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With more than 500 students from a rich diversity of backgrounds who call themselves Threshers, Bethel College is a fun place to live, learn and work.
Consistently ranked and praised by leading national college guides, Bethel educates leaders through faith and learning, building its programs on four central values:
Distinctive to a Bethel education are opportunities for experiential learning, study abroad and the Common Ground curriculum experienced by all Bethel students. Bethel's graduation rate exceeds national norms and Bethel is one of only a handful of colleges across the nation to offer a 4-Year Graduation Guarantee.
As the oldest Mennonite college in North America, Bethel offers a welcoming community in which to explore choices and determine life commitments without requiring a particular religious perspective.


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Preparing for e-discovery requires coordination between various offices and individuals on any college or university campus, including counsel's office, the IT department, and faculty and staff members. This Note will focus on the practical aspects of preparing for e-discovery in state or federal court litigation and will offer suggestions for ways that colleges and universities may reduce risks and control costs in tackling the new challenges.
"Discovery" is the phase of state and federal court litigation in which parties seek information from each other to investigate the facts of the case and to develop claims and defenses in preparation for trial. Discovery can come in numerous forms, including interrogatories (a set or series of written questions answered in writing under oath), requests for admission (written statements to either admit or deny key facts), depositions (oral testimony), and requests for production of documents. The term "documents" has now been construed by the courts and/or legislatively defined to explicitly include electronically stored information.
E-discovery involves the identification, retention, and production of ESI during litigation. ESI consists of dynamic data and information that, in most instances, would be incomprehensible if separated from the system that created it. As explained in an advisory committee report to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, ESI will exist in exponentially greater volume than the hard-copy documents that parties have traditionally produced in response to litigation discovery requests [1].
ESI resides many places, including:
The two critical responsibilities that arise with respect to electronic discovery are (1) the duty to preserve ESI and (2) the duty to produce pertinent portions of that information to the other parties to the litigation. Document preservation obligations generally arise once an institution reasonably anticipates that it is likely to be a party to private litigation or a government investigation. The preservation obligation, therefore, may arise even before a case is filed or an investigation is commenced. Once a preservation obligation is triggered, an institution has the obligation to preserve all information – including ESI – that may potentially be relevant to the dispute. The amount of information preserved will likely be far greater than the amount of information ultimately turned over to the other parties in the litigation. It should also be noted that constantly evolving technology is available that may assist counsel, IT personnel, and records managers in retaining, searching, and reviewing information for the purposes of e-discovery. Although utilizing such technology may create upfront costs for an institution, it may be needed in certain cases and could also ultimately help reduce costs in major pieces of litigation.
Failure to comply with e-discovery obligations can have disastrous consequences. Institutions could face adverse jury inferences, which, in the much publicized Zubulake case [2], resulted in a $29 million jury award to the plaintiff. In addition, courts can impose stiff monetary penalties against parties that do not adequately preserve discovery materials, as seen in a recent $15 million fine imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Morgan Stanley [3]. Additional potential civil penalties may include dismissal of claims or defenses and orders to pay opposing counsel's attorneys' fees and costs. In government investigations, egregious failure to meet e-discovery obligations can result in charges of obstruction of justice charges and criminal prosecution, as seen in the highly publicized Arthur Andersen case [4]. Finally, failure to treat confidential consumer information appropriately through institutional records management and e-discovery policies and procedures can result in regulatory violations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") and other privacy laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
II. Preparing for E-Discovery
E-discovery can be daunting, and preparing for e-discovery requires expenditure of considerable resources—including personnel time and money. Indeed, as e-discovery becomes a regular part of most litigation, many institutions are now finding that the cost can be staggering, and it has not generally been included in either counsel or IT budgets. Pro-active preparation for e-discovery, however, can help you reduce risks, control costs, and efficiently and effectively respond to discovery once litigation arises.
A. Records Management
Effective records management practices can help limit the universe of ESI ultimately at issue in any future litigation. Institutions are encouraged to review their records management policies and procedures to ensure that they encompass ESI and satisfy all legal, business, and regulatory obligations. A retention schedule should be in place identifying the institution's key categories of records and the corresponding retention periods. As a part of the ordinary course of business, records should be destroyed at the expiration of the retention period, unless subject to a preservation notice. Before records are destroyed pursuant to an established records management policy, the destruction should be authorized in writing by an appropriate manager or other administrator and the actual destruction of the records should be certified by the responsible individual or entity (e.g., mail room personnel or outside shredding vendor).
B. Back-up Tapes
Owing to the excessive costs associated with restoration and attorney review of back-up tapes, which can contain data amounting to millions of pages each, institutions should do everything possible – keeping in mind any pre-existing litigation preservation obligations – to limit their inventory of back-up tapes. Back-up tapes are intended to be used for disaster recovery, and, as the name "back-up tapes" suggests, the tapes go stale as soon as a new set of back-up tapes is made. Once stale, back-up tapes can and should be disposed of or recycled, absent an existing preservation notice on the tapes.
To justify an institutional back-up tape retention policy in any future litigation, a back-up tape retention policy should be established. The policy should:
As with any written policy, a back-up tape retention and disposal policy will be effective only to the extent that it is properly implemented and followed. Administrators, university counsel, and IT personnel should work closely in developing such a policy and should not put anything in writing that the institution cannot effectively implement and consistently follow.
C. IT Infrastructure
Institutions should consider creating schematics of their IT architecture. Identifying all servers and applications will provide a roadmap of where to apply preservation notices and collect relevant ESI once litigation is threatened or commenced. In fact, many courts are now requesting such schematics when addressing discovery disputes. Schematics can be created by either internal IT departments or outside vendors.
D. Preservation
To ensure a consistent process that is defensible in future court proceedings and to avoid spoliation allegations, institutions should have an effective preservation notice policy in place. The policy should:
Institutions may choose to create a template preservation notice as part of this policy. The notice should be amended as needed for each dispute. The preservation notice should include sufficient information to allow the key player custodians to identify potentially relevant information that is subject to preservation, including a description of the matter, relevant dates, and likely sources and locations of information (including ESI) [5].
III. Ways to Reduce Risks and Control Costs
In addition to the practices and policies discussed above, institutions may take additional measures in preparing for e-discovery to reduce risk and control costs once litigation actually commences. Institutions may want to evaluate, based on the size of the litigation matters they generally face, the posture of any actual or threatened litigation they are facing, and their internal IT capabilities, whether the collection of ESI should be done internally or by an outside vendor. If outside vendors are being considered, in-depth research on any potential vendor should be conducted, and discounts should be aggressively negotiated.
To limit the scope of e-discovery in any future dispute, institutions may want to consider setting policies and limitations on the use of developing technologies by faculty and employees (instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), blogs) or the use of personal computers for business purposes, or at least require that such technology be implemented centrally rather than on an ad hoc basis. Administrators and in-house counsel may also consider meeting with their institution's IT department to understand the litigation implications of new technologies before such technologies are purchased and implemented.
Institutions should also consider providing training to faculty and employees on issues of e-discovery, preservation notices, and records management. No matter what course of action your institution chooses in implementing an e-discovery preparation program, all steps taken should be documented by memorandum or meeting minutes and the program should be periodically audited to ensure compliance.
Issues relating to the litigation meet-and-confer process and the actual production of ESI during discovery are not within the scope of this article. Institutions should be aware, however, that the federal rules of civil procedure and many state rules require the parties to meet early in the course of litigation to discuss discovery, including the preservation and production of ESI. Institutions that have been proactive in addressing issues of records management, IT infrastructure, back-up tapes, and information preservation will be in the best position to aggressively negotiate preservation and discovery agreements with opposing counsel. The more your institution understands its own practices and policies, IT infrastructure, and ESI capabilities the more effective it will be at educating and addressing the concerns of opposing counsel and the court, and the better armed it will be to accurately speak to the costs and burdens associated with any proposed discovery in a given case.
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The last week of the month was always very tight and often times there were no funds left. That is when I had to get in the pantry and refrigerator and try to make something from nothing.
Now I do it to get rid of the old stuff hanging around before I make my first-of-the-month four-hour trip to H-E-B to replenish, which is also a habit from shopping the day after payday.
I don't want to put new on top of old in canisters and the like and my vegetable/fruit bins need to be emptied out or the old stuff will get buried in the refrigerator.
So from the last two frozen hamburger patties in the box, the last onion and a few single cans, I made this chili bean soup. From the last of the rice in the canister, the left-overs from baked potato night and the jalapenos I never used, I made this jalapeno rice. From the last two old bananas and a bit of remaining cream cheese, I made this banana pound cake.
One thing I hate about other banana breads and cakes made with overripe bananas is that they taste like overripe bananas. This cake has a just a very light banana undertone.
So get in there and get creative with those items left behind in your pantry and fridge and see what you come up with. Don't be timid!
Oh, now I see some fresh cherries just sitting there. I think I'll try to make them into cherry kolaches. I'll put that recipe in next week if they turn out.
Chili Bean Soup
• 1 1-lb. bag pinto beans
• 8 cups water (approx.)
• 1-2 tsp. salt
• 1 slice bacon, chopped
• 2 tsp. dried minced garlic
• 2 frozen hamburger patties, thawed (or 1/2 lb. ground beef)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes
• 1 can enchilada sauce
• Wash the beans and check for mud and stones.
• Put beans in a large crock pot and fill with water so it comes within two inches from the top.
• Add bacon, salt and garlic.
• Cook on high for 2 hours.
• Break up the hamburger patties and fry with the onion.
• When beans start to get soft, add the cooked hamburger and the remaining ingredients and cook until the beans are tender, approximately another 2 hours.
Cook's notes: My Hill Country brand of beans had lots of stones and mud, so I won't be buying that brand again. Their beans also seemed to be extra hard and they took longer to cook than other brands, never getting to that fall-apart soft stage.
I whirl my onion and my tomatoes in my mini-food processor so Bil won't see the vegetables. This soup was seasoned enough for him, but when I served it to myself, I added some chili powder, cumin, and cayenne to my bowl. So if you like it spicier, season it up with those spices while it is still cooking.
Jalapeno Rice
• 1 1/3 cups raw rice
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 2 2/3 cups water
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup chopped green onions (both white and green parts)
• 3 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded, deveined and chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar or Colby cheese
• salt to taste
• In a saucepan, melt the butter and add the rice.
• Cook a bit until the rice starts to turn a very light brown, then add the water and salt, cover the pan and cook on medium-low for about 20 minutes.
• Transfer the cooked rice to a large bowl to cool a bit while you chop up the onions and peppers.
• Add those to the bowl along with the sour cream and cheese.
• Transfer the mixture to a buttered dish that has a lid.
• Cover and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until cheese is melted.
• Good as a side to baked chicken.
Banana Pound Cake
(I sure used a lot of other ingredients just to get rid of two bananas! This cake was even better the next day.)
• 1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 medium-sized very ripe bananas, mashed
• 3 tbsp. milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl or stand-mixer, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Beat for several minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until well incorporated. (It is important that the eggs be room temperature or the butter will harden up again.)
• Combine the bananas, milk and vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add banana mixture and flour mixture alternately into the batter, ending with flour.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan (not a Bundt pan).
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes until a cake-tester inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Cool on a rack for 10-15 minutes.
• With a thin knife, cut around the tube and sides of the pan to loosen the cake.
• Invert the cake onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar or go overboard and top with cream cheese icing.
Cream Cheese Icing
• 6 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
• ½ stick butter, room temperature
• 3 tbsp. half & half
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• Beat the butter and cream cheese together until it is smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients and beat well (or throw everything into a food processor and let it whirl until mixed).
• Consistency should be thick but creamy and spreadable. If using a whole 8-oz. block of cream cheese, add a bit more milk and powdered sugar.
Cook's notes: I frosted just the top half of the cake and decorated with pecan halves.


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The Rim Fire began on Aug. 17, 2013 and was not contained until Oct. 24, 2013.
Crews were finally gaining ground by late Monday on a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park.
The Rim Fire burning in Yosemite has become the largest fire in the Sierra's recorded history.
The Rim Fire was caused by a hunter's illegal campfire that went out of control.
The Rim Fire burned 257,000 acres, or 402 square miles in Yosemite and Stanislaus national forests.
Rim Fire
Officials expressed optimism that no water or power disruptions would come from the blaze burning along the shores of the main reservoir that supplies San Francisco.
A look from above, over the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County.
Smoke is seen in Lake Tahoe.
The Rim Fire is raining ash on the reservoir that's the chief source of San Francisco's drinking water. Here's a view of the blaze from KCRA's news helicopter.
Kids thank firefighters battling the Rim Fire.
The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park more than tripled in size overnight Thursday and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings.
A KCRA Insider sent in this photo of the haze at Zephyr Cove in South Lake Tahoe.
The Bridges Fire burned 46 acres near New Melones Lake.
(Aug. 22, 2013)
Smoke lifts of mountains as the Rim Fire continues to grow.
At sunrise, smoke-filled skies are visible.
Health officials in smoky Reno have raised the seriousness of an air quality alert to include the general population as a thick haze worsens from a massive wildfire burning more than 150 miles away near Yosemite National Park.
Arnold is also experiencing smoky conditions.
Apple Colony Road, Tuolumne, City, CA
Smoke fills the sky in Railroad Flat.
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Captured by passenger flying over the rim fire, toward Orange county.
Sierra Foothills, Tuolumne City, CA
Manteca, CA
Groveland, CA
See photos from the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County.
The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park grew to 105,620 acres, officials said Friday morning.
The Rim Fire grows to more than 105,000 acres Friday.
A DC10 arrives after fighting the Rim Fire.
A fire burning in Tuolumne County grew to more than 16,000 acres in size Wednesday morning.
See photos from the American Fire in Placer County
On the east side (red line), fire is poised to make an aggressive run uphill. Firefighters are building containment lines a safe distance from the line rather than attacking it directly.
Clearing skies could mean hotter temperatures and erratic winds at the American Fire.
Firefighters who attend a morning briefing at the American Fire are warned to watch for lightning and potential for new starts.
See photos from the Bridges Fire
(Aug. 21, 2013)
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|I boggled.
This expansion is becoming more and more about the unexpected. Take this fella, for instance. I was looking for Elite Champions and found the cave he resides in (Townlong Steppes 64,23) by accident. His look alone, plus his 4.22 million HP L92-ness, made me think he'd be worth having a poke at. Some time later, I discovered something significant:
|Chocolate Teapot...?
There are an inordinate number of completely useless items available to pick up and use in this expansion. They have no other value other than the ability to make you happy simply by owning them. They are here to fill up bank slots. There is NO use to them whatsoever.
I absolutely LOVE it.
I can fly around and wander into a cave and kill a monster who is there simply because he can be and he gives me a necklace that allows me to show a friend that I like them. This is what has been missing from the game for quite some time: forget gearing, hardcore v casual... people need to be nicer to each other. Just because you don't know the tactics to Heroic Dungeons after two weeks does not make you a nublet. Just because you offer to help someone else doesn't make you sad. Putting the element of genuine exploration and surprise back into an experience that is data-mined and dissected to within an inch of its existence by a hypercritical audience is no mean feat, you know. Even if there is some pop-culture reference I managed to miss along the way this is probably the best example of the sense of genuine surprise I'm still experiencing this long after release. Long may it continue.
Let us hope that this attention to detail continues, through bug fixing and issues related to the more serious sectors of the game. Let us also hope that the haters of such things nick off in short order and leave the rest of us to enjoy ourselves...


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Doors open 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 o'clock, featuring the Refugio Country Opry Band "Best of the Best."
Admission is $7. Door prizes are given at intermission.
Special guest are Jo Marie, Ed Gary, Skeeter Nash.
Jo Marie is from Bishop. The Opry has Jo Marie as a guest every three months. She has been performing on the Opry since she was 8 years old. Jo Marie is multi-talented and has a great range in her voice. The audience will enjoy her very much.
Ed Gary is from Arizona and does a lot of traveling. He loves to entertain and has appeared on many local shows when in the area. This will be his second time to perform in Refugio.
Skeeter is from Victoria and is a first timer on the Refugio Country Opry. People who have heard and seen him perform have nothing but good things to say about him. We are looking forward to having him on the show.
"The Fierova Family provides an excellent food court, and, like the Opry, all their net proceeds go toward a scholarship fund for graduating seniors," said Neal Haertig, organizer.
"Come early and eat with them as they will be serving up all your favorites.
This month is when we give our scholarships and have these young people and their families as our guest. We need the support of our local people along with our regular supporters."
Last month was the smallest attendance ever. "We are forced to raise our entry price in order to continue to bring you the Opry every month.
Come help us provide much needed scholarships for your children and grandchildren here in Refugio County."
For more info call Jay and Opal at 543-4297 or Neal and Linda at 543-4924


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To: Interested Parties
From: Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow, People For the American Way
Re: The Right's Recycled Supreme Court Strategy
Date: May 6, 2010
Right-wing advocates who have made a decades-long push to bring federal courts under ideological domination are planning to wage a campaign against any nominee President Obama makes to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. It seems clear that the campaign will be grounded in cries of "radicalism" against President Obama and his nominee and a political strategy to make the confirmation hearing a celebration of anti-government "tea party" ideology.
Last year, even before David Souter announced his plans to retire, People For the American Way Foundation accurately predicted the kind of smear campaign that would ultimately be launched by right-wing activists against then-nominee Sonia Sotomayor. We predicted a name-calling campaign that would try to portray President Obama and his nominees as radicals and would distort the president's comments about the value of empathy as a character trait in a judge. That's exactly what happened to Sotomayor, who was called a "radical judicial activist," the "most radical" person ever nominated to the Court, and a "racist" whose career was dedicated to stripping white men of their legal rights.
One year later, right-wing advocates and their allies in the Senate are gearing up their attack machine. It's already sounding eerily familiar, with charges of radicalism and mocking dismissals of the value of diversity on the court. But this year's campaign will include a twist by right-wing advocates and Republican leaders, who, while high-mindedly denouncing liberals for "politicizing" the courts, are planning a nakedly political campaign to turn the confirmation process into a platform for anti-Obama, anti-government, anti-Democrat messages that the GOP hopes will win its candidates support from anti-government tea party activists.
Preparing for War Against the Radical Nominee (i.e., Any Obama Nominee)
U.S. News and World Report has said that Washington is preparing for an "epic battle" and "trench warfare." The Judicial Crisis Network, which called itself the Judicial Confirmation Network before President Obama's election, told CQ it believed it would have funding in place for a seven-figure ad campaign against the nominee. Says the JCN [1]:
This vacancy will open a new dialogue about the role of courts in our society. The American people are fed up with President Obama's left-wing agenda and will make their frustration known at the polls. But he still has one ace up his sleeve: packing the Supreme Court with rubber stamps instead of judges. To an activist judge, the constitution represents an inconvenient truth that they will distort, ignore, or defy to push their radical liberal agenda.
One right-wing strategy that emerged as soon as President Obama was nominated was for right-wing advocates to assert that because Obama himself is (in their minds) such a dangerous radical, any Court nominee he would appoint would be by definition a dangerous radical, and that therefore any nominee should be fought.
An excellent example of that approach was recently advanced by John Yoo, most famous (or infamous) for his work providing legal justification for the Bush administration's detention and torture policies. Yoo recently wrote a column [2] in the Philadelphia Inquirer that sounds less like a serious argument from a supposedly serious lawyer and more like a rant at a tea party rally. In it he repeats the phony political caricatures of Sonia Sotomayor's record that failed to prevent her confirmation, and says her nomination made it clear that President Obama is "a man of the left." It's important, Yoo says, to have a Court that will reject the administration's effort to "impose a socialistic vision of regulated markets." And so he calls on Republican senators to filibuster any Obama nominee in order to keep the vacancy open until after the November elections.
Right-wing pundits and media outlets are making the same argument. National Review responded to Stevens' retirement announcement by declaring "The question for conservatives will be not whether but how to oppose Obama's nominee."
...We know that President Obama will nominate a replacement who is also committed to imposing liberal policy outcomes over the objections of legislatures and without constitutional warrant. We know because Obama told us so, pledging during the campaign to nominate only justices who would support constitutionalized abortion. A justice willing to ignore the text, history, structure, and logic of the Constitution on abortion to get a nomination cannot be trusted on other issues.
In a recent interview with Ann Coulter [3], Fox pundit Sean Hannity declared that everything Obama has done is "radical." Coulter responded by saying, "Good luck to the Republicans trying to tone down the nominee to someone who isn't certifiably mad, but the difference between a moderate Democrat appointee and a radical Democrat appointee is like the difference in being thrown from the 13th floor or the roof." She also argued that "a huge court battle is fantastic for Republicans" and said "the reason the Democrats need the courts to legislate for them is their ideas are heinous to the American people. They can't win in democracy so they do it through the courts."
Radio clown Rush Limbaugh said "they're gonna lose their majorities in November...they probably want to get some radical wild-haired liberal nominated and confirmed if they can before the November elections."
Glenn Beck chimes in [4] saying:
"...mark my words, a radical is coming. Sotomayor, I'm sorry gang, but she's a radical. He's going to pick another radical and it will be no — no — and it will cause all kinds of problems in Washington. It will split the parties....if he's smart he will find a gay handicapped black woman who's an immigrant...she could be the devil, she could say I hate America, I want to destroy America, and that way they'll only be able to say why do you hate gay immigrant black handicapped women, why do you hate that?"
Even this kind of mindless commentary is recycled from the last confirmation debate. In 2009, Limbaugh caricatured the process of selecting a nominee by saying "We need a teenage single mother, who's gay, is a lesbian, who's dirt poor, African-American, and disabled."
Religious Right leaders are pushing the same line. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is also working the "radical by definition" angle. In an April 22 activist alert, he noted that President Obama said he wouldn't have a litmus test on abortion (while saying he did want a justice who "is going to be interpreting our Constitution in a way that takes into account individual rights, and that includes women's rights.") Here's Perkins' response:
Technically, the President is right; he won't use a litmus test. That implies he would base his decision on one factor, when this White House will be more inclined to use several, including the nominees' level of gay-friendliness, anti-Americanism, anti-constitutionalism, empathy, and disregard for faith in public life.
A week earlier, Perkins had said that a district court judge's ruling in a church-state case was a decision "to reintroduce tyranny in America." Although the judge in the case joined the federal bench more than 30 years ago, Perkins' found a way to blame President Obama: Make no mistake. This judicial mutiny lies directly at the feet of the Left, including President Obama, who has created an atmosphere in which the Constitution is silly putty in the hands of liberal activists. Slowly but surely, he is making American soil more fertile for the radical redefinition of society.
And the Traditional Values Coalition [5] pre-judged the not-yet-nominee this way:
If President Obama had any honor, he would pick a replacement for Stevens who respects the Constitution, but this is unlikely. He will choose a radical ideologue who will push the Court to the left for decades to come. Obama will replace an old judicial activist with a younger one.
Other Plans of Attack
Roll Call recently reported that the GOP's battle plan has Sen. Jeff Sessions leading the charge, and it seems as if Sessions is eager to lead the attack.
First, Sessions is displaying an updated version of the "empathy" attack, which shamelessly distorted Obama's mention of "empathy" as a desirable trait for a judge to suggest that the word was code for ignoring the law and ruling based on a judge's feelings. In the updated version, Sessions says [6] that Obama's stated desire for a justice who understands how the law affects the daily lives of the American people is "dangerous." Furthermore, Sessions says, "It is a call on the courts to abandon the clearly recognized American standard that you find the facts honestly, and you apply it to the law fairly interpreted."
Second, Sessions and others are putting forward the idea that the GOP can make political hay out of making the confirmation process a referendum on the anti-government ideology of Obama's critics.
Sessions accuses Obama of seeing judges as just one more tool for promoting a political agenda, which he calls "a poison on our legal system." He told Human Events [7] that President Obama "sees the Constitution as an inconvenience...a handicap to achieving the agenda that he has."
Speaking of agendas, some right-wing activists make it clear that they want to use the confirmation hearings to re-argue the health care reform fight. Penny Young Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, opined on FoxNews.com [8] that
Women want a Justice who will uphold the Constitution, the right to life, and will preserve the family as a foundational cornerstone of our society. They don't want someone who will legislate from the bench and uphold abhorrent legislation like the health care bill.
Old Reliable and New Ridiculous Arguments
Even though many right-wing groups can be expected to follow the GOP's tea party approach, anti-choice groups will undoubtedly try to bring abortion into the confirmation debate. As Priests for Life [9] puts it:
"The opening of a Supreme Court seat will again open the ongoing debate in our nation over abortion — and it well should, not because Justices are supposed to shape public policy, but because the very purpose of government is the protection of human rights, starting with life. Anyone who fails to affirm that does not belong in any public office, much less the US Supreme Court."
In addition, major Religious Right groups, including the American Family Association and Focus on the Family, have used speculation that President Obama might nominate an openly gay or lesbian Justice to declare that being gay should disqualify someone from serving. The American Family Association's Brian Fischer, ignoring the Court's ruling in Lawrence v Texas, says gay people are by definition felons [10] in many states. In an indication of how high anti-gay hysteria has been ratcheted up on the Religious Right, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family said last year that a nominee's judicial philosophy was what mattered, not their sexual orientation. But this year Focus on the Family repudiated that position and declared that the group would oppose a gay nominee no matter what their judicial views.
Phyllis Schlafly, on the other hand, has been insisting [11] that President Obama must appoint a veteran to the Court, an imperative that she did not apply to previous presidents:
"The U.S. Senate, both Democrats and Republicans alike, should not allow President Obama to thumb his nose at our armed services by replacing the last decorated veteran on the Supreme Court with a non-veteran. Our brave men and women who risk their lives for our nation's security deserve better."
What Kind of Court?
It appears that Republican Senators and their supporters have decided that regardless of who the nominee is, the confirmation process will be a stage for polishing the myth that all they want is judges who will uphold the Constitution and laws, updated to clarify that their view of the Constitution tracks the radically anti-federal government ideology that is currently energizing parts of the GOP base.
Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver provides a fine example of how they will try to make this political campaign sound like a high-minded comment, saying [12]:
"The Supreme Court should be about law, not politics....As Chief Justice John Roberts said during his confirmation hearings, judges ought to be umpires who simply call the balls and strikes. They ought not play in the game or change the rules."
Of course, it is no longer possible to even take seriously the idea that Chief Justice John Roberts, who has proven himself an ideological activist willing to twist the law and overturn precedent in order to get to his desired outcome, is just up there calling balls and strikes. The campaign against Sonia Sotomayor was unsuccessful because Democratic Senators were not intimidated by the onslaught of falsehoods and fanning of racial resentments that comprised the right-wing case against her. If the GOP seems committed to a campaign that will be more about the far-right's opposition to the government's ability to hold corporations accountable for their wrongdoing, Democratic Senators should welcome that fight.
Here's how columnist E.J. Dionne makes the case:
In his eerily relevant new book on the struggle between Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Supreme Court, "Supreme Power," Jeff Shesol reminds us that the conservatives of that day were "imbued with a sense that they were saving civilization from Bolsheviks, collectivists and other sundry radicals." One suspects that the current conservative court majority has a similar view of its mission.
So this time around, let's have a new court debate that focuses on more than just where a nominee stands on Roe v. Wade. Let's remember that the truly "elitist" judges are the ones who protect the privileges of the powerful over the right of Congress to legislate on behalf of workers, consumers and the environment. Let's ignore the claims of conservatives that they are opposed to "legislating from the bench," since it's their judges who are now doing the legislating. If liberals can't successfully challenge conservatives on first principles, they'll never win the fights that matter.


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Is Itachi a mary sue? What did that crow ever do to Itachi to deserve this fate? What are your thoughts on this episode?
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Lol'ed when you were talking about the crow......poor crow.
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Florida's not so hot when it comes to teaching kids financial literacy
- 3:24 pm Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 by Dian Vujovich
Oh dear. On the one hand there are numerous places in the Sunshine State where opulence and wealth are the way of the day. Then again, there are many more spots where modestly priced homes and incomes rule. But no matter what the socio-economic income level is, money is a must and learning about how to make and manage it is just as important for the rich as it is for those less financially fortunate. Too bad our schools don't seem to be getting that message.
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"Im just rushing off to a dinner party," said George, "but I'm sure it would be fine if you came along."
So the two went off together. When they arrived at the party, George, who always enjoyed getting people to use their heads, introduced Dan to the other guests with the following rhyme:
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Very clever yet very meaningful tribute. It helped me understand your ancestors life in just 6 words. Simply wonderful!ReplyDelete
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I love the statement underneat this photo! I also have family that came from Tennessee poor and they all seemed as if they were the richest people in the world. "The were, its called Family"! Also, your correct, if we stare long enough at certain photos they seem to take us back to a place long ago... Happy St. Patrick's Day!ReplyDelete


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Betsy Franco: I'm James and Dave Franco's mother, Betsy. Based on acting lessons with James Franco, starring two of my boys, you might have gotten the impression that I'm a bit insensitive. Well, I'm here to set the record straight.
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James Franco: Mom said that she was gonna take him to the vet for a check-up. And I said oh, okay. Bye, Tobey. Came back and she said that they put him to sleep.
Betsy Franco: When the boys were growing up, we had a cat named Tobey. At the time of the incident, James was eight and Tommy was five and Davey was just two weeks old. Now, Tobey on the other hand, he was suffering. In a truly disgusting way. He was incontinent and he had major bowel control issues. That cat would diarrhea right under baby Davey's crib!
Betsy Franco: This is Davey's old room. Right here. Have you ever heard of taxoplasmosis? It's carried by cat feces! That cat's sh*t was going to kill my new baby!
Betsy Franco: Have you ever seen Sophie's Choice? Well, I had to make a decision that all mothers dread. My son Davey or Tobey the cat. I told the boys I was taking Tobey to the vet. Several hours later, Tobey was toast. When James found out that Tobey had been put to sleep without a goodbye, he cried for three hours non-stop.
Betsy Franco: Of course, James was always crying. Always. But, you know? Tobey was my cat, and it was my house, and you just happened to live here. My house, my cat, my rules. I guess what I'm trying to say is: I killed the cat to save the baby! You're welcome! Now shut the fu*k up about it, boys.
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Third grade students at Peachtree City Elementary School celebrated the culmination of their Mini Society unit with a Market Day. Classrooms worked together to build their own mini-nations, complete with individual currencies, economies, and job positions. Students then worked with partners to design a product, produce it, and market it to their peers. All activities were tied back to their studies of economics, wants and needs, and laws of supply and demand. The budding entrepreneurs pictured are Justin Humes and Jonathan Paparo. Photo/Special.


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The tiny holes in the porous ACE material act like the small air sacks in a lung by absorbing and giving out air molecules.Play Movie >
Obtaining good bass performance from small speaker boxes has always been the 'holy grail' of loudspeaker design. Typically a small box will have less bass performance than a larger one. However, after years of research KEF has overcome this problem with the development of Acoustic Compliance Enhancement (ACE), where activated charcoal, just like in a water filter, is placed inside the loudspeaker cabinet.
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I plan on introducing solids to my 4 month old around 5 or 6 months of age.
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'American Horror Story: Asylum' Recap: 'Unholy Night'
'Tis the season… for some holiday horror on American Horror Story: Asylum.
In this week's episode we embark upon a Santa outside of a supermarket, who promises a young boy that he will get the cap he wants for Christmas. A man lurking hears this conversation and makes his way to Santa, giving him a piece of his mind for telling the boy he'll get that hat. The St. Nick impersonator tells the pessimist to cut the him some slack; a phrase the man doesn't take too kindly. The mystifying man shoots the supermarket Santa multiple times in the parking lot. (So much for Happy Holidays?)
Lee, the mysterious man with a seemingly deep hatred for Christmas, takes the Santa suit from the man and finds his way to a house nearby. A young girl makes her way downstairs to find Lee, dressed as Santa, in her living room. The girl seems perplexed - this "Santa" has blood on his chest, no beard and came through the window instead of the chimney. The girl listens to Lee and goes to get her parents, proclaiming Santa is downstairs in their living room. Lee ties up the parents with lights and begins to give the couple a hard time for decorating their house for Christmas. Since Lee's in the "holiday spirit," he proclaims he will let them decide who he kills first. Before the two have a chance to respond, he kills them both at the same time.
Back at Briarcliff, Sister Mary is showing her holiday spirit by putting up a Christmas tree in the Common Room. She lines up the residents, collecting something from everyone to decorate the tree with: hair, bows, fake teeth - oh my! (All this time I thought that shiny bells made for the best ornaments.)
Frank is in Arden's dungeon, reciting a prayer for Grace. He preaches to her corpse that he's going to make things right. As he turns to leave, Arden stops him in his tracks. Frank begs Arden to call the police to tell them what's happening here, but Arden keeps him quiet. What's stopping him? Arden shuts him up: "You shot and killed an unarmed woman."
Jude returns to her old office to take Sister Mary off guard, surprising her with a scalpel to her neck. Jude insists she's using Sister Mary as a way to make her look innocent: "I'll send you back to the hell that made you." As Dr. Arden walks in, Sister Mary tells him to call the authorities because they have a trespasser. Once that problem is resolved, Sister Mary and Arden hold hands for a second, until he alerts her of their new problem: Frank. When Arden informs her that Frank wants to confess, Sister Mary assures him she has it under control.
Flash back to 1963: Sister Jude tells everyone that photographers from the local media are coming to see them. We discover that Lee is in Briarcliff because the "Santa killer," murdered 18 people from 5 families in one night. When he asks Sister Jude to unlock his handcuffs (in honor of the holidays), she says no, but assures him he'll be front and center and "under control" in the picture. When he's given the opportunity to strike, Lee bites off an inmate's face. (So much for under control, Jude.)
Back in the present day, Sister Mary enters the room with Lee, tempting him to put on the Santa costume. Sister Mary explains she knows he went to jail for shoplifting bread. She also knows that he's not a fan of the holiday season because he was held down and raped by five men who took his virginity in jail around Christmas. So what does Sister Mary do? She gives him all the tools he needs to get back on track, starting with an assignment. "Do you want to be the victim or the victor?" says Sister Mary.
Arden walks in on Sister Mary smoking a cigarette by the fire in her new office. He brought her a present - ruby earrings that once belonged to a woman from the camp. Arden said the woman complained about everything under the sun, especially her stomach. He followed her one day to discover out that she swallowed those earrings every single day, causing her stomach issues. Arden tells Sister Mary he hoped someday he would find someone who "would deserve them." Sister Mary puts the earrings on, boasting about how beautiful they look on her. Arden is shocked by her reaction, hoping that the earrings would cause a "glimmer of horror" for her. Sister Mary makes it clear to him: if he's against her, even God can't help him.


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Jeff and I both hail from the more right-brained side of the political spectrum (that's the left for those of you who failed HS biology) and, as a result, we get accused of things that aren't true. The truth is we're not so surprisingly open-minded. For instance, although I don't think that Reagan was god's gift to America, I do think he was the right man for the time. And more than that, I believe Nixon is one of our most underrated presidents.
But the thing that gets me the most is when people accuse me of not loving my country because I'm not an apologist. Anyone who says that what we do is right just because we do it is a moron. As a country, we do a lot of wrong many times despite having the best of intentions. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, Roosevelt threw a bunch of Japanese-Americans into internment camps and they both thought that what they did was right because there was a war going on.
When it comes to war, the water always becomes extra murky. If I don't support a war, I'm told that I hate America or, even worse, that I hate "the troops." Wait a minute, I'm the one who hates the troops because I don't want them dying in some god-forsaken desert for a war they have no idea why they're fighting?
Here's the deal. Both Jeff and I have friends and family who served in the past and who are currently serving and we couldn't be more proud of them. We may not always agree with them on everything but that doesn't mean we support them any less. In fact, just to show you how much we're behind them, we're dedicating this video of our troops hard at work to all of our military readers:
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Wow, we actually share political ground other than our distaste for religion. There's hope for the blogosphere yet.
I can't tell you how many times I've disagreed with buttheaded Texas rednecks over US foreign policy, only to be met with a flurry of empty platitudes like "freedom ain't free", "the best defense is a good offense", and "I'm gonna kick yer liberal asss!"
you are taking me back back way back. Agree that the gipper was the right man at the time. Can't C the video but I"l check it out at home. I am at the club level at Dodger Stadium having a drink while watching game.
I will retain my views on the war since they need more space than the comment box, regardless, at least one guy in your first picture was worthy of his title…. and what exactly is it you need help with?
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hahaha i saw that this morning and it made me crack up! I'm a fan of Lady Gaga actually😀
Let us Support Our Troops even the ones who get a little bit too crazy on the fun😉 eheheheheheheh quit telephonin meh eheheheheheheh~ stop callin stop callin i don't wanna think any more~
That vid reminds me of a lot of goofy $hiit we did in the Army. There was that one time in the Mojave Desert when we….. I should have had a recorder. Guess I was born too early for the cool gadgets we have now-a-days. I could have really used one in Germany. No one would believe that story. Reagan was my "boss" back then and thank goodness for it. Full Disclosure > I consider myself Moderately Republican.
…and YES! Nixon WAS one our most under-rated Presidents. He messed up but he was damn good too.


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Castro: "They Were Hitting Everything"
It was over early last night. Carlos Quentin's three-run blast got the White Sox within two runs in the second inning, but the Twins never let up and went on to overwhelm the former first-place South Siders, 12-6, to take a one-game lead in the A.L. Central.
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Freakin' Orioles jinx. I don't know how, but it became a buzzsaw. The Sox have to win the Minnesota series. Going down to the wire with these guys every year is beginning to be tiresome. I'm glad they didn't get Adam Dunn, but I would've loved to see a bat from somewhere.
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15 NCAA Div. III individual championships
PELLA—Central College men's track and field distance runner Eli Horton (junior, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) has been named Iowa Conference male athlete of the week following his MVP performance at the league indoor meet, while men's basketball guard Kevin Kaerwer (senior, El Paso, Texas, John L. Chapin HS) was named player of the week after leading the Dutch to the NCAA tournament.
Horton wins three, MVP—Horton led the Dutch distance contingent with three individual titles and the track events MVP award in Central's runner-up team finish at the Iowa Conference indoor track and field championships Friday and Saturday at Decorah.
Horton won the mile run, 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs, all in championship-record-setting fashion. In Friday's 5,000-meter run, Horton shattered the league championship record by more than 17 seconds, crossing the line in 14:27.80. The Dutch finished 1-2-4-5 individually. In Saturday's mile, Horton edged out teammate Austin O'Brien (senior, Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley HS) at the tape in 4:13.13. Shortly thereafter, Horton set yet another championship mark in the 3,000-meter run, crossing the line in 8:24.56.
Central scored 72 points in the three distance events Horton won.
Horton's 5,000-meter time ranks fourth nationally, while his mile ranks 15th. He also owns top-12 times in the distance medley relay (fifth) and the 3,000-meter run (12th).
The Dutch will send a small group of athletes to Saturday's Pointer Qualifier at Stevens Point, Wis., in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Division III championships March 14-15 at Lincoln, Neb.
Kaerwer, Dutch are dancing—Kaerwer led Central to its 10th NCAA tournament appearance by way of its 74-70 win over Luther College in Saturday's league tournament championship game.
Kaerwer scored a team-high 19 points with three rebounds and three assists in the four-point win that had P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium dancing. He converted all seven free throw attempts, including two with 5.8 seconds remaining to make it a two-possession game and send the Dutch to the national tournament.
In Thursday's league semifinal, Kaerwer notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists, tying his career high for dimes in a game. He also hauled in six rebounds and converted all four of his free throw attempts, including two with 11 seconds remaining to push the Central lead to six points.
Kaerwer is averaging 15.5 points, 3.85 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game entering Friday's NCAA tournament.
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Handknotted wool and jute bring warmth and soulfulness to a clean-lined design from Thomas O'Brien. The result is a rug that spans styles, defies trends and works nearly anywhere – in short: a modern classic.
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Many people react emotionally to things that never even happen. If they can rehearse the worst possible situation and think of ways to respond and deal with them, they can release and clear the emotions and be better prepared to best face whatever actually occurs.
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YMCA has classes for all ages
The Elkins-Randolph County YMCA offers a plethora of classes and programs for health- and fitness-conscious residents in the area.
Lola Spotloe, director of membership services at the YMCA, spoke to The Inter-Mountain about the various exercise groups offered at the facility. She said they take the forms of group, yoga and stretch, water aerobics, martial arts and toddler/preschool classes which can be taken advantage of by members and nonmembers alike.
"(Classes) are all free to members," Spotloe said.
She was quick to mention the popularity of each class and note that participants of all ages can take advantage of heart-healthy exercises.
Group exercise classes, geared toward adults, include Body Boot Camp, Cardio Kickboxing, High Energy Aerobics, Kettlebell Pump, Morning Aerobics, Power Lunch, Spin Class, Circuit Training, Total Body Workout and Zumba.
Among them, Spotloe said Kettlebell and Spin are well attended.
"Spin classes are always filled. They have to turn people away," she said. "Kettlebell sometimes there are as many as 15 in a class."
She also said the various yoga classes are drawing large crowds.
"Yoga seems to be the most popular," Spotloe said.
Yoga classes at the YMCA include Core Strengthening and Awareness, Dynamic Balance, Gentle Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga, which is offered three times a week, a YMCA flier said.
Young children can also take part.
The YMCA flier also listed toddler classes as Child Watch – a safe play area – Parent and Child Swim Class, Mom and Me Yoga and Room to Romp, an unstructured play group.
Senior Water Aerobics is also available as a low-impact exercise for older participants who want to improve their body in a way that does not compromise joint integrity.
Spotloe said members have been taking advantage of the classes in greater numbers since the start of 2013. She mentioned New Year's resolutions as a possible impetus for increased participation.
This is being compensated for by increased YMCA hours, Spotloe said. The facility will be open on Sundays through March 30. After that date, Spotloe said, warmer weather draws people to activities outside, such as running and tennis. The YMCA will be closed on Sundays, come spring.
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Tuckerman Lane Regional Stormwater Pond
As a part of the county's effort to protect our waters, the stormwater pond within the Tuckerman community was selected for upgrade to help reduce stormwater pollution draining into our streams.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 282
Total Fat 6 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 377 mg
Total Carbohydrate 20 g
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g
Protein 36 g
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Ingredients Measures
Dried oregano 1 teaspoon
Dried sage 1 teaspoon
Fresh-squeezed orange juice 2 tablespoons
Honey 2 tablespoons
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Garlic cloves, minced 2
Pork tenderloin ¾ pound
- Mix together oregano, sage, orange juice, honey, salt, pepper, and garlic in a small bowl. Combine marinade mixture and pork in a large plastic resealable bag and shake to coat pork. Marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes to overnight, turning at least once.
- Prepare indoor or outdoor grill. Remove pork from marinade and grill, covered, turning once, about 25 minutes, until meat thermometer registers 160°F. Let stand 10 minutes, then slice and serve.


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Shine on, harvest moon
September 22, 2011 —
I am by no means the only guy with an opinion. In fact, I've been told that "everyone has one." Go figure. Of course, if we all felt the same way about any of a myriad of subjects, life would be just plain dull. Pausing to breathe once in a while, I sometimes hear snippets of conversation that apparently take place all around me, while I am not talking. Or the center of attention. Hmm.
Since I never talk with my mouth full, I am often invited to dine with friends, which gives them a chance to opine while I chew on whatever subject is in the air. This week's controversy: "What is your favorite season, and why?" As my pals presented their impassioned defenses for each of the four seasons, I contemplated my own favorite—which seems to vacillate, depending on the weather.
Living in the Catskills year-round gives those of us who do an opportunity to discover the virtues of each season on its own merits, since we are so keenly aware of the bounties that living with nature provides. Summer is great, but I am rarely on vacation, and a dip in the lake is part of my daily routine (cue the miniature violins).
Winter, though highly touted as "the most wonderful time of the year" has its ups and downs, but no one here in the Upper Delaware Valley can argue that it is often picture-postcard-downright-gorgeous when the snow falls, blanketing the bucolic country scenes all around with it's sparkling, frosty layers.
Spring is a major contender for me, with Mother Nature's promise of renewed growth, as the last ice melts, revealing the glorious awakening about to take place from deep within the soil. April showers also serve to remind us that the winter doldrums (stunning vistas be damned) will, as always, retreat for a while and give us a break that by then, most of us are ready for.
I left my personal favorite for last. Autumn. Fall. The precursor to all things Ho Ho Ho. Life in the mountains is always vibrant, but the celebrations surrounding a Harvest Moon truly make me feel alive. With a snap in the air, the jackets snake their way out of closets and the calendar of hometown festivals swells to a peak, in keeping with the foliage. Scribbling as fast as I can, I put them all on the board, knowing full well that I can't (hmm) be everywhere, but must pick and choose.


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- Title
- Nitriding of austenitic stainless steel by plasma immersion ion implantation
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- Collins, G. A.; Hutchings, R.; Short, K. T.; Tendys, J.; Li, X.; Samandi, M.
- Abstract
- Plasma immersion ion implantation (PI3 ™), in which the diffusion of nitrogen from a low pressure r.f. plasma is combined with the implantation of nitrogen ions at energies up to 45 kV, is an effective means of nitriding austenitic stainless steel. At temperatures up to 450 degrees Celsius, tribological properties can be improved without loss of corrosion resistance. In common with other nitriding processes in this temperature range, a supersaturated f.c.c. phase is formed, sometimes described as expanded austenite, which is maintained to very high nitrogen concentrations. At higher temperatures, chromium nitride is precipitated and the expanded austenite decomposes, leading to a reduction in corrosion resistance. Glancing-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) of PI3-treated AISI 316 stainless steel at temperatures between 350 and 450 degrees Celsius suggests that a highly homogeneous layer of expanded austenite is produced. The expansion increases with increasing process time, but decomposition of the supersaturated phase occurs after several hours of treatment if the temperature is too close to 450 degrees Celsius . For a fixed process time, the expansion appears to be greatest at the lower temperatures (350 degrees Celsius), although it can also be influenced by other processing parameters such as plasma density. Microstructural examination by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has challenged the identification of the supersaturated phase as expanded austenite and reveals the complexity of the modified layer not seen by glancing-angle XRD. Most striking is the formation of a thick (2-3 μm) amorphous zone which may contain nanocrystalline precipitates of CrN and α -ferrite. A highly defective layer (up to 2 μm thick) of expanded austenite has been observed to underlie the amorphous zone where nitrogen diffusion is facilitated by the high defect density. Only partial reconciliation of the TEM results with the XRD observations has been possible to date.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Surface and Coatings Technology: incorporating the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 19-23 September 1994 / L. Stals, K.-T. Rie, D. C. Schram and G. K. Wolf (eds.), Vol. 74-75, no. Part 1 (Sept 1995), pp. 417-424
- Publication year
- 1995
- FOR Code(s)
- 0204 Condensed Matter Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Austenitic stainless steel; Coatings; Corrosion resistance; Cross-section TEM; Decomposition; Diffusion; Glancing-angle x ray diffraction; Hard coatings; Ion implantation; Ion nitriding; Microstructure; Nitriding; Plasma applications; Plasma immersion ion implantation; Plasma ion implantation; Plasmas; Transmission electron microscopy; Tribology; X ray diffraction
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- Elsevier
- 0257-8972
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The Department of Theater at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will present the fourth annual Summer Show for Youth, Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach" on Thursday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; on Friday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m.; and on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m.; in the Performing Arts Center.
Directed by Kayla Gaar and Rafael Juarez, this adventure comes hilariously to life in this delightful dramatization that reveals the wickedness of some, the goodness of others, and the indecision encountered by many when they are faced with crises.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for children 10 and under, and can be purchased online at http://cla.tamucc.edu/theatre/; or in person at the PAC box office one hour before each performance. All proceeds will benefit the University Theatre Student Scholarship Fund. For more information or to book group rates of 10 or more, contact Olivia Ross at 361-825-3756 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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TAMU-CC and the Coastal Bend Community Foundation will host the "Cyber Security Boot Camp for Veterans" from Monday, Aug. 5, through Friday, Aug. 9, in the Center for Instruction.
The camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. The camp for veterans will consist of a week-long intensive program that will cover information security and information assurance. It will include general and applied classes on both Microsoft Windows security and Linux security protocols and implementation.
The camp is free for veterans to attend. Registration is required. For an application, go to http://cyberdefense.tamucc.edu/events.html. For more information, contact Steve Alves at 361-825-3492; or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will hold its summer 2013 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m. at the American Bank Center Arena for all five colleges. For more information, go to http://commencement.tamucc.edu/.


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August 2, 2013 —
On Thursday, August 1 the Village of Liberty Police Department Detective Division arrested Andrew Somers, 20, of Liberty, after an investigation into an allegation that he had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
Police began an investigation after a report that Somers had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old female acquaintance in an apartment building in the Village of Liberty in mid-July. Somers was arrested Thursday morning without incident and was charged with rape in the 2nd degree, a felony. Somers was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Somers is due back in Town of Liberty Court on 08/15/13.


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International Week Debate
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 7:00 PM
7 p.m.
Grafton-Stovall Theatre
The James Madison University Debate Society and Office of International Programs are excited to announce the third annual International Week Public Debate. The resolution for this year's debate is "U.S. warrantless wiretapping does more harm than good for society." JMU is honored to have St. Johns University, University of Pittsburgh, Emory University and George Washington University as part of this year's debate. The public debate follows the long-table format used in the JMU Madison Cup public debate tournament held every spring in Harrisonburg. The debate will feature three two-person teams affirming and three two-person teams negating the resolution. Following the debate, a discussion will take place and audience participation is encouraged. A prize will be awarded to the audience member with the best question or speech from the floor.
Part of International Week at JMU; for information, check http://www.jmu.edu/international/iweek/highlights.shtml.


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Welcome to Fun Stuff Fridays. We had 230 submissions last week and we couldn't believe it! To say we were left speechless with awe is an understatement. Wanna know more about our linky? Click on "Fun Stuff Fridays" above, then "about". It took us a while to go through each one and narrow it down to our top three. We wish we could feature all of them! Can't wait to see your amazing submissions this week! Feel free to submit as many ideas as you want over that time. And remember- spread the word!
Our joint favorite pick was the Egg Carton Tree submitted by JDaniels4's Mom. So simple, so cute, so easy–why didn't we think of that?!? This is on our "to do" list for next year for sure! Recycling at its finest =) Tee hee hee.
Jamie's number one pick was I Love You Because submitted by A Content Housewife. This is perfect for your hubby (but also your kids!) to wake up to in the mornings! Write a message to your kids every morning. What a wonderful idea and great boost to the day.
Lindsi's favorite pick from this past week was Rudolph Melted Crayon Antlers submitted by Rockabye Butterfly. I love the way this turned out! I've seen melted crayon art before but THIS is a GREAT new spin on it! What a creative and fantastic idea.


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Green Bay Phoenix, Bellin announce Pink Zone game
Women's basketball team to participate in WBCA event to aid fight against breast cancer
GREEN BAY – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball program is teaming up with Bellin Health to participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Pink Zone initiative to fight breast cancer.
Green Bay's Pink Zone game against the UW-Milwaukee Panthers is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Kress Center at UW-Green Bay. The event will benefit The Cancer Team at Bellin Health and the Ribbon of Hope Foundation – a local support group for breast cancer patients.
The Pink Zone is a unified effort by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in the community and beyond through a series of games in February.
Breast cancer survivors are invited to attend the Green Bay Phoenix Pink Zone game where they will receive a free game ticket and a commemorative Pink Zone T-shirt. Survivors should contact the Green Bay Athletics Ticket Office at (920) 465-2625 for their complimentary ticket.
The Phoenix will wear pink jerseys as part of the Pink Zone events. Other events include a silent auction for a player's pink jersey and a dash for cash in which volunteers run through the bleachers with pink buckets in hopes of collecting the most donations.
The ticket price for the game is $9 for adults and $7 for youth and senior citizens, while a Family Fun Pack of four tickets, four hot dogs, four popcorns and four sodas is available for $36. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game. Pink Green Bay Phoenix apparel can be found at the Phoenix Bookstore kiosk at all home games leading up to the Pink Zone game.
In 2008, more than 1,200 teams and organizations participated in the Pink Zone initiative, reaching more than 830,000 fans and raising $930,000 for breast cancer awareness and research. The 2009 campaign raised over $1.3 million, reached over 912,000 fans, unified more than 1,600 participating teams and organizations, and saw more than 50 schools break attendance records at their event.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer among women in the United States, accounting for nearly one out of every four cancers diagnosed. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, behind only lung cancer. One in eight American women who live to be 85 years of age will develop breast cancer, a risk that was one out of 14 in 1960.
For more information about the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Pink Zone initiative to fight breast cancer, call the Green Bay Athletics Department at (920) 465-2145. For tickets, please call the ticket office at (920) 465-2625 or visit www.GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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As the days wind down to the deadline for raising the nation's debt ceiling – the so-called fiscal cliff – the level of anxiety among average citizens continues to grow. And that is by far the most egregious error of those in Congress who are stubbornly refusing to negotiate - the willful disregard for the emotional stability of the citizens of this country.
We are not asking for one side of the other to cave on this discussion. As much as we abhor it we understand the politics involved. What we find inexcusable is the refusal to negotiate, and yes it seems to be coming from the far right wing on the Republican party. This willingness to court disaster for purely ideological reasons is as disrespectful as it is unethical. It is self-serving and an affront to millions of people who have still not climbed out of a recession with which our elected leaders have yet to prove they can deal. It is frightening to think how much damage they remain capable of inflicting.
Where is the courage, the leadership, the heart?


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- I like doing things, new things that is. Had never done a give away before so was tempted to offer something for free on my own blog.
- My blog has more than 100 fans and more than 100 posts and more than 10,000 viewers. Okay, yeah! the no. of viewers is less and not supposed to be celebrated but given the effective age of my blog, I am happy with albeit small yet crucial progress the lr blog has made.
- It is festive season, so getting something for free may add to somebody's celebration.
Both the items make wonderful gifts and beautiful possessions.
One winner (from India) gets this lovely piece of pendent set by Noor. It is a beautiful piece of jewellery. Noor company is famous for its subtle designs and high quality products. I own two pieces of Noor. The chain is not included in the set.
The other winner (outside India) gets a copy of the international best seller book 'The Help' by Katherine Stockett. It is a poignant story of two women who help raise the kids of a family. Rest you can find out by reading the book.
How to Enter
I like to keep things simple and easy. To enter the giveaway, you can do or all of these. The more you follow the steps, the more entries you have for the giveaway.
- LIKE my Facebook Page. (1 entry)
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- Tell your friends about the giveaway and ask them to LIKE my FB page and/or Follow me on Twitter. (Once your friends LIKE the page and/or follow me on Twitter, please leave a comment below mentioning the name of your friend). Your friend will also be eligible for the giveaway. (1 entry each)
- Subscribe to the newsletter. (1 entry)
Please note that a person who likes the blog has one entry while a person who likes the blog and follow me on Twitter gets two entries and so and so forth.
If you have already liked the page, followed me on twitter or subscribed to the newsletter, you are anyways entered for the giveaway.
The giveaway starts as of today i.e. Dec 10th and ends on Dec 20th.
Winners will be announced on Dec 22nd.
I also feel delighted to inform you that I have been nominated for the Best Newcomer Personal Development Blog of 2011. Please vote for me on Change Your Thoughts to make me a winner. Your support is highly appreciated.
UPDATED: Revathi Natarajan and France Irish C are the two winners.


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I am hoping to hear some positive stories on relactating. My story so far...
DD2 born very good delivery, 2.5 hour labour, just gas and air. Started breastfeeding straight away, but after 5 days gave up due to cracked bleeding nipples despite seeking help from midwives who assured me i was doing it right. I then expressed for the next 5 days but stopped that too as it was such a faff.
DD2 is now a month old and has been on the bottle for 3 weeks.
Regretted the decision ever since, and have been doing a lot of reading about relactating, and a lovely woman from the LLL sent me some great info on how to build my supply back up.
I currently am pumping every 2-3 hours (if I can as I have a toddler), putting my daughter to my breast before she has a bottle (though she seems to get annoyed by this as there;s no milk), then feeding her which in itself takes about an hour, then an hour to settle her, so feel like I am feeding/pumping all the time.
I know it will be worth it once I've broken through this barrier, Im on day 3 of relactating, and have gone from producing a drop of milk to maybe a teaspoon, though this varies.
Please post your stories or if you are currently trying to re-establish your milk supply, I could really do with some support/someone to talk to to help motivate me!