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Apple Issues Recall for iPhone 5 Batteries
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(NEWSER) – Buy an early iPhone 5 with a crappy battery? Apple has launched a battery recall on any 5's bought between September 2012 and January 2013, Forbes reports.
How you know it's bad: The device "may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently," says Apple. See if your iPhone is eligible by visiting the replacement program's website and entering your serial number, which is on the phone under Settings > General > About. But if the phone is damaged in a way that impedes battery replacement, you have to fix that first, PC Magazine reports.
The program will run until next March or two years after your purchase date, whichever gives you longer coverage, reports Ars Technica.
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Gilles Detillieux (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 Nov 98 03:15 EST
I've just uploaded the source and i386 binary rpms for the ht://Dig
web site search engine to incoming.redhat.com, for eventual inclusion
on contrib.redhat.com. In the interim, they can be downloaded from the
SCRC web site, at
The following RPMs were built on Red Hat Linux 4.2 and 5.0 respectively:
Name : htdig Distribution: (none)
Version : 3.1.0b2 Vendor: (none)
Release : 1 Build Date: Tue Nov 03 13:25:08 199
Install date: Tue Nov 03 14:14:34 1998 Build Host: cliff.scrc.umanitoba.ca
Group : Networking/Utilities Source RPM: htdig-3.1.0b2-1.src.rpm
Size : 2685355
Packager : Gilles Detillieux <email@example.com>
URL : http://www.htdig.org/
Summary : A web indexing and searching system for a small domain or intrane
Description :
The ht://Dig system is a complete world wide web indexing and searching
system for a small domain or intranet. This system is not meant to replace
the need for powerful internet-wide search systems like Lycos, Infoseek,
Webcrawler and AltaVista. Instead it is meant to cover the search needs for
a single company, campus, or even a particular sub section of a web site.
As opposed to some WAIS-based or web-server based search engines, ht://Dig
can span several web servers at a site. The type of these different web
servers doesn't matter as long as they understand the HTTP 1.0 protocol.
Release notes for htdig-3.1.0b2 1 Nov 1998
This version adds a few minor features as well as many bugfixes. It is
still considered beta as some bug reports have not been fully examined.
* Fixed a major database corruption problem. Since this bug
corrupted the document databases, to completely fix it, you will
need to rebuild your databases from scratch.
* Fixed many problems with the Makefiles and configure scripts.
Using ./configure --prefix= now works.
* Added fixes for connection problems with Digital Alpha-based
systems contributed by Paul J. Meyer!
* Added support for syslog-based htsearch logging. See the config
documentation for more details. Thanks to Leo Bergolth for this!
* Added fixes to work with DNS aliases (as opposed to virtual hosts)
through the server_aliases and limit_normalized options as
contributed by Leo Bergolth.
* Added cleanups of the HTML parser and the connection timeout code
contributed by Reni Seindal.
* Now supports case insensitive servers through the case_sensitive
* Now supports ISO 8601 date format, using the iso_8601 option.
* Added a wrapper to emulate Exite for Web Servers (EWS) contributed
by John Grohol.
* Added fixes to the contrib whatsnew.pl script to work with DB2
contributed by Jacques Reynes.
* Added a new contributed synonyms file from John Banbury
* Added a new template variable: CURRENT, the number of the current
match, from a patch by Reni Seindal.
* Many other minor bugs were fixed, so a big thanks to everyone who
submitted a bug report or a patch! See the ChangeLog for more
For more detailed descriptions of changes and patches included, see the
ChangeLog for this version: http://www.htdig.org/ChangeLog
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930-- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe email@example.com < /dev/null ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com containing the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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In 1979 Tom Riordan started Maple Ridge Farms from his kitchen table. At that time, Tom was producing gifts from home, putting blocks of Wisconsin Cheese in custom imprinted wooden boxes and selling them locally as holiday business-gifts. Today Maple Ridge Farms is the largest company the United States specializing in corporate food gift programs. In our gift line you will still find plenty of Wisconsin cheese along with handmade chocolates, fresh-roasted nuts, smoked meats, and more.
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We ship on-time. Nothing is more frustrating than gifts shipped late. We've developed a 'fail-safe' system to process your order quickly and correctly. In fact, since 1979 we have shipped over 99.9% of all orders on time.
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The chair of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Migration, Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, has released a statement in support of efforts by Alabama's Catholic bishops and other religious leaders to turn back the state's new immigration law. They charge it threatens the ministry of the church. "The Catholic Church provides pastoral and social services to all persons, regardless of their immigration status," Archbishop Gómez said in a statement on Sept. 8, alluding to the First Amendment. "Government should not infringe upon that duty, as America's founding fathers made clear in the U.S. Constitution." Archbishop Gómez called upon the Obama administration and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform "that balances the rule of law with humanitarian principles."
U.S.C.C.B. Backs Alabama Bishops
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text: Posted November 6, 2012 How to build a Home Server with Windows 8 Saying that Windows 8 is a major shift in strategy for Microsoft is pretty obvious at this point. Between the Metro interface, complete dismissal of the start menu, focus on touch screen devices, and myriad other changes; this is not the Windows of the Bill Gates era. One change which hasn?t received much discussion is the idea of Windows 8 being Microsoft?s next iteration for not only Windows 7, but for Windows Home Server. If you haven?t heard, Windows Home Server has been discontinued by Microsoft. For those not familiar with the Windows Home Server product line to begin with, it was designed to be the central hub of your home network; providing easy access to large amounts of easily expandable storage, simple backups, media functionality, and synchronization of usernames and passwords throughout your home network. The good news is that Windows 8 provides much of the same functionality previously found only in Windows Home Server. Our in-depth guide here will show you everything you'll need to build a Windows 8 home server. Configuring Storage Windows 8 offers some new tools which make it easy to create large amounts of redundant storage that may seem familiar if you?ve used Windows Home Server in the past. The storage spaces feature lets you group multiple physical hard drives together into a single storage pool and even provides options for redundancy. Storage spaces are probably a good idea even if you only have a single drive at the moment due to the ability to dynamically expand the size of your volume by adding more drives, much like the drive extender feature familiar to Windows Home Server users. Power users can quickly access a number of tools using this hidden menu. To begin configuring storage spaces, you need to access the Control Panel, which can be a little tricky in Windows 8. The two easiest ways we?ve found to get there are: 1. Go to the Start Screen, type ?Control Panel?, then click on the Control Panel shortcut. 2. Move your mouse cursor to the bottom left of the screen to bring up the Start Screen shortcut, right click on the shortcut, and choose the Control Panel option. (There are some other goodies here as well, so keep this trick in mind for later use.) Once you?ve navigated to the Control Panel you can find Storage Spaces under the System and Security category. The first step in getting storage spaces up and running is to create a storage pool and add physical drives to the pool. One thing to know is that storage pools use the full capacity of your hard drive, so if you have existing data it needs to be copied off before you add the drive into a storage pool. Storage spaces let you create RAID-like storage on the cheap. Within the Storage Spaces applet in the Control Panel you should see a link that says Create a new pool and storage space. Click this link and confirm the user account control pop-up to begin adding drives to your storage pool. The next screen will ask you to choose the drives to use in your storage pool. Select the drive or drives you want to use and click the Create pool button at the bottom of the window. Notice you can use any combination of internal and external drives to create your storage pool (we?re using two 2TB Backup Plus Desk drives from Seagate connected over USB 3.0). Once the storage pool is created we move on to creating a storage space. There are several options when creating a storage space, some of which require some additional explanation. The name and drive letter are probably obvious to Maximum PC readers, these configure how the storage space is displayed in File Explorer. You would think the pool size would be another obvious option, but storage spaces can be configured to be larger than the amount of physical storage you have available. To be clear this is not usable space, but it does allow you to create a large storage space and expand through new physical drives as needed. Configuring a storage space is extremely simple. Resiliency is probably the most confusing of the storage space options. A storage space can be built to protect against drive failure by storing a duplicate copy of your data on more than one drive in a mirroring configuration. The caveats to using resiliency are that you must have multiple drives in your storage pool and the maximum storage capacity is reduced because some of the drive space is being used for resiliency. A storage space can even be configured to store an additional copy of your data in a three-way mirror. Sadly you cannot add or change the resiliency configuration of a storage space simply by adding another drive at a later date. What you can do later is add additional drives, configure a new storage space with resiliency, and then move your files to the new storage space. Also keep in mind that you can have multiple storage spaces in a single storage pool. This means you could have a resilient storage space mirroring your important documents, and a second storage pool with no resiliency used for music or videos which you could recover through another method. Sharing your Files Microsoft introduced the HomeGroup feature in Windows 7, and it?s returned in Windows 8. The feature allows you to set up a relationship between the Windows PCs on your network and eases the process of sharing files and devices between computers. There are two parts to sharing files using HomeGroup on your network. HomeGroup creates a random password during the initial configuration. First we need to create the HomeGroup and add computers. HomeGroup settings can be found in the Control Panel under the Network and Internet category. If there is already a HomeGroup on your network, you will be invited to join the existing HomeGroup, otherwise you will be prompted to create a new HomeGroup. There?s really not much to actually creating the HomeGroup itself. The system will generate a password which you must use to join other computers to the group. This password can be changed later to something you can remember. Sharing files using a HomeGroup is most easily done by using Libraries. The HomeGroup Control Panel allows you to choose which libraries get shared with other users in the HomeGroup. If you want to simply share a single file it can be done by adding it to a shared library. For our scenario, we?re looking to share entire folders within our new storage space. By creating Music, Video, and Pictures folders we can easily organize our media files. Additionally we can add these folders to the existing libraries by simply right clicking and choosing Include in library to start sharing them to the HomeGroup. Sometimes we don?t want to do things exactly like Microsoft designed, so using the existing libraries isn?t always going to be a workable solution. Fortunately you can add libraries and then share them with the HomeGroup or simply share an individual folder without using the libraries. To test this, let?s create a Backup folder in our storage space. Once the folder is created, right click on the folder, choose Share with, and choose HomeGroup (view and edit). Libraries shared to the HomeGroup integrate directly into Windows Explorer. Now that we?ve created our HomeGroup and shared all of our files open up File Explorer (this is another option in that power user menu we showed you earlier). In the left panel of File Explorer you should now see a HomeGroup section with your username underneath. Expanding your username should show the computers you have access to, and should provide a list of shared folders on that computer. Another feature of a HomeGroup is the ability to stream media over the network using DLNA. This can be configured using the Media streaming options in the Network and Sharing Center Control Panel. The Media streaming options will allow you to allow or disallow individual media devices on your network from accessing certain types of files. Protecting your Data One thing we can?t recommend highly enough is backing up your data. Few things are worse than losing years of pictures or documents because of a failed hard drive or accidental deletion. There are two aspects of data protection we want to take a look at, using your Windows 8 server as backup storage and backing up the storage volume itself. Windows Backup isn?t gone from Windows 8, it?s just hiding. Using your Windows 8 server as backup storage is as simple as using the Backup folder we created earlier as your storage volume. This can be done with most backup tools, including Windows Backup and File History (which we?ll talk about in a minute). Interestingly, Windows Backup is a deprecated feature in Windows 8, which means two things. First, it?s hard to find. Second, it?s a feature that may disappear completely in future versions of Windows. To use the traditional Windows Backup features in Windows 8 you need to go to File History in the System and Security category. Once there you will see an option for Windows 7 File Recovery in the bottom left corner of the window. Another option is to switch to the Control Panel?s icon view and find the Windows 7 File Recovery option there. Once you are in Windows Backup/Windows 7 File Recovery you can create a system image, back up your libraries, or choose individual folders to back up. These steps can be used to back up other computers to your central storage or to back up your centralized files and folders to another location. File History is a feature we wish we had before deleting that massive Word document. Another option to back up critical files in Windows 8 is by using the File History feature. File History is primarily used for backing files up from other computers to your centralized storage, but it offers some increased flexibility over traditional backups. File History can be configured by simply choosing the backup location and turning the feature on. In addition to having a backup copy of your files you also have the ability to open a previous version of a file. This is particularly handy if you?ve accidentally deleted something contained in a file, such as paragraphs from a document or a slide from a presentation. Conclusion Windows 8 is certainly a shift from previous versions of Windows, but it?s not all about the new interface and the start screen. If you know where to look there are some sweet new features that open up new possibilities in how we use our computers on a daily basis. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/windows/windows_8_home_server_guide Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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i dig that style you got going there t's are a bitch for me(throwie wise that is)
i dig that style you got going there t's are a bitch for me(throwie wise that is)
Would any one be able to help me out with a thowie for sneak please?Ive tried and every time i do something it just looks really toy..All i want is soemthign simple and fresh dont go crazy
Thanks alot
PM if your from Shaolin!
try a smaller dot on the O, and a different s/e
First Off You Know What It Is If You Heard Drake
Making Ho's Wobble Like A Bridge In An Earthquake
just a sketch i did with a shitty sharpie, only fine marker that i have that still has ink right now. Again... shitty webcam. I did different styles for the ASK and the ONe.
AKA: Aunt Jemima
Ask- make the bars all the same widths , for example the a is way skinner then the k ,
not a bad sketch over all
but i find alot of people write ask ,
the K is supposed to have the wide leg on it, its from my throwie which I'll include as well. There is no body in my area that writes ask, im not going world wide so im not going to worry too much about my name, because ive been using it for 4 years now. but IF i was going to change i'd probably write: "Septik".
AKA: Aunt Jemima
Looks pretty dope.
FIrst of all all his widths are fucked up his letter structure is terrible it dosn't even look like he's using bars he use shitty extensions and he's combining throwies and striaght letters
I'm sorry but those are anything but dope, those need a whole lot of work.
1st doesnt flow and is very generic,
2nd I dont like it at all. The A looks like it could be an H and the S looks terrible
3rd nothing looks even or flowing at all
4th looks like a5R
5th ay?
6th meh...
^^dude just go to the non toy throwie thread and look at some ideas. Don't copy them, but look at the general style. Take bits and pieces and combine, or just make up some shit. Work on one letter at a time while at the same time making sure they don't look radically different. Then do them all more or less the same length and width etc. You can't just shit one out. Use newspaper or something to practice on and just keep practicing til you get something that looks halfway decent. The work won't be done for you.
ask - that first one looks okay but that k doesn't really have anything to do with the others. Make it bubblier and stuff.
mr yarbles - i wouldn't be talking... Work on yours before going ape shit on other peoples...
wallace - hardcore except for the s looks sketch.
People have been hard on me too
He's never going to learn if people tell him he's dope
You guys are too soft on everyone.
Asic I don't like the a :/
Everything else is good
Try not to make them go small to big makes it look wierd.
Mine. I did it on the comp, but ill do it on paper later. And more cleaned up. prefer this one, or the bubblier longer one? like the p and a but hate the s. i'm just working out the letter order, to see which is better. pas spa sap watever...
sneak- mebbe work in pencil. first.
Can someone please explain "bars' to me? In my time I've never heard of them, I just write the way I learned. I've asked around and people say they don't know what they are, even the local greats.
AKA: Aunt Jemima
buddy, i dont even know what bars are, just do your thing, do your letters, as long as you like it, than fuck anyone who says different i see some potential in that shit though ask, keep drawin holmes.
word is bond.


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Financial Review
Review of Operations
In the automobile industry during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, Japan recorded a decline in new car sales for the second consecutive year. This was due to factors including an increase in the vehicle tax on kei cars. In the United States, automobile sales increased for the sixth consecutive year, and a recovery trend was also seen in Europe. In China, however, sales growth slowed, and sales also fell in many emerging markets.
In this market environment, the Clarion Group is committed to transforming its business portfolio, as we strengthen the Safety & Information business (centered on automatic driving and parking) and the Connectivity business (enabling customers to "connect") as pillars of our future growth. At the same time, we will further shift our business away from its previous focus on Japan and toward overseas markets. In this way, the Clarion Group has worked to bolster its global business management.
Although sales conditions in Japan have been challenging, for the period ended March 2016 the Clarion Group increased net sales by 8.9% year-on-year to ¥216,227 million due to factors including the yen's depreciation compared with the previous year, expansion of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) markets in the Americas and Asia, and contributions from new products.
In addition, operating income increased 56.4% year-on-year to ¥11,551 million as a result of improvement in the capacity utilization rate due to higher revenues, as well as ongoing cost reductions. Pretax net income increased 71.2% year-on-year to ¥10,495 million, and net income attributable to parent company owners increased 58.8% year-on-year to ¥7,743 million. Thus profit growth was achieved at every level.
Results by geographic segment (excluding intra-Group transactions) are as follows.
■ Japan
With the slump in new vehicle sales in the domestic market and delayed market recovery, net sales in this segment decreased 12.8% year-on-year to ¥84,119 million. However, operating income increased 97.7% year-on-year to ¥4,232 million due to factors including the transfer of production from overseas to Japan in response to the weaker yen and companywide cost-cutting activities.
■ Americas
Net sales in this segment increased 47.6% year-on-year to ¥90,853 million and operating income rose 119.2% to ¥3,196 million due to factors including strong vehicle sales in the U.S. market, the launch of new products for OEM markets, and the expansion of EMS (electronic manufacturing services) by a subsidiary in Latin America.
■ Europe
Despite continued strong vehicle sales in Europe, net sales in this segment decreased 13.9% year-on-year to ¥13,845 million, in part because the year was an off year in terms of model replacements. However, despite a fall in net sales, operating income increased 6.8% year-on-year to ¥573 million as a result of ongoing cost reductions.
■ Asia and Australia
Net sales in this segment increased 11.8% year-on-year to ¥27,408 million and operating income rose 11.8% to ¥3,640 million due to factors including increased sales to the OEM market in Thailand and improvement in the capacity utilization rate resulting from increased production for the North American market.
The figures contained in this report with respect to Clarion's plans and strategies and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Clarion. Such statements are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, general economic conditions in Clarion's market.
Financial Position
Total assets at the fiscal year-end increased ¥1,533 million compared with the previous fiscal year-end to ¥131,031 million. Current assets increased ¥4,037 million compared with the previous fiscal year-end to ¥71,245 million. Non-current assets decreased ¥2,504 million compared with the previous fiscal year-end to ¥59,786 million.
Total liabilities decreased ¥1,327 million compared with the previous fiscal year-end to ¥93,176 million.
The parent company shareholding increased ¥2,865 million compared with the previous fiscal year-end to ¥37,688 million.
Due to the recording of a net profit, retained earnings increased by ¥7,189 million. Accumulated other comprehensive income decreased by ¥4,315 million due to factors including a reduction in conversion differences at foreign operations arising from yen appreciation/dollar depreciation since the previous fiscal year-end.
Cash Flows
Net cash from operating activities was an inflow of ¥19,465 million. Although inventories increased, net income, depreciation expenses and amortization of intangible assets were recorded, as well as a decrease in accounts receivable and an increase in accounts payable. Net cash from operating activities in the previous fiscal year was an inflow of ¥13,344 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was ¥10,993 million. This was due mainly to payment for purchases of tangible and intangible assets. Net cash used in investing activities in the previous fiscal year was ¥12,303 million.
Net cash used in financing activities was ¥1,583 million due primarily to payment of dividends and repayment of long-term debt. Net cash used in financing activities in the previous fiscal year was ¥6,908 million.
As a result of these factors, cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year amounted to ¥14,326 million compared with ¥8,257 million at the previous fiscal year-end.
Outlook for the Next Fiscal Year
The U.S. economy is maintaining an uptrend and vehicle sales are strong, but the prospects for the European economy are uncertain, and the Chinese economy is lackluster. In Japan, there has been a delayed recovery in vehicle sales and there are concerns about the impact of yen appreciation/dollar depreciation.
Under these circumstances, and setting our eyes on changes in the automotive industry, Clarion will strive to further increase net sales and profits by transforming its business portfolio and strengthening operations in growth fields, focused on safety and information systems and connected products.
Our consolidated earnings forecasts for the full year are set out below.
We have assumed an exchange rate of ¥110/US$ and ¥120/€.
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2017
Net sales ¥200 billion
Adjusted operating income ¥10 billion
Pretax net income ¥9 billion
Net income attributable to parent company owners ¥6.5 billion
Note: The Clarion Group has applied International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) since the consolidated financial statements in the Annual Securities Report for the fiscal year ended March 2015.


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This Web page is based on Research on Partner Stalking: Putting the Pieces Together (pdf, 27 pages), prepared by T.K. Logan for NIJ.
When comparing the dangerousness and characteristics of partner stalking, it is important to examine differences between abusive
partners who stalk and abusive partners who do not stalk.
On this page, find:
More than half of partner violence victims are stalked by their partners.
Research suggests that abusive partners who stalk are more violent than those who do not stalk.
Research on the characteristics of partner violence offenders who stalk compared with partner violence offenders who do not
stalk is limited. A few studies suggest that abusive partners who stalk have higher rates of drug and alcohol use. [37-40]
Next section: Fear, Psychological Distress and Health Impacts of Intimate Partner Stalking.
[1] Douglas, K., and D. Dutton, "Assessing the Link between Stalking and Domestic Violence," Aggression and Violent Behavior 6 (2001): 519-546.
[2] Harrell, A., B. Smith and L. Newmark, Court Processing and the Effects of Restraining Orders for Domestic Violence Victims, Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 1993.
[3] [7] [16] [25] [32] [36] Logan, T., L. Shannon and J. Cole, "Stalking Victimization in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence," Violence and Victims 22(6) (2007): 669-683.
[4] Logan, T., R. Walker, W. Hoyt and T. Faragher, "The Kentucky Civil Protective Order Study: A Rural and Urban Multiple Perspective Study of Protective Order Violation Consequences,
Responses, and Costs" (pdf, 183 pages), Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2009, NCJ 228350.
[5] [17] Mechanic, M., M. Uhlmansiek, T. Weaver and P. Resick, "The Impact of Severe Stalking Experienced by Acutely Battered Women:
An Examination of Violence, Psychological Symptoms and Strategic Responding," Violence and Victims 15(4) (2000): 443-458.
[6] [26] [29] [31] [34] Logan, T., and R. Walker, "Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Harms Caused by Partner Stalking," Violence and Victims 25(4) (2010): 440-455.
[8] [37] Buhi, E., H. Clayton and H. Surrency, "Stalking Victimization Among College Women and Subsequent Help-seeking Behaviors,"
Journal of American College Health 57(4) (2009): 419-425.
[9] [11] McFarlane, J., J. Campbell, S. Wilt, C. Sachs, Y. Ulrich and X. Xu, "Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide," Homicide Studies 3(4) (1999): 300-316.
[10] McFarlane, J., J. Campbell and K. Watson, "Intimate Partner Stalking and Femicide: Urgent Implications for Women's Safety,"
Behavioral Sciences and the Law 20 (2002): 51-68.
[12] Cole, J., T. Logan and L. Shannon, "Intimate Sexual Victimization Among Women with Protective Orders: Types and Associations
of Physical and Mental Health Problems," Violence and Victims 20(6) (2005): 695-715.
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There's someone on maemo forums that seems to have done something similar with you. Check the link, his post includes a download link of the compressed img.
It works on my N900 with a 'tiny' problem:key mappings of N900 doesnt seem to work correctly in BT.
Edit:Gave a shot at the img from the link you gave. Working fine on my N900-still messed up keyboard though-but was kinda slower from SuperDump's from Maemo forums.


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The Tanzania Carnivore Conservation Project at the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) is funded by the Zoological Society of London and the British Government through their Darwin Initiative. It aims to build the capacity of the TAWIRI to monitor and conserve carnivores, with a special emphasis on Cheetahs and Wild Dogs, two threatened species of which Tanzania holds globally important populations.
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Two new males take over the prime piece of territory
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King Boreas
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Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 3:26 am
Post subject: What do you HATE about geocaching ?
1. When a potential cache goes into HOLD~ status, with NO communications about why, and after 5 admins have looked at it:
1/17/2003 1:28:33 AM kingboreas (37 times)
1/17/2003 1:25:29 AM skydiver (7 times)
1/16/2003 7:31:47 PM Tim & June
1/16/2003 5:21:36 PM honeychile (2 times)
1/16/2003 5:04:01 PM Moun10Bike (2 times)
1/16/2003 4:37:39 PM erik88l-r (2 times)
THAT's what I hate.
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King Boreas
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Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 4:11 am
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2. When a cacher doesn't post his/her find on the website.
THAT's what I hate.
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Past MnGCA Board
Joined: 16 Dec 2002
Posts: 63
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 9:03 am
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Not having enough time to hit all of the caches, or do I mean all of King B.'s caches
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Posts: 947
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:48 am
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Okay, so I posted on the what I love thread, so I might as well say something here--GLADWARE AS A CACHE CONTAINER WITH THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN MINNESOTA!!!!!????!!!!!!!!!!!!
There comes a time in every young boy's life when he gets an irresistible urge to seek buried treasure.--Mark Twain
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Posts: 42
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:24 pm
Post subject: Gladware
I agree totally. I have found many many caches of Gladware and Ziplocware and not one of them was in good condition. They are always wet inside and usually cracked with covers that no longer stay on properly. Non-cachers think that I am just looking for junk in the woods and it's hard to deny when you think about Gladware caches.
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King Boreas
Joined: 16 Dec 2002
Posts: 2463
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:11 pm
Post subject: here we go ...
I have 35 travel bugs. Most are like burned-out hippies: aimless, goalless, bumming rides everywhere, etc. Some have found a purpose, and have specific goals. Two are racing to Indy. One went to Great Britain. A series of companion bugs, the Legends, have a common, simple goal: stay in Ramsey County. That is clearly stated on the bug's info page. One of these bugs, me2, ended up in Wisconsin. The people involved
made sure
that me2 was returned prior to the Winter Carnival. I REALLY appreciated that.
So what do I hate?
Bugs that are purposely and repeatedly taken away from the goals. Bugs that someone decides to create a new travel plan for.
There is a reason I want these bugs in Ramsey County. I realize that once I put them out out there the only controls I have are the power to delete logs, and the power to alter the bug page. I had hoped that the 'cachers who decided to grab these bugs would respect their goals.
I sent the following e-mail:
...... stays in Ramsey County.
I received this response:
thank you for such a kind reply. your kindness and way with words is overwhelming. it is great to have such an excellent ambassador for geocaching.
I am NOT a friggin' ambassador. I'm a cranky old bastard who's gettin' tired of this 'game' and all the B.S. that has started in the past 6 months.
Now I get an e-mail, and Joe is somewhere on the way to Duluth. Somebody stole the 101st Airborne cache. Bring it on ... I can take it.
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Posts: 157
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 7:13 pm
Post subject: very telling
this is a very interesting post.
i found my first travel bug last night. i have no interest in being a bug chaser. it that excites you, then more power to you. i simply wanted to pick up a bug and take it with me to california, as i thought it would be fun to see if it could make its way back to minnesota.
what i have learned about bugs: some people seek them more than the trinkets in a cache. some people want to "find" as many as they can, even if finding one means simply returning to a previously visited cache for the opportunity to take/swap one. some people want to control every movement of a bug, even though that's a bit tough.
what i've learned since acquiring my first bug: if you want a bug, research why it exists and what you are required to do. if you encounter a bug by chance -- which ain't likely to happen, but possible -- do not take the bug unless you are only able to comply expressly with its mission. if the mission is not clear, and you haven't researched the bug page, then don't take it, or you'll be a felon.
as i said, i picked one up last night. my crime: not doing my homework. it was after i took it home that i read it is intended for ramsey county only. why, i don't know, but i don't care, that's the rule. so i post my find and create what i think is an entertaining story about the bug, noting that i'm going to california, and noting that i want to take a bug with me.
here it is:
do i say that i will immediately place it in a ramsey county cache? no. do i say that i won't take it to california under any circumstance? no. do i imply that i'm looking for another bug that i could take to california, one that the bug lord won't object to? yes.
do i receive an e-mail from the bug creator, asking me "please leave the bug here in minnesota," or stating "i'd appreciate it if you wouldn't take it to california?" no.
the only statement i receive in an e-mail is "Doink stays in Ramsey County."
would it kill a person to be polite in corresponding with another geocacher, who may not have made it clear that he's looking for a new bug to take to california? you tell me, but evidently the answer is yes.
that's when i respond with the following. the sarcasm mode was obviously on: "thank you for such a kind reply. your kindness and way with words is overwhelming. it is great to have such an excellent ambassador for geocaching."
so then the king tells us: "I am NOT a friggin' ambassador. I'm a cranky old bastard who's gettin' tired of this 'game' and all the B.S. that has started in the past 6 months."
i'm not going to suggest that the king needs a long restful vacation, or a lesson in manners.
the irony is that when i posted my story about california, a third party contacted me within a couple of hours, expressing interest in swapping bugs somehow so i could leave the precious clown in minnesota. this person also invited me to join an upcoming mngca meeting. (something my current work schedule doesn't allow me to do, so long as the meetings are on monday nights.) i've had a couple of very pleasant exchanges with somebody who i only knew by a screen name at the start of the day.
last time i checked my e-mail, the third party offered a solution about swapping bugs. (had i planned this bug-to-california thing sooner, i could have either ordered a tag or bought one from a fourth party who has excess tags at the moment, i'm told.)
you are all welcome to decide who is right or wrong here, if you wish. that's not important to me. what i do know is that i was treated with a lack of respect. i find it ironic that it's coming from a person who has worked harder than anyone in the twin cities to provide geocaching opportunities. i find it unfortunate that this person turns out to be a "cranky old bastard" who is "tired of this 'game.'"
while i don't appreciate being sent disrespectful e-mail, i certainly didn't feel there was a need to bring this to a public forum. i'm sorry you feel otherwise. (yes, you kept my identity a secret, but i have no qualms about standing behind my words, so i will gladly step forward.)
i have asked that guidelines be followed with the two caches i have placed. i certainly don't want to be guilty of a double standard, hence i suggested i'd find a bug to swap the clown with before my april 5 departure.
while i am guilty of being vague, i think it's clear that there was never any harm intended. and to the best of my knowledge, i have done nothing wrong at this point. all i have done is claim a travel bug from a cache and suggest i want to take one to california. why i should be treated with disrespect, i'm not sure. i am certainly sorry to cause undue emotional distress by picking up a travel bug with the hope of taking it to california.
i am also sorry to have to say that i have no interest in participating in the mngca or its forum at this point. in my e-mail to the third party i noted that it would be nice if the mngca could provide bug tags at the meetings, perhaps at a small profit to the organization. now i no longer care.
best wishes to all and thanks for the information that has been shared. any future caching i do will be independent of this organization. best of luck to all.
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King Boreas
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 7:33 pm
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Since you're not going to be back, then I won't respond.
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Big Bird and Son
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Posts: 8
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:16 pm
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I'm going to get hammered here, but I don't care.
I have to admit that I surely get a kick out of some of you. Is all that you have in life is geocaching? My god, this is a game where you seek out a piece of plastic that usually has some junk in it that you would normally toss out.
This is to get you out of the house and enjoy the outdoors, spend time with your family, and just have fun. Some of you folks need to lighten up and grow up!
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I'm going to lock this thread. Let's try and stay away from personal attacks please.
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Baseball is in full swing and when the sun goes down tonight, the Jewish High Holy days of Passover begin. Seems like the perfect time to share the latest Original Retro Brand interview with Dave Cohen, author of Matzoh Balls and Baseballs: Conversations with Jewish Former Major League Baseball Players.
Andy: You've been the radio voice of Georgia State University Athletics for the past 29 years (basketball, baseball, and now football). What inspired you to put down the microphone, and pick up the pen to write this book?
Dave: I actually stumbled across a book signing which featured former Houston Colt 45's pitcher Larry Yellen. The book, "Cup of Coffee," by Rob Trucks, features the stories of 18 former major league players who were in the majors for just a very short time. Mr. Yellen happened to be there, and after speaking briefly with him, a light bulb went off in my head; I was well aware of Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, but how many other Jewish ballplayers had there been, and what kind of a legacy, if any, did they leave? Another former player, Ron Blomberg, also lives here in the Atlanta area and is best known as baseball's first Designated Hitter. I've known Ron and I knew I could get a jump start on interviewing the former Jewish players by starting with these two. Ron had also released a book of his own called "Designated Hebrew."
Andy: Yeah, I kind of wondered that myself! I also wonder if many of them experienced antisemitism similar to the way African Americans experienced racism once the color barrier in baseball was broken. Can you put some of that in perspective for us?
Dave: For the record, there have been between 150-200 Jewish major leaguers to play in the past 100 years. There were probably a good deal more, but many changed their names to sound more "gentile" to avoid discrimination, so we'll really never know just how many there were (Many folks also aren't aware that Jewish professional boxers and basketball players were a dominant force between 1920 – 1950).
Based on the 17 ballplayers I interviewed for this book, as well as everything else I uncovered through my research, there were definitely episodes of antisemitism experienced. However, it was not nearly as rampant and as harsh as what the African American players of the same period had to endure.
Andy: Is there any one specific story from your book that stands out as the most special to you?
Dave: I won't say there is one specifically because there truly were many I enjoyed. Some of these guys had pretty decent careers; Steve Stone had a very respectable 10 years, and was a Cy Young Award winner with the Baltimore Orioles before moving on to a successful broadcasting career. Ken Holtzman was a 3-time World Series Champion who pitched 2 no-hitters with the Cubs, and had more wins than Sandy Koufax. Other guys who had the aforementioned "cup of coffee" in the bigs, or who had less distinguished careers were still witness to greatness. For example, Norm Miller (played 9 seasons) was a member of the Atlanta Braves the night Hank Aaron hit # 714. Aaron, whose locker was right next to Miller, gave Norm a pair of his cleats. Miller would return them to Hammerin' Hank 20 years later.
Andy: Being that you've been in broadcasting yourself for almost 3 decades, did you find yourself inspired by Jewish broadcasters (I forgot to point out that yes, Dave is Jewish)?
Dave: Honestly, being Jewish really had nothing to do with what inspired me to get into broadcasting. A big part of it was listening to my cousin who had is own radio music show back near Boston where I grew up (In addition to being a die-hard Celtics, Bruins, & Red Sox fan, Dave is REALLY a fanatic for the musical group known as KISS). The combination of radio and sports just seemed like it would be a perfect fit. Lucky for me, it worked out. I did get a chance to meet Howard Cosell (Jewish!) when he was in town for a Monday Night Football game that coincided with his book signing ("I Never Played The Game"). I was working at WGST-AM here in Atlanta at the time and we had him on our sports talk show a few nights later. I was producing that show (which Joe Torre was hosting at the time after the Braves had let him go) and I called him at his house when it was time to have him on. I thought it was cool that he remembered meeting me at the book signing and he mentioned me on the air. I was thrilled! Cosell's real name was William Howard Cohen (we're not related)!
Andy: I knew Tony Curtis changed his name from Bernie Schwartz, but not Cosell! Last Question: You're a fan of the Original Retro Brand gear – Why?
Dave: Original Retro Brand is about tradition and I respect that. Being a Boston guy, I appreciate our teams don't change uni's and logo's. They stick to their tradition. Even though the Patriots switched logo's, they still break out the old "Pat the Patriot" for a few games every year.
I guess when you're Jewish, Tradition is very important! Thanks to Dave for his time, and I highly recommend this book for Jew & Gentile alike – it's simply a great sports book you will love! In addition to the Amazon link at the beginning of this post, you can also find Dave's book at Havenhurst Books.
If you're a big fan of the Original Retro Brand, and want to be featured on "5 Questions with…" please forward a picture of yourself wearing Original Retro Brand gear, and a brief description of what you do for a living or what you do that you think people might find pretty interesting to firstname.lastname@example.com If we like what we see, you may be contacted for an interview. You don't need to be an author/sportscaster like Dave to be featured, and we'll even send you an Original Retro Brand T-Shirt if we decide to post your story!


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Special Major
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Studies
Master of Science Interdisciplinary Studies
David Heifetz, Director
of Undergraduate Program
Office: SBS B-232, (310) 243-3640
Laura Robles, Dean, Graduate Studies and Research Office: WH A-340, (310) 243-3693
General Description
Students who have academic or professional goals that are not easily met by one of the regular degree programs at CSU Dominguez Hills may find that one of the undergraduate Special Majors programs or Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies/Special Major is more suitable to their unique needs and interests. Through these programs, students can integrate studies from two (or more) departments or schools, either concentrating on each equally or choosing one department or option as the primary emphasis with the other(s) as secondary.
Both undergraduate Special Major and Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies/Special Major programs are intended to be focused, pre- planned progressions toward well-defined objectives. A Special Major or Minor student will need an appropriate advisory committee chosen from the departments involved. The program of study for either the undergraduate Special Major/Minor or the Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies Major must be chosen from the represented departments and must be supportable by: (1) courses already offered in the regular degree programs; and (2) the expertise of members of CSU Dominguez Hills permanent faculty.
There are some restrictions with regard to the Special Major/Minor. Specific restrictions are described under each program; general restrictions include the following:
Undergraduate Special Major
This major is not to be used to:
o substitute for a recognized
undergraduate major offered
by the University.
o bypass normal graduation requirements.
o serve as an alternative to a program
in which the student
is in academic difficulty.
Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies/Special Major
This graduate option cannot be granted if the
student's objective(s) can be met by regular programs offered by other colleges
or universities in the Los Angeles area, nor can it be used
in place of degree requirements or graduate degree programs already offered on campus.
A student working toward the Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies /Special Major is subject to the University's policies and must complete all academic requirements prescribed by the University.
For selected students, the Special Major Programs provide an opportunity to pursue an individualized course of study in order to attain a Bachelor of Arts/Science or a Master of Arts/Science Degree. Thus, such a program would enable students to cut across regular academic areas to develop an integrated major, minor or graduate option tailored to their own educational and career goals.
Each Special Major (or minor) or Graduate IDS has a specially appointed faculty Advisory Committee. This committee works with and gives special attention to the student. With careful planning, most programs of study can be completed by attending evening and/or daytime classes.
Programs at both the bachelor's and master's level provide students with three unique features:
o the ability to create an educationally sound and intellectually rich program of study that answers the student's own particular needs, including career needs;
o a course of study that draws upon the
diverse curriculum of
the University yet focuses on study areas of particular interest;
o the opportunity to work closely with a selected group of faculty advisors.
Academic Advisement
Undergraduate students who wish to pursue a Special Major or Minor, MUST contact the Director of the Undergraduate Program (SBS B-232, (310) 243-3640). The Director will assist the student in contacting an appropriate faculty advisor.
The Office of Graduate Studies will assist the Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies major. Students interested in pursuing this program should phone (310) 243-3693 for an appointment.
Undergraduate Special Major/Minor
Since students must prepare a proposal in consultation with a faculty advisor and obtain approval from that advisor, members of the Advisory Committee, appropriate deans and the Coordinator of General Education before taking the courses comprising the major/minor, it is imperative that they do the necessary planning and paperwork as early as possible. Students should complete all lower division General Education requirements before beginning Special Major or Minor coursework.
Procedures for Declaring an Undergraduate Special Major or Minor
To initiate a Special Major or Minor, contact an appropriate faculty advisor directly or ask the assistance of the Director of the Advisement Center locating an advisor. In consultation with this advisor, prepare a proposal for either the undergraduate Special Major or Minor Program.
The proposal must include:
1. a written statement giving reasons for undertaking the Special Major or Minor in terms of academic and professional goals and explaining (a) why these goals cannot be met through the standard programs of the campus and (b) how they may be best pursued in a special program;
2. a tentative listing of courses and/or competencies that would, in the judgement of the student and his/her advisor, lead to the accomplishment of the stated goals.
The two-part proposal is then forwarded by the advisor to the appropriate academic dean(s), who appoint(s) faculty members from the major fields of interest to serve with the advisor on a Special Major or Minor Advisory Committee. The committee reviews and approves the two-part proposal and subsequently monitors the student's progress in the program once final approval is granted. After the Advisory Committee's initial approval of the proposal, it is forwarded in succession to the associate dean of academic affairs, to the appropriate dean(s) and to the vice president, academic affairs. Upon final approval, the proposal is returned to the associate dean of academic affairs. The student is not enrolled as a Special Major or Minor until this formal procedure is completed.
Graduation with Honors
An undergraduate student may be a candidate for graduation with honors in Special Major provided he or she meets the following criteria:
1. A minimum of 36 units in residence at CSU Dominguez Hills;
2. A minimum grade point average of at least 3.5 in all courses used to satisfy the upper division requirements in the major;
3. Recommendation by the faculty in the department or program in which the honors are to be awarded.
Major Requirements - B.A./B.S. (minimum 24 units)
Students completing this major will need to complete a minor.
Special Major Guidelines
1. Students must formally request admission to a Special Major Program following the procedures described above for declaring a Special Major or Minor.
2. Students may not use a Special Major to substitute for a recognized degree program not offered at CSU Dominguez Hills, e.g. Psychobiology.
3. The Special Major may not be used to bypass normal graduation requirements.
4. Students may not substitute the Special Major for a major in which they are having academic difficulty.
5. A student working toward the special major is subject to university-wide policy relative to admission, scholastic standards and graduation requirements.
6. In order to be admitted to the Special Major Program, students are required to have more than one full year of academic work still to be completed to meet minimum degree requirements. That is, students will not be admitted to the undergraduate Special Major unless they have 31 or more semester units to complete out of a total of 120 semester units.
7. The minimum requirement for the Special Major Degree is a program of at least 24 semester units of upper division work recommended by a student's major advisor.
8. Students cannot use the following types of courses to meet the minimum degree requirements for the undergraduate Special Major: neither (1) upper division or lower division courses used to meet General Education requirements, nor (2) professional educational courses, nor (3) graduate courses (500 level).
9. The requirement of a minor is applicable to all special major undergraduate students.
10. Students may not also pursue a Special Minor.
Minor Requirements (15 units)
1. Students must follow
the formal procedures for declaring
a Special Major or Minor.
2. Students may not pursue
a Special Minor if they also have
a Special Major.
3. A Special Minor must contain at least 15 upper division semester units, at least 10 of which must be taken after the proposal is approved.
4. Students cannot use the following types of courses to meet the minimum requirements for the Special Minor: Neither (1) upper division or lower division courses used to meet General Education requirements, nor (2) professional educational courses.
Major Requirements - M.A./M.S.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted into the Interdisciplinary Studies/Special Major graduate program the student must:
1. possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better in the last 60 semester units attempted (not including lower division or extension units);
2. submit two letters of recommendation from individuals who can evaluate the student's potential for graduate school;
3. schedule an interview with the Coordinator of the Graduate Special Major Program;
4. submit, along with the formal application to the program, 150-200 word, typed Statement of Purpose which describes the academic qualifications and educational goals of the applicant, and explains how the Special Major will support those goals;
5. be able to demonstrate the eligibility to take proposed graduate level courses;
6. complete the GRE General Test and score at least 4 on the GRE Analytical Writing Test;
7. demonstrate above average writing skills;
Degree Requirements
The Advisory Committee, which consists of at least three faculty members including the coordinator of the Graduate Special Major, helps the student prepare a program of study. The program of study must:
1. be in support of the student's major objectives as specified in the accepted program; (If a bachelor's degree and/or background does not adequately prepare the student for the proposed program, he/she may be required to take additional prerequisite coursework before admission to the program.)
2. include a minimum of 30 upper division and graduate level semester units approved by the Coordinator of Graduate Studies;
3. include a minimum of 21 semester units of 500 level courses;
4. include no lower division courses;
5. include no undergraduate courses in lieu of comparable graduate level courses;
6. include no more than 18 units from any one department;
7. make provision for a capstone activity (thesis or project); satisfactory completion of this requirement will be determined and certified by the Advisory Committee and the Dean of Graduate Studies;
8. include no more than three thesis units; descriptions of the Capstone Activity courses, signed by the faculty advisor must be attached to the program-of-study;
9. include no more than nine units of work completed prior to approval of this program;*
10. include no more than six units of independent study type courses; descriptions of these courses, signed by the faculty advisor must be attached to the program-of- study;*
11. be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies, the faculty committee and the chair of the departments involved.
12. meet all university requirements for the master's degree. Students should consult the section of the catalog entitled "Graduate Degrees and Postbaccalaureate Studies."
*Any units in excess of the maximum cannot be counted in the required 30 units.
The student's transcript will read: Master of Arts/Master of Science in
Interdisciplinary Studies in the focus or theme of study
in three words or less; the use of the name of an academic unit must first be approved by the unit and the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Students wishing to alter their program after it has been approved must repeat the same review process: they need to secure the approval of their Advisory Committee, the approval of the appropriate graduate coordinator(s), and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies, prior to any change.


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Ogden • On the one-year anniversary of his death, Jared Francom's family stood in front of Ogden's public safety building where the 30-year-old man was sworn in as an Ogden police officer on Feb. 7, 2005.
He loved being a police officer, his parents, Jade and Shelly Francom, said Friday.
So it was only fitting that the building be renamed after Francom, who died while on duty the night of Jan. 4, 2012, when the execution of a search warrant turned into a chaotic shoot-out at an Ogden home.
The building was renamed the Francom Public Safety Center during a ceremony on Friday. In attendance were Francom's family, including his wife, Erin Francom, and his two daughters, along with members of the public and other police officers and their families.
"It's just wonderful," Shelly Francom said after the short ceremony. "It's a good thing that helps make a bad memory good."
Erin Francom addressed the crowd briefly, expressing gratitude to the police department for renaming the building in her husband's honor.
"Jared died doing a job he loved," she said. "A job he did well."
Though Friday marked a day where they felt honored and grateful for the building renaming, Jade Francom said the day was also difficult for their family.
"The missing him part, it never goes away," the father said. "It gets stronger every day … [but] we know he's in a better place."
Francom, 30, was shot and killed while members of the Weber Morgan Narcotics Strike Force were serving a search warrant at an Ogden home. Five other agents were also injured. The alleged shooter, Matthew David Stewart, 38, also was injured in the shootout.
Ogden Police Chief Mike Ashment said after the ceremony that his feelings on the one-year anniversary could be summed up in one word: Proud.
"Proud of Jared," Ashment said. "What he did for the department. Proud of the fact that we were able to carry his memory forward."
Ashment described Francom as a "big teddy bear" an officer who was full of life, and loved his job.
The chief called the deadly shootout "the most horrific event in the history of Ogden Police," and said it has had an effect on the police department.
Though the policy was already in the works at the time of the shootout, Ashment said it has now become Ogden police policy that all officers must wear ballistic vests while on duty.
During testimony at a preliminary hearing for Stewart, two of the law enforcement personnel who served a warrant that night said they were not wearing a vest during the search warrant, either because of injury or a broken strap on the vest.
It is still unclear whether Francom was wearing a protective vest, and Ashment declined to comment Friday about the matter.
Ashment said the shootout has also changed the way that the department looks at how they do their job, and has brought home the reality of the inherent risks.
Ashment added that he was personally affected while attending Francom's funeral procession a year ago to see thousands of residents line the Ogden streets to honor the officer.
"That was touching," he said, his eyes brimming with tears.
Stewart is charged in 2nd District Court with aggravated murder for Francom's death, seven first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated murder for allegedly trying to kill the other officers, and one second-degree felony count related to alleged marijuana cultivation.
Prosecutors have said they plan to pursue the death penalty for Stewart in connection with Francom's slaying.
Stewart has pleaded not guilty to all counts. No trial dates have been set.
Stewart's family holds vigil
The family of Matthew David Stewart, accused in the killing of a police officer, holds a vigil on the anniversary of the shootout. › B2


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Schlobohm records double-double in defeat to UNC AshevilleDecember 28, 2011
Five Brevard players score double figures in 74-62 loss
Asheville, N.C. - Anna Schlobohm recorded her second double-double of the season leading five Tornados in double figures, but Kelli Riles led host UNC Asheville with 19 points and 16 rebounds as the Bulldogs held off Brevard on Wednesday evening in Kimmel Arena, 74-62.
The Tornados (5-4) battled back after trailing throughout the majority of the contest, taking the lead for the first time in the contest at 50-47 after a Micheala Watkins' three-pointer from the top of the key with 9:05 to play, but the Bulldogs (4-7) rallied as Riles recorded 13 of her game high 19 points in the second half as UNC Asheville held on for the victory.
Lacey Singletary led the Tornados with a career high 13 points and added three blocked shots, while Schlobohm recorded her second double-double on the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Brevard offense. Lindsay Brendle, Watkins and Taylor Hiatt all scored 10 points for the Tornados as Brevard shot 35.9 percent (23-64) from the floor in the contest.
Riles led four Bulldogs in double figures with 19 points and 16 rebounds, while Leah Wormack and Shonese Jones scored 13 points apiece in the win. Lindsey Thompson added 11 points, going a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the victory.
UNC Asheville got on the board first as Wormack put in the short jumper as the Bulldogs scored eight of the first 10 points in the game, holding the 8-2 advantage at the 16:57 mark. A layup by Schlobohm cut into the lead, but the Bulldogs went on an 8-4 run capped by three-pointers by Jones and Grace Blaylock as Asheville went up 16-6 with 12:56 to play.
Hiatt sparked a Tornado rally with a contested layup, making the following free throw attempt and Schlobohm hit a jumper from the right wing as Brevard battled back into the contest. A Jones three-point attempt was answered by a trey by Asheley Watkins and Brendle followed, getting fouled on a drive and the senior converted the old-fashioned three-point play as Brevard brought the game back to within one possession at 19-17 with 9:08 to play in the first half.
A Jones' layup ended the Tornados rally and Wormack hit a jumper in the paint to extend the Bulldogs lead to 23-17, but Brevard continued to press as Hiatt and Singletary scored baskets to put the score at 28-23 with 4:39 on the clock. Schlobohm hit a jumper and Singletary drove in for the layup for the Tornados, but UNC Asheville closed out the half with a 10-4 run capped by a three-pointer by Tacey Trammell from the right wing as the teams headed into the break with Asheville holding the 38-27 advantage.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 14 as Brittany Gwyn hit a three-pointer to open the scoring in the second half, but Brevard brought the game back to within single digits after Brendle scored three points and Singletary went in for the layup to put the score at 41-32 with 17:56 to play. Hiatt followed with a trey from the left wing as Brevard pressed the tempo at the beginning of the second half.
Following a Riles' free throw which put the Bulldogs up 45-37, the Tornados went on a 13-2 run, tying the game up for the first time on a Brendle free throw at the 9:47 mark, before taking their first lead of the contest on a Micheala Watkins three-pointer from the top of the key at 50-47 with 9:05 on the clock.
The Bulldogs retook the lead after layups by Thompson and Riles, going up 54-50 after a three-point play by Wormack at the 7:25 mark, but Brevard settled back into the game as the teams tied the game up three times and traded the lead twice over the next four minutes.
Asheville broke a 60-60 deadlock on a Jones free throw attempt and Riles scored six straight points as the Bulldogs went on an 11-0 run to go up 69-60 with 56 seconds to play. The Tornados continued to battle back, but the Bulldogs were able to put the game away from the free throw line as Asheville went 9-for-10 from the charity stripe over the last 1:28 as the Tornados fell 74-62
Brevard is back in action in the new year as they return to South Atlantic Conference play when they make the trip to Jefferson City, Tenn. on Wednesday, January 4th to take on Carson-Newman College. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Eagles in Holt Fieldhouse is set for 4 p.m.


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I just finished having a great conversation with James Croft of the blog Temple of the Future for this week's episode of The Camels With Hammers Show. There is a special announcement related to James's blog at the end of the interview. We had some technical difficulties so the interview took the form of two parts.
In the first video we talked primarily about my stance in favor of civility. I have in recent months controversially argued that members of marginalized groups shouldn't embrace using abusive language as a routine method of fighting oppression. I decided to run these views by James, who is himself gay and a vigorous activist for both atheist and gay causes.
In the second video, James answers my questions about whether people with social privilege can ever learn enough about out-group experiences in order to offer critical suggestions to members of marginalized groups or whether an epistemic privilege stemming from marginalization can be absolute. Then the rest of the video is spent discussing questions about controversies in the atheist community related to how to relate to religious people and how atheists can go about meeting people's needs that most people presently turn to religion for–without turning atheism into a religion itself.
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First-Year Reading Experience gets graphic
At first glance, the University of South Carolina's First-Year Reading Experience 2009 selection might appear to be a very thick black-and-white comic book. But don't judge a book by its cartoon-embellished cover.
For those familiar with graphic novels, The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a gem of the genre, an illustrated coming-of-age story set in Iran that offers a nuanced perception of life in a culturally complex country. A movie based on the book won the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize.
Persepolis is being distributed to Carolina's incoming class of some 4,000 freshmen during summer orientation, and the First-Year Reading Experience (FYRE) will be held Aug. 17 at the Carolina Coliseum.
Qiana Whitted, an assistant professor in English at the Columbia campus, will begin the morning with observations of the literary value of the text and the evolution of the graphic novel genre. Whitted will be followed by a keynote address from Waleed El-Ansary, an assistant professor of religious studies.
Persepolis was suggested by a student on the FYRE book selection committee.
"The committee wasn't uniformly familiar with graphic novels, so it was a learning experience for everyone," said Helen Doerpinghaus, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of undergraduate studies. "I have to say that I've never seen so much excitement over a book selected for the First-Year Reading Experience."


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The Land of the Sea (海の国, Umi no Kuni) is featured in episode 169 through episode 173. It consists of several islands, Mother Island being the main one. It's surrounded by three other islands; Jiro, Taro, and Demon Islands. Jiro Island is where Anko Mitarashi was abandoned and taken as a test subject for the Cursed Seal of Heaven by Orochimaru, and was eventually found by the Anbu.
Orochimaru had a hideout here, and several of his forbidden experiments were conducted here as well. One of his subordinates continued the work after Orochimaru abandoned it, leading to attacks on the local ships. It is not a prosperous nation, and relies on shinobi from Kirigakure for protection.


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In the Hamptons, people shake their heads and think of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's children.July 13, 2008 fashionNews
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An Ideal Husband
How to dodge mates who would maul your happiness.July 6, 2008 opinionOp-Ed
Christie Brinkley, Cindy Sherman and Chuck Close Take to the Hamptons Circuit
Artists and collectors flock to Guild Hall's summer gala, while a new benefit helps Asian elephants....
August 21, 2016, Sunday
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Eileen Ford's Legacy
For a time, there was no more powerful person in fashion than Eileen Ford, particularly for the young women she discovered and made into stars....
July 20, 2014, Sunday
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The New Seats of Power
New York's elite are increasingly networking over a trim, a shave or a coloring treatment....
March 7, 2013, Thursday
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Karl Lagerfeld's oversize hula-hoop beach bag seems to have tapped into a newfound affection for the hula hoop, as a fashion statement and an exercise device....
November 18, 2012, Sunday
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The cover girl shows the best place in her house to watch meteor showers — and warns against surgically enhanced lips....
August 5, 2012, Sunday
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Leaving Animals Out of the Cosmetics Picture
Even a "cruelty-free" label adopted by some cosmetics companies doesn't have a universal meaning....
December 29, 2011, Thursday
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An AIDS Gala, With Honors and a Few Red Carpet Jitters
Miguel Bosé was among those given awards for their work to fight AIDS, and Winona Ryder agonized over posing for the paparazzi....
November 12, 2011, Saturday
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Christie Brinkley will make her Broadway acting debut in the musical "Chicago" this spring....
February 7, 2011, Monday
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Billy Joel's Daughter Hospitalized in Manhattan
Alexa Ray Joel was admitted on Saturday after swallowing an unknown number of pills, a law enforcement official said....
December 6, 2009, Sunday
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Good coffee, sailing and above all, family and friends, add up to an idyllic time for a pillar of the Hamptons....
August 23, 2009, Sunday
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Baby Talk
Work discrimination occurs when an employee is treated differently than other employees due to a prejudice.
Hey Mom!
Although the law protects you from discrimination, don't push your luck by letting an obsession with thoughts about baby consume your work time. It's usually a good idea to keep up a professional attitude and avoid constant talk of checkups, sonograms, and baby names at work. If you're bursting with news, look for a sympathetic co-worker to talk to (maybe one who just had her own baby), but keep the general conversation on subjects other than your pregnancy.
Daddy Alert!
The Family and Medical Leave Act applies to you also. If you have worked at your present company for at least a year, you are entitled by this federal law to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Ask someone in your personnel department for the details!
It wasn't so long ago that there were no laws to protect pregnant women on the job. If an employer didn't want a pregnant woman at work, he or she could fire her. If a woman wanted to come back to work after delivering her child, there was no guarantee the job would still be there for her. Today, things have changed for the better, and there are a number of federal and state laws that will protect you during your pregnancy. But unfortunately, discrimination against pregnant workers still exists. If you don't know what the law is, it certainly is possible that you can miss out on rights that are legally yours. The two most notable laws protecting pregnant women are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which was passed in 1978, gives pregnant women the same rights as others with "medical conditions" by prohibiting job discrimination. This law, which applies to companies employing 15 or more people, says…
- Your employer cannot fire you because you are pregnant.
- Your employer cannot force you to take mandatory maternity leave.
- You must be granted the same health, disability, and sickness-leave benefits as any other employee who has a medical condition.
- You must be given modified tasks, alternate assignments, disability leave, or leave without pay (depending on company policy).
- You are allowed to work as long as you can perform your job.
- You are guaranteed job security during your leave.
- During your leave, you continue to accrue seniority and remain eligible for pay increases and benefits.
This is a discrimination law that protects you from being treated differently than other employees. On the one hand, this is good, but it also means that if your company doesn't provide job security or benefits to other employees, it doesn't have to provide them to you.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Family and Medical Leave Act, which was passed in 1993, applies to companies that employ 50 or more people within a 75-mile radius of the workplace. It says that if you have been employed for at least one year by the company you now work for, and work at least 25 hours a week, you can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in any 12-month period for the birth of your baby. All 12 weeks of maternity leave can be taken at the same time or they can be broken up over the course of the year before or after the birth of your baby. Under this law, you must be restored to an equivalent position with equal benefits when you return. (A loophole in this law says this doesn't apply to employees in the top 10 percent compensation bracket.) You can find more detailed information at the FMLA website (www.do.gov/dol/esa/fmla.htm).
Federal laws set the minimum on what you must be allowed if you work for a middleto large-sized company. But your state laws or company policies might offer even more. For example, some states provide disability insurance if you have to leave work because of pregnancy or birth. Some companies offer paid maternity leaves. It's up to you to find out what you're entitled to. Consult the personnel director of your company's human resources department about company policy. And contact your state labor office for state laws regarding pregnancy.
The laws regarding work and pregnancy have been written in response to a strong need for fairness. When you ask for a maternity leave, you are not asking for anything that you are not entitled to. So don't hesitate to take advantage of the laws that women before you have fought long and hard to enact.


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Nirvana's Krist Novoselic guests on new Modest Mouse album
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Modest Mouse will have a little help from Krist Novoselic on their long-awaited new album. The Nirvana bassist explained in a recent interview that he worked with the band on one of their new songs for the still-untitled record, which he calls "pretty edgy."
Novoselic said last summer that he was hanging out and playing with Modest Mouse, but at the time he said he wasn't sure if anything would come out of it. So far there's no word when the new Modest Mouse music will be released, but the band reportedly hopes to have it out by next year.
The album will be the first from Modest Mouse since their 2009 EP No One's first and You're Next, and their first full-length effort since 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.