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A clep test is offered through a college or university, and it simply gives you the opportunity to earn college credit by passing a clep test in a specific study area. Clep exams are available in thirty-four subject areas. Clep exams are a perfect choice for people who have gained knowledge on the job, or through independent study, because you can sit for a Clep, which usually takes about two hours, and earn the same number of credits as if you had sat through a quarter or semester-long college course. Clep helps to save you both time and money in this way.
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In Loving Memory: Susie Coobs 1947-2007
Susie was born July 19, 1947 in Oak Ridge, TN to John and Bettie Coobs. Susie spent some of her school years in England, and graduated from Norris High School. She attended Shimer College and San Francisco State University, studying Photography and Graphic Design. A one-time film editor for MGM studios in Los Angeles, Susie moved to the Missouri in 1982. She worked as a book designer for Elder Mountain Press, publishers of Bob Neatherys memoir "West Plains As I Knew It" and many other titles.
For the last seven years, Susie served the Bryant Watershed Education Project as web designer. Under her vision and with her prodigious talent, the Atlas has become a nationally recognized resource, garnering educational awards, a million hits a month, and high placement in search engine results.
More important to Susie was the delight of local students and educators who saw their work published on the Atlas.
Susie loved figuring out how to make things work on the Atlas. She was dedicated to the Projects focus on giving children opportunities to be creative and to learn by doing, right here in the Ozarks. She enjoyed days spent photographing kids in creeks on Stream Days.
Susie also supported many local organizations and small businesses with websites, graphic design, and email list management. She will be remembered for her quick wit, love of beauty, and impatience with anything less than perfection. Susie was a Missouri Master Naturalist who loved her gardens and the Ozarks landscape.
She was preceded in death by her younger brother, David, and partner, Lisa Truehart. She is survived by her parents; her brother Jack and wife Caydea; her niece, Reeve and her nephew, Erich.
She will be sorely missed by many loving friends here in the heart of the Ozarks.
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Noel Florence Jablonski passed away July 16, 2012 at the age of 70. A retired Civil Engineer, she was born on November 23, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to moving to Campbell Hall, NY, Noel Jablonski lived in Westwood and later Ramsey, NJ. She studied Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Planning, Zoning and Drainage Law at Rutgers University and Airport Engineering at PENN State. Noel Jablonski was elected to the Westwood, NJ Borough Council in 1973 and served as Council President, Acting Mayor, Commissioner of Capital Projects and Deputy Commissioner of Public Works. She served on the Westwood Planning Board and the Bergen County Community Development Program for 25 years, representing Westwood and later Ramsey, NJ. She also served on the Hamptonburgh, NY Planning Board.
Noel Jablonski founded and was president of Jablonski and Mead Associates, a Civil Engineering, Land Surveying and Construction Management firm with an Underwater Engineering Division and Soils and Materials Testing Laboratory. The firm had offices in New York, New Jersey and Arizona. She worked on seven of the East River Bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, La Guardia Airport, PENN Station. She performed services for over 30 major public agencies including the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Noel Jablonski volunteered to work with the Structural Engineers Association of NY on debris removal at the World Trade Center.
Following retirement she worked part time for the Sam ("Gridlock Sam") Schwartz Company and other major engineering consulting firms.
She was a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers and a Board Member of the Friends of Harmony Hall. She owned Angelheart Antiques of Tuxedo, NY.
Noel Jablonski is survived by daughters: Diana (and Jeffrey) Owen of Maryland, Bonnie Burchelli of South Carolina, Candace (and Jerome) Sampere of Virginia and Dawn Hackney of Maryland; three granddaughters; a great granddaughter and great grandson and three cats.
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Project Bethlehem helps families in the Greater Lawrence area with gifts for Christmas. We contact families who are in need and ask for a wish list of items for Christmas gifts. The families are then "adopted" by compassionate people who are willing to purchase these items, individually wrap them and deliver them to Lazarus House, where they are distributed to the families just before Christmas. In many cases, these are the only Christmas gifts these families will receive. If you are interested in participating in this wonderful program, please fill out the Project Bethlehem Online Donor Registration Form. If you would like additional information, contact the office at (978) 269-5284 or email email@example.com.
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This issue of Spielbox features stickers for Carcassonne, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game. The stickers include:
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(PORT ANGELES) Negotiations between Olympic Medical Center and the SEIU 1199 that represents nurses, service and dietary employees have reached a settlement for a new, three-year contract.
The new agreements combine the dietary and service workers into one contract. Dietary workers will also get a two and a half percent pay raise as a market adjustment this year.
The rest of the contract brings a one percent pay raise for all workers in each year of the contract.
OMC Chief Human Resources Officer chief human resources officer Richard Newman says the contract recognizes the work of the employees, but also reflects the reality that OMC is facing tough budget times.
SEIU ratified the contracts back on March 5th and 6th, and OMC's board of commissioners approved the contracts on March 10th, at a special board meeting.
This round of negotiations were quiet compared to the last time in 2011 when nurses threatened to strike.
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Edward Dmytryk USA | 1947 | 86 mins
Four army buddies - Leroy, Montgomery (Robert Ryan), Floyd and Mitchell - visit a nightclub while on leave. They meet the club's owner, Joseph Samuels and his girlfriend (Gloria Grahame). Mitchell is invited to Samuels' apartment, Floyd and Montgomery following later. There an argument erupts and Montgomery savagely beats Samuels to death. But the police wrongly suspect Mitchell, who doesn't help himself by fleeing the scene and hiding in a cinema, and it's up to Sgt Keeley (Robert Mitchum) to discover the real murderer.
Crossfire, then, is an intriguing combination of a common noir theme - the return of the GI, changed by his wartime experiences, to an America that has itself changed as a consequence of the war, and with questions as to what he fought for - with the liberal-minded message picture. What makes Crossfire's message interesting is the change that its screenwriter made from the source novel. There the prejudice in question was not anti-semitism but homophobia. Probably attributable to both the Studio Code of the time - which placed strict limits on all forms of deviancy' in the movies - and to self-censorship on the part of the film-makers, this change helps show the limits of Hollywood's progressive tendencies at the time. (See also Home of the Brave, Gentleman's Agreement and Pinky)
One factor which perhaps acts against Crossfire's intentions, especially when compared to Orson Welles' subtle characterisation of a Nazi in The Stranger (1946), is Robert Ryan's portrayal of Montgomery as a psychopath. While helping prevent audience identification with the character - I'm not like that; I hope he gets caught - it might also have inhibited the extent to which audiences were forced to examine their own prejudices - so racists are psychopaths, well, I'm not a psychopath so I can't be a racist.
Ironically, though, none of this was enough to prevent director Dmytryk from getting into trouble in the McCarthy witch hunts. The balance between attacking fascist enemies of American democracy aand being understood as a leftist enemy of American democracy was a fine one.
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Lawsuit Alleges Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Maker of Diabetes Drug Actos, Didn't Warn of the Drug's Risks Soon Enough; Parker Waichman LLP Responds
Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 13:00 Written by TradersHuddle Staff
Plaintiff's counsel alleges that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. knew about the dangers of its diabetes drug Actos "by 2005 at the latest," but failed to issue a warning until six years afterward, Bloomberg reports. Parker Waichman LLC, which offers legal consultations to victims of injuries allegedly caused by Actos, including bladder cancer, responds.
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Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of victims injured by defective drugs, notes that, according to a Sept. 4 Bloomberg report, during a trial over the diabetes drug Actos, a lawyer for the Plaintiff alleged Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. had failed to warn consumers about certain cancer risks related to the drug (An v. Nieberlein, 24-C12003565, Circuit Court for the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland).
Takeda officials knew by 2005 that studies had shown links between Actos and cancer and didn't issue a warning until six years later, the lawyer alleged in opening arguments, according to the Bloomberg report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which approved Actos, has been warning of the risks of the drug since 2011. On June 15, 2011, the agency said that taking Actos for more than a year could significantly increase the risk of bladder cancer. The safety label on Actos was updated to address this risk.
"The FDA was among the first to determine the drug Actos can cause an elevated risk in bladder cancer among those who take it for around a year," said Parker Waichman LLP. "At least now we seem to be on the same page about the potential dangers associated with this drug."
Aside from the FDA, research studies from other groups provide additional support for the notion of a link between Actos and bladder cancer. The British Medical Journal published a study on May 31, 2012, that revealed Actos users were twice as likely to develop bladder cancer after two years. Then, on July 3, 2012, the Canadian Medical Association Journal reported that patients taking the medication were 22 percent more likely to get bladder cancer.
Parker Waichman LLP continues to offer free legal consultations to victims of injuries allegedly caused by Actos, including bladder cancer, heart problems, and eye injuries. If you or a loved one were diagnosed with bladder cancer after taking Actos, please contact their office by visiting yourlawyer.com. Free case evaluations are also available by calling 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636).
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Zite Review
Clean, well-designed interface; Learns your news preferences ; Robust sharing options
Can't access full stories offline; Unable to add your own news sources
Zite is a visually appealing news app that learns what you like to read the more you use it, but the lack of control might turn off some users.
Zite comes off as Flipboard's alternate-universe twin. Both iPad apps attempt to impose a magazine-like experience over the web news format. But while Flipboard started from the idea that your social network friends are the best curators of what you need to read, the people behind Zite believe your personal preferences are better suited for that job. Is it better? Read on.
Zite comes the closest of the apps in our roundup to looking like Flipboard, but the interface doesn't feel derivative, and it's equally attractive. The front page has a handful of Top Stories, and to the right are several customizable categories (Film & TV, Gadgets, Politics, etc). Pages are populated by chunks of text and images arranged in blocks. The aesthetic is very reminiscent of The New York Times while managing to look modern. Still, the effect is more newspaper-esque than magazine-like.
Individual posts have a minimalist design with some nice touches. We like that the logo of the site appears along the top along with text size and style control and a link to the web version.
The Personalization and Sharing bar along the right gives users the option to give a thumbs-up or -down to an article, which helps Zite learn your reading preferences. You can also specifically tell the app to give you more stories from a particular source, author, or topic. We like that users have more sharing options here than most news reader apps offer: Delicious, E-mail, Facebook, Instapaper, and Twitter.
News Sources
Unlike most traditional news apps, Zite doesn't give users the option to pull in feeds from specific sources, but instead offers theme-based groups to choose from: Film & TV, Gadgets, Politics, World News, and more. Users can enter their own keywords to create a topic group, but they still can't pick their favorite websites.
Instead, Zite determines which sources it should highlight and which should disappear based on what you choose to read and share. Though we were able to add our Twitter and Google Reader accounts to Zite, the app uses this to feed the algorithm of what you might like instead of just pulling from those sources.
This approach works well if you're looking for new sources and to expand your reading beyond normal haunts. However, in our time with Zite we noted that the app is heavy on mainstream news and light on niche and smaller sources. Also, creating a topic group based on keywords gave us mixed results: "New York" brought in articles relating to the state and city, but "New Jersey" was populated with stories about athletic jersey sales.
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Zite sets itself apart from other news readers in that it's topic- rather than source-driven. Coupled with features that help it learn what kind of news you like to read, this philosophy is potentially very powerful. However, we wish that we had more control over what sources this app uses, which is why we prefer Flipboard and Pulse. Still, Zite's attractive interface and multiplicity of sharing options make it a fun newsreader to try out.
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Religion and Critical Thought (RCT)
RCT students in this program focus on issues, problems, and texts concerning:
- Philosophy and religion
- Religious ethics (that is, the interrelation among religion, ethics, and politics)
- Theory of religion
The program endeavors to integrate these areas, encouraging students to work at the intersection of normative and critical approaches, topics and disciplines.
Given the program's emphasis on theory and critical thought, students are given broad exposure to classic and contemporary issues, problems, and texts associated with philosophy of religion, ethics, social-scientific theory, theology, and political philosophy. At the same time, students are required to gain competence in at least one religious tradition in order to lend specificity to critical reflection on various aspects of religion and the study of religion.
Core Faculty
- Stephen Bush, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- Mark Cladis, Brooke Russell Astor Professor of Humanities (Religious Studies) and Department Chair
- Thomas A. Lewis, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (Graduate School) and Professor of Religious Studies
- Paul Nahme, Dorot Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies & Religious Studies
- Andre Willis, Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Assistant Professor of History and Religion
Affiliated Faculty
In addition to working with RCT core faculty, RCT graduate students often work closely with other faculty members both within and outside of the Department. For example, a student may wish to link a RCT project with a Religious Studies faculty member doing historical work in Asian, Christian, Jewish, or Islamic traditions. For faculty outside the Department who are closely affiliated with us, please see the list below.
- Corey Brettschneider (political theory and public law; democracy and individual rights), Associate Professor of Political Science
- Bonnie Honig (political, legal, and feminist theory), Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science
- Nancy Khalek, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- Sharon Krause (religion and political theory; Hume; Montesquieu), Professor of Political Science
- Charles Larmore (moral and political philosophy), W. Duncan MacMillian Family Professor in the Humanities (Philosophy)
- Bernard Reginster (19th and 20th century continental philosophy and ethics), Professor of Philosophy
- Daniel Vaca, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Candidates are admitted to the program with a Master's Degree and also directly from their undergraduate programs. Typically, students will have done previous work in the socio-critical and philosophical study of religion.
Students with a masters degree in a relevant field will normally take two years of course work; students entering with a bachelor's degree will normally take three years. During the first year, participation in the RCT colloquium is generally counted as one course; it should be registered as an independent study and can be taken either fall or sring semester (even though the colloquium runs all year). Students in course work are normally expected to take at least two RCT graduate seminars per year. After the course work is completed, students should consult with the RCT advisor about whether they are expected to take a particular RCT seminar. Generally speaking, students wil draw on resources throughout the humanities and social sciences, for example, in the departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Comparative Literature, Africana Studies, Judaic Studies, Classics, Anthropology, and Sociology. In consultation with the core RCT faculty, students will develop a schedule that will satisfy the requirement for competence in a religious tradition through course work. Additionally, students must demonstrate familiarity with a second religious tradition; this religious diversity requirement, depending on the judgement of the RCT faculty, may be satisfied by course work done prior to attendance at Brown or by one or two additional courses at Brown.
Annual Meeting with Faculty
The student will meet annually with the RCT core faculty, normally toward the end of the spring semester. This informal meeting is an opportunity to talk broadly about the student's trajectory in the program, that is, about one's past, preset, and future work.
Language Requirements
All students must pass examinations in French and German before taking their Preliminary Exams; subject to approval, French or German (but not both) may be replaced with an alternate. Depending on their areas of interest, students may need to acquire additional language competence, for which there is no set examination structure.
Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary Exams should be concluded within a year of completing the course work. Normally, then, the Preliminary Exams would be concluded at the end of May of the student's third or fourth year (depending on whether the student entered the program with a bachelors or masters degree). Three of the four Preliminary Exams may be satisfied by papers of not more than 10K words, including notes, or else (in the case of up to two of the three) by the more traditional format of a "take-home exam" on an extended reading list. These three exams are defined as proficient treatment of:
- a comparison of two historically significant figures or texts
- a conceptual issue pertaining to the philosophy and theory of religion, religious ethics, political theory, or some combination of these;
- a topic that is pertinent to the student's dissertation.
The fourth Preliminary Exam is a 10-page review essay of a noteworthy book pubished within the last 10 years or so.
The topic and format of the four exams -- along with the order of their completion -- are proposed by the student to the RCT faculty and are subject to their approval. This exam proposal (which covers all four exams) is normally submitted no later than the first week of classes in the fall semester of the year dedicated to the Exams. Two exams must be completed by mid-January; students missing this deadline may not be considered for a dissertation fellowship for the following year. Shortly after the conclusion of these exams, students will meet with the Advisory Faculty for a full discussion. A second discussion will follow the submission of the third and fourth exams. These meetings are an opportunity for intellectual exchange as well as an opportunity for the student to demonstrate competence in the fields of the exams (although passing of the exams is determined primarily by the quality of the student's written work).
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- Religious Thinking in an Age of Disillusionment: William James and Ernst Troelstch on the Possibilities of Science and Religion
- Intersubjective Emotions and Moral Objectivity in Religious Ethics
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- Our Grief: A Venture in Phenomenology and Ethics
- The Intervention of the Other: Levinas and Lacan on Moral Subjectivity
- Going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: A Re-examination of the Nature of Heroes, Saints and Supererogation
- Making Love and Meaning: Constructing Krishna's Lila with the Gopis and Wives in the Harivmsa, Visnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Sridhara's Commentary
- Thinking from the Limits of Being: Levinas, Fanon, Dussel and the 'Cry of Revolt'
- Ethics from a Daocentric Perspective: Normativity, Virtue, and Self-Cultivation in Early Daoist Thought
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"These kids today! When I was growing up, we were taught good manners!"
Have you caught yourself grumbling something like this lately? It seems that every generation of parents bemoans the behavior of the latest generation of kids. So how can you make sure that your little ones use their best manners -- whether you're around or not?
In WebMD's online discussion about Healthy Family Routines, guest expert Tanya Altmann, MD urges parents to start by minding their own manners. Remember, kids are always listening -- not just when we speak to them, but to other adults, as well. If you grumble about the driver who just took your parking spot, or are rude to the clerk at the store, your kids will pick up your bad manners.
Altmann recommends that parents practice saying "please" and "thank you" with their kids from a young age. Start with "please" and end with "thank you" every time you ask your child to do something. Praise your kids' use of good manners. And instead of criticizing when they don't behave so well, show them what they should be doing.
Altmann says the rules shouldn't always be cast in stone. You can allow time at home for your children to be silly at the dinner table, or to eat with their fingers. Just make sure they understand it's an occasional thing, and for home only.
A mom raised in a military home says that she's more relaxed than her parents were. She doesn't require "sir" and "ma'am" at all times. But she does expect basic good manners from her kids. To make sure her children are toeing the line, even away from home, she talks periodically to teachers, friends' parents, and even nearby storeowners. But she says that setting an example is the most powerful teaching tool. By holding doors for others, or allowing other people to go ahead of her in line, she shows her children how to be gracious.
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Translation of vaguely in Spanish:
- 1 (in imprecise, unclear way)(explain)
con imprecisión
de manera imprecisa(answer/define)
con vaguedad or imprecisión(recognize/remember)
vagamente(suspicious/ridiculous)I was vaguely aware of a pain in my leg
un tantoera vagamente consciente de un dolor en la piernaI know him vaguelylo conozco vagamentehe looks vaguely like his fathertiene un ligero parecido con or a su padrehe hates anything vaguely foreignodia todo lo que tenga la más mínima relación con el extranjeroExample sentences
Example sentences
- Members in the clubs of the early 1830s had talked vaguely of votes for all.
- Contractors are working round the ring mains, which vaguely follows the Bradford Ring Road, in an anti-clockwise direction.
- A few grooves in a tree trunk, looking vaguely like a face, elevated into being the sacred image of our saviour.
- "They're better than ever today," he summed up vaguely, and presumably are better still now - whoever they are.
- She vaguely mentioned something about pursuing another line of work and thanked them for all their kindnesses.
- Janelle takes no notice of Harold except to vaguely tell him to "look under things," for their clothes, and then goes back to eating her dinner.
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> I am considering to buy "The art of computer programming Vol 1-3":
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...xional-uk-1-21
> But on this page:
> http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
> it says that Vol 1+2 is third edition while Vol 3 is second
> edition. On the amazon link it just says second edition. Are the
> amazon boxed set the outdated versions?
> Are there any better alternatives to knuth works?
You could try 'Algorithms and Datastructures in $language' by
R. Sedgewick. YMMV, but one of D. Knuth's primary talents is to
express even simple in things in ways which easily defeat
understanding. Also, the version I have is a little light on 'certain
topics' and even wrong: For instance, Knuth claims that PATRICIA
tries cannot be used when keys can be prefixes of other keys, which is
true for his example implementation. BSD uses them for makeing routing
descisions since more than fifteen years, which requires exactly that.
I use the same data structure to represent parts of the SNMP 'oid
tree' for an SNMP gateway application (transparently supporting
'security' for SNMP v1/ v2c management software), which needs keys
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Markus <> wrote:
> "The day micro$oft puts out something that doesn't suck will be the
> day they introduce a line of vacuum cleaners." -stolen from someone...
> Well, you could try Linux, but I see you seem to be upset over 35
> minutes. Installing a peripheral on Linux (such as a dvd player), or
> a new
> program without the aid of rpm, etc etc will tie up a hellva lot more
> time than 35 minutes (and that's providing you found a compatible
> driver). Lets face it, Linux isn't for the faint of heart.
> Windows products: In addition to the programming I do on Linux, I use
> win2k for graphic stuff and admittedly, ease of use, and the
> stability. I think it is rather telling that XP pro is supposed to
> replace win2000 pro but yet is offered at a cheaper price than
> win2000. Go figure. However, someday I will either have to, or just
> want to; upgrade. I'm looking real hard at Mac's OS X. Mac has
> always been years ahead of IBM/Intell/M$.
Wow - you are a walking-talking billboard for "Here's something for you
people to argue over, fill in the details". heh
I've used just about every OS out there so far. There was one point when I
actually recommended OS/2 over anything else. Damn it was FAST in the day -
made my games scream anyway. heh
I used Windows 95, installed it, tweaked it, etc. While it was an
improvement in at least looks and some functionality over Windows 3.11, I
still say the larger jumps were NT 4.0 and 98. NT 4.0 gave professionals
something while 98 gave the home user something. (Yeah - I skipped NT 3.X
and haven't mentioned 98SE.. Assume that 98SE bleeds into my 98
conversation..) In the end, NT 4.0 was a pain in the rear and 98 was an
insecure playtoy. ME - I mention so the rest of the world can laugh with
me. That was "Just to put something out" I think. After all, look how no
one - even Microsoft - hardly ever mention it. Windows 2000.. That was a
SWEET OS. Strong, Stable and the start of the "World Mixing" between home
and professional, in my opinion. The problem? Home users were still
confused. Too much learning curve. So Microsoft came out with XP. The
complete and final merge between the two - now the road doesn't have forks,
just separate lanes (HOME, TABLET, PROFESSIONAL) and we are all on the same
page. And as long as the professionals get rid of all the pretty things and
tweak up the speed by doing so, it's as good (better) than Windows 2000 to
them. The home users are pleased because "look, I click here and it does
this!". The next version (Longhorn) - Oh good Lord. I have seen the
pre-releases. I am scared. The amount of bells and whistles is
mind-boggling even in comparison to XP. It's a overly tweaked, I downloaded
one of every application and added bloated piece of software right now.
I have to say I have played with MacOS back to only 7.6. Ouch. Anything
until 8.x hurt my head. Then 8.x and 9.x came along. The 9.x's weren't
bad - they could run stuff and were MADE for people who wanted to not have
to do anything to their computer but use it. No power tweaking, no real
customization options, etc. It looks like this, you install this and it
USUALLY works.. Done. The MacOSX. Best of many worlds, but still not 100%
ready for any power-tweaking people. Yeah - you got the BSD background, so
you have something to play with, but there are some things in the GUI that
seem locked. I like OSX. It's a sweet OS too. It does exactly what an OS
should. Works 90% of the time, allows one to play with most of its features
and look and accepts a multitude of applications with little modification.
If OSX cannot turn Macintosh around, then all the pretty outside boxes
(grape, apple, etc and the new cheese-grater look) in the world won't.
Wonderful! Fantastic! For Professionals and Power users and those who have
time to play around. Some of the GUIs can be adapted for normal users, but
God help them if something goes awry and you have to get them to repair it.
No longer are they dealing with their familiar GUI. I love *nix products,
but you are not getting me to give it to 99% of the people I deal with on a
daily basis, yet.
BeOS, Lindows, EROS, DOS, OS/2, etc..
Make your own decision. Noble attempts, waste of time, still has a chance,
cool to keep somewhere as a timeline demonstration?
Shenan Stanley
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louise wrote:
> Hi,
> Using XP Pro, Firefox and Outlook 2003 with SpamBully for a few of my
> email accounts. I use Outlook because I need the PIM functions for
> these accounts.
> I have one email account where the isp does no filtering and it receives
> an average of 100+ pieces of spam a day with only a few "real" emails.
> As a result, I use the webmail function to access this mail and it is
> very tedious and I have to do all the "filtering" myself. After
> complaining bitterly about having to sift through so much spam, the host
> recommended I use Thunderbird for this account and use the junk mail
> filtering controls. I don't need the PIM on this account.
> I have set up the account and Thunderbird is working extremely well. I
> am only downloading headers. It has been a little over 24 hours, but
> after setting only one rule, all spam has been recognized as junk and
> all real mail has been recognized as real. Now I'm trying to figure out
> how this occurs and how Thunderbird can be so accurate.
> There is a setting I believe to be important, that I don't understand.
> Under tools/junk mail controls, there is a line called "trust junk mail
> headers set by" and there is a choice of SpamAssassin or SpamPal. What
> am I supposed to do with these? Should I download SpamAssassin or
> SpamPal and install it? Or if I choose one of the settings, does it
> somehow connect automatically and that's why junk recognition has been
> so accurate?
> And, if I have to download either of the above programs, will it
> interfere with SpamBully which is running on my Outlook accounts?
> Sorry this is so long - I hope that at least I've been clear :-)
> Louise
Um, did you do a restart? When yoiu first turn on JMC all messages are
marked as spam until you mark some as non junk (and restart). Then NO
messages will be marked until you mark some (and restrart).
The "trust" settings are there if you use those programs. If you dont
then dont worry about them. In a sense its telling JMC that SpamAssassin
or Spampal are good programs, and if they mark a message as junk then
JMC should consider it junk as well. If you dont use those programs then
the settings are not useful for you.


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Denver (AP) Three people have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash that ended with one car slamming into the lobby of a Denver Motel.
But Denver Fire Department spokesman Alex Paez says the injuries do not appear to be life threatening.
The crash occurred just before 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Days Inn At 6th avenue and Federal Blvd.
Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the driver of one of the cars was southbound on federal when he tried to turn left into the Motel's parking lot. Two other vehicles headed north on federal then struck the man's car.
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There are many different types of soils, each with their own characteristics. These include:
Use a simple squeeze test protocol to determine which types of soil you find in your area. You can use the turbidity test to compare the sedimentation qualities of each soil type you find.
To characterize soil type, squeeze the soil into a ball. First squeeze the soil when it is dry; then add a small amount of water to make the soil moist (not soaked) and squeeze it again. Use the following Soil Analysis Chart to gauge what kind of soil is found at in your neighborhood or in your schoolyard.


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Boston Municipal Research Bureau Report Concludes
Soaring Health Insurance Costs Threaten Boston's Competitive Edge
November 30, 2006
The Boston Municipal Research Bureau released a report today which describes how Boston and other cities and towns are facing a crisis of unsustainable cost increases for employee health insurance. The Research Bureau recommends, as a first step, that cities and towns be able to join the Group Insurance Commission to provide more control over plan design and costs.
Both the Boston Globe and The Boston Herald endorsed this position in today's editorial pages. The Boston Globe states in part that, "The cost of healthcare is the tapeworm of municipal finance, and it needs immediate attention. Luckily, the best fix is also the most obvious. By placing municipal employees under the same Group Insurance Commission that manages employee and retiree health benefits for state workers, good healthcare could be offered for substantially less cost." The editorial notes the GIC's work to improve health care cost and quality through the Clinical Performance Improvement Initiative, which charges lower co-payments to state employees and retirees who choose doctors that provide cost-effective care. For the complete text of this editorial, contact The Boston Globe.
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Robert Pierre
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Robert Stanton Pierre, commonly known as Rob S. Pierre, was a Havenite citizen and politican.
As chairman of the Committee of Public Safety, he was one of the most prominent figures of the late People's Republic.
Physical appearance Edit
Pierre[1] was of medium height, thin-faced and dark-haired, and touches of white at his temples marked him as a first- or second-generation prolong recipient. He had dark, intense and focused eyes. (HH5)
Family Edit
Pierre's family had been Dolists for some generations. He was a successful politician under the Legislaturalists, and his immediate family had more oportunities. Pierre was the father of Edward Pierre, who made a career in the People's Navy and was killed in action when a his squadron of warships left hyperspace immediately in front of a Manticoran dreadnought. (HH3)
Biography Edit
At the dawn of the 20th Century PD, Pierre was a dolist manager, controlling the votes of millions of franchised dolists. Despite the power, wealth and high status he had achieved within the People's Republic, he saw that his society was doomed unless someone had the courage to implement the necessary reforms. The death of his son further strengthened his willingness to see the old regime gone. (HH3)
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Together with the so-called Citizens' Rights Union and a security bureaucrat named Oscar Saint-Just, Pierre staged the Harris Assassination that killed Hereditary President Harris and most of his government as well as his family; he managed to place the blame on members of the People's Navy and then used his role as Speaker to maneuver the People's Quorum to appoint him chairman of a newly instituted Committee of Public Safety. (HH3)
Once in power, Pierre found that governing the People's Republic was not easy: faced with the First Havenite-Manticoran War with the Star Kingdom of Manticore, the resentment of a military that had been blamed for the coup and savagely purged, and a violent and unruly populace spurred by Cordelia Ransom's propaganda of blame and resentment, he was limited to some long-term fiscal and policy reforms. (HH4)
Death Edit
Rob S. Pierre was killed with his entire security detail during Admiral Esther McQueen's attempted coup on December 18, 1914 PD. He was succeeded as Chairman of the Committee by Oscar Saint-Just after the latter managed to defeat the rebels by destroying the Octagon, several very large residential buildings, and several million of their inhabitants with an atomic bomb. (HH9)
Legacy Edit
In the long run, Pierre's fiscal reforms proved to actually stabilize Haven's economy. (HH10)
References Edit
- ↑ His name, character, and actions were liberally borrowed from a real person in French history, Maximilien Robespierre.
| Preceded by
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malted milk
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A hot drink made from dried milk and a malt preparation.
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Definition of kenaf in English:
1A tropical plant of the mallow family that yields a jutelike fiber.
- Hibiscus cannabinus, family Malvaceae.
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- Hemp and other fiber-producing plants as kenaf and sawgrass are currently being investigated as potential building products.
- Southern pine trees can take years to reach harvestable size, while kenaf reaches a mature height of 12 to 118 feet over its five-month growing season.
- The answer to our problems is not more mechanized farming to grow kenaf or hemp.
1.1The brown fiber of the kenaf plant, used to make paper, ropes, and coarse cloth.
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- Many large companies are using kenaf and kenaf / wood blends for annual reports as a way of greening up operations, but it's still a struggle to establish a market for non-wood paper.
- Beyond agricultural waste, hemp, kenaf and other well-known fibers, there are a host of other raw materials that show considerable promise as non-wood resources.
- Both hemp and kenaf offer excellent possibilities for use as a virgin fiber replacement in newsprint, which tends to carry a high recycled content.
Late 19th century: from Persian, variant of kanab 'hemp'.
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Key reported today. Provision for loans losses for the 1st qtr. was a negative $40 million. Charge-offs data speaks for itself:1st qtr. 2011 - 1.59%4th qtr. 2010 - 2.00%3rd qtr. 2010 - 2.69% 2nd qtr. 2010 - 3.18%1st. qtr. 2010 - 3.67%If bbt comes in with charge-offs in the 200 bsp range, I'll be a monkey's uncle.
yes, credit is simply a commodity. At times it is cheap, at times expensive. But it is a market-driven phenom. BB&T's dollar is no greener than that of any other bank. Stock price will adjust for two reasons: (1) balance sheet expansion and (2) dividend yield. The credit markets are opening up now, as banks put their reserves to work and credit is becoming more reasonably priced as competition for lending once again heats up. BB&T cannot stand this environment. They always want to charge more for the same loan, pay less for deposits, and never pay market for acquisitions. They have to do this because they manage their cost of captial with 1970s logic. This is the reason the stock has gone nowhere for over a decade...it is not an academic or philosophical exercise. For years they have complained about the "cabal" of bankers on the street, the Fed, and the Treasury. It gets tired after awhile...maybe they should stop distributing copies of Ayn Rand, start lending some money, and manage their b/s. The market never comes to a bank...a bank has to go to and make the market.
Unfortunately KEY is now off 3.5%. This reflects my biggest concern for BBT. You get your reduced loan loss reserves but the stock goes down anyway.
The overall market is down big today, so it's hard to tell whether the reduced provisions had a positive impact. But there is always a great deal of skepticism about earnings generated thorough lowered loan loss provisions, particularly for "negative" provisions.(I assume this happened because recoveries allegedly exceeded chargeoffs)The ratio of the loan loss reserve to nonperforming loans is a better measure of whether management is manipulating their income. If management can lower their quarterly provisions WITHOUT lowering that ratio, then the reductions represent a genuine increase to income. If the provision reductions lower that ratio below 65%, then management is playing games to juice income(and their own bonuses). Its a grey area when the provision reductions reduce the ratio but keep it above 80%.


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In addition to being featured on the marquises of participating churches, there are 14 "Seek God for Our City" signs placed at major intersections and Dennis Ziegenhorn's familiar "people" signs at various other locations.
"It's a 40-day prayer campaign stimulating the community toward God to awaken people's minds, hearts and spirits," said The Rev. Ron Tate, senior pastor of the First Assembly of God Church and president of the Sikeston Area Ministerial Alliance. "The benefits of that is God promises his favor and blessings on those who seek his face. This is a tremendous benefit and blessing for our community as a whole."
The program began Feb. 21, Ash Wednesday, and will continue until Palm Sunday on April 1.
"Beginning the Monday before Palm Sunday, we'll be adding palms to all the signs," Tate said. "Our grand finale evening is going to be out at Miner Baptist Church -- we've invited the whole community to come and watch their Passion play scheduled for 6 p.m. on Palm Sunday night."
Prayers focusing on industrial, commercial, financial and residential areas of the city as well as for local schools and health services are being offered by participants during the campaign.
"All the churches have been interceding for different portions of the community," Tate said. "Our community is just being prayed for constantly. No stone has been left unturned as far as anybody being prayed for."
Daily devotional guides from WayMakers, a devotional publisher, have been appearing in the Standard Democrat along with advertisements on local radio and television stations.
These guides enable "everybody to be praying in unity," Tate said, "for our schools, community leaders, businesses and the needs in our community."
Feedback from area residents and businesses in the community has been positive, according to Tate.
"We're receiving donations from individuals saying it's the greatest thing that's ever happened in the community," he said.
Comments and requests for more information about the program have also been received from individuals and groups outside the community such as the Cape Girardeau Full Gospel Businessmen.
"They have a great interest in it as far as the inner workings and how they can implement it in their community," Tate said.
Church leaders are seeking approval from a higher power, however.
"When you put God first in the city, it's going to affect your economic base and God's blessing will be on the city," Tate said. Blessings can take the form of "more jobs, less crime rate -- it's going to be a better city to live in."
Overall, church leaders are pleased with how the program has been received.
"The campaign is gaining momentum every day and is already getting results," Tate said. "It's the first year that anything has been done like this. I imagine it will definitely be an annual thing."


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Published: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 12:19 p.m.
The largest and most obvious species throughout the year in Western North Carolina is the large, brown and white red-tailed hawk, which prefers to hunt along the roadsides where the vegetation is short. With its extremely keen eyesight, it scans the ground for prey and its preferred food throughout the year is predominantly rodents, with insects, reptiles and birds making up the rest.
The red-tailed hawk is with us throughout the year, but during the winter months its numbers are augmented by many visitors from further north. Red-tails are large, bulky raptors with dirty white underparts and brown upperparts. Adults sport brick red tails, whilst the young birds have brown barred tails. These generically shaped large birds of prey are common throughout our area and their upright shapes are frequently seen perched in roadside trees. But as in several birds of prey, red-tailed hawks come in a wide range of color phases.
The standard red-tail is the one I have described above, but they can appear almost completely black, such as those from the western United States, or even with partially or totally white plumage. Most will show at least some rufous coloring in the tail, but this can be so pale as to be invisible.
The red-tailed hawk is probably the most variable large raptor in the country and has been mistaken for every other species, including eagles. However, there are many other differences between these birds, such as body shape, flight pattern, habitat etc.
Because red-tails are such common birds, it is possible to watch and enjoy many of their behavioral habits. Display starts early in the spring and the birds make lazy circles in the sky, often seeming to fly as a single bird. Their preferred nest site offers views over the countryside. Here in the eastern United States, a tree is usually the chosen site, which can be used year after year if conditions are right. 2 to 3 eggs are laid and the chicks usually hatch after about 30 days. A month or so later, the chicks are learning to fend for themselves and it is during the fall when we get all of the immature red-tailed hawks without red tails. Identification can be a little complicated at this stage, but usually the size and shape of the young bird easily indicates a red-tail.
Like all birds of prey, red-tailed hawks are a valuable part of the world around us, and do an excellent job keeping the local rodent population under control. They should not be harmed or disturbed at any time.
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ATLANTA – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radio is as essential in severe weather alerts as a smoke detector is in a fire.
Giving a family member, friend or someone you care about a NOAA weather radio could help save their lives during emergency hazards such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and other disasters.
The National Weather Radio (NWR) broadcast forecasts severe weather watches and warnings 24 hours a day over the NOAA radio network. A watch means potentially life-threatening weather is headed in a particular area. A warning means that potentially life-threatening weather is imminent or is already occurring. NWR also broadcasts warnings and post-event information for all types of hazards: weather, natural, technological (e.g., chemical spills, nuclear power plant emergencies, etc.) and national emergencies such as terrorist attacks.
The broadcasts cannot be heard on a simple AM/FM radio receiver. However, there are many receiver options, ranging from handheld portable units that just pick up weather radio to desktop and console models that receive weather radio in addition to other broadcasts.
Make sure the radio you buy has seven channels, an audible and visual warning alert feature and a battery backup. A highly useful feature available on many models is Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology that lets users pre-select the alerts they want to receive based upon the area where they live. This feature allows residents to tailor their weather radio to meet their individual needs.
Most weather radios have a special alarm tone that signals a severe weather watch or warning. These tones activate the radio to alert you to the nature of the weather (e.g., tornado, hurricane, flood, etc.) so that you may take appropriate action.
A special-needs NOAA weather radio is available with visual, vibrating alarms and simple text readouts. You can get the text printed out in Braille. Liquid crystal display readout indicates specific warnings such as tornado or thunderstorm.
Prices for weather radios can vary from $20 to $200, depending on the model. They can be purchased at many retail stores that sell electronic equipment and some drug stores. NOAA weather radio can also be purchased through some mail-order catalogs or on the Internet.
NOAA WEATHER RADIOS, A LIFE SAVING GIFT – Page 2
The National Weather Service does not manufacture, sell or endorse any particular make or model of receiver. Broadcasts are provided as a public service. The network has transmitters broadcasting frequencies over all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S. Pacific territories.
Georgia has a robust NOAA weather radio network with more than two dozen transmitters from near the Florida border to the mountains of extreme north Georgia. More than 98 percent of the state can receive the NOAA weather radio broadcast.
FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. If you or someone you know has been discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-FEMA (3362). For TTY call 800-462-7585.
SBA's disaster loans are the primary form of federal assistance for non-farm, private sector disaster losses. Disaster loans from SBA helps homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes, and nonprofit organizations fund repair and replacement of disaster damaged real and personal property. These disaster loans cover uninsured and uncompensated losses and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations. For information about SBA programs, applicants may call 800-659-2955 or online at www.sba.gov.


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POSITION: Defenceman
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Stockholm, SWE
DRAFTED: WSH: 2001-221 overall
|Traded to Victoriaville (QMJHL) by Moncton (QMJHL) for Teddy Kyres and Simon St-Pierre, January 10, 2002. Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, July 24, 2006. Traded to Atlanta by New Jersey with Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier and New Jersey's 1st (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and 2nd (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Justin Holl) round choices in 2010 Entry Draft for Ilya Kovalchuk, Anssi Salmela and Atlanta's 2nd round choice (Jonathon Merrill) in 2010 Entry Draft, February 4, 2010. Transferred to Winnipeg after Atlanta franchise relocated, June 21, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Flying Farangs Bangkok (Thailand), October 31, 2012. Traded to Chicago by Winnipeg for Chicago's 2nd (later traded to Washington Washington selected Zachary Sanford) and 3rd (J.C. Lipon) round choices in 2013 Entry Draft, February 27, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 15, 2015.
|2010-11: Has appeared in all 81 games for Atlanta, ranking fourth on the team with 20:47 of average ice time ... Appeared in his 100th game as a Thrasher on 3/24 at NYI ... Ranks second on the team with 149 blocked shots, including a season-high eight blocks on 12/30 vs. BOS ... Scored two goals at NYI on 12/11, tying a career-high previously set on 3/28, 2008 vs. PHI ... Scored seven points (2g, 5a) with a plus-7 rating in a 12-game span from 11/17 - 12/11 ... Posted assists in back- to-back games vs. CAR on 12/16 and vs. NJ on 12/18.
2009-10: Recorded 13 points (3g, 10a) in 67 games with New Jersey and Atlanta ... Began the season with the Devils and posted four points (2g, 2a) in 40 games ... Established a season-high plus-three rating on 10/22 at NYR ... Earned his first point of the season with one goal on 12/5 vs. DET ... Tallied his first assist of the season on 1/8 vs. TB ... Tallied two points (1g, 1a) over a three-game span from 1/27-1/31 ... Registered nine points (1g, 8a) in 27 games with the Thrashers after being acquired on 2/4 ... Earned his first assist as a Thrasher on 2/10 at COL ... Tallied assists in three straight games (3a) from 2/10-2/13 ... Matched his season-high with a plus-three rating on 3/4 vs. NYI ... Earned points in back-to-back games (1g, 1a) from 3/9-3/11, including his first goal as a Thrasher on 3/11 at CBJ ... Posted a season-high plus-three rating for the third time this season on 3/21 at PHI ... Col- lected assists in back-to-back games (2a) on 4/1 and 4/3 ... Appeared in his 300th career game on 4/10 vs. PIT.
2008-09: Tallied 29 points (7g, 22a) in 82 games for New Jersey ... Set new career-highs in games played, points, goals and assists ... Was one of five Devils players and the only defensemen to appear in every regular-season game ... Led New Jersey defensemen in goals, tied for second in points, assists and plus/minus rating (plus-21) ... Tied his career-high with three assists on 11/1 vs. ATL ... Earned two points (1g, 1a), including the game-winning goal in overtime on 11/26 at FLA ... Scored his first-career shorthanded goal on 12/12 vs. NYR ... Earned points in three straight games from 1/21-1/29, collecting four points (1g, 3a) during that stretch ... Appeared in his 200th career game on 1/29 at BOS ... Posted a season-high four-game point streak from 2/26-3/3, registering five points (2g, 3a) in those games and scored his second overtime goal of the season on 3/3 at TOR ... Appeared in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games, earning a plus-three rating.
2007-08: Earned 26 points (6g, 20a) in 75 games with the Devils ... Led the team with a career-high plus-27 rating ... Led Devils defense- men in goals and ranked second in points and assists ... Collected
his first point of the season (1a) on 11/3 at NYR ... Recorded points in back-to-back games from 1/4-1/5, posting two points (1g, 1a) during that span ... Registered a career-high four points (1g, 3a) on 1/22 at PHI ... Posted a three-game assist streak (3a) from 2/1-2/4 ... Scored a career-high two goals on 3/28 vs. PHI ... Tallied two assists on 4/1 at NYI ... Added one assist in five post-season contests.
2006-07: Appeared in 76 games with the Devils during his rookie campaign, posting 11 points (2g, 9a) ... Made his NHL debut in the season-opening game on 10/6 at CAR ... Collected his first career NHL point (1a) on 11/9 vs. CHI and tallied assists in back-to-back games (2a) from 11/9-11/11 ... Scored his first career NHL goal on 12/19 vs. ATL ... Missed six games from 1/6-1/16 with a shoulder injury ... Posted as- sists in back-to-back games (2a) from 3/6-3/8 ... Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut, recording one assist in six games ... Recorded his first career post-season point (1a) in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on 4/18 at TB.
AMATEUR CAREER: Made his North American debut during the 2000- 01 season, recording 68 points (14g, 54a) in 68 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League games with Moncton and Victoriaville ... Added 13 points (4g, 9a) in 13 QMJHL post-season contests.
EUROPEAN CAREER: Spent nine total seasons in Sweden, including three in the Swedish Elite League from 2003-04 to 2005-06 ... Tallied Elite League career-highs in points (19), goals (8) and assists (11) in 47 games with Frolunda HC Goteborg in 2005-06.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Represented Sweden in international competition twice, including the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2009 World Championships.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Washington in the seventh round, 221st overall, of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft ... Signed by New Jersey as a free agent on July 25, 2006 ... Acquired by the Thrashers from New Jersey with Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier, a first-round choice in the 2010 Draft (later traded to Chicago – Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and a second-round choice in the 2010 Draft (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Justin Holl) for Ilya Kovalchuk, Anssi Salmela and a second-round choice in the 2010 Draft (Jonathon Merrill).


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3 October 2003
MINUTES for the Committee on Academic Policies and Standards (CAPS)
Members Present: Jac Bulk, Susan Crutchfield, Mike Haupert, Mark Headington, Sharon Jessee, Marc Rott, Robert Wolf (excused: Adrienne Loh, Barry Schockmel)
Student Members present: Larry Golba, Jason Savatski (excused: Angie Murphy)
Guests: Tim Lewis, Elizabeth Hitch, Virginia Crank, Diane Schumacher, Amelia Dittman, Carla, Burkhardt, Antoiwana Williams, Guy Herling, Kathy Kiefer, Dean Stroud
Marc called the meeting to order at 3:20 p.m..
M/S/P: approval of minutes from September meeting. Discussion of anonymity policy regarding appeals by students.
I. The first of the three charges for the committee today: ACT Writing Test: should UW-L recommend or require that students take this additional ACT component, which will be launched sometime next year.
Discussion: Tim Lewis presented details and an ACT brochure on the new writing test. Given the challenges of enrollment management, could this instrument serve as an additional placement tool? Tim reported that several faculty on campus have asked him about screening students' writing abilities more thoroughly in the admissions process.
Discussion: Virginia Crank, Assistant Professor in the English Department and a Composition specialist, offered some perspectives based on her recent experience with evaluating a test batch of the ACT's new writing component, still in its planning phase. Virginia suggested that what the test will tell you is how well students can do on a 20 minute writing sample; beyond that, the exam will not reveal how the student can do the type of writing required for university classes. She noted that timed writings, especially of the short length of 20 minutes, tell us very little about the kind of writing done in courses here. The ACT will use a curve, and they will create the scoring guide in order to achieve that curve. The English Department would be interested in placement tools, but the ACT test would not be a good choice; better tools for placement would be portfolios, or at least a longer, more sustained type of writing assignment.
Discussion: Various members of the committee made comments about whether or not we should jump at this ACT component now, before it has been completely fleshed out; for example, ACT has not yet decided whether or not the new writing test score will be reported separately, or "blended" into the overall ACT score. The latter option was of great concern to several committee members. Marc Rott suggested that we cannot resolve all of the issues today, and that we will take it up again next week.
II. The second charge of the CAPS committee today: Summer School Schedule: Making the May Term a four-week period beginning immediately after Spring Semester ends, and thus giving consistency to what has become a chaotic scheduling for Summer school.
Discussion: Liz Hitch and Dean Stroud presented various statistics to illustrate the inconsistencies already present in May term scheduling: classes not beginning on the same day, some going four weeks, some three, and so forth (57 May term courses last year, 43 of them in different configurations of time). By making May term a four-week calendar, but still allowing the option of a three-week May term if faculty wish to do a course in three weeks, can lend symmetry to the Summer school schedule. Dean pointed out that the third four-week session could still be over by early August, giving that needed break. Liz noted that she has discussed the implications of this with units on Campus which would be affected, such as Murphy Library's scheduling; there would have to be some adjustments, of course.
Discussion: various members of the committee raised questions about what all of the implications are for doing this -- especially how each of the different possibilities needs to be identified:
Will there be a firm start date for the first 3-4 week summer session, whether you are doing a four or a three-week course?
If a faculty member wishes to do a three-week course beginning the second week of the four-week May term, is that possible?
Right now, students may take two courses in the 4-week summer terms; but only one in the May term; what will happen if the May term becomes a four-week summer schedule, but some faculty use it for the three-week course? How will student enrollment be managed in terms of credits?
Should a student be allowed to take a three-week May term course, and a four-week summer school course, at the same time?
Day/period scheduling: what are the various concerns here with conflicts in scheduling? Should Friday be a day off?
An alternate model consisting of perhaps a 5+5 schedule was discussed.
All of these need to be addressed separately before any recommendations can be made by the committee.
III. The third charge: assess the report on Enrollment Management for Fall '03.
Discussion: Tim Lewis presented statistics on this Fall's enrollment management. The plan currently in effect is "EM-21," and UW-L is 1% off its target for this semester. Tim went over the documentation: the balances between new freshmen and transfer students, the decreasing number of out-of-state students.
Discussion: Liz Hitch pointed out that for every four non-resident students we can get to UW-L, we can fund one resident student.
Discussion: Tim noted that our drop in non-resident students may cause UW-L to lose some funding from System.
Discussion: various members of the committee were curious about this; one suggestion is to bring Ron Lostetter to the CAPS committee to explain. Marc suggested we take up this issue next meeting as well as the previous two charges.
M/S/P: Meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2003.


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Clover Park star senior-to-be David Crisp led the Warriors to narrow victories over Lincoln and Foss to capture the Tacoma Community College Summer League Basketball Tournament title on Thursday afternoon.
Crisp scored 21 of his game-high 29 points in the second half to help the Warriors top Foss 68-64 in a back-and-forth title game. Center Markel James chipped in with 16 points for the Warriors, while Tino Smith added 11 points.
The Falcons were led by Lincoln transfer Ar'Mond Davis, who scored 22 points in the finals after earlier scoring 19 points in a 58-32 win over South Kitsap in the semifinals. Davis drained five three-pointers in the two games, and had some moments of defensive brilliance as well. Senior Olashawan Miller was key for the Falcons as well, tallying 16 points in looking to become the inside leader to replace league MVP Dezmyn Trent. Miller had tallied 11 points in the earlier win over South Kitsap. Incoming freshman Roberto Gittens also shined for Foss on the day, scoring 12 points in the semifinals and 13 points against Clover Park to show he may be a key figure in the upcoming season.
Clover Park had earlier escaped with a 59-56 win over Lincoln after the Abes' missed a three-pointer to tie at the buzzer. With Tre'Shaun Fletcher graduating and Ahmaad Rorie transferring, the Abes' scoring was spread out amongst a number of players. But incoming freshman Londrell Hamilton – who scored 14 of his team-high 15 points in the second half – displayed great speed and playmaking ability, showing he might make an immediate impact next winter.
Full story on the day's events in the July 5 issue of Tacoma Weekly.


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Meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Notice Of Meeting.
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) will hold a meeting. The meeting is open to the public. Pre-registration is required for both public attendance and comment. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting and/or participate in the public comment session should register at http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 202-690-5566 and provide name, organization, and email address.
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The meeting will be held on June 5-6, 2012. The meeting times and agenda will be posted on the NVAC Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac as soon they become available.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
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National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Room 715-H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone: (202) 690-5566; Fax: (202) 690-4631; email: email@example.com.
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Pursuant to Section 2101 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa-1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services was mandated to establish the National Vaccine Program to achieve optimal prevention of human infectious diseases through immunization and to achieve optimal prevention against adverse reactions to vaccines. The National Vaccine Advisory Committee was established to provide advice and make recommendations to the Director of the National Vaccine Program on matters related to the Program's responsibilities. The Assistant Secretary for Health serves as Director of the National Vaccine Program.
The topics to be discussed at the NVAC meeting will include seasonal influenza, implementation of the National Vaccine Plan, and vaccine research and development. The meeting agenda will be posted on the NVAC Web site: http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac prior to the meeting. Public attendance at the meeting is limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the National Vaccine Program Office at the address/phone listed above at least one week prior to the meeting. Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments at the NVAC meeting during the public comment periods on the agenda. Individuals who would like to submit written statements should email or fax their comments to the National Vaccine Program Office at least five business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Bruce Gellin,
Director, National Vaccine Program Office, Executive Secretary, National Vaccine Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2012-10986 Filed 5-7-12; 8:45 am]