grill master that perfect marriage made in heaven.
Temperamental Red Wine is a mouthwatering blend from Spain. With grapes sourced from a variety of Spanish vineyards, this red blend offers an amazing array of flavors. Temperamental Red bursts with aromas of blackberries and dark chocolate. The first sip is ripe juicy black fruit with a tiny bit of oak. Smooth silky tannins linger on the mouth. Not dry or leathery, but does have some umph to it! Throw some sirloin or strip steak on the grill and crack open this bottle - let the wine and meat do the rest and enjoy!
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Sept. 30, 2003
Jimmy Newell has never had a problem making an impact. As one of five freshmen in the UW secondary in 2000, Newell helped the Huskies to a Rose Bowl title, making 10 tackles and forcing a fumble in a hard-fought win over Stanford. Over the next two seasons, however, Newell found himself limited by injury to just 11 games, his potential bottled up by various casts and splints. Fully healthy again for the first time since the 2001 Rose Bowl, Newell has established himself as a physical force in the defensive backfield, making 23 tackles in just four games this season while pulling down a team-high two interceptions. GoHuskies.com correspondent Lucas James Mack sat down with Newell this week to discuss his return to dominance.
GoHuskies.com: To what do you atttribute your health this season?
Jimmy Newell:: "I guess it's just my time to stay healthy. I always felt that I wasn't a fragile person, but I just kept beingsnake bitten by some bad luck. I think that it was time to have some good luck."
GH: Has it been disappointing for you to be injured for the majority of your career here at Washington?
Newell:: "It's been very disappointing. I would always rehab and rehab and get into the best shape of my life and then I would have another letdown and get injured. It's nice to finally put some games together and grow as a player every game."
GH: This summer, did you work out with the mind-set of not getting hurt this season?
Newell:: "You should never do anything with the mindset where you're thinking about getting hurt, because if someone's doing that when they are going in for a tackle, that's when they get hurt. This summer, doing workouts, I just wanted to get stronger."
GH: It must have felt good to pull down an interception against Stanford.
Newell:: "It felt good, because at that point the game was over and there was no hope of any type of miraculous comeback. It was a good way to end the defensive day."
GH: School started this Monday. How will that affect your schedule?
Newell:: "The tough part is that we have less time to watch films, but our coach says his office is like a library - we can take out as much film as we want, as long as we bring them back."
GH: What are you majoring in, and how is that going to help you with your career after football?
Newell:: "I'm a double-major in business administration and economics. I would like to do some financial planning when school's all over."
GH: You know, those degrees could go a long way in the entertainment industry. Let's say you were a rapper, what would your name be?
Newell:: "I would never be a rapper!"
GH: Well, then what type of music do you listen do?
Newell:: "I like every type of music. If it is a good song, I'm going to like it, regardless if it is a rap song, rock song or country song."
GH: What is the best pizza in the U-District?
Newell:: "When I'm out late, I like to go to A Pizza Mart and get a pepperoni pizza with some ranch."
GH: When I was a kid, I used to love to stay up late and eat pizza while watching 'American Gladiators?' Remember that show? It was awesome! Who was your favorite gladiator and what was your favorite event?
Newell:: "My favorite event was definitely the Assault. That was the event where the contestants would hide behind the blocks and the Gladiators were shooting tennis balls at them. I used to love that show! I always looked at the Gladiators as the bad guys - the contestants were so little, that I always rooted for those guys. If I was going to be on the show I would have been a contestant."
GH: What is your favorite movie?
Newell:: "I love the movie 'Good Will Hunting,' but as far as football movies, I love the movie 'The Program.' My favorite movie of all, though, is 'The Godfather, Part I.'"
GH: OK, one last football question to wrap things up. You guys currently rank 15th in the nation in total defense. What has been the biggest difference in the secondary between this year and last?
Newell:: "Last season, we were just banged up the whole time. The freshman group that I came in with was Greg Carothers, Roc Alexander and Derrick Johnson. We all played as freshmen and now getting to play together and not being injured is great."
GH: It's sure been great on the field so far, that's for sure! Thanks, Jimmy!
Newell: "No problem."


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Here are my Top Ten favorite spiritual, philosophic, or religious books. I'll start with The Story of Jesus (as republished in "Jesus, A New Revelation" by Michael Foundation) because Jesus was my first portal to the spiritual life. He told me "Ask and it shall be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door shall be opened." He was right. The door opened to my knock. The Bhagavad Gita was my next spiritual stop on the road, after hearing the Maharishi speak in the late 1960s http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/gita/. I have a couple of translations of that one. The one I bought as a teenager I no longer have. Tao De Ching, http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm, was a great inspiration to me, then it was back to my church roots, reading the Psalms and the Book of Isaiah. I got interested in philosophy after reading Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy, and read two by Jacob Needleman, Lost Christianity and Real Philosophy. He was one of my professors at San Francisco State University, a brilliant man with a great command of religious knowledge and wisdom. When I read Thomas Merton's Seven Storey Mountain, I renewed my quest for truth and set out to discover God personally. I also discovered the truth of Buddha's teachings in The Dhammapada, Eknath Esvaran's translation. Deepak Chopra's Seven Spiritual Laws of Success helped my search to have a practical foundation. Mother Earth Spirituality by Eagle Man Ed McGaa helped me renew my relationship with my Ojibwe American Indian heritage and spirituality, http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/transcripts/ojibwe.pdf. He is a good teacher for the journey on the Red Road. All of these combined to keep me on the road to truth, goodness, and love.
The Story of Jesus (as told in Jesus, A New Revelation, Michael Foundation)
Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran; Blue Mt. Center of Meditation, 1975
Tao De Ching, translated by Gia Fu-Feng/Jane English, (Vantage, 1972, and also by Stephen Mitchell (HarperCollins, 1988)
The Psalms, and the Book of Isaiah, available separately or found in the Bible
History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell; Simon and Schuster, 1945
Real Philosophy by Jacob Needleman (Arkana, 1990)
Lost Christianity also by Jacob Needleman (Doubleday, 1980)
The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton; Harcourt, Brace, and Co., 1948
The Dhammapadda, translated by Eknath Easwaran; Arkana, 1987
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, by Deepak Chopra; New World Library 1993
Mother Earth Spirituality, Eagle Man (Ed McGaa); Harper Collins, 1990
Knock and the Door shall be opened
Jesus was my first guide on the path when I sought enlightenment. The best version of his story is found in Jesus, a New Revelation (Michael Foundation)
Teachings of the Buddha
This text represents possibly the closest approach to what Buddha actually said. His philosophy of the eight-fold path taught me about the value of discipline in seeking to attain righteousness, right living.
Easwaran translated two of the titles on my list: Bhagavad Gita and the Dhammapada. This master of Asian religious teachings was a professor at UC Berkeley for many years and founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Marin County California where his legacy continues to thrive. He passed away in 1999.
Bertrand Russell's classic work
I have read and consulted this book so many times that I am now on my third copy of it. Mr. Russell thoroughly explains the philsophical movements of our culture in easy to understand language.
Jacob Needleman's classic work
I was fortunate to have a class in philosophy with Professor Jacob Needleman at San Francisco State University. He understands the religious philosophies of both the West and the East and treats them with equal respect and reverence. He's been a great role model for me in my interfaith work.
The Quest for God
Thomas Merton's classic about his journey from the dissolute artist life to one of a Catholic monk inspired me to claim the experience of God for myself. I took his title literally and began to climb the mountain near my house several times a week, adopting a strict regimen seeking physical and spiritual health.
Eagle Man Spiritual teacher
When my search confirmed that part of the family was Ojibwe Canadian Indian, I became very interested in the spiritual heritage of Native American peoples, including my own tribe, the Ojibwe. Ed McGaa willingly shared the teachings of his Lakota people with all who sought their wisdom.


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From the opening race through the final relay, the Howard Bison swimmers demonstrated a great deal of skill on fortitude in the CCSA conference competition against visiting Virginia Military Institute. The Lady Bison were anchored by a number of outstanding performances and rolled to a 156-93 victory over the Lady Keydets.
Despite taking seven events, including a scintillating final relay, the men's squad fell to the visiting Keydets, 172-115.
The Lady Bison dominance came from a triumvirate of swimmers that claimed the fastest times in each of the four events they swam. Junior Janai Ederaine grabbed the spotlight early. Swimming the 1650 freestyle for the first time in her career, Ederaine blasted her way into 3rd all-time in the Howard books with a winning time of 19:14.88. In fact, Ederaine's lead-off 1000 split inside the 1650 was clocked at 11:37.46, which seats her 6th all-time in the 1000 freestyle all-time for the Lady Bison. After intermission, Ederaine opened the restart with a victory in the 100 freestyle, clocking a 58.17.
Junior Ashley Douglas continued her masterful season with two dominant victories, running her season total to six individual wins on the season. In the 50 freestyle, Douglas swam her fastest dual meet time of the season with a 25.22. In the 100 butterfly, Douglas touched well ahead of the competition with a 1:04.32.
Sophomore Briana Dillon had another outstanding meet, also earning her fifth and sixth individual wins of the season. In the 100 backstroke, Dillon took charge in the final 25 yards to triumph in a time of 1:01.36. In her first 200 breaststroke race at Howard, Dillon took control early and finished with a winning time of 2:42.55.
Ederaine, Douglas and Dillon joined with senior Summer Davi to set the tone for the Lady Bison in the first event. The women's 200 medley relay swam the Bison power past the Lady Keydets with a victorious time of 1:57.12. The meet for the women ended with Ederaine, Douglas and Dillon joining freshman Benta Horton-Gee to split the fastest time of the event in the 200 freestyle relay. Their time of 1:43.30 paced the field by over six seconds.
Davis had her most decorated meet in her Howard career. Not only leading the charge in the 200 medley relay, but Davis went on to conquer the 200 butterfly (2:29.95) and the 200 backstroke (2:26.65) as well as scoring a second place finish in the 200 individual medley with a season-best time of 2:27.53.
Senior E'lan Brewer and junior Nandi Ross chalked-up victories for the Lady Bison. Brewer battled the field in the 200 freestyle and came away with an impressive 2:06.00. Ross overcame an oncoming field in the 100 breaststroke to notch a season-best, victorious time of 1:17.26.
The men's team brought some of their finer performances of the seasons to the home contest. The loudest fireworks on the afternoon came in the final event with the 200 freestyle relay. Anchored by senior Zadok Isaacs the men's team of freshman Matt Wilson sophomores Trent Popovich and Benjamin Skelding and Isaacs went toe-to-toe with Keydets. Isaacs split of 21.15 was just enough for the Bison to finish a winning time of 1:31.05, just 0.03 seconds in front of VMI.
Earlier, Isaacs had an equally impressive come-from-behind win in the 200 backstroke. His 2:02.43 time was his fastest dual meet split in the event. Prior to taking the 200 back, Isaacs finished first in the 200 butterfly with a 2:09.86. His first individual race of the afternoon, saw the senior finish fourth in the 1650 freestyle. His time of 18:15.67, though, was good for fourth all-time at HU in the event.
One of the swimmers in front of Isaacs was sophomore Miles Hector who took control midway through the event to win the 1650 freestyle in a time of 17:16.83. Fellow sophomore Skelding accomplished the impressive feat of winning the 200 individual medley, the event immediately before the final 200 freestyle relay. His time of 2:06.53 marked his first victory of the season.
Senior Kelvin Goodman also snatched his first victory of the year in the 200 breaststroke. Goodman improved his season-best mark by over five seconds with a time of 2:22.11. Junior Darell Hungerford took the 100 breaststroke crown with a time of 1:02.15 and finished just behind Goodman in the 200 breaststroke for second place.
The Bison will be in action on Saturday, Decemeber 8th. Howard will travel across the District to Georgetown to face the hosting Hoyas and Catholic University at 1PM.
The VMI men's swimming and diving team won eight events, three of which involved Connor McMahon, and went on to defeat Howard 172-115 in dual meet action Saturday in Washington, D.C.
McMahon captured victory in both the 50 and 100 free, clocking in at 22.16 and 49.75 seconds respectively. He then anchored VMI's (2-4) winning 200 medley relay, which also included Clarke Ruska, Stephen Lloyd and Jared Redding and timed in at 1:42.23.
Redding, meanwhile, returned later on to capture a win in the 100 fly. The freshman touched the wall in 55.23 seconds to take that title.
Fellow freshman Christian Shaner continued the strong start to his VMI career, winning two events against HU. Shaner took the 200 free in 1:49.35, and went on to capture the 500 free in 4:52.27.
VMI also saw Jeremy Senn, yet another freshman, win the 100 back (56.90), while Nate Myers recorded a mark of 244.45 to win the 1-meter diving event.
VMI men's swimming and diving is back in the pool Jan. 18, taking on Limestone in Gaffney, S.C. Action is set to get underway at 5 p.m.
Ally Van Valen set three freshman school records, one of which was also a varsity mark, to lead the way for VMI women's swimming and diving against Howard Saturday in Washington, D.C. The Keydets fell 156-93 to drop to 0-9 on the season.
Van Valen was the winner in the 500 free, clocking in at 5:42 even to take the title. The time was both a freshman and varsity record for the first-year Keydet, and made it five varsity marks to fall to the VMI squad so far this season.
The Empire State native also delivered freshman records in the 1000 free (12:08.47, some 20 seconds better than the previous mark) and 1650 free (20:17.47) on Saturday afternoon against the Bison.
Heather Magill was another Keydet winner on Saturday, as Magill took victory in the 1-meter diving event. Her total of 253.60 broke her own school record, set last year as a true freshman.
The Keydets were also victorious in the 200 free relay, as Elise Reed, Emy Farsakian, Amanda Berrios and Mackenzie Perkins teamed up to touch the wall at 1:49.93, and in the 200 IM, where Justina Dunne broke her own school record by posting a 2:20.52 mark.
VMI women's swimming and diving is back in the pool Tuesday, when the Keydets take on Hollins at Clark King Pool. Action is set to get underway at 6 p.m.


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The No. 6-ranked Arizona State softball team returns to Farrington Stadium this weekend following a three-game sweep at California (20-14, 3-4 Pacific-12) that led to Dallas Escobedo being named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season.
The Sun Devils (35-6, 9-3) open with Utah at 7 p.m. Thursday, with two more games at 5 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.
Senior pitcher Escobedo threw 23 strikeouts in 12 innings and posted a 1.17 ERA in the wins over California, and for the season, she is 16-5 with a 1.68 ERA.
Junior catcher Amber Freeman went 6-for-10 in the Cal series, while smacking two home runs in the 10-0 finale and is hitting a team-high .451 on the year, with nine home runs and 35 RBI.
"We just have to win on the road now, so we don't have to win on the road later," Freeman had said after the most recent home game with Arizona.
Junior third baseman Haley Steele also leads the Sun Devils with 38 RBIs, junior first baseman Bethany Kemp has 11 home runs, while Elizabeth Caporuscio and Bailey Wigness are each hitting .364 and .359.
Utah (14-16, 3-7) just won two of three in its latest series versus Oregon State, and following junior leftfielder Kate Dickman (.419 BA, 20 RBI), its second, third and fourth-best hitters are freshmen: second baseman Hannah Flippen (.404, 16 RBI), shortstop Anissa Urtez (.358, 25 RBI) and first baseman Bridget Castro (.333, 23 RBI).
Oregon (34-5, 8-1) overtook UCLA (34-4, 9-3) for the top national ranking this week after grabbing two of three over the Bruins in Eugene over the weekend. It is the first time the Ducks have held the top ranking.


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Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) requires job seekers and applicants to take pre-employment tests for a wide variety of jobs during the hiring process. Depending on the job, these may include tests of general ability, job-specific skills, job knowledge or work-related attitudes/behaviors. These tests fairly and efficiently evaluate job seekers and applicants and help to ensure those hired are likely to be successful and safe on the job. Tests used at PG&E are developed and validated based on rigorous legal and professional standards of test validation.
Four of our pre-employment tests -- the Physical Test Battery (PTB), Industrial Skills Test (IST), Clerical Test Battery (CTB), and Work Orientation Inventory (WOI) tests -- are now delivered online. If you are selected to move forward in the hiring process, you may be invited to take one or more of these tests online.
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I cannot bring up the fullscreen mode in my guest Ubuntu 12.04 machine using Windows 7 when the external screen is not plugged in. I tried disabling the second screen in the guest OS and I get the same error:
Can not switch the guest display to fullscreen mode. You have more virtual screens configured than physical screens are attached to your host.
Please either lower the virtual screens in your VM configuration or attach additional screens to your host.
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The U.S. Air Force has three primary fighter aircraft - the F-15 Eagle, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F-22 Raptor. Each aircraft brings certain advantages and disadvantages over the other, and each has unique capabilities that give them advantages in aerial warfare.
The F-15 Eagle, considered by many to be the finest air superiority fighter in the world, was designed from the ground up as a dogfighter. Armed with a lethal assortment of air-to-air weapons, including the AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, along with the APG-70 radar system, the F-15 has one of the best worldwide records in air-to-air combat, both with the U.S. and Israel, one of the main export customers of the Eagle. A special version of the F-15, the F-15E Strike Eagle, is also able to carry air-to-ground munitions, further expanding the capabilities of this aircraft.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, or "Viper" as it is known by its pilots, due to a resemblance to the fictional fighter craft from Battlestar Galactica, is also flown by many U.S. and allied squadrons around the world, including the Iowa Air National Guard's 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, based in Des Moines, IA. The F-16 carries most of the same weapons as the F-15, albeit fewer of them due to its smaller size. Still, the Fighting Falcon has also established itself as a formidable dogfighter worldwide.
The newest aircraft in the Air Force's fighter arsenal is the F-22A Raptor. The Raptor is unique because it was designed from the ground up as a stealth aircraft - all ordnance is carried internally, to eliminate the radar signatures produced by hanging external stores. The Raptor is also the first aircraft to utilize supercruise, the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds without the use of afterburners. This gives the Raptor an advantage in fuel economy and range over both the F-15 and F-16.
The Raptor was initially intended to replace the F-15, much as the F-35 is scheduled to replace the F-16. However, Congress recently cancelled the F-22 development program, curtailing it at 187 aircraft. This puts the F-16 and F-15 up against Russian 4th and 5th-generation fighters that are their equal, if not superior. This would put U.S. pilots at serious risk if a conflict ever erupted with countries such as North Korea or Iran, both of whom are major Russian military hardware customers.


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Seniors Ben Steinlage, Corey Anderson and Jordan Honore all scored a team high eight points to help Baker improve to 15-13 overall and 8-10 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
The sixth-seede Wildcats will next take on rival third-seeded MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in the first round of the HAAC conference tournament.
With the loss, BC falls to 18-11 and 10-8 in the HAAC and finishes in fifth-place in the standings.
Benedictine will take on fourth-seeded Central Methodist Thursday at 8 p.m. in Fayette, Mo.
The Wildcats struggled to score early in the contest and went scoreless for nearly five minutes after Todd Eils' game opening bucket.
Baker's next lead after Eils basket came at the 7:49 mark when EJ Carter put Baker up, 16-14.
Benedictine then went on a run with buckets from Shawn Fleming Jr. and Jonathan Anaekwe to go up 25-21 at the half.
Baker then went down by as many as nine points, 32-23, before clawing its way back to tie it up eventually at 40-40 with a free throw by Julian Mills.
The Wildcats first lead of the half finally came with 47 seconds left in the game when Honore hit a corner three to put the Wildcat faithful to its feet.
Baker then held on to win and send fellow seniors Samer Jassar, Baba Diallo and Kevin Lysaught onto senior night with a win.
STATS: Baker 54 – Benedictine 50


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- 1-1/2 pounds red potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 7-1/2 cups chopped cabbage
- 8 green onions, chopped
- 1 cup fat-free milk
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat butter
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Place potatoes in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for 12-15 minutes or until potatoes are almost tender, adding the cabbage during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine green onions and milk. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-6 minutes or until onions are soft.
- Drain potato mixture. Mash with milk mixture, butter, salt and pepper. Yield: 8 servings.
Reviews for Easy Colcannon
"I love colcannon! I must admit that I did not try this as written. Reading the recipe and some of the reviews, I worried that it would be too "soupy", so I instead of boiling the cabbage, I sauteed it in a large skillet with a bit of olive oil and butter. I also seasoned the cabbage with Montreal seasoning as it cooked. The cabbage cooks way down, so don't worry that it will be too much. After mashing the potatoes with 3/4 cup of whole milk (instead of 1 cup fat-free milk), salt and pepper, I stirred in the cooked cabbage. Yummy!"
"Made this for St. Patrick's day meal and the family absolutely loved it. Combining the potatoes and cabbage is so much better than preparing them individually. It's a keeper!!"
"I made this recipe last St. Patrick's Day and will have it on the menu again this year! It was very tasty. I used regular butter and whole milk. A definite St. Patty's Day keeper!"
"This is so good! I use the leftovers from my traditional St. Pattie's day dinner and add some corned beef cut into bite sized pieces to this Colconnon recipe. Wonderful meal even if I say so myself! LOL!"
"Easy to make & very good. Going to add just a little less pepper next time."


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A "landspout", shipwrecks, hail and a snowstorm top the list of Michigan weather events on this day in history. From the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) archives here are the weather events that happened on May 10.
1857 - A low temperature of 17° at Eagle Harbor with a high of 23° occurred.
1881 - The wood schooner, 2-mast Charley was wrecked at her dock at the mouth of the Beaver River, MN near Lake Superior during a gale.
1884 - The wood schooner-barge, bulk freight Emma A. Mays, while carrying stove coal, was bound Cleveland for Thunder Bay, Ontario in tow of the tug Music, when she struck an ice floe and sank quickly in 90 fathoms of water off Grand Island, near Munising, MI in Lake Superior. Her crew abandoned ship. She had just come out of Grand Island, Michigan, where she had lain all winter, to complete her trip.
1902 - A snowstorm drops from 1 to 6 inches of slushy snow across Lower Michigan. The record 4" of snow at Muskegon is the latest measurable snow on record there. Grand Rapids observes a record 5.5" and Lansing 2". This is also a cold day with records set for the coolest high temperatures. Grand Rapids only climbs to 43°, Muskegon 45° and Lansing 44°.
1908 - A second fire burned from south of Houghton through the Pilgrim River area causing some narrow escapes for fishermen. A third fire burned near Baraga and some fishermen narrowly escaped it.
1947 – Record cold sets in across Lower Michigan. Muskegon sees their coldest temperature for the month of May with 22°. Houghton Lake sees a daily record of 17°.
1966 - Record cold hit the upper Midwest as many cities reporting record low temperatures for the month of May. In Michigan the records include Lansing with 19°, Detroit 25°, and Flint 22°. Grand Rapids sees a daily record with 22°.
1990 - A spring snowstorm produced heavy snow in upper Michigan and eastern Wisconsin. 14.2 inches of daily record snowfall, 1.95 inches of daily liquid equivalent with a record cold high temperature of 33° at the Weather Forecast Office in Marquette which put a storm total snowfall of 22.4 inches and 2.89 inches of water equivalent from the 9th to the 10th. 11.8 inches of storm total snow fell in Marquette on the 9th and 10th, and 10 inches of snow fell in Norway, 11 inches in Iron Mountain and 6.5 inches in Bark River. Menominee had damage to cable and power lines from the wet, heavy snowfall.
The heavy wet snow and winds gusting to 35 mph damaged or destroyed thousands of trees and downed power lines. Total damage from the storm was more than $4 million dollars. (Storm Data) (National Weather Summary)
2001 - Cold front swept across Upper Michigan, fueling an isolated severe thunderstorm over Alger County that dropped 1.25 inch hail (half dollar sized) 1 mile southwest of Au Train in the midafternoon, and 1.75 inch hail (golf ball sized) in Wetmore in the midafternoon. In Skandia, 8 inch diameter trees were up-rooted. 2 inch hail (hen egg sized) fell 9 miles north of Steuben in the midafternoon.
2003 – Thunderstorms slide across southern Lower Michigan late on the ninth and during the early morning hours of the tenth. There are numerous reports of hail ranging in size from 3/4-inch to1-inch. An off duty police officer reported golf ball size hail near Assyria in Barry County. See the slideshow on the top of the story for weather images of this day. Click here for a radar loop of the storms on this day.
2006 - A small weak tornado, determined to be a "landspout" moved through an open field near Schoolcraft in Kalamazoo County, doing no damage. See the slideshow on the top of the story for weather images of this day. Click here for a radar loop of the storms on this day.
2011 - Thunderstorms triggered by a warm front moving across the area dumped heavy rain over portions of Houghton County during the early morning. A spotter southeast of Chassel measured 2.45 inches of rain in a two and a half hour period with greater than one-inch per hour rainfall rates. Several inches of water covered Highway 41 near Chassel and Calumet during the heavy rain event. Water was also reported over several secondary roads near and just north of Chassel. There were multiple reports of estimated quarter-sized hail between Bruce Crossing and Trout Creek. In addition to the heavy rain, a lightning strike in northern Wisconsin around 3:30 AM CDT knocked out the main electrical transmission lines to the western half of Upper Michigan. Power was knocked out to nearly 75,000 residents for many hours throughout the western half of Upper Michigan. The power outage resulted in numerous school and business closures.


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I am always intrigued with the people I see and meet on the streets, who are they, where are they going, what do they do, what is happening in their life right now...
I love wandering the streets looking at people, photographing them, talking to people I have never met before, sharing an instant in a life time, realizing I will probably never see them again.
Several years ago I started to photograph people on the streets, and in this collection I have gathered some of the most interesting shots from my travels around Europe and North America.
I was born in Paris, which makes me French. I grew up in a family of painters, sculptors and art merchants. In France and Italy, I studied under the artists Gérard Ambroselli, and Antonietta Tuti where I received strong influences in impressionism and abstractionism. I was educated in Italy, France, England and finally in the United States where I lived for over twenty years. I have shown my work in the United States, South America and in Europe. For the past fifteen years in Switzerland, and now back in the United States, I have lived parallel lives, one focused on high-tech and the other focused on art, and until very recently never mixing the two. In this world of right-brain and left-brain I have found the stimulus for creating my paintings and my photographs. All of my work is based on abstract shapes and emotions I see and feel. Nature is my biggest driver.
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After a few years of cottage-industry baking and selling at local greenmarkets, Joey Weiss has a stand-alone, full-service bakery offering vegan and gluten-free cakes, pies, breads, cookies and cupcakes. The bigger setting and commercial equipment allow Joey's Home Bakery - Gluten Free to not only bring more treats to the local markets, but to send care packages year-round to part-time resident customers who love what they've tried here.
Inside the bright and modern shop, Weiss is always moving: decorating cakes, proofing dough, answering the phone or talking to customers. And it's customer need that drives a business such as this. Weiss' husband has Celiac disease, and with an estimated 15 million people on special diets due to food allergies, a bakery that offers the chance to eat "normally" while adhering to restrictions is a place that folks will look forward to trying out. And while Weiss will continue to offer a range of her products at the Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce greenmarkets, the bakery gives her a chance to expand into custom orders and offer large cakes and pies, not to mention offering these goods six days a week.
All the mix bases used in the bakery are made up in the store from whole grain, gluten-free flours. Weiss uses no trans-fats, corn syrup or white sugar in any of her baking. In addition to baking everything fresh every day and making it all gluten-free, some items are also vegan and paleo. If you have a question about any item in the case, you can ask, and as the person who has personally made everything in the store, Weiss will know what's in it and whether it's right for you.
The bakery also offers cold and hot beverages and indoor seating, if you cannot wait to get your bakery box home, or you just want to watch Weiss create a lot of fresh-baked magic.
Joey's Home Bakery, 1532 SW 8 St. (I-95 and Woolbright Road, in the Home Depot plaza), Boynton Beach, FL. Phone (561) 292-4004. Hours: Tuesday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Monday. NOTE: not all baked goods can be shipped; call for details.


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Tech giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) owns the world's most dominant search engine and mobile OS, and AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) dominate the U.S. telecom space.
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I know what you're thinking. Plants vs. Zombies is that kid game you play on your iPhone. The best way to explain this game is this: It's Gears of War meets Plants vs. Zombies. This third person shooter is reminiscent of Gears of War or Call-of-Duty-style multiplayer, except your playing with awesome plants. It may sound childish, but for the stoned gamer, it was the best combination! You can play both sides of the battle, playing as a plant or the zombies. You fight through wave after wave of herbal beasts or silly dead things.
You can initially play as one of four different characters. The peashooter, the cactus, chomper, and the sunflower. Each character has unique special powers, weapons, accessories, and special modes based on upgrades you either earn or purchase.
Your sunflower has healing capabilities which prove most useful, while the other playable plants are more combat oriented. Your peashooter shoots a powerful pea, but he can also transform into a rapid firing machine gun. The cactus is great because he fires sharp needles that can be upgraded to powerful fiery needles, which burning zombies to the ground. The chomper is a zombie eating machine.
One of the main ways you earn upgrades is through the sticker store. You earn coins through the different levels and use these to purchase sticker packs filled with surprises. The different stickers are plants or zombies you can use during combat, pieces of new character upgrades, and revive cards. The sticker pack reminds us of old Garbage Pail Kids. They even allow you to collect multiple sticker pieces, which when put together, comprise a new style of your existing character. This means you can upgrade your peashooter to a frozen pod firing beast, or turn your cactus into a firebreathing needle shooter.
One thing about this game that some people may not like is that it is completely multiplayer based. You can build your own room though invitations, or play with the general public.
The game gives you a few different maps to choose from, all equal in awesomeness. You have the trailer park, the ocean shoreline, the garden town center, and you can even visit the bosses home.
Something we freaking love about this game is the fact that we can play split screen with a friend! Running through the town with our plant friend was so much fun that we played for hours. A lot of games that are being developed don't offer split screen anymore, and those who are part of a gaming couple knows it's the only way to go.
We purchased this game through the Xbox One game store. The download took forever, but we were able to start playing before it was complete and was definitely worth the buy.
Plants vs. Zombies was developed by PopCap and published by Electronic Arts. It's currently available on the Xbox 360, Xbox One and will be available for Microsoft in June.
The Stoned Gamer is written by Alana Evans. You can find her here, and follow her at Twitter.com/AlanaEvansxxx


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TUCSON , Ariz. ?C ?The Oklahoma State University womenˇ?s golf team topped the field Tuesday and moved into the lead at the 2008 Wildcat Invitational at Arizona National Golf Course.
The Cowgirls were the only team to break 300 on the day and built a four-stroke lead heading into tomorrowˇ?s final round.? OSU carded a 14-over 298 in the second round and now earned the lead the 16-team field with a two-round total of 586 (+18).? Duke stands second at 590, while host Arizona and USC are tied for third place at 596.
Arizona National Golf Course played nearly four strokes tougher due to high winds on Tuesday, as the scoring average for the field was 80.14 for the round.
Dukeˇ?s Amanda Blumenherst maintained the individual lead at two-under 140.? The junior from Scottsdale, Ariz., shot an even-par 72 Tuesday and boosted her lead to three strokes.
The Arizona women have two golfers in the top-10 places, led by senior Alison Walshe, who is tied for third place at three-over 145.? Walshe carded a 74 during the second round, UAˇ?s low round of the day.? She was joined in the top-10 by freshman Alejandra Llaneza, who carded a seven-over 79 and is tied for 10th place at 148 (+6).
Sophomore Emily Mason shot a 77 and is tied for 24th place at 151 (+9).? The 151 total for Mason through two rounds is a career low.
Amanda Wilson and Mary Jacobs are tied for 32nd place at 11-over 153.? Wilson shot a second-round 79, while Jacobs carded an 80.
Three other Wildcats are participating as individuals in the event.? Brittany Benvenuto is tied for 82nd place at 169 (+27).? Marisa Smith and Brooke Schneider are tied for 87th place at 31-over 173.
The 54-hole event runs through Wednesday at Arizona National Golf Course, a par-71, 6,166-yard layout.
Top-Five Teams
1.???????? Oklahoma State.......................... 288-298=586 (+18)
2.???????? Duke.............................................. 288-302=590 (+22)
5.???????? Arizona State................................ 287-316=603 (+35)
Top-Five Individuals
1.???????? Amanda Blumenherst, Duke............ 68-72=140 (-2)
2.???????? Jaclyn Sweeney, Oklahoma State.. 71-72=143 (+1)
3.???????? Alison Walshe, Arizona................... 71-74=145 (+3)
??????????? Azahara Munoz, Arizona State.......... 72-73=145 (+3)
??????????? Joanne Lee, USC (ind.).................... 75-70=145 (+3)
Arizona Finishers
T3.????? Alison Walshe.................................... 71-74=145 (+3)
T10.??? Alejandra Llaneza.............................. 70-78=148 (+6)
T24.??? Emily Mason....................................... 74-77=151 (+9)
T32.??? Amanda Wilson............................... 74-79=153 (+11)
T32.??? Mary Jacobs...................................... 73-80=153 (+11)
T82.??? Brittany Benvenuto (ind.)................ 86-83=169 (+27)
T87.??? Brooke Schneider (ind.)................. 82-91=173 (+31)
T87.??? Marisa Smith (ind.).......................... 88-85=173 (+31)


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TAMPA, Fla. – Workouts at George M. Steinbrenner Field began on Monday with right-hander Michael Pineda throwing his first bullpen of the spring, marking another attempt at the road to the Bronx that began two years ago.
Acquired prior to the 2012 season, Pineda has yet to throw a pitch in the regular season for the New York Yankees. After earning All-Star honors as a member of the Seattle Mariners in 2011, Pineda suffered a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder during his first spring training with the Yankees, requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation.
Now, Pineda enters camp not as a front-of-the-rotation option, but in a fight for the fifth starter's spot with David Phelps and Adam Warren, each of which pitched well in New York last season.
The 25-year-old told reporters on Monday that he thinks he's "the same Michael Pineda" as he was in 2011. However, that is not entirely true, and it may be a good thing. Pineda's new manager, Joe Girardi, made a few observations about the differences in Pineda's first bullpen session and his past outings.
"I thought the ball was coming out easier," Girardi said of Pineda's 35 pitch session. "I know he's had time to clean up a couple things too, mechanically, in this two-year span. He just looked like it came out free and easy to me. It didn't look like he put a ton of effort into it, or that he was overthrowing it."
Pineda came away rather satisfied with not just the outing, but his physical state as a whole.
"I'm feeling so strong. I'm feeling good power," Pineda said. "… I'm throwing the same (as before the shoulder surgery). Mechanics the same. Everything is the same. All pitches are the same."
Girardi indicated that despite Pineda's declaration of being strong and healthy, his situation is one that the team must still keep a close eye on.
"We believe he's healthy," Girardi said. "But I still think you have to pay attention to it. You have to pay attention to all the signs that could be exhibited from not pitching, really, for two years. At times, maybe he needs an extra day or something, which won't be a concern if it's one extra day or two extra days. But he had a significant surgery, and you have to pay attention to it."
If he is indeed healthy, Pineda should blow the doors off any competition for a fifth starter's position, despite the fact that David Phelps has spent the past two years in New York, while Pineda has seen nothing but an operating table and minor league ballparks.
Joe Girardi did leave the door open for Pineda to pitch from the bullpen should Phelps or Warren beat him out. Just the same, that move would not make sense, as it would better serve both the Yankees and Pineda's long-term future to remain a starter, even if it were at the Triple-A level.
Dan is Examiner.com's beat writer for the New York Yankees and the Trenton Thunder. Follow him on Twitter at @danpfeiffer74 for all the latest New York Yankees news.


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Deewunn ft Marcy Chin – Mek It Bunx Up [Music Video]
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December 17th, 2013
Wiletunes / Ward 21 Music releases the Mek It Bunx Up music video performed by Deewunn featuring Marcy Chin. This music video was directed by Rocket Media. Another solid production by them.
Mek It Bunx Up – DeeWunn ft Marcy Chin
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Video is a Rocket Media Production
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Washington: 2000: Redshirted the season.
High School and Personal: Born Aug. 7, 1981 … parents are Debra and Michael ... has an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Nick ... played for coach Mike Maggiore at West Covina High School … had 228 career tackles, 43 career tackles for loss, and 27 career sacks … recorded 90 tackles, 12 sacks, 17 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries in 1999 … a second team all-state selection and a first-team All-Valley pick in 1999 … named Sierra League Defensive MVP in 1999 … as a junior, made first-team all-state, all-valley, all-CIF, and all-league squads … a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune's "Western 100" squad … ranked No. 41 among USA defensive linemen at Rivals.com … a Rivals.com California Top 100 selection … PrepStar's 10th-rated defensive lineman in the Western Region … ranked No. 69 in SuperPrep's California/Hawaii/Nevada 162 … won league championship in wrestling as a junior … also compete for West Covina track squad ... persuing a degree in society and justice.


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I am using 12.04. My hard drives usually comes as:
sda, with
sudo blkid and if I plug-in any USB drive, they comes as:
sdc etc; after
sda. That's fine.
But problem arises after I restart my laptop with connecting those USB drives. They alter and comes first and hard drive goes to the end, like:
sudo blkid shows,
sdb for USB drives and
sdc for hard drives. It's making problem to mount with
I couldn't find any solutions for this. I would like to have any USB drives after my system hard drives, as in Windows. Please, help me at this point.


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Sample Letter Asking Members of
Congress to
Sign the Dear Colleague on Alcohol Advertising
The Honorable [Name]
DISTRICT ADDRESS (or fax to Washington Office)
Dear Representative:
I am writing to urge you to sign on to a bi-partisan "Dear Colleague" letter being circulated by Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) asking that the House Energy and Commerce Committee schedule a Congressional hearing to examine the impact of television alcohol advertising on underage youth.
Despite NBC's welcome decision not to begin airing hard liquor ads, a massive influx of ads for a new crop of liquor-branded "alcopops" – sweetened youth-oriented malt-beverages such as Smirnoff Ice, Bacardi Silver, and Skyy Blue – are sneaking liquor brands before massive audiences of underage youth on network television. A recent study found that kids think those commercials are ads for hard-liquor products. Producers plan to spend some $450 million on such commercials in the coming year – more than a 30% increase in the total amount spent on alcohol ads on television.
NBC's action on hard liquor ads highlighted the need for tougher standards on all televised alcohol advertising to reduce youth exposure to commercials that glamorize and promote drinking in the powerful broadcast media. The present weak voluntary advertising standards for beer ads – which apparently also apply to the new liquor-branded "alcopops" – allow HALF the audience to be underage!
Underage drinking and its harms are widespread. On average, young people begin drinking at 13.1 years of age. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, those who begin by age 15 are four times as likely to become alcohol dependent than those who wait until age 21. Alcohol is a factor in the four leading causes of death among persons ages 10 to 24: motor-vehicle crashes, unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Underage drinking costs Americans some $53 billion annually.
Congress should be taking a serious look at this issue and exploring possible remedies to better protect underage youth and other vulnerable populations from a steady onslaught of televised inducements to drink. I hope you will join your colleagues in urging the Energy and Commerce Committee to examine the adequacy of the alcoholic-beverage industry's voluntary advertising standards in ensuring that alcoholic beverage ads are clearly and unambiguously directed to adult consumers of legal drinking age. The deadline to sign on to the letter is August 31, 2002.
Please contact Ellen Riddleberger in Congresswoman Roybal-Allard's office (225-1766) for further information or to sign on to the letter. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Please let me know if you will be able to join in this important effort. With best regards.
[Action Alert on Advertising] [Dear Colleague Letter] [July 16, 2002 Press Conference on Advertising]
July 26, 2002


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November 05, 2013
A finished basement can provide plenty of space for hobbyists to indulge their special interests, whether they're model trains, woodworking or arts and crafts. Adding comfortable furniture, attractive accessories and high-quality wood floors like those in Anderson Floors' Rushmore collection allows visitors and family members to enjoy the space.
According to HandyDirectory.com, one of the benefits of installing a crafts center or a layout for a train in the basement is the amount of space available. Shelving can be installed for storing supplies and tools, and a work area can be spread out.
Since most home designs have smaller windows in the basement, a window treatment should be chosen to maximize the natural light available during the day and provide privacy at night. For a ground-level basement with sliding glass doors leading to the outside, vertical blinds can be adjusted to allow different amounts of light into the room.
Safety first
Installing cabinets can serve two purposes in the room design. It provides storage, particularly for hobbies like woodworking that involve the use of larger tools. But there's also counter space where painted or glued items can be left to dry.
If a hobby involves any chemicals or paints that contain ingredients harmful to youngsters or pets, they should be locked up. Tools that are sharp or pointy and electrical tools also should be locked away so no one is harmed by them.
A workable space The work station is the heart of any hobby space. In a large room, an island may be installed with space for foot traffic all around it. Stools can be set up around the island so others can join in.
In smaller digs, a desk or work table can be located against a wall with a vertical shelving unit placed on top of the desk. This is an excellent place to locate a number of cubbies for small tools and craft supplies that are used most often in the activity.
Hanging shelves on sturdy brackets and installing peg boards to hang tools from hooks are just two of the ways that hobbyists can find additional storage. Such items can be arranged according to the area available. Peg boards,for instance can be hung lengthwise or vertically to maximize wall space.
It helps to install more space than is needed immediately so there's room later to accommodate additional supplies and equipment, or to grow the display space for collections or a train layout that may be expanded.
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Michelle Duggar admitted she suffered with bulimia when she was a teen. This was a hard tale for the star of "19 Kids and Counting" to tell her future husband Jim Bob when she met him at the age of 16. But, according to People via the Daily Mail on Feb. 26, she did and a certain freedom came with that difficult discussion. A year later, Michelle and Jim Bob married.
But that was a long time ago.
On Wed., the 47-year-old mom of 19 talked about how she shared her struggle with bulimia while speaking to others who are dear to Michelle Duggar, including her daughters.
She did this because the oldest females in the Duggar tribe were writing a book called "Growing Up Duggar" about their lives in front of camera on "19 Kids & Counting" as well as other aspects of their lives.
Michelle Duggar admitted that her trouble with constant throwing up started when she was only 14. This mom of so many said, "I didn't tell any of my friends what I was going through. I was doing it sometimes on a daily basis, or sometimes I would go a week."
The Michelle Duggar added, "I felt this was the answer to my problems," which she apparently found and which is talked about in "Growing Up Duggar," due in stores on March 4.


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This is our list of project ideas for the Google Summer of Code [26] program in 2011 [27].
Dear students, if you want to apply for doing a Google Summer of Code project with us you can choose a project from this list but you can also present your own idea fitting to any of the Linux Standards Base (LSB) group [28], OpenPrinting [29], Driver Backport [30], Wireless LAN (802.11) [31] and our other work groups [32]. Please note that you have to choose "The Linux Foundation" as your mentoring organization, independent of the workgroup where you want to do your project.
- March 18, 2011 - The Linux Foundation got accepted as mentoring organization!
- March 28, 2011 - Applications open for students
- April 8, 2011 - deadline for students to apply
Notes to take for students
- Read the the 2011 GSoC FAQs [33]
- On your application be sure to mention which of the listed Linux Foundation projects you are applying for, if applicable. If you are suggesting your own idea be sure to clarify that.
- Follow the scheme of our student application template [34].
- Follow the DOs and DON'Ts [35] for students.
- On the front page click the field to apply as a student and then choose "The Linux Foundation" as your mentoring organization from the long list. To find it, use the filter field under "Name" or use the drop-down menu at the bottom to display the full list (there are 174 organizations).
If you have questions
Do not hesitate to ask questions. Please use the contact info (e-mail, IRC) of the workgroup in which you want to do your project. You find it by following the links below.
Linux Foundation GSoC Project groups
The Linux Foundation sponsors development in different areas. Each area has a set number of GSoC projects available for 2011 as suggested projects which you can apply for and they are also open for your project suggestion.
- LSB - Linux Standards Base [36]
- OpenPrinting [37]
- 802.11 - Wireless LAN (kernel & userspace) [38]
- Driver Backport [39]
- General kernel work [40]
- Accessibility work [41]


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Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Integration With Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 11g
By Scott Elvington on Mar 16, 2012
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From April 22-26, 2012, Oracle takes Las Vegas. Thousands of Oracle professionals will descend upon the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for a weeks worth of education sessions, networking opportunities and more, at the only user-driven and user-run Oracle conference - COLLABORATE 12.
This is one of the best opportunities for you to learn more about Oracle technology including Oracle Enterprise Manager. Here is a summary of an impressive line-up of Oracle Enterprise Manager related content at COLLABORATE 12.
Customer Presentations
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IT professionals are excited by the technical advantages of cloud computing, and Line of Business managers look to the cloud as a driver of business growth, efficiency, and productivity. By transforming IT into a business-centric provider of services that users can access from anywhere, Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c helps you build a more agile, efficient, and innovative enterprise.
You can get an executive overview of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c in this recently published executive brief .
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We'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Acolade Consulting in becoming one of the first within the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to achieve the Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Quality Management (Oracle EM AQM) OPN Specialization. OPN Specialized Partners are differentiated in the marketplace, gaining a competitive edge and access to broader and larger solution opportunities
Rajesh Krishnan, Practice Director, Acolade Consulting with Patricia Nance,
GM Oracle Alliances and Channels at a recent partner recognizition event in Sydney.
Partner organizations achieving Oracle EM AQM specialization have demonstrated proficiency in providing Application Testing and Quality Management Solution and Services with Oracle technology. Customers can locate Partners proficient with Oracle EM AQM in the OPN Solutions Catalog to help them test packaged, Web, and SOA applications and ensure quality, scalability, and availability of applications and their infrastructure.
The Oracle EM AQM solution consists of these distinct functional capabilities:
Utilizing the Oracle EM AQM Solution, Partners can help customers manage their entire quality assurance (QA) process, including defining test requirements, creating and executing automated and manual test cases, tracking defects, performing load tests and database tests.
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center allows you to update your Solaris systems with patches available from My Oracle Support (MOS).
Like always in life, there are multiple ways to perform a given task and the same is true for Ops Center.
Juergen Fleischer, Senior IT/Product Architect , Oracle Enterprise manager Ops center provided the content for this blog to guide you through different ways to perform Oracle Solaris patching depending on deployment scenarios.
Scenario 1 - Applying a single Patch to an Asset
Let's start with installing just a single patch to a system. To perform this task you would select the OS Asset and pick the action 'View/Modify Catalog' from the right hand side Actions panel.
From the pop-up screen, you can search for the patchid, see which revision is already installed and select a newer one if required.
Here is a MOS how-to document describing this in all detail:
Scenario 2 - Applying multiple patches to several systems
If you have to apply a list of patches to multiple systems every now and then, creating an Update Profile would be the best method, as once you have created the Profile it can be used many times ensuring the exact same patches in the list are applied each and every time.
Update Profiles are located in the 'Plan Management' section. Update Profiles can be used in two ways: either you select a single or a group of OS assets and pick the action 'New Update OS Job'. Or, you pick the Update Profile in the Plan Management section and select 'New Update OS Job'. The wizard will allow you to select one or more target assets or groups.
Here is a MOS how-to with all the details:
Scenario 3 - Regular Baseline Patching
For regular Baseline Patching 'Update Profiles' can be based on given patchsets which are made available by the Ops Center Knowledge Base (KB).
The KB offers two different patchsets, the monthly released Solaris Baselines (based on Oracle's internal EIS-DVD) and the current or archived versions of the "Recommended Patchset for Solaris". These are updated whenever a new critical patch gets released. Every quarter, one of these Recommended Patchsets for Solaris will be renamed as the 'Critical Patch Update' in line with standard Oracle practice. It's up to the Customer's patching policy and strategy to determine which patchsets should be used and how often they should be applied.
Scenario 4 - Latest & Greatest patchset
Finally, if required, Customers can select what is called "Latest & Greatest" patchset. These are all the latest available patches for all installed packages. To perform this task, use the 'Host Compliance Report' and tick the Security & Bug Fixes check box.
More details can be found in this blog entry
or in this MOS how-to document:
So far, we have talked about various scenarios around applying a single patch or multiple patches. These patches can be applied on a running system or by using LiveUpgrade (LU). LU allows creating Alternate Boot Environment (ABE), Synchronizing boot environments, Patching the ABE and then Activating the ABE.
For detailed examples and howto examples:
Before using LiveUpgrade, please verify that the latest LU-Patch (sparc: 121430, x86: 121431) is installed on the running system.
Furthermore, when payching zones always make use of the parallel zone patching feature, independent if using LU or not. Following blog entry describes this very well :
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Q. Do you support synthetic workloads for load testing?
A. Yes. Oracle Load Testing is a load/performance test tool for synthetic load testing. Oracle Load Testing can test any web based application as well as Oracle packaged applications like Oracle EBS, Siebel, Oracle Fusion applications, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, Hyperion and others. It is also possible to SOA/Web services based test or synthtetic database testing for Oracle databases
Q. Does the data masking solution work for non-Oracle Databases?
Q. Can Sensitive Data Discovery be customized for my own data structures?
A. If it is in a supported oracle database then yes.
A. All current supported DB are supported for subsetting, We do support 10g R2 as well. There is plan to support 9i R2 but only in clone then subset and not inline subset.
A. All http and nca protocol (forms) are supported.
A. You can find more information about the automatic script generation for ATS /Oracle Load Testing in the documentation in your installation directory of ATS ([Install directory]/docs/en) OpenScriptUserGuide.pdf - Section 3.2.7 for RUEI In case you have not installed ATS, you can download the documentation from this location: http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/apptesting/oats-docs-9.31.0036.zip
A. The testing accelerators for Oracle Load Testing or Oracle Functional Testing supports: EBS 11i & R12, Siebel 7.7 or higher. It also support any version of Oracle Fusion Applications
A. All current supported DB are supported for sub setting, We do support 10g R2 as well. There is plan to support 9i R2 but only in clone then subset and not inline subset.
A. 126.96.36.199.0 and above currently
A. You cannot select your own protocols.
A. We will not maintain 100 % cardinality but we will be close. and We an additional check if masking is introducing change in execution plans.
A. It depends in what you are trying to archive with your testing. If you have infrastructure updates only, meaning database or application server changes, then Application Replay is a really good solution for you, but if you have changes in your application, you should use Application Testing Suite
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Yesterday ( Feb. 29, 2012), Oracle announced the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Bundle patch 1 and 220.127.116.11 Plug-in updates. The new "Bundle Patch" contains numerous bug fixes, performance improvements and new features to improve Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c customer experience .
Sushil Kumar, VP, Product
Strategy and Business development, Oracle Enterprise Manager, shared the highlights of the new
"Bundle Patch" with me earlier today. In this blog, I captured my discussion with Sushil.
The new "Bundle Patch" is a pretty significant update to Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c bits released at Oracle Open World in October, 2012. It contains over 3000 bug fixes and includes some brand new functionality such as Weblogic and Fusion Apps Patching, Exadata out of place patching, etc. We recommend customers, who are considering to go live with EM 12c in production in the next few months, to pick up this mandatory update.
Even though we are calling this update a "Bundle Patch", an updated Enterprise Manager Base Platform Full Installer is made available for download on Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Any customer who downloads the 12c bit as of February 29, 2012, will automatically get these updates as a part of the base install. In another words, if you download the EM 12c product by clicking on "for Linux x86 (64 bit) (With Bundle Patch)" link from the OTN Download center (see the screen shot below) and do a fresh install, you will have all the updates required and no additional patches need to be applied to get these updates.
The revised installation media is only available for Linux right now. The updated installer will be released on other operating systems in the coming weeks/months.
If you have not already discovered a large number of targets, defined admin groups and monitoring templates or defined compliance policies and rules, etc. with previously released Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c bit, then a fresh install with the updated installer is the way to go. The option of "patching" a site running on previously released EM bits exists , but, it may be worth the pain only if you have already put in a lot of time and effort setting up your EM 12c environment based on the previously released bits.
We are working closely with the early adopter customers of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c to make sure that they can update in a smoothest possible manner. If you were not part of the EM 12c early adopter program, please work with your Oracle support .
The other exciting announcement with the release of EM 12c iPhone app that Scott blogged about yesterday. This is in response to the strong customer demand to make EM accessible from mobile devices. The new app primarily exposes the incident management functionality but we will add more features to it moving forward.
Finally, we want to highlight that the only supported version of Oracle BI Publisher with EM 12c is 188.8.131.52 and it is linked from the EM 12c download page. Please do not use the latest version 220.127.116.11 of BI publisher with EM 12c since that may render your environment unusable. We do have plans to support 22.214.171.124 in the near future, but, as of now, please download the BI publisher version that is linked off the EM 12c download page on OTN.
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To start with, the agent maintains detailed statistics around each operation being performed and can report on these automatically in a top 'N' style report hourly. This is called the Top Metric Report and can be enabled via the property topMetricReporter=true in the emd.properties file. Once enabled, reports are automatically produced hourly and can also be requested on demand. Reports are maintained for a period of 24 hours.
The reports are stored in xml inside of the agent state home (available in $EMSTATEDIR/sysman/emd/topMetrics). They are also available from the agent metric browser, where a report can be requested to be generated as well.
The report provides detailed information regarding the top consuming cpu targets and/or metrics enabling customers to decide if collections are occurring too frequently. Customers can then modify the Oracle default collection frequencies.
The agent home page in the enterprise manager console has been redesigned to provide specific performance information about the agent. There are three main panels to be review.
The first is the performance panel. It contains 3 key performance indicators (KPI's) of the agent. They are:
Upload transfer time for 1KB measured in milliseconds (this metric is the graphed values)
Time spent on average per collection as a percentage of the declared collection interval
Agent heartbeat round trip time measured in milliseconds.
An example is shown below.
The upload transfer time is simply a measure of how long on average its taking to perform the round trip between the agent and loading sub-system. The time includes not only the http communication time but the time to load into the repository.
The % of collection measures on average how long metrics are taking to collect as a percentage of their declared interval. For instance, if a metric takes 1 second to collect and its interval was to be collected every 30 seconds, then the percentage is 1/30 or about 3%. The rolled up number is computed across all metrics running and is re-evaluated by the agent every minute. The expectation is that the overall percentage will be low.If targets experience issues causing collections to take longer or the agent itself is not performing well, the expectation is that the percentage would increase.
Finally the heartbeat round trip is a measure similar to the upload in concept – a measurement of how long it's taking to send a certain amount of data; but given that these heartbeats (or pings) are typically constant in size, the measure is just the total round trip time.
If either the upload or ping times are increasing, then this could be an indicator of a network performance issue or the oracle management server itself experiencing some performance issue.
The second panel is the usage panel. It also contains 3 KPI's:
Number of requests made by the console of the agent (called Dispatched Actions) (this is the graphed data set)
Number of collections scheduled to be run for the next hour.
Number of jobs currently running on the agent
The usage panel reflects work being requested of the agent, either from console actions (real-time metric requests for example or jobs being submitted) as well as the work queue of the agent (i.e. the number of collections to be run for the next hour).
The final panel is the resource panel. There are 5 KPI's here:
percentage of the java heap in use (graphed)
approximate cpu usage (graphed)
current megabytes of the java heap in use
the maximum number of megabytes of the java heap used
a rolling load average of the cpu usage
First, let me explain the java heap statistics. The heap is sized to a specified maximum. The percentage of the heap used is a measure against that maximum. Current represents the current amount used and the maximum is the highest recorded value (not the absolute declared maximum). For instance, if the declared maximum is 100MB and the maximum ever observed is 80MB, then at some point in time 80% of the available heap was in use. Its fully expected that the percentage of the heap would follow the classic 'saw-tooth' pattern seen below.Java virtual machines allocate memory from the heap and then run garbage collection (GC) to free up space. If the trend line is flat, then no leaks would be evident. Its recommended that the maximum ever observed is no greater than 95% of the declared maximum, as that would potentially lead to either excessive GC or out of memory exceptions.
The cpu statistics are a representation of the current cpu being used and the 'load average' – a rolling weighted average of the last 15 minutes of cpu consumed.
My next blog will continue on the theme of using additional services to diagnosis current and/or potential issues with the agent.
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