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> On Nov 8, 9:14 am, Mart van de Wege
>> There is also an obvious 'OH, SHINY!' mentality.
> Ha ha - that's a good one. It's quite true at some level but I have
> to tell you - things are getting a ton better. As we get more and
> more into running our own software as a service - a lot of that
> nonsense is going away. I've seen some of the biggest "OH, SHINY!"
> guys get converted into very pragmatic people after trying to stand up
> a service using their software. (there's another Microsoft phrase for
> you - "Stand up" a service)
> Again, it will take us a couple of cycles but we the right people
> experiencing the right pain for the right things to happen going
> forward. It is not a coincidence that the folks that are doing this
> are some of the biggest fans of PowerShell (duh!). We've been working
> closely with some teams standing up services and they have been
> driving much of our V2 work. A lot of V2 is catch up work to have the
> things you Unix guys take for granted but there is also quite a bit of
> new stuff that I think you might find interesting (maybe not).
> V3 will probably focus on catching up with VMS and AS400 :-)
> I couldn't resist the tease - Unix is great and you should be proud of
> your communities accomplishments but the fact of the matter is that
> those technologies are great as well. Those superstar engineers
> deserve credit and admiration for their great achievements as well.
> Credit and respect are not a zero sum games. Respecting other
> communities does not take away from your ability to boast about your
> accomplishments. Publicly acknowledging the contributions of other
> technical communities honors our grand adventure of moving the ball
> forward and creating the technologies which are changing the world.
> A while ago I heard something about the IBM guys saying how well
> positioned they were to take advantage of the move to virtualized
> environments saying, "whenever a tough problem comes up, we're able to
> walk down the hall and describe the problem to our guys and ask, 'how
> did you solve this 30 years ago?'"
> Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
> Windows Management Partner Architect
> Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:
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Nice post Jeff.
This statement - "Respecting other communities does not take away from your
ability to boast about your accomplishments." - will fall on deaf ears
around here, as Linux users are by far the most disrespectful people in all
of IT, even though most of them make their living with Windows.


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December 4th, 2012 - 6:42am
(Port Angeles) -- A marathon work session of the Clallam County
Commissioners yesterday ironed out several issues regarding the hookup cost structure of the Carlsborg Sewer system.
Commissioner Jim McEntire says there is a lot of paperwork to be done, as soon as possible.
"The work session was to inform the entire county commission about all the moving parts and decisions that have to be made sometime in the near future about the Carlsborg UGA and the sewer system," said McEntire.
Staff from the Community Development Department presented the key points of a proposed rate structure incentive for early hookup for sewer customers.
"It's hugely important, because that forms the decision on how to design and construct a collection system in Carlsborg," said McEntire. "You want to get that as well thought through as you can and make it as easy for people to make a decision depending on their own circumstances to connect to the sewer system soon rather than later."
Key points of the proposed hookup fee structure include 200 dollars for hookup to an existing residential unit during a 90-day subscription period.
Connection charge after expiration of the subscription period, and until 2-years after the sewer system begins operation will be
one-thousand dollars per unit for existing and new development. However, the numbers are subject to change as plans continue forming for the project.
In order to obtain the discounted connection rate, the parcel owner agrees to sign a "Sewer Connection Agreement", and connect to the sewer, when the sewer arrives.
The county is leaning toward an option of piping sewage from Carlsborg to the city of Sequim for treatment in its wastewater plant.
The state has ordered the county to put in a sewer system in order to lift development restrictions in Carlsborg.
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Steer Clear of Investing Apps
Paying bills or playing Angry Birds on your phone? Both are fine ways to utilize a mobile device. But investing from your smartphone? That's another story.
Constant access to one's finances tends to turn running money into an obsession, according to MarketWatch columnist Chuck Jaffe, which can have both short- and long-term negative ramifications. Jaffe's short time with a smartphone has taught him that there are too many pitfalls associated with mobile investing.
"For most people, the less you do with your finances, the better off you are," Jaffe said Friday morning on the MoneyBeat show. "Too much information gives you too many reasons to break your discipline. Thats going to hurt you more than help you in the long run."
Catch the rest of the interview here and be sure to check out Jaffe's column on MarketWatch.


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The Carroll County Senior Center, 100 Kensington Road, Carrollton, will hold a Medicare check-up at 9 a.m. Nov. 21.
The free event will help people review Medicare changes and determine their coverage for 2014. Deductibles, co-pay, coinsurance, and financial assistance programs will be discussed. Attendees should bring their list of prescription drugs, information on retirement coverage, and Veteran's Administration or other medical care benefits they receive.
An appointment is necessary for the event.
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The world will have to wait a little longer for the world's cheapest car. The Tata Nano, billed as a well-made car cheap enough for millions of people to buy, is facing substantial roadblocks in coming to market.
One obstacle lies with the car's manufacturing location.; After brushing aside concerns regarding local protests and debate from opposing political parties, Tata Motors announced that it was shutting down construction on its proposed factory site in West Bengal, India.; Instead, Tata's looking at building the Nano within its existing factories.
The move means Tata will lose government subsidies viewed as a crucial part in creating such a low-priced car. The shift also makes the original October launch date impossible.
Tata's also facing difficulty pricing the Nano.; The car was designed to sell for only $2500, making it affordable to millions of customers around the world.; However, between the production complications, the rises in the cost of materials, and the lack of subsidies, the automobile dubbed "the people's car" may not be as affordable as was once hoped.
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SAN ANTONIO — RingTV.com has a live round-by-round update of tonight's Showtime main event featuring hard-hitting welterweight Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 knockouts) scoring knockdowns in the second and eighth rounds of a unanimous decision victory that dethroned WBA beltholder Adrien "The Problem" Broner (27-1, 22 KOs) at The Alamodome.
Broner has earned title belts over three weight classes, taking the WBO's junior lightweight belt by third-round knockout over Vicente Martin Rodriguez in November of 2011, and the WBC's lightweight title following an eighth-round stoppage of Antonio DeMarco in November of last year.
In his last bout in June, Broner jumped two weight divisions for his 147-pound debut with a split-decision victory that dethroned Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi for the division's WBA's belt.
Maidana was in pursuit of his fourth straight stoppage victory, a run includes knockouts of Jesus Soto Karass and Josesito Lopez.
Showtime's broadcast begins at 8 p.m ET/5 p.m. PT.
Click here for the video highlight recap of Keith Thurman-Jesus Soto Karass; Maidana-Broner
Broner vs. Maidana
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Referee: Laurence Cole
Judges: Levi Martinez 117-109, Nelson Vazquez 116-109, Stanley Christodoulou 115-110, ALL FOR MAIDANA.
Round 1: Fighters are in the ring. Maidana looks bigger. Left hook by Maidana. Broner stumbles. Bromer's on the ropes, Maidana's oner's giving bround. Solid punches landed by Maidana, who misses with a right. Broner's simply holding on to keep him off. Maidana's pounding away at the body. Broner's holding on. Right by Maidana. Left hook by Broner. Maidana's even pounding during the clinch. Relentless work on the body. Right to the head by Maidana. Left hook by Maidana. Broner gets off two jabs. Broner spins and clowns from a corner. Broner lands a jab as the bell sounds. Big round for Maidana. Maidana, 10-9.
Round 2: BRONER'S DOWN AND HURT BADLY FROM A LEFT HOOK. HE'S UP ON WOBBLY LEGS. MAIDANA'S HAMMERING WITH A LEFT, RIGHT AND A LEFT. BIG TROUBLE FOR BRONER. Maidana's hammering with uppercuts, rights and lefts. Left hook by Maidana on the ropes. Broner's back to jabbing, holding on. Right hand by Maidana. Uppercuts by Maidana. Broner's talking to the referee or the crowd. Some balls. Right hand by Maidana rocks Broner again. What's holding Broner up? Maidana, 10-8; Maidana, 20-17
Round 3: Maidana out-landed Broner, 26-2, in the first round, and, 3107, in the second. Broner still has not thrown a punch in the third before Maidana comes with lefts and rights. Crowd is chanting Maidana's name. Broner's back to jabbing, lands a hard right hand. Maidana's retreating. Nice right uppercut by Broner, and a right to the body. Right to the body and then to the head by Maidana. Left hurts Broner, who is holding on. Fighters warned by Laurence Cole. Right jab to the body by Maidana. Hard right by Broner at the bell. Maidana, 10-9; Maidana, 30-26.
Round 4: Big hold for Broner to climb out of. Left hook for Broner, right hand for Maidana. Two stiff jabs and another all by Broner. Jab and right to the body by Broner. Left and right to the body and right to the head for Maidana. Two jabs to the body by Maidana. Right to the head by Maidana. Left hook for Broner. Left, right, left by Maidana. Stiff jab by Broner. Two hard lefts to the body by Maidana. Left hook by Broner. Double jab by Maidana. Left hook by Maidana. Two jabs by Maidana. Broner was out-landed, 16-9, in the round. Maidana, 10-9; Maidana, 40-35.
Round 5: Two early rights and a solid left hook by Maidana, who continues to rough up Broner. Left to the body and the head by Maidana. Left hook by Broner, right and left by Maidana. Left uppercut by Broner. Crowd's chanting "Chino." Hard right to the body by Maidana and left to the head. Broner's getting roughed up in the clinches. Stiff jab by Broner. Left hook by Broner. Left hook by Maidana and a right. Left and right by Broner. Left hook, jab and right by Broner, who takes two rights to the body. Hard right by Broner clips Maidana. Broner is having his best round. Broner takes a right. Broner warned for pushing. Two left hooks by Broner before the bell. Broner, 10-9; Maidana, 49-45.
Round 6: Right hands and lefts by Broner early. Left hook and jab and then a right by Broner. Left hook by Broner. Right by Maidana. Left hook by Maidana. Jab to the body by Maidana and left hook by Broner. Broner's defense has improved. Left to the head and to the body by Broner. Left to the body by Broner. Right to the body by Broner. Good pressure. Left hook by Broner. Right by Broner. Left to the body by Maidana, who takes a couple of jabs and lands a right. Left to the body and the had by Maidana, but Broner closes with two body shots. Broner, 10-9; Maidana, 58-55.
Round 7: Left hook by Maidana swivels Broner's head. Right to the head on the inside from Maidana. Left hook by Maidana. Another left by Maidana. Left by Broner. Another left hook by Broner. and another. Two left hooks and a right by Broner. Three jabs and a right by Broner. Left hook by Broner. Another that is follwed by a right uppercut. Left hook and uppercut by Broner. Left hook to the had and one to the body by Broner. Left hook and uppercut and then a right and a left by Broner. Broner, 10-9; Maidana, 67-65.
Round 8: Broner out-landed Maidana for the first time, 22-20, in the seventh. Left hook and right hand by Broner. Another left hok by Broner and a right hand that rock Maidana. The left hook is big trouble for Maidana. Jab by Broner. Broner is showing a lot of heart. Broner's left hand — the jab, the uppercut and the hook are big trouble. BRONER'S DOWN AGAIN FROM A LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT HOOK TO THE HEAD!!!! He rises, but Maidana head butts Broner on the chin. Broner goes down as a delayed reaction. Maidana's penalized a point by Cole. Broner's still in trouble. Left hook by Broner and another. Maidana's doing well behind the jab until getting cornered. Broner gets off a right and a left prior to the bell. Maidana, 9-8, Maidana, 76-73.
Round 9: BRONER'S IN BIG TROUBLE, GETTING POUNDED AND ON WOBBLY LEGS BEHIND LEFTS AND RIGHTS. HARD BODY SHOT BY MAIDANA. ON THE ROPES. Maidana's just hammering Broner from corner to corner. Right to the had by Maidana and then a left hook. Left hook by Broner. Hard left to the body by Maidana. Another left to the head by Maidana. Maidana, 10-9, Maidana, 86-82.
Round 10: Broner was out-landed, 39-10, in the ninth. Maidana's out-jabbing Broner early and lands a nice right. Left and a right by Maidana and right by Broner. Another right and a left by Maidana. Right by Maidana. Left hook by Broner. Right and a left by Maidana. Right, left and right by Maidana, the last, to the body. Left to the head by Maidana and a left to the body. Left hook to the body by Broner. Left uppercut by Broner. Maidana, 10-9; Maidana, 96-91.
Round 11: Early right hand by Maidana hurts Broner. Right to the body by Maidana. Right to the jaw by Broner. Right to the head by Broner. Right by Maidana. Double jab and triple jab by Broner. Right hand by Maidana. Left hook by Maidana hurts Broner, who is taking punishment on the ropes. Maidana's pounding his body. Hard right by Maidana to the head. Crowd chanting "Chino." Broner lands a left hook AFTER THE BELL. Maidana, 10-9; Maidana, 106-100.
Round 12: HARD RIGHT BY BRONER WOBBLES MAIDANA. On the ropes, Broner's trying to end it, firing with both hands. But Maidana escapes. Broner's pushing foward and firing with both hands. Broner's warned again for pushing. Jab and right hand by Broner. Two rrights and a left by Broner rock Maidana. Broner absorbes a right. They are hammering away at each other along the ropes. Maidana fires a four-punch combination. Maidana digs two lefts to the body and takes a left to the head. Maidana's being carried around the ring on a trainer's shoulders. Broner, 10-9; Maidana, 115-110.
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Definition of extermination in English:
1Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals: the near extermination of the buffalo herds
More example sentences
- Sachsenhausen was primarily a camp for political opponents of the Nazis, not an extermination camp for the Jews.
- A sufficiently strong lure would draw bands over many miles to a central location for easy en masse extermination.
- In Whitewash, Reynolds does not defend his views about either genocide or extermination.
killing, murder, assassination, putting to death, execution, dispatch, slaughter, massacre, liquidation, elimination, eradication, annihilation, slaying
1.1Complete destruction.
Example sentences
- Only the timely arrival of some Peigans prevented the complete extermination of the camp.
- In the final two chapters, Koplow makes his final case against the extermination of the remaining smallpox stockpiles.
- Pacification was the CIA's reader-friendly word for its extermination of civilian opposition to the US war machine in South Vietnam.
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DEC 06, 2013 - Huffington Post
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Law school is on sale in the state of Iowa.
The University of Iowa College of Law is lowering its tuition price by 16.4 percent to both residents and nonresidents of the state, starting fall 2014. That translates to a $4,300 discount for Iowa residents and nearly $8,000 less people from out of state will have to spend each year.
The decision was made this week by the Iowa Board of Regents, which also froze tuition for undergraduates for the second year in a row. It's the first time for a two year consecutive tuition freeze at Iowa public colleges since 1975, the Des Moines Register
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Review Subway Surfers
Escape and jump over the trains
Author: Alexander Vorobyev
Date: tested on 10 Oct 2012 on
Neat graphics, addictive game play, convenient controls
Monotonous game play, in-app purchases
Subway Surfers is an amazing and really dynamic runner game for Android. You will be playing a guy who wants to cover all trains with graffiti. However, everything is not that easy. All the time you will be followed by a policeman with his dog, whilst oncoming trains and various obstacles located all along the tracks will try to stop from running as far as you can.
This game features stunning and really vivid graphics and engrossing game play. Subway Surfers is a fast paced game and that's the reason why you'll need to use your reaction and attention skills to the max. It's one of the most popular genre games ever and so far it has been download for over 100 mln times.
Controls in this game are really simple, while the playfield consists of three railroad tracks. You will need to swipe the screen up, down, left, and right to jump, glide, and move left or right. Your main task will be to run as long as you can and gather coins (which you can use to upgrade your character) and boosts. The latter will let you to use a hoverboard, jetpack filled with paint, and other nice perks that help you in your running quest.
And though you will only have one life, you won't lose every time you scrape against an obstacle. In this case a policeman and his canine friend will try to catch you, just exactly like in Temple Run. Be careful while running and jumping over trains and try to overcome all traps!
Key features of Subway Surfers for Android:
- Amazing and colorful 3D graphics;
- Fast paced environment and powerful dynamics;
- Lots of boosts and upgrades;
- Ability to perform acrobatic stunts up in the air;
- Sharing high scores via social networks.
Probably the only drawback of this game is that there is just one level and many elements in the surrounding are often located on the same spots.
ResumeConclusion. Subway Surfers is a vivid game for Android that features bombing dynamics and stunning 3D graphics. More to that, it's distributed completely for free. Check it out!
Final ratings
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 10/10
Sound 10/10
Reviews for other languages and platforms
Evgenii Kostrov - 10/10 (Subway Surfers for Windows Phone)
Евгений Костров - 10/10 (Subway Surfers для Windows Phone)
Евгений Костров - 9.4/10 (Subway Surfers для iOS)
Сергей Блюдов - 10/10 (Subway Surfers для Android)


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Appreciating Classic Cars: Now's the Time to Buy?
If you have a Maserati MC12 Corsa to sell, you should advertise it where potential buyers hang out.
Check your garage, loyal readers, because if you have one, you're in luck. The Corsa is the racing version of the road-going MC12, and only 50 Corsas were ever produced.
Produced back in 2004 and 2005, the car boasts a Ferrari Enzo V12 engine that makes 620 horsepower and jumps from 0-62 mph in 3.8 seconds. The car is based on the Enzo, however it's slower and bigger than its more attractive cousin.
It's kind of like an Enzo in a fat suit, to be honest. Regardless, the car is incredibly rare and valuable, especially in Corsa trim.
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The Pebble Beach Concours, of course.
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Constitution & By-Laws
Article I. Name
Article II. Purpose
Article III. Authority
Article IV. Membership
Article V. Amendments to the Constitution
Article VI. Dissolution of the Assembly
Article I. Name
The name of this organization is the Staff Assembly of the College of William & Mary.
In this document the term "the College of William & Mary" or "the College" includes departments, divisions, and schools of the College of William & Mary, including the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
The term "staff" includes all operational and classified employees and non-student hourly wage employees of the College of William & Mary.
Article II. Purpose
The Staff Assembly will serve as a forum to facilitate communication among all staff. The Staff Assembly will support a diverse, multi-campus university in accordance with college policy and the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
The Staff Assembly will function in an advisory capacity to the administration, promoting staff interests in college governance by encouraging actions that address the current and future needs of the entire college community. The Assembly does not have an advisory role with respect to the Board of Visitors.
The Staff Assembly will promote honest and open communication between the administration and staff and refer staff concerns to the appropriate college officials.
The Staff Assembly will not serve as a substitute for the formal grievance procedures of the College.
The Staff Assembly will work with the administration, faculty and students in all efforts to attain the goals of the College, while fostering a spirit of respect, dignity, unity and cooperation among the staff. The Staff Assembly will recommend staff representatives to college committees, as appropriate and permitted.
Article III. Authority
This Constitution has been approved by the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary on April 16, 2010. The Staff Assembly has only such authority as conveyed by this Constitution and permitted by the College administration and State law.
Existence of the Staff Assembly does not preclude the right of a staff member to belong to any other organization.
The Executive Board of the Staff Assembly derives its authority from the Staff Assembly.
Article IV. Membership
- The Staff Assembly consists of 24 members elected by the staff (an approximate ratio of one voting member per 50 members of the staff). All 24 Assembly members represent the College of William & Mary as a whole; Members do not represent departments, units, or other staff constituencies. Elections will be conducted in accordance with the Bylaws and any procedures established by the Elections and Nominations Committee.
- Each Assembly member's term will begin May 1 and last for two years. Initially, twelve members will be elected at random as having a one-year (rather than two-year) term, such that terms will be staggered to permit election of approximately one-half of the Staff Assembly each year.
- The Executive Board by a majority vote may remove a member following three consecutive unexcused absences from regular Staff Assembly meetings during any calendar year.
- Members may be re-elected but may not serve more than two consecutive elected terms. An appointed term does not count as an elected term.
- In the event of mid-term vacancies, the Staff Assembly must hold elections when the number of participating members falls to 20; otherwise, vacancies will be filled during the normal election period.
Article V. Amendments
The approval process for amendments to the Constitution is as follows:
- A proposal for an amendment must be submitted to the Executive Board for review and clarification.
- A written notice that an amendment is proposed must be given by the Executive Board to all members of the Staff Assembly at least thirty days before the meeting when the amendment will be proposed. The notice shall contain the proposed amendment in context or general nature of the matter. The proposed amendment may be discussed at the regular meeting at which the amendment is proposed.
- Proposed amendments shall not be voted on until at least one regular meeting after the introduction.
- Amendments to the Constitution will be deemed approved by the Staff Assembly upon approval by a simple majority vote of the Staff Assembly members present.
- No amendment to Article II or III of the Constitution shall be effective unless approved by the Board of Visitors. All other amendments shall become effective upon Staff Assembly approval as provided under (D) above.
Article VI. Dissolution of the Assembly
The Staff Assembly may be dissolved by approval of two-thirds of Staff Assembly members casting or returning ballots, with at least forty percent of staff voting.
Article I. Assembly Executive Board, Including Officers
- Staff Assembly Executive Board
The Staff Assembly Executive Board, hereafter referred to as the Executive Board, shall act on behalf of the Staff Assembly between regular meetings. All such actions shall be reported at the next Staff Assembly meeting. The Executive Board shall consist of the Officers of the Assembly and Chairs of the Standing Committees. The retiring President of the Staff Assembly shall serve as an advisor to the Executive Board for one year. If his/her elected term as a representative expires during that one-year advisory period, he/she shall serve as a non-voting member of the Executive Board for the remainder of the period.
- The Executive Board shall meet at least once per month at a time to be determined by the Executive Board at its first meeting following annual elections. Other meetings of the Executive Board may be called by the Staff Assembly.
- The Executive Board approves by majority vote the initial composition of each Standing Committee, except for the Committee Chairs. The Executive Board approves changes and additions to the membership of each Standing Committee as recommended by the appropriate Chair. All Executive Board meetings shall be open to the public.
- The Executive Board screens proposals from staff for consideration and implements the rules and regulations of the Staff Assembly.
- The Executive Board assists in interpreting the intent of the Staff Assembly Constitution and Bylaws.
- The Executive Board determines if a member's absence from a regular meeting is excused.
- The Executive Board assists the Staff Assembly President in preparing the budget.
- The Officers
The Staff Assembly Officers are elected from and by the 24 members. Officers are elected for a term of no more than one year. Officers shall be eligible for re-election but may not serve more than two consecutive terms of the same office. The Officers shall be:
- President. The President shall preside over the Executive Board and meetings of the Staff Assembly; prepare the agenda; with assistance of the Executive Board, prepare the budget and submit to Staff Assembly at the regular meeting for approval; authorize disbursement of funds consistent with the approved budget; perform such other duties associated with this office.
- Vice-President. The Vice-President shall preside in absence of the President; serve as assistant to the President; complete term vacated by President; review minutes of committees prior to meetings of the Staff Assembly; perform such other duties associated with this office.
- Recording Secretary/Treasurer. The Recording Secretary/Treasurer shall prepare and distribute the minutes; distribute the agenda for regular meetings at least seven days prior to next meeting; maintain records of the Staff Assembly including mailing lists and prepare a report in an appropriate publication to the Staff of the business conducted at each meeting; maintain fiscal records; make authorized disbursements of funds; submit monthly financial reports of expenses to the Executive Board; perform such other duties associated with this office.
- Membership Secretary. The Membership Secretary shall maintain a membership roster including term of office; conduct a roll call of members and record attendance; advise the President whether a quorum is present at the beginning of each meeting; perform such other duties associated with this office.
Article II. Committees
- General guidelines for standing committees
- The Chair of each Standing Committee shall be appointed by the Staff Assembly President.
- The Chair of each Standing Committee must be a member of the Staff Assembly. Each Committee Chair shall appoint a Vice-Chair.
- Members of a Standing Committee shall be appointed by the Chair and approved by a majority vote of the Executive Board. These members may be any staff member.
- A member of the Staff Assembly may not chair more than one Standing Committee.
- Unless requested, membership on a Standing Committee shall not change during a member's term of office. Members do not have to serve on the same committee for both years of his/her term or on the same committee for multiple terms of office.
- Each member shall serve on at least one Standing Committee.
- Minutes shall be kept for each Standing Committee meeting. Each Standing Committee will also submit an annual report of its activities and any pending matters to the Executive Board at the June Executive Board meeting.
- Standing Committees shall establish goals, objectives and priorities. They have authority to carry out activities necessary to perform their charges, prepare reports, offer recommendations and make parliamentary motions to the Staff Assembly.
- Standing Committees or the Executive Board may establish subcommittees to address specific issues as needed. Chairs of subcommittees shall be appointed by Standing Committee Chairs or the President. The Standing Committees or the Executive Board may dissolve subcommittees upon completion of subcommittee's assignment.
- The Standing Committee Chairs shall convene their first committee meeting within 30 days after appointment and as needed thereafter or as requested by the Executive Board.
- Each Committee shall consist of at least four members.
- At the end of each term, each Committee Chair shall provide to the respective incoming Chair appropriate information to facilitate continuity (e.g., responsibilities, goals, unfinished business, and past and pending parliamentary motions).
- Committees
- Policies and Issues Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- Serves as a liaison between the Staff Assembly and the President, the Vice President for Administration, the Office of Human Resources, other College administrators, and the Faculty/Professionals and Professional Faculty/Student Assemblies on staff-related matters.
- Serves as a resource to staff in obtaining information on matters of staff concern.
- Serves as a link in obtaining information from the Virginia Governmental Employees Association.
- Brings to the Staff Assembly's attention changes in policies and procedures that may affect the staff and advises the Staff Assembly on these issues. This includes monitoring the actions of the Board of Visitors and any college committees that may deal with issues of staff concern.
- Constitution and By-Laws Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- Evaluate proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Staff Assembly.
- Interpret the Constitution and Bylaws and make recommendations as needed to the Staff Assembly.
- Revise and update the Constitution and Bylaws upon requisite approval.
- Communications Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- As authorized by the Executive Board, disseminates information about the Staff Assembly to the college community in print and/or electronic form to include the Staff Assembly website and staff listserv.
- Fulfills communication needs of the Staff Assembly as requested by any Committee Chair, the Assembly President or Executive Board.
- Interfaces with the College and non-university media sources to provide information on Staff Assembly activities when appropriate.
- Plans and coordinates all information session activities.
- Communicates with other Standing Committees to ensure that information distributed at information and orientation sessions is correct.
- Serves as historian and archivist.
- Elections and Nominations Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- Coordinates the Staff Assembly election process. This Committee is responsible establishing election procedures and ensuring that these procedures and the Staff Assembly Constitution and By-laws are followed when electing Staff Assembly members and officers.
- Compiles ballots for all Staff Assembly elections.
- Makes recommendations to the Staff Assembly President for appointment of members and chairs to Staff Assembly and college committees, as needed.
- Monitors elections and oversees voting on proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Staff Assembly.
- Receives requests from individual Staff Assembly members of a member's desire to serve on a committee. Staff Assembly members with expertise in specific fields are encouraged to volunteer for membership on appropriate committees.
- Staff and Community Relations Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- Plans and coordinates outreach activities (Employee Assistance Fund), need-based fund drives (Holiday Food Drives), and awards (Employee of the Month).
- Activities and Events Committee - Primary Responsibilities
- Coordinates guest speakers/lectures, fundraisers for staff activities, social activities.
- Policies and Issues Committee - Primary Responsibilities
Article III. Conducting Business
- The Staff Assembly shall hold a General Meeting once per semester designed for attendance by all available Staff.
- Staff Assembly will meet no less than 10 times a year. These meetings will be open.
- Meeting dates shall be published in advance in all appropriate college publications.
- Items may be placed on the agenda for Assembly meetings by any of the following:
- The President, the Executive Board or any committee of the Assembly.
- Any two Staff Assembly members
- Any ten staff members, provided that submission must be in writing.
- The College President or the Vice President for Administration.
- Items to be placed on the agenda must be submitted to the Recording Secretary at least 15 days prior to the next meeting.
- The agendas for the Executive Board and Staff Assembly meetings shall be distributed to the staff, the College President and the Vice President for Administration at least five days prior to the relevant meeting. Electronic distribution via email, list serves or web page is acceptable. All agendas shall be posted on the Staff Assembly website.
- A quorum for Staff Assembly is fifty percent of all filled positions. All Assembly measures and actions, except for amendments to the Constitution, shall pass by a simple majority of the Assembly members present and voting. Voting on motions shall normally be viva voce, by show of hands or by email. Five members may require a roll call vote upon any motion.
- Elections shall take place no later than March 31. Information concerning the election process will be distributed to all staff by February 15.
- Elections shall be held by secret ballot.
- Officers are elected by the 24 member Assembly, except where provided otherwise herein.
- Elections of officers will occur at the first meeting of the Staff Assembly after general elections are held.
- An office may be filled by special election if an officer is unable to complete their term.
- Elections shall be held by secret ballot.
Article IV. Elections
- Election of Assembly Members
- Election of Officers
Article V. Amendments to the Bylaws
Notice of any proposal to amend the Bylaws shall be given in the agenda in accordance with the requirements set out in Article III, above. An affirmative vote of the majority of the Assembly members is required for adoption. The amended Bylaws shall be presented, when approved, to the College Board of Visitors.
Article VI. Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Assembly to the extent they apply.
Approved April 16, 2010 by the College of William & Mary's Board of Visitors.


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Coming Late 2013: New Michael Landau Stratocasters
Session ace Michael Landau has worked closely with Fender Custom Shop to create two new Stratocaster models that are right up our alley. We're very excited to get our hands on both his new '63 and '68 spec relic Stratocasters, with their customized tremolos, lovely neck shape, and custom wound pickups. These will each be shipping by the end of the year. MSRP starts at $5,200 and we are taking pre-orders now! The '68 comes in either black or 3-tone sunburst, and the '63 is a gorgeous Fiesta red over 3-tone sunburst.
From Fender:
We at the Fender Custom Shop are proud to introduce to you the newest member to the Signature Series Line, The Michael Landau Signature Strats. World renown session ace, Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980's with artists as varied as Joni Mitchell, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, B.B King, Pink Floyd, and Miles Davis just to name a few. He has also fronted several bands including the Raging Honkies and Burning Water and more recently, Renegade Creation with Robben Ford. With his own group, Michael continues to set the bar in electric / jazz / instrumental / rock guitar. Based on Michael's 1963 Stratocaster, the new Michael Landau Signature Stratocaster comes in two versions; a small peg 1963 Fiesta Red over three tone sunburst, or a big peg 1968 version that comes in two colors, black and three tone sunburst. The guitar features a unique neck shape, custom pickups, and a customized tremolo bridge.
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5 Responses to "Coming Late 2013: New Michael Landau Stratocasters"
New? They looked worn out. I'll pass.
Nice guitar. Please stop relicing everything. Its such a tired cliché!
i agree with don's comment, it's old. not even the original. it looks terrible. over 5,000.00 for a worn out looking strat. use to be, if you were selling a quality guitar, if it had a scratch on it , you had to come down in price or not be able to sell it at all. I think this relic stuff is nuts. just like a 25,000.00 evh copy. wow!!!! how ridiculous. but, it's only my opinon. I guess , the new wave of players today, want everyone to think they have played all over the world, & their guitars got trashed in the process, I would rather buy a new strat or other model , & beat the crap out of it myself.
Don't like it? Don't buy it. I like it, I'll buy it. To each his own. That easy.
I'm toward the older side of the "new wave of player" spectrum–this phenom caught on like a plague sometime in the mid-late '90s. You buy a comfortable expensive pair of jeans, it wears out and you hate to part but you go out and buy yourself a new pair of jeans without the holes in it. I didn't realize how far gone we were until my final year of highschool a kid two grades below actually paid me for my worn-torn jeans–which were from that store everyone shopped at in '99. He brought me in a brand new pair of jeans–plus 30 bucks cash. At least what he got was authentic. This synthetic authentic masturbation exercise we're caught up in is interesting but hopefully nearing it's end. I've had to buy used guitars all my life. The thrill and delight of a high quality brand new guitar in your hands and the "joy in the moment" it brings is something that simply cannot be duplicated or "recreated" by painstakingly reproducing something out of its time and place. The context and meaning that made the original thing special is lost. That's no way to honor historical artifacts of importance.


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Gone Fishing
Life on and off the waters of the Wood River Valley
Winter 2014
Beers Across America
A couple of beer geeks try microbreweries from across the country.
Restoring the Big Wood
The Big Wood River has been adopted as part of Trout Unlimited's Home Rivers Initiative.
Top 10 Books by African American Authors
A rundown of the 10 Best Books by African American Authors in honor of Black History Month.
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Falling in Love with Loreto
THEY SAY THAT TOWNS, just like people, have souls to them—at least the special ones do. And while scholars, theologists and bartenders the world over have long tried to settle arguments about how best to describe a human soul, understanding the soul of an exceptional town is a lot easier. These extraordinary spots, often tucked along coasts or nestled high up the mountains, simply feel special as soon as you set foot upon them. There's just a different vibe, a sweeter kind of energy to them. Some places have just the right kind of magic. Loreto, Mexico, which overlooks the Sea of Cortez on Baja California Sur, has that special kind of feel—especially, it seems, for people who also love Sun Valley and its friendly Idaho confines. There has,...
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My Moto Guzzi V35II 350cc, in the early morning sun at the 1988 Magna-Carta freedom rally. A smashing little bike with good performance fine handling and superb brakes. Fitted with non-standard seat when purchased but this was replaced later and the bike went through a number of colour changes. Great bike which convinced me of the merits of Moto Guzzis, just a pity I blew the engine!
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Fresh & Fun Wedding Invitations From Off On My Bicycle
by Polka Dot Bride | Bride, Stationery And Paper Goods
I am such a paper lover and these new designs from Off On My Bicycle Wedding Invitations certainly tapped into my stationery loving heart. Just as fun and fresh as Leisha's first collection, the 2015 range of invitations is full of fun designs that have a distinctly fresh feel to them. Off On My Bicycle


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June 2014 Video Game Release Dates
It's E3 month! Starting on 9th June, games companies from all over the world will be showing off their wares. What are you hoping will be announced this year?
But enough of that – there's some great games coming out RIGHT NOW! We are very excited to see how Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark plays, and also getting our hands on that slow-mo through the face gun-play that is Sniper Elite III. Here's the release dates…
3rd June 2014
"WildStar is an upcoming fantasy/science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes place on the fictional planet Nexus, where a mysterious and powerful race known as the Eldan has disappeared leaving behind a wealth of technology and secrets for players to explore."
6th June 2014
Murdered: Soul Suspect
PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Murdered: Soul Suspect is a dark, detective thriller with a supernatural twist: solving your own murder from the afterlife. Play as Ronan O'Connor, a Salem police detective with a checkered past, whose life is brought to an untimely end by a brutal killer. Trapped in a limbo world called Dusk, he is unable to find peace until he can bring his killer to justice."
10th June 2014
Enemy Front
PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
"Against the visceral backdrop of breathtaking European locations, the player takes on the role of American war correspondent Robert Hawkins, as he fights hand in hand with Resistance Fighters opposing the Nazi juggernaut in France, Germany, Norway, and during the Warsaw Uprising."
17th June 2014
EA Sports UFC
Xbox One, PlayStation 4
"With its first new major sports league partnership in over a decade, EA SPORTS presents EA Sports UFC. The next-generation of fighting has been built exclusively for the PlayStation 4 and XBOX ONE by the team behind the critically-acclaimed Fight Night franchise."
24th June 2014
Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, 3DS, WiiU
"Serving as a follow-up to both the upcoming live-action film Transformers: Age of Extinction and Activision's Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron titles, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark jumps worlds and factions as it weaves the tale of the hunt for an ancient relic as powerful as the Matrix of Leadership – the Dark Spark."
25th June 2014
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC
"Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a puzzle adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. The game is inspired by letters written during the Great War and turns around four strangers entering the battlefield to help a young German soldier find his love in a story about survival, sacrifice and friendship."
27th June 2014
Grid Autosport
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
"Following on from GRID and GRID 2, GRID Autosport is the new racing game from Codemasters that brings alive the experience of becoming a professional racing driver. Immersing gamers in a world of contemporary motorsport with a wide range of different disciplines and series, players will choose how to build and shape their career. It's a world of breadth, of depth, of intensity, of pressure, and, of course, of the excitement that only racing cars can deliver."
Sniper Elite III
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC
Featuring a greater focus on player agency/choice and expansive environments filled with opportunities for distinct play-styles, and set in the exotic yet deadly terrain of North Africa during World War Two, Sniper Elite 3 sees American OSS agent Karl Fairburne deep behind Nazi lines, providing crucial sharpshooter skills as the Allies battle Germany's fearsome Tiger tanks across the Western Desert."


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BAY POINT -- A community garden at Ambrose Community Center will be renamed to honor Gloria Magleby, a longtime Bay Point resident who strove to make the town a better place before she died last year.
The community garden next to the Ambrose Community Center was established in 2009 with the help of volunteers on a vacant lot owned by the district. The naming ceremony will take place on Memorial Day, which is when the Bay Point Garden Club holds its seventh annual spring derby parade and festival, along with a tribute to local residents who died in wars.
Magleby was dubbed the unofficial mayor of Bay Point for her longtime involvement with the community. She served on the Ambrose Recreation and Park District board from 2000 to 2011 and on the Bay Point Municipal Advisory Council from 1988 to 2011.
"She was a very important person in Bay Point and loved to get people involved," park district board member Judy Dawson said.
Magleby also founded the Bay Point Historical Society, Bay Point Chamber of Commerce and the Bay Point Garden Club, a supporter of the community garden. She was named "Woman of the Year" by the California State Assembly in 2002.In March, the five-member park district board voted unanimously to name the garden in Magleby's honor to acknowledge her contributions to the park district and Bay Point over the years. "She would have been honored if it was the pots that hold the geraniums that she so much loved," board member Eva Garcia said of the decision to name the garden for Magleby. "She had a lot of followers, and she put a lot of people to work. She called you over, and next thing you know you were doing it."
"She was always like that. She would say, 'You can do it,' " added board member Mae Cendana Torlakson, who along with Garcia is also on the board of the Bay Point Garden Club. "Somebody said to know Glo is to work for Glo."
Magleby moved with her family from Monroe, Utah, to Bay Point, which was then known as West Pittsburg, in 1942 when she was 16 years old. She lived in Bay Point until 2010, when a stroke forced her to move into a care home in Concord. Health issues prompted her resignation from the park district and Municipal Advisory Council.
Her nephew, Mark Magleby, was touched that the community garden would be named to honor his aunt.
"It's wonderful.
She gave her heart and soul to the Ambrose Recreation and Park District," he said.
"She certainly had a huge social bone in her body to be involved in as many ways as possible, whether it be in history, in politics or the environment.
She wanted to be part of the community as much as possible and to change it for the better."
Contact Eve Mitchell at 925-779-7189. Follow her on Twitter.com/EastCounty_Girl.
What: Ceremony to rename the Ambrose Community Garden the Gloria "Glo" Magleby Community Garden
Where: Ambrose Community Center, 3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point
When: Memorial Day following the 9 a.m. ceremony to acknowledge Bay Point residents who died in wars


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Posted by: admin | Posted in: blog | August 19, 2013The internet is the best place to test the true market worth of your ideas — cheap, fast and effectively We are living in exciting times. A time when there is strength in numbers. Experts may dub it the Participatory Age, the Age of Collaboration, the Age of Instant Communication and if I may add to those epithets, The Age of Instant Gratification. The internet and the online communities that it allows us to set-up has shrunk the world and given everyone a voice. First-time, self-published authors are realizing the market value of their dreams through self and digital publishing. A bunch of aspiring filmmakers on shoe-string budgets are shooting with hand-held cameras and basking in the reflected glory of their two-bit fame on You Tube. A housewife in Houston is sharing her tips on kettle corn with a cookery club on Facebook and going viral with her homely goodies that earlier had no takers. The possibilities are endless and it's not difficult to understand why. The tools of creativity are now more widely and evenly distributed. Anyone with a laptop and an internet connection can set up shop or get connected with a business associate or a peer from any spot on the planet! It's easy and cheap to experiment. It costs virtually nothing to float an idea on the net, check the response, get quotes, get metrics, gauge the size of the market, estimate cost of raw material procurement — and based on all this cheap R&D, determine your margin of profitability and the marketability of the idea. No need to hire McKinsey consultant when there is free-floating advice all around you — offered free-of-cost on a LinkedIn web forum! These days, if you have an iota of talent — any kind — degrees and titles don't count. Now, if you have already found a perfect excuse not to work, no one can help you, but if not, there are opportunities around you waiting to be tapped and you can earn a decent sum even from the 8X8 confines of your home-office. What's more and even more exciting is that in this networked world, commitment is voluntary — you may accept and refuse a project from anywhere, dictate your own terms and conditions, shoot down proposals and accept those that do appeal to you. Money flows from talent and value-added services. Communities are setting their own rules and norms of doing business and information is traded widely and openly. There are no trade secrets (and even if there are, they would be difficult to maintain for very long) and everyone is an experimenter; an entrepreneur. Earlier, the gap between the have, the have-nots and the "have-got-what-is-not-theirs" was wide and insurmountable because information — the main instrument of this Participatory Age — was asymmetrically distributed. Those who had more information dictated terms that others had to follow. Today, everybody has access to the same sources of information. Very little information is privileged or confidential — think Wikileaks! Just about everything now is decentralized. Online marketplaces like eBay, eLance, oDesk, Lulu.com have made it so easy for buyers and sellers to find each other. Resources are following opportunities. Communities set rules that members must follow. This is a true democratic order of things. On the flipside — survival with this information-overload can be tough. Since one has a proprietary over information tools, ideas today compete on an equal footing and the challenge to your idea can spring from anywhere in the world. This implies that you need to have your ears to the ground 24/7. It would be a mistake for New Age entrepreneurs to underestimate the power of this media. It enables small companies to pose like big Daddies. It allows testing to be done cheaply and quickly and it enables marketers to come up with unique ways of selling their products in manners that dwarf all other forms of conventional marketing. So huge can be its impact — but more of that in our next post…. Till then, stay tuned….
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Now comes an article in the Los Angeles Times about teachers getting hosed by the NEA regarding retirement programs (such as the much touted 403B's) that are supposed to help with retirement security, but in actuality are overhyped investment promotions. Apparently, the NEA and certain investment outfits are in cahoots to guide teachers towards programs that brokers profit from, whether from high fees or long term/low yield results. I have two thoughts on this.
First, I am hardly surprised that the NEA is partnered with corporate interests. I'm constantly irritated that I am required to funnel money to these corrupt assholes to further their political agenda, but I'm not surprised. The NEA is basically a political action committee that tries to parlay the whole "good natured, socially accepted teacher vibe", while at the same time taxing the members with no visible government results (pay? benefits? social attitude?).
As a result, hundreds of insurers, mutual fund companies and financial planners compete for teachers' money, touting a bewildering array of products. A union endorsement confers a huge advantage, allowing a provider to stand out from the crowd. Unions do more than simply give companies their blessing. Some help market and sell endorsed products. They tout investment firms on their websites and provide direct links to sites where teachers can sign up to buy annuities. Endorsed providers also enjoy special access to schools and teacher conferences where they can pitch their products. Teachers generally are not aware that unions are paid for their endorsements, directly or indirectly. Such deals usually are not mentioned on union websites or in brochures describing the favored investments.
These are not the actions of a well run union, these are the actions of a corporate structure. The union should be pushing education programs for all its members, with different a multi-tiered focus on where on the retirement scale a teacher is current at. Younger teachers can be taught that taking a risk is good at this age (not a 3% fixed annuity), while older teachers are taught that less risk and more security is a wiser move. Instead, the system is playing politics. Recently the California State Teacher's Retirement System (CALSTRS), the nation's second largest pension fund, decided to sell stock in any company that has connections to the Sudanese government, due to the recent issues in Darfur. Sounds very nice doesn't it? Except that it may not the be most financially sound decision for the members that happen to put money into CALSTRS. I think that what is going on in Darfur is awful, but I don't want my retirement to get worse because a lucrative Chinese petroleum company happens to do business with the Sudanese government. If this was a real issue, CALSTRS would pull all stocks from any company that does business with China as well, one of the world's largest abusers of human rights. I want my retirement in companies that are going to secure my future. Hey Mr. CALSTRS fund manager, I want my money in Halliburton and in any Venezuelan oil company that you can find. Chavez is going to end up kicking out the American companies eventually, the teachers might as well profit!
My second opinion has to due with the basic financial ignorance of the American citizen. If teachers, who are supposed to be educated professionals, are being lured into these grossly misstated investment opportunities, think about the average citizen who could be told that he must figure out his/her own financial security. We are talking about people that can't balance a check book, much less research a good mutual fund or take a few hours a week to check their stock portfolio. Total privatization of retirement is not the answer, but neither is letting the problem fester. Hey NCLB and CASHEE, how about less focus on the Pythagorean theorem and more time on secure the future of students.
Thanks to Right on the Left Coast (fav blogger, and loves Pythagoras) and the Education Intelligence Agency for heads up on the article.


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Year of Award: 1980
Publication Information: The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 86, 1979, pp. 809-817
Summary: The author describes Grassman's approach to linear algebra and its application to geometry.
About the Author: (from The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 86, (1979)) Desmond Fearnley-Sander's M.Sc. thesis at the Australian National University was supervised, by R.E. Edwards. After two years postgraduate study at the University of Washington he left, undoctored, to take up an assistant-professorship at the California State College at San Bernardino. He lectured at the University of Western Australia for six years and took up his present post at the University of Tasmania in 1975. He has spent periods of sabbatical leave at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Edinburgh University. His main mathematical interests are linear algebra and its history, and the history of analysis, 1870-1930, and he is at present writing a history of linear algebra.


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Seen On The Scene: T.I., ASAP Rocky, DJ Drama And Ice Cube Turn Up At Coors Light Search For The Coldest MC
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Atlanta embraced ASAP Rocky along with hometown hero T.I. onstage at last night's "Coors Light Search For The Coldest MC." The event showcased upcoming talent, but the audience was also treated to performances by T.I., ASAP Rocky and Lil Scrappy, while Ice Cube and DJ Drama shared hosting duties.
It was a male-dominated event but Toya Wright repped for the ladies. Looking very nice after returning from her anniversary trip to Paris.
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- Academic Life
- Social and Cultural Life
- Application Process
- Tuition, Fees, & Financial Aid
- Residence Life
Academic Life
What is the size of the Mary Baldwin College campus?
What is the geographical distribution of the traditional age students?
What are the most popular majors?
- Sociology
- Art
- Psychology
- Asian Studies
- History
- Communication
- Business
- Health Care Administration
- English
- Political Science
- Social Work
- Criminal Justice
What are the advantages of attending a school the size of Mary Baldwin?
Student to faculty ratio: 12 to 1.
Average class size: 17
Very close association between faculty and students.
More than 200 leadership positions are available on campus and are all filled by women.
Opportunity to do individual research and complete an internship.
What courses do freshmen take?
PHED 100 fitness class is also required for graduation, students are encouraged to take it during their first semester.
Otherwise, there are no other freshman requirements. There are, however, graduation requirements. Freshmen are urged to explore and expand their academic opportunities, whether or not they have chosen a major.
How many students go on to graduate school?
20 – 25% go directly after graduation.
45 – 55% go within 5-10 years after graduation.
Are there computer labs on campus?
Students are encouraged to have their own computers in their rooms. There are more than 200 work stations in the labs outfitted with hardware and software appropriate to current courses.
Do you have the same advisor all four years?
Is financial aid academic or need based?
What is the deadline for submitting the FAFSA? School Code 003723
Do I need to file the FAFSA to get a campus job?
When is new student orientation?
We also offer BOLD 101. This required course includes information on study skills, motivation, time management, use of the library, and self-esteem. This is a part of continuing orientation in the freshmen halls throughout the year.
Is there a career and placement office?
What opportunities are available for study abroad?
May Term travel in the last few years have included:
- Italy – Renaissance Studies
- London – Theater/ London – Criminal Justice
- France – French Civilization/Art Appreciation
- Japan – Modern Japan/Asian Studies
- Australia/New Zealand – Sociology
- Spain – Spanish in Madrid or Costa Rica
- Russia -courses TBA in St. Petersburg
- Bulgaria/Turkey/Greece – Colloquium
Social and Cultural Life
What do Mary Baldwin students do for fun?
Annual events, such as Apple Day, Signature Ball, Spring Fling, theatre, music, and coffee houses offer a richness and diversity of options. Students also have access to larger cities such as Washington, D.C. (2.5 hrs), Richmond (1.75 hrs) and Roanoke (1.5 hrs) where they can enjoy shops, museums, and theaters.
Wintergreen and Massanutten ski resorts are both a short drive from campus. Shenandoah National Park, national forests, and recreation areas present unlimited opportunities to enjoy backpacking, hiking, rafting, canoeing, and camping.
What sports are available?
Club sports are fencing, field hockey, dance, riding, swimming, and cheerleading.
What is the town of Staunton and surrounding area like?
There is a large and lively artistic community providing many cultural activities. The downtown area bordering the campus, is a historic district that includes restored homes, antique and gift shops, restaurants, professional offices, and a movie theater.
What about transportation to and from Staunton?
- Our nearest airport is the Shenandoah Valley Airport 15 miles away in Weyers Cave.
- The Charlottesville Airport is 45 miles away.
- The Roanoke Airport is 85 miles away.
- The Amtrak Train Service is available at the downtown station.
Application Process
How do I get an application and catalog?
What are the requirements for applying to Mary Baldwin?
- high school transcript
- SAT/ACT scores or TOEFL (MBC code for SAT: 5397, MBC code for ACT: 4374)
- Mary Baldwin College application for admission (see above)
Is a formal interview required?
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Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, generally considered to be an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and is characterized by difficulties in social-emotional reciprocity, deficits in non-verbal communication and developing understanding and maintaining relationships, restricted patterns of behavior and interests, and hyper and hypo-reactivity to sensory experiences.
The exact prevalence is unknown due to a lack of consistent criteria to clearly distinguish AS from ASD. ASD has an incidence in the general population of approximately 1/68. AS is not considered to be a rare disease. Males seem to be more frequently affected than females with a ratio of 2:1.
Before the age of 4, AS is usually asymptomatic and children have normal or near-normal language development. However, they may have difficulty with the pragmatic (i.e. conversational) aspects of language, have abnormal or pedantic content and focus conversations on a preferred topic of interest. They also lack the understanding of semantic content (i.e. irony, jokes). Unusual reactions to sensory input (i.e. noise, light, aromas, and temperature) can often be first recognized during infancy. Diagnosis of AS is delayed and usually occurs around the age of 7 (but some remain undiagnosed until adulthood) when social demands exceed limited capacities or may be marked by learned strategies. Impaired social interactions (lack of social awareness, lack of interest in socializing, inability to socialize/make friends) cause many children to be socially isolated. Eye contact may be elusive or fixed when conversing with others. Behavior disturbances may present before or after the appearance of atypical social skills and include repetitive interests (overfixation on a preferred subject), cognitive rigidity (i.e. intolerance to changes in routine), and relative difficulty completing chores or daily tasks, considering the person's intellectual abilities. Other conditions that can be associated with AS include anxiety disorders, disruptive behavior disorders (i.e. aggression), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression (and other mood disorders), and sleep disturbances. Intelligence is within the normal range.
The exact etiology of AS is unknown but like ASD, genetic and neurobiological factors are thought to play a role in the development of this disease. Epigenetic factors and exposure to environmental modifiers may also account for a few cases.
Diagnosis of AS is based on a clinical assessment by a multidisciplinary team and a thorough investigation into the patient's health and developmental history combined with the use of a formal diagnostic tool. The diagnostic guidelines most often followed are the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography and chromosome analysis may be useful in excluding other similar disorders.
The main differential diagnoses of AS include early-childhood autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, personality disorders (i.e. schizoid, schizotypal, borderline) social anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Normal or near normal language development and normal intelligence differentiates AS from other ASDs.
There is no cure for AS and treatment is symptomatic. Management relies on long-term remedial educational (i.e. social skills training) and therapy programs (i.e. speech and language therapy). Psychopharmacologic interventions may be necessary in those with associated psychological disorders. Cognitive behavior therapy can be successful in treating mood disorders.
AS is considered to be a life-long disorder and outcome varies between patients. With proper support and education, symptoms can diminish over time and patients can enjoy a good quality of life, but difficulties in social interactions may persist.
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Augusta -- We first told you about a woman who's accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from dozens of people a few weeks ago.
12 On Your Side talked to one of the victims who says Cindy O'Tyson put her non-profit in major debt.
The Smart Girls Club prides itself on helping young women get prepared for life.
It only tries to provide a service and doesn't make any money, but the group's leader says someone else made money off of them.
"Smart Girls Club started a year and a half ago with the idea that we'd have a reading club for girls ages 12-15," says the group's Leader Pat Van Hooser.
"To be in Smart Girls is very cool," says Smart Girl Kendra Brown.
"It's really fun," says Smart Girl Toeshma Youmans.
But the girls and the group say they got a different kind of lesson recently, a lesson that says not all adults are good.
"It started great with Cindy. She was a big help," Van Hooser said.
Van Hooser says a lady named Cindy O'Tyson came around and seemed to want to help the group.
"She had contacts. She had great ideas," Van Hooser said.
But Pat says O'Tyson had another great idea, to use the Smart Girls name to line her own pockets.
Pat says O'Tyson got the group signed up for a credit card account with a major retailer. The card was supposed to help buy a few things for the girls. Pat says it turned out that it only helped O'Tyson to $4,000 that Smart Girls has to pay back.
"We were put into debt and, I was not aware of that, by Cindy O'Tyson," Van Hooser said.
It was news that put a damper on the girls.
"Words can't explain how I feel about it," Kendra said.
"It makes me disappointed and changes the way I think a bit," Teoshma said.
Investigators say many of the dozens of people O'Tyson is charged with stealing from won't ever see their money again, but it looks like the Smart Girls are a little luckier.
"The community has come around to help us and they've put us in a better situation than before," Van Hooser said.
Investigators say O'Tyson will be heading to prison, now awaiting trial. She's in prison because this arrest violated her parole.
The Smart Girls Club meets the third Thursday of every month at Tubman Middle School from 4:30 to 6PM. For more information you can go to http://www.Smartgirlsclub.Org.
If you'd like to make a donation to them, you can call 706-860-0116.


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Chris Webber got his reconciliation with the Warriors. And that will have to do.
Nearly a month after an awkward landing caused swelling in his surgically repaired knee, Webber is retiring from the NBA, the team announced Tuesday. The 35-year-old forward, a veteran of 15 seasons, will make it official today.
"I'm sorry it didn't work out," Warriors Coach Don Nelson said. "It was great to work with him again and get to know him as an adult. I enjoyed our time together."
Webber's return to the Warriors in late January made headlines because of the way he had left town more than a decade prior - shipped out at a discount despite winning rookie of the year honors in 1993-94 because of a long-simmering quarrel with Nelson.
But it turned out to be nothing so much as a brief valedictory turn for Webber after stops in Washington, Sacramento, Philadelphia and Detroit.
Nelson and Warriors executive vice president Chris Mullin courted the five-time All-Star for weeks. The Warriors signed Webber to a pro-rated deal worth roughly $565,000 after he and Nelson talked through their history to everyone's satisfaction.
Nelson was hoping that Webber's preternatural passing skills would alleviate some of the playmaking burden on his three stars - Baron Davis, Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson - but Webber averaged only 14 minutes in nine games before hurting his knee Feb. 29 while trying for a dunk against the 76ers.
Webber has been troubled by the knee since 2003, when he had microfracture surgery in order to continue his career.
"Any time you don't meet the expectations, you have problems and it's disappointing," Webber said March 12.
That scenario arrived nonetheless. Webber traveled with the team to Atlanta in early March and stayed there for a week to receive treatment on his knee. He worked with the team's strength-and-conditioning staff a couple of times before experiencing more swelling in the joint. He returned to Sacramento recently to work on his own, with the team's permission.
An ESPN.com report said Webber made up his mind to retire "in the past week," but it had become increasingly obvious even before then that the Warriors were planning to finish the season without him. Nelson said more than a week ago, "Now that we're down in the stretch drive, we'll probably have to play the way we've been playing (without Webber)."
The coach added Monday that it would be "pretty hard at this point" to add Webber back into the mix. "When you have to go through the process of (finding) his rhythm and a few airballs or whatever it takes to get back playing where you feel good about yourself, then it's really hard on the head coach because any of those things could cost us a game."
With Webber out of the picture, the Warriors could fill his roster spot with another veteran free agent, although if they want that player to be eligible for the postseason, it has to be someone who was not on an NBA roster as of March 1.
They could also look to the NBA Development League, either to call up their own player - second-year center Patrick O'Bryant recently was sent down to Bakersfield - or to bring in somebody new.
Webber will finish his career with averages of 20.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.


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I'm amazed at how clear Obama's ideas are regarding technology, this
early in the game. Most politicians understand zero about technology,
which is one reason they keep passing stupid laws (like DMCA, in
addition to lobbying=bribes by the interests, I mean). Besides that,
if I were Obama I'd probably be thinking the economy, Iraq, energy etc
were such big problems that they would have to be dealt with first,
then later I'd get to a small potato like software patents. Anyway,
it's going to be interesting to see how it all works out. So far, it
doesn't look good for Microsoft.


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Teacher WRITES UP BOY For Drawing Gun He Saw In Cloud | The Daily Caller
Another little boy has gotten in trouble at a taxpayer-funded public school for having something – or, in this case, drawing something – that represents a gun but isn't actually anything remotely approaching a real gun.
This week, a second-grade teacher in Colorado filed a behavioral report on a boy after he drew a picture of a gun because she instructed him to go outside, look up at the clouds and draw what he saw.
The incident unfolded at Talbott Elementary School in Colorado Springs, reports local CBS affiliate KKTV.
"Draw a picture of what you see in the clouds from your imagination," 8-year-old Kody said, describing the teacher's assignment.
"And that picture is a gun," he added, proudly pointing to the gun he drew — based on the cloud he saw.
Kody's cloud portrayal was deemed wrong by his unidentified teacher, who marched him into the office and then filed the behavior report.
The boy's crime, according to the behavioral report, was exhibiting behavior that is disruptive to the learning community at Talbott Elementary.
Kody's parents were not pleased.
Can't imagine why. The plethora of reports like this is just the tip of the iceberg, you know. The progressive feminist mafia (both male and female) currently running our public school systems like their own personal tyranny is marked by this lockstep thinking, and totally dedicated to making even the thought of a firearm into a "thought crime."
I would guess that for every one of these incidents that actually gets reported, another hundred go entirely unremarked.
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Ignatius: Obama's pragmatic approach
Here's the coldblooded calculation at work as President Obama shapes his foreign policy agenda: If he took "full ownership" of the Syria problem through direct military intervention, that's probably all he could accomplish during his second term — and even then, he might fail in reconciling that country's feuding sects.
So Obama is moving instead toward a more pragmatic approach in Syria, with the CIA playing a central role supplemented by the State Department and the U.S. military. The U.S. will train Syrian rebels and help build governance in areas liberated from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Washington will work harder to coordinate policy with the key regional powers — Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Jordan — whose conflicting agendas have threatened in recent days to pull the Syrian opposition apart.
But Obama won't make the all-encompassing commitment in Syria that some want because he fears it would devour the remaining years of his presidency.
This pragmatic line on foreign policy was evident during Obama's trip to the Middle East this month. Though the president is often criticized for his passive, "leading from behind" style, he actually made some notable advances on the trip. The challenge, one that Obama has often failed, will be to follow through with coherent "out-front" leadership.
Here are three strategic gains that emerged from the trip:
What these exchanges demonstrated is that Obama is stronger politically than he was a year ago and that Netanyahu is weaker. The Israeli prime minister is now trying to associate himself with Obama's Iran policy, rather than pressuring him on "redlines."
Syria remains the test of whether Obama can, forgive the term, "lean in" more during his second term. Obama has been slow to see the dangers of U.S. passivity there: For months he let things drift in Syria; the U.S. had a nominal commitment to strengthening command-and-control within the opposition but no real policy on the ground to accomplish it.
Obama is now said to understand the risk that Syria's sectarian conflict will spread to Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan if the U.S. doesn't take stronger action.
The president is still said to resist the simple formula of "arm the rebels," but he seems close to partnering with friendly intelligence services in the region on what would be a major covert action program.


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But before Matt Dodson can earn his rightful place in the ranks, his mettle is to be tested in the most severe and extraordinary ways--ways that change him forever, from the midwestern American boy into a man of the Solar Patrol.
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Defenseman to join Staals and Skinner on Team Canada at IIHF World Championship
Harrison, 30, completed his 11th full professional season and his fourth season with the Hurricanes in 2012-13, notching three goals and earning seven assists (10 points) in 47 games played. The Oshawa, Ont., native ranked second among Carolina skaters with 51 penalty minutes, third on the team with 83 hits and his 19:54 average ice time per game ranked him third among team blueliners. Harrison (6'4", 211 lbs.) won a silver medal with Canada at the 2001 IIHF World Junior Championship, and captured gold as a member of Team Canada at the 1998 4 Nations Cup.


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Trailing 3-1 at one stage in the afternoon session, Robertson had rallied to lead an open and free-scoring match 5-3 after the opening session.
The contest's conclusion would prove far more arduous, with the average frame time doubling in the final session, but the Australian outlasted his fellow 30-year-old to make the fledgling event's finale.
Robertson made Murphy wait for close to an hour to finally sink his first pot of the match, but after the Australian's 76 break sealed the opening frame, Murphy managed to get off and running and build some momentum.
'The Magician' came in with a run to 61 to win the second after Robertson had let his opponent in following an initial 23 break, and a tense third frame also went the way of the Englishman after a series of tense exchanges and a Robertson unforced error that allowed Murphy to sweep in with a late 37 to steal.
Murphy continued to improve at the table and a meticulous 73 sealed a two-frame advantage heading into the first mid-session interval.
Robertson re-emerged in top form, however, racking up 222 unanswered points to level the match at 3-3.
First, Robertson made a monster 142 clearance to move top of the tournament break-building charts and claim pole position for the £2,000 bonus on offer. A 69 break in the sixth then restored parity.
Further big knocks of 87 and 68 completed a 400+ point half-session for the Melbourne left-hander and left him with a two-frame lead of his own at the conclusion of the opening session.
The evening's play in China would prove to be a stark contrast, however, with the two invariably locked in a series of stalemates and scrappy exchanges.
Murphy closed to within a frame as the session opened before Robertson's 91 break - the only significant break of the session - saw him regain his two-frame advantage at 6-4.
Murphy stole the next on the colours for 6-5 after half an hour littered with baulk duels and nervy misses, but it would be his last frame of the tournament.
Robertson edged the next three equally scrappy frames to secure victory, with the Englishman guilty of a number of inexplicably loose plays which allowed his opponent to capitalise.
As he had en route to victory at the 2012 Masters, Robertson defeated Murphy by four frames and will now look to add to his trophy cabinet by overcoming the man he beat in the last four at Alexandra Palace - and new world number one - Trump, who thrashed Peter Ebdon 9-1 on Friday in the first semi.
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Tuesday October 8, 2013
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Fresh off a second-round berth in the NCAA Tournament a season ago, the University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team has been selected 12th nationally in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Poll.
The Pacers were 22-8 last year, including a 13-6 mark in the Peach Belt Conference. Head coach Mike Brandt's team advanced to the conference semifinals before falling to Clayton State.
The squad earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and downed Lenoir-Rhyne 94-71 in its opening-round contest in Morrow, Ga. The Pacers fell to the Lakers in the second round of the tournament 83-66.
The 2013-14 team features just one senior in Porsha Martin. Last year, Martin totaled 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest. She drained 49.4 percent of her shots from the floor and canned 82.8 percent of her charity tosses.
Also returning to the line-up for Brandt are juniors Mackenzie Reese and Emily O'Rourke, along with sophomore Kassy Johannsen.
Brandt added six newcomers to the roster, in addition to Amaura Brandt, who missed last season due to an injury. The newcomers include sophomores Tiffany Addison and Mariah Durian, along with freshmen Jasmine Coach, Kate Duff, Carly Gilreath and Alexis Ware.
Bentley earned the top spot in the rankings while Clayton State and Gannon rounded out the top three.
The Pacers open the season Nov. 8 at home against Anderson in the Holley Tractor/Crescent Automotive Conference Challenge.
USC Aiken Nabs No. 4 Spot Nationally In Division II Bulletin Preseason Poll
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Fresh off its first-ever NCAA Division II Southeast Region title and Elite Eight berth, the University of South Carolina Aiken men's basketball team has been tabbed the No. 4 team nationally in the 23rd annual Division II Bulletin men's basketball Preseason Top 25.
The Pacers were 25-8 last year, including a 15-4 record league mark en route to claiming the Peach Belt Conference regular-season title. Head coach Vince Alexander's team won the league tournament and hosted the Southeast Regional. The Pacers rolled through the regional, downing Belmont Abbey (94-76), Wingate (69-57) and Barton (82-75) to earn their Elite Eight berth in Louisville, Ky. In the Elite Eight, USC Aiken fell to eventual national champion Drury, 84-75.
Alexander returns virtually his entire line-up from last year's Elite Eight squad. The team features 10 seniors and three sophomores, including two of which are newcomers.
The 2013-14 team features seniors Rick Alderman (6.0 ppg., 2.9 rpg.), who redshirted last year, Kinley Branch (7.4 ppg., 3.6 rpg.), Santoine Butler (12.1 ppg., 6.6 rpg.), Paul Larsen (12.9 ppg., 9.0 rpg.), Shane Porchea (2.2 ppg.), Derrick Scott (2.8 ppg.), Jesse Seilern (9.7 ppg., 38 steals), DeVontae Wright (8.2 ppg., 86 assists), Ronald Zimmerman (15.3 ppg.., .454 from the three-point line) and Alvin Brown (8.9 ppg., 5.9 rpg., 3.3 bpg.), who returns to the Pacers after sitting out the last two seasons. Brown was named the PBC Defensive Player of the Year for the 2010-11 campaign.
Grant Harris (3:1 a/to ratio) saw valuable minutes as a freshman a season ago while Hendrix Emu and Gavin Stephenson will see plenty of playing time this season.