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Armada's heavy hitters journeyed out to Mt. Bachelor, Oregon this past May to take part of Sammy Carlson's Invitational, the final event of the season. The event turned in to quite a spectacle that saw tricks that had never before … Continue Reading
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ARtrip Europe
Meet Luggi Brucic, Raffaele Cusini, Josh Absenger, and Cyrill Hunziker as the Armada crew travels between Austria, Italy, and Switzerland, making stops at the Nine Knights and Absolut Park at Flachauwinkl, Austria.
Featuring the skiing of Luggi Brucic, Raffaele Cusini, Josh … Continue Reading
Team Edit
The Armada Skis 2012 Team Edit featuring the best of the team's backcountry, urban, and park adventures with recycled footage from the 2010/11 Season from Poorboyz Productions, MSP, Level 1 Productions, Inspired Media, Sherpas, Chaoz, and 4bi9.
Featuring the skiing … Continue Reading
So Purely Played by JP Auclair
Some images taken at Retallack Lodge during a photo shoot with Orage outerwear (March 19th to 23rd 2012). All from warm up runs and free runs.. (the best kind)
One night at dinner, Karl our cat driver, read an excerpt from … Continue Reading
ARcast Southern California
Beaches, choice mexican food, ocean controlled temps, epic surfing, and a casual lifestyle are just a few reasons why we love SoCal. Aside from the know benefits, one of the best parts of being SoCal based is that Big Bear, and … Continue Reading
Ain't No Joke
Spencer Milbocker took some time this past February to shoot a few days of flow park in Keystone and Breckenridge. Shot and edited by Judd Van Melle.
Eric B. and Rakim- Ain't No Joke
Shred n' Breakfast
Shred' n Breakfast is proud to present the first episode of season 3.
Produced by: Lasse Nyhaugen, Kim Boberg, Lars Haakon Hafsal
Final – Baa Baa
Talking Heads – Our House
Amor Fati – Washed Out
Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams
Parov Stelar … Continue Reading
Ben Moxham: Retallack Extras
Leftovers of Ben Moxham from Retallack: The Movie filmed at Retallack Lodge in British Columbia throughout February and March of 2011.
Edited by Ben Moxham, filmed by Josh Finbow. Footage courtesy of Inspired Media Concepts.
Thumbnail Photo: Chris O'Connell
Mighty Mystic- Riding on … Continue Reading
ARcast Early Season: Look Around You
In the second part of the ARcast Early Season Series, Jacob Wester tours some of the early terrain park set ups that Southern California has to offer. He makes stops at Bear Mountain, and then meets up with Phil Casabon, … Continue Reading
ARcast Early Season: RESURRECTED
"RESURRECTED" Part 1 of the ARcast Early Season Series.
Phil Casabon puts on a style clinic during the waking hours of Mammoth Mountain's opening week.
Phil Casabon
Sean Logan
Maude Raymond
Film & Edit: Corey Stanton
Motion Graphics: Matt Hobbs
Song: House of Pain- Back from the … Continue Reading


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Introduction to Women's Studies (ID)
Monday, Wednesday 10:10-11:00 a.m. with Friday discussion
|Alexandrina Deschamps
Lecture, discussion. Placing women's experiences at the center of interpretation, course introduces basic concepts and perspectives in Women's Studies. Focusing on women's lives with a particular emphasis on the ways in which gender interacts with race, class, sexual orientation and ethnicity. Central aim is to foster critical reading and thinking about women's lives, the ways in which the interlocking systems of colonialism, racism, sexism, ethnocentrism and heterosexism shape women's lives, and how women have resisted them.
Introduction to Women's Studies (ID)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:10-11:00 a.m.
|Sima Fahid
Same description as WOST 187.
Introduction to Women's Studies (ID)
Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45 a.m.
|Alexandrina Deschamps
Honors course with community service project. Same general description as WOMENSST 187.
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Section #2 - Tuesday, Thursday 11:15-12:30 p.m.
Miliann Kang
Introduction to the fundamental questions and concepts of Women's Studies and to the basic intellectual tools of analysis integrating economic and cultural imperialism, gender, class, race, and sexual orientation. Also addresses the multifaceted dimensions of women's lived experiences within a global context.
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Section #2 - Tuesday, Thursday 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Viera Wallace-Lorencova
Honors section. Same description as WOMENSST 201 above.
Asian American Women: Gender, Race, and Immigration
Tuesday, Thursday 2:30-3:45 p.m.
|Miliann Kang
This course explores the histories, politics and identities of Asian American women and draws comparisons between their experiences and those of other women of color, white women, and Asian American men. It examines the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, nation and sexuality in Asian American women's lives in five distinct but inter-related areas: 1) feminist debates; 2) immigration experience; 3) the family; 4) gender and work; and 5) sexual politics. Topics will include: immigration and settlement; labor history and contemporary employment patterns; patriarchy in the family and inter-generational relations; Asian American women's sexuality; the representation and exploitation of Asian female bodies; violence against women; militarized prostitution and sex tourism; and movements for social change. Fulfills the Women of Color inside the U.S. requirement.
Career and Life Choices
Monday 2:30-4:10 p.m.
|Karen Lederer
Women's Studies teaches students critical thinking skills. How can students use these skills to make informed career choices? How is it possible to engage in planning one's career while conscious of the realities of race, sex, and class in today's corporate economy? What are career options for students whose values include working for a better society? Is it possible to put together a balanced life and pay the bills besides? How can pressured college seniors, particularly activists, get all the career tasks they need to do done (resume writing, budgeting, researching career opportunities, networking, informational interviews) while finishing out their college degree? Students will formulate their own career questions and choices. The first part of the semester is self awareness, articulating interests, skills and values. The 2nd part of the semester focuses on workforce information and practical job search skills. Assignments include: self awareness exercises, informational interviews, budget, resume, cover letter and more.
Analyzing Today's Feminism
Wednesday 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Amy Ferrer
Julia Becker
This course is not available for pre-registration through SPIRE. It is a discussion-based course taught by two senior Women's Studies majors. Two-credit mandatory pass/fail with a pre-requisite of Women's Studies 201 or equivalent (contact instructors for special permission). We will analyze issues including but not limited to popular culture, politics, current events on campus, reproductive rights, and other topics relevant to feminism today. Grading to be based on attendance, journals, a major project, and a short paper. To enroll, attend the first class meeting in Herter 112, or contact the instructors.
Politics of Reproductive Cloning
Tuesday, Thursday 11:15-12:30 p.m.
|Banu Subramaniam
In recent years, we have seen a proliferation of reproductive technologies. Who uses these technologies, who do they impact and who benefits from them? How does cloning fit into this history of reproductive technology? In particular, in what ways is it similar and how is it different? How does it impact women? Which women? This course will explore the biology of cloning as well as its social, political, ethical, economic, and cultural implications.
Theorizing Women's Issues
Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45 p.m.
|Dayo Gore
The objective of this course is to introduce ways of analyzing and reflecting on current issues and controversies in feminist thought within an international context. Main subject areas are: feminism and nationalism; culture as revolution and reaction; the construction of gender, race and sexuality; perspectives on pornography and racial hatred propaganda/speech/acts; and international sex trafficking and prostitution. Questions addressed are: What constitutes theory in Women's Studies? How does theory reflect, critique, challenge and change dominant sex/race/class power structures? What is theory's relationship to practice? What are the contemporary issues important to feminist/womanist theory? The common thread of this course is to provide students with some tools of analysis for addressing these issues.
Women, Gender Judaism
Tuesday 2:30-5:15 a.m.
|Susan Shapiro
This course examines the ways in which the categories "woman/man", "feminine/masculine" and "gender" differently construe the character of Judaism. "Judaism" is here understood in religious, cultural and social terms. This is not a course that focuses primarily on questioning contemporary forms of Jewish women's identities, nor on filling-in the blanks of the "missing women" of Jewish history and tradition, although some attention will be paid to these matters. Rather, our main focus will be on historical constructions of women's gender roles and identities in Judaism and their cultural and social consequences. Three types of literature, therefore, will be important in this course: (1) primary religious texts about women and gender in Judaism; (2) interpretations and historical accounts of different periods and aspects of women's (and men's) gender roles in Judaism and Jewish culture; (3) current critical, feminist theories of discourse, culture and politics through which to problematize our readings of both primary and interpretive texts.
Political Economy of Women
Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45 a.m.
|Tony Guglielmi
This course uses a wide range of women's issues to teach varied economic principles and theories. Popular women's topics in past semesters include women's increasing labor force participation; gender differences in hiring, promotions, and earnings; the growing poverty rate for female headed households; trade policy effects on women in the U.S. and other countries; and race and class differences in the economic opportunities of women. Empirical assessment of women's work in the market and the home, in the U.S. and other countries. Reconsideration of traditional issues of political economy, comparative economic history, and labor economics.
U.S. Women's Lives in Context: Reading and Creating Political Autobiography
Tuesday, Thursday 1:00-2:15 a.m.
|Arlene Avakian
A course in which students will read both women's autobiographies and oral histories as well as do some of their own autobiographical work. The class will explore the ways in which lives are embedded with their social, political and cultural contexts and the ways in which people construct lives. We will have a particular focus on the ways in which gender, race, class, ethnicity and sexual orientation impact on lives and the ways these social forces interact with each other. Focusing on their own lives in their context, students will create autobiographical work which could take a variety of forms; e.g. written, oral, visual, or dramatic. Readings will focus on contemporary U.S. women, public figures, and "ordinary" women.
Writing for Women's Studies Majors
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:10-11:00
Fulfills University's Junior Year Writing Requirement. Offered fall semester only. Course acquaints students with the many genres of writing within Women's Studies and is structured around a set of readings selected to represent a large variety of stylist approaches including scholarly writings in a number of fields, book and film reviews, journal writing, letters to the editor, zines, web pages, personal and self-reflexive prose, newsletter prose, and conference reports. The readings will be short, and each will be intended to serve as a model of it's kind to be analyzed, emulated, and/or critiqued. The course allows students to hone skills on modes of expository writing and argumentation useful for research and writing in a variety of fields.
Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
Tuesday, Thursday 1:00-2:15 p.m.
|Ann Ferguson
A comparison of philosophical theories of gender and sexuality, including Natural Purpose theory (ancient Greek and Christian thought), biological determinism, Freudianism and Foucault. We will investigate the ways that women and their bodies have been viewed by feminist theorists on female embodiment such as Beauvoir, Rich, Wittig and Butler. Issues will include: the relation between sex, gender and sexuality; dichotomies between ideals of masculinity/femininity, reason/emotion, subject/object, connection between oppression by race, class, sexuality and gender, representations of women and theories of self, identity and subjectivity. Texts will include Conboy, Medina and Stanbury, eds Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory; Freud Sexuality and the Psychology of Love; Foucault History of Sexuality, v.1; Feinberg Stone Butch Blues and selected readings. Prerequisites include either a 100 level Philosophy class or WOST 201 or permission of the instructor. Course requirements include class participation, 2 short papers, a mid-term exam and an 8-10 page term paper. Since the class is an honors course, it requires additional class preparation and discussion, as well as extra written work, and receives 4 credits.
Gender and Development in Cuba and Anglophone Caribbean
Tuesday 2:30-5:00
Ann Ferguson
Alex Deschamps
This course will provide an interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary lens of analysis to the field of The Politics and issues of Gender and Development in the Caribbean with emphasis on Cuba and the Anglophone Caribbean. With respect to Cuba, emphasis will be on the role of the Cuban revolution and its treatment of women against a history of colonial and neo-liberal development policies. A gendered analysis of the Anglophone Caribbean will focus on the resistance and responsibility of Caribbean Women in the interplay of economic globalization and 'post' colonial development policies. Some of the discourse will be centered on but not limited to women's employment; education and health; women's movements versus feminist movements; the public/private dichotomy; family, sexuality and gendered violence; race/ethnicity and class/caste systems; gender justice and economic justice. The course is open to juniors, seniors, and Graduate Students.
Feminist Theory
Thursday 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Barbara Cruikshank
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A deeper look at Pete Sessions' favorite topic: Payday lenders
The map I posted on my blog entry earlier this week about GOP Pete Sessions and his very friendly relationship with payday lenders didn't quite do justice to my argument. I've fooled around with some additional maps, and these appear to do a better job of depicting the predatory, exploitative nature of these companies.
These lenders aren't, as Sessions argues, merely companies out there to help people who can't get credit and are undergoing hard times. They aren't, as he argues, just there to tide people over till their next paycheck, so they can take care of a few bills and keep their electricity turned on. These companies do essentially what I've done with these maps. They study the economically weakest, most vulnerable urban neighborhoods.
They dissect the demographics, particularly with an eye toward finding high concentrations of residents with low educational attainment and a far-below-average command of the English language. Why is that important? Because those are the people least likely to have a bank account or to understand the process of obtaining a bank loan. They are likely to be fearful of any entity that might ask for an ID that might expose immigration status. If they have low educational attainment, they are less likely to have read up on the high interest rates charged by payday and title lenders. They are less likely to have considered the longer-term debt consequences of the easy-money offerings these stores make, or to consider that if they miss a payment on their $300 car-title loan, they could suddenly find themselves without a car or with an exorbitant bill because their effective interest rates could skyrocket under the terms of the loan.
So how do they locate these neighborhoods so the lenders can figure out where to open their stores? The U.S. Census and American Community Survey is the first place to start. Using various online mapping tools, you can identify where are Dallas's highest concentrations of apartment dwellers. People with poor English skills and low educational attainment are significantly more likely to live in rental property than own their own homes. The lower the value of housing, the more likely this housing will contain people living on the edge financially. They represent a rich trove of future payday loan customers. Likewise for people with low disposable incomes. If their incomes barely cover their monthly bills, then all it takes is one little problem — a hospital bill, a car accident, etc. — to push them into insolvency. Fertile turf for payday lenders. Finally, look at the parts of town where the highest concentrations of Latinos live. Sure enough, that's where you'll find the highest concentrations of payday lenders.
If you study these maps up close, you get a much clearer sense of how payday lenders target specific portions of our population. Where does Pete Sessions fit into this? His biggest campaign donor is Fort Worth-based payday lender and pawn shop purveyor CashAmerica. It reported net income of $135 million on revenues of $1.54 billion in 2011.
If you want to know why CashAmerica would take such an interest in guys like Pete Sessions, read this very interesting story by Bloomberg about an effort by CashAmerica and other payday lenders to remove regulatory authority from state and local governments and place it in the hands of Congress. That is, into the hands of people like Pete Sessions. When it came time, for example, for Congress to vote on the so-called Dodd-Frank bill aimed at curtailing the lax banking oversight and lending abuses that prompted the 2007 financial meltdown, Sessions took in more than $79,000 in donations from interest groups that wanted to defeat the bill.
Sessions voted against Dodd-Frank. Of course they want to remove local and state regulation because those are the most immediate eyes and ears who can monitor what these payday lenders are up to. When regulation moves to Washington, they'll be much freer to do as they please. And since Sessions spends most of his time in Washington, he doesn't have to look at the neighborhood degradation that suspiciously but consistently accompanies the arrival of payday lenders in Dallas neighborhoods. Below are four maps (click on the individually to enlarge or click on the tabs at the top to view them) that depict the pattern of payday lender placement in the neighborhoods most likely to produce the demographic these lenders are aiming for.


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An not telling it ,
Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon "Wall Street ". Stock exchange, We may ask what is relevant but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen.
To all those Dow Jones Wall Streeters ,CNBS, msnbc, Barron's, WSJ, The Street, investment U , ect ............
Would B a Sin!
Truth is we failed each other by allowing them to blind and ruin this country while spewing lies to us all from the floor of the white house and halls of congress, it is time to hold ourselves responsible as much as we hold these tyrants called the FED, the President, Congress, Judiciary Branch.
We allowed them to violate out parents and grand parents along with our children's future.
Time is to start sharing such topics of conversation at the dinner table and start executing a purge of these
S.O.B. that would make the residents of Ole Dodge City proud! Treat them all like rustlers, show no respect as they have shown us none. The bankers, lobbyists and career politicians will need to be brought to justice as well as removed. We aren't going to forget or roll over, we demand justice. Starts at the voting polls and don't let them rig the booths like they did for Jeb Bush.
DID happyday get BUTTPH#@K"D? Dunno? Time 2 get it done. jforuus is a good choice. boof boof


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METALLICA participated in Record Store Day yesterday (Saturday, April 19) by making an in-store appearance at Rasputin Music in Mountain View, California.Fans reportedly began lining up before dawn, with the store handing out 400 wristbands for entry beginning at 10 a.m. Check out pictures from Wire Image, Getty Images. Video footage of the line outside the store can be viewed below. Hundreds of independently-owned music, movie and video game stores across the country celebrated Record Store Day in honor of the culture and unique place they occupy nationally and in their local communities. Record Store Day was organized by MonitorThis.com, the Alliance of Independent Media Stores, the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, Newbury Comics, the Value Music Group of Indie Stores and thousands of independent artists from around the country. The campaign, conceived last fall, aims to battle "a perception that record stores are something of a joke; like we are all dinosaurs stuck in the tar," says Eric Levin, an Atlanta retailer who heads the 32-store Alliance of Independent Media Stores. For more information about national Record Store Day, visit www.recordstoreday.com.
METALLICA Signs Autographs For 'Record Store Day'; Photos, Video Footage Available
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Forests & Wildlife
Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sought comments on the revised designation of critical habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl. American Forests has a direct interest in the survival of the Northern Spotted Owl and restoring the health of the forest on which they depend. Ensuring healthy forest ecosystems may require active adaptive management where appropriate and there are ecologically sound ways to manage forests for the joint benefit of threatened and endangered species and human communities.
"Significant Portion of Its Range" in the Endangered Species Act
- American Forests' Comments – Draft Policy on Interpretation of the Phrase "Significant Portion of Its Range" in the Endangered Species Act's Definitions of "Endangered Species" and "Threatened Species"
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sought comments regarding the interpretation of the phrase "significant portion of its range" in the Endangered Species Act. American Forests has a direct interest in the endangered and threated flora and fauna that depend on healthy forest ecosystems for survival, so we submitted comments. Our comments focus on how "historical ranges" should be assessed in determining whether a species is considered to be endangered or threatened.
National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
A collaboration of federal, state and tribal partners released a draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy ("Strategy") providing a unified approach to safeguarding the nation's biodiversity, ecosystem functions and sustainable human uses of fish, wildlife and plants in a changing climate. As American Forests has a direct interest in the health of our national forests and developing the appropriate strategy for addressing climate change, we submitted the following comments highlighting areas where American Forests believes the Strategy could improve.
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Forest ecosystems are in a unique position in the climate-change debate as they are both severely impacted by it and contribute to its mitigation through carbon sequestration and the regulation of water quantity and quality. The dynamics of forest ecosystems will change impacting not only the other plants within the forest ecosystem, but the wildlife that call it home and the ecological services the forests provide, such as water regulation, soil erosion mitigation and controlling nutrient overload. American Forests' comments address six specific issues:
- The Strategy must be specific in its direction and prioritization to advance its goals.
- Funding should be designated to projects that adequately address climate adaptation.
- A more comprehensive approach to habitat conservation should be implemented.
- Collaboration must remain a priority in adaptation planning.
- Valuing ecosystem services is an integral part of any adaptation plan.
- Landscape scale approaches should consider how different ecosystems work together and are interconnected.
Comments on the Everglades Headwaters Proposal
To protect and conserve the natural resources and wildlife habitat in the Kissimmee River Valley, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to create the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area. The goal is to provide recreational opportunities, connect fragmented lands to create wildlife corridors, and improve water quality in the Everglades watershed.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a draft management plan to protect and restore plant and wildlife habitat in ANWR. This 19-million-acre refuge is the largest area of protected wilderness in the U.S. It is well known for its rich abundance of wildlife, wilderness areas, and recreational opportunities.


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The Spa at Halcyon
Sanus Per Aquam
Since the Roman times Spa vacationing is traditionally linked to Thermal Springs. Halcyon is one of the prime beneficiary springs in the world. Enjoy the caring hands of our therapists in combination with the Hot Springs for maximum desired results. In harmony with the healing powers of the Halcyon Hot Springs. The Spa at Halcyon uses holistic products.
Enter an oasis of renewal at the Spa at Halcyon. Enjoy an experience that relieves pain, promotes harmony, balance and peace. Relax with a soothing massage from one of our certified practitioners who offer a variety of techniques, catered to your needs.
As well as relaxation, sports, therapeutic and aromatherapy treatments, The Spa offers hot stone massage. This superlative therapy is becoming widely known for its deeply relaxing benefits. Smooth, heated basalt stones are placed on specific acupressure points on the body to melt away knots, tension and stress. A luxurious and powerful experience.
Relax and enjoy the new "Spa at Halcyon". Take a look at the Spa Menu...
Halcyon Hot Springs Village and Spa offers personalized packages to enhance Wellness and Health. Together with our world famous beneficial mineral waters these packages will leave you pampered, relaxed and rejuvenated.
Spa Appointments
The Spa Team at Halcyon invites you to experience the tranquility and balance of our elegant Spa Oasis.
For appointments, call: 1-888-689-4699


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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In the aftermath of the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Naval District Washington established an Emergency Family Assistance Center (EFAC) on the Washington Navy Yard -in addition to the one established on board Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
This is the second of two Family Assistance Centers formed to assist families in need of assistance after Monday's events on the Washington Navy Yard. The new EFAC is located at the Commander, Navy Installations Command headquarters, building 111, fifth floor.
An EFAC is the central point for promoting short and long-term recovery. This includes the return to a stable environment and mission ready status for Department of Defense personnel and their families following a significant incident. EFACs provide a consolidated staging area where families and individuals can obtain disaster relief assistance and/or support, current information from leadership, and contingency services. They integrate services addressing the needs families and individuals affected by the incident.
Navy counselors, federal social workers, Navy chaplains, and members of the Navy Medical Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team are available to provide short-term mental health and emotional support immediately following a disaster or traumatic event. The goal is to prevent long-term medical psychiatric dysfunction or disability.
"The Navy's primary mechanism for responding to family needs following a disaster or mass casualty incident is the establishment of an EFAC," said Robert Klebahn, NDW regional Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) manager. "The NDW FFSC plans, trains, and exercises plans annually, in order to be able to respond to incidents at a moment's notice."
"The Family Support staff supporting the current EFAC provided support and assistance at the Pentagon Family Assistance Center, at EFACs established for Hurricane Katrina, the Southern California Wildfires, the evacuation of personnel from Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011," said Klebahn
Since it was established the EFAC has received 536 calls, including five for clinical counseling from personnel concerned about their co-workers being among the casualties.
The EFAC will be available 24/7 for any members or civilian employees and affected family members that feel the need of talking to somebody. It is comprised of NDW Family Support staff, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center clinicians, the Navy's Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team from Portsmouth, Va., the FBI, and other support agencies are all dedicated to ensuring the fastest recovery, or return of normalcy as possible.
"It is important for affected family members to know that important benefits may exist for them," said Klebahn. "The FBI's Office of Victim Assistance, they provide information to victims of crime, and will provide lodging and travel for two family members of the deceased or injured if needed. The Red Cross, they are providing services to those affected. DC Crime Victims Compensation provides financial assistance for burial. William Wendt Center provides trauma counseling to victims and families affected, and The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs provides information and assistance with federal employee benefits. Other agencies will be added as the need for them is identified."
For Navy families seeking assistance with yesterday's tragedy at the Navy Yard, please call the Warfighter and Family Support Center at 1-855-677-1755. The Emergency Family Assistance Center (EFAC) is open and located in Building 72.


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Join us at Maria's Package Goods & Community Bar on election night, Tuesday November 6, as we watch the results roll in around the nation for our "ELECTION BREW HA HA". Starting at 8PM, we'll all be glued to the TV to see if either Barack "The Rock" Obama or Mitt "The Massachusetts Mauler" Romney wins this no-hold-barred, winner-take-all grudge match that we're calling "THE FINAL CONFLICT".
Biden My Time – Named after the seemingly endless verbal gaffs of Vice-President Joe Biden this potent potable will will make you start saying the craziest things. Often thought of as Obama's attack dog in that he can state policy issues with a bluntness that the presidency doesn't often allow, Biden's constant malapropism have put to question his competency but not his passion. This working man's drink will certainly clean any lingering aftertaste of having put one's foot in one's mouth.
The Mint Romney – This muddled aristocratic cocktail will tax your tolerance (and most likely your patience). Like a carefully layered pousse-cafe, this rich digestif makes Republican policy issues easier to swallow. But, please don't ask the bartender specifics on its ingredients because we're not going to release the details. Sometimes also known as "The Hair of the Dog on Top of the Car" this sobering drink is recommended after a night of restless flip-flopping.
The Oh, Bama! – 4 years ago we were wowed by this new cocktail from Chicago. However, after repeated tastings some have complained that it's often watered down and reminds them of a favorite Texas tea called "The Bush Leaguer" from a decade ago. Do not expect any change from your bill.
Ryan's Song – We hope that you can budget in this drink that is a popular thirst quenching treat for our neighbors to the north. This good-looking cocktail has been known to make one socially insecure. Payment is cash only, no vouchers accepted.


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Heat Report: 20.01.14
Mike Cadarette runs down what happened with the Heat this past week
The Heat faced quite a test this week against the Rockford Ice Hogs and a back-to-back set against the Western Conference leading Grand Rapids Griffins.
Fortunately, the Heat passed the test with two wins in their three games this week.
On Wednesday afternoon the Heat pulled off a 4-3 overtime victory against the Ice Hogs due, in part, to an outstanding three point game from Chad Billins.
After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, Mark Cundari was able to respond 7:21 into the middle frame with his fourth marker of the year on the power play. Soon after, Rockford's Brandon Mashinter gave his team a 3-1 edge. It was all Heat from that point on as newcomer Evan Trupp, playing in his first career AHL game, sparked the rally with his first professional goal just 0:17 seconds into the final frame. With just over six minutes left in the game, Billins potted his eighth goal of the campaign to knot up the score and force overtime.
In the extra frame, rookie Markus Granlund was the hero as he scored his fifteenth of the season on the man advantage from Billins and Max Reinhart to pick up two points for his club.
The Heat converted on two of their three chances on the power play. Corban Knight collected two assists in the game while Joey MacDonald stopped 32 of the 35 shots he faced.
The Heat knew that entering Friday and Saturday's match against the Western Conference's top team would be quite the measuring stick if they could pull off a couple of wins against the Griffins.
Unfortunately, on Friday evening, the reigning Calder Cup Champion Grand Rapids Griffins got the better of the younger, more inexperienced Heat in a 3-0 win.
After a long scoreless start to the game, David McIntyre put the Griffins up 1-0 with less than two minutes left in the first period. Mitch Callahan added to the lead with his sixteenth goal of the year midway through the middle frame. Finally, Landon Ferraro gave the Griffins a 3-0 edge in the third period.
Knight led the Heat with five shots on goal, but Tom McCollum stood tall at the other end of the rink to shutout Abbotsford.
It was a different story in Saturday's rematch, however, as the Heat topped the Griffins 3-2 thanks to Reinhart's big three-point outing.
Carter Bancks ended a lengthy personal 30-game goalless drought when he got on the board midway through the first period with a shorthanded tally. The lead didn't last long as defenceman Nathan Paetsch responded quickly on the power play to tie it up 1-1. About three minutes later Reinhart picked up his eighth goal of the year to give his team the lead going into the first intermission.
In the second period, Grand Rapid's Xavier Ouellet tied the game once again. However, Granlund responded with a goal of his own just two minutes later to put the Heat up 3-2. Abbotsford was able to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game to pick up their 26th win on the season.
They currently sit fourth in the Western Conference, just one point back of their division rival Texas Stars.
The Heat will return home after their long two-week road trip to face the Canucks' affiliate Utica Comets on Friday and Saturday night at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre.
First Star - Max Reinhart
Few Heat players are as hot as Reinhart is right now. The sophomore pro added a goal and five points to his stats line this week. Of his four assists, three were of the primary variety. The 21-year-old now has 18 points in his last 16 games, which brings him to 30 points in 35 games this season.
Second Star - Chad Billins
The Heat's All-Star blueliner showed why he'll represent the AHL in this year's All-Star game. Billins notched a goal and three assists this week and has five points in his last four games. The 24-year-old sits third on the AHL scoring list by a defenceman and is now just six points away from tying his rookie point total from last season.
Third Star - Markus Granlund
The flashy Finnish rookie was able put home two goals this week, including an overtime winner, bringing his goal total to 16 on the season. Granlund sits just one goal behind Ben Street for the team lead. The 20-year-old leads all American league rookies in goals.
- All good things must come to end and Steve Begin experienced it the hard way. After being told by doctors that he shouldn't return to hockey, the rugged veteran has decided to retire. Unfortunately, the 35-year-old wasn't able to don an Abbotsford Heat sweater, but he will end his career in the same Flames organization that gave him his beginning.
- Rookie power forward Michael Ferland's season has ended early. Ferland will be needing surgery to repair his knee, which will end what was an impressive start to his professional career. After starting the season with no points in his first 11 games, Ferland exploded for six goals and 18 points in his final 14 games.
- Rookie rearguard Tyler Wotherspoon leads the Abbotsford Heat with a plus/minus rating of plus-11. His superb defensive stats have him sixth amongst all rookies in the plus/minus category.
- While offence has never been the bread and butter of Heat assistant captain Carter Bancks, it was nice to see the gritty forward pot one this week. The Marysville, BC native ended a personal 30-game goalless drought on Saturday against the Grand Rapids Griffins.
- The Heat will receive some much needed reinforcements this week. Blueliner Derek Smith has been reassigned to Abbotsford. In five games with the Heat this season, Smith has one goal.


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When Mike Dallas Sr. lost his battle with leukemia this past fall, it left the California boxing scene and his son Mike Dallas Jr. with a heavy heart. Dallas Sr. was a respected man in the Bakersfield community for his work with troubled youths at the Police Athletic League and was his son's trainer.
Sometimes in life, you have to weather the storm before opportunity arrives. For Dallas Jr., that chance came in the form of a phone call a few weeks ago, asking him if he could step in for Hank Lundy to fight power-punching junior welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse on short notice.
Dallas Jr. contemplated the task ahead, weighed his options with his trainer, Virgil Hunter, and readily accepted the "opportunity everyone dreams about as a boxer."
Oddsmakers and pundits are giving Dallas Jr.(19-2-1, 8 knockouts) little chance heading into his Showtime-televised main event on Saturday at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. But with a heavy heart and the night dedicated to his late father, Dallas Jr. plans to deliver a breakout performance and upset the 14-1 odds in his premium network debut.
"I'm just gonna take my father with me in the ring and give it my all and get this 'W' for him," Dallas Jr. told RingTV. "This is my motivation. This is the first fight he ain't here – it just made me stronger. I want to win a championship, not just for me, but for him also."
Dallas Jr., 26, came up the hard way as a prospect, fighting tough fringe contenders at a stage where most highly-regarded newcomers are still facing no-hopers. The early tests produced two blemishes on his record – losses to Mauricio Herrera and Josesito Lopez – and Hunter believes Dallas Jr. flies under the radar because of it. But the BWAA's Trainer of the Year for 2011 also believes that the experience Dallas gained from those early defeats helped his new charge grow as a fighter.
"Mike Dallas has matured mentally," said Hunter, best known for guiding Andre Ward at his Oakland-based Kings Boxing Gym. "He has a tough style for Matthysse, being a southpaw boxer. No one is invincible."
Growing up in Bakersfield, Dallas spent many of his days in boxing gyms watching his father spar. Boxing is in his blood. A third-generation pugilist, he remembers being at his dad's fights, gazing at the crowd as they watched his dad compete and knew he would one day follow in his footsteps. Dallas Sr. ended his career with a record of 12-13-1 and never came close to a title shot, but Dallas Jr. hopes to one day achieve what his father and grandfather never did.
"It's what I've dreamed about, fighting in a big fight," said Dallas, who compiled a 115-12 record as an amateur. "I just want to accomplish more than they did. I want to be the first world champion in the family. There's nothing like fighting in the fight capital of the world in your biggest fight. This is a big stage to perform on and I'm ready."
There's a good reason you'll be hard-pressed to find someone picking Dallas to defeat Matthysse (32-2, 30 knockouts). Dallas showed a questionable chin in a knockout loss to Lopez in 2011 and has a lot of scar tissues over his eyes from gashes suffered in fights. It seems to make the perfect recipe for Matthysse, who has one of the best knockout ratios in the sport and is a relentless pressure fighter.
But both of Matthysse's losses came to southpaw boxers with good speed and movement (controversial decision defeats to Zab Judah and Devon Alexander), a style Dallas shares with his opponents' conquerors (sans the left-handed stance). Matthysse is a notorious slow starter and Dallas says he plans to "get all the rounds he can in the bank and make the most of each round.
"He's on a winning streak and he's fought a lot of top guys, but in boxing there's always an underdog who has to step up," Dallas said. "I have good movement and speed so that will be to my advantage.
"I've fought a lot of strong guys and the main thing is you have to stick to your game plan. In my only losses, I didn't have any experience. Now I'm going to be more smart in there and focused in the ring; me and Virgil have been working on a lot of things. I'm learning more and more each day and people will see it in the fight. Box and stay calm is the plan."
When a fighter loses a loved one before a fight, it can either propel them to new heights or distract them and lead to a dull performance. Dallas is confident that the passing of his father will carry him to the win on Saturday, the kind of victory his father always envisioned for his son.
"I stay strong," said Dallas. "I know he would like to see me get this win; we talked about fighting on this stage all the time. I'm gonna get the win and shock a lot of people. I'm just ready to step up and take the challenge."
Photos / Naoki Fukuda, Jan SAnders-Goossen Tutor Promotions
Mike Coppinger is a contributor to USA TODAY's boxing coverage. You can find his work at: mikecoppinger.com. Write to him: email@example.com Follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger


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Comprehensive Standard 3.7.1 of the Principles of Accreditation reads as follows:
The institution employs competent faculty members qualified to accomplish the mission and goals of the institution. When determining acceptable qualifications of its faculty, an institution gives primary consideration to the highest earned degree in the discipline. The institution also considers competence, effectiveness, and capacity, including, as appropriate, undergraduate and graduate degrees, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes. For all cases, the institution is responsible for justifying and documenting the qualifications of its faculty.
When an institution defines faculty qualifications using faculty credentials, institutions should use the following as credential guidelines:
f. Graduate teaching assistants: master's in the teaching discipline or 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline, direct supervision by a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, regular in-service training, and planned and periodic evaluations.
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The fire left one home destroyed and two others damaged.
The blaze broke out around 1 a.m. Thursday in the 1800 block of Minors Lane at the Holiday Mobile Home Park.
Two nearby mobile homes had minor damage from the fire.
Everyone managed to make it out of the home safely, and no injuries were reported.


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