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Risks of fertility treatment
Like all medical treatments, fertility treatment carries some risks and your clinic should discuss these with you before you go ahead.
Risks can include reactions to fertility drugs that may be prescribed, and also the risks associated with any pregnancy. Other risks, of which some are not yet fully understood, relate to the children born as a result of the treatment.
Drug reaction
What it is: A mild reaction to fertility drugs.
Symptoms: Hot flushes, feeling down or irritable, headaches and restlessness.
What to do: Contact your clinic if you have any unexpected reaction to treatment. You will have been provided with an emergency contact number. Always call rather than worry.
Multiple births
Having a multiple birth (twins, triplets or more) is the single greatest health risk associated with fertility treatment.
The HFEA has imposed restrictions on the number of embryos that can be transferred in IVF in order to reduce the number of multiple births.
Multiple births carry risks to the health of the mother and the unborn babies. The babies are more likely to be premature and to have a below-normal birth weight.
Studies show that the risk of death before birth, or within the first week of life, is more than four times greater for twins than for a single baby. For triplets, the risk is seven times greater than for a single baby.
The risk of cerebral palsy is five times higher for twins and 18 times higher for triplets than for a single baby.
Your clinic should discuss these risks with you when deciding how many embryos to transfer in your treatment.
Reducing multiple births – one way to greatly reduce the risks associated with multiple births is to use single embryo transfer, so make sure you speak to your clinician about this option.
For more about the risks of multiple births, see the One at a time website:
Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome (OHSS)
What it is: A potentially dangerous over-reaction to fertility drugs used to stimulate egg production.
It is very rare for this complication to occur with mild fertility drugs such as clomifene. Even with the powerful gonadotrophin drugs used in some cases, OHSS symptoms are mild.
In IVF and ICSI cases where a larger cluster of eggs are being stimulated to grow, 5% of patients develop some symptoms.
The serial scanning of the ovaries means that the clinic staff will be aware if you may be at risk of OHSS.
Symptoms: Swollen stomach and stomach pains. In severe cases, nausea and vomiting, severe stomach pains and swelling, shortness of breath, faintness and reduced urine output.
Patients who develop strong OHSS symptoms generally do so during the week after egg retrieval. Cysts develop on the ovaries and fluid collects in the abdomen.
In severe cases (about one –two per cent) your ovaries become very swollen and fluid may distend the abdomen and (rarely) enter the chest cavity.
On occasion, OHSS can be life-threatening.
What to do: If you start to experience any of the above symptoms you must contact your clinic immediately. Never feel you are wasting the clinic's time.
If you are badly affected you may have to be admitted into hospital as an emergency.
Ectopic pregnancy
What it is: When an embryo implants outside the uterus. The most common site is in the fallopian tube. Occasionally an ectopic pregnancy can develop in the ovary.
The chances of an ectopic pregnancy seem to be higher in women having IVF, especially if they already have problems affecting their tubes.
Symptoms: The first symptom is usually a one-sided low abdominal pain, followed by vaginal bleeding or dark brown or red vaginal discharge. As the pregnancy continues, the pain increases.
The major risk is that the ectopic pregnancy will rupture through the tube causing internal bleeding.
What to do: Your clinic should arrange a pregnancy blood test to check for the pregnancy hormone, hCG. Your clinic should also arrange a scan at six weeks to check for the baby's heartbeat and to make sure it is growing properly in the uterus.
Speak to your doctor straight away if you have any stomach pain or vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy.
Birth defects
The risk of birth defects in the general population is low: two per cent of children in Europe are born with birth defects. Although some research suggests that fertility treatment may be associated with an increased incidence of birth defects, this risk remains low.
Some research suggests that ART techniques are associated with longer-term health issues in the children born. Whether there is a direct link is yet to be conclusively agreed, as it is possible that the association is due to other factors. These could relate to underlying subfertility in the patients.
Research into the area is ongoing and, in order to make sure patients understand the risks of fertility treatment, we keep research of this kind under review. We also aid researchers seeking to conduct studies that link fertility treatment data held by the HFEA to other health data sets in order to explore the affects on health. A key recent study of 106,013 children born after assisted conception, one of the largest of its kind, found no increased risk of cancer in ART children.
Patients should be aware that where studies report, for example, a doubling of risk or cases of a health complication (eg, from 0.1 to 0.2%) this may not necessarily equate to a significant clinical risk, and they should discuss any concerns with their clinician.
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Spotlight on Ohlone:
A class for job in entertainment
By Devery Sheffer, Staff writer.
Thursday, February 5, 2009—Reprinted from Monitor.
Death-defying heights, booming music and flashing lights, it is all a part of a job known as rigging. Ohlone's new rigging teacher has an extensive resume including three years of the Super Bowl's halftime shows, (including 2004, the year Janet Jackson "accidentally" flashed us.) He went along on a few rock tours including Pink Floyd's "The Wall" tour in the early '80s, known for its dramatic staging. His name is Rocky Paulson; he is well known and respected in the industry. He established Stage Rigging Inc. in 1977, setting the industry's standards. Since he sold his company in 2000, he has spent his time rock climbing and teaching rigging classes and seminars all over the world: Germany, Japan, and Las Vegas Nevada, just to name a few, Ohlone is now the newest addition to that list.
Rigging is a key element to the entertainment world. If you were to look up at a rock concert or any other type of event, you would see large lights and speakers dangling from the ceiling. It is the rigger's job to safely suspend (or "fly" as it is known in the industry) heavy lighting and sound equipment for events, shows and programs and then bring it back down in the end. They must know where to hang certain equipment according the weight and at what angle for the necessities of the show. Lights and speakers are attached to a truss that is lifted up by chain hoists.
Some of a rigger's job is done on the ground like the rest of us, but the rest is spent up in the air hooking up equipment.
Riggers are notorious for their death-defying occupation done at great heights. Rigging is important to all parts of the entertainment industry, not just shows for stadiums and arenas. Matt O'Donnell, head of Entertainment Design and Technology of Ohlone's theater department, "highly encourage[s] anyone to take this course" to see the technical side of the entertainment business, an industry that tends to thrive during economic down turns.
The course teaches Ohlone students the fundamentals and safety techniques of rigging. Students get hands-on experience with equipment like chain hoists. Students will set up the grounds support for a show at Ohlone's outdoor amphitheater. The class will also be taking a field trip to Paulson's former company, Stage Rigging Inc. to see what it is like first-hand when a worker falls from great heights and how the protection system catches them,
This exciting course can lead to an even more exciting career, and the fact that it is being taught by Paulson makes it all the better. Paulson described his choice to teach at Ohlone as an "interesting opportunity to teach my craft to future professionals." In this class you will find a variety of students, including the San Francisco and San Jose union head, along with Ohlone's own professional staff members, all of whom want to be taught by the best. Unlike other courses offered at Ohlone, this class is not offered every semester. Whether or not Paulson will return to teach again is uncertain. Previous teachers include an Ohlone alumni's, Doug Cattaneo, who is senior member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees).
If you are interested in taking this class, it is Monday nights from 6:30 to 9 a.m. in Room SC120, The course is TD178. It is a requirement for the following certificates, Stage Craft, Theatrical and TV Lighting Technician, and Movie Lighting Technician.
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Eric Clapton's $1 Million 'Blackie' Guitar Moves to Times SquareBy
The world's second-most expensive guitar is taking up residence in New York this week. Guitar Center is putting Blackie, Eric Clapton's legendary Stratocaster, on permanent display at its new flagship store at 218 W. 44th Street in Times Square. The store opens Thursday, Aug. 7, and also features a "boutique" pedal shop, a team of craftsmen who will build you a custom Fender instrument, and 28,000 square feet of guitars, drums, keyboards, and DJ gear.
Guitar Center purchased Blackie at a Christie's auction 10 years ago for $959,540, making it at the time the world's most valuable guitar. So it remained until last December, when Christie's sold the Stratocaster that Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival for $965,000 to an unnamed buyer.
Dylan's Stratocaster has an intriguing history. Rolling Stone reports that the singer "left the guitar on a private plane, and when the pilot notified the songwriter's management, he never received a response. The Strat has remained in the pilot's family for nearly 50 years, and it was authenticated last year when his daughter, Dawn Peterson, brought it on the PBS program, History Detectives."
Clapton was more attached to Blackie, which he strummed from 1970 to 1985. According to Guitar Center, Clapton used a Stratocaster that he called Brownie for years. One day he was in a Nashville music store and found an array of vintage Stratocasters on sale at an irresistible price of $300 or less. The benevolent rock god left with them all, passing some on later to such friends as Steve Winwood and Pete Townsend. Clapton fashioned Blackie from the parts of those he kept. He played it at his Rainbow concert of 1973 and Live Aid in 1985. He displayed it proudly on the covers of his albums, such as "Slowhand" and "Just One Night."
Clapton finally sold Blackie in 2004 to raise money for the Crosswords Center, his drug and alcohol treatment program in Antigua. Presumably, Blackie is worth more than it was then. Maybe Guitar Center should put it up for auction and restore Blackie to its former position as the world's most expensive axe.


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On 21st August 2013, the Sharing Economy of Austria met for the first time on a lovely summer evening.
People from Carsharing24/7, UseTwice, TopSwap, CheckRobin, Key To Office, 1000×1000, and more met and listened to Herbert Kling from Meinunsgraum—the author of an opinion poll about the popularity of Sharing Economy concepts, including the willingness and motivations to make use of them.
Kling's study found that the most well known collaborative consumption concept in Austria is car-sharing, with 75% awareness. This is likely due to the visibility of the cars as well as the heavy advertising of car2go. Next comes home-swapping and room-sharing or renting like Airbnb (41%) followed by ride-sharing (34%) and renting platforms like UseTwice (15%).
About 51% of those surveyed would be willing to make use of these services, and 48% think that these kind of platforms will grow more important in the future. The three main motivations for taking part in collaborative consumption are:
- Saving money or earning money
- Having fun, meeting new people (eg. lifestyle)
- Saving resources (both financial and environmental)
There is still much to do to popularize the sharing economy in Austria, but interest and awareness are growing. The group will continue to meet and spread the word, not just about their own startups, but also the sharing economy as a whole. Members have already started to develop collaborations to grow the entire market!


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I like the idea of having the grip safety on the xds, and I also like the .45 caliber, but it might be nice to have another gun that uses the same ammo as my current gun.
I will not carry every day all day (work will not allow), but I hope to carry often when I am not working.
I'm looking for recommendations about what guns to look at. I plan on renting a few before I buy, but not sure where to start.


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'I'm careful with interviews,' says John Githongo, as he settles his large frame into one of the Oxford college armchairs.
With reason. The exiled former anti-corruption tsar of Kenya has been making powerful enemies in recent times.
A warm, modest, unassuming man, he does not look the part of ferocious watchdog. Yet it was he who spearheaded one of the most ground-breaking corruption investigations in Africa.
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya won a 2002 election landslide on an anti-corruption ticket. He made the bold move of appointing the country's head of Transparency International as his anti-corruption tsar and included him as part of the Government.
A journalist by profession, John Githongo was first introduced to anti-corruption work by his father who was one of the founders of the Kenyan chapter of Transparency International.
But in his high-prestige post in the new Kibaki government Githongo junior committed the ultimate sin: he was just too good at his job. He uncovered a $200 million scam that ultimately led to the heart of government itself.
It began when John Githongo received information that prompted him to investigate a contract with a company called Anglo Leasing and Finance to provide the Immigration Department with a new tamper-proof passport system. A commitment fee had been paid but no work appeared to have been done. Furthermore, no one who should have known seemed to know exactly what Anglo Leasing was.
He investigated further and, almost miraculously, the money paid out to Anglo Leasing started coming back. Not just a trickle either – it poured. Obese cheques – one for 4.7 million dollars – arrived at the Kenya Central Bank.
'I have to admit, I got carried away. I thought: wow… here is somebody returning all this cash and not suing us. If someone is forced to pay back half a billion shillings on a contract, they have to be out of pocket in a big way and should go to court. Now this is the real business… this is the real fight against corruption… this is half a billion which can now perhaps be spent on something more worthwhile. Recovery of money on this scale had never happened before.'
But, he recalls with a wry smile, 'my colleagues did not share my enthusiasm. No celebratory atmosphere developed. No champagne bottles were popped. There was something odd…'
Senior officials told him to back off now. The Anglo Leasing sandal was not a scandal, he was told, as the money had been repaid.
But he did not follow their advice. He carried on and found that there were other Anglo Leasing type companies and contracts for various projects – a forensic laboratory for the police, ships for the navy, a telecommunications system.
The pressure on him to 'take a back seat' from the investigation became more intense.
He was determined to find out who was behind this massive network of scams so that they could be prosecuted. A combination of naivety and optimism kept him going, says Githongo. 'I had no idea my inquiries would reach so high.'
Githongo kept his boss, the President, informed at each stage of his investigation. Finally, though, his position became impossible. He received warnings from friends. People in high office wanted him dead. He escaped to Britain in early 2005 and has been here since. But he has not kept quiet.
In January 2006 he issued a damning dossier which implicated and named four high-ranking Kenyan government officials in corruption on a massive scale: David Mwiraria, finance minister; Kiraitu Murungi, energy minister; Vice-President Moody Awori; and Chris Murungaru, former national security minister. The main purpose of the corruption, the dossier alleged, was to raise party funds with which to fight elections by siphoning off government money into non-existent companies.
Since the report was published three of the ministers concerned have been fired from the cabinet and Kibaki's fragile Rainbow Coalition has collapsed. But there have been no high-level prosecutions to date and the accused ministers continue to deny wrong-doing.
Githongo thinks there are some people in government who still support him and his anti-corruption drive but they are 'not a critical mass'. As he says: 'The fact that I am here [in Britain] speaks volumes.'
The Government has made other attempts to put the lid on the scandal. The lead investigator in the Anglo Leasing Affair has been fired. Meanwhile Justice Aaron Ringera, head of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, has been accused by Githongo and others of 'shielding the culprits' until after the 2008 general election.
Thousands of demonstrators have been taking to the streets of Nairobi to protest against the Government's corruption and Ringera's complicity.
'The scale of the public outrage that has been created is so great I don't think it will die,' Githongo comments. 'If the Government thought this was going to go away it got it wrong. The press is really at the forefront of public accountability in Kenya these days. There have been some setbacks, like the government raid on The Standard [a Nairobi daily] earlier this year. But the press came together and has remained steadfast on this issue of anti-corruption. It's a very positive development – one of the key institutions in the structure of our democracy.'
'I knew too much'
In a 91-page dossier addressed to his employer, His Excellency the President of Kenya, former Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics John Githongo provides a rather sinister insight into corruption in high places. Here are some extracts: On 3 March 2004, my department was provided with information that suggested that a non-existent company called Anglo Leasing and Finance had been awarded a contract by the Immigration Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs and a three per cent down-payment of around $1.2 million had been paid.
On a trip to Britain, Githongo finds that there is no such entity as Anglo Leasing and Finance registered there. He informs President Kibaki that several senior Kenyan government officials may be implicated in a corruption plot and names them. Kenya Anti Corruption Commission investigators confirm that everything points to a 'gigantic attempted fraud'. In addition to the $1.2 million commitment fee, a payment of $4.6 million is being processed for payment to Anglo Leasing on the same project. Interior Minister Chris Murungaru announces the cancellation of the Anglo Leasing contract pending the completion of investigations.
14 May – Once I arrived home I received a telephone call from Ambassador Francis Muthaura. He informed me that Anglo Leasing had contacted him and assured him that they were going to repay the money, which he described as a great success.
17 May – Hon Kiraitu Murungi stepped into my office unannounced. He expressed concern about the way the Anglo Leasing investigation was going. He told me people were concerned whether I appreciated the political costs of my work. He told me it was hoped once Anglo Leasing paid back the money the investigation would stop.
Githongo receives a visit from an old friend of his father's who also has friends in the cabinet:
His advice to me was to be particularly careful; there was no way senior ministers were not involved in the Anglo Leasing affair. He warned me that 'Murungaru [the Interior Minister] would not let you destroy them, they will kill you first'. He also warned me quite logically that if the stability of the regime was threatened then the President would stop backing me.
25 May – Ambassador Francis Muthaura called me to question the legal authority of the KACC [Kenya Anti Corruption Commission] to conduct the investigation; he even queried if the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act was a reasonable piece of legislation at all.
A couple of days later it is disclosed that Anglo Leasing has been paid for another project – a contract for a police forensic laboratory. Though no work has actually been done roughly $5 million has been paid, ministers having taken advantage of US terrorism-related fears to expand what was a small project into a 'cash cow'. A letter is delivered to Githongo which confirms that the Central Bank of Kenya has received $4.7 million from Shroeder and Co Bank AG Zurich on behalf of its client Anglo Leasing and Finance Company and an additional $6.5 million has been paid back by Infotalent, another bogus company.
I found this unsettling. We acknowledged, your Excellency, who the key players in the scams were. At that time, Sir, you advised me not to hand over... files to the Attorney General for prosecution just yet and to delay sending the Infotalent file to the KACC.
Meanwhile the press is calling for ministers to be sacked. Ambassador Muthaura makes an obfuscating statement in a press release that goes into bureaucratic detail of the forensic laboratories project. An angry Githongo goes to the President:
23 June – Your Excellency, you will remember I rushed down to your office in what I shall admit was an ill-advisedly emotional mood and warned that... this was actually lying to the Kenyan people.
There are other developments – and revelations:
29 June – I met with Hon Kiraitu [Murungi] at his office. Essentially he said that Anglo Leasing was 'us' – our people. He said that no matter what, he did not have what it took to countenance the arrest of Chris Murungara for corruption because they had 'too much history'. He was blunt and emotional. He admitted that people like Murungara were key to the transactions of Anglo Leasing and even though he personally did not have the details the reason given to him was that the money was needed for political fundraising.
By this time the Anglo Leasing Affair has become a national and international scandal:
The diplomatic community led by British High Commissioner Edward Clay visited the President and spent two hours with him. The overwhelming donor support for me and my office caused me tremendous discomfort but I had to live with it. At this time, interestingly, I came under renewed pressure to issue a statement on Anglo Leasing – essentially one that would say 'all was OK'. I refused – it was too ridiculous and I was convinced that Kenyans would laugh in my face.
Another mysterious payment is made to the Central Bank by one of the non-existent companies involved in security procurement for $910,000. It comes from Silverson Forensic, drawn on a bank in Liechenstein, Landsbank AG.
By 20 October the list of suspect contracts by fictitious companies grew by the day and the cast of characters was the same. In my estimation we were sitting on roughly $700 million worth of contracts – some of them highly dubious. If one brought in the even murkier and more secret military ones, then the figure was over $1 billion. From what I had been told by some of the perpetrators themselves and as His Excellency the President acknowledged to me on several occasions – we had a major graft problem and it was being perpetrated by characters within our administration... I met with Simeon Nyachae and he explained that Hon Murungaru was involved in raising five billion shillings for the next election through these schemes.
Githongo meets with Justice Aaron Ringera, head of the KACC:
8 November – His analysis was grim and he admitted that once graft reaches the President he won't touch it. He observed that I was now a prisoner in my job because I knew too much. I was surprised when he told me that if I tried to leave 'they' could even try to kill me.
Evan Mwai, a government auditor, tells Githongo he fears for his own personal safety because of the information he is uncovering about the 'security financing companies' . Githongo concludes that:
The modus was clear: the Government of Kenya would enter a contract with a number of the financing entities that did not exist which mean the Government had no legal recourse. In most contracts the Government started debt repayments before substantive implementation of the projects had begun... The bogus financing companies... then proceeded to charge interest on what are in truth fictitious loans by the Government to itself...
The reports and findings by the Controller and Auditor General conclude that there are several Anglo Leasing type deals in excess of $200 million. But still ministers are pressurizing the auditor to authorize dubious payments. Githongo urges him not to.
14 January – Hon Kiraitu Murungi came to my office and pointed to me and said that party elections were around the corner and I was the one holding up the financing of these elections.
Bizarre and disturbing conversations take place with Kiraitu Murungi and Chris Murungaru during which they openly admit to Githongo that the suspect contracts were all along schemes to raise political finance. They infer that he is undermining the Party.
I played possum saying I was keen not to undermine the Party. But it was a final call – after this I calculated they had few or no options left. They have bared their souls to me. By coming to me knowing full well I had direct access to the President meant they were not at all worried that I would report them to the President. Hon Murungara pointed out that the President had once been Minister of Finance and he understood how these things are done.
At that point Githongo realized he had to get out of Kenya. He tendered his resignation on 24 January 2005 while on a trip to Britain, where he has been since.
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On the eve of Mother's Day, nearly 1,000 runners will lace up their shoes and run to honor the sacrifices and gifts of mothers everywhere.
The fourth annual Lourdes Iron Mom Half-Marathon will begin at 6:30 a.m. Saturday for individual and relay team runners. Interest and the number of participants continues to grow each year with 910 participants and 88 teams in 14 states currently signed up, according to Amy Peal, race committee member and administrative assistant at Rehab Associates Foundation.
"It began locally as a community event tailored to moms and has grown from word of mouth throughout the region," she said.
The concept began when Cindy Medford,
Paducah human rights director, approached Rehab Associates Foundation with a logo. The event with the tagline "I Ran Like a Mother" was then born, Peal said. Overall, the race has raised about $75,000 for the Family Service Society, with the total steadily increasing over the years. This year's target is $30,000.
The route will start and finish at floodwall murals on the Ohio River and run along Jefferson Street, the Greenway Trail, Noble Park and the Downtown Arts District. Peal said the course is fast and flat and the relay option allows runners who cannot complete the entire 13.1 miles to join together and run shorter spurts.
"The route is great because it shows off all the different parts of Paducah. When people run it the first time, they always want to come back and run it again," she said.
Although registration is open to women and men, Peal pointed to the special touches the race provides to honor mothers including lady-style fitted T-shirts in two colors, Sweaty Bands and personalized jewelry awards for top finishers.
"We want the unique experience of the Iron Mom to be an entire weekend experience," she said. "It's a time to honor mothers."
Lourdes dietitian Sandra Farthing emphasized the importance of several simple but critical nutrition tips steps for the race.
"Not only do you need to train to run, but you also need to nutrition train," she said.
Farthing said runners should begin extra hydration three to four days prior to the run, specifically when the weather is warmer. Adequate but not excess fluid intake is important and runners should also avoid high fiber foods before the race.
The night before the run, individuals should load up on carbohydrates and good fats. Good carbohydrates include those high in fiber such as fruits, starchy vegetables, regular or sweet potatoes, beans, pasta and whole grain breads, and not items high in sugar, according to Farthing.
After completing the course, individuals should replenishing glycogen stores with simple sugars, such as juice, and other fluids including water and Gatorade. Peanut butter, graham crackers and good quality protein bars are also good choices, she said.
"Runners will also need to rebuild muscle that they have torn with carbohydrates and proteins," Farthing said. "The after-race meal or snack needs to take place 30 minutes to an hour after the run or it won't do any good."
Peal advised runners to check the weather and wear light layers according to the temperature and to get a good night's rest Thursday and Friday nights.
Participants should arrive downtown by 5:45 a.m. Saturday. The award ceremony will be at 9:30 a.m. and the course will be open until 10:30 a.m.
Runners can pick up their race packets from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday inside the Paducah Regional Sport Plex on U.S. 60 or beginning at 5 a.m. on race day. There will be a race extravaganza from noon to 7 p.m. Friday with booths for shopping and other family friendly activities, she said.
Registration is open until Thursday at Rehab Associates locations or online at http://paducahironmom.com/registration/.
Contact Kathleen Fox, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8651 or follow @kathleendfox on Twitter.
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ELLI Student Activities Coordinator
Angelo State University English Language Learners' Institute
Must be a Graduate Student.
The ELLI Student Activities Coordinator works closely with the ELLI Coordinator to plan and execute cultural events (on campus, in the community, and out of town) for the English Language Learning students on campus. This individual serves as a liaison between the international students and university offices. Primary tasks include, but are not limited to: event planning and coordinating (especially the weekly Conversation Partners evens), and supervision of ELLI interns, and data entry.
Vary but will definitely include 1 evening weekly and several Saturdays plus one weekend each semester.
$13.50 / hour
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In Hazel Pearson's sophomore tutorial for Linguistics, each student writes a summary of the material covered in a single week of the course. The instructor reviews the summary for edits/clarifications and then posts it to the course website.
Here are the instructions from the course syllabus:
Since we assume no prior familiarity with this literature, the relevant concepts will be introduced slowly, step by step, beginning with the very basics in Week 1. We shall
focus on a small number of readings (just one each week, with the exception of Week 1), working together to understand the theory and its broader implications for our
construal of the semantics/pragmatics interface. The most important course requirement is therefore that you do the assigned reading for each class, and come
prepared to discuss it. I shall devote some time in the second half of each class to introducing the material in the next week's reading: introducing any necessary
terminology, pointing out the most important passages (and letting you know what you can skip), and giving you a flavor of what are the most important points to look
out for as you tackle the next week's reading. But this will be no substitute for doing the reading and to get the most out of each class you should come prepared with some
thoughts and questions about what you have read. I won't expect you to understand everything you read, and you should feel free to approach me with questions, either
by email, during office hours or in class.
The plan is therefore to take a collaborative approach to help each other to get to grips with what we are reading, and Assignment 1 is designed with this in mind. Each
student will be assigned one or more classes during which they will be note takers, noting down what was discussed and then writing up a short summary (around 2
pages per class) to be posted on the course website. The summaries should be emailed to me by the following Sunday after the class for which you are taking notes
Hazel suggests making it clear what the purpose of this task is. She found it effective, but one or two students commented in evaluations that they felt that they had not learned much from writing the summaries.


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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond baseball program welcomed Big Ten foe, Michigan State to Pitt Field on Saturday afternoon as part of the annual Spider Invitational.
Despite a hard fought battle between the Spiders and the Spartans, Richmond dropped the contest, 13-4.
Kyle Adams led the Spiders at the plate with three hits and a pair of RBI.
Michigan State threatened early, but it was all Richmond out of the gates. Adams drove in the first Spider run when he singled to right center bringing in Vinny Capra.
The Spiders added to their lead in the home half of the second when D.J. Lee found a hole on the right side to drive in Kyle Schmidt to give Richmond a 2-0 advantage.
Richmond continued to stifle any Michigan State opportunity, but in the fourth the Spartans were able to get a run back off a Matt Byars double. MSU put up a five-spot in the fifth and added five more in the next two frames to take an 11-2 lead that they wouldn't relinquish.
In the seventh, Capra got things started with a single to left and crossed the dish behind a Daniel Brumbaugh's triple down the left field line. Adams came up with his second RBI of the day to bring home Brumbaugh and cut Michigan State's lead to seven, 11-4. The Spartans would add two more in the ninth to make it a 13-4 ball game.
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The Arduino-compatible IMU is a project by Chris Anderson and Jordi Muñoz to create an AHRS (attitude heading reference system) for UAV control and general motion capture. This is the main board for the ArduIMU 6DOF. By itself, this board works as a 4DOF – it produces three axes of acceleration and one axis of angular velocity data. This board can be connected to up to two Ardu 6DOF daughter boards which will each add one more axis of angular velocity information.
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As the US mourned at the funeral of Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson, 35, who was one of 38 killed when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan early this month, it was a photo of his pet dog Hawkeye lying by his former master's coffin throughout the ceremony that has captured hearts around the world.
The photograph, which was taken by Petty Officer Tumilson's cousin Lisa and posted on Facebook, has made its way around the globe since the funeral last week.
"I took this picture and that was my view throughout the entire funeral. I couldn't NOT take a picture," Ms Tumilson told US television network ABC News.
"It took several attempts since every time I wasn't crying and could focus on taking it, there was a SEAL at the microphone and I didn't want to take a picture with them for security and respect reasons. Our family is devastated to say the least."
Petty Officer Tumilson's faithful Labrador retriever led his family down the aisle into the funeral service in Rockford, Iowa, and followed his friend Scott Nichols as he rose to deliver a eulogy, television network MSNBC reported.
It then heaved a sigh and dropped down on the ground in front of Petty Officer Tumilson's casket as the speech started and more than about 1500 mourners watched on, the report said.
"If J.T. had known he was going to be shot down when going to the aid of others, he would have went anyway," his friend Boe Nankivel said at the service.
News photographers were not allowed into the service, as it was attended by other SEALs whose identities cannot be revealed for security reasons.
Petty Officer Tumilson joined the US Navy in 1995 and was awarded the Purple Heart and Defence Meritorious Service Medal posthumously.
Mr Nichols will look after Hawkeye, television station KTLA said.
A total of 38 people died when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down on August 6 in the eastern province of Wardak, including seven Afghan troops and an interpreter.
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Thirty US troops died, including 17 SEALs and five other navy sailors assigned to the SEAL unit.
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Exploding into the collective consciousness via 2010's controversial film Exit Through the Giftshop, Mr. Brainwash returns to London this summer for a unique pop-up exhibition at Mayfair's Opera Gallery.
Known to many as Banksy's protégé, Thierry Guetta, aka Mr. Brainwash, has created album artwork for major stars including Madonna and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. This summer will see him host a two part exhibition featuring many exclusive works.
Starting at New Bond Street's Opera Gallery, this Thursday will see the first instalment of the graffiti artists show, with a collection of canvases, stencils and sculptures. The Mr Brainwash Summer Show runs until August 15.
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I am using backtrack4 on a usb
when i type airodump-ng wlan0 this ais what i get in the pic well i cant post a pic but it only shows 1 network with no essid
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wg111v2 has very poor range. airodump-ng is part of aircrack-ng suite and is only a passive scanner. It will not actively scan for networks but will only listen and display any packets intercepted as either an AP/Ad-Hoc or clients (extra switch can be enabled for shocking acks).
There's your problem. If you want to actively scan, use something like iwlist.
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To ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fungus.
By colonizing seeds with spores from naturally occurring fungi, experiments show that rice -- a major world food source -- is able to withstand stresses associated with climate change, such as drought and soil salinity. The results were published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the journal PLoS ONE.
"What makes this remarkable is that we can move these fungi around," said USGS researcher Rusty Rodriguez. "The contemporary thought is that the plant itself adapts to the stress, but what we've been observing is that that isn't always the case. Plants can have associations with fungi and then tolerate certain types of stresses."
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Senior Andrew Brancaccio (Chevy Chase, Md./Georgetown Prep) and freshman Travis Comeau (Alberta, Canada/The Hill Academy) scored three goals apiece and No. 9 Georgetown opened up an 8-0 lead at the half en route to a 14-4 BIG EAST Conference win over Providence at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex Sunday afternoon. It was the fourth win in the last five games for the Hoyas, who improve to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in league play. Providence falls to 0-5 overall and 0-1 in the BIG EAST Conference.
Nine different players scored goals and 14 players scored at least one point and it was the 26th time since the 2000 season that Georgetown has limited an opponent to five goals or fewer in a game and the 53rd time under Head Coach Dave Urick.
Brancaccio and Comeau scored a goal apiece in the first quarter as the Hoyas took a 3-0 lead and then each added two goals in the second quarter as GU extended its lead to 8-0. Freshman Zac Guy (Tully, N.Y./Tully) scored two goals and senior Craig Dowd (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) added a goal and two assists. Junior Brian Tabb (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) won 12-of-16 face-off attempts and had eight ground balls while sophomore goalie C.T. Fisher (Chevy Chase, Md./Landon) played the full 60 minutes and made eight saves.
Georgetown jumped out quick with a 1-0 lead just over a minute in when junior Ryan Shuler (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) sent a pass through the box to Comeau, who rifled a low bouncer past PC goalie Tim Finnegan at 14:04. Just over a minute later, Brancaccio scored the second goal, taking a feed from senior middie Scott Kocis (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) on the near sideline and rolling out in front of the goal. He unleashed a shot that bounced past Finnegan, giving the Hoyas a 2-0 lead. The lead grew to 3-0 at the 10-minute mark of the first quarter, when sophomore Zack Angel (Bel Air, Md./St. Mary Ryken) blistered a shot past PC goalie Frank Cicero off a feed from Dowd.
The Hoyas continued to pepper the PC goal and took five more shots before the end of the quarter, with one from junior Dan Hostetler (Ellicott City, Md./River Hill) hitting the post.
Georgetown wasted listed time in the second quarter, with Tabb winning the opening face-off, racing downfield and passing to Dowd on the far side of the crease. Dowd sent a pass to Comeau, who rifled a shot past Cicero from the right side of the crease. GU forced a turnover after Providence won the next face-off and after a successful clear, Guy scored the first of his two goals at 12:26, making it 5-0.
The lead grew to 6-0 after a tripping penalty on the Friars gave GU an extra-man opportunity. Brancaccio scored his second of the game, rifling a low liner from the far side at 11:07. Tabb won the next face-off and a slash was called on Providence, giving the Hoyas another EMO. Kocis started the chance at the top of the box near midfield and sent a pass to the far side to Brancaccio. The senior, who possesses one of the hardest shots at the collegiate level, scored from 10 yards out with 9:25 left, giving the Hoyas a 7-0 lead.
Providence had a chance to break through with a score midway through the second quarter after a Hoya turnover, but Fisher saved a trio of point-blank shots, the final resulting in a ground ball for senior Chris Schuville (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor). Freshman defenseman Brennan Bicknese (Ridgewood, N.J./Delbarton) forced a turnover with 4:41 left and after a shot from Kocis hit the crossbar, Comeau picked up the ground ball and fired a low shot past Cicero, giving GU an 8-0 lead at the break.
Georgetown limited PC to one shot in the first quarter and five in the second. The Friars scored their first goal of the game with just over four minutes into the third quarter, but the Hoyas responded with a goal two minutes later.Junior middie Max Seligmann (Essex Falls, N.J./Delbarton) forced a turnover in the PC offensive end and sent a pass to Hostetler near midfield. Hostetler threw a long pass to Francis McDonough (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City), who was streaking down the right side and the sophomore struck a low grounder past Cicero to make it 9-1.
Providence scored at 6:09 to make it 9-2, but freshman defenseman Chris Nourse (Erieville, Pa./The Hotchkiss School) forced a turnover, picked up the ground ball and fed sophomore middie Gerry Reilly (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), who raced toward the goal and beat two defenders at 5:56, making it 10-2.
Guy added his second goal of the game two minutes later (3:57) and an unassisted goal from Dowd gave GU a 12-3 lead after three quarters.
Senior Eric Reinhardt (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) scored his first goal of the season off an assist from freshman Jason McFadden (Bel Air, Md./Calvert Hall) midway through the fourth quarter and sophomore Tucker Stafford (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) scored his first career goal on an assist from sophomore Brian Will (Olney, Md./Bullis).
Georgetown out-shot Providence 46-21 and owned the ground ball battle, 42-20, while committing only 11 turnovers, and scoring on 2-of-3 extra-man opportunities.


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By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - By replacing a traditional survey of 20th century British sculpture with a "provocative set of juxtapositions," London's Royal Academy has made both friends and enemies among the critics.
Some welcomed what the gallery called a "fresh approach," but others attacked it for omitting several important British and foreign sculptors.
Most outspoken was Andrew Graham-Dixon, writing in the Sunday Telegraph's Seven magazine in his no-star review:
"This lamentable exhibition has no coherence, no clear purpose and fails to mention many of Britain's best sculptors of the past 100 years."
Laura Cumming, of The Observer, drew attention to the absence of pop art, and the lack of "advanced conceptualism."
"And if (Carl) Andre's 'Equivalent VIII' can make the cut, though the American's minimalism never took root here, then why not Marcel Duchamp, whose influence is infinitely greater?"
The exhibition, which runs until April 7, opens with a towering wooden reconstruction of the landmark Cenotaph which stands on Whitehall in London to honor the war dead.
Edwin Lutyens, who designed the original, was actually an architect, and the Royal Academy sought to "demonstrate the formal affinities that exist between sculpture and architecture." It also "manifests the power of the abstract."
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The studs supporting an exterior wall of my house are termite damage and have been replaced. However, the carpenter does not know how to attach the new studs to the wire mesh and backing material, such that the new studs will support the exterior wall. Any ideas?
Pull out the damaged stud. If there are several go one at a time. Drill pilot holes through the stucco where the old stud used to be, spacing about 8 inches apart. Install the new stud using construction adhesive facing the stucco. From the outside use a countersink bit to enlarge the holes just a little. Use masonry screws to go through the stucco into the new stud(s). Top off the screws with concrete epoxy.
That may be overkill, I would adjust depending on the number of studs that were affected.
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Tennessee hosted a first-class SEC Swimming and Diving Championships, and the host schools took advantage to post a pair of top-four finishes that highlighted the Big Orange athletics weekend.
The Allan Jones Aquatic Center drew rave reviews all weekend from competitors and coaches alike while serving as first-time host for the SEC's premier meet. Times were fast and the crowds saw athletes who will be making their mark not only on the upcoming NCAA Championships but also this summer's Olympic Games in London.
Head coach Matt Kredich was named the league's swimming coach of the year on the women's side after his Lady Vols finished second for their best conference showing since 1990. Tennessee won seven events, placed second five times and tallied six third-place finishes. Senior Jenny Connolly led the way with 53½ points scored.
Dave Parrington was selected the SEC's diving coach of the year after Tennessee won four of the six total diving events on both the men's and women's side. Ryan Helms swept the men's springboard competitions, while Mauricio Robles and Victoria Lamp captured the platform events. Helms and Lamp were named divers of the year, and Robles earned freshman diver of the year accolades.
The Vols finished a solid fourth as a team under interim head coach Lars Jorgensen.
Baseball debuted under new head coach Dave Serrano with a sweep of visiting Northern Illinois. Friday afternoon's crowd of 2,812 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium was an opening-day record. The Vols got 12 shutout innings from their starting pitchers and scored 24 runs in the three games.
Softball was one strike away from winning twice in Austin, Texas, over the weekend when the host Longhorns struck for a two-run, inside-the-parker and a 3-2 shocker. Seventh-ranked Tennessee defeated Illinois on Friday and was rained out of a Saturday game against Pittsburgh.
In basketball, the Lady Vols won Sunday at Mississippi to grab a half-game lead over Kentucky for first place in the standings. Tennessee hosts Arkansas and Florida this week to close out the regular season. The Vols lost Saturday at Alabama and are in a four-way tie for fourth place with two weeks remaining.
In tennis, the 10th-ranked Lady Vols swept road matches at Indiana and Ohio State to improve to 8-3. Meanwhile, the youthful men's squad dropped matches over the weekend to the Los Angeles-area trio of Southern California, UCLA and Pepperdine at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Virginia.
Finishing first in three events was exciting last season for the Tennessee Lady Vols swimming & diving team in on day three of the 2011 Southeastern Conference Championships. However, the squad bettered that feat Friday by winning four of the six events on the third day of the 2012 league championships held at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
"I'm incredibly proud of this team," Lady Vols head coach Matt Kredich said. "I'm not just extremely proud of them for this meet, but the entire season. I've told them that I've been a little bit hard on them but this is actually what we expected. This is the kind of competitors and team that they have shown themselves to be."
History repeated itself for Jenny Connolly, as she defended all three of her SEC gold medals that she won a season ago in Gainesville, Fla., in identical fashion. The West Lafayette, Ind., native notched first in the 100y fly, 100y back and swam the lead leg of the 400y medley relay.
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The Tennessee Lady Vols swimming & diving team won't soon forget the 2012 SEC Championships, as the squad put on its best showing in more than 20 years to claim second at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
The Big Orange finished the four-day league meet with a tally of 629.5 points, behind only the Lady Bulldogs of Georgia, who accumulated a score of 721. The last time Tennessee placed as high as second and scored as many points came in 1990, when the team registered a score of 722.0 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
"Last night was such a high for our team and we came back this morning and weren't very tough," Lady Vols head coach Matt Kredich said. "At the end of the morning session I challenged our team to come back to who they really are and tonight they were phenomenal. It was a great series of performances."
Over the course of the four-day meet, the Lady Vols won seven events, placed runner-up on five occasions and tallied six third-place finishes. Senior Jenny Connolly scored the third most points of any women's swimmer at the meet, accounting for 53.5 points.
Next: Feb. 24-25 at Last Chance Meet, Jones Aquatic Center // FULL SCHEDULE
The Tennessee Volunteers collected five medals Friday at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships and made a little history along the way at Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
Sophomore Samuel Rairden reached two finals in individual events to lead the Vols in the pool, while freshman Mauricio Robles completed the first-ever Tennessee sweep of the diving gold medals at SECs, capturing the platform title with a career-best score.
With one day left in competition, the Vols are in third place in the team standings with 363 points, just one ahead of Georgia. Auburn is first with 535 and Florida is second with 515.
Rairden led the way as the Vols produced a 2-3 finish in the 100-yard backstroke in the evening finals. He recorded a career-best and NCAA B-cut time of 46.68 seconds to finish second, and senior teammate Ricky Henahan took bronze in 47.17 seconds, a season best.
SEC Championships (Day 4)
The Tennessee men did not dive on Saturday at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships, but they took home the three major awards to close the meet.
Senior Ryan Helms was voted SEC Diver of the Year after winning two events, platform champion Mauricio Robles was named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and Dave Parrington received SEC Diving Coach of the Year honors as the Vols finished fourth in the conference championships at Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
The Vols collected 459 points as a team. Auburn won the meet with 730.5 points. Florida was second with 700 and Georgia was third with 521.
The divers enjoyed a historic week at the SEC Championships. Helms won the 3-meter and 1-meter titles on the first two days, then Robles followed up his performance with a victory in the platform to give the Vols gold medals in all three diving events in a year for the first time in program history.
Next: Feb. 24-25 at Last Chance Meet, Jones Aquatic Center // FULL SCHEDULE
The Tennessee baseball program opened its 103rd season -- and first under head coach Dave Serrano -- with a 7-1 win over Northern Illinois on Friday evening in front of a UT home-opener record 2,812 fans at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
"I've been in a lot of openers as a head coach," Serrano said. "This is my eighth one and my third on at a different program. I was most excited about this one. I just told the players in there, a lot of it had to do with them. They've had to overcome some of their tough times. For how much they've bought in to what we're trying to do here, this was special. This win was special for them. This isn't just about me. This is for them and what we're trying to do each and every day to become a better team."
Senior Chris Pierce had a career-high four RBIs, launching a three-run home run and knocking in another run with an RBI fielder's choice, while freshman Jared Allen contributed an RBI double and three Vol pitchers combined to allow just one run.
Junior Drew Steckenrider picked up the win with four shutout innings to open the contest, and also blasted a home run in the eighth inning to cap the scoring. The Lawrenceville, Ga., native was the only Vol with multiple hits on the night, adding a double high off the wall in the sixth inning as well.
Vols 10, Northern Illinois 5
Junior Chris Fritts pounded out a career-high six RBIs with a bases-loaded double and a three-run home run to lead Tennessee to a series-clinching, 10-5 victory over Northern Illinois in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Fritts' first blow came as part of a six-run UT second inning in which the Vols sent 11 batters to the plate. His second helped fend off a Husky rally after they cut the lead to just one with five unanswered runs in the fifth through seventh frames.
Making his first career start as a Vol, junior Zack Godley twirled four shutout innings to pick up the win, striking out three and allowing just three hits on an ultra-efficient 40 pitches, including 29 strikes.
Vols 7, Northern Illinois 2
Tennessee finished off the series sweep of Northern Illinois with a 7-2 victory in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
"I was proud of the way we played," Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano said. "Doubleheaders are hard to sweep. Sweeps are tough to come by, no matter who you are playing. This is our first series, our first weekend of the year and we have a lot to get to. Some stuff came out that we will have to get back to the drawing board and fix, but we still walk away with three wins and are excited about that.
On the mound, junior Nick Blount tallied the victory with four scoreless frames. With his effort, Tennessee's three starters this weekend combined for 12.0 shutout innings. Sophomore Carter Watson also added four strong innings of relief, striking out a career-high four batters while allowing just one run on two hits.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Led by a season-best 12-hit offensive attack, the No. 7 Tennessee Lady Vols softball team fought off a stern challenge from Illinois to win a 10-7 slugfest on a cold and rainy Friday in Time Warner Invitational action at McCombs Field.
UT junior second baseman Lauren Gibson led the way for the Big Orange offense, posting a 3-for-3 effort at the plate with her second career grand slam and five RBIs. The big fly marked the team-best fourth of the campaign for the Pasadena, Md., native over the initial seven contests of the year after blasting a total of eight during her entire sophomore season.
Sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman (2-for-3, RBI) joined Gibson as a part of the first back-to-back HR performance of 2012 with a solo shot during UT's five-tally fourth frame. Sophomore center fielder Tory Lewis (2-for-5, run, steal) and junior third baseman Melissa Brown (2-for-4, run) each posted a pair of hits, while junior designated player Kat Dotson returned to action following an injury by going 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
Texas 3, Lady Vols 2 (9 inn.)
AUSTIN, Texas - With the international tiebreaker in effect and the No. 7 Tennessee Lady Vols softball team clinging to a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday at McCombs Field, No. 13 Texas (8-0) was down to its final strike before getting a shocking two-out, inside-the-park home run off the bat of center fielder Brejae Washington to rally past the Lady Vols, 3-2.
Facing Texas All-American pitcher Blaire Luna, UT managed six hits, led by a 3-for-4, RBI performance from senior catcher Ashley Andrews. Junior second baseman Lauren Gibson was 1-for-2 at the plate and contributed a RBI double in the top of the fifth to grant the Big Orange its initial lead.
Sophomore pitcher Ellen Renfroe started the contest, working 8.0 innings while allowing 10 hits with one earned run, three walks (two intentional) and six strikeouts. Junior Ivy Renfroe suffered the tough defeat, falling to 1-2 on the season by giving up one run on a hit over two-thirds of a frame of relief.
Next: Friday-Sunday at NFCA Leadoff Classic, Clearwater, Fla. // FULL SCHEDULE
OXFORD, Miss. - A well-balanced attack led the No. 10 Lady Vols to their third win in a row and a sweep of games in Mississippi with a 66-56 win at Ole Miss.
Four Lady Vols scored in double-figures led by Glory Johnson, who netted 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Shekinna Stricklen scored 12 points as both she and Johnson made 5-of-9 shots from the floor. Vicki Baugh and Cierra Burdick each tallied 10 off the bench.
The Lady Vols move to 20-7 overall and 11-3 in the SEC. Ole Miss fell to 12-15 overall and 2-12 in the league. Valencia McFarland led the Rebels with 21 points, the only double-figure scorer for Ole Miss.
Tennessee took control of the game midway through the first half and held off the pesky Rebels. Down 15-14 with 9:37 left in the first half, a Stricklen lay-up with 9:10 left in the half and the Lady Vols never trailed again.
Next: Thursday vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m.; Sunday vs. Florida, 3:30 p.m. // FULL SCHEDULE
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A pair of big Alabama runs -- one in each half -- lifted the Crimson Tide to a 62-50 win over Tennessee at Coleman Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. The loss ended the Vols' four-game win streak as Tennessee now stands at 14-13 overall and 6-6 in the SEC. Alabama improved to 17-9 overall and moved into a tie with the Vols and LSU for fifth place in the SEC as all stand at 6-6, following Saturday's early action. Mississippi State is in fourth with a mark of 6-5. Tennessee junior Jeronne Maymon led all scorers with 20 points, scoring in double-figures for the eighth game in a row. Sophomore guard Trae Golden added 12 points. Jarnell Stokes had eight points and eight rebounds.
Next: Wednesday vs. Mississippi, 7 p.m.; Saturday at South Carolina, 8 p.m. // FULL SCHEDULE
The number that precedes `Tennessee' has gotten lower, but that didn't change the recent trend of results as the Lady Vols played their first match as the 10th-ranked team in the country.
Tennessee (7-3) won for the seventh time in its last eight matches, defeating Indiana 5-2 Friday afternoon at the IU Tennis Center in Bloomington.
"They played very prepared," co-head coach Sonia Hahn-Patrick said. "When we've come to IU, it's been a difficult place to play on the road. I thought they were all mentally prepared to come out and compete hard."
Lady Vols 4, Ohio State 3
The 10th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols tennis team tallied the first four points to clinch its eighth win in nine tries, defeating No. 64 Ohio State 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at the Varsity Tennis Center in Columbus.
"They did what they needed to do to win," co-head coach Sonia Hahn-Patrick said. "It's been a long couple weeks for us travel-wise. Everyone gave great effort. When you're playing this many matches on the road, sometimes your execution is not where you want it to be. They did what they needed to do and came out on top."
Despite moving up a spot in the lineup for the second consecutive match, Tennessee's (8-3) top half (No. 34 Brynn Boren, No. 37 Kata Szekely and Caitlyn Williams) all won for the second time this weekend to secure the victory over the Buckeyes (3-5).
Next: Saturday at Central Florida, Noon // FULL SCHEDULE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Depth and experience tilted the scales early in Southern California's favor Friday when the Tennessee Volunteers opened the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The three-time defending NCAA champion Trojans took the doubles point and won the first set on all six courts en route to handing the Vols a 4-0 loss at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
Daniel Nguyen, ranked No. 14 nationally, defeated Hunter Reese 6-1, 6-0 on court 3 as the Trojans took a 2-0 lead. A few minutes later, USC ended the match with No. 36 Yannick Hanfmann beating Edward Jones 6-1, 6-0 on court 5 and No. 86 Roberto Quiroz pulling away in the second set 6-4, 6-1 against Taylor Patrick on court 6 in the deciding match.
UCLA 4, Vols 0
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Facing UCLA for the third time in as many years at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, Tennessee could not get the win this time around.
The Vols lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker and lost a trio of straight-set matches to lose to UCLA 4-0 in consolation at Boar's Head Sports Club.
With the doubles point coming down wire and the Vols (4-5) ahead or on serve on the remaining three courts, the final score did not reflect the closeness of the match.
Pepperdine 4, Vols 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Tennessee Volunteers' bid for their first win against a top-20 opponent began slowing down once the match hit the four-hour mark at Boar's Head Sports Club.
The Vols grabbed a close doubles point and Taylor Patrick won at the bottom of the lineup, but Pepperdine turned the tide by taking four three-setters to beat Tennessee 4-2 in consolation at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The match ended Tennessee's 0-3 stay at the national tournament. The Vols are now 4-6.
Next: Friday-Sunday at Blue Gray National Tennis Classic, Montgomery, Ala. // FULL SCHEDULE
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How about a roll up door on the outside?
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This is a discussion on Fortify a Door From Zombies within the Home (And Away From Home) Defense Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; those plans are great. now you have a door that can not be busted in. what about the weak wall on eather side of that ...
those plans are great. now you have a door that can not be busted in. what about the weak wall on eather side of that door?
most walls have a piece of 1/2 plywood on the outside of the studs, some kind of siding over the plywood and 1/2 sheetrock on the inside of the studs. that is the weak point of any home.
Buy a concrete home. then it would be worth reinforcing the doors.
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How about a roll up door on the outside?
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What happens when the zombies break out the windows and push through there?
but how about the super zombies? :p
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I think you oughta put ports on that door for observation and defense, or even perhaps steel jacketed ports with with some kind of motion sensing flame throwers. that'd definitely take care of your run of the mill walker and fry those super zombies ala '28 Days' types
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The wall frame should have king studs (double studded). Replace the door and frame with an exterior steel security door. Use longer screws for the hinges, install a dead bolt with a thicker security bolt, and a reinforced striker plate.
ACE hardware has a metal brace that goes from handle to floor. Cheap, fast, fool proof, even kids can use it.
These guys at Just In Case Defense, Security, Locks & Safety Systems, Salem, OR 97305 - index is where I bought my lock bars for my door.
Works very well, it's all made out of 3/8" thick steel. What I liked about it was the fact that you now need a take to get through my doors, but the part they call the receivers are welded together and have a sealed end so when the door is getting slammed against the bar, it won't vibrate out of place and hit the floor.
Only thing is that it is a heavy son of a gun. But at least it's not going anywhere
Why don't you just use a proven solution?
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I have their products and they are very great, only thing is the install as not as easy as they would like to make you think. At least for me I had to sand and plane.
Dig a 15' deep square hole just outside the door and rig a trap door that can be actuated from the inside. Zombies drop in then close the door. There aren't any laws against zombie imprisonment in your state are there?
"If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative at 40, you have no head." --Winston Churchill
LOL, I have not read of any zombie abuse laws here
"Dig a 15' deep square hole just outside the door and rig a trap door that can be actuated from the inside. "
I believe section 364.22345 of the ZDA (Zombies with Disabilities Act) states that your Zombie containment system needs at least one of the following to be compliant. Wheel chair accessibility, and/or a step, stumble, drag-approved ramp.
What about provisions for more rotund, weight challenged zombies?
Zombies on Rascals?
Think about the last time you were at Wal Mart. These will be the Zombies you need to prepare for.
That is the good thing for the children because children most like to cartoon and animal, when the school wall filed with every thing they will be learn to some thing.
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First Round
1. Kansas City Chiefs � Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
The Chiefs need a quarterback, and waiting until the second round is a risky proposition. Taking Smith now starts the QB run that much sooner, additionally, pushing talent at other positions downward.
2. Jacksonville Jaguars � Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
Lotulelei has All-Pro upside, and there�s no reason for Jacksonville to settle on just Tyson Alualu and C.J. Mosley at tackle.
3. Oakland Raiders � Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas
Wilson is raw in some ways, but he has a big arm and good mobility and has generally shown at one point or another most of the skills necessary to start in the NFL. Oakland makes the plunge here because they don�t have a second-round pick.
4. Philadelphia Eagles � Luke Joeckel*, OT, Texas A&M
Right tackle Todd Herremans doesn�t have a great deal of athleticism, so even if Jason Peters (Achilles) is ready to go for 2013, adding Joeckel as a starting tackle provides the Philadelphia offensive line with likely upgrades at two positions.
5. Detroit Lions � Bjoern Werner*, DE, Florida State
Cliff Avril likely won�t be back for Detroit in 2013, so Werner would likely start right away for the Lions.
6. Cleveland Browns � Sheldon Richardson*, (3-4) DE, Missouri
Richardson isn�t developed as a run stopper yet, but his combination of athleticism and size is rather incredible, and his non-stop motor implies that he will make every effort to keep improving.
7. Arizona Cardinals � Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan
The Cardinals are in this predicament because they neglected the offensive line and quarterback positions. Between the two, tackle has more talent at this spot.
8. Buffalo Bills � Mike Glennon, QB, North Carolina State
Glennon struggles from under center and when facing pressure, but coach Doug Marrone�s offense at Syracuse heavily utilized the shotgun, where Glennon tends to do fairly well.
9. New York Jets � Barkevious Mingo*, (3-4) OLB, LSU
The Jets would ideally get a quarterback here, but the pickings are slim. Mingo could turn into the team�s top pass rusher within a month or two of the regular season�s start.
10. Tennessee Titans � Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU
Ansah is inexperienced but has a great deal of upside, and he�s quite good already considering his lack of experience (he started playing football in 2010).
11. San Diego Chargers � Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma
Johnson isn�t as polished as Joeckel or Fisher, but his upside is greater than both � he�s only been playing tackle for the last two years.
12. Miami Dolphins � Dee Milliner*, CB, Alabama
Conventional wisdom has the Dolphins going wide receiver here, but Sean Smith is a free agent and Milliner could be an upgrade at a much cheaper cost.
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers � Xavier Rhodes*, CB, Florida State
The Buccaneers badly need cornerback talent. Rhodes doesn�t project as an ideal CB1, but he should turn into a starter at the NFL level, especially for a team that lets him press heavily.
14. Carolina Panthers � Sharrif Floyd*, DT, Florida
Floyd has a lot of upside on the interior, and the Panthers need to provide some help there to make life easier for ends Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy.
15. New Orleans Saints � Sam Montgomery*, DE, LSU
Montgomery is under the radar at the moment due to how strong this class is with edge defenders, but he�s still impressive in his own right, and the Saints should be happy to keep him in the state.
16. St. Louis Rams � D.J. Fluker*, OT, Alabama
Fluker isn�t the guy you want blocking for your quarterback�s blindside, but he�s a potentially devastating mauler with the natural athleticism to improve his mobility a bit if he loses a little weight.
17. Pittsburgh Steelers � Jarvis Jones*, (3-4) OLB, Georgia
Spinal stenosis is a potentially big deal, and it�s difficult to tell whether teams will value Jones as highly as his game tape would lead people to believe.
18. Dallas Cowboys � Cordarrelle Patterson*, WR, Tennessee
Wide receiver isn�t an on-paper need for Dallas with Dez Bryant and Miles Austin around, but no one could fault Jerry Jones for being unable to pass on Patterson�s upside.
19. New York Giants � Damontre Moore*, DE, Texas A&M
Moore seems a bit overrated to me, but he�d be a nice pickup for the Giants here.
20. Chicago Bears � Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
The Bears would ideally upgrade at tackle, but Warmack will do.
21. Cincinnati Bengals � Matt Elam*, S, Florida
The Bengals need safety help, and they love SEC players.
22. St. Louis Rams (from WAS) � Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina
Adding Cooper and Fluker would do wonders for the St. Louis offense.
23. Minnesota Vikings � DeAndre Hopkins*, WR, Clemson
Hopkins would provide the Vikings with a bigger, more durable option than Percy Harvin, though Hopkins has plenty of explosiveness, too.
24. Indianapolis Colts � Keenan Allen*, WR, California
Allen is a player who actually seems to have a lot in common with the man he�d eventually replace in this scenario: Reggie Wayne.
25. Seattle Seahawks � Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon
Jordan needs a lot of polish, but players with his raw athletic skills are very rare. The Seahawks love size and athleticism on defense, and Jordan would be quite a specimen to add.
26. Green Bay Packers � Tyler Eifert*, TE, Notre Dame
Jermichael Finley�s drops are obnoxious, but his size/speed combo definitely clears the middle of the field for Green Bay. Eifert can do all that too, but he�s better and cheaper than Finley.
27. Houston Texans � Jesse Williams, (3-4) DT, Alabama
Williams is worth a pick much sooner than this, but his lack of flashy athleticism pushes him this far, where the Texans are lucky to have him.
28. Denver Broncos � Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
Vaccaro�s run defense can be ugly, but the Broncos are desperate to add coverage skills like his after Rahim Moore demonstrated his lack of competence in the playoffs.
29. New England Patriots � Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
The brother of Marcus would help the Patriots keep Devin McCourty at safety more often.
30. Atlanta Falcons � Eddie Lacy*, RB, Alabama
Lacy is the draft�s top back, and he�d be a fantasy goldmine if Michael Turner checks out of Atlanta.
31. Baltimore Ravens � Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
Joe Flacco likes to check down, and Austin can turn checkdowns into touchdowns.
32. San Francisco 49ers � D.J. Swearinger, S, South Carolina
Swearinger has the aggressive attitude necessary to play for the 49ers, and he�d be a possible coverage improvement over DaShon Goldson.
Second Round
33. Jacksonville Jaguars � Matt Barkley, QB, USC
Barkley isn�t exactly an exciting prospect, but you don�t improve at quarterback without taking your chances.
34. Kansas City Chiefs � Markus Wheaton, WR, Oregon State
Wheaton would probably be Kansas City�s best receiver in 2013 if Dwayne Bowe doesn�t stick around.
35. Philadelphia Eagles � E.J. Manuel, QB, Florida State
Manuel showed serious deficiencies as a passer at Florida State, but Chip Kelly has made lesser talents look like stars, and no quarterback in this draft (or most others) have Manuel�s athletic upside.
36. Detroit Lions � Justin Hunter*, WR, Tennessee
With Titus Young beyond unbearable and Ryan Broyles (ACL) on shaky ground, adding a one-on-one beater like Hunter is a great idea here.
37. Cincinnati Bengals (from OAK) � Alec Ogletree*, LB, Georgia
Ogletree is all kinds of raw, but he has a great deal of upside and he has the SEC prerequisite to be a Bengal.
38. Arizona Cardinals � Alex Okafor, DE, Texas
Okafor could make his way into the first round, so the Cardinals should grab him here, no matter whether they�re 3-4 or 4-3.
39. New York Jets � Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
The in-state product is far from dependable at this point, but the Jets need to start swinging if they�re going to somehow fix their quarterback situation.
40. Tennessee Titans � Barrett Jones, C/G, Alabama
The Titans could use more help on the interior, and Jones can account for all three spots.
41. Buffalo Bills � Robert Woods*, WR, USC
Woods is a lot more athletic than Steve Johnson, but more skilled as a possession receiver than T.J. Graham.
42. Miami Dolphins � Jordan Reed*, TE, Florida
Reed is a skilled runner after the catch, and his athleticism would let Joe Philbin have a legitimate talent for the Jermichael Finley role.
43. Tampa Bay Buccaneers � Zac Dysert, QB, Miami (OH)
The Buccaneers are apparently preparing to move on from Josh Freeman, but they�d better start stockpiling prospects if they�re going to take that plunge.
44. Carolina Panthers � Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut
The Panthers simply don�t have much talent at corner.
45. New Orleans Saints � Johnathan Hankins*, DT, Ohio State
Hankins is more talented than this draft slot would indicate, but his sometimes non-existent motor is a problem.
46. San Diego Chargers � Dallas Thomas, G/OT, Tennessee
Thomas has standout athleticism by guard standards, but on the frame of a tackle.
47. St. Louis Rams � Phillip Thomas, S, Fresno State
Thomas needs more discipline, especially in terms of pursuit angles, but he�s a skilled playmaker in coverage.
48. Dallas Cowboys � Menelik Watson*, OT, Florida State
Watson is an extremely raw but athletically gifted player who would back up Tyron Smith and Doug Free in 2013, but would be expected to start over Free by 2014 at the latest.
49. Pittsburgh Steelers � John Jenkins, (3-4) DT, Georgia
Jenkins needs a lot of work from a technique standpoint, and he can definitely afford to lose some pounds, but Pittsburgh needs more depth at the nose tackle spot.
50. New York Giants � Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State
Brown needs some polish in terms of tackling, but he�s a great athlete with a high motor.
51. Chicago Bears � Zach Ertz*, TE, Stanford
The Bears need an upgrade over Kellen Davis, and Ertz is a big one.
52. Washington Redskins � Stedman Bailey, WR, West Virginia
Robert Griffin has one of the league�s best deep passes, and Bailey is this draft�s best deep receiver.
53. Minnesota Vikings � Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina
He�s no Kevin Williams, but Sylvester is a fine all-around tackle prospect who should push for a starting spot in Minnesota right away.
54. Cincinnati Bengals � Cornellius Carradine, DE, Florida State
Carradine would probably miss at least the first six weeks of the year due to a late November ACL tear, but would project as an eventual starter for Cincinnati at end.
55. Miami Dolphins � Quinton Patton, WR, Louisiana Tech
Patton would potentially be Miami�s top receiver right away. His arrival would hurt Davone Bess� target count while reducing Brian Hartline to a field-stretching role.
56. Green Bay Packers � Brennan Williams, OT, North Carolina
Williams would be an upgrade over all of Bryan Bulaga, Derek Sherrod and Marshall Newhouse when it comes to pure talent.
57. Seattle Seahawks � Margus Hunt, DE, SMU
Like Jordan in the first round, Hunt would be another size/speed/upside pick for an already loaded Seattle defense.
58. Houston Texans � Da�Rick Rogers, WR, Tennessee Tech
Rogers would be a top-10 pick if natural talent were the only consideration, but his history of poor behavior is a problem for his draft stock.
59. Denver Broncos � Montee Ball, RB, Wisconsin
Ball would be a fantasy monster if he could take over as starter in Peyton Manning�s offense.
60. New England Patriots � Travis Frederick*, C/G, Wisconsin
Frederick might not be as talented as Peter Konz from last year, but he�s a good prospect in a thin center class.
61. Atlanta Falcons � Datone Jones, DT/DE, UCLA
Jones� technique and polish are better than this draft slot indicates, but his lack of standout athleticism could cause teams to see him as a low-ceiling prospect. He can help out right away in Atlanta, though.
62. Baltimore Ravens � Kevin Minter, (3-4) ILB, LSU
Minter doesn�t show exceptional athleticism, but he should plug the run well in the middle of a 3-4.
63. San Francisco 49ers � Chris Harper, WR, Kansas State
Harper isn�t likely to be a gamebreaker in the NFL, but he�s a well-built player with exceptional hands.


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Homemade mozzarella is a fun cheese to make for the cheese-making novice. With just a few basic ingredients you can whip up a batch in just 30 minutes. View the step by step process of making your own mozzarella cheese at home with our 30 minute mozzarella making kit.
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Mozzarella cheese comes from the Naples region of Italy where it was made from the unpasteurized milk of the local water buffalo. The cheese was quite perishable and given the lack of refrigeration it remained a regional specialty for years. Once cheese making techniques improved and refrigeration became commonplace the cheese popularity grew.
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First we add Citric Acid
to cold milk
then heat slowly to 88-90F
then add rennet, stir for 30 sec ... turn heat to 'Lo' then let set quietly
in 3-5 min a firm curd forms, note clear whey separating from the curd
now use a knife to cut
1 inch squares in curd surface to the bottom
note the greenish yellow whey forming in the cut and how clear it is
transfer the curd to a colander or bowl using a slotted spoon
notice how the curd is beginning to get firmer as the whey drains
continue separating the curd and notice the color of the whey
drain the whey from the curd while gently pressing to aid whey runoff
using a heat proof bowl microwave on 'Hi' for 1 min.. notice the whey..
...now pour it off
knead and reheat for 30 sec, repeat if needed until the curd is almost too hot to handle (135F)
and now the fun begins..
knead the curd as you would bread dough
remove the curd from the bowl and continue kneading .. return it to the microwave if needed
at this point, if hot enough, it will begin to stretch ...
... and stretch ...
... and stretch some more
this is what makes it Mozzarella
ain't we having fun now... ....Ooops !
now knead it back into a big ball until it is smooth and shiny like this
Now Taste!
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In February 2013, the Urban Redevelopment Authority received funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to implement the Residential Façade Program. This program targets neighborhoods where significant public investments in housing/residential developments have already taken place. The targeted neighborhoods include specific Central Northside, the Upper Hill District, Manchester, Polish Hill, Arlington and Garfield. The program provides homeowners with a 50% match of their façade costs with a maximum grant of $5,000.
The URA will partner with the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh to develop basic guidelines to give to participating homeowners, which will assist them in deciding how to best improve their façade.
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