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I was standing atop the Temple of Masonry Altars in Belize last week when it suddenly occurred to me that I was dirt. Not immediately. But one day for sure.
Looking out over the ruins of the Mayan city of Altun Ha, I thought about the thousands of people who once made the place bustle, and who are now gone and forgotten. All that's left is dirt.
Note: Yeah, I know. Some of it is really hard dirt in the form of stone. But you get the point.
I had come a long way to stand in the place where Stone Age astronomers once mapped the night sky; countless miles and nearly 60 years.
Altun Ha was inhabited until about 1,000 A.D. when the bottom fell out of the Mayan housing market and they wandered off. That's just my own theory.
For centuries, people just like me lived and died in this remote place in the jungle. They took pride in their accomplishments while simultaneously fretting over stuff that in the long run didn't matter.
Thousands of years isn't a long time in the vast reach of the universe. It's a blink. The 20 or so I got left is nothing. I'll be joining the ancient Maya before I even turn around. So will you.
That's probably why I find ruins comforting Mayan astronomers, newspaper hacks, you and your dog, all traveling in the same inexorable direction. Personally, it's difficult to be terrified of something that comes to us all.
Realizations such as this are, for me, the entire point of visiting ancient sites. I didn't always know that. When I was younger I never really put myself in the place of the ancients. I couldn't. I was a kid. Kids live in the moment.
So, standing on some ancient battlement in Europe, all I was really capable of pondering was how bad would the old man beat my ass if I dropped a half-eaten banana on some fat lady corking up the line far below? Pretty bad as it turned out.
Things changed. With most of my life behind me now, I can better appreciate abandoned temples and the people who once worshipped in them. I feel a kinship because wherever they went, I'm going too.
Not everyone finds this connection satisfying. Frankly, it's easy for a technologically advanced people to feel superior to a race that didn't use the wheel and worshipped bloodthirsty gods.
On the ferry ride back to the cruise ship, I eavesdropped on some people lording modern society over the Maya. The difference, said one guy, was that we aren't superstitious.
According to him we are a society based on science and reason. That's how we cured diseases and traveled to the moon and back, and why the Maya society collapsed.
Proof of our logical superiority over the ancients was perfectly evident in the fact that they built temples that didn't really do anything while we built enormous cruise ships like the one we were preparing to board.
I was wishing I had another jelly sandwich. Turns out that I didn't need it. Someone else was listening in.
New guy: "If we're so much more enlightened than the Maya, how come this boat doesn't have a 13th deck?"
Good point. Later that night I stood out on the bow of a multimillion dollar floating temple and gazed up at the same stars the Maya saw from the tops of theirs. Our time to be the ancient ones is coming.
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If you don't like change, your're going to like irrelevance even less." This 2003 quote from General EricShinseki, chief of staff, U.S. Army, exemplifies the spirit of NAEDA's leadership when they amended the association's bylaws in September 2013. Let's work together to embrace and initiate change within the association rather than wait and react to external changes.
Since January 1 of this year, I have spent more than half my time on the road visiting with members, affiliate boards and affiliate executives, delivering this message and discussing NAEDA's future. There hasn't always been agreement on every aspect of the process or the desired outcome, but there has been agreement on the two most important prerequisites for a successful transition: open communication and broad participation.
With these prerequisites as the guiding principles, a Committee of the Whole workshop was held on March 5 in Phoenix, Ariz. Nearly 40 board members, affiliate executives and alumni gathered for a lively two-hour discussion led by Mark Levin of BAI, Inc., in Columbia, Md. As the newest member of NAEDA's staff, I was impressed by the positive atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation that filled the room. Everyone seemed to recognize the need for change and the value the new structure/brand can provide NAEDA members, including:
▶ Greater visibility for the association and industry.
▶ A stronger, united voice for the dealers.
▶ Increased focus on the three most important issues facing the industry - manufacturer relations, government relations and regulatory compliance.
▶ Enhanced communications.
▶ Transparent processes and procedures.
▶ A leaner governance structure capable of reacting more quickly to the ever-changing needs and opportunities within the industry.
As the group continued its discussion, it became apparent that eight priorities or focus areas will need to be specifically addressed as we transition to a new model:
1. Governance/Structure
2. Membership
3. Communications
4. Manufacturer Relations
5. Government Relations
6. Regulatory Compliance
7. Member Services
8. Branding/Marketing
The group ended the afternoon discussing various options for identifying and implementing the desired outcomes.
The next day's board meeting ended much earlier than anticipated, so the group gathered once again on the afternoon of March 6 to continue the previous day's discussion. About a third of the attendees were unable to participate the second day due to travel arrangements and other obligations, but the impromptu session proved to be equally positive and productive.
The group drilled a little deeper into each of the focus areas, identifying opportunities to create new committees and councils, expand membership, deliver more focused communications, enhance the relationship with manufacturers, ensure a positive legislative environment and increase the member's value proposition. It was an incredibly constructive use of the "free time" we unexpectedly discovered, and probably jumped us several weeks ahead of where we would otherwise be at this point in the process.
The past few weeks have been spent forming task groups to address each of the priorities. The groups, composed of members and affiliate executives, will thoroughly study and discuss each of the focus areas to develop specific recommendations for implementing the necessary changes. If you would like to serve on a task group, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or 636-349-6221. The greater the participation, the more likely we will arrive at the desired outcomes.
In the coming months, I will be providing regular updates on our progress in addressing each of the focus areas. Your ideas, issues and suggestions are always welcome, so please feel free to contact me at any time. This is your association and it must provide the programs, services and benefits you want and need!
Thank you for being a valued member of NAEDA .
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Researchers awarded DOE grant for nuclear energy R&D
Researchers from the University of South Carolina's College of Engineering and Computing will receive nearly $497,500 over two years from the U.S. Department of Energy in a new national program to accelerate nuclear-energy research and development.
Dr. Frank Chen, a researcher in the department of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Ken Reifsnider, chair of the university's Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Center of Excellence and director of the university's Future Fuels Initiative, will collaborate with Thad M. Adams and Kyle Brinkman at the Savannah River National Laboratory. The study will address the use and storage of tritium for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant, a DOE program to develop nuclear-power plants that will be environmentally safe and affordable.
Earlier this month, the college was selected for DOE's Energy Frontier Research Center program, which will focus on clean-energy research. Reifsnider will lead the center's research, which is expected to bring $12.5 million in federal funding.
MIT, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Texas A&M and the Georgia Institute of Technology are among the universities receiving funds from the Nuclear Energy University Program.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the program will play a key role in addressing the global-climate crisis.
"As a zero-carbon energy source, nuclear power must be part of our energy mix as we work toward energy independence and meeting the challenge of global warming," Chu said.
"The next generation of nuclear power plants – with the highest standards of safety, efficiency and environmental protection – will require the latest advancements in nuclear science and technology," he said. "These research and development university awards will ensure that the United States continues to lead the world in the nuclear field for years to come."


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My first labor was an induction. They broke my water, I contracted 2 hours, had an epi, labored for 8 more hours and pushed for only 45 minutes. My entire labor was about 10-10 1/2 hours from start to finish the first time.
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Ray J says Kim K hasn't called about 'The Song'
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What started as a catchy song seemingly throwing shade at ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian has turned into a full blow club banger and Top 10 Hip-Hop/R&B chart topper. And that's just what Ray J wanted.
"Numbers don't lie," Ray J told CocoaFab exclusively Monday afternoon about his hit song "I Hit It First". "The song has been topping the charts all week and independently it's been breaking records. People should see it for that and it's successful. We've been really positive and we've been focusing on the concept as opposed to the controversy. I think it will continue to do well."
And surprisingly, despite the controversy Ray J insists that his professional relationships with other rappers, singers and Hollywood heavyweights hasn't changed with the release of "I Hit It First." Perhaps that's because he hasn't been reading texts.
"I haven't been focusing on the texts in my phone because I'm getting so many right now," he admits. "I just want to stay focused on a positive path and sometimes when you pay attention to that, then it throws you left."
That cagey answer just meant that CocoaFab absolutely had to ask whether Kim Kardashian had called or reached out to him about the controversial song. His response? "Nah, nah." And has he called or reached out to her just to let her know that he has, in his words, "nothing but the utmost respect for everybody"? Ray confesses, "nah, nah. It's all love and respect from over here."
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"Write what you know" is the most time-worn, best-known advice offered to every aspiring writer.
As a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served a two-year mission in Brazil, Ryan McIlvain knows his subject intimately. For every door opened, hundreds remain closed. For every joyful convert, thousands remain skeptical.
But McIlvain wanted to capture not just the religious strains of these seminal years in almost every young Mormon's life. He also wanted to explore aspects common to virtually every personal journey, captured in fictional characters Elders McLeod and Passos. The two navigate Brazil's favelas with one eye out for Heavenly Father and another on the interactions that will, by book's end, transform them. Born in Salt Lake City, but a native of Marshfield on Massachusetts's South Shore, McIlvain is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford now studying for his doctorate at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife. He hopes to bring his book tour to Utah later this year, after finishing readings on the East Coast.
The author bio is quite up front about your current relationship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Talk about why you left the fold? • It's a long story, as these tend to be, but after a number of years trying to believe, it wasn't panning out. Certain events in life freed me from social relationships. When that happened, I just decided to part amicably.
Putting that on the book jacket is a way of saying the author knows whereof he speaks. But I guess I'm a little ambivalent about it. It's a craven surrender to the belief that you must have first-hand knowledge about a subject in order to write about it, which I don't believe. I think of it as a temporary feature of the author bio. When I'm not writing my next book about missionaries, I'll drop it. It actually feels a little passive-aggressive.
"Elders" deals a lot in the sexual frustrations of young men. Writing about sex, and sexual urges, is a frequent magnet for purple prose. How and why did you decide to approach this theme? • The fact that it's a large part of a young man's thoughts is part of the answer. I was interested in homing in, as closely and honestly as possible, on the inner lives of Elders McLeod and Passos. There's no shortage of gaggy, comic and light portrayals of Mormons in the media. But there was a dearth of emotionally earnest portrayals of Mormons. One of my Stanford professors said that sex is just something people do, like eating. It doesn't have to be imbued with taboo any more than eating. That's not to say you treat either trivially.
There's an inherent irony in the book's title, because of course men in their early 20s cannot be "Elders" in the strictest sense. But McLeod and Passos become more wise after their experience. • Sure, there is something deceptive about 19- and 20-year olds being called Elders. There's also something to this generation of late teenagers who are asked to think, on a daily basis, about deep questions. Why are we here? Why is this meaningful? The existential questions that missionaries ask could easily translate to a secular context. I'm not sure a lot of young people do that kind of thinking aside from undergraduate philosophy majors. Even then, the only things young Mormons on a mission can read is wisdom literature.
In my experience I didn't leave the mission field believing the way I wanted to believe, but I did become a wiser person. I was more humble and a little less cocksure about my own country. There's both an irony about the title, and a deep sincerity about it, too.
The book carries an interesting subtext about the ways language, and Scriptural language in particular, works. There's a curious phrase that emerges"The undemanding surface of all things"when Elder Passos talks about the beauty of I Corinthians 13. • It's about how Passoss, whose first language is Portuguese, feels the English language is given a certain unfair prestige in Mormon circles. He feels that should be independent, at best, to doctrine. But in fact he finds there's a hierarchy. Mormon Scripture has more features in English than it does in Portuguese. Passoss starts to feel it's just another kind of imperialism. That's what I most like about himhis ability to see the challenge and meet it. He feels doctrine is more essential than the way it's expressed.
A reviewer for Slate stated "The community of people with an interest in serious Mormon fiction is not enormous." Do you feel that's a fair assessment? • Who knows. One thing I really don't want to do in talking about this book is presume what a community of readers will think about it. I hope it could appeal to just about anyone, but even within the Mormon community I think that appeal is more changeable and flexible than people give it credit for. It's a surprising community, and I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't connect with many people in the church. A friend of mine who's a bishop said he couldn't wait to read it. I don't imagine he'll be preaching it from the pulpit, but fiction enters the mind silently, like a secret.
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System Level HDL-topia
I remember my early days in the EDA industry. SPICE was little more than a teenager (I suppose this dates me a bit). I had recently finished a 5-year stint working for the United States Air Force and had just joined a young company as an Applications Engineer to help promote the features and benefits of system design using Hardware Description Languages (HDLs). Though HDL use for semiconductor design was already on the rise, HDL-based modeling for mechatronic system design was pretty much a new concept. At the time, using HDLs for mechatronic system development was a real "missionary sell". Even before selling our tools, we first had to sell customers on why HDL-based design made sense. Now, a couple of decades later, HDLs are going strong.
If you pop over to Wikipedia (yeah, I'll confess, I like Wikipedia – if nothing else, it gives me a good jumping-off point for researching stuff) and look up "HDL", you'll find something like this in the first paragraph:
"In electronics, a hardware description language or HDL is any language from a class of computer languages and/or programming languages for formal description of electronic circuits, and more specifically, digital logic. It can describe the circuit's operation, its design and organization, and tests to verify its operation by means of simulation."
Though a bit electronics-centric for today's mechatronic systems, it's not a bad definition. Adding a few tweaks for mechatronic system design, the definition might read something like this:
"In mechatronic system design, an HDL is a class of programming languages for the formal description of mechatronic systems. Design teams use HDLs to describe a system's operation (regardless of design domain), its design and organization, and test benches to verify operation by means of simulation."
A wide variety of HDLs are used today. Some are focused on a very narrow solution space for solving specific problems unique to a particular technology. Others have a larger scope and address a broader range of design challenges. I call this latter group "system-level HDLs". The IEEE 1076.1 standard, also called VHDL-AMS, is in this category. What features should a system-level HDL have? Here are four of the key requirements on my list:
Depending on which one of your engineering buddies you talk to, you may get a "life is digital" or "life is analog" view of the world. Digital technology gets most of the press these days, and rightly so. It is by far the most common way we interact with the technologies that crop up in every corner of our lives. No news here. But digital interfaces largely insulate us from what is predominantly an analog world. Getting the interface right, quickly and accurately going from analog to digital and back again, often defines the success or failure of a design. During the development process, design teams need to move seamlessly between analog and digital development.
Seldom is a system a technology island, depending solely on a single design domain. Even if the blocks in a system are tied to a specific technology, chances are that several blocks either drive, or are driven by, a different technology. The ability to handle physical domains outside of the traditional EDA/electronics space is critical to effective mechatronic system design. Think hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanics, thermal, etc. Technology interfaces, in other words the boundary between physical domains, are more important than ever. Interface issues need to be an important part of design considerations from the beginning of the system development process. Being able to model multiple technologies is the key.
Complex system design rarely happens at a single level of abstraction, even if high-level design is more of a pencil-and-paper exercise than a keyboard-and-mouse operation. As I outlined in my recent Mastering Design Abstraction blog post, a complex design can easily move through four different design phases: conceptual level, architectural level, functional level, and component level. Design teams need the ability to model system behavior at any level of abstraction, from high-level building blocks to detailed device physics. Any HDL worth using must support modeling at multiple levels of abstraction, and allow mixing of design levels in a single schematic and simulation.
Simulator Independent
Many EDA companies claim to support some sort of mechatronic system simulator. No surprise, since the market has decent growth potential. Only a handful of simulators, however, have the compute power necessary to simulate complex mechatronic systems (you guessed it…SystemVision is on this very short list). Some EDA companies will argue the benefits of proprietary modeling languages over industry standard, simulator independent HDLs. Whatever other benefits may accrue from proprietary languages, one big (but unspoken) reason EDA companies push them is simple: tool sales. If you want to use a proprietary language to create simulation models, you are locked to the tool that supports the language. Having worked with both types of languages, and both types of companies, industry standard, simulator independent languages win, hands down. Standard, independent languages allow simulation models to move among design groups or companies without the sometimes onerous baggage of simulator requirements. Design teams can choose the simulator best suited for the job without being handcuffed by a proprietary modeling language.
Hardware description languages make complex system design and analysis practical. Notice that I didn't say "possible". It turns out that some technology companies, even a few with household-name status, still use tried-and-true "pencil-and-paper" methods to design their systems. While they may not actually shuffle reams of paper between design groups, they do use development tools that are past their prime. But even these hold-outs will eventually need to adopt an HDL or two in order to keep pace with shortened design cycles and demands for increased functionality.
How about your design methods? Do you use HDLs in your design flow? If so, which one(s)?
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Interest in the scientific study of religion has surged over the past decade. While this development is positive in many ways, it comes largely for an unfortunate reason – global terrorism, exemplified most clearly by the September 11th attacks of ten years ago. Since many terrorist attacks since then have been committed by hardline Muslim believers, researchers have put extensive effort into elucidating the complex relationship between religion and violent acts. Now, a team of investigators is applying the principles of evolutionary psychology to help explain why the two are so often entwined.


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July 19, 2005
AMHERST, MA - Recent Amherst College graduates Carter Hamill (Richmond, VA) and Ashley Harmeling (N. Reading, MA) were each named Second-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while rising junior Sarah Harper (Rochester, MN) was tabbed an All-American Scholar by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA).
Hamill capped a storied collegiate career as a combined 18-time All-America in women's cross country and indoor and outdoor track, winning her fifth national title with a time of 34:00.43 in the 10,000-meter run at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Before graduating with a degree in psychology, she was a member of Psy Chi (the national honor society in psychology), a recipient of the Gordon B. Perry Memorial Award for scholarship and citizenship and served as an assistant publisher for Amherst College's student-run newspaper, The Amherst Student.
Harmeling was recently named the NCAA Division III Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA), finishing her senior season ranked second in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in scoring with 64 points on 46 goals and 18 assists, while leading the Jeffs to a 12-4 record. She's won countless postseason awards during her collegiate women's lacrosse career, including IWLCA Division III Attacker of the Year, First-Team IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-America, First-Team womenslacrosse.com All-America, ECAC New England Player of the Year and NESCAC Player of the Year honors. She's also a former First-Team All-America and NESCAC Player of the Year in women's soccer and was the top women's squash player at Amherst.
Hamill and Harmeling shared the Howard Hill Mossman Trophy at this year's Amherst College Commencement ceremonies. The award is presented annually to the member of the senior class who has brought, during his or her four years, the greatest honor in athletics to the College.
Harper was Amherst's top finisher in each of its three spring women's golf tournaments, tying for first with an 80 and leading the team to a second-place showing at the Williams College Spring Invitational; tying for 12th with an 88 en route to a fifth-place team showing at the Northeast Championships; and tying for sixth with an 85 while leading Amherst to a runner-up finish at the Massachusetts State Championships.


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Cause of Fear
Pinnacle, April 2004, 6.99, 282 pp. ISBN 0786015845 For the first time in her life Linda Leigh is truly happy because she is in love with a handsome and sexy man who loves her beyond reason. The only problem is Geoffrey Manwaring's son who dislikes her intensely and is waiting for the mother who walked out on him four years ago to return. On the day that Geoff puts a ring on Linda's finger, she started dreaming about fire and when she is fully a...
Don't Close Your Eyes
Pinnacle, July 2003, 6.99, 480 pp. ISBN 0786014822 Church Falls is a complacent town on Cape Cod that obtains much of its income from tourists. Nate Tuck has found a haven in Church Falls after shooting a fourteen-year-old gangster in Oakland and when the chief retires he is expected to be the next Sheriff. Nate doesn't know that once every generation an outsider instigates the townsfolk into turning against one another and the cycle is about t...
Journey Within: A Tale of Astral Travels
Mach/4, 22.95, 242 pp. ISBN: 0966958845 In his middle age, Mike wonders if life is just too long for permanent relationships. He divorced when his children were four and two respectively. Now teens, they seem adjusted, but he questions what is happening in his love life. He sees Carole, much younger than he is, but she wants more than he can give. Mike's thoughts wander back to Dierry, his "dream girl" from his salad days when he believed that...
Where Darkness Lives
Pinnacle, July 2002, 6.99, 384 pp. ISBN 0786014814 Ever since Kate was a little girl, she saw ghosts but her parents never believed her and she finally learned to say nothing about the spirits who drifted in and out of her life. When Russell came into the video store in New York City, it was a case of love at first sight. They married three months after they met but she never told him about her ghosts and he remained silent about his first wif...


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Arizona Forward Enhances Awareness of Arizona's Park Issues
Arizonans value their parks and open space, consistently ranking them as key quality of life indicators. A recent survey conducted of residents statewide shows that 87 percent visit a park or recreation area at least once a year, with 23 percent doing so on a weekly basis. In addition, parks and open spaces create thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue.
Multiple land ownerships and funding mechanisms have produced parks and open space issues that are complex, confusing and sometimes controversial. In fact, the telephone survey conducted by WestGroup Research further revealed that most residents (80 percent) rate their knowledge of how state and local parks are funded as very low or in the middle range. Meanwhile, a depressed economy and recession has impacted parks negatively at every jurisdictional level from federal and state to county and municipal governments.
Recognizing the need for public education on the subject of parks and open space issues, Arizona Forward, a new statewide environmental/business coalition launched by Valley Forward earlier this year, developed a comprehensive report to provide unbiased facts, background information and answers to frequently asked questions about state and federal lands as well as county and municipal parks.
Designed to enhance awareness of and interest in solving Arizona's parks issues, the primer is among Arizona Forward's first projects towards its mission to promote cooperative efforts to improve the livability, sustainability and economic vitality of cities and towns across Arizona. Readers can sort out how much open space is available in the state, who is responsible for it and the challenges facing various jurisdictions of government. The user-friendly reference guide is described as 'parks and open space 101' and can be downloaded at arizonaforward.org.
While the primer doesn't take a formal position on how to solve funding issues relating to parks, it communicates the economic impact of recreational and open space amenities and why Arizonans should care about these natural resources.
Charter members of Arizona Forward include: Arizona Community Foundation, First Solar, Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold, National Bank of Arizona, Solon Corporation, Sundt Construction, The Nature Conservancy, Total Transit and Wells Fargo.


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Goucher College President Sanford J. Ungar has been selected by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, to serve a three-year term on the Public Interest Declassification Board. Created under the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000, the board was established by Congress to reduce the amount of government information that is kept classified.
Ungar was recommended by Senate staff members who are familiar with his journalism career, particularly his reporting on the legal battle to publish the Pentagon Papers.
The goal of the Public Interest Declassification Board is to promote the fullest possible public access to a thorough and accurate record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities; its members also advise the president about issues pertaining to national classification and declassification policy.
The board is made up of nine members — the president selects five of these members, and the speaker and minority leader of the House as well as the majority and minority leaders of the Senate each choose one member. Members are selected from the public sector and must be U.S. citizens who are top scholars within the fields of archives, foreign policy, history, intelligence policy, law, national security, or social science.


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Marley Coffee's parent, Jammin Java Corp., also moved its headquarters to Denver. Marley Coffee said the OCS route purchase is part of a larger national strategy that the company is initially rolling out in its new hometown. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Jeff Krumtum, owner of Black Rock Beverage Services, has been providing Marley Coffee for the past eight months.
"I met Jeff and his partner recently at NAMA [OneShow] and saw his passion for our brand," said Rohan Marley, founder and chairman of the coffee company. "I asked him if he was willing to join our movement and help us replicate what he has been doing on a national level."
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Duquesne didn't look far to find its new head women's basketball coach, promoting from within the program.
Dan Burt, the top assistant for the past six years, has been tabbed to replace Suzie McConnell-Serio, who left to take the position at Pittsburgh in April.
"Dan Burt is the perfect choice to lead our women's basketball program. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to the university and our student-athletes," Duquesne athletic director Greg Amodio said in a statement Saturday. "I expect the program to grow under his leadership and compete for the Atlantic 10 Conference championship annually. The addition of Dan ensures that everything is in place for the continued success of Duquesne women's basketball."
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GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 19, 2010 – Members of Colorado School of Mines' Class of 2014 will embark on the university's annual M Climb during the morning of Aug. 23.
Beginning around 7:45 a.m., President Bill Scoggins, Mines faculty and staff will gather in front of Guggenheim Hall to cheer on the new students as they trek across campus to Mount Zion carrying 10-pound rocks to place on the mountainside monument. After the students place their rocks on the M, they will coat it with fresh whitewash and come back down to campus for a barbecue.
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- the majority of the class graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class, with an unweighted grade point average of 3.8 and a composite ACT score of 29
Mines' Graduate School is welcoming 410 new students for the 2010-11 academic year.
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'The Sabres are gearing up for a major season ticket push, beginning in the middle of May. Collateral material is being printed and the blitz will start almost as soon as the packages arrive from the printers.'
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Sabres ticket price cut generating sales
Quinn's back, and he's taking charge
'Quinn will do whatever it takes to consolidate his power and have a big say in how the team is run. Maybe that's why he hasn't gotten rid of the general manager. He hired Regier in the first place, so if he keeps him, Regier will be doubly indebted to him. Quinn can make him his puppet, the way the Rigas family did for so long.'
Golisano tries to change company line
'Golisano is convinced this can work, and it can. People were surprised when they heard ticket prices would drop for a change, but it made perfect sense. If they decrease prices by 8 percent but increase ticket sales by 10 percent, guess what happens? The Sabres will generate more revenue for the franchise and fans will get the feeling they just uncovered a bargain.'
Golisano knows an unsold seat is revenue lost forever to team
'"We should be able to put this at a new level of affordability for some people," Golisano says.'
Golisano takes over, lowers prices
'Though it won't happen next year, the Sabres also will explore reverting to their old blue and gold uniforms, Golisano said. The team wore them in their last regular-season home game this year, and the new owner said fans he has talked to have said it's a high priority.'
Satan tendered offer
'"The reason we did it was because it was the only way we could insure him for the World Championships," Quinn said.'
Golisano not prepared to spend Sabres into competitiveness
'"Do we have a real open mind about this type of thing? Absolutely,'' Golisano said. "Are we going to go out and select the top seven paid players in the league? Absolutely not. But somewhere in the middle is the balance, and that's what we're going to try to achieve.'''
Golisano takes control of Sabres, announces ticket price cut
'"He is giving the team a fresh start," said Dr. Arun Jain, chairman of the University at Buffalo's marketing department. "What he's doing is saying 'I'm not the Rigas family and I'm not Adelphia.' It appears that Tom Golisano is trying to connect with the community and do something for the community."'
Golisano appoints Quinn as Sabres managing partner
'''Somebody asked me how it feels, and I'm just anxious for the season to start and want to figure out a way to win here. That's really my motivation,'' Quinn said. ''I know I should be thrilled about all this, and I am. But I'm not thinking, 'Oh, I'm back.' I'm just not thinking about that.'''
Golisano set to close on purchase of Sabres
'The Sabres have scheduled a 5 p.m. news conference at HSBC Arena, the team's home, where Golisano is expected to make the announcement.'
Biron, Miller going to Worlds
'The goal creases in Finland could have a Buffalo flavor the next few weeks.'
Sabres' goalies going global
'Martin Biron and Ryan Miller will both represent their countries at the World Hockey Championship in Finland, which begins Saturday and ends on May 11.'
All the wrong moves
The Sabres now appear to have a semblance of direction. They must first decide where they are going and who will take them there.
Sabres close local office, but insist commitment to Canada still strong
"By no means is this a negative or are we thumbing our noses at Canada," Sabres vice-president of communications Mike Gilbert said. "It's just the opposite. We plan on doing more (in Canada) than has ever been done in the past. The new ownership feels we'll be able to have more resources to spend in Canada by not having an office there. The Canadian market is extremely important."'
'Sabres' Fan Appreciation Day this year was like waking up from a restless dream.'


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'The Sabres certainly were not the best team in HSBC Arena on Friday night. The Toronto Maple Leafs swarmed the Buffalo zone for long stretches, dominating everyone in Blue and Gold with one exception — Ryan Miller. The goaltender turned aside 33 shots, including 15 in the third period, giving the Sabres a 3-2 overtime victory.'
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CPS Energy Power Plant, Closed by Explosion, Back on Line Today
CPS Energy's coal-fired Deely One power station is being restarted Saturday, after an investigation revealed the cause of an explosion and fire that forced the closing of the facility last month, 1200 WOAI news reports.
The utility says computerized sensors in the part of the plant that stores coal gave plant operators faulty readings about how much coal was in the storage facility. After the sensor indicated that the coal bin was half full, two veteran CPS Energy engineers made the decision to open a valve which had been automatically closed because there was no coal in the bin.
Since the silo was empty, heating the bin led to a rapid increase in temperature, leading to a fire. It is similar to how an empty pan will burn if it is placed on a hot stove burner, because there is no water in the pan to diffuse the heat.
The overheated steam ignited coal dust, leading to the explosion.
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The plant, which is mockingly called 'Dirty Deely' by environmentalists, is set to be decommissioned later this decade.


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In November, the Redlands City Council made Redlands one of several Mills Act cities in the Inland Empire. The Mills Act, created by the state decades ago, encourages the revitalization of neighborhoods by providing an incentive to restore old buildings.
The incentive is simple. The property owners will be relieved of some property-tax liability on the condition that they make improvements on their buildings. Since the city receives only a small percentage of the property tax, the revenue loss for the city amounts to $300 to $600 annually per building. Participating property owners will report annually to the city about the restoration activities, as required by the contract with the city.
The owner of a historic building may apply to the city for participation in the Mills Act; residences valued at less than $1 million will be considered.
The city will accept applications for five residences and two commercial buildings per year. The buildings must already be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the State List of Historic Resources or the City of Redlands List of Historic Resources.
For property owners with Mills Act candidates not already listed, the Redlands Conservancy is available to offer guidance through the process.
According to the conservancy, the process for nomination to local listing is not complicated, but it can be intimidating. Among other things, the application for designation of a historic resource asks for the assessor's parcel number; a legal description of the property; and a building, structure and object record. The record asks for architectural style, alterations and dates, historic attributes, significance and a description of the resource and its major elements including design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting and boundaries.
For buildings that have already been inventoried, much of this information can be found at A.K. Smiley Public Library's Heritage Room.
The application also asks for photographs or drawings of the building.
Over the past several years, the conservancy has assisted in successful applications, including one for the Marten Andersen House, and for the Auerbacher-Neutra house on the National Register of Historic Places.
The city of Redlands staff is in the process of developing the Mills Act application process which should be ready by early this year. In the meantime, the Redlands Conservancy will assist property owners with structures not already listed with the first step of obtaining the required listings.
For more information, call the Redlands Conservancy at 909-389-7810.
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I have fans with blades all over my house to help circulate the air and cut down on air conditioning bills; however, the blades have to be cleaned of dust and air particles quite often and when I saw the bladeless fan I thought that was a great answer. I like the product design and the bladeless concept; however, it is very loud, much louder than my blade fans. I keep it on low so it won't be distracting. I feel if they can keep the bladeless concept and lower the noise issue it is a winner. The price of thre large bladeless fan is way out of my ball park, and the small one was high, but it was worth trying it. I might recommend the fan, but it would be with the warning of the noise.
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items is too noisy and be nice if it purified the air.
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Favourite Pregnancy Cravings
Did you have cravings during pregnancy? What were some that stood out? Favourites?
What about aversions? Anything you absolutely could NOT eat during pregnancy? For those of you who have had more than one pregnancy, did it differ with every child or stay largely the same?
Do you think your cravings had anything to do with a nutritional imbalance of some sort?
For my part, I craved sour cream when I was pregnant with number one. I do not really recall any aversions, but with all of my subsequent pregnancies I had an aversion to eggs and sometimes meat.
With baby number two, I craved beef.
With baby number three, I craved caesar salads.
With baby number four, I craved sugar and peanut butter.
I craved something different with every baby, though my aversions remained pretty steadfast. Not sure if my cravings were the result of an imbalance or not. I have heard sugar cravings typically mean a lack of iron. I was anemic with my first two bubs, but not the second two.
I remember at times my cravings were so intense I could not bring myself to eat anything other than the thing I wanted. However, I never had morning sickness and I was able to maintain a relatively healthy diet.
Share your stories! I would love to hear about how cravings/aversions have affected other mothers.
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When I was pregnant I also could not stand the taste of eggs. I, however, craved meat pie and ate it at least two or three times per week.
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With both my boys I craved cereal (with lots of milk) - I wonder if this is due to needing more Calcium during pregnancy? I wasn't drinking coffee anyway but I did not like even the smell of coffee during pregnancy. I suffered with quite bad morning sickness with both of these pregnancies and that governed what I felt like eating to some extent.
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If one of your family members loves plants and flowers, why not build this raised bed? It not only allows you to get just the right soil mix for healthy plants but also reduces back strain, because you don't have to bend over so far to tend it. The natural stone walls also look great and are easy to build.
In this story, we'll show you the easiest, most time-efficient way to build a stone planter that will last for decades. We'll also offer tips for sorting and placing stones so you end up with great-looking stonework. You can use these techniques to build a raised garden bed of any shape and size.
This project doesn't require any special skills, but it does require a bit of muscle to lift the stones. The only specialty tool you'll need is a diamond blade (sold at home centers) in your circular saw. Our 4-ft. x 16-ft. planter took two of us about 16 hours to complete.
Plan your raised bed
Start by marking the planter outline on the ground, using a rope or garden hose. Dry-stacked walls like this are limited to 3 ft. in height or they could tip over. Call to have underground utilities marked in your yard before you dig and before you have materials delivered, in case you have to move your wall location. The North American One-Call Referral System number is 811.
Once you determine the shape and size of the structure, you can order the materials. Take your dimensions with you to the stone supplier, who can help determine the quantities of stone, pea gravel, landscape fabric and topsoil you'll need. Order 10 percent extra stone so you have plenty to choose from. You can always use leftovers for borders around gardens.
Browse suppliers to find a stone you like (selections are often regional). Costs vary a lot among stone types. We used a stone called weathered Chilton. We needed three tons of the stone, a yard of pea gravel and three yards of topsoil. You can use a different (and less expensive) stone, as long as it's relatively flat on the top and bottom. The more flat-surfaced and square the stones are, the easier they are to stack. The techniques we show won't work for rounded fieldstone. You can buy capstone, which is a special stone for the top course, or use the same stone as for the rest of the planter.
When you're ordering materials, ask about delivery fees and forklift services. It's worth the extra forklift charge to have the materials placed right next to the work area. Trust me on this. Our driver couldn't get his forklift to the backyard at our location, so we had to move everything by wheelbarrow (it took more than 50 trips!).
Sort stones by size
To make placing stones easier, first arrange them into groups based on similar thicknesses and lengths. As you sort them, set aside nice-looking stones to use as capstones. Keep their thicknesses within a 1/4-in. variation. We set aside 3-1/4-in.- to 3-1/2- in.-thick stones for our capstones.
Spread out the stones on tarps, rather than stacking them, if you have room. It'll save you from digging through the piles later to find the stones you want.
Dig the trench and add gravel
Dig a trench alongside your hose or rope, starting at the lowest point. Use a square shovel for crisp edges and keep the trench bottom roughly level. Dig the trench deep enough to hold 4 in. of gravel and still bury at least half the first course of stone. If the yard slopes, gradually "step up" the trench to follow the slope (Photo 1). Make the steps match the thickness of the stones you'll use for the first course of stone. Toss the soil from the trench into the middle of the planter area for use as backfill later.
Once the entire trench is dug, add 4 in. of pea gravel. As you add the gravel, place a stone over the top every foot or so and check for level (Photo 2). Add or remove gravel (a little at a time) as needed until it's roughly level. You'll fine-tune it when you install the first course of stone (called the "base course").
Lay landscape fabric and the base course
Roll out landscape fabric along the trench, keeping one edge of the fabric in the center of the trench. Temporarily weigh the fabric down with stones to keep it in place.
Next, install your base course of stone over the edge of the landscape fabric and the gravel. Use the less attractive stone for the base because it'll be hidden by soil and grass. Check every couple of stones for level. Pound down high stones with a rubber mallet, and add gravel under low stones, placing the gravel on top of the fabric (Photo 3).
For good-looking stonework, avoid large gaps between stones on the exposed face of the wall (Photo 4). To get a tight fit, knock off protrusions (called "burrs") with a masonry chisel (Photo 5). Don't worry about gaps inside the wall; they won't be visible.
You'll have to cut some stones to fit. Mark the stone and, using a diamond blade in a circular saw, make a series of cuts about 1/8 in. deep along your mark, lowering the blade with each pass until you're one-third of the way through the stone. (To limit dust, have a helper squirt water from a spray bottle on the blade while you cut.) Then flip the stone over and cut from the opposite side. The cuts don't have to be perfectly aligned. Tap the waste side of the stone with the maul to break it off. Save the leftovers for filler.
Stack stone randomly and backfill gradually
Once the base course is installed, lay the remaining courses, except the capstone. Offset joints between courses to give the walls greater strength and to achieve a more pleasing look. Mix stone height, length and color as you lay the stones. Place exceptionally thick stones (called "jumpers") where you want to break up a uniform pattern (Photo 6). Backset each course about 1/2 in. inside the previous course so the wall slopes slightly inward.
The toughest part of building the planter is laying the stones in an attractive, yet seemingly random, pattern. We often set a stone in place, then moved it several times to find the best fit. Grab stones from different piles (except the capstone pile) for each course to ensure a mix of lengths and thicknesses. Take your time and don't hesitate to take a section of wall apart to redo it if it doesn't look good.
As you complete every couple of courses, pull the landscape fabric tight against the stones and shovel backfill (topsoil) against the walls (Photo 7). Backfill to the top of the last installed row. This helps hold the stones in place.
Level the last course and dry-fit the capstones
When you're laying the final course, patiently select and place stones so the top of the entire course is flat and level (the stones should be within 1/4 in. of level with adjacent stones). That way, you can more easily lay your capstone flat and level. Place a straight 10-ft. 2x4 over the last course as you lay the final course to check for level.
Now use a utility knife to trim the landscape fabric, making it cover the last course of stone by about 4 in. (Photo 9). Then install the capstones so they slightly overhang the underlying courses. We made ours overhang 2 in. Leave gaps at least 1/4 in. wide between capstones so you can tuck mortar between them. But avoid gaps more than 3/4 in. wide because they'll look bad.
To cut them to fit, place the first two capstones on the wall. Use a straightedge to mark roughly parallel lines on both stones so the edges will match (Photo 8). You don't have to make this cut perfect; mortar will fill the gap between them. After you cut them to size, set them in place.
If two capstones fit nicely along the outside edge but leave a large gap on the inside, fill the gap with a wedge of stone (cut to fit if necessary) rather than cutting off large sections of capstone. If the gap-filling stones aren't as thick as the capstone, make up the difference by piling more mortar beneath them.
Setting capstone is a time-consuming process, since you have to mark, cut and dry-lay them one at a time. The positions of the capstones will change slightly after cutting, so mark and fit them one at a time all along the wall.
Mortar and tuckpoint the capstones
After dry-laying the capstones, apply mortar to permanently hold them in place. Mix one bag of mortar with water in a wheelbarrow until it's the consistency of peanut butter, then put some in a 5-gallon bucket. Like any cement-based product, mortar can burn your skin, so wear gloves.
Remove a few capstones from the planter, then apply mortar, both under and over the landscape fabric (Photo 9). Set each capstone back on the wall, pressing it into the mortar. Work in sections of two or three capstones at a time so the mortar doesn't dry out on the wall. Mortar and set the entire course of capstone.
Then go back and fill the joints with mortar (Photo 10). Scoop the mortar onto one trowel, and use a second trowel to push the mortar into the joints, slightly overfilling them.
Let the mortar dry, then use a whisk broom or a wire brush to brush away any that has splashed onto the stones. If you discover stains later, scrub them away with a diluted mix of muriatic acid.
Allow the mortar to set overnight before topping off the planter with soil and mulch. Then fill it with the flowers of your choice!


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This is the patented French device that uses the cooling temperatures of cryotherapy to eliminate eye puffiness, tighten skin, and reduce wrinkles. In less than one minute, the device's smooth oval disk reaches 40� F while its palm-sized holder remains comfortable to the touch. Engineered to glide over the contours of the face, including the delicate eyelid areas, the device is applied to the skin in gentle circular motions. After only one minute of treatment, the refreshing cold narrows swollen blood vessels to leave skin tauter and younger looking. This all-natural, chemical-free therapy can be administered daily and is ideal for use before an evening out or after a long night. Weighing a mere three ounces, it can easily be tucked into a purse for freshening up away from home. Plugs into AC. 4 1/2" L x 3" W x 3" D. (3 oz.)
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Hannah Tilton was born to Job and Patience Sisson of New Bedford in 1829. In the early 1850s, she married George O. Tilton, at that time a mariner, of Chilmark (on Martha's Vineyard) and moved to the island. The first 340 pages of this account book detail the daily transactions of a New Bedford general store from 1845 to 1847. It is not clear as to what Hannah's relationship to the store or its unidentified owner was, or how she came into possession of the account book.
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Utah consumer prices fell 0.7 percent in November, led by gasoline prices that dropped to their lowest level in 2012, Zions Bank said Wednesday.
The decrease between November and December is the largest non-seasonally adjusted decline in nearly three years, according to the Salt Lake City-based bank.
Falling fuel prices in Utah drove down transportation costs by 3.9 percent. Transportation expenses account for almost 20 percent of the average Utahn's monthly expenditures.
Housing prices, including rent and hotel fees, decreased 0.2 percent from November to December. It was only the third time that housing prices fell in 2012, according to Zion's Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index.
Nationally, lower gas costs offset more expensive food and higher rents to keep a measure of U.S. consumer prices flat last month.
The flat reading of the December consumer price index caps a year when inflation slowed. Consumer prices rose only 1.7 percent in 2012, down from 3 percent in 2011.


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The University of South Carolina and its alumni drive the state's economy by supporting nearly 53,000 jobs – about 1 in every 37 jobs in South Carolina – and pumping $4.1 billion dollars into the state's economy every year.
The figures were released Thursday (Jan. 12) by Darla Moore School of Business economists Joey Von Nessen and Doug Woodward.
The university's eight campuses, which employ 14,000 people, and their 155,000 alumni in the Palmetto State contribute $75 million more to the state in taxes than USC receives in state appropriations, Von Nessen said.
"This is a key finding of this study because it shows that in carrying out its mission to educate South Carolinians, USC also helps to generate a sizable amount of revenue for the state," Von Nessen said.
"The economic impact of the University of South Carolina is sweeping," USC President Harris Pastides said. "Education is acknowledged as the path to economic success and increased quality of life for individuals. However, these results illustrate the benefits, including economic prosperity, that the University of South Carolina contributes to our state's citizens in every community regardless of their connection to Carolina."


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Dominik Hasek face-first on the ice, his teammates frozen in the flood lights, an opportunistic mercenary jamming the puck behind him to end the Sabres' season. Joey Juneau. Brett Hull. Mario Lemieux.
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Arts & Culture
Infinite RealityBy Kaya Genc
Reviving the art of Turkish miniatures.
In Turkey, people used to yawn when they heard the word miniature. "He looks just like one of those guys in miniatures" was a good way to insult someone. Generations of students have learned to ignore, or dislike, the art of miniature and the broader category of traditional Turkish arts—tezhip, the art of illumination; ebru, paper marbling; cilt, bookbinding; and hat, calligraphy. After all, uncool people practiced them—better to keep one's distance.
Miniature paintings date to the third century A.D. They're small paintings used in illustrated manuscripts (decorated books, basically) to depict scenes from the classics: the Iliad, the Aeneid, the Bible. Illuminated bibles—like the Syriac Bible of Paris, believed to have been produced in the Anatolian city of Siirt—helped spread the message of God. In Asia, miniatures developed into an independent art form, with techniques quite distinct from those of Western painting. As Wikipedia says, in Persian miniatures,
walls and other surfaces are shown either frontally, or as at (to modern eyes) an angle of about forty-five degrees, often giving the modern viewer the unintended impression that a building is hexagonal in plan. Buildings are often shown in complex views, mixing interior views through windows or "cutaways" with exterior views of other parts of a facade … The Ottoman artists hinted at an infinite and transcendent reality (that is Allah, according to the Sufism's pantheistic point of view) with their paintings, resulting in stylized and abstracted depictions.
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Your son just received a letter of welcome from his soon-to-be fourth grade teacher. It was a wonderful gesture, but unfortunately, the letter was filled with grammatical errors. Is there any way to offer unsolicited grammar lessons without seeming like a complete jerk?
Dear Miriam,
My son just received a lovely letter of welcome from his soon-to-be fourth grade teacher. Unfortunately, the letter was filled with grammatical errors, including a misused colon, several misplaced commas and a missing apostrophe. I am an English professor, and I would like to find a way — kindly — to offer a quick grammar brush-up to this teacher without seeming condescending or cruel. I spend a lot of time volunteering at the school (including writing its newsletter), so she knows me a bit already. Is there any way to offer unsolicited grammar lessons or free proofreading without seeming like a complete jerk?
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Dear Teaching,
As a fellow punctuation-obsessor, I feel your pain. I, too, have volunteered my time in a number of circumstances to ensure that correct comma usage prevails. I have also had this obsession turn on me, such that I end up with multiple editing projects on my desk at any given time. Recently, though, I got one of the best compliments of my life as a result of all my volunteer editing, making it all worthwhile: "You are amazing, and your detailed love of commas is so unique — you deserve a crown." It's worth noting that this compliment was in response to some editing that was requested of me. I have a hard time imagining receiving the same positive feedback if I sent back a red-inked letter to, well, anyone.
However, since you already volunteer your time in a similar capacity at the school, you could consider editing this letter within your jurisdiction. I'd suggest mentioning grammar to the teacher casually at the end of another conversation. After you've talked about how excited you are for your son to be in her class, you could say something like, "I hope it's O.K. for me to mention this, but, you know, as an English professor, a couple of little grammatical things in your letter really stood out to me. I just wanted to offer to proofread for you if that would be helpful." This way, you're not insinuating that she might be an unfit teacher for your son or that she's not sure where, exactly, those pesky commas ought to go. Rather, you're acknowledging that typos happen, and you'd be happy to be another set of eyes for her.
Of course, you and I both know that these probably aren't typos. She likely knows that she's not a confident grammarian, and she might be grateful for your help. After you've identified the same types of recurring errors in a couple of her letters, you could say, "I've noticed you do this a lot. Would it be O.K. to show you an easy way to remember how to do it?" I use the vague "it" and "this" (though not strictly grammatical, I know) in order to avoid the word "mistake," since that sounds more judgemental than would be good for your child's teacher to hear.
If this seems implausible, or you can't figure out a way to open the conversation with her at all, you could go to the person at the school who coordinates the newsletter and say something like, "I'd be happy to help proofread other things for the school as well." If you want to reveal the origin of this suggestion, you could continue, "I just saw a letter from Ms. So-and-So, and it seems like it would be helpful for someone to glance at these things before they go out to parents." You could also make the sweeping gesture to give a grammar brush-up to all the teachers at the school. They probably need it, but I'm not sure you want to put yourself in that position of authority at the school. Either way, since punctuation misuse is so extremely common, I hope you can take some comfort from the fact that you're probably one of the few parents who noticed or cared about the errors in the first place.
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Somebody once said: "When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback."
On Wednesday, back came the snap.
We found out the most inspirational story of the college football season, Manti Te'o's emotional drive forward after his grandmother passed away and, at the same time, his girlfriend died of leukemia, was stretched across an entire nation, straight through our hearts and tear ducts, and now, suddenly, down our digestive tracts and out our hind ends. It turns out that Te'o's girlfriend did not die of leukemia because she did not exist, as explained in a full account by Deadspin.
The whole thing about the love of the Notre Dame linebacker's life, Lennay Kekua, dying in September, begging him on her way out to honor her by bravely playing on, was made up, a piece of fiction, a couple of fistfuls of inspiring B.S.
I don't know about anybody else, but I'll take my inspiration with a couple cubes of truth, thank you. Otherwise, inspiration can take a flying leap.
This was a far cry from truth.
It was a lie.
Another dose of dishonesty in a world that seems full of it. How many Lance Armstrong's and Manti Te'o's are we supposed to absorb every week? Doesn't anybody tell the truth anymore? Grandma used to say, "Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all."
Now, the question has become, "Who did the sinning?"
Te'o issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that he had been the victim of a hoax:
"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating."
It's also, at least to me, inconceivable and unbelievable. There's not enough elasticity on the planet to supply such a stretch of the imagination. Who has a blind relationship that supposedly goes on for three years, so intense to make the Te'o family believe that the woman on the other end of it is headed toward marrying Manti, without so much as meeting her in person? It's possible, I suppose, but does that sound probable? Brian Te'o said in an earlier story that his son had, in fact, met Kekua in Hawaii.
"She's the most beautiful person I had ever met," Manti Te'o said in one interview.
Met, meaning online, is the story now.
Later, Te'o went to Notre Dame officials three weeks after he received a call from his dead fake girlfriend's cellphone in early December saying, hold everything, she was alive.
Inconceivable, unbelievable.
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick Wednesday night said he does believe Te'o was duped into the absentee relationship with Kekua, and that her death was faked by the hoax's perpetrators. Deadspin's report seemed to indicate that Te'o was in on the fabrication from the beginning. And that is a little easier to believe.
Where's the truth?
Buried somewhere under that heap of lies.
In earlier stories published about Te'o, there were specifics about how the linebacker met Kekua. According to the South Bend Tribune, the two met when Notre Dame played at Stanford in 2009: "Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te'o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes."
After Te'o told Swarbrick his side of the story in late December, he never let on about the sorry episode's untruthfulness through interviews leading up to and after the BCS championship game, even when he was asked about the tragedy, until Wednesday. And while we're on that track, the media does deserve blame here for allowing a piece of fiction to survive as fact for as long as it did, without so much as a phone call to check on the matter.
Turns out, the easiest story to tell is the one we want to believe. And now, nobody knows what to believe or disbelieve, not anymore.
Gordon Monson hosts "The Big Show" weekdays from 3-7 p.m. on 1280 AM and 97.5 FM The Zone. Twitter: @GordonMonson.


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Arcade Fire concert special to air on NBC after 'SNL'
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Indie rockers Arcade Fire are adding an encore to their upcoming "Saturday Night Live" gig.
According to "Consequence of Sound," NBC says they plan to air a 30-minute concert special from the band immediately following the September 28th season premiere of "SNL."
Arcade Fire will appear as the musical guest on that episode, while Tina Fey will serve as host.
Arcade Fire's increased TV presence is all leading up to the release of the band's highly-anticipated fourth album, which is due out October 29th.
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Spacebrew: A Toolkit for An Open Internet of Things
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For the past few months James & Josh have been working on Spacebrew: A toolkit for prototyping interactive spaces, built to be used in workshops it enables dynamic re-routing of inputs and outputs within a space. They will discuss how it works and how we have used it on our client projects. And how an open toolkit for the Internet Of Things can allow various disciplines to collaborate on creating a single interactive experience.
James Tichenor and Josh Walton are Co-Chiefs at the Rockwell Group LAB, an interactive design team operating within a larger architecture firm, the Rockwell Group. Through experimenting with interactive experiences and embedded software the LAB connects digital with analog wherever possible. They will discuss how to leverage digital tools to tell more persuasive stories that blend virtual and physical identities.
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Bob Woodruff and ABC News help you "See the Bigger Picture" around our veterans and the challenges they face as they transition from war back to civilian life and their place in the workforce. We'll introduce you to six outstanding representatives of our American armed forces, and follow them as they each meet a highly-qualified Mentor chosen specially to help develop a strategy and a plan for their post-military careers.
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Connecting returning veterans with civilian Mentors within their areas of professional interest can often provide veterans with crucial guidance and insight as they develop their strategy for entering the civilian workforce. ABC News has recruited a team of American leaders in business, technology and the arts to work one-on-one with a veteran, and over the coming months we will follow those conversations in this special ABC News series.
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Big Ten Announces Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients
July 9, 2014
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2013-14 Distinguished Scholar Award List
The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that 684 student-athletes have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes student-athletes from every institution and 37 different sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The 2013-14 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 101 student-athletes who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term. This group of honorees is pursuing diverse fields of study with a list of majors that include art, business, chemistry, economics, engineering, journalism, mathematics and many others.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only student-athletes with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student-athlete's academic career.
A complete list of the 2013-14 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award winners is linked above as a PDF.
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