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College Hockey:Host Gophers Coast To Mariucci Title
MVP Pohl Leads Minnesota Past Providence
MINNEAPOLIS — The nation's second-ranked team, Minnesota, wasted no time in taking control of the championship game of the Mariucci Classic, scoring three goals in the first period and coasting to a 6-1 win.
"We said in the locker room we wanted to score more … When was the last time we scored four goals?" said tournament MVP Johnny Pohl.
November 25, in a 4-4 tie against Michigan State, was the answer. That for a team that started the season scoring at least seven goals in each of its first six games.
"Coach [Don Lucia] and I had a special session this morning. He told me I had to be more selfish and shoot more. It felt good to get some goals," continued Pohl, known for his pass-first playmaker's mentality.
The scoring started when freshman winger Barry Tallackson tapped in a rebound at the 1:00. Pohl led an off-balance rush up the right wing, taking a shot from the top of the circle. Providence goaltender Nolan Schaefer made the pad save but left the first of many big rebounds in front of the net for the prowling Tallackson.
Minnesota took a 2-0 lead at 8:47 on a low-angle shot from Erik Wendell. The puck appeared to elude Schaefer's attempt to guard the post and found the far corner.
The Gophers' Jeff Taffe scored a power-play goal at 16:42 to round out the period. Taffe wound up and took a big slapper only to find the puck had rebounded right back for a second attempt. This time his shot found the back of the net.
It was a tough first period for the Friars, who were forced to block more Gopher shots in the opening stanza (10) than they landed on net themselves (six).
The Friars rebounded in the second to generate several quality chances on freshman netminder Travis Weber, outshooting Minnesota 16-14 for the period.
"I thought we played well in the second period. I see some of our young defenseman gaining confidence," said Providence coach Paul Pooley.
At 13:55 Marc Suderman tallied Providence's only goal of the game, the senior's first of the year. David Carpentier set up the goal with a pass from the side of the net. Suderman one-timed a shot past Weber.
Pohl responded a minute later. Seconds after coming off the bench, Wendell found him on the weak side for the easy tap-in.
That was the goal that broke the Friars' backs. It was also Pohl's 11th point in Classic history, making him the tournament's career point leader.
"I was disappointed in my team giving up the fourth goal. We had just scored making it 3-1. We are a young team and need to learn how to avoid giving up quick goals like this after we score," said Pooley.
The key to the Friars' second-period success was staying out of the penalty box. They lost their composure in the third, taking a number of meaningless minor penalties. Providence took only three shots for the period.
Meanwhile, Minnesota added two goals, from Pohl and freshman Judd Stevens. Pohl's was scored on the power play, while Stevens' was the first of his career.
"I was pleased with our guys … We played hard to the end," said Lucia. "We played with more continuity [and] we went through our entire nonconference schedule without losing a game. At the beginning of the season I didn't think we could do that."
The all-tournament team included forwards Dana Lattery of Western Michigan, Taffe and MVP Pohl; defensemen Regan Kelly of PC and Minnesota's Paul Martin; and goalie Weber.
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Seward finished their Sooner State road trip with a split at Enid Tuesday. The Saints lost to Des Moines 7-3 but beat Redlands 5-3.
In game one against Des Moines (9-4), the Saints starter walked nine and the Saints left nine guys in scoring position. But Moscow's Jace Moore had a solid outing pitching a three up and three down sixth. Jake Barrios was 2-4 at the plate in the loss.
In game two, Ben Wainwright hit a grand slam and Logan Hall (2-1-1) pitched six strong innings for the win over Redlands. Willy Gustin picked up his third save.
Seward is 16-10. They host 12-7 Lamar Wednesday for two seven inning games at 1 p.m.
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Summer brings a bountiful of fruits to the table that is irresistible to pass up. Strawberries are at their peak and just bursting with flavor. These deep red and ripe beauties are the top fruit that reigns in Oklahoma. Since they are available in every state anyone can quickly prepare a jar of homemade strawberry jam in just minutes. Think of the savings that you can pocket instead of paying high prices in the supermarkets. Being frugal is great, especially when you know you are providing your family with wholesome goodness with your homemade recipes.
- 1 pound of strawberries
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of Chai seeds
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- Hull all the strawberries and rinse under cold water, pat dry with paper towels and chop them into small chunks.
- Place the strawberry pieces into a mixing bowl and add the seeds, lemon juice and honey and mix so the berries are lightly covered.
- Use a masher and crush the jam mixture to the consistency you prefer; either chunky or just slightly lumpy.
- Cover the mixing bowl and place it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or until the jam sets before serving.
- Enjoy!
- Keep left-over strawberry jam chilled in the refrigerator; the homemade jam will keep up to 2 weeks from the day it was created.
- Never rinse or remove the stems on strawberries until the day you are going to use them; this will preserve their shelf life.
- Always keep strawberries in a colander in the refrigerator after they are purchased; this storage tip will allow air to circulate around the strawberries so they won't mold or bruise quickly.
- When purchasing strawberries make sure they are very red from the hull to the tops of the berries to ensure you have purchased the ripest ones at the grocer.
- Strawberries do not continue to ripen once they are harvested so choosing those that are really ripe makes sure you have brought home the sweetest berries.
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An overwhelming majority of pet owners understand that pet obesity is debilitating and yet they fail to recognize obesity in their own cats and dogs. The paradoxical results were part of new research conducted by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention.
"There's an entire nation of pet owners who are loving their pets to death with too many calories and not enough exercise," said Joe Bartges, D.V.M., a veterinary nutritionist and faculty member at the University of Tennessee Knoxville's College of Veterinary Medicine. "They're in the dark that their pets are overweight and that a host of diseases can arise as a result."
Collectively, obesity accounts for the largest detriment to pet health. While obesity by itself is classified as a disease, health conditions associated with pet obesity include osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, joint injury, cancer and decreased life expectancy.
The study was conducted at veterinary clinics throughout the United States. It included 590 pet owners and 1,421 domestic dogs and cats. First, the pet owners were asked to classify the weight of their pets. Then, the same pets were classified by a professional veterinarian.
The veterinarians recorded that over 57 percent of cats were overweight or obese. Dogs fared slightly better. Veterinarians identified that 53 percent of canines were overweight or obese.
In contrast, 88 percent of cat owners believed their pet was "in the normal weight range." For dog owners, 93 percent said their pets were in the "normal" weight range for their breed. Researchers called this disparity between perception and reality the "fat gap."
"The fat gap is rampant," said Bartges. "We believe it's the primary factor in the pet obesity epidemic."
Additional research by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention found that 72 percent of owners clearly understood that obesity can harm their pet or shorten its life. But almost half of all pet owners admit they don't know what a healthy weight for their pet looks like.
Most people conceptually understand that obesity undermines pet health. "But until more pet owners recognize that their pet is in the obesity danger zone," said Bartges, "we can't expect them to make changes."
So how can pet owners close gap between perception and reality? According to Earnie Ward, D.V.M., a veterinarian and author of the book Chow Hounds: Why Our Dogs Are Getting Fatter and a Vet's Plan to Save Their Lives, an ideal first step is to have a veterinarian assess the body condition of your pet.
If a visit to the vet isn't practical, Ward suggested that concerned pet owners do research to find the ideal weight for a particular species or breed. He suggested visiting the online calculator provided by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. Any weight over 30% of the ideal weight is dangerous.
Next steps include more exercise and less food. For cats, Ward suggested tapping into its predatory instincts. "Try dividing the food into small bowls placed throughout your house. Have your cat watch as you 'hide' the bowls. Your cat will 'hunt' throughout the day," said Ward. "It's a great way to get cats on their feet and burning calories."
"The simplest way to keep your dog fit is to walk it daily for a total of 30 minutes," said Ward. "Walking not only benefits your dog, but you'll gain health benefits as well."


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Here is the first installment of "on this date" in New Orleans Saints history, a spotlight on the Saints to start your day:
1967--Saints defeat Pittsburgh 20-17 in preseason action before 35,000 people in Tiger Stadium. Saints kicker Charlie Durkee makes two field goals, quarterback Gary Wood has a 27-yard touchdown run, and wide receiver Walter "Flea" Roberts caught a 57-yard touchdown from Gary Cuozzo. Steelers running back Earl Gros (a Terrebonne High alumnus) scored on a 74-yard touchdown catch.
1972--Saints lose to Dallas 30-7 in preseason action before 81,070 fans at Tulane Stadium. Saints offense turns the ball over six times.
1978--Saints lose a preseason contest in the Superdome to Tampa Bay 14-3, despite the Buccaneers committing 12 penalties.
1980--Saints release seven-year veteran linebacker Jim Merlo.
1985--Saints sign guard Petey Perot.
1988--Saints break training camp at Lacrosse, Wis.
1989--Saints lose a preseason contest at Buffalo 10-7.
1991--Saints trade a fifth-round pick and cornerback Robert Massey to Phoenix in return for guard Derek Kennard.
1994--Saints lose a preseason contest 13-10 to Green Bay in the Superdome.
1999--Saints break final training camp in LaCrosse, Wis. They moved to Nicholls State in Thibodaux in 2000.
Today's birthdays:
Morten Andersen--age 54 (Kicker 1982-94); Saints Hall of Famer
Bobby Hebert--age 54 (Quarterback 1985-89, 1991-92); Saints Hall of Famer
David Patten--age 40 (Wide Receiver 2007-08)
Shaun Smith--age 33 (Defensive Tackle 2004)
Jermon Bushrod--age 30 (Tackle 2007-2012)


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May 31, 2004Randal is a sleek cat creature who slides along the walls and catches me off guard. Intense is a good word for him. Other good words for him are: artist, generous, teacher, student, skeptic, believer, guide and wanderer.
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For those who are eager to learn who won rounds one, two and three of the HGTV "Piece of the Dream" there is a problem. The home and garden company promised on their website that you could "check back at the end of January for a winner's list," but as of Feb. 5 that list was still unavailable based upon a review of their website.
Voting for the kitchen and entertaining products featured in the company's dream home ended on Jan. 16, as did the chance to enter to win those items from Round 3 of the contest. And fans of the popular company are eager to learn if they were one of the winners or not.
HGTV's Dream Home sweepstakes will stop accepting entries after Valentine's Day, so the excitement about who will win items from within the home will only grow greater between now and then, so hopefully the winners from all three rounds--soft goods, furnishings and accessories, and kitchen and entertaining--will be made known soon.
The winner of round three will be receiving the Simply Organic Cookbook, a pitted glass bowl, a 10-piece cookware set, enamelware dishware, a barbeque set with grill gloves, and a home theater system. So you can see why everyone wants to know who won it.
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Katy Perry wore a Valentino couture gown with musical notes printed on the skirt at the 2014 Grammys, according to a Jan 26 report in Hollywood Life. The "Prism" singer looked angelic in the event appropriate dress, even making many "best dressed" lists. Katy attended the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with her musician boyfriend, John Mayer.
Katy Perry looked the better than ever in the pale pink Valentino gown, with a sheer bodice and a large wispy skirt with musical notes embellishing it. Katy pulled her ebony black hair into a tight and elegant bun, and she wore stunning chandelier jeweled earrings. Perry completed the look with matching pink nails and sheer rose colored lips.
Katy Perry also sang her hit "Dark Horse" in a scary witch themed performance at the 2014 Grammys, reported E! News. Katy supposedly was inspired by musical legend, Stevie Nicks, and the television show, "American Horror Story: Coven".
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sighing/yawning constantly shortness of breath?
I have the yawning and sighing constantly problem. as tho im struggling to get enough air into my lungs to feel a deep satisfying breath. At times i can get the breath's more easily and at times its a struggle.
I just did a methacholine challange test and was diagnosed with asthmatic lungs.
I am upset because i don't feel my medications i got for asthma are helping my frequent sighing and yawning and i have no idea how to tell when to take the asthma medications, or if i have two seperate conditions, or if I don't have asthma, or if I do and this is just part of it and I am not on the right medications... AUGHHHH! When I exercise I get very short of breath and the inhaler seems to help THAT but not my yawning and sighing issue.
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Does Elkhart need more sidewalks and bike lanes?
After a fatal crash on Cassopolis Street, readers shared their opinions on whether or not Cassopolis Street and other roads in Elkhart need sidewalks.
Lined by businesses and stops for the Interurban Trolley, Cassopolis Street is one of the busiest roads in Elkhart. In addition to vehicles on the road, pedestrians can often be seen walking along the sides and crossing the street.
On Saturday, March 22, a pedestrian died after being struck by a car in the 2200 block of Cassopolis Street and some readers mentioned that the lack of sidewalks made that stretch of road dangerous. The Elkhart Truth asked readers if they thought sidewalks should be put in on Cassopolis Street. Check out what they said below.
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I'm trying to defend my server (Ubuntu Lucid 10.04) from some brute force ssh attacks by configuring the iptables. I want to log the matches to DROP rules, but it wasn't working, so I tried the very basic:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j LOG --log-level info --log-prefix "TEST: "
But it doesn't log anything! I tried changing the log-level: debug or 7 and adding
kern.=debug -/var/log/firewall to
/etc/syslog.conf but nothing gets written to
/var/log/messages or
The rule does get some matches:
$ iptables -L -v
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44 5543 LOG tcp -- any any anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh LOG level debug prefix `TEST: '
iptables logging not working has a solution to update rsyslog to a newer version. However according to this source "this solution is messing with the default logging system"
Does anybody know a better solution?
If not, I could try updating rsyslog (compile from source), but how can I revert to the default rsyslog if it messes things up?
EDIT: rsyslog drops it's privileges, so it can't read /proc/kmesg. This should be solved in newer kernels but unfortunately, I'm stuck on 2.6.18.
"the fact it doesn't read kmsg on older kernels is DELIBERATE and will not be fixed."
I tried to let rsyslog keep it's root privileges, by altering
$PrivDropToUser root
$PrivDropToGroup root
But that doesn't work either, which confuses me. Why can't this root process read a file root owns?


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Runners and walkers of all ages took on the Krispy Kreme Challenge, which meant running a mile, eating 12 donuts, and running a second mile, Saturday in Tuscaloosa.
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Less than a week separates fans of Game of Thrones with its triumphant return to TV on Sunday as HBO comes off a great year of promoting the show.
According to Reuters, Thrones' viewership rose 20 percent in 2013 and clocked in at 14.4 million viewers across all of its platforms. That figure only falls behind the sixth and final season of The Sopranos, which is HBO's most-watched show ever, by about 50,000.
It's also noted that 42 percent of the show's audience is women, 5 percent better than AMC's Breaking Bad when is ended last year. The show currently airs in over 200 countries and though a new season has not been officially commissioned, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have signed on for two more seasons, so we can expect an announcement of a fifth season pretty soon.
In other Thrones news, fans of the show (and particularly the books) who also watch Cartoon Network will be in for a treat when author George R.R. Martin makes a claymation cameo appearance during season seven of Robot Chicken. Executive producer Eric Towner told Zap2It on Monday that Martin would be appearing as himself on the animated sketch comedy show, promising some sort of Game of Thrones parody this season. Towner did not reveal which exact episode the cameo is in.
Speaking of parody, be sure to also check out this great one that masterfully combines Thrones with Netflix hit House of Cards. "House of Thrones," which was made by Quiznos, of all things, follows a Frank Underwood-esque character as he systematically dismantles his Westerosi opponents one by one. With all the political intrigue flowing through the plot lines of these two shows, it's a pretty natural mash-up.
"As we used to say in Gaffney, when your neighbor brings you rotten deer meat, make sure he takes the first bite of jerky," Mr. "Underwood" says.
Check it out above, but beware. Though the parody shows how Underwood would theoretically take down several characters, there's actually a pretty big indirect spoiler at the end.
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Waring, this article contains some disturbing details about beheading.
A 27-year-old man, Rasel Siddiquee, was arrested in connection with the death of Mahuddin Mahmud, a 57-year-old business man and a father of three. NYPD discovered the body of Mahmud after responding to a 911 call involving an assault.
Mahmud's body was found in the basement of a building he owned with his head almost completely severed, and his face was burned. The murder occurred at his building on McDonald Avenue in Kensington.
Police say Siddiquee lived in the basement of the building. Mahmud was a Bangladeshi immigrant who came to the U.S. decades ago. He worked hard establishing his software training business.
NBC 4 New York reports a childhood friend told them, "Mahmud believed so much in the American dream that his wedding portrait hangs next to an American flag." Mahmud leaves behind a wife and his three children, ages 20, 9 and 4.
After Siddiquee nearly beheaded his landlord, he tried to flee the country by hopping a flight at JFK airport. Siddiquee claims that Mahmud humiliated him because he was poor and short on rent money. However, his real motive is currently unknown.
Death by beheading is a brutal and gruesome way to die, and is usually the way radical Muslims settle issues they have with other people. Decapitation has been used for thousands of year and it's the forceful removal of the human head, usually it was done as a form of capital punishment.
The term "capital" is said to have been coined in context to describe execution by decapitation. It comes from the Latin word caput which means head. There have been many debates about how long the head remains conscious after being separated from the body.
During the French Revolution a case was observed, of Languille, a convicted murderer who was guillotined in France. He was observed by Dr. Beaurieux during his execution at 5:30 a.m. on June 28th, 1905. He wrote his observations in Archives d'Anthropologie Criminelle, which say:
Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds ... I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased.
The face relaxed, the lids half closed on the eyeballs, leaving only the white of the conjunctiva visible, exactly as in the dying whom we have occasion to see every day in the exercise of our profession, or as in those just dead. It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: 'Languille!' I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions.
Next Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out.
It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete.
I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead. I have just recounted to you with rigorous exactness what I was able to observe. The whole thing had lasted twenty-five to thirty seconds.
The quote above is found on the Lucid Decapitation website which explains many more beheadings and what is said to actually happen when a person is beheaded.
Undoubtedly Mahmud suffered a painful and gruesome death and it's quite possible remained conscious after having his head nearly removed from his body.
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Tai Chi has been around for many years. It is believed to have begun in China, but as to the exact date and location it developed is unknown. There are several main theories as to where tai chi originated from. Even though many cannot agree as to where it all began, those that practice tai chi all stand by its healing powers.
According to www.taichiacademy.com, tai chi is"an ancient Chinese system of slowly flowing movements and shifts of balance that strengthens the legs while conditioning the tendons and ligaments of the ankles, knees, and hips, increasing their range of motion and making them more resilient, less prone to injury. The constant weight shifts train balance and body awareness, leading to confident ease of movement within the form and in everyday life."
Practitioners of tai chi have known for years about its healing and health maintenance capabilities and Western Science is finally providing the results to back up their beliefs. Various studies have shown that tai chi can help reduce blood pressure, relieve stress, improve flexibility and muscle strength, and also help reduce the risk of falls in older adults/improve balance. For a list of current research on tai chi, go to: http://www.williamccchen.com/Medical%20Studies.htm.
If you are looking for something new to add to your health facilities programming, or just interested in improving your own health, consider tai chi. In ways, practicing tai chi is the best bang for your buck, as it helps improve so many facets of your life. Considering how little time you have to devote to yourself; with work, family and friends, being able to improve your strength, flexibility, overall endurance and balance in just 20 minutes a day seems like a pretty good deal. Only it is not "too good to be true".


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COUGAR VOLLEYBALL WRAPS UP SEASON WITH FOUR HOME MATCHES The Washington State University volleyball team (12-16, 2-14 Pac-12), the Road Warriors of the Pac-12 Conference up until this point in the season, are home to host Oregon State (13-15, 3-13 Pac-12) Fri., Nov. 16, and No. 4 Oregon (22-3, 13-2 Pac-12) Sat., Nov. 17...both matches start at 7 p.m. in Bohler Gym...Little Spikers youth volleyball clinic participants from the Fall 2012 clinics will demonstrate their skills in drills performed during the break at the Nov. 17 WSU-Oregon match.
BEING THANKFUL Cougar volleyball will host two home matches during Thanksgiving week...WSU hosts Arizona Wed., Nov. 21 at 8 p.m...Fri., Nov. 23, after the 12:30 p.m. Apple Cup football game, WSU hosts No. 6 Washington at 8 p.m...both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 TV Networks from Bohler Gym.
LOOKING AHEAD NCAA National Letters of Intent signing day for volleyball is Nov. 14...this is the first entire class of recruits signed out of high school by Head Coach Jen Greeny and the WSU Volleyball coaching staff...watch for the bios and photos of the new players coming to WSU in 2013 at the official website, www.wsucougars.com.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny (24-36 at WSU, 2nd year; 136-60 in career, 6th year)...during her first season Greeny's team doubled the total number of wins from the previous season, including four more wins in the elite Pac-12 Conference action...Meagan Ganzer became the first Cougar to be named to All-Pac-12 and All-Pacific Region teams since 2002, and All-American, the fourth in WSU history and the first since 1996....assistant coaches Pat Stangle (former head coach at Wyoming, former asst. coach at Washington) and Burdette Greeny (former asst. coach at LCSC)...Katie Hinrichs, coordinator of operations (former player at LCSC)...volunteer coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt was the first WSU player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.
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Synopsis: "Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, "Her" follows Theodore Twombly, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right, individual to each user. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha," a bright, female voice, who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other." (www.Herthemovie.com)
Director: Spike Jonze
Writer: Spike Jonze
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Chris Pratt.
Runtime: 2hr 6min
Rated R: language, sexual content and brief graphic nudity.
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay.
Her is a simple movie that asks a lot of very complex and important questions. Tagged as a Spike Jonze love story the film quite formulaic-ally tells the story of 2 people falling in love. The plot is much like other great love stories of our time, You Got Mail comes to mind. But the true beauty about Her is not in its basic plot, it is all the hidden complexity that lingers beneath the surface. Joaquin Phoenix plays the protagonist Theodore Twombly, a lowly letter writer who is hot off the heels of a painful divorce, so news the ink hasn't even been laid on the paper yet to dry. In the slightly futuristic world he lives in, I place it somewhere 18-20 years from today, he finds solace in technology, like so many of us do. We see Theo having phone sex with random women and playing video games to hide from himself that he is truly alone and sad.
His salvation comes when he purchases a new operating system called OS1. The system is the worlds first intuitive AI, it has the ability to think, feel, and learn from its experiences in the same way a human does. Besides the lack of physical form, the only difference between a human and OS1 is OS1's extremely more powerful intelligence. As Theo begins to engage with the operating system the symbiotic relationship that is formed almost immediately seems to be just what the doctor ordered. We watch as Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johannson as the voice of OS1 (Samantha) begin down a road together in their new relationship. Both actors give extremely genuine and powerful performances. Someday the academy might recognize that just because the actor is not physically present doesn't mean they shouldn't be nominated.
Beyond the performances, which are all completely top notch. We are given a very authentic vision of the future. It is not too Sci-Fi to seem unrealistic. We see Los Angeles, we are given the same landmark skyscrapers we are used to but not we have some additions. Done by shooting in Shanghai and LA and making the city seem one, Spike Jonze is able to keep us grounded and connected to this futuristic landscape. The score is quite perfect really, in so many ways the music helps set the tone for the OS itself as it has not physical form, the music of the film takes on a huge role.
Lack of the visualization of Samantha in Her makes for a very interesting love scene between Scarlett and Joaquin. The scene is completely audio driven with absolutely no imagery on the screen, for what seems to be 30 or so seconds the screen remains completely blank while the two characters engage in sex. This was one of the most interesting moments in the film for me as it really added a level of intimacy to the scene that is often hard to achieve in film. Instead of the audience being stimulated by nudity or sexual content on the screen we are only given the passionate sounds between the two individuals involved. This creates an environment of voyeurism wherein you as an audience member almost feel guilty for listening in on this very intimate moment between two loves.
Done in quite eloquence, Her is my favorite film of the year and will be talked about for decades to come.


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An experienced chef and inspiring teacher of Asian cooking, Yoong taught us how to prepare and cook the ingredients at PLOT 22 Thai-style, while she shared her stories of growing up in Thailand; of the food she loved to eat there and how she learned to cook at her Grandmother's side. These days Yoong is passionate about inspiring young people to cook and try new foods, back then she was forever finding ways to escape!
PLOT 22 is a non-profit organisation. We host activities for groups and individuals to plant, tend, harvest, create, share, eat and celebrate together. People tell us just being here helps them feel relaxed and refreshed. Based on an allotment site in Hove we have created a beautiful space where people can connect with the elements and the natural cycles of the seasons. Woven into the design of the space, the work we do and the way we host and run the activities are three core ethics drawn from Permaculture: 'Earth care', 'People care' and 'Fair share'. At PLOT 22 we believe in the 'power of place'. Developing a personal bond with the land is not always considered important and sometimes can be difficult, especially when we live in a city. Yet having a special relationship with the land brings a sense of belonging, connection and guardianship. We believe this is essential if we are to live healthily and well as individuals and as communities in harmony with our beautiful planet.
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Magritte Inspired Fashion Editorial
Feast your eyes on Andrew Matusik's 'Sir Realist' editorial inspired my surrealist extraordinaire Rene Magritte. It's so refreshing, artistic, genius, surreal, I want to frame it.
Fun fact. Did you know that Paul McCartney, a life-long fan of Magritte who owns many of his paintings, claims that a Magritte painting inspired him to use the name Apple for the Beatles' media corporation? I know, totally amaaazing right?
The editorial was created for the Genlux winter issue, you can see moooooooore right here.


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9 Fun Things You Can Do During Earth Hour 2014!
BY: Ben Grimshaw
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- earth hour 2014On March 29 at 8:30 pm, WWF's Earth Hour will begin. Started in 2007, Earth Hour is a symbolic act to get us thinking about our planet and our impact on it. But more than that, it's also part of a simple idea to start an environmental resolutionin 2014 -- this is not only about one hour in the dark, it's about creating a brighter future. Even though you're switching off your lights and electronic appliances for the environment this weekend, you don't have to sit twiddling your thumbs in the dark. There is still a lot you can do without using a watt of electricity this Saturday. Earth Hour can be as fun as it is good for the planet, and if you're looking for some entertaining ways to spend it you're in luck because we've rounded up 9 fun activities that are sure to deliver a good time completely off-grid!1
- candlelight dinner
Have a candle-lit dinner using menus from celebrity chefs
 Celebrate the hour with your partner, friends or family and have a candlelit dinner with your own tasty dishes based on WWF's Livewell principles, which has been created for healthy people and a planet with a brilliant future. Download their dinner party guide or get inspired by celebrity chefs who support the Livewell principles.2
- board games
Invite friends around for a pub quiz and board games by candlelight
 WWF's Earth Hour is all about people coming together to celebrate our world. If you've decided to invite friends over, the Earth Hour team has created a fantastic Pub Quiz to downloadto make the most of the night while the lights remain off.3
- star gazing
Take a wildlife walk or go star-gazing
 Get closer to nature while doing something for your health and well-being by taking a night walk or going star-gazing. And if you don't have a telescope, don't worry. Just darkness, a blanket and hot drinks will be enough for a perfect star-gazing hour.4
- night walk
Go for a nightime city walk
 If you are a "city animal", why not take a walk around town and see what has switched off in your city? Last year many landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House, the Tour Eiffel and Big Ben switched off their lights inhonor of Earth Hour. This year is sure to find more participants, so be sure to check out what else is happening.5
- night bike ride
Go for a nighttime bike ride
 Cycling is not a trend, it's part of a sustainable lifestyle. Everyday more people decide to leave their car at home and start cycling. And once you've started cycling, you can't stop. So why not go for a ride during the hour?6
- yoga
Try candle-lit yoga or exercise
 "Mens sana in corpore sano," says the famous Latin quotation. WWF's Earth Hour is a moment for appreciating the brilliant world we all share, and how we need to protect it. Use this time to pursue a more sustainableand healthy lifestyle.7
- guitar
Have an unplugged jam session at home
 Invite your friends over and unplug while you enjoy some in-house music. If you want to learn more about how you can reduce your energy demand, you can find more tips on WWF's Earth Hour website.8
- bed time story
Read a bed time story
 Light a candle to create a cozy atmosphere, and transform your favorite bedtime story into a fantastic journey of the imagination.9
- light switch for your computer
Get a light switch-widget for your website
 For the bloggers, tumblrs, and others, there is a light switch on the Earth Hour website you can use to help support the cause by going lights out. But don't worry about your visitors leaving, they can still remove the pull cord if they like.10


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The Aqua Sports Technology Island Hopper "Gator Bounce & Slide" provides you with a bouncer-style water trampline and a full-scale recreational water park. It allows you to jump, slide or lounge on the large, durable platform. It offers you 2 swimmer access points a 4-step ladder and the floating tail. Both ends serves as slides adn the 5-chamber design provides added stability and dimensional stength so plenty of users can enjoy.
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Aqua Sports Technology was established and incorporated in 1991. As a primary proponent in the development of banana style water sleds, Aqua Sports was one of the first companies to introduce banana boats into the United States retail market. As the following of this product grew, we were encouraged by several of our larger retailers to increase our available sizes and create new products. By 1997, Aqua Sports had steadily expanded, introducing new sizes and configurations of banana boats and growing to the largest distributor of water sleds in the United States. In 1998, Aqua Sports developed its first water trampolines and soon after trademarked the name Island Hopper.
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We want to make sure you're completely satisfied with our products. All of Island Hopper products come with a 30-day limited warranty. Blowers come with a one-year limited warranty.
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Dojo: Shobu Aikido Cape Cod
Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 152
Re: Intent of Attack
just a couple of thought on a couple of points made....
When a person gets drunk and gets behind the wheel of a car,,,,is there intent there? Or just stupidity? I think there is probably no intent to hurt another, but much damage can be and is often done. Should the drunk person be punished as severely as the violent person who gets behind the wheel of a car sober and purposefully runs into another?
Most say no. But when a person gets drunk and drives, they know going in that they are impaired and could cause harm....so there is no violent intent, but they do, knowingly, get into a position where they can cause serious harm. Not a Webster's defintion of INTENT...but.....perhaps time for a change from Mr. Webster
When one sees "thoughtlessness" in a dojo and steps in to assist, IMHO, it should never be misconstrued as any type of an insult. Now, let us define thoughtlessness.....
1) Agressive Nage does not know that Uke is....new...hurt..afraid.... and throws Uke very vigorously.
That is thoughtlessness that normally a quiet word from another will rectify immediately.
2) Agressive Nage continually demostrates just how tough and strong and effective his/her technique is no matter the Uke's level of training or physical/mental(frightened) condition.
That is not thoughtlessness in my opinion...that is one without care. And obviously not a good student of the way of Aiki.
When I read Sunny's ideas on thoughtlessness, my first thought(I get few of these....) was that stepping in to help was twofold....one to assist the Uke...or victim...and also to inform Nage or attacker that perhaps some care and respect is in order.
But I say that from a position of a little knowledge as I have practiced with Sunny a few times as well as Rob Sensei. And anytime I have seen any type pf correction from them....and I have received many corrections from them!!!( I needed the corrections!!!!) they were corrections, not of admonishment, but rather to aid in my learning. And I would never question one who is willing to take the time to teach me that perhaps they are questioning my abilities. Even if my abilities surpassed the person assisting me(which in this case is NOT true..not even close), I always approach a situation like that with Shoshin. When one looks upon each situation as a learning experience, one will learn.
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Nephanalysis, Tiros Meteorological Satellite
In April of 1960, Weather Bureau personnel at Army Signal Corp's Fort Monmouth prepared this nephanalysis (cloud map) from data returned by the TIROS I (Television Infrared Observation Satellite), the first weather satellite. It was the first satellite-based nephanalysis distributed to the meteorological community and signaled the beginning of space-based weather observation.
TIROS I was the world's first weather satellite, allowing forecasters and scientists to see directly large-scale features of the Earth's weather systems. By the mid-1960s, the TIROS program launched a series of satellites to provide routine, daily weather observations. The program is still in operation today and, in conjunction with other weather satellites, has made space-based weather observations a commonplace of contemporary life.
This artifact is autographed by the Weather Bureau personnel who prepared it. J. Gordon Vaeth donated it to the Museum in 1965.
Gift of J. Gordon Vaeth
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- United States Weather Bureau
- Type
- LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Nephanalysis: paper; Frame: wood
- Dimensions
- 2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 25.4 x 33cm (10 x 13 in.)


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As the economy is getting back on track, people are finding that work has become increasingly more demanding. This bring a toll on pet play time. If you look on any local online classifieds, you'll notice an increasing number of ads from bird owners seeking new homes for their pets. The primary reason given is "I don't have enough time to spend with my bird, because of work". While this is a legitamate concern, it should be the first option.
Parrots are incredibly demanding companion pets, but are still routine driven. Parrots do best with schedules, and habits. Eventhough you May only have a couple hours of interaction time, it's good enough to keep Polly happy. Always put forth a best effort to spend at least an hour each day with your bird before resorting to find it a good home. Birds are mate driven animals, and would rather one friend for life rather than a few different ones.


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The Bangladesh government should take major steps to overhaul a dysfunctional policing system that facilitates corruption and human rights abuses to limit the role of the military in politics.
Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track
,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the dire state of Bangladesh's police and the shortcomings of the current reform process led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It shows how the failing police force, which lacks sufficient ethical and professional standards and often flouts the law it is supposed to uphold, is overstretched, underpaid and outmatched by criminal elements, and unable to cope with increasing demands of a modern democratic society.
Donor efforts to improve police functioning are having only a marginal impact. With an elected government in place again, there are new opportunities to ramp up reform. But there are also significant obstacles, namely political will – which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-led government is sorely lacking – and a vision of the police as something other than a tool to line the pockets of politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen.
"The police themselves recognise that they are not up to job and are urging the government to commit to a deeper reform process", says Michael Shaikh, Crisis Group's Senior Analyst. "If the Awami League does not listen, the army could step into fill the security gap as it has in the past causing the democratic transition to falter".
Underscoring the urgency of root and branch reform was the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny in February, which left over 75 dead and prompted fears of another army coup. The conditions that led to the rebellion – mistrust between high and low ranking officers; scant promotion possibilities for low ranking officers; mandatory overtime without compensation; and the government's failure to keep salaries in line with the rising costs of living – also prevail within police force.
The UNDP Police Reform Programme (PRP) has tried to address some of these issues but poor management and undefined goals have prevented it from having more impact. Mostly due to the government's lack of political will, the PRP does not address the most dire structural problems that enable abuse, corruption, vigilantism and extremism. Without the National Assembly passing a new police law, any progress on reform, however marginal, is subject to rapid reversal.
To put reform on track, parliament should scrap the current police law, the Police Act of 1861. Designed primarily to keep imperial India's subjects in line, the colonial-era legal hangover makes the police more accountable to politicians than the public. In fact, the broad powers the law gives the government have made control of police one of the spoils of a winning in an election in Bangladesh.
"For a country that has done so much to unshackle itself from colonialism, it is surprising that a British Raj era law is still on the books, particularly one that is so bad", says Robert Templer, Crisis Group's Asia Program Director. "If the law sticks, and the police continue to be political pawns, the force may be damaged beyond repair at a great cost not only to Bangladeshis but also to the current and future elected governments".
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As expected following Apple's purchase of the iCloud domain from Sweden-based Xcerion earlier this year and the construction of a US$500 million iDataCenter in Maiden, North Carolina, the company has revealed details at WWDC of exactly what its iCloud service will offer. By storing user's content in the cloud so it can be automatically pushed to various devices, iCloud will let users sync apps, media, documents, calendars and more between their various mobile iOS devices and a Mac or PC wirelessly. Read More
The keynote address from Steve Jobs at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference today has revealed 250 new features for the next version of its operating system - OS X Lion. Highlights include multi-touch gesturing, system-wide support for full-screen apps, a new way of viewing everything on your Mac called Mission Control, an overhauled Mail app, a new Launchpad home for apps and the inclusion of the Mac App Store directly in the OS.Read More
At its Worldwide Developers Conference today, Apple officially unveiled iOS 5, the latest version of its mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new system reportedly includes over 200 new features, one of the more noteworthy of which is the iCloud online data storage service. iCloud includes 5GB of internet-based memory space, and it automatically syncs all of a user's iDevices whenever new files are added to any one of them. iOS 5 will be available to consumers as of this Fall.Read More
Amongst countless other announcements in Apple's WWDC keynote today came official details on the long expected cloudification of iTunes. The famous "one last thing" this year was iTunes Match, which finally utilizes the scan and match technology Apple gained with its acquisition of Lala in late 2009.Read More
In another notable announcement ahead of the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has revealed that its iWork productivity apps are now universal binaries meaning that, in addition to an iPad, they can now be used on iPhone (3GS and 4) and iPod touch (3rd and 4th G). The price of the individual iWork apps - Keynote, Pages and Numbers - is still the same and existing iPad iWork app users will now be able to use the apps on any other compatible iOS devices they may own thanks to a free update.Read More
Apple has officially announced what's in store for the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6 in San Francisco. The latest versions of its OS X operating system for the Macintosh, and iOS operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad will be unveiled, along with a service called iCloud.Read More
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April 15, 2014
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa women's basketball team celebrated another successful season on Friday night at its annual team banquet. Numerous individuals were honored while the team highlighted its Big Ten-best seventh-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Junior center Bethany Doolittle earned the Most Improved Award and shared Best Defensive Player honors with classmate Samantha Logic. Senior Theairra Taylor was presented the Coaches Award, and Dr. Christine Grant presented redshirt sophomore Kathryn Reynolds the Dr. Christine Grant Leadership Award.
Statistical awards were also given to three student-athletes. Logic earned the rebounding (6.6/game) and assists (7.5/game) awards. Doolittle (.553) was Iowa's field goal percentage leader and junior Melissa Dixon earned the free throw percentage (.897) award.
Iowa's All-Big Ten selections and Academic All-Big Ten honorees were also recognized. Logic, Doolittle and freshman Ally Disterhoft earned All-Big Ten recognition. Logic was a unanimous first team selection by the coaches, and a first team selection by the media. Doolittle garnered second team honors from both the coaches and media, and was named to the All-Defensive team. Disterhoft was one of five league rookies named to the All-Freshman team, while also garnering honorable mention all-league accolades. Logic, Reynolds, and sophomore Kali Peschel were named Academic All-Big Ten this year.
The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes finished 27-9 in 2013-14, equaling the second-highest win total in program history, and the most since 1996. Iowa was 1-of-14 teams nationally -- the only Big Ten team -- to make its seventh-straight NCAA Tournament appearance this season. There are 343 Division I teams.
Iowa is also 1-of-21 teams to advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons. The Hawkeyes, a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, defeated 11th-seeded Marist in the First Round, 87-65, marking the fourth-largest margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament win in program history.


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I am authoring a new usercontrol and I want to know then the container control resizes, and when it does set the width of the usercontrol to be that of the container
I though I might be able to set the alignable property and set this to be AlignTop but this didn't work when the container was a tabcontrol because it moved the control over the tabs.
I don't believe that the AbientChanged event fires on a parent resize?
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Serving as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow from November 1992 to August 1993 proved professionally enriching and personally rewarding. The Fellows program included over forty professionals from federal agencies, journalism, medicine, and academia and provided a work and career development experience on Capitol Hill. Almost every day brought new experiences and insights about Congress, the U.S. political system, and the political science discipline.
Formally, I had the responsibilities of a professional staff member with the Congressional Sunbelt Caucus and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee; I wrote issue briefs; tracked science, technology, and education issues; and planned policy briefings, a committee staff seminar, and a proposal for a committee hearing. Informally, I was at once a vacationer to a political Disneyland, a pilgrim to the institutional center of American Democracy, and an observer in the laboratory of self-government.
The Fellowship provided an opportunity for an "up close and personal" view of our political system, allowing me to test my understanding of how Congress works. In addition to insights gained by interacting with over twenty-five offices, and interviewing in seven of them to find a mutually agreed on assignment, I sought out seminars, discussion groups, and even took a U.S. Department of Agriculture graduate course on "Congressional Operations" to increase my exposure to the Congressional environment.
Along with lasting impressions of "being there" for the presidential
inauguration, important votes on the Clinton budget, and a wide variety of
special events, I stockpiled observations, ideas, and suggestions that
will influence my teaching, research, and choice of professional
activities. This essay reviews my newly gained and refined impressions of
Congress, reflections on the usefulness of my political science training,
and suggestions for improving the education of future staffers--our
students of today. My perspective is that of a public policy specialist,
not a Congressional scholar, whose major research interest is the use of
policy knowledge by policy-makers.
Impressions of Congress
Almost each day I made it possible to be out of my office to
attend a committee hearing, an interest group issue briefing, or a lecture
on current political issues. Additionally, I observed many of the meetings
of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress and spent hours in
the House and Senate galleries watching the votes on the Family and
Medical Leave Act, the economic stimulus package, and the fiscal year 1994
budget reconciliation resolution. I was in the audience for the CBS
morning news program with freshmen members on the first day of the 103rd
Congress, chatted with more than twenty Senators and Representatives in
the elevators and on the street, and looked for every chance to walk
through the Capitol. The most striking characteristics of Congress, based
on my experience, are its (1) size and dynamics, (2) the dominance of
constituent mail, (3) the-less-than stellar committee hearings, (4) the
staff's oral culture, (5) the long incubation of policy ideas, (6)
excessive member accommodation, and the (7) nature of chamber rivalry and
partisanship. As a result of my experiences, I believe that the American
people need to be better educated about the true workings of Congress.
Size and Dynamics of Congress
While sounding simplistic, an ever-present and overwhelming characteristic of Congress is its size. Congress is a big and busy: 540 elected lawmakers and 20,000 staffers housed in 5 House buildings and 3 Senate Buildings scramble to orchestrate committee hearings, constituent visits, staff and caucus meetings, press conferences, speaking engagements. No state legislature could accurately serve as a smaller scale model of the U.S. Congress. Just getting the necessary people moving in the same direction is a tall task. Effective leadership is the ability to get an issue on the Congressional agenda and line up sufficient member and staff interest and support to "move legislation."
In addition to members and staff leaving the Congress voluntarily,
or at the behest of the voters, there is a good deal of movement within
the Congress with both members and staffers changing their policy
priorities and becoming more active on some issues and less active on
others. Sponsors of legislation need to make a variety of strategic
decisions concerning desirable co-sponsors, the preferred committee (or
committees) to which the bill might be referred, the relationship between
the sponsored bill and competing or compatible legislation, and the timing
of introducing and moving the bill. Congress has such a dynamic
environment, as is reflected in many chapters of political science works
such as CONGRESS RECONSIDERED, that the "textbook Congress" and the "how
a bill becomes a law" approach to teaching about Congress are really
misleading: we should accept the professional responsibility to find a
better snapshot explanation of how Congress works.
Constituent Mail
The pace of members' offices and the volume of constituent mail is simply beyond belief; constituent mail dominates many, probably most, maybe even all, Congressional offices. Responding to constituent mail seems to be the primary responsibility of office operations. One veteran House member reported that last year he received about 550 "constituent contacts" per week; this year it is about 1,300 constituent contacts per week. Few staffers I talked with expressed positive views of the mail. One administrative assistant commented that most of the mail comes from "senior citizens and people who don't have other things to do. "Another staffer mentioned that before he came to the Hill he had expected that about fifty percent of a member's time was constituent and re-election focused; now he figured it was more like eighty percent. Despite all the attention staff give constituent opinion and that political scientists give public opinion, I often wondered if either group adequately understands the role public opinion plays in affecting Congress and its members.
As is widely known, both Senators and Representatives have numerous committee memberships such that it is impossible for them to attend and participate fully in all meetings. In practice members concentrate their legislative activity on one or two committees and are fairly inactive on their remaining committees, but they retain their seats in the event they wish to become involved in a particular issue. Consequently, committee hearings are notoriously poorly attended, with members dropping by to ask a question or two before rushing on to other activities. Compared with the five state legislatures that I have observed closely, I believe that attendance and participation in formal committee meeting is less in the Congress than in the state legislatures.
Even when not interrupted by floor votes (mainly in the House),
committee hearings are fragmented and very uneven in quality. On the
issues that I followed closely, I found the committee hearings to be
disappointing and the witnesses' expertise underutilized. One hopes that
the witnesses' written responses to questions are used effectively by
committee staffers. In watching several committee markups, I found that
the committee did not perform error- correction very well--a member would
erroneously assert the position of an agency head or the views of a
witness who had appeared before the committee, for example, and no member
would challenge his/her statement.
Congressional Staff
Congress has an oral culture. Staffers, especially personal staff, don't read much--they pick up the phone even when a second's thought would provide the answer. If they hear about a Congressional Research Service report, for example, staffers don't order it and read it--they call the author and ask him/her about it. The most common way to "follow an issue" is to call around committee staffs or the bill sponsor's office stating that you "are new to the issue" and then ask about the status of the bill. Even if your initial contact is not informed on the issue, he/she will usually suggest another potential, usually more prestigious, contact, giving you the legitimacy to call and casually state that "Mary Smith with Senator Seniority suggested that I call you." Networking appears to be a prime objective and preoccupation of staffers.
Congressional staffers are known for not returning phone calls, so one needs to develop a well-balanced temperament of ambition, persistence, and tolerance of rejection. While I had been advised by previous Fellows about the prevalence of unreturned calls, I did not fully appreciate this until the day that I had persevered and made it, finally, into the office of a subcommittee staff director (due, in part, to the help of my hometown Congressman). The staff director offered me a seat and said he would be glad to speak with me after he returned his phone calls. I watched him pick up a stack of about fifteen pink slips, scan through them, and toss all but three into the wastebasket. After he returned those three calls, he gave me more than a half hour of his time suggesting members and committee slots that he thought would be interesting and appropriate for me. He was most helpful.
Congressional staffers are talented and hard-working. The Congressional environment is active and open, with lots of highly motivated, congenial people. Professional expertise is seldom recognized; greater currency is placed on who you know and "who you can get to know." Generally I found staffers welcoming my ideas and suggestions but never asking me for my opinion. One colleague Fellow frequently felt personally insulted that no one ever asked her for her opinion.
Many staffers are impressively informed about both Hill and Washington policy developments. They retain, however, much of this acquired information for themselves, sharing it only when it benefits them. I suggested to one staffer that the committee staff director should have a periodic newsletter listing all the Congressional and off-Hill reports that crossed his desk. When the staffer said that generally the staff director doesn't even know all that is going on, I replied that the existence of the newsletter would motivate staffers to alert the staff director so that the entire committee staff would be contributing to the director's newsletter and benefitting from its content. The staffer responded in the stereotypical way: "Why would a staffer want to share his contacts and lose his privileged sources of information?" Combined with the prevailing oral culture norm of infrequent written reports and memos, this view of the private benefit of information contributes to a loss of institutional memory among members and staff.
Member offices and committees are inundated with late-breaking press releases and reports generated from within Congress or provided by interest groups and policy networks that are well organized and active. Currently, faxes are the information technology of choice, and it will be a challenge to integrate E-mail and the Internet into the Congressional environment. Two Hill norms will be challenged by electronic communication: the expectation of response and the disposability of the communication. Congressional offices are diligent in responding to traditional mail, but less so for faxes and phone calls. Will E-mail require the personal response of traditional mail? Is the deletion of electronic messages equivalent to the destruction of written correspondence? If so, do staffers need to maintain a file of E-mail communication that becomes part of the permanent record? In an oral culture that often has a limited paper trail, E-mail may either change institutional norms or remain underutilized.
Given their positions of responsibility and influence, and their
personal talents and ambitions, I was surprised to find that many staffers
seemed to accept popularly held views about the deficiencies of Congress.
Mid-level staffers tended to take a parochial view of Congressional
policy-making--generally, if it was not their issue or their member they
didn't appear to be aware of current Congressional events. Staffers seemed
to be hyper-critical of members and institutional practices but voiced
helplessness about their potential to improve the Congress. Several
staffers suggested that Congress needs major reform, and that perhaps Ross
Perot would be the spark for a public outcry for reform, but they saw
little hope for meaningful reform coming from within. One staffer believed
that the best avenue for reform was the establishment of a network of
citizen watchdog groups that closely followed member campaign fundraising,
committee attendance, and other activities, reporting these to
constituents back home.
New Policy Ideas?
While I can't say there aren't any new ideas on the Hill, ideas have been floating on Capitol Hill long before the public becomes aware/interested in them. National Service Youth Corp, managed competition, and information superhighways became better known due to the Clinton-Gore campaign last fall, but they all have been around for several years. Even agency performance assessment, a basic component of Vice President Gore's "Reinventing Government," had been first introduced by Republican Senator WIlliam Roth several years ago and was approved by the Senate before the 1992 elections; it was finally being passed by both chambers and signed by President Clinton in August 1993. The length of this policy fermentation process is, of course, a mixed blessing. While policy adoption is a time-consuming process, ideas are in development for a sufficient length of time that the opportunity for their refinement is certainly present.
Members Accommodation
Members are accommodating to one another--perhaps too accommodating--especially in the Senate. One illustrative moment was when Senator George Mitchell, the majority leader, announced that he was cracking down: "From now on," he announced, "fifteen minute votes need to be completed within twenty minutes." Senator Mitchell, on several occasions, expressed frustration with the difficulty in keeping his intention not to schedule floor votes after 7 PM because senators were not available earlier in the day.
A second serious problem arising from accommodation is the
increase in size of committees--over the past 15 years the number of
committee slots increased about twenty-five percent with several House
committees now having more than fifty members.
Bicameral and Partisan Relations
Finally, I observed two features of legislative behavior that I had seen in several state legislatures but had not expected to see in Congress: the contentious nature of bicameral relations and seemingly low level of daily partisan conflict. While I was aware of the chamber rivalry between the Senate and the House I had thought this was mainly a battle for institutional prestige; I was, therefore, surprised at the practical conflict between the chambers. Among the topics of conflict were the Senate's practice of loading House bills with non-related issues because of its lack of a germaneness rule. Another point of conflict is the lack of Senate re-authorizations and its practice of relying extensively on the appropriations process to, in effect, authorize programs. At least from the House perspective, bill sponsors had to be acutely aware of within-Senate jurisdictional rivalries and policy preferences in the other chamber in drafting a bill that would have a reasonable chance of being successfully voted out of both chambers.
On the other hand, I was surprised at the low level of partisan
conflict on routine, day-to-day issues; especially among more senior
members. The apparent bipartisan cooperation in marking-up substantive
bills, in staffing some committees (e.g.; several instances of minority
staffers becoming staff directors, several staffers changing party
offices), and in the bipartisan issue caucuses caused me to wonder on
several occasions whether party conflict is not more of an artifact of the
electoral system rather than a result of inherent ideological and partisan
differences. Recently, I have heard both members and analysts observe that
Congressional parties are stronger, and partisan conflict is greater, than
in the past, but I suspect that this is due to greater concern for
electoral fortunes than a result of deeper held partisan beliefs. Compare,
for example, the partisan budget stances with the bipartisan environment
surrounding the first discussions of health reform. My tentative
explanation is that electoral incentives, not partisan beliefs or
ideological differences, are the forces behind partisan conflict and the
widely perceived "gridlock."
Need for Educating Citizens About Congress
Members of Congress do not do a good job of explaining the
institution to the American people. A good deal has been written about
"running for Congress by running against Congress," and this campaign
technique is doubly effective with uninformed citizens. Both political
scientists and members of Congress themselves could play a mighty role in
communicating effectively how the institution works and what are
reasonable criteria to which its performance should be measured. As I
wrote in a letter to the editor of ROLL CALL in May 1993, I believe
Congress needs to establish a Congressional Communications Office that
would house a variety of Smithsonian-quality exhibits: a film about a
typical day of a typical member, an interactive computer display of "how a
bill becomes a law," samples of actual bills and committee reports, a
video demonstration of common floor procedures, displays of the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and other relevant publications, and trained
lecturers (people experienced in teaching various age groups) explaining
the Congressional process, not just the history of the Capitol. A
Congressional Communications Office would do wonders to teach the American
people how Congress goes about doing its work. I can even imagine a
traveling exhibit so that viewership is not limited to citizens who can
physically visit the Capitol.
Reflections on the Public Policy and American Politics Literature
In addition to the insights about Congress I obtained from my fellowship experience, being in the Congressional environment caused me to take a fresh look at my academic training and our political science discipline. In short, I found it to be more useful than I had expected. Most importantly, I felt that based on my political science training I generally understood what was going on. In conversations with staffers and other fellows, my academic perspective was usually welcomed (but never asked for!), and well received. I came to appreciate the broader, longer, systemic view of the American political system that is the calling card of academic political scientists and much needed in discussions of Congressional reform and policy development.
On the other hand, I continue to believe, perhaps as a result of
my public policy orientation, that political scientists specializing in
American politics and government are too uncritically accepting of the
legitimacy and performance of Congress. Too often, it seems to me,
political scientists either fail to comprehend or too rapidly dismiss
serious criticisms or our governing institutions. I suspect that the
members of Congress who testified before the Joint Committee on the
Organization of Congress are more critical of Congress than are the
political scientists who study it.
Usefulness of Journals
The Fellowship experience also provided a fresh perspective by which to assess disciplinary literature. I found our disciplinary journals to be more useful than I had cynically expected. On two occasions, once in the POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL and once in the JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT, I found symposium issues that were directly useful to projects on which I was working as a Fellow. Moreover, I believe that much of the substantive public policy literature would be useful for Congressional policy development--what is necessary is a research brokerage function that would communicate Congressional information needs to the academic community and academic policy research to the Congressional information network of committees, members, and the support agencies of the Office of Technology Assessment and the Congressional Research Service.
On returning home, I came upon two articles in the two most recent
issues of the AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW that I read with sharper
interest because they focused on the dynamics of political and
Congressional change-- a characteristic of Congress that I believe to be
of great importance. An article in the recent CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY
is similar to a research project I sketched out while waiting for an
appointment in a member's office; I had made it a habit of obtaining
copies of recent newsletters. I was particularly captured by the topical
and thoughtful newsletters written by Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) covering a
wide range of policy issues. It struck me that, having never seen an
analysis of legislators' communication to their constituents, it would be
useful to do a content analysis of Rep. Hamilton's (and other members')
newsletters. I waited too long--the recent CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY
contains an analysis, by James S. Fleming, of the newsletters of former
Rep. Barber Constable (R-NY).
Suggested Research Topics
From my public policy perspective, and based on my experiences as a Congressional Fellow, I suggest the following research topics as important ones for understanding the current Congressional environment:
Because I am a college professor with teaching responsibilities, I quietly observed Congressional staffers (and Members) as former college students, asking myself two questions:
While I believe college education is, and should be, more than employment preparation, political scientists need to recognize the entry paths followed by many staffers in gaining their Congressional positions. A typical staff career starts with an internship or a clerical position, followed by a legislative assistant or press secretary position in the same office, usually because the staffer has "good political connections" due to campaign work or previous contacts. A second or third legislative position in other offices then qualifies the staffer as an insider who might become a legislative director or administrative assistant. Ultimately the staffer may move to a subcommittee when his/her "boss" becomes a subcommittee chair or ranking member. Staffers, then, learn about their positions through socialization of Congressional norms and practices.
I heard Rep. Charlie Steinholm (D-Texas) tell how he had hired a
very bright recent college graduate on his staff. After about six weeks,
Congressman Steinholm sent the new staffer back to the district to learn
about everyday life. Upon his return, the Congressman asked him what he
had learned and the younger staffer replied: "I learned that there are a
lot of decisions made up here that shouldn't be being made by people in
their 20s."
Staff Education Needs
Seldom have staffers taken college courses to prepare them, nor have they had non-Congressional experience in a business or research organization. Given the norms of the busy Congressional environment, I submit that once they become staffers our former students are simply too busy to learn analytical skills, to appreciate the historical development of our political institutions, or to recognize the interrelatedness of "their issue" with other policy problems facing the United States.
Political science professors, and faculty in related disciplines, need to incorporate more diligently these future needs of our students into our approach to teaching political science. I suggest that three areas need to be given more attention in political science undergraduate curricula: information gathering and writing, substantive policy knowledge, and preparation for working in an organization.
Because Congress is constantly in a state of information overload, and despite being largely an oral culture, information gathering and writing are critical skills. Students, as future staffers, need to develop information gathering and writing skills. They need to become comfortable with dealing with rather ill-defined problems and quickly devising a plan for obtaining current, useful information about that problem. In response to the question, "What do you look for in hiring a staffer?" I heard one House member reply: "Besides good work habits and good character, I look for a person who can make a problem manageable. Yes, one problem is often related to another but if you are going to try to address a problem legislatively you must be able to define it. "
Likewise, students need to develop a variety of writing purposes and styles and have the confidence to go beyond the typical boilerplate press release or constituent letter. In part because writing in the Congressional environment is less frequent and less voluminous than in academic circles, it is critically important that it be done well and effectively. Two-page summaries of bills and policy issues need to be accurate, crisp, and insightful. Similarly, the volume of constituent mail requires that staffers respond quickly and effectively.
While it is impossible to fully prepare students for the substantive policy issues they will face in the future, we must be more effective in teaching students about the complexity, yet manageability, of policy issues such as those they will confront as Congressional staffers. The typical political science undergraduate has a much greater exposure to Congressional campaigns and elections than to Congressional policy-making and policy analysis. I suspect that this uneven collegiate preparation contributes to staffers' sense that Congress is a campaign and re-election institution.
Finally, because Congress is a large-scale organization, effective
staffers are individuals who have a sense of organizational history and
procedures and develop an ear for organizational intelligence. They need
to learn how to be team players but also how to gain credit and
recognition for their work. Congressional staff work involves interacting
with groups of other staffers, interest group representatives, and
constituents. Given the wide variety in member offices and committees,
students need to be aware of the importance of learning organizational
histories and cultures.
The Congressional Fellows experience provided a rewarding professional opportunity and a well-placed vantage point from which to view Congress. While I did learn a great deal about the organization and operation of Congress, and I did gain a lot of research ideas, the most lasting impact of my ten months on the Hill might well be a renewed commitment to teaching students and citizens about Congress. Political scientists need to find ways to communicate to students, as well as staffers and members, the range of citizen, staff, and member roles and responsibilities from which they may chose the most appropriate one. There is very little consideration in either academic political science, or on the Hill, of how staff and members could be more effective or how they could contribute more to improving institutional performance. We need to communicate more effectively--to students, staffers, members, and citizens--what Congress does, how and why it does it, and how Congress can more responsibly and responsively address pressing policy problems.


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"This is a very solid class, and all three gymnasts bring amazing talent to the program," Ryden said. "They each will come into the program with the ability to compete in all four events, and they will add a great deal of depth to the team. Depth is so important, and it is great that we are getting deeper and stronger each year."
Bisordi is a Level 10 national competitor and currently trains at the
Airborne Gymnastics Center in Santa Clara, Calif., with club coaches
Melanie Rugeiro and Steve Ohel. Bisordi, who has participated in club
gymnastics for eight years, was a U.S. National Team member in 1997.
Bisordi competed at the 1999 Junior Olympic National Championships, where
she placed sixth in the all-around and tied for seventh on beam. She
finished seventh in the all-around at the 2000 Pontiac Junior Olympic
National Championships. Bisordi, a product of Notre Dame Prep High School
in Belmont, Calif., also trained alongside current Wildcat freshman Cori
"Monica is a very quick and explosive athlete, and she is very talented," Ryden said. "She is a high-quality recruit out of California, and we are excited about having her join the program because she will be able to contribute right away in every event."
Another Level 10 gymnast, Duce comes to Arizona from Geddert's Twistars USA gymnastics club in Lansing, Mich. She currently trains with coaches John and Kathryn Geddert and has participated in club gymnastics for the last seven years. Duce tied for 12th in the all-around at the 2000 Pontiac Junior Olympic National Championships. She tied for third on bars at the 1999 Junior Olympic National Championships in Austin, Texas. Duce attends Flushing High School in Flushing, Mich.
"Jamie is a good all-around gymnast, and she is already improving upon where she was at the national meet last season. She is has been very impressive on bars, and she is a strong all-arounder," Ryden said.
Johnson, the class' third Level 10 competitor, is a member of the American Gold Gymnastics club in Fargo, N.D., and trains with club coach Amy Sahli. Johnson, who attends Moorhead High School in Moorhead, Minn., has competed at the club gymnastics level for eight years. She is a six-time North Dakota state champion, a four-time Junior Olympic National Team qualifier and a 1996 National Team member. Johnson finished fourth on floor in the 1998 Junior Olympic national finals and 19th in the all-around.
"Katie's two best events are vault and floor, and she will be able to contribute to the lineup in those events immediately. She is working hard and getting better on bars and beam, and she will add so much to our depth," Ryden said.
Arizona opens the 2001 season on Sunday, Jan. 14, when the Wildcats hit the road for a quadrangular meet against North Carolina State, James Madison and New Hampshire, in Raleigh, N.C.


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As the Fiscal Cliff is looming, many companies want to dish out their divi before year-end to avoid the possible divi rate increase next year. Consider that AGNC has a roughly $1.5 per share unpaid divi in hand, is it possible for them to do a special one-time year-end divi, say, $0.50~$1.00, to distribute those unpaid funds out before EOY? Maybe it (the cliff) doesn't matter to AGNC, as its divi has already been paying the regular income tax rate? But even if that's the case, the cliff will raise the income tax rate for many AGNC investors, and so AGNC could do something nice here to keep these investors happy by giving them a special divi so that they don't have to pay higher tax on the divi next year? Any thoughts?
Sentiment: Hold
Speaking about special dividends, how about Costco's seven dollar special dividend with a record date of the 10th of Dec? I used to be up on the EX and payable date with special dividends. Isn't it true that they occur at later dates (EX) than the typical two business days before the record?
Because of this(If I remember correctly) the premiums on the Puts are not up by seven dollars currently and further the actual strike price itself(Puts) will get lowered by seven dollars on the EX date. That is why unsuspecting option traders will say things like, "Holy Cow!, I can buy some ATM Puts and score by seven dollars on the EX date" , but sadly wake up on he morning of the EX to find that Santa indeed brought no seven dollar gift because your Long 110 strike Dec Put is now only a 103 Long Dec Put. Did I get that right?
Oddly the co-owner who was one of the crowd supporting Obama and making a speech about sharing the wealth with the middle class, prior to the election, will cash in to the tune of 11 million dollars before the end of the year so he won't suffer the consequences on Jan 1, of not having the Bush dividend break(15%).
He will manipulate the financials, together with the other board members who , in total, will reap another 11 million profit, by borrowing the monies for Costco to underwrite the dividend payout for shareholders. Rather unprecedented, as this will likely lower the credit rating on Costco's debt from AA-, to A+, whereas, recently, their credit rating was being looked at for a possible raise.
I believe he (Sinegal ?) will be taxed at 15% rather than about 45% on the 11million windfall and save about 3 million + dollars, by manipulating his company (through borrowing the money to pay shareholders...himself included) and actually hurting the company's balance sheet.
I think he should donate this 8+ million net profit to the Treasury as a goodwill gesture that he really believes in sharing the wealth as his words stated, when promoting his President. If not, then at least the 3 million dollar difference obtained through the Bush dividend tax savings.
What do you think?
"I used to be up on the EX and payable date with special dividends. Isn't it true that they occur at later dates (EX) than the typical two business days before the record?"
Only when the distribution equals or exceeds 25% of the the company's share price. Costco's does not, so regular dividend dates apply.
Sorry, no special dividend this year (from retained earnings that will be taxed unles distributed OR spent). AGNC management decided to buy back its own shares at below book value prices with the retained earnings money. Thus, they will have paid out at least 90% of net income (because the buy-back is treated as an expense to earnings) and no income tax will be due.
Management decided that their plan was stronger and better for shareholders than paying a special dividend.
Sentiment: Buy
For the 500th time, AGNC pays non-qualified dividends.
Question though....aren't non qualified dividends taxed at the 15% rate now but with no cliff deal will go up to the standard tax rates next year? Or am I wrong on the 15%?
That's true, but the cliff will still raise EVERYBODY's income tax rate, and the divi from AGNC will also pay at a higher rate, right? So, there is still a benefit to the shareholders to dish out the unpaid divi before EOY to beat the cliff. The benefit is not as big as to other regular divi stock holders, whom will see their tax rate change from 15% up to 44%, but a few % savings nonetheless.


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Romulus Lady Warriors cap perfect season at 25-0 as New York State Class D Champions
The Romulus Lady Warriors brought home the first state title in school history on Sunday afternoon with a 47-40 victory over Fort Edwards in the Class D State Championship game at Hudson Valley Community College.
Romulus celebrates on the steps of the Hudson Valley Community College Athletic Center with the NYS Class D Championship trophy after winning the first state title in school history on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Bob McCann.
The perfect end to a perfect season for the Romulus Lady Warriors girls basketball team who, on Sunday afternoon, brought home the first state championship in school history to Seneca County and their community of just over 2,000 residents.
Romulus jumped out to an early lead by outscoring the Lady Forts 15-6 in the first quarter led by Jessica Rhone's early shooting. They would extend the lead to as big as 19 points in the second quarter before Fort Edward woke up and ended the half on an 11-0 run.
Romulus came out of halftime with an early run extending the lead back up to double digits but Fort Edward would not go away, cutting the lead to just 6 in the fourth quarter.
In the end, the size and ball handling of Romulus was too much to overcome as the Lady Warriors and hundreds of Romulus fans in attendance celebrated as the final buzzer sounded on a 47-40 win.
After the game, Zoe McDonald told Time Warner Sports, "This is the greatest feeling in the world". Coach Damon Nicholson said, "we worked so hard, these kids, to get to 25-0, it's just awesome."
The 2014 NYS Class D Champion Romulus Lady Warrior are:
HC Damon Nicholson
05 Paola Figueroa JR
10 Danielle Calabrese SO
11 Jenny Tompkins SR
13 Olivia Brandow SR
15 Zoe McDonald JR
21 Emily Mastellar FR
23 Cheyenne Howe JR
24 Breanne Berlin SR
25 Maegann Mein SO
32 Jessica Rhone SR
2014 NYSPHSAA Girls Basketball Championships presented by American Dairy Association and Dairy Council
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