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UTSA hosts student risk management symposium
By James Benavides
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(Jan. 11, 2008)--The UTSA Office of Student Activities will host a student risk management symposium, "Be Rowdy, Be Responsible," from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at the University Center, 1604 Campus.
The free event for UTSA students, student organizations and their advisers, faculty and staff will offer workshops to improve practical skills for managing issues such as alcohol, drugs, hazing and peer pressure, credit card debt and Internet safety.
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With better risk management skills, students can lead more successful college careers and reduce chances of making ill-informed decisions affecting their entire lives.
The event will include workshops on responsible college living by UTSA student activities staff, UTSA faculty and staff, UTSA Police Department officials and community partners.
Other presentation topics are:
- Alcohol and drug abuse and recovery
- Sex education and health
- Pregnancy
- Suicide prevention and mental health
- Co-dependency
- Abuse and domestic violence
- Gambling and addictive behaviors
- Reducing personal and organizational risk
- Travel procedures for organizations
- Risk factors of Facebook, MySpace and other online networking
Rick Barnes will present the keynote address, "What's All This Fuss About Risk Management?" Barnes has 20 years of higher education experience with extensive work as a fraternity adviser.
- To attend the symposium, download the registration form and submit it by Feb. 1.
Community partners and UTSA faculty and staff members interested in presenting at the symposium can contact Kelsey Bratcher, assistant director of risk education, alcohol and drug programs, UTSA Office of Student Activities, at (210) 458-4160.
- Download a program proposal form and submit it by Jan. 18.
For more information, contact Kelsey Bratcher at (210) 458-4160.
About Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes received a B.S. degree from Texas Tech University and an M.A. degree from Texas Christian University. He is former president of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and the AFA Foundation. A member of numerous professional organizations in higher education, he has presented at leadership conferences across the country and has been a featured speaker at more than 600 college campuses.
Barnes is a board member of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). A member of the FarmHouse fraternity, he served as an international board member, international programs chair and international vice president.


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Kevin DrumApr. 27, 2011 12:15 PM
Everyone thinks they're middle class. This isn't a big surprise: the word "rich" has specific connotations (servants, mansions on the Gold Coast, 200-foot yachts, etc.) and even someone making $200-300 thousand a year probably doesn't have any of that stuff. What's more, most people in that income range were likely raised middle class, so culturally they still think of themselves that way even if their incomes give them a pretty comfortable lifestyle.
But Catherine Rampell notes something more interesting today. Researchers surveyed 1,100 households in Buenos Aires and asked them a purely objective question: what decile do you think your income puts you in? The bottom decile means you're part of the poorest 10%, the fifth decile means you're right in the middle, and the tenth decile means you're part of the richest 10%. Here's how things shook out:
Fascinating! The very poorest thought they were actually in the fourth decile — just barely below average. The very richest thought they were in the sixth decile — just barely above average.
If the same thing is true here — and I wouldn't be surprised if it were — it could go a long way toward explaining the political dynamics of taxation and economic policy in the United States. After all, if the poor don't really know they're poor, they're never going to mount much of a fight for more egalitarian public policies. And if the well-off don't know they're well off, they're going to strongly resist more egalitarian public policies. The result can be startling increases in income inequality without anyone really knowing it's happening or caring very much about it.
Kate SheppardApr. 27, 2011 11:53 AM
Looks like the past year hasn't been so bad after all for BP, which today reported a 16 percent increase in profits over the first quarter of 2010. The company reported $7.2 billion in net earnings—compared to $6.2 billion for the first three months of last year.
The company sold off a bunch of assets in order to pay for the Gulf oil disaster, which is how they managed to keep the profits up. BP also hasn't been drilling in the deepwater since that whole giant oil catastrophe it unleashed last year. But to still report an increase in income is, well…let's just say I have a hard time feeling too bad for them because their profits weren't as high as they could have been.
Never fear though, as the company says it expects to be back out drilling in the Gulf by the second quarter of this year.
Apr. 27, 2011 11:52 AM
Is vaccine denial primarily a leftie/hippy/Hollywood phenomenon? There's apparently no really good data on this, but Chris Mooney rounds up what he can and concludes that the whole issue is pretty nonpolitical: "Bottom line: There's no evidence here to suggest that vaccine denial (and specifically, believing that childhood vaccines cause autism) is a distinctly left wing or liberal phenomenon." More here.
Kevin DrumApr. 27, 2011 10:49 AM
I see that even our own Tim Murphy has fallen for the White House's "long form birth certificate" scam this morning. How disappointing to see one of MoJo's own being so credulous. This "official" copy has obviously been doctored, as anyone can see clearly by looking at the bottom of the form. See line 23? "Evidence for Delayed Filing or Alteration"? If this were a true copy, it would carry an official stamp saying "None" to indicate that it hadn't been altered. But obviously the form has been altered, to remove the official evidence of alteration. This story is far from over, my friends. Far from over.
UPDATE: A reader emails to point out that Fox News is taking an appropriately skeptical stance about all this. Kudos to them. I'm glad there's at least one news organization left that doesn't just accept White House agitprop at face value.
UPDATE 2: From commenter dennisS:
You call that a long form?! It's not even 8.5 x 11 !! I want the reeeeeallllly loooong form!!
The rest of the comments are good too!
Tim MurphyApr. 27, 2011 10:30 AM
"Were you born here?"
This morning, in an attempt to end, once-and-for-all, the right-wing conspiracy that he is not eligible for office, President Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate from the state of Hawaii. "The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn't good for the country," the White House said in a statement.
But those distractions won't be going away anytime soon. I just got off the phone with Texas GOP State Rep. Leo Berman, sponsor of his state's birther bill, and a vocal proponent of the idea that the President was not born in this country. Berman, who has explained previously that he gets much of his news via "YouTubes," was not aware of the White House's release when I called him up, but his initial reaction more or less set the tone: "I wonder why it took them almost two years to release that? That seems kind of strange."
I sent Berman the White House's statement and a copy of the certificate, and after a few minutes he called back ready to talk. "If this is the true birth certificate, I'm very happy to finally see it," he said. But today's news didn't answer his lingering doubts; if anything, it raised even more questions. Berman was comparing the White House release with another birth certificate he said was from Mombasa, Kenya. "There are two hospitals [in Honolulu] at the time and neither hospital will claim him," Berman said. "Today, if you have a hospital where the president was born they'd probably take the room where he was born and make a shrine out of it." Plus, the Kenyan certificate just seemed more compelling: "When I look at the one from Kenya, there is a British lord who is the clerk for registering all births in Kenya at that time." He added, "The one from Mombasa even has a footprint on it. Like a human footprint."
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Suzy KhimmApr. 27, 2011 10:23 AM
Now that President Obama has taken the surprise step of confronting the birther conspiracy theory head on, the birthers will be satisfied, right? Well, not really.
In an interview with Mother Jones, Andy Martin, a Chicago-based activist and the self-proclaimed "King of the Birthers" says he considers the White House's release of Obama's long-form birth certificate a "tremendous triumph" for the birther movement. But he adds that other questions about Obama's background still remain to be answered. Now, he's demanding the release of Obama's college transcripts and admission documents, as well as an investigation into another conspiracy theory suggesting that a black nationalist Muslim lawyer paid for Obama's law school tuition.
"Well, I'll be damned…it looks OK!" Martin told Mother Jones by phone, as he perused the document for the first time. "I'm stunned…obviously the pressure got to be too much."
Martin credits himself for single-handedly launching the birther movement before Obama had even taken office; he even annouced his own presidential bid in December to push the issue. (Martin insists that he's never doubted that the president was born in Honolulu, but that officials' refusal to release the document cast a cloud of suspicion.) Rather than prove the birthers wrong, Martin insists the release of the birth certificate simply speaks to their political clout.
"As his power waned, he was hectored and forced to respond," Martin says of Obama. According to Martin, White House officials said that it wasn't possible to release the birth certificate under any circumstances on Monday—the same that the copy of the document was issued. "How did it get released on Monday? Obviously they were lying." (A CNN reporter asked White House press secretary Jay Carney about Obama's birth certificate on Monday, but Carney simply dismissed the concerns without further comment.)
Martin, however, says that the birth certificate doesn't put to rest other questions about Obama's past and rise to power. Echoing Donald Trump's recent demands to see Obama's college grades, Martin said he wants to see the "admission files and the transcripts" of Obama's college years. "The pressure for his college records is going to become relentless," he vows.
Martin says that he also has questions about Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour, whom fringe activists claim is a black Muslim nationalist who paid for Obama's law degree. Though he says that most birthers will be satisfied with the document released by the White House today, Martin points out there's another wing of the birther movement that still won't believe that Obama's a natural-born citizen because he has a Kenyan father.
For his part, Martin doesn't plan to drop his own campaign to challenge Obama for president. "I'm running as the guy who now forced Obama" to release his birth certificate, Martin says triumphantly. Then he adds without elaboration: "Our god is stronger than Obama's god, whatever his god is."
Tim MurphyApr. 27, 2011 9:12 AM
The White House released President Obama's long-form birth certificate this morning:
The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn't good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting.
The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn't good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting.
Courtesy of the White House
Let us never speak of this episode ever again.
Kate SheppardApr. 27, 2011 6:30 AM
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R).
Election watchers looking for something to monitor this week might want to keep an eye on Indiana, where lawmakers are deciding the fate of a bill that would cut funding for Planned Parenthood in the state and dramatically limit abortion access. Mitch Daniels, the Hoosier state's governor and a potential GOP presidential contender, has called for a truce on social issues in favor of a focus on budget matters. How Daniels handles this truce-breaking legislation will be an important test of how seriously he takes his call for peace.
On Tuesday afternoon, Republicans in the Indiana House filed a motion to concur with the Senate's version of the bill, paving the way for a vote as early as Wednesday. Unlike the House measure, the Senate bill includes language that blocks Medicaid dollars from going to the state's 28 Planned Parenthood clinics, which currently receive $3 million in public funds for reproductive health programs. If the proposal becomes law, Indiana will be the first state in the country to use this tactic to target Planned Parenthood. The move comes amid Republican attempts to defund the organization at the federal level.
The measure has implications beyond one organization, however, because federal law generally prevents states from deciding which family planning services Medicaid patients can use. That means that Indiana could forfeit all $4 million it receives in federal family planning funding, Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Michael Gargano told the Associated Press. That would leave 22,000 low-income residents without access to family planning services according to Betty Cockrum, executive director of Planned Parenthood Indiana. The bill has been filed as an "emergency" measure, meaning its provisions go into effect immediately.
While the Planned Parenthood "cut" appears to save money, it could actually end up costing the state. Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration says that more than half the births in Indiana are paid for by Medicaid, and that percentage is almost certain to increase if thousands of women lose access to contraceptives.
Even if Daniels can prevail upon his allies in the legislature to remove the Planned Parenthood language, it's just one of a number of anti-abortion and reproductive rights measures in the bill. The proposal also includes a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, claiming a state interest in preventing pain to the fetus. Another provision requires that doctors tell women that abortion may cause breast cancer, infertility, or pain to the fetus—all medically dubious claims—and requires an 18-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion. The bill also states that "human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm."
Daniels, an abortion opponent, has argued that the Republican Party should drop the culture wars for the time being in favor of focusing on the economy. While the provisions in this bill would seem to break that truce, most observers expect he'll approve it anyway. "The political climate in Indiana these days would suggest that he would sign it," Cockrum tells Mother Jones. She said her group is working with lawyers to determine its legal options if the bill becomes law.
At the very least, Daniels' critics are anticipating some fun watching how the likely 2012 contender will handle the situation. "Those of us who watch this stuff will enjoy seeing how much he squirms," says John Schorg, director of media relations for the Indiana House Democratic Caucus. "These are the kind of decisions that tend to be remembered when someone decides to run for president."
UPDATE 4/27, 6:02 EST: The House approved the bill by a vote of 66-32 on Wednesday evening. Now it goes to the governor's desk.
Josh HarkinsonApr. 27, 2011 6:09 AM
Rosario Dawson poses with a sack of Kellogg Amend, a soil additive made from sewage sludgeLast May, a group of movie stars gathered at a schoolyard garden in Venice, California to raise money for the Environmental Media Association, a prominent Hollywood green group that supports organic gardens at public schools. Among the publicity photos snapped that day was a product-placement shot of Rosario Dawson planting vegetables alongside a sack of Kellogg Amend, an "organic" soil supplement sold by Kellogg Garden Products, one of EMA's corporate sponsors. "This was one of those unfortunate weird things," says EMA president Debbie Levin, who hadn't known anything about Amend before the shoot. Amend, she later learned, is not approved for organic farming because it's made from municipal sewage sludge.
Levin isn't the only urban gardener who has gotten cozier than she might have liked with other people's poo. The list of ingredients on Amend's packaging avoids the terms "sewage sludge" and "biosolids" (the sewage industry's preferred term) in favor of the more vague "compost." But there's no doubt that Kellogg's "compost" comes from sludge, says John Stauber, a consultant for the Wisconsin-based Food Rights Network, who traced Amend's origins to a Southern California sludge treatment plant. He equates the discovery to "finding out that the giant gorgeous Alpine mountain that you've been living next to is a heap of toxic waste." (Kellogg Garden Products did not return a call from Mother Jones).
Poop may be the least of the problems with biosolids; sludge's dirty secret is that it can contain anything that goes down the drain—from Prozac flushed down toilets to motor oil hosed from factory floors. A 2009 EPA survey of sludge samples from across the US found nearly universal contamination by 10 flame retardants and 12 pharmaceuticals and exceptionally high levels of endocrine disruptors such as triclosan, an ingredient in antibacterial soap that scientists believe is killing amphibians. Large food processors such as H.J. Heinz won't allow crops grown with sludge in any of their products. For more on sludge's safety issues, check out the 2009 Mother Jones story, Sludge Happens.
Stauber, who who first exposed the hyping of sludge in the 1995 book Toxic Sludge is Good For You!, sees Amend and similar products as examples of greenwashing gone wild. The USDA doesn't regulate which fertilizers can be labeled as "organic," allowing anyone to use the term (though it bans the use of sludge in organic agriculture). And the nonprofit U.S. Composting Council sees no problem in using its green image for the Orwellian rebranding of sludge. Biosolids companies sit on its board of directors and are sponsoring its upcoming Composting Week.
So what to do if you're a home gardener who wants compost without the sewage? Try checking the website of the Organic Materials Review Institute, which vets agricultural products used by certified organic farmers. That's the preferred approach of Levin, who stresses that no Kellogg Amend was ever actually applied to EMA's gardens (though one school may have inadvertently ordered a different sludge-based product). "Everything was according to what we asked for," she says. "We use the organic stuff."
Apr. 27, 2011 5:30 AM
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Just makes me think why is this guy on T.V. sometimes.....He just mad cause a lot of people probably consider Strahan better then him.
Man I hate Sapp....dude just needs to shut up.
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I also didn't know that we are taking into account every linemen players play against now. I wish someone will look who he played against also. Who the hell was calling Strahan a bust??
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I saw this too. Guy's a clown. He's proud of the accomplishments of his teammate (Rice) and that's fine. But he's praising him by tearing down someone else (Strahan) and that's not cool in my book. If you're going to praise Rice and say he deserves to be in the hall then do it, don't say he's better than another guy who's being considered.
Also, didn't Sapp go up against Detroit and Chicago twice per year, two teams that weren't making much noise during the years he played.......
I bELIeve in February 4, 2018.
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Different responsibilities are entailed on the strongside. As a former player (Hall of Famer, at that), it baffles me that Sapp would intentionally attempt to marginalize Strahan's illustrious career.
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. - Since Labor Day is about celebrating the contributions of the work force,
what better time to recognize a business that served Cathedral City well in last week's flash flooding.
Some of the tow trucks on scene were from Mohica Towing.
The family-owned company took the initiative and sent four of its trucks to the heart of the flooding on Highway 111.
Knowing a number of people were trapped inside their vehicles in the middle of the street and in surrounding parking lots, the tow truck drivers moved in with their rigs after getting the OK from firefighters.
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Nick Jonas, 14, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers band, is used to sharing the stage with his brothers, Kevin, 19, and Joe, 18. But last March, Nick became the focus of attention.
During a concert, he announced that he had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2005. The lifelong disease affects about one in 500 kids and teens in the United States. People with Type 1 diabetes need to take insulin injections or use an insulin pump to keep their blood sugar at safe levels. Nick told TFK that his biggest challenge is managing his blood sugar levels while he's on the tour with the band.
Next month, the Jonas Brothers band heads out on a sold-out, 54-city tour with Hannah Montana's Miley Cyrus. The trio's second album, Jonas Brothers, hit stores in August. It sold 69,000 copies and debuted at number 5 on The Billboard 200. The album remains on Billboard's Top 20 list. It's the first album to be released in the Disney's CDVU + (CD View Plus) format. A multi-media enhanced CD-ROM packed with band photos and interactive content.
Nick gave TFK an inside look at what it's like to perform with his brothers, life on the road and how he copes with his diabetes while on tour.
What's it like being in a band with your brothers?
It's amazing. We get to do a lot of things that most brothers do not get to do together. It's really cool!
Are you guys competitive with each other?
Only when it comes to sports. We are not competitive in our career. In our career we are very supportive of each other.
What do you do on the road for fun?
We like to play tennis, wiffle ball, hang out with friends when we have the chance, and go see movies.
You performed on Broadway when you were younger. What was that like?
Performing on Broadway was amazing. It was a great training tool for what I am doing now. My favorite memory on Broadway was performing as Gavroche in the final cast of Les Miserables.
What is the biggest challenge you have faced since finding out that you have Type 1 diabetes?
There aren't too many challenges. But if I had to choose one it would be managing my blood sugar levels on the road.
What advice do you have for kids who have a life-long disease?
Keep holding on! Try your best to take care of yourself in whatever way you have available.
The band goes on tour with Miley Cyrus in October tell us a little about that?
It will be our first arena tour. We are so excited to be able to have the opportunity to tour with one of our really good friends. We have heard that the dates are selling out in less than one hour in cities all over the nation.
How has the tour been so far this summer?
The tour has been amazing. It is one of my favorite tours so far. We have visited states from California to New York. We even went to Puerto Rico.
We heard that you just finished a pilot show for the Disney Channel? What's the show about?
We did a pilot for Disney. We really can't talk about it.
How does your most recent album, Jonas Brothers, differ from It's About Time.
This new record is full of a lot of personal experiences. It was really cool how we were able to put all of the things that happened to us and make the record we wanted to make. I think it is more mature and rocks hard.


text: Just want to give some specifics on Dai's program and then later compare to Usova Zhulin in 1993. Yes, different discipline, but many of the interpretation criteria are similar. I'll also highlight some pieces from Chan Here's a link to Dai in Nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8YxSJqcLyI Usova/Zhulin 1993 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxseLaxl61s Chan in Nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Nzn0K7yc4 I love Dai; he's charismatic and invests himself emotionally. But you have to pull that out of the analysis because those intangibles only count for so much in the PE IN and CH marks. So many other things matter. His two main shortfalls are (compared to Chan) 1. The number of opportunities missed to interpret the music in a meaningful way and 2. The lack of variety in his movement and ways to interpret the music. As for #1, there are places in the program where he doesn't really acknowledge the music. The first main part is through first 3 elements (0-1:20) -other than first 15 sec of program not many body movements connected to the music. Three turns after quad count for transitions but don't connect to music. Almost none of the notes acknowledged although some good transitional moves Musical transition (2:53 - 4:00) -Intensity picks up in the music with more furtive string instrument work. Dai's energy does not similarly amp up and there is very little movement that connects to the music. He does move his arms around but not in relation to the music. This is the best example here of missed opportunities to highlight the music. Arm movements, simpler connecting footwork and head bops. All very good but not worthy of 9s Compare that section specifically...2:53 to about 3:10 to Usova/Zhulin 6:10 to 6:40. Same cut of music. U/Z hit the notes and varied their body movement. More importantly their energy and speed surged with the music whereas Dai kept to one level of energy and kept the choreo to simple arm movements. Doesn't compare. Note that just before this section he stripped out a number of transitional moves he had earlier in the year at the J.O. As for #2, watching the program again with a more critical eye, I've now become even more aware of the lack of variety in his movement compared to Patrick. I now find that Dai's program is again simple arm movements and simpler footwork movements and sporadic edge work. And, outside of footwork everything he does is completely upright. Comparatively easy. With Patrick I see something different. Already in the first 20 seconds he uses almost every edge and rocks on them to the music. His body goes from high to low which you never see from Dai. Impacts choreo and IN part depending on how judges see it. -Also unlike Dai Patrick is up and down in his knees to the music even going into his hard early jumps, something Dai never does. -3A lands on a musical transition. Harder to do and gets more credit. Patrick has a much more well developed vocabulary in edges and turns. He highlights almost all of the notes and with an incredible variety of movement that incorporates his entire body. Lots of hops, directional changes and varied arm movements that are sharp or fluid all relative to what the music dictates. I find the more I watch the two side by side the better I find Patrick's program and interpretation. I'll catch a lot of sh*t for this but I think now I'd put Patrick a full point ahead of Dai on most of the components. Happy to hear what others see that I'm missing. Again, Dai's emotional investment does count but for much less than some people might think.


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Legal experience preferred but not required. Candidate must possess professionalism, punctuality, and people skills. Typing and computer skills are also preferred. Please mail resume to: Stephanie Fiddes, 456 Fulton St., Suite 222, Peoria, Illinois, 61602. Legal Assistant PositionLegal assistant position available for legal assistant to senior business-law partner in 8 attorney law firm in downtown Peoria. Please email resumes in confidence to: email@example.com Secretary/ParalegalButler & Giraudo, P.C. seeks to hire experienced legal assistant or paralegal having high level skills in pleading / document preparation, discovery, file management and client communication. Only those applicants with experience in family law need apply. This is a full time position, salary to be commensurate with experience. Please email cover letter and resume to Tamara Meister at email@example.com, or mail cover letter and resume to: Butler & Giraudo, P.C., 100 S. Main St., Morton, Illinois 61550. 2014 Directory ChangesJason Netzley, 330 NE Perry Ave., Peoria, IL 61603. Phone: (309) 685-7900. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com P. Kelly, Attorney at Law, L.L.C., 2710 N. Knoxville Ave., Peoria, IL 61604. Phone: (309) 681-1900. Fax: (309) 681-1930.Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Amanda Watson, Caterpillar, Inc., 100 NE Adams St. Peoria, IL 61629. Phone:(309)494-4222Email: email@example.com Kepple, Kepple Law Group, LLC, 2426 W. Cornerstone Ct., Peoria, IL 61614. Phone: (309) 282-1545.Email: email@example.com SearchIf anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of the Last Will and Testament of Willis Dean Wells, dob: 6/2/1935; dod: 9/4/2011, please contact Leann Reardon at (309) 683-7959.Will SearchIf anyone has information about a Last Will and Testament for Lori Moore (DOB 12/21/80) of Morton, IL, please contact Colt Johnson at Hasselberg, Rock, Bell & Kuppler LLP, 688-9400 or firstname.lastname@example.com Space AvailableLeFante Law Offices, P.C, has 2 offices immediately available for sublet on a monthly or annual basis. One office is furnished with an executive desk, has three windows and measures 14.5' x 9'. Second office is an unfurnished interior office and measures 19.5' x 13.5'. Internet and fax included. Possibility for shared receptionist. Additional space available for support staff. If interested, please contact Jennifer Anschuetz at (309) 999-1111 for additional information.Large 19th floor office with long window wall in former Associated Bank Tower for $600 per month. If interested, please call Steve Sutton at (309) 674-7700.Janssen Building, 2400+ sq. ft. luxury suite with offices now available to rent. If interested please contact The Janssen Law Center at 309.676.2341. Annual Meeting and Installation of OfficersThe annual business meeting and installation of officers will be held on Monday, July 7, 2014, at noon at the Peoria Marriott Père Marquette. Reservations may be made by credit card online at https://peoriabar.org/shop or by check with the enclosed form. Reservation deadline is Wednesday, July 2. Recipient of the 2014 Public Servant Award will be announced.DiversityThe Diversity Committee requests your input. What action can the committee take to help you identify, recruit, hire and retain qualified minority lawyers? We value any feedback. Please contact any member of the committee including the current chair, Nina Gougis email@example.com, the incoming chair, Bob Jennetten firstname.lastname@example.com and the incoming vice chair, Judge Lisa Wilson firstname.lastname@example.com. Our plans include:1) a social for interns and summer clerks in July, 2) awarding the Diversity Scholarship in August, 3) assisting the CLE committee with the Columbus Day professionalism seminar, and 4) hosting the Diversity Luncheon on October 30, 2014—Justice Lisa Holder White, keynote speaker. Please mark your calendar for the luncheon and share your suggestions for action steps which should be taken by the committee.Register for 2014 Mentoring ProgramThe PCBA Special Committee on Mentoring, chaired by Stacy Crabtree and Ashley Miller, is currently looking for participants to sign up as either mentors or mentees. This is a great opportunity to promote professionalism in the PCBA. The orientation luncheon will be on July 30 from noon to 1:00 at the PCBA office. Please contact Linda Raineri at email@example.com if you are interested in being a mentor or mentee to a fellow PCBA member. There is also an opportunity for mentors and mentees to receive six CLE hours in professionalism. For further information about registering for the CLE mentoring program, visit http://lawyermentor.ilsccp.org/pcba/. The deadline for registering for the CLE mentoring program is July 18.Schedule of Events and Court HolidaysJuly 4 Independence Day - Courts and Courthouse Closed7 Annual Meeting of the Membership/Installation of Officers-12:00-1:00 p.m. - Peoria Marriott Pere MarquetteAugust 4 PCBA Annual Golf Outing – Weaver Ridge 25 Rain Date for Annual Golf OutingSeptember 1 Labor Day – Courts and Courthouse Closed27 Strides for Justice, 5k run/1 mile walk f/b/o Prairie State Legal Services - ower Park/Grandview DriveOctober13 Columbus Day Professionalism Seminar – Tried & True Part II13 Columbus Day – Courts Closed; Courthouse Open30 Diversity Luncheon – Justice Lisa Holder White, Keynote Speaker – Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette – Noon – 1:00 p.m.Committee MeetingsJuly14 Noon CLE22 Noon Fitness, Health & Wellness23 Noon Skit28 Noon Diversity30 Noon Mentoring Orientation LunchAugust 5 Noon Real Property 8 Noon Communications & Technology11 Noon CLE12 Noon Pro Bono14 Noon YLC19 Noon Board of Directors28 Noon Government & Public Interest LawCommittee ReportsCommittee Preferences for 2014-15We ask every PCBA member to submit their committee preferences each year so we can have an up-to-date list of committees. You may simply email the PCBA office at firstname.lastname@example.com – JIOP StudentsJudge Kim Kelley (far left) and Chief Judge Stephen Kouri (far right) welcomed (from left to right) 2014 judicial externs Jessica Van Beek and Jenna Tucker, and students from the ABA's JIOP (Judicial Intern Opportunity Program) Morgan Farrington and Sagine Vanessa Vincent. JIOP is supported by the Peoria County Bar Foundation.EntertainmentJeffrey Bach would like to remind everyone to make a reservation for the 2014 Golf Outing. It will be held at WeaverRidge Golf Club on Monday, August 4, with a rain date of August 25. Due to participant input, there are two options this year – stroke play or scramble. Jeff is also working on door prize upgrades. WeaverRidge is offering smoked prime rib on the buffet. It is only $100 for the golf and dinner package, and the reservation form is included with this newsletter.Fitness, Health & Wellness Committee: Member Link to WellnessBy Ron Hanna, Chair, FHW Committee Alcoholism and Drug Dependency in the Legal ProfessionAlcoholism and/or Drug Dependency are major problems in this country affecting 10% of the population, according to the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse. The rates of addiction are even higher in the legal profession. The American Bar Association estimates 15% to 20% of lawyers suffer from alcoholism and substance abuse. The following questions can tell whether you, or someone close to you, may have a drinking problem.Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking?Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking?Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover (eye opener)?One "yes" response suggests a possible problem. Fortunately, treatment is available and there is hope for recovery. Lawyers' Assistance Program, Inc., created in 1980 by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, provides confidential assistance to any Illinois judge, attorney, or law student whose professional performance may be impaired due to addiction or mental illness.In this way, LAP not only helps to save the lives and practices of impaired attorneys, it also contributes to the protection of the public, the continued improvement of the integrity and reputation of the legal profession. Find more information at http://illinoislap.org/.Local Continuing Legal EducationColumbus Day Professional Responsibility SeminarIf you are one of over 150 attorneys who attended the May professionalism seminar, "Tried & True," you may be pleased to know that there is another installment already in the works for October. The PCBA's PMCLE Rock Stars, Kevin Miller and Jim Lawson, are working on even more famous trials. Mark your calendars now for Monday, October 13, at noon, at First United Methodist Church at the corner of Main and Perry.GAL TrainingJudge Maher has announced there will be a GAL training on October 20 and 21, 2014, at Second Presbyterian Church, 313 N. East St., Bloomington, IL. Further details on speakers and cost are forthcoming. The course will be approved for GAL credit in the Tenth Circuit.MembershipCommittee Chair Gregory Rastatter reports that Charon K. Faulkner, Jennifer Hahn and Michael Shemkus have applied for regular membership. Their applications will be presented to the Board in August.Your Membership dues invoices have been mailed. As you renew your membership, we hope you will consider the benefits: Discounts on CLE programs (and tracking of your hours), mentoring, a resumé bank for job searches as well as support staff, free website and directory listing, free attorneys' directories and pictorials, opportunity to participate in the Lawyer Referral Service, and friendly Bar staff available to assist you!MemorialsOn June 15, 2014, Roger S. Joslin passed away. He was born June 21, 1936, in Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from Bloomington High School in 1954, received his Bachelor's degree from Miami University and graduated from the University of Illinois Law School. He briefly practiced in Peoria before returning to Bloomington to embark on a 38 year career with State Farm, where he became chief financial officer and vice chairman of the board. After retirement, he remained active in the business community, serving as director of Archer Daniels Midland and Amlin. He also served as a member of the Bloomington Board of Education and as a trustee for Illinois Wesleyan University. He is survived by his wife Stephany, three children and five grandchildren. The PCBA has contributed $100.00 to its Foundation in memory of Mr. Joslin.The Bar Association received a thank you note from Peggy Bailey, mother of Colette Bailey. It read: "Thank you so much for sending the resolution prepared by Judge Lyons and for the list of contributors in memory of Colette. Please send along our thanks and genuine appreciation for Judge Lyons beautiful memorial and to all those who contributed to the Peoria Bar Foundation. It was very kind and thoughtful of you all. Sincerely, Peggy Bailey."Peoria County Pro Bono PlanBy Sandra Crow, Pro Bono Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com would like to thank the following attorneys and their staff who have recently closed pro bono cases: John Cassidy III, Alex Ketay (2 cases), Burt Dancey, Jeremy Heiple (2 cases), Joshua Herman, Alex Ketay, Monica Kim, Brigette Lobacz, Michael Mersot, Cathy Molchin, Robert Muir and Ann Pieper.Effective Communication with the Legal Services ClientThis seminar will be of particular interest to attorneys assisting pro bono clients through representation or in clinical settings, firm pro bono coordinators and partners, corporate law department pro bono managers.This course is free and is open to everyone who is interested in learning more about meeting the unique challenges posed by pro bono clients. The course will run for five days (varying between 10-45 minutes each day), from August 4-8, 2014.The program shows how to create an environment in which you can educate and empower your client—and achieve the best possible outcomes in pro bono cases. You will learn: *Techniques for getting to know your pro bono client *Strategies for establishing a trusting and productive relationship *Tips for effective communication with your client *Strategies for helping your client make informed legal choicesRegister today at www.pli.edu/MOOC/223999 to reserve your spot.Other NewsFrom PCBA Member Judge Brian NemenoffCASA of Peoria County is eager to launch the 2014 CASAblanca Dancing with the Local Stars Fundraising Event. "Whatever the PCBA can do will be appreciated. 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newarenanow wrote:I just wanted to say that I did absolutely nothing. I apologize to the other mods, but I just couldn't keep up with the PMs at work, got lost with what was going on, and then went away early Thursday and didn't return until Monday, so I was completely lost.
When I logged on each day, or checked, there were like 500 PMs. So I basically bowed out.
Good job to tfrizz and npv for keeping track of all of that.
you don't have to apologize. we all knew you were useless.


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Hope seniors Amanda Kerkstra and Don Overbeek have been named to the d3hoops.com Great Lakes all-region team. The all-region teams recognize NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball players and were chosen by sports information directors at the various schools.
Kerkstra has been named to the women's Great Lakes region first team while Overbeek has been named to the men's third team. Each was voted the most valuable player in their respective MIAA basketball race this season.


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By Mike Matichich
Who: Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
Where: Wilmington, N.C.
Treatment works: 41 mgd water; 925 miles of distribution pipe 28 mgd wastewater; 950 miles of collection pipe
No. customers: 60,000
2010 operating budget: $38 million
2010 capital improvements budget: $218 million
In 2007, after 15 years of discussions, the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County water and sewer utility systems in North Carolina consolidated operations.
Initially, their combined capital improvement budget was $400 million. But the city was in the middle of compliance issues (and a moratorium) resulting from sanitary sewer overflows, and neither city nor county had a formalized maintenance plan. By the time the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority opened its doors on July 1, 2008, the 10-year capital investment estimate had swelled to $600 million.
In recommending the merger, a joint advisory committee mandated lower rates in the long term, better planning and more effective investment leading to a more reliable system, and more career opportunities for employees. So, in addition to uniting two organizational cultures, CEO Matt Jordan and COO Nancy Gallinaro had to identify and fix the weakest assets to meet locally defined service needs and state consent order requirements.
Fortunately, both had experience they could immediately apply to these challenges.
While working for the City of Gastonia, Jordan implemented North Carolina's first ISO 14001-certified environmental management system (EMS) by a water/wastewater utility. Having seen the benefits firsthand, one of his first moves was to challenge employees to develop one for the new entity, and work has already begun within the collection system and pump station operation and maintenance groups. Their efforts are being developed in concert with other programs designed to focus the entire organization on continual improvement, pollution prevention, and regulatory compliance.
Gallinaro's 30-year career includes overseeing operations and maintenance for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Having directed combined sewer overflow treatment for Boston and 42 communities, she recognized that immediate action was necessary on multiple fronts.
"Records were kept in different formats, and the new combined staff needed to work to address major immediate external challenges," Gallinaro says. "At the same time, we needed to define the long-term mission and vision for a new organization, and begin building processes and tools to manage information for the larger service area."
In addition to the new leadership team, many new roles were identified for the existing staffs. While the merger's goals included improved efficiency, customer service, environmental stewardship, and savings, no one lost their job during the consolidation process. Instead, labor-related savings would come through attrition and implementing productivity-enhancing tools and approaches over time.
A number of things needed to happen almost simultaneously; in particular, three separate enterprise planning initiatives, each on a fast-tracked schedule:
The asset management plan addresses considerations similar to those outlined by "Risk-based budgeting," which begins on page 51 of the June issue of PUBLIC WORKS. That case study explains how Virginia's Upper Occoquan Service Authority used consequence and likelihood of failure analyses to develop risk profiles for key assets to better allocate renewal-and-replacement resources.


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Kansas City Jazz Festival – Main Stage
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Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
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Large amounts of government borrowing can "crowd out" private investment as budget deficits exert upward pressure on interest rates.
If the government borrows large amounts of money, there is less for everyone else, and interest rates tend to rise. Some private borrowers might not be able to afford the higher rates. Of course, many other factors besides deficits influence interest rates, such as the growth rate of the economy and expectations for inflation.
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After weeks of Christmasing, the reality of a New Year has finally set in. I go into 2007 armed with a boatload of new kitchen gear, armed "to the teeth," in the immortal words from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. These many pots, pans, gadgets, and gizmos will hopefully allow me to do battle with those dreaded Resolutions, the evil forces that attack us when we are weak from post-holiday stress and complacency.
We've all seen the surveys and polls. The majority of resolutions pertain to money and health. Spend less, eat better, exercise more — you know all of these by heart, I'm sure. We all break them, every year. We can take a little of the stigma and sting from resolutions by simply calling them good habits. Who doesn't want to build good habits? Okay, I'm still not convinced myself, but here are some ideas for easy ways to stretch a buck (or twenty) to make your shopping a little more meaningful and your sauces a little richer.
1. Who are the people in your neighborhood?
Support our small Mom and Pop markets. Plain and simple, if we don't show them some love, they will show us a big "For Lease" sign in the window. Even a quick scan of the smaller market's shelves can yield excellent values. Did you know there is an endcap at Sun Oriental Market on Congress Street with large bags of exotic dried spices like cardamom pods and star anise? The best part is that they are twice the size, but half the cost of what's at a big-box grocery. You may have to make special trips to get all the ingredients at the best prices all over town, but it's winter in Maine, and we all need an excuse to get out of the house a little more often.
2. Look carefully before throwing away.
I'm not that guy who has a special waste bucket for composting. I just hate to see something useful get tossed. The best example of this is the stock bag that lives in my freezer. Whenever the end is cut off a carrot, a potato is peeled, or a stem from spinach or herbs is removed, it goes in a bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, it is seasoned and simmered down, then frozen, so when cold weather pleads for hot soup, I've got stock on hand.
Citrus peels are often zested, rather than thrown away. Orange can be used for potpourri or mulling spices, lemon and lime can be added to spice rubs or sour-cream dips. I'll often put the zests into small jars I've pulled out of the recycling.
Simple things like this can save a significant amount of money with very little effort.
3. Don't fear the frozen food, or Yes I can.Fresh produce is the best thing in the world, but this is Maine, and it is the winter. Don't fear the frozen- and canned-food aisles. It's inexpensive and easy to keep on hand for times when the snow prevents a grocery run or you have three extra people show up for dinner. The latter happens at my house on a regular basis, and we have become pros at stretching a meal to feed the masses.
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Download This new report from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence provides further details on how the recently disclosed 'Snake' cyber espionage toolkit operates. Timelines of the malware development show this to be much bigger campaign than previously known. Specifically it reveals that the malware has actually been in development since at least 2005. From the complexity of the malware, and the range of variants and techniques used to support its operation, the research also suggests that Snake's authors and operators are committed and well-funded professionals.


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Herm Edwards you ingrate!!
Herm Edwards you ingrate!!
Its just ridiculous. Bringing up Edwards record for God's sake? He was a good assistant coach and not a very good HC. But he played in the league a long time and had success both as a player and a coach. he obviously knows a heck a lot about the NFL. You can disagree...that's fine. But to tell fans (none of whom every won a single game in the NFL as a HC or assistant, including this writer) that his record as a HC disqualifies him from commenting on current players is rather ......."Cultish".
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
If it weren't for THE FUMBLE, nobody would have ever remembered his name.
Eli's career stats to date are very impressive, and no amount of Eli hating can change that fact.
ESPN is like FOX news in that they have an agenda (Bad Mouth The Giants Whenever Possible) and they stick to the script.
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Without getting into the "is Eli elite or not" conversation, I completely disagree with the thought that there can only be a certain number of elite QBs in the league. They aren't exactly competing against each other. If 8 QB's are playing dominant football year in and year out and carving up defenses, then there are 8 elite QB's.
I am not trying to say that there are 8 elite qb's, I am just using the number 8 as an example because it was used in the article. Nor am I claiming that Eli is elite or not.
Frankly, I am so sick of the word elite, and think it should be banned from the boards. lol


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LAND AREA: 523.84 square miles
White: 59.7%
Black/African American: 32.1%
American Indian: 0.8%
Asian: 5.2%
Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Two or more races: 2.2%
Hispanic/Latino: 12.6% (of any race)
From State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau, 2014.
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REGION: Piedmont
RIVER BASIN: Catawba, Yadkin-Pee Dee
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES: Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Union
NOTE: This article was published in 2006. Please see "Update from NCpedia staff" below the article for name changes, etc. since 2006.
See also: Charlotte; Charlotte, Battle of; Levine Museum of the New South.
Mecklenburg County, located in North Carolina's Piedmont region, was formed from Anson County in 1762 and took its name from the German duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, home of the wife of King George III, Charlotte Sophia. The county seat, Charlotte (incorporated in 1768 and originally called Charlotte Town), was named after the queen as well. Today Mecklenburg County is the most populous county in the state (with an estimated population of 769,000 in 2004) and Charlotte the largest city; the communities of Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, Mint Hill, Matthews, Pineville, Newell, Allen, Paw Creek, and Caldwell are also in Mecklenburg County.
Catawba, Waxhaw, and Saponi Indians originally inhabited the region. In the mid-1700s, Scotch-Irish settlers established what would later become Charlotte at the intersection of two Indian trading routes near the Catawba River. Despite the allegiance to the king demonstrated by the city's chosen name, Charlotteans in time earned the moniker "Hornet's Nest" for patriotic fervor during the Revolution. The date of 20 May 1775 is featured on North Carolina's state flag in commemoration of the "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence," a disputed chapter in North Carolina history.
In 1799 a 17-pound gold nugget was unearthed in Mecklenburg County (in what is now Cabarrus County)-the first such discovery in the new nation-prompting a gold rush and the establishment of a branch of the U.S. Mint in Charlotte. The city grew into its role as a financial hub; by the early 2000s it was home to two of the largest banking chains in the country, the Bank of America and Wachovia Corporation, and had emerged as the nation's second-largest banking center (trailing only New York City). Today Charlotte is one of the most populous metropolises in the southeastern United States. The city is home to the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association, the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and NASCAR's Lowe's Motor Speedway. Among its natives sons are President James K. Polk (celebrated by a State Historic Site) and evangelist Billy Graham.
Other Mecklenburg County cultural and historic attractions include the Hezekiah Alexander House, the Charlotte Museum of History, and the Latta Plantation. The Levine Museum of the New South focuses on broader issues of the North Carolina Piedmont. The Mint Museum of Art, the Charlotte Repertory Theater, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Carolina add to the cultural fabric of Mecklenburg County. Institutions of higher learning in the county include the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Queens University of Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University, and Davidson College.
Wachovia Corporation became Wells Fargo in 2008.
The Lowe's Motor Speedway changed its name to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2010.
Charlotte Repertory Theatre closed in February of 2005.
Charlotte Bobcats (basketball) changed their name to the Hornets in 2014.
Legette Blythe and Charles Raven Brockmann, Hornet's Nest: The Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (1961).
Mary Norton Kratt, Charlotte, Spirit of the New South (1991).
Additional resources:
City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Government Services: http://charmeck.org/
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce: http://charlottechamber.com/
DigitalNC, Mecklenburg County: http://digitalnc.org/counties/mecklenburg-county
Levine Museum of the New South: http://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/
NASCAR Hall of Fame: http://www.nascarhall.com/
President James K. Polk Historic Site: http://www.nchistoricsites.org/polk/polk.htm
Image credits:
Rudersdorf, Amy. 2010. "NC County Maps." Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.
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Shayna Sudweeks: Distinguished Student
POCATELLO, Idaho - A talented singer, dancer, piano player, with a near perfect G-P-A. is a perfect recipe for a winner of the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award. Those qualities perfectly describe this week's winner – Shayna Sudweeks.
If you ask Shayna what she thinks about music, you'll get this answer.
I love music. It's like my passion," Shayna says.
Shayna has been a part of several of the choirs and performing groups during her years at Highland. She loves performing with them.
"I think the two things I like the most are how the audience reacts, I like seeing their enjoyment of it, and I like knowing that my group produced something so good as a team together," Shayna says.
In addition to singing, Shayna is an accomplished pianist. Musical talent runs in the family.
"My whole family is musical," Shayna says. "My dad is probably the most out of them. He plays several different instruments and he would help me in the morning before school to practice, and got me into music that I really love."
And for those who have struggled to get their kids to practice piano, here's an attitude about practicing that would be music to your ears. When asked if practicing was a chore and drudgery, Shayna replied,
" No way, I love practicing piano, I practice every chance I get."
Shayna plans to go to BYU-Idaho for a year and then serve an LDS mission. When she returns she wants to study animal and veterinary sciences.


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This two-dimensional form of carbon has properties not seen in any other substance
Keith A. Jenkins
A transistor made with graphene looks very much like a conventional FET, in that it has a region covered by an insulator under a gate electrode that controls the flow of electrons or holes from source to drain. However, the physical properties of graphene are very different from other semiconductors, and the mechanism of current control is altered, so the electrical properties of a graphene FET diverge quite a lot from conventional FETs.
The most important of these different properties is that graphene does not have a bandgap, an energy range in most nonmetals where electron states cannot exist. In other words, for graphene, as its electrons travel in orbitals around their carbon atoms, there is no energy difference between the conduction band (where electrons are free to move around and form bonds) and the valence band (where electrons are tightly bound to their atoms). Because of this property, some call graphene a gapless semiconductor and some call it a semi-metal. In semiconductor FETs, the bandgap allows the channel to be turned on or off—preventing or allowing a flow of electricity—by applying a voltage to the gate. Without a bandgap, graphene always conducts, but the amount of conduction is controlled by the number of charge carriers in the material. Thus, the current can be modulated, but it cannot be completely stopped. In silicon FETs, the ratio of the on current to the off current might be 1:104 or 1:105, but the ratio for graphene FETs may be smaller than 1:10. Also, in silicon FETs, a state called pinch-off occurs when part of the channel is effectively off, leading to a high resistance to current. High output resistance is required for transistors to amplify the input signal at the gate, which is needed for almost all practical circuits. But the absence of a bandgap in graphene means there is no pinch-off in its channel region, so achieving high output resistance is difficult.
Because silicon FETs can be turned off, they can be used for digital computers for which there are only two states allowed: on or off, current flowing or current blocked. In standard silicon-manufacturing technology, most of the transistors are off most of the time. With millions of transistors in an integrated circuit, this means the current flow is controllable. If the off-state of such transistors only resulted in a small reduction of current, then the circuits would require enormous amounts of power to keep them going, and we would never have home computers or portable electronic devices, because they would heat up and deplete their batteries very quickly. However, analog and radio frequency circuits, which modulate the amplitude of signals rather than turn them on or off digitally, are essentially always conducting. Silicon FETs can be used for digital or analog circuits, but graphene FETs are better suited—at the moment—just for analog circuits.
There are some other interesting differences between graphene and semiconductors. Because it is a purely two-dimensional material, it has no body, no bulk. All current flows on its surface. As a result, anything contacting graphene might affect its current flow by scattering it off the atoms of the contacting material. Additionally, in semiconductors the level of gate voltage required to turn the transistor on has been controlled by adding small amounts of other materials, in a process called doping. But doping in graphene is only possible through surface contact, which again is hard to control during manufacturing.
Finally, current sometimes flows equally well in both directions through a graphene FET. In silicon and other semiconductors with a bandgap, current is predominantly via either electrons or holes, as determined by the fabrication of the transistor. But graphene allows almost equal conduction of electrons and holes, so it is an ambipolar device. (However, when the graphene is made from silicon carbide, it becomes unipolar.) So far, this property is regarded as a nuisance, but there might be some unique applications resulting from this quirk. There have been demonstrations of frequency multipliers and dual-mode amplifiers (both used with communications signals) that make use of this peculiar property.
The result of these different behaviors can be seen in traditional direct-current (DC) electrical characteristics of the graphene FETs. The transfer characteristic relates the output current through the drain to the input voltage on the gate, from which transconductance is derived. Qualitatively this measurement shows how "strong" the device is: A stronger device delivers more current for a given input voltage than a weaker device. The output characteristic relates the drain current to the drain voltage, from which the output resistance is computed. Both transconductance and output resistance of any transistor need to be known to design analog circuits.
Yet in spite of the very different physics and resulting DC electrical behavior, it has been shown that graphene FETs behave very much like their semiconductor counterparts when they are operated at high frequency, under alternating-current (AC) conditions. This comparison is made by measuring each system's frequency response, its output signal strength when it is given a particular input signal.
The primary means of estimating frequency response is through the cutoff frequency. A universally used metric for describing the frequency response of FETs, cutoff frequency is a fundamental property indicating how quickly a signal can travel from the gate to the drain of the device, and all new device technologies are measured against both existing ones and projections of expected cutoff frequencies in the future.
This metric is derived from other measurements that describe the frequency dependence of the small-signal AC current gain of a transistor when the output is short-circuited. An AC voltage is applied to the gate at various frequencies, resulting in an AC input current. The measured output current (also AC) is divided by the input current, as a function of frequency. In the case of FETs, this only makes sense for AC measurements, as no DC current can flow through the insulating gate. If a FET is well behaved, this current gain should decrease as the inverse of the frequency. The point at which it falls to a value of 1 is the cutoff frequency.
Some of our earliest work with graphene FETs, which were actually made from tiny flakes of the material, showed the right AC behavior. The current gain drops with frequency, so "cutoff frequency" is a meaningful term. Additionally, cutoff frequency was shown to be proportional to the transconductance divided by gate capacitance, and cutoff frequency increased as the channel length was reduced. These three traits showed that in high-frequency operation, graphene FETs act a lot like semiconductor FETs, which nurtured the idea that graphene transistors could potentially be used in similar circuits. In a few short years, we have seen cutoff frequency increase from a few gigahertz to over 300 gigahertz, almost catching up with the most sophisticated semiconductor devices.
Frequency response depends inversely on the length of the gate, and proportionally to the transconductance, which is loosely proportional to mobility. Thus, to make faster devices, we can either reduce the gate length or use higher mobility materials. The work with graphene has consistently shown the advantage of its mobility. Compared to silicon FETs, graphene FETs have always had higher cutoff frequencies at the same gate length.
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when the giants won SB42 he was asking ownership to draft a taller wr because of plaxico burress.
now he wants to march into rooneys office and tell him what they should do.
who here said we should've gotten him in 04? the guy is bum who got lucky with his first SB and got lucky with his 2nd playing a cardinals team with no D.


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Does any one have any experience with the tundra? I have read tht the tundra has blooms for 3 months with 24 hours a day sunlight. Sounds like 300 pounds of honey per hive and strong hives when you move them south. Any comments will be appreciated
Does any one have any experience with the tundra? I have read tht the tundra has blooms for 3 months with 24 hours a day sunlight. Sounds like 300 pounds of honey per hive and strong hives when you move them south. Any comments will be appreciated
The reason the honey in AK wholesales for 8 bucks a pound minimally and normally around 10-12 is that the real average is about 10% of what you claim over a 10 year average. Only one 200+ crop in 20 years with many skunks like 9 lb average last year. Rain in July will kill every ounce you expect or hope for. Flowers only crank out nectar when they are "hot." Check the temp average in AK and you will not find warm in the picture.
The other kicker is most bees only go one way to AK. They may only go by plane or boat as Canada does not permit bees from the US to enter unless they fly across the border under their own volition. They can be huge in the end of July and about dead by the second week of September. We produce our own in CA but the average 4 pound package of bees averages over $130 on the ground in either Anchorage or Fairbanks. Big money to get them there. Not to mention the coordination involved in Air schedules.
Been working on plans to try getting some bees up off of the Yukon around the arctic circle via air boat to spots where the temps come in around 80 a couple of days a year. How much a pound do you think that will cost us? If we pull it off I wont wholesale it for less than 20 a pound and bet it wont be a money maker at that. The tundra is the most beautiful place in the world... Not necessarily the most forgiving when it comes to producing honey though.
If you are looking for big crops up north bring a lot of cash for feed and a watch wound up with lots of patience cause you will not likely ever see a 300 pound season of which you dream. Not in AK. The only reason we do it is that it works good in conjunction with other stuff we do up there.
As for tundra, there is some by Delta Junction, but what would be better is the alpine flows that are easily accessible from the major population centers. To get the the true tundra of western or northern Alaska would be expensive, plane ride to western or 400 mile drive from Fairbanks to the northern. Then, as on the north slope, you will deal with fog, winds and temperatures that might reach 65-75 F for at best 2-3 weeks. Even though you have 24 hours daylight, that does not equal 65 F temp all day. A better bet would be the muskegs, near and around the population centers. I've caught several feral hives from the interior of Alaska, but had a helicopter to ferry me back and forth without cost (work). We had to put the bees in the rear compartment, and even then, the pilot was nervous.


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I've used the same audio lifting technique with YouTube, if only to make use of the limited space I have on my flash drive, so I can listen to as much songs as I can on my cell phone. I don't listen to nearly enough music to bother to get an iPod/Phone/Touch/whatever it is these days, you see. >_>
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Where did you hear about the game anyway? I remember finding out about it when I was randomly looking on Wikipedia, and it sounded interesting, so I looked into it for a few months before I bought it (fortunately, I forgot most spoilers I might have learned, though I still remembered one or two when playing it.)
EDIT: BTW, I've just noticed this board has hit 1,000 posts!
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Interestingly, I heard of the infinity series while playing Memories Off 2 which was also from KID. Was looking through the theories on one of the ending when someone mentioned it was a parody of N7's CURE, which made me curious and started on my journey to infinity
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When I finished Tsugumi's GOOD ending,but it's too.....
So I considered it was a bad ending(I considered it had two bad endings...),then I play Tsugumi's brand all night...
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Yeah, it really is one of the sadder endings of the game. When I got that ending, I just stared at the screen for a few seconds and said, "That was a GOOD ending?!"
Then again, I remembered some of the True Endings from Tsukihime, so then I said, "Well, I guess should have expected that, in a way."
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I'd heard no spoilers, and as this was my first full visual novel at the time, it was a fairly new experience. I did pick up on some things, like
Also, w00t, 1000.
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Well, the spoiler that I knew wasn't exactly a complete spoiler, but it was something that lead me speculating for most of the game.
Spoiler for Major Ever17 spoilers:
Hmm, I'm really not into Dating Sims as much as I am just plain Visual Novels, so I think I'll pass on Memories Off. Still playing Clannad right now, will get Higurashi soon, and once I turn 18 next year, I think I'll buy Fate/stay night (so long as I can find a non-ero patch for it.)
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Huh, I had no clue that you could see how many people downloaded a certain link. Hmm, only under 200? There's probably more Ever17 fans than that, right? Are there any other boards where Ever17 is active that we could spread the word about these? Especially now that we have translations for the Drama CDs, that might interest fans (even though these translations aren't 100% accurate.).
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As far as I remember, other than the chinese forums, the English forums which are active are gamefaqs and animesuki.
Btw, KID has developed quite a lot of visual novel. Which belongs to bishoujo genre other than infinity series. Even N7 was released in 2 parts when it first came out, Infinity and Infinity Cure. The former being a bishoujo game with mystery while the latter introduces the CURE syndrome which totally changes the whole game.
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Ah, and bummer that not enough people have heard enough word about these things. Thanks for all the promotion you've done anyway, Eab1990. At the very least, I'm sure most of the diehard fans have seen and heard what you've posted for us.
EDIT: I've posted a topic about the Drama CDs on the main forum for Ever17 on gamefaqs, and posted a link to this board with it, along with the page numbers of where the links and translations are. Maybe that will help.
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Although, Ever17 (and just about every other visual novel fanbase, as well as the Touhou fanbase) is far more active on the Anime & Manga: Other Titles board, since both visual novels and Touhou are closely anime-based. I've already spread the word there, though, and Coco's birthday thread is still active on that board.
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Btw, there are more links later on in the topic, just in case you overlook them. Though it's mainly an imagedump of pics from the one fansite posted a short while ago, and other pics I've found elsewhere.
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Wow, there's a lot of pictures that you posted that I've never seen before. Guess there really is a lot of Ever17 sites out there that I've haven't been on yet. Did you collect these pictures over a long period of time?
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Welcome from Big Sky Country.
Hey all,
I have been shooting for the past 24 years and plan to continue for many, many more! I started shooting with my father when I was a teenager and continued to hone my skills in the United States Marine Corps. It was recently brought to my attention that I really don't have any hobbies and since I've always loved guns and been able to keep at least two in the house at one time (or at least that's what the wife thinks) I've started to re-new my interest in the sports. Hello to all, and I hope to meet some nice people here. Probably meet a few assholes too, but that's to be expected and I'm not too worried about it. Semper Fi to all of my brothers who served as well.
Welcome from New Mexico neighbor. What part of CO do you call home?
And in honor of my 1000th post - and confessing to being one of the aforementioned assholes - allow me to apologize in advance for for a smart assed remark I am most likely to make sometime in the future.
Welcome from Alabama. I'm new to this forum and, so far, the assholes seem to be silent.
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Welcome from North Central Texas.
I think you'll like it here.
Welcome aboard!
I've got family in the Springs, don't get to visit as often as I'd like...
Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I just briefed the forum rules and it seems I have violated them already by using foul language so for that I sincerely apologize and hope that no one was offended. Sorry! Anyhow, one quick question that I can't find an answer to yet... I really wanted to post a few pics but have some sort of limit to one picture per day, is this standard for everyone or just new members? I see that other people have their own picture gallery, am I able to do this instead and if so, how to?
Yes, you can use the forum gallery.
Some items are limited to supporting members: Forum Donations and Supporting Member Information
Check the "forum how-to" section for other topics. I believe if you host the pics on Photobucket or some other image hosting site you can post as many photos as you like. (just keep the size reasonable, 640x480)
If there is something more specific just ask.
You need to come out and visit more often! Colorado Springs is beautiful...come to think of it, so is North Carolina, plus you can get to the ocean a lot quicker than I can! Thanks for the tips on picture uploading!
Welcome to the forum!
I'm an hour North of Denver and moved here from Chicagoland. It seems like we both headed in the same direction.