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There was a moment of silence Wednesday for Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, who died earlier this week.
Then a taped recording of his words rang through Staples Center.
"The real purpose of what I do is to try to have this city totally involved inidentifying L.A.: `Oh wait, that's where the Lakers play,"' Buss said in 2011. "Lakers, Lakers. That's what I want."
And then, Lakers fans got on their feet and chanted, honoring one of the most innovative sports owners in history. It made for one of the most beautiful and emotional moments in Staples Center's history.
"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"
It had nothing to do with a winning shot in the NBA Finals or adoration for an MVP.
The chant was simple and yet perfect. It had everything to do with honoring Buss, the man, who made the Lakers THE Lakers.
"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"
In an absolutely perfect ending on the night in Buss' honor, the Lakers - wearing black patches with the initals "JB" - beat the Boston Celtics 113-99.
Buss transformed the Lakers into glitzy Showtime and guided the franchise to 10 NBA championships. He made Lakers fans in every corner of the country, except maybe Boston.
The first game after Buss' passing was a game against the Celtics, which has made for one of the most storied rivals in all of sports.
Buss, who died of liver failure after battling cancer, left an imprint on Lakers' fans lives that couldn't possibly be forgotten.
You heard it in that chant.
There was a bright light coming from the seat Buss occupied in a Staples Center suite. The owner's suite was really two suites converted into one, and it was a perfect tribute for an empty, dark suite with that one big light illuminating the place.
That was Buss.
He shined a light on the Lakers so bright that success has lasted for decades. He gave Los Angeles the Laker Girls. He made courtside seats a financial windfall and a place to be seen. He made basketball an entertaining endeavor and put his innovative ideas on everything he touched.
Before the game, the Lakers showed a 90-second video tribute of Buss with pictures of him when he was a child, then with his own children, and then with players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kobe Bryant all to Green Day's "Time of Your Life."
Then Bryant spoke without notes.
"We are honoring the greatest owner in sports," Bryant said. "He was a brilliant and incredible owner. He was an even better person with a great heart. We are all, all spoiled by his vision and drive to win year after year after year."
Then he pointed to Buss' empty, brightened seat in the arena.
Asked if he looked up at the lone, lighted seat, Bryant smiled and said: "I always did."
Bryant has played for the Lakers for 17 years and credits Buss with convincing him to remain with the team. Bryant called his pregame tribute an honor.
"It's a huge honor to play for this organization he's built," Bryant said. "You look at all the trophies and parades and support, that all came from one man. His vision transcended the game. It became pop culture. It's global."
Jeanie Buss,the Lakers executive president of business operations, surely felt that support as she sat in her usual second-row seat with her friends, including Kurt and Linda Rambis, and could look across the arena to the suite where her dad, for years, was a regular fixture.
Jeanie Buss received countless hugs and love from friends, season-ticket holders and celebrities.
Today, she and others will attend Jerry Buss' memorial service across the street at Nokia Theatre.
Outside Staples Center, fans wrote messages honoring Buss on a tribute board with a picture of him. He had that signature mustache and was in the midst of pumping a championship trophy up and down. It was a familiar scene. Buss and that smile and those trophies.
Buss' words echoed over images of Laker players and clutch baskets in a moving video tribute.
"These players put their hands together, their souls together, and brought me with them," Buss said. "Life is good, life is sweet and I thank each and every one of you, from the bottom of my heart."
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At about 8:20 a.m., police responded to an unwanted guest disturbance call. In other words, the
suspect wouldn't leave someone's house.
"Our complainant gave a vehicle description of someone that was involved," Osoro said. "At that time, one of our patrolmen spotted the vehicle and attempted to stop it on Redwood Road."
When the woman didn't pull over for police, a brief chase began. Osoro said it was during the chase the woman and the trains collided.
"There was already a southbound train going across 2600 south, and she hit that train while it was crossing,"Osoro said. "While officers were trying to get her out of her car, a second southbound train hit her vehicle."
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- The Rancho Cucamonga Fire District is hosting a memorial service on Saturday to honor the service of Denali, a yellow labrador retreiver, who served the department for as an arson investigation dog.
The public service will take place at 10 a.m. at Jersey station, 11297 Jersey Boulevard. Invited to the ceremony are service dogs from throughout the state.
Denali passed away in October last year after complications from megaesophagus. His cremated remains will be present at the ceremony, said his owner Susan De Antonio, a retired Rancho Cucamonga fire investigator.
Over the course of his career, Denali investigated dozens of fires in Rancho Cucmaonga, and mutual aid fire scenes in the surrounding Inland Empire region. In total, he investigated over $9 million in losses.
"This is truly the end of a very important era. A young person might visit the station one day, and might want to be interested in prosecuting and investigating arson," De Antonio said. "They might say, I heard a long time ago, dogs use to be used for this, and hopefully we'll get a canine team again."
De Antonio adopted Denali from Guide Dogs of America, when he was two. Denali was the last of three flammable liquid-sniffing dogs used by the department during investigations in the past decade.
The Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department currently utilizes canine investigation assistance from nearby fire departments, in addition to machine analysis by local investigators.
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Utah gave President Barack Obama his lowest approval rating in the nation in 2011 and in the past year it only dipped further, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
Tracking polls in 2012 revealed that only 27.9 percent of Utah residents approve of the president, down from 28.6 percent in 2011. On the flip side, Obama received an 84.2 percent rating in the District of Columbiathe highest in the nation. Nationwide, the president received a 48 percent approval rating.
The poll largely matches a state-by-state breakdown of 2012 election results. So it should come as no surprise that deeply conservative Utah also gave the president his lowest election tally, which was 24.8 percent. It didn't help that he was up against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a prominent Mormon.
Utah's neighbors were more approving, by margins both large and small. Obama won two Rocky Mountain states, though less than half the residents there thought he was doing a good job. Nevada residents gave him 46.3 percent and Colorado 46 percent. After Utah, Wyoming gave Obama his second lowest marks at 28.5 percent and he didn't fare much better in Idaho either, where he got 34.2 percent. The president saw big jumps from last year in his approval rating in states like Colorado (5.6 percent, the fifth highest jump) and Idaho (4.9 percent).
While the president may have experienced small improvement in his regional popularity, the majority of Utahns continue to give him a pretty clear thumbs down.
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At Heps, the top eight advance past the preliminaries and the top-six finishers will score in the finals of each event on Sunday. Most event finals will take place on Sunday.
Awad earned two points for the Quakers in his first career Heptagonal race. He won his section of the 3,000 meters with the fifth-best time in school history. His collegiate-best effort of 8:10.20 held in the scoring and placed him fifth overall. It also marked the fastest 3,000 by a Quaker since Nolan Tully ran 8:06.73 in 2005.
Two seniors qualified for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles. Michael Brown and Seck Barry will race for the Heps title on Sunday. Barry finished eighth among qualifiers with a season-best effort of 8.32, while Brown was also fourth in his heat with a time of 8.35.
The Quakers also had a qualifier in the mile. Freshman Clark Shurtleff reached Sunday's final with a time of 4:10.82. It was the best mark by a Quaker this season and placed the rookie eighth overall in the preliminaries.
Sophomore Tom Timmins and junior Mato Bekelja will also run for an individual Heps title on Sunday. Timmins reached the finals of the 500 meters with a time of 1:04.24 - fifth-best in the preliminaries, while Bekelja was fourth among qualifiers in the 800 meters with the 10th-best indoor 800 in school history. Bekelja stopped the clock at 1:51.87 to set a new personal best and reach the school record book.
Freshman Ben Bowers is in the scoring after the first day of the pentathlon. Bowers sits in sixth place with 2,821 points through four events. The final three events take place Sunday. His top event on Day One was the high jump. He won that competition as the only athlete to clear 2.02 meters (6 fee, 7 1/2 inches).
A full recap of the 2013 Indoor Heptagonal Championships will be available at PennAthletics.com shortly after the completion of Sunday's events.


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JONNY PHILLIPS: What can I do for you today sir?
RICHARD AMBROSE: Waxed mullet please.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Ah, impeccable taste as usual.
RICHARD AMBROSE: Mmm.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Uh!  Uh!  Nits!
RICHARD AMBROSE: What!?
JONNY PHILLIPS: I'm afraid sir you have head lice.  I'm not gonna be able to deal with you today.
RICHARD AMBROSE: You're joking.
JONNY PHILLIPS[to camera]: How embarrassing.  But what do head lice really look like, up close under the microscope.
JONNY PHILLIPS[V/O]: And when I say close, I mean at 200 times magnification.  It's reckoned that as many as 3 million people per year in the UK suffer louse infestation and contrary to popular belief, the little devils are not attracted to particularly clean or dirty hair.  Anything will do.
JONNY PHILLIPS: I really don't like them.  I don't mind bed mites you know, uh, dust mites living in your bed, but they live on you.
JONNY PHILLIPS[V/O]: There are about 400 different species of head lice and fully grown they can range from a teeny .3 of a millimetre to a mammoth 11 millimetres in length.
RICHARD AMBROSE: You know they feed on the blood from your scalp.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Yeah, it's disgusting.  But apparently without it they don't live long, they won't survive.  And they can't jump, hop, fly, swim, any of those things.
RICHARD AMBROSE: Mmmm.
JONNY PHILLIPS: So the only way to transfer from head to head is by direct contact.
RICHARD AMBROSE: That's why kids get 'em, innit?
JONNY PHILLIPS: Yeah.
RICHARD AMBROSE[off camera]: They use those claws to hang onto your hair.
JONNY PHILLIPS[V/O]: Lice are incredibly difficult to remove.  They can shut down their breathing holes to avoid drowning in the shower and are becoming ever more tolerant to insecticide shampoos.  Covering your head in caster oil or mayonnaise to remove lice are just urban myths.  The best way to get rid of these little blood suckers is by two weeks of regular attacks with a fine tooth comb.


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Alachua County well represented heading into state band championship
Published: Monday, November 12, 2012 at 5:31 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 12, 2012 at 5:31 p.m.
Alachua County high school marching bands had a strong showing at Saturday's Kingdom of the Sun Marching Band Festival held at North Marion High School in Citra, where four schools placed in the top 10.
Results from Saturday's Kingdom of the Sun Marching Band Festival:
Grand Champion: Choctawhatchee High School (Fort Walton)
First Runner-up: Buchholz High School
Second Runner-up: Santa Fe High School
Gainesville High School placed fourth
P.K. Yonge placed sixth.
Alachua County high school bands heading to Saturday's state championship in St. Petersburg:
School, Classification
Newberry, 1-A
P.K. Yonge, 2-A
Santa Fe, 3-A
Gainesville High, 4-A
Buchholz, 4-A
Several area bands participated in the last regional competition of the season, where Buchholz's Golden Regiment was first runner-up, Santa Fe's Raider Regiment was second runner-up and Gainesville High's Hurricane Marching Band placed fourth. P.K. Yonge's Blue Wave Marching Band came in sixth place.
Alex Kaminsky, band director at Buchholz, said he felt proud of the Golden Regiment's performance, calling it the strongest of the season.
"They put absolutely everything into the performance, and they were rewarded for it," he said.
The Golden Regiment now holds the second-highest score in the state going into the state championship, behind only the Choctawhatchee Style Marchers of Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton — a 5-A band with about 200 students, or about 80 more than Buchholz — by nearly half a point.
"Obviously, I'm very encouraged about where we are right now," Kaminsky said.
Alachua County will be well represented as five high school bands have qualified this year for the state championship semi-finals.
Newberry, P.K. Yonge, Santa Fe, Gainesville and Buchholz high schools join 83 other bands from throughout Florida in St. Petersburg this weekend to compete for a shot at the Florida Marching Band Coalition finals, which will be held Saturday at Tropicana Field.
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Nothing like a little bit of drama to keep investors interested in the most hated rally in history, right?
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This is a "ping-pong market." Stocks have been bouncing off of support and resistance levels all the way up, and investors are getting trading opportunities all the while. So today we'll take a look at five new technical trades heating up in five huge stocks.
If you're new to technical analysis, here's the executive summary.
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Technicals are a study of the market itself. Since the market is ultimately the only mechanism that determines a stock's price, technical analysis is a valuable tool even in the roughest of trading conditions. Technical charts are used every day by proprietary trading floors, Wall Street's biggest financial firms, and individual investors to get an edge on the market. And research shows that skilled technical traders can bank gains as much as 90% of the time.
Every week, I take an in-depth look at big names that are telling important technical stories. Here's this week's look at five high-volume stocks to trade.
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First up is Chevron (CVX), the $323 billion oil and gas supermajor. Chevron gets top billing today because it's had the highest correlation with the S&P 500 lately -- an unlikely pair given Chevron's hefty commodity exposure. But just like the broad market, Chevron is testing trendline support today, and there's a trade to be made in shares.
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You don't have to be an expert technical analyst to figure out what's going on in shares of Chevron. The energy giant has been in an uptrend since mid-November (like the broad market), bouncing between well-defined trendline support and resistance levels all the way up. The ideal time to buy a stock in an uptrend is on a bounce off of support -- that's because trendline support is the spot where shares have the highest upside potential and the spot where downside risk (that is, how much you have to lose before you know you're wrong on the trade) is the smallest.
Notice that I said that it makes sense to buy on the bounce. Trendlines do eventually fail, so waiting for Chevron to actually bounce off of support confirms that shares can still catch a bid at that level. Yes, waiting does mean that you sacrifice some small upside, but it also materially increases the probability of a winning trade.
Pfizer (PFE), on the other hand, is a good example of what happens when a stock falls through trendline support. The pharma giant spent most of 2013 in an uptrend, climbing around 24% from the first trading session in January until the end of April. But the break below support in mid-May signaled that PFE was due for lower levels.
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Now Pfizer is testing trendline resistance, bumping up against the upper-end of a downtrending channel after rallying for a handful of days when the broad market failed to. That sounds like a selling opportunity for all of the reasons that Chevron's chart is a buy.
But PFE gets the same caveat that CVX does before it makes sense to put real money on the line: Wait for a bounce. The 50-day moving average is right above the top of the channel on Chevron's chart; that's where I'd recommend keeping a protective stop.
Wells Fargo
There's no question that 2013 has been a good year for Wells Fargo (WFC). Year-to-date, shares of the big bank are up 18%. But it could be getting even better for investors.
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That's because Wells is currently forming an ascending triangle pattern, a bullish setup that's formed by a horizontal resistance level above shares and uptrending support to the downside. Essentially, as WFC bounces in between those two technical price levels, it's getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above resistance at $41.50. When the breakout happens, we have our buy signal.
The financial sector, and Wells Fargo in particular, has shown outsized relative strength over the course of the last month and change. From a statistical perspective, positive relative strength trends tend to signal outperformance over the next three to ten months. That bodes well for Wells Fargo owners right now.
Don't be early on this trade. Wait for $41.50 to get taken out before jumping in.
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Right now, Apple is forming an inverse head and shoulders pattern, a bottoming formation that indicates exhaustion among sellers. After the 20% capitulation in shares this year (that's 35% market underperformance, mind you), it's no surprise that sellers are getting a bit exhausted at this point. The inverse head and shoulders is formed by two swing lows that bottom out at approximately the same level (shoulders), separated by a deeper trough between them (the head). The buy signal comes on a breakout trade above the neckline, currently at $460.
From a momentum standpoint, the uptrend in 14-day RSI still looks constructive. Despite a dip below the trendline on AAPL's April selling, the uptrend resumed quickly. Since momentum is a leading indicator of price, that's a good signal. I'd still recommend keeping a tight stop in place if you're anything but a super-convicted buyer here. The 50-day moving average has been a good proxy for support; I'd put a stop just below it.
Johnson & Johnson
The exact opposite pattern is shaping up in shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) right now. This pattern is basically the setup in Apple, but flipped upside down.
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JNJ is forming a head and shoulders top, with a neckline in place at the $83.50 level. A breakdown below that price is a sell (or short) signal for shares of JNJ. It's no coincidence that JNJ has hefty pharmaceutical exposure, much like our other bearish trade, Pfizer. As an industry, pharma is looking weak technically, and the setup in JNJ makes that weakness tradable. If and when this trade triggers, it activates a downside target at $79.
Whenever you're looking at any technical price pattern, it's critical to think in terms of buyers and sellers. After all, triangles, channels and head and shoulders patterns are a good quick way to explain what's going on in this stock, but they're not the reason it's tradable. Instead, it all comes down to supply and demand for shares.
JNJ's neckline level at $83.50, for instance, is a place where buyers have previously been more eager to buy on the dip than sellers have been to keep taking gains on shares. A move through that $83.50 level indicates that sellers have gained enough steam to absorb all of the excess demand there. That's what makes it a sell signal.
To see this week's trades in action, check out this week's Must-See Charts portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Recipe: Grilled Mackerel With Fig and Citrus Dressing
There is nothing more seductive than the taste and texture of ripe figs. I like to pair them with the bright taste of citrus and the bite of shallots to offset the richness of the mackerel. The mackerel cooks very quickly due to its thin fillet so this whole dish can come together in a matter of minutes. I like to grill spicy greens such as mustard or turnip to accompany the meal.
Serves four as an entrée
4 each fillets Boston mackerel, skin on 5 ounces each
4 each ripe figs, either brown or green, cut into eighths
1 orange, cut into segments
1 shallot, peeled and sliced as thin as possible
1 ½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
Prepare a charcoal grill with the coals on one side of the grill.
For the fig dressing, combine the figs, shallots, orange segments, olive oil and lemon juice in a bowl. Season with salt and toss to combine. Allow to sit at least 10 minutes for the flavors to harmonize.
For the mackerel, season generously with salt and let sit for at least 15 minutes. Brush the fillets with half a tablespoon of the olive oil and place skin side down away from the flame. Cover the grill and allow to cook for about 12 minutes or until they are cooked all the way through. Rotate the grill grate so that the fish is over the flame and cook for another minute to get the fish hot. Remove from the grill and top each fillet with a spoonful of the fig dressing and serve immediately.
Wine From Water
When making wine, the place matters. That's why certain regions are famous for different personalities in the wines they produce. These differences are all attributed to the idea of terroir, a French term describing the soil, air, sunshine, rain, and everything else about a place that's reflected in the bottle.
The ocean also has an impact on the character of wines. Wine is simply water that has passed through a vine and into a grape. The ocean is also a conductor of Earth's intricately orchestrated weather, which affects the growing of all agricultural products. In some areas, the ocean has an even more decided impact on the growing conditions in a vineyard, and I call that merroir.
I saw this firsthand during my trip to the Iron Horse Vineyards. Nestled in the rolling hills of Sonoma County just 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the coast, these vineyards are altogether different from those in neighboring Napa Valley. The difference is in the proximity to the sea.
Each afternoon the air, warmed through by full sun, begins to rise. As this happens, cool air is funneled inland through a gap in the coastal mountains. As this cool air rolls in from offshore it condensates into fog and blankets the vineyards in a shadowy, cool mist.
Grapes, just like tomatoes, need that warm sun in order to ripen and become sweet. Because they're cut off from late afternoon rays, the grapes ripen over a longer period of time, retaining more of their natural acidity and slowly developing varietal character. Think of it this way: In Napa Valley, where the sun shines brightly from morning till dusk, the grapes are like a grilled steak—meaty and dense, bold with flavor. And over on the cooler Sonoma coast, the grapes are like a slow braise of beef, simmered gently over hours and hours, developing flavor with harmony and balance.
Don't get me wrong. Napa wines are fantastic, but they have a different personality, and the growing conditions are best for hearty grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon. In the Iron Horse Vineyards, Joy Sterling and her family have for generations tended to finicky, delicate grapes like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. When these grapes finally ripen on the vine, they are perfect for making sparkling wine full of a bright acidity and brilliant aromas.
This is why we partnered to make a wine specifically to pair with your favorite sustainable seafood dishes. Think about the bright burst of fresh lemon juice sprinkled over a fillet of pristine fish! That acid really accentuates and highlights the natural flavors of the seafood. And so does the Iron Horse Ocean Reserve Cuvee. A great accompaniment to seafood, because the ocean made it that way!
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I'm just curiuous with the backgrounds of the Japanese learners visiting the forum.
If you don't mind, would you write them down?
This is simply designed. I'm welcome to the comment of guests too.
1)your country
2)your mother tongue
3)your motive for studying Japanese.
4)any comment
Thanks very much indeed.
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Please correct my English.
Country: Brazil
Mother Tongue: Portuguese
Motivation: I love Japanese culture and society, and dream about living there one day.
Comments: Japanese grows on me. The more I study, the more I like it. I'm determined to keep studying.
2) English
3) Had a crush on a Japanese exchange student in high school. A few years later, I was stationed in Japan and wanted to be able to read the manga I bought out in town. Fast forward a quarter century, and I wanted to read and understand Inuyasha in the original, so I dug my old reference books out of the attic, bought some more, and haven't looked back. (Strangely, I still haven't bought any Japanese-edition Inuyasha manga.)
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1) your country
2) your mother tongue
3) your motive for studying Japanese.
1. I find language beautiful in its expression and the diversity thereof.
2. I want to understand the nature of all things. Don't ask; just accept: the explanation was getting too long (I was getting too lazy).
3. I feel dumb knowing only one language.
4. Most of all, 十年振りの欲しいのは日本語を習うこと。 I really have no idea why, and I don't intend to ask.
4) any comment
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Ha ha. You guys probably heard from me a bunch of times already but here goes.
1)your country
Depends. Country of birth: S. Korea, Citizen of US
2)your mother tongue
Depends. Korean is my first, English is my most proficient.
3)your motive for studying Japanese.
Foreign language requirement for college.
4)any comment
1) Germany (born in the eastern part, the former GDR)
2) German (pretty much the standard German, no fancy idiom)
3) I never had the intend to study it. I looked at the language when I started to play Shougi. Japanese grammer is somehow fascinating (maybe especially for IT people). So it's neither the country nor manga/anime, just the language and the script. I'm a lazy person, so nobody is more surprised than me that learning Japanese still makes fun...
1) your country
2) your mother tongue
3) your motive for studying Japanese.
Back in middle and high school, I studied French for a total of six years. I really enjoyed it, but I found that I didn't really have the time to keep it up during college. Fast forward to grad school, and I found myself deprived of anything remotely related to art or culture -- it was all engineering all the time. I've also been amazed by the fact that as a native English speaker, I'm in a small minority here. (At least among graduate students -- the majority of undergrads are native English speakers, but I don't have too much interaction with them outside of Japanese classes.) It was an interesting experience to be around so many people who'd mastered a second language well enough that they could go to a graduate school where that language was used. Around the same point in time, a friend of mine started showing me Inuyasha. I was intrigued by both the sound of the language and the writing system.
At that point, I thought Japanese would be a great way to get back in touch with the more artsy side of myself that I'd sortof lost after high school. I really wanted to mix something in so I wasn't just focusing on engineering all day. I've always wanted to become fluent in a second language (and get away from the stereotypes of Americans never learning other languages.)
From there it's really taken on a life of its own. I've found many interesting books that I want to be able to read better, and met a number of friends who I'd like to be able to talk to better.
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1) Born in: Kafreddawwar (a suburb near Alexandria.), Egypt.
2) Residental Country: KSA
3)Movitation: Interest and I'm thinking of moving to Tokyo, too.
4) Japanese is interesting.
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1) Born and raised in Ontario, Canada
2) English
3) A friend lent me some movie (I can't remember what it was exactly) that was subbed rather than dubbed. I remember watching it and really enjoying the sound and texture of Japanese. I really hadn't had much exposure to the sound of Japanese up to that point and I found it quite charming. Moreover, there were bits and pieces of written Japanese in places that were read aloud. I began to notice a pattern in that some of the "symbols" were always read the same way (kana). For some reason I found this fascinating and began to investigate.
Before learning anything about Japanese grammar, I learned to read and write all the kana and began to investigate what makes kanji "tick". From there I discovered Tae Kim's guide and have found myself enamored with the language ever since. All this began about... 2 - 2.5 years ago. I'm not sure what it is, but the grammar, the writing, the sound of the language, nearly everything about Japanese was so different from English that it just seemed utterly fascinating.
4) Before feeling myself compelled to learn Japanese, I always thought learning a second language would be much more difficult than it has been in practice so far. We're required to take a certain amount of French in school here in Canada and I always found it annoying at best. Maybe it was the fact we were forced to learn it, or maybe it was something else, but it really turned me off learning a second language. Thankfully, that's changed.
As for Japanese now, I think I'm nearing the point where time spent in Japan would be of great benefit. So, with any luck, I'll probably have the chance to spend some time there 5-6 months from now. How long? Well, I guess that all depends on what I end up doing there and how I'm enjoying myself.
1) The Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska)
2) Croatian language
3) I actually never intented or had idea to study Japanese. It happened by "chance/fate/destiny" .
So, one day I found a good site with original japanese 美少女戦士セーラームーン video clips, and downloaded them. The quality was somewhat not great, but I was lucky to finnaly find some clips. I dunno how many days/weeks later, I wanted to check back on that site to see if they put some more clips or if there are some clips on other sections of the page. (I think that site was named "www.dragonworldz.net" , or somewhat, but I searched for it much later, and couldn't find the site anymore.) So, I browsed the site, and in the left margins, there were some links to other sections of the page.
The 3 I remember went somewhat like this:
a) japanese words/vocabulary (contained words for members of family, and something else)
b) japanese grammar? (I think there was a tiny bit of grammar too, not sure)
c) japanese writing (there were hiragana, katakana and some kanji pics, and I got amazed right away)
As a matter of fact, I started writing hiragana the very same day, immediately .
Well, my first japanese language page, where I learned hiragana and katakana (awesome resources) was www.thejapanesepage.com , really helpful page. ( I found out about Tae-Kim's site much much much much much much much muchhhhhhhh later >.>>> )
Anyway, this site I wrote above is really great, it's maintained by a male person who married a Japanese woman, and they also have a GREAT online store, selling many manga, all kinds of japanese magazines, books, electronic dictionaries, and MUCH more. I bought my manga from their store
check it out: http://www.thejapanshop.net/ (EDIT: I fixed this link)
So, I sticked to Japanese language only because of anime
If anime would suddenly disappear, I'd ditch Jap. lang. in no time!
Why? Japanese language is very interesting, but without animes, it would mean nothing at all to me... Animes are something that inspired me every day, and still do (note: when I talk about "animes", I don't mean all animes, I ONLY mean my 14 favorite animes that I all met by chance ), something that gives me strength in the toughest times, something that gave me love in a way, love I couldn't get from my parents or from friends I almost never had. (I could count my total number of friends I had on my 2 hands, and nowadays, none of them remained my friend)
ANYWAY, I am now continuedly learning Jap. lang. because I want to understand animes better, and also, because Jap. lang. is the most beautiful of all languages!
4) I have some other stuff to discuss, I will create a thread in "other japanese stuff" forum section, so check there soon~
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1) Canada
2) Hindi, Punjabi are my first. But im better at english now
3)I've always had an interest in foreign languages, and a few books got me hooked on the culture and language.Now i learn it so one day i can live there.
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1 Canada (born in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, grew up in Medicine Hat, Alberta), New Zealand & Australia
2 English, C (probably better at C)
3 I liked the sound of Japanese when I heard it in some anime. I decided I wanted to know how accurate the subtitles were (not very!), and now I can't imagine not continuing to learn Japanese.
4 日本語が大好き
Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
There is no can't. -- Duun
1)your country: Australia
2)your mother tongue: English
3)your motive for studying Japanese.: There must be one around here somewhere
4)any comment: 継続は力なり (ほんとうに?)
If the going is slow, you have time to admire the flowers.
2. English
3. What sparked my interest was I met a Japanese girl and we dated for a month. I'm only 15. While dating her I met one of her friends in a grade above me (my senpai), and he could speak fluent Japanese. He is actually a native speaker. I asked him why he could speak it since he didn't look Japanese. He said he had a little Japanese in him from his great great (great x3?) grandmother down his family line through a grandfather from Latvia. His family cannot speak Japanese.
However, he learned Japanese from a Japanese friend (and friend's family) at a very young age (about 2-4 years old), and learned it about the same time he learned English. His friend moved away, so he spent many years never using the language. Because he never used it his vocabulary skills were weak. When he was about 10, he watched DBZ and he met a girl who got him interested in Japanese. He didn't have to study much grammar since he already knew the language. He mainly studied writing and vocabulary, and he became proficient in just a few months.
I had always wanted to learn something other than languages like Spanish. I had a Japanese girlfriend, and my friends story inspired me to have an interest in the language. Even though it was much easier for him I want to be able to speak like him.
I also watch very little anime, but it is interesting to watch and understand it. I also like the sound and "flow" of the language.
I also possibly plan to go to a Japanese college, or to one through a foreign exchange program.
4. I have been studying for almost 2 years now. I think I am at about an lower intermediate level. My listening/speaking ability is weaker than my reading/writing.
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1. Offspring of USSR. Not a member of communist party.
2. Russian.
3. Studying abroad I was thinking about starting to learn my 2nd foreign language but studying another European language could have been a step back for me since English alone is quite enough for Europe. Previously I had relations with Asian girls and my short dating with a Korean girl definitely was associated with resulting choice. For the first time I saw Japanese women and heard live speech there. I was so deeply impressed (with both ) and after I had recovered from impression, I decided to try Japanese. But I paid too much attention to it and as a result I failed 3 modules out of 6 and was within an inch of being expelled from uni. It was better for me to attend Japanese Centre Library with so nice librarians rather than to go to boring finance class. Hopefully I came to my senses at the proper time and graduated without problems.
4. Not too much interested in Japanese culture though. Firmly believe people don't need to know any language to understand each other.
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1)Mexico (born their, lives in USA)
3)I wanted to learn a third language and i found Japanese in the 9th grade. However after a couple of months i lost interest. I didn't know Japanese dramas, mangas, and animes existed until high school. After discovering Korean dramas i wanted to learn Korean. I gave it a try for a couple of months in 10th grade. I'm the kinda person that loses interest very quickly because she finds something else more interesting, so i jump from thing to thing. Lucky my friends got me back on track. I was with them in the library and decided to check out some How to write and read Korean books. When they saw that i did they told me to learn Japanese instead. They, you can say invited me, asked if i wanted to learn Japanese along with them. They wanted to move to Japan right after graduating high school and wanted me to join them. They're the type of friends who don't want to be seperated from their bfs or just plain old friends. I wanted to join them so i started to learn Japanese and let go of Korean. Later on i may go back to Korean, right after i master or can speak and write Japanese well. I've been trying to stick to one thing and get it done instead of living it in the middle unfinished. I've been learning Japanese for a few months thanks to the help of websites, animes, mangas, and J-dramas. I still watch and listen to Korean dramas and try to learn a little here and their but not as much as Japanese. I'm trying not to juggle more than two or one thing at the same time, but it's really hard. i'm a multi-tasker -_-' and that'll never change, i guess.
(In the beginning it's about the past, a few month ago. Towards the end it's the present.)
4)it's hard to stick to it, but I'm hanging in their.
(1 My country;
(2 Mother tongue:
(3 Motive
Once I saw the anime show "Inuyasha" I've always wanted to animate or be a mangaka, so I went to work.Later on I discovered that anime was "invented" in Japan (let me remind you I was very new to anime), as time passed and I was more knowledgeable about Japan I soon become obsessed with it's culture and language.Then, I started to take an interest in learning their language (I wanted to move to Japan to be a mangaka an still do).As part of my entertainment I also started to watch Japanese dramas, which made me want to become an actress(Why not I thought I was always praised by my drama teachers on my acting skills). So thats my motive for learning japanese.
2. English
3. I started because it was the only interesting language one out of the four my high school offered. I continued after high school out of cultural interest. I plan to resume study (haven't done so for a year and a half but I speak almost every day) either this fall or sometime in 2010. My reasons for studying Japanese at this point are out of language interest and providing myself a means of having a decent relationship with a Japanese girl should such an opportunity arise. Indeed, my cultural interest has faded to a great extent, perhaps from working with tourists for the past 2 years.
4. My goal is to become proficient in Korean within the next year or two. If I haven't resumed Japanese studies by then, I will go full force into it until I am proficient in it. If I have resumed by then, I will still go at full force.
Notice that I did not say "fluent." But it would be nice if I could reach something along that line.
2 English, C (probably better at C)
Programming language. Most software relies on it one way or another (irrespective of which language that software is written in).
Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
There is no can't. -- Duun
1) France
2) French
* Otaku
* Interested in linguistics/languages
1) Finland (have't been there for quite a while, though)
2) Finnish
3) 時代映画, Martial arts, culture, like the sound, women...
4) My first Japanese teacher was a finn who grew up in Japan; his parents were missionaries spreading the gospel somewhere in Kyushu. Some of the kids in my class asked if he could tell us something about Japanese religions, and his response was "Why??? They're pagans!"
3)My friend was learning it, I was bored, started to learn it, then it turned into a obsession. (Which led to interest in other languages and linguism overall)
4)I have yet to have a Japanese class, although that will change soon. I Think, part of what led me to want to learn a language real badly was the horrific methods of teaching implemented in my high school Spanish classes. Since then, i've grown interested in methods of teaching as well.
Tell me about it. The current Spanish teaching system I've encountered in America so far really doesn't make one learn anything.
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1) France
2) French
3) I don't know really why i like this language. I think it started when i saw Ring... I am not a really big fan of anime and manga but i like the way the language works...
4) I am starting today to continue the french translation. And, i am a beginner in japanese...
- Bast
Sorry didn't see this thread earlier
1) Living in USA
2) First Language Italian (where I was born and raised).
3) Why Japanese? Since when I was a little kid I watched anime (those are the main cartoon in Italy now and it was back the, almost 40 years ago) so I soon started having contact with Japanese writing. When I turned 12 I got my first computer and back then there were 2 computers going for the most: Commodor 16 and MSX. I got the second one, Japanese made computer with games made for Japanese people and imported from Japan, thus all in 日本語. I started back then learning a little bit of Japanese, but too early to do it alone. I learnt something to get ahead in RPGs' and then quit. Now after 20+ years I got my books back in my hands and started again.
A question for Taekk. You wrote 日本語を勉強するのがとても面白かった, why is it boring now?
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Acetylcholine receptor antibody
Acetylcholine receptor antibody is a protein found in the blood of most people with myasthenia gravis. The antibody affects a chemical that sends signals from nerves to muscles and between nerves in the brain.
This article discusses the blood test for acetylcholine receptor antibody.
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
How to Prepare for the Test
No special preparation is required.
How the Test Will Feel
There may be a slight stinging or pricking sensation when blood is drawn, but this is usually mild and brief.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is used to help diagnose myasthenia gravis.
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Note: nmol = nanomole
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The example above shows the common measurement for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
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An abnormal result means acetylcholine receptor antibody has been detected in your blood. It confirms the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis in people who have symptoms. Nearly half of people with myasthenia gravis limited to their eye muscles (ocular myasthenia gravis) have this antibody in their blood.
However, the lack of this antibody does not rule out myasthenia gravis. About 1 in 5 people with myasthenia gravis do not have signs of this antibody in their blood.
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An enthusiastic crowd of hundreds gathered to show their
appreciation for Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM, president of Mount Saint
Mary College, who will be stepping down after the conclusion of the
2013-14 academic year.
College trustees, campus personnel, student leaders, and
regional leaders/partners such as Sen. William J. Larkin Jr. and
businessman and philanthropist William Kaplan were present in
recognition of Fr. Mackin's service to the college and
Fr. Mackin, the fifth president of Mount Saint Mary College, was
ordained a priest five decades ago. He has served as president of
the college for nearly six years, and as a Franciscan friar,
professor, and executive for more than 50 years, including 11 years
as president of Siena College where he holds the title of president
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"Fr. Kevin has served a truly diverse college community," said
Valenti, "but he's never forgotten that at the heart of this
community is our students."
Student body president Mary Bocskocsky of Mohegan Lake, NY
thanked the esteemed educator for his commitment to strengthening
the Mount community.
Fr. Mackin "is a passionate, innovative, and dynamic leader,"
she said. "On behalf of the student body, we thank you… your
dedication to your students will forever be remembered and
cherished. You will truly be missed at Mount Saint Mary College,
but your legacy will live on through the loving community."
Dr. Albert J. Gruner, chairman of the college's Board
of Trustees, said that Fr. Mackin's excellent leadership is
evidenced in accomplishments such as the accreditation of the
business school, and an atmosphere that consistently fosters true
academic growth. "I have personally witnessed opportunities for
students being created on this campus that are difficult to find
elsewhere," he revealed.
Gruner presented to Fr. Mackin a Papal Blessing from Pope
Francis and other farewell gifts from the Mount community.
Under Fr. Mackin's direction, the Mount purchased the Dominican
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Since 2008, the college achieved a fully online RN to BS degree
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media, and a new sports management concentration.
"I truly believe that when one door closes in life, another door
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Nail-biters yield deadly results, USC study finds
Sports fans beware: A close win by your favorite team is linked with loss of life for enthusiastic fans after the big game, according to a University of South Carolina study.
USC economist Dr. Melayne McInnes has found that closer games result in more traffic fatalities among fans of the winning team.
McInnes' research will be featured in the Journal of Consumer Research's online edition in late April and published in December.
Using a five-point scale that ranges from a 1 for blowout to a 5 for nail-biter, McInnes found closely contested games to be the most deadly.
"The closer the game, the greater the number of traffic fatalities," said McInnes. "The difference between a blowout and a nail-biter resulted in a 133-percent increase in fatal car crashes. What's most interesting is that this effect held whether the winning team played away or at home."
To determine whether the closeness of major sporting games impacts the number of fatalities, McInnes analyzed 271 college and professional football and basketball games from 2001 – 08, including rivalry, conference championship and tournament games. She correlated the number of traffic accidents that involved fatalities with the margin of victory of the games.
"The initial hypothesis, formed while watching a blowout national championship game on the video board at the UNC's Dean Dome, was that bored fans would start celebrating early, which would lead to more alcohol-related crashes," McInnes said. "The alternative hypothesis, based on studies showing fans' testosterone levels particularly elevated for wins, was that close wins would be more deadly because of the higher aggression associated with testosterone combined with drinking. And that's exactly what the data show!"
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McInnes is a professor of economics in the Darla Moore School of Business. Her journal article, titled "The Bad Thing about Good Games: The Relationship between Close Sporting Events and Game-Day Automobile Fatalities," was co-authored with USC doctoral student David Norton and Dr. Stacy Wood, a former USC marketing researcher now at North Carolina State University.


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The Jackson Center Book Collection
Our collection of books at the Jackson Center covers most areas of ethical study, from theory to application, as well as selections of general philosophy.
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This article describes how to get *Quake 3 engine games such as***Enemy Territory** to work with ALSA.
"/dev/dsp: Input/output error Could not mmap /dev/dsp" message
Read the OssEmulation documentation
about setting the parameters for OSS via the
/proc interface. For some
people trying to play ET, the following works:
echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
which changes the playback part of OSS (indicated by the
"p" in
You will generally need to add write permissions even for the root user
in order to echo anything to
/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss. Also
remember your new settings will not be preserved following a reboot.
You may also need to try this:
echo "et.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss
which disables capture (meaning microphone input? PCM input?):
This is not enough for some driver modules such as
cs46xx for which
you need to enable
mmap explicitly via a module option. See the
relevant ALSA modules pages for more
info on your driver modules.
On the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 with enemy-territory, all the above does
is change the error message to:
Could not set /dev/dsp to stereo=2.
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Up until a few months ago, Stefano's Pizza owner Donna Brewer's use of social media was, well, social.
The owner of the longtime Shoreline Village business occasionally tweeted her food specials, but her use of social media and the Web professionally were minimal.
"I have kids who use Facebook and Twitter, and I used it in the same manner," Brewer said. "But until late
September-early October, I didn't have anything. I had a website that I couldn't even update."
It wasn't until she took a class with the Small Business Development Center in Long Beach that she started using Facebook and Twitter and became more involved in her business website, www.stefanoslongbeach.com.
She started to reach out to a broader audience, sharing information about Shoreline Village and Long Beach. In turn, she saw the number of Facebook "likes" and Twitter followers expand. Even handling her own website has started yielding nightly online deliveries.
"They gave me a whole new perspective for how to use it," Brewer said.
The need for businesses to promote and market via social media is growing as more and more consumers become more technological in the way they communicate and interact.
According to Nielsen's third quarter 2011 Social Media Report, more than 80percent of all Americans use a social network and about 40 percent of social media users access their accounts through mobile devices.
Nielsen also reported that nearly 23percent of Americans spend their online time on social networks.
Just as billboards are used to attract travelers, social media appeals to the growing number of smartphone users, said Megan Fate, an adviser with the SBDC and lead instructor of the Young Entrepreneurs Program at Long Beach City College.
"I think it's putting yourself in the places where people are," she said. "It's taking that place where people would hear about your business through word of mouth and placing them in a `world of mouth."'
Zoomerang, which released in August a survey of small- to mid-sized businesses, reported that nearly half of them use social media to market to customers.
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NACEPT Recommends Cement-Lock Process for Passaic River Cleanup
The US Environmental Protection Agency, which has determined the Passaic River to be a Superfund site, has been advised by the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), an advisory board established by the EPA, that the Cement-Lock process is suitable as a way to begin cleaning up the Lower Passaic River and Newark Bay.Cement-Lock, a hazardous material treatment process developed with funding from the Department of Energy, permanently removes both organic and inorganic hazardous materials from the ecosystem by converting them to non-hazardous cement and electricity.The cement material produced through the Cement-Lock process is called Ecomelt. Ecomelt, when blended with Portland cement, produces non-hazardous cement products that exceed the strength of Portland cement.The Passaic River has been studied for over 20 years. Now, NACEPT has told the EPA it is time to stop studying the river and start cleaning it up."The demonstration of the efficacy of the Cement-Lock technology in New Jersey would encourage clean-ups in several parts of the United States where toxic pollutants are challenging the nation" says NACEPT.The Cement-Lock process is being commercialized by Volcano Partners LLC. Al Hendricks, Chairman, said: "We are pleased with the recommendation by NACEPT. Toxic materials are polluting soil and groundwater across the country and Cement-Lock is a unique solution that permanently removes those hazardous materials from the ecosystem."


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Notice is hereby given that the Indians and the dependent members of their immediate families named below are no longer entitled to any of the services performed by the United States for Indians because of their status as Indians; that all statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall be inapplicable to them, and the laws of the several States shall apply to them in the same manner as they apply to other citizens within their jurisdiction. Title to the land on the North Fork, Picayune, Graton, and Pinoleville Rancherias has passed from the U.S. Government under the distribution plans approved April 29, 1960; June 30, 1960; September 17, 1959; and May 10, 1960; respectively, for the above-named Rancherias.
North Fork Rancheria 80 acres, more or less, located in Madera County, Calif., about 2 miles from the town of North Fork, and described as: SE ¼ NE ¼, Section 20, and SW ¼ NW ¼, Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.
Picayune Rancheria 80 acres, more or less, set aside by Executive Order on April 24, 1912, located in Madera County, Calif., about 1 mile from State Highway 41 and about 3 miles from the town of Coarsegold, described as: N/2 NE/4, Section 29, Township 8 South, Range 21 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
Graton Rancheria 15 and 45/100 acres of land described as: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the township of Analy, county of Sonoma, State of California, being a portion of the Rancho E1 Molino, and bounded and particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning in the middle of the new Santa Rosa and Occidental road where the same is intersected by the Easterly boundary of the "Green Ranch," so called, conveyed by J. W. Ragsdale, Commissioner, to John Mills by deed dated December 28, 1895, which is recorded in Vol. 163 of Deeds, page 94, Sonoma County Records; thence along said Easterly boundary, South 13°14' East, 16.25 chains to the most Easterly corner of said "Green Ranch" and the Southerly line of the Rancho El Molino; thence along the Southerly boundary thereof, South 47° West 10.10 chains; thence leaving said boundary and running parallel to the Easterly boundary of said "Green Ranch," North 13°40' West, 18.00 chains to a stake in the middle of the new Santa Rosa and Occidental road; thence along the middle of said road, North 36°40' East, 3.67 chains, North 67°40' East, 6.00 chains to the place of beginning, containing fifteen and forty-five one hundredths (15.45) acres. Being the same land (excepting the right-of-way) that there were conveyed to Joseph Corda by deed from Ruth P. Huffman, dated May 13, 1911, and recorded in Book 276 of Deeds, page 148, by deed from the Sonoma County Camp Meeting Association, dated September 16, 1912, and recorded in Book 304 of Deeds, page 121, of Sonoma County Records.
Pinoleville Rancheria 99 and 53/100 acres of land located in Mendocino County, Calif., described in deed dated March 13, 1911, recorded in Book 123 of Deeds, page 418; and deed dated September 15, 1911, recorded in Book 133 of Deeds, page 283, Recorder's Office, county of Mendocino, Calif.
This notice is issued pursuant to the Act of August 18, 1958 (72 Stat. 619), amended August 11, 1964 (78 Stat. 390), including the provisions in the 1964 Act that this notice affects only Indians who are not members of any tribe or band of Indians and therefore not eligible to participate herein; and that all restrictions and tax exemptions applicable to trust or restricted lands or interests therein owned by the Indians who are affected by this notice are terminated.
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This commitment to quality received national validation in December, when CHS became one of only six integrated healthcare systems in the country to participate in a new government initiative to reduce healthcare acquired infections. The $4.3 million grant, to be administered over three years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also focuses on reducing preventable injuries. The government's program places strong emphasis on sharing best practices with other providers.
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The free ride is over for North Carolina. It was good while it lasted -- but why it lasted so long, I can't say. It's astounding, how this academic scandal could go on for so many years and help so many UNC athletes without being stopped.
Where was North Carolina's leadership in all of this? Where was the UNC president, the athletics director, the coaches for football and -- yes -- basketball? Where were they?
Where was the NCAA?
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Where was I, for crying out loud?
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Well, I know where I was: in disbelief that what seemed to be happening at North Carolina actually was happening. I've been hard on UNC athletics in recent years, challenging the school to fire Butch Davis among other things, but this was different. This was an indictment of UNC academics, and that didn't jibe with me, maybe because I didn't want it to jibe. We tend to believe what we want, and since my sister graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and loved the school so much that she still lives nearby, I didn't want to believe this school -- her school -- could be so shameful.
But it is. The school's cover is blown. The free ride, as I said, is over.
And to North Carolina's shame on so many levels, the cover was blown by a fan at North Carolina State.
Think about that. UNC football -- and probably basketball -- is going down, and it'll go down in part because a member of the PackPride message board found a damaging transcript belonging to a former UNC athlete. Humiliating, and not just because the whistle was blown by a fan of N.C. State, a school many UNC graduates look down upon.
Humiliating also because it underscores just how ignorant North Carolina wanted to be. UNC officials didn't want to know what was happening, so they stuck their heads in the dirt -- and it just got worse. How bad?
Maybe the ugliest academic scandal in NCAA history.
This one is worse than what happened in 2007 at Florida State. I mean, it's not even close. Florida State had some numbers that looked bad -- 61 athletes from 10 different teams -- but this UNC scandal dwarfs it.
FSU had 61 tainted players, almost all from the same class.
North Carolina has at least 54 tainted classes.
How many athletes were given free grades from the Department of African and Afro-American Studies? We don't know. UNC never wanted to find out, but the school has no choice now. The school mustered a halfhearted search for the truth earlier this year when it found those 54 tainted classes, but its search went back only to 2007. Despite efforts from the Raleigh News & Observer that suggested otherwise, the school held firm that the academic fraud started in 2007.
Enter the N.C. State fan and the found transcript. It belonged to former UNC two-sport star Julius Peppers.
See what we have here? We have evidence not only of grades being given to athletes for at least a decade -- but also that UNC academic support staff steered athletes to those classes. This can't be dismissed as the rogue actions of a man named Julius Nyang'oro, the embattled former head of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies. If it was just him, well, that could be explained away to a certain extent. The school would be vulnerable to NCAA sanctions, but one man running amok? That's not horrible.
So what actually happened at North Carolina?
This is horrible.
Academic advisers steering athletes to Nyang'oro's department. Athletes staying eligible by getting grades in some classes that didn't even exist. Athletes who played football and men's basketball.
Did the coaches know? Well, ask yourself this: Are we to believe that academic advisers were steering famous athletes to bogus classes behind the backs of the millionaire coaches who recruited, coached and needed those athletes to remain eligible?
Answers are coming, but already we know this: The scandal spanned the decade from 2001-11. Know what happened that decade? The UNC men's basketball team played in three Final Fours. It won national titles in 2005 and '09.
Did any players on those NCAA championship teams attend bogus classes? According to the News & Observer, almost 67 percent of the students in those 54 classes were athletes. Most played football, but the newspaper reported that UNC records showed "basketball players had also enrolled. In two of the classes, the sole enrollee was a basketball player."
See, this is so much worse than what happened at Florida State -- and Florida State vacated two seasons of saintly Bobby Bowden's victories, suffered scholarship restrictions and received four years of probation.
What happens to North Carolina? Well, that depends. First, the NCAA has to show it cares. Incredibly, to date, the NCAA has not. Trained NCAA investigators missed the very stuff that is seeping out now, including that transcript discovered by a single N.C. State fan. Remember, the NCAA already has investigated UNC for violations that included -- but were not limited to -- academic fraud. The NCAA poked around, found some stuff, but didn't find this.
The NCAA didn't find 54 bogus classes from 2007-11, or the unknown number of classes dating to 2001, filled mostly by UNC athletes. The NCAA hasn't uttered a peep in recent days about these new allegations, either. Neither has the school. Not Roy Williams. Not anybody. The biggest response has been the creation of a website attacking the Raleigh reporter who is all over this story, including the Julius Peppers revelations. The website was created by a man named Carl Carey. Julius Peppers' agent? A man named Carl Carey.
Could be a coincidence. Someone will find out, because what happened at North Carolina was bad -- real bad. Looking the other way worked for a while, but like I said, the free ride is over.
It's time for the NCAA to start digging. In the meantime, North Carolina should get a head start on some of its own chores.
For starters? There are some banners at the Smith Center that need to come down.


text: Alright, there has been quite a bit of chat about Substance lately, what is it exactly ? What can I do with it ? What is its purpose in Unity ?... I'll try to give you a precise overview of what you should expect and how and when you should use it in your projects. What is it ? > Substance is primarily here to help you build lighter scenes (think mobile and web publishing) and produce faster . > A Substance is a set of textures linked to a Substance material, those textures are different from your traditional texture: * They are parametric, which means you can change dramatically the look of the textures by tweaking included parameters. * They are lightweight assets, typically a few KB per Substance. * They are resolution independent, you can use Substances at any resolution from 32 to 2048. * They can be dynamic, you can animate the parameters in real time by script in your scene. * They can include an input, transforming the Substance into a Smart Filter, allowing you to boost existing bitmaps while still keeping the file size low (see the part on the B2M filter below) When should I use it ? > If you want to publish a web based project with high quality content but don't want the customer/player to wait ages for the player to load. > If you want to create quickly a lot of assets with infinite variations, like an open world game. > If you don't have the time or skills to create your textures yourself. > If you want to dynamically change the way your objects look when the player, a npc, time itself or anything else interacts with it, like in the Airstream Demo that will be made available when Substance is released for Unity. How do I use it ? * You can use freely all the Substances that are provided for free on the Unity Asset Store. * You can buy premade Substances on the Unity Asset Store (for now only available on Turbosquid and the Allegorithmic Webstore) * You can buy smart filters to "boost" your existing bitmaps and reduce material size. * You can create your own Substances with Substance Designer. That last point is the key, really. I see Substance Designer like a big sandbox where you can create almost anything in terms of texture and effect and I hope the Unity community will use its full potential and impress us with new textures, filters and tools very soon. Speaking of which, we just released our first "Smart Filter". I guess most of you have already heard of or used Crazybump before, well the Bitmap2Material filter does pretty much the same job, except... It has more control over the results, more features, like the ability to automatically make your texture seamless, or create randomized variations of your texture, and you can do all this inside of Unity, no need for another software anymore, just a few drag and drop in the editor and you're done ! And last but not least, only your base texture is stored when you cook your project, the other channels are generated at run time, which means even more player size saving You can find a trial version on Turbosquid and very soon on the Unity Asset Store ! My point is, this B2M filter was created in 2 weeks using Designer, no code or scripting involved, only a few nodes in a graph... so when I'm browsing through these forums, I'm pretty sure you guys can come up with even more powerful and original filters and I just can't wait to see that happen I guess all this may sound like an ad, well, in a way it is. But I meant this post to enlighten people on what you can achieve with Substances and avoid typical misunderstandings about new technologies.. Please use this thread if you have questions, feedback or ideas about Substance. I'll check in daily and try to answer all your questions. Jeremie Tech.Artist - Community Manager Allegorithmic


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Available exclusively from Hammacher Schlemmer, this is the lightweight scarf that has two hidden pockets for carrying smaller items. The pockets are sewn into the seams so they stay hidden from view, yet are within easy reach for quick access. The 7 1/2" long pockets are large enough to hold a wallet, cell phone, sunglasses or other small items, with a hidden nylon zipper that keeps contents secured. The nylon-lined pockets are water-resistant ensuring that personal items stay safe even in the worst winter weather. Woven of 100% Australian wool, the scarf feels comfortably soft against the skin. Dry clean only. Unisex. Black. 80" L x 8 1/2" W x 3/4" D. (10 oz.)
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lightweight and comfortable
By Joe jazzing
from florida
using the scarf for travel so I don't have to hold my camera,phone and other items..was exactly what I had expected..never disappointed with purchases from Hammacher Schlemmer.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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secure, soft, and warm
By Mel
from Kansas City Missouri
Absolutely fabulous when going out for a run with the dog, or out for a drink with friends. Truly handy when going somewhere you do not want to carry a purse. I absolutely love mine! You don't want to put a bulky heavy wallet in it though, lest you throttle yourself! However, for carrying basic necessities like cash, ID, drivers license, lipstick, and a couple keys, this product is brilliant! I wouldn't want to be without it!
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By rewmelaine
from Paris, TN
This scarf is exactly as described, wonderfully soft, with great drape, and beautifully made. There is a lined zipper pocket in each end of the scarf. The invisible zipper closure is discreet and the only "giveaway" that the scarf serves a dual purpose would be to stuff the two pockets to bulging. This scarf would look nice worn with or without a coat--and best of all, frees the ladies from the drudgery of toting a handbag for activities, errands, etc., where that is a major inconvenience. I love mine--got two. Oh, and it would easily work for men as well.
Long & Very Woolen
By energizerbunny
from Berkeley, CA
I found this scarf much too long- it easily wraps about my neck three times with room to spare. It is also of the VERY warm (making it inappropriate for only slightly chilly days), chafe-y, itchy woolen variety which isn't soft at all and rather stiff and uncomfortable. I do like the silky material of the inner pockets (which are quite long, like the scarf itself, but hard to access at times due to the awkward length of the scarf. However, it's not quite enough to compel me to like the overall product.I may return this.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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I just wish this scarf came in all-year fabric for Florida. Hate having to take a handbag when I have no pockets.
well woven wool
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Well woven wool. Warm and zippers are hidden from sight. Also smooth zipper action and large pockets.
Great find
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I've used my pocket scarf for a few outdoor events and it's been a great way to save having to take a purse. The pockets are big enough to hold the same stuff a (small) purse would and doesn't weigh it down too much. It's a very high quality fabric that is also warm. It's a basic black that can go with most everything.
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This remote region, lying right on the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border is well known to many visitors to Zimbabwe hoping to find rare and unusual species, and at one stage was one of the most exciting destinations in this country. Unfortunately in the last few years most of the forest has been chopped out and planted under bananas despite attempts by local NGO's and the Department of National Parks & Wildlife Management to save the designated reserves. It is still possible to see some of the eastern Highland specials in the area, but with some difficulty, and visitors must be prepared to travel along an appalling road for approximately 40 km and a continuous stream of locals chattering gaily as they pass through the remaining patch of forest. Many birders have camped in the Rusitu forest but visitors now do so at their own risk and must ensure that there is always someone on guard at the campsite and around the vehicles because of theft. Almost nothing remains of the Haroni Reserve as most of it is now under bananas and much of the stream-bank is also under cultivation. There is still a very small patch of riverine vegetation at the junction of the Haroni & Rusitu Rivers, and the forest across the Haroni river remains relatively undisturbed. These days it is probably better to go birding in the Honde Valley where all of the Haroni specials plus a few more can be seen in comfort (and along a tar road!).
The cultivated lands along the route into Haroni/Rusitu are good for Blue-spotted Wood-Dove and in the past Southern Banded Snake-Eagle has been seen hunting in this area. Keep an eye out for Black-winged Bishop in these lands - previously very common but now difficult to find. The forest starts just after passing the Vimba School and Black-bellied Starling is sometimes recorded in the trees at the edge of the forest - the only location in Zimbabwe where they have been seen. Green Malkoha are sometimes seen in the creeper tangles over the dead trees and a resident pair of Scaly-throated Honeyguide call regularly from the top of the hill. In the forest canopy look for Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Green-backed Woodpecker, Chirinda Apalis and Stripe-cheeked Greenbul. The distinctive call of the Tiny Greenbul helps you to locate this elusive species in the undergrowth. Black-headed Apalis, Black-and-white Flycatcher, Whitetailed Crested Flycatcher and Pallid Honeyguide occur, but obviously in reduced numbers.Directions: The Haroni/Rusitu area is best approached from near Chimanimani. About 10 km before Chimanimani, turn right just before the sawmill onto Nyahodi Road. At 5.2 km turn right and at 18.1 km turn left onto Ndima Rd. At 27 km turn left over the river bridge and follow your nose to the Vimba School at about 40 km from the tar. The Rusitu forest remnant is 1 km past the school and the Haroni forest about 10 km further on at the end of the road.


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Conquering My Fear of Canning
June 18th, 2012
There are 20 pounds of zucchini lurking in my freezer. I try to pretend they're not there, but deep down I know they are, waiting for me to figure out what to do with them. I love to grow vegetables but I never know what to DO with them all.
You can only eat, give away, or force on strangers so much produce before people start avoiding you. I hear people talk about canning but to be honest, canning has always scared me. When I first considered canning, I worried about botulism and exploding jars and scraping jam off my kitchen ceiling (with good reason–just ask my mom about cleaning exploded eggs off her ceiling one Easter).
For many of my generation, canning is something our grandparents did. But with the renewed interest in homesteading, eating locally grown food and with everyone trying to save money wherever they can, "putting up" food is coming back in a big way.
Philadelphia-based writer Marisa McClellan, whose blog foodinjars.com talks about well, putting food in jars, just published her first cookbook (also called Food In Jars) and will be coming to the Rising Sun Branch Library on June 28 to answer questions about canning, preserving, and putting up food. With the help of her fantastic book, I think I have conquered my fear of canning. This weekend I made Spicy Honey Mustard, Grainy White Wine Mustard and a Blueberry Butter that is beyond delicious. As I write this my house is filling with the heavenly smell of roasting almonds drizzled with maple syrup for some Maple Almond Butter.
Food in Jars has step-by-step instructions on how to process with boiling water and how to tell if your jam has set (with pictures!), which is wonderful for a novice like me. However, the book also includes a wide range of recipes for more experienced cooks. From classics like Strawberry Jam and basic Marinara Sauce to more adventurous flavor combinations like Vanilla-Rhubarb Jam with Earl Grey Tea, there is truly something for everyone.
Marisa McClellan, food blogger and author of the cookbook Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round will be at the Rising Sun Branch Library, Thursday June 28th at 7pm. Call 410-658-4025 or click here to register. Cecil County Public Library also carries several copies of the book, which you can place on hold by clicking here.
What do you think of the renewed interest in canning and "homesteading"?
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