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No amount of money is worth losing a child
January 25, 2013
This is about those poor little innocent kids in Connecticut. I don't think anyone except people who have lost kids can really understand, but we can have an idea. It's just awful....
Boy, the deep thought that went into this letter is astounding....
A lot like the line of thought that says, "If we just ban all guns then this type of thing will never happen to our children again!"
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Come now Bullhead. It might not be eloquently stated or the argument powerfully made, but his heart is in theright place and he is right that it is the only proper measure that will likely do any good.
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Sorry, KalvaChomer, but I have to disagree strongly. We all know that sometimes the best of intentions lead to the worst of results.
This half-baked idea with its costs I see as being among them! The proposal likely adds more problems than it actually fixes.
It is a placebo solution to make people "feel better" about their kids being away at a school surrounded by unknowns. The kids are much more likely to die on a school bus accident or be sexually-molested by someone in the school personnel. "Sparing no expense" (when it is paid for by someone else) is a short-sighted and counter-productive mantra!
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Sure. Three guns in every school. What could possibly go wrong?
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Bullhead - "This half-baked idea with its costs I see as being among them! The proposal likely adds more problems than it actually fixes."
As someone points out below, "many will volunteer". It is already happening around the country. One school district in California has just purchased 14 AR15's to be stored in its schools. Many teachers are asking for training and permits. Some already have them. Police forces and gun ranges with NRA certified trainers are offering free training. What is the alternative to not bearing the costs ? "The kids are much more likely to die on a school bus accident...."
And that justifies a lack of protection from a shooter ?
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Personally, I think we should do away with "free" public education. However, I know that isn't going to happen.
Yet, this idea is still half-baked when it comes to evaluating cost and actual security.
So, is someone going to do exhaustive mental and criminal background checks on the volunteers? After this initial frenzy, I don't think many are going to continue to volunteer day-in and day-out to put their life on the line and adjust their full-time schedule to be at every school in the U.S.
Let's also not forget we would need to man every school bus, city park, library, rest-stop, day-care, etc.
Also, will the NRA and those proposing this "solution" also take responsibility when one of "their volunteers" goes ballistic or rapes a student at gun-point?
If teachers and administrators want to get their concealed weapons permit and/or gun training, then fine.
But, this shouldn't be regarded as a "solution" at tax-payer expense.
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squirm - "Who makes up this pool of people that are willing to volunteer...."
They are the people with the most at stake ! The ones who are likely to die in another such incident. And they know that, and that is why they want the right to self defense. They are joined by others, as I said, who will volunteer to help them help themselves. If you knew beforehand that a shooter could possibly enter your school and start shooting, would you rather embrace the left's ideal of just huddling over a group of students in a closet to be connon fodder for the shooter, or would you prefer at least a fighting chance with a firearm of your own ?
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Bullhead - "But, this shouldn't be regarded as a "solution" at tax-payer expense."
Who pays for the Capitol Police and the Secret Service and what problem do they solve ? And police in general ? If one of them were to go "ballistic", should the NRA pay because they use a gun ?
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I already know that WE pay (and the results are mixed at best)!
I pay the taxes for it. I don't want to live in an even more behemoth POLICE STATE and foot that bill, thank you though... all for the sake of "feeling" safe.
Why don't we just station a police officer in everyone's living quarters so that we can stop such plans before they even have a chance to hatch?
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (motto of Historical Review of Pennsylvania)
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Bullhead, do you maintain that schools have not become a target for deranged shooters ? If we know the threat is there, shouldn't we address it directly ? This is less of a "police state" solution than the disarming of the people through gun control. Take away the right of self defense and its tools and you will be more dependent on the "police" and the "state". The ban on future sales of some weapons will do little, if anything, to address the current problem. At best it is but a stepping stone to the next demand to disarm the public. It does not address the threat we have NOW. If anything created this sorry situation, it is the concept of the gun free zone.
What "liberty" are we giving up here per Franklin's saying ? We are asking for a right to self defense through the Second Amendment.
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I am not saying that it isn't a better outcome than disarming the citizenry. I think both of bad solutions.
Again, I don't necessarily think that schools need/or should be "gun-free zones". I said, if a teacher or administrator wants to get their concealed-weapons permit and/or training, then that should be allowed. Maybe visitors could be allowed after check-in.
I have a Liberty to keep the fruits of my labor without it getting confiscated for half-baked, "feel-safe" proposals that waste taxes and accomplish VERY little in actuality--lest we forget every school bus in America that could be hijacked while there are 30-40 students on board.
Are these schools now going to allow me in with my gun? Or will it only be the authorized security--like the U.S. Capital and Secret Service and courthouses that serve as "our example"? BTW, I largely regard those as police state tactics of guilty until proven innocent.
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Bullhead - You started by pointing out the costs involved with the specific suggestion of the writer of the LTE. I addressed that, in agreement with Majoritarian, by implying that the costs can and likely will be addressed largely by volunteers. Likely the people with the true "skin in the game", teachers and other school personnel. You did allow that they should be able to get permits and be armed and trained, but only after a parade of horribles of those costs and possible consequences. Then reiterated your objection to taxpayer expense.
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So long as the vulnerability remains, it probably should be adressed with "both" short and long term measures. Trained cops or security personnel, even at cost, should be deployed short term and for the long term we should rid the minds of the deranged that there are sitting duck targets for them by training and equipping (laws or changes to laws) willing and able teachers and school administrators as a first line defense. It's an "in-between" solution to your objections, but we do have a serious exposure here and it needs to be addressed "seriously".
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We will disagree then.
And, as I tried to show, I don't accept your "volunteer army" as being legit or realistic to cover tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of schools and buses in the U.S. and territories.
And, I strongly object to hiring tens of thousands of security guards and/or adding police officers for this function at additional tax-payer expense.
I have little doubt that your proposal will be acceptable and pass in legislatures/Congress because we live in an emotional, irrational, short-sighted, and credit-driven society that wants above all else for a quick-solution to "feel safe". That doesn't, however, make for prudent or sound policy and definitely has unintended consequences and expense.
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Bullhead, "volunteer army" ?
What this does is give people the right to protect themselves, and by extension, anyone in their care. In the long run we need not bear as taxpayers any, or little, additional costs. We buy guns for our police. When have we heard of a crazed shooter attacking a police station ? What we need to do is relegate the "gun free zone" to the ash heap of liberal nostrums.
What would you do about the current exposure of schools ? Anything ?
All the current administraion will do is "Bengazi" our schools. We have home-grown terrorists attacking them, and leaving them unprotected is unacceptable.
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If all you are talking about is allowing teachers and school administrators to carry their own firearms onto school property with a concealed weapons permit and training, then I have already stated that I would agree with that.
As far as unknown guests or "volunteers" (who have not been screened mentally and criminally) coming onto school property armed, I am not sure that is a wise idea. Likely will only exacerbate the problem.
If you are talking about adding security guards at tax-payer expense, I think that is largely a waste of money and a "feel good" measure that solves nothing.
If I remember correctly, didn't Columbine have an armed guard?
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Columbine did have one armed guard but he was outside in the parking lot eating lunch when the whole thing began. He attempted to fight his way into the school but was turned back by the shooters. He called for help, which you will remember performed poorly when they got there. A lot has been done to improve police response since, but so long as we have the "attraction", to shooters, of gun free zones, the improved police tactics can only go so far.
Your image of "volunteers" seems to be just anyone who might come along on a daily basis and say they are willing to provide security. In response to pedophiles, almost every charity, school, youth organization, etc. that involves children now does background checks on both staff and volunteers.
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That being said, I can't say with any certainty what the writer of the letter above had in mind as far as details or how thouroughly he thought it through, but I still say his heart was in the right place and his suggestion IS probably the short term approach, but not long term. A temporary response with costs is not a "police state" builder and not out of the question. The reaction by many in school systems around the country is an indication that they know how vulnerable they are and they are aware of the danger of copy cat incidents.
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The Obama administration has wasted TRILLIONS on ludicrous pork-barrel "investments." If they can afford to bail out banks, Freddie and Fannie, fight nonexistent man-made global warming, fund Solyndra into the ground, throw lavish parties, fly Michelle and the girls all over the place for free vacations, give F-16s and M1 tanks to radical Muslim extremists to use against Israel, pay Sesame Street's' salaries, and throw billions into non-shovel-ready jobs...but have no money from the public education budget to make schools something above "fish in a barrel, sitting duck" status, then something is seriously wrong.
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How about a nationwide referendum? Ask the voters: If there was only enough money in the Treasury to fund one of the two options listed below, which would be more deserving of funding:
a) The Obama "Stimulus Packages" or
b) The "School Mass-Shooting Deterrent Package"
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But squirm, the Porkulus packages created so few jobs that even if one job was created for every billion dollars "invested," it was an epic failure. And no lives were saved, so by Obama's logic, it wasn't worth trying. But an investment in requiring every public school to have at least one armed good guy on site, COULD save at least one innocent schoolkid. And it HAS to be cheaper to implement than the 2 trillion that Obama "needed" to make his Solyndra etc. pals richer than they already were.
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If you really care about the safety of your children...
1. Why would you send them somewhere the adults are not allowed to protect them?
2. Why would you not teach your child to protect themselves by using guns?
3. Why would you allow them to be taught by a majority of people who think you should not have a right to protect yourself and influence your children with these dangerous thoughts?
A parent should stay home, give up the 100+ channels, the extra car, video games, fancy home, smoking, McD's multiple times a week and make raising YOUR children rather than giving them to gov't to raise. Don't you care more about your children?
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Save your comments about you don't understand how hard it is... I know what it was like to do without and to sacrifice to have a parent stay at home. Looking back, we would have done it all over again. Don't you care more about your children than others do?
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LOL, Majoritarian, we don't always agree so it is good to have a little spice here and there!!!
Glad to know I'm not alone in this world!
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The young actor, who plays Tanner, the sun-bleached lead surfer in the Disney Channel original movie Teen Beach Movie (premiering Friday), is best known for roles on Disney's Shake It Up, Days of Our Lives and a lead role in the Lifetime TV movie Holiday Spin.
But with Zac Efron looks and killer moves on the dance floor, this charming scene-stealer is about to become a household name. And he doesn't mind the comparison to the former Disney star at all: "I've thought about it," Garrett told Wzra Tv.
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Here are five more things you didn't know about Clayton:
1. He's an Animal Lover: "I have two dogs back home in Michigan. One of them is a Lab named Junior and the other dog is a Husky named Eli," Garrett, who was born in Dearborn, Michigan and grew up in Dearborn Heights, told PEOPLE.
2. He Had a Terrarium Growing Up – No Joke: "I made it with the help of my dad. He and my brother were always really into fish and having fresh, salt-water fish tanks. I guess it was my own way of participating. It was a blast!"
3. He's Easy on the Eyes: "It's funny you ask if I get complimented on my eyes! It's usually the first thing people notice about me," said Garrett, whose eyes are green and blue. "I get them from my mom's side," he adds. Something else he shares with mom: love of a good scare. "I really bonded with my mom growing up through our love of horror movies!"
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4. He Had His First Kiss at the Tender Age of 8: "With my friend Jessica. We are still very close 'til this day. Our families have always been very close – even before we were born. It isn't awkward at all!"
5. He Doesn't Want You to Know How Old He Is: "I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood," Garrett told Glamoholic Magazine's June issue. "I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance. But, my birthday is March 19."

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Hi everyone,
at the beginning of august I sent off a payment for tapes of the 2004 worlds- ladies and mens LP...he/she has not emailed me since the beginning of august. username was kwan4gold06
sound familiar?
Hi everyone,
at the beginning of august I sent off a payment for tapes of the 2004 worlds- ladies and mens LP...he/she has not emailed me since the beginning of august. username was kwan4gold06
sound familiar?
Do you mean mk06gold? and who did you send the email to. I remember a thread where he/she said to email a person named Cherie, did you do that?
Sounds like someone on the MKF to me.username was kwan4gold06
Yes it was. Do any of the people who ordered from him have his address. It somehow got deleated on my files.
Are you sure you emailed her. I know mk06gold is not a fraud cause I ordered from her. You have to email Cherie, I went to MKF and found her email it is firstname.lastname@example.com. If she doesn't respond in a week it must mean she got so many emails, if so keep trying. Hope this helps.
mk06gold and kwan4gold06 were banned from the Golden Skate forum in July.
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I'm sorry to hear that there is a problem with a former poster. Here is a site you can go to for internet fraud. There are others out there, but this could be a starting point for you:
Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)
Of course you will need the person's name, address, and other info.
Cherie with the Email firstname.lastname@example.com is most definately NOT the same person as kwan4gold06 or mk06gold
Cherie has been a respected tape seller on MKF for years, and is known to many of the posters
on the other hand
kwan4gold06 has been banned from MKF by Heather, and has reappeared here with the name mk06gold, both names are associated with the Email firstname.lastname@example.com this person is a ripoff artist
this person mentioned cherie in several posts, some of them attacking me in retaliation for my posting the truth about him/her, and refusing to sell him/her any of my compilations. I think he/she used Cherie's name to confuse people and try to associate him/herself with someone known and respected. Heather has removed all this persons posts from MKF so no one else will be lured into sending him/her money
go to MKF and read Heathers comments about this poster in TAPE TRADE, in the thread about TRADER FEEDBACK
aka 3axel on MKF
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triple flutz, i agree with you this person should be banned. You don't know if he/she will try to fraud more people in more sites. Don't you agree. By the way has anyone bought anything from Cherie? I have. Has anyone seen her "The Best of Michelle Kwan."
kwan4gold/mk06gold also goes by the username name kanishka bob or something like that.
I've seen Cherie's tapes and while the video quality isn't as sharp as my compilation tapes, but they are an extensive record of Mk's career. And since she makes 6 or 8 hour tapes in EP mode(slow speed) her comps are less expensive than most others. So if you're on a tight budget, Cherie has a very affordable compilation.
Cherie only makes VHS tapes, NO DVDs.
Also, Cherie has always been completely trustworthy and has a very good reputation at MKF.
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Customers were in the store at the time, the employee said.
Investigators released surveillance video from the robbery late Friday afternoon.
Police have not announced any arrests in the case. They said they didn't have a detailed description of the robber, but witnesses said he was wearing a dark blue coat, khaki pants and a dark blue stocking cap.


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Bertha Eleanor Feasel, 94, of Tiffin, died at 1:20 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2013, at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center, Tiffin.
Bertha was born July 26, 1918, in Cuyahoga Falls, to John Frederick and Mabel (Huffman) Woessner. She married Harry Sherman Feasel Feb. 17, 1940, in Napoleon, and he preceded her in death.
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The press should be ashamed
November 9, 2013
"The great American experiment" (Alexis de Tocqueville) is on the verge of collapse, and our media watchdogs fiddle. Two contemporary media trends are especially troubling....
They SHOULD; but since they're radical extremist progressive liberals, they are right in par with the socialist agenda. They only think one way........the socialist way. They think they're more brilliant than you; more intelligent than you; more successful than you, (and have yet to provide any PROOF of any of this!) And they have their 'sheep' like What and Playfare and Elkins and all the other nonthinking, uneducated, noncomprehending, lazy useful minions to keep voting for them. Obama/dems laugh at them all the way to the polls and all the way to their tax dollars......You can't fix stupid!
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YOU should be ASHAMED George Moore. Your "opinion" in this medium is hardly objective as you claim it should be as an unbiased "journalist". Additionally, you state that this administration has violated the United States Constitution on several occasions but you do not give any example of these transgressions. Also, you are constantly opining with a right-wing agenda that is anything but unbiased. In accordance with the concept of this op-ed YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF AND THE PUBLISHING COMPANY THAT POSTS YOUR TRIPE IN THIS MEDIUM!
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Democrats are finished. That's what you get when you join hands with commies and marxists.
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LOL; surprise surprise; liberals can't stand the truth.
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Saturday means market day in Alba. Nearly one hundred small booths and tents line the streets selling everything from clothing to cookware. I decided to use this opportunity to seek out a pair of Italian style clothes (as I did the same thing while I was in China, three years ago) After an extensive search, I did find what I was looking for. About ninety percent of the market is geared toward women, so it was fairly difficult to find men's clothing, but I did nevertheless. At 3pm we met at Chiesa di San Giuseppe to hear 'Music Master' Sylvano Bussotti speak. The lecture proved very trying for the 81 year old man as his thoughts seemed to constantly stray and overlap. Questions were left unanswered and instead replied with an unrelated story. It was hard to tell if the gentleman was simply too old to be 'all there' or if he was actually thinking on a level so far above us that he was hard to understand. In any case, the early evening concert was a 'young artist's lab' featuring performances by many of the students from St. Mary's College as well as Earlham College. Gounod's Petite Symphony and a piece by Dvorak led nicely into the evening concert, which opened with 'Phrase a trois' by Sylvano Bussotti (a piece for string trio) followed by two Vaughn Williams pieces featuring the Romanian State Philharmonic Orchestra and St. Mary's Chamber singers. It was an amazingly beautiful concert, to say the least.
Day 13
There was a morning concert at Chiesa di San Giuseppe this morning, featuring solo violin and piano. Pieces by Grieg, Svendson, Prokofiev, and Kreisler were played. The performance could have been better, but also left us all with the vibe that this older violinist was once a much better performer. The early evening concert featured another student concert playing a few Klezmer tunes and pieces by Albrechtsberger, Beethoven, Mozart, and Copland. Immediately following was the evening concert with the Romanian State Philharmonic Orchestra playing pieces by Italian composers Sinigaglia and Colonna as well as Dvorak's amazing eighth symphony. It was a great performance to wrap up an amazing festival with amazing performers from around the world.


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ALS staff members host a variety of scientific, educational, government, and community-related tours each month.
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who represents southern San Francisco and northern Peninsula communities, recently spent an afternoon at Berkeley Lab. In addition to an overview of the Lab provided by Lab Director Paul Alivisatos, Speier toured the FLEXLAB and the Advanced Light Source. At the ALS she spoke with Beamline Scientist Ken Goldberg (at right) of CXRO about current research in semiconductors.
The Congresswoman was elected to the Congress in 2008. Previously she served the residents of the San Francisco Peninsula while on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and later in the California State Assembly and State Senate. In total she has over 29 years of representative public service.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein visited Berkeley Lab on Tuesday, April 15. As Chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Feinstein plays an important role in setting funding levels for the Department of Energy. Lab Director Paul Alivisatos hosted the Senator on a tour of the Advanced Light Source where she met with scientists and users from industry and academia, and on a tour of the Molecular Foundry.
See a pictorial of her ALS visit.
ALS Division Director led a group of UC Berkeley Physics students around the ALS. More than 40 students got their first look at a busy research facility where they learned about current research and career possibilities.
Information about opportunities for students can be found on ALS Doctoral Fellowship in Residence and ALS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program web pages.
Jeff Troutman of the ALS answers some tough questions from curious fifth-graders from a Berkeley public school. The students spent their time at Berkeley Lab doing hands-on activities and learning about the different scientific facilities at Berkeley Lab. They were part of a program sponsored by the Lab's Workforce Development & Education department that offers a variety of programs for students and educators. The "BLAZES" program is a 3-hour workshop held on-site that provides hands-on activities, a research lab tour, and talks from scientist volunteers to Bay Area 5th grade classes.
Steve Kevan welcomed the visiting management team from BASF who were in Berkeley to celebrate the opening of the new research institute CARA (California Research Alliance) on the UC Berkeley campus. The visitors included Peter Schuhmacher (President of Process Research & Chemical Engineering), Peter Walther (Senior Vice President of the Department of New Technologies), Kerstin Schierle-Arndt (Associate Director CARA), and Christian Schildknecht (Innovation Manager CARA).
A large group of BASF technical staff had also visited the ALS the previous month.
Representatives from the Canadian Consulate and Hydro-Québec toured the ALS and spoke with several scientists including Ethan Crumlin (at right) about current research in energy storage and battery efficiency.
Berkeleyside Editor Lance Knoble toured the ALS and Berkeley Lab with Public Affairs Communications Manager Jon Weiner.
On February 21, Roger Falcone and Steve Kevan gave a tour around the ALS to members of the National Labs Operations Board who were meeting in Berkeley. The group was particularly interested in seeing examples of battery research and opportunities for industrial scientific collaborations.
Mike Knotek, Deputy Undersecretary for Science and Energy (second from right) visited Berkeley Lab after participating in the first day of the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board (SEAB) at Livermore on Monday. Those accompanying hime while at the ALS include (from left) Bill Johansen, Janoz Kirz, Steve Kevan, and Pat Oddone. For more information about the new Office of the Undersecretary for Science and Energy Office at DOE, visit their web site.
At right in photo, Carolyn Larabell describes the research at the National Center for X-Ray Tomography, as Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos looks on.
During her tour Napolitano also spoke with Dula Parkinson (below left) and students at their beamlines.
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Steve Kevan (left), ALS division deputy for science, and beamline scientist Hendrik Bluhm (right) escorted Joachim Sauer around the ALS during a recent visit. Dr. Sauer is currently a Visiting Miller Professor in Chemistry at UC Berkeley. Since 1993, Sauer has been a professor of theoretical chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin, and since 2006, an external member of the Fritz Haber Institute (Max Planck Society). He is member of the Berlin-Brandenburg (formerly Prussian) Academy of Sciences, the German National Academy Leopoldina, and the Academia Europaea. His research has explored the application of quantum chemical methods in chemistry, with emphasis on surface science, particularly adsorption and catalysis. He has published more than 300 research papers, notably in the area of modeling the structure and reactivity of zeolites and transition metal oxide catalysts, and he has given more than 330 invited lectures. He has also been the was chairman of the Collaborative Research Center of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1999-2011.
The new Counselor for Science and Technology at the Chinese Consulate, Wang Junming (third from left), visited Berkeley Lab on Monday, September 6. Director Roger Falcone led a tour that focused on potential ALS-China collaborations. Joining Falcone were (from right) Jinghua Guo, Wanli Yang, and SSG Group Leader Zahid Hussain, The Counselor has worked for the ministry of science and technology for over 30 years.
Helmut Schwarz (right) toured the ALS with Hendrik Bluhm on August 28. Professor Schwarz is currently the president of the Humboldt Foundation, which sends many German postdocs abroad—a lot of them to Berkeley Lab—and also invites senior researchers from abroad to perform research in Germany with a German colleague. He is also a professor at the Technical University in Berlin.
Congressman Chaka Fattah (center), (D-PA), 2nd District, West Philadelphia; Chestnut Hill, is a senior member on the Appropriations Committee and also serves on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. Among his many interests are the study of the brain and all aspects of science from the basic to the applied. He has met with Director Alivisatos (right) multiple times and has shown interest in the research at light sources and national laboratories.
On June 25, Candace Culhane (center) of the National Security Agency, toured the ALS with Director for Operations Michael Banda, and Kathy Yelick, Berkeley Lab Associate Director for Computing Sciences. Culhane visited the lab and expressed interest in finding ways for respective agencies and labs to work together, specifically concerning the future of computing devices. She also was interested in learning about the capabilities of user facilities like the ALS and the Molecular Foundry.
Governor Li Xueyong of the Jiangsu Province of the People's Republic of China, visited Berkeley Lab with members of his staff very briefly on June 24, for a quick tour of research facilities. ALS Beamline Scientist Zhi Liu (at right in photo) his research and the role of user facilities like the ALS. The Jiangsu Province is California's Sister State in China and Governor Jerry Brown spent considerable time in the Jiangsu Province during his trip to China in April. The two parties signed an MOU to prioritize cooperation in the sectors of new energy, new material, biomedicine, information technology, and high-tech agriculture.
New York Times science reporter John Markoff toured the ALS on June 14. Markoff, whose focus is on technology and and new research tools, was visiting to understand the value of national laboratories and the potential effects of sequestration on the nation's research facilities. Beamline Scientist Dula Parkinson demonstrated the power of ALS tomography Beamline 8.3.2 when they viewed the 3-D reconstruction of a small spider.
May 1-BILL GOLDSTEIN, deputy director for LLNL Science & Technology, leads the strategic deployment of the Laboratory's science and technology capabilities, taking line responsibility for the institutional roadmap portfolio, including the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, collaborative research with academia and private industry, and institutional planning activities. Prior to his appointment as deputy director, Goldstein served as associate director of Physical & Life Sciences, where he had responsibility for a broad range of physics research and development; medical physics and biophysics; chemistry; optical sciences and instrumentation; and high-energy-density physics. He has been a strong contributor to stockpile stewardship by generating data that underlies advanced codes and simulations. Goldstein led the creation of the Jupiter Laser Facility and, in 2006, oversaw completion of Titan, a unique new Jupiter Laser Facility capability.
On Friday, May 17th, David Shaw, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Mississippi State University at the invitation of Horst Simon. The goal is to explore potential areas for collaboration between Berkeley Lab and MSU. Glenn Steele, the Director of MSU's Energy Institute will also be joining Dr. Shaw. This visit developed after Argonne, Oak Ridge and Berkeley labs participated in National Lab Day at the MSU last November, hosted by Congressman Alan Nunnelee. For more background on this event, please see this link. For more information on the Office of Research and Economic Development at MSU, please see: http://www.research.msstate.edu/.
On Thursday April 17, members from Chevron's Mentoring Excellence in Technology (MET) program toured the ALS to is learn about current research and novel discoveries related to the oil and gas industry. The program is designed to encourage technical excellence in the company's future technology leaders through collaboration and knowledge sharing. Participant nominees typically have 5–15 years of industry experience, are technically creative, exhibit technical leadership, work successfully in teams, and embrace Chevron's values. Mentee assignments require innovative application of technology. At the ALS they were welcomed by Roger Falcone (top left), then some of the group joined ALS Scientific Director Steve Kevan for a tour around the ring (center), before stopping at SAXS/WAXS Beamline 7.3.3 to talk with Beamline Scientist Alex Hexemer (right).
David Kramer, News Editor at Physics Today (at right in photo), toured the ALS as part of a review of Bay Area national labs. He was particularly interested in how potential cuts in funding owing to sequestration, would affect government laboratories. He posed alongside Jon Weiner, LBNL Public Affairs, in front of one of the original ALS undulators that had recently been removed during the 2013 Shutdown.
Rajan Kish (at right in photo), Director of the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) toured the ALS as part of a lab-wide tour on Friday March, 22. The tour, desinged to showcase on the scientific research activities that provide promising ecocnmic benefit for the State of California. After an overview of the accelerator and scientific programs on ALS beamlines from Roger Falcone, Patrick Naulleau of the Center for X-Ray Optics presented recent research results and discussed industrial collaborations with Sematech. Peter Denes then provided an overview of the potential scientific opportunities of the Nest Generation Light Source.
Congressman Eric Swalwell visited Berkeley Lab on February 22nd. He is newly elected and represents California's 15th district which encompasses Hayward, part of Fremont, and Livermore. The goal of the visit was to introduce him to the capabilities, the breadth of research and its impact, and the sizable research investments that are already being made at at Berkeley Lab, and the ALS. Vowing to be a "champion for renewable energy," Swalwell has indicated that he will push for more federal spending directed toward private companies developing renewable-energy technology. Swalwell hopes for a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee or the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Also on Friday Feb 22, Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman, and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, visited Berkeley Lab at the request of Paul Alivisatos. He was joined by David Kepler, Executive Vice President of their Business Services Group and their Chrief Sustainability Officer. In addition to a private meeting with Paul, the Dow visitors wanted to see the ALS, specifically the beamline that Dow used for x-ray microscopy.
On February 15, David McCallen, Associate Vice President for Laboratory Programs at UCOP visited Berkeley Lab at the request of Horst Simon. McCallen's appointment became official on January 16th. He will be working closely with Glenn Mara, Vice President of Laboratory Management at UCOP. As AVP of Lab Programs, McCallen will lead the UC's oversight of the scientific and mission programs as they are structured within the LLCs that operate Los Alamos and LLNL in addition to LBNL. Although he is an alumnus of LBNL (as the former program leader for Nuclear Energy Safety Projects within ESD), the goal for this visit was to familiarize McCallen with the major initiatives and scientific programs currently underway at LBNL and to build relationships among the senior leadership of Berkeley Lab.
Andrew McAllister, Commissioner of the California Energy Commission, visited Berkeley Lab at the invitation of Deputy Director Horst Simon and Sam Chapman, Manager of State Relations. He was appointed to the position by Governor Brown in May of last year and fills the Economist Member position on the five-member Commission. A former Berkeley Lab energy efficiency analyst, McAllister was interested in grid integration work and buildings research (including updates on demand/response, residential retrofit, overview of EETD's activities for the CEC, and education, i.e. Cool Your Schools)—buildings research being a principle area of policy oversight and current activity for him. (In the picture: Kristin Balder-Froid, Andre McAllister, Horst Simon (Berkeley Lab Deputy Director), Ashok Gadgil (Environmental Energy Technology Division Director), and Armando Viramontes (Berkeley Lab Public Affairs).)
US Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) (center) toured the ALS on January 29, escorted by Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivsatos and ALS Division Director Roger Falcone. Tour stops included a visit to the structural biology beamlines where she met with the Head of the Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Corie Ralston, and talked with beamline users.
On Friday, January 25, the ALS welcomed the Advisory Committee for the Union of Concerned Scientists. They toured the ALS in two groups, getting the inside scoop on the latest research from ALS Deputy Director for Operations Michael Banda, Ina Reichel of AFRD, and beamline scientists working in protein crystallography and chemical dynamics, among others. They also got a bird's-eye view of the ALS from atop the ring.
Scientific Support Group Leader Zahid Hussain welcomed Alberto Moscatelli, Associate Editor of Nature Nanotechnology on January 15. Moscatelli was touring Berkeley Lab to learn about current research in energy and materials sciences.
November 2012
A producer and vidoegrapher from the "Dan Rather Reports" program toured the ALS with Roger Falcone. They were investigating stories about energy for future production.
October 2012
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visited Berkeley Lab On October 26, as the guests of Director Paul Alivisatos. The group, led by Academy Vice President Zhan Wenlong (fourth from left) were particularly interested in energy research and spoke with beamline scientist Musa Ahmed during their tour, which was led by ALS Division Director Roger Faclone (center).
Shortly after guiding members of the Chinese Academy around the ALS, Director Falcone welcomed a group of Chevron Fellows from Chevron's Mentoring of Technical Excellence Program. The group, whose members have between 15-40 years experience in their respective fields—fuel separation research and development, earth sciences, advanced materials, IT, and geophysics—are now broadening their applications into new energy technologies.
On October 18, members of the Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL) took a break from their annual meeting at UC Berkeley to venture up the hill and visit with scientists engaged in energy research at the ALS. Beamline scientist Musa Ahmed (at left) discussed current energy work on combustion Beamline 9.0.2; other scientists who presented their work included Jinghua Guo (Li-ion batteries), Corie Ralston (bioenergy research), and Mike Martin and Hoi-Ying Holman (energy research on infrared beamlines). CEREL is a "multidisciplinary organization made up of heads of academic energy research and education centers, institutes, and programs. Itprovides the means for leaders in energy research, education, and communication to collaboratively use knowledge about energy to improve education, decision-making, and, more generally, the well-being of society".
September 2012
Congressman Steve Womack (R-Arkansas) toured the ALS on September 25, along with Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos. The group, led by ALS Division Director Roger Falcone, saw the ALS from atop the storage ring before visiting CXRO's EUV lithography beamline to discuss recent research with Beamline Scientist Ken Goldberg (right). Womack, a freshman member of Congress is Vice Chairman of the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, a member of the House Energy Action Team, and Deputy Whip.
A team from the California Academy of Sciences were on site for a day, filming activities around the ALS and interviewing beamline scientists about their work, their life as scientists at the ALS, and what they do in their (rare) spare time. Interviewees included Ken Goldberg, Christine Beavers, Roger Falcone, Kate Jenkins, Leif Steinhour,Teresa Hofstetter, John Jameson, and Hendrik Bluhm. The short film will be shown at the Academy, and will also be shown on the ALS Web site. It is due to be complete at the end of September.
Senior staff from the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee visited Berkeley Lab and campus on August 7 and 8 to learn more about programs that fall under their committee's legislative jurisdiction. Chris King, Democratic Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, and Dahlia Sokolov, Democratic Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Research and Education, toured and the ALS and the Foundry with ALS Director Roger Falcone and ALS Division Deputy for Biosciences Paul Adams. They also met with computing ALD Kathy Yelick, Physical Biosciences Director Adam Arkin, and others.
On Friday, July 13, Berkeley Lab hosted members of the Parliamentary Assembly from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science and Technology Committee. After discussions about energy research, biofuels, nanotechnology and climate modeling at the Lab, the group toured the ALS with Director Roger Falcone.
On April 20, Roger Falcone greeted a delegation from Shenzhen, China, led by the city's vice-mayor. The group, hosted by the Lab's China Energy Group, toured the ALS, and, representing the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research, participated in the the launching ceremony for research collaboration with Berkeley Lab on Built Environment.
Members of Berkeley Lab's Community Advisory Group visited the lab to get an idea about current research, and to learn more about Berkeley Lab's rich history and scientific achievements. The group, comprising members of the local community, was established in 2010 to provide a forum for its members to offer advice and feedback on community concerns about the lab. Roger Falcone showed the group around the ALS; the visit was facilitated by the State Government and Community Relations Office in Public Affairs.
Loius Stewart, Deputy Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for California toured the ALS with Michelle Moskowitz, UC Bekeley Director of Government Affairs Advocacy and Institutional Relations on Friday, February 24. Led by acting Science Director Ben Feinberg, the visitors stopped by several beamlines before learning about structural biology research and pharmaceutical industrial participation at the ALS from beamline scientist Peter Zwart (second from left). Ms. Moskowitz is standing in front of a poster displaying more than 3000 protein structures solved at the ALS.
Berkeley Lab's Public Affairs sponsored a special News Media Climate Workshop for local reporters on Tuesday, February 7. After presentations about climate change research from Margaret Torn, Billy Collins, and others, the group toured the ALS with Director Roger Falcone, and stopped by Beamline 8.0.1 to learn about advances in battery development from Wanli Yang (left). They also heard from Musa Ahmed about current research in combustion atBeamline 9.0.2. Reporters from the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Reuters, and other news outlets attended the workshop. A journalist from San Francisco's Business Times described her visit to the ALS in the article "Berkeley Lab synchrotron like Star Wars or 1950s sci-fi."
U.S. Congressman John Garamendi (center) and a meeting of his Manufacturing Advisory Committee (MAC) were hosted at the ALS User Support Building on November 10. The MAC is made up of business and labor leaders from throughout California's 10th Congressional District and the East Bay. The meeting opened with a welcome by Director Paul Alivisatos, and Advanced Light Source Director Roger Falcone (right) was also on hand.
The Berkeley Lab hosted the Board of Directors for the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce last week. The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that works to advance opportunities for local businesses. During their visit, the Berkeley Chamber Board members toured the Advanced Light Source led by its director Roger Falcone and Community Relations Representative Armando Viramontes.
Forty-one students visited the Lab last week to attend a symposium by the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists. While here they explored internship opportunities, toured the Advanced Light Source and Molecular Foundry, and learned about the Lab's diverse research. For more information on the symposium and MAES, go here.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and associates stopped at the ALS after touring the Lab to learn about educational programs and current energy research. During her ALS tour, she spoke with beamline scientist Hendrik Bluhm about energy and environmental research on Beamline 11.0.2. In the photo, from left, Susan Kattchee, Manager Environmental Services; Mayor Quan, Roger Falcone; Mark Gomez, Environmental Protection and Compliance; and Hendrik Bluhm.
On August 17, U.S, Senator Barbara Boxer toured the ALS to get an overview of energy research being conducted at the facility. Accompanied by Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos, ALS Division Director Roger Falcone pointed Boxer to several beamlines where researchers are working in different areas of energy science. After visiting Beamline 7.0 to discuss artificial photosynthesis with Junko Yano, Boxer met with 9.0 Beamline Scientist Musa Ahmed (in photo at right) to learn about more efficient combustion.
Also on the 17, U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren from the 16th District (Silicon Valley) visited Berkely Lab and toured the ALS and Molecular Foundry (at right) to learn about the Lab's research priorities and current work in energy and technology. She is a member of the House Committee on Science, Technology and Space.
John W. McDonald, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Chevron Corporation visited the ALS on August 17, after an earlier discussion with Energy Secretary Steven Chu in Washington about energy research at the ALS. After an introduction to the ALS from Michael Banda, McDonald talked with Beamline Scientist Dula Parkinson (in photo at right) about current research done by Chevron scientists on Beamline 8.3.2. McDonald is responsible for Chevron's three technology companies: Energy Technology, Information Technology and Technology Ventures. He manages the research, development and deployment of technology throughout the company's worldwide business activities.
California Public Utilities Commissioner Mike Florio toured the ALS with Roger Falcone on July 27. During the tour, they visited ALS Beamline Scientist Wanli Yang to discuss energy efficiency and battery storage research on Beamline 8.0.1. Florio was recently appointed commissioner by Governor Jerry Brown and is interested in the energy research capabilities of Berkeley Lab. In the photo, from left, Wanli Yang, Marcelo Poirier, Matthew Tisdale, Elizabeth Podolinsky, Roger Falcone, and Mike Florio.
On July 6, Division Director Roger Falcone (left) hosted a group from Dow Chemical Company led by Theresa Kotanchek (right). Dr. Kotanchek is the Vice President for Sustainable Technologies and Innovation Sourcing at Dow where she "is responsible for achieving the company's Asia Pacific growth strategy through market-driven scientific and technological innovations, enhancing current products as well as creating new business and technology platforms."
On June 25, the ALS hosted 50 visiting women form the Middle East and North Africa as part of tour and information sessions about research in science and engineering at the ALS and Berkeley Lab. Deputy Division Director for Operations Michael Banda (left) gave an overview of the accelerator to one group, while Scientific Support Group Leader Zahid Hussain (right) entertained another group at a beamline. The visit was organized by TechWomen, an organization dedicated to "Bringing the power of global business, technology, and education together, TechWomen pairs women in Silicon Valley with their counterparts in the Middle East and North Africa for a professional mentorship and exchange program at leading technology companies. Using innovative technologies, cutting-edge content, and social networking tools, TechWomen fosters and develops the next generation of women leaders in the technology field by providing women and girls with the access and opportunity needed to pursue tech-based careers."
TechWomen is funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented in partnership with the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI).
Two senior students from Lafayettes's Acalanes High School were invited by ALS Director Roger Falcone to tour the ALS in early June following their win at the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Matthew Fedderson, 17, and Blake Marggraff, 18, were awarded highest honors with the Gordon E. Moore Award for their research on treating simulated cancer cells with Compton scattering-produced secondary radiation. This research could offer a safer, more effective and less expensive method of radiation therapy for cancer treatment. During their tour at the ALS with Dr. Falcone, they spoke at length with ALS researchers Ed Westbrook from the Molecular Biology Consortium, and Beamline Scientist Al Thompson.
Thirty visiting international MBA students at University of California's Haas School of Business were invited on a tour of the ALS in early May. The students, from the HEC Paris EMBA Program, were participating in an executive program focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Citizenship and Sustainability at Haas, and were interested in Berkeley Lab's history of innovation and practical applications of scientific research in service to global needs. ALS tour guides included Doug Taube, Michael Banda, and Elizabeth Moxon.
The steering committee for the East Bay Green Corridor—a collaboration between local communities to create a region of green technology and economic development—met at the Lab on Wednesday, April 27. The committee includes representatives from Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, San Leandro, Albany, UC Berkeley, and the Lab. Currently the group is developing a regional solar-permitting policy to streamline the process and cost of installing residential solar panels. During their visit, members toured the Advanced Light Source and the Window Facility.
Two award-winning German students, Sebastian Klick (left) and Mathias Kaufmann, both 12th graders at the Gymnasium St. Michael, a technical-sciences oriented high school in Bad Münstereifel, Germany, visited the Lab recently as guests of the Goethe Institute in San Francisco. Their visit, which was part of their award for their winning research projects, included a tour of the Advanced Light Source with Joakim Andersson of EEBT.
A group of Einstein Fellows—science and math teachers who share their expertise with Congress and other branches of the federal government—visited the Lab earlier this month, hosted by the Center for Science and Engineering Education (CSEE). Led by Ina Reichel of AFRD/CSEE, they toured the Advanced Light Source and were given an overview of the Lab's various education programs. The fellows were in the Bay Area as part of the National Science Teachers Association national conference, at which CSEE participated.
Vivek Kundra, the U.S. Chief Information Officer, and Bob Brese, Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department of Energy, visited Berkeley Lab and the Advanced Light Source. As the first Federal CIO, Kundra "directs the policy and strategic planning of federal information technology investments and is responsible for oversight of federal technology spending," according to www.whitehouse.gov. After receiving a welcome from Lab Director Paul Alivisatos and Lab Chief Information Officer Rosio Alvarez, Kundra and Brese toured the ALS with Division Deputy for Operations Michael Banda. They also toured the Molecular Foundry, and discussed Data Center Energy Efficiencystrategies and cloud services with Berkeley Lab staff.
Division Director Roger Falcone welcomed staff members from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee's (D-CA) office for a a tour of the ALS. The group included, from left, Anne Taylor (District Director), Khalil Munir (Appropriations Staffer), Julie Nickson (Chief of Staff), and Christos Tsentas (Legislative Director).
Representative George Miller (right) and three of his district staff visited Berkeley Lab for meetings with Director Paul Alivisatos and senior Lab researchers and tours of the Advanced Light Source and the National Center for Electron Microscopy. Miller (pictured with Peter Ercius of NCEM) is the co-chair of the House Democrats Policy and Steering Committee. He represents the 7th Congressional district that stretches from Vacaville and Pittsburg in the east to Richmond and El Cerrito in the west.
President Ralph Eichler, of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, visited several facilities at Berkely before stopping at the ALS. Division Director Roger Falcone gave an overview of the ALS before a brief tour highlighting ALS scientific and educational activities. ETH Zurich, founded in 1855, is renowned for its educational, technical, and basic research programs.
Wan Gang, China's Minister of Science and Technology, toured the lab and the ALS with other members of his organization and staff from the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco. In October, Berkeley Lab announced that it will receive $12.5 million over the next five years to lead a consortium on energy-efficient building technologies under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), an agreement that the Minister had signed with U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
Bay Area government and opinion leaders toured Berkeley Lab last Thursday and stopped by the Advanced Light Source, the Molecular Foundry, and the National Center for Electron Microscopy. Participants included (front row, l-r) Doug Boxer of Boxer & Associates and the Oakland Planning Commission, Carla Din of the East Bay Green Corridor, Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi, Mina Sanchez, Office Manager to Supervisor Carson, and (back row, far right) Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson.
Members of the Executive Committee of the France-Berkeley Fund met on the UC Berkeley campus the morning of May 24 to review applications for grants, then came up to Berkeley Lab for tours of the Molecular Foundry and the ALS. Guided by Ben Feinberg and Michael Banda around the ALS, the group stopped for a photo under the magnet yoke. Established in 1993 as a partnership between the government of France and the University of California at Berkeley, the France-Berkeley Fund (FBF) promotes scholarly exchange in all disciplines between UC Berkeley and all research centers and public institutions of higher education in France.
On Wednesday, May 19, Sally Ericsson, the Program Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)at the White House, visited Berkeley Lab and the ALS. Accompanied by Kevin Carroll, Chief of the Energy Branch at OMB, M
California Congressman John Garamendi (near right) addressed the Berkeley Lab community in the Building 50 Auditorium before touring the ALS with Physical Bioscience Division Director Paul Adams who gave him an overview of current energy research at the ALS. The group also stopped by Beamline 6.0 to talk with student Tanja Cuk (far left) about artificial photosynthesis, and by the protein crystallography beamlines. Garamendi serves on the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology.
Students from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, visited the ALS on Friday, April 2. Escorted by ALS tour guides Jinghua Guo and Liz Moxon, the students—members of the Physics and Astronomy Club—visited several beamlines and spoke with ALS researchers before taking pictures atop the booster ring.
In early April, Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Ranking Republican Member of the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee toured Berkeley Lab with stops at the Molecular Foundry, National Center for Electron Microscopy, and the ALS. The subcommittee on which he sits is responsible for writing the annual appropriations bill that funds the Department of Energy.
ALS Project Manager Steve Rossi hosted a group of visitors from Kazakhstan on Friday, March 5. The visitors, including a representative from the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington and the President and the Business Development Manager of the New University of Astana, were touring Berkeley Lab to explore the possibilities of developing collaborations and future cooperative agreements.
University of California Regent Ronald W. Stovitz visited the ALS on March 1 as part of a tour of Berkeley Lab. Accompanied by 11 guests, Regent Stovitz was welcomed to the facility by SSG Group Leader Zahid Hussain (left) before touring the experiment floor and visiting beamlines and beamline scientists, Corie Ralston, Eli Rotenberg, and Hendrik Bluhm.
Members of lightsources.org took time out from their meeting at SLAC to tour the ALS on Wednesday, February 24. After a brief welcome by ALS Division Director Roger Falcone, the group visited several beamlines with User Services Lead Sue Bailey before stopping for a photo under the historic dome. The group, representing synchrotron and FEL sources around the world, promote the science and technology of light sources through outreach activities and the collaborative web site lightsources.org.
Lawrence Gumbiner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space, and Health, toured the ALS on January 21 with Deputy Division Director for O
Carl Bauer, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy, DOE (formerly Director of NETL) and Jim Wood, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal, were given a tour by Scientific Support Group Leader Zahid Hussain.
Roland Sauerbrey, the Scientific Director at Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf toured the ALS experiment floor with Ben Feinberg on January 6.
Sandra Bruce, DOE Assistant Inspector General, and two of her staff members visited December 17.


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Although they've previously dated, this time around might be the real thing for John Mayer and Katy Perry.
"I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship," Mayer, 35, told Anthony Mason during an interview on CBS Sunday Morning of his romance with Perry, 28.
"For the first time in my life I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship. I really don't. I'm not in a high profile – I know it's high profile. It's hard to explain ..." he said.
"For me it feels like something that's very human," he added.
When asked if he sees himself getting married, Mayer responded, "Of course. I mean, I'm still the kid from Connecticut. That's what you do."
The couple have made their affection public, holding hands while Patti Smith performed at Clive Davis and The Record Academy's Annual Pre-Grammy Gala at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday.
Last month, they attended President Obama's inauguration together.
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Fluvastatin (<= 20 mg BID); Pravastatin (<= 20 mg); Rosuvastatin (<= 5 mg)/Cyclosporine
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Cyclosporine may slow down how quickly your liver processes your cholesterol medicine.
What might happen:
The amount of cholesterol medicine in your blood may increase and cause muscle problems, such as muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) as soon as possible about taking these medicines together. Your doctor may want to change your cholesterol medicine. Let your doctor know right away if you have any muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hyperbaric chambers have been used for decades to treat divers with the bends, burn victims and people with traumatic injuries, but in Florida and a handful of other states, they're increasingly being used on ailing pets.
Doctors at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine have used an oxygen chamber on dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits and one monkey.
Veterinarian and professor Justin Shmalberg said the capsule has been used to treat animals that have been bitten by rattlesnakes, hit by cars and those with infected wounds, among other things.
"Any place we have swelling of tissue, we often ... are thinking about the hyperbaric chamber as something we could do to decrease that," he said. Shmalberg said the chamber's high-pressure atmosphere of pure oxygen appears to help reduce swelling and aid healing time. The school will begin clinical trials this summer to determine how or if the chamber is effective in speeding recoveries and healing animals.
There is little research on hyperbaric treatments and pets, although veterinarians who use the chambers note that most of the research for human hyperbaric treatments comes from trials done on rabbits and rats.
"We want to make sure there's really good science behind it," said Dr. Diane Levitan, who owns Peace Love Pets Veterinary Care in Commack, N.Y. She has a hyperbaric chamber in her practice. Like Shmalberg, she has seen an improved rate of healing of some conditions.
In humans, insurance com- panies will pay for hyperbaric treatment for some condi-tions, including carbon mo- noxide poisoning, crush injuries and bone marrow infections. Some insurance won't pay for the treatment for wounds or ulcers, saying it's "unproven" therapy, but some people swear by the treatment and seek private clinics.
It's the same with pet owners; veterinarians with oxygen chambers say people with sick pets often will research the treatment and request it after becoming familiar with it through human medicine.
"It is a very new modality for treatment in veterinary medicine," said Dr. Andrew Turkell of Calusa Veterinary Center in Boca Raton.
The devices used by UF, Levitan and Turkell are about the size of a loveseat and manufactured in Florida by Boca Raton-based Hyperbaric Veterinary Medicine.
Working with 100 percent oxygen can be dangerous, which is why pets going in the chamber are patted down with water before treatment so their fur doesn't conduct static electricity and cause a fire.
Dr. Dorie Amour, director of Emory University's wound care clinic, suggested that hyperbaric therapy in pets be a last-resort treatment.
AP reporter Johnny C. Clark contributed to this report.
A dachshund named Maggie awaits treatment in the hyperbaric chamber at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville, Fla.×
Dr. Justin Shmalberg, a veterinarian and professor at the University's of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine, said that hyperbaric oxygen chambers are being used to treat inflammation, wounds and other conditions in pets, in Gainesville, Fla. Shmalberg treated a small dog in this chamber. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)×


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James Eagan Holmes, 24, appeared before an Arapahoe County judge in Centennial, Colo., and was advised of the charges he is likely to face.
Sitting in the courtroom as the judge went over his case, Holmes, under his mop of dyed orange and red hair, showed no emotion but frequently opened his eyes wide only to close them, as if in a daze. He made no attempt to speak to his lawyer or to acknowledge any statement by the judge.
At a press conference after Holmes's appearance, it was said that formal criminal charges will be filed next Monday morning.
Holmes has been held in solitary confinement, without bond, in Centennial since the massacre in Aurora, Colo., in the early hours last Friday, when he allegedly opened fire during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.
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He reportedly has not been cooperating with authorities.
Holmes was transferred Monday from the jail to the courtroom next door through an underground tunnel, as media swarmed the area.
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Last night, as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the New Orleans Hornets, Kobe Bryant hurt his ankle and used crutches to leave the arena. Will the Los Angeles star be at 100 percent, or will someone else on the team have to step up and play at a championship level?
Speaking of teams that aren't playing at a championship level, the Orlando Magic lost again to the Atlanta Hawks, continuing to frustrate and fail to live up to expectations. As Orlando continues its downward slide, does it signal the end for Dwight Howard in Orlando?
Finally, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is fighting to keep control of his team after MLB took over the operations of the team. As he struggles against the powers that be, it's time to ask if he should ever get another shot to own another team.
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Ag majors have little to fear
Ag majors have little to fear
Experienced grads have the second lowest unemployment rate.
by Amanda Smith, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
In the past few years, it seems as if agricultural majors have received a great deal of flack. In 2011, The Daily Beast (an online news information site) listed "agriculture" as their third most useless major. Also on their list were horticulture (#2) and animal science (#20). We covered their "findings" in a blog "Useless majors" aren't so useless late last year.
In 2012, we were put down yet again when Career Cast called dairy farming the second-worst job out there (here's a link to the full article, "The 10 worst jobs of 2012").
But a recent article from USA Today is singing a different tune as it sheds a more positive light on the degrees many people in the agricultural industry have earned. The key rationale behind this argument is a rather simple truth: people will never stop needing food.
The article went on to note that: "Agriculture science is seeing a surge at universities; the major's popularity has led to both a broader field of study and curriculum changes to better prepare students for the field. These diverse careers are what are modernizing the agriculture sector and keeping undergraduates confident in their choice of major. Despite farmland availability and fluctuating monetary value, working in agriculture is not scaring all students."
Data from Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute backs up USA Today's conclusion. A recent document, College majors, unemployment and earnings: Not all college degrees are created equal highlights the fact that many students graduating with an agricultural degree fare remarkably well.
They note that unemployment for recent graduates with a bachelor's degree is at 8.9 percent. But, it's a catastrophic 22.9 percent for job seekers that only hold a high school diploma. The combined unemployment rate for both recent college graduates and experienced bachelor's degree holders is 5 percent.
When looking specifically at recent graduates holding agriculture and natural resources degrees, though, the unemployment rate drops 1.9 points to 7 percent. Only the health and education fields, at 5.4 percent, have lower unemployment rates. To further this point, only 3.5 percent of experienced college graduates in the field are unemployed, rivaled only by 2.2 percent of health care grads.
The report also detailed that average earnings of these career fields (see table). Recent grads with an agricultural degree earned $32,000 per year on average.
The major groupings were then broken up into specific majors. Experienced college graduates with a general agriculture degree had an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent. Animal science graduates were almost a full point lower at 3.4 percent and, on average, earned $44,000 per year.
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Means the same as "serious"
"Are you serious?" becomes "Serio?"
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For reals , Is that so. Telling me the truth. Seriously
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Pronounced: Se-Ree-O, the 'se' part is elongated, said with an arched brow and tilting the head back.
Meaning(s): 'is that so'; 'are you serious'
Meaning(s): 'is that so'; 'are you serious'
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the state or action of complete domination of the competition.
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1 cup Eden Apple Juice
2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp Mirin
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1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, finely grated, squeeze out juice, discard pulp
1 Tbsp Eden Kuzu Root Starch, dissolved in 2 T. cold water
2 cloves garlic, pressed
Place apple juice, shoyu and mirin in a saucepan. Heat over a low flame. Add diluted kuzu, stirring constantly until thick and translucent. Turn off flame and add the garlic, lemon and ginger juice. Adjust seasoning, if needed.
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Nearly 20 percent of new teachers to Greeley-Evans School District 6 will not have their contracts renewed when the current school year ends.
"While these are tough and difficult decisions in any year, the recent impact of charter school expansions and federal sequestration have the potential to produce a significant negative impact on our budget," wrote Superintendent Ranelle Lang in a brief to the board of education concerning the issue. "We regret that we must non-renew the contracts of 79 probationary educators at the end of this school year."
The cuts will not change classroom sizes, as teachers are hired based on student count. If after school begins next year, there are more students than expected, more teachers and staff will be hired to accommodate that.
It is unusual for Lang to include an explanation with her recommendations on staffing as it is acted on as a consent agenda item, but she said in the letter that the unusually high number prompted her to explain the situation.
The state allows school districts to dismiss teachers who are in their first three years with a district for any reason "deemed sufficient."
Senate Bill 191, which was passed in the state legislature two years ago and essentially does away with teacher tenure, has not been implemented yet. Tenured teachers require "cause" for dismissal, Lang said.
Thirty of the teachers, Lang said, are a result of charter school expansions. University Schools will expand by 500 students and Union Colony will grow by about 100. It is not clear if Union Colony's growth will be at the elementary school or the middle school. Officials are still awaiting a decision from the district on whether they can move their sixth grade into the elementary school.
Twenty teachers who won't be rehired are a result of expected cuts in grants and Title I funding.
"We estimate the current (federal) sequestration reduction will be about $800,000," Lang said.
Finally, another 20 of the certified non-renewals are a result of problems with licensure and/or a lack of fit within the system and nine of the teachers were hired late in the school year.
"We routinely non-renew teachers hired after the first day of school," Lang said.
Most of the teachers will be eligible for rehire next fall once the final numbers are in, but the cuts are based on projected numbers and likely won't change much, she said.
"I'm always hopeful," Lang said. "I have to sign all those letters. It's hard. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter who is doing her first observation. These are all somebody's grandchildren."


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Going into the 2012 season, the chances of Stetson having Kurt Schluter back for a senior season in 2013 was not especially strong. The only question mark was whether or not the defending Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year could stay healthy.
The answer to the question over Schluter's health was not an easy one to answer. He did not appear to have any residual effects from his season-ending injury from 2011, but he also did not appear to be the same dominant pitcher he was before the injury.
In 2011 Schluter posted an 8-0 record in 10 starts with a 1.40 ERA. Last year he won four of his first five outings and allowed just five earned runs in those five games, but then struggled early in A-Sun play.
After getting drafted in the 38th round by Boston, Schluter spent the summer pitching in the Cape Cod League and returned to campus with more confidence.
"We've talked about a few things with Kurt," pitching coach Chris Roberts said. "The big thing is that he needs to get off to better starts in his games. He needs to come out throwing a little more aggressively early in the game. He tried to pace himself a little too much early in games last year.
"By backing off early, his command suffered. We've talked about him coming out guns blazing a little more early in games this year."
While he wants Schluter to come out more aggressively early, Roberts said the focus for the Stetson starters is to try to go deeper into games this year, much like the model that has been successful for the Texas Rangers. With the starters more of a proven commodity, getting extra innings before going to the pen will take some of the stress off the younger arms that will follow.
Behind Schluter, there are three legitimate starting candidates returning to the squad, with a couple of newcomers looking for opportunities to break into the rotation.
The returning starters are sophomore right-hander Josh Powers, who earned freshman All-Conference honors last year by posting a 4-2 record with a 2.62 ERA in 11 starts, and junior left-hander Austin Perez. The wildcard in the mix is junior left-hander Cameron Griffin, who is moving into a starting role after working out of the pen last year.
"Griffin is a little bit of an x-factor for us," Roberts said. "He's a strong kid who won't tire working as a starter, but he will need to conserve some pitches. He has to be more efficient with his pitches. He is working to get his body more under control. He has to learn to pitch at a manageable effort level instead of coming out of the pen and just throwing hard."
With the two lefties in the mix, Powers may end up being the Sunday starter, giving Stetson a right-left-right look on the weekend.
"His numbers were real good last year," Roberts said of Powers. "He has a very competitive nature and that helps him. He didn't have the really big fastball last year, but that is coming. He had to rely on his breaking ball more than he would like, but he has three plus pitches that he can go to."
Like Schluter, Perez never pitched at a consistent level last year after suffering an injury in 2011. His highlight game came at South Florida when he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in a one-hit, five strikeout performance. He worked as a mid-week starter and occasional weekend reliever and could work in that role again this year.
"You have to have those four starters, especially as you get further into the season," Dunn said. "Most of the time the mid-week schedule is more difficult that the weekend schedule with Florida State, Miami and South Florida. Austin has that experience and likes that challenge."
Even with those four pitchers established as the primary starters, there are options should one or more falter. The Hatters have a pair of freshmen left-handers who will be pushing to get their chance at a spot in the rotation.
Adam Schaly is a high school All-American from Ohio and Garrison Banas is another Massachusetts product on the roster.
"Schaly will probably get some starts," Dunn said. "He is the most likely candidate because he has such a good feel for the game. He has been around the college game his entire life, he grew up in the game with his father and grandfather both being coaches. I don't know how you quantify that, but I believe he is more comfortable in the college game than most other freshmen."
While Schaly compares favorably with Perez in terms of velocity, Banas is more of a hard-thrower in the same vein as Griffin.
"He has a very high ceiling because of his natural ability and talent," Roberts said of Banas. "Schaly is not going to over-power anyone, but he has good pitch-ability. Banas has a pretty good breaking ball. There are not a lot of hitters, left-handed or right-handed, who will be able to do much with it."
Both of the young lefties will push for innings early and should have a chance to get their feet wet coming out of the bullpen before making their first college starts.
Schaly and Banas will have plenty of company in the pen from first-year players. Left-hander Brandon Diaz and right-hander Josh Thorne showed good ability in the fall and will be in the mix for relief innings.
"Both of those freshmen made good strides in the fall and are going to contribute," Roberts said. "One thing we have from these young pitchers, especially from the left side, is velocity. Thorne has pretty good stuff, but we have to get him to be a better pitcher and let his stuff work for him."
In addition to the true freshmen who will have a chance to pitch early, the Hatters also have three redshirt freshman hurlers, all right-handers, who have been in the program for a year, but will get their first opportunity to contribute this year.
The trio – Tyler Warmouth, Ike Greenspon and Ben Rakus – should all be in the mix for significant time on the mound.
"Big Ben is a hard thrower and is a strong candidate for late game action," Roberts said. "We are looking for Tyler to fill a similar role as Tucker Donahue did. Greenspon has a good breaking ball and should be really good against right-handed hitters. He should fit into the role that Jake Boyd had last year."
As he is among position players, the wildcard in the bullpen will be freshman right-hander Kevin Fagan.
"He is very free and easy out there on the mound," Roberts said. "He is not going to have to work at it all the time to be pretty good. He could fit into a late inning role."
With all the youngsters, the Hatters also have a pair of veterans in senior right-handers Joe Dye and Chad Rood back for the 2013 season. Dye appeared in just 24 games last year, but is capable of working every day with his submarine pitching style.
"He can throw every day, and we want him to throw every day," Roberts said of Dye. "He is consistent and reliable. You know exactly what you are going to get when he is out there."
Rood is coming off a solid summer when he pitched well for the DeLand Suns in helping that team to a Florida Summer League title.
he Hatters also have freshmen Matt Pisciottano, Frankie Romano and Matt Brandys – all right-handers – on the roster. All have talent.
"With all of these young players, we have to work to get a feel for the roles they will fill," Dunn said. "We have to try to get their feet on the ground and stay the course with them early on as they get adjusted to the college game."


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The Foothill Theatre Company and North Star Historic Conservancy are planning to bring the theater group's outdoor Shakespeare festival to the North Star House site, a bucolic setting that includes a home designed by famed architect Julia Morgan.
Details are being worked out, and a final agreement is expected in about a week, The Union has learned. The performances, at least two Shakespeare productions, are set to begin at the site in summer 2009.
"The whole community wins," said Lowell Robertson, president of the Foothill Theatre's board, confirming the talks.
Both Foothill Theatre and the North Star Conservancy are praising the deal as beneficial to both nonprofits, as well as the public: The park-like setting is better suited to the outdoor performances, and the deal brings needed visibility to the historic North Star House, which has suffered from neglect and vandalism.
The increased visibility also could help raise money for ongoing efforts to restore the site, estimated to cost millions of dollars.
Morgan is best known as the architect for Hearst Castle, buildings on the UC Berkeley campus and the Los Angeles Examiner building "once part of the Hearst newspaper empire " among other structures. The Craftsman-style, stone-pillared North Star house outside of Grass Valley was built with tailings from the North Star mine on a 14-acre site for mine manager Arthur De Wint Foote.
Well-planned Shakespeare festivals can be a popular tourism draw and recession-proof business as well " in venues ranging from Lake Tahoe to Ashland, Ore.
A group including Robertson, executive director Karen Marinovich, as well as Conservancy Board President Peggy Levine, her husband Howard, Land Trust Board president and Conservancy board member Joe Byrne, among others, quietly met this winter on the snowy grounds of the North Star House to discuss a possible deal for summertime theater.
"The deal was sealed on the spot with a handshake," Robertson said. "It was serendipity for us."
The theater group has been holding its Shakespeare Festival at the Fred Forsman Amphitheater at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, but repairs estimated at $25,000 were required to continue at the venue, Robertson said. The stage was old, and the fairgrounds offered "no real cooperation" to help fix up the site, he said.
Though it also will cost money to create a theater site at the North Star House instead, the venue has long-term growth potential, Robertson said. A lawn and sprinklers will be added, some grading will be required, and a power pole will be removed, Robertson said. The improvements will take some time.
The stage would be in front of the North Star House, providing a picturesque venue.
About 200 to 400 people would be able to watch Shakespeare at an outdoor theater at the North Star House. But it could be expanded in the future to handle more people in a bowl-like setting in the back of the house if successful.
Others that might be interested also could use the venue, ranging from Music in the Mountains to the Twin Cities Concert Association, Robertson said.
The deal is the latest coup for the Foothill Theatre Company, which has been in a financial rebound under Marinovich. The theater had fallen on hard times, with dwindling sales and high administrative turnover, but improvements are underway.
Since July 2007, the company has paid off a $110,000 debt, made up a $300,000 projected budget deficit and put about $10,000 in the bank by year-end, according to a letter sent out to donors in January.
The agreement also is a boon to the North Star Historic Conservancy. The site has been degraded by vandalism. A recent visit to the North Star home disclosed graffiti on the walls throughout the upstairs of the home.
The task of raising the millions of dollars needed to restore North Star House got a jump start last October, with a civic event honoring a $300,000 outside grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
About $50,000 will be used to pay for a historic structures report. Two companies, the Architectural Resource Group of San Francisco and Page and Turnbull of Sacramento, have submitted proposals to do the work.
This year, the Foothill Theater's Shakespeare play, "Hamlet," will be held in the fall at the Off Center State at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley.


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Similar to the "Dirty Sanchez" the cackler involves the act of anal intercourse, leading to excavation of feces via the penis, which is then applied on to the uppper lip in the form of a Hitler style mustache.
Yo dawg, ya know that bitch I fucked at the party last night?...I totally gave that skank the cackler!
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A very loud, drawn out fart with the peculiar sound made by flatus vibrating through ass cheeks in a flapping manner.
After eating an entire bowl of baked beans, the fat man ripped a big old "cackler".
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The responsibility of a court reporter is to preserve what is said or occurs in a court proceeding when an official record must be made. This task must be performed without disruption or delay of the proceedings. The equipment used by reporters in Indiana is not uniform nor is their training but their work product must be the same: a printed transcription of the record which is accurate, organized and delivered in as short a period of time as possible.
A court reporter's responsibilities are often overlooked, misunderstood and taken for granted. Many reporters spend considerable time after normal work hours and away from family in order to complete requested transcripts.
Almost twenty-five years has passed since the publication of the first Court Reporter Handbook by the Indiana Judicial Center. Indiana's court system still does not have an agency responsible for the creation of standards for court reporting services, equipment or the education of its court reporting personnel. Indiana's courts continue to be served by a variety of reporters, varying in experience and training but dedicated to creation of a true and accurate record of court proceedings.
The Task Force has revised the previous edition in light of changes made to the Trial Rules and Rules of Appellate Procedure and changes in technology available for reporting services. The members were all volunteers with years of experience as reporters who came from all geographic areas of the state and from counties, both rural and metropolitan.
Although this manual is not official, it is offered as an approach and guide to the reporters who work, often in isolation, to handle the technical, ethical and management issues related to reporting. To paraphrase the Hon. James E. Letsinger [Lake County Superior Court (Criminal Division) retired], this is a book of recipes compiled by cooks who have spent a lot of time in the kitchen.