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Townsend, Tennessee - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Welcome to the Fishing Report. The temperature was 25 degrees when I drove to the shop. But, again, like yesterday the sky is pure blue. This shade of blue is something you don't see much during the summer but when the air is cold and clear we get this color here. We see stars too. The absence of light pollution creates this nightly view that people who live in cities don't see. Night skies in the Smoky Mountains are something to see and enjoy. I've spent many hours laying on the ground and staring up into the sky. I did that more when I first moved here. I guess now I'm just used to it.
Little River is flowing with less water than normal. Flow is currently 214 cubic feet per second compared to median flow for this date of 284 cfs. The water temperature was 36 degrees at 8:30 am.
The trout are going to be pretty much inactive until this water warms up. The high today is expected to be 60 degrees and each day for the next 7 will be warm too. Anglers are catching fish. I talked to a couple of the best Smokies fishermen I know yesterday. They are catching a few but both claim it is slow. A slow day for them is a good day for most people. They've got it figured out.
If you go fishing use weighted nymphs. I did talk to one fellow yesterday who encountered a blue wing olive hatch and saw some trout rising to them. We'll see more hatches and active trout soon. It appears we are going to have an early Spring. One of our local guides told he yesterday morning he is convinced of it. In fact, he is planning a two day flow trip down Little River in mid-March with some friends. That could be a little early. Or, it could be perfect timing. It all depends on the water temperature. A two day float down the river, passing through some excellent smallmouth bass water in the Spring sounds like a great idea to me. When that time comes I'll be on the lakes throwing Wooly Buggers and Stealth Bombers. That reminds me, I need to tie some more Stealth Bombers. I probably only have a little over 50 of them.
I'm expecting to see some fishermen out today. And I think the Park will be busy. Park visitation was up last year. There is an article on the KnoxNews Website HERE. The Townsend entrance had a 3% increase. That is close to the increase we have seen in our hotel/motel tax revenue since July. Tourism is up and everyone around here is glad about that. The Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau begins their year in July so we have almost 8 months under our belt so far. Also, bookings at our properties are looking good for Spring and early Summer. I did talk to one campground manager who commented that August booking look sluggish so far. I don't know why and neither did he.
Troutfest Banquet Ticket sales are strong. I'm going to buy ours today. Tomorrow our shop will buy a ticket for Joe Humphreys. Joe is our guest at Troutfest so we always buy his. Paula and I buy ours personally. I'm thinking we might sell out earlier this year. You should probably start thinking about buying yours now. They never sell out until the week of the event but this year could be an exception.
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There is a lot going on during the Troutfest weekend. Book you rooms or cabins now. Don't wait. The largest motel in town is full already. I talked to the manager of the Airport Hilton on Tuesday. I told him we may be sending people to his motel and others in the airport area for Troutfest Weekend. We're going to have a packed house.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
February 13, 2011
2011 Tennessee Trout Unlimited Summer Camp
Tennessee TU is sponsoring a week-long summer aquatic biology and trout fishing camp at Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont. The camp will be held Monday, June 20 - Saturday, June 25 and is for middle school-age boys and girls. Cost of the camp is $465. Go to TU Clinch River Chapter website, www.crctu.com for more information and an application. Applications are due March 1st. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for young people.
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Our fly tying classes will be offered in January and February 2011. To sign up just call the shop at 877-448-3474. You can read more on our website in the Schools Section. The fly tying class schedule follows:
Saturday January 8 – Beginner Fly Tying
Saturday January 15 – Intermediate Fly Tying
Saturday January 22 – Advanced Fly Tying
Saturday February 5 – Beginner Fly Tying
Saturday February 19 – Intermediate Fly Tying
Saturday February 26 – Advanced Fly Tying
Our fly fishing classes will be offered from March to October 2011. To sign up just call the shop at 877-448-3474. You can read more on our website in the Schools Section. The fly fishing class schedule follows:
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Recently, Google had an absolutely normal day.
It shared a fun Doodle for a day. It was used in millions of "I told you so!" moments. It learned more intimate details about individuals than they share with doctors or partners. It also announced some "major" change that scared a niche group of people – paid search marketers.
Google's New AdWords Enhanced Campaigns
The announcement of Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns is being talked about with such hype that you'd think the Pope just quit or something. On the surface, this is huge. While this change to AdWords could be the most significant thing to happen to advertising in the last five years, it really isn't changing anything.
For me, this whole fiasco initially shows one thing: change will always scare us.
Some people are throwing flags and calling foul, but the only people doing so are people like me, paid media managers, a.k.a. PPC fiends. You can read many blog posts that cover varying opinions on Enhanced Campaigns.
To the rest of the world, the people who didn't know they needed this, the update could change their lives. Steve Jobs didn't believe in market research and held the mentality that "… customers don't know what they want until we've shown them." Isn't that exactly what Google is doing?
People who manage AdWords budgets are not Google's customer, it is the client of that person who is Google's customer — or more appropriately said — it was the client.
If Google asked business owners what they wanted, they would say, "I want the funds to be able to hire an agency to handle my AdWords campaigns." Google solved the problem by giving control, simple control, to that business owner without all the jargon and complexity offered by an agency.
They did it before the customers asked for it, before market research told to do it, and that is why us PPC fiends have our panties in a bunch. Relax.
The Enhanced Campaigns update is not going to shipwreck things for you and digital agencies are not going to die away. With that winded preface aside, here are my main four takeaways on Google Enhanced Campaigns.
1. Context-Based Ads & Bidding
The revolution for Google's customer – remember it's not us PPC folks – is housing what used to be dozens of campaigns and their subsequent details into one idealistic beast. It's the time to throw out that day-parted iPhone-specific campaign targeted to the 20-mile radius of Minneapolis and the several other sort-of-similar-sort-of-not campaigns that compliment it, and wrap that mess into one nice bow-tied piece of context capability.
Sure, I still need to migrate and recreate my campaigns, but the essence of the idea is amazing. Yes, I love the idea. I'm going to have so much fun recreating campaigns and re-strategizing things. Why wouldn't we all love the idea of making simple changes that have large impact?
Having parameters in place to change the percent of a flat bid based on time of day, location, and device is amazing, especially considering how easy it's going to be.
The capability of being able to adjust bids based on the numerous parameters I set in place is going to a wonderful tool, especially as I guide, consult and grab drinks with clients and explain things to them. The clients are going to see enthusiasm in the details surrounding their investments. They are going to learn more about their business and customers. We are going to build a better relationship. See where I'm going with this?
2. Focused Ad Extensions for Ad Groups
Gone are the days where ad extensions and sitelinks had to be generic enough to comply with all following ad groups. Go ahead and argue I didn't have things broken out enough, but campaign-level extensions always bothered me.
I'm all about granular details. This change creates even more opportunity to provide the searcher exactly what they are looking for with less effort.
Ad group level ad extensions is a win so large it can't be brushed aside. My mind has been buzzing with ideas on how to leverage this for my clients. It has started some fun conversations. It brought up very legit concerns about landing adjustments. That has in turn led to further fun discussions. I hope it does for you, too.
3. Clear AdWords Sitelink Performance
Clarity is an exciting thing. Now you will have something more specific to say than, "This tells me we need to update the URL copy for the site links." Sitelinks offer great shortcuts for users to get to the content they need faster. Locations, directions, popular filters, categories and more are great uses for sitelinks.
Testing copy and destinations is going to be truly backed by meaningful data. You are going to know exactly which site links are working and need changing. This is a small change, but the data now being available is huge! Geeks get ready!
4. Mobile, Local, MOBILE!
As Google throws desktop to the curb and rebrands "mobile" as a catchall device term, mobile must be a significant priority to your clients — all of your clients. The merging of mobile and desktop campaigns is infuriating if you look through the wrong lens. Yes, it's going to derail specific efforts.
Yes, your CPCs are going to be higher. Yes, the CPA could go up, but only for those who don't have sites that are ready for mobile.
The sheer number of people who are still not ready for mobile users to hit their site shocks me. It pains me. With this epic merger, an m-dot site, or better yet, a responsive website is a must-have! You owe it to your clients to take them down this road. Sure, you have already told them that, but that was your salesperson saying it. Cut them a deal and preserve the relationship out of their best interests, make their site responsive, get their conversions back in order, and do even more business together.
Pro Tip: If you need help in this, I work with some pretty cool people who are keen on mobile web design. Wink face, nerds, wink face.
Keep Calm
Google has done what they always do, freak out internet nerds with some new updates. We'll see if all of them stay or if a few get tweaked a bit.
You are going to be OK. Your clients are going to be OK. The diligent PPC manager is going to tackle the ideas with ease, after all, the strategy isn't changing at all, just the tactics.

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By Bryan Hood | Have you ever wonder who Vampire Weekend would invite to participate in a reenactment of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"? Wonder no more, because that's exactly what the video for the band's latest single, "Diane Young," is. Along with a bunch of other pretty young things, are some famous, by indie rock standards, faces including Sky Ferreira, Dave Longstret from Dirty Projectors, and The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser (thanks to Pitchfork for the heads up). The video, which was directed by Primo Kahn, just like the song that soundtracks it, isn't quite what it seems, starting out as a straight forward, Urban Outfitters-sanctioned recreation of da Vinci's iconic painting before mutating into something a little more wild. Though we were skeptical of it at first, the band's latest album, "Modern Vampires of the City," has turned out to be one of the year's strongest releases, and while "Diane Young" isn't one of our favorite tracks, it's an undeniably effective slice of radio friendly indie pop. (And yes, because this is Vampire Weekend, there's more than a few layers to deal with here, including an obvious reference to Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.")
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Rev. William Dwight McKissic is the senior pastor of Cornerstone
Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, and founder of the "Not
on My Watch" Coalition (he stole that from George Bush).
It didn't surprise me to know that this church is under
the Southern Baptist Church umbrella. All I have to say is
when a black man joins and lines his church up with an old
wealthy organization with a rich and deep history of racism
and sexism speaks VOLUMES. Just a little note, ALL black preachers
in Texas (my home state) don't "perform fuh Massah"
like good house niggers and then cry "racism"
when they don't get their just rewards. To further prove
his ignorance, he tries desperately to use Romans 1 as a means
of supporting his views. If you want the truth on Romans 1,
peep "Taking A Closer Look" and you'll be
During this pathetic speech…ummm "sermon",
Pastor McKissic spends most of his time arguing the fact that
Civil Rights isn't the same as Gay Rights. And we could
waste valuable time and energy dissecting every argument he
presents. But to do so, we'd have to condescend to his
juvenile mental level and degrade ourselves. But there ARE
a few things he said that I'd like to address…
"To equate civil rights with gay rights is to compare
my skin with their sin."
Okay, THAT was cute. It even rhymed! I'll be sure to
nominate him when the Vibe Awards asks for Best Rhyme nominees
next year. I've had to do this before. But I suppose
it didn't catch, so I have to do it again and again
until people finally get it. The word "civil"
is not a synonym for "black or African-American".
The word "civil" is an adjective (a word that
describes a noun) that is defined as "of, relating to,
or befitting a citizen or citizens". So, by definition,
the Civil Rights Movement was not an issue of race, but an
issue of CITIZENSHIP! Yes, the ancestors were discriminated
against, lynched, and denied their rightful place in society
because of their race. But what they were saying in essence
was "I may be black, but I'm a CITIZEN of the
United States. So I deserve to be treated as equal to everyone
else and be protected under the law." Contrary to Rev.
McKissic's opinion, there ARE similarities…people
are trying to use one facet of a person's HUMANITY as
a reason to deny them rights that are supposed to be guaranteed
to all CITIZENS. No matter how you color it, Discrimination
IS Discrimination!
"I've heard that homosexuals say that they discovered
they were gay at 18 or 25 or 33 years of age. I don't
know any black people who didn't discover their blackness
until they were 25 years old.... I've met 'former
homosexuals.' But I've never met a 'former
black person,' other than perhaps Michael Jackson."
I wonder what same gender loving people he's been listening
to. Most likely NONE! The truth is, the majority of all SGL
people KNOW that there's something different about them
between the ages of 4 and 7 years old. They can't articulate
it, but they know the difference. They EXPRESS it at the ages
of 18, 25 or 33. Most sane people don't even see or
acknowledge color until their parents point it out to them.
See, people are born innocent, knowing how to love. Love is
natural, you don't have to teach anyone to do that.
It's a characteristic of God Himself. Hatred on the
other hand is TAUGHT. And as we grow into adults we learn
how to focus on our differences and use them as dividers instead
of celebrating our humanity in spite of them. It's nice
to know that Pastor McKissic is doing his part in teaching
the world how to hate. Furthermore, in spite of Michael Jackson's
skin tone, he is STILL very much a black man! So not only
does the good Reverend spew hate, but insults! What God is
he representing here?
"When Christians open their Bibles, God opens His mouth,"
McKissic said in reference to Romans 1:32.
OH REALLY NOW? This man is obviously not as educated as somebody
told him he is. Let's take a look at what "their
Bibles" say…
Child curses a parent; KILL THEM - (Exodus 21.15, 17)
Discriminate against the disabled - (Leviticus 22.16-22)
Torture of women if she was 'thought' to be cheating
- (Numbers Chapter 5)
Don't eat bad meat, but sell it to foreigners - (Deuteronomy
Women are 2nd Class - (I Corinthians 11.7-9; 14.34-35)
….there are countless objectionable things that "their
Bibles" say are of God, but we do not practice them
today because they are morally wrong and socially unacceptable.
So if "God opens his mouth" when "Christians
open their Bibles" then most Christians are serving
a MONSTER! Anybody who truly studies the Bible understands
that the Bible cannot be taken literally, but must be discerned
spiritually to grasp and understand it's spiritual truth.
"Open Bible=God's open mouth"…Again,
VERY cute, but not true.
"If we vote for a politician not knowing where he stands,"
he said, "we could find ourselves approving of what
God disapproves."
Now we know why black people supported camouflaged discrimination
by voting for George W. Bush (oops, did I say that?).
In answering the question of why he is so passionate about
this particular issue, McKissic quoted Martin Luther: "My
conscience is captive to the Word of God. To go against conscience
is neither right nor safe. God help me. Here I stand. I can
do no other."
Alright pseudo-Martin Luther, I have one question. If we
live in a country where people have the RIGHT to believe what
they want, and live their lives AS they want as long as they
aren't breaking the law…and if Rev. McKessic is
really secure as a man…what's the REAL reason
he's so "passionate" about this issue? I
think maybe there are some internal issues goin' on
here (like with most of the closet cases who are ministers
in the black church) and they protest so much as a way to
deal with or keep their own issues on the down low. See, so
many of these insecure and confused men get married in an
attempt to hide. Hoping privately that their being married
will help them "change". Marriage is their shield
while on their quest for "deliverance". But while
they are chasing this deliverance, they still fulfill their
true desires in secret, on the side. Maybe he (and the men
like him) are so "passionate" about this because
if the same gender loving community ever has the same rights,
it will be more of a struggle for them to hide. So it's
like, "I have to fight and protest against this thing
because if it's ever 'acceptable' for me
to be with someone of the same gender, I'll slip up
and EVERYONE I know will find out about my dirty little secret.
My whole sham of a life will be exposed and EVERYONE will
know that I've been living a lie. Too many people (including
myself) will be hurt and humiliated". And NOBODY wants
to be known as a liar and a cheat. I'm not saying this
is the case with Rev. McKissic, but…it IS something
to think about.
My daddy taught me that men who are truly secure in themselves
are not threatened by someone who is different from, yet equal
to them. My parents taught me that REAL Christianity is not
about obeying a bunch of rules, but about treating EVERYONE
with love, respect and dignity like Jesus did. It's
about helping people and showing them the unconditional love
of God regardless of perceived differences. Real Christianity
is about loving everyone because we are all God's children.
We're all created equal. And in spite of what makes
us different, God loves us all just the same. I don't
know WHAT the good Rev. McKissic is talking about. Evidently,
he doesn't either.
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The tape around Dwyane Wade's right knee was soaked with sweat and beginning to loosen, so he headed to the locker room to get the joint re-wrapped during the 4th quarter.
Must have been one amazing tape job.
Wade was brilliant down the stretch – and the Heat are heading back to the Eastern Conference finals as a result.
LeBron James scored 23 points, Wade added 18 and the Miami Heat clawed back from an 11-point 2nd-half deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 94-91and close out their 2nd-round series in 5 games.
"We gave it everything we had," James said. "I have no energy left."
The Miami Heat outscored Chicago Bulls 25-14 in the 4th quarter to escape and advance.
"I knew it was going to be a tough 4th quarter," Wade said. "I just wanted to make sure I was good."
Wade made all 3 of his shots in the 4h, scored 6 points – his most in a final period since March 27, when Miami's 27-game winning streak ended at Chicago – and helped ice the victory with a dazzling 45-second blitz in the final moments.
In that span alone, Wade had a blocked shot, defensive rebound, offensive rebound and putback dunk to help cap a wild night of wild comebacks. The Heat blew an early 18-point lead, and then engineered a late rally to end off the depleted Bulls.
"Dwyane is uncanny," Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "When the competition is at its highest, and its fiercest, he finds a way."
The Chicago Bulls still had 2 chances on their last possession to force overtime. But Nate Robinson and Jimmy Butler missed 3-pointers, time expired, and the Heat progressed on to face Indiana or New York next week.
Carlos Boozer finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Chicago Bulls, who were without Derrick Rose for the 99th straight game, as well as Kirk Hinrich (calf) and Luol Deng (illness). Robinson scored 21 points, Butler had 19, and Richard Hamilton 15 for the Bulls, who dropped the final 4 games of the series.
"Obviously we're disappointed in losing the series," Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "But I was never disappointed in our team. I thought our team fought hard throughout the year. There was no quit in them."
A team that played without the 2011 NBA MVP in Rose, and dealt with a slew of other issues on the way, was within a couple shots from forcing the reigning champs to fly back to Chicago for a Game 6.
"We've got warriors here," Boozer said. "If we're healthy next season, we're going to be pretty good."
The Heat say they have more than a couple of those warrior-types also, including Wade. When the stakes were highest, he was there for the Miami Heat. Vegas odds
"I'll go on and on about how great he is," James related. "I really don't care for the trash talks that he receives."
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Jose Aldo has looked good
Manhoef's leg kicks were looking great against Lawler until he got caught
One person who i think is underrated for his muay thai is Sam Stout. He destroyed Lauzon in his last fight and always uses decent muay thai technique in his fights.
Ben Saunders had great clinch technique against Marcus Davis too.


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Posted By Alex Belth On June 28, 2010 @ 2:35 pm In Bronx Banter,Million Dollar Movie | Comments Disabled
Since it is hotter n July today, why not check out a scene from this classic NYC summer flick:
I remember seeing this on opening day near Times Square (my friends and I were the only white kids is the audience). I'll never forget how we were introduced to Rosie Perez, shadow-boxing of sorts over P.E. Man, the movie, and that theater were charged–hyped, as they used to say.
I don't think Do the Right Thing [1]is a great movie, but it's as close as Spike has gotten and I think it is his best, even though it is deeply flawed. It is funny as hell, Ernest Dickerson's photography is weird and evocative, and Spike really captured a moment in time. When this movie dropped, he was hottest thing in town.
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I used to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture until i watched this video
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Revelation 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the
fourth seal
, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him.
And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Notice how Hell follows Death
. Hell does not ride with Death, but after because Death rides first.
So when the 3rd seal of Revelation is completed and people are working a day for a loaf of bread, then the 4th seal will come next.
The angel of Death is a kind of "pre-trib rapture" for the Christians living in that doomed 1/4th part of the Earth. Death will come in the night and take them to Heaven while they are sleeping. Then Hell will follow and judge the lost (like 98% or so).
So if you live in the USA keep watching the food prices. That is the sign for your rapid departure.
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an exact of order of 21 events
was given in the book of Revelation. ANYONE who says those events will happen in a different order is a BLASTPHEMER because they imply the Holy Spirit is incompetent and couldn't get the numbers right. Totally laughable ...
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The angel of death in not a KINDA pre trib rapture. Thats YOUR interpretation. The angel of death will not rapture the Christians to Heaven, JESUS WILL
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Nah! I believe the other guy, we tend to be scared of dark things, like spiders and all, but in reality they are beautiful creatures, the same goes for, The Angel of Death.
He is not there to hurt you, he is there to take your body, not your soul. Why would God want some good people to suffer a long tragic death, of his wrath?
Jesus saves our souls, from the pits of hell, not our bodies.
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Washington, DC—Senators Debbie Stabenow and Bob Casey joined Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue for a conference call this afternoon to discuss Democrats' efforts to pass legislation that would ensure that states receive FMAP funding and would extend unemployment insurance assistance. Many states are struggling with budget challenges and they depend on the increased FMAP funding to pay for critical health services and to free other funds for essential services like firefighters and police officers. In addition, Senate Democrats have been fighting Republican obstruction for months to extend unemployment insurance and give economic certainty to millions of Americans who are still looking for work.
"For every one available job, there are six people looking for work, and yet my Republican colleagues continue to block this urgent unemployment extension. They are continuing to stall and delay, while over 300,000 people in Michigan, and 1.2 million Americans overall face losing this important safety net," said Senator Stabenow. "It's also critical FMAP funding be extended to ensure that our states continue to provide vital medical services for those most in need. Failing to do so will put thousands of jobs at risk and undermine our economic recovery efforts."
"Once you get outside of Washington, helping states prevent layoffs and budget cuts has bipartisan support," said Senator Casey. "The consequences for the economy and for the jobs of tens of thousands of people in Pennsylvania alone is too great. We have to get this done."
"If we lose the FMAP money we will have to lay off 20,000 people. These would be teachers, state workers, fireman, policemen and caseworkers," said Governor Rendell. "This effects three out of every five states and 47 governors have sent a letter to the Senate saying this extension is critical. Let's pass this."
"Without the FMAP extension, North Carolina will have to cut more than $500 million from this year's budget – after already slicing 15 percent off our budget in less than two years' time," said Governor Perdue. "Failure to approve the FMAP and unemployment insurance extensions will send shockwaves throughout our safety net for working families and the elderly, and it will significantly hinder our efforts to invest in job-creation and small businesses — which are key to jump-starting North Carolina's recovery."
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- Robots, Reshoring and the Promise of the 21st Century
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IW Best Plants keynote, Rodney Brooks, is designing tools to bring manufacturing up to date and back in the U.S.A.
Rodney Brooks and his newest robot, Baxter, are trying to bring low cost, high quality manufacturing back to the U.S.
In 2002, Rodney Brooks brought the first real taste of the 21st century into the world and, even better, into our homes.
When it first hit the market, the Roomba – the tiny, autonomous robot vacuum created by Brooks' first major startup, iRobot – represented the pinnacle of high-tech, ultra-modern life.
It was the first definitive sign that the sci-fi future we'd been promised for the new millennia was starting to come true.
However, there was one part of it that didn't quite live up to the promise: manufacturing.
"We were manufacturing Roombas in China at the time," he recalled in his keynote presentation at the 2014 IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference earlier this month.
"I spent a lot of time touring those factories in China all through the early part of the 2000s," he said. "And I found that they were still making a lot of stuff by hand."
Worse, he found that – even at the height of that first digital revolution – outsourced hand manufacturing seemed to dominate the industry. And it still does.
"All of the stuff we buy at Wal-Mart even today is largely made by hand," he said. "The iPad, for example, is reportedly touched by 325 different pairs of hands during assembly."
That, he said, seems like an awful lot of hand manufacturing. Way too much, in fact.
"We've been making stuff by hand in factories for 234 years now," he said. "Using our hands. I wanted to make something to break out of that."
That was only the start, though.
Twenty-first century hand manufacturing in China, he explained, is the result of 50 years of sending domestic production to far flung factories to make our gadgets, gizmos and daily necessities in the cheapest way possible. Even if that means reverting back to 18th century techniques to do it.
That, he said, has cost our country jobs, manufacturing capacity and innovative power, not to mention defying the promise of the 21st century.
"I thought, there had to be a better way," Brooks said. "And I'm robot guy, so of course the answer I came up with happened to be robots… which is pretty convenient, really."
But not just robots. Robots, he noted, have been popping up in factories since 1961 and clearly aren't impacting this trend. Brooks wasn't interested in those robots. He wanted a different robot, one that could tackle this issue directly.
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While Justin Tuck is going to force the issue with his tight back this week, he ensured reporters outside the Timex Performance Center today that he is excited about the prospect of playing in New York's first preseason game this Saturday in Pittsburgh.
"Sure I do. Why wouldn't I?" said Tuck when asked if he wanted to play on Saturday. "That's what I do. I play in football games."
Still, Tuck isn't sure if he's going to be on the field this Saturday. He was held out of practice on Thursday, and Tuck's eagerness to play could get overridden by the Giants' need to be careful with him.
"As an athlete, you want to play, you want to get out there," Tuck explained. "Sometimes that's a good thing, but sometimes you can go out there and hurt yourself and turn a small problem into a big problem. That's obviously what we don't want to do right now, but I don't think this is something that's going to be much more of an issue after this week."
Even if Tuck is held out of action this weekend, he's confident that the Giants have established the mindset needed to have a successful season.
"We have a certain aura around us as a team," said Tuck, "A lot of guys are conscious about what we want our identity to be. A lot of guys have verbalized it, and continue to verbalize it. Guys are focused and every time we get a chance to get on this football field, it's something we need to take advantage of. You don't see a lot of wasted reps. You don't see a lot of wasted time. I think that's really going to help this football team, because the sense of urgency to be a good defensive team is now."
It should be urgent, because the Giants were mediocre as a defense last season, ranking fifth-worst in the league in yards allowed per run play and third-worst in yards allowed per pass attempt. The first preseason game is a chance for the Giants to show their fans that they are serious about improving a unit that has been so important to successful Giants teams of the past.
"I think everyone's excited because we haven't played football in so long," said Tuck about the preseason opener. "Anytime you get the opportunity to hit another color, it's always a good thing. The first game is always the most exciting because that's you first taste of hitting somebody that's not your friend."
In Pittsburgh, the Giants will face off against another historic franchise that's eager to show that it is ready to bounce back from a disappointing 2012 campaign.
"I don't know if it has a different feel than any other first preseason game that we've played, but it's exciting, and guys are looking forward to playing against a team like Pittsburgh, because you one thing from them: They're going to be tough, they're going to hit you in the mouth, and it's going to be a good test for us."


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LOS ANGELES - Perhaps as a way to deflect from the controversy involving deflated footballs, a university website reporter started Thursday's press conference asking coach Lane Kiffin his plans for Marqise Lee.
"I think we're always trying to find different ways to use Marqise," Kiffin said. "We have looked at some different things with him.
"We've also looked at some defense situations for the first time this week with him out there that may present itself Saturday."
Does this mean Lee will play cornerback? Is it a smokescreen for Arizona State? Or was it just meant to take time away from the Ballgate story?
Lee said earlier this season he wanted to play defensive back but did not think it would happen. Kiffin also nixed the idea, but that was before the Trojans were 6-3.
Staying away
from the defense
Kiffin said he purposely avoided being involved with the defense during last weekend's loss to Oregon.
"When we play Oregon, I make a conscious effort not to try to get involved with what's going on on the other side of the ball," he said. "Over the years, I've done that with high-powered offenses and end up screwing myself up.
"So I stay focused on what we can do to score on the next series."
Sack count
USC quarterback Matt Barkley has been sacked only 12 times this season, which is tied with Stanford for the fewest sacks allowed in the Pac-12 Conference.
But Barkley said his aversion to sacks led to an interception against Oregon.
"I hate taking sacks, and so sometimes I try to get the ball out, rather than taking sacks, which kind of hurt us on the second pick (against Oregon)," he said.
Weather forecast
There is a 30 percent chance of morning showers Saturday for the noon kickoff against Arizona State at the Coliseum. It rained at the Trojans' practice Thursday morning.
Holmes honored
Trojans center Khaled Holmes was named to the CoSIDA Academic District 8 football team.


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That is a distinction with a sociological difference—for many, an uncomfortable one to consider.
This may account for the sociological undercurrent of his work.
The difference between a "crony" and a "colleague" is often something of a sociological mystery.
But when she takes on the rock scene, she manages to catch all the sociological dissonance and subtle countermelodies.
The sociological phenomenon at play here exhibits all the historical tendencies of "scapegoating."
I began to find unexpected books upon her table: sociological books, travels, Shaw's plays.
Heredity is as important in sociological study as environment.
Ideas are the substance of poetry and nearly all ideas are moral, sociological or psychological.
sociological Papers of the sociological Society, 1904, p. 35.
We will take in succession—the physical view, the biological view, the psychological view, and the sociological view.


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Ice Age: Collision Course – Free for Kids Summer Film Series
Date(s) - 07/26/2017
Cost: Free for children 11 & under, $2 for ages 12+
Emagine Saline
Emagine Saline
Region: Saline
1335 E. Michigan Avenue, Saline
Emagine Theaters is offering a Free For Kids Summer Film Series. The films show at 10a on Wednesday and Saturday from June 14-August 19. There is a different movie each week.
Admission is free for kids 11 and under. Admission is $2 for anyone ages 12+. We'll have to take advantage of the program this year before my daughter turns 12 next year.
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I was dismayed when I heard Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize. A shock, really, to think that a president carrying on wars in two countries and launching military action in a third country (Pakistan), would be given a peace prize. But then I recalled that Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger had all received Nobel Peace Prizes. The Nobel Committee is famous for its superficial estimates and for its susceptibility to rhetoric and empty gestures, while ignoring blatant violations of world peace.
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Pregnancy can be tough. Pregnancy with asthma can be even tougher. How do you control your illness while avoiding drugs that might harm your baby?
New government guidelines suggest that it is better for women to keep their asthma in check with medications during pregnancy rather than risk an asthma attack.
"The evidence is reassuring and suggests that it is safer to take medications than to have asthma exacerbations," says Dr. Barbara Alving, acting director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a federal agency that oversees the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program which released the new guidelines.
If left unchecked, asthma can be dangerous for both the mother and baby. Asthma increases the risk of miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight even with full-term babies and preeclampsia, a condition in which the mother's blood pressure shoots up.
With the new guidelines in place, doctors hope to reassure women that the medications are safe for their babies.
"What we see all the time is women who stop taking their asthma medicine as soon as they find out they are pregnant. Yet, most asthma medications are perfectly safe for the baby," says Dr. Maura Quinlan, an obstetrician and gynecologist at University of Chicago Hospitals. "[These women] are well intentioned, but it is much better for the baby that they breathe."
Even women with mild asthma should be closely monitored by their doctors, the guidelines recommend. A majority of women with asthma see the disease change over the course of a pregnancy, experts say.
About 30 percent of women with mild asthma see it get worse as their pregnancy progresses, a recent study found. Conversely, about 23 percent of pregnant women with moderate or severe asthma see an improvement.
Women with asthma account for 4 to 8 percent of all pregnancies and the disease is considered to be the most common serious complication of pregnancy.
"We cannot predict who will worsen during pregnancy, so the new guidelines recommend that pregnant patients with persistent asthma have their asthma checked at least monthly," says Dr. Mitchell Dombrowski, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at St. John Hospital in Detroit and a member of the panel.
Although it is important for women with asthma to see their doctors as early as possible in their pregnancies, the new guidelines recommend:
n Albuterol, a quick-acting inhaled drug, be on hand at all times during the pregnancy.
n Inhaled corticosteroids are the preferred drug for those with persistent asthma—usually defined as having symptoms at least two days a week or two nights a month.
Oral corticosteroids may be required to treat severe asthma. Even though there is some conflicting data on the safety of these drugs during pregnancy, severe asthma poses a definite risk to both mother and fetus.
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This Wandsworth Common bar and restaurant is one of a few south-west London spots from the Brinkley's group - they're responsible for Joe's Brasserie in Wandsworth too, as well as the Wine Gallery and the eponymous, mononymous Chelsea flagship.
As with all Brinkley's venues, the wine list is a focus here - the low mark ups again proving a draw. Expect a list with an old world slant, though well-known wine-making regions in New Zealand, South Africa, USA and Australia also feature prominently.
The food menu is catholic, too. Dishes range from burgers, crispy calamari, Thai chicken salads and mezze platters to a Japanese coconut curry, king prawn linguine, chorizo and ricotta tortelloni and Moroccan chicken with spiced cous cous, baba ghanoush, rocket and caramelised lime. Sunday roasts and party menus are available, too.
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Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart is still the go-to source for all things domestic. It's a little too perfect, but inspiring nevertheless.
Simple, easy, and cute. These would be great for so many occasions: showers, birthdays, spring! I bet children would love helping. (Can't find "taffy tape"? Try airheads or use a rolling pin on normal taffy.)Added 8 Years Ago from Marthastewart
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This has great visual texture, while the white keeps everything simple. It might look really cool on red velvet cake.Tags: cooking, DIY, Martha Stewart, cupcakes, white, wedding, texture, simplicity, baby showersAdded 8 Years Ago from Marthastewart
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By Ewa Irena Pytowska '74
walked out of Bryn Mawr a philosopher, but my work with issues of cultural and linguistic diversity transformed me into an ethnographer of sorts. I go with an observer's eye into most assignments. Raising my daughter and son in Boston gives me the precious opportunity to come to know its children and to see what shapes their existence. The lives of girls growing up in the heart of the city, in neighborhoods and housing projects I rarely saw until my daughter brought me there to meet her classmates, have become of great concern to me. Over time, I have seen intellect, passion and talent withering long before they were given a chance to blossom.
I often think about Tamika1, a fifth grader of Native American and Caribbean heritage. She spent a lot of time doing theater plays with my daughter, reaching into the dress-up basket to create dazzling costumes and stage sets. Always full of energy, she enjoyed the long walks and bike rides in the park. She loved calling me "Mummy" and playing the mother-daughter game. She even learned some Polish, my own first language, which our family speaks at home, in order "to do it right." Tamika was the most radiant, loving, funny, dramatic creature one could possibly imagine.
Driving her home was a journey into a different world. I would drop her off at a house that was so dilapidated, one wondered how children could live and grow there. One day, I asked Tamika what she and her playmates did when there were guns or shooting on her street. She answered, "We just go around the corner and play." Her mother worked two or three jobs but what she earned was absolutely inadequate to support the family. Though she enjoyed staying with us, after one or two nights, Tamika always wanted to go back home. She was missing her mother, her baby brother and the kids she played with on the street, she'd say. I learned from Tamika that many young girls growing up in the city love their families deeply. Intensely loyal to their mothers, they often behave as if it were not right for them to have a good time, when their loved ones could not. Anything they perceive as a potential estrangement in values or aspirations, is experienced as a threat to their sense of rootedness.
In second grade, Tamika did better than 95% of test-takers in math, yet by fourth grade she was having academic difficulties. When she was motivated to learn something, she learned it with great ease, but she wouldn't buckle down to textbooks, rules and punishments. My family came to know her as a precocious and talented child who, after three months of staying with us on weekends, had an impressive Polish vocabulary, an insatiable appetite for good children's books, and a serious interest in history and geography! In school, she was viewed as a problem child, undisciplined and rebellious. Her keen intelligence and vitality were hardly noticed by teachers who felt annoyed or outright disrespected by her behavior.
Over the years, many girls came to our house to play. Gathered together, they acted out colorful stories, played games and completed school projects. Along with playground scratches and torn book bags, they brought questions and ideas to talk about for hours. Many amazed me with their brilliance but, as the years passed, I saw the open and trusting faces close in on themselves. Curiosity and intellectual toughness notwithstanding, the girls were being inexorably pulled away from education by the demands of their everyday lives. Discouraged from learning by teachers who did not recognized the power of their personal recognition in nurturing the intellect or challenging the mind, the girls drifted away from school.
Today, I fear Tamika and her playmates are lost to the educational system which crushes their spirit. Growing up with my daughter, they were at their greatest in the preteen years. Coming to know Tamika and her friends helped me understand better what Carol Gilligan2 means when she insists that we listen to pre-adolescent girls' voices because we may not hear them again. If Tamika is not to lose her curiosity, intellectual assertiveness and courage, she needs people who will believe in her and support the choices she makes. Her rebellious spirit needs channeling into personally meaningful pursuits, well aligned with cultural values of her family and community.
The first thing that goes in a girl's life is her voice — the resolve of a young woman who says, "This is what I believe, this is what I want, this is where I'm heading in life." This voice goes first because it's often branded as insubordination and, by the time they're in fourth or fifth grade, young women are expected to "behave."
By the time they reach seventh grade, the girls who daily used to pose magnificent "theories" have a hard time choosing research topics. Their own questions are barely a memory. Even those girls who can formulate interesting problems, whether in science or social studies, rarely find teachers in their city schools who will say, "This is great, let's work on it," and who will make the time to help.
In middle school, the drama of everyday life reflected in the movement of a girl's body, in its rhythm, in its unique way of responding to challenges when the whole body engages in making a statement, gives way to the pressures of puberty. Exuberance at that age is often equated with promiscuity, with a premature drawing of boys' attention. Teachers committed to health education and pregnancy prevention programs frown upon young women's ardent displays of assertiveness. Order and deference to authority figures are considered important and desirable, while a dramatic talent and a compelling voice are looked upon with apprehension.
Around 14 years of age and right into adulthood, academic possibilities begin to fade. The question becomes, "Why bother? Why study if all I will get is a minimum wage job? Why not have a child?" Motherhood is not an abstract issue any more. To many girls, it seems the only worthwhile thing to do in life. It is a way for a young woman to assert herself, to get attention, to express without words all the losses suffered thus far. The community cannot protect her any longer because the young woman has lost a sense of meaning, self-love and intellectual fulfillment.
This is why the most successful programs for young mothers are more than a plea for not getting pregnant. They take the "whole girl" into account — where she wants to go in life, what she wants for herself and her child, what her dreams are. It is exactly this kind of self-esteem focused, guidance oriented program that Tamika and her playmates needed when they were young. Sadly, it is not until adolescence that, as young women, they are finally offered the attention and care which they so sorely needed when they were nosy 9-year-olds.
In city schools, the sheer number of kids who need academic help and social support is overwhelming to teachers. Sometimes even the best teachers don't notice girls who, like sturdy wildflowers, are likely to appreciate a nurturing environment and intellectual challenge. In crowded city classrooms, talented girls are not likely to experience rigorous questioning, or meet teachers would know how to structure thoughtful discussions.
A few streets over from my house live girls "of many colors," young artists and poets, budding scientists and methodical engineers. Downtown are museums, theaters, art studios. Still, the essential connections between children and opportunities are sorely missing. If they dream of science, a caring adult needs to take them to museums or university labs and show them discoveries waiting to be made. When they show talent in singing, drama or art, someone needs to introduce these young women to theater or dance classes. Someone must care enough about a child's future to drive, to search for opportunities, to fill out applications, to work through inevitable apprehensions and obstacles. Otherwise, classes, museums and dramatic productions along with scholarships to make them affordable are meaningless.
What we call lack of equal opportunity starts much earlier than we begin to treat it with talent search programs and scholarship drives. Long before they have time to think about college education, girls growing up in the city have their dreams curtailed with every scolding they receive and every project they get back with low grades and unkind comments. Talented young women are not nurtured in ways that allow them to overcome whatever barriers life has imposed on them. College recruiters look for the best educated students in the last two years of high school. By then, however, many of the imaginative, intelligent and fiercely independent young women have lost their voices and given up on their dreams.
Outreach from college admissions offices is most often geared towards young women who are potential candidates for those schools. The girls I am concerned about are much younger. There are no guarantees that they would want to consider Bryn Mawr as a possible choice. It would be an act of faith to create a program where alumnae from women's colleges mentor city girls with a view to offering them the intellectual challenge and day-to-day support necessary to believe in themselves.
Mentoring young women offers a promise of coming to know other lives and communities. I envision such a relationship as a serious commitment to knowing the girls in their surroundings, not just attempting to bring them out of their world. I have doubts about whether trekking on weekends to be with mentor families who live outside the city is the sort of thing from which girls would benefit. At a minimum, it must be a mutual exchange where these girls can be guides and narrators of city life to their mentors. Further, city teens need to know about educational resources easily accessible in their communities and mentors need to help strengthen girls' access to such resources.
My experiences with girls like Tamika convinced me that, in talking about interventions, it's this human connection that's missing, the getting of a child from here to there and the person who makes that happen. Here is a natural role for adult women who are interested in nurturing the younger generation. Available to support a girl — a young scientist, a linguist or a poet — until she graduates from high school and has firm plans for the future, a mentor becomes a person to whom a young woman comes to discuss her report card or to share an award for artistic accomplishments. A mentor is someone who can be trusted to appreciate her effort and cherish her hard work even if her grades need improvement or her skills honing.
Whatever we do for young city women has to support them where their sense of home and security is most tangible, and we must do it early on in their lives. At nine or 10 years of age, they're not ready to make decisions that would take them away from the world they have known. Even when they are older, the decision to leave home and community in exchange for educational opportunities can be a very tough one.
What would it be if a network of professional women would open their homes and lives to one city girl at a time, beginning in sixth grade and lasting until graduation from college? What would their own children learn from their city buddies? What would communities stand to gain? I struggle with these questions whenever I meet my daughter's friends, watch their hopeful faces and listen to their laughter. I am painfully aware that, with all the support my 14-year-old daughter gets at home, she continues to have a difficult time in school. Finding teachers who would recognize and respect her individuality, who would search out her talent and support her budding awareness of being a thinker, seems nearly impossible. What must it be like for her friends and other girls who don't have the support she has? To whom do they turn? Where do they go to find the strength to persevere?
I do not know how to cross the divide to women whose lives are as different from mine as mine is from Tamika's and her playmates'. Although I attended Bryn Mawr, in my heart I am still an immigrant from Poland, a city dweller. I have yet to learn how to be part of that "other world," the vast expanse of middle class communities which surround the cities. Still, Tamika's indelible influence on my life, the fellowship she built with our family across boundaries of race and class, inspires me not to give up.
Educated in the Boston public schools since kindergarten, Tamika probably will not do well on college board examinations in comparison to her suburban peers. Neither will my daughter and her younger brother, since city schools simply do not offer opportunities other districts provide. Chances are, though, that my two children will grow up knowing about community organizing efforts, about loss of innocence at an early age, about racial and economic justice. I hope they can learn what to do about it every day of their lives. That's the greatest gift the city gives us, one Tamika brought with her laughter and friendship, one I would never trade.
1 Tamika is a made-up name of a real playmate of my daughter. She still lives in Boston and attends Boston public schools.
2 A professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Carol Gilligan is best known as the author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development (Harvard University Press, 1982), although she has further developed her arguments from that book in subsequent writings.
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Homecoming 2014 Schedule
Homecoming 2014: "Shipwrecked in TEALnation"
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Sunday, October 19th –Homecoming Kickoff
Banner@ completed Noon Woods Pavilion
Turn in your team's banner for the banner competition no later than noon. Banners will be hung around campus and judged the same day.
Miss Coastal Carolina University Pageant 7 p.m. Wheelwright Auditorium
Sixteen lovely ladies will compete for the crown in the Annual Miss Coastal Carolina University Pageant. Come cheer on your favorites and earn points for your organization! Free, but ticketed.
Monday, October 20th
ChantFest$ 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Prince Lawn
ChantFest is one of the biggest events of the year. The Coastal Activities Board presents a "mini CINO Day" with inflatables, free food, activities, and games for an afternoon of fun to kick Homecoming Week into high gear.
Homecoming Bonfire and Cookout 7-10 p.m. Woods Pavilion
Enjoy a cookout and bonfire under the stars at the Woods Pavilion. The 2014 Homecoming Court will be announced at this event!
Hoopla 2013* 10:30 p.m. HTC Center
Meet the teams! Chanticleer men and women's basketball will be on hand for a fun, action packed night of free games, prizes and action in the HTC Center.
Tuesday, October 21st - #TealTuesday/ Service Day
Office Decorating Contest Judged 3 p.m. Various offices
Paint the Town@ Teal 5 p.m. Downtown Conway
Each team will partner with a Conway business to decorate their storefront, and Paint the Town Teal!! Teams will receive points toward the Homecoming Week Competition and extra points for placing. The business will also receive a certificate for participating and a plaque for placing.
Paint the Town Teal Judged 5 p.m. Downtown Conway
Coastal Can-Struct@ 6 p.m. HTC Center
Start collecting your canned goods now! Coastal Can-Struct is a competition to build the best canned food structure featuring the overall Homecoming theme.
Wednesday, October 22nd –Campus Sustainability Day
Be the Match Bone Marrow Registry Drive 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Hicks Courtyard & CINO Grill
Treasure Hunt $ Noon Prince Lawn
Thursday, October 23rd
American Red Cross Blood Drive$ 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wall Circle & Coastal Sci.Ctr.
Donate blood. Save lives. Show your Coastal pride. Make you appointement at redcrossblood.org/make-donation.
Tea & Ethics 3:30 pm Wheelwright
"Is the University a Business?" – A panel of faculty and staff discuss the Pros and Cons of running a University like a business.
Friday, October 24th
Annual Golf Tournament 11:30 a.m. Hackler Golf Course
Shotgun start: 12:30 p.m. For more information or to sign up, visit www.coastal.edu/alumni.
Coastal's Got Talent 7 p.m. HTC Center Arena
Student and Student Organization finalists will show off their talent for the big prize. Don't miss this amazing show.
Saturday, October 25th - Homecoming Day!
Golf Cart Parade@ 1:30 pm Route through Tailgate Areas
We provide the golf carts. You provide the decorations. Show your Chanticleer spirit by decorating your golf cart using Coastal colors and the Homecoming theme!
Most Spirited Tailgate Competition@ Noon-2 p.m. Chantourage Alley
Register your tailgate to be judged in the Most Spirited Tailgate competition! Entrants are encouraged to incorporate the theme "Shipwrecked in TEALnation".
Homecoming Game vs. Charleston Southern 3:30 p.m. Brooks Stadium
King and Queen announced at halftime, Overall winners announced after 3rd quarter. Free, but ticketed.
Weeklong Events:
King and Queen@ Voting Tuesday-Thursday Online
Office Decoration Contest Monday-Friday Various Offices
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Here are the Best Catholic Fish Fry Dinners Around the Evansville Area for Lent
Ahh, the season of the fish fry is finally here! From March 7 – April 11, 2014 take advantage of these local Catholic churches and affiliations that are serving up the fish fry.
2014 Lenton Schedule: March 7-April 11
Nativity, Evansville
St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville
St. John, Daylight
Evansville West Deanery
Resurrection, Evansville
Resurrection, Evansville
St. Matthew, Mount Vernon
St. Joseph, Vanderburgh County
Holy Redeemer, Evansville
St. Philip, Posey County
Jasper Deanery, Knights of Columbus Council 14555, Ferdinand
St. Mary, Huntingburg
Holy Family, Jasper
St. Peter Celestine, Celestine
St. Mary, Ireland
Good Shepherd of the Hills Knights of
Columbus Council 13623, Celestine
Newburgh Deanery
St. John the Baptist, Newburgh
St. Joseph, Dale
Mary, Help of Christians, Mariah Hill
St. Bernard, Rockport
St. Nicholas, Santa Claus
St. Joseph, Dale
Mary, Help of Christians, Mariah Hill
St. Nicholas, Santa Claus
Princeton Deanery
Vincennes Deanery
St. Vincent de Paul, Vincennes
St. Philip Neri, Bicknell
St. Mary, Sullivan
St. Francis Xavier (The Old Cathedral), Vincennes,
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|Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
|Re: [Vlan-devel] Some more questions on multicast & VLAN.
|Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:56:45 -0700
|vlan-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, VLAN Mailing List <vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
|Candela Technologies
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Gleb Natapov wrote: > > Hello Ben, > > On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 02:10:24PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > > > > I'm having some fun trying to figure out how to make MultiCast work with > > VLANs. > > > > First, the MC list on the VLAN will not necessarily be equal to that of > > the real Ethernet device, because there could be several VLAN devices, > > each with a non-overlapping subset of MC addresses, on a single Ethernet > > device. > > Right. > > > > > Also, using VLANs does not mean that you cannot use the real Ethernet > > device at the same time, so it becomes almost impossible to know when > > to delete an MC address based on what is told to the VLAN device. > > (Maybe it was added on the real ethernet device, as well as the VLAN > > device, so removing it from the VLAN device SHOULD NOT remove it from > > the ethernet device...) > > Here I don't agree with you completely. It is possible to know when to delete > or add MC address > from/to ethernet device. > > Here how we do it in our implementation: > set_multicast_list is called whenever MC address is added or deleted from > device's mc_list. > I store previous mc_list in vlan private structure. When set_multicast_list > is called I check for > addresses that are not on saved mc_list and add them to the ethernet device. > After that I check for > addresses that are on the saved mc_list but not on vlan mc_list and delete > them from the device. > Than I save new device's mc_list in vlan private structure. Yes, after re-reading your code about 20 more times I finally realized that is what you were doing. (Actually, I started doing the same thing..then realized you had already figured it out..so I just used yours... :)) You mentioned that there was a race condition when using SMP, could you explain that one a bit more? We could probably put a lock around it if we need to, in order to make it safe. > > Unfortunately current multicast address management API isn't convenient for > use with virtual devices. > Perhaps now is a good time to change it. I personally want to see two > functions: > dev->add_multicast_address(), dev->del_multicast_address(). This way it will > be much easier for virtual > devices to manage underlying devices' MC list. Probably a good 2.5 thing... > > -- > Gleb. -- Ben Greear (greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) http://www.candelatech.com Author of ScryMUD: scry.wanfear.com 4444 (Released under GPL) http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear
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The iPhone 7 rumors are flying, but there's a drawback to reports of a holographic display and an advanced new camera — a very hefty price tag.
The latest iteration of the iPhone isn't expected for close to a year, but already the rumor mill is churning rapidly with supposed features of the phone (a complete rundown of the rumored iPhone 7 specs can be found here).
Many of the clues are coming from the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which were released in September. Those following Apple closely believe that the iPhone 7 will need to be a step above the latest release, meaning it will likely have a bigger screen size. It could also remove the physical home button in favor of a TouchID sensor.
There are even rumors that the iPhone 7 could have facial recognition for an unlocking feature.
But the new features will come with a price, and a big one at that. Rumors indicate that the iPhone 7 will run in the neighborhood of $650 and $850, making it the most expensive iPhone yet.
Of course, the release is still several months out, so all iPhone 7 rumors should be taken with a grain of salt. It still isn't even known if it will be called the iPhone 7, or if Apple will take a cue from other recent releases and add a letter to the end of the last number.
Even some of the blogs dedicated to iPhone 7 rumors are noting how strange it is to be speculating about something that could very well be still in development.
"If we turn red with embarrassment then that's because we know how absurd this is, but it's mobile news and that's what we do," noted the site Mobile Burn. "So, the iPhone 6 has just but been released, which in the world of Apple means that there is no bedding down period as we are already looking forward to the next model, the iPhone 7."
Apple fans hoping to get a look at the iPhone 7 and see if the rumors pay off will have to bear down for a little while. The release isn't expected until sometime around September, 2015.
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May 20
Gabriel Ayala Quintet
performs at the academy
Arizona Senior Academy audiences have eagerly followed the career of virtuoso guitarist Gabriel Ayala for several years. The latest addition to his musical palette will be showcased at the academy when the Gabriel Ayala Quintet performs at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The program will feature Ayala's original "JazzMenco" compositions and arrangements. Ayala describes the evolution of the JazzMenco genre as an ongoing process of translating the sounds in his head into musical notes and instrumental textures, fusing the classical structure of Flamenco with the improvisations of jazz.
He feels he has found his ideal musical colors in the makeup of his quintet. The four remaining members are Troy Gray on bass, Danny Brito and Eric Hines on percussion and Richard Katz on keyboard.
Since last appearing at the academy, Ayala has been busy touring in places as varied as New Mexico, Las Vegas, Minnesota and Canada, where he performed with Dr. John and Willie Nelson at the Ottowa Jazz Festival. He also linked up with Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong fame), touring as a guitar duo.
As a member of the Yaqui people of Southern Arizona, Ayala is an advocate for all things positive for Native American youth. He is working to expand the mission of his Gabriel Ayala Foundation, which awarded over 25 scholarships for higher education last year.
In April, the Gabriel Ayala Trio performed a benefit concert at the San Xavier Mission. A July release is expected for a DVD and CD of the concert, "Gabriel Ayala, Live at the Mission," the proceeds of which will go toward restoration of the mission.
Leslie Nitzberg
May 21
Lecture on VERITAS canceled
A lecture that had been planned for today has been canceled. Trevor Weekes had been scheduled to talk about about VERITAS at the Arizona Senior Academy
May 22
Teaching cosmology
to Buddhist monks
"Surprise, delight and unbridled mirth are not commonly encountered in the science classroom," says astrophysicist Chris Impey. "But in the foothills of the Himalaya, at a program to teach cosmology to Buddhist monks, they were daily occurrences."
Impey, a University Distinguished Professor and deputy head of the UA Astronomy Department, has spent parts of the last five years teaching cosmology to a group of three dozen Tibetan monks.
Called "Science for Monks," the program was initiated by the Dalai Lama so that his monks could, in Impey's words, "be suitably trained for the modern world that's so dependent on math and science."
Impey, who runs the nation's largest undergraduate majors program in astronomy and the second largest Ph.D. program, will describe his experiences in the Science for Monks program at the Arizona Senior Academy on May 22.
His hourlong talk, "Humble Before the Void," begins at 3:30 p.m.
He will relate some of the techniques he used to help the monks understand cosmology — defined on space.com as "the branch of astronomy involving the origin and evolution of the universe."
To get them to think about large numbers, he asked them to calculate the number of grains of sand in one cubic centimeter — about the size of a sugar cube.
"My students back home would struggle with this activity, not because it's technically difficult, but because it's painstaking and tedious," Impey said. "The monks perform the task without a hint of self-consciousness, and with care and delicacy, like it's a devotion."
At the same time, Impey will relate how much he and other Western teachers gained from the experience. He said working with this unique audience "spurred new ways of thinking about the universe and the art of teaching."
He added: "Buddhist monks are inspiring students because they're open to new ideas and they're absolutely committed to learning. The classroom is a two-way street; excitement and glimmers of enlightenment flow in both directions. For any educator this is the mother lode."
Impey has recorded his experiences with the monks in a book, "Humble Before the Void," which will be published later this year. The book was written with a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropic organization that seeks to support scientific research and efforts to further the dialogue between science and religion.
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|Chap. 246
|Lummi Indian Reservation, Wash.
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|Chap. 246
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not to exceed the sum of $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the completion and graveling of the road which has been partially constructed by Whatcom County across Lummi Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the proper authorities of the State of Washington or the county of Whatcom shall agree in writing to maintain such road free of expense to the United States.
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My plans aren't your plans,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my plans than your plans. (CEB)
Category: salvation
Which world do you live in?
#UMCGC and moving on to perfection
Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life?
For at least the last 25 years, I have answered this question, "Yes, by the grace of God."
The other seven members of my ordination class in the Texas Annual Conference in 1991 answered the same. As far as I know, every ordained United Methodist has answered the same way.
I was pretty sure that the eight of us didn't have exactly the same understanding of what this question meant. No one asked. No explanation, no dissertation was required
I can tell you that I full on loved that question! Fresh out of Asbury Seminary, I was deeply committed to living into Christian Perfection. Wesley's teaching on perfection played an essential role in my choice of seminary.
When I was 27 I fully expected, by the grace of God, to be made perfect in love in this life.
Today, at 52 I still fully expect, by the grace of God, to be made perfect in love in this life.
My understanding of what it means, and towards what, particularly, I am moving, has changed. If it hadn't, I would have serious reservations about my fitness for effective ministry.
I haven't talked to anyone from my ordination class in at least 20 years. This is partly because I have changed conferences; I am now a clergy member of the Central Texas Conference.
Occasionally I wonder what the 27 year old Steve Heyduck would think of the 52 year old version. There would be some serious disagreements. And yet, we are together. I wouldn't be the me I am today had I not been him then.
I wouldn't be committed today to being made perfect in love in this life were it not for my original commitment then. With 25+ years on this path, then, I have to think I'm closer now than I was then. If I didn't believe this, I would owe it to the Church to surrender my credentials and find another vocation.
STOP looking at Jesus!
This picture did it. Threw me across the line I've been toeing for several days, if not weeks.
Seems pretty harmless, right? Maybe even encouraging? Even if you realize, as I did the moment I saw it, that this is a picture of Barry Gibb, one of the Bee Gees.
Today we celebrate the Ascension. The story is told in Acts 1:1-11. 40 days after the resurrection, Jesus "was lifted up," (ascended) into heaven. Today is that day this year – 40 days after Easter.
Immediately after the ascension, Luke, the author of Acts, tells us,
While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them. They said, "Galileans, why are you standing here, looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven." -Acts 1:10-11
This is the part of the Ascension story I want to focus on today. And, maybe, every day.
Today I echo the words of those two men in white robes:
STOP looking at Jesus!
Barry Gibbs/Jesus helped me grasp this, so now I share it with you. We do too much looking at Jesus.
I think all these images of Jesus we surround ourselves with distract us from actually following Jesus. To be fair, it's not Barry Gibbs' fault. Here is a collage of many of the images of Jesus found around our church, Euless First United Methodist Church
When we make Jesus look like a first century person, we are distracted from the realities of 21st century life. However heart warming it is to see a picture of a bearded, robed guy, most of us don't look at actually, living, bearded guys in robes with any such positive thoughts. This kind of removing Jesus from our current context too easily leads to nostaglic dreaming of all kinds of days-gone-by. I'm pretty sure Jesus would rather we live today.
When we insert a image of Jesus into a current situation, we create space for us to back out of the challenging part of following Jesus. Are you tired, stressing out, even depressed? Facing tough times? Grieving the loss of a loved one or poor choices your children (or parents) are making? Here's a picture of Jesus to tide you over to get you through. No! The picture of Jesus that Jesus wants you and me to share with the hurting is the Imago Dei (image of God) that we carry in our beings!
May you experience all the joy of the Ascension: knowing that Jesus is in heaven, and that he didn't leave us here to stare up at heaven, or at pictures, looking at Jesus. He left us, commissioned us, is counting on us, to continue his work.
So, STOP looking at Jesus and follow him!
The Hatefulness of not playing favorites
I'm a terrible person. Or so I am tempted to believe as a result of a phone conversation that ended a few minutes ago.
Of course, I can think of all kinds of reasons he was wrong, but all of these reasons are playing less loudly right now than the reminder of his voice.
"So, you hate veterans?" He hung up before I could answer.
Of course I don't hate veterans! But, while I could have shot this simple statement out before he disconnected, I didn't even mutter these words because that wasn't an answer to what was actually happening.
He didn't really care if I cared about veterans. He cared if I cared about him. Making things even more difficult than that, the only way I could prove to him that I cared about him was if I gave him exactly what he was asking for.
He did what he was supposed to do, right? His best play was the card he had that could most likely win; his best card was the "veteran" card. He had already played the "my grandfather was a pastor" card, and that hadn't worked.
In that moment, he wanted me to play favorites. More accurately, he was hoping I would both play favorites and that he, in one category or another he had presented to me, was in my list of favorites.
At this point it would be easiest for me to call up the "God is no respecter of persons," which is how the King James version translated it. The Common English Bible renders it "God doesn't show partiality to one group of people over another." (Acts 10:34)
That's where most of us go to fight playing favorites. There are plenty of other places in the scripture we could go, if we wanted to. Matthew 19:24 and Matthew 25:31-46 come to mind quickly.
So was I playing favorites by choosing that verse?
Are we are always choosing to play favorites, one way or another? Is it really a matter of being honest with ourselves and with others about how we choose favorites?
I am left with the story of the starfish.
However it is that we play favorites, may we realize that in helping one, any one, we at least offer help to that one. Whether or not we change the world in doing so, we might hope to be part of the change in that one's world.
W's Qs #2
Part of John Wesley's genius, as the founder of the Methodist Movement, was the way he organized to make disciples. He established small groups everywhere he went. When these small groups met, they would go through a list of questions at each meeting. The questions were designed to guide the group members into a deeper walk with God.
Here is the second question:
- Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
Many congregations have at least one of these people, but in one church I served her name was Esther. Esther believed that she should always speak her mind, no matter who it hurt along the way.
I read in a Chuck Swindoll book of that same era that "honesty is a virtue, but it is not the highest virtue."
I think this misconception of honesty – sharing my opinion no matter the personal or relational cost – is exactly what this second question of Wesley's small groups intends to address.
Notice it asks, "Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?" (emphasis added) I think honesty in our actions will sometimes cause us to limit the words we use. Honest actions make us choose our words more wisely.
So, "Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?" Is a great question for any of us who would follow Jesus to consider regularly. Additionally, we are most likely to grow more honest in acts and words when we hold ourselves accountable to someone else.
I believe that, at its best, honesty in acts and words means consideration for one's own worth and that of others.


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This article was published 2/1/2013 (1659 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Numerous charges are pending after a New Year's Day ordeal in which a man allegedly terrorized staff and patients at the Russell hospital.
RCMP were called to the Russell Health Centre at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and arrived to find a man threatening hospital staff and patients.
Police say the man had attended the hospital for treatment for injuries sustained in an early-morning snowmobile crash.
A doctor and at least two nurses were treating him when he became violent, assaulted them and then left the room.
He then assaulted a young girl, chased a child and threatened other patients, including some who are elderly.
Police say he was violent with an RCMP officer on the scene and the suspect was shocked with a stun gun to get him under control.
He wasn't seriously injured and, as of Wednesday afternoon, he remained in custody.
The motive for the assaults remains unclear but substance abuse is considered a factor.
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Today we commemorate Christ's crucifixion. I have found myself meditating this week on an old altarpiece from a chapel in Isenheim, Germany, painted in 1512 by Matthias Grünewald. Of the thousands of extant paintings of the crucifixion, this one most powerfully depicts suffering and death as yet unrelieved by the resurrection.
The basic composition is straightforward. The crucifix is the primary focal point, centered, and without any perspectival distortion. To the left John the Apostle comforts the Virgin, while Mary Magdalene prays to Christ. To the right John the Baptist (identified by his sheep and book) points to the Son of God. So far, it's a relatively normal crucifixion scene. (To view a larger version in a new window while you read, click here.)
This painting is the primary image of a multi-part altarpiece, and in its primary position is flanked on either side by paintings of St. Sebastian and St. Anthony. In the second position it yields to the celebrations of the life of Christ, including the annunciation and resurrection. Most of the year the primary scene would be shown, while on Easter Sunday and certain other Church holidays it would change to the second position. Of all the paintings on this altarpiece, the crucifixion is the most compelling: its gross depiction of a dying Christ transfixes the eye and refuses to leave the mind. There are thousands of paintings of the crucifixion, but few painters as bold as Grünewald to assert the human fragility and ugliness of an embodied, dying Christ.
Look closely at Christ's hands and feet, and note the pockmarks in his body. His feet are greenish, the skin loose and the flesh diseased. His hands convulse into claws, issuing from dislocated shoulders. His body is marked allover by small cuts and sores, bristling at times with splinters or sores. These details are not part of the standard injuries of Christ; Grünewald painted them to show a Christ that bears all suffering, especially that of the viewer.
Confused? Here's some historical background. Many of the painting's original viewers suffered from Ergotism. Also called 'St. Anthony's Fire', the disease is a slow neurological poisoning caused by ergot, a parasitic rye fungus. People who ate contaminated rye experienced hallucinations of demons (ergot produces LSD when refined), burning sensations, and developed dry gangrene in their extremities. The monks of St. Anthony specialized in treating these symptoms, so the sick were brought to this monastery, and would meditate in the chapel during their course of treatment. They arrived in a state of physical and psychological torment difficult to imagine, their skin an eruption of boils, their hands, ears, and feet decaying slowly. If treatment was unsuccessful, these body parts would fall off and the sufferer would die naturally or kill himself in a hallucinatory fit a few weeks later.
Grünewald painted Christ with the symptoms of Ergotism, reminding the viewer not only that the savior is no stranger to pain, but that He is with them in their own suffering. The anachronistic presence of John the Baptist suggests the resurrection and redemption that Christ's pain brings, and reminds the viewer that he is one with Christ through the baptism. This is the only figure in the composition that does not visibly suffer, but while he reminds the viewer that hope is not lost, he does little to relieve the agony of the painting. St. John bears the inscription, 'I must decrease and He must increase'–a fitting reminder of the sufferer's proper response to his own pain. The other figures, too, suggest appropriate reactions: John the apostle catches or comforts Mary as she swoons from the pain of seeing the beloved son suffer. John at once supports her, and grieves alongside her, providing an image of Christian community. Mary Magdalen kneels, praying for or to Christ. All focus their attention on the crucifixion; all grieve, all suffer, but in their suffering do not despair.
As to the rest of the composition, it is a dark wasteland. Good Friday, and the Saturday that follows, are dark days that hang heavily until the resurrection morning. The agony is not made any less deep, less painful or less real by being eventually redeemed. This is Grünewald's message, powerfully and viscerally conveyed: you are suffering, and Christ suffers. Your condition is not hopeless, but it is real, and excruciating, and in it you must focus on the cross, and knowing that you do not suffer alone, endure. Quietly, he reassures you– redemption and resurrection are coming. Be patient, Christian; suffer with hope. '


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|Draft Animal Cloning Risk Assessment
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
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| it is only right that the consumer be made aware of ANYTHING out of the ordinary when it comes to what they and their families ingest. Cloning to me is not considered natural and would definately fall under the "out of the ordinary" category. Let the people decide if they want to purchase that product or not. Why deceive them?


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Subject: [htdig] Starting to install htDig
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer (email@example.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2000 - 02:34:55 PDT
On Monday 3 July 2000, at 20 h 51, the keyboard of "Juan Ventura"
<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Please help me!
First, your subject is stupid and, with so many shouting, you are sure to be
detected by bozo-filtering software (with an address in ".com", you would have
ended in my Trash/Bozo/ mail folder). Therefore, I changed it.
> I want to put a search engine on my site but I dont understand =
> anything...
The installation and configuration of ht://Dig should be done by your Unix
system administrator. You should see with him/her.
If you are the system administrator, I suggest to learn some basics of Unix,
software installation, etc, first. ht://Dig is not very complicated (much
simpler to install than, say, PostgreSQL) but it is not "hello, world", which
means it is not the package you should learn Unix with.
> first of all how do I get to execute the configure file?...
As its name says, you do not execute it, it is a configuration file and therefore it is read by ht://Dig when it executes.
If the question was actually, "How do you edit it", then the reply is "With any text editor" like emacs, vi or nedit.
Feel free to ask more specific questions. "I don't know what to do" is clearly something which cannot be answered. At least indicate the operating system you use and the specific problem you get (in great details).
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It seems that computer security issues are affecting everyone these days. Even government organizations like the FBI and the office of the president have been afflicted with viruses and data theft. President Obama recently admitted that during his campaign, his office's computers were infected and critical campaign information was stolen! This just shows that anyone can be a victim of cyber crime; not just regular folks like you and me.
So, what can be done about this? Until just recently, there was no official government office in charge of data security. Thankfully, this is all about to change. Just a couple days ago, the president announced the creation of a new data security post. The position, called the cyber czar, will soon be active and will hopefully make some positive progress toward securing the country, and in turn, everyone within it from cyber crime.
At this time the exact role of the position has not been completely disclosed, but soon we'll know what the US government will do about Internet security in the United States. Many people, including me, think that this position should have been created long ago. Security issues with data have been a huge issue in private and public roles throughout this country. If this position has any effect at all on Internet security issues, it will be a welcome change to the current technological landscape.
In the big picture, this position will most likely be in charge of securing important government data and not so much for people like you and me. Even if that is the case, securing the private data of US citizens that lies in government hands is something that everyone will benefit from. Just imagine if someone broke into the social security administration's data. This would be a disaster! As things sit now, this could be a very real threat. Hopefully a cyber czar is the right answer.
Until next time, stay safe out there!