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This is very timely. I've been clenching my $50 Joanns gift card and waiting for a sale on the Oliso iron. They are supposed to be 30% off, which makes this purchase a little easier to swallow--but I am now re-thinking it. I'm still going to pay almost $100 for an iron that might leak. My BD is working fine. Maybe I will better spend my dollars on a binding machine by Simplicity. Also on sale.
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Spring Fling 2010 will take place Thursday, April 8, on the Little Rock-West campus from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the student parking lot.
This year's theme is "Child's Play" and features a live chess tournament, a four-man bungee jump, giant twister, music and free food. Many student organizations and campus departments also will sponsor games and have information tables.
Spring Fling on the Main campus is set for April 15 and at Little Rock-South on April 22. The event is sponsored by Student Life and Leadership and the Student Government Association.
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This chapter covers the running of a tournament on the day itself. Much of the work happens on the day, and it is therefore useful to find some local players who are willing to help with various tasks such as putting up signs directing people to the playing room, registration, laying out tables and carrying boards into the playing room.
On the morning of the tournament, you should make sure that visitors can find the venue easily, perhaps by placing signs directing them to the venue. It is also helpful if you can find volunteers to arrive early to lay out tables and boards (and, if applicable, the BGA Bookshop). Each board should be labelled with a number. If there is more than one playing room, label the doors clearly with the numbers to be found in that room There are various other useful bits of preparation you can do:
Set up a table for registration. You should have a list of the people you are expecting to register, including details such as name, grade, club and whether they have paid in advance (or how much their entry fee will be). You should confirm these details when they register, particularly their grade, as this could easily have changed between their entry and the tournament.
It is important to find a non-playing organiser for your go tournament, since the work involved in running a tournament is not confined to the time between rounds. A non-playing organiser is better able to deal with problems which might occur during games, such as broken clocks or running out of coffee or biscuits.
You may find that you have an odd number of entries. It is strongly recommended not to give any player a bye, and so you should have one player willing to act as a ghost, who will only play if required to make an even number. Note that for various reasons, some players may not wish to play in all rounds.
If a player is late for a round, you should instruct their opponents to start the clock. You may find that some people are reluctant to do this out of politeness, but if they do not, you risk running late! (If it is white who has not turned up, black should start the clock, make his move, then start white's clock).
If the organiser has not run a tournament before, he should receive assistance when he makes the draw. This can be given by one of the participants in the tournament; several BGA officers are willing to help if asked. Chapter 9 gives a more detailed overview of the McMahon system used by many British tournaments.
Most tournaments nowadays use a computer to produce the draw. Most tournaments in Britain use Geoff Kaniuk's GoDraw program. Using this is recommended by the BGA in particular because there will almost certainly be people at the tournament who can help with its operation, and also because it is used to process tournament results. If you do choose to use GoDraw, a donation to the Castledine-Barnes trust, a charitable trust providing financial support to young Go players in Britain, is requested.
Other programs are available, including Gotha, written by Luc Vannier, and MacMahon [sic], written by Christophe Gerlach, both of which are popular in Europe. These programs all handle McMahon, Swiss and Round-robin style tournaments.
Chapter 10 provides further details of good practice for using a computer to do the draw.
Although most tournaments use a computer, smaller events, or events with unusual pairing systems, may still prefer to do the draw by hand.
Each player is given an identifying number and has a card (e.g. a postcard) made out as depicted in figure 8.1. The card is used to keep track of the player's current McMahon score, and other relevant details such as who they have played, which colour they took, and whether they were drawn up or down. The draw is performed by shuffling these cards around a suitable table top. It will be found useful to have a large table out of range of the "helpful" comments of the players for this purpose. Do not use paper as it blows away; small pieces, however, can be used stuck to a glass sheet with Blutak.
The card illustrated in figure 8.1 is appropriate for a six round tournament. Each box gives details of one round of the tournament. This player has played four rounds, losing in rounds one and three, and winning in rounds two and four, with a current MMS of -2. It is important for purposes of presentation of results that the players' identifying numbers should be in order of entry strength. This means that the numbers should not be allocated until the last possible moment (it can even be done as late as during the first round).
No two players should meet more than once, and, if possible, players from the same club should not meet (except where either could win the tournament). It is also a good idea to ensure that players from the same family do not meet (even if they play in different clubs).
Results should be recorded on a wall chart as the tournament progresses, and a final set of results in similar format should be compiled for circulation afterwards. An example of the recommended format is shown in figure 8.2, but in any case it should be easy to see at a glance how many games each player has won, and who his opponents have been. Here, player number 42 lost in round 1, won in rounds 2,3 and 4, and scored a jigo in round 5.
Players should be ordered according to their starting grades, and numbers should correspond with those on the cards used in making the draw.
In addition to this display (and even more important than it) a list of players' opponents and table numbers for each round should be displayed, indicating clearly which player takes Black. This list can conveniently be used for the players to record their results on (by underlining or circling the winner's name). For larger tournaments, or for those who prefer a more streamlined system, a separate result slip can be provided for each game for each round, to be filled in and returned by the winner. If these slips are put on the boards at the start of the round, the scrummage caused by large numbers of players trying to read the draw can be reduced, although this process could slow down the draw considerably unless a computer print-out is used.
If you are using a computer program to do the draw, it is very likely that the program can produce all of the necessary displays, including the score table and the draw, automatically.
Some events run a tournament for novices alongside the main event. This is particularly worth considering if there are a lot of local players (especially from local schools) who are new to the game and would otherwise be reluctant to enter a tournament. There does not have to be a large turnout for this to be worthwhile; even as few as four makes it viable.
It is advisable to call it a "novices" tournament rather than a "beginners" tournament, as this makes it easier to get people who have been playing for a while to take part. In particular, juniors who have been playing for a few years and are in the 20-30 kyu range seem unhappy at the idea of being called a beginner ("novices" seems to be tolerated better).
It is good to be flexible about the format until you see who turns up. The general form is to hold a teaching session in the morning, covering the rules and some basic tactics such as capturing races and life and death, followed by a tournament in the afternoon.
For the tournament itself, things like board size, clocks etc. will depend on the players. In general most people at these grades do not need clocks. People who have hardly played before might find 13x13 to be quite big whereas someone near 20 kyu is likely to much prefer 13x13 to 9x9. Past events, e.g. the Novices Tournament at the 2005 Cambridge Trigantius, have had a wide range of players - the strongest had been playing online a bit and were probably slightly stronger than 20 kyu, the weakest weren't very sure of the basic rules. The games were a mixture of 9x9 and 13x13. There are usually some handicap games and it is good to try to arrange things so that nobody loses all their games if possible.
The best form of advertising for such an event is word of mouth - if people (especially at the local club) can encourage novice players that they know to come along it makes a big difference, especially as these players are often nervous about taking part. Any groups of juniors who are not too far away are also worth targetting. The sooner the event can be confirmed the better (and also it helps to have an explicit box on the entry form to say whether people want to enter the main or novices' event).
It is common to hold self pairing tournaments as side events. The idea is that players who finish their main tournament games early can play further games between rounds. These side events are usually played on smaller boards, or on a full size board with fast time limits. Usually there is a restriction that a player can play each opponent at most twice. The simplest method of choosing the winner is by number of wins, although other more complex formulae are possible.
All you need to do to hold such an event is make a wall chart, where participating players enter their names and fill in a running total of points (and opponent number) for each game they play, as illustrated in Figure 8.3.
You should send the results to the BGA Tournament Results coordinator (email results at britgo dot org) as soon as possible after the tournament. His preferred format is the output file from GoDraw but if you have done the draw by hand, a copy of the draw sheets with results will suffice. Even if you have done the draw by hand, it is possible to use GoDraw to recreate the tournament and send in the file.
You should also send a short report to the Tournament Coordinator (email tournament-coordinator at britgo.org) for the BGA news web page, listing prize winners and any other notable features.
The BGA Levy should be sent to the Treasurer using the form provided. Arrangements should be made for the BGA sets to reach the next tournament. Letters of thanks should be sent to any sponsors, including the owners of premises used.
The results of your tournament may also have an effect on other BGA events, as follows:
Your tournament may be eligible for qualifying places for the Candidates' Tournament, which is the first stage of the British Championship. The BGA web site includes the current championship rules, including all of the qualification criteria.
Each game won above the McMahon bar in a BGA recognised tournament counts one point towards the Grand Prix. The winner becomes the holder of Terry Stacey Memorial Trophy for a year, so it is important that the McMahon bar is set sensibly.
Players who are under-18 earn points by attending BGA tournaments and winning at them. Forty percent of the points for an event are for just turning up, the rest are for winning games. The British Youth Go Championships counts double. Players of 1 kyu and 23 kyu are just as likely to win the trophies for first, second and third. Other prizes are often awarded too. Currently the year is the calendar year and the prizes are presented at the British Youth Go Championships.


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Dolores Fox Ciardelli, the former editor of the Danville Express and San Ramon Express, has moved back to her former post as managing editor for the Pleasanton Weekly and now also for TriValley Views. But, she's not going far. She'll still be involved in print products and special sections in Danville and San Ramon. In fact, our desks are a few steps from each other, so we're in constant touch and having fun comparing notes on news and happenings.
I am becoming even more acquainted with Danville, where I have relatives on Love Lane, and San Ramon. In fact, my husband recently started working at a company in Bishop Ranch and I have enjoyed exploring the area with him. One of my favorite local haunts is Costco, where my mother-in-law works. (It's really a family affair around these parts!) You may catch me in the food court with a slice of combo pizza and maybe a berry sundae once the weather warms up.
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Did you edit and or review the loving portrait of Angela Davis in today's issue? If so, it is reprehensible that we portray her as a role model or inspiration for our kids.
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Emily West is a registered user.
It was one of two photos that I took of her yesterday. I only cropped it.
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Emily...indeed welcome and best of luck to you. I know being a journalist you must have a thick skin, I just wanted to reinforce that you can put anyone's picture in the DE without fear of repercussions from our left and right factions. Those seeking to be the informal thought police are way out of line.
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We had the opportunity to meet with Emily last week and she was a pleasure to deal with. Welcome to our Danville community!
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As also posted elsewhere on this site.......
I, for one, appreciate the effort that is put into this site and enjoy it for what it is, a site focused on the community I live in.
And if a bit of peer review occasionally turns up an error, so what. Perfection in all things would be nice but, last time I looked this was the real world.
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So my question is this: how come we never had Redskin fans last year or before that?
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. - A spokesman for the group behind a tribute bench to honor a slain soldier and his wife said it was a mistake to not get official permission ahead of acting.
Philip Glorioso said the group came up with the idea before the Manitou Incline became legal earlier this year.
"At that time, there really wasn't any kind of government control over the Incline," said Glorioso. "It was still kind of a free-for-all, technically illegal activity to climb it."
That all changed February 1st with the legalization of the Incline. The process took years and acts of Congress. The U.S. Forest Service owns the land but the park is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs.
The bench was carried up the Incline and assembled over the first weekend of April by Goruck, a physical strength and team building group from Fort Carson. It took 40 people close to 5 hours to carry the 1,000 pound tribute up the incline.
"This is something we did in an effort to put our blood and tears into a tribute for our friend," said Glorioso.
On Thursday, the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Board was advised of the city's plan to remove the bench.
"I'm concerned that it's insensitive and against common sense," said Dan Lewis, a Parks board member.
Karen Palus, director of the department, told the board that the removal of the bench is a joint decision between the city and the U.S. Forest Service.
Palus said those who assembled the bench did it without getting permits.
"It's unfortunate that they did this without getting permission first," said Palus.
Lawmakers are also voicing their opinions.
"Congressman Lamborn sympathizes with those who wish to honor the slain family with a bench at the top of the Manitou Incline," said Catherine Martines Mortensen, Lamborn's communications director, said in an email. "The Congressman is calling on both the city and the Forest Service to show flexibility to accommodate this sincere and heartfelt effort to memorialize those who have served our country."
Senator Bennet's office also sent a statement.
"Senator Bennet is aware of this situation and hopes it can be resolved," it reads. "Our office has contacted the groups involved to determine if we can offer assistance to help find a solution that respectfully honors David and Whitney, while also respecting U.S. Forest Service policy and the law."
The bench honors David and Whitney Dunlap. The Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife were killed in their home in January during a break-in. David Dunlap was a staff sergeant and helicopter mechanic for Fort Carson's combat aviation brigade. His wife was pregnant at the time of the murder.
Ted Smith, a friend of the Dunlaps who was part of the bench-building group, said they talked with Friends of the Incline about the project and believed they had the go ahead but Friends does not have authority over the land.
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Study: Smokers Light Up with Kids in the Car
The study, published online in the journal Pediatrics and also appearing in the December print edition, recruited smokers with children from outside pediatricians' offices across eight states. Of the 981 parents participating in the study, 795 had a car and were willing to talk about any smoking-related rules they followed in the car. 73% of those participants said someone had smoked in their car in the past three months. Of the 562 parents interviewed who did not have a smoke-free policy in their cars, 48% said smoking took place with children present in the car.
When asked about smoking in the home, a majority of parents (57%) reported having a strict smoke-free policy. That's compared to just 24% who said they strictly enforced a smoke-free car policy.
Most of us understand the dangers associated with secondhand smoke, and the US Surgeon General has clearly stated "there is no safe level of exposure to [secondhand smoke]." On top of that evidence, smoking in the car with a child is now illegal in Maryland, a ban researchers found support for even within the smoking community:
"A recent study conducted in four countries showed that the majority of smokers supported a ban on smoking in cars with children, with 60% of US smokers supporting the ban. Levels of support were higher in Australia (83%), the United Kingdom (75%), and Canada (74%)."
The authors of the Pediatrics study say pediatricians should talk to parents about smoke-free policies both in the home and in the car (just 12% of the parents surveyed reported their pediatrician had mentioned the importance of having a smoke-free car).
If you're a smoker and you're ready to quit, resources are available throughout the community. Frederick Memorial Hospital offers the American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking program and the Frederick County Health Department has free cessation services available as well.


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John Balzer keeps his finger on pulse of Froedtert's growth
Facilities planner never short on things to do
On a recent weekday, John Balzer had 42 items on his to-do list. As vice president of facility planning and development at Froedtert Health system, the things on Balzer's list were a little more complicated than, say, changing light bulbs or fixing frayed wiring.
Balzer and his small staff oversee the things that generate, in his words, the "constant churn" of the hospital as it strives to stay ahead of a rapidly changing industry.
"We get involved in major replacements; we provide project management services for major replacements, and new (construction)," he said.
One of the big things on Balzer's mind is a $117 million expansion that will plant a 480,000-square-foot building between Froedtert's cancer center and one of its three parking structures. The building will allow for consolidation of surgical and interventional care areas on a single floor, and will house transplant and cardiovascular care centers, among other services.
This project follows the 2008 completion of the hospital's $95 million cancer center, noted for its "hub" model of care, which brings physicians to the patient, rather than the patient to physicians. The hub design was the product of "almost a year thinking about the model of care, (including) input from customers, patients, visitors, staff, physicians, nurses - everybody," all of them striving to arrive at "the best way to provide care for cancer patients … that's also affordable and efficient," Balzer said.
Building on a vision
Pulling together the many interests and the myriad details involved in renovation or new construction in the widespread hospital system is Balzer's day-to-day work.
Balzer, 61, is an engineer with a degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering who lives in Wauwatosa. Hired 32 years ago, he was among the first 50 employees taken on by Froedtert, and has seen and in a significant way helped direct the full evolution of the institution from a single building to the sprawling campus it is today.
"I think he is visionary. I think he challenges us to stay ahead of growth. I think he's innovative. He helps us design things in a way that looks to the future, looks to what patients would prefer," said Kathy Bagemihl, Froedtert's vice president of ambulatory services, who has worked with Balzer on specific projects and on long-range planning.
Balzer's staff is made up of three other project managers, an administrator who manages the office and a data manager.
Froedtert Health includes Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., St. Joseph Hospital in West Bend, Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, more than 30 clinics and several offsite facilities. Including projects in all the locations, Balzer's list fluctuates from 35 or so items to as many as 70. Throughout the system, there are about 50 projects under way at any given time, he said.
Understanding the need
While big hospital projects are complex almost by definition, smaller changes can be challenging as well. A recently completed electrophysiology room provides an example.
Electrophysiology involves fixing electrical problems - as opposed to "plumbing" problems - related to the heart. Electrical problems sometimes are caused by connections of tissue that shouldn't be connected, causing the heart to race.
Among veins, "all roads lead to Rome," that is, the heart, said Balzer, and using a catheter, a physician can follow a vein up to the heart and cauterize, or burn away, the connection that is causing the problem.
The hospital had an existing EP lab, with older technology. It "was a very, very busy room, and the decision-support people put the data together that said we've got to get more capacity in EP."
At the same time, caregivers were aware of new technology that would improve the delivery of care.
The new technology includes a biplane imaging system that allows a physician to follow the progress of the catheter on a large monitor in not just one dimension, but a view that approaches three dimensions.
In addition to a basic single-plane image, side-to-side scanners attached to either end of a bowed arm, like a room-sized set of headphones, are moved into place by means of a track in the ceiling, and show the area of care from that additional perspective.
The size of the new technology drives the size of the room, Balzer said.
Functionality is key
When a project is approved through a rigorous, weeks-long vetting procedure, Balzer's team begins a six-to-10-month bidding and planning process.
A place for the new room had to be found, so an inpatient procedure function was moved, and the space gutted. Designing the new space and placing the machinery within it involved 3-D computer modeling on a large screen, followed by the construction of a full-sized mock-up of the room.
"That's cheap and easy to do - cardboard and plywood. It's not always aesthetically pleasing, and we spray paint on the floor where the equipment is. We do cardboard cutouts, even, like, of the clock, and tape them up on the wall," he said.
Physicians and caregivers are brought in on the process.
"They're the ones who say, you know, we really need to have this cart in the room … so where is that gonna go?" Balzer said.
"We go so far as to simulate bringing a patient into the room on a cart, make sure the cart can get into the room next to the equipment, so you can move the cart to the table," Balzer said.
When the actual room is framed, "we bring all those cardboard cutouts back in and put them up, and just parade people through the room one more time," he said.
The final product in this case is a room of about 25-by-32-feet with gleaming new technology, a separate control room, a small side room containing backup power systems and other utilities, and, above it all, beyond the ceiling, the exact footprint of the room "packed with stuff," such as wires, ducts and so forth, Balzer said.
It's a $5 million job completed - a relatively complicated project among those on Balzer's list, he said. Still, nothing like the $117 million expansion.
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10:00 AM Friday Jan 18, 2013
Auckland's Wynyard Quarter is being turned into a sculpture park this February and March, with Summer of Sculpture bringing the works of a wide range of local artists out into the open on the Waterfront. Have a sneak peak at some of the cool creations. Go here biglittlecity.co.nz for more info.


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The number of whole rooms intended for living purposes, not only in occupied housing units, but also in vacant units. These rooms include living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, enclosed porches suitable for year-round use, and lodger's rooms. Excluded are strip or pullman kitchens, bathrooms, open porches, balconies, foyers, halls, half-rooms, utility rooms, unfinished attics or basements, or other space used for storage. A partially divided room, such as a dinette next to a kitchen or living room, is a separate room only if there is a partition from floor to ceiling, but not if the partition consists solely of shelves or cabinets. This item was asked on a complete-count basis.
In the computation of aggregate and mean rooms, "10" is taken as the average of the interval "9 or more rooms."
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I have a very weak hive that has been struggling all summer. I have condensed it down to one 10 frame deep, put entrance reducer down to small, and been feeding 1:1 sugar out of the top. I have ditched the screen bottom board for a solid and the colony has been bug and mite free for several weeks.
The drought in August caused the queen to shut down. Since the first week of Sept, she has been producing brood and my bees are restocking. Pollen flights are coming in, but no capped honey has been make. There is less than 1 frame of capped honey, some frames with raw honey and pollen, and 2 brood frames.
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For back-to-back years, U.S. milk output rose by a remarkably uniform 1.8 percent.
The twin combo of more milk per cow and a larger dairy herd pushed up milk production last year. When looking at the year-end statistics released by USDA, cow numbers went up 75,000-head or 0.8 percent while milk per cow rose 196 pounds or 0.9 percent. This is a sharp contrast to 2010 when national gains in milk production fell solely on improved milk per cow.
The 2011 national dairy herd stood at a yearly average of 9.194 million cows. This annual growth in cow numbers is the first expansion since 2008. The current dairy herd is even larger with the December 2011 estimate at 9.223 million, while January is 9.236 million. This is the largest dairy herd since May 2009.
Among the top 10 milk producing states, Texas passed Minnesota to take seventh place. This also marks the sixth straight year that New Mexico has paced the country in milk per cow at 24,854 pounds. Washington, at 23,727 pounds, is firmly in second place.
For a complete look at the statistics, click here to download the PDF, which will appear in the March 10 issue.
The article includes a chart which shows milk production per person. In calculating the number, we took July 2011 census data and divided it by each state's milk output. Nationally, each cow produced 631 pounds of milk for every American. Meanwhile, 2010 consumption data shows the average citizen consumed 616 pounds of milk. Much of the difference between the 631- and 616-pound estimates go to dairy exports.
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A woman, usually one who lives in an upstairs apartment with hardwood floors, who walks around constantly in high heels, especially when getting ready in the morning. Men can be clicksessive, especially those who wear Italian dress shoes and cowboy boots, but the clicksessive personality and behavior is usually found in a woman.
The clicksessive woman above me walked around in stiletto boots for three hours back and forth. When I complained, she told me I was erotically fascinated with her footwear.
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The World is Yours! In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players will take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film. Highly acclaimed feature screenwriter, David McKenna, has written an original storyline where Tony Montana survives and journeys through a sordid and violent underworld to reclaim his empire and destroy those who attempted to bring him down.
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Spring Semester New Student Orientation Dates Announced
January 11, 2013
Dear Cheyney University Student/Parent:
Greetings and Happy New Year! We wanted to share with you the information below regarding important orientation dates for all new, returning, and transfer Cheyney University students.
All orientations (except Center City) will be held in the Marcus Foster Student Center on the main campus and run from 9 am to 3 pm:
New Student Orientation:
• New Student Orientation (Main Campus) – January 15, 2013
• Transfer Student Orientation (Main Campus) – January 17, 2013
• Backup Orientation Date (Main Campus) – January 29, 2013
• New Student Orientation (Center City) – January 24, 2013 5-6:30 pm
New and Returning Student Registration:
• Open Registration – January 18, 2013
• Last Name Beginning with A thru H – January 22, 2013
• Last Name Beginning with I thru P – January 23, 2013
• Last Name Beginning with Q thru Z – January 24, 2013
• Open Registration – January 25, 2013
Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Admissions at 610-399-2275 with any questions or concerns as you embark the new adventure of pursuing higher education. We are here to assist.
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20 Bands You Need To See At Coachella
There's not enough time to see all of the bands playing Coachella, but this list should be your ultimate guide to your weekend there.
A$AP Rocky
He may not have his own studio album, but his mixtape "LiveLoveA$AP" gave Coachella bookers enough reason to secure him and the mob a headlining spot. During the first weekend of Coachella, A$AP Rocky gave fans a live taste of his upcoming single "Goldie" which dropped yesterday, so it's a sure bet attendees of the second weekend will hear it as well. According to all reports, the Harlem native absolutely killed his set, and attracted groves of incredibly hot women, which always makes for good company.
It may be London producer Aaron Jerome, but to people heading over to Coachella this weekend, you better call him SBTRKT. Last weekend he mixed things up and performed his track 'Wildfire' with a live band and supporting vocals while adding layer upon layer of sounds and textures to the mix. If you want to dance the night away inebriated on god knows what, this high energy set is the one for you, SBTRKT is one of the best post-dubstep acts you can catch live.
Uber popular French electronic duo Justice has been one of our favorites since their debut album, so we've excused their twenty three minute tardiness to their Sunday night set. Performing atop their signature wall of Marshall Amplifiers and their symbol, a glowing cross, it's hard not to kick up the desert sand to their Grammy nominated tracks even if you're not a fan of French house music. Our favorite part of their set during the first week was their clever sample of Jay-Z's "On To the Next One" which happens to sample Justice's mega hit "D.A.N.C.E", how Meta.
We caught these guys a couple of weeks ago and were surprised with how their energetic performance made the very repetitive "whoa oh oh oh" hooks endearing. There's something about their "we know that we're really attractive to all of these women" facade that make us feel like they're playboy's of the indie kids. Take a break from the big names and check out this catchy psychedelic pop band's set.
If you've had one too many beers and find yourself in the mood to dance, make your way over to one of the most amusing sets of the festival: The Rapture. Equipped with a cowbell, sax, run of the mill rock band, and a sea of people ready to scream along to "House of Jealous Lovers," this notorious New York rock band is a must see. We've heard mixed reviews on the saxophone solo though, Lady Gaga kind of ran the sax into the ground after using Clarence Clemons's in "Edge of Glory".
They may have had to fight wind, amp malfunctions and flying rolls of toilet paper during their first weekend set, but this young band came out on top completely unfazed. Playing their recently released song "Chew" and winning the crowd over with their London charm, shoegaze sound and stellar onstage semantics, we hope to see more of this opener band in the future. In fact, it's the perfect set to crack open your first beer of the day.
St. Vincent
Half goddess, half saint we're surprised St. Vincent isn't on the minds of every festival goer. Formerly a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens' touring band, St. Vincent began her solo work back in 2006 and has been melting the hearts of millions with her angelic voice, incredible range of instrumental work and her gorgeous features. A woman who can croon like an angel and kill a set with an electric guitar is a must see in our books, and it should be in yours too.
Miike Snow
Miike Snow, a seasoned Coachella veteran, knows how to win over a crowd as big as the ones found at the final set of a Saturday night festival. Acting as more of a party emcee, Snow delivers track after track, new and old, that sends the audience into a dancing frenzy. It's not typical to say you're looking forward to hearing a musician play new material, but we hope we hear a lot of tracks from the new album Happy to You during his set this weekend.
First Aid Kit
If, for some reason, you find yourself feeling nostalgic for the days of Woodstock after having a mid-afternoon pow-wow, be sure you make your way to see First Aid Kit. This Swedish folk duo apparently brought all the hippies out of the woodwork during their early set last week, and calmed the nerves of those who may have already been peaking on whatever they had popped in the line-up. It's bands like these that are meant to be enjoyed under the hot sun surrounded by a sea of music lovers!
Housse de Racket
They may sing a few songs in French, but their electro-pop music is universally catchy. The duo may not be incredibly well known in America, but they've been rocking out since 2008 and have nabbed the producer of the highly popular band Phoenix for their latest album Alesa. So instead of opting for the most packed stage, go with the more cultured choice and check out Housse de Racket. You never know when you'll be able to see them again!
Sebastian Ingrosso
You may have to squint to actually see Sebastian on stage by the time he starts his set, since festival goers who attend Coachella for the dance music seem to stay at the three day party that is Sahara, but being there just for the experience is well worth it. Even if you're not a fan of house music, by the time Sebastian's set rolls around, we're sure you will be in a mood to watch scantily clad women dance and make out with each other.
Teetering on the extreme side of the pandemonium scale is this years it band M83. With the release of Hurry Up, We're Dreaming late last year, people have been going crazy over the electropop king Anthony Gonzalez despite the fact that he's been performing since 2001. Seeing M83 live is definitely an experience in itself, so suck it up and stand your ground amongst the hordes of other festivalgoers even if you can only see the screen.
2012 is the year of band revival, be it bands we want to see together or not. Thankfully, Plup is one band we're happy to see. Get ready to party like it's 1995 to (maybe) your favorite Britpop band in the heat of the warm desert night. Front man Jarvis Cocker, looking dapper as always, put on quite the performance for the sea of fans last weekend and will no doubt give the second weekenders the same.
Childish Gambino
Comedian, writer and Spacetime constable are just a few of Donald Glover's talents, but out on the Coachella stage, he is one hell of a rapper. We're not sure why reviewers are always blown away with Childish Gambino sets; they've been solid since he started preforming. Expect no lavish dance moves, Donald is sporting a broken foot which has halted him for other performances, but who can say no to performing for a huge crowd of fans under the hot Cali sun?
There are some people who bought a ticket for the second weekend just because they missed Santigold's spectacular performance the first time. There weren't many who missed it though, there was already a huge gathering waiting for her to come on the main stage. Between bringing audience members on stage for her hit song "Creator" and her incredibly gorgeous backup singers/booty dancers, there's much to coax you in to checking out Santigold's performance, not like you need it.
At The Drive-In
For many, it would be sacrilegious to miss the triumphant return of Omar, Cedric, Jim, Paul and Tony; your teenage self would probably travel in time to kick you in the shins if you did. Sure, we got The Mars Volta thanks to the dissolve of At the Drive-In, but seeing all of these guys perform together again is like watching a post-hardcore ballet. They're the pros and defined a generation of angsty hooligans. Even if you're not a fan, stick around their set for our favorite song "Invalid Litter Dept."
Azealia Banks
Playboy Magazine wrote about Azelia in this year's music guide, so you know she has to be good. Although she hails from Harlem, last weekend was her first official gig in the U.S. and we have to say, it's pretty amazing that it was a time slot at Coachella. Since her debut, her name has been all over the blogs and major media sites and giving Nicki Minaj a run for her money. The crowd gathered for her set around 30 minutes prior, so if you're going to check her out, you better get there early for a good spot.
Calvin Harris
You may feel upset that you missed Rihanna's ten minute cameo during Calvin Harris' set last weekend, but it's no reason to skip out on checking this Scottish house producer out. Be ready to hear him spin some of the best rave love songs of our time, even if the mega pop superstars that are sampled in it don't appear in the flesh or as a hologram.
The Hives
The rock revival that The Hives were a part of may be long gone, but don't think for a second these guys have taken any of it to heart, they still know how to put on one hell of a high energy show. Front man Peele Almquist also pulled off something extraordinary last weekend by convincing fans to take part in a reverse standing ovation. "Everybody sit down," he said. "You've been standing all day. It's hard on your legs and ligaments. VIPs, you're not that important. Sit down!" he demanded. "Just because you know somebody in middle-management at Coachella, you're not that important."
Tupac Hologram
This one is a no brainer. Who wouldn't want to see Tupac preform in 2012?! It's without a doubt the biggest event talked about during the festival, despite the fact that The Black Lips front man peeled off all of his clothes during their midafternoon set. Performing alongside legendary rapper Snoop Dogg (not a hologram) we think you should smoke 'em if you got 'em, order a beer and witness one of the most remarkable sets Coachella has ever seen.


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Assocham asks for bailout for Kingfisher Airlines
The industry body has said that there is no difference in the financial woes of Air India and Kingfisher Airlines.
Mumbai: Industry body Assocham on Monday suggested a bailout for the grounded Kingfisher Airlines following the government's decision to rescue the ailing national carrier Air India, saying there is no difference in the financial woes of both the airlines.
The suggestion comes within days of reports that LIC and the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) snapped up the entire Rs 7,400-crore bond issue of the debt-ridden Air India. "If Air India deserves to be given a bailout package, there is no reason why Kingfisher should be treated differently by banks and government organisations," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said in a statement.
Rawat's statement also comes days ahead of the November 30 deadline set by the bankers to the Kingfisher promoters to pump in fresh capital to the tune of $1 billion and table a comprehensive revival plan.
Sitting on a debt pile of over Rs 15,000 crore, including Rs 7,000 crore bank loans and payments due to various vendors and tax authorities, Kingfisher has not been operating since October 1 following a strike by its pilots and engineers over the non-payment of salaries.
Following the shutdown, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had suspended its flying licence on October 19.
"The circumstances under which both Air India and Kingfisher went down under are almost similar, largely emerging from demand slowdown, high cost of aviation fuel and other rising overhead costs," Rawat said.
However, some industry experts attribute the mounting losses and huge debt of the Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher to a flawed business model.
As far as Air India is concerned, some parliamentary panels have attributed it's financial woes to factors such as giving away its profitable routes to private carriers and a flawed aircraft acquisition policy for the carrier.
Of the Rs 7,400 crore issue, the LIC has agreed to subscribe to Rs 3,000-crore worth of non-convertible bonds while the rest Rs 4,400 crore worth bonds will be subscribed to by the EPFO. On its part, the government has announced Rs 30,000 crore bailout plan to revive Air India in April.
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I washed and filtered the raw wax, then lightened it with a bit of 35% peroxide.
But the candles made from it sputter just a bit. I did another wash, waiting to see those results when the candles cool.
To those of you who have used peroxide to lighten the wax a bit - how do you get it out of the wax?
More washing? Longer washing? More stirring?
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Airbus, as part of a French-industrial collaboration, conducted the "Joining our Engines – Biofuel Initiative France" flight today during the Paris Air Show to demonstrate the nation's technical capability and research into developing sustainable biofuels in the country.
An Airbus A321 test aircraft equipped with Sharklets and powered by CFM56 engines, completed its demonstration flight from Toulouse to Le Bourget Airport using Biojet A-1 Total/Amyris, which is a biofuel produced from innovative sugar-processing technology.
The flight resulted from a partnership between Airbus and the following French-based companies: Safran, a leading aerospace, defense and security group; Air France, a leader in the air transport sector in sustainable development; and Total, one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world.
These four companies seek to support the emergence of the French biofuel industry and find concrete solutions for sustainable energy sources based on environmental, social, technical and economic factors.
Alternative fuel research is a core tenet of Airbus' initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of air transport, lowering its overall CO2 footprint. Airbus' premise is based on establishing local sustainable solutions in communities around the world.


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[Article]-The Nightmare Before Charlie Brown`s Christmas - Answers and Winners
And here we go... great list of winners and, as always, an extensive narrative on the hows and whys of the answers to each question. Congrats to the winners and happy learning.
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Hello, challenge fans! Ed Skoudis and Yori "Skellington" Kvitchko here, with our announcement of the answers and winners from the holiday hacker challenge The Nightmare Before Charlie Brown's Christmas. In past challenges, we typically showed our answers first, followed by the winner announcement. But, we know that everyone instantly jumps down to the winners first (we can tell this using the Metasploit-based tracking software we clandestinely installed on each of your systems while you read our packet captures – JUST KIDDING!). So, in a topsy-turvy fashion for a change of pace, we'll first announce the winners, and then provide our answers to the challenge.
As usual, this year's competition was intense, with some of the smartest and most clever folks we've ever seen participating. Also, many of you had a nice scent as well (we can tell via the new Meterpreter smell-o-matic script included in the payload of our tracking software; thanks for coding that one up, Carlos). Our respondents included tried-and-true experts who have worked through many challenges in the past, intermixed with freshly minted newbies impressively building their skills, and everyone in between. Many people commented that the challenge really helped get them engaged in VoIP attack analysis for the first time, which is one of the primary reasons we write these darned things. Even if you didn't win, we do hope that your had fun and learned some valuable lessons about VoIP (in)security.--Ed Skoudis
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David L. Barkey
National Religious Freedom Counsel
Anti-Defamation League
In Town of Greece v. Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of legislative prayer for the first time since its 1983 Marsh v. Chambers decision. Claiming reliance on this decision, Justice Kennedy's 5-4 plurality opinion (although the judgment garnered five votes, no other Justice signed onto the opinion in full) held that Marsh, in which the Court upheld a legislative prayer policy, is applicable to invocations before a town board. At issue in the Greece case was the Town's informal invocation policy, which resulted in virtually all prayers at town board ("Board") meetings being delivered by Christian clergy. And 85% of these prayers were overtly Christian. The plurality found no Establishment Clause violation, reversing the Second Circuit's unanimous decision.
Although Justice Kennedy claims that the Court's decision falls squarely within Marsh, it is in fact a vast expansion of the 1983 ruling. It sanctions sectarian legislative prayers of one faith to the exclusion of others except in the most egregious circumstances. And the ruling applies to legislative prayers whether they are given before Congress, a state legislature, or a town board. Justice Kagan's spirited dissent reflects these realities, as well as a troubling disconnect between Justice Kennedy's rationale and its real-life, detrimental implications for religious minorities seeking redress before local government.
Regrettably, the plurality opinion opens the door wide to overtly sectarian prayers before public meetings of government bodies. As detailed below, its new content limitations on legislative prayer are far more undefined and unworkable than Justice Kagan's two-pronged approach to inclusive prayers. Undoubtedly, the majority's tepid limitations on legislative prayer do not adequately protect those who are in religious minorities from feeling isolated, vulnerable, or like second-class citizens in their own communities. Furthermore, while the opinion is facially limited to legislative prayer, there are deep concerns that language from the decision taken out of context will be used by lower courts to further degrade constitutionally-mandated separation of church and state.
Marsh v. Chambers and Footnote 14
In the Marsh decision, the Court relied on the "… deeply embedded … history and tradition of this country" … "… opening of sessions of legislative and other deliberative public bodies with prayer" to carve out a legislative prayer exception to the Establishment Clause, and it applied this exception to uphold invocations before the Nebraska State legislature.
Although the Marsh majority referred to "other deliberative bodies," the decision exclusively focused on the history and permissibility of legislative prayer before Congress and state legislatures. The Court based its legislative prayer exception on the historic fact that in 1789 "three days after Congress authorized the appointment of paid chaplains, final agreement was reached on the language of the Bill of Rights."
The content of legislative prayers, however, was not without limitation. Rather, the prayers at issue were permissible because, as detailed in Footnote 14, the legislature's chaplain "removed all references to Christ after a … complaint from a Jewish legislator" and the "prayer opportunity [was not] exploited to proselytize or advance any one, or to disparage any other, faith or belief." For decades, many legal scholars understood Marsh to mean that legislative prayers are permissible provided that they are non-sectarian or inclusive in nature.
Over the last 30 years, U.S. District and Circuit Courts have been all over the map as far as the meaning of Marsh. And a number of decisions have applied the decision to uphold prayers in the context of municipal boards and commissions. Prior to the Greece decision, however, the Supreme Court never addressed this issue.
The Plurality Decision: Expanding and Perverting Precedent
Typically, in the town of Greece, New York, only around ten citizens attended Board meetings where the Christian invocations occurred. The overwhelmingly Christian nature of the prayers resulted from an informal policy by which a town employee would call local congregations until an available clergy member was found to serve as "chaplain of the month." No instruction or guidance was given to clergy on the content of their prayers. Despite the Board's obvious alignment with Christianity, the Supreme Court plurality validated its invocation policy under Marsh and also found that it did not result in unconstitutional religious coercion.
As an initial matter, Justice Kennedy, with virtually no historical corroboration, summarily found that the Marsh exception applied to the Board. Indeed, the parties provided no information about the history of prayer before local legislative bodies and Justice Kennedy cited to only one reference dating back to 1909. To reach this conclusion, Justice Kennedy engaged in circular reasoning by relying on Marsh's finding of a 200-year "unambiguous and unbroken history" of Congress and subsequently state legislatures opening sessions with prayer.
Turning to the overtly Christian content of the Board's prayers, Justice Kennedy dismissed the significance of Marsh's Footnote 14 as merely the Court "observ[ing] the practical demands" placed on the legislature's chaplain choosing "to appeal to more members, or at least to give less offense to those who object." Eliminating the import of Footnote 14, Justice Kennedy announced that Marsh never required legislative prayer to be non-sectarian. He reasoned that members of the First Congress were "accustomed to invocations containing explicitly religious themes," and the Christian nature of those prayers "must not be dismissed as a relic of a time when our Nation was less pluralistic than it is today." Rather, today's religious diversity should be acknowledged "by welcoming ministers from many creeds." Justice Kennedy's endorsement of religious diversity is one of the few points of agreement between the plurality and Justice Kagan's dissent. It, however, is illusory as religious diversity is nowhere to be found in the new standard announced by Justice Kennedy.
The plurality further rationalized that prayers could be sectarian based on free speech principles. According to Justice Kennedy, no prayer can be "inclusive beyond dispute." Indeed, any attempt to make a legislative prayer inclusive would wrongly apply the First Amendment as a "majority rule" that defines "permissible categories of religious speech." Once the government "invites prayer into the public sphere, government must permit a prayer giver to address his or her own God … as conscience dictates."
Justice Kennedy's free speech purism, however, was short-lived. The very next paragraph of the decision paradoxically set forth new but exceedingly narrow content limitations: a prayer may "fall short of the desire to elevate the purpose of the occasion and to unite lawmakers in their common effort" where "invocations denigrate nonbelievers or religious minorities, threaten damnation, or preach conversion."
Based on these limitations, the plurality issued a new, far broader standard on permissible legislative prayer. Provided that a legislative body "maintains a policy of nondiscrimination" as to prayer-givers, "the content of a prayer will not likely establish a constitutional violation" unless there is a "pattern of prayers that over time denigrate, proselytize, or betray impermissible government purpose." Applying this standard, Justice Kennedy found the Board's prayer policy permissible.
The plurality then rejected claims that the Board policy resulted in religious coercion of meeting attendees. It purported to base its analysis on a fact sensitive inquiry that looked at the setting of legislative prayers and the audience for them. Despite the fact that the chaplain of the month customarily gave the invocation with his or her back to Board members and called upon the entire room to pray, Justice Kennedy astonishingly determined that the purpose of the prayers "is largely to accommodate the spiritual needs of lawmakers and connect them to a tradition dating to the time of the Framers" and therefore the "principal audience" for the Board invocations is the "lawmakers themselves" and not the public.
Despite the Board meetings' customary low public attendance, the plurality also determined that the Board policy did not dissuade members of the public from leaving the room during the prayer or arriving late to avoid it. Indeed, it found that just like state legislators, members of the public were free to enter or leave the Board meeting at their pleasure. So "nonbelievers choos[ing] to exit the room during a prayer … would not stand out as disrespectful or even noteworthy."
Justice Kagan's Dissent: Creating an "Untenable Choice"
Justice Kagan's powerful dissent exposed the plurality's opinion as being well beyond Marsh's holding, as well as the fallacy of its rendition of the facts. As a starting point, Justice Kagan took no issue with the holding of Marsh. However, she explained that in Marsh, the prayer "was addressed to legislators alone, in a proceeding in which citizens had no role." However, the Board has a "hybrid" role that includes legislative and constituent adjudicative functions. And critically, Marsh's holding "hinged on the view 'that the prayer opportunity ha[d] [not] been exploited to proselytize or advance any one … faith or belief;' had it been otherwise, the Court would have reached a different decision." Focusing on these significant differences, Kagan concluded that:
None of the history Marsh cited – and none the majority details today – supports calling on citizens to pray, in a manner consonant with only one single religion's beliefs, at a participatory public proceeding, having both legislative and adjudicative components.
According to Kagan, the plurality's expansion of Marsh creates an untenable choice for citizens that divides them along religious lines and thereby offends the First Amendment: pretend to pray in a faith not of your own, or decline to join the prayer or leave the room at the very moment when citizens need to petition their government.
To Kagan, a correct reading of Marsh requires that where "citizens of all faiths come to speak to each other and their elected officials in a legislative session" prayers should "include, rather than serve to divide." And achieving inclusivity is a straightforward task: instruct chaplains to speak in non-sectarian terms common to diverse faiths, or invite clergy from many faiths, so that the government does not align within one faith and "the effect of even sectarian prayer is transformed."
In refuting Justice Kennedy's rejection of the religious coercion claims, Justice Kagan effectively argued that the plurality misapprehended the facts of the case and failed to follow its own fact-sensitive inquiry standard. She pointed out that in addition to the significant differences between the functions of state legislatures and local government, and the fact that virtually all the prayers before the Board were Christian in nature, the invocations were in fact directed to the public and not lawmakers.
Furthermore, the plurality's misplaced reliance on the Board's non-discrimination policy could not cure the constitutional violation. The policy was in name only because the Board virtually never offered the "chaplain of the month" role to non-Christian persons and never gave guidance to clergy to be more inclusive of other faiths. The Board's resulting alignment with one faith was significant and constitutionally offensive because the prayers "express beliefs that are fundamental to some, foreign to others – and because that is so they carry ever-present potential to exclude and divide."
Justice Kagan astutely concluded her dissent by stating that "[w]hen the citizens of this country approach their government, they do so only as Americans, not as members of one faith or another. And that means that even in a partly legislative body, they should not confront government-sponsored worship that divides them along religious lines."


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The University of Colorado Boulder will remain closed through Friday as rain continues to fall and more storms are expected through tomorrow.
With the current weather conditions and the continuing possibility of flash flooding, the evacuations of the Faculty/Staff housing unit, Athens Court and the ground floor of Newton Court will remain in place. The evacuation has impacted 220 units and 355 family housing residents.
"With the weather conditions continuing to be unpredictable, we're going to exercise caution and keep the current evacuation in place," said Chancellor Philip DiStefano. "This will be revisited again on Friday as early as we can make a determination that the units are safe."
Dozens of staff members from across the campus, including housing, facilities management and public safety, have been working since Wednesday evening to restore and preserve campus facilities.
"I want to assure parents and others that we have not had any reports of missing students or serious injuries," said Louise Vale, Vice Chancellor for Administration. "The majority of our campus is well above the flood plain and is not at risk of flash flooding. We want to make sure the buildings are safe before we open them."
The current assessment is that 25 percent of campus buildings have some form of water damage, including seepage in basements. Contractors have been brought in to pump out water from the basements of Fleming, Norlin and Electrical Engineering.
Residence halls with flooding damage on the ground floor include a few units in Reed, Crosman and Cockerell Halls. The 21 affected residents have been relocated to other campus units.
All events on Thursday have been cancelled and many will be cancelled Friday as well, including the Pearl Street Stampede. Ralphie's Corral prior to the Saturday football game has also been cancelled. However, the football game against Fresno State will be played as scheduled with a kickoff at 12:07 p.m. The grass lots on campus are expected to be closed, which will cause fans with permits in those lots to relocate to their secondary lots. Updates to this situation will be available during Saturday's pregame broadcast on AM 850 KOA at 10 a.m.