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Posidonia robertsoniae
Posidonia robertsoniae is one of the seagrasses of Western Australia, submerged flowering plants that occurs in the southern coastal waters.
A species of Posidonia, submerged flowering plants found in mediterraean climates. A perennial rhizomatous herb that appears as stands in marine habitat. This species is found at depths from 0.5 to 20 metres on white sands, in coastal waters that may be sheltered or subject to intense wave action. The habit of Posidonia robertsoniae is as a clumping stand, it is rhizomatous plant that puts out shoots with one or two leaves. The leaf blades are 2.5 to 4 millimetres wide, and 1.5 metres long. They are slightly leathery and uneven on the upper surfaces. Between 6 and 9 veins appear on each leaf. The flowering period is primarily during the months of August and September.
Posidonia robertsoniae is recorded at coasts of Southwest Australia, from Warnbro Sound to Israelite Bay.
This species is contained by the Posidoniaceae family, one of eight occurring in southern Australia. The ninth member, Posidonia oceanica, is found in the Mediterranean sea. The species was first described in Aquatic Botany in 1984, based on a holotype collected at King George Sound in 1981.[1] Several related species within Posidonia are described as the Posidonia ostenfeldii complex, a group that may be in need of revision. The species Posidonia coriacea, which occurs in a wider distribution range, and this one may not be distinct, both lack evidence of genetic variation. The differing morphology of these species may be subject to environmental influence and their characters can overlap.[2]
- ^ Kuo, J. & Cambridge, M.L. (1984) Aquatic Botany: 281, figs 3, 8a, 14, 22, 28, 32, 34a, 35b, 37c, 38c. Type: "HOLOTYPE: Western Australia, King George Sound, Albany, 8 m deep, 22 Dec., 1981, M.L. Cambridge & H.Kirkman
- ^ Campey, M.L.; Waycott M.; Kendrick G.A. (January 2000). "Re-evaluating species boundaries among members of the Posidonia ostenfeldii species complex (Posidoniaceae) - morphological and genetic variation" ([dead link]). Aquatic Botany 66 (1): 41–56(16) Research article. doi:10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00015-7.
- Rippey, Elizabeth; Rowland (Reinette), Barbara (2004) [1995]. Coastal plants: Perth and the south-west region (2nd ed.). Perth: University of Western Australia Press. p. 258. ISBN 1-920694-05-6.
- "Posidonia robertsoniae". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- "Posidonia robertsoniae". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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Ethelsville Church will host the annual youth rally Rock Fest 2009 Oct. 21, 6–8:30 p.m. Gary Permenter will speak, and the praise band Morganfield will lead the music. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall then everyone will move to the outdoor pavilion. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. In the event of rain, it will be moved to the sanctuary. Area youth groups are invited. For information call Annette Howton at 662-242-3060. Mel Howton is pastor.


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MOSCOW — As part of its plan to deploy additional ballistic missile interceptors to counter North Korea, the United States has effectively canceled the final phase of a European missile-defense system that was fiercely opposed by Russia and cited repeatedly by the Kremlin as a major obstacle to cooperation on nuclear-arms reductions and other issues.
Russian officials have declined to comment on the announcement, which was made in Washington on Friday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Aides to President Vladimir Putin said there would be no reaction until after a briefing by U.S. officials this week. But Russian news accounts noted that the decision could portend a breakthrough in what has been an intractable dispute between Russia and the U.S.
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Albuquerque is a great place to live and to visit. Here are a few of our favorite things about the city.
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Written in Code
Twenty-three-year-old Zach Sims could very well be changing the future of the Internet (eat your heart out Al Gore) by putting the power of its evolution into the hands of the masses
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Kids these days. They all want to learn to write code.
Code is what makes the modern world spin. As sentences build novels, code builds computer programs—programs that let people order tapas in Greenwich, tweet news from Patagonia, or launch a drone strike in Waziristan. In medicine, code placed in the brain via computer chip allows a deaf man to hear. In movies, Superman rockets through a "coded" stratosphere so convincingly that you can almost feel the wind in your own hair. The people who build things out of code are the Merlins of our age—the Steve Jobses and Bill Gateses, the Wozniaks, Zuckerbergs, Pages and Brins. They seem a race of super-brains propelling us into a future we're not sure we're ready for—especially when someone like Larry Page, Google's cofounder, tells us, "Eventually you'll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer."
Now there's a movement afoot to put the power of these Merlins into your hands and mine. That is, to teach us how to write code. At the head of this movement are Greenwich native Zach Sims and his partner, Ryan Bubinski, who in 2011 cofounded Codecademy in their Columbia University dorm rooms. Codecademy offers online code-writing tutorials for free. So friendly are its methods that New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg tweeted, "My New Year's resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy in 2012! Join me." Three hundred thousand people did join him—in a single week. Codecademy was still a baby in January 2012, but everyone was watching it grow. Hip venture capital outfits like Founder Collective, SV Angel, CrunchFund and Bowery Capital tossed in hundreds of thousands, as did business titans Richard Branson, Yuri Milner, and Vivi Nevo. Meanwhile, the White House partnered with Codecademy to teach coding to underprivileged youth.
Zach and Ryan are twenty-three and twenty-four years old, respectively, too young to know that it's impossible to "change the world"—their oft-stated goal—and therefore young enough to change it. Zach, the Greenwich half of the duo, is Codecademy's big-picture conceptualist and nimble spokesman; Ryan is its programming mastermind and nuts-and-bolts logician. You can find their operation down on West 27th Street, on the fourth floor of an old New York hotel now called the Radio Wave Building. The elevator deposits you outside a pair of imposing, ornately carved double doors. When you crack them open, you expect to find Codecademy's offices humming away, but instead you drift into a sort of dim, brick-walled cavern with tall windows and gleaming hardwood floors. On the wall hangs a century-old newspaper clipping about Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American genius-inventor, headlined, "What Of the Future in Electricity?" There's no reception desk in sight; only a massive bar. You contemplate serving yourself a drink—why not?—when you notice a lighted work area beyond a glass wall at the far end of the room. Ah. Humans. A young man with a thick tousle of blond-brown hair catches sight of you and flashes a quick grin. Zach Sims.
"Tesla lived here," Zach explains as he ushers you into the hive. "This was his apartment." Not only that, but in these rooms Tesla conducted experiments with radio waves that would lead to the first-ever patent of a radio system, in 1900; Tesla changed the world here. "We're hoping it gives us good vibes." Zach surveys Codecademy's twenty-odd workers zoned into their screens, fingers floating lightly across their keyboards. They all look preposterously young. Their company bios say things like "has been coding in one form or another since he was five," "played squash for Oxford," and "has built engineering teams at Amazon, Google, Meetup and Ning."
Zach's bio notes with a hint of pride that he's a college dropout. "Almost everyone I knew told me it was the stupidest move I ever could have made," he says of leaving Columbia after his junior year. "A lot of people said, 'Well, aren't you going back to school? Don't you think you should eventually get that degree?' Like, because you're working on the Internet, you don't really have a job."
Zach is dressed in a casual button-down shirt, untucked, and faded blue jeans. He speaks with astonishing rapidity and keeps time with his thoughts by drumming a ubiquitous pencil on a ubiquitous notepad. As you review his accomplishments, it dawns on you that Zach is a dropout like Michael Jordan was a dropout—a kind of falling upward into stardom. In 2012 Forbes magazine named him to its "30 under 30" list of young innovators, and last year he and Ryan were nominated for Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. More recently, the World Economic Forum listed Codecademy among thirty-six technology pioneers of the year, an honor previously bestowed on Google, Twitter and the like. Business Insider neatly captured the Zach and Ryan phenomenon in a single headline: "They're Barely Legal Drinking Age and They're Teaching the World to Code."


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I need some help. at some point i either was never taught or missed this but binomial/trinomials seem so confusing to me. Is there a certain spot i should backtrack to to understand the concepts/formulas for it? the math book we use does really explain it much and neither does the professor he assumes we should know it all already.
for example. Solve each equation 2q-9 = q(q+3) + q
the 9 has a exponent of 2. and the last Q on the right has an exponent of 2.
im someone that cant learn something with multiple steps just by watching a teach do it on the board. because i just dont remember the steps.
could anyone break this problem down for me or show me a site that can break the steps down in answering it?
yesterday in class when the teacher was talking about see if its squared, then cubed, then something else. blah i hate math
jtown82, part of your problem may be that many equation can't be factored in terms of factors with integer coefficients. In particular, the polynomial equation, , to which Knowledge reduced your equation, has no rational roots and so cannot be "factored". It can be solved by completing the square or using the quadratic formula.


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In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.
About the Author
David Mametis a dramatist, director, novelist, poet, and essayist. He has written the screenplays for more than twenty films, including"Heist," "Spartan," "House of Games," "The Spanish Prisoner," "The Winslow Boy," "Wag the Dog," and"The Verdict." His more than twenty plays include"Oleanna," "The Cryptogram," "Speed-the-Plow," "American Buffalo," "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," and the Pulitzer Prize-winning"Glengarry Glen Ross." Born in chicago in 1947, Mamet has taught at the Yale School of Drama, New York University, and Goddard College, and he lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member."
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"David Mamet has raised outrage to an art form. . . . Oleanna is…a scorcher. The woods are burning, and all of us are being seared in the fire."—Boston Globe
"Mamet's clenched fist to the gut—and intellect…a vicious and timely riff on sexual harassment and political correctness. Pinter, Albee, Miller. They're all looking over Mamet's shoulder."—New York
"Wholly absorbing…a virtuoso performance…As if ripped right from the typewriter, it could not be more direct in its technique or incendiary in its ambition. . . . Oleanna is likely to provoke more arguments than any other play this year."—The New York Times
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Freshmen made their presence felt—in a big way—in the Pac-12 last season.
Whether it was Marcus Mariota with the legs, Kevin Hogan with the arm or Brett Hundley with both, the first-year quarterbacks made waves wherever they went.
And beyond that, trench warriors like UCLA's Jake Brendel, Oregon's Tyler Johnstone and USC's Leonard Williams all made the FWAA's Freshman All-American team.
After a year that saw four Pac-12 teams—USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon—finish in the top 20 of 247 Sports' rankings, 2013 could be deja vu for the conference's youngsters.
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J. K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is a great writer! She was born in Chepstow, Gwent England, in 1965. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. She became interested in writing when she was only six. At that age she wrote a story called Rabbit. She graduated from the University of Exeter in England. After a year studying in Paris she took a job working for Amnesty International in London. She also worked as a teacher. Her mother died in 1990. She was divorced single parent and living on public assistance when she wrote Harry Potter and the Sorceress Stone at a café during her daughter's (Jessica) naps. Since then the series has won tons of awards and sold millions of copies.
People say, "It's the first book I liked enough to finish," and "It seems like you are actually in the book." Some people read one of her books in less than 24 hours. She says she has more fun writing them than anyone has reading them. Her two favorite books are The Chamber of Secrets and The Goblet of Fire.
I'm glad I got a chance to learn about J.K. Rowling. She is my favorite author.
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Scouting the Dallas Cowboys
Charles E. Sutton | 1/3/2013, 2:33 p.m.
The Washington Redskins will play the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night at FedEx Field with the division title at stake. As the teams prepare for this crucial showdown, here's what we know about the Cowboys.
The Running Game is Weak
At 77.7 yards per game, the Cowboys rank next to last in the league in rushing. In part because starter DeMarco Murray missed six games in the middle of the season with a sprained left foot, including the first game against Washington. But the Cowboys have had limited rushing opportunities because they have fallen behind early or wound up in shootouts. Dallas had only 11 rushing attempts in Sunday's overtime loss to New Orleans. In the first half, the Cowboys scored twice on long passes, limiting their number of plays. In the second half, they trailed by two touchdowns and had to give up on the run late.
Romo Is on Fire
Since Week 9, Tony Romo has lit up the opposition. He has passed for 17 touchdowns and thrown only three interceptions as the Cowboys have gone 5-3 in their last eight games. Romo has established a career high with 4,685 yards, but that is somewhat misleading. Three of his four career 400-plus yard games have occurred this season, and the Cowboys lost all of them, including the Thanksgiving game against the Redskins. After this week, the Cowboys could have three players with more than 1,000 yards receiving and rank third in the league in passing at 302.2 yards a game.
The Defense is Hurting
Sometimes things just feel out of whack. That's sort of how the Cowboy defense is feeling nowadays. Dallas is without five starters and their nickel cornerback. Pro-Bowl defensive end DeMarcus Ware missed much of the second half against the Saints with a right shoulder injury and has been limited by elbow and groin injuries this season, but we should expect him to play against the Redskins. It stands to reason that the Cowboys gave up a season-high 562 yards against New Orleans.
Not Good in Finales
Sunday will mark the third time in five seasons the Cowboys have faced a win-or-go-home situation in Week 17. Thus, they have a lot of experience dealing with these types of scenarios. Unfortunately, it has not been good. Last season, the Giants beat the Cowboys to win the NFC's final playoff spot with a 31-14 win. In 2008, Dallas turned the ball over five times and got crushed by Philadelphia 44-6 to give the Eagles the wild-card spot.


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August 23 – September 28
OPENING RECEPTION Friday, September 6. 7:00pm
Medalta's first annual International Cup Show is now closed. Thank you to all the artists who submitted work and to everyone who supported through sharing the exhibition, purchasing cups and generally being awesome! Sign up for our e-newsletter and keep updated on when we'll be accepting submissions for the 2014 show!
The International Cup Show has been juried by Canadian ceramic artist and international blogger, Carole Epp (administrator of the awesome Musing About Mud blog). This show features some of the most interesting work we have been lucky enough to exhibit from some extremely talented and creative artists.
Artwork on display for this exhibition is each artist's interpretation of the cup. Whether it's a mug, teacup, yunomi, beer stein or creative interpretation of the vessel, it's interesting to see each artist's personality shine through.
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Your Daily Grammy Minute with #MILTMPDKBS – Thursday
Song of the Year is determined based on a combination of lyrics and melody. In my opinion, song should not be evaluated based on performance, but this is often inevitable. Except in the absurd case of the same song being performed by multiple artists ( "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" both performed by John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One (1995 & 1996 – both lost)) voters typically only have a single well-known performance of the song to judge by.
A great song supersedes its performance. It should be equally relevant if performed with a full band, on an acoustic guitar, with a string section, or on a ukelele. Certainly, some versions will be better than others – some vocalists will be stronger than others – but the song itself should be able to stand on its own. Oddly, some of the most covered songs of all time including "Yesterday" (The Beatles) and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel) failed to win the award in their given year. All that to say, you can't really trust the relevance of a win in this category for predicting long life for a song.
Song of the Year: Despite it's catchiness and memorable "hook", "Call Me Maybe" does not belong in this category. If anything, it belongs in the already over-crowded Record of the Year category. Maybe this one and Frank Ocean should switch categories.


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'Teen Wolf' Recap: Lacrosse Is Back, Plus A Serious #SoNotChaste Moment
Lacrosse is back people! Mama McCall is in danger! Stiles is a dweeb! Derek is still cut off from the rest of the group! Parrish and Lydia have a weird, inappropriate tension! It's the third episode of the season, folks, and things are picking up but also appropriately slowing down. Teen Wolf is usually so focused about wolf-y things that it forgets the teen part of it. Not tonight. Everyone is paired off with a love interest (except arguably Lydia?) and either makes googly eyes or just makes out. The main concern of the episode is about lacrosse. It's been like a whole 27 episodes since that was a concern!
Let's talk about the cold open. To my memory, this is possibly the best one. Just so beautifully directed and shot. A hot shirtless kid shouts for his pet, shirtless, outside (Teen Wolf is just so reliable with shirtlessness). Kid reenters creepy silent house and shuts out all the lights. Back in his room, he finds a few big blood spots and under the bed finds his cat. Bloody. Almost instantly, he hears his mother screaming and sees a figure in his house. He rightly tries to hide in his room and the bathroom but the thing starts talking to him. The monster who just killed his family instructs the kid how to defend himself by grabbing a towel and smashing the glass on the mirror but the kid is smart to just bolt out the window. The monster in question? The mouthless monster from the previews.
Outside of this horror thread, the episode is really quite light. That's because lacrosse is back, but Stiles is more interested in the triple homicide. Lacrosse is back, but at the end of their problems list. Until this kid shows up.
Now, this is the actor who played a young Clark Kent in the last Superman movie but slowly close those agape mouths because he is 16 (look it up). His name on the show is Liam. Stiles and Scott interrogate him because there is no way his reflexes are that awesome as a human.


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A rubber match between Strikeforce lightweight title holder Gilbert Melendez and his chief rival, former champ Josh Thomson has been booked as the co-main event of Strikeforce's next event on May 19.
The promotion officially announced the event and bout today. The show will take place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and willbe headlined by the finals of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix tournament featuring Josh Barnett against Daniel Cormier.
In addition, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker also announced today that a rematch between former light heavyweight champion Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante and Mike Kyle will take place as well as a meeting between Bobby Voelker and welterweight prospect Nah-Shon Burrell.
Continue reading "Melendez-Thomson III, Two Other Bouts Added to Strikeforce HWGP Finals"
It wasn't until I actually watched this trailer that I made myself go look at who is in it. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Weller and Cung Le are the stars naturally. And if that looks an awfully lot like Trevor Prangley getting his ass kicked for about 30 seconds, that's because it is. Dan Henderson, Gilbert Melendez and Rich Clementi are also credited.
If nothing else, the action sequences are going to be sick.
As Gilbert Melendez enters what could be his last fight under the Strikeforce banner, he admits that he can't help but pay attention to the rumors that are circulating and suggesting what will likely be a move to the UFC at some point next year.
Still, the reigning Strikeforce lightweight champion remains grounded, acutely aware of the challenge that well-traveled veteran Jorge Masvidal presents during their scheduled title clash on December 17 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.
"I'm very excited for this fight," Melendez told reporters during a Tuesday media conference call. "I think Jorge is a very tough guy. He's not very popular, so he's pretty underrated. It's a good challenge. He's someone that's been in this circuit for a long time outside of the UFC so I've wanted to fight him for a couple of years now. He looked really good against K.J. [Noons] Looked in good shape. Looks like he's really adapted to the weight class. He's a complete MMA fighter."
Continue reading "Melendez Eyes Shift to UFC, Stays Focused on Masvidal"
Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez will reportedly put his title on the line in an expected showdown against American Top Team product Jorge Masvidal at a yet-to-be-announced Strikeforce event on December 17.
The news comes from MMAJunkie.com, citing sources close to the event. A date and location for the show, which will likely be the organization's last of the year, remain unknown.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker suggested that the matchup would probably take place following Masvidal's three-round destruction of K.J. Noons in June, which was easily the biggest win of his career.
Continue reading "Report: Melendez Likely to Defend Belt Against Masvidal in December"
Gilbert Melendez. Photo by Esther Lin/AllElbows.com.
Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez signed a new, multi-year agreement with the San Jose-based promotion on Monday.
"Strikeforce is my home, they've always been like family to me and I'm looking forward to continuing my career with them," Melendez said in a release. "There are a lot of great fights out there for me - lots of challenges. I can't wait to get back into the cage, do my thing and show the world that I'm still at the top of my game.''
Melendez last fought in April of last year, grinding out an unanimous decision over Japanese standout Shinya Aoki in one of his biggest career wins.
Continue reading "Melendez, Strikeforce Agree to New Multi-Year Deal"
The California State Athletic Commission has released the official list of fighter salaries following Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg which took place on Saturday, August 15 at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California.
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos ($25,000) def. Gina Carano ($125,000)
Gegard Mousasi ($2,000) def. Renato "Babalu" Sobral ($75,000)
Gilbert Melendez ($50,000) def. Mitsuhiro Ishida ($30,000)
Fabricio Werdum ($50,000) def. Mike Kyle ($14,000)
Jay Hieron ($55,000) def. Jesse Taylor ($12,000)
Scott Lighty ($4,000) def. Mike Cook ($2,500)
Justin Wilcox ($5,000) def. David Douglas ($5,500)
James Terry ($6,000) def. Zak Bucia ($2,000)
Alex Trevino ($3,500) def. Isaiah Hill ($2,000)
Remember that this is only the base salary that a fighter received. Bonuses, deductions, and other undisclosed fees are not included.
Cris "Cyborg" Santos and Gina Carano battling for the Strikeforce women's 145-pound title. Photo property of Esther Lin.
In the biggest bout in female mixed martial arts history, Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos stopped Gina Carano via TKO to become the Strikeforce women's 145-pound champion.
From the opening bell, the fight had a feverish pace as Cyborg immediately came forward and put the pressure on Carano with a flurry of hard strikes against the cage. As Cyborg attempted an early takedown, fans saw Carano sweep Cyborg and gain the mount. Before Carano could put up any offense, Cyborg went for a quick heel hook but Carano calmly escaped.
Continue reading "Cyborg Stops Carano, Captures Women's 145-Pound Title"
The fighters are currently hitting the scales in preparation for Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg. Be sure to check back often as we provide you with up to the minute weigh-in results.
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg will be headlined by a 145 lbs female title fight between Gina Carano and Cris "Cyborg" Santos. Also featured on the card will be an interim lightweight title bout between Gilbert Melendez and Mitsuhiro Ishida and a heavyweight title bout between Fabricio Werdum and Mike Kyle.
Main Card:
Gina Carano (143 lbs) vs. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (144.5 lbs)
Jay Hieron (169 lbs) vs. Jesse Taylor (172 lbs) *
Renato "Babalu" Sobral (201 lbs) vs. Gegard Mousasi (204 lbs)
Gilbert Melendez (155 lbs) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (155 lbs)
Mike Kyle (219 lbs) vs. Fabricio Werdum (228 lbs)
Preliminary Bouts:
Mike Cook (205 lbs) vs. Scott Lighty (202 lbs)
David Douglas (156 lbs) vs. Justin Wilcox (154 lbs)
Zak Bucia (170 lbs) vs. James Terry (169 lbs)
Isaiah Hill (156 lbs) vs. Alex Trevino (156 lbs)
* Taylor weighed in at 172 lbs and has two hours to weigh-in at the 171 lbs limit.
Mitsuhiro Ishida. Photo courtesy of Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Josh Thomson has once again been forced to withdraw from a scheduled rematch against Gilbert Melendez.
The reigning Strikeforce lightweight champion will be replaced by Japanese wrestler Mitsuhiro Ishida, who will take on Gilbert Melendez, a man he once defeated, for the interim Strikeforce lightweight belt at the organization's August 15 event in San Jose, California.
Continue reading "Ishida to Replace Thomson Against Melendez"
Rodrigo Damm. Photo courtesy of BodogFight.
BodogFight and Sengoku veteran Rodrigo Damm has reportedly been selected to replace an injured Josh Thomson against former PRIDE Fighting Championships standout Gilbert Melendez on Strikeforce's upcoming "Shamrock vs. Diaz" card this weekend on Showtime.
From The Fight Network:
Stepping in for the injured Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson, "Alliance Jiu-Jitsu" standout Rodrigo Damm (8-2) will take on Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez (14-2) at "Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz" on April 11 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
The Fight Network learned of the replacement matchup on Monday afternoon.
A native of Brazil, the 29-year-old Damm is looking to rebound from a first-round submission loss to Eiji Mitsuoka at "Sengoku: Fourth Battle" last August. The "BodogFight" veteran boasts wins over Jorge Masvidal, Johil de Oliveira and Kultar Gill. Damm will be making his debut for the California-based Strikeforce promotion as a late replacement for this Saturday's lightweight tilt.
Damm is a great grappler, and has been know to fight above expectations at times, (see his win over Jorge Masvidal) but seems to fold under pressure and Melendez is likely to push a torrid pace during this fight. As long as Melendez doesn't get too careless on his feet and avoids Damm's submission attempts on the ground, he should be able to grind out a much-needed win on Saturday night.


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Zion Orphanage Jerusalem Still Growing
Members of the Los Angeles Jewish community recently attended a reception for the Zion Orphanage Jerusalem. Founded over 100 years ago by Rabbi Abraham Yochanan Blumenthal, the orphanage started out as home to Israel's homeless children. Blumenthal's, as it was known, was not only a place of refuge for these children, but a home that provided food, shelter, care – and the security of a loving family.
The Zion Orphanage now serves some 100 children, ages 7-18, along with an additional 120 children attending its yeshiva high school. While some of the children are orphans, many others come from dysfunctional, abusive or poverty-stricken homes. At Zion they receive renewed opportunities of growth and education, and a potential future of productivity and accomplishment.
Zion's director of development, Rabbi Gershon Unger, introduced Rabbi Dr. Izhak Dayan, chief rabbi of Geneva, who made a special trip to L.A. to extol the virtues of Zion Orphanage.
Rabbi Baruch Rakovsky, Zion's executive director and direct descendant of the founder of the Zion Orphanage, described the orphanage's mission. He relayed what he told an inquiring fellow passenger on his flight from Israel to L.A. as to what he does for a living. He told the person that he polishes diamonds. Upon further questioning, Rabbi Rakovsky explained the type of diamonds he deals with – namely precious, vulnerable children.
To learn more about the Zion Orphanage, visit their website (www.zionorphanage.com) and when in Israel, make arrangements to visit the orphanage.Rabbi Arye D. Gordon
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July/August 2003
John Scofield
John Scofield loves his little animals. Doug and Janet are the guitarist's miniature dachshunds, and Annabel and Betty are his twin turtles. "I'm way into them," says the 51-year-old jazz-and-jam guitarist. But since Scofield is touring half of the time, and his daughter, Jeannie, is away at college, his wife, Susan, and their 16-year-old son, Evan, watch the critters in their three-story house, which towers charmingly over a dirt road in Katonah, N.Y., an hour outside of Manhattan.
"John's had Martha [Stewart] sightings," Susan says of the house-and-home guru who lives in the area. "She's even made fun of our fat dog. We've also run into Ralph Lauren, who lives in the area, and Bill Clinton, who lives nearby."
"My daughter met [Clinton] once," John says. "He said to her, 'Your dad's John Scofield? I love his playing. Is he a Democrat?' And she said, 'Yes, he is.'" Scofield is well-versed in party politics, laughingly vowing to become "mayor of Katonah or die trying."
The guitarist isn't giving up his jazz career just yet. He got into the music as a kid in Connecticut and later studied at Berklee College of Music in the early 1970s. Scofield recorded with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan shortly thereafter and eventually found stage time with McCoy Tyner, Charles Mingus and, in the 1980's, Miles Davis. "Miles was great, but I'd like to be something more than a guy who played with a legend," Scofield says.
While jazz-guitar aficionados have been long Sco-obsessed, he grabbed the ears of jam-band fans in 1997 with A Go Go, a grits-and-gravy album with plenty of funk-jazz appeal, which he cut with Medeski Martin and Wood. "Godamnit, I'm proud to wear the jam-band banner," Scofield says. "But Katonah's not the jam center of the world, so I usually rent rehearsal spaces in the city."
But Katonah is home, and the Scofields' house is also an office for the business, of which Susan is the manager. "Susan's pragmatic, centered and smart," her hubby says. "It's kind of a jazz tradition to keep it in the family." The rest of the house is for the family. The home's wooden floors are covered in Persian rugs, and the décor is fitted with country furniture;
pastel drawings are on the walls. Naturally, the guitarist's favorite space is the practice studio.
A typical Scofield day at home goes like this: "I'm buzzing at 6 a.m. to get Evan ready for school. Then I'll noodle around, practice downstairs, walk the dogs and pick Evan up. I like carting him around, dragging him to his jujitsu classes. He's down there now, kicking butt and getting his butt kicked." Evan composes poetry, and Jeannie's creative, too, having just graduated with a music degree from New York University. She's interned at Verve and Warner Bros., and her father says, "We'll see if she's the next Clive Davis."
You might think that because he's been accepted so willingly by jam-band audiences that Scofield enjoys elevating to those "higher planes" that many of his fans undoubtly do. Not anymore. "I don't drink, but I used to be way into it. And I used to smoke pot, but I stopped getting high five years ago because it was messing me up. The whole idea that we need to alter our consciousness to be creative is just a myth. I liked getting high, but creativity lives inside us."


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Anyway, we rented a Hobie Wave from the Leverick Bay Marina, on the North Sound of Virgin Gorda. We drove over the crazy road again, this time took a shortcut towards Nail Bay (a lot of local maps say the road isn't complete yet but it is...and it is a way better way to get from town to the North Sound). The interesting man (a nice way of saying not too friendly) behind the booth wasn't going to rent the boat to us because we had 3 club members, the limit was 2, but he finally agreed (it didn't take that much).
We sailed around the Sound, always on lookout for the best beach to break for lunch. We found it on the leeward side of nearby Mosquito Island.
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- "Given the challenging economic times, we would hate to impose too heavy a burden on commuters," SF spokesman. Congestion is a burden! #
- RT: @darmerk Washing machine hack sends tweet when load is done [YouTube video] http://tinyurl.com/8boz6d #
- @John_the_Monkey Democracy is good. But not when it comes to congestion charging. Frogs stay in water that is put on the boil. #
- Noon sustanance: big slice of my mum's Christmas cake, sans icing. Marzipan, I love. My mum makes two cakes, one with just marzipan for me! #
- RT @niltiac: RT @MrTweet Blog Posting: Addressing the Privacy Concerns Of Our Users - http://blog.mrtweet.net/?p=91 #
- Sending 375 digipix of kids cycling to publisher of my family cycling book. c. 300 of the shots are of the Reidlets! #
- @worldwidecycles Very cool. I wish more English, Welsh, Scottish and NI dealers were as forward thinking as your good self. #
- This is the kids cycling book. It's from Snow Books. Cover pix will change. http://is.gd/eB1w #
- I didn't know @snowbooks was on Twitter. Duly followed. #
- @KarlOnSea If only we still had the full length and height of Hadrian's. #
- My co-workers have really been annoying me today, first full day back. Well, they would if I had any. #
- At dentists. Lovely. #
- @petergold99 I used to employ people. Years ago. We still keep in touch. But I'm glad it's now just me. I can get more creative work done. #
- @jfellrath I was wondering where the voices were coming from. #
- Under-utilized advertising spaces of today: dental surgery ceilings. Posters or flatscreen TVs would be good. #
- @jfellrath @cyclelicious @maddogmedia Anything to take mind off the poking and prodding. #
- @worldwidecycles @bikegoo Thanks. I'll take it as read that the best bits had my name on. Although @marksuttonbike may take me to task… #
- I've had a DM from somebody who frequents a dental surgery with flat-screen TVs on ceiling. And earphones to drown out chat. In Utah. #
- BikeBiz Jan edition in @issuu flippy-flippy mode. http://tinyurl.com/7sz999 #
- Double page spread feature in BikeBiz on Momentum magazine 'for self-propelled people'. http://is.gd/eCb8 #
- @buzban It's a hacked account! http://is.gd/eCq4 http://is.gd/eC1o @cycleicious #
- @buzban The Britney one is Not Safe For Work on Techcrunch UK but the offending orifice has been blanked on US @techcrunch #
- @DonnaTocci It was only a matter of time, Donna. You need an iPhone to be the Social Media Queen. Hive, indeed. @fredcast @timjackson #
- @DonnaTocci The switch from Blackberry to iPhone is enough to elevate you to royalty. #
- Just added @teamastana and @Velo_Orange to the bike tweeters list at http://tinyurl/biketweeters #
- RT @mtb_cycle_uk: @carltonreid you have the wrong dentist. Mine has had tv on the celing for ages. #
- @KarlOnSea Good graphic and good posting, Karl. I added my thoughts. #
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This week's winning answer goes to bin33t for an answer to a molarity chemistry question. bin33t has only been a member since April 04, but he has already answered 1,920 questions and acquired an overall average rating of 3.9 stars. bin33t specializes in a diverse array of subjects: chemistry, calculus, statistics and probability, algebra, and physics.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 26, 2013) – Sophomore women's basketball player Breana McDonald has been added to the West Virginia roster for the 2013-14 season.
McDonald, a 6-foot guard/forward comes to Morgantown from Georgia Tech, where she played in 23 games, earning five starts, last season. The Lithonia, Ga., native, averaged 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds in 6.0 minutes per game. She totaled 34 points, 28 rebounds, 10 steals, five assists and four blocks.
"Breana is someone we recruited out of high school and we are happy she is joining the Mountaineer family," coach Mike Carey said. "She is a multi-facet guard, who can score in various ways. We are excited to have a person of her character and playing ability. Of course she will sit out this season after transferring, but that will give her a year to learn our system and what we do. I look forward to her having a tremendous career here at WVU."
Prior to Georgia Tech, McDonald was a four-year letterwinner and two-time captain at Chamblee High. She was selected to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association North/South and DeKalb County All-Star games in 2012 and to the 2012 Georgia Region 6AAAA First Team. McDonald was named All-DeKalb County First Team by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and closed out her career with 1,498 points, 920 rebounds and 315 steals.
McDonald becomes the third addition to next season's roster, joining true freshmen Luburdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon) and Teana Muldrow (East Orange, N.J./East Orange).


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Good EARLY Morning, Tribe!
Da Eats
Eggs, made to order or egg beaters
Sausage, pepper bacon, Canadian bacon and/or ham (pork or turkey)
Huevos Rancheros
pan fried potatoes, hash browns
grits, oatmeal & Honey Nut Cheerios!
Bush's baked beans & vegetarian beans
toast (white bread or wheat), bagels & cream cheese, jams & jellies
assorted kolaches
fresh fruit
Pop Tarts
KFC or Popeyes fried chicken
♥Mrs. Ladywolf's♥'s Special Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, or the classic steak and eggs meal with a biscuit
Blues Brothers special: Jake's 4 Fried Chickens and a coke and Elwood's dry white toast
Shrimp Diane
Shrimp Creole
French Canadian Meat Pie (with very hot sauce for beef optional)
Kitty's Breakfast platter (limited to Kitty only)
Doc Toon's WORLD FAMOUS NUCLEAR COFFEE (small, medium, large & fill your own tub)
Alain's Starbright's Divine CocoMocha
assorted juices & teas
assorted soft drinks, especially PEPSI!
selected premium beers
Bloody Mary or Caesar
Monsieur Felix & Mr. Norton Cookies (The best cookie you've ever had):
Vanilla White Chocolate, Menage a Trois, Pralines & Cream, Ebony & Ivory, Milk Chocolate Chunk, Caramelt, Oatmeal & Raisin, Double Chocolate Chunk, Dark Chocolate Chunk, Amaretto
Selected ice creams & ice cream floats!
New York Style Cheesecake
Root beer, PEPSI & other floats
Anything and everything Chocolate for Ooops! and other chocoholics
Eat Hearty, Tribe!
Good Morning TRIBE! I am so hungry I'll take the whole Menu!, Thanks You GROG!
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I'll have French Canadian Meat Pie (with hot sauce),thanks Grog.
Good question to ask Wink.
Jkiss – It sure seemed heavy, and was getting heavier as time went by.
Good Morning, Tribe,
Another fine "Spring" day………only got down to 37 during the night! Well, it's finally February, and February is our coldest month……..maybe we'll have Winter yet? (remind me I complained about this in a few days when it gets below zero!)
Breakfast looks good, Grog. I'll go off my diet and have Huevos Rancheros and pan fried potatoes, topped off with Cheesecake!! Yum!!
Good morning Tribal kids. I do believe I'll have some fresh fruit and a Pepsi float. Thank you very much Grog.
No tax breaks but I hear they have some really tasty jello.
Glad you got out from under there before you got squished.
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Most Over-The-Top Stylish Kids' Outfits Ever
- Next1 of 12Courtesy of The Coveteur; Luisa Fernanda Espinosa; Isa Giallorenzo
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By Sara Tan
Maybe it's true that some people are simply born with great style—or they're just lucky enough to have stylish parents dressing them. We found 11 well-heeled kids whose fashion-forward outfits put our childhood OshKosh overalls to shame. Are they the next generation's street style stars? Sure looks that way …
So Fly2 of 12
In a printed T-shirt and lace-up boots, 5-year-old Alonso's setting the bar high for the boys.
Cat's Meow3 of 12
This pint-size stylista is a little uptown (that leopard-print coat), a little downtown (those Air Jordan sneakers), and a whole lot adorable.
City Slicker4 of 12
In a button-down shirt, cardigan and toggle coat, 3-year-old Zac has already mastered the art of layering—no easy feat, even for an adult!
Fur Real5 of 12
This fuzzy fashionista makes pulling off a furry coat, mittens and critter-printed tights look like a piece of cake.
Prints Charming6 of 12
Sure, 6-year-old Max was born way, way after the '70s, but his play on patterns and those aviator shades echo the decade's hippie vibe.
Editor's Pick7 of 12
This stylish toddler, nicknamed Hanna Wintour, has got it all: the polished ensemble, the bangs and the oversize shades.
Extra, Extra!8 of 12
Young Gabe knows that when it comes to good style, details like his smart newsboy cap and punchy pocket square really do count. Finally, a guy who knows how to accessorize.
Street Smart9 of 12
This tiny trendsetter goes for understated head-to-toe black, the better to showcase her designer purse.
Tough Guy10 of 12
If only we could all nail Jayden's tough-meets-playful look. In a leather jacket, camo scarf and Panda-accented Adidas sneakers, the 7-year-old pulls off cool biker dude on top and cute kid on bottom.
Crown Jewel11 of 12
While she may not have seen Breakfast at Tiffany's yet, this tot does a fine job of emulating Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly.
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Yes, seersucker suits do come in miniature sizes. Lucas rocks this summery look, complete with a matching pacifier and suede boots.
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Cara Delevingne Couldn't Have Nice Things Growing Up
As a kid, she carried a "sack" with "holes in it."
"Being a muse to Mulberry — it's just very funny to me," says Cara Delevingne of her new bag collaboration with the company. By her own account, she wasn't always impeccably accessorized. As a student, "I just always kind of used a sack, and it had holes in it. And when I got my first Mulberry handbag, it worked," she says in the collaboration's campaign video. Watch it to see Cara's hands-on approach to designing the bags — and to see her "Made in England" foot tattoo make a cameo appearance.


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Summer has finally come to an end, and that means it's time for the leaves to start changing, the weather to get chillier, and you to mix up your home decor. While you'll no doubt miss the bright colors of Summer, we also know you'll love the deep caramels, warm metallics, and vibrant jewel tones of Autumn. Keep reading to discover some of our favorite ideas for the new season.


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James Donald Tomak, 73, of Peachtree City
James Donald Tomak, 73, of Peachtree City, Ga. died April 28th, 2014. Jim "Toby" Tomak was born in 1940 to George and Pauline Tomak in Cambridge, Ohio.
He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Ingeborg Richter; daughter, Pamela; and two sons, Ty and Steve. He is also survived by his four grandchildren.
Tomak worked at the RCA Corporation, NCR Corporation and Pratt Industries. Jim "Toby" was an active member at Flat Creek Country Club and will be missed by many.
He was known for his friendliness, generosity, and ability to make friends anywhere.
A "Celebration of Life" will be held on June 14th at 4 p.m. at Y-nots in Peachtree City, Ga. All are welcome to come help us to celebrate his life.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to Southwest Christian Care, 7225 Lester Road, Union City, Ga. 30291.Arrangements were made under the direction of Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home in Peachtree City, Ga.


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Waste Water Treatment Modifications For Improved Effluent Compliance Project, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York
BNL is served by a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) located in the North Central part of the 5,265 acre facility (Fig. 3). The STP is approved for operation under a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Permit issued by New York State (Permit Number NY 0005835). This permit establishes regulatory limits for various chemical constituents contained in the effluents currently being discharged to the Peconic River, a Class C Freshwater, located just to the north of the STP. In July 2009, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) modified BNL's SPDES permit.


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We had to stay in the house and read these books and our friends were outside and they were playing and they knew we couldn't come out. It seems like they would be making just that much more noise to torment us. But, I hated it for the first several weeks, but then all of a sudden, I started to enjoy it because we had no money, but between the covers of those books, I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything. And, I began to learn how to use my imagination more because it doesn't really require a lot of imagination to watch television, but it does to read. You've got to take those letters and make them into words, and those words into sentences, and those sentences into concepts, and the more you do that, the more vivid your imagination becomes. And, I believe that's probably one of the reasons that you see that creative people tend to be readers, because they're exercising their mind. View Interview with Benjamin CarsonView Biography of Benjamin CarsonView Profile of Benjamin CarsonView Photo Gallery of Benjamin Carson
Benjamin Carson: Actually, in the beginning, it was all animal books, like Chip the Dam Builder. It was about a beaver and the adventures of this incredible beaver. But you know, Call of the Wild, Becky's Thunder Egg. And, then there were a lot of books that weren't necessarily story books, but they were fact books like Reptiles of the Serengeti or things like that and that was really neat because I learned so much about animals that whenever the science teacher brought up anything that even remotely is -- I was Johnny on the spot. I had the answer. And within a matter of a year and a half, I went from the bottom of the class to the top of the class, much to the consternation of all those students who used to tease me and call me names. The same ones were coming to me and they'd say, "Benny, Benny, Benny, how do you work this problem," and I'd say, "Sit at my feet, youngster, while I instruct you." I was perhaps a little obnoxious, but it sure did feel good to say that to those turkeys. View Interview with Benjamin CarsonView Biography of Benjamin CarsonView Profile of Benjamin CarsonView Photo Gallery of Benjamin Carson
Nobel Prize for Peace
In these areas of life where the suffering exists, the affluent children of our day should become involved with their fellow young people who are on the other side of the line between a good life and one that's not so good. We work in a program called Habitat For Humanity, where we build homes side by side with the poorest people on earth. And 195 college campuses now have Habitat organizations, where students themselves, 20 or 30 students, get together. They actually get acquainted with a homeless family, and they get to know all the people in the homeless family. They raise money to buy building materials, they design the house, they get an empty lot. They go around and beg for some concrete block or for some two by fours. And late in the afternoon and on weekends, they work side by side with those homeless people and actually build them a house. And then they see the family move into the home, it's a wonderful experience for them. It doesn't interfere with their college work, whether they are going to be a doctor or a lawyer or whatever. It's an additional dimension of life, which I think is as good a learning experience as what they might get in the classroom. View Interview with Jimmy CarterView Biography of Jimmy CarterView Profile of Jimmy CarterView Photo Gallery of Jimmy Carter
Co-Founder, America Online
So even though Game Line was an abysmal flop, I remember when -- after the first sale cycle over Christmas -- there was a board meeting and I think we reported that we sold like 1,000 of these cartridges and they were supposed to sell 100,000. I can't remember exact numbers but it was way, way, way off plan and really an unmitigated disaster. And after the sales report was presented, one of the directors said, "Geez, you would have thought they would have shoplifted more than that." That's how bleak the situation was, but nevertheless I think I learned a lot about timing and how some things just have to be in the right place at the right time. I learned a lot about innovation and how you create different products and I met some people that we went off and started AOL in 1985. So, I guess it's all's well that ends well. View Interview with Steve CaseView Biography of Steve CaseView Profile of Steve CaseView Photo Gallery of Steve Case
First with Commodore we created a service called Q-Link and then with Apple we created a service called Apple Link Personal Edition, and then with Tandy we created a service called PC Link, and then with IBM we created a service called Promenade. So for about five years we really were in the business of creating these private label online services for PC companies, and had them bundle that software, that service, with their PCs. And we focused -- once people turned on that PC and wanted to use the service -- on providing something that people would like and want to pay a monthly fee for. So really, I think, the fact that we saw how hard it was to build a consumer product and make it successful led us to this, I think, very pragmatic strategy of focusing on PCs and partnering with the companies that already had brand recognition and already had distribution, and could help attract customers for us much more efficiently. View Interview with Steve CaseView Biography of Steve CaseView Profile of Steve CaseView Photo Gallery of Steve Case
Steve Case: Williams College is a classic liberal arts school, so there is nothing really business-oriented about it. There's no business classes. There's no marketing classes. It's really a more traditional kind of thing. So my degree was in political science, which I think was -- the closest I could come to marketing is politics. You know, for better or worse, a lot about marketing and positioning candidates and so forth, but I was sort of interested in it anyway. So, I wouldn't say that any specific course really was instrumental. I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world. I think what a liberal arts perspective gives you, is you know a little bit about a lot of things, and look at the world as sort of a mosaic and kind of see how the pieces come together. I think that gives you a perspective that I found to be very valuable. And so in one sense, there's nothing specific that I learned that was applicable. In another sense everything I learned was a useful foundation. Because I do think -- not just in building AOL -- but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated. View Interview with Steve CaseView Biography of Steve CaseView Profile of Steve CaseView Photo Gallery of Steve Case
I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million. We were adding a million every couple of months. And so, it just shows you that you just got to -- you stick it out. If you believe that some day it's going to happen, some day it probably will happen. You just have to make sure you're there when it's happening, and ideally you're at the front of the parade, and the principle beneficiary of when it happens, but it's not a kind of thing where you just sort of sit back and wait. The actions you take really help influence the pace at which it gets adopted. For example, the issue of essentially being the evangelist within the PC industry that modems should become a built-in part of a PC. It took us a while, but if we hadn't done that I don't know where we'd be today, but I know we would not be the kind of interactive society we are today, because that was a major kind of breakthrough. So you know, other companies weren't doing that. We took the lead in doing that. That's true in any new, innovative area. Somebody needs to step up and take the lead, and ultimately they end up benefiting, and others end up benefiting as well. But it's not like you just sit back and eventually it's going to happen. It's going to happen when people make it happen, and you have to kind of have a strategy that is pragmatic at one level, so you can hang in for the long run, but proactive in another level, so you can actually try to accelerate the pace that it's going to take for something to take off. View Interview with Steve CaseView Biography of Steve CaseView Profile of Steve CaseView Photo Gallery of Steve Case
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