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At the Drive-In
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Wednesday, July 31, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom A
Wednesday, July 31, 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom A
Answer: A fun undergraduate mathematics contest to lead off MathFest.
Question: What is Mathematics Jeopardy?
Four teams of students will provide the questions to go with the mathematical answers in many categories. Come cheer for your favorite team. The session will be emceed by Michael Berry.
Robert Vallin, Slippery Rock University
Michael Berry, University of Tennessee
Thursday, August 1, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom C
Friday, August 2, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom C
Saturday, August 3, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom C
The Student Hospitality Center (SHC) provides a place for students and other MathFest attendees to meet for informal conversation, refreshments, and mathematical diversions. Programs for the MAA and Pi Mu Epsilon student paper sessions, packets for the MAA student presenters, and information on MathFest activities of interest to students are available in the SHC.
Richard and Araceli Neal, American Society for the Communication of Mathematics
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom C
Hales proved that the least-perimeter way to tile the plane with unit areas is by regular hexagons. What is the least-perimeter way to tile the plane with unit-area pentagons? We will discuss some new results, examples, and open questions, including work by undergraduates.
Frank Morgan, Williams College
Thursday, August 1, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom E
The city of Hartford is home to a large number of companies that employ actuaries. Actuaries and actuarial students from the local area will be available in this session to describe what they do and some of the opportunities available in the actuarial profession. The session will begin with a short presentation that describes the actuarial profession and the steps in the career of an actuary. Then the moderator will interview the panelists to gather information about their actuarial experience, the challenges they face, etc. Panelists will discuss actuarial student programs and the support actuarial students receive as they progress through their careers. The panelists will answer questions from the audience. Audience members will also hear from Professor Jay Vadiveloo about the applied research work being undertaken at the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research at the University of Connecticut.
Thea Cardamone, FSA, UnitedHealthcare Group
Daniel Akier, UnitedHealthcare
Gaia Dong, FSA, Aetna
Trevor Foster, Aetna
Harry Gong, UnitedHealthcare
Eli Greenberg, UnitedHealthcare
Amber Lahde, ASA, MassMutual
Olga Jacobs, FSA, UnitedHealthcare
Gao Niu, University of Connecticut
Stephen Smith, FSA, MassMutual
Jay Vadiveloo, FSA, Ph.D,. University of Connecticut Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research
June (Chunchun) Wu, FSA, Ph.D., UnitedHealthcare
The Actuaries' Club of Hartford and Springfield
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom C
Come and engage in the conversation that ensues and see how interacting with scientists is good for both the mathematician and the scientist. The conversation will provide some useful intellectual tools related to the role of mathematics in society. In the end you will be armed with at least one answer to the questions of who cares about math and where does it get used.
Thomas J. Pfaff, Department of Mathematics, Ithaca College
Jason Hamilton, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Studies, Ithaca College
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom E
One day you are sitting in your office, chipping away at your responsibilities: preparing for class, grading papers, producing paperwork for committees, creating workshops for teachers, or whatever it is that you are doing to find and maintain your niche. There comes a knock at your door, and for the first time in your life you hear the words, "Are you willing to be my research advisor?" Ah, the excitement, and...the fear. I will relate my personal story of entering this endeavor: the trials and tribulations, the excitement and revelations, as I carry you through the results my students have produced over the past few years and provide you with materials to explore topics in graph theory and knot theory as the story progresses!
Robin Blankenship, Morehead State University
Friday, August 2, 2:35 p.m. – 3:55 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom D
It's the bottom of the ninth; bases loaded. The right-handed relief pitcher has already thrown for two innings. At-bat is a lefty batting .295. Is it time to pull the pitcher? Come to this exciting panel to find out! During our panel we will hear from mathematicians from various fields including sports statistics (hopefully you are a Mets fan) and actuarial science. Each panelist will be given the opportunity to describe their non-academic career, then we will open the floor to questions. Be sure you are not left on the bench for this one!
Lisa Marano, West Chester University
Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University
Jean McGivney-Burelle, University of Hartford
Ben Baumer, Smith College, former statistician for the NY Mets
Anna Mika, Campus Program Associate from Clean Air-Cool Planet
An actuary from Mass Mutual
A representative from ESPN
To view a PDF of the student paper session abstracts, please click here.
Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Theron J. Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury University
Thursday, August 1, 2:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Friday, August 2, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Angela Spalsbury, Youngstown State University
Friday, August 2, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom E
Employers suggest that communication skills are a critical component when considering a mathematics major for a job. An important time to demonstrate good communication skills is during the job interview. This session will start with an overview of best practices and tips on job interviewing, then guide students as they participate in several speed interviewing sessions of 10 minutes each, where they can practice what they have learned and hone their interviewing skills. Speed interviewing sessions will include individual feedback for students, as well as opportunities to network with fellow students.
Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
Professional Development Committee and Committee on Graduate Students
Friday, August 2, 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Marriott, Ballroom C
All PME members and their supporters are welcome. See the registration form for more information on this ticketed event.
Friday, August 2, 8:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom B
I will start with my absolute favorite among all matrices. It has 2's down the main diagonal and -1 's on the diagonals just above and just below. It is a Toeplitz matrix (constant diagonals), a second difference matrix (because of -1, 2, -1), and a highpass filter. The matrix is tridiagonal and positive definite and you see it all over pure mathematics too. Its determinant is n+1, and most important are its eigenvectors which are pure sines. Recently I came back to this well-loved matrix, realizing that I didn't know its symmetric square root, its exponential or its cosine. Those are all badly needed for the heat equation and wave equation. They are not tridiagonal but still amazing. I will speak about another matrix too (the graph Laplacian) as well as the combination of differential equations and linear algebra.
Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, August 2, 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Pre-Function
Besides cake and ice cream, we will recognize all students who gave talks in the MAA Student Paper Sessions, and award prizes for the best of them. All are invited.
Saturday, August 3, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 17
About 500 American teams, each consisting of three undergraduates, entered the 2013 MCM in February. The contest consists of two real(istic) problems, one discrete, one continuous. The teams have four days to deal with the challenge during which time they may use or consult anything inanimate – computers, libraries, the Web, etc. MAA judges choose one continuous winner and one discrete winner from the top contenders. The two MAA winning teams of students will present the results of their four-day challenge.
Ben Fusaro, Florida State University
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 17
This event is the finals of the Problem Solving Competition. Universities and colleges that participate monthly on their own campuses by holding problem solving contests are invited to send a contestant. Each contestant will be required to solve a series of mathematical problems. Based on the outcome, a champion along with 2nd through 6th place winners will be named.
Richard Neal, American Society for the Communication of Mathematics
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 12
Your ears are needed! Come hear this sampler of talks by graduate students. The 20-minute presentations are designed to be dynamic talks about a wide range of mathematics topics -- specifically chosen to be exciting and accessible to undergraduates familiar with calculus and linear algebra. Speakers in this session are current graduate students. More details for potential speakers can be found in the description of this session in the Information for Graduate Students section of the program.
Contact Jim Freeman or Rachel Schwell for help on writing an abstract and preparing a talk for a general audience. Graduate student participants in this session should also attend the graduate student workshop (What's the Story?) on mathematical presentations.
Jim Freeman, Cornell College
Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State University
Committee on Graduate Students and the Young Mathematicians Network


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The AGW community would have you believe that the science in favor of AGW is settled. As a professional scientist, a physicist with 40 years experience in aerospace and extensive knowledge of atmospheric physics, I can tell you that, indeed, the science is settled, but not the way the AGW extremists would have you believe. Atmospheric transmission measurements taken in the 1950s demonstrate conclusively that increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere cannot be the cause of global warming if global warming even exists.
RTWT. It's a short essay, and no more technical than it has to be. (Which is to say, pretty technical. But not impenetrably so.)
Bottom line, 60-year-old science is settled and tells the tale of the effects of increased CO2 on global warming.
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Who Looked More Bangin??? Regina King Vs. Tempestt Bledsoe At The People Choice Awards [Photos]
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Regina King and Tempestt Bledsoe both attended the 39th annual People's Choice Awards last night in Los Angeles. You already know we must ask….
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Happy Mother's Day!!
It's the weekend!……….. Time for I'm Lovin' it Wrap Up!!
While you're enjoying your Mother's Day,
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Oh My Gosh, the non-fried fried ice cream looks so so SO good!!!
Beautiful picture of you and your mom! I love so many on your list. Where to start?
thank you so much for featuring my glassware Cheryl, Happy Mother's Day!!!
I love the rose bag, sooo many choices, I have it narrowed down and I think raspberry is winning for the moment.
That click looks so serene, love the Eastman color. I have all Black and white pictures of me and mom (1968). Great to relive those memories.
What a nice picture of you and your mom. Very sweet. I hope you have a wonderful day.
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the picture of you and your Mom is just precious, Cheryl. I hope you have a great Mother's Day!
Thanks so much for featuring my fun treat.
Hope you are having a wonderful Mother's Day!!!!
Sweet wrap up! Sweet Mother/Daughter photograph! Happy Mother's Day Cheryl.
Oh, I love that old photo!!! I think I would know it was you from those big, pretty blue eyes!
I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day and you let your family spoil you!!!
Thanks so much for showing off my photo display!!! It is always so nice to get positive feedback!!
Thanks for the feature!! I love your blog 🙂 Happy Mother's Day!
I love these posts every week. All this stuff looks great and I love the pic of you with your mom. Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day! I hope your day was great!
Oh my! Some great stuff this week. Thanks for including me in your wrap up! I NEED me some of that non fried fried icecream! Yum! That pic of you and your mom is so fun! Love that!
I'm just now getting to browse I"m lovin it! I was so happy and surprised to see the mobile! Thanks so much for featuring it Cheryl!
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Abilene Police: Man attacks police officer, stun gun used on him
ABILENE, Texas - An Abilene policeman was forced to use a stun gun Monday after authorities said a man tried to attack him a second time.
Just before 1 p.m. Monday, an officer responded to a disturbance in progress call on the corner of Yorktown and North 15th street.
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Award: Chauvenet Prize
Year of Award: 2006
Publication Information: Notices of the AMS, September 2004, pp. 873-883
Summary: A review of the sphere packing and kissing number problems, the kissing configurations in dimensions four, eight, and twenty-four, a sketch of Delsarte's method and how it was applied for the kissing number problem in dimensions eight and twenty-four, and also an elegant construction of the Leech lattice in dimension twenty-four.
Read the Article (The file is 11.38 MB.)
About the Authors
Florian Pfender studied mathematics at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, and got his Ph.D. from Emory University with Ron Gould in 2002. After holding a postdoctoral position at Emory University, he is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the DFG Research Center Matheon, at TU Berlin. His main research interests are in the areas of graph theory and discrete geometry. Outside of mathematics, he spends most of his time playing, coaching and organizing ultimate frisbee.
Günter M. Ziegler studied mathematics and physics at Munich University, and got his Ph.D. in mathematics from M.I.T. with Anders Björner in 1987. He is a professor of mathematics at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin since 1995, and a member of the DFG Research Center Matheon "Mathematics for Key Technologies." The focus of his work is on discrete geometry (polytopes!) and combinatorics, with special interest in algebraic and topological methods. He is the author of Lectures on Polytopes (Springer 1995) and of Proofs from THE BOOK (with Martin Aigner, Springer 1998). His honors include a Gerhard Hess Prize of the German Science Foundation in 1994, and a Leibniz Prize in 2001.


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ALAMO -- Bee Hylinski's love affair with the Oakland Athletics began when she was in her early teens and living in Kansas City. That's when the team was known as the Kansas City Athletics.
"My brother and I fell in love with baseball," she said. "I fell madly in love with (pitcher) Art Ditmar."
Hylinski, who wore a skirt, a shirt with a Peter Pan collar and Mary Jane shoes with white socks, said the fans in the stands dressed stylishly in those days. But, she said, fans were fans regardless of the decade.
"Fans were incredibly enthusiastic for the A's and they cheered whether the team did something good or not," she said. "But when the Yankees came to town, they got booed."
She attended more than 30 games that baseball season. But it took decades later before Hylinski -- like a lover reunited with her soul mate -- rekindled her love affair with the Oakland Athletics in 1988.
These days, Hylinski spends her time going to A's games both as a fan and a volunteer. Her passion for the game resulted in her first novel, the recently-published "Contract Year: A Baseball Novel," which she describes as "a labor of love for the game of baseball."
The novel centers on a young major league pitcher, Larry Gordon, who had everything going for him -- the perfect woman and a bright future in baseball -- that is, until his world starts to unravel.
Hylinski has been a season-ticket holder since the late 1980s. She "channeled" former A's (and now Giants) pitcher Barry Zito as inspiration for her novel's protagonist.
"I've always been fascinated with pitchers, so it should come as no surprise that the central character in my book is a pitcher," said Hylinski, who was a tax, estate planning and probate attorney, and is a former mayor of Moraga.
Hylinski, who now lives in Alamo, taught art classes through Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education and showed her work as a fiber artist. But having hand surgery prevented her from creating the intricate detail work required for making candle holders, boxes and other functional pieces using heat, metal wire and wire cloth.
In the summer of 2005, she attended the Oakland Feather River Art Camp near Quincy to focus on creating gourds. Instead, she was drawn to a writing workshop taught by Oakland writing teacher Clive Matson.
"He had the participants write a piece of 'flash fiction,' " Hylinski said. "We had to write about what we know and what we're passionate about. Well, other than my family, I'm passionate about baseball, so I created the character Larry Gordon."
The piece she wrote that summer is part of Chapter 10 in "Contract Year." Even though Matson thought Hylinski could stretch the Larry piece into a novel, Hylinski didn't dive into the project immediately. But she wrote the first chapter, and by the time she reached the end of Chapter Three she was hooked by her own story.
"I did make an outline, but Larry didn't want to follow my outline," she said. "I was trying to make Larry do something that was not in his character and wasn't something he would do. So I listened to him. I didn't have writer's block because I listened to Larry and thought, 'What would Larry do in this situation?' "
Hylinski did extensive research on Major League Baseball players and was granted permission to interview A's minor league pitchers who participated in the Arizona Fall League to get a sense of the young players' demeanor and use of contemporary colloquialism.
Matson said he's seen how Hylinski has progressed from writing a short piece to a novel.
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GUWAHATI: Assam government will engage Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to study and suggest remedial measures for growing crime against women in Assam.
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the rate of violent crimes in Assam was the third highest in the country. Assam is next to Kerala and Delhi in crime index. The NCRB in its report Crime in India 2011, released on June 31, has said that the rate of violent crimes in Assam was 36.6, higher than the national average of 21.2.


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This is a discussion on Re: Reducing memory usage using fewer cgi programs - modperl ; --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Michael Peters wrote: > To think about how this works under mod_perl, pretend that > all of your scripts are put together into > 1 larger script and all those "use" statements > are repeated. Does ...
--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Michael Peters
> To think about how this works under mod_perl, pretend that
> all of your scripts are put together into
> 1 larger script and all those "use" statements
> are repeated. Does having multiple "use CGI"
> statements make your script use more memory? No. CGI.pm is
> only loaded once.
Thanks for clarifying that. I was never sure if the libraries would be shared or placed in their own namespace somehow.
> Preloading helps with speed (you don't get the the
> initial loading hit for a module the first time
> it's used in a specific process) but it can also help
> with memory on certain OSs. For instance,
> Linux has Copy-On-Write memory so that if you preload
> modules it saves on actual physical RAM used
> (even though the separate processes think they have their
> own separate memory spaces).
I'm using linux 2.6.23 with Apache 2.2.8
I did not know about the copy-on-write memory. I've probably heard the term many times, but always assumed it was in regards to a filesystem. That can definitely reduce the memory -- I must move more common libraries to startup.pl
> This is one of the reasons that most people put a vanilla
> Apache (or something else like squid, lighttpd, varnish,
> etc) in front as a Proxy. When you do that,
> even if you're running both the proxy and the mod_perl
> server on the same physical machine you need
> a lot less RAM then if you just ran a mod_perl server
> trying to do static and dynamic requests.
Hmmmm. I'm still serving mod_perl programs and static pages from one Apache server, with average load of about 1 hit per second. It's worth looking into some of these combinations a little more.
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SIKESTON -- The National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., opened in 2004 but many World War II veterans have still not been able to see it.
Rob Callahan of Poplar Bluff is trying to change that before it is too late with an Honor Tour scheduled for June 21-23.
The theme of the trip is "Saluting our World War II veterans from America's Heartland," Callahan said. "My goal is to take these heroes to Washington, D.C., at no cost to them to see their World War II memorial which is a memorial they waited over 59 years for. My goal is that these guys go at no cost to them but it's getting down to the wire now and I desperately need donations."
Those who have been able to make the trip have found the experience of visiting the memorial unforgettable, according to Callahan.
"You'll see some of the biggest smiles you've ever seen in your life," he said. "They'll stand up a little straighter, little taller, their shoulders will go out a little bit and their chest will poke out a little bit. It is something to remember, it really is."
Callahan already has travel expenses and arrangements taken care of.
"We're going to be leaving out of St. Louis airport and Southwest Airlines has donated 30 roundtrip air fares," he said. "Three Rivers Travel from Fairdealing has donated a driver and a motorcoach to get us to the airport and back."
Funds are now being sought to cover the cost of meals, lodging, a motorcoach in Washington, D.C., and step-on guide as well as taxes, tips and gratuities. Callahan estimated $400 to $420 per person is needed to cover these costs.
"I can't overstate the need for donations," he said. "We have to pay for this trip real quick."
There are 30 veterans signed up for the trip "from northeast Arkansas and all over Southeast Missouri," Callahan said, including residents of Scott City, Dudley, Bloomfield and Dexter.
Seats on the tour were awarded on a "first come, first served" basis.
"The trip is full and I have a waiting list already -- I have over 10 on the waiting list," he said.
To his knowledge, none of those signed up for the trip have ever been to the nation's capital to see the memorial.
"I've got veterans that without assistance, can not afford to go on their own," Callahan said.
Callahan said he hopes to schedule more Honor Tour trips in the near future but whether he will be able to "remains to be seen -- I need to get this first one behind me."
The Honor Tours are something that need to be done as soon as possible, according to Callahan.
"Time is not on our side -- it's of the essence," he said. He estimated most World War II veterans probably have only five or six years left during which they would be able to make the trip.
"Our youngest World War II veteran is 79 year sold and we are losing 1,200 plus per day," Callahan said. "Most of our guys are in their mid 80s to low 90s."
A non-profit corporation has been set up to accept any contributions "so it's a tax-deductible donation. They can contact me 573-718-1076," Callahan said. "I think it's a very small thing, a way to say 'thank you' for all they gave us."
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3702 Northwest Hwy(Rt 14)
Crystal Lake, IL
'Every child should have a coat to keep warm'� said Gary Riegler, President of the Rotary Club of Crystal Lake Dawnbreakers,
and that is why we sponsor the Coat-A-Kid collection and distribution program each year.
The generous families of students attending District 46, 47 and 155, St. Thomas and Immanuel Lutheran Schools donate used coats and jackets at their schools between October 16th and November 26th.
Dawnbreakers will collect the coats each week from the schools and deliver them to the Algonquin Township Office.
Distribution, for anyone who needs a coat,
will be Fridays: ~ Oct. 26th
~ Nov 2nd
~ Nov 9th
~ Nov 16th
~ Nov 30th
at the Algonquin Township Office (Back Building) 3702 Northwest Highway (Route 14)
from 4:45pm to 6:30pm
Coats go fast and people arrive early.
'Hopefully we will have some cold and snowy days arriving soon, so that families will try on their coats and jackets and decide if they fit or can be donated'� said Coat-a-Kid Chair, Connee Meschini.
'We are grateful to everyone who donates.'
Community members may also donate clean coats and jackets and can drop them off at the Algonquin Township office lobby during business hours.
Although coat-a-kid was started for students, there are many parents who need outer clothing as well.


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Poster ID: CL57128
Original Title: Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey
Designer: Lawson Wood
Year of Poster: 1940s
Category: Theatrical/Circus
Country of Poster: American
Size: 21 x 28 inches = 53 x 71 cm
Condition: Good
Price: $140
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Notes: 1943, tape with tape stains on the corners of the piece, as well as some paper loss. Beautiful printing and fun imagery.
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Trek/K-Swiss Team Camp Kicks Off Today In Kona
- By Aaron Hersh
- Published Feb 14, 2011
Team Trek/K-Swiss, a dominant force in professional triathlon in 2010, has reassembled in Kona, Hawaii to prepare for the rapidly approaching 2011 season. Triathlete is on site to cover the team's early season training camp on the Big Island of Hawaii, where athletes such as Chris Lieto and Julie Dibens hope to make a big mark at the Ironman World Championship in October, held at this same location.
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Democratic Convention Day 1 Takeaways: Michelle Obama Steals the Show
Facing the prospect of chaos, Senator Bernie Sanders and other leaders moved to heal the breach in the party, but Mrs. Obama was the unquestioned star.
July 26, 2016, Tuesday
Sanders Backers Revolt on Raucous Opening Day at U.S. Democratic Convention
Supporters of Bernie Sanders disrupted the first day of the Democratic convention on Monday, repeatedly chanting and booing mentions of Hillary Clinton's name as the party's hopes for a show of unity dissolved into frequent chaos.
July 25, 2016, Monday
G.M.O. Food Labeling Bill Passes U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling supporters say could create loopholes for some U.S. crops.
July 8, 2016, Friday
U.S. GMO Food Labeling Bill Passes Senate
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling supporters say could create loopholes for some U.S. crops.
July 7, 2016, Thursday
Railroad to Replace Bolts After Fiery Oil Train Derailment
Union Pacific Railroad said it will replace a type of bolt on its track that led to a fiery oil train derailment on the Oregon-Washington border, but the pledge failed to ease concerns in the tiny town where the wreck sparked a massive fire that...
June 23, 2016, Thursday
Filibuster for Gun Limits Plays Out on Social Media
Led by Senator Christopher S. Murphy, dozens of Democrats talked into early Thursday.
June 17, 2016, Friday
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U.S. Chamber Out of Step With Its Board, Report Finds
A Senate report says no board members explicitly backed the chamber's campaign against antismoking laws and curbs on global warming.
June 16, 2016, Thursday
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Bernie Sanders Refuses to Concede Nomination to Hillary Clinton
Mr. Sanders told reporters at his home in Vermont that he had no intention of leaving the race, though he did recognize the long odds he faced.
June 13, 2016, Monday
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Senate Democrats to Release a Policy Agenda
The proposals, including new rules on election donations and on lobbying, intend to counter, at least in part, the Republican plans coming out of the House.
June 10, 2016, Friday
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President Obama is expected to meet with Mr. Sanders as part of an effort to ease him out of the race, while Republicans were seeking a more subdued version of Mr. Trump.
June 9, 2016, Thursday
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Sacramental Life: Fatherhood and Marriage
On an upcoming
program, author Roy Petifils talks about his latest book,
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About the First Five Years of Marriage
(St. Anthony Messenger Press). I recently brought a copy of the book to a wedding I was witnessing. I presented it to the bride's mother during the homily—for safekeeping, until after the newlyweds return from their honeymoon!
My hope is that this newly married couple will get a head start on their life together. Along with the book, I spoke of "sacrament" as the thing I wished I'd been taught—34 years ago—about
marriage preparation.
Out of all the things I can tell a new couple, I believe that understanding "sacrament" is the most important.
Older Catholics knew what a sacrament was by memorized definition: "An outward sign, instituted by Christ to give grace." I suspect most of the young couples I prepare do not know that definition. But the couple whose wedding I witnessed did tell me this in their personal assessment:
"A sacrament to me is an invisible entity that God is present and active in that experience"
and a sacrament gives
"evidence that 'God is around us.'"
They went on to state that they hoped to
"Allow God in our relationship, when we pray/attend Mass [so] we can grow as a couple."
Not formal theological language, but good enough for this pastor! It's my hope that in the premarital preparation with couples, I can communicate "sacrament" well enough to at least express our deep Catholic belief that God is indeed present in our world through the "visible signs" we celebrate in the Church; that in the everyday relationships of married life—and of fatherhood, which we celebrate this month—they will know the truth of the sacrament that married couples
It's our hope here at Franciscan Media Production that our
programs this month are an extension of that great sacrament!
Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.
American Catholic Radio:
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Use the links below to preview the shows or download them in MP3 format for broadcast.
#10-25 (ideal airdates 6/14/2010 to 6/20/2010)
Highlights from this episode include:
Living Faith
Producer Judy Zarick interviews
Brian Rooney
, who was a Captain in the Marine Corps, and a veteran of the Iraq conflict. He is an attorney who is running for a seat in Congress. He is a husband but most importantly he is a father to his three children. As we celebrate Father's Day we take a look at one man's example of how to live out your life while being a man of faith.
Ask a Franciscan
Franciscan Father Dan Kroger
answers questions: Why is Mary pictured with a snake at her feet? What is the origin of the rosary? Should the rosary group pray silently when at church, or may they pray out loud?
Marriage Moment
The Catholic Church in the United States is making marriage a priority, with a multi-year Pastoral Initiative to explore what sacramental married life means for the Church and for society. We here at
American Catholic Radio
are doing our part with today's "Marriage Moment,"introducing Commentator
Susan Hines-Brigger
, Assistant Managing Editor of
St. Anthony Messenger
magazine. Susan has a BA in Communication Arts from the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has written the "Faith-Filled Family" column for the magazine for 16 years. She and her husband Mark have been married almost 15 years, and have three children and are expecting their fourth in August. Susan's topic today is called,
"You Put the Peanut Butter Where?"
Exploring Our Faith
John Feister's guest, marking Father's Day on "Exploring our Faith," is
Dr. Raymond Guarendi
. He is a clinical psychologist and the father of 10 children. He has been a regular guest on national radio and TV, including Oprah, and he offers parent practical help through his advice column in the
National Catholic Register
, and his radio programs. He's also the author of several books on family life, and you can find his audiobook,
Good Discipline, Great Teens,
#10-26 (ideal airdates 6/21/2010 to 6/27/2010)
Highlights from this episode include:
Living Faith
Producer Judy Zarick interviews author
Roy Petitfils.
works with couples every day which led him to write his third book ,
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About the First Five Years of Marriage,
from St. Anthony Messenger Press. Roy will be speaking at the Marriage and Family Life Ministries Conference, taking place this month in Cincinnati.
Ask a Franciscan
Franciscan Father Donald Miller, OFM,
answers questions: Does the Church approve of police officers family members owning or carrying handguns? May a person suffering from a mental illness receive the Eucharist? How can we resist the temptation to gossip?
Marriage Moment
Susan Hines-Brigger
, Assistant Managing Editor of
St. Anthony Messenger
offers her commentary,
"Moving from Me to We: A Lifelong Journey"
Exploring Our Faith
John Feister's guest is
Sheila Garcia
. Since 1989, she's served in the U.S. Bishop's Office on Marriage and Family Life. Ms. Garcia holds a Masters in Theology. John talks with her about the bishops' Pastoral Initiative on Marriage, and their pastoral letter on marriage, issued last November.
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News Updates on Protesting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and More
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Freshman Terrence Oglesby scored 17 points and hit two key free throws Thursday night as Clemson beat Mississippi State.
Clemson (2-0) went to the foul line 38 times as the Tigers snapped Mississippi State's eight-game home winning streak.
The teams were tied 71-71 late before Clemson hit three free throws, including two by Oglesby, to gain separation from Mississippi State (1-1).
K.C. Rivers had 17 points for the Tigers, along with seven rebounds. James Mays scored 14 and Cliff Hammonds added 13.
Mississippi State's Jamont Gordon had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Charles Rhodes had 17 points, seven rebounds and four blocks. Barry Stewart added 12 points and Brian Johnson scored 10.


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Crotale (Rattlesnake) / ShahineThe Crotale is a mobile, all-weather, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system. It is designed to combat targets flying at a speed of M1.2 at an altitude of 50 to 3,000 m and an equivalent radar area of 1 m{2}. Crotale, developed by Thomson CSF Matra, has a boost/glide trajectory and can be launched from mobile launcher. Fired against targets such as aircraft and missiles, the maximum range of the missile is 8km up to 5000m altitude at the a speed of Mach 2.3. This is an all-weather, low altitude mobile air defense missile weapon system designed to counter air saturation attacks. It is equipped with digital radio command missile line of sight to target line of sight. Crotale has a single stage solid propelled rocket motor [designated R.440], and a 15 kg high explosive focused fragmentation warhead.
A typical platoon consists of one Acquisition and Co-ordination Unit (ACU) and two to three firing units, with a battery having two platoons. The system cannot operate on the move, but takes less than 5 minutes to become operational once it has stopped. The missile can be launched within about 6.5 seconds after the target is detected. South Africa initiated the development of the system by the French company Thomson-CSF in 1964, and deliveries to South Africa were completed in 1973. In 1971 the French Air Force took an interest int he program, and by 1978 a total of 20 batteries had been delivered. Saudi Arabia became a customer starting in 1975.
In 1975 Saudi Arabia ordered a new version of the Crotale, known as the Shahine, mounted on the chassis of the Giat Industries AMX-30 MBT. The system has a number of improvements over the standard Crotale. The Saudis also ordered the standard Crotale in late 1978 and an upgraded version in 1990 for their air force.
In November 1988, at the second ASIANDEX exhibition in Beijing, the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) revealed the FM-80 land-mobile shelter-mounted surface-to-air missile system on two-axle trailers. The FM-80 is very similar in concept to the Crotale shelter-mounted version and its naval equivalent.
Builder Length 2.89 m Diameter 0.15 m Wing span 0.54 m Launch weight 84 kg Propulsion solid propellant rocket motor Guidance command control Warhead 15 kg HE fragmentation with contact and proximity fuzing Max speed 750 m/s Max effective altitude 5,000-5,500 m (depending upon target velocity) Min effective altitude 15 m Reaction time, sec 6.5 Reload time 2 min (full 4-round load) intercept range maximum range >10,000 m
minimum range 500 m
Target altitude (maximum) >5,000 m
(minimum) 15 m
Single-Shot Kill Probability 0.8 Radar(s) Thomson-CSF J-band monopulse radar Detection range, km 18.5 Emplace/displace time (min) Basic load on vehicle 4 (no reload missiles on board) Support vehicles radar vehicle Chassis 4 x 4 TEL


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Ready For The Road: Specialized Shiv & Guru Crono 2.0
- By Triathlete.com
- Published Apr 19, 2010
- Updated Apr 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM UTC
Several prototype tri bikes sporting the most exciting innovations seen in years were shown to the public last year, but mortals who don't race for the win in Kona or the Tour de France couldn't buy them. These groundbreaking designs are about to be released to the public and near-production models of the Specialized Shiv and Guru Crono 2.0 were on site at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California this past weekend. Here is a close look at the Shiv -with integrated front end- and the fully customizable Crono 2.0. Both will soon be available to age-grouper and pro alike.
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