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The leaves are beginning to change in Pure Michigan. Today, guest blogger Jesse Land describes a fun fall color tour in the Upper Peninsula.
What if I told you there was a place in the Upper Peninsula where you could find art galleries, wineries, two of Michigan's most unique state parks and gorgeous fall colors all in one day?
Well, you guessed it, this place exists and I'm going to layout a fun fall color tour that'll let you hit it all.
Breakfast with a bang
Start your day in Escanaba with an early breakfast at Rosy's Diner where Rosy herself serves up one of the area's best breakfasts in this classic styled diner. And she's a character!
See Kitch-iti-kipi
After breakfast, hop on U.S. 2 East towards Manistique and make your way to Kitch-iti-kipi (aka "Big Spring") in Palms Brook State Park. This crystal clear, forty foot deep natural spring is a must see. A large viewing platform allows you to float out over the spring, taking in the huge trout that congregate here. While the leaves are turning the drive out to Kitch-iti-kipi bursts with fall color so be sure to bring your camera!
Off to see a ghost town
After enjoying the scenery around Kitch-iti-kipi, drive back to U.S. 2, head west for a few miles, then turn south onto M-183 which is a little known (but excellent) fall color drive. Stop in Garden to check out the Village Artisans Art Gallery (6367 State St. Garden, MI) where dozens of local artists have their work on display.
After taking in some art, continue on to Threefold Vine Winery and do a wine tasting in their converted barn. After that, stop into LaTullip Pottery and Tile Works (4677 L.L. Rd. Garden, MI) to see even more local fine art.
And finally, after touring a natural spring, two art galleries and a winery, pull into Fayette Historic State Park to enjoy this well preserved historic ghost town surrounded by fall color. Be sure to make the short hike to the overlook for an excellent view of the town, Snailshell Harbor and the surrounding limestone bluffs.
Lunch in a lighthouse
Okay, Sherry's Port Bar (4424 L.L. Rd. Garden, MI) isn't a real lighthouse, but this maritime themed family friendly restaurant/bar is a great spot to stop for lunch while touring the Garden Peninsula. They've got quality food every day and an all you can eat whitefish fish fry on Fridays.
Back to Escanaba
End your fall color touring for the day with a drive back to Escanba where you'll find enough to fill the rest of your afternoon and then some! If you feel like hitting up another winery, visit the tasting room for Leigh's Garden Winery downtown. If you're looking for a bit of history, visit the Sand Point Lighthouse and adjacent Delta County Historical Society, which houses a cool museum full of items from Escanaba's past. Or you could just relax on the beach for a while and take in Little Bay de Noc.
Spend the night in one of the Escanaba area's excellent lodging options and you'll be poised to visit any other area of the Upper Peninsula the next day!
This post was written by Jesse Land of Things to do in the U.P. on behalf of the Delta County Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Have you been to any of these places in the Upper Peninsula during the fall? Let us know how you enjoyed them!


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2006-10 EC: What Can We Learn from Comprehensive Data Revisions for Forecasting Inflation: Some US Evidence (working paper)
P. Siklos
published: 2006 | Research publication | Working Paper - Economics
ABSTRACT: The empirical properties of benchmark revisions to key U.S. macroeconomic aggregates are examined. News versus noise impact of revisions is interpreted via the cointegration property of successive benchmark revisions. Cointegration breaks in the last two years before a benchmark revision. Hence, we conclude that there is some information content in benchmark revisions. The last point is illustrated by reporting that inflation forecasts could be improved by the addition of a time series that reflects benchmark revisions to real GDP. Standard backward and forward-looking Phillips curves are used to explore the statistical significance of benchmark revisions.
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In part three in this series of book excerpts on XML basics for Java developers from Learning Java, 2nd Edition, learn about the Document Object Model (DOM).
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In the last section, we used SAX to parse an XML document and build a Java object model representing it. In that case, we created specific Java types for each of our complex elements. If we were planning to use our model extensively in an application, this technique would give us a great deal of flexibility. But often it is sufficient (and much easier) to use a "generic" model that simply represents the content of the XML in a neutral form. The Document Object Model (DOM) is just that. The DOM API parses an XML document into a full, memory-resident representation consisting of classes such as
Element and
Attributes with text values.
As we saw in our zoo example, once you have an object model, using the data is a breeze. So a generic DOM would seem like an appealing solution, especially when working mainly with text. The only catch in this case is that DOM didn't evolve first as a Java API, and it doesn't map well to Java. DOM is very complete and provides access to every facet of the original XML document, but it's so generic (and language-neutral), it's cumbersome to use in Java. In our example, we'll start by making a couple of helper methods to smooth things over. Later, we'll also mention a native Java alternative to DOM called JDOM that is more pleasant to use.
The core DOM classes belong to the
org.w3c.dom package. The result of parsing an XML document with DOM is a
Document object from this package (see Figure 23-1). The
Document is a factory and a container for a hierarchical collection of
Node objects, representing the document structure. A node has a parent and may have children, which can be traversed using its
getFirstChild(), or
getLastChild() methods. A node may also have "attributes" associated with it, which consist of a named map of nodes.
Figure 23-1. The parsed DOM
Subtypes of
Text, and
Attr--represent elements, text, and attributes in XML. Some types of nodes (including these) have a text "value." For example, the value of a
Text node is the text of the element it represents. The same is true of an
cdata, or
comment node. The value of a node can be accessed by the
getNodeValue() and
setNodeValue() methods.
In This Series
XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 5
XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 4
XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 2
XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 1
Element node provides "random" access to its child elements through its
getElementsByTagName() method, which returns a
NodeList (a simple collection type). You can also fetch an attribute by name from the
Element using the
getAttribute() method.
javax.xml.parsers package contains a factory for DOM parsers, just as it does for SAX parsers. An instance of
DocumentBuilderFactory can be used to create a
DocumentBuilder object to parse the file and produce a
Document result.
Let's use DOM to parse our zoo inventory and print the same information as our model-builder example. Using DOM saves us from having to create all those model classes and makes our example much shorter. But before we even begin, we're going to make a couple of utility methods to save us a great deal of pain. The following class,
DOMUtil, covers two very common operations on an element: retrieving a simple (singular) child element by name and retrieving the text of a simple child element by name. Here is the code:
import org.w3c.dom.*;
public class DOMUtil
public static Element getFirstElement( Element element, String name ) {
NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName( name );
if ( nl.getLength() < 1 )
throw new RuntimeException(
"Element: "+element+" does not contain: "+name);
return (Element)nl.item(0);
public static String getSimpleElementText( Element node, String name )
Element namedElement = getFirstElement( node, name );
return getSimpleElementText( namedElement );
public static String getSimpleElementText( Element node )
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for(int i=0; i<children.getLength(); i++) {
Node child = children.item(i);
if ( child instanceof Text )
sb.append( child.getNodeValue() );
return sb.toString();
With that out of the way we can present our
TestDOM class:
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
public class TestDOM
public static void main( String [] args ) throws Exception
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder parser = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document document = parser.parse( "zooinventory.xml" );
Element inventory = document.getDocumentElement();
NodeList animals = inventory.getElementsByTagName("Animal");
System.out.println("Animals = ");
for( int i=0; i<animals.getLength(); i++ ) {
String name = DOMUtil.getSimpleElementText(
(Element)animals.item(i),"Name" );
String species = DOMUtil.getSimpleElementText(
(Element)animals.item(i), "Species" );
System.out.println( " "+ name +" ("+species+")" );
Element foodRecipe = DOMUtil.getFirstElement(
(Element)animals.item(1), "FoodRecipe" );
String name = DOMUtil.getSimpleElementText( foodRecipe, "Name" );
System.out.println("Recipe = " + name );
NodeList ingredients = foodRecipe.getElementsByTagName("Ingredient");
for(int i=0; i<ingredients.getLength(); i++)
System.out.println( " " + DOMUtil.getSimpleElementText(
(Element)ingredients.item(i) ) );
TestDOM creates an instance of a
DocumentBuilder and uses it to parse our zooinventory.xml file. We use the
Document getDocumentElement() method to get the root element of the document, from which we will begin our traversal. From there, we ask for all the
Animal child nodes. The
getElementbyTagName() method returns a
NodeList object, which we then use to iterate through our creatures. For each animal, we use our
DOMUtil.getSimpleElementText() method to retrieve the basic name and species information. Next, we use the
DOMUtil.getFirstElement() method to retrieve the element called
FoodRecipe from the second animal. We use it to fetch a
NodeList for the tags matching
Ingredient and print them as before. The output should contain the same information as our SAX-based example.
Thus far, we've used the SAX and DOM APIs to parse XML. But what about generating XML? Sure, it's easy to generate trivial XML documents simply by emitting the appropriate strings. But if we plan to create a complex document on the fly, we might want some help with all those quotes and closing tags. What we can do is to build a DOM representation of our object in memory and then transform it to text. This is also useful if we want to read a document and then make some alterations to it. To do this, we'll use of the
java.xml.transform package. This package does a lot more than just printing XML. As its name implies, it's part of a general transformation facility. It includes the XSL/XSLT languages for generating one XML document from another. (We'll talk about XSL later in this chapter.)
We won't discuss the details of constructing a DOM in memory here, but it follows fairly naturally from what you've learned about traversing the tree in our previous example. The following example,
PrintDOM, simply parses our zooinventory.xml file to a DOM and then prints it back to the screen:
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import javax.xml.transform.*;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
public class PrintDOM {
public static void main( String [] args ) throws Exception
DocumentBuilder parser =
DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder( );
Document document=parser.parse( "zooinventory.xml" );
Transformer transformer =
TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer( );
Source source = new DOMSource( document );
Result output = new StreamResult( System.out );
transformer.transform( source, output );
Note that the imports are almost as long as the entire program! Here we are using an instance of a
Transformer object in its simplest capacity to copy from a source to an output. We'll return to the
Transformer later when we discuss XSL.
As we promised earlier, we'll now describe an easier DOM API: JDOM, created by Jason Hunter and Brett McLaughlin, two fellow O'Reilly authors (Java Servlet Programming and Java and XML, respectively). It is a more natural Java DOM that uses real Java collection types such as
List for its hierarchy and provides more streamlined methods for building documents. You can get the latest JDOM from http://www.jdom.org. Here's the JDOM version of our standard "test" program:
import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.input.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TestJDOM {
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception {
Document doc = new SAXBuilder( ).build("zooinventory.xml");
List animals = doc.getRootElement( ).getChildren("Animal");
System.out.println("Animals = ");
for( int i=0; i<animals.size( ); i++ ) {
String name = ((Element)animals.get(i)).getChildText("Name");
String species = ((Element)animals.get(i)).getChildText("Species");
System.out.println( " "+ name +" ("+species+")" );
Element foodRecipe = ((Element)animals.get(1)).getChild("FoodRecipe");
String name = foodRecipe.getChildText("Name");
System.out.println("Recipe = " + name );
List ingredients = foodRecipe.getChildren("Ingredient");
for(int i=0; i<ingredients.size( ); i++)
System.out.println( " "+((Element)ingredients.get(i)).getText( ) );
JDOM has convenience methods that take the place of our homemade DOM helper methods. Namely, the JDOM element has
getChild() and
getChildren() methods as well as a
getChildText() method for retrieving node text.
In the next installment, learn about validating documents.
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BSC Educators Join Mercer County "Read Aloud" Board of Directors (w/photos)
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(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College administrator Robin Ware and BSC faculty member Darrell Thompson have accepted appointment to the Mercer County Read Aloud Board of Directors. Barbara Pettus, the county's Read Aloud Program chair, welcomed Dr. Ware (BSC's Interim Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs) and Dr. Thompson (BSC Assistant Professor of Education) to the Board.
"Read Aloud's purpose is to support volunteer readers as they spend time sharing their love of books with children of preschool and elementary school age," Pettus noted. "Dr. Ware and Dr. Thompson certainly have a passion for reading and they are welcome additions to our 15 member Board, which includes stay-at-home moms, Concord University faculty, a local bank employee, public library directors, and both current and recently retired local educators.
The Read Aloud program recently organized two "Snuggle and Read" events, which provided fleece quilts and new children's books to more than 75 families of preschool children. "We want to 'turn kids on' to reading at an early age, identify parents and volunteers to read in the classroom, and develop opportunities to cultivate young students' love for reading beyond the classroom," she continued. "Read Aloud stimulates their imagination, strengthens their vocabulary, and builds listening skills.


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Victory! Feds Fine Notorious Bear Pit, Suspend Its License
UPDATE: Victory! As the Chief Saunooke Bear Park struggled, a private benefactor offered to purchase all of the bears. The park quickly accepted the offer and the bears were finally retired to a spacious sanctuary. Read more about the victory and how the bears are doing now here.
Originally posted on January 30, 2013:
After PETA filed multiple complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) at Chief Saunooke Bear Park, the bear pit must now surrender its exhibitor license. What's more, the license will remain suspended until the dismal facility is able to prove that it's compliant with AWA regulations—if it ever can.
Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians joined PETA in meeting with the USDA to detail the problems at the Cherokee, North Carolina, roadside zoo. Following our complaints and meeting, the USDA charged the bear pit with more than a dozen violations. Now, the park has agreed to pay a fine and surrender its license in order to settle the case. It's probably a smart move, considering that in a 62-page report that PETA gave to the USDA, bear experts who visited the facility documented that, among other violations, the park was failing to maintain adequate barriers between bears and the public, leading to at least two attacks on visitors thus far. According to the experts, the park also failed to supply food for its public feedings that met the bears' nutritional needs and instead allowed visitors to feed them cat food and Lucky Charms cereal. Among many other abuses, the facility also failed to provide the bears with veterinary care and forced them to eat from filthy, unsanitary food containers.
Barely a month ago, a PETA investigation revealed that staff members were deliberately depriving bears of food and that the animals are so stressed from being constantly confined to small, concrete pits that they pace repeatedly and gnaw at the metal cage bars. Our investigation also uncovered drug use, racism, wage-law violations, and more.
Please ask the USDA to take the next step and confiscate the abused bears.
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I recently moved to Cherokee with my husband for a job. He is Native American. It was very offensive what they said about the Natives, but what's more disturbing is that I ride by there every day and the OPEN sign is still on. I told my husband to take me there once and I left in tears. This was about 3 years ago. They also had two adult Bengal tigers in a 20ft x 50ft cage. It was the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life. Also, they did not take to kindly to me asking questions about the animals, how long they had been there, was that there only enclosure etc. Sorry to ramble on. I would love to help in any way possible.
Suspending the license means nothing as long as the bears are kept in this hell hole. They need to be removed. As long as they are there they will be subjected to misuse and abuse. The people did not care for or about them when they were making money for them. They damn sure are not going to care for them with their license suspended.
The victory will be when USDA open their eyes and free the bears from this torture, right now where is the victory? These innocent bears are still there, and really for how much longer? These kind of legal process take long time especially because the subject of the matter are animals, if it was a political figure, it would be solve right away. Shame!!!
Please relocate these bears to a sanctuary or a more humane environment.
This is pure unadulterated B.S. These animals must be confiscated and sent to a sanctuary immediately. How much more abuse must they take before MY GOV'T. gets off their ass and does the right thing. These people must be imprisoned and the property confiscated. NO FINES JUST PRISON
When the Bible said "humans were given dominion over the animals", most assumed that meant domination. But the ancient definition of dominion actually means stewardship – protection and nurturing. God is watching what we are doing. He is NOT happy with the cruelty that we are subjecting His creatures to. Remember, He has His ways of paying back !!!
Lydia, If you haven't yet, please contact PETA and give the locations of the other 2 bear parks. Thanks from a South Carolina animal-lover!
this cruelty must be stopped
The poor bears, please treat them as you would want to be treated. 🙁 Or how they DESERVE to be treated.
please stop the cruelity.
I moved to Cherokee 14 yrs ago and this is only 1 of 3 HIDEOUS parks in Cherokee. I've never taken my children or family to these parks and I tell tourist with children to NOT take their kids to any of the Bear Parks in Cherokee.
I have seen zoos in Romania where I live that look way better than this pitt… I saw it on tv about a week ago and I could not believe americans can accept this…
My 6 year old nephew loves the bears and cried when e saw them being mistreated.It is wrong to keep an animal in such a way. Please release them to a sanctuary.
I am still very concerned! The bears are still going to be there and will have no one to check on them anymore. What else can PETA and the public do? This might actually be worse for the bears with no regulations!
PLEASE, USDA revoke the Chief Saunooke Park's Bear license for good. Permanently. It is the right thing to do. Thank you.
an ideal,let the bear go free, jail the staff members & close park w BIG FINE!!!
PLEASE, USDA revoke the Chief Saunooke Park's Bear license for good. Permanently. It is the right thing to do. Thank you.
Dear Sir/Madam, I would, first, like to thank the USDA for their action against the Chief Saunooke Bear Park as regards its unthinkable cruel treatment towards these poor animals. But, as we all know, that the struggle is not yet complete till these animals get their due of a peaceful and terror free life and these monsters get to face a payback for their deeds. I, hereby, urge you to kindly suspend the license of Chief Saunooke Bear Park and put your two pennies worth towards giving these animals a happy and peaceful life. Regards
Please refrain from keeping a living creature in circumstances unworth living!!! I can't imagine you could live one day like this! So act responsible and spare it the bears!!!!
Please release these bears to a humane facility where they will get proper care
These Monster Should Never Be aloud to have a license. They obviously have no respect for animals and others. They should Never be legal allowed to have an animal of any sort. Take all the animals place them in Free Roaming sanctuary's and FINE them put them in jail. Let them feel what its like to be in a cement pit…….
Please release these bears to a humane facility where they will get proper care
Please take the next step and revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license for good.
Pls allow the bears to be removed and treated right..thank you 🙂
revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license for good. They are doing damage to living creatures that have no chance but to live miserable lives if we don't help.
Please revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license for good! Stop cruelty now!
Please help these bears and revoke this park's license. What the are doing is deplorable and we need to do what's right. Let this serve as the example to other parks and facilities that treat their animals poorly.
Please send these bears to a sanctuary and give them the lives they deserve but have been denied so far!
This needs to happen NOW. Step up to the plate and do what taxpayers want you to do……….rescue these animals. Now, please.
Stop this crualty!!
this is wrong and cruel, these bears need grass beneath their feet open fresh air, this is morally wrong so stop it now…..
Lets put staff members in pits and starve them, see how they like THAT
This is an 'entertainment' that clearly has no scruples about animal welfare and has no place in a civilised society.
Please move forward to end this atrocity for good by revoking their license permanently!!!!
Hope that step by step we'll come to it…
Pls, take action immediately to confiscate the bears.
Please, take the next step and revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license for good!! Best wishes Sinikka Hannus Juha Soininen, Finland, Europe
Please don't let them have any more animals, this is not neglect it is downright cruelty.
Please rescue the bears and put them in a safe sanctuary
Please free these poor bears!
Revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license now !!!!
Please revoke chef saunooke bear parks license for good! Please release the bears, the treatment of such beautiful animals in inhumane! They belong out in the wild with space to roam and he ability to feed them selves. Depriving them of food is barbaric!
Confiscate the bears. They've been through enough torture. Let them live out their lives in comfort and peace. Revoke the license for good.
Please, let these bears have some peace.
Thanks for doing the right thing – let's go the extra mile! Please, let those bears finally have some peace.
Please show compassion for these bears who have suffered enough
Save the bears!
revoke Chief Saunooke Bear Park's license for good.


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The Tour Was Boring So I Went Exploring
Road Trip to Kauffman
Rockies vs Royals Game 1 and 2
Robert and I drove straight through the night on a mission to give the Rockies some much needed support on the road during two of their three games in Kansas City.
Kaufman Stadium is the closest MLB ballpark to Denver and I've been wanting to go there since I read Zack Hample's blog about his record breaking experience there.
The opportunity to see the Rockies play in KC doesn't happen often so I jumped on it.
Zack Hample at Kauffman Stadium 6-18-2009
Robert hooked me up and drove part of the way so I could get some sleep as I have a job and he's retired.
Although two hours in a car seat ain't what I'd call quality ZZZZ's.
We crossed the Geogre Brett bridge arriving in front of Kauffman Stadium several hours before the joint opened.
Then we did what any baseball fan and photographer would do the first time they visit a new stadium. We walked around the outside of Kauffman taking pictures getting a feel for it.
We were also killing some time before we could check into our hotel room.
We were told the spot to see the players arriving was by the front entrance so Robert and I camped our butts there. I had one of the locals explain to me that the groups of collectors sort of split up into two groups.
Those who collect autographs and those who sell them.
Then there's Robert. He's like me,…. we don't sell them.
How cool is it that the players here use the front gate as their entrance into the stadium?
I noticed a lot of the Royals players who use that entrance rushed past their fans who were waiting patiently for autographs. I witnessed Billy Butler(Royals first baseman) use his wife and kids as a shield to avoid signing.
Unless you have grotesque warts or a people phobia you should sign for the fans who wait patiently for you.
I can't really judge Billy though, maybe he signs a lot and today he wasn't feel'n it?
There's (sort of) a secret tunnel that some players use when they want to avoid the painstaking process of signing a few autographs. But I'd say the majority manned up and used the front gate.
(I didn't try for any autographs today. I just wanted to take pictures. I'll explain later why I have only a few pictures from Friday.)
We eventually had to leave so we could check into the hotel and get ready for the game but before we did we purchased a ticket for a stadum tour.
Not just any tour, this one was right up my alley .
It was an Early Bird Tour that gets you inside the stadium an hour early.
Ok so let me clarify the title of this entry. The stadium tour wasn't really boring. In fact if you're a Royals fan you might even find it interesting.
But from the second I set foot in Kauffman I wanted to explore. I knew the batting cages were up and the players were on the field.
Unfortunately before I could be free I had to watch a twenty minute long movie about the Royals from which there was no escape.
As soon as the movie ended and the tour continued I ducked out for a fake bathroom break and headed straight for left field….See Ya!
On my way there I walked past the Rockies bullpen where noticed Randy Flores warming-up.
He was finishing up and started walking out to left field to talk to someone. I called out his name but got no response.
I wandered out to where my seat location was in left field to check it out and realized I was the only visible fan in the entire stadium. Finally my moment of zen. I just stood there and let it soak in.
Moments like this are few are far between in my world and I enjoyed every second of my outfield bliss. My entire trip was worth those precious few minutes even if no BP homers were hit anywhere in the outfield during my moment of solitude.
When I came out of my zen moment I looked to my right and standing on the concourse were Robert and one of the tour guides both giving me the come here finger.
Oh well it was bliss while it lasted and I got mine.
They met up with me halfway and at that point we were standing along the third base wall. I explained to the tour guide that I really had no interest in the tour and I was only inside the stadium early to catch baseballs.
Just then Randy Flores finished his conversation walked by me and tossed me the baseball he had been holding.
Thanks Randy..I thought you didn't notice but you did.
Our personal tour guide was more than cool. She let us stand behind the Rockies dugout for the rest of the tour. We hung out there watching the entire Rockies team work out until the stadium opened for the rest of the folks. Then we were released and free to roam.
For the short batting practice I stayed in left field but I did go over and check out the right field. It's very cool the way you can just walk through there or stop and hang out.
I went back to left field and was glad I did. As I was standing on the top row I heard a loud crack and soon I was tracking a baseball heading my direction but beginning to curve to my right.
I had to dodge a few people and tripped over a chair slightly but I caught that ball.
I needed that to happen. I needed that memory…Now I could relax.
I met up with Robert after batting practice. He was shutout and not happy about it.
I never did sit in my exact seat during game one. Yes it was front row in left field but it was in the middle of the row and I would have been trapped. I sat in the last row of left field and had the chance at one home run ball.
Here's the video the home run and you can see me on the walkway in left field by the Eldeman and Thompson billboard. I wasn't that close but sometimes baseballs take a bounce so you never know.
This game was a tad depressing. It felt to me like the Rockies were tired and not into it. Not what I wanted to see after a long drive and a long day and the fact that I was totally into it. Props to my man Clint Barmes for trying to get something started with his homer in the eighth inning.
Rockies go on to lose my first regular season road trip game to see them by a final score of 9-2. To add insult to injury the next morning my film card got erased when we were trying to upload some of Robert's pictures to my card.
So all of my day one pictures were deleted. It was my fault not Robert's. For me losing pictures is like losing a friend. My pictures are my memory and my story..Oh well.
The Royals put on a fireworks show every Friday (home games), immediately after the game.
Here's a few pictures Robert took of the display.
Rockies vs Royals Game Two
Armed with a freshly erased film card, a six pack of local brew and a desire to catch up on my picture taking Robert and I arrived at Kaufmann Stadium shortly after 11 am and proceeded to do a little tailgat'n.
Not a bad beer for a local Pale Ale..Colorado's microbrewed beer is better.
Today was the World Series re-match of the 85 Royals vs the 85 Cardinals. Except they were playing softball.
I guess the big yellow softballs are easier to hit after you've retired.
I did my outside the stadium walk again and took pictures as we waited for the players to arrive and the gates to open.
The first Rockie to arrived was manager Jim Tracy.
Jim signed for everyone and when he got to me I shook his hand, introduced myself and told him that we came out from Denver to support the Rockies. I also mentioned that I write the world famous blog called the Rockpile Rant.
Feeling brave I then asked,… "Jim if I were to show up at the dugout at the end of the game is there any chance I could get the line-up card?"
Jim smiled and informed me that "they"(I'm not sure who "they" is), keep those cards. I was a bit bummed but Jim said it so damn nice that I didn't mind.
Jim Tracy is one helluva nice guy. Several other Rockies arrived via taxis. Here's Matt Belisle signing my baseball.
Ian Stewart signed for damn near every Royals fan there. For some reason he totally ignored me even when I wished him good luck. Not sure what was up with him today.
We drove a long way and I don't mind not getting an autograph but I could have done without the scowl. No worries Ian, there's always a second chance here on the Rockpile Rant.
Carlos Gonzalez arrived quick and entered quick. He recognized me from Coors and on his way in signed a ball on the sweet spot for me. I wished him good luck and that was it.
Thank you Carlos !
It was 1pm and time to enter the stadium. The field was set up for softball with fences in the outfield that kept falling down…Kinda funny.
The retired players were starting to come out of the dugouts and began warming up. You'd swear Snap, Crackle and Pop were throwing out the first pitch with all the bones creaking.
Here are the 1985 Cardinals
Here are the 1985 Royals
Robert and I figured we'd try for an autograph so we headed to the Royals side first. Danny Jackson was kind enough to autograph a ball for me. Danny had a homer in the game. Then we headed over to the Cardinal's side, that's where I met a very cool dude named John. John introduced himself and said he was Rant reader. He told me he thought the Rockpile Rant was entertaining.. John was on a road trip'n to Kauffman just like Robert and I.
He's a huge Rockies fan and helped me get an autograph from Jack "The Ripper" Clark.
John was able to reach down low enough to hang a baseball in Jack's face. Jack then grabbed the ball and signed it. Jack even autographed it "Ripper". This is now one of my favorite autographs. Here's a shot of John working Kauffman getting his Rockies helmet signed.
Nice to meet you John and thank you very much brotha!
I thought it was intersting and cool that more people walked up to me, introduced themselves and told me they read the Rant in the two games I was here in KC than the entire season so far at Coors.
Does that mean there are a lot of Rockies fans in KC or do I just have national appeal? :)
Either way it was an honor to meet and talk to all those nice folks.
Here's a few shots from the softball game.
Here's "Jack the Ripper" trying to rip one. Group Photo
Not that the score really mattered but it was 4-1 Royals over the Cardinals again.
When the game finished it was time to take some warm-up photos of the Rockies and then head up as high as I could get behind home plate for the stadium shot before the game started.
Robert offered to take a picture of her and I but I chickened out.
I started climbing and here's the picture that Robert took of me when I reached the top.
I peered out and here's a shot of Arrowhead Stadium.I decided to catch the beginning of the game from the very top. I believe other than the Yankees big screen this one is the biggest in baseball.
I thought you Rockies fans might like to see your Rockies on the really big screen.
Here's a shot of Todd at bat from above.x
Here's Giambi at bat from above. Dexter at bat from above. I've seen every one of Jeff Francis's starts so far. Check out the guy trying to Hi-5 the weiner.
Some shots of the inside of Kauffman.
The Pepsi Party Porch
Outfield pole to outfield pole.
Remember former Rockie Scott Podsednik? I remember him because he would never sign autographs for fans. Rumor has it here he hasn't changed.
Ok now to the only ugly part of the trip. About the sixth inning I was sitting along the third baseline almost alone minding my own business taking pictures watching the game. The only people close to me were a group of rowdy college kids.
They were drunk as hell razzing the Rockies, no worries. All was cool until they threw a peanut at me. I turned around and stared them down. They all looked away and I turned back around and let it slide. Then a second peanut was thrown. I saw who did it this and this time I stared him down.
A few minutes went buy and they started chanting LETS GO Roy-Als. Over a period of time that developed into F'ck you Rockpile.
I couldn't believe it at first, I don't mind hazing but this made it personal. So I sat there debating what to do. Finally I got up, walked in front of the group and said, "What's up, you got something to say… Say it now"
The group went silent. I stood there for over 30 seconds and not one of them uttered a word.
Just as I thought. No balls just talk. I let them know exactly what part of a woman's anatomy they were and headed up the stairs out of that section.
The whole time this was going on a young usher just a few feet away oblivious to everything. I asked if he had witnessed any of that and he said "Witnessed what?"
I'd like to point out this Usher as he was a Jack-A'ss himself. Good job buddy way to monitor your area.
*NOTE: Other than this Usher every other Usher at Kauffman stadium was friendly and helpful to us. Many of them came up to Robert and I over the two days we were here and asked about our Jerseys and where we were from.
I decided to leave that area as I prefer to eat peanuts instead of get hit with them.
As I was walking up the stairs I was thingking "WTF am I doing? That's not how I roll!" So I walked back down the stairs and picked a seat close to these folks and started taking pictures and shooting video.
That's how I roll.
Here's the Peanut Chucker…He's my Royal's Jack-A'SS of the game.
In case you doubt my story here's a little video of this classy group in action.
Remember at this point the Rockies are up 3-0??
I questioned myself afterwards on whether or not I did the right thing. What would you have done in my shoes? You know when someone makes it personal?
Either way it felt good to call them on it. The Rockies win this one 3-0.
Jeff Francis gets his second win and Robert and I get to exit Kauffman stadium with our heads held high. It wasn't much fun walking out the previous night losers.
Robert and I took the opportunity to razz the Royals fans as we left the parking lot.
Hell Yeah Go Rockies
I had planned to stay a bit late and try to sneak into the batter's eye like my man Zack Hample last year but things have changed since his visit there.
Probably because of his visit there 🙂
Employees now empty the batters eye daily. Other changes include the stadium only opening 1.5 hours early. It used to be 2.5 hours. Rumor has it the players were complaining that the fans were bugging them as they tried to warm-up. Go Figure 🙂.
Damn those pesky fans who pay their salaries.
A few more pictures…My autographs.
Kent informed me tht the guy wearing the Royals cape is Chris. This dude has been to almost 500 consecutive Royals home games.
Nice job Chris!
The only other thing I wanted to do before I left Kansas City was eat some good BBQ. We decided on Gates BBQ because it was close and I heard it was excellent.
Andy(from spring training) had recommended this place and here's what I ordered.
Best BBQ I've ever had in my life. The pork sandwich was the tenderest pork I've ever tasted and it melted as it hit your tounge.
Thanks Andy, I'll never doubt you again.
Full stomach and the sun setting we hit the road home in search of some thinner and less humid air.
Kansas had great food but it's way too flat and I dig my mountains.
After I dropped off Robert and was almost home I had to just stop and look. You know, one of those moments.
Home Sweet Home Colorado
Props Go Out To:
All of the Ushers at Kauffman Stadium. Other than the above mentioned guy you were all professional and friendly.
The dudes who hung out in front of the stadium before the games. I chatted with several of you and you gave me good information. I really appreciate that..Thanks
The people of Kansas City. Other than the small group of hooligans throwing peanuts the rest of you are good people and I enjoyed my visit to your state.
Robert for hang'n with me on this adventure.
I'm "D" The Rockpile Ranter and thanks for joining me on my 58 hour Rockies road trip.
Go Rockies…D
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Hey D,
How awesome was our Rockies?!!!!!!! Good to see the bats heating up. Can't wait to hear all about your time out there. Luvmyrox and I want to go there next time the Rox play at K-stadium and get seats next to the dugout. That would be cool beyond belief.
Z-Man aka Professor of Snag-Welcome to the Rant. This is one hell of a long entry brotha, looks like I'll be finishing this up Wednesdayish.
R-LUV-You'll love it out here..Worth the trip…D
Hey D,
I knew that was you! I just wasnt sure! I think it was Fridays game or Saturdays game, but I was on the third base line with my Rockies hat during batting practice, and I gave you high five twice! I called out to you I think too. I said " Directly from the Rockpile" but I dont think you heard me.
Anyway man, isnt Kauffman beautiful? Sunday Jason Giambi hit a home run into the batters eye, and I was going to get it after the game, but an usher climbed down there to give it to a kid. Lucky fan.
Youll have to shoot me an email if youre ever at Kauffman again. Im planning a trip to Coors Field next year so hopefully I can meet up with you then!
Much respect,
WAYNE-Welcome to the Rant brotha. I'm positive I saw you several times. I do plan to visit Kauffman again. Sorry I missed the "Directly from the Rockpile" comment, That's funny. I checked the batters eye a few times myself..Too bad. Great stadium, great time, holla if you make it to Coors…D
Hey D,
It was nice meeting you at Kauffman and I'm glad you had a good time in KC. The guy wearing the Royals cape is a guy named Chris, and he's been to almost 500 consecutive Royals home games. Also, good choice eating at Gates, its one of my favorites. Next time you're in KC you should check out the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum if you haven't already.
Wow, that was fantastic! You certainly lay it out perfectly, and make us feel like we were there. Thanks for that. 🙂
First game was indeed very disappointing, but the 2nd was redemptive. Rockieluv and I looked for you during both games, and kept hoping a nice long HR ball would be hit your way. We are planning a road trip for next time, whenever that may be!
KENT-Cool to meet you also and welcome to the Rant brotha. Robert and I drove by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and I mentioned that I would like to take that tour. Next trip for sure.
LUVMYROX-Thank you my friend. I think I'd like to get in on that road trip, sounds like fun…D
That sucks you got harassed by those college kids. Its happened to me before at Kauffman as well. But not as severe. I was just confronted by two drunk guys that could barely stand up making fun of my Mariners hat. If you ever have any problems at the K again, tell the Usher to get the head of security "Bob" to take care of the problem. From what Im told by other Ballhawks from the K, Bob is serious about that stuff, and he LOVES to throw people out of the stadium. Hes a big tall black dude. LoL.
Take care, D!
Much Respect
"D" "Jazz" the clown I stumbled across a couple of your blogs and I also talked to Kaufman @ the game 5/30. I would like to give you the stories. Reach me @ firstname.lastname@example.com
"JAZZ" the clown
Now this is what I call a great baseball adventure. Thanks for sharing these pics.
'Minoring In Baseball'
Hey D –
I ran into you at Friday's game as you and Robert were hanging at the Rockies dugout prior to BP. I saw you make that catch in LF. I was standing near the LF foul pole. Sucks that you lost a lot of your pictures. I got shut out Firday night. I should have stayed in one spot during BP and would have at least got one ball. I moved based on who was at the plate sometimes. The K is a beautiful stadium. We watched the game from the upper deck right behind home. Great view for the fireworks after the game, since their were limited fireworks from the Rockies during the game.
We also went to Sunday's game when the Rockies pounded Greinke and he left the game during the 4th inning. Got balls from Fowler, Spilly and a BP homer from Stewart while standing in the upper section of the Pepsi Porch in RF. Jimenez tossed a ball to my wife. Her first ball ever! I think she is hooked on BP now. Sat in the outfield in LF next to the gap under the batter's eye. Three balls were in the gap and later Fowler's glove ended up in there while trying to catch Jose Guillen's triple off the wall. (I have a picture of him behind the wall during the game!)
By the way I was able to get Podsednik's autograph down in the Tucson in '09 Spring Training along with 17 other Rockies.
I am going to be at Coors Field with my family on the 7th and 13th of June. Hope to see you there. Excellent Blog Ranting!
– Ken
KEN-Welcome to the Rant. I remember you. You mentioned to me on Saturday in front of Robert that you saw me snag that BP homer on Friday. Thanks for being my witness. "K" is a great stadium. I won't be at Coors on the 7th but I'll try to make the Sunday game on the 13th. Take care.
MIKE-Thanks, anytime.
JAZZ THE CLOWN-Tell me a story brotha?
WAYNE-No worries, I'm thick skinned, thanks for the tip though. I think I saw big Bob at the "K" on that Saturday…D


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Detroit Area Study, 1970: Careers in Detroit (ICPSR 7408)
Principal Investigator(s): Cole, Robert, University of Michigan. Department of Sociology
This data collection provides information on the jobs and career patterns of 638 male workers aged 16 and older who had worked for pay for six months or longer in the Detroit metropolitan area in 1970. In order to determine the occupational mobility of respondents, detailed questions were asked about job histories. Probed were aspects of the respondents' jobs that were most satisfying to them. Other items assessed the job opportunities that were available to respondents then and in the future, and their feelings about their financial situations relative to the past and the future. Additional items queried respondents about their club memberships and voting behavior, and their views of government. Demographic variables specify age, race, marital status, education, occupation, number of children, religion, political party affiliation, social class status, income, home ownership, and length of residence in the Detroit area.
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Born Mary Shirley Evans in Lowville on July 28, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James and Grazilda Morgan Evans. She was a 1940 graduate of Lowville Academy and the Utica School of Commerce. She married Ralph E. Bush on July 25, 1945 at St. Peter's Church in Lowville. Mr. Bush died on April 2, 1976.
Shirley worked as a secretary for Payne Jones and later for Cornell Cooperative Extension until the birth of her children. She later went back to work for the Village of Lowville as a part time water biller and was a General Election and Village Election inspector for many years.
Shirley loved family gatherings, knitting, crocheting and needlepoint.
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Practice Tracing the Letter C
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"I want to go to college," said Kelsey Towner, a senior at Galesville, Ettrick, Trempealeau High School.
Towner is like a lot of high school students.
"I would like to go to (University of Wisconsin) La Crosse or Viterbo.... do something in the medical field," said Towner.
Taking the ACT is a must for her to achieve this goal.
"For my freshman and sophomore year, we took a practice test for it and I got a 28," said Towner. "And I was hoping I'd do better than that and I did."
Kelsey is one of a record 1.8 million students in the 2013 U.S. graduating class who took the ACT. And her high school, Galesville- Ettrick-Trempealeau, helped her prepare.
"We recently have had 60% of our students take the ACT this year," said Kevin Shetler, G-E-T district administrator.
That is the highest percentage of students to take the test at G-E-T High School in the past six years. And their average test score increased by almost one-point.
"One of the goals we've set forth in our district is to improve student achievement on the ACT," said Shetler.
The reason is because the state superintendent wants to ensure every child graduates ready for "further education and the workplace" in his Agenda 2017 initiative.
"He has wanted to make sure all students can either get to college successfully or have a career goal in mind when they graduate from high school," said Shetler.
So, high schools like G-E-T are working even harder to make sure all students are college and career ready.
"So, for example, the EPAS (Educational Planning and Assessment) which is kind of a preparatory process for the students when they take the ACT," said Shetler. "We expose them to that and they become more exposed to the test."
This type of experience is helping students like Kelsey realize their goals of getting into college by doing the best they can on the ACT.
"I actually got a 30," said Towner.
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Creativity, insight, and application are the hallmarks of Dr. Xin Sun's applied mechanics and computational materials research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Her advances in lightweight and high-strength materials (including steels) and modeling are vital to energy efficiency and renewable energy and have led to notable weight savings in the U.S. automotive industry. Xin is developing simulation and modeling capabilities for solid oxide fuel cells. Her modeling of physics properties are included as part of the solid oxide fuel cell multiphysics modeling code, or SOFC-MP, a commercial software tool, developed at PNNL, used by fuel cell developers. She also uses the continuum damage mechanics model, developed under DOE-funded programs, to understand fracture mechanisms behind transparent armor for the U.S. Army—work that may enable more resilient battlefield vehicles. A prolific contributor to the scientific community, Xin is on the ISRN Mechanical Engineering editorial board and serves as an associate editor on the ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering and American Welding Society Welding Journal. She also mentors staff and interns at PNNL and Washington State University, where she is a mechanical and materials engineering professor. Xin earned a naval architecture and ocean engineering undergraduate degree from China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In only five years, she earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's and doctorate in naval architecture and marine engineering, all from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-xin-sun
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Building accurate, intricate computer models that allow scientists and stakeholders to understand the interplay between Earth, water, clouds, and atmosphere is what Dr. Ruby Leung does at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She conducts cutting-edge research and refines models that are vital to predicting climate and understanding the impact of energy policies, new technologies, and our changing climate. As an example, to better simulate climate change effects on hydrologic conditions over mountain watersheds, she developed a unique framework for modeling the regional coupled atmosphere and terrestrial systems. She also applies regional climate models to study hydroclimate processes and climate extremes, and the aerosol effects on regional climate and hydrological cycle. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's degree in physics and statistics from Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she was the only woman in her graduating class of the physics department. Ruby is an outstanding mentor. She works closely with early career scientists and provides them with opportunities to develop new ideas and excel. She also participates as a mentor to many people through the lab's scientist and engineer development program.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-ruby-leung
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Dr. Hye-Sook Park has developed experimental techniques in plasma physics, materials science, nuclear physics, and astrophysics that have significantly enriched fundamental science, applied science, and national security science. Hye-Sook is an exemplar of experimental versatility, with a remarkable ability to step across science and technology boundaries to develop new experimental techniques and achieve new results with keen interdisciplinary insights. Hye-Sook began her study of physics at Pfeiffer College in North Carolina. After she obtained her BS in physics in 1981, she became a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She focused on experimental high-energy particle physics, obtaining her PhD in 1985. At that time she accepted a post doc position at the University of California, Berkeley, and then one at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1987. She has been a staff scientist at LLNL since 1989.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-hye-sook-park
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Dr. Hai Ah Nam is a computational nuclear physicist working at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) since 2008. Hai Ah's research focuses on using cutting-edge high performance computing systems like Titan, the world's fastest supercomputer, to solve large-scale problems in theoretical low-energy nuclear physics. Currently, she is a co-PI on the 6th largest Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) allocation award for computing time on the Nuclear Structure and Reactions project. Hai Ah is also a co-PI and serves on the NUclear Computational Low-Energy Initiative (NUCLEI) Advisory Council, a Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) application partnership focused on integrating computer science, applied mathematics and physics to use high-performance computing to explore the nuclear landscape. She received her Ph.D. in Computational Science jointly from San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University in 2010. She received her M.S. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999 and B.A. in Physics from Scripps College in 1997.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-hai-ah-nam
Ashfia Huq is a Lead Scientist of the Powgen beamline in the Chemical and Engineering Materials Division at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ashfia was born in Bangladesh and after finishing high school in Dhaka, she attended Mount Holyoke College in MA for her undergraduate degree. Ashfia double majored in Physics and Computer Science, then headed to State University of New York at Stony Brook and joined a theory group working on modeling. Following her second year of grad school, she was introduced to the Department of Energy through Professor Peter Stephens, and joined his group for the X-ray beamline at NSLS. Ashfia moved to Argonne National Lab's Intense Pulsed Neutron Source in 2003 working as a post doc at the General Purpose Powder Diffraction (GPPD) Beamline. In 2006, she was hired as an instrument scientist for the powder diffraction beamline (Powgen) at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and currently serves as their lead scientist.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-ashfia-huq
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Ritimukta Sarangi is a Staff Scientist for the Structural Molecular Biology Division at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. She has held this position for three years, working on the design and development of a high-energy beamline with simultaneous polarized single-crystal X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography capabilities. She began this work as an Associate Staff Scientist in 2007, upon her graduation from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Ritimukta earned her M.Sc. in Chemistry from the India Institute of Technology in 2001, and her B.Sc. in Chemistry with a minor in Physics and Mathematics from Saint Xavier's College in Kolkata, India. She mentors high school students in Stanford's RISE program, is a lecturer at the Annual School of Synchrotron Radiation at SSRL, two summer school programs at SSRL, and is a member of several professional organizations. Ritimukta has lectured all over the world, and holds awards from Stanford, Q2XAFS, SLAC, and others.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-ritimukta-sarangi
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Young-Kee Kim is the Deputy Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and a Louis Block Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. As an experimental particle physicist, Young-Kee's research focuses on understanding the origin of mass for fundamental particles. Since July 2006, she has served as Deputy Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In this role, she leads and manages development and implementation of the particle physics strategic plan at Fermilab. She previously served as co-spokesperson for the CDF experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron, a premier particle physics experiment with more than 600 physicists from around the world. Young-Kee earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester, and a B.S. and M.S. in Physics from Korea University. Her postdoctoral research was completed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2005, Young-Kee received the Ho-Am Prize, Korea's award given to "those who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture, and enhancement of the welfare of mankind", and the Guk-Min Po-Sang from the South Korean government in 2008 for her contributions to science and community.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-young-kee-kim
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Mayling Wong-Squires is a Mechanical Engineer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. She is currently working in the SRF Development Department of the Technical Division, working closely with scientists in the research and development of optimizing the performance of superconducting radio frequency cavities for future particle accelerators such as Project X. Mayling is the responsible engineer overseeing the infrastructure that bakes the cavities at various temperatures as part of cavity processing. She is also helping in the engineering of the new Vertical Test Stands that test the cavities at cryogenic temperatures. Past projects where she has worked include BTeV, NuMI, and CDF.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-mayling-wong-s...
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Kavita Ravi is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow at the Office of Policy and International Affairs (PI). She chairs the Award- and Procurement- related activities in the Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance and Equipment Deployment (SEAD) initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial. She is also responsible for strengthening the private sector engagement in SEAD activities. Prior to the AAAS fellowship, Kavita completed the "Leading Clean Energy Ventures" executive program with the New England Clean Energy Council and Boston University and worked with early-stage clean energy ventures in the Boston area. Kavita has 12 years of private sector experience in the Electronic Design Automation industry, leading algorithmic innovations and advanced development of software products with multi-million dollar revenues. She received a Doctorate in Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-kavita-ravi
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Joyce Yang is a Technology Manager at DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office. In this role, she is focused on program planning and project management efforts on biochemical and catalytic conversion technologies to make renewable fuels and chemicals from biomass. Previously, Joyce led the algae to hydrocarbon fuel initiative. Her accomplishments include publishing the DOE National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap, serving on the External Advisory Board of the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts consortium, and chairing the Interagency Algae Working Group under the Biomass R&D Board. She has written DOE blog entries and concept papers on biobased chemicals and biomanufacturing. Joyce was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 People in Bioenergy by the Biofuels Digest in 2012. Joyce's efforts on behalf of DOE have been recognized internationally. She is a contributing author for the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, and served as the US Advisor for the Organizing Committee of the 1st Asia-Oceania Algae Innovation Summit.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-joyce-yang
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Yan Li is a Computational Physicist at the Computational Science Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Her work is mainly focused on developing and applying advanced computational tools to investigate material properties of crystal, surfaces/interfaces and nanostructures. Yan got her Ph.D in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before becoming a staff scientist at BNL, Yan worked at the University of California, Davis as a postodoral researcher. Yan holds a Bachelors of Science in Physics from Peking University in China.
Read her full story at energy.gov/diversity/articles/women-energy-yan-li
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Dr. Aindrila Mukhopadhyay's interdisciplinary team at the Berkeley Lab is studying signaling and stress response in both environmental and engineered organisms. They are part of the ENIGMA project where their research includes the study of two component signaling in the model sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. As part of the Joint BioEnergy Institute they adopt targeted and systems biology approaches to elucidate causes of inhibition during fuel/solvent production from lignocellulose using the host microbes such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. They hope to engineer better hosts for metabolite production and develop tools that are universally useful for microbial cellular engineering. Recently they have also become interested in studying signaling and response in cyanobacteria that dominate desert soil crusts.
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Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Tzvika Levy, a member of the elite Tzanchanim (Paratroopers) unit of the IDF, and founder and director of "Lone Soldiers," will present an update on Israel's current border issues at Adath Jeshurun, He will also speak on his efforts on behalf of lone soldiers
Lt. Colonel Levy has come to be known as the "Father of Lone Soldiers." In the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a Lone Soldier is defined as a soldier without parents or close family in Israel. These are courageous young men and women who choose to leave their countries of origin in order to serve the State of Israel. For more than 25 years, Levy's official position has been to work with Lone Soldiers whom he places to live on a kibbutz, providing them with a place to call home. As an active kibbutznik, he finds families throughout Israel to "adopt" Lone Soldiers. He has developed a network of almost 150 kibbutzim that are home to approximately 1,000 Lone Soldiers! Levy's mission is to give these brave Lone Soldiers a home, warm meals, and a shoulder to lean on.
Cantor Howard Glantz, father of one lone soldier, Rafi Glantz, said: "This past June, I had the opportunity to meet with Tzvika for breakfast near Beit Shean. His numerous cell phones rang constantly, always related to his work with lone soldiers. Tzvika was generous with his time and connections. He really helped Rafi identify his living options. I don't think there is a lone soldier in Israel who has not benefited in some way from the tremendous efforts of Tzvika Levy."
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In this important book, G.K. Chesterton offers a remarkably perceptive analysis of social and moral issues, even more relevant today than in his own time. With a light, humorous tone but a deadly serious philosophy, he comments on errors in education, on feminism vs. true womanhood, on the importance of the child, and other issues, using incisive arguments against the trendsetters' assaults on the common man and the family.
Chesterton possessed the genius to foresee the dangers of implementing modernist proposals. He knew that lax moral standards would lead to the dehumanization of man. In this book, he staunchly defends the family against those ideas and institutions that would subvert it and thereby deliver man into the hands of the servile state. In addressing what is wrong, he also shows clearly what is right, and how to change things in that direction.
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Wading through sewage in a 10-foot wide combined sewer overflow (CSO) tunnel beneath Kansas City in 1998, Troy Chockley had no idea that what he was doing would one day assist him in developing an edge-of-field monitoring system for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). His monitoring system, now utilized by several states participating in the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI), is in place and capturing data on approximately 200 acres of resource-rich land in Missouri.
Prior to beginning his career with NRCS, Chockley served as water pollution control environmental engineer with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Water Pollution Control Program.
"Thirteen years ago, it was my responsibility to monitor stormwater overflow activity in CSO tunnels in Kansas City," Chockley said. "CSO tunnels carry sewage and stormwater together underneath the city. At the end of the tunnel is a regulating weir, preventing sewage from entering the river by directing it to the wastewater treatment plant. When a storm comes through and the tunnels are flooded, the sewage isn't separated at the regulating weir and the combined stormwater and sewage overflow into the river. I monitored these end-of-the-line areas to see what the water content was like."
In 2002, Chockley began his NRCS career as an environmental engineer in the state office in Columbia. Often seen in the field wearing waders, Chockley is well versed in waste management systems. But it was his background with CSO monitoring systems that urged State Conservation Engineer Dick Purcell to request Chockley's assistance on a new project in 2009.
"Dick asked that I work with Glenn Davis, our agronomist in nutrient management, and Lauren Cartwright, our agricultural economist, on the newest initiative from headquarters,"Chockley said.
Available in 12 states, MRBI was designated to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin.
"A national task force has set a target of 40 percent reduction of loading into the Gulf of Mexico,"Davis said. "As it stands, runoff from cities and agricultural land along the Mississippi River puts excess nitrogen and phosphorus into the water and creates a hypoxic (low oxygen) environment in the Gulf of Mexico.
'We needed a way to monitor and evaluate the edge-of-field runoff, but at the time, there was nothing in place anywhere across the nation. As the initiative was being developed, it became clear that we needed technical guidance for this type of monitoring. A new interim conservation practice standard, (Code 799), Monitoring and Evaluation, was created with this in mind."
With the goal of monitoring edge-of-field runoff, Chockley, with input from Davis and Cartwright, worked backwards to create to a protocol that would support financial assistance to landowners.
'We wouldn"t have been able to come up with a monitoring procedure without first putting together a protocol,"Chockley said. "The protocol is used for identifying monitoring activities, for identifying equipment and for establishing contract payment scenarios."
Areas were evaluated to identify crop production fields as candidates for edge-of-field monitoring and evaluation. Missouri's protocol determined that a good candidate has both a defined drainage pattern and no drainage from adjacent fields.
After evaluating the land, it was necessary to apply the Missouri protocol to each selected field.
'We have three steps in our protocol, flow monitoring, water quality sampling and weather information,"Chockley said. "The protocol identifies different methods of flow monitoring depending on the type of outlet point."
Water sampling, a process that occurs from March 1 through November 30, is performed by a programmable auto-sampler.
"We're on schedule to get a half dozen edge-of-field monitoring systems deployed this year,"water quality conservationist Steve Hefner said. "These monitoring systems take 'sips'of water every 5-15 minutes when a downpour occurs. The water samples are then collected and sent off to a certified lab for analysis."
Weather plays an important part in edge-of-field monitoring. A minimum of one rain gauge per monitored area is mandatory and data has to be collected on the same schedule as flow monitoring data collection.
'Once I could focus on the monitoring system itself, I drew from resources I used when working on the CSO tunnels and developed a plan that will help measure the nitrogen and phosphorus runoff,'Chockley said.
Missouri's edge-of-field monitoring system has been implemented by several states and helps provide qualitative data to determine the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus run-off entering the Mississippi River through sediment.
'We saw the need to create and implement an effective MRBI protocol,'State Conservationist J.R. Flores said. 'We didn't want to just implement MRBI; we also wanted a way to evaluate its effectiveness. Troy, Glenn, Lauren and Steve were instrumental in creating a program that is now being used by other states.'
Six Missouri watersheds were selected to participate in the Initiative. Landowners in these watersheds have access to targeted financial assistance over the next four years. Eleven Missouri soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) had their proposals accepted by NRCS Chief Dave White in the inaugural year, 2010. Working with each separate SWCD sponsor, Missouri NRCS obligated more than $6.6 million in 174 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts to help producers implement specific conservation and management practices that prevent, control and/or trap nutrient runoff from their agricultural land.
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UPDATE: NVIDIA Corp. has corrected statement in regards the number of vertex processors in the GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 GT GPUs.
A Chinese web-site has published brief technical details about ATI's future mainstream visual processing unit that should be announced in short-term future and be opposed to NVIDIA's GeForce 6600-series GPUs unveiled last week.
Rather unexpectedly, ATI's code-named RV410 graphics processor is said to resemble NVIDIA's higher-end flavour of the GeForce 6600 family in terms of specifications. The new mainstream chip from ATI will have 8 pixel pipelines, 6 vertex pipelines and native support for PCI Express x16 bus. The technology will inherit feature-set of the RADEON X800-series products and will sport such technologies as Shader Model 2.0b, 3Dc and other, according to a report from HKEPC.com web-site.
Markham, Ontario-based ATI usually offers two or three product versions based on its mainstream graphics chips. Currently higher performance iteration of the code-named RV410 product is rumoured to sport 500MHz and 1000MHz core and memory speeds respectively.
Earlier this year it was reported that ATI RV410 visual processing unit would be made at TSMC using 0.11 micron fabrication process. Thin manufacturing process enables lower cost and potentially higher clock-speeds of complex chips, such as graphics processors.
NVIDIA's mainstream GeForce 6600 family of graphics processing units formally announced last week and proclaimed "the Doom III GPU" are also manufactured using TSMC's 0.11 micron process technology, feature native PCI Express support, pack in 8 pixel and 3 vertex pipelines as well as inherit feature-set of the GeForce 6800 family of chips.
Graphics cards based on the GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 6600 will be available in September 2004. Recommended retail price for the GT flavour is $199 for the
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"I want my students to discover applications for psychology in teaching, music, literature, art, business, personnel management—and in living a bigger life."
Mike Nichols has a warm personality, gentle voice, and a teaching style that reflects his affection for the students at Transylvania. "I'm grateful to share in this extraordinary chapter of their lives," Nichols says.
And in Nichols' mind, the study of psychology should have a place in every student's curriculum. "Psychology is just good for all kinds of stuff! It's good for child raising, getting along with parents and partners, and even understanding social movements."
He hopes students draw on insights in psychology to understand music, literature, and even themselves.
"Some of the struggles we see characters have in literature can be understood by psychology. Iago, a character in Shakespeare's Othello, is a perfect example of the anti-social personality disorder."
On the flip side, psychological research has also demonstrated the value of the arts for human well-being. "Psychological studies have revealed the impact of music in stimulating creativity and inducing peacefulness."
But Nichols' favorite application of psychology is using it to reveal his students' full potential. As assistant to the dean of the college and part-time staff member in the career development center, psychology is central to Nichols' commitment to helping students.
It's his job to help interpret students' career vocation inventories. These inventories "generate ideas that students might not have thought of before and suggest jobs that students may not have even heard of."
As assistant to the dean, Nichols focuses on students struggling with retention. "Often students just need to talk," Nichols says.
He speaks passionately about a session he had with a student who planned to become a pediatrician, but was not doing well in science. After a 30-minute conversation, Nichols helped her identify that it wasn't pediatrics that she described as her dream job, but pediatric social work. "She left with a new major and something she really wanted to do," Nichols said. "I could do that all day and never get tired."
In the classroom, Nichols feeds off his students' enthusiasm. He loves that moment when a concept clicks for a student for the first time. He hopes his classes are a "springboard for future learning."
"Studies show that when fish are kept in small bowls, they swim in small circles, even when they are released into larger ponds, because they aren't aware of the vastness of the environment." Nichols believes that a liberal arts education teaches students to swim in bigger circles. "I want my students to know about the vastness of the pond—to live in a larger, richer world."
Nichols' educational experiences have enriched his life outside of work. He enjoys photography, reading, writing, and opera (particularly lyric opera and works by Gilbert and Sullivan), and he collects black-and-white antique photos of film and radio stars of the early twentieth century.
"I want my students to have great careers, but I also want them to have great lives."
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