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The state's first ever wolf hunting and trapping season is history.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Wednesday, Jan. 2, the wolf season would close in the last open zone at the end of shooting and trapping hours the following day.
"Our plan was to close the season when the harvest was at or projected to reach 400 (wolves)," said Dan Stark, large carnivore specialist for the DNR in a statement.
Harvest numbers out of the last open zone, the northwest zone, showed that 181 wolves had been registered.
Late and early season wolf harvest numbers combined total was 395 animals.
DNR officials insist they've been conservative in setting the 400-wolf harvest season blink-off threshold.
Wolf hunters in the east-central zone, a rectangle east of the Mississippi River including the cities of Milaca and Hinckley, have taken nine wolves late season, according to the Department of Natural Resources website.
The DNR closed the east-central zone on Dec. 14.
In the Arrowhead or northeast zone, which includes the cities of Duluth and Virginia, hunters and trappers took 58 wolves late season and the DNR also closed this zone.
While having fewer than 750 wolves in the 1950s, it's estimated that Minnesota had a stable wolf population of about 3,000 animals going into the hunting and trapping season.
The state's wolf population is the largest of any state in the lower 48, according to the DNR.
Legislators are pleased with the results of the wolf season.
"I think it's been going very, very well," said Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, shortly before closure of the season.
Hackbarth, former environment and natural resources committee chairman, personally believed the 400-animal cutoff should have been higher.
But the DNR went with a more conservative number, and he accepted it, Hackbarth said.
Incoming House Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee Chairman David Dill, DFL-Crane Lake, also said the season was going well.
"I have not heard a single complaint by any hunter or trapper," said Dill, speaking in late December.
Although withholding judgement for now, Dill senses the reason why zones have closed early is because the state's wolf population is actually larger than currently believed.
"That's what I suspect," he said.
Hunters in the early wolf-hunting season, that closed on Nov. 18, took 147 wolves.
In the east-central zone, hunters registered eight wolves, with 61 wolves being registered in the northeast zone and 78 in the northwest zone.


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Miyuki documents art and LGTBQ+ artists all over the world. This brightly colored and well organized series features interviews with activists, organizers, DJs, photographers, rappers, and performance artists. The queer communities interviewed are diverse and live in countries of varying acceptance.
Interviews and pieces that stand out to me are a profile on Yongnam Goon (Lil Twink), a queer Asian rapper from South Korea, and the history of the controversial performance art exhibit "Brother Cane" in Singapore.
Miyuki had great connections to community organizers and was able to share a lot of information about the daily lives of visibly queer people around the world. This zine is enlightning, entertaining, and easily acsessible online!
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Nickelodeon Launches DORA ROCKS! New Limited-Edition Product Line
Nickelodeon today announced an exclusive apparel, toy and specialty goods line inspired by DORA ROCKS!, the music-themedhalf-hour primetime special which premiered in January. Available now exclusively at Target Stores nationwide and on Target.com through April, the product line features musical elements, vivid colors and a fresh new outfit for Dora. Emmy award-winning Dora the Explorer currently reaches more preschoolers than any other show on television (12.4 million), and averages a 4.9/661,000 K2-5 and 1.5 million total viewers.
"We are excited to bring the Dora Rocks! experience to Target's guests," said Ron Johnson, senior vice president of Retail Development, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. "Dora Rocks! extends the interactivity kids and parents have come to expect from the show, bringing Dora into their homes with specially designed products."
Dora Rocks! features an array of themed products, only available at Target, including:
- Exclusive apparel and accessories such as T-shirts, backpacks, shoes and more
- A DVD package, distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, featuring the direct-to-DVD release of "Dora Rocks!"
- Dora Rocks! Music from the Special & More CD featuring 12 upbeat tracks including the series theme song and tunes from the television special
- Dora Rocks! themed bedding, toys, games, headphones, musical instruments, books and activities.
In "Dora Rocks," Benny has a sing-along party where he and Dora perform a special song together. Before they arrive at Benny's Barn, Dora and Boots must use a microphone for the animals to create a rocky avalanche to cross Rumble Canyon. When they discover that Benny forgot to send out invitations to his party, they use the microphone again to call all of their friends to the barn for the sing-along.


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Thursday evening, a presentation entitled "Finding Your Passion within the Business World" was headed by several organizations and sponsored by the Rutgers-Camden School of Business. The event was held in the Campus Center's multipurpose room. Seeking to compel students into discovering what they want post graduation, the event saw four panelists with lucrative careers provide feedback and encouragement to those looking to see what it takes to succeed in today's society.
Beginning at four o'clock, students were given the opportunity to network with several companies before the introduction to the discussion. Members of Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting Society, the Career Center, the Ecommerce Society, Rutgers-Camden's Management Association, Marketing Association, MBA Association and Academic Services Office were all present and networking with potential candidates before the discussion began.
After a welcome from Jason Marsdale, President of the Marketing Association, the newly crowned Dean of the School of Business Jaishankar Ganesh opened the floor by introducing the guest speakers and heating the conversation by talking about the meaning of passion in the work world.
"In this economy, getting a job is difficult. I'm so happy our students are not just happy about getting a job but getting a job they are excited and passionate about rather than finding themselves very good at a job but not passionate about it," he said. "You then have a small but happy group of those who are both extraordinarily good at what they do but it is also their passion. Our speakers are going to teach us how we can light ourselves on fire with passion."
First introduced was James Harte, the Executive Director of 601 Information Systems LLC who graduated from RU-C in 1997 with degrees in accounting and finance. Harte spoke about the differences between having to choose between working from the get go for a large firm or being a "big fish in a small pond". He talked about being offered a job in Public Accounting at Bowman and Company but then explained that wasn't his passion.
"I knew what I was passionate about was put in my head at Rutgers," he said before explaining how his love of technology led to him playing a role as the second member of the companies IT support team in 1998 before becoming head of 601 in 2005.
Raluca Ratiu, the Senior Manager for Trading Managed Account Solutions at Lockwood Advisors Inc and a RU-C graduate in 2001, talked about her experience coming into the finance world. After describing interning for Merrill Lynch her senior year, Ratiu described her early frustrations.
"It was like nothing that I had expected and I remember crying about what I had gotten myself into," she said. She then talked about going back to her boss and explaining her concerns over a potential inability to sell products over the phone.
"I ended up interested in trading securities and my boss's partner was a broker. I now oversee close to 100 thousand accounts," she said.
Linda Verba who serves as TD Bank's Executive Vice President of Store Operations and Service Programs talked about jumping from getting a degree in Education from Penn State to career now. "All jobs are about people skills, managing up, down and around. Growing up I didn't think I'd be a banker, but when you're in a leadership role coaching becomes part of your passion. I believe it is all about the customer and people skills that separate the ranks in fate from leadership," she said.
Fourth, Angelo Scialfa, President of Fox Run Group spoke of his leap from a career in being a radio DJ to sport's marketing and advertising.
"My story is different in that my passion was listening to music but I found work as a DJ to be boring. I loved the music but the job wasn't my passion. I then got involved in marketing and research. I absolutely love sales and marketing," he said.
"My passion right now is working with companies and helping them succeed. I fell into my passion."
Next, Moderator Ganesh opened the floor for students and faculty alike to ask the panelists a series of questions. Questions ranged from the differences between jumping from a large to a small company, asking about mentorship, how to integrate passion with technology all the way to the best advice that the executives had ever received and what their professional flaws are, along with how they deal with those flaws in the business world.
"Jumping from being a big fish in a small pond starts with personality," explained Harte. "I knew when I was here I had alumni connections and was an involved student. I ended up taking a lower salary from a larger regional firm and don't regret it for one minute."
Ratiu added, "My experience here put me in a similar boat on deciding whether to go with a small or a large company. I went with a small money management firm in downtown Philly where I grew so much." She went on to explain what working in a small company did for her.
"When you work for a small business your office might be right next to the CEO's. You are amid a family atmosphere, and when I graduated Rutgers I was able to see what any department did and how to blend in." She said.
On integrating their passion with their work, Angelo Scialfa talked about the interview process. "You are expected to be asked questions," he said. "Why not turn that around and ask what the company's needs are and if your ideas collaborate? It comes down to asking better questions," he said.
"Do your homework on the company," said Verba. "Spend your time wisely on where you want to work and you have to make sure the company's culture and values are comparable to your own".
One thing that all had in common was mentors over the course of their careers. For Verba, it was a boss who ended up becoming her sponsor after her jump to TD bank. Ratiu talked about a Rutgers professor whose office she visited frequently and whose good friend introduced her to her first job. Scialfa mentioned a long distance mentor (he was in NY, the mentor in Denver) and how it influenced him to eventually have his own "personal board of advisors", that he can always count on for advice.
One of the more humorous interesting questions had to do with the best career advice each executive ever received.
Harte talked about working as a bartender at a Spanish restaurant while in school. "The owner of the company didn't like corporate America and one day told me that whatever is keeping you from moving forward, what scares you to death, go to bed tonight, and tomorrow make that move."
"You control your career, not your boss. No one else does," said Ratiu. "About a year ago I was in that juncture of my life when I took hold of my career and followed my gut feeling."
"First impressions are everlasting," added Verba.
Both Verba and Scialfa also concentrated heavily on encouraging students to "personally brand themselves". Verba maintained that it is up to the individual to create a brand and realize that even know brands do change over time they are still crucial. Scialfa mentioned his own personal presentation on branding and how he even encourages his children to introduce themselves to everyone when they enter a room.
The most versatile responses might have been when the professionals were asked about their biggest flaws.
"It's that my passion for excellence can be overwhelming," said Verba. "I have very high expectations for myself and those who work with me."
Scialfa mentioned that earlier in his career he was overly controlling of those who worked for him. "You have to let people go out and do their job, do it well and look at the results," he said.
"I have overcompensated for others," admitted Ratiu. "I had to learn how to ask for help and what it means to be on a team.
Professor Ganesh then called for the end of the discussion and President Jason Marsdale gave a lengthy thanks to all for attending before ending the event with the raffling of an iPod.
The presentation was well received by students and faculty alike.
"This was a great event," said Dean Ganesh. "We had an excellent panel that gave very relevant responses to the Q/A session.
Said Steven Byrd, the current Vice President of the Marketing Association. "This is all about finding your passion. We brought in executives from major marketing, management, finance and Ecommerce to educate student and help them discover what they like in the business.
"I think it's great we can get the exposure of all these leading business people, take their experiences, as well as relate them to our lives and how we strive to reach that status in the future," said Kevin Walsh, who will serve as Vice President of the Marketing Association next semester.
Katie Walsh, the General Assembly Officer for the Marketing Association mentioned, "I know one of the main topics is to get students comfortable networking because a lot of times they can be timid and it is important to be able to talk to people".
Attendees of the event spoke about their reasons for coming out to hear from the panel.
Heather Lowney, a political science major, stated that "I'm friends with most of the marketing association and wanted to get advice on getting a job especially in the bad market. Everybody needs to be business savvy, including arts and science majors."
Arif Mortuza, who is majoring in accounting, said that "I'm here because I found out about this from my professor and would like to gain some insight in the business world."
Sehrish Khan, who is studying management, stated that "I'm thinking about going into accounting. I'm here today to see what kinds of jobs are out there and how to get myself out there."
Jessie Armstrong who is the Sustainability Officer at Beta Alpha Psi, told Gleaner staff that "We're trying to recruit interested members in our honorary association for accounting and finance majors. Getting people to join and pledge to be a member of the association is good for the resume and teaches leadership."
By the event's end, the most optimistic words might have come from the President of the Marketing Association himself.
"I think today was the beginning of what hopefully will be an annual event. Today's professionals provided our students with a competitive advantage," said Marsdale before adding, "Find what it is that energizes you or makes you excited and turn that into a profession."


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"We knew what we wanted with the martial arts in this movie,'' Simon Pegg says. ''But we developed a very special style: we call it pub fu.'' He's talking about the surprisingly robust action sequences - many of them taking place within the confines of a pub - in his new film, The World's End.
It's an apocalypse-pub crawl-horror-comedy, the third in a series he's made with long-time collaborators Nick Frost and co-writer and director Edgar Wright. Following 2004's Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (2007), The World's End is the final instalment of what the trio like to call ''the Cornetto trilogy''. The idea for this movie had been knocking around for several years but was put on hold, partly because they were doing other projects and partly because of the nature of the comedy.
''I don't think we were ready back then, creatively or emotionally, to make it,'' Pegg says. ''We had to reach that crucial point - the 40 moment - that obviously inspires certain thoughts and re-evaluations.''
The three made forays into Hollywood. Wright's work as a writer-director included Scott Pilgrim vs the World, a clever, inventive adaptation of the graphic-novel series. Frost and Pegg wrote and starred in a comedy, Paul, about two geeks who meet an alien. Pegg had roles in The Adventures of Tintin, the Mission: Impossible series and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek films.
Even so, at 40, thought and re-evaluation is the last thing going through the mind of Pegg's character, Gary King. Wright describes him as ''a walking car crash of a man, deeply deeply flawed'', who nevertheless will play a significant role in the fate of humankind.
The movie begins with a flashback to a night in 1990, when Gary and four of his mates set out to follow the legendary Golden Mile of their fictional home town, Newton Haven. The course consists of 12 pubs, beginning with an establishment called the First Post, and finishing at the World's End. Their task: to have a beer in each one. But something went very wrong on that night, and Gary is determined to put things right.
His life hasn't worked out as he might have hoped: his version of a 12-step recovery program is ''to get the band back together'', Blues Brothers style, and follow the Golden Mile one more time. Persuading his friends (played by Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan and Paddy Considine) takes all his ingenuity: they've all left their home town and got on with their lives, have families and jobs and a sense of gravitas. They're not interested in going back, while Gary can't think of doing anything else.
Gradually, the characters' defences break down. ''Alcohol acts as a kind of time machine,'' Wright says, ''and I wanted the actors to become more childlike. They are sucked down this regressive rabbit hole, so they're like little kids on this adventure.''
One of the influences on the story was a script he wrote when he was 21 about teenagers on a pub crawl.
''I never did anything with it,'' Wright says. But he admits: ''I did try to recreate the night with Simon and Nick, when I was in my late 20s, and was struck by how pathetic it was.''
Another element in the narrative is the nature of going back. ''Me and Simon are from small towns,'' Wright says, ''and we constantly have that strange, bitter-sweet experience of going back home and increasingly feeling alienated. Have I changed or has the town changed? And the answer is both.''
Alcohol acts as a kind of time machine ... the characters are sucked down this regressive rabbit hole, so they're like little kids on this adventure.
In Newton Haven, the answer to the question takes on a particularly sinister comic resonance. It's a revelation that has some familiar, comically explored science-fiction twists.
To underscore the theme of change and control, Pegg says, ''We wanted to shoot it in a garden city, one of those purpose-built postwar suburbs that are very designed. When you look at them from above, they're like crop circles.''
Frost extols the virtues of Marcus Rowland, who has been their production designer since the 1990s TV series Spaced, on which they all worked. ''There's not a piece of the frame he hasn't left his mark on,'' he says. The movie is full of small details, clues to what's going on, constant foreshadowing, Pegg says.
They call the film series the Cornetto trilogy, and make sure an ice-cream cone always makes an appearance. ''It's a silly connecting tissue,'' Wright says, but it's a way of light-heartedly signalling a sense of continuity. Apart from each film exploring a different genre - zombie movies in Shaun of the Dead, mismatched-cop buddy films in Hot Fuzz, a particular strand of science fiction in The World's End - there are recurring themes. ''They're all about the individual versus collective, about taking responsibility, and about perpetual adolescence.'' Frost and Pegg are planning to write another script together. ''We have an idea, but the one we have at this point would work better if we were slightly older,'' Frost says. Pegg describes it as ''quite improvisational in design'' and reckons it will work best in about five or six years.
''The good thing for us is that we're friends anyway,'' he says. ''Whether or not we work together, we'll see each other and be in each other's lives. Maybe we'll take a break for a while, maybe we'll do a bunch of stuff apart, to change the way we're regarded. People have got used to seeing us together.''
Pegg's next project is an Australian film: he's looking forward to come back in September, he says, to do a noir thriller, Kill Me Three Times. It will be shot in Perth and directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog).
Frost has a new comedy coming out this year, Cuban Fury, a comeback story about a former salsa champion looking for redemption.
Wright, meanwhile, has a big-budget superhero project he's been working on for several years about one of Marvel Comics' lesser-known figures: Ant-Man. It's in
pre-production. There's one clear advantage to a project that has been delayed for a while, he says. ''The longer it has taken for it to happen, the better the special effects will be.''
The ancient art of Chortle Kombat
Australian martial artist and fight choreographer Brad Allan, who got his start with Jackie Chan's team, was enlisted for The World's End to help the British filmmakers create the new form of martial arts they envisioned: ''pub fu''.
''We wanted these scenes to be one continuous shot; long takes with very few cutaways,'' says co-writer Simon Pegg, who plays a 40-year-old setting out to recreate an epic pub crawl he and his mates did two decades earlier.
''No weapons, no guns or knives, just good old-fashioned brawling,'' co-star Nick Frost says. ''And it's nice to see actors actually doing it. We love doing our own stunts, and we did 99 per cent of it. I can't think of something I didn't do.'' He pauses. ''Oh, hang on, yes, I can: there was a forward roll through a broken window that they didn't let me do.''
The legendary Chan is one of the people thanked in the credits of The World's End. And at the Australian premiere of the movie, in a Melbourne Central cinema, director Edgar Wright said it was particularly pleasing to be at a place where Chan had shot Mr Nice Guy (1997). Chan carried a famous escalator stunt sequence at the city shopping centre.
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I've felt like such a travel bug recently hopping from country to country and I still have a few more places lined up for the summer which I am really excited about :D Last week I spent the week on a gorgeous Greek island Kefalonia with my boyfriend and his family where they lived for 3 years. It was just what we needed, a week of sun, sea and sand. Pure relaxation.
If you have seen the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin, you will know that Kefalonia holds a lot of history from the Second World War. So as we drove around the island through the forever winding mountains it was really interesting to see the places where the historical events between the Greeks, Italians, and the Germans took place.
One thing I loved about the island is that it's unspoiled. The roads, buildings and homes are completely untouched, giving the island an unchangeable character. The beaches are stunning, totally natural and with crystal clear water reflecting ever shade of blue.
We had a lot of fun in the short week we were out there for. We did kayaking, sailing, snorkeling, all surrounded with great company, tasty food and blissful weather.
Not a single part of me wanted to leave so it was sad when we had to say goodbye to the beautiful island but we'll be back again for sure.
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Henry Van Damme has jumped eagerly into his college career at Holy Cross. He is thankful for the Holy Cross experience he's had so far which has allowed him to be a varsity athlete while also enjoying the freedom to explore and engage with ideas and people at the College. Learn more about Van Damme's experience at Holy Cross »
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Stephanie Ortiz is very grateful for the financial assistance she's received from Holy Cross. This "gift" has provided her with the opportunity to pursue a liberal arts education and fulfill her dreams of working and teaching within the deaf community. Learn more about Ortiz's Holy Cross experience »


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What does it take to do an extensive thru-hike? Planning, planning, planning.
Travel blog Gadling has a great ongoing video series by writer Adam Kaufman who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail last summer. They've already covered two of the basics: gear and food. Hop on over, watch and get inspired!
2,000 plus miles is serious business. According to the Pacific Crest Trail Association, of the roughly 300 people or so that start on the trail every year, about 60% of them finish. Interested in learning more? Check out the PCTA's website.
Have you ever done a thru-hike? Are you planning one for this summer? Tell us about it!
You can check out Gadling's full series of PCT videos here.
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_"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence; from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependency back again into bondage."
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A Woman's Worth
I have been a mother all of my adult life. A single working mother. I put off dating, took menial jobs far beneath my qualifications and baked my share of ginger bread cookies for PTA Night, all so that three incredible children could have a better life. I chose their lives over mine. I don't have to tell you that it wasn't easy. Unfortunately, my story, our story, is not unique.
But in this country I love, she has been afforded the ability to run. The very constitution she says doesn't apply to the men at Guantanamo says she can. But this is about more than that.
But, whatever our struggle was (and is) that last thing I want is to be patronized. Just as I cannot support just any African American who decides to offer themselves up for public service, I will not toss my vote to someone just because we share the same chromosome mix. To do so would dishonor the vow I made to my children, to myself. I did not vote for Al Sharpton, wasn't old enough (nor would I have) voted for Jesse Jackson and I certainly will not support Sarah Palin. Identity politics, especially in this case, are a sham of the worst order.
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From: MichaelTo: JamesSent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:21 AMSubject: RE: Hit the Border, Obama Comin'
I have to tell you Jimmy that this is about the most offensive email I have ever received and I find it very disturbing that you are distributing and obviously supporting the ignorant and insulting message of this James David Manning. Understand that even though I am an Obama supporter, it doesn't matter to me that you support McClain. My own wife Jan supports McClain. However, the absurd arguments made by Manning truly demean every African-American and is an embarrassment that a Black man, a minister no less, would publicly make such reprehensible statements. I wish you the best in your life because I know you have a good heart, but please take me off your distribution email list---Michael.
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From: TheresaTo: JamesSent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:13 AMSubject: RE: Courage and IntellectI won't listen to these broadcasts because I have the intellect to know that this man is not a christian by any means and evidently you are confused as to what a christian is. Gods greatest gift to us is LOVE. All he wants us to do is love one another as he loves us, and treat each other with respect. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I have heard this person speak before and he does not speak as a christian, let alone a preacher. He belittles people with his deragatory, unkind remarks. Undoubtly something happened in his past that make him feel so inferior that he has to build himself up by belittling others. He is hiding behind the auspices of being a preacher and the pretense of doing God's work in order to say and do whatever he wishes. This man has so many skeletons a closet could not hold them he had to rent a warehouse. I will pray for him and you and ask God to enlighten and send love to both of you so that you both may experience life, right now you two are among the walking dead and will not be able to experience the love of Christ and the holy family until you banish sin and hatred and love and pray for everyone, even those who have offended you. May God instill Love, Peace and Joy in you heart and send many blessings your way. Love Always!
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Business and tax groups welcomed Treasurer
The Treasurer announced on Sunday that the government would release the Henry report, along with its initial response, "by budget time", so the community could have a "mature" debate about it.
Business groups said the tabling of the report would end the uncertainty and speculation that has occurred since the report was handed to the government by Treasury secretary
But there was concern that the government might try to bury the controversial report by releasing it on budget night on May 11, when analysts were distracted.
"The Taxation Institute calls on the government to release the Henry review and a government response separately to the budget, to properly enable a thoughtful and mature public discussion about tax reform," senior tax counsel Robert Jeremenko said on Monday. "Releasing it on budget night is no way to treat a once-in-a-generation opportunity for tax reform."
CPA Australia's Paul Drum said he was concerned the report could become a "political football". "I had a feeling it could be released on budget night," he said.
"That's the reason the government would like to do it that way, because it takes the focus off."
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry policy director Greg Evans was less concerned. "We'd like it out as soon as possible," he said. "If it coincides with budget, I'm sure it will still get a lot of focus."
The opposition yesterday repeated calls for the report to be released immediately. "The government should immediately release the report to allow taxpayers and businesses to participate in a well-informed discussion about tax reform," shadow assistant treasurer
State premiers have demanded to see the report before they consider signing up to the Prime Minister's health reform agenda at next month's heads of government meeting.
Dr Henry gave the report to the government in December after conducting a comprehensive review of federal, state and local taxes in the previous 18 months.
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Seychelles weather
The Seychelles are situated between 4° and 5° South in the Indian Ocean and have a pleasant tropical maritime climate. Mahé is the largest island and has hills rising to 900m / 3,000ft - the other islands are generally low-lying. The islands of the Seychelles are about 1,300km / 800mls from the coast of East Africa. The lush green vegetation is a result of these climatic conditions so depending on the altitude, the amount of rainfall varies but it is generally higher on the southern sides of the islands - these areas are more exposed to the dominant south-east trade winds. The wettest months are November to March when it rains a lot with sudden downpours that are over very quickly (as always in the tropics). Tropical cyclones rarely, if ever, affect The Seychelles.
The sun shines on average seven hours a day and the days are about the same length - eleven to twelve hours. Western visitors will be amazed how fast darkness falls and quickly the day appears. Regular sea breezes during the daytime moderate the combination of high temperatures and high humidity. Temperatures vary only 2 degrees throughout the year between approx. 24° and 26°.
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Seen three different reported accounts of 1 hit take downs at or above 10500 health causing unconciousness and death (due to bleeding out/zombie eating you while unconcious).
We're not sure if it's a bug or a fluke, or supposed to be this difficult, but someone with full blood who's completely decked out in gear is getting taken down by one lucky shot, and remaining unconcious for an inordinate amount of time in some cases to the point of death. Perhaps a bit unfair.
Again not sure if it's a bug, or working as intended, but wanted to report it anyway.
Updated by Livid about 5 years ago
Edit: From zombie attacks only from what I can tell.
To be more specific, all three cases were solitary one on one encounters with zombies, not rampaging hordes or multiples. The zombie squeezes in a lucky shot, and that first hit takes you instantly from 12000 blood straight to unconsciousness. Then, between bleeding out and having a single zombie eat on you, by the time I lost all my blood and died, my unconscious timer had just barely hit the halfway marker. So the question is two part. Is it intended to be knocked out at such high levels of blood (is it just a dice roll or dependent upon blood levels?) and is the unconscious meter supposed to last that long starting out at such high blood levels?
Updated by Griseus about 5 years ago
Had some problems with these states too, but was not hit. Reconnected to different servers to find one without huge FPS drop, and just falling unconcious for long time. Then Z spawned \ came close to me and killed while still in this state (5-10 min).


text: Bloomington City Manager David Hales said he wasn't nervous about the speculation that State Farm might have a move in mind â¿¿ several local elected officials are current and past State Farm employees and the city is in regular contact with the company. But he said he can't afford to take for granted that State Farm will just stay put."Not in this age of constant change," he said. ___ Follow David Mercer on Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidmercerap


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On 8/22/05, Paul Rae <PRae at aminocom dot com> wrote:
> sorry missed the bit on the 300t - have never needed to do that when i used a 300t, nor do i need
to do it on my adslnation dsl modem.
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Yeah, I get the feeling it's a deliberate crippling of the modem on
D-link's part to differentiate between it and more complicated
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by Staff Writers
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Nov 05, 2012
NASA is exploring options for larger payload fairings to enhance the cargo carrying capabilities of its Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, now in development, to carry cargo, crewed spacecraft and science payloads.
In a Request for Information (RFI) published Thursday, the agency is seeking information about payload adapters and fairings already available within commercial industry.
Designed to be flexible for crew or cargo missions, SLS will be safe, affordable, and sustainable to continue America's journey of discovery from the unique vantage point of space.
Initial SLS configurations will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will sustain astronauts during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space.
Future configurations could carry science instruments and other exploration payloads to destinations including Lagrange points, the moon, asteroids, and ultimately Mars.
"This is a no-cost examination of the aerospace landscape to identify existing components that could augment the rocket's architecture as we move beyond the initial Orion configuration," said Todd May, SLS program manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
"SLS can make challenging human and science missions possible in large part because of the unprecedented size of the payload it can lift. We are hopeful industry may offer some innovative and affordable ideas about alternative fairing and adapter options."
The SLS will have an initial lift capability of 77 tons (70 metric tons) and grow in performance through a series of upgrades, providing more lift capacity and volume than existing launch vehicles.
Larger payload fairing sizes enabled by SLS could reduce experiment design complexity and the rocket's high performance can decrease travel time and, by extension, cost and risk of science missions.
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is responsible for payload fairing development for SLS and will manage this RFI. Marshall manages the SLS Program for the agency. SLS will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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2006-2007 Diabetes Disparities Report
Washington State Diabetes Disparities: A Review of Washington State Data
The burden of diabetes in Washington is greater among certain population subgroups; older people, certain racial and ethnic groups, and those on the lower rungs of the social ladder.
We refer to these persistent differences in health status between groups as health disparities. In this report we demonstrate that disparities exist in diabetes prevalence, health behaviors, health status, access to medical services, and rate of complications and deaths for low-income and certain racial/ethnic groups. These disparities carry high financial and social costs; yet they are not inevitable.
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About the Book
An alternative 2012 Diary comprising a week per page with accompanying photographs of a fun, random but seasonal nature.
Includes dates of importance including moon phases and international holidays.
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6×9 in, 15×23 cm
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- Publish Date Nov 30, 2011
- Tags Diary 2012, Photographic Diary, Andrew Blackmore, Andrew Blackmore Photography
About the Creator
Andrew Blackmore has been interested in photography for as long as he can remember. Over the past three decades he has seldom travelled anywhere without a camera and relishes the prospect of being able to capture images from a variety of subjects - whenever and wherever. Although preferring not to be labelled as specialising in a specific field, his interests are firmly based in portraying the immense diversity of our natural world. To this end, his images help to inspire a higher awareness of nature's unique qualities - helping to increase our interest and respect for generations to come. He also has an eye for the abstract and the unusual; snapshots of inspiration that catch the eye. In addition, Andrew has been an Apple based designer for the past sixteen years, and this combination of tools provide results that reflect his extensive experience and knowledge.
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Hundreds Rally In Support Of Dharun Ravi
Hundreds are rallying at the State House in Trenton in support of Dharun Ravi, the ex-Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy charges for using webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man.
Supporters held signs that read, "Justice Not Vengence" and "Set Dharun Free" outside the state capitol.
"I could not find anything in my research about invasion of privacy or roommates or peeping toms…any of the things Ravi was charged and convicted of as a predicate for a hate crime" said Marc Poirer, a law professor at Seton Hall University.
Supporters held the rally to call attention to what they see as problems with the state's hate crime laws.
"The background of hate crimes law comes out of lynching, anti-gay violence, not the kind of invasion of privacy problem that occurred here" said Poirer.
The 20 year-old faces up to ten years in prison when he's sentenced next week.
"It's a complete witch-hunt" said one man at the podium. "We want justice for Dharun..and we feel the verdict didn't deliver that."


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Lender's own probe links it to suicides in India
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The Salt City Homeless Outreach Program (SC HOPE) is aimed at helping the underserved populated of Syracuse. The biggest component of the program is a part-time ambulatory care clinic, primarily run by medical students. It has served as a free clinic for the homeless since January 1989. Other aspects of the program include a shelter and migrant outreach components. SC HOPE is committed to providing a nurturing atmosphere in which medical students work with various members of the medical delivery team and community to provide care for indigent or uninsured patients of the greater Syracuse community. Students will enrich their education by gaining clinical experience early on in their careers while learning the complexities of ambulatory office management. Participation in SC HOPE will introduce students to various people in our medical and business community that are dedicated to helping the homeless and uninsured. Hopefully, such a collaborative effort will also better serve a population in need.
Any students interested in activities such as these should contact the Office of Civic Engagement.
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text: To get from Macerata to Agrigento by train you can catch one of the 2 trains that everyday travel between these two cities. The first train to Agrigento leaves from Macerata at 14:30 and the last train departs at 15:48. If you choose a local train the trip lasts on average 20:60 hours. For your trip from Macerata to Agrigento by train you can choose to leave from one of Macerata main stations: Macerata On Wanderio you can compare all schedules, fares and railway companies to Agrigento and book the best itinerary starting from Macerata.


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We're aware of a few problems with people who are trying to receive the posters with the purchase of Flex Builder Standard or Pro. Here's what we know, and what we're doing to fix it.
Flex education serial numbers are not working. We're aware of this problem and do intend on fixing it. If you're getting a serial number for Flex Builder from the free Flex Builder for education program, we plan on allowing you to get the posters for free.
Flex volume customers are unable to request posters. Again, the serial numbers for people who purchase volume licenses for Flex Builder are not recognized. We're aware of this problem and are working to fix it.
Online store customers have their software registered automatically. When they try and use the existing process for posters, they get a message saying that the software is already registered. If this is you, you can go directly to the poster request form and submit the form.
The posters are nearly ready to be sent out. We haven't shipped out any of them just yet, but we plan on starting to send them this week.
As you can imagine, there are lots of people involved in this, and since its not something that Adobe has ever done, its new to everyone. We really, really appreciate your patience with us.
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The doorbell rings. "Baba's home!", scream the children, as they climb all over him. Even though he just spent the last hour commuting, after a long workday, he manages to conjure up the energy to laugh and smile, plant some kisses, do a few tosses in the air, read a book, much to their delight. We tackle bedtime together, and a little while later, we sit down to enjoy some hot chocolate and hang out.That's how evenings should go, but every couple in the real world knows that it's not always … [Read more...]
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Seats in the practicum for spring and fall quarter are filled through an application process in the winter quarter (for 2Y and part-time students) and the summer quarter (for 1Y, 2Y, and part-time students). Enrollment in the Asset Management Practicum is limited to approximately 25 students. All interested students are encouraged to apply.
The presentation for the AMP information sessions is available here and a video of a past session is available here.
Winter quarter 2017: Details for Applying to Finance 933 or 934: Asset Management Practicum I or II (2Y and Part-Time Students for spring 2017 or fall 2017 admission)
Summer Quarter 2017: Details for Applying to Finance 457: Asset Management Practicum II (1Y, 2Y, and Part-Time Students for fall 2017 admission)


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In this paper we consider the problem of finding a near-collision
with Hamming distance bounded by $r$ in a generic cryptographic hash
function $h$ whose outputs can be modeled as random $n$-bit strings.
In 2011, Lamberger suggested a modified version of Pollard\'s rho method
which computes a chain of values by alternately applying the hash
function $h$ and an error correcting code $e$ to a random starting
value $x_{0}$ until it cycles. This turns some (but not all) of the
near-collisions in $h$ into full collisions in $f=e\\circ h$, which
are easy to find. In 2012, Leurent improved Lamberger\'s memoryless
algorithm by using any available amount of memory to store the endpoints
of multiple chains of $f$ values, and using Van Oorschot and Wiener\'s
algorithm to find many full collisions in $f$, hoping that one of
them will be an $r$-near-collision in $h$. This is currently the
best known time/memory tradeoff algorithm for the problem.
The efficiency of both Lamberger\'s and Leurent\'s algorithms depend
on the quality of their error correction code. Since they have to
apply error correction to \\emph{any} bit string, they want to use
perfect codes, but all the known constructions of such codes can correct
only $1$ or $3$ errors. To deal with a larger number of errors,
they recommend using a concatenation of many Hamming codes, each capable
of correcting a single error in a particular subset of the bits, along
with some projections. As we show in this paper, this is a suboptimal
choice, which can be considerably improved by using randomly chosen
linear codes instead of Hamming codes and storing a precomputed lookup
table to make the error correction process efficient. We show both
theoretically and experimentally that this is a better way to utilize
the available memory, instead of devoting all the memory to the storage
of chain endpoints. Compared to Leurent\'s algorithm, we demonstrate
an improvement ratio which grows with the size of the problem. In
particular, we experimentally verified an improvement ratio of about
$3$ in a small example with $n=160$ and $r=33$ which we implemented
on a single PC, and mathematically predicted an improvement ratio
of about $730$ in a large example with $n=1024$ and $r=100$, using
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Samsung Redefines Flexibility in the Kitchen with New Home Appliance Innovation at 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show
Jan 08, 2013
The UK's groundbreaking home appliance brand expands award-winning line-up with stylish new innovation in refrigeration
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today its expanded line-up of premium home appliances for the kitchen at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from January 8th-11th, 2013. Samsung is once again redefining the appliance experience in the kitchen with a new four-door new refrigerator - bringing unmatched ease of use, convenience, organisation and style to the kitchen.
The Home Entertainer's Ultimate Refrigerator
The 895-litre capacity Samsung T9000 Four-Door Refrigerator represents the next evolution in refrigerator design, with a new form factor that delivers the best fresh food storage in its class. This sleek refrigerator features a 549 litre capacity French Door fridge section on top, and a 173 litre compartment on the lower right side, providing an extraordinary 722 litres of fresh food storage. The lower right compartment can also be used as a freezer if desired, and is complemented by a 173-litre freezer on the left side in this unique and versatile design. Imagine the possibilities of what you can use the lower right side compartment for a child friendly compartment, as a preparation zone for a special meal, as a separate storage area for a family member with dietary restrictions, or even to replace a separate drinks fridge.
In addition to being flexible and stunningly beautiful, this refrigerator also performs. To help ensure optimal temperature and humidity levels are maintained, the T9000 has Samsung's Triple Cooling system. This unique cooling technology is made possible with the help of two compressors, three evaporators and an array of sensors to keep produce fresher for longer.
Finally, only at CES in the Samsung booth, the T9000 LCD is on display, featuring apps to help families stay organised and connected in the kitchen. In particular, the T9000 LCD includes the Evernote app, which allows consumers to share photos, videos, and even recipes with family and friends. The T9000 LCD also includes calendar and weather apps, and more.
Please visit our booth to experience Samsung's new home appliances firsthand. Samsung's product line will be displayed January 8th-11th at booth no. 12004 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Centre.
Full details, video content and product images are available at the Samsung microsite at: www.samsungces.com or mobile site at: m.samsungces.com as well.
Click here to register your interest in the T9000 LCD Refrigerator
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Of course the Lady Regent of the vale was standing placidly beside the open Moon Door, the wind rustling her robes.
She lies buried beside her beloved Piozzi at Tremeirchion church in the vale of Clwyd.
She serves as acting commander of the 5th Military Police Battalion in the vale do Paraíba, in São Paulo state.
Vania has headed Human Resources and Corporate Services, in addition to the vale Foundation.
We stopped to look at the company of rivers, which came hurrying down the vale, this way and that.
Riding northward on this visit the vale of Perth first burst on his view.
For his part he would well rejoice were God in heaven to release him from this vale of tears.
There are none, who do not sometimes descend the vale of tears.
He went on thus till he came to a vale where he saw three men who were in a sound sleep, with chains on their feet.
So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
river-land between two ranges of hills, c.1300, from Old French val "valley," from Latin vallem (nominative vallis, valles) "valley." Vale of years "old age" is from "Othello." Vale of tears "this world as a place of trouble" is attested from 1550s.


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Garage Sale - Walker Radiators, Model A, Ford Chassis with Chevy Engine
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Walker radiators boast a relatively thin but very effective core with a vertical tube every 1/4". 17 fins per inch of height for Cobra. The Z-Series has 12 fins per inch.
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They easily withstand working pressures of 18 psi, incorporate an oild cooler for automatic transmissions and a brass drain cock for easy service.
Each radiator is built for a specific application with heavy gauge steel side brackets and standard mounting holes pre-stamped. They work with original, reproduction, steel or fiberglass grille shells.
- Model T and A radiators have a dummy filler neck in the original stock location to accept stock type caps and accessories. Most radiators have the real filler neck on the rear of the upper tank on the passenger side. The upper outlet will be 1-1/2" and positioned in the center or towards the Driver's side (depending on application.)
- Unless listed as Ford Motor, each radiator's lower outlet will be 1-3/4" and positioned on the (RH) passenger's side. Ford motor applications will have a B prefix in the part number and a 1-3/4" lower outlet on the (LH) driver's side.
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Parents and students involved in North Hall Middle School's upcoming Earhart-Edison Exploration Academy met Monday for the last time before school starts.
Roughly 50 children who will be participating in the new honors program attended a get-together at the North Hall Technology Center, where they took a tour of the facility, participated in team-building exercises and met members of the Lake Lanier Rowing Club.
The purpose of the event was to introduce the students to each other and to their teachers. The students primarily come from three feeder schools — Mount Vernon Exploratory School, Riverbend Elementary and Wauka Mountain Intelligencies Academy — and many do not know each other.
"Middle school is hard for kids," said program coordinator Kathy Mellette. "We want to make it less hard while still helping the kids get ahead."
The Earhart-Edison Exploration Academy, or E-squared as the teachers call it, is a school-within-a-school that takes student applicants and admits them based on past academic performance, teacher recommendations, a written student narrative and a sense of inquisitiveness.
The goal of E-squared is to inspire students through a project-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and math into each lesson. Mellette hopes that, like the program's namesakes Amelia Earhart and Thomas Edison, students will become visionaries who understand that perseverance and passion can change the world for the better.
Students will still learn everything in the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards but will also take exploratory classes every few weeks that will cover everything from art to debate to nutrition and health. These classes are designed to expose the students to different interests and to help them decide what subjects they want to pursue.
"We want to help every kid find their passion and pursue it," said North Hall Middle School Principal Shane Rayburn. "I think this program will energize the entire middle school."
The program's teachers have spent countless hours over the summer to create a collaborative curriculum. Lesson plans are designed to complement those of the student's other classes. The idea is to create a seamless learning environment. The academic year will culminate in a digital showcase of presentations from the students.
E-squared will continue through each year of middle school and hopefully prepare the students to enter the North Hall High School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy. Sixth-grade students will complete a high school Earth Systems credit and, if all goes according to plan, the average student from the E-squared program will enter high school with 8-10 credits, more than are needed to pass the freshman year.
The goal isn't early graduation but to allow students enough freedom to pursue the classes they want to, instead of having to worry about which classes they have to take, Mellette said.
Service is also a theme for the academy. Students will be required to commit to community service projects such as participation in the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program. An elected student body, called the Student Ambassadors of Service, will help provide input into which service projects the students want to pursue.
Parents of students in the program are also required to commit to a minimum of 20 hours of participation in the academy. Participation will take many forms, from speaking engagements to organizing field trips.
"We want this program to be student-focused, not teacher or parent-focused," Mellette said.
E-squared will have 74 students in the upcoming school year, and the teachers are not shy about their aspirations.
"This will be the state of Georgia's middle school science, technology, engineering and math program," Mellette said. "I know it will."


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Do you wonder why the Republicans tell such whopping lies about President Obama and his economic recovery plan ? Isn't one conservative value truth telling? Not when you are serving the "higher call" to save America for Jesus and/or perpetual war, as I explain in my book,Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back .
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Timothy J. Healey
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Ph.D. (1985) University of Illinois
Research Area
Applied analysis and partial differential equations, mathematical continuum mechanics
I work at the interface between nonlinear analysis of pde's/calculus of variations and the mechanics of materials and elastic structures. Nonlinear (finite-deformation) elasticity is the central model of continuum solid mechanics. It has a vast range of applications, including flexible engineering structures, biological structures — both macroscopic and molecular, and materials like elastomers and shape-memory alloys. Although the beginnings of the subject date back to Cauchy, the current state of existence theory is generally poor; there are many open problems.
The two main goals are to establish rigorous results and to uncover new phenomena. The work invovles a symbiotic interplay between three key ingredients: careful mechanics-based modeling, mathematical analysis, and efficient computation. It ranges from the abstract, e.g., developing a generalized nonlinear Fredholm degree to obtain solutions "in the large" in 3-D nonlinear elasticity, to the more concrete, e.g., modeling the helical microstructure of DNA in elastic rod models. Most recently I am quite interested in the modeling and analysis of thin elastic surfaces — in particular, wrinkling of highly stretched sheets and pattern formation of fluid-elastic vesicles
Selected Publications
Existence of Global Symmetry-Breaking Solutions in an Elastic Phase-Field Model for Lipid Bilayer Vesicles (with Sanjay Dharmavaram), arXiv:1402.2314 (2014)
Bifurcation of hemitropic elastic rods under axial thrust (with C. Papadopoulos), Quarterly of Applied Mathematics 71 (2013), 729-753.
Global symmetry-breaking bifurcation for the van der Waals-Cahn-Hilliard model on the sphere S2 (with H. Kielhöfer), Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, online (2013), 1-16.
Wrinkling behavior of highly stretched rectangular elastic films via parametric global bifurcation (with Q. Li and R.-B. Cheng), J. Nonlinear Science 23 (2013), 777-805.
A generalized computational approach to the stability of equilibria of nonlinearly elastic rods in the presence of constraints (with Ajeet Kumar), Comp. Meths. Appl. Mech. Engr. 199 (2010), 1805–1815.
Injective weak solutions in second-gradient nonlinear elasticity (with S. Krömer), ESAIM: COCV 15 (2009), 863–871.
Two-phase equilibria in the anti-plane shear of an elastic solid with interfacial effects via global bifurcation (with U. Miller), Proceeding of the Royal Society A 463 (2007), 1117–1134.
Global bifurcation in nonlinear elasticity with an application to barrelling states of cylindrical columns (with E. Montes), J. Elasticity 71 (2003), 33–58.
Material symmetry and chirality in nonlinearly elastic rods, Math. Mech. Solids 7 (2002), 405–420.
Global continuation in displacement problems of nonlinear elastostatics via the Leray-Schauder degree, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. 152 (2000), 273–282.
Global continuation in nonlinear elasticity (with H. Simpson), Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. 143 (1998), 1–28.
Preservation of nodal structure on global bifurcating solution branches of elliptic equations with symmetry (with H. Kielhöfer), JDE 106 (1993), 70-89


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"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt.
Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discovered by the young King of England—Henry V himself—and by royal command he takes up the longbow again and dons the cross of Saint George. Hook returns to France as part of the superb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. But after the English campaign suffers devastating early losses, it becomes clear that Hook and his fellow archers are their king's last resort in a desperate fight against an enemy more daunting than they could ever have imagined.
One of the most dramatic victories in British history, the battle of Agincourt—immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V—pitted undermanned and overwhelmed English forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out of Henry's hands. Here Bernard Cornwell resurrects the legend of the battle and the "band of brothers" who fought it on October 25, 1415. An epic of redemption, Agincourt follows a commoner, a king, and a nation's entire army on an improbable mission to test the will of God and reclaim what is rightfully theirs. From the disasters at the siege of Harfleur to the horrors of the field of Agincourt, this exhilarating story of survival and slaughter is at once a brilliant work of history and a triumph of imagination—Bernard Cornwell at his best.
"Agincourt is classic Cornwell…[with] attention to historical detail, well-paced action, and descriptive writing that is a pleasure to read." —Boston Globe
Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling "reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), tackles his most thrilling, rich, and enthralling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt. The epic battle immortalized by William Shakespeare in his classic Henry V is the background for this breathtaking tale of heroism, love, devotion, and duty from the legendary author of the Richard Sharpe novels and the Saxon Tales. This extraordinary adventure will captivate from page one, proving once again and most powerfully, as author Lee Child attests, that "nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell."
Charles Keating has been nominated for both the Tony and Emmy Awards. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in Brideshead Revisted and Another World.


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Kyle Busch Wins Thrilling Trucks Race At Chicagoland
Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was just what the doctor ordered after a bizarre week in NASCAR land.
A race filled with side-by-side battles and epic restarts ended with Kyle Busch beating out fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Brad Keselowski to win the 150-lap feature.
After swapping the lead back and forth for a large portion of the race, Busch managed to secure the lead on Lap 127 and keep Keselowski at bay to win his 34th career Trucks victory.
"Finally got by him and he was still with me, and I started stretching him and thought I could breathe again," Busch said. "Then two laps later, he was on my butt again."
Despite a valiant effort, Keselowski was forced to settle for his second runner-up finish of the season and fifth of his career. Keselowski is still searching for his first career Truck Series victory.
"Running this race, side-by-side, every restart, some pack racing, that's just something that I think is exceptional to watch," Keselowski said. "But from my place is exceptional to do. A little disappointed we didn't get the win, but I know we were close. I know how far our team and company has come."
Twitter was abuzz with fans and other drivers that agreed with Keselowski.
Racing fixes everything!!!! If you're not watching the truck race, get to it. Pretty damn good racing here in closing laps.
— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) September 14, 2013
Wow what a great #nascar trucks race tonight!! Man they were battling so hard all race long!! Good start to the weekend for the racing!!
— Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) September 14, 2013
Truckers r having a great race. Hoping @JebBurtonRacing can get back to the front spot
— Jeff Burton (@RCR31JeffBurton) September 14, 2013
Ryan Blaney, who finished third in his Brad Keselowski Racing entry, also enjoyed watching Busch and Keselowski battle toe-to-toe.
"That was fun where I was sitting," Blaney said. "Not bad, just needed a little bit more. Those two guys up front were pretty good."
Championship leader Matt Crafton finished fourth and now leads James Buescher by 47 points. Ty Dillon finished fifth followed by John Wes Townley, Austin Dillon, James Buescher, Jeb Burton and Johnny Sauter.
The Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in two weeks time and can be seen Live on FOX Sports 1 (8p ET).
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>Suggestions and Feature Requests>Using my 2012 self as a pace bunny
My 2013 goal would be to run more than I did in 2012. Is there an easy way to track that? Maybe there is already one and I did not notice.
I could sum all my runs for 2012 and use the total as a goal, but I'd like to get a pace that matches what I actually ran on a year to date basis. Oh by the way we have a weekly or monthly stats widget, could we have a yearly stats option?
Another way would be to have a statistics widget (weekly, monthly) but set on an arbitrary date.
Thanks for this great site.