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UTSA presents Jan. 27 lecture on Mexican critic
(Jan. 22, 2004)--UTSA Hillel and the Women's Studies Institute present a lecture by author Susannah Glusker at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) at the 1604 Campus.
The lecture, "Anita Brenner: The Formation and Expression of a Cross-National Identity," is free and open to all and is part of a continuing series of Hillel programs on Hispanic Jewish literary history.
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Glusker, a professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, will discuss her book, "Anita Brenner: A Mind of Her Own," a biography of her mother, a respected Mexican art critic.
Brenner was born in 1905 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Her father, a Latvian Jew, immigrated to Mexico via Chicago, where he met Brenner's mother. The family left Mexico in 1910 during the revolution, moved back and forth from Mexico to Texas and in 1916 permanently settled in San Antonio.
Brenner was educated in the United States, but always thought of Mexico as her homeland. She spent her life writing for a mostly American audience about Mexican art, history and culture.
The University of Texas Press describes Brenner as one of Mexico's most discerning interpreters and an independent liberal who defended Mexico, workers and all those who were treated unfairly, whatever their origin or nationality.
She became an important writer in the 1920s, establishing herself as an advocate for the Mexican Revolution and its revolutionary art. While at the University of Mexico, Brenner developed lifelong friendships with artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
According to Daniel Katz of Rutgers University, Glusker's book contributes to the limited knowledge of the Jewish experience in Latin America, particularly regarding Jewish women's lives.
Glusker's book traces Brenner's intellectual growth and achievements from the 1920s through the 1940s, drawing on Brenner's unpublished journals, an autobiographical novel and her published writings, including Brenner's three major books, "Idols Behind Altars," "Your Mexican Holiday" and "The Wind That Swept Mexico."
For more information, contact Rosalind Horowitz, Hillel director and professor in the College of Education and Human Development, at 210-458-2672.


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Following the acceptance of the majority of resubmitted motions, the discussion on Rule 42 is on the agenda.
Calls for allowing football and rugby to be played at the north Dublin venue have increased because redevelopment work at Lansdowne Road begins in 2006.
If Croke was not available, Ireland's football and rugby teams could be forced to play home games in Britain.
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That is so pretty! You will have a wonderful flower garden, Katie Ann :DOriginally Posted by Katie Ann
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That is so pretty! You will have a wonderful flower garden, Katie Ann :DOriginally Posted by Katie Ann
Is that center rose embroidered? I noticed it is on the background, not like it was fussycut. It is exquisite!
You are welcome, Judy. Sorry some folks got to view their Jan. partner info before others, but now with over 120 participants it takes hours to get it all done.Originally Posted by paintmejudy
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MegsAnn I am finished with your January block!! It is an atempt at thread painting???? I think???? Hope you like it. It will be in the mail on Monday.
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https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=En:HOWTO:_Setting_Up_Autologin&feed=atom&action=history En:HOWTO: Setting Up Autologin - Revision history 2017-05-25T14:14:28Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.26.4 https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=En:HOWTO:_Setting_Up_Autologin&diff=8756&oldid=prev Fitzcarraldo: Added item about removing sabayon-mce from system runlevels (still reported as a problem in SL 5.4 and good to mention anyway. Also tidied some text up. 2010-10-06T12:17:00Z
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 {{Warning|'''Never''' ever enable Autologin for root!}}

 This Howto will help you setting up your Autologin, so that you will need no more to authenticate in a login prompt.

 Be aware that this is a security risk, since anyone will be able to get access to your computer with no need of any password or authorization, this is intended just for home computers.

 = Setting Up Autologin in KDE4 =

 Some users reported the inability to set up the Autologin from within the KDE Control Center, they reported the page to be grayed out, with the message:

 "There is no login dialog in themed mode"

 If it is not your case, then setting the Autologin with the Control Center is the recommended way, otherwise proceed with the Howto.

 '''1.''' Become root with the ''su'' command in your favourite console application, for example "Konsole".
 {{Console|
su
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 Type in your root password.

 '''2.''' Make sure that the Sabayon Media Centre init script is not in a system runlevel:
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rc-update del sabayon-mce boot
 rc-update del sabayon-mce default
}}

 '''3.''' Open up the ''kdmrc'' file with your favourite editor, we will use ''kwrite'' in this example.

 The ''kdmrc'' file is usually located in: ''/usr/kde/4.2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc''

 If it is not there, try to find it with the locate command:
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locate kdmrc
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 or the find command:
 {{Console|
find / -name kdmrc
}}

 In this example we will suppose that it is located at ''/usr/kde/4.2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc''.

 Now we will open it up with ''kwrite'':
 {{Console|
kwrite /usr/kde/4.2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
}}

 Notice that KDE4 may require the full path to "kwrite", in this case you will receive an error message:
 {{Console|
# kwrite
 bash: kwrite: command not found
}}

 You could use "nano" instead:
 {{Console|
nano /usr/kde/4.2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
}}

 or launch "kwrite" using "kdesu" '''from your normal user account, not the root user account''':
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kdesu kwrite /usr/kde/4.2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
}}

 '''4.''' Now we are going to setup our preferences, we can notice a section in this file with the Autologin preferences; these lines are commented.

 Commented lines are marked with a '#', and are ignored; if a preference is commented, it is going to be used the default configuration for that setting.

 The relevant lines for our purpose are:
 {{Console|
#AutoLoginEnable=true
}}
 and
 {{Console|
#AutoLoginUser=fred
}}
 We want them to enable the Autologin with our default user, assume that the default user we want to Autologin is ''micia''.

 We set ''#AutoLoginEnable=true'' to:
 {{Console|
AutoLoginEnable=true
}}
 So that the preference is no more ignored, and we set ''#AutoLoginUser=fred'' to:
 {{Console|
AutoLoginUser=micia
}}

 This is it, save the file, reboot, and see if it worked.

 = Setting Up Autologin for Gnome (GDM) =

 This is an easy one, just use ''gdmsetup'' to configure your preferences.

 You have to run it as ''root'', so, as usual:

 '''1.''' Open up your favourite console application, for example ''gnome-terminal'' and type:
 {{Console|
su
}}
 Now type in your root password.

 '''2.''' Make sure that the Sabayon Media Centre init script is not in a system runlevel:
 {{Console|
rc-update del sabayon-mce boot
 rc-update del sabayon-mce default
}}

 '''3.''' Run ''gdmsetup'':
 {{Console|
gdmsetup
}}
 And enable Automatic Login for your user.

 Someone reported that ''gdmsetup'' was not in their root $PATH variable, if this is your case executing ''gdmsetup'' should output something like:
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il-padre-mobile micia # gdmsetup
 bash: gdmsetup: command not found
}}
 You will need to find the ''gdmsetup'' executable, with ''locate'' or ''find'' as above, for example using ''find'':
 {{Console|
find / -name gdmsetup
}}
 Suppose that the result is:
 {{Console|
# find / -name gdmsetup
 /usr/sbin/gdmsetup
 /etc/security/console.apps/gdmsetup
 /etc/pam.d/gdmsetup
}}
 Obviously the one which interests us is ''/usr/sbin/gdmsetup'', we then execute it explicitly with:
 {{Console|
/usr/sbin/gdmsetup
}}

 This should work for the GDM Display Manager.

 I hope this will help someone, good luck!
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I LOVE all the pretty gifts left on my page! I saw them even here at the Rainbow Bridge! It means so much to me and to my mom and dad to have them there...Thanks!
Not much going on here except the new arrival parades and the occasional wistfulness for mom and dad. But I'm sooo happy here running after birds, howling with the northern lights, chasing rabbits, EATING rabbits, and walking along the trails with my Papa, who you know came to the bridge two years after I did. This is a wonderful place to be when you pass out of life.
I know my mama still misses me sorely and that my dad still can't talk about what happened. But really, I don't remember that part of my life. I remember being petted and fed and running with my dad and woo-wooing with my mom. I was happy and that's what I remember. Someday, when they get here, we're going to play HOURS of catch and none of will get tired and we'll all love it every minute! I was a great short-stop, you know, even if I do say so myself.
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I hope saying the following will not diminish my fantasy status but, is there WNBA fantasy? If there is, I have never heard of or seen it. If it exists, then I wouldn't play it. I'd rather participate in fantasy NASCAR. Do enough people really have enough in depth knowledge of the WNBA in order to seriously compete in such a fantasy sport? I just know I would be mad as hell if my top pick missed the whole season due to a nine month pregnancy or something. That would piss me off more than losing Brady on the first day of the season. If it doesn't exist then good. If it does, then get rid of it.
Gerald Wallace (SF,PF), Charlotte Bobcats: Wallace was gliding up to the basket when Lakers Center Andrew Bynum elbowed him in the chest and sent Wallace to the floor. Wallace laid in pain and gasping for air. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung. He is not expected back any time soon.
Andrew Bynum (C), L.A. Lakers: Bynum and teammate Kobe Bryant came together at full force with Bynum getting the raw end of the deal. The Lakers Center took a blow to his knee and word is that he has a torn MCL. He is expected to be out 8-12 weeks. Karma sucks doesn't it Bynum? Gerald Wallace is smiling somewhere.
Tracy McGrady (SG,SF), Houston Rockets: McGrady is injured once more, this time with a sprained ankle caused by Yao Ming who inadvertently stepped on it. T-Mac missed his last game on 1/21 and is considered day-to-day.
Deron Williams (PG), Utah Jazz: Hot damn, Williams put on a clinic last week. This is the kind of thing you want out of your PG. Williams scored 26.0 points and dished out 10.0 assists. His 2.7 steals and 2.0 three's were great and he did it all on 63.0% shooting.
Al Jefferson (PF,C), Minnesota Timberwolves: Big Al showed what Boston gave away when he averaged 28.8 points on 53.8% shooting. The big man also came up with 10.0 reb and 2.8 blocks as part of his four game effort. Also impressive and worth noting was his ability to keep his turnovers down (1.5).
Dwight Howard (C), Orlando Magic: Normally looked down upon my many fantasy owners, Howard impressed with his typical double-double efforts. This time it was 24.3 points and 14.0 reb. His 2.0 steals 1.7 blocks added value as did his 56.3 FG%. Howard even managed a serviceable FT% with 70.4%, which is light years above his season average of 58.9%.
Marcus Camby (PF,C), L.A. Clippers: Camby has been nursing a sore ankle and has been eased back into playing time. His limited playing and delicate handling has yielded poor numbers as of late with a 39.5 FG%, 3.3 reb, and 0.3 blocks. He did start Saturday, so he will soon be back to form.
Elton Brand (PF,C), Philadelphia 76ers: Brand has returned to action since January 24th after missing a month with a shoulder injury. He too has been eased back into games and as a result, has seen a decrease in numbers. Last week he posted 7.0 points, 5.5 reb, and a 42.9 FG%. Hopefully his injury woes are over, but don't hold your breath.
Jason Richardson (SG,SF), Phoenix Suns: Last season's king of three point land couldn't retain royalty with his 0.7 three's. As a result of that and his poor shooting of 33.3%, he could only manage 9.3 points per game. His ppg average has dropped 4.2 points since being traded to the Suns.
Mickael Pietrus (SG,SF), Orlando Magic: Not even 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues, Pietrus merits a pickup due to his great week with 17.7 point and 6.0 reb on 52.9% shooting and a very good 86.7% on his FT. Pietrus threw in a healthy dose of three's (1.3) to further boost his value.
Linas Klezia (SG,SF), Denver Nuggets: Klezia has gone under the radar with his 14.0 points in three games last week. Coming off the bench on Friday, Klezia scored 21 points and sunk three from behind the arc which helped him average 2.0 three's for the week.
Steve Novak (SF,PF), L.A. Clippers: Novak's increased playing time has given his very few owners (7% in Yahoo!) immediate rewards. It is mostly due to his 14.8 points that are boosted by his ability to make three's. Novak has sunk 15 three's in his last four games including shooting 50.0% (10-20) from downtown in his last two contests.
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State Superintendent John White deserves credit for visiting with teachers across the state, many of whom are concerned, upset or angry over Gov. Bobby Jindal's newly passed education reforms.
State Superintendent John White deserves credit for visiting with teachers across the state, many of whom are concerned, upset or angry over Gov. Bobby Jindal's newly passed education reforms.
About 75 teachers from Terrebonne and Lafourche showed up Monday at South Lafourche High to hear White discuss his plans and ask questions.
Among them was a familiar concern, one teachers have raised repeatedly during the months of debate over Jindal's reforms. Many teachers contend they are shouldering too much of the blame for Louisiana's education woes and want parents to be held accountable as well.
I've heard the same concern in the weeks since I wrote in support of some of Jindal's key plans, including school vouchers, tying teacher pay to student performance and eliminating automatic tenure.
Some of the teachers' complaints sound sincere, but many sound like the status quo in a public education system that for generations has ranked among the nation's worst.
I agree with those who say parents should be held accountable. But I believe that ought to happen in addition to — not instead of — holding teachers, principals, superintendents, school board members and state lawmakers accountable.
There is no shortage of advice for parents who want to get involved in their children's education. A simple Google search will turn up hundreds of tips.
But a search for ways to hold parents who refuse to help their children learn turns up few specific suggestions.
I have found scattered news reports of communities or states that already have or are considering laws that include fines or jail time for parents whose kids have excessive absences or get in trouble regularly at school.
In Louisiana, students are considered truant when they have five unexcused absences for one semester or 10 for the school year. In 2008, the Legislature toughened the law so parents of habitually truant or tardy children could be required by courts to complete school and community service or attend parenting classes. But such penalties are rarely imposed or enforced either by the courts or by the schools, and they deal solely with poor student attendance or extremely inappropriate behavior, not with bad grades that might stem from a lack of parental involvement.
The most interesting ideas I have run across come from a group called the National Coalition for Accountable Parenting. Its founder and president, Catherine Durkin Robinson, offers a wealth of information and suggestions for parents, teachers, school officials and lawmakers at www.myncap.org.
Her approach, which I shared last week, would penalize bad parents and reward those who work to help their children succeed in school. Here's a recap of her main suggestions:
n Report cards should show whether parents went to open houses or teacher conferences or volunteered at school. Those who do could use the report cards to qualify their children for college scholarships or other benefits.
n To qualify for child tax credits, now automatic for most, parents must show their children are in school, earning passing grades, displaying acceptable conduct and graduating on time. Parents who fail that "test" would be denied tax credits.
n Parents whose children are incarcerated before age 18 would be required to pay for their children's room and board, perform community service and attend parenting classes.
While I like all of those ideas, I have heard no great hue and cry from constituents — many of them parents — imploring Congress to award child tax credits only to good parents and withdraw them from bad. And I don't expect that to happen anytime soon.
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"There's a lot of wind currents and the big trucks, they like to go slow. And other people can't pass," said Ashley Sullivent.
"The speed limit, that they've changed it to 75. Because a lot of people are doing 75 and they'll look at the 65 and keep on going," said Rosalie Koerner.
Rosalie has lived in ranger for 40 years. And she says that the increased speed limit is what makes her nervous.
"Going to Weatherford all the time, the speed limit changes as you get into that county," she said. "And I know a lot of people just pass me on by like there's no speed limit change at all."
But for Ashley, it's the recent loss of her friend that has her concerned about the safety of Ranger Hill.
"There was a wreck and she went to get out, her and her husband went to get out and help the wreck and a big truck come and hit both of them," Ashley said. "Cause there's a lot of wind currents that go right through there, and then the curve and then the big trucks with all their winds."
TxDOT says they have long-term plans to completely re-design and build that part of the interstate, but nothing is set in stone just yet. Upon hearing that news, Ashley and Rosalie say that it will help, but that it simply took them too long.
"Well I wish that they maybe had been sooner. You know, so so many lives hadn't been lost or people injured," said Rosalie.
"Now there's blinking lights and the speed limit signs, so. I mean, there's been a lot of fatalities right there, so, they could've done it a lot sooner," said Ashley.
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No, it is not simple, what we do. Our process is controlled by a variety of different scientific principles that vary wildly in their complexity. There are valves, and dials, and beakers, and timers, and wires, and steam, and gasoline, and oil, and lunar charts, and cookies, and periodic tables, and equations, and pots, and pans, and charts, and graphs, that all must consulted, managed, and/or eaten at exactly the right time by a team of two or more professional scientists in order for our shell to find the appropriate racer at the appropriate time.
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I am having a LibPool class which is calling the ConnectionPool class.
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package library; public class LibPool extends ConnectionPool { private static LibPool pool = null; private static String driver="com.jnetdirect.jsql.JSQLDriver"; public static String url; private static String username="sa"; private static String password=""; private static int initialConnections=1; private static int maxConnections=50; private static boolean waitIfBusy=true; private LibPool() throws java.sql.SQLException { super(driver,url,username,password,initialConnections,maxConnections,waitIfBusy); // Call parent constructor } public static synchronized LibPool getInstance() { if (pool == null) { try{ System.out.println("inside try"+url); pool = new LibPool(); } catch(java.sql.SQLException se) { se.printStackTrace(); } } return(pool); } }
This is for LibPool and the following is for ConnectionPool class
package library; import java.sql.*; import java.util.*; /** A class for preallocating, recycling, and managing * JDBC connections. */ public class ConnectionPool implements Runnable { private String driver, url, username, password; private int maxConnections; private boolean waitIfBusy; private Vector availableConnections, busyConnections; private boolean connectionPending = false; public ConnectionPool(String driver, String url, String username, String password, int initialConnections, int maxConnections, boolean waitIfBusy) throws SQLException { this.driver = driver; this.url = url; this.username = username; this.password = password; this.maxConnections = maxConnections; this.waitIfBusy = waitIfBusy; if (initialConnections > maxConnections) { initialConnections = maxConnections; } availableConnections = new Vector(initialConnections); busyConnections = new Vector(); for(int i=0; i<initialConnections; i++) { availableConnections.addElement(makeNewConnection()); } } public synchronized Connection getConnection() throws SQLException { if (!availableConnections.isEmpty()) { Connection existingConnection = (Connection)availableConnections.lastElement(); int lastIndex = availableConnections.size() - 1; availableConnections.removeElementAt(lastIndex); // If connection on available list is closed (e.g., // it timed out), then remove it from available list // and repeat the process of obtaining a connection. // Also wake up threads that were waiting for a // connection because maxConnection limit was reached. if (existingConnection.isClosed()) { notifyAll(); // Freed up a spot for anybody waiting return(getConnection()); } else { busyConnections.addElement(existingConnection); return(existingConnection); } } else { // Three possible cases: // 1) You haven't reached maxConnections limit. So // establish one in the background if there isn't // already one pending, then wait for // the next available connection (whether or not // it was the newly established one). // 2) You reached maxConnections limit and waitIfBusy // flag is false. Throw SQLException in such a case. // 3) You reached maxConnections limit and waitIfBusy // flag is true. Then do the same thing as in second // part of step 1: wait for next available connection. if ((totalConnections() < maxConnections) && !connectionPending) { makeBackgroundConnection(); } else if (!waitIfBusy) { throw new SQLException("Connection limit reached"); } // Wait for either a new connection to be established // (if you called makeBackgroundConnection) or for // an existing connection to be freed up. try { wait(); } catch(InterruptedException ie) {} // Someone freed up a connection, so try again. return(getConnection()); } } // You can't just make a new connection in the foreground // when none are available, since this can take several // seconds with a slow network connection. Instead, // start a thread that establishes a new connection, // then wait. You get woken up either when the new connection // is established or if someone finishes with an existing // connection. private void makeBackgroundConnection() { connectionPending = true; try { Thread connectThread = new Thread(this); connectThread.start(); } catch(OutOfMemoryError oome) { // Give up on new connection } } public void run() { try { Connection connection = makeNewConnection(); synchronized(this) { availableConnections.addElement(connection); connectionPending = false; notifyAll(); } } catch(Exception e) { // SQLException or OutOfMemory // Give up on new connection and wait for existing one // to free up. } } // This explicitly makes a new connection. Called in // the foreground when initializing the ConnectionPool, // and called in the background when running. private Connection makeNewConnection() throws SQLException { try { // Load database driver if not already loaded Class.forName(driver); // Establish network connection to database Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url); //changes done System.out.println("url="+url); return(connection); } catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe) { // Simplify try/catch blocks of people using this by // throwing only one exception type. throw new SQLException("Can't find class for driver: " + driver); } } public synchronized void free(Connection connection) { busyConnections.removeElement(connection); availableConnections.addElement(connection); // Wake up threads that are waiting for a connection notifyAll(); } public synchronized int totalConnections() { return(availableConnections.size() + busyConnections.size()); } public synchronized int availableConnections() { return(availableConnections.size()); } /** Close all the connections. Use with caution: * be sure no connections are in use before * calling. Note that you are not <I>required</I> to * call this when done with a ConnectionPool, since * connections are guaranteed to be closed when * garbage collected. But this method gives more control * regarding when the connections are closed. */ public synchronized void closeAllConnections() { closeConnections(availableConnections); availableConnections = new Vector(); closeConnections(busyConnections); busyConnections = new Vector(); } public synchronized void closeConnection(Connection connection) { try{ if (!connection.isClosed()) { connection.close(); busyConnections.removeElement(connection); } } catch(SQLException sqle) { // Ignore errors; garbage collect anyhow } } private void closeConnections(Vector connections) { try { for(int i=0; i<connections.size(); i++) { Connection connection = (Connection)connections.elementAt(i); if (!connection.isClosed()) { connection.close(); } } } catch(SQLException sqle) { // Ignore errors; garbage collect anyhow } } public synchronized String toString() { String info ="ConnectionPool(" + url + "," + username + ")" + ", available=" + availableConnections.size() + ", busy=" + busyConnections.size() + ", max=" + maxConnections; System.out.println("info"+info); return(info); } }
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pool = LibPool.getInstance(); con = pool.getConnection();
To free the connection,
Now, Everything is working fine but sometimes I think the POOL object becomes NULL at random intervals inspite of being declared STATIC
The backend I am using is MSSQLServer2000 and server is weblogic 6.1
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Two NCAA Titles Helps Georgia's Kyprianou Win National Coach Of The Year
March 19, 2014
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia track and field assistant coach Petros Kyprianou has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year following the NCAA Indoor Championships over the weekend, according to a USTFCCCA announcement.
Kyprianou, a Cyprus native, guided his jumpers and multi-event athletes to a pair of NCAA individual championships and two more top-five finishes at Nationals to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a tie for third. His crew scored 28.5 of Georgia's 40.5 points at the meet.
Kyprianou also worked with junior Quintunya Chapman as she made the transition from sprints to multis and the Hinesville, Ga., native ended up scoring the fifth-most points (4,107) in school history to take 12th at NCAAs.
"It is a great honor to accept this award from the USTFCCCA," said Kyprianou, who joined the Bulldog coaching staff in 2009. "I'm very proud of our team's finish at the NCAA Championships and particularly the ladies in my group. This honor is more valuable to me because it is linked with Kendell's national award. A long training process and an extraordinary amount of hard work on my athletes' part has allowed me to earn an award like this. I'm thankful to my family and the great University of Georgia for all the support! Go Dawgs!"
"Petros was very deserving of this award because he had the great fortune of coaching a nice group of athletes who listened well and performed even better," Bulldog head coach Wayne Norton said. "For the sake of the program, it's my desire that all of our athletes and coaches continue to this success in the years to come."
The national championships from Kyprianou's group came from two freshmen. Kendell Williams, who was named the USTFCCCA National Women's Field Athlete of the Year earlier in the day, set school, facility, collegiate and World Junior records after scoring 4,635 points in the pentathlon. The Marietta, Ga., native also set an NCAA Championships meet record and matched the collegiate pentathlon high jump record after soaring over the high jump bar at 6 feet, 2 inches.
"When teams do well collectively, it's because of superb individual efforts by coaches and athletes," Norton said. "A lot of preparation and support goes before these kind of achievements materialize. Kendell's performance was great and was the result of a lot of factors including talent, teammate support and coaching guidance. As good as she has been in the last two months, none of it has been surprising. She is just getting started with the record performances."
Redshirt freshman Leontia Kallenou, who also hails from Cyprus, responded to her Southeastern Conference title in the high jump by winning Georgia's first NCAA crown in the event since 2007. Kallenou, who tied the school record (6-2.75) at SECs, cleared all four of her heights on her first attempt and won with a mark of 6-1.50.
Kyprianou also had another duo score points at the NCAA Championships. Senior Lucie Ondraschkova posted a personal-best score of 4,268 (third on Georgia's all-time list) to take fourth in the pentathlon for the second consecutive year. Junior Morgann Leleux, who has already finished second at two NCAA meets, tied for fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 14-3.25.
Georgia starts its outdoor season by splitting squads this weekend. One group will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the John Mitchell Alabama Relays and a crew of throwers will cross the country for the Baldy Castillo Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.
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HYDE PARK, Monday—If anyone told us in this country that freedom of religion was not an actual fact, our oldest and most respected citizens would cry out in horror. Yet I think it is time that we stopped to consider certain things, which we have held as theories ever since we accepted our Constitution, in relation to the facts as they exist in our country today.
If it makes no difference to what religion you subscribe, why do you have to put it down in your service papers? The answer usually is—for the Navy, at least—that men should have the privilege of being buried with the rites of their own church. But, as a matter of fact, the same prayers are usually used for every man, regardless of religion, who dies at sea. Having to put down what religion you belong to sometimes subjects a man to discrimination if his superiors are so inclined.
It isn't only in the armed services, however, that this question is asked. Frequently, when you apply for a job, that is one of the questions you must answer. If you run for public office in this country, too, it is one of the questions which you must expect to have the public ask.
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So much for freedom of religion, to which in theory, of course, we all subscribe. Now, how about our freedom as American citizens in the economic and political fields?
One of the freedoms clearly stated in the Atlantic Charter was that people must have freedom from want. In other words, we must have economic freedom. Every human being must have an equal chance to earn a living according to the opportunities open in his area of the world.
It is true that in this country many strong men have surmounted all difficulties to gain high places in our national life and in the economic world of our country. But that doesn't mean that for every man there is equal opportunity. Many a man meets a barrier because of his racial background or because of his religion.
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Lastly, how about our vaunted political freedom? Can we, as long as any state in our nation exacts a poll tax from a citizen before he can participate as a citizen, feel that we are politically free?
I wonder if seven million white American citizens and three million Negro American citizens in the South, who can't vote because they cannot pay their poll tax, really agree with some of the things that were said about our Negro soldiers in that recent Congressional filibuster? Two Senators out of 96 kept all their brother law-makers from voting, and during the greatest war in our history spent a lot of time, which can never be recovered, just talking against a portion of the American people who in their particular states have no way of acting to remove them from office.


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Good Day,
Maybe the future of America is not lost...
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Good Day,
Oops, sorry, minor spacing typo...
#3 Oct 9, 2012
Steelie, sadly another GOP corporate child labor violation....just kidding....why combine church and state?..really asking.....BTW, even though we seem focused on the economy...i had to go the the mall today, and it was packed....must have parked 50 cars away from Macys door.....think those shoppers, are aware of the economic doom and gloom?
#4 Oct 9, 2012
Looking isn't buying. Just because they're AT the mall doesn't mean they're buying the place out. Just sayin'....
Thought about making meatloaf for dinner, but with ground chuck at $4.99 a pound, looks like chicken again...or maybe tuna casserole.
Funny how prime rib was $4.99 a pound when Obama took office and now that's what they're asking for ground chuck....who says that the middle class isn't being taxed?
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Blue... Nice to know that there were that many people at your local mall. However, as I have stated before, we have to look at the overall metrics/numbers and they don't look that great right now. How many of those people are actually buying things? There are recent reports that manufacturing orders are down. Manufactured product shipping - down. Corporate profits - down. Bellweather companies such as Intel and Fed-Ex are expecting (or warning of) lower quarterly profits. All of which seem to point to a lack of demand. Also - I refer to my break down of the "U" numbers in the 7.8% thread:
I don't think the video expressly stated a wish to combine church and state but rather that religious freedoms are being stepped on.
With that said... I think this is an inspring video in many ways. And it is not just this video either. I think many of this particular generation (depicted in the video) are waking up to what is wrong with the policies of this administration and its cronies. For example, have you seen the various reports from all over the country of children rising up against the new "food rules" being issued (ostensibly) by Michelle Obama? They are complaining of being hungry as the meals are too small. Athletes are having trouble competing as they are not being provided enough calories (upwards of 3x that of non-athletes). Heck, they are even creating a black "food" market in the schools! As Ronald Reagan once said:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
I think these kids get it...
#6 Oct 9, 2012
Do you really make meatloaf outta ground chuck? I'm great at shopping for meat, and at charcoal grill....those prices are very high...i paid $4.99 for boneless top sirloin today, and usually pay $2.49 for pretty good ground beef(meatloaf)....cheapest i have seen for prime rib, for many years, is around $4.99-$5.99 a pound....As for the mall, they had a lotta bags, so buying i guess....
#7 Oct 9, 2012
Steelie, i just don't feel the loss of freedoms, except at the airport....and i feel those kids were coached, and curiously, all attractive...i would also, add to your quote....possibly courage and honor, skip a generation....
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Good Day,
Hey Blue... One or two interesting points there regarding your last sentence on courage and honor.
That said...(No offense to you.) I think we need to look at the big picture regarding "loss of freedom". While this administration has certainly kicked it up a notch, the "progressive" approach has been around for nearly 100 years (or more) with a clear aim of removing freedoms from the individual for the sake of government rather than the individual. You may say I am going too far with that statement but look around and you may find a grain of truth in it. For example, just look at the Healthcare law and it's infringement on personal freedoms such as the right to freely participate (or not) in commerce vs. participation by government dictate. Or the infringement upon freedom or religious belief by forcing religious organizations to participate (fund) in something that is clearly against their belief system (contraception). Ask farmers about the crushing and ridiculous EPA regulations effecting their ability to freely farm their land. Come on, a regulation on dust? Or a puddle is now considered wet lands? Ask coal miners in the Virginia's and Ohio how EPA regulations have effected their freedom to work in the mines. Or the folks who staff the coal fired plants that are closing down. Many small business owners are scared "bat guano" to freely hire new employees due to fear of new regulations will be forced upon them. Just a few examples...
#9 Oct 9, 2012
Steelie, would'nt the opposite of that debate, that with healthcare, without participation, the taxpayers would be forced to pay(deficit) for those that refuse to be responsible for their own selves? Aren't we infringing on the rest's freedom of irresponsibility?.....Also, we disagree about the contraception subject, i find it an insurance issue, not a religous one....On coal and oil fracking, don't we all know the environmental damage done by both process's? When shall we deal with this, only when it is convenient?.....
#10 Oct 9, 2012
GR Press Sunday Article on Manufacturing jobs. Also, I know a specific manufacturer that their customers are coming back as the Mexico parts are not up to par as those of a certain manufacturer here in GR.
Anyway here is the article:
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#11 Oct 9, 2012
That is good news!
But after Obama spent Billions of our tax dollars with his stimulus money to send jobs overseas, I wonder if part of the reason is that companies are certain that will end soon?
#12 Oct 10, 2012
Quality control is a definite problem with many chinese products, much like back in the 50-60's and the japanese products....Anyone see, 60 Minutes and the security concerns over the high-tech telecommunications giant, from China?
#13 Oct 10, 2012
I see a lot of people working now compared to when we had the Republican President. Over time all the time. It looks to me like what President Obama did is working and what President Bush did with the big taxes cuts for the rich ended up lossing jobs down!down! down
Obama/Biden 2012
#14 Oct 10, 2012
Really?? Unemployment was lower so......blinders or what? Or are you talking about Mcdonalds? or apple orchards? or what?
By the way there, all the tax breaks are still in place, nothing has changed on that front. Obama has not changed anything in taxes!! except a SS tax break, which by the way takes away from the amount paid in SS. Oh and did you know that America has the Largest corporate tax in the Industrialized world?........no? Didn't think so!
#15 Oct 10, 2012
Seems like, over the past four years, we've heard alot on here about all those taxes, Obama raised?
#16 Oct 10, 2012
They are going to raise If Obama gets re-elected the whole world knows that..........lol.......
by the way who is we? did you finaly find a little friend.......never mind!.....
#17 Oct 10, 2012
So, thats zero raised taxes?
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#18 Oct 10, 2012
Good Day,
Hey Sassy... I used to be in international business, so I keep a pretty close eye on this stuff. It is true that there are some jobs being repatriated to the US from various other countries.(Primarily due to QC issues.) And that is a good thing in many respects. But then the question comes to me, how can we do more of this? How can we lure more businesses to either repatriate or even keep the jobs from leaving in the first place? Obviously it is a rather complex economic question.(How to make America competitive again? How to regain our edge?)
Not to be a "Debbie Downer"... but I often wonder if we can become the pinnacle of manufacturing once again? I don't know if you remember this exchange that reportedly occured between the late Steve Jobs and Obama a couple of years ago. Jobs was talking about IPhones when the president asked:
Why cant that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.
Mr. Jobss reply was unambiguous.Those jobs arent coming back.
(THe article it came from in the NYT - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/ap... )
Scary thought huh?(Please read the article, it does make some great points.) I think Jobs may very well have been correct, those jobs are gone. Even on some new technologies we can't compete. Take "green energy" for example. Like it or not, the Chinese are kicking our butts. Despite pouring billions into green energy companies here in the US, the Chinese still were more competitive and companies here in the US closed their doors.
Even so, China is now losing jobs to other countries that can do certain jobs even cheaper (Viet Nam and Thailand come to mind).
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#19 Oct 10, 2012
Good Day,
Hey Blue... He has (well, to be fair he signed off on legislation that raises taxes). The problem is they have not yet taken effect. January 1, 2013 is commonly know as Taxmeggedon. On this day, every tax paying American will be hit by the largest tax increase in American history.($494 billion I think.) Also, Obama only signed off on extending the Bush tax cuts for one year, after which they are scheduled to expire.
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#20 Oct 10, 2012
Steelie, did you see 60 Minutes, sunday? They had a fascinating segment about the sensative issues involved with the chinese telecommunications company, doing business here in the US and their close working situation, with the gov't of China...and security implications....
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It has been nearly a year and half since the Playstation Vita has launched. During its launch window the 3DS wasn't selling well and everyone wasn't sure what the system would do. I actually bought the handheld system within a few weeks of its launch. Critics have complained about the lack of software and its price which seems to fall on deaf ears from Sony. Are they planning a price cut? Are new games going to be announced at E3? Is Sony focusing on the PS4 launch and has left the PSV to flounder till they can focus some attention on it or have they written it off entirely?
The hesitation for developers to jump onto this platform is clear by the lack of AAA/AA quality games. People site what happened to Monster Hunter, the game that saved the PSP from oblivion in its home country, is now a 3DS exclusive. Monster Hunter has yet to catch fire outside of that market but still has a strong following across the world.
For the first time we actually have a portable console that doesn't have to map typical right stick controls to shoulder buttons or the D Pad. This thing should be something we all want to have but many consumers just don't care. They are happy with their Smart Phones and go to their consoles and PCs when they want a more robust gaming experience.
I am going to offer some of my opinions and while I suppose many can be rebutted I would like to still make these suggestions as it is to all of gamers benefit to have Sony do well.
The Vita needs a price cut and needs it now. Maybe even a bundle with a 16gb card. The cost of a 32gb card is $100 USD. You can shop around online but its still way more expensive than it should be. Japan recently got a price cut and it has helped quite a bit. If its more affordable, people on the fence might jump in. The flat sales are due, in part, to the price. Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS and it helped quite a bit. This is an easy shot in the arm to drive some new sales.
Playstation Mobile:
The Playstation Store also sells games for the Playstation Mobile devices. These are android games that can work with certain smart phones and tablets as well as the Vita. These games can support traditional control schemes. Many devs are already support devices like Moga. These developers should be courted and help them bring more of these games that are already on Android to Playstation Mobile. Maybe Sony should kick this off by getting EA to port their Dead Space and Mass Effect mobile games.
Another issue is the pricing. PSM games should be the same price as the Google Play store. Why would any consumer pay more money for the same game when it is less than a click away? While we are talking mobile pricing, Sony should really reconsider the $5 minimum charge. Apple doesn't require you to pay $5 when all you want to spend is $.99.
Going Mobile:
Sony has the Xperia brand; perhaps it might be time to consider releasing a Vita phone. Having an Android handset that is a Playstation Vita can address the excuse as to why someone doesn't want to carry around a Smart phone and a gaming device. There are a number of design possibilities. Have the controls slide out like the PSP Go or adding a controller like the Moga or even something that the phone itself clicks into and becomes a Vita without compromising the look and feel of a Smart phone when not being used as a Vita. (Maybe this isn't reasonable but it is just a thought.)
New Hardware:
Every year (and sometimes more than once a year) Apple and its competitors release new and better hardware. Usually touting more processing power, more RAM, more storage, better screen etc. Maybe its time we should expect our hand held systems to be upgraded in a similar way. The PSP did get a RAM upgrade when a new version was released and it actually made some of the games look better. Sony can upgrade their hardware every so often and add more ram, better processor and improved screen. This shouldn't be anything we should be scared of. As long as Sony promises your original Vita will play the software throughout the life of the system. Newer hardware can have better features as it gets better processing power. Perhaps the new vita could play certain PS2 games. This is just an example and I don't have any real hopes that PS2 software would actually be compatible with the handheld.
iOS Factor:
I have noticed for some time a lot of parents are letting their children play on their mobile phones. I have even seen some parents buy multiple ipod touches for their kids. What is nice about this is that the parent can buy multiple touches/iphones and bind them to one account so when they buy a new game it is possible to play them on all the touches. Parents like having hardware with a cheap software library. Currently Sony only lets you bind your PSN account to 2 devices. If consumers can do the same thing with the Vita that they can do with these iOS devices it might get more hardware (and software sold).
Its no secret, many people view the Vita to not have enough games. A few factors are going on. The PSP was hacked to hell with custom firmware and pirates ruined the profits for many of these companies. They are risk averse and don't want this to become the next hacked device. My suggestions on updating the hardware could help combat the ability for hackers to take over this system. As long as Sony keeps up with the firmware updates and hardware fixes they might be able to hold the widespread hacking from being a deal breaker for most devs and publishers.
Sony needs to think more like Nintendo in this respect now. Since 3rd parties aren't jumping on due to fear of piracy and slow Vita adoption. Sony's 1st party should be very busy bringing titles to the platform. Another suggestion is help fund cross play projects. Publishers can release the game on PS3 and Vita. Lastly, they need a killer app. It is unfortunate that last year's Call of Duty game was a quick and dirty piece of software. If gamers could get a real COD experience on the go it would help them a lot more than some of my other suggestions. Microsoft often pays to get exclusives on their XBOX. Maybe Sony should help fund some projects for the Vita.
Sony is about to release its PS4 and their focus is on that. Perhaps they have plans to help drive Vita sales with the new home console. The Vita has a really good indie scene and if you are into those types of games you might really get a lot of use out of the Vita. Whatever the case is, the Vita is a great piece of hardware and it would be a shame if the best portable device (from a hardware and design perspective) we have seen just flounders because of some of its shortcomings.


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UC Athletics Closes Year With Awards Banquet
June 6, 2009
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics named its Athletes of the Year, Scholar-Athletes of the Year, top senior student-athletes, Coach of the Year, and Team of the Year at its annual All-Sports Banquet, held in Fifth Third Arena.
Senior Jessie Nevitt helped the volleyball team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school history. Nevitt was an AVCA Honorable Mention all-America selection, making her the first three-time all-America honoree in school history. The unanimous first-team all-BIG EAST selection was the only league player to finish in the top-10 in statistically in hitting percentage, kills, and blocks. She ranks on eight UC career records charts and is one of two players in BIG EAST history to eclipse 1,400 career kills and 600 total blocks. She wrapped up her UC career with 1,498 kills, and 652 total blocks.
Junior swimmer Josh Schneider was named the Male Athlete of the Year. He was an honorable mention all-America selection in the 50 freestyle for the second-straight season. He qualified for three events at the NCAA meet, and was also selected as a CSCAA First-Team Academic All-American. Schneider was named the BIG EAST's Most Outstanding Men's Swimmer at the league championship meet in February after winning three individual championships while setting UC and BIG EAST records in each event. He swam in 22 dual meet races in 2008, winning 15 and placing second seven times.
The Topcat Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are awarded to the top graduating female and male student-athlete who have attained the highest University GPA during their academic career at UC.
The Female Scholar-Athlete Award went to women's soccer player Kim Sykes. Sykes, a journalism major with a 3.98 GPA, was the team's defensive MVP in 2009 and started every game of her career at UC, helping to guide the Bearcats to its highest finish in a BIG EAST regular season, its best overall record since the 2002 season (10-7-3), and a BIG EAST women's soccer quarterfinal appearance. She also earned her third selection to the ESPN The Magazine College Sports Information Directors of America Second-Team Academic All-District squad.
Senior Kyle Dragan took home the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Dragan, who ran both cross country and track, is a double major in finance and accounting, earning a 3.894 GPA. During the cross country season, he notched three top-10 finishes in seven meets. In the outdoor track season, Dragan featured strong performances through the season in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, and 10,000 meters.
The most prestigious awards given to a senior student-athlete are the Jimmy Nippert (men) and Helen Norman Smith (women) Awards. They are presented annually to the senior student-athletes who demonstrate excellence in three important areas: 1.) academics; 2.) athletics; and 3.) community service.
The Jimmy Nippert Award was given to Jakub Carda of the men's swimming and diving team. Carda He was UC's institutional BIG EAST Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, only one of three swimmers in the conference to earn that honor. Carda placed fourth in the 400 IM at the league championship meet and was a qualifier in at least three events for each BIG EAST meet he participated in as a Bearcat. The native of the Czech Republic has consistently earned high GPA marks in UC's challenging information systems program, despite working in English, a foreign language to him.
Sykes grabbed her second award of the event, earning the Helen Norman Smith Award. In addition to her classwork, and team-related responsibilities, Sykes works part-time in the sports communications office, and is also a Cincinnatus Scholar, Mary Lyn White Scholar, and a Legion of Excellence inductee. Outside of school, Sykes had taken time to give back, starting a shoe drive for Soccer Without Borders, and volunteering for the Girl Scouts of America.
Entering his third season at the helm of the football program, head coach Brian Kelly was named the UC Coach of the Year. In 2008, he led UC to a school record 11 wins, the school's first BIG EAST Conference Championship, and an appearance in the 75th FedEx Orange Bowl, the first Bowl Championship Series appearance by UC. Following the close of the regular season, Kelly was named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year for the second-straight season. He also earned American Football Monthly Schutt Sports Football Bowl Subdivision Coach of the year accolades, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Region 1 Coach of the Year honors, and was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year by Sporting News.
The UC Team of the Year went to football for the second-straight season. The football program achieved a school-record 11 victories in 2008, while posting back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in school history. UC also won the school's first outright conference championship since 1964, and earned the school's first berth in a Bowl Championship Series game, playing against Virginia Tech in the 75th FedEx Orange Bowl. The Bearcats finished the regular season on a six-game winning streak and captured all three of its rivalry trophies for the first time in the same season, the Victory Bell (Miami [OH]), Keg Of Nails (Louisville), and River City Rivalry (Pittsburgh).
2008 University of Cincinnati All-Sports Banquet Award Winners


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Freethought Today
Vol. 11 No. 8 - Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. -
October 1994
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Anne's Column
Whistling In The Wind
By Anne Nicol Gaylor
If you ever doubted the importance of media in the United States, give All's Fair, the new book by political spinners James Carville and Mary Matalin, a whirl. Newlyweds Carville and Matalin worked in the 1992 opposing campaigns of Clinton and Bush, and they tell their story in a 493-page book, with the able help of nonghostwriter Peter Knobler. The major public relations message I gleaned from these experts was that how you sell a candidate is far more important than the candidate. Carville, though, had a more thoughtful message: "Fight back." Let no "negative" go without a response.
That's all well and good if you are in the spotlight of a national political race with prominent, competing, professional newspeople covering you. However, it does not necessarily work at other levels. The "negatives" not only are printed, but repeated and buttressed, and your attempts to correct them amount to whistling in the wind.
Some examples! Earlier this year a Wisconsin daily editorialized in a patronizing and erroneous way about our complaint that a Catholic priest was serving as a Chaplain for the Wisconsin Badgers football team with public money financing his travels with the team. We had pointed out that the priest was conducting formal prayer sessions, that he had traveled at public expense to all sorts of places: road games, Japan, the Rose Bowl, to see Vice President Gore, Atlanta for the Super Bowl. The editors in question accepted without any investigation of their own the denials of the athletic department and the priest that these state-church violations were taking place. Their editorial, defending the priest as "just a football fan who happens to wear a cleric's collar" and chiding us for attempting to "sever this friendship," contained gross, fundamental errors of fact. What can you do? As a journalism professor once said, "Practically nothing. The media can always have the last word." Barring libel, it matters not a whit if that word is inaccurate.
The correct story finally was told because of the investigative reporting of an intern on a rival paper. But no editorial castigating the athletic department and the priest for their attempted cover-up ever saw print. Male media kowtow to football and religion. It's quite a combination.
* * *
This fall a religion reporter for a Wisconsin paper interviewed a local minister about the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Despite our constant efforts to separate church from state and our not unimpressive successes, the article was titled "Anti-religious group reaching for straws." This was expected. What else would the combination of a devout reporter and a fundamentalist preacher produce? But the reporter went on to questions like: "Do you pray for the group and hope that one day its members will see the light?" Ah, objectivity!
The unparalleled naivete of religionist reporting came through in another breathtaking question in the interview. "Q. The foundation says its membership is growing by thousands each week. What is the appeal of this type of organization?" When we read this, we shook our heads in disbelief. We bend over backward not to make any inflated claims. Our current total paid membership is about 3,300, not including subscribers, and where, we wondered, did this reporter ever come up with this so-called "claim." In a subsequent conversation with the religious reporter, Dan Barker ferreted out the answer. The reporter had noticed a column of mine that appeared in Freethought Today in September. In this column headed "Every four days there are one million more of us," I had written in the first paragraph that "the earth is like a train speeding toward a cliff as far as population pressures are concerned," noting that "every four days there are one million more people on earth, births over deaths." Out of this, this religionist actually had come up with a ridiculous interpretation that was printed and commented on.
Although we promptly asked for a correction, it took almost a month to get it. Incidentally, in my nearly two decades of work for state/church separation, no reporter ever has contacted me to ask what I thought of a particular clergyperson or church in the news--local, regional, national or international. But it is standard procedure for the press to go to clergy for commentary on us.
* * *
If a paper is indifferent about corrections, the least you can hope for is that notifying them of their error will prevent them from running letters to the editor or other commentary based on their misinformation. Don't count on it.
Dan, who is a member of the Delaware Tribe of American Indians (Lenni Lenape), recently asked the Dane County Historical Society to consider redesigning the emblem that it uses so it did not stereotype native Americans or promote religion. The emblem carries a design which includes an Indian with bow and arrow lurking outside a fort, and, in another quadrant, a cross atop a church. This request was twisted by the same religious reporter to imply that the Foundation is anti-Indian and, of course, that wanting a cross removed from an official seal is the height of absurdity. As Dan so aptly had stated: "The Indian is depicted as an armed warrior appearing to attack a white fort. To be accurate it should be the other way around--the European invaders should be depicted with guns and bibles running our original settlers off Wisconsin soil."
In a letter of correction that was eventually published, Dan wrote: "It is disingenuous to accuse us of being 'antagonistic' when we raise legitimate constitutional questions. We are not starting any bloody Crusades, brutal Inquisitions or fanatic jihads. We are not blocking access of believers to churches or dragging them out of their pews. We are not burning believers at the stake, killing Irish Protestants, dropping bombs on Sarajevo, or making death threats against 'orthodox' authors. If we were lobbying to replace 'In God We Trust' with 'Jesus is a myth,' that would be antagonistic. We simply are asking our government to be neutral."
* * *
This same daily, in otherwise thoughtful coverage of our county zoo's agreement to (finally) remove a creationist poster directed at children, attributed to Annie Laurie a statement that human beings have been around for 25 million years! She never said that; perhaps it was even a typo, but naturally enough, it spawned a jeering letter complaining that the zoo's dating of the human race at 15,000 B.C. was closer to the mark than the Foundation's claim. Never mind that all statements, news releases and official letters on the subject by the Foundation used the conservative but currently accepted estimate that we have been around as this particular species for at least 100,000 years. Here again, a letter of correction ran weeks later, while these errors, distortions and misquotes sat, waiting to be taken as "gospel truth."
* * *
Moral of the column: if you read, see or hear statements attributed to us that don't make freethought-sense, rest assured, it's just the media--we undoubtedly never said it.
By the way, if you are interested in reading the Washington Post's in-depth story on the Foundation's recent actions, including the Job Corps victory, please send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to FFRF, PO Box 750, Madison WI 53701.
And, oh, those thousands of members each week--don't we wish!
Anne Gaylor is president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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Figure 2.10 shows how the homepages of some prominent Web sites have changed during the past six years. With the exception of Google, which has always stressed simplicity, it is interesting to note that the only major change has been an increase in the information density of these Web pages. In fact, Web design has already converged on what we call the "common Web look and feel."
A Carnegie Mellon University professor's rants and raves on research, human-computer interaction, Internet of Things, usable privacy and security, Pittsburgh, and teaching.
Monday, January 15, 2007
How Little Web Sites Have Changed Over the Past 6 Years
In our book, The Design of Sites, we show how little major web sites have changed over the past few years. Below is an image (click to zoom) that shows this. Here's what we wrote in our book:
Saturday, January 06, 2007
The Design of Sites, 2nd Edition
The second edition of our book The Design of Sitesis finally out! It includes some new design patterns on the mobile web, AJAX technologies, and security.
There are also:
You can also check out this interview with my co-authors, James and Doug (I was out traveling at the time :)
There are also:
- Seventeen new design patterns to add to the original ninety
- More than twenty significantly updated patterns
- 450 four-color screen shots and diagrams, including more than 150 new images
You can also check out this interview with my co-authors, James and Doug (I was out traveling at the time :)
Kinetic Sculptures
BMW is featuring the work of Theo Jansen in one of their commercials. Mr. Jansen creates kinetic sculptures, which in this case is a large mechanical insect that uses wind to power its legs. You really have to see this video to believe it!
Thanks to Leila Takayama for telling me about this.
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CLEVELAND -- The snow was fake. There were no shovels, brooms or leaf blowers needed this time. The grounds crew could have taken the night off.
Forty-five days after they first tried to play their home opener, the Cleveland Indians finally finished it.
"Let's move on," manager Eric Wedge said. "Let it go."
Casey Blake homered and Josh Barfield had two RBI as the Indians remained baseball's best home team with a 5-2 win Monday night over the Seattle Mariners, who are about to rack up some frequent flyer miles.
The game was a makeup of the April 6 home opener at Jacobs Field, which was called after the clubs played 4 2/3 innings in blizzard-like conditions and a snowstorm that dumped more than 2 feet on the ballpark and caused the entire four-game series to be postponed.
There was no hint of foul weather as the clubs made up the first of four rescheduled games, which were moved to common off days and created travel hardships for both the Indians and Mariners.
"The more games we knock out, the better we'll all feel," Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said. "It's not any more pleasant for the Indians than it is for us. You just have to deal with it."
Blake's fourth homer, a two-out shot off Cha Seung Baek (1-2), snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth and Barfield's two-run double in the seventh gave the Indians a 4-1 lead. Grady Sizemore added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Cleveland improved to 17-4 at home, with two of those wins coming in Milwaukee when the club had to move a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels under Miller Park's retractable roof in April.
Tom Mastny (3-1) took over for starter C.C. Sabathia and got the win.
Sabathia allowed one run and eight hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out four, recording his 1,000th career strikeout in the fifth when he fanned Ichiro Suzuki for the second time.
The Mariners loaded the bases in the ninth on a double, walk and single off reliever Roberto Hernandez. Closer Joe Borowski came on and got Suzuki to hit into an RBI forceout before getting Jose Vidro to pop up and Jose Guillen to ground out for his 14th save.
Seattle began a 6,273-mile, four-city trip with its fifth loss in six games.
The Indians billed the delayed matchup as "Opening Day 3" and the club even tried to duplicate some of the blustery conditions that transformed Jacobs Field into a colossal snow globe last month.
Artificial snowmaking machines, perched atop the pedestrian walkway beyond left field, produced flurries that tumbled softly onto fans -- a few of them wearing Santa Claus hats -- as they arrived.
"I saw the fake snow," Sabathia said. "I can do without seeing that again. Besides that, it felt like a normal day."
There were ice sculptures in the plaza between the Jake and Quicken Loans Arena, and the club gave away snow tractors and ski weekends at a nearby resort. A couple fans even got into a snowball fight outside the park's gates.
Hargrove remains displeased with Major League Baseball's rescheduling of the series. Seattle has to make two more trips back to Cleveland, and the clubs will play a doubleheader on Sept. 26 when the Indians make their only trip to Seattle.
"I think we got the short end of the stick," he said. "The way they decided to make it up is not good."
The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first off Baek on Victor Martinez's two-out RBI single.
Seattle tied it in the fourth when Jose Lopez, at the plate with two strikes on him when the April 6 game was stopped, singled home in Kenji Johjima, who led off with a double.
A strong relay by Cleveland's defense kept it tied in the sixth.
Sabathia plunked Guillen with two outs and Richie Sexson doubled. Guillen tried to score from first but was thrown out by second baseman Barfield, who made a quick throw to Victor Martinez and Cleveland's catcher did a nice job of blocking Guillen from the plate.
- Paul Byrd was one strike away from beating the Mariners on April 6 when Hargrove came out of the dugout to argue that the snow was falling too hard to see. The move led to him getting heckled from Indians fans. "In 10 minutes, I went from being liked in Cleveland to being hated," said Hargrove, who managed the Indians from 1992-99. "I did what I thought I had to do."
- Sexson snapped an 0-for-16 slide with a third-inning single.
- Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 14 games.
- The Indians have won 10 of 11 at home.


text: The standings were updated as of 8/19. It appears that changes in point values for Junior competitions have been applied, and the standings have changed as a result. For example, some of the men have moved down in rank since the end of the 2009-2010 season: Was/Now 4 / 7 Michal Brezina 17 / 21 Nan Song 21 / 25 Artur Gachinski 19 / 28 Yuzuru Hanyu Names removed: Evgeny Plushenko Stefan Lindemann Gregor Urbas Song Gao