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The year is winding down and our thoughts turn to soil erosion, soil fertility and pasture and cover crops. I don't grow much corn, but I sow rye and Harry Vetch in the standing corn as cover crops to improve the corn patches. Research shows the more cover crops your use, the more fertility you get. A North Dakota man uses 12 cover crops and has achieved 60 earthworms per square foot of soil. With earthworms present in those numbers the soil improves at an even greater rate.
This year's 2014, 22nd Annual National Small Farm Trade Show and Conference (Oct. 23-25 at Mexico, Missouri) has the theme: "Rebuilding American Agriculture from the Ground Up". We have gone to great lengths to provide a Keynote cover crop speaker (and two others) and a vermiculture speaker. There is a charge for the short courses but there are several free talks on both topics (see the Attendee information in this issue for many, many more details, call or visit www.smallfarmtoday.com).
A special thank you for both subscribers and advertisers for 30 years of publishing and the support you have given us and the understanding of our current health related delays in publication. Also, a thanks to trade show speakers, vendors and all others both current and past for 22 years of help and interest. The growing more than doubling number of Farmers' Markets in the last 10 years is only one proof of revitalization and success!
Happy & Profitable Farming,
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Cool temperatures and wet fields are stalling corn planting in Kansas and slowing development of the state's winter wheat crop.
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that just 17 percent of the planned corn is now in the ground. That is two weeks behind average.
The weather is also slowing wheat development. The reports says just 3 percent of the crop has headed, about three weeks behind normal.
Forty percent of the wheat crop is rated in poor to very poor condition. Of the rest, 33 percent is rated fair, 24 percent is in good condition and 3 percent is rated excellent.
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Junior Melanie Delsart has been named an ITA Scholar-Athlete all three years of her Saluki career.
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SKILLMAN, NJ - Southern Illinois women's tennis has been named an ITA All-Academic team for the 2011-12 season, marking the third-straight year the program has earned the award. To be recognized for this award a team must have a combined GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Six Saluki players earned ITA Scholar-Athlete awards, achieving a 3.5 GPA or higher -- Melanie Delsart (2010-12), Anita Lee (2011-12), Ariadna Cairo Baza, Gisela Cairo Baza, Siera Hasler and Natasha Tomishima.
"Being named an All-Academic team has become a standard for our program now, and we want this award every year," said head coach Audra Nothwehr. "We want to be balanced in the classroom, on the court, and to still have time for family and friends."


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Officials: Unvaccinated students may have to stay home from school
Columbus Public Health confirmed a total of 481 mumps cases have been reported in three central Ohio counties, as of August 20.
To date, 254 have been linked to The Ohio State University outbreak.
Due to the high number of cases reported, health officials may ask unvaccinated students to stay home from school this year for nearly a month, ABC News reported.
If a mumps case is reported in a students' community, unvaccinated students will be asked to stay at home for at least 25 days.
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2007-08: Competed in the distance events... earned a personal best of 4:36.29 in the "B" final of the 500 free at the Pac-10 Championships... earned a season best in the "B" finals of the 400 IM at the Pac-10 Championships by clocking in a time of 4:06.69.
2006-07: Set a new personal best in the 200 backstroke in the finals of the Pac-10 Championships (1:54.10).
2005-06: One of ASU's top returners in both backstroke and individual medley...he posted the team's third-best 200 backstroke time at the Pac-10 Championships....in the individual medley, he recorded the fourth-fastest time by a Sun Devil for the year in the 400 IM.
High School: A 2005 graduate of El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif...earned four varsity letters in swimming and two in water polo...coached in swimming by Matt Tilton and in water polo by Don Stoll...swam club for Mission Viejo Nadadores...as a freshman, finished eighth in the CIF in the 200 IM...as a junior was third in the 200 IM and second in the 100 Backstroke...placed third in both the IM and Backstroke as a senior...was a five-time High School All-American and a two-time all-county pick...honor roll student and three-time Scholastic All-American.
Personal: A pre-business major at ASU...parents are Todd and Debby Pierson of Lake Forest, Calif...has one younger sister, Karisa (15)...born Sept. 13, 1987 in Lake Forest, Calif...full name is Brandon Michael Pierson.
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Make sure your next soirée isn't too ostentatious... a set of Potato Chip Coasters ($13) ought to help bring down the fanciness. Or, we'll do you one better: make potato chips the focus of the party - purchase several brands and flavors, set 'em out... [More]
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Always on the lookout for the latest and greatest? These Stella Concrete Knobs ($16) oughta knock your socks off (okay, so no one really gets that excited over drawer pulls and knobs, but you get our point). Ultra-modern, the knobs will put the finishing touch... [More]
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There are plenty of things in our technologically-advanced modern lives we could reasonably do by hand, but why should we? Loading the dishwasher is far less work than scrubbing, and watching our martinis whirl into existence in this Rabbit Electric Cocktail Mixer ($29) is much... [More]
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We don't like flat soda. We also don't like letting things go to waste. This has the unfortunate side effect of upping our Diet Coke consumption once we bring ourselves to crack into a bottle. The Jokari 2 Liter Soda Dispenser ($16, on sale) might... [More]
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You know us - we're suckers for gadgets that have more than one function (probably because it makes us feel like we're getting our money's worth when we buy them), so that's why we've got the Bedside Speaker & Sleep Sounds ($130) by Tranquil Moments... [More]
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We're not kidding when we say that we need about a dozen or more Lil' Holsters ($10) around our apartments. Pick a size (mini or skinny) and a color (there are seven options) and stick the silicone holder to any clean, dry surface for a... [More]
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Grandpa loves his corn fresh off the cob... but the poor old guy's teeth aren't all that cooperative. Rather than taking the time to cut off the kernels one section at a time, the Corn Kerneler Kitchen Tool ($13) will strip that cob naked with... [More]
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Auburn Hills — Marvin "Bad News" Barnes played for Pistons teams in the early 1970s nicknamed the "Detroit Hoodlums" because at least four players routinely brought guns into the dressing room for protection.
They weren't afraid of teammates, but wanted to protect themselves from the streets of downtown Detroit, which had a bad reputation for crime.
Barnes told aol.com he carried an unregistered .45-caliber pistol and .38 snub-nosed revolver.
"If the .45 jammed, I would have the .38 as backup," he said. "It was automatic."
The days involving athletes with guns is back in the news in the NBA, thanks to Wizards star Gilbert Arenas. But current Pistons say the Wild West days Barnes described don't exist. They are calling the news involving Arenas an isolated and unfortunate incident created by a player more interested in pulling pranks than a gun.
"I don't think it's a league issue," Pistons center Kwame Brown said. "It's one isolated situation. If it happened more than one time, I guess it would be a league issue, but it hasn't."
The Pistons play the Wizards tonight in Washington, but Arenas won't be in the building because he was indefinitely suspended by commissioner David Stern for carrying four unloaded guns into the dressing room, a violation of league rules. He faces felony gun charges that could land him in jail for up to 10 years.
The NBA bans weapons on league property, which includes arenas, practice facilities and any related event or appearance.
Arenas' teammate Javaris Crittenton also could face charges as police investigate the incident.
"It is a world issue," Pistons center Ben Wallace said. " This is a country that gives you the right to bear arms, but you got to go through the process to do so. We get scrutinized a little bit more (because we're in the limelight), so we got to do a better job of policing ourselves."
Arenas, others break rules
That, however, is the question: How does the league police this issue?
Most Pistons players said they have permits to possess weapons, but mostly keep them at home for protection.
Not everyone, however, abides by those rules. Some isolated gun incidents have hurt the league's image:
Cavaliers guard Delonte West was pulled over in September for speeding on his motorcycle. He was carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and a bowie knife.
Pacers guard Stephen Jackson was suspended seven games after he fired five shots into the air during a 2002 incident outside an Indianapolis night club.
In 2006, Blazers guard Sebastian Telfair was suspended two games for attempting to board a team plane in Boston with a loaded gun in his luggage. He claimed he grabbed the wrong bag and that the gun belonged to his girlfriend . No charges were filed.
In 2007, Telfair was docked three games when police found a loaded weapon in his car.
In 2002, Warriors forward Chris Mills attempted to block the Blazers team bus with his vehicle after a fight with Bonzi Wells. Witnesses said Mills was carrying a weapon.
"It's always something," current Pistons commentator and former Bad Boy Rick Mahorn said of the NBA's perception. "In the 80s, we were a drug league. But you have to be professional at all times, you can't be half-in, half-out."
And that leads to Arenas.
The recent incident started over gambling on a team flight from Phoenix to Washington. According to witnesses, Crittenton and JaVale McGee were playing a card game and Crittenton complained about some of the rules and losing $1,100.
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2007 NASA Education Highlights
Product Type: Program Brochure
Audience: Educators, Informal Education
Grade Levels: K-12, Higher Education
Publication Year: 2007
Product Number: NP-2007-11-485-HQ
Subjects: Education
NASA has a tradition of investing in programs and activities that inspire and engage students, educators, families and communities at large in the excitement and discovery of exploration. Read about the innovative ways NASA is creating new activities that spark the interest and imagination of people from all segments of society. Also learn about the education milestones and accomplishments achieved by NASA Education in 2007.
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IDT Announces Digital Step Attenuator That Reduces Glitches Up To 95 Percent in Cellular Base Station and Other Applications
(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 09 November 2012 Release date- 08112012 - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) (NASDAQ: IDTI), the Analog and Digital Company delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced a new digital step attenuator (DSA) that reduces transient 'glitches' during most significant bit (MSB) transitions by up to 95 percent in multi-standard 4G, 3G, and 2G cellular base station and industrial applications.
IDT's Glitch-Free DSA enables customers to simplify their software interface, improve reliability, and prevent damage to expensive sub-assemblies such as power amplifiers.
The IDT F1950 and F1951 are digital step attenuators optimized for the demanding requirements of base transceiver station (BTS) receive, transmit, and digital pre-distortion (DPD) paths. IDT's innovative Glitch-Free technology eliminates attenuation setting overshoot (glitches) from the transmit and receive paths of cellular communication systems, while at the same time reducing insertion loss and improving distortion performance. This significantly simplifies the hardware and software interfaces within the BTS, reducing cost and minimizing overhead. The extremely low IM3 distortion improves DPD path performance, enabling better transmitter spectral mask compliance and lower power consumption. The IDT F1950 (7-bit) and F1951 (6-bit) DSAs expand IDT's comprehensive wireless communications portfolio, which includes RF mixers, variable gain amplifiers (VGAs), RapidIO serial switching, industry-leading timing, data conversion and data compression products.
'IDT's new DSAs are another key building block of the communications signal chain that our customers are demanding,' said Tom Sparkman, vice president and general manager of the Communications Division at IDT. 'Competing DSAs can glitch up to 10 dB during transitions of the MSB, while IDT's Glitch-Free DSAs limit glitches to less than 0.5 dB - a significant performance advantage for our customers. In addition, our large attenuation range and high resolution gives customers the flexibility needed to service all the most popular wireless platforms. These latest products enhance an innovative portfolio of wireless communications solutions that is gaining strong traction in the marketplace.' The IDT F1950 and F1951 operate from 100 MHz to 4000 MHz, and can communicate via a parallel or serial interface. The devices are ideal for setting the power level in 4G long-term evolution (LTE), time-division duplexing (TDD), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), extended global system for mobile communications (EGSM) and other popular systems. The DSAs feature very low insertion loss (< 1.3 dB at 2 GHz) and are extremely accurate (< 0.2 dB over temperature), allowing for improved sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the receiver path.
Pricing and Availability The IDT F1950 and F1951 are in production and sampling to qualified customers. They are available in a 4 mm x 4 mm 24-pin QFN package. For more information about IDT's RF solutions, visit www.idt.com/go/RF.
About IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc., the Analog and Digital Company, develops system-level solutions that optimize its customers' applications. IDT uses its market leadership in timing, serial switching and interfaces, and adds analog and system expertise to provide complete application-optimized, mixed-signal solutions for the communications, computing and consumer segments. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., IDT has design, manufacturing and sales facilities throughout the world. IDT stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market under the symbol 'IDTI.' Additional information about IDT is accessible at www.IDT.com. Follow IDT on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Suppose a symmetric matrix $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ is given. Let $J=I-\frac{1}{n}\cdot 1_n1_n^T\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be the centering matrix, with $I$ being the identity matrix, and $1_n=[1 \dots 1]^T\in\mathbb{R}^n$.
Now, suppose $B=JAJ$, and $C=AJ$. How do the eigenvalues of $B$ and $C$ compare? I'm interested in the zero and non-zero spectrum behaviour.
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On this website you can find documentation about how to create your own Linux Live CD, based on Mandriva Linux.
The MCNLive CD/USB is a side product of my findings.
It is a community project of Mandrivaclub.nl.
18-01-08 Any Questions
If you have any questons about MCNLive please visit the international forum mandrivausers.org. Chris has stopped being involved in the project, but others at Mandrivaclub.nl and on the official Mandriva Linux Forum are working on new scripts and a new edition based on Mandriva 2008.
22-05-07 MCNLive Toronto is out
Awaiting the summer season (without computers and software) I am glad to announce MCNLive, code name "Toronto". What's the difference to "Delft": VirtualBox OSE, KOffice Suite, Gimp, Gthumb, Gxine, Gftp, Bluefish, Quanta, kaudiocreator, Kopete, kdebluetooth-pin, bunch of networking tools and printer packages added. English only edition. Improved isolinux bootsplash, with keyboard navigation to select a boot option, different wallpapers, fixed (non-critical) error messages when shutting down the system in livecd persist mode.
10-05-07 New Forum at mandrivausers.org
Our friends at mandrivausers.org gave our English and international users a place to go for all questions, remarks, feedback and sharing ideas. Thank you very much: tyme, mystified, Ixthusdan, paul and spinynorman!
06-05-2007 Delft Final Released
A new edition of MCNLive, code name "Delft" is out, a fun release based on Mandriva Spring 2007.1, lacking any office or work-related software packages that would seriously distract your mind. A portable Linux live system for CD or USB drives, with some smart wizards to get the best out of a Live system. Add software, set it up on your pendrive, run it entirely from RAM, write to NTFS partitions, create your own version on-the-fly, switch languages, make all changes persistent.
04-05-07 Delft RC3 on the mirrors
MCNLive-Delft RC3 has arrived on the download mirrors. Changelog: improved wizards 'Create loop image' and 'Remaster - simple' (thx Maurice and Michel), added juk and bc, enabled service syslog, updated initscript/network package, fixed halt script, net_applet in systray, really disable ipv6, changes to html info pages, MCNL menu entries, bookmarks, second desktop is back with alternative beach wallpaper. Get it here.
27-04-07 MCNLive "Delft" Release Candidate
Announcing the RC1 of the upcoming MCNLive code name "Delft".
* Based on and 100% compatible with Mandriva Linux 2007.1 Spring
* Including wifi drivers. No closed source nvidia and ati driver.
* 3D desktop - Beryl, compiz and Metisse - for most Intel and ATI cards.
* KDE desktop with a set of internet, music and video applications, games and more.
* 4 languages preinstalled: English (default), Dutch, French, Italian :-)
Features - as known from earlier editions
* Install additional software live, preconfigured sources
* Graphical wizard to create a Live USB on a USB stick or external hard disk
* copy2ram - run the entire system from internal memory
* Install to hard disk, with the Mandriva draklive-install wizard
* Make your own live version on-the-fly, while running from CD or from USB
* Switch to a different language on-the-fly ... or add the missing language
New and/or improved features
* Improved wizard: Backup - Restore Home
* New: Keep all system wide changes, make them persist. Stored in a loop image. A wizard to set up the loop disk on a internal hard disk or external removable drive. The bootcode 'livecd persist' will enable it.
* Improved: Remaster-on-the-fly got a graphical wizard.
* The boot code 'livecd ntfsrw' will mount all NTFS filesystems read-write, default is read-only.
* New boot code: vesa - it is a sort fall-back for the (very few) video cards that do not play nicely with the automatic configuration and would end up in non-graphical mode. 'vesa' will pick the vesa driver and uses a 1024x768 resolution for the monitor. This boot code is also handy for booting in VirtualBox and VMware.
Download it here, look at some screenshots , and help us at mandrivaclub.nl to work out the bugs.
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04-02-2007 Announcement: MCNLive "VirtualCity" Final
Designed to run from a 512 MB USB Flash Drive or from CD this new version comes bundled with VirtualBox OSE, an easy to use virtualisation software which let you run virtual machines at almost native speed. It seems that Mandriva 2007 and VirtualBox are a dream team. Create 'Virtual Machines', run existing VM's from your hard disk. Use this Live CD (or Live USB) in combination with a USB hard drive, packed with your favorite operating systems. The perfect mobile solution. Or just use it to discover what this virtualisation is all about.
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Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women
Ryan Stratford, MD, practices medicine at Banner Desert Medical Center.
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Audio: "Hello. My name is Dr. Ryan Stratford."
Text: Ryan Stratford, MD - Banner Desert Medical Center
Audio: "I am a fellowship-trained urogynecologist at Banner Desert Medical Center. Women often silently endure the physical and emotional consequences of common pelvic floor disorders, a condition where a woman's pelvic organs are not working properly, or are no longer supported well within the body."
Text: Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Disorders
Audio: "Pelvic floor disorders may result in uncomfortable vaginal bulges known as pelvic prolapse…"
Text: Pelvic Prolapse, Incontinence
Audio: "…as well as incontinence, yet most women delay seeking treatments sometimes for years. Woman with pelvic floor disorders do not need to suffer silently. They can be effectively treated and have their lives restored. There are two treatments for pelvic prolapse:…"
Text: Pessary, Surgery
Audio: "…a pessary, or surgery."
Text:: Pessary, device placed to hold up pelvic prolapse
Audio: "A pessary is a device like a diaphragm that is placed in the vagina to hold up the pelvic prolapse. It is easy to use and not painful."
Text: Surgery, Varied, Minimally Invasive, Durable
Audio: "Surgical repair is a second option. Surgery for pelvic prolapse is varied and has changed remarkably in the last decade. Surgical treatment is minimally invasive and is now much more durable and effective."
Text: Urogynecologists, diagnose and treat pelvic floor disorders
Audio: "A specialized field of medicine, called urogynecology, specifically diagnoses and treats conditions like pelvic prolapse effectively. But most women, and even some physicians, are not familiar with these specialists. If you believe that your bladder has dropped or you have incontinence, you should notify your primary care physician and ask to see a urogynecologist. With straightforward treatment, you may improve you bladder function and restore a much healthier, happier quality of life."
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JWC TO TC ; 20 August 1857; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18570820-JWC-TC-01; CL 33: 40-43
Craigenvilla Morningside
Thursday [20 August 1857]
Whether the spirit move me or not; I must write today in my own interest. A letter will be going from you to Sunny Bank else, before I am there to receive it—"and then I should be vaixed."1
My purpose to go there on Saturday raised, when it came to be known, a quite unexpected hullibulloo; and tho' persuadibility is not my besetting weakness, I consented "eventually"2 to stay till this day week. Now that their hearts seem turned to me with the affection of Father's Sisters; I feel to owe them a sort of obedience(!) as well as affection, as such, and could not persevere in doing what they were going to be seriously offended at, as well as grieved.
"Three weeks at Sunny Bank already!—a fortnight at Auchtertool!—and only a week with the nearest relations I had on earth! &c &c"— And the only urgent reason for hurrying away I had to give could not in politeness be given! viz: the indegestion of sermons to be suffered during the night of Sunday! So I just made up my mind to it; the easier done that I sleep pretty well here in general, and indeed "Ise proud to say Ise some better."3 I take my plain regular meals with a certain heartiness—feel less fluttery and haggard—if not much better at walking yet. And my Aunts insist I look better. There was need!
I made out my call on little Mrs Samuel4 Brown. I expected to find a sorrowful looking young woman in a widows cap, who would be pleased to see me, but probably agitated; the pleasure at seeing me was the only thing I found of all I was expecting! a young woman with rosy cheeks, and cheery looks, a bare head, with smart little knot at the back of it, tripped in, and thanked me for coming with a—serenity!—gaiety almost!—that—took away my breath! I, who cared nothing about her poor husband, could hardly keep back tears to see how—the waters had closed over him! There was Woolners first medallion of you, handsomely framed hanging on the wall opposite me. And she talked of "the imme[n]se5 debt of gratitude Mr Brown owed you" and of "what a pleasure it must be to Mr Carlyle to think of the kindness he had shown to so many young men."—never a tremor in her voice or a shadow on her face! And yet she seemed a good, honest little body; only with the thickest of skins! "Seven years, Mrs Carlyle, to be always beside such suffering!" I could hardly help saying "yes! and seven years to endure such suffering"!
Yesterday I went into Edin in the omnibus, and sought out Nichol's6 address in the Directory, and went after him. He lives in a top flat in Queen Street. John Stodart whom I met (as usual) walked to the house with me (a few yards) and climbed the stairs to ask if he were in, before I gave myself the trouble to go up. Nichol had opened the door to him himself, and John stupidly told him who wanted him. But there would have been no charming scene, even if he hadn't. Poor old Nichol is past taking any part in anything emotional. He is grown thin, and wears a little scratch wig, and the twinkling smile which used to constitute the expression of his face had left it utterly. "Well!" he said surveying me calmly "I cant say I should ever have recognised you." I might have have7 said ditto to the remark, but was too polite. John Stodart went off. I ascended with the old man to his clean cold intensely bachelor looking diningroom where we sat down side by side on a hard black sofa— He asked me all the usual questions—in a cold, rather low tone, and didn't seem to care the least in the world about my answers, or any liveliness I could bring to bear on him. At last he informed me (and it was a sort of relief to my feelings) that he was "rather deaf"—in fact almost entirely deaf, I suspect. He had retired from teaching last year—and is now living there "ohne Amt [without a job]8 he repeated several times, in his poor toneless old voice, that he took my visit very kind, and he offered me a glass of wine, but didn't seem sorry I declined, I came away very dreary. A life of monotonous toil—to earn money enough for retiring upon when one is deaf and dried up and can't get any good of it.
Here your letter has been brought up— The back of it gives evidence of a rather distracted state of mind!9—"TWO stamps as Grace said where half a one would have done; to feel the weight"
I called at Susan Hunters but she hasn't yet returned from Germany10—
After all, there is in the world only one set of people—every body is in some way hooked together— Major Davidson came to see me, and told me the people the Mackenzies were staying with in Scotland were him and his wife! He says the government will be very blind if it dont send Mackenzie back to India for the Afghanstans are perfectly devoted to him11—and he might rais a most efficient regiment among them one day
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Chrysler Group has resurrected a its abandoned plant in Tipton, IN (about an hour north of Indianapolis) as the site for manufacturing its new 9-speed automatic transmissions. The parts, to be used in 2014 Jeep Cherokees and 2015 Chrysler 200s will then be shipped to the company's assembly plants in South America, Europe and Asia. According to Fiat Chrysler, " the 9-speed helps the mid-sized newly redesigned 200 get up to 36 mpg highway, 5 mpg better than the 2014 Chrysler 200 with a six-speed automatic."
The 782,000-square-foot facility was originally built to house a partnership between Chrysler and Getrag, but plans for the project fell through in 2008 (before Chrysler filed for bankruptcy). It was later sold to be used for a solar energy project, which also failed to materialize, then re-bought by Chrysler last year for $162 million, and was officially dedicated on Tuesday. Although it already employees 204 workers, the company expects to hire more than 600 additional workers by the end of next year in order to produce an estimated 800,000 of the new transmissions annually. According to Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, the 9-speeds are a center point in the company's quest to "improve the fuel economy of cars, crossovers and SUVs based on front-wheel-drive platforms."


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Winter 2015: Empty Pavilion has been awarded as ACSA Faculty Design Award.
Fall 2014: McLain Clutter participated in the conference All Out in the Streets, hosted by the University of Chicago Urban Network.
Fall 2014: City School is published in Plat 4.0, en masse.
Spring 2014: Radical Railbanking and Scenarios for Detroit is published in the Journal of Architectural Education 68-1, Design +, edited by Amy Kulper.
April 2014: Incentive Network is featured on Bustler.
March 2014: McLain Clutter lectures and exhibits Radical Railbanking and Scenarios for Detroit at the BSA as part of the exhibit Rights of Way: Mobility and the City, curated by James Graham and Meredith Miller.
February 2014: Incentive Network is one of four winners of the Dallas Connected City Design Challenge.
November 2013: A collaboration with Matt Kenyon, McLain Clutter presented Hacking Geodemography: Domestic/Data Occupations is exhibited at Taubman College as part of Research on the City.
November 2013: McLain Clutter publishes "Metro Detroit Faith Territories" in MONU 19, Greater Urbanism.
September 2013: McLain Clutter lectures at the University of Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
May 2013: A collaboration with Matt Kenyon, McLain Clutter presented Hacking Geodemography: Domestic/Data Occupations at OP City, an event curated by CityLAB and the Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto.
October 2013: Empty Pavilion featured in Pidgin Magazine #16, Fiction, as part of "A Casting Call for Affectual Characters," by Joseph Altshuler.
Spring 2013: Empty Pavilion exhibited at the ACSA 101 Conference in San Francisco.
Spring 2013: Radical Railbanking presented at the ACSA 101 Conference in San Francisco, as part of the session Urban Code, moderated by Laura Kurgan and Nicholas de Monchaux.
Summer 2013: McLain Clutter's essay "The Essential Seagram" appears in 306090 Books #15 (Non-) Essential Knowledge for (New) Architecture, edited by David L. Hays.
December 2012: Empty Pavilion is featured on Archinect, A/N Blog, mocoloco, suckerPUNCH, Architizer and more.
November 2012: Radical Railbanking and Scenarios for Detroit is one of two projects included in American Cities 2.5 at the McGill University School of Architecture. The exhibition features work by McLain Clutter and Mark Linder. Thanks to Aaron Sprecher for the invitation.
November 2012: The Empty Pavilion opens in Detroit.
September 2012: McLain Clutter presents Radical Railbanking at the MCA in Chicago as part of the conference Visionary Cities: Urban and Architectural Futures, organized by Alexander Eisenschmidt.
September 2012: McLain Clutter's work is featured in Urban Infill vol. 5, Diagrammatically, edited by Terry Schwartz and Karen Lewis.
Spring 2012: McLain Clutter's project Imaginary Apparatus: New York 1966-1975 was awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation. Project page.
Spring 2012: Work from McLain Clutter's Winter 2010 studio The (i)Deal City will be featured in the 2012 International Architectural Biennale Rotterdam.
Spring 2012: Cleveland:Mediplex City will appear in Formerly Urban: Projecting Rust Belt Futures, edited by Julia Czerniak, from Princeton Architectural Press.
March 2012: McLain Clutter will chair a panel titled Registration and Projection: The Epistemologies of Urban Imaging Technologies at the ACSA 1ooth Annual Meeting, Digital Aptitudes at MIT.
April 2011: McLain Clutter chaired a panel titled Contemporary Projective Histories at the Future of History conference and the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture. Watch it on YouTube.
November 2010: McLain Clutter's exhibit Latent City, in collaboration with Mark Linder, opened at Syracuse Architecture.
October 2010: McLain Clutter was an invited panelist at Formerly Urban: Projecting Rust Belt Futures, sponsored by Syracuse Architecture's Upstate Institute. McLain presented a paper titled CLEVELAND: Mediplex City, which describes the complex relationship between the city of Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic and speculates on tactics to leverage the hospital's vitality in yield of urban development.
October 2010: McLain Clutter presented Radical Railbanking at the 2010 ACSA West Central Fall Conference, FLIP YOUR FIELD at the University of Illinois at Chicago. McLain's presentation will be part of the Negotiation session, chaired by Alex Lehnerer of UIC and ALSO.
October 2010: McLain Clutter's project Onondaga Creek was exhibited at the Pratt Institute as part of the ACADIA 2010 Conference, Life in:formation. The project is a collaboration with Mark Linder of Syracuse Architecture and CLEAR.
July 2010: McLain Clutter was a keynote speaker at the 2010 Chu Hai Archi-cultural Symposium in Hong Kong. The conference, Film, Architecture and City, was held at the Hong Kong Film Archive.
March 2010: Radical Railbanking was exhibited in SUPERFRONT LA at the Pacific Design Center as part of UNPLANNED: Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale.
March 2010: McLain's essay New York's Highline and the Desire for the Real in Urban Real-Estate is featured in MONU 12, Real Urbanism.
March 2010: McLain spoke at the 2010 Society of Cinema and Media Studies Conference at the Saint Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. McLain participated in a session titled Apparatus: From Scopic Control to Scopic Potentials. chaired by Jon Yoder of Syracuse Architecture.
November 2009: McLain participated in the conference Urban Cinematics at the University of Cambridge, UK. McLain's presentation was part of the Cinematic Urban Archeology session, chaired by Richard Koeck of Liverpool University.
August 2009: McLain Clutter has been appointed to the faculty of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
July 2009: Imaginary Apparatus: Film Production and Urban Planning in New York City, 1966-1975 is featured in Grey Room 35.


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July 9
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can't neglect it. You can't cut it out but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad. ~ T. H. White in The Once and Future King
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong. ~ Anne Frank, who went into the infamous attic on 9 July 1942 (Note: Wikipedia's July 9 page earlier claimed that Anne Frank and her family moved to the attic on this date. However, both her diary and the Müller biography state this happened on 6 July 1942.Wikipedia articles for July 9, July 6, and Anne Frank have been updated to reflect this.)
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2006
- I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is. ~ David Hockney (born 9 July 1937)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2007
- There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death. ~ Bertrand Russell (in the Russell-Einstein Manifesto issued on 9 July 1955).
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti
- proposed by Zarbon
- 2009
- As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be — that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life. ~ June Jordan
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- We have to learn to think in a new way. We have to learn to ask ourselves, not what steps can be taken to give military victory to whatever group we prefer, for there no longer are such steps; the question we have to ask ourselves is: what steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all parties? ~ Bertrand Russell (in the Russell-Einstein Manifesto issued on 9 July 1955).
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight them to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. - William Jennings Bryan delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech 9 July 1896.
- proposed by AllanHainey
- 2012
|If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place.
|~ U. G. Krishnamurti ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
|The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn't necessarily be.
|~ David Hockney ~
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2014
|Truth shall be firmly established, while aught else besides it is sure to perish.
|~ Báb ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2015
|Verily God is able to convert light into fire whenever He pleaseth; surely He is potent over all things. And were He to declare a person whom ye regard alien to the truth as being akin thereto, err not by questioning His decision in your fancies, for He Who is the Sovereign Truth createth things through the power of His behest. Verily God transmuteth fire into light as He willeth, and indeed potent is He over all things.
|~ The Báb ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2016
- Rank or add further suggestions…
Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
- Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter. ~ June Jordan
Ranking system:
- 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
- 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
- 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
- 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
- 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.
Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that. ~ David Hockney
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 1 Zarbon 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Food, clothing and shelter- these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti
- 3 Zarbon 15:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
The body is not interested in anything 'you' are interested in; that is the battle that is going on all the time. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti
- 3 because humans abuse and misuse their bodies. Zarbon 15:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
As a human body it is an extraordinary piece of creation. But as a human being he is rotten because of the culture. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti
- 3 because the surrounding corrupts. Zarbon 15:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- 1 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go. ~ Dean Koontz
- 2 Zarbon 15:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


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Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson together on the carpet at the Twilight Eclipse Premiere
The Twilight: Eclipse Premiere took over L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles yesterday. Hundreds of fans gathered on the black carpet to greet the stars of the movie including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. Many fans had spent this week sleeping in tents at Nokia Plaza in hopes to be the chosen to line the carpet and meet the stars. For these fans, this was no joke, coming from Seattle, Mexico, England and all around the California, the premiere day had finally come.
The event, part of the LA Film Festival, began at 5pm with red (black) carpet arrivals, with the movie world premiering a little after 7pm. There was also an afterparty held at L.A. Live where all the stars caught up, talked Twilight and enjoyed the atmosphere which included a fake forest in the center of the tent.
On hand was also author of the Twilight series Stephenie Meyer and the movie's director David Slade Also Peter Facinelli (Carlisle), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme), Kellan Lutz (Emmett), Nikki Reed (Rosalie), Dakota Fanning (Jane), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Gil Birmingham (Billy Black), Anna Kendrick (Jessica) and more. Check out photos from the event below and you can find a slideshow or more stars and more Twilight at the bottom.
Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson share some smiles
Taylor Lautner - Team Jacob
Kristen Stewart is Twilight's leading lady, Bella
Robert Pattinson is the Twilight Saga's leading man and a fan favorite - Team Edward
The movie's two main men, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, share a hug and photo
The fans were in abundance and Robert Pattinson was the main attraction, he spent most of his time on the carpet with the fans.
Pattinson was happy to share hugs with his fans
The author of the Twilight Series was also on hand, Stephanie Meyer
Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen)
Another fan favorite and Twilight Eclipse hunk Kellen Lutz who plays Emmett Cullen
Kellen was also very generous with the fans and spent some time sharing in the hype with them.
Christian Serratos (Angela Weber)
Billy Burke (Charlie Swan)
Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria)
Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale)
Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale) and Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen) were excited to spot each other.
Jack Huston (Royce King II)
Anna Kendrick (Jessica)
Tinsel Korey (Emily)
Dakota Fanning (Jane)
Alex Meraz (Paul)
David Slade (Director)
Julia Jones (Leah Clearwater)
Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale)
Michael Welch (Mike Newton)
Gil Birmingham (Billy Black) and Kiowa Gordon (Embry Call)
Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen) and Jennifer Garth share a kiss on the carpet
Kristen Prout (Lucy)
Many additional stars came out for the world premiere of Twilight: Eclipse as well. The list is long and includes Jamie King (Valentine's Day), Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kristi Yamaguchi (American Figure Skater), Emilie De Ravin (Remember Me), Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid), Ron Artest (Los Angeles Lakers), Lance Bass ('N Sync), Zachary Levi (Chuck), Jennifer Love-Hewitt (Cafe) and Alex Rodriguez (MLB NY Yankees) plus more.
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Is Clyde Gates struggling with speed of the game?
Sometimes eye-opening speed doesn't always translate to playmaking ability.
Clyde Gates might be the fastest player on the Miami Dolphins roster, but his play during the team's OTA sessions this offseason hasn't always reflected it.
With Brian Hartline sidelined by an undisclosed leg injury, Gates, the team's fourth-round pick in 2011, should be seizing the opportunity to push his way up the depth chart.
The Dolphins are hoping for a receiver to separate himself, joining Hartline and Davone Bess as the team's top three wide outs. Gates entered the offseason as the favorite for this role because of his 4.31 speed, which made him the fastest receiver in the 2011 draft.
But he's presently working behind Legedu Naanee, who has made a favorable impression during the OTA sessions. And the ball is rarely thrown Gates way during the practices the media has been allowed to watch.
While the Dolphins aren't playing press coverage – which can negate a receiver's speed – I'm starting to sense there's an issue brewing with this former Abilene Christian standout, who is a late-bloomer to football.
"He is making progress. He has limited experience, so he's got a ways to go from a repetition standpoint and getting the adjustments that need to be made on each particular route based on the leverage of the defender, based on the particular coverage call that's made on defense," coach Joe Philbin said when asked specifically about Gates last week. "I think the more experience he gets in that, the faster he is going to play."
Philbin's referring to a receiver's ability to make the appropriate route adjustments based on the defensive coverage. That's what most passing offenses rely on, and the west coast offense leans heavily on route combinations that are dictated by coverages.
That means a receiver needs to be quick enough from an intelligence standpoint to pick things up, and it appears Gates, who caught two passes for 19 yards in his rookie season, is doing it at a slower rate.
"I think playing receiver in this league, (you have) to have good play speed, not necessarily run a 40-yard dash at 4.39 seconds," Philbin said. "You have to have the ability to minimize your hesitation as a receiver and play fast and decisively. That is huge. I think that is one thing that we are working on a day by day basis to improve with him."
It's still early, and the Dolphins are still installing and digesting the west coast offense, so there's no need to panic about Gates, who played most of last season with a groin strain.
However, if his processing speed doesn't begin to accelerate the Dolphins might not be able to take advantage of his foot speed.


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Prince Harry
'I'm Always Going to Have That Child Streak'
On the Party Prince label: I am who I am. I'm always going to have that little sort of—how do you say?—child streak. It's something I'd like to keep. If that's a problem with anyone then I'm very sorry. Does everyone expect me to be just the caring person and not to have a cigarette, not to have a beer?
On Chelsy Davy: My girlfriend is somebody who's very special to me and yes, she's gone through some very hard times [with the paparazzi]. It's part of the baggage that comes with me, and she understands that.
On Camilla: She's not the wicked stepmother—I'll say that right now. Everyone has to understand that it's very hard for her. Look at the position she's coming into. Don't always feel sorry for me and William, feel sorry for her. She's a wonderful woman, and she's made our father very, very happy, which is the most important thing. William and I love her to bits.
On Prince William: It's amazing how close we've become. Ever since our mother died, he is the one person on this earth who I can actually, really [talk to]. We can talk about anything. We understand each other, and we give each other support.
On Sandhurst military academy: You get treated like a piece of dirt. I know that I've been treated equally. If not in a couple of cases maybe slightly differently, in the sense that 'he is who he is, let's treat him even worse to make him feel really where he's at.' It did me good.
On his future: I'm not going to be some person in the royal family who just finds a lame excuse to go abroad and do all sorts of sunny holidays. I could end up spending 30 odd years in the army....There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.
On carrying on Diana's legacy by doing AIDS work in Africa: I believe I can fulfill that. I would not have said it otherwise.
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Junior (2003-04):Ranked third on the squad with a 73.06 stroke average, but that mark dropped to 72.56 in spring competition ... Nine of his last 16 rounds were at par or better ... Played in 13 varsity events to date with 17 rounds at par or better ... Thirty-one of his 36 rounds played (86.1 %) counted towards the team total ... His appearances (13), rounds played (36), stroke average (73.06), top-20 finishes (3), low round (67), low tournament (208/-8) and rounds at par or better (17) were all career bests ... Tied for 33rd place at the NCAA West Regional after shooting 72-76-74=222 (+6) ... Finished in 20th place April 28 at the 2004 Pac-10 Championships with a 77-78-70-74=299 (+11), but his last two round were essential in UA's nine-stroke comeback victory ... Equaled a season low with a third-round 67 as he finished with a three-under 213 at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational ... Posted a four-over 220 to tie for 32nd place March 30 at the National Invitational Tournament ... Carded a 70-72-72=214 (-2) to tie for 12th place at the Hall of Fame Invitational on March 21 ... Tied for 44th place after totaling an eight-over 224 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate on March 14 ... Collected his first career top-10 finish with a 70-71-67=208 (-8) Feb. 20 to finish ninth at the John Burns Intercollegiate ... Shot a one-over 214 to tie for 28th place at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate on Feb. 3 ... Posted a 3-0-0 record Nov. 7-9 at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship ... Shot 72-68-74=214 (+1) at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate to tie for 31st place ... His second-round 68 was a career low ... His seven-over 223 tied him for 28th place (a season best) at the Windon Memorial Classic ... Shot a 14-over 154 to tie for 69th place at The Preview by Ping and Golfweek ... Opened the season with a tie for 50th place Sept. 13 at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate with a 78-73-74=225 (+9) total ... It was his first appearance with the UA varsity since October 2001 at the Taylor Made Red River Classic.
Sophomore (2002-03):Averaged 74.83 strokes through eight appearances (23 rounds) ... Posted a tie for 35th place at the Dogwood Invitational, June 29, after shooting a seven-over 78-73-72-72=295 ... Tied for 18th place with a 74-74-74=222 (+12) at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic ... Posted a career-low tournament total with a 70-73-70=213 (-3) April 12 at the ASU Thunderbird/Savane Invitational ... It was his first sub-par collegiate tournament and his first-and third-round 70s were season lows ... Tied for 64th place with a 233 (+17) at the National Invitational Tournament ... Carded an 18-over 234 to tie for 38th at the Anteater Invitational ... Posted a 75-72-74=221 (+8) at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate to tie for 61st place ... Shot a 73-72-79=224 (+8) to finish tied for 31st place at the 49er Collegiate Classic ... Carded a 74-75=149 (+7) to finish tied for 46th place at the rain-shortened Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... Opened the season with a 74-80-71=225 (+9) to tie for 49th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate ... Has made an appearance for the UA varsity in the season-opening event in each of his two seasons in Tucson.
Freshman (2001-02):Competed in eight varsity and three junior varsity events ... Ranks ninth on the team with a 75.46 stroke average, but his 32 rounds played ranks fifth ... Averaging 73.00 strokes in the final round of his last four tournaments ... Finished in a tie for 58th place at the Pac-10 Championships with an 81-79-79-78=317 (+29) total ... Tied for 72nd place at the ASU Thunderbird/Savane Invitational with a 74-78-71=223 (+7) ... Tied for 30th place at the PING-U.S. Collegiate Championships, April 5-7, with a 78-74-71=223 (+7) total ... Made his first appearance with the varsity since Feb. 4-5 and collected the best placing (T25th) and low score in relation to par at the Oregon Duck Invitational on March 25-26 with a 76-71-72=219 (+3) ... Carded a 76 (+4) in the stroke play match vs. Skidmore College on March 14 to earn three points in the UA junior varsity win ... Tied for 27th place at the Herb Wimberly Collegiate Classic with a 230 (+14) total ... Posted his low round (70) and low total Feb. 4-5 at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate, carding a 73-70-75=218 (+5) ... Tied for 66th place at the 49er Collegiate Classic with a 237 (+24) total ... Finished tied for 79th place at the Taylor Made Red River Classic at 232 (+16) ... Posted a 232 (+19) total at The Preview and finished tied for 70th place ... Made his collegiate debut with a 71-78-74=223 (+7) at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, finishing tied for 37th place.
High School:A four-year letterman at Mitchell High School in Mitchell, Neb. ... A two-time Nebraska Class C-1 state champion for coach Mike Klein (2000, 2001) and helped MHS win two team titles as well ... Won the 2000 Nebraska Class C1 state championship with a two-round total of 141 (72-69) ... Earned multiple all-state honors ... A four-time all-Western Trails Conference selection, Lashley earned 10 victories and 17 top-three finishes ... Named the 2000 and 2001 Nebraska Junior Amateur Golfer of the Year ... On the national scene in 2001, Lashley won the AJGA Junior Classic in Albuquerque, N.M., finished second at the AJGA St. Regis Aspen Junior Classic, tied for ninth at the AJGA Las Vegas Founder's Legacy Tournament and tied for 23rd at the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions ... In 2000 he advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Junior Amateur and finished third at the AJGA Southwestern Junior Classic ... He also won qualifiers for the U.S. Junior Amateur and the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship ... A two-time member of the Nebraska Junior Cup team (2000-01) and played for the West squad in the 2001 Canon Cup ... Also earned four letters in basketball at MHS and finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer ... Earned Class C-1 all-state accolades to go with all-conference kudos ... Was named MVP of the Panhandle Prep All-Star game ... An outstanding student, Lashley was an Academic Letter Winner, won the United States National Mathematics Award and was a U.S. Army Scholar Athlete Award winner.


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Slightly hilly ride
By user12625760 on Jan 22, 2006
We set off to ride bits of the route of the Redmon Reliability run which takes place in a fortnight. Six left Molesey heading for Epson but one dropped off the back and then took a wrong turn and was lost, despite someone riding back to the turning. On being reduced to five we regrouped for a cup of tea in Epson and then climbed onto the Downs. Then over Headley heath where one rider turned back leaving four.
We descended through little Switzerland and past Ryker's Cafe where I was shouted at by none other than the rider we had lost. Back being 5 riders through Dorking and up Coldharbour then down via Holbury St Mary to Abinger and then Shere for breakfast.
From here we went home the usual route via Cobham.
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Next week is supposed to be the first of the escalating last Sunday of the month runs, starting at 70 miles, my plan it to go to the Devil's punch bowl, with a new earlier start time of 7:30am
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Police in Oroville have found a hit and run suspect, thanks to a tip from a citizen.
The collision happened Friday at Oro Dam and Lincoln Boulevard.
Witnesses said a silver sedan left the scene after hitting a motorized bicycle ridden by 50-year-old Wayne Freedman . The vehicle was believed to be a Ford Taurus with damage to the right side of the vehicle.
Police put out a description of the vehicle earlier this week.
On Wednesday, a witness came forward telling police the car was parked in a driveway on Wonder Lane in Oroville.
Police went to the address and found the damaged vehicle. Steven Hanshew, 30, was arrested for felony hit and run causing injury.


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Conservation of Contemporary Public Art
Above: Beach Fragments (1986) by David Phillips, a cast silicon bronze artwork situated in a Cambridge park. Conservation technician Nichole Speciale waxes one of six inlaid medallions as part of the annual routine maintenance program. Regular maintenance is critical to the care of public art. Photo: Rika Smith McNally


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Reviewing some Japanese restaurants presents a bit of a challenge in that the food so deceptively simple, that one is at a loss for describing the art behind it. Just as with sushi, in its elemental, stark composition of fish and rice, a discussion of soba will eventually descend into ethereal subtleties that sound more like spirituality than proper food criticism. Soba is essential, in the truest form of the word -- these buckwheat noodles are about an essence of flavor that mirrors many of the attractive elements of the traditional Japanese minimal aesthetic. Soba is to food what an... continue reading
Short of the Robb Report, which is really a magazine for those who aspire to be rich, there's no magazine who has a greater claim on having the pulse of the wealthiest in the world than Forbes. Thanks to a link from Luxist this week, we are treated to Forbes list of the world's most expensive restaurants. But before anyone with cash to burn prints out a list and jumps on a plane, I've got to point out one thing: The folks at Forbes have no idea what the heck they're talking about. First of all, and most glaring, the... continue reading
Most people I've met who consider themselves devotees of a particular food style have a gold standard " one restaurant that serves as their shining example of what real is all about. Without a doubt, Sushi Ken remains for me the quintessence of sushi. Perhaps it also holds a fond place in my heart because it was the first sushi I ate in Toyko, in the capable hands of a CEO business partner, and it introduced me to a whole class of fish (and also different types of fish) that I had not imagined existed. Sushi Ken is actually two... continue reading
To say that I have eaten at Yokaro more than any other restaurant in the world might be an outrageous sounding claim, given that it is a tiny little outfit found in a couple back alleys of Tokyo's business districts, but it's likely to be the truth. Over the course of the 18 months I spent living and working in Japan, I probably ate at Yokaro two or three times per week at a minimum. The scary thing is that I have ordered the same thing, starting from my first experience there to my last. Ah, my first experience. One... continue reading
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) holds their pay-per-view, UFC 171, Saturday night in Dallas. The main event is for the recently vacated welterweight championship between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler. Hendricks who in his last fight lost a closely contested and widely disputed fight against Georges St. Pierre, in which most spectators believe he won. Lawler is on a three fight win streak and is coming off a split decision victory against Rory MacDonald at UFC 167.
This was almost a non-title fight for one of the combatants. The UFC held weigh-ins yesterday for the 170 pound weight limit. Hendricks stepped on the scale and weighed 171.5 pounds. Hendricks was given two hours by the Texas fight commission. It was determined if Hendricks could not make weight it would be a non-title fight for him, while Lawler would still get the opportunity to win the title with a victory. Hendricks avoided that scenario by weighing in at 170 pounds within the additional two hours.
Hendericks' nutritionist, Mike Dolce says making weight was never an issue. He blamed the issue on someone tampering with the scale they carry around that is calibrated to the scale used by the UFC. "We had gone to a local gym to do some weight cutting in the hot tub during fight week," Dolce stated. "It was actually [Thursday]. Unfortunately, while we were in the hot tub, and the scale was unattended, attendees of the gym were hopping on and off of it. We think the scale might have been damaged because the weight started reading inconsistently." UFC 171 takes place live tonight from the American Airlines Center, or you can contact your local cable operator to watch on pay per view.


text: 'We're Looking at Performance Management in the Wrong Way' By Kathy Gurchiek 11/5/2012 Permissions There's a need for a fundamental shift in how organizations look at and use performance management, said Rose Mueller-Hanson, Ph.D., director of leadership and organizational leadership for Personnel Decisions Research Institutes (PDRI). Performance management, she said, "is one of the most powerful talent management practices we have as HR professionals." However, "for many of us, performance management fails to live up to its potential, even though there's a lot of power to it." Mueller-Hanson was the speaker during an October 2012 webinar, "Driving Performance Through Increased Employee Engagement," hosted by PDRI and TMGov.org. PDRI is based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. area, and TMGov.org is the portal for Talent Management in Government, based in Northern Virginia. "We're looking at performance management in the wrong way," Mueller-Hanson said. She called for a "fundamental mind shift" in how organizations use it to drive high performance and engagement. "Even the label [performance management] comes with a lot of baggage and anxiety," she observed, and "evokes a lot of strong feelings and opinions." Often, there are lofty goals for performance management: to align individual actions with an organization's mission, to help employees learn and grow, to help improve communication and the relationship between employees and managers, and to improve the performance of individuals and the organization as a whole. Few of these goals are achieved. During the webinar, Mueller-Hanson challenged some long-held assumptions that link engagement and performance management. "Oftentimes, those terms get mixed. … They're actually very different," she said. "Recognize that if you're trying to use the same approach for both, you may be working against yourself." For example, if an employer asks an employee to weigh in on their strengths and weaknesses as a way to build skills, and then uses that same information in the employee's performance review, there is a disincentive for the employee to be honest. Additionally, organizations often get caught up in approaches to performance management that might not achieve the desired results, such as "SMART" goals (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Timebound), team goals, individual goals, cascaded goals or no goals. "They take a lot of effort to do and there's no evidence they necessarily produce value," Mueller-Hanson said, adding that some systems skirt the real challenge of driving high performance in an organization. Additionally, organizations devote a lot of time to the rating criteria and rating scale, and focus on who rates employees, but they ignore the audience for which such tools are intended. Mueller-Hanson urged employers to focus less on the system and more on the people. Emphasize setting ongoing expectations, providing immediate feedback and having career discussions as a way to drive high performance among employees in your organization, she advised. High-performance, high-engagement organizations have managers who: Make expectations clear. Help find solutions to problems. Play to employees' strengths. Discuss strengths and development needs. In order to manage performance day-to-day, she recommended conducting a baseline assessment with employees, managers and peers. Use the assessment to illustrate any gap between what exists and where the organization wants to be. Establish expectations, provide and ask for feedback and provide experiences that develop the employee. "Even small changes can have a meaningful impact," she said. "Find what works for you in the context of your organization … and focus on that." Some suggestions: Help people understand the big picture on how an employee's day-to-day work contributes to the organization's mission. Establish expectations, so employees know what success looks like for them. Provide rich, positive, constructive feedback on how employees can improve performance. Talk about key behaviors employees demonstrate and the positive or negative impact of those behaviors. Provide key experiences to develop employees. Mueller-Hanson encouraged organizations to have three critical conversations annually: In one conversation, talk with managers about how they communicate and how to improve their ability to hold candid conversations with employees. Have a second conversation at the team level that discusses how it works with other teams and how to overcome any barriers. Have a third conversation with individual employees focusing on individual achievements over the past year and what needs to happen for growth and development. Managers may be held accountable through monthly check-ins and/or quarterly pulse surveys on key questions, such as the quality of the employee feedback they receive or how often managers are having key conversations. Kathy Gurchiek is associate editor, HR News Quick Links: SHRM Employee Communications Resource Page SHRM Online Employee Relations page SHRM Connect Employee Relations community Keep up with the latest workplace news. Permissions Related Content HR Professionals' Perceptions About Performance Management Effectiveness The Georges Hotel: A Case Study The Georges Hotel: A Case Study Help Employees Bring Their A-Game Managing and Responding to Poor Employee Performance ADVERTISING LINKS


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This dress is perfect for anyone who wants to play up their best curves, and hide the rest. The low back looks AMAZING but isn't so low that you will need to become a gym nazi. The front is low enough to be soft but not so low that you'll be worried about showing too much. The ruffles add a gentle swing and elegance to the look. Could be dressed up or dressed-down, depending on what you are going for. This style/dress was brand new to David's Bridal at the time of purchase- it had just come out for the first time.
- Alterations: The dress was hemmed 4-6 inches -- all lace was carefully removed by hand and replaced exactly as it was along the new hem line. The hips were taken in. The ruffles around the back were tacked up gently with thread and could easily be removed without harm so that the ruffles hang back in their original place. The small string belt loops were removed, as I chose to go without the ribbon belt that it came with. You could easily add your own ribbon belt (of any color) if you choose. This dress would probably fit more like a petite now -- they didn't have petite sizes in the store, at the time. I changed into a different dress for the reception -- this dress is in great condition!!
- Preservation Method: Dry cleaned immediately following wedding. It is currently hanglng on a dress form in the original David's Bridal Preservation Dress Bag.
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Authentic Monique Lhuillier Scarlet gown. White lace over a latte slip. Bustle was added. This dress is flawless!
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Cuellar ready for kick-off
by Kate Smith
Defender says pre-season has prepared team well.
Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar feels Sunderland's pre-season will serve them well throughout the new campaign.
Paolo Di Canio's team rounded off their preparations with a win over FC Midtjylland after playing two warm-up games in Italy, before competing in the Barclays Asia Trophy.
Cuellar has reflected on the intense six-week programme and feels the win in Denmark was a good way to conclude pre-season.
"That result is a good way to sign off ahead of the new season kicking off next week," the defender told safc.com.
"We will now face Fulham and it's great for the Barclays Premier League season to start with a home fixture at the Stadium of Light.
"The team have done a lot of hard work over the summer and we are looking forward to the season starting."
Ten new faces have joined the Sunderland camp since the end of last season and Cuellar has revealed that they can't wait to run out at the Stadium of Light.
"It will be good for the new players to see the ground and meet the fans," he added.
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The photos in this series document the daily commute in the metro of Amsterdam. The diversity of people and their expressions contrasts with the monotonous industrial environment. These photographs reveal the interest and emotion in a seemingly lifeless surrounding.
Enthusiastic photographer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Interested in finding the special things often overlooked in ordinary life.
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We have preached to our children about not talking to strangers in the park or on the playground, but do we do enough to protect our kids when it comes to cyberspace?
McAfee Consumer just released their latest 2014 study on "Teens and Screens" and it reveals some unsettling statistics.
With 59% of tweens and teens engaging with strangers online, what is more disturbing is 1 out of 12 of them will actually meet them in real life!
According to the study, 33% of the tweens and teens say they feel more accepted online than they do in real life.
Oversharing has become another factor that is a concern for parents. 14% of teens actually gave out their home address online. Although 77% admit they realize it can't be deleted, they are still posting private information about themselves.
Cyberbullying has tripled in 2014. With all the resources and organizations about cyberbullying prevention, strangely 24% of tweens and teens said they would not know what to do in the event of cyberbullying.
Digital Parenting is absolute, but is it working? 90% of tweens and teens say that their parents trust them to do what is right online, yet 45% said they would behave different if they knew their parents were watching them.
Some tips from McAfee Consumer:
- Establish rules: Parents should establish pinpointed rules about computer activities including sites the kids can visit and what is and isn't appropriate behavior online, including the fact that online is forever.
- Check in: Kids should be told to immediately report cyberbullying. whether they are witnessing it or being a victim.
- Meet their "friends": If it's not possible to meet that person in person, then your child shouldn't be chatting with them online.
- Learn their technology: You should know more about the various devices that your kids use than your kids do, not the other way around.
- Get their passwords: Parents should have full access to their kids' devices and social media accounts at all times; they need the passwords.
- Have security software on all their devices: Make sure all your kids' devices and yours have comprehensive security software, like McAfee LiveSafe™ service.


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The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened) involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat (to facilitate ingestion), deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the buttery consistency sought by some gastronomen.
the force-feeding happens in terrible conditions : a metal tube that gets pushed in their throat, small cages where the animals can't move. A lot of animals die because of the stress and the pain this feeding causes.
in the EU this is still a normal industry ( a few countries banned it) and I think we should stop this now!
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Humans are not the only species that practice monogamy. Here, eight other animals that form a life-long bond
Swans are probably the animal most associated with love and life-long pairing. These romantic creatures are often credited for being better at monogamy than humans and only find new mates if their partner dies or if the couple cannot reproduce together.
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The beaver is North America's largest rodent. A male and a female pair up at around the age of three to start a colony. Both parents care for their young, known as kits, until they are about two years old. At this age, the young beavers are forced to leave the colony and find mates of their own. Most pairs stay together for life.
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French angelfish are found from the Florida coast, through the Caribbean and all the way to the coast of Brazil. Mating pairs stay together for life and spend it defending their territory from other couples. Their staple diet consists of algae and detritus but juveniles are expert cleaners and spend their early years cleaning (eating) bacteria off of other fish.
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America's national symbol is also one of the most loyal birds when it comes to mating. Bald Eagles reach sexual maturity at about age four. At this time a male begins to perform courtship displays to attract a female. Once a male has won his intended partner over, the two decide on a nesting spot and usually spend the rest of their lives together.
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Termites were probably not at the top of your list of creatures that stay together until death do them part. Termite queens usually choose one male or "king" to mate with for life. Each termite colony consist of a queen, king and their offspring, which are divided into various roles depending on their specific purpose within the colony.
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Prairie voles are one of the lesser known animals on the list. Once a male pairs himself with a female, they stay together for life. Occaisionally, the male and female prairie voles will mate outside their pair. Even so, they will continue to share a nest, groom each other and raise their young together.
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The black vulture, also known as the American black vulture to prevent confusion with Eurasian vultures, is found in southern areas of North America and parts of South America. After the female chooses a mate, the two stay together for life. The jealous factor: American black vulture males are known to attack any other male who tries to mate with his female.
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Wolves have a very devoted family bond. Packs normally consist of a male, female and their offspring. The male and female will stay together until one dies. If this occurs, the remaing wolf will usually mate again rather than stay alone.
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Control Panel, Air Traffic Control Computer, IBM 9020
This is one of three subsystem control panels from an IBM 9020 computer. The 9020 consisted of three identical IBM System 360 Model 50 computers, which operated in tandem to ensure high availablity at all times.
The IBM 9020 was a large, mainframe computer configured for real-time operation and programmed to handle en-route air traffic control functions at about two dozen centers across the continental United States Each Model 50 had its own control panel. Unlike standard IBM mainframes of the day, the 9020 was programmed to operate in "real time": that is, to compute and generate results as fast as or faster than data were fed into it.
A full system consisted of this computer coupled to air traffic controllers' consoles, with data fed into the system from long-range radar and other ground stations. IBM 9020s were in use at en-route centers from about 1967 through 1997. This system was used at the FAA en-route center in Leesburg, VA.
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- Materials
- Plastic, Glass, Aluminum, Steel, Paint, Copper, Acrylic (Plexiglas), Phenolic Resin, Nylon, Stainless Steel
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 71.1 x 17.8 x 91.4cm (28 x 7 x 36 in.)
- Storage (Aluminum Pallet and Frame with Fabric Dust Cover): 121.9cm, 140.6kg, 109.2 × 122.6cm (48 in., 310lb., 43 in. × 48 1/4 in.)