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on December 14, 2012 - 12:11 AM
Dear Abby: During these hard times, may I tell you about my daughter? Every year at Christmas, I let our children pick one present for around $30 for themselves. They know that we don't have a lot of money and that "Santa" brings only a few presents.
My daughter chose to give her "Christmas money" to a charity so that another family can be blessed. She's only 9, and she understands there are families who are in more need than us. She truly is an angel for reminding me of that.
I went to our local food pantry and told them what my daughter wanted to do for Christmas. The director wrote her a letter of thanks and explained how many families her $30 would be helping. I'm so proud of my girl. Sometimes it takes a child to remind us how all of us should act.
– Blessed in Illinois
Dear Blessed: Yes, it's true. But invariably it takes good parents to instill a spirit of empathy and generosity in their children. So some of the credit belongs to you.
Husband sounds depressed
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for seven years. Since our wedding, he has had increasing health problems.
He recently told me that he planned his funeral three months ago, without saying a word to me. I am very concerned that he seems more focused on death than on life. Am I wrong to be upset? He says I am.
– Wife in Burlington, N.J.
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Dear Abby: I am sending out our annual Christmas cards. I do not want to include my husband's name on them this year. We haven't spoken to each other in two years. We still occupy the same house, but thank God it's large so we don't have to see each other often. We have a son away at college. Please tell me it is OK.
– Married And Not, Albany
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Cell Membrane
Thin covering around the celll that controls what enters and leaves the cell
-maintains cell fluidity and provides shape and protection
Role: contains genetic information of the cell (DNA) directs all cell activites
- Surrounded by a double membrane called the NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
Tiny spherical bodies that manufactures proteins for the cell
found in cytoplasm and on rough ER
Cell Wall
Thick and firm outer boundray that provides- Protection/ support/ maintain shape
- made of cellulose
* only found in plant cells
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Role: Transports materials in membranous tubules
*ROUGH ER- ribosomes attached
Air bubble looking sacs that store food , water and waste and chemicals.
plant cells have a bigger one than animal cells
Found inside chromosomes in the nucleus; contains the instructions for growth reproduction and development of the cell
Where a substance would be if it passed through the cell wall or cell membrane and then passed thru the cytoplasm
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There are times in everyone's lives when chaos seems unavoidable. For most of us, the crazy escapades that introduce such anarchy don't result in police chases, gun-fights, encounters with prostitutes, and exploding vehicles. The Grand Theft Auto series laughs in the face of danger, welcoming the violence and destruction that only the most intense crime can produce.
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International PhD Conference Political History (Leiden, 4-6 September 2014)
In recent decades, a new interest in concepts, representation, political culture and institutions, gender history and transnational history has defined a 'new political history' that also questions its national orientation. To strengthen the old discipline and this new historiographical moment the Dutch Flemish Research School Political History brings together (young) researchers specializing in political history with ideas about the future of the discpline. By organising the second in a series of conferences, and the first one with an open call, we aim to strengthen cooperation and the further internationalizaton of the field.
We expect many participants and encourage PhD candidates to submit a proposal that presents their research. We consider preparing for and participating in such meetings an important part of an academic education.
The three-day conference will cover a broad range of topics, reflecting the current transformations the field has experienced. Each theme will be prepared by a working group coordinated by experts in the field. Kiran Klaus Patel (Maastricht University) will deliver a keynote address on transnational perspectives. The conference will start with a discussion on the future of the history of politics.
We invite PhD Candidates to offer proposals for a 15-minute paper on the following themes:
We welcome contributions which include gender perspectives.
A presentation at the conference will be valued as 2 ECTS.
Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to firstname.lastname@example.com before 15 April 2014. Please indicate the theme you would like to address. Meals and conference fee are covered for speakers; speakers will have to pay for their own travel and accommodation costs.
During the conference, a European association for political history will be established, which will organize future annual conferences. The initial meeting was held at IMT in Lucca (March 2014), and the 2015 conference will be in Bielefeld. In 2016 SciencesPo (France) will host the conference; in 2017 the host will be Aarhus University, in 2018 the University of Jyväskylä and in 2019 King's College University of London.
The 2014 conference is organized and sponsored by the Research School Political History in the Netherlands and Flanders (www.researchschoolpoliticalhistory.eu). This is a research network of political historians, working to promote high-quality research and (inter)national cooperation. In addition, the Research School provides outstanding training for PhD students and Research Masters in political history.
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A specific call is available for the sessions on informal power and Europe via www.researchschoolpoliticalhistory.eu.
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With 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter and Mountain Lakes leading 26-20, Caldwell lined up for an onside kick to try and get the ball back and have one last shot at a win Saturday afternoon. John Gallagher squibbed the kick that took three bounces through players on both teams before a Mountain Lakes player pounced on it and sealed the victory in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 semifinals in Mountain Lakes.
The play was a textbook ending to a wild, back-and-forth game in which it seemed that the team that caught the last break would come out on top.
"You got to get bounces in football to win," Mountain Lakes coach Darrell Fusco said.
The ball did not always bounce Mountain Lakes' way Saturday, though. Mountain Lakes, the two-seed, was driving down the field late in the third quarter down 14-13. On Caldwell's five yard line, Mountain Lakes running back Spencer Herman fumbled a handoff and Caldwell recovered, putting the momentum back in its favor.
Mountain Lakes' defense held strong though and midway through the fourth, the Herd caught a break of their own. Caldwell quarterback Sonny Puzzo botched a handoff and linebacker John Spagnola jumped on it inside of Caldwell's 20 yard line. Herman redeemed himself for the earlier fumble by scoring on an eight-yard touchdown run to put Mountain Lakes up 19-14 with six minutes left.
"I felt really bad after the fumble, but I always trusted our defense," Herman said. "That's what our team does, one guy goes down and another picks him up."
Spagnola was not done making big plays. With two minutes left, Caldwell went for it on fourth and ten and Spagnola broke up a pass that would have given Caldwell a first down and kept the drive alive. The breakup led to a nine-yard touchdown run by Uzoma Egbuchulam to put Mountain Lakes up 26-14.
"Their tight end [William] Pierce, he's a big guy, I was bumping him," Spagnola said. "I knew from film they were going to run the curl route and he did so I just jumped it."
Caldwell did not go away though. After a big kickoff return, Puzzo hit wide receiver Raymond Iodice in the endzone on a 29-yard touchdown pass. The extra point was blocked and Caldwell cut it to 26-20 with 30 seconds left.
It was not the first big pass play that Mountain Lakes gave up in a crucial spot. On the last play of the first half, Puzzo hit Sean Nastelon on a 40-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass.
Fusco said he was proud of his team's ability to be resilient and get the win.
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Understanding our wish to distance ourselves from others can bring us a great amount of insight into the deeper feelings we have about our relationships. Even though being with others can be energizing and restorative, there are often feelings we have that come to the surface during our interactions with other people. Using our time alone to explore the causes of these feelings and seeing how they influence our relationships will bring us to a more profound realization about how we perceive ourselves, and may subsequently lead us to transform these emotions into something positive. By probing your feelings today, you will see not only how your emotions can limit you, but also that you are always connected to others.
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July 2001
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Specialization requires that workers deal with some valuable opportunities themselves and refer other, possibly unverifiable, opportunities to other workers. How do markets and organizations ensure the matching of opportunities with talent in the presence of informational asymmetries about their value? The cost of providing incentives for effort in this context is that they increase the risk of the agent appropriating an opportunity she should refer upstream. Thus spot markets are severely limited in their ability to support referrals, as they involve very powerful effort incentives on those opportunities kept by the referring agents. We show that partnerships, in which agents agree to share opportunities and the income from the opportunities, appear endogenously as a solution to this problem. Partnership contracts support better communication rules at the expense of biasing effort provision away from first best for all activities. The structure of the contract depends both on the frequency of communications and on the interaction between the relative skill of the agents and the direction of the referral flow.
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A 24-hour marathon will be taking place September 14 through 16 under the label of Mozilla 24 to give the Mozilla community the chance to talk to Web experts and university staff.
The discussion topics at the marathon will be the "Future of the Web", trends and new technologies, which explains why Vint Cerf and Lawrence Lessig will be holding talks.
The event comprises lectures, panel discussions, and presentations on the Web which will be streamed by the Japanes WIDE video network. There will also be a music event – the lineup is available here. The target group according to the project is "individuals who are interested in shaping the future of the Web socially, technically and culturally including Web developers, researchers, engineers, and end users from around the world."
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What about something like this but sub the green onion for diced rhubarb and the sugar for honey and the basil for mint
One of my friends is hosting an Easter dinner and I'd like to bring a vegetable side dish.
I would love to do a savory preparation of rhubarb, but I don't want a compote or sauce.
I feel like rhubarb with something green would be pretty, and I have this urge to put mint in it, because Easter. I don't know what goes with rhubarb besides strawberry.
What about something like this but sub the green onion for diced rhubarb and the sugar for honey and the basil for mint
I like it, but rhubarb is not for everyone. personally I would not bring it to a social gathering because it may be difficult to make it palatable for a general audience. and I have no idea how to make it in a savory dish.
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I happened upon a sale on cauliflower this weekend, so I think I'm going to make a kind of 'jeweled Persian rice' with cauliflower 'rice', diced carrot, pistachios, and raisins. Themes aside, I think this will be really pretty.
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So I ended up making the cauliflower. Riced it using a cheese grater, shredded some carrot, cooked in coconut oil. When it was done I mixed in some raisins and chopped pistachios. I happened to have with me something called "Singapore Spice" from Penzey's which is a store we have in the southwest (at least). Contains: Tellicherry black pepper, lemon peel powder, citric acid, garlic, onion, tumeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, fennel, cinnamon, fenugreek, white pepper, cardamom, cloves and cayenne red pepper.
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text: The industrious folks at FX have released a 10th promo video for the forthcoming second season of American Horror Story: Asylum and altho it's not my favorite teaser video of the bunch, I do like it. The clip is titled Bandages and as you can see, it features a lovely-looking woman with her hands bound. You'll have to watch the clip in full to see what happens to the woman but … watch 'til the end, it'll be worth your while :)0


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Texas Appeals Redistricting Decision; Elections Proceed
Texas is appealing a federal court decision that denied preclearance to legislatively drawn redistricting maps, saying the court overstepped its authority under the federal Voting Rights Act, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced late Friday.
That appeal won't affect the current election.
The maps for congressional and legislative races were drawn last year by the Legislature. Federal law allows the state to go to either the Department of Justice or the federal courts for permission to use the maps in elections — that's a legal provision that applies only to Texas and other states with a history of racial ...


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This month's salmonella scare triggered a massive recall of eggs nationwide, and Food and Drug Administration officials say they've linked the problem to the feed used on two farms in Iowa.
While the normal red flags are flying about the safety of our food supply, this incident has raised them higher. Might this be the moment that Congress straightens out how officials monitor food and food suppliers?
In the case of the egg recall, the FDA says its investigation is continuing. But the numbers are staggering even now. About 550 million eggs were recalled. (Although on Friday, the FDA said less than 1 percent of all eggs in the U.S. were affected.) And nearly 1,500 people - particularly those with weakened immune systems - have fallen ill.
While the scale of this recall is sobering, it is important to acknowledge some positive aspects. First, rules requiring egg cartons to be stamped with plant and date numbers made a recall more efficient for consumers. This part of the monitoring system worked in this case.
Next, Pennsylvanians were largely kept safe because the distributed eggs didn't come here. The state is a big producer of eggs on its own. In addition, the state's egg producers have nimbly leaped into the gap to meet consumer demand across the nation in recent weeks.
Further, roughly two-thirds of eggs produced here are monitored under a voluntary egg-inspection program meant to stop salmonella and other problems. Initiated in the early 1990s to set cleanliness standards, the program is now considered a model for the industry. In early July, the FDA used parts of the state's program to revise its own rules regarding egg safety.
Questions linger, however.
Hearings on this recall are planned for September in the House. Owners of the two Iowa operations are expected to join FDA and Agriculture Department officials to testify. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, there is confusion as to whether the FDA or the USDA had direct oversight on these two farms before early July.
While the FDA is responsible for monitoring the safety of shell eggs, agriculture officials oversee egg products and the health of the hens. Before July, problems were largely noticed only after someone reported getting sick.
This prompts the big question: Does the separation of inspection tasks by the FDA and the Agriculture Department of the nation's egg industry allow some troublesome operations to fall between the cracks?
The FDA has already said it has "no inspectional history" with the two farms in Iowa, for example.
Clearly, Congress shouldn't just stop after getting the answers at a hearing. This is yet another example - recall the trouble with tomatoes and peanut butter only months ago - of how easily the nation's food supply can be compromised and how difficult it can be for officials to prevent it beforehand or control it afterward.
When it comes to ensuring Americans a digestible meal, food safety rules clearly either lack teeth or officials the stomach to get tough with troublesome producers. If warranted, Congress should make tighter controls a priority.


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Show transcribed image text A k-bit Carry-Lookahead Circuit (k-bit CLA) relates the output carry Ci + k to input carry ci using the block generate (Gi) and block propagate (Pi) signals: ci + k = Gi + Pici. In class we used the example of k = 4. Assume k = 4. Write down the relation between C7 and C3. The inputs are the signals gj and pj, 4 le j le 7. Rearrange the equations as necessary to design a fast circuit to compute Gi and Pi for each block, using 4-input AND and OR gates only. Show the gate design. You need only show it for G3 and P3 for the assignment. Note that the design in class required 6 gate delays for computing Gi and 2 gate delays for Pi, using 2-input gates. Assuming the gates have a delay of 100 ps what is the delay tpG-Block for your 4-bit CLA design. Repeat part (a) for the case k = 8. You only need to show the equation and logic circuit for G7 and P7. Its inputs are gj, Pj, 8s le j le 15. Note, the AND and OR gates are still 4-input gates. A 32-bit Carry Lookahead Adder is to be built using 4-bit CLA's of Question 2. The CLAs are chained together to determine the c3, c7, etc., by serially propagating the carries using the Gi, Pi blocks. The sums within each block are then computed with 4-bit Ripple Carry Adders. (This is the same design as done in class and in the textbook). Use the 4-bit CLA designs of Q2(a). Find the time required to do the complete the addition. Assume that a k-bit Ripple-Carry Adder requires (100 + 50k) ps. Repeat Question 3 for k = 8 using the 8-bit CLA designs of part 2(b).
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Open source products, such as Network File System (NFS), now offer industrial grade capabilities and have gained major vendor support. NFS has evolved into a powerful enterprise file system that enables it to take advantage of more powerful servers and storage. Older enterprise file systems, such as Andrew File System (AFS) and Distributed File System™ (DFS™), have architectural limitations that limit their ability to process large files and take advantage of the increased memory and multiprocessor support available in modern servers. Since NFS Version 4 is an outcome of standards, it offers the ability to quickly deploy an enterprise file system without imposing dependencies on custom code. NFS Version 4 has come a long way to overcome the shortcomings of NFS Version 2 and Version 3, and many vendors are already out with their implementation of NFS Version 4, including IBM with its AIX® 5.3 release and the Open NFS Version 4 with the Linux® 2.6 kernel release. The industry is looking at NFS Version 4 as the next generation distributed file system. So with the end of support declared for IBM DFS and AFS products and NFS Version 4 emerging as the upcoming enterprise file system, administrators will be busy sketching strategies for migrating to NFS Version 4. This article takes you through the migration strategies that administrators can use when migrating data from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4. We discuss the importance of NFS Version 4 and then propose some strategies for migration, such as phased, partial, and full migration. Lastly, we briefly describe the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway, which is shipped along with IBM DFS, and then move on to elaborate how this authentication gateway can aid the migration on AIX and Linux platforms.
Migration strategies from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4
You can use different approaches to migrate from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4. It depends on the existing organizational role of IBM DFS and the potential impact on existing applications, services, network, migration deadlines, size of data, administrative expertise, and so forth. In this section, we discuss some of the basic migration strategies to adopt for migration.
The following approach allows you to expand a small NFS Version 4 configuration to manage increasing amounts of IBM DFS data. To start out, we recommend moving only a few of the IBM DFS filesets to NFS Version 4 in such way that both IBM DFS and NFS users can access them. Over a period of time, as your NFS Version 4 expertise grows and more IBM DFS filesets are moved to NFS, you can choose to completely migrate to NFS Version 4 and phase out of IBM DFS. This gradual migration process allows administrators to ease their IBM DFS users into NFS Version 4, while taking advantage of DFS-only machines. The following migration strategies provide a broad overview that can help in planning the migration:
- Phased migration
- A phased migration occurs over a long period of time, possibly as long as a year. In this strategy, the DFS users and data are moved gradually to NFS Version 4. Users need to access both the DFS as well as NFS space during the migration period. Typically, a phased migration procedure is recommended if the DFS cell of your organization is large or if you choose to take a long time to migrate to NFS Version 4 for some reason. Later in this article, you'll see how the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway proves handy for phased migration.
- Partial migration
- The partial migration procedure is applicable when converting huge DFS cells wherein you might like to migrate only a limited amount of data to NFS Version 4, continue to have the rest on DFS, or have reasons for keeping DFS machines online for an extended period of time after completing your migration work from DFS to NFS Version 4. For this reason, you can use the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway for NFS Version 4 clients to access DFS data.
- Full migration
- A full migration procedure is generally suitable for a small DFS cell where the migration work is expected to complete within a small period of time (from several hours to few days). In this procedure, the entire DFS cell is migrated to NFS Version 4 in a short span of time. As data is moved from DFS to NFS Version 4, the DFS server machines can be decommissioned and configured as NFS Version 4 server. Since migration is expected to complete over a short period of time, administrators might choose not to allow users to access both the DFS and NFS Version 4 space.
Though a full migration strategy seems to look pretty straightforward in actual practice, it's the phased migration that is preferred by most of the administrators and recommended for enterprises having medium to large DFS cells. The major concern to address in the phased migration is that the administrators are required to give the end users access to both the DFS as well as the NFS Version 4 space.
IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway
The NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway provides authenticated access to the IBM DFS filespace in the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) for users of NFS clients. The ability of NFS clients to access the IBM DFS filespace from an IBM DFS client is already inherent in IBM DFS. However, NFS client users are limited to unauthenticated access, because the authentication information differs for DFS and NFS. The NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway bridges this difference and connects an NFS client user with an authenticated DCE principal. For detailed information, refer to the IBM DFS for AIX/Solaris NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway Guide and Reference (see Resources). Figure 1 below shows the overview of the NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway.
Figure 1: Overview of the NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway
In Figure 1 above, the following versions of software were successfully tested:
- DFS server: IBM DFS 3.1, PTF 9 for AIX 5.2
- DFS client: IBM DFS 3.1, PTF 9 for AIX 5.2
- NFS server: IBM AIX 5.2 NFS Version 3
- NFS client: IBM AIX 5.3 NFS Version 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (RHEL 4) (kernel 2.6) NFS Version 4
IBM DFS -- NFS Version 4 migration bridge
As discussed earlier during the migration from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4, there will be a need for users to access both the DFS as well as NFS space at the same time. Since the primary function of the NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway is to enable NFS clients to have access to DFS, administrators can make use of this gateway to help bridge across the two file systems. Using this gateway, the NFS client can then view the same file system hierarchy as the DFS client. In short, the NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway provides a migration capability for NFS Version 4 clients to access DFS objects that still need to be migrated while making the transition from DFS to the NFS Version 4 file sharing environment.
The following are the high-level steps for setting up the IBM DFS to AIX NFS Version 4 migration bridge:
- Configure the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway when you plan for the migration. You can either choose to configure the authentication gateway on one of the existing DFS server machines or have it on a separate machine, as you would not want to load your server machines. For details about configuring the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway, please refer to the IBM DFS for AIX NFS/DFS Authenticating Gateway Guide and Reference.
- You can now us your client machines (with NFS Version 4 client) to access both the DFS as well as NFS space by appropriately mounting the file systems. Care should be taken while mounting DFS using the NFS Version 4 client. None of the NFS Version 4 features, such as enhanced authentication, authorization, and so forth, should be used. In other words, the NFS Version 4 client should mount the DFS space just like the NFS Version 3 client.
The previous steps allow NFS Version 4 client machines to access both the migrated data from the NFS Version 4 space as well as the data still under migration from the DFS space. In fact, administrators can use this kind of setup to transfer data from DFS to NFS Version 4. Keep in mind that such a transfer of data will not take care of the existing data in the Access Control List (ACL). Administrators must deal with this situation separately.
Figure 2 below illustrates the migration setup involving the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway that administrators can use while migrating from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4.
Figure 2: DFS to NFS Version 4 migration setup with NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway
The previous setup was tested with the following combination:
- IBM DFS servers -- IBM DFS 3.1 PTF9 running AIX 5.2
- NFS Version 4 servers -- AIX 5.3 , RHEL 4 (kernel 2.6)
- NFS Version 4 clients -- AIX 5.3, RHEL 4 (kernel 2.6)
- IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway -- IBM DFS 3.1 PTF9 running on AIX 5.2
With the NFS Version 4 emerging as the next generation enterprise file system and IBM DFS nearing its end, administrators should start planning to migrate from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4. As discussed above, having the IBM NFS/DFS Authentication Gateway in the migration setup proves very handy to administrators when migrating from IBM DFS to NFS Version 4.
- The IBM Redbook Implementing NFS Version 4 in the Enterprise Planning and Migration Strategies provides methods for implementing NFS Version 4 in the enterprise and extensive coverage of methods for how it can potentially be used as a migration target for legacy AFS- and DCE/DFS-based enterprise file systems.
- The IBM Redbook Securing NFS in AIX: An Introduction to NFS Version 4 in AIX 5L Version 5.3 provides a broad understanding of NFS Version 4 and specific AIX NFS Version 4 implementation details.
- Learn about System Management Guide: Communication and Networks from online AIX documentation for IBM pSeries Hardware.
- Know about general information and reference for the NFS Version 4 protocol and its open source implementation.
- For details on NFS Version 4, see IETF Request for Comments (RFC) 3530, "Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol."
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Water polo players accept physical nature of game
One participant recently returned to action after suffering a severely bruised nose.
Another took a punch to the throat.
Still another was elbowed in the head. Not once, but six times.
Football? Boxing? Mixed martial arts?
Try water polo. Those were some of the injuries that current players for Cathedral Prep, Villa Maria, McDowell and Fairview said they've experienced.
Although rules are in place to make the action less physical, fans might be surprised to learn how much contact occurs in water polo, albeit much of it unintentional or incidental.
This is not a sport for the faint-hearted.
The aforementioned schools are the only ones within District 10 borders that currently offer water polo. Because of that, local matches like the one between Prep and McDowell on Monday at Mercyhurst North East's natatorium are rare.
Normally, those teams must head to the Pittsburgh area or eastern Pennsylvania to participate in weekend tournaments. Such lengthy travel only augments the sport's inherent physical nature.
"Anyone who's watched it has a lot of respect for it," Prep coach Mike Doyle said of water polo, "but most people don't have any idea what it's really like."
People such as Abby Quinn's parents used to be that way. Villa Maria's senior team captain was curious about the sport when she first asked them if she could attend a camp at Bucknell University.
"They didn't even know what (water polo) was," Quinn said. "My father said he remembered one of the first tournaments I played. He was in the stands with my mother and she was asking someone, 'Are they allowed to do that?' I know it was pretty nerve-wracking for them, but they caught on pretty fast."
But not as fast as Daniel Bauman and his family. The Ramblers' junior was already swimming at age three when he said his older brothers initiated him into the water polo fold, as only siblings can.
"They used to throw me around the pool as the ball," Bauman said.
Joking aside, Bauman was among those interviewed who urged youth who contemplate trying water polo to do so with their eyes open.
"It's not for everyone," Fairview's Claire Christensen said. "You have to be aggressive to play because it's not for the timid. You just have to know that if someone dishes it out, you've got to dish it back."
That physical facet of play took time for Christensen to accept. That's a norm for many new players, according to the Tigers' coach.
"At the beginning of our first practice, I had to remind the girls to be aggressive with each other," Fairview coach Kyle Figaski said. "If not, they were going to be in for a rude awakening when we played our first game.
"Then we played our first game, and that's when it hit them. They'd tell me (their opponents) were really aggressive, and I said, 'Well, I tried to tell you.' It's something they have to teach themselves."
Newcomers also must learn that there could be blood and there definitely will be physical contact. Villa coach Bob Fischer said most injuries aren't intentional but didn't sugarcoat that reality.
"The referees can only try to control what they can see above the surface," he said. "It's extremely physical what goes on out of sight. Some of it is coincidental by the players, but some of it is by design. It's a contact sport, both above and below the water."
One physical aspect of water polo that referees try to prevent before a match are scratches. They're supposed to conduct fingernail checks of the players, but even that's no guarantee, as Christensen learned.
"They obviously didn't check the nails on this one girl," Christensen said about a previous incident. "They were rather long, and I got more than a few scratches from her."
Goalkeepers aren't spared injuries, either.
Isabelle Vieira of McDowell was the player mentioned earlier who suffered cartilage damage to her nose. Vieira also said she once cut two fingers on a goal's metal frame.
"I knew it was going to be a rough sport," Vieira said, "but I also knew most (opposing players) aren't out to hurt you. Injuries aren't meant to be intentional."
Once a player gets over that potential, there's still the major issue of having to learn water polo's basic strategies and tactics.
The area's four programs have no feeder system. Because of that, players and coaches of those teams couldn't stress enough that camps are the best way for local elementary and middle school student to become familiar with the sport before high school.
Without them, Doyle said, it's even harder for an underclassmen to star.
"The first year, you're basically learning the game," he said. "The second year, maybe you get into a (varsity) game and make some contributions. A lot of kids really don't excel until their junior or seniors years."
For all of the warnings, though, none of the players who spoke held regrets about competing.
"None," Vieira said. "I'm very proud to play. Water polo isn't a big sport in Erie, but when I tell people that I play, they always say, 'Wow, that's really cool!' "
Evan Wujcik, who competes for the McDowell boys team, advised youths to work just as hard on their patience.
"Being good at water polo," he said, "doesn't mean it will still come easy to you."
Prep's Stephen Bretz advised swimmers to try water polo as an excellent alternative to prepare for the PIAA's winter swimming season.
"If you're up for it," he said, "it's definitely a different way to get in shape."
Quinn, who qualified for last season's PIAA swimming meet, readily agreed.
"You'll never be bored with it," she said of water polo. "It's not like swimming lap after lap after lap."
MIKE COPPER can be reached at 870-1614 or by e-mail.


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SOUTH EUCLID, Oho — Students from 11 local high schools led discussions about incorporating history and literature in daily life lessons at an event Tuesday at Brush High School.
More than 140 parents, teachers and community members attended the program, sponsored by non-profit Facing History, which develops lesson plans and educational resources for teachers.
Attendees broke into five groups, read literature and discussed its connection to modern issues and their own lives. The conversations were meant to showcase the skills students have learned from Facing History-based education, which incorporates critical thinking skills and empathy.
Sallie Fine, chair of the Brush Language Arts Department who has taught at the high school for 16 years, said Facing History has changed the way she teaches.
"We are working with a generation that has been raised on reality TV, and if they can't find a way to connect to what they're learning they don't think it's real," Fine said. "We have to find ways to engage students in the world they are really living in, not just text their way through it.
"Facing History has made a huge difference in the way I look at teaching and it's given me quite a shot in the arm that I needed at this point in my career."


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The 2012 Colts' offensive line is going to be a completely different from the patch-up job the Colts have had over the last few years.
It has been anyone's guess who will man the guard spots, with Anthony Castonzo, Samson Satele, and Winston Justice all seemingly entrenched in their respective spots. According to a new report from the good folks at Pro Football Weekly, the left guard will be left up to a competition between Joe Reitz and Ben Ijalana, both of whom have struggled with nagging injuries.
Reitz' first real year as a starter was last season, and he played reasonably well in nine games (injured for the other seven), making the left side of the line fairly strong, both in run blocking and pass protection with rookie Anthony Castonzo. Ijalana missed the majority of his rookie season with a knee injury, but looked good in limited time at left tackle against Tampa Bay.
According to the report, the coaches have also praised Jeff Linkenbach, who was terrible as a starting right tackle in 2011, ranked 70th out of 76 starting tackles by Pro Football Focus in 2011. However, as a backup, Linkenbach has the ability to temporarily fill in at either tackle position, as he did in 2010 with some effectiveness. I would guess that Linkenbach will stick on the roster with a spot as a backup tackle.
As for the rest of the line, we'll see how it plays out in training camp, but it looks like Mike McGlynn will start at right guard. I'm not sold on McGlynn as a player, but he's reportedly shown great leadership during his limited time with the team, a value that should not be undersold. Castonzo, Satele, and Justice should fill out the rest of the line at their respective positions.


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Derry Twp. School Board President Ellen Sheffey says her husband's unpaid real estate taxes have no business being on a school board meeting agenda.
But that's where it ended up this month, when board members Donna Cronin and Maryellen Sheehan brought it up and urged Sheffey to step down.
The taxes have been accruing since 2010, and if they are not paid, the properties will go up for tax sale next month, according to tax records.
Sheehan called the delinquency "civil disobedience" and said Sheffey last year brought her husband's business into her campaign as she ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility.
Sheffey said the downturn in the economy has been difficult on many families, including hers.
"Of course my husband is doing his best to pay his delinquent taxes," she said. "No board member's family matters should be discussed as board business. Community members are free to contact him with any questions or concerns they have."
Board Vice President Henry Donahue said he didn't feel the tax matter is an issue for the board.
"We're evolving into a board that is interested in people's personal lives," Donahue said, "rather than focusing on creating a district for the children."
Cronin, however, said there has been a negative "perception of leadership" among the public.
"We are all public officials," she said. "We have to act responsibly. I do not condone any board member not paying taxes. I allowed it to be a personal issue, but it's gone on for way too long. I did not realize the extent of what was owed."


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'Good Wife' syndication spans Amazon, Hulu and Hallmark
CBS announced an interesting multi-platform syndication deal for the Emmy-winning drama "The Good Wife" this week, a pact tying together Amazon Prime, Hulu and the Hallmark Channel.
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Starting this Thursday (March 14), the first three seasons of "The Good Wife" became available on Amazon Prime, while the fourth season will be available later this year.
Beginning in September of 2013, Hulu Plus will make previous seasons of "The Good Wife" available.
Then, in January of 2014, The Hallmark Channel will begin airing "The Good Wife" on weekdays.
Finally, in September of 2014, "The Good Wife" will star weekend broadcast syndication through CBS Television Stations, an affiliate group covering 85 percent of the country.
"This is an off-network model for a unique serialized show in today's television ecosystem," blurbs Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation. "It uses creative windowing to serve the content needs of best-in-class partners while realizing the full syndication value for a high-quality series. In addition, the potential for catch-up viewing across multiple platforms can provide incremental value to future broadcasts on the CBS Television Network."


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I had to contact Amazon 3 times to get the credit and Omega Boss Battle DLC. I do have a newbish question. Where do I use the DLC, is it something I use in game or over the PSN? I've never used a DLC code in my life, and I don't have an email that says where to go. Thanks.
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Step 1: Open an account on the PlayStation Network (or use an existing account).
Step 2: Select "Account Management" from the "PlayStation Network" icon on the XMB (XcrossMediaBar).
Step 3: Select "Redeem Codes."
Step 4: Enter the promotional code found above. Please note that the promotional code is case sensitive and must be entered exactly. Each claim code is unique and can't be shared.
Step 5: Once the promotional code has been entered correctly click "Continue." Once you accept the terms you will be taken to the download screen.[/FONT]


text: Officers responded Sunday to a report of two people passed out in a vehicle in the middle of Dresden Avenue near state Route 170, where they found two volunteer firefighters who said they had removed the keys from the ignition to keep the driver from leaving. The driver, Randy L. Schneider, 23, no address listed, was charged with OVI. He and his passenger were released to his mother. According to Sheriff Ray Stone, Schneider is an unpaid county reserve deputy and department dispatcher who has been suspended pending outcome of the case.


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Miriah M. Green of Altoona and Allen Lassinger Jr. of Manns Choice are engaged to be married.
Miss Green is the daughter of Randy and Mary Ellen Green of Altoona.
She is a 2005 graduate of Altoona Area High School and a 2008 graduate of St. Francis University, Loretto, with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a minor in international business.
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She is a regional account manager for NVR Homes, Reston, Va.
Mr. Lassinger is the son of Juanita Lassinger of Manns Choice and Allen Lassinger Sr. of Altoona.
He is a 2002 graduate of Bedford Area High School and a 2006 graduate of St. Francis University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and business management.
He is director of finance and administration at the Washington Performing Arts Society, Washington, D.C.
A June 29 wedding is being planned at St. John the Baptist Church, New Baltimore.


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text: Karen Maryville, Tennessee 8/20/2013 2:52:09 PM My lab had a barium yesterday after committing all weekend. It showed that her intestines were all on one side. After the barium her intestines returned to normal. She is home and on medicine. She is still lethargic. She has not vommitted as yet. She had not had much food only small portions at a time. Our vet thought at first that she would be in surgery. He wanted to do the barium first. She seems to be getting better and after the barium her intestines were back where they should be. He is keeping her x-rays as he has never seen this before.


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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Catia Batista
Faculdade de Economia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa; CReAM; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); NOVAFRICA
Pedro C. Vicente
New University of Lisbon - Nova School of Business and Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4688
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the populationメs desire for better governance. Using data from a tailored household survey, we examine the determinants of voting behavior in our experiment, and isolate the positive effect of international emigration on the demand for political accountability. We find that this effect can be mainly attributed to the presence of return migrants, particularly to those who emigrated to countries with better governance.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 25
Keywords: international migration, governance, political accountability, institutions, effects of emigration in origin countries, household survey, Cape Verde, Sub-Saharan Africa
JEL Classification: F22, O12, O15, O43, P16
Date posted: February 1, 2010
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