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You may feel out of control today and isolated from others as well as from the machinations of your existence. As a result, you may begin to question whether you are truly the arbiter of your own destiny. Since you likely feel like a player in a drama that is being written by some unseen hand, the world can seem like a confusing place. To regain your sense of self-determination, you may need to shift your focus from worldly concerns to your personal needs. This can be a positive time to retreat into solitude where you can reflect upon your life without having to actively evade demands and distractions. As you reconnect with yourself today, you will likely discover that you have been in control of your life all along.
Easing feelings of disconnection is often a simple matter of regaining one's sense of self through quiet reflection. Too much time spent focused on worldly concerns can leave us feeling unfamiliar with ourselves as well as unable to relate to the people we care about. In order to recover our sense of purpose and individuality, we must make a thorough examination of the self. As we relive the past in the mind's eye, we regrow our roots and cultivate our connection to the past. In revisiting our dreams, we rekindle our expectations for the future. Delving deeply into our inner landscapes helps us remember who we are as well as where our allegiances and desires lay. When you explore the furthest reaches of your soul today, you'll eventually come to feel like yourself again.
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The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (PDF) is a monster of a document, weighing in at 747 pages. The bill aims to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and buried deep inside is a nasty secret sponsored by the entertainment industry: universities would be required to help fight piracy or risk the loss of federal funding.
One section of COAA would force universities to publicly disclose their policies and procedures relating to copyright enforcement, and to develop plans for exploring "technology-based deterrents" and alternatives -- like Napster or the ad-supported Ruckus service. These requirements would be backed up with federal grant money, which would be authorized for the purchase and implementation of whatever programs a university may try to implement.
Another section of the bill is more familiar, as it bears a striking similarity to some additions attempted in the Higher Education Amendments of 2007. Under the new text, universities would be required to annually inform students of the "civil and criminal liabilities" of file sharing, provide a summary of the consequences for violating copyright laws, and provide a description of the university's disciplinary policies if they're caught.
Universities would also be required to tell students about the various countermeasures they may use to "prevent and detect" unauthorized file sharing.
University officials have been understandably alarmed, as the above provisions would put a potential $100 billion each year in federal aid at risk; failure to comply would cause the school to lose all of its financial aid for students, affecting even those students who don't own a personal computer.
In a letter written on Wednesday and signed by the presidents of Stanford University and Penn State, and the chancellor of the University of Maryland system, university officials wrote:
Such an extraordinarily inappropriate and punitive outcome would result in all students on that campus losing their federal financial aid--including Pell grants and student loans that are essential to their ability to attend college, advance their education, and acquire the skills necessary to compete in the 21st-century economy … lower-income students, those most in need of federal financial aid, would be harmed most under the entertainment industry's proposal.
Officials also noted that while the higher education systems does indeed recognize the "seriousness of the problem of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing," it noted that schools and universities represented only a "small fraction" of the overall P2P ecosystem.
University leadership is overreacting, said the MPAA, and noted that schools that actively implement P2P counter-measures see far fewer copyright complaints — sometimes as little as zero per month.
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4 Common Morals Designed to Keep You Poor
#2. Asking for Help Makes You Weak
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The Moral:
My ex-mother-in-law used to help us out quite a bit, just out of the blue. Usually it was in odd ways, like buying a swing set for the kids or bringing us unnecessary things she found while shopping. Mostly dildos. Sometimes things that weren't dildos but were shaped very much like dildos. But it was always useful in some way, even if we brought the unnecessary items back for store credit. We were always thankful for it, but the second we asked her for help, she blew up.
Honestly, I understand why, and I don't blame her for it one bit. Giving something freely to someone feels pretty awesome. But if that person asks you for more on top of what you've already given them, it's pretty easy to feel like you're being taken advantage of. You start to see the recipient as an irresponsible person who constantly needs the intervention of others just to function in everyday life. She had no problem letting us know that, both in words and in the look on her stupid, fat face.
From the perspective of the person in need, when you see those reactions long enough (and no, it doesn't take very long -- once is enough for most people), you learn that asking for help makes other people pity and resent you. You're not good enough to make the money that they make. You're not strong enough to put yourself in their position. You're weak.
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"There you go. Make sure you don't try to eat it, you dumb fucker."
So after a while, you do absolutely anything to avoid seeking help. Including murder. Well, OK, maybe not that, but you'd do quite a bit. Obviously, taking care of problems on your own is the most respected trait a person can have, at least on the financial end. And if you can't ever manage that, you'll never be respected or even taken seriously for that matter.
But That's Bullshit Because ...
Seeking that position of independence isn't a bad thing. In fact, that should be your immediate goal in life. But if you're in a tight spot and you can't make it out on your own, not taking advantage of the help that's available to you is doing nothing but hurting you.
Government assistance is a perfect example. We were on food stamps, welfare, and medical cards from as early as I can remember in life, right up until the day I separated from my ex-wife. As I was trying to adjust to the financial clusterfuck that ensued after moving out, many of my friends and family recommended applying for assistance through several programs that would have taken care of everything from my electric bill to food. But I refused. I had been on those programs my entire life, and no matter what the consequence, I had made up my mind that I would never be on them again. Even if it meant that I had to kill a man.
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Always be prepared. That's my motto.
Sorry, I'll stop with that. It's just so fun to say if you do it all dramatically.
For the next couple of years, I was completely fucked. And not in the fun way. I was trying to claw my way out of the hole I had created, and every time I moved up 5 feet, I'd slide back 4 feet, 11 inches. I'd ask for help only when I was about to lose a utility, which put the person I was asking in a ridiculous bind, trying to scrape up cash on a few minutes' notice. Which in turn made me look 10 times more irresponsible.
But I eventually learned that the hole I was in could not be scaled by myself. Not with my miniscule income and a hundred other factors adding weight to the climb. I needed wiggle room, a reliable boost that wouldn't just step out from under me when I was finally getting a firm grip on the walls (then giggle as I lay motionless, a broken spine rendering my registered-weapon feet useless for any chance at retaliation). Accepting that help was what finally got me out, and it took more strength to do that than many people can imagine. The weakness was the pride that kept me swatting away good, logical suggestions like mosquitoes. Murder mosquitoes. Sorry, there's no way I can stop doing that.
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That's why I'll never say shit to people who have to live on welfare. I've been there, and it sucks. It beats the shit out of your pride and makes you feel like you're less than human, feeding on the scraps of "normal" people who will always see you as trash. But not taking that help is doom. You're taking an already disadvantaged situation and making it a thousand times harder than it has to be in order to escape. The assistance is there for a reason, and submitting to the moral that accepting it makes you weak is just plain dumb. Use it, get the hell out of that hole, and never look back.
Of course, on the opposite end of that spectrum ...
#1. Saying No to Requests for Help Makes You an Asshole
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The Moral:
There was a weird cycle in my family when I was growing up where everyone borrowed from everyone else. They couldn't get around it, because when you're a week away from payday and you have no food left, you have to do something. But the thing that has always struck me as odd was that none of them stopped and said, "No, I can't, because lending $20 to you means that I'll be that much short next week." They just freely coughed it up, and then four days later, they were fucked.
They had to supply the help because there was a person in need right in front of their face, and they had that $20 in their pocket right there on the spot. Even if that $20 came in the form of quarters, because my aunt was a bad stripper. What kind of asshole wouldn't do that for another person, let alone a family member? It's not even a choice. Any stable, sane family teaches their children from birth that you put other people before yourself because you never know when you're going to need that help in return. It's just the right thing to do.
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"I guess just take, like ... um ... half or something? I can make more, right?"
But That's Bullshit Because ...
You cannot help people if you're putting yourself in the position of needing the exact same help.
My wife manages a store for a corporation that has been going through a slump. Wait, let me rephrase that: a corporation that is murder-fucked beyond repair. They are currently closing many of their individual stores, including hers, which means she's losing her job. Fortunately, for the first time in ... well, ever ... we are far enough ahead on bills that we can easily coast for the next few months, even without her working.
Up until this happened, we've been able to help out my relatives when they're in financial trouble, but not for long. Because as much money as we have right now, we will need that to supplement the lost income as she's hunting for a new job. Preferably a hit man or a bounty hunter. We are now in the position where paying one of their bills means subtracting from our own. Regardless of how much we want to help them out, we are not in the position to do so until that job is replaced. Maybe a space smuggler? Anyone have any good connections?
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I don't even know what a space smuggler would smuggle. Like comets or something?
Now, from any of their vantage points, I will look like the stingiest tightwad asshole in history. I can hear some of them right now, yelling in a panic, "What the fuck? I know you can help me out. Compared to what I have, you're fucking RICH! Family is supposed to help out family!" But until our income gets back to normal, helping them out means putting my own household in the hole. And putting us in the hole means that when we do get back to normal, I still won't be able to help them out because I'll be busy digging us out.
You have to be extremely careful in choosing when to give in to those requests because it can very easily grow into a financial black hole. Even if they don't understand the position you're in, you have to remember that the more you grow financially, the more you can help them out in the future. But the key term there is "grow." It's easy to sit back and bash Bill Gates for having $67 billion and not giving it up to single-handedly solve all of the world's problems and bring about a never-ending peace between nations. It takes a colder logic to step back and realize that maintaining and growing his wealth is what allows him to donate $28 billion to his own charity and continue to do so long after everyone else has achieved their final goal of "good-looking corpse."
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Given, Bill Gates gets paid in those chocolate coins, so it may not be quite as impressive as it sounds.
Look, I'm not saying that we have to eliminate these morals. At their core, they're nice guidelines to help keep us from becoming dehumanizing monsters. I'm saying that, just like everything else in life, they need to be closely examined and questioned. Because what works for a millionaire has no bearing on someone who has to consider eating their pets to make it through next Tuesday. Yes, there is a double standard, but much of it is as simple as a mindset. And you are totally in control of that part. Get up and fight your way out of this shit -- on your terms, not theirs.
John is a columnist right here at Cracked with a new article every Thursday. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.
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What it teaches and how it works
When you draw on the screen in Sound Brush each dip in a line or dot of "sound paint" creates a series of tones or notes. Choose from a small collection of instruments, each with its own color. The correlation between up and down on the screen and up and down on a musical scale is a simple lesson. More advanced exploration is possible, too. Musical masterpieces can be saved and even exported and shared.
Why your kid won't be able to put it down
Children seen using this app seem to delight in "scribbling" music at first, and then later move toward drawing letters or simple pictures to hear what they sound like. Some children try little lines and dots to hear how notes combine. There's so much open exploration and a bit of a cacophony of noisy learning. No mistakes - only creativity and exploration. What's not to love?
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LEWISBURG - Poet Naomi Shihab Nye will give a reading of her works at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Stadler Center for Poetry, Bucknell Hall, at Bucknell University.
The reading, which is free and open to the public, is part of the university's annual Gary and Sandra Sojka Visiting Poet series.
As the 18th annual Sojka Visiting Poet, Nye also will participate in a conversation and a question-and-answer session at 4 p.m. the same day in the Smith Library of the Vaughan Literature Building.
"We are especially pleased to welcome Naomi Shihab Nye to the University," said Shara McCallum, director of the Stadler Center for Poetry. "Nye's poetry is spiritual and rooted in personal experience, while also remaining socially and politically conscious - a powerful combination.
"Her meditative and thought-provoking poem, 'The Story, Around the Corner,' is one of the 10 poems gracing our inaugural Poetry Path."
The author or editor of more than 30 volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and children's literature, Nye has travelled and taught in Asia, Europe, Central and South America, and the Middle East. Her work has been featured on NPR, PBS television, and widely in magazines and journals.
Born in St. Louis to a Palestinian father and an American mother, Nye lived in Palestine, Jerusalem and Texas.
She received a bachelor's degree in English and world religions from Trinity University.
She is the author of numerous books of poems, including "You and Yours" (BOA Editions, 2005), which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, as well as "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East" (2002), a collection of new and selected poems about the Middle East, "Fuel" (1998), "Red Suitcase" (1994) and "Hugging the Jukebox" (1982).
She has traveled to the Middle East and Asia for the United States Information Agency three times, promoting international goodwill through the arts.
Nye has received awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Carity Randall Prize, the International Poetry Forum, as well as four Pushcart Prizes.
She has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow. In 1988 she received The Academy of American Poets' Lavan Award, selected by W.S. Merwin.
She was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2010.
The Sojka Series was established in 1995 through the generosity of Gary Sojka, who served as president of Bucknell from 1984 to 1995, and his wife, Sandra.
The series consists of a short visit by a distinguished poet each fall.
While on campus, the poet gives a reading and meets informally with those interested in the writing of poetry.


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Adventures with Missing Memory
By dgolds on Nov 18, 2007
I recently installed Ubuntu Linux 7.10 on my Ultra 40 at home. When I ran any command that reported memory (free, top, system monitor, etc.) it reported that 2.5 GB was available on my system. The problem with this is that my system has 3 GB.
I did a lot of searches on "missing memory," "underreported memory," etc. and never came up with anything. But after running the dmesg command today on an unrelated matter, I noticed this message:
Use a PAE enabled kernel
After a few searches, I determined that Ubuntu had chosen the wrong kernel for my machine. I needed the bigsmp flavor. Previous Linux variants had installed this by default but not Ubuntu 7.10. It was not easy to figure out how to get that kernel, either. A search in Synaptic for bigsmp yielded nothing. So back to Google, where I was able to find the advice to install the linux-image-server package. So I did, restarted my system, and the bigsmp kernel came up in my grub boot list.
So I booted it.
Now some more fun - gnome wouldn't come up in high resolution. Seems this kernel is incompatible with the nvidia video driver I had installed. gnome put me in 800x600 mode. So I went to the Restricted Drivers panel to disable my nvidia drivers.
More fun. I got a message telling me that this panel wouldn't start up without the linux-restricted-modules-2.6-22.14-server
So I go to Synaptic and look for the package. It's not there! Back to Google, more searching around, appears the package doesn't exist but I can get it if I recompile things on my system. I don't feel like it, so no more nvidia drivers and no more nice compiz for this release.
So one more power down, then reboot into the generic kernel, where it nicely lets me disable my generic driver. Then a final reboot into the bigsmp (aka server) kernel, where I now have access to the full 3 GB on my system.


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The world believes U.S. innovation and vehicle manufacturing is dead, and unfortunately a lot of Americans agree. Should we wave the white flag and let more jobs leave our shores? In 2009 Paul Elio said no, and Elio Motors was born.
We can do better! Americans need the ultra fuel-efficient, highly affordable, and incredibly safe Elio.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Paul Aaron Ross, who faces the death penalty in the killing of a 26-year-old Hollidaysburg woman nearly a decade ago, will go on trial in October, Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva has ordered.
The judge met with prosecution and defense attorneys earlier in the week to discuss the issues that had to be resolved before Ross can be bought before a jury.
The appointment of a death penalty counsel for Ross, 41, is one of those issues.
Ross, charged with killing Tina S. Miller, is being represented by Altoona attorney Thomas M. Dickey.
But in death penalty cases, a second attorney must be appointed to prepare a defense just for the death penalty phase of the case that will occur only if a jury finds Ross guilty of first-degree murder.
Kopriva said a death penalty counsel will be named within two weeks.
Dickey has been given 60 days to file his pretrial motions.
He also will be required to provide the names of expert witnesses he intends to use during the trial by June 17.
Kopriva ordered Dickey to maintain a journal of dates and times that he has conferred with the expert witnesses in an effort to avoid any trial delays.
She also wants expert reports filed by July 18.
Kopriva stated that jury selection will begin on Oct. 7 with the trial to follow during the weeks of Oct. 13 and Oct. 20.
The prosecution team includes District Attorney Richard A. Consiglio and Assistant District Attorney Deanne Paul.
Ross is being housed at the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, Schuylkill County, where he was placed in 2005 after he was tried for the killing.
During the 2005 trial, testimony revealed that Miller met Ross at a tavern in Hollidaysburg on June 25, 2004, and then attended an after-hours party at a home where Ross was present.
According to the prosecution, friends dropped off Miller and Ross at Canoe Creek State Park during the early morning of June 26.
Ross lived near the state park.
Miller's body was found the next day partially submerged in the lake.
Ross claimed he and Miller separated after they were dropped off at Canoe Creek.
He was sentenced to life plus 24 to 48 years, but in 2011 the Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered a retrial, upholding complaints by Dickey that he didn't have time to properly prepare a defense for Ross and that the jury was prejudiced by the presentation of three former Ross girlfriends who talked about his actions toward woman.
The jury could not decide if Ross should face death or be incarcerated for life. That meant the judge had to impose a life sentence.
The new trial order was followed by two years of further appeals by Consiglio and Paul attempting to get the Superior and Supreme courts to reconsider.
Soon after the final order for a retrial, Consiglio filed notice that the death penalty is back on the table.
Dickey has already stated he believes an out-of-county jury should be selected for the retrial.
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Natalie Portman tops Forbes' list of most cost-effective movie stars
And a "Black Swan" shall lead them: Natalie Portman tops Forbes magazine's list of "best actors for the buck" - Hollywood stars who bring in much more than they get paid.
The list, posted Wednesday on Forbes' website, uses data Forbes gathered on actors' paydays to calculate how much the stars' last three movies earned at the box office per dollar of pay. »Read Full Article
Haig's tireless work led WTMJ radio to sports dominance
Bill Haig, a major figure in Milwaukee broadcasting who bolstered WTMJ radio's reputation for sports coverage and later ran the Milwaukee Brewers' broadcast operations for almost two decades, died Saturday. He was 78.
Haig, of Oak Creek, had been ill in recent years and was in hospice care, according to his wife of 54 years, Naomi. He was surrounded by family when he died. »Read Full Article
Dogs, humans raising funds for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The dogs should wear tails. Everyone else will be fancy.
The occasion is the inaugural Duffy's Gala, a formal benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for blood cancer research and education and patient services. »Read Full Article
'Spring Fling' is a fashion sale for the season
Put the gray away.
Bright spring colors are what's trending this season, and that's what fashionistas will find Saturday at Spring Fling 2013 at the Zoofari Conference Center, 10001 W. Blue Mound Road. »Read Full Article
Riverwest Public House helps girls rock
Rock it out on Friday night so that the young girls may also rock.
Local bands Fahri, Outside, the Olives and Rat Lips will play a benefit show at the Riverwest Public House Cooperative, 815 E. Locust St., to raise funds for the nonprofit Girls Rock Camp to be held this summer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. »Read Full Article
Linda Stephens shines in Renaissance Theaterworks' 'Road to Mecca'
Actors devote hundreds of hours to productions that are onstage for just a few weeks - occasionally playing before audiences small enough to fit in one's living room. Then the props are stowed, the set is struck and that brief moment is gone and often forgotten.
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Author visits: William Kent Krueger, 'Ordinary Grace'
Twin Cities novelist William Kent Krueger visits a pair of Milwaukee bookstores Monday in support of 'Ordinary Grace' (Atria Books, $24.99), a stand-alone novel that's a change of pace from his Cork O'Connor mysteries.
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Vettel takes his second F1 title for Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel won his second World F1 drivers championship today, and although only taking third place in the Japanese Grand Prix, he is still on track for the most dominant season in F1 history.
His third place at Suzuka gave him 324 of the 375 points on offer - a stunning 86.4% of available points and still ahead of Michael Schumacher's best during his reign with Ferrari. Like most other records in F1, Vettel is once again the youngest to achieve the feat.
For Red Bull Racing, it's the team's second drivers title and it is closing in on the constructors title with a lead of 130 points and just four races to go. Perhaps more ominously, the team it has assembled, and the relationship with both Infiniti and engine-suppliers Renault looks more than capable of sustaining the success.
Since the beginning of the season, Vettel's results in the world's most important auto race series have been first, first, second, first, first, first, second, first, second, fourth, second, first, first, first and third. That's not bad for someone who has yet to have their 25th birthday. Presumably, the best is yet to come.
July 3, 1987 is not all that long ago - it's the day that two-time Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel was born and his remarkable achievements for such a tender age are already legend.
At the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest ever Formula One driver when he drove the third BMW Sauber car in practice and remarkably set the fastest time of the day, becoming the youngest ever driver to set fastest lap in an official F1 session - he was 19 years and 53 days old.
The following year at the 2007 US Grand Prix, he took eighth place in the BMW and in so doing became the youngest driver ever to claim championship points.
Later that year in the Japanese Grand Prix, he became the youngest driver to ever lead a Formula One race at 20 years, 89 days.
After a disastrous start to the 2008 season in the Scuderia Toro Rosso car, Vettel had the first weekend that really had everyone taking notice at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
The first of many stellar weekends for the young German appropriately occurred at the sole remaining spiritual home circuit on the Grand Prix calendar, Monza.
If the Gods of Motorsport were to convene, it would be at Monza. Strange things happen there.
When McLaren looked likely to sweep all the wins in the 1988 F1 season, a bizarre accident at Monza cost Ayrton Senna a certain win and turned up an unlikely Ferrari victory.
Enzo Ferrari had died just a few weeks earlier and the two events will be forever linked in the superstitious world of motorsport. Despite being the most visible competition for applied technology in the world, auto racing is also a place where favorite socks/jocks, routines and unjustified belief in supernatural causation remain commonplace.
Vettel arrived at Monza in 2008 with a Toro Rosso car that was not competitive. In the rain though, Vettel's extraordinary natural talent more than made enough difference on the fast Monza circuit where cars spend a lot of time carrying large g-forces.
A varying track during qualifying saw many of the big names eliminated - the Hondas of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello went in the first cut, while Coulthard (Red Bull Renault), Räikkönen (Ferrari) and Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) also didn't make the final ten.
In wet conditions, just 72 days after his 21st birthday, Vettel became the youngest person to take pole position in the history of Formula One.
The following day, Vettel became Formula One's youngest ever winner - indeed, he was also the youngest ever driver to stand on the podium in any position.
A look through the list of Formula One records indicates there are few achievements he hasn't claimed as the youngest, and a massive list of all-time record achievements in which he already features on the top 10 leaderboard. Barring accident, he will almost certainly take a swag more records before this year is over.
You can have all the marketing brains in the world, but there is no ingredient more essential to the equation than winning - Tiger Woods at one stage looked the sportsperson most likely to earn a billion dollars in a year from sport, and now the odds would favor Vettel. He has a clear decade, maybe more, in front of him as potentially the most successful sportsperson in the world's most watched TV sport.
The success of the Red Bull-Renault-Infiniti triumvirate involves many complex variables, but appears sustainable in that all of the important parameters have success engineered in.
Red Bull owner Deiter Mateschitz has gathered an awesome team of people to Red Bull Racing apart from the prodigiously talented Vettel - primarily engineer Adrian Newey and Team Principal Christian Horner - but the all-round team is currently state-of-the-art, and it has the world's best driver behind the steering wheel.
As with Red Bull, Renault-Nissan-Infiniti and Red Bull Racing, it is the assembly of complex systems into a living sustainable business organism which characterizes the success, but at the end of the day, you need a winning driver to do the business when it counts, and at 24 years of age, that driver for the foreseeable future looks like being Sebastian Vettel.


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The poking, prodding, interviews and drills have wrapped up at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. Now let's take a quick look at who stood out from the ACC during the all-important event.about 1306 days ago | Andrea Adelson | ESPN.com
ACC's spring position battles
There are going to be position battles this spring at every school in the ACC, but some will be in the spotlight more than others. If youre just tuning in to ACC football, here are some of the biggest competitions in the conference this spring:OFFENSE1.about 1312 days ago | Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
Spring practice capsules: Atlantic Division
BOSTON COLLEGESpring start: Feb. 28Spring game: April 13What to watch: The transition: Introductions will be necessary as first-year coach Steve Addazio takes over.about 1313 days ago | Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
ACC players on NFL combine list
The official list of players invited to the combine is out.Out of the whopping 333 invited players, the ACC will have 42 representatives at the big event, scheduled for Feb.about 1326 days ago | Andrea Adelson | ESPN.com
ACC reps in East-West Shrine Game
The 88th East-West Shrine Game will be played at 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 19 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The East roster is loaded with ACC players from a wide range of schools.about 1354 days ago | Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
2012 ESPN.com ACC all-conference team
Despite the abundance of hype surrounding the quarterback position heading into this season, there was one player who quickly distanced himself from the rest.about 1385 days ago | Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
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NC States secondary entered this season as a veteran group. Its still a veteran group, but it hasnt performed up to its potential yet this season.about 1451 days ago | Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
ACC players of the week
Here are the ACC players of the week, as announced by the league office Monday.Offensive back: Tanner Price, QB, Wake Forest. Price went 27-of-38 for a career-high 327 yards in Wake Forests 28-27 win over North Carolina on Sept.about 1476 days ago | Andrea Adelson | ESPN.com
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Writing Effective Thesis Statements
What Is a Thesis Statement?
How Should I Write a Thesis Statement?
The structure and nature of your thesis statement will depend on the type of paper you are writing, so theres not really a trick to thesis statements that works every time. However, below you will find some strategies that will help you develop strong thesis statements.
This is an easy formula to remember to help you ensure that you have included both elements of the thesis statement. The claim is the assertion or main idea that you are making. Then, you will want to make sure you that you include the reason or support for that claim. A nice word to substitute for the + part of the equation is because. You dont have to use this exact word or this style every time, but it often works quite well.
Example: You might be writing a paper on sexist language in textbooks and state this thesis: Sexist language in college textbooks is harmful. This is a good start and makes clear the claim part of your thesis. However, to make it more powerful and specific, try adding in the because clause and reason: Sexist language in college textbooks is harmful because it reinforces negative stereotypes about many groups and individuals. The section of the sentence after because makes clear the reason to support your claim, so you now have claim + reason = thesis statement.
The best thesis statements will evolve as your paper progresses, so try using a working thesis statement. Have a basic idea of your thesis statement before you begin writing your paper, but be willing to change and revise it as your paper changes. Often, the conclusion you draw before starting a paper may be different than the conclusion you make after you research and write your paper. This is a good thingit means that you learned something during the writing process!
Example: Before you being the writing process, you might have this working thesis statement: Many women suffer from eating disorders. While this is a good start on your thesis, it needs more work and more complexity. Thus, after researching this issue and writing about it, you might have the following thesis in your final draft: Magazine ads and commercials can ultimately influence how women see themselves and how they behave and can lead to harmful behaviors such as eating disorders.
Many times, writers will write what they think is a powerful thesis statement and, in fact, that statement makes no real argumentative assertion. This means that your reader may ask so what?
Example: You might state, Many people in the world are victims of stereotyping. While this may be a true statement, as a reader, I would ask, so what? What is so important or problematic about the fact that people are stereotyped? What more can you add to your conclusion or argument to make it more interesting and more complex?
A better thesis statement might be something like this: Prejudgments are harmful because they limit the lives of the stereotyped individual and the person doing the stereotyping.
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The University of New Mexico football team did not have an answer for the UNLV offense that accounted for 530 total yards in a 35-7 victory.
The Rebels (2-8) outscored the Lobos 21-0 in the first half and never looked back. UNLV scored on a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 58-yard run to wrap things up in the 4th quarter.
The Lobos (4-6) only score of the game came in the 3rd quarter on a Carlos Wiggins 5-yard run to cut the Rebels lead to 21-7. UNM rushed for 307 yards and passed for 43 yards in the team's third loss in a row.
The Lobos return home to take on Wyoming on Nov. 10. UNM will have to win its last three games of the season to become bowl eligible.


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so I have to create a applet with these parameters
Write a Java applet using swing components to calculate and reserve a room at My Favorite Hotel. The applet should contain the following
Display todays (not today but the day the Java program is called)
Day of arrival textfield (MMDDYYYY) edit for reasonable validity
Number of nights textfield edit for validity (should be 1 through 30)
Drop down box for the number of people (1 through 4)
Drop box for Regular, Deluxe, or Suite
Radio button for 1 king size bed or 2 queen size beds
Radio button for Smoking or Non-Smoking or Any available
Button to check availability and calculate charge (you dont have to check availability unless you want to research interfacing to a Access or Excel)
Button to reserve Will come back with a confirmation number and confirmation of inputted information (You dont have to reserve however unless you want to research)
The charges for the rooms are $110 for regular, $120 for deluxe, and $150 for suite. $15 extra per person will be charged for more then 2 people, and there is a 13.5% tax.
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IN CONTRAST TO THE WIDE-OPEN views of the Wrangells, the headwaters of the Everglades' mangrove swamps are profoundly subtle, intimate country. I leave Hells Bay Chickee in the late morning, and continue paddling toward the coast. In a narrow passage between two bays I encounter my first oncoming canoe–a pair of retired schoolteachers from New Jersey, Charlie and Judy Welch. I ask them if they think much about climate change.
"Yeah," Judy says. "I see parents driving their kids to soccer practice in their big SUVs, and it makes me worry. What's going to be left of the natural world for our daughter?"
"It makes me angry," Charlie adds, "that there's been no serious energy policy. I'd like to see a presidential candidate say, 'We need a national effort like when we went to the moon, but focused on stopping global warming."
A few hours later, I stop to talk to two couples in a passing motorboat. I'd assumed the area was off-limits to powerboats, but they seem nice enough, so I don't confront them. They seem surprised that someone would attempt a trip through Hells Bay in a canoe.
"How did you get across those big windy bays?" one of the women asks.
"I paddled," I tell her, and then I say goodbye and continue onward, pulling against a shifting wind and a building tide. If enough people got on board, I think, we could really make some waves. And then maybe, if we all pulled together, we could get somewhere–and arrive, with any luck, before the last of our treasures fades away.
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There are a lot of new players on the Colts. At last count, at least 54 players are either new or have a year or less of experience.
This leads to a lot of moments where I read and update, see a name, and a blank slate just replaces my mind. Never before can I remember mixing up so many names, and being so unfamiliar with a roster.
The roster is filled with no-names, and it's one of the reasons why the team will likely struggle for large portions of the season.
However, there is one name that I had never heard before this off-season, that I am very excited for. One name that I'm actually looking forward to having on the roster, instead of having some sort of vague apprehension.
That name is Jerrell Freeman.
Perhaps you've never heard of him. I wouldn't blame you.
Born in Waco, Texas, the 6′ 234 lb. linebacker attended the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor from 2004-2007, a small D-3 Christian university located in Belton, TX. To date, Freeman has been one of the programs most successful players, leaving with the school record for career tackles (311), second in tackles for a loss in a career (48.5), and fifth in career sacks (15).
After declaring himself eligible for the draft in 2008, Freeman went undrafted, but was snatched up by the Titans directly after the draft, apparently the first graduate of UMHB to be offered an NFL contract. Unfortunately, Freeman's life in the NFL was short lived, and he was cut in training camp.
Freeman didn't receive any calls throughout the 2008 season, and in March of 2009 he signed a contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Freeman started his rookie season on special teams, leading the team in special teams tackles. During his sophomore year (2010) he broke into the linebacker rotation, starting several games by the end of the season. Last season he started every game, led the CFL in tackles, and gained several honors as a premier defensive player.
Then, on January 19, 2011, in Ryan Grigson's first new acquisition as GM, Freeman was signed to a reserve/futures contract with the Colts.
After watching some highlights of Freeman, I was pleasantly surprised.
Freeman looked fast, having a quick reaction to both running plays and in coverage, and could even rush the passer in blitz packages. Of course, he was playing in the CFL, so everything must be taken with a HUGE grain of salt, but nevertheless, I was intrigued.
Now, it's time for Freeman to take the test again, and prove that this time, he can stick in the NFL.
Sure, he has somethings stacked against him. He's got a lot of miles already for essentially a rookie player. He's not very big, and we don't know if he can handle NFL speed.
But, it seems like Freeman is making an impact, and I expect him to make the Colts' roster this year, and contribute in an important way.
Not only will Freeman likely be a special teams ace, but all impressions are that he will play a role in the linebackers' rotation as well. The first unofficial depth chart that was released listed Freeman as second on the depth chart, backing up Pat Angerer as the WILL linebacker in the system.
Earlier this week, George Bremer of the Herald Bulletin told us that Freeman has also been taking snaps in Kavell Conner's place on the first team, which would hint that the team could be planning on using Freeman as the linebacker for passing downs, for a few reasons:
- The team is likely not convinced of Conner's coverage skills, which were pretty non-existent in 2011. Freeman's reaction time (and ability to cover, I just am unsure of it at this point, with little film available of him) may help him be a better option for passing downs. Conner was very good against the run in 2011, but pass coverage was sketchy.
- Freeman's ability to rush the passer on linebacker blitzes on third and long will be an asset as well. Conner has not demonstrated that skill as of yet, and Freeman has a history of doing it in the CFL and in college. It seems they are already working on it, with Freeman getting to the quarterback numerous times during Tuesday night's practice in Anderson.
The versatility to both cover tight ends and running backs out of the backfield, as well as rush the passer on blitzes is a valued one in Greg Manusky's aggressive defense, and one that may just be suited for a guy like Freeman.
He may just be an ex-CFL'er, but I'll be keeping my eye on him during the preseason. You should be too.


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After this morning's practice, Alain Vigneault confirmed Chris Kreider's broken hand while not ruling our surgery for the 22-year old forward.
Vigneault added that Kreider, who suffered the injury during the Columbus game, didn't cause further damage playing in the next two games against the Devils and Coyotes.
Kreider will not accompany the team on it's up coming four game Western Canadian road trip.
…good to see the Rangers medical staff on top of another injury. I'm sure the Boogaard family would approve.
…that's at least 4-6 weeks. Teams who are successful in any professional sport are able to overcome injuries to key players. Next guy, in this case JT Miller, needs to step in and step up.
Speaking of Miller, he arrived at MSG after the morning skate but will be in the lineup tonight.
In other lineup news, Derek Stepan and Martin St. Louis were feeling much better today and will play.
Unfortunately, the flu continues to work its why through the Rangers with Dan Carcillo as the latest victim meaning he is out tonight.
Here are the likely lines based on this morning's skate…
Nash-Stepan-St. Louis
…with Kreider out, it's very encouraging news that Stepan & St. Louis have recovered from their bout of the flu. Hopefully, St. Louis purged all the goalless nights from his system and he's ready to finally prove to Rangers fans what an amazing talent he truly is.
…wait? No Haggerty? No one really thought he was going to get a chance, did they?
…this is no shot at Kreider, but I feel just as confident with this lineup as I would with the Boston College product. Miller has proved he play at this level and brings a toughness to the table that'll help him survive a game like tonight.
Finally, John Moore skated for the first time since suffering a concussion Friday night in Columbus, saying he feels much better, but will miss his third straight game tonight.
…i thought Diaz took a bit of a step back in the Coyotes game after an impressive debut against the Devils, so I'm curious to see what we're going to get from him tonight.


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Maybe it's no Sports Club/LA in its luxury and beauty, but the Elite Sports Center at Tel Aviv University is one of the best sports clubs in Israel, with facilities and services that may make even the premier sports club in L.A. a little envious.
The Elite Sports Center runs all of the sports and recreation activities of Tel Aviv University, including the Goldreich Family Health and Fitness Center and the Goldreich Multipurpose Sports Building, where the club is housed. The buildings were donated by Los Angeles real estate tycoon Jona Goldrich - originally from Israel - and his family on the belief that a strong nation is a healthy one.
Open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., the Elite Sports Center offers services and equipment standard to most developed clubs: classes, trainers, a health and nutrition counseling lab, Jacuzzis, saunas. But it even goes a step further. There are three swimming pools, one of which is Olympic size, an outdoor movie theater and a pool for children. There are roughly 10,000 members, of which one-fourth are Tel Aviv residents who pay a higher fee than the students.
The club is always busy, and the social and university buzz at the club make it the perfect spot to get not only the body in shape, but also one's social life. During the summer, the club is open 24 hours on Thursdays - the Saturday night of Israel. The swimming pools, workout rooms and squash courts are packed with Israelis taking a break from studying and work, and sometimes looking for a date. The basketball court turns into a dance hall, and a movie marathon features the latest films throughout the night.
Guest passes are available for tourists and the general public for about $10.Visit the Hebrew-only Web site at href=http://www.sports-center.co.il>www.sports-center.co.il for more information.
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and LACEY WALKER
As the days get longer and summer approaches, students sometimes find it difficult to focus in the last few weeks of school.
But with Keystone tests and finals just around the corner, the teachers insist there is still lots of work to be done.
Whether it is the final project, a change of pace and scenery or collaborative grouping, these students are embracing the last few weeks of school.
Algebra II
Mr. Yevics' Algebra II students were found in the hallway conducting an experiment where they measured the length of their legs from their hips to the bottom of their foot, then timed themselves walking a pre-determined distance.
"The project is based on a square root formula that athletic trainers use to estimate maximum walking speed," Mr. Yevics said. "We wanted to see how accurately our data matched the formula, so we created a scatter plot and performed a regression."
Pre-calculus and
Students in precalculus were beginning a unit on amplitude. As an introductory lesson to the unit, students used spaghetti to measure sine values at different angles on the unit circle.
"By measuring the angles, we learned how to create a graph of y=sine x," sophomore Maddy Mahonski said. "Learning the practical application [of the concept] before studying it in class really helped."
"After the project, it became really clear how amplitude is used in architecture and engineering for things like building bridges," sophomore Duta Hariandy said.
American literature
All 11th grade American literature students are completing a book study unit where they choose a book to read with a group of students and then meet periodically to discuss the book with their peers.
"Literature circles give the students a lot of choice," Mrs. Reeders said. "I like the days that we read for twenty minutes then talk for 10 minutes,"
"Mrs. McCloskey and Mrs. Schefsky have us go through this cycle three times on the days we meet for two periods; it makes the class go really fast," Taylor Tharp said.
Students in Mr. Paulhamus's dual enrollment plastics class are working on their final project for the course.
"They have to design a plastic mold for a car engine and then race their cars," Mr. Paulhamus said.
Students have the option of using wood or styrofoam to design their cars. In addition to the car project, students are also preparing for a written final exam.
Upon passing the course, students will earn both a high school science credit and Penn College credits.
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literature composition
Ninth grade students in Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Pulizzi's classes and students in Mrs. Keeler and Mrs. Santiago's English classes recently finished a major argumentative writing assignment.
"We were given several different topics to choose from such as 'Should college athletes be paid to play sports?' " said Jasmine Martin. "We were assigned articles to read about our topics and then we had to develop our own argument using sources such as the articles. For example, one of the articles we read was about a woman who was fired from her job for posting negative comments about her boss on Facebook. The question for that article was, 'Should people have free speech outside of the workplace?' "
Math essentials
Seniors in Mr. Pish's class are completing their "Dream Home" project. "It's just like buying a house," said Darva Moore. "We have to find our house and then figure out how much our mortgage and other monthly bills would be."
Students search real estate websites to find a house that meets their criteria and then figure out what the monthly mortgage payment would be for the home.


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Population genomic sequencing of Coccidioides fungi reveals recent hybridization and transposon control.
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|We have sequenced the genomes of 18 isolates of the closely related human pathogenic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii to more clearly elucidate population genomic structure, bringing the total number of sequenced genomes for each species to 10. Our data confirm earlier microsatellite-based findings that these species are genetically differentiated, but our population genomics approach reveals that hybridization and genetic introgression have recently occurred between the two species. The directionality of introgression is primarily from C. posadasii to C. immitis, and we find more than 800 genes exhibiting strong evidence of introgression in one or more sequenced isolates. We performed PCR-based sequencing of one region exhibiting introgression in 40 C. immitis isolates to confirm and better define the extent of gene flow between the species. We find more coding sequence than expected by chance in the introgressed regions, suggesting that natural selection may play a role in the observed genetic exchange. We find notable heterogeneity in repetitive sequence composition among the sequenced genomes and present the first detailed genome-wide profile of a repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) process distinctly different from what has been observed in Neurospora. We identify promiscuous HLA-I and HLA-II epitopes in both proteomes and discuss the possible implications of introgression and population genomic data for public health and vaccine candidate prioritization. This study highlights the importance of population genomic data for detecting subtle but potentially important phenomena such as introgression.
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Deputies arrested a 28-year-old Newhall man on suspicion of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent Tuesday night in the 27000 block of Camp Plenty Road, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Michael Wright.
They also arrested the car's passenger, a 19-year-old Canyon country man, on suspicion of drug paraphernalia possession, Wright added.
Deputies noticed the stolen car after the driver, traveling eastbound on Soledad Canyon Road near Reuther Avenue, made a traffic violation and appeared to be driving intoxicated. When they tried to pull him over, he allegedly failed to stop, Wright said.
Deputies arrested the men after they crashed into a curb, Wright said. The driver was immediately arrested but deputies had to chase after the passenger, who tried to flee, Wright added.


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When our sister died a few days before Christmas, my brothers and I were swamped with expressions of love and comfort from our friends.
It would horrify me if anything I write here seems to imply that we were less than grateful for the love of all those who tried to console us. What a blessing it was to be reminded that so many do care.
But those were awkward days for my brothers and me. So many were offering sympathy at a time when we actually were rejoicing that our sister had finally been set free from years of deep distress.
Ever since Houston's light-rail train crushed her body, Ruth Ann had struggled for every breath. We had watched the panic fill her eyes when her trachea stopped up - several times every hour - and she fought for another life-sustaining gulp of oxygen.
Sis lasted years longer than any of her doctors expected her to. When her incredible battle finally ended, those of us who loved her could only tell God "thank you." At long last our sister was at peace.
The poet John Masefield described the situation we experienced when he wrote:
And God who gives beginning gives the end ...
A rest for broken things too broke to mend.
Our sister was "too broke to mend." It was past time for her to go and be with the Lord. So we celebrated her life instead of mourning her passing.
I hope this doesn't sound cold and heartless to you. Of course, you never had to sit beside her bed and hear the wracking coughs every minute or two as she tried so desperately to clear her breathing tubes. Nor could you know how impossible it had become for her to handle even the simplest tasks for life maintenance and daily grooming. The indignity of her final months was appalling. It needed to end.
The Bible assures us in Hebrews 2:14 that Jesus, by his death, set free all of us who every day of our lives are enslaved by the fear of death.
These words take on new meaning when you see someone like our sister - constantly terrified that she could not breathe.
That morning, when we heard that her trachea had fatally malfunctioned, all of us instantly agreed that she was better off right at that moment than she had been in years. Because she trusted in Jesus, we knew he had taken her to a place where there would be no more tears, no terror, no pain. At last she was free.
Gene Shelburne is minister of the Anna Street Church of Christ, 2310 Anna Street, Amarillo, Texas. Contact him at email@example.com, or get his books and magazines at www.christianappeal.com. His column appears at least monthly in the Faith section.
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Notice that once again the racism is targeted at the Tea Party Protesters, not coming from the Tea Party Protesters.
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Brown Beret Protester - "You're Too White, go Back to Europe"
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BBB on top five ways to prevent ID theft online
LAFAYETTE – The good news is that ID theft is on the decline. The bad news is that ID theft still affected 8.1 million Americans last year, according to Javelin Strategy and Research – down 3.6 percent from 8.4 million in the previous year's study. The average amount lost per individual as a result of ID theft last year was about $5,500, for a total of $45 billion. Despite the decline in reported ID theft, Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that thieves and hackers still lurk online and is offering advice consumer can use to protect their personal and financial information.
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Phishing—using e-mail or phone calls to pose as a trustworthy organization in order to coerce sensitive information from victims—is on the rise. According to a survey for Gartner, Inc., 3.6 million U.S. adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending in August 2007, as compared with the 2.3 million who did so the year before. The amount of money lost totaled $3.2 billion.
Phishing e-mails can look legitimate with graphics and official logos of banks, government agencies, or credit card companies. The e-mails usually include hyperlinks that direct the victim to a Web site designed to install viruses and malware or solicit bank account or Social Security numbers.
In order to prevent ID theft through phishing e-mails, computer users should completely delete unsolicited e-mails from banks, credit unions, investment firms and government agencies with which they do not already have an established relationship.
2. Create strong passwords and protect them.
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No empathy in Senate vote
Our two Texas senators, John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, voted against the treaty that would help disabled persons all over the world. Each of these senators has two arms, two legs and a good functioning brain. I wonder how they would have voted if they lost any one of these.
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Due to falling stock - or increasing CEO salaries.. the employees are being exploited.. they do not pay overtime neither do they increase salaries of hardworking employees.
See link below..they were even caught of authorities in europe for underpayment of salary below min wage..
Apparently, the article was published Mar 29, 2010 and CSC was sending Indian IT workers to Denmark prior to 2010. Well that explains why CSC stated a 4.5 billion loss on Sept 2011 primarily from the Nordic Region (Denmark and Australia). When will CSC ever learn that even though you can put lipstick on a pig, it will still be a pig.
Restructuring at CSC is happening with no regard to experience, talent, leadership or value of the individual to CSC. Excellent skills and knowledge are walking out the door. The new organization will be lean and mean but will have little clue how to service our clients.. CSC is turning into another walmart kind of organization where they have no value for employees. An employee is just a number here.. not a human being
I'm seeing this "realignment" first hand and would have to concur with your statement. Some choices do not have any logic to the decision.
Since when has INDIA been part of Europe ? To understand how multi national companies work, you really do need to understand a bit about geography and the different cultures and communities outside USA.
Since when have salaries in Europe equaled those in India? To understand finances, you really have to know the cost of living which is dirt poor in India. Increases shareholder value too!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Poor little Indians feel "exploited" by the IT sector.
The ones I have worked with (and currently work with) - have to work 10 - 12 hours a day to get as much work done CORRECTLY as most US resources can get done in 2 - 3 hours. Work quality of the Indian resources I have been "blessed" to work with over the past 10 years is less than what I would expect from a programmer straight out of school. And that includes those that have been with CSC for 5 or 6 years.
Absolutely NO initiative. Absolutely NO willingness to learn something new. Absolutely no idea how, or care to learn, how to debug and correct problems. Absolutely no idea how to test their own code.
And they feel exploited? Give me a break. The ones being exploited are the US resources who are either losing their jobs because Indians are being paid less - even though they can't do the job - or those who are having to do their work, plus the Indian's work, in an effort to provide adequate support to the client.
Exploited? When you learn how to do your job at a level expected of any professional, you can come back and whine about being exploited. Until you do, you aren't being exploited - you are STEALING from the client for taking pay for doing lackluster, subpar, work.
The one thing they ARE being exploited for is low wages and cruelly used by a government, on both sides, that encourages outsourcing because of that very fact. I would love to see energetic, smart Indians at work, and there indeed are very good ones there as they are here and also morons everywhere too. American workers are exploited by different measures, such as keeping you on the CSC payroll for, oh, 1 year while your brain is cleaned of all information BEFORE India comes into the picture and you are given the heave-ho.
CSC has been doing this for years to U.S. employees. So it's not unusual.
You're going to have to be more specific. Are you referring to:
1. Habitually low pay raises (0-3%) for 2-3 years followed by a 10% pay cut - thus driving the employee's pay asymptotically below the starting point?
2. Requiring employees, exempt and non-exempt alike, to work more than 40 hours a week w/o overtime?
3. Requiring employees to use up a plurality of vacation in the fiscal 4th quarter - also known as winter?
4. Putting employees on unpaid furloughs of one to two weeks?
5. Or some other employee exploitation?


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Patricia Jensen, Ph.D.
Neurobiology Laboratory / Developmental Neurobiology Group
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Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Central norepinephrine (NE)-producing neurons comprise a diverse population of cells differing in their anatomical location, connectivity, function and response to disease and environmental insult. The goal of my lab is to understand how diversity arises among functionally distinct subtypes of NE neurons, and how the fates and functions of these different subtypes are altered following genetic and environmental perturbations during development. Towards addressing these goals, we have developed a novel set of genetic mouse models to visualize and manipulate select subtypes of NE neurons in vivo. These tools provide, for the first time, a means to determine the effect of altered NE signaling during development on circuits underlying behaviors such as attention and learning & memory.
Dr. Patricia Jensen received her Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neurobiology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2002 under Dr. Dan Goldowitz. She trained with Dr. Tom Curran in Developmental Neurobiology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Dr. Susan Dymecki in Genetics at Harvard Medical School before joining NIEHS at a Tenure-Track Investigator in 2009.
Selected Publications
Bang SJ, Jensen P, Dymecki SM, Commons KG. Projections and interconnections of genetically defined serotonin neurons in mice. Eur J Neurosci. 2012;35(1):85-96.
Jensen P, Farago AF, Awatramani RB, Scott MM, Deneris ES, Dymecki SM. Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage. Nat Neurosci. 2008;11(4):417-9.
Magdaleno S, Jensen P, Brumwell CL, Seal A, Lehman K, Asbury A, Cheung T, Cornelius T, Batten DM, Eden C, Norland SM, Rice DS, Dosooye N, Shakya S, Mehta P, Curran T. BGEM: an in situ hybridization database of gene expression in the embryonic and adult mouse nervous system. PLoS Biol. 2006;4(4):e86.
Jensen P, Smeyne R, Goldowitz D. Analysis of cerebellar development in math1 null embryos and chimeras. J Neurosci. 2004;24(9):2202-11.
Jensen P, Zoghbi HY, Goldowitz D. Dissection of the cellular and molecular events that position cerebellar Purkinje cells: a study of the math1 null-mutant mouse. J Neurosci. 2002;22(18):8110-6.