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July 26, 2010 at 10:07 am
If anyone is going to the Dewey Beach, Delaware area for vacation, I can personally recommend the Bay Resort Motel. A few things make it autism-friendly: kitchenettes in each room with stove, sink, microwave, refrig, toaster and basic kitchen supplies. Perfect for fixing the special diets our kids need.
It also is bay-side and a 2 block walk to the beach. They have a pool and a wharf to walk out on to the bay. Two good alternatives for kids that are tired of the beach and need a break. The people that run the place are very, very friendly.
It is a typical beach motel but very neat and tidy and I can say they keep things very clean.
so, just a recommendation if you are in the area. http://www.bayresort.com/
July 30, 2010 at 7:58 am
Thank you, Teresa. This is great to know. My sister often goes to Delaware with her family. This definitely offers a great option for us!
July 26, 2010 at 10:10 am
Great tips, traveling or not. Our son is almost 19, a high school graduate who knew he wanted to go to college during his 9th grade year. He is also an Eagle Scout and is returning to college this Fall.
It has been a long, long journey teaching him and showing him that life has it's up's and down's but flexibility is the key to survival. His journey is not over and as he learns and grows, we can only be grateful for all the advancements he's made. Sure, it was at times, two steps forward and one back but it has all been so worth it!
Parents and Care Givers, do not give up!
July 26, 2010 at 4:47 pm
So inspired by your post. Parent to a 13yr. old scout. At scout camp this week with his dad and troop. We love scouting and it is such a great fit for our child. He too is likely college bound. How has that transition been? Does he live at home or school?
July 30, 2010 at 8:00 am
Dear Marie,
Congratulations on your son returning to college this Fall! This is so inspiring for all of us. Yes, life definitely has it's ups and downs. But, yes – so worth it.
We are the lucky ones – the ones who appreciate each little step. Many blessings, Elaine
July 26, 2010 at 10:29 am
We stay at the same hotel chain for almost every vacation….the Hampton. He knows what to expect in the room, pool,and free breakfast in the morning. Little things comfort him like hive like shapes on the shower curtain. We also prepare ahead of time by telling him the kinds of things we are going to do.
July 30, 2010 at 8:01 am
Hi Mary, Great idea to always stay in the same hotel chain. Yes, yes – preparing ahead of time is so important. Enjoy your summer!
July 26, 2010 at 11:02 am
I strongly believe in the power of social stories! They made our life easier to travel with our then ASD son last year (curretnly PDD-NOS) for our first summer vacation since his diagnose. We went to Miami for a week all the way from Seattle, to visit noisy, loud and hug-crazy relatives (!!!). We would have not survived the airport checking, the long flight, the heat, the storms, the BEACH and of course, the relatives, without our handy social stories! We are going back to Miami in a week this year and taking it one step further, Nicaragua for a week, and I know Frankie is going to love every minute! Good luck to you all :-)
July 30, 2010 at 8:04 am
Wow! What an accomplishment – from Seattle to Miami! Yes, social stories are terrific. So wonderful that Frankie enjoys traveling. Have an amazing time in Nicaragua – and please let us know how it all goes. We'd love to hear about traveling to a different country and what worked and what didn't work. Have an amazing time!
July 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I agree 100%. When we go on vacation, we bring GFCF food for our little one and only go where he'd have fun. When he gets overwhelmed, he listens to mp3 player on headphones and zones out.
July 30, 2010 at 8:06 am
Great idea to bring GFCF food. We have sometimes brought our GF Pasta and asked restaurants to cook for us. They have always been accommodating. We've started to bring our iPad. Neal loves it and so does everyone else at the table!
July 26, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Thank you, Elaine! Our 8-yr-old daughter experienced a lot of stress on our first attempt at a roadtrip family vacation this summer. We learned a LOT and it all makes sense with what you describe.
July 30, 2010 at 8:07 am
Dear Paula, I am so pleased that my blog post is helpful. Please let me know how things go. All the best, Elaine
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USA, 2011, 90 Minute Running Time
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Digital presentation - We Were Here documents the coming of what was called the "Gay Plague" in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic as well as the broad political and social upheavals it unleashed. It offers a cathartic validation for the generation that suffered through, and responded to, the onset of AIDS. It opens a window of understanding to those who have only the vaguest notions of what transpired in those years. It provides insight into what society could, and should, offer its citizens in the way of medical care, social services, and community support.
Early in the epidemic, San Francisco's compassionate, multifaceted, and creative response to AIDS became known as "The San Francisco Model". The city's activist and progressive infrastructure that evolved out of the 1960's, combined with San Francisco's highly politicized gay community centered around the Castro Street neighborhood, helped overcome the obstacles of a nation both homophobic and lacking in universal healthcare. In its suffering, San Francisco mirrors the experience of so many American cities during those years. In its response, The San Francisco Model remains a standard to aspire to in seeking a healthier, more just, more humane society.
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Hi guys,
Just started using PS3MS after a search for weeks (or maybe longer) for a solution that consistantly played files streamed from NAS, through router to PC over LAN and then to PS3 over WLAN without stuttering etc. I have various format video files collected without any form of planning, so in various formats ... although I hope to decide on a standard as part of this process. Many of the files I have (whether encoded as VOBs, ts, avi, MP4 etc) play OK without transcode, but it seems that the best, most consistent quality so far is with transcode ... simple MEncoder ! The test tonight was Battle Of Britain, which is a 7GB VOB ripped straight from DVD ... it stutters when played directly as a VOB, but plays beautifully when "transcoded" using Mencoder.
I'm learning about all this as I go, and as such haven't changed any settings from defaults ... so good news so far.
My main PC is Vista running on Q9300 @ 2.8GHz & 4G DDR2 ... so barely notices the transcoding ... but my other PC, the one I want to use as my media server to stream from the NAS, is a VIA M10000 ... a 1GHz processor with 512M DDR2, running Fedora 10 built into a small form factor (200mm cube).
I don't want it to transcode, no chance ... just to stream, and I've been using it to successfully stream for a while using various media servers ... as long as I don't ask it to do anything else, it should be fine ...
It seems to me that if I can successfully transcode using PS3MS and basic Mencoder sttings, proving the NAS, LAN and WLAN can handle the task ... I should be able to stream a "pre-transcoded" file from the linux version of PS3MS running on the smaller PC.
The question is, what MEncoder settings should I use with Mencoder separately, to mimic what is currently working well via the main PC with PS3MS doing transcoding ?


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Big check in today! No release just yet, but the source code has been updated in the SVN.
As I've been away from home and work with lots of spare time on my hands and having to stay in an office for the last 3 weeks (swiss guys should know what I'm currently doing...), I've seized the opportunity to get the library view started.
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Marionettes show 'Life in Motion' with strings attached
Published: Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 3:42 p.m.
Tryon Fine Arts Center at 34 Melrose Ave. will present the Cashore Marionettes in "Life in Motion" at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Want to go?
What: "Life in Motion" by the Cashore
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave.
Tickets: $28 adults, $10 students.
Intended for adults or ages 12 and older.
Extra: Cashore Marionettes will perform
"Simple Gifts" for audiences 12 and younger at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Info: 828-859-8322 or www.tryonarts.org
The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta describes Joseph Cashore's award-winning production as "a wonderful world of breath-taking magic … created by one man and his exquisite marionettes."
Hailed by the Calgary Herald as "a simple but brilliant production," "Life in Motion" consists of a series of puppet vignettes conveying universal themes of life.
Audience members are moved by the "humor, sadness, pathos, love and joy" communicated through the hand-built marionettes accompanied by carefully chosen music.
At the age of 11, Cashore created his first marionette from clothespins, wood, string and a tin can. It was while playing with this puppet that he was startled by the sudden but momentary sensation that the puppet was alive.
After graduation from college, Cashore made his second marionette. He remembered that first marionette from childhood and thought he would try to make a puppet that could sustain and extend that sensation of being alive. For the next 19 years, while pursuing a career in oil painting, he experimented with the construction of the marionettes and devised totally new control mechanisms.
Cashore has toured the U.S., Europe and Asia with his creations since the 1990s. As a result of Cashore's mastery of this expressive movement, he has received numerous awards, including a Pew Charitable Trusts' Fellowship for Performance Art.
The evening production is intended for adults or young people older than 12. There will be an additional program at Tryon Fine Arts Center titled "Simple Gifts" from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 2, designed for families with children 12 and younger. Specially priced tickets are available for families for this presentation.
For tickets or more information, call 828-859-8322 or visit www.tryonarts.org.
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I recently upgraded my Ubuntu system to 12.04. I also then installed the happy-neko package for PS3 Media Server.
Specifically PS3 Media Server version: 1.60.0+git+mencoder35003-1)(ppa:happy-neko)
Build: 281930efc
Since this upgrade most of my movies that I re-encoded with handbrake to .m4v files with AC3 audio and H.264 video are now showing up, when browsing the PS3 Media Server from my PS3, as annotated with "mencoder" which I presume means that PS3 Media Server is going to transcode the file. Before the upgrade, these files weren't transcoded and they streamed and played really smoothly. Now they lag terribly and are basically unwatchable.
Has anybody else seen this? Is there a possible issue with the version of the tools (mencoder etc.)? I noticed on the transcoder settings tab, under Video Files Engines, FFmpeg has a red X next to it. Is that my problem?
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|Yoga for a Cause
Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): adult, all ages
Date: 5/13/2013
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Join us on the upper Terrace at C. Burr Artz Public Library on Monday mornings at 10:30 am now through May 20 for yoga. In the event of inclement weather, yoga will be held in the Community Room.Library: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Free and open to Adults of all ages and abilities, this one-hour class is offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Yoga Division. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. While there is no charge to participate, donations will support the work of the Friends of C. Burr Artz Public Library.
"We very much look forward to working with Frederick County Public Libraries," says Dorcas Quynn McWilliams, owner/director of Sol Yoga in Downtown Frederick. "It will be a great partnership in creativity, health, and wellness."
Location: CBA Community Room
Contact: Sydney McCoy
Presenter: Sol Yoga


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I am excited to announce that Zite has been acquired by CNN. We at Zite are thrilled about combining forces with CNN to create the world's greatest news discovery platform. We recognize that, for a startup, an acquisition is both a moment of exciting validation and a time when lots of questions arise. In this letter I'll give my own unvarnished perspective about why I'm excited about this milestone and why you should be too.
When Zite launched earlier this year, we were overwhelmed by the response. With over 100,000 downloads in the first week, incredible app usage and praise from users, it was clear Zite solved a basic problem: cutting through the clutter and personalizing information to users. When I became CEO of Zite, I was faced with a difficult choice: take venture capital and race to build Zite into a viable business or join forces with a large company and work with a larger pool of resources. Despite many attractive paths in both directions, Zite chose to be acquired by CNN. We found a partner who shares our vision and our passion for building an incredible discovery platform.
Why CNN? First of all, CNN has a history of innovation in the marketplace. CNN was the first organization to launch a 24-hour all-news network – embracing people's love of news on their terms. Secondly, a modern news organization like CNN isn't just about reporting. CNN.com is one of the largest web sites in the world and the CNN mobile applications boast well over 12 million downloads. CNN knows that they are competing not only in high-quality reporting, but in delivering you the best news possible. Finally, our interactions with CNN leadership, including KC Estenson, have made it clear that they are visionaries who are voraciously pursuing next-generation technologies to give CNN.com an edge over its competition.
Zite wants to assure our users that what you love most about Zite will continue to get better. I will continue to operate as the CEO of Zite and will report directly to KC. We will not promote CNN, Turner or Time Warner content in any special way: our agnostic personalization algorithms will be the sole determiner of what you see on Zite. Most importantly, Zite will now have the capital to grow. That means better recommendations, new innovations in our iPad interface and Zite on additional platforms.
Acquisitions are exciting. I understand for some, they can also be scary. I've had all of my questions answered and I encourage you to send me a reply on Twitter to @philosophygeek and I'll do my best to personalize a reply in 140 characters or less.
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Definición de barnstorm en inglés:
verbo[no object] chiefly North American
1Tour rural districts giving theatrical performances, originally often in barns.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- He tells the life of a child in a family troupe of actors as they barnstorm the West and South, including a stint near the front during the Mexican-American War.
- Paige, in particular, became nationally famous through barnstorming around the country.
- San Francisco poets Tarin Towers and Daphne Gottlieb, Eitan Kadosh from L.A. and Phoenix's Eirein Bradley barnstormed with O'Hara through 35 U.S. cities over the summer.
1.1 [with object] Make a rapid tour of (an area), typically as part of a political campaign.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Bush won the midterms for Republicans by barnstorming the country attacking Democrats for not passing his homeland security bill.
- Each turn, you can barnstorm campaign in targeting ridings, travel province to province, give speeches, fundraise, or prepare for debates.
- Winchell then declares his candidacy for president and barnstorms the black heart of America.
1.2Travel around giving exhibitions of flying and performing aeronautical stunts: (as noun barnstorming) barnstorming had become a popular occupation among many trained pilots
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Besides hauling passengers on airshow barnstorming flights, J.R. uses the Stearman for banner and glider towing and scenic flights.
- When completed, Art started barnstorming the lumbering biplane throughout the Midwest.
- Carl and the Special stayed on the aviation scene joining the Flying Aces Air Circus in the late 1920s with Jessie Woods walking on the wings, as well as barnstorming.
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- The Utterly Butterly barnstormers wowed the crowds with their daring aerobatics on top of the biplanes.
- I've also stunned myself by loving a Faithless record - alright, Mass Destruction sounds like Black Steel by Tricky, but that doesn't stop it being a full-on barnstormer of a tune.
- Lindbergh started his aviation career as a barnstormer, a trick pilot who performed stunts for audiences in the 1920s.
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Baseball hosts Rhode Island Wednesday
April 15, 2014
2014 Stony Brook Baseball
Q&A with Matt Senk (ESPN.com)
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
Stony Brook #Seawolves (20-11, 7-1 America East)
The Matchup: Stony Brook has one midweek non-conference game this week, hosting the Rhode Island Rams at Joe Nathan Field. This is the fifth all-time meeting between the two teams. The #Seawolves are 3-1 against Rhode Island, but the Rams did win last year's matchup, 8-4, in Kingston, R.I. Stony Brook is red-hot right now, winning 20 of its last 25 games. The Rams have won just two of their last 11 games and are coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of Dayton.
Last Weekend: Stony Brook dominated Binghamton in America East action this past weekend, sweeping the three-game series. The #Seawolves took game one, 3-1, on the strength of Jack Parenty's two-run triple. Stony Brook won game two, 5-4 in 10 innings, after Kevin Courtney scored the winning run and Ryley MacEachern pitched five shutout relief innings. The team then dominated game three with a season-high 18 hits and 10 extra-base hits, led by home runs from Courtney and Johnny Caputo, in a 12-2 victory.
Deserving Honors: After going 5-0 during the week, Stony Brook earned a pair of weekly conference honors as Jack Parenty was tabbed the America East Player of the Week, and Ryley MacEachern was named the America East Pitcher of the Week. Parenty hit .476 in five games with four extra-base hits and six RBI. MacEachern delivered a pivotal five shutout innings of relief that allowed Stony Brook come back to beat Binghamton 5-4 in 10 innings.
Hot Bats: Stony Brook's bats have taken off over the last 10 games, hitting .337 with 75 runs scored. In particular, the bats were working on April 9 vs. Manhattan when the #Seawolves scored a season-high 16 runs, including 10 in the first two innings and again on April 13 vs. Binghamton, when they pounded out 10 extra-base hits, including two home runs. Stony Brook has had double-digit hits in eight of the last 10 games played. In the 10-game span, four #Seawolves are hitting .400 or better, including Johnny Caputo (.485), Toby Handley (.481), Kevin Courtney (.400) and Cole Peragine (.400).
Pitch Perfect: Stony Brook is 15-3 over its last 18 games and that's largely due to the outstanding pitching the team has received. In the 18-game span, Stony Brook has held its opponents to a .208 batting average and just 43 runs. The team has a 2.28 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 157-2/3 innings. Tim Knesnik has been the best of the group; he has a 0.40 ERA in 22-2/3 innings with 15 strikeouts during the run.
Top Dog on D: Stony Brook's defense has been stellar this season. The #Seawolves currently lead the nation in fielding percentage at .987. Through 31 games, Stony Brook has committed only 15 errors.
Conference Leaders: Through April 14, Stony Brook leads America East in hitting (.277), fielding (.987), runs (158), walks drawn (137) and opposing batting average (.230). Individually, Kevin Courtney leads the conference in RBI (28) and Cole Peragine leads in walks drawn (20). Stony Brook also has four of the top 10 conference leaders in on-base percentage, RBI and runs scored.
MacEachern Earns the Nod: Stony Brook freshman Ryley MacEachern was named America East Rookie of the Week after pitching his first career complete game shutout in a 1-0 win over Hartford on March 29. MacEachern scattered just three hits and allowed only one Hawks baserunner to reach second base over the seven innings. He struck out seven batters and did not walk a batter.
No-Hit X 3: Frankie Vanderka pitched his third career no-hitter on March 22 when he blanked Albany over nine innings in a 7-0 victory. Vanderka struck out 10 in the game, including the final batter, Brian Bullard, to clinch it. Vanderka is the ONLY active pitcher in NCAA Div. I to throw multiple no-hitters. For his efforts, Vanderka was showered with a slew of awards - he was named America East Pitcher of the Week, NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week, Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week, CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Pitcher of the Week, ECAC Metro-Upstate Pitcher of the Week and NCAA.com Top Performer of the Week.
A Stepping Stone to Success: Freshman Cameron Stone of West Haven, Conn., is having a nice start to his collegiate career. He has quickly developed into an option in the late innings, posting 27 strikeouts in 22 innings pitched and earning six saves. He helped Stony Brook go into extra innings at Wake Forest with four strong innings of work. He stepped up again in extra innings with three solid innings against Fordham on March 9. Then he recorded saves with a scoreless ninth inning at UC Riverside (March 14) and 2-1/3 shutout innings in the win over USC (March 18). He locked down Stony Brook's 7-3 win over Albany (March 22) with two shutout innings. He came into the seventh inning vs. Marist (April 1) with the tying run on deck and got out of a bases loaded jam and went on to earn the save.
Close Affairs: Stony Brook is quickly gaining an appreciation for playing in tight games. The #Seawolves have already had 12 of their 30 games decided by one run this season. They are 6-6 in those games with three of the losses ending on walk-offs. Last season, Stony Brook participated in 19 one-run affairs.
Dominating America East: Stony Brook has been at or near the top of America East now for a few seasons. No team has been more dominant over the last four seasons than the Seawolves, who are 80-30 (.727) in conference play since the start of the 2010 season with two regular season (2011, 2012) and two tournament (2010, 2012) championships.
Chavy and Stone Honored: In addition to Vanderka earning America East Pitcher of the Week honors, two other #Seawolves captured weekly conference awards as Robert Chavarria was named Player of the Week and Cameron Stone was tabbed Rookie of the Week. Chavarria hit .421 and scored eight runs in five games, including scoring game-winning runs against USC and Albany. Stone picked up two saves after pitching 4-1/3 shutout innings, closing out wins over USC and Albany, the win over the Trojans being the first the school's ever recorded against a Pac-12 member.
Conference Format: With the start of conference play, let's review the America East's schedule format. The seven teams will play a 24-game schedule spread out over eight three-game series. The #Seawolves will face two teams both home and away and will face the other four teams just once. Stony Brook's home-and-home partners this season are Albany and Hartford. The team will host Maine and Binghamton and travel to UMass Lowell and UMBC. The top four teams in the conference, not including UMass Lowell, which is ineligible due to NCAA Div. I transitional status, will advance to the 2014 America East Championship, to be held May 22-25 at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass.
California Trip Recap: Stony Brook recently came back from a week in the sun on the west coast where the team faced UC Riverside, USC and Cal State Northridge. The #Seawolves won the first of a three-game series with Riverside only to lose two straight. Then Stony Brook defeated USC, the program's first-ever win against a Pac-12 school. The team finished the trip with a pitcher's duel against Northridge, coming up short in a 1-0 loss. Robert Chavarria dominated on the trip, hitting .500 (9-for-18) with four RBI. Kevin Krause bashed two home runs in the Riverside series. The pitching staff as a whole had a 2.95 ERA, led by impressive starts from Brandon McNitt, Tyler Honahan and Tim Knesnik.
California Pipeline: The #Seawolves have done a tremendous job recruiting the state of California. Stony Brook currently has seven players from Southern California, including Brandon McNitt, Austin Shives, Josh Mason, Chad Lee, Robert Chavarria, Jeremy Giles and Daniel Zamora. All-time #Seawolves wins leader Tyler Johnson (2009-12) also hails from California.
Call It a Sweep: In addition to sweeping Fordham in a three-game series March 8-9, the #Seawolves swept the weekly America East awards as Kevin Courtney was named America East Player of the Week, Frankie Vanderka was tabbed America East Pitcher of the Week and Casey Baker garnered America East Rookie of the Week accolades. Courtney batted .467 with four extra-base hits and a walk-off double in the 14th inning of a 10-9 win over the Rams. In the first game of the series, Vanderka blanked Fordham by scattering three hits over nine innings while striking out 11. Baker went 6-for-9 with three runs scored and a critical walk in the 12th inning of the series finale vs. Fordham that helped keep the game alive.
Preseason Favorite: Stony Brook has been picked as the co-favorite to win America East in 2014, according to the coaches' preseason poll released on Feb. 4. Stony Brook and defending tournament champion Binghamton both received three first-place votes. Defending America East regular season champion Maine was picked third, followed by Hartford fourth, Albany fifth, UMBC sixth and league newcomer UMass Lowell seventh.
In the Record Books: Senior Brandon McNitt is fifth in program history in wins (22), ninth in strikeouts (195) and third in innings pitched (322). Senior Frankie Vanderka is tied for second in complete games (15) among Seawolves in the Div. I era (2000-present).
Seawolves in the Pros: Stony Brook Baseball has a tremendous reputation and traditon of sending its graduates to professional baseball. The program has had 19 student-athletes selected in the Major League Baseball draft and 10 others sign Minor League free agent contracts. Twenty other Seawolves have signed and played in the Independent Leagues. Currently, there are 10 former Seawolves active in the Major League and Minor League systems, including Joe Nathan, who is the closer for the Detroit Tigers, and Tom Koeher, a starter for the Miami Marlins. In 2012 alone, Stony Brook had seven players drafted alone, including first-rounder Travis Jankowski.
Joe Nathan Field: Stony Brook University has a fantastic baseball facility, thanks in large part to Seawolves Baseball alumnus Joe Nathan '97, who donated the lead gift to renovate the baseball field, which was transformed into Joe Nathan Field. Opened in May 2011 and dedicated in October 2011, Joe Nathan Field boasts new FieldTurf, new dugouts, new bullpens, new hitting tunnels and a new scoreboard, courtesy of Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
Recapping Last Season: After a difficult start to the 2013 season, Stony Brook rebounded nicely by winning its final four America East series to qualify for the America East Championship for the eighth consecutive year, which is the longest active streak among the current member institutions. Stony Brook fell short of winning the tournament title after losing to Maine, beating Albany to stay alive and then falling to Maine again in an elimination game. Outstanding individual performances included first baseman Kevin Courtney, starting pitcher Frankie Vanderka and outfielder Jack Parenty earning first-team All-America East honors, reliever Tim Knesnik, catcher Anthony Italiano and third baseman Johnny Caputo making second-team All-America East and Parenty grabbing America East Rookie of the Year honors.
Shock the World: Stony Brook is just two years removed from one of the more magical seasons in collegiate baseball history. The #Seawolves captured the nation's attention by beating six-time national champion LSU in the best 2-out-of-3 NCAA Super Regional to advance to the College World Series, becoming the first school from the Northeast Region since 1986 to do so. The #Seawolves finished the year with a nation-leading 52 victories, which led to head coach Matt Senk earning NCBWA National Coach of the Year honors.
Up Next: Stony Brook will hit the road for a three-game series at UMass Lowell, beginning Friday with a 1 p.m., doubleheader.


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Favorite DU Photos: February 2011
Member photos of the day from the month of February
"Wood Duck drake in early flight" (photo by Richard Davidson)
"Polly Ready to go" (photo by Jerrod Watson)
(photo by Matthew Breakwell)
"Sunset Mallards" (photo by Phillip Hudson)
"Duck Blind sunrise on the South Platte River" (photo by Brent Gale)
"Male mallard just about to land" (photo by Robert Whitney)
"C.J. Palmer(7) with his D.U. bb gun and his dog Katara" (photo by Chris Palmer)
"Three Snow Geese prepare for landing, stacked up one above the other. Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Oceanville, NJ" (photo by Eric Reuter)
"At 10 yrs old, the old pup still has it... This was taken during a very successful opening day goose hunt of "Cisco" in his place at the foot of our layout blind" (photo by Dusty Evenson)
"Time to fly" (photo by Debra Quinn)
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1 "Hard Day's Hunt" (photo by John Newman)
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A Guernsey County man accused of selling drugs to a task force informant in Marietta narrowly avoided an additional failure to appear charge Tuesday morning.
Thomas Davis, 31, of 52175 Tower Road, Cumberland, was 15 minutes late for his sentencing in the Washington County Common Pleas Court.
"I have been having fairly regular contact with him. There was no indication he wouldn't be here," said Davis' attorney, public defender Rolf Baumgartel.
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Guernsey County resident Thomas Davis, right, narrowly avoided a failure to appear charge Tuesday morning when he was 15 minutes late for his scheduled sentencing on a fourth-degree felony aggravated drug trafficking charge. Davis apologized and was sentenced to a year in prison.
But just seconds before Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane issued a warrant for his arrest, Davis bounded in the courtroom, out of breath and apologetic.
"Ah, we have a client," said Lane, as Davis appeared.
After the defendant was seated, the sentencing proceeded as scheduled.
Davis was charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs, a fourth-degree felony.
According to the July indictment, Davis and his wife, Diedre Davis, 29, sold prescription drugs containing Oxycodone to an informant on March 12. The trafficking charge was considered aggravated because a child was in the car at the time of the sale.
"This is a situation where Mr. Davis and his wife were struggling financially," said Baumgartel. "Obviously that is not a justification...They just sort of fell through the cracks."
Baumgartel also noted that Davis' wife has almost finished serving her time on the same charge.
Davis was not eligible for the SEPTA drug counseling program because he has charges pending in another county, noted Lane.
"I have got a sentencing Friday in Noble County for receiving stolen property," explained Davis.
He also expressed remorse for his actions.
"I'm regretful for what I did. I've got six kids and I just made a bad decision," he said.
Lane noted that because the pills did not belong to Davis or his wife, the crime was considered to be part of organized criminal activity.
Lane also went down a long list of Davis' prior convictions. Those convictions are spread throughout Washington, Noble and Guernsey counties and include two domestic violence charges, a fleeing and alluding charge, a driving under the influence charge, and at least three charges each for no operators license and driving under suspension, said Lane.
Davis's long list of prior convictions showed a "failure to respond favorably in the past" to imposed sanctions, said Lane.
"You have committed a felony in the past. You have been to prison. That overrides the presumption for community control that says we cannot sent you to prison," Lane said to the defendant.
Lane sentenced Davis to 12 months in prison, out of a possible 18 months.


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Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury
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Key Clinical Issue
What is the relationship between traumatic brain injury (TBI), depression, and related psychological conditions? What evidence exists to guide screening and treatment for TBI-related depression and concomitant psychiatric conditions?
Background Information
TBI is a brain injury that occurs as a result of a blow to the head or other force from an event such as a motor vehicle crash, sports injury, fall, assault, or explosive blast. TBI is responsible for over 1.2 million emergency department visits a year. This number does not include TBI suffered in military service. Individuals with a mild case of TBI may not seek clinical care for their injury, leading to an underestimation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 75 percent of TBI is mild.
Depression is one possible result of TBI. Overlapping symptoms of TBI and depression may make a diagnosis challenging. Depression reduces quality of life and impairs ability to function in social and work roles. In patients requiring physical therapy efforts, depression can undermine rehabilitation planning and treatment adherence.
The most salient consequence of depression is suicide. At least half of suicides occur in the context of a mood disorder.
While no single feature is seen in all depressed patients, common symptoms include sadness, persistent negative thoughts, apathy, lack of energy, fuzzy or irrational thinking, and an inability to enjoy normal events in life. Especially in a first episode, individuals and families may not recognize the changes as part of an illness, which makes identification and self-reporting of the condition challenging. Depression in patients with TBI may be comorbid with other psychiatric conditions, especially anxiety disorders.
Patients suffering from TBI are at an increased risk for depression, with prevalence rates (31 percent) that surpass the rates for the general population (8–10 percent). Increased prevalence is observed at multiple time points after injury. Because the risk of depression after TBI remains high over an extended period, early and continued screening over time may be warranted. Furthermore, severity of TBI has not been established as not an accurate predictor of depression, suggesting the need for vigilance across all severities of TBI until more evidence is available. While evidence exists for treatment of depression in the general population, studies involving individuals who have sustained TBI are insufficient to guide treatment for this specific population.
A note about this Clinician Guide
A systematic review of 115 clinical studies was conducted by independent researchers, funded by AHRQ, to synthesize the evidence on what is known and not known on this clinical issue.
This topic was nominated through a public process. The research questions and the results of the report were subject to expert input, peer review, and public comment.
The results of this review are summarized here for use in your decisionmaking and in discussions with patients. The full report, with references for included and excluded studies, is available at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=658.
Clinical Bottom Line
Regardless of the time since injury, the weighted average of the prevalence of depression secondary to TBI was 31 percent.
Level of Confidence:
Predictors of Depression for Patients With TBI:
Evidence suggests that depression can occur after all forms and severities of TBI.
Level of Confidence:
Evidence is insufficient to advise patients with TBI or their health care providers about other risk factors for depression, including age, gender, area of brain injured, or mechanism of injury.
Level of Confidence:
Concomitant Psychiatric Conditions:
Potential for coexisting psychiatric conditions is common. Anxiety disorders—including general anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and specific phobias—were the most commonly reported coexisting conditions. Level of Confidence:
Timing: Depression following TBI occurs across all time frames. The evidence does not provide guidance toward an optimal time frame for screening. Level of Confidence:
Tools: Evidence is insufficient to determine optimal screening tools to screen patients with TBI for depression. Level of Confidence:
Treatment Options:
Evidence is insufficient to determine optimal treatment approaches for patients with TBI for depression. Level of Confidence:
Confidence Scale
There are consistent results from good-quality studies. Further research is very unlikely to change the conclusions.
Findings are supported, but further research could change the conclusions.
There are very few studies, or existing studies are flawed.
Research is either unavailable or does not permit estimation of a treatment effect.
What To Discuss With Your Patients
- The prevalence of depression and other concomitant psychological conditions for patients with a history of TBI and the need for continued screening and communication concerning emerging symptoms.
- Common symptoms of depression, general anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder.
- Possible drug interactions and common adverse effects of antidepressants.
Gaps in Knowledge
- Additional research on treatment options for patients with depression following TBI is a priority.
- Studies are needed to compare the effectiveness of diagnosis, screening time, and screening tools for patients with TBI who also have depression.
- Additional research is also needed to determine whether patient factors such as area of the brain injured, severity of the injury, mechanism of injury, age, and gender are predispositions for depression in patients with TBI.
- Studies pertaining to long-term outcomes and results of depression treatment in patients with TBI are needed to facilitate further comparison of the safety and effectiveness of treatments for TBI-induced depression.
- Consensus is needed on outcomes that are important to both clinicians and patients to ensure consistency and comparability across future studies.
Resource for Patients
Depression After Brain Injury, A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers is a free companion to this clinician guide. It can help patients talk with their doctors. The guide is designed to help patients:
- Understand the connection between TBI and depression.
- Recognize the symptoms of depression and concomitant psychiatric conditions.
- Communicate symptoms effectively to health care providers.
The information in this summary is based on Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression, Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 25, prepared by the Vanderbilt University Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10065-I for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March, 2011. Available at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=658.
This summary was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. It was written by Sarah Michel, M.P.H., Kim Farina, Ph.D., Thomas Workman, Ph.D., Nicholas Pastorek, M.D., and Michael Fordis, M.D. Illustrations were created by Douglas Alexander. Patients with traumatic brain injury reviewed this summary.


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9.1-1 Larceny -- § 53a-119 and §§ 53a-122 through 53a-125b
Revised to April 23, 2010
Note: This instruction is for simple larceny, as defined in § 53a-119. Other means of committing larceny are defined in § 53a-119 (1) through (18). See subsequent instructions in this section for the specific type of larceny charged.
The degree of the larceny is determined by the value of the property stolen. See § 53a-122 (first degree); § 53a-123 (second degree); § 53a-124 (third degree); § 53a-125 (fourth degree); § 53a-125a (fifth degree); § 53a-125b (sixth degree). The dollar amounts for the degrees of larceny were increased as of October 1, 2009. See the table in Introduction to Larceny for the values in effect prior to that date.
The defendant is charged [in count __] with larceny in the (first / second / third / fourth / fifth / sixth) degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person commits larceny when, with intent to <insert as appropriate:>
deprive another of property,
appropriate property to (himself /herself) or a third person,
(he/she) wrongfully (takes / obtains / withholds) such property from an owner.
Larceny simply means theft or stealing. In this case, the property allegedly stolen is <identify property>.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Theft of property
The first element is that the defendant wrongfully (took / obtained / withheld) property from the owner. "Wrongfully" means that the defendant had no legal justification or excuse for (taking / obtaining / withholding) the property. <Insert appropriate definitions:>
Taking" means seizing an article from the possession or control of the person entitled to it whether by force or some other unlawful means.1
"Obtaining" includes, but is not limited to, bringing about the transfer or purported transfer of property or of a legal interest in the property from the owner to the defendant or to a third person.
"Withholding" means wrongfully keeping property from its owner.
"Property" includes any (money / personal property / real property / thing in action / evidence of debt or contract / article of value of any kind). [Commodities of a public utility, such as gas, electricity, steam and water also constitute property.]
"Service" includes (labor / professional service / public utility and transportation service / the supplying of hotel accommodations / restaurant services / entertainment / the supplying of equipment for use).
"Owner" means not only the true or lawful owner, but any person who has a superior right to that of the defendant. <Insert as appropriate:>
This would include persons who have possession or custody of property with the permission or authority of the true owner, such as repair persons and employees.
It would include someone who has wrongful possession of property, from whom that property is later stolen. In other words, a person can be guilty of larceny even when (he/she) has stolen from a thief.2
A joint owner or a common owner of property would not be guilty of larceny of that property if (he/she) took it from the other owner.3
A creditor who has a security interest in the property, even with legal title, cannot take the property from the lawful possession of another unless (he/she) has a specific agreement to that effect. A creditor who wrongfully takes such property may be found guilty of larceny if the other elements of larceny are proved.4
Element 2 - Larcenous Intent
The second element is that at the time the defendant (took / obtained / withheld) the property, (he/she) intended to <insert as appropriate:>5
permanently deprive the owner of (his/her) property. To intend to "deprive" another of property means to intend to withhold or keep or cause it to be withheld from another permanently, or for so long a period or under such circumstances that the major portion of its value is lost to that person. In other words, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant took the property for the purpose of keeping or using it permanently or virtually permanently, or of disposing of the property in such a way that there was a permanent or virtually permanent loss of the property to the owner.
permanently appropriate the property to (himself / herself) or to a third person. To intend to "appropriate" property of another to oneself or a third person means to intend either to exercise control over the property, or to aid a third person to exercise control over it, permanently, or for so long a period or under such circumstances as to acquire the major portion of its economic value or benefit, or to dispose of the property for the benefit of oneself or a third person.
A person acts "intentionally" with respect to a result when (his/her) conscious objective is to cause such result. <See Intent: Specific, Instruction 2.3-1.>
Element 3 - Value of property
or services6
The third element is that the property had a value that <insert as appropriate:>
First degree: exceeded $20,000.
Second degree: exceeded $10,000.
Third degree: exceeded $2,000.
Fourth degree: exceeded $1,000.
Fifth degree: exceeded $500.
Sixth degree: did not exceed $500.
[<If there are multiple items and their values can be aggregated:> In making this determination, you may add or aggregate the value of the property involved. You can only aggregate amounts if the thefts were committed pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether from the same or several persons.]
"Value" means the market value of the property or service at the time and place of the crime. "Market value" means the price that would, in all probability, result from fair negotiations between willing buyers and sellers at the time and place of the crime. In this case, evidence has been presented that the items claimed to have been stolen have a retail price of $<insert value>.
You are not to consider the value of the property to the owner. You are not to consider that the defendant did not realize the value of what was stolen or that (he/she) intended to steal something of lesser value. If you can determine the price the property sold for at the time of the crime, then that is the controlling value. If the market value cannot be determined, then you should consider the replacement cost of the property within a reasonable time after the crime.
[<If the property includes written instruments:> When evaluating written instruments, whether or not they have been issued or delivered, use the value printed on the instruments when such is obvious, as on some public and corporate bonds and securities. For written instruments that are evidence of a debt owed, such as checks, drafts or promissory notes, you should use the amount due or collectable. This amount is ordinarily the face amount of the debt less any part that has been paid. To evaluate a written instrument that creates or releases or discharges or otherwise affects any valuable right or privilege or obligation, you must determine the greatest amount of economic loss that the owner of the written instrument might reasonably suffer by the loss of that instrument.]
When you cannot determine that the state has proved the value of the property beyond a reasonable doubt, you must set the value at less than fifty dollars.
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant 1) wrongfully (took / obtained / withheld) property from the owner, 2) (he/she) did so with the intent to (permanently deprive the owner of (his/her) property / permanently appropriate the property to (himself / herself) or a third person), and 3) the property had a value of <insert value according to degree charged>.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of
larceny in the (first / second / third / fourth / fifth / sixth) degree, then
you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find
that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the
elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
1 "Taking" is not defined in the Penal Code. The ordinary usage of "criminal taking" is "the act of seizing an article, with or without removing it, but with an implicit transfer of possession or control." State v. Toro, 62 Conn. App. 635, 642, cert. denied, 256 Conn. 923 (2001).
2 See General Statutes § 53a-118 (b).
3 See General Statutes § 53a-118 (c).
4 See General Statutes § 53a-118 (d).
5 The court should only instruct on the part of the statute charged, to deprive or to appropriate, and should define those terms as they are defined in the statute. State v. Spillane, 54 Conn. App. 201, 210-20 (1999), aff'd on other grounds, 257 Conn. 750 (2001).
6 See General Statutes § 53a-121.
"Larceny involves both taking and retaining. The criminal intent involved in larceny relates to both aspects. The taking must be wrongful, that is, without color of right or excuse for the act . . . and without the knowing consent of the owner . . . The requisite intent for retention is permanency." (Citations omitted.) State v. Kurvin, 186 Conn. 555, 568 (1982); see also State v. Calonico, 256 Conn. 135, 160-63 (2001) (defendant's actions in gaining control over the victim's assets demonstrated the intent to permanently retain them). To prove the element of intent within the context of larceny, the state must show that the defendant intended to deprive another person of property permanently. State v. Harrison, 178 Conn. 689, 694 (1979); State v. Pompei, 52 Conn. App. 303, 309 (1999) (reversed for not instructing that the intent was to deprive owner of property permanently).
"A bailor who takes his own property from the lawful possession of a bailee can be convicted of larceny for depriving the bailee of the value of his services, as secured by a bailee's lien on the property." State v. Marsala, 59 Conn. App. 135, 139, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 948 (2000).
If there are multiple thefts, the value of all of the property may be aggregated if the jury finds that all of the property was acquired pursuant to a single scheme or course of conduct. State v. Desimone, 241 Conn. 439 (1997) (reversing trial court for not charging the jury that it had to first find that the stolen property was acquired pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct before it could aggregate the values). See also State v. Browne, 84 Conn. App. 351, 389-94, cert. denied, 271 Conn. 931 (2004) (such an instruction is not necessary when defendant is charged with a single act of theft).
On market value, see State v. Nunes, 58 Conn. App. 296, 302-304, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 944 (2000).
Aggregation in § 53a-121 applies
equally to attempted thefts as it does to completed thefts. State v. Brown,
235 Conn. 502, 514-18 (1995).


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Q. What types of unique approaches and product knowledge are required when using a QbD approach?
Bearing these critical temperatures in mind, freeze-drying demands reliable and representative control of the product temperatures at the ice sublimation interface during primary drying to obtain a high-quality product. Many commercially available PAT tools (e.g., manometric temperature measurement, TDLAS and others) help during the developmental stage to determine product interface temperatures, but such tools can often not be used in a production environment. As a result, the biggest obstacle and challenge for the future when establishing a reliable QbD concept for freeze drying is to determine (relevant) critical product and process parameters that are also scaleable.
Mayeresse: Lyohilisation has evolved a lot during the last twenty years. Years ago, lyophilisation development mainly relied on the skills of scientists who learned by a trial and error process. Today, analytical tools exist to assist the development of the freeze-drying process. For instance, apparatus such as a cryomicroscope enable the determination of the glass transition temperature, which is used to set up the temperature and pressure during the primary drying phase of a freeze-drying cycle. For a QbD approach, it is quite easy to define at which step each tool will apply and what will its output will be on the process.
Today, the development of a new process is more systematic, which gives developers more time to concentrate on the product's specificity.
Nail: At Baxter, the QbD approach to freeze dry cycle development and optimisation relies heavily on a process analytical technology called tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). This is a near-infrared technology that measures the instantaneous mass flow rate of water vapour from the chamber of the freeze-dryer to the condenser. We also use fairly standard methods for characterising the formulation, such as low temperature thermal analysis and freeze-dry microscopy, to determine the upper product temperature limit during primary drying. We use a graphical approach to the design space that incorporates limitations placed on the process that are based on both the characteristics of the product and the capability of the freeze-drying equipment. TDLAS facilitates measurement of the vial heat transfer coefficient as a function of the pressure, measurement of the resistance of the dried product layer to flow of water vapour, and the maximum sublimation rate supported by the equipment as a function of pressure. All of these are needed to construct the design space.


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Investigation's Big Question
Why did brothers become terrorists?
May 8, 2013
Investigators continue to uncover more and more disturbing information about the Tsarnaev brothers, accused of setting off bombs at the Boston Marathon....
Obviously this country needs to be much more stingent of who we allow across our borders.
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and the PN&S has proven stinkbomb's statement.
"NO--the internet has become a hate machine, and a think tank to bring nutjobs together"
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Are you referring to the NRA?
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I agree with Tinfoilhat. We thought the internet would bring people closer together. We thought we could do honest research from the so-called info-hwy. But, it's all crap now. From marketing to information, you are only fed what the PAID search engines want you to see.
Except when it comes to crazy ideas. If you're some kind of fanatic, you can not only find support, but there are multitudes who can ADD to your insanity, and make you feel normal.
NO--the internet has become a hate machine, and a think tank to bring nutjobs together
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Sorry tinfoil but that is as lazy an excuse as radicalization. Parents, big business, drugs, corrupt leadership, social classification that glorifies money, social standards, instant gratification, etc, etc, etc are all part to blame. Access to information is not the problem, this is a wondrous time for information and the potential of civilized evolution. It is time we acted responsibly and held ourselves to higher values and standards again. Won't happen as long as we are taking orders from our children and dancing around on eggshells about everyone's feelings.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
August 05, 2009
Report: The Next Decade will Determine America's Energy Future
Actions taken by the United States between now and 2020 to develop and demonstrate several key energy technologies will largely determine the nation's energy options for many years to come, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). The report, "America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation," notes that the United States could obtain substantial energy-efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies. Deploying energy-efficiency technologies in buildings alone could eliminate the growth in U.S. electricity demand, while deploying energy efficiency in all sectors, including industry and transportation, could reduce projected U.S. energy use by 30% in 2030.
The report notes that a broad portfolio approach, supporting basic research through the demonstration stage, will likely be more effective than targeted efforts aimed at identifying technology winners and losers. At the demonstration stage, high-priority technologies include carbon capture and storage, evolutionary nuclear technologies, cellulosic ethanol, and advanced light-duty vehicles. The more long-term research and development needs include new technologies for producing liquid fuels from renewable resources, advanced batteries and fuel cells, large-scale electricity storage, enhanced geothermal power, and advanced solar photovoltaic technologies. In addition, because many barriers exist that could delay or prevent technology deployment, the report recommends that sustained policy and regulatory actions, as well as other forms of incentives, be employed to drive adoption. See the National Academies press release and the full report, which can be read online for free.
As part of the America's Energy Future study, the NRC also issued a report in mid-June that specifically examines renewable power. The report concludes that renewable energy could meet a significant portion of U.S. electricity needs, but taking full advantage of the potential for renewable energy will require enhanced technologies, increased deployment, greater financial investments, and the implementation of policies to drive the increased adoption of renewable electricity. With accelerated deployment, increases in transmission capacity, and other electric-grid improvements, non-hydroelectric renewable sources could contribute up to 10% of U.S. electricity by 2020, and 20% or more by 2035, according to the report. However, major scientific advances and changes to the way we generate, transmit, and use electricity will be needed before renewable energy can contribute the majority of U.S. electricity. Necessary improvements include the development of intelligent, two-way electric grids; large-scale and distributed electricity storage; and significantly enhanced, yet cost-effective, long-distance electricity transmission. See the National Academies press release and the full report.


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The first week of class is always my favorite time of year. You can feel the energy on campus change from mid-August to mid-September as our student athletes return to Loyola Marymount University to begin training for the upcoming year. The renewed sense of optimism, and the anticipation that comes along with it is evident on the faces of our student athletes and provides me (and professionals like me) with similar joy and optimism.
The students are back and that means intercollegiate athletics are back!
During my eight years as the Director of Business Development for Loyola Marymount University Athletics I have had the pleasure of building relationships and partnerships with a variety of prominent national brands and local businesses. These partnerships range from traditional signage, advertising and marketing opportunities to more creative and innovative strategic marketing and activation plans. Over the years our partners may have changed, but generally the concept has remained the same. Company ABC pays LMU for the right to brand or sell its product through LMU Athletics.


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Information Technology Services (ITS) is responsible for all aspects of innovation, implementation and maintenance of information technology across the Humboldt State University campus, as well as integration with appropriate IT services across the other 22 California State University system campuses and the Chancellor's Office.
The principal elements of HSU ITS are:
The CIO's Office coordinates information technology planning and policy development for Humboldt State University and is HSU's principal point of contact with the California State University system and external organizations regarding information technology issues and activities.
The ITS Administrative Support team is responsible for all business functions for the ITS group. They handle budgets, purchasing, payroll, human resources, travel, contracts, and policies that relate to all ITS departments. In addition, the team also processes Access Request Forms for campus users and schedules Gist Hall rooms 211C and 111 for campus use.
The ITS Enterprise Technology group takes care of the behind-the-scenes technology infrastructure at HSU, designing, planning and implementing the resources in the Van Matre Data Center as well as keeping the networks, phone systems, and other back-office support services humming along. This group also incorporates the office of Information Security.
This group manages campus information technology project efforts, including enterprise data management and application design and development teams, the HSU identity management system, the CSU-wide Common Human Resources System, and our ever-expanding data warehouse resource requirements.
User Support Services encompasses the Technology Help Desk, training, and desktop management, and is responsible for ensuring the smooth functionality of on-campus information technology and multimedia systems for students, staff, and faculty. This group also takes care of all student-facing technology - smart classrooms, labs, clickers, Moodle, media production and distribution - as well as driving innovation in the use of instructional technology at HSU.
The Client Technology group encompasses the interdisciplinary computer labs, research labs, and student computing resources, learning management systems (Moodle), documentation, and a newly-assembled Client Technology Integration team.
The HSU ITS Project Office defines, implements, and delivers information technology services and solutions in support of the University's goals and priorities and in collaboration with cross-campus project teams. The office also cooordinates process improvement initiatives across ITS, curates the ITS website, and provides communications services to ensure continued currency of IT information on campus.
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OAKLAND -- It was just like old times before the game. They huddled in the hallway outside the locker room, dancing and chanting. Like frat boys headed for a night on the town. Like they had done each game while amassing a 30-17 record.
"It's basketball. It's supposed to be fun," said rookie center Festus Ezeli, who loved the return of the ritual. "When we play fun and loose, we're this team you see."
The revival of the pregame clowning around session is emblematic of the Warriors' return to an old mindset. After losing back-to-back games at home over the weekend, Golden State had lost 12 of its past 17 games. Throughout most of that stretch, coach Mark Jackson and his players talked constantly about getting back to the team that was surprisingly successful the first two months.
It seemed Jackson's motivational speeches weren't working. Neither were his rotation tweaks. Neither was the much-anticipated presence of center Andrew Bogut.
And after losing on consecutive nights to Houston and Milwaukee, it looked as if Golden State wouldn't be getting its mojo back.
It hit point guard Stephen Curry that something was missing. Curry talked with co-captain David Lee, who agreed the Warriors had lost their way. The suits weren't working, and they needed to put back on the jeans and let their hair down. In efforts to get their swag back, they reinstituted the pregame ritual.
"We were just having fun," Curry said. "Obviously, when you lose a couple in a row, people start talking. We have to shut that out, be (the) us that got us in that position and exceeded everybody's expectations before we hit the month of February."
The intensity of the season had prompted some intentional changes, including the end to the playful pregame ritual and a toning down of bench celebrations. It also led to obvious unintentional changes, such as a hesitation to push the tempo and a tension in their play.
The Warriors have been criticized multiple times this season for celebrating too much. They have committed no shortage of turnovers for being too free. They have taken countless bad shots because they felt comfortable.
But perhaps the truth is they need to play that way. A team of young players and short on talent, the Warriors might be better off playing as if they don't understand the gravity of the games this time of year.
"I think we started putting pressure on ourselves," Ezeli said. "We started changing all that stuff and hoping it would affect the game or something. I don't know what we were thinking. ... Maybe we were a little tight just because we were worried about what people were saying. That's just me speaking honestly. We can't do that. We have to worry about ourselves and play like we know we can."
It's way too early to say if it's working. The win over New York had as much to do with the Knicks' play as it did the Warriors. And a win over Detroit on Wednesday won't exactly cue "The Boys Are Back in Town" in the heads of fans.
Maybe the Warriors just aren't talented enough, or experienced enough. But if they do flame out, it will no longer be because they weren't themselves.
"We play better when we are loose and having fun," Curry said. "That's how we approached games early in the year. Why not try it again?"


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Willems Wereld
Aloys Oosterwijk studied art in Arnhem and published his first comics in alternative comic publications like De Omelet, Tante Leny Presenteert, De Vrije Balloen and Talent. He is one of the founder members of Studio Arnhem and later of Studio De Wittenkade. In 1978 he made his professional debut with 'Een Keurig Wit Pakje Met Geen Vlekje Besmeurd', a collection of stories starring his character 'Pater Smollenbrink' previously published in Talent.
Cor Morelli (1985)
While working as a drawing teacher, he participated in Studio Arnhem projects like the comic 'Otto Raaf' for Het Parool. His detective series 'Cor Morelli' was subsequently published in Het Laatste Nieuws, Robbedoes, Eppo, Eppo/Wordt Vervolgd, Sjors en Sjimmie Stripblad and Sjosji between 1984 and 1996, as well as in a series of six albums.
Between 1991 and 1997, Oosterwijk created several stories for girl magazine Tina, featuring characters like 'Mirte' and 'Blanche & Gijske', the latter with text by Patty Klein. For newspaper De Telegraaf, he made an instructional strip on golfing, called 'Golfen Met Gary Wiren', and for Yachting World, he drew the historical comic 'Passionate Yachtsmen'.
De Visitatie (Playhouse)
For several years he publishes his weekly strip 'Willems Wereld', a revamped version of 'Cor Morelli', in Panorama. Oosterwijk has additionally made erotic comics for the Spanish magazines Totem El Comix and Kiss. Some of these stories were also published in Playhouse in Holland. Since 2000, Oosterwijk is also active as courtroom artist for Panorama and Algemeen Dagblad.
On Friday 21 September 2001, a month-long exposition of the work of Aloys Oosterwijk was opened in Galerie Lambiek.
Dutch biography in De Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis
Willems Wereld site
(in dutch)
Oosterwijk's portfolio at ComicHouse


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So much to do, so little time! There is only one week until I have Christmas at my apartment with my kids. This year however, there will be a few additional guests which brings the grand total to 15 people, popping the seams to the walls in my apartment and I cannot wait. It will be a great time complete with total chaos, laughing and simply enjoying being with those I love.
The menu is planned and pretty simple. Nothing two crockpots and an oven can't take care of.
Thanks to Schutz Family Foods, I got a great deal on our main course. Just add some cheesy potatoes and green bean casserole and the meal is set. Add to that, fresh buns, a few veggies, a splash of something refreshing to swallow it all down and you have a recipe for a wonderful meal and a nap immediately proceeding.
The kids thought we should shake things up a bit this year and move my TV and the Wii into the bigger living room and have a dance party. OK, I think that can be arranged. I just hope Jim and John Mielke don't plan to work down stairs that day. Oh well... I'll try to keep the chaos somewhat controlled.
Some of my favorite Christmas memories are from my Grandpa and Grandma Hoffman's Christmases. We always celebrated the Danish tradition of singing Christmas songs, holding hands and going around the Christmas tree as a very large family. You talk about controlled chaos! Grandpa always had a handle on us all.
As a child it was usually new pajamas and a doll for the girls and pajamas and a tractor for the boys. There was paper, ribbons and bows flying everywhere as excited children couldn't wait to unwrap the gifts they had been given. But one thing Grandma never did until every shred of that discarded paper, ribbon and bows had been gone through, and that was haul it to the trash. Sure enough, if there was one thing Grandma learned through the years, it was to wait until everyone was home and had gone through all the toys to make sure something hadn't gone out mistakenly.
Yes, there is only one more week to finish shopping, wrapping and preparing but more importantly, only one more week before enjoying the company of those I hold closest to my heart.
Thought for the week: Gratitude is the memory of the heart. – author unknown.
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