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A&M Collapse Injures Four Workers
Four workers have been hurt three critically after a 300-foot barn frame collapsed Saturday.
The collapse happened at an $80 million Texas A&M University equestrian complex that's under construction. The College Station Fire Department says the accident took place on university property about a mile from the main campus.
University police identified the contractor as Gamma Construction Company, with offices in Houston and San Antonio.
The injured workers were taken to hospitals. Their names and conditions have not been released at this time. Officials are investigating the cause of that accident. According to OHSA's website, Gamma Construction has been received eight safety violations since 2008, five of those citations serious, with fines of up to almost $15,000.


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About the Author
An Interview with the Author – Debbie Glade
What is your background?
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing from Florida State University. I was a freelance writer and fell into researching and travel writing for upscale cruise lines. I did this type of work for over 13 years. I used to call myself an "armchair traveler," which means reading, researching and writing without always traveling. Most of the work I did was before the internet, so I had to use the library to do my research. I am now a member of the Florida Publishers Association, and a sponsor of the Association of Booksellers for Children.
How did you get the idea for this book?
Each member of my family is an avid reader, and we spend a lot of time in libraries and bookstores. My husband and I have always bought our daughter lots of books. She had a libary card when she was 1 week old! When she was very young we found that the quality of some of the children's pictures books was disappointing. There are no doubt many excellent books too, but there is definitely a need for more creative original book ideas for the large number of young, smart readers who would love to experience something completely different. This got me motivated to start thinking of a unique idea for a new book. I thought about how my travel writing background could help children get interested in reading more and learning about geography at a young age. I wanted it to be very entertaining, so I used my silly cartoon voices to narrate it, set it all to music and record it on CD. It really brings the story to life.
So how is this book any different than other children's books?
A travel adventure is not uncommon, however this one is presented in a unique manner. There are many children's picture books about scary monsters, kids who are longing to be liked and tots learning to go potty. These are important subjects. But I wanted to write a book that curious children would certainly enjoy, without talking down to them. The hero of this book is a child millipede with a brilliant mind. It is her intellect and creativity that get her family out of a sticky situation. I like that the book does not focus on being pretty, athletic or popular. Lilly teaches us about working through our fears and about the world around us. More importantly she teaches us how to have the confidence to solve our biggest problems. Having the story recorded on CD with music really makes it unique. There aren't many fiction books for young readers recorded on CD. What really makes me smile is when I hear how much parents and grandparents enjoy listening to it.
What was your inspiration for the characters?
Lilly is in most ways my fifteen-year-old daughter
Rachel. Rachel is a book lover and an excellent student. She is skilled at solving problems calmly and methodically. She is an encyclopedia of information, and she gives me amazing advice! She is also a excellent pianist and loves music of all types. A few of Lilly's traits are similar to mine (like her fear of elevators). My brother, Eric, always called my daughter, "Silly Badilly." Lilly P. Badilly is the character I eventually came up with. The grandparents in the book were inspired by my paternal grandparents, Grandma Nell and Grandpa Joe. They were both such unique and interesting people and were so good to me growing up. I spent a lot of time with them. Grandma Nell loved to travel, and Grandpa Joe was always reluctant to go anywhere. Some of fictitious Grandma Nellie's traits are similar to mine in real life too. And some of Grandpa Willie's traits were inspired by my husband, John. Although they never met, my husband and my grandfather had a lot of similarities.
How did you get interested in writing?
I used to write a lot of rhyming poetry as a young child. In fact, my Grandma Nellie kept a book of all my poems. Some of them were so silly. I still read them occasionally and laugh hysterically. I also adored all the Dr. Seuss books as a kid, as did most everyone else my age. I remember sitting and reading them over and over again and looking at the pictures. When I started college and took English 101 class, I realized that writing came natural for me. And I really got a kick out of reading Shakespeare and taking a play writing class.
How did you learn to draw?
I always loved art and started drawing at an early age. In high school I took art lessons, but I really got discouraged. The teacher would say, "Draw it like you see it." And then she would say, "That's not how you see it," and lean over my work and change it herself. Most of what I learned, I did on my own. I really love all types of arts and crafts, especially making quilts.
What is your favorite book of all time?
I'd have to say that it is The Catcher in the Rye, because I was a lot like Holden Caufield growing up - an adolescent with a bad attitude! I also love Ayn Rand's two classics, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. The best book I've read recently is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
Why did you choose to write about Costa Rica?
With all the years of experience I had as a travel writer, I enjoyed learning about the plants and animals of Costa Rica the best. It is truly one of the world's greatest wonders, with its fertile rainforests and
seemingly endless species of plants and animals.
Why did you record the book on CD?
I really wanted the characters to come to life, and the only way to do that was with a recording. I also wanted to use my daughter's and husband's musical talents to pull it all together. Plus my goal was to have every child be able to enjoy the book, regardless of his or her reading ability.
How did you come up with those character voices?
As a child I loved being silly (that hasn't changed!) and I used to talk to my baby brother in my cartoon voice. I use that voice usually when I am very happy and to talk to my dog. I noticed years ago that kids and animals seem to respond to it very favorably. (I once stopped an angry German shepherd from attacking me by using that voice.) As I was writing the book I started to practice making up other voices for the other characters. This took some time to get it all right. But I sure enjoyed the process! My daughter had to constantly listen to me try out different ideas. Needless to say she laughed a lot.
How did your daughter write all that original music?
Rachel started to play a toy piano when she was about 3 1/2. Her Dad and I noticed she was playing some of the music from TV commercials she would listen to. She started to take lessons when she was six, and she was very dedicated to piano from day one. She often plays 2-4 hours each day, sometimes more. Her piano teacher was brilliant at teaching her how to master reading any and all music and exposing her to all types of music. She used all these years of lessons to help her come up with original songs. Her Dad helped to make the score sound even better.
I am extremely proud of what they accomplished! I am not a musician, so naturally I could not have done this without them.
Where did your husband get his musical talent?
My husband and his twin sister, Jayne,were the youngest in a family with seven kids. One of John's older sisters, Donna, had a friend who played the guitar. John was very interested in learning how to play, so the friend taught him. What is so funny is that his sister and the friend are 11 years older than him, so the folk music he learned was way beyond his years. Each of John's siblings can sing well, and when they sing together in harmony they sound like the Von Trapp family! John taught himself to pay the harmonica, and he wrote some original songs.
What was it like working with your family on the recording of the book?
I've never had so much fun in my life! We laughed non stop. When you enjoy what you are doing, the end result is a guaranteed success whether you sell one copy or one million.
How long did it take you to record it?
I had practiced the narration and voices so much at home that we recorded it in one day. We did a straight run through the script with the narration, music and songs and then went back and changed a few things. It really went smoothly. The time to practice is before you get to the studio, because it can get expensive to record over and over again!
What advice do you have for others who aspire to write a children's book?
Anyone who wants to be a writer of any kind must be an avid reader first. There is an assumption out there that writing books for children is easy, but it is not. I have read so many children's books to see what's out there. Some are incredibly wonderful, while others seem to be formulaic. If an adult does not enjoy reading it, a child will not enjoy reading it. It is very challenging to come up with a new idea and make it work without patronizing young readers. If you can remember what it feels like to be a child and think like one, you'll be on the right track. The most important advice is just get started! And then rewrite, rewrite, rewrite until you get it right.

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Ngā Puna Wai has a small lake at its heart surrounded by native wetland plants. This park is adjacent to the Canterbury Agricultural Park and will be the site of a new sports hub to replace facilities lost at QEII Park and around the city.
Start: The carpark on MacFarlane Ave (inside Canterbury Agricultural Park).
Finish: Same as the starting point.
Distance: 1 km.
Time: 15-20 minutes.
Toilets: Located near the Ngā Puna Wai carpark off Augustine Drive.
Access: Not suitable for wheelchairs or strollers. Some off-road strollers may be fine in dry conditions.
Dogs: Allowed under effective control.
This walk takes you on the outskirts of the native wetland plants around the Nga Puna Wai lake. You can start in either direction. There is a small boardwalk on the western side of the loop.


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I am excited to share that today marks the release of my brand-new book The Colson Way: Love Your Neighbor and Live with Faith in a Hostile World (Thomas Nelson). Here is the specially-created webpage for the book, too, with a free chapter to read and more. The Colson Way is my humble attempt to call the church [Read More…]
Pastors Are Not Politicians (But They Are Convictional)
Pastors are not called to preach on local ordinances. Pastors are ordained by God, however, to shape and fire the convictions of their people. So I argue in an essay for the new 9Marks eJournal. My piece is entitled "The Wilberforce Test: Preaching and the Public Square." Here's a swatch: Pastors are not politicians. They [Read More…]
On Ben Sasse and Daring to Hope in Public
Let's be honest. If you hold to Judeo-Christian ethics, the last few years have not gone well. They have gone very badly indeed. We've watched as the permanent things have taken hit after hit, blow after blow. We've seen a tidal wave of change sweep over America. We've felt helpless. We've felt hopeless. Last night, [Read More…]
Introducing The Federalist, a New Long-form Culture Site
The Federalist, from Ben Domenech, Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, and Sean Davis, sounds very exciting: At The Federalist, you'll read interesting essays informed by this general worldview, with writing on big subjects and small. If you are a subscriber to The Transom, you can expect more content along those lines, with the sharpest writers digging into the [Read More…]
Are Republicans Going to Outpace Democrats in Supporting Same-Sex Marriage?
Denny Burk just offered a discomfiting commentary on the recent remarks at CPAC by GOP presidential frontrunner Marco Rubio regarding marriage. Here's what Denny, my eagle-eyed colleague, had this to say: I like Marco Rubio. I really do. But did you see his remarks at CPAC today? If not, you can watch above. There was [Read More…]
Back to Your Posts (Again): Responding to Dalrymple on Marriage
I really like Tim Dalrymple. The dude is sharp, and he's on the good guys' side. He's also forward-thinking. He's just reopened the conversation in which I participated a little while back on whether evangelicals, in light of shifting cultural opinion on marriage, should make some kind of cultural bargain to legitimize gay marriage as [Read More…]
A Post-Election Letter to Young Evangelicals: Yes, Jesus Is Sovereign–But Suffering Matters
Dear God-loving young evangelical, I want you to know something: I hugely appreciate your confidence in God. It is deeply heartening to me to see that you are showing firm confidence in the Lord in the wake of the defeat of the pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-religious liberty presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. The [Read More…]
On Election Day, Brief Reflections on Young Evangelicals & Social Witness
Happy Election Day. I hope you've exercised a privilege known to precious few people in human history: voting. I did, much as I was confused by who to vote for in the local soil conservation race. To think I prided myself on being politically engaged as a Christian. While we're on this topic (of voting, [Read More…]
Who Am I Voting For? Justice and Life
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained [Read More…]


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From where did the band Hootie& the Blowfish originate?
Hootie and the Blowfish originated as a college band in the mid-'80s, when the four band members met at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. They didn't have their first taste of billboa...
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Mentioned in the recaps this morning -- and all over the Internet too, because it's a lot of fun to talk about -- is the Rays' lineup snafu which cost them their DH. I don't personally have much more to add to the story, but blogger Bill at The Daily Something did some historical backfill on this that is worth reading. Bill notes that AL managers have batted their pitchers instead of DHs, intentionally or otherwise, eleven times in the DH-era, and runs down the highlights from many of them. This one is Bill's favorite, and mine too:
October 2, 1974. It's the last day of the season, and Rangers manager Billy Martin forgoes the DH entirely in order to let future Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins hit for himself. Jenkins -- a career .163 hitter -- does quite well for himself, going 1-for-2...and his one hit, coming in the sixth, breaks up the no-hitter of the Twins' Jim Hughes! Jenkins comes around to score, helping himself on the way to a 3-2 comeback win, Jenkins' 25th of the year.
Martin loved messing around like that almost as much as he loved the cold refreshing taste of Ballantine's Beer. Not the same situation, but Martin once used pitcher Rick Rhoden as the DH. I watched it on TV, as it was NBC's Game of the Week. If I remember correctly, Vin Scully was calling it, made note of it, and then he and Joe Garagiola went on and actually called the baseball game like it was any other game. I get the distinct impression that if such a thing were to happen today, say on the ESPN Sunday night game, Miller, Morgan and Phillips would forgo all pretense of doing their jobs and talk about nothing other than the batting pitcher for most of the game.


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Jerusalem (Dec. 1)
An invitation to participate in the Western Asiatic Olympics at New Delhi, India, has been received by the Palestine Maccabee organization. The organization has also been invited to send a team to the Women's Olympiad at London. Both invitations will probably be accepted with the approval of the Maccabee Alliance.
The Maccabee organization, which has branches in many countries of the world, is a Jewish athletic association. It recently held a world Maccabiade at Prague, Czechoslovakia, modeled after the Olympic Games, in which Maccabean teams from a score of countries contested against each other.
While the London games are considered important as a sports event, much significance is attached to the invitation to the New Delhi Olympiad since a number of important Arab sports associations will be represented there. The invitation of the Palestine Maccabee group to compete in the events there is thus taken to be an indication of the contribution of sports to international amity.


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Australian companies are expected to continue delivering increased dividends to yield hungry investors this week, as reporting season enters its busiest days.
Mining heavyweight BHP Billiton is among 90 companies which will release their results this week. Others include property group Stockland, insurer IAG, transport and logistics company Toll Holdings and soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil.
The August reporting season has so far been better than expected and, if that continues this week, the market, which was up 2.64 per cent last week, should continue to rise.
Escala Partners chief investment office Giselle Roux said the search for dividends was "still very high" – a trend likely to continue this week.
"You just could not expect a company disappointing on yield at the moment and most of them seem to be trying to do one cent or two cents above the market's expectations or paying out a special dividend.
"Resource companies have some excess capital, service companies probably have excess capital, even sectors which are a little bit on the nose, like the retail sector, it's not impossible that they will pay out small amounts of additional dividend because they usually have excess franking credits," said Ms Roux.
Australian shares are tipped to open 10 points higher on Monday, according to the futures market.
On Wall Street, the main US benchmark, the S&P500, rose 1.22 per cent last week, while London's FTSE 100 rose 1.85 per cent and Japan's Nikkei climbed 3.65 per cent higher.
The gains were helped by improved investor sentiment as fears of conflict between Russia and the Ukraine eased, while soft economic data supported the need to keep interest rates lower for longer.
Debate on monetary policy will remain in focus this week, both locally and offshore.
The performance of the labour market will be on the agenda when the US Federal Reserve holds its annual Jackson Hole conference on Thursday.
Fed chair Janet Yellen is likely to remain cautious when communicating her view on the US recovery and the labour market.
In local economic news, the Reserve Bank will this week release board minutes from its August meeting.
National Australia Bank's senior economist Spiros Papadopoulos said while the minutes were "unlikely" to provide anything new after the release of the quarterly statement on monetary policy, parliamentary testimony by RBA Governor Glenn Stevens on Thursday "may be more enlightening" given some good wages data but bad jobs numbers.


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"Fire in the hole": The sticks are made of paraffin and sawdust for a long, hot burn.
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that the attempted bombing in Bangkok proves that Iran and its proxies continue operating with terrorism methods.
"Iran and Hezbollah are relentless terror elements who pose a danger to the stability of the region and the world," Barak said in a statement, during a visit in Singapore.
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My doctor diagnosed me with hypertension the day after I was layed off from my job in February. He said it was no big deal 141/85 give or take a a number or two. This was my third reading in this range but all of them have been during periods of exhaustion due to insomnia (I have lingering sleep issues from working a night shift for years). I doesn't seem to me that a doctor can make an accurate diagnosis of hypertension during periods of extreme stress or illness. As a result of the diagnosis I now have insurance problems. Do I have options?READ MORE
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Hi. The only option that you have is to have your BP checked when you are not exhausted.
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The fiance of Hilaria Thomas conceals his face under a white blanket when walking down the street with his female assistant.
Alec Baldwin refused to show his face to paparazzi after news about him punching a photographer made its way out. He stepped out of his apartment in New York draping a white sheet over his face and strolled down the street with his female assistant walking beside him while holding his suit.
Baldwin was angry for being portrayed as the bad guy in the story about his altercation with the paparazzo. The actor gave his side story on Twitter, insisting that he's not the one who provoked the scuffle. "A 'photographer' almost hit me in the face with his camera this morning. #allpaparazzishouldbewaterboarded," he explained.
In another tweet, the "30 Rock" star made a Trayvon Martin quip by comparing the incident to the February shooting. "I suppose if the offending paparazzi was wearing a hoodie and I shot him, it would all blow over..," so the fiance of Hilaria Thomas wrote.
"The photographer who assaulted me has (belatedly) gone to a hospital claiming injuries. Colin Myler and his NOTW scams come to NY...," he continued expressing his anger, referring to a web tabloid, News of the World, and its editor.
He went on, "Ppl who work in the entertainment industry keep appts w the press on a regular basis. Paparazzi assaulting you on the street duznt count. It's sad w the tabloid press. They attempt 2 provoke an incident + when it doesn't pan out, they say u did it anyway... #no1punchedany1."
Baldwin was pictured shoving a photographer named Marcus Santos on Tuesday, June 19 outside Manhattan's Marriage License Bureau. Santos, who works for New York Daily News, reportedly has filed an assault complaint with the New York Police Department.
The 42-year-old photographer claimed, "He comes after me, starts shoving and punching me - one time, right in the chin. And then he started shoving me, and pushing me. He lunged at me like raging bull." Another Daily News paparazzo supported his friend's testimony as saying, "He [Baldwin] said, 'Stay away from me, or I'll break your f***ing teeth'."
In response, a representative for the actor issued a statement to PEOPLE to clarify the story. "As Alec and his fiancee were leaving City Hall, a 'civilian' walking in front of Alec positioned himself to obstruct the view of a photographer aggressively trying to shoot the couple," the rep said.
"The photographer was clearly frustrated, pushed past the bystander and assaulted Alec with his camera. There were no punches thrown, and any subsequent physical contact was simply Alec protecting himself."


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Palomarez has been previously honored as the Cal Pac Conference Player of the Year after receiving the conference Defensive Player of the Week recognition on five different occasions. He was also recognized as the NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week award in mid-October. Zipperstein had also earned an All-Conference spot as his 11 assists put him in the top 20 in the nation . . . Menlo College senior Tim Tatum was named Cal Pac Conference Player of the Week for his efforts in helping the Oaks beat Academy of Art last weekend at venerable Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. Tatum scored 29 points and had seven rebounds against the NCAA Division II team. In women's basketball, Menlo College freshman Laurel Donnenwirth earned Cal Pac Conference Player of the Week honors after averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds as the Oaks split two games at the Slugs Classic hosted by UC Santa Cruz.
COACHING CORNER . . . The Palo Alto Babe Ruth baseball program has openings for head coaches and team managers for the spring 2012 season. Tryouts will be in late January 2012. Those interested should contact the league at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more details, go to www.pababeruth.org.
VOLLEYBALL HONORS . . . Stanford sophomores Rachel Williams and Carly Wopat have been named to the All-Pacific Region Team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The pair was listed among the top 14 players on Tuesday in arguably the nation's most competitive region. It is the first career region honors for both Williams and Wopat. Players listed in the top 14 are now in contention to become 2011 AVCA All-Americans. Eleven of the 14 players selected in the Pacific Region hail from the Pac-12 Conference.


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FAIL! Oh, MASSIVE FAIL! I tried to drink my coffee while reading a gem of a post over at Wonkette! Oh, AMERICAblog Gay readers if you are in the mood to laugh, and laugh hysterically, please trot over to "Wonkette" and read "Ann Coulter to Blame for Gayest Wingnut Slapfight Ever." The title alone is worth a belly laugh. Excerpts abound, but here:
Did everybody hear about the big shame-party that the homosexual conservatives are throwing in New York City for Ann Coulter? If this news missed you, worry not, for there likely will be tickets available until several weeks after the event. But let's catch up. This group is not kidding when they call themselves "GOProud" — or at least they don't understand why we think it's funny — and they are throwing the first annual "HomoCon," which will be just like Comic-Con, except the virgins will be humorless and homosexual, and at least 99% white.
THEN, a whole new section of the gay community weighed in when anti-gay Peter "Porno Pete" LaBarbera, of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, had a massive conniption fit over the fact that Ann Coulter had chosen to eat lunch with THOSE girls, and moreover, was pretending she didn't even know this "Peter" girl. Get a load of the social rejection in this quote:
Would Ann Coulter speak at an event for "Republicans For Responsible Porn Use," or "Republicans for Higher Taxes," or Republicans for Choice (Abortion) — if such groups took legitimately conservative positions on other issues like gun rights?
Imagine what a Sad-fest that "HomoCon" is going to be?
Partner denied sick leave by AT&T
Despite 100% rating from HRC, company won't allow gay man time off to care for ailing spouse
JOHN WRIGHT | News Editor
Bryan Dickenson and Bill Sugg have been together for 30 years.
For the last 12 of those years, Dickenson has worked as a communications technician for Dallas-based AT&T.
After Sugg suffered a debilitating stroke in September, Dickinson requested time off under the federal Family Medical Leave Act to care for his partner.
But AT&T is refusing to grant Dickenson the 12 weeks of leave that would be afforded to a heterosexual spouse under the act.
As a result, Dickenson is using vacation time so he can spend one afternoon a week at Sugg's bedside at a rehabilitation facility in Richardson. But Dickenson fears that when his vacation runs out, he'll end up being fired for requesting additional time off to care for Sugg. Dickenson's attorney, Rob Wiley of Dallas, said he initially thought AT&T's refusal to grant his client leave under FMLA was just a mistake on the part of the company. Wiley said he expected AT&T to quickly rectify the situation after he sent the company a friendly letter.
After all, AT&T maintains the highest score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, which ranks companies according to their treatment of LGBT employees. And just this week, HRC listed AT&T as one of its "Best Places to Work."
But AT&T has stood its ground, confirming in a statement to Dallas Voice this week that the company isn't granting Dickenson leave under FMLA because neither federal nor state law recognizes Sugg as his domestic partner.
"I really couldn't be more disappointed with AT&T's response," Wiley said. "When you scratch the surface, they clearly don't value diversity. I just think it's an outright lie for AT&T to claim they're a good place for gays and lesbians to work."
Wiley added that he's disappointed in HRC for giving AT&T its highest score. Eric Bloem, deputy director of HRC's workplace project, said Thursday, Jan. 28 that he was looking into the matter. Bloem said a survey for the Corporate Equality Index asks companies whether they grant FMLA leave to same-sex couples, and AT&T replied affirmatively.
"I'm not exactly sure what's going on, so I don't really want to make an official comment on it," Bloem said.
Walt Sharp, a spokesman for AT&T, said the company has "a long history of inclusiveness in the workplace."
"There are circumstances under which our administration of our benefits plans must conform with state law, and this is one of those circumstances," Sharp said in a written statement. "In this case, neither federal nor state law recognizes Mr. Dickenson's domestic partner with legal status as a qualifying family member for a federal benefit program. There is no basis for this lawsuit or the allegations contained in it and we will seek its dismissal."
Sharp didn't respond to a request for further comment.
Wiley said Sharp's statement doesn't make sense. No law prohibits the company from granting Dickenson an unpaid leave of absence, which is what he's requesting. Wiley also noted that no lawsuit has been filed, because there isn't grounds for one.
The federal FMLA applies only to heterosexual married couples, Wiley said. Some states have enacted their own versions of the FMLA, requiring companies to grant leave to gay and lesbian couples, but Texas isn't one of them.
Wiley said the couple's only hope is to somehow convince the company to do the right thing, which is why he contacted the media.
"At some point in time this just becomes really hateful that they wouldn't have any compassion," Wiley said of the company. "I think the recourse is to tell their story and let people know how AT&T really treats their employees."
Through thick and thin
This isn't the first time Dickenson and Sugg have endured a medical crisis.
Sugg, who's 69 and suffers from congenital heart problems, nearly died from cardiac arrest shortly after the couple met in 1980.
At the time, Dickenson was a full-time student and didn't have car. So he rode his bicycle from Garland to Parkland Hospital in Dallas every day to visit Sugg in the intensive care unit.
In an interview this week at the rehab facility, Sugg's eyes welled up with tears as he recalled what a Parkland nurse said at the time – "If that isn't love, then I don't know what the hell love is."
"And sure enough, it was," Sugg said over the whirr of his oxygen machine, turning to Dickenson. "As long as I have you, I can get through anything."
Dickenson said in addition to visiting Sugg each Wednesday afternoon, he wakes up at 7:30 on Saturday and Sunday mornings so he can spend the day with Sugg at the rehab facility.
This past Christmas, Dickenson spent the night on the floor of Sugg's room.
"That would have been our first Christmas separated, and I just couldn't bear that, him being alone on Christmas," Dickenson said.
The worst part of the whole ordeal was when he had to return to work after taking 13 days off following Sugg's stroke, Dickenson said. Sugg didn't understand and thought his partner had abandoned him for good.
"He called me over and over every night, begging me to please come see him," Dickenson said. "And I said, 'Honey, you don't understand, I had to go back to work to save my job.'
"That's what really hurts about what they've put me through, not my pain and anguish, but his," Dickenson said.
Dickenson said it was 3 a.m. on Sept. 22 when he rushed Sugg to the hospital. Doctors initially said it was "the worst sinus infection they'd ever seen," but within 48 hours Sugg had suffered a stroke affecting his cerebellum.
Sugg lost the ability to swallow and his sense of balance. He's still unable to walk and suffers from double vision.
Because he wasn't out as gay at work, Dickenson initially told supervisors that his father was sick.
When he returned to work after 13 days at the hospital, Dickenson explained that his domestic partner was ill and he needed more time off. His supervisor managed to get him an additional 30 days of unpaid leave.
In the meantime, Dickenson phoned the company's human resources department and asked whether he'd be eligible for leave under FMLA, which allows 12 weeks (or about 90 days) per year. Dickenson said he was told that since he lives in Texas, he wouldn't be eligible.
Dickenson filled out the FMLA forms anyway and sent them to the company, but he never got any response.
When Dickenson returned to work, he asked to be reclassified as part-time employee, so he could spend more time with Sugg. His supervisor refused and told him his best bet was FMLA leave, even though he'd already been denied.
That's when Dickenson contacted Wiley.
Sugg is scheduled return to the couple's Garland home from rehab in about a week, but he's still on a feeding tube and will require nursing care. With any luck, he'll someday be able to walk again.
Sugg bragged that he was able to drink his first cup of coffee last week, and he's looking forward to getting back to his hobby of raising African violets.
Dickenson said he knows of at least seven medical appointments he'll have to arrange for Sugg once he returns home. He said his vacation time likely will run out by April, and he fears that if he loses his job, the medical expenses will eventually cause him to go broke.
But Dickenson, who's 51, said he's committed to taking care of Sugg, even if it means living on the street someday.
"When it runs out, I'll be fired, and it really hurts to be in a situation like that, because I've worked very hard for AT&T," Dickenson said. "We suffer now, but maybe other people in our shoes in the future, if they work for AT&T, they won't suffer like we do."
Does Oak Lawn need an official cocktail?
Louisiana recently recognized the Sazerac — a mix of rye whiskey, bitters, absinthe and lemon — as the official cocktail of the City of New Orleans. Hearing this got me thinking: What makes a particular drink the beverage of an area? (Notably not the official drink of the Big Easy: The hurricane.)
So I'm gonna put it out there: What would be the ideal cocktail for Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs/Uptown? It can be preexisting or you can make it up. What about it? What cocktail identifies us best?


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The location is very convenient in reference to OKCs Bricktown. Room was Tiny and basic. $140.00 didn't even get me a mini fridge. Theread was trash in trash can, and towels were not restocked.
The location for attending the OKC Thunder game was perfect. It was an easy walk from the hotel to the arena that was mostly indoors. The bed was comfortable and we both slept well both nights of our stay. Don't feel we were given the Deluxe Room we requested and for which we paid. Additionally, the tub filled up with water as you showered and didn't drain out, even overnight. The bathroom was also very small; large enough for only one person at a time. The counter wasn't even large enough to comfortably hold the bottles of shampoo, conditioner, etc. The toilet paper roll was located in a very inconvenient place that was difficult to reach, and the only place towels could be hung was inside the shower.
Location. Staff was nice Rooms need updated with fresh paint and carpet. Paint unprofessional and vents showing water damage or mold
Bed was comfortable, and the valet service was great. Housekeeping was rude and took forever to get to our room, and the pool was tiny with a ton of people there.
The staff was friendly. Parking options were limited
The breakfast was not free.
The room was clean and comfortable. It was right across from the convention center where we attended Women of Faith.
Great location. Clean. Friendly staff. Reserved a king and was given two doubles due to overbooking. Mattresses were worn out. Given free breakfast for the inconvenience. No hotel parking due to construction. Valet parking was $25. Same price as non-guests.
I booked a king size bed, got two doubles. After asking, i got a new room. New room had trash in the garbage can in the bathroom. And I'm not sure the sheets were clean (bed was not well made and sheets were wrinkled). As weird as it sounds, I was too tired to complain and stayed in the room. one light bulb did not work. Overall, it was pretty dirty.
I liked everything my wife and I thought it was perfect. N/a
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Great service. Amazing restaurant and bar with wonderful staff
It was so quiet. Our room was great, no. It was amazing. We enjoyed how big it was. I wish we could've stayed longer! Can't really think of anything. Maybe start to offer free parking considering you pay so much for a room...?
Way overpriced for what we received, but most staff was really nice we had reserved a double room and got a king bed. Went to restaurant downstairs, ordered a wine, it was out, ordered a beer, it was out. No free wifi, room key didn't work, had to get new ones. Breakfast buffet was ok, but gravy was ice cold..for real.. husband was extremely irritated, for convenience to convention center it was great.


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Project DescriptionIncek is an area of Ankara, which appeals to the taste of high income group and populated by two storey houses with gardens. It is becoming more popular with its fresh air and fast-flowing traffic. More residences are being constructed after TED College moved its campus to Incek.
Incek area is surrounded by Konya Road- where there are shopping malls, business centers and residences- Mevlena Avenue, Oran, Gölbaşı and Çayyolu. With its easy access to the freeway and its closeness to business centers and shopping malls, it stands out as a popular choice for branded-residence construction.
Duru Beytepe Project is designed on the parcel 29350-1 that has 47.276 m² area in Incek, known for the quality residence construction. While architectural project was being designed, a big landscape area and residence blocks that surround this area constitutes main design and location of the project. While developing residence typologies, the residences we define as 3+1, 4+1, 5+1 and garden dublex; the residences above average in terms of area are situated on 8 horizontal blocks in total and residences with smaller areas in meter squares are gathered into two towers.
The North facade of parcel facing the hospital is taken into consideration when locating the towers. The towers are gathered on the north side/point of the land/field so that the shadows of the towers won't fall on the horizontal blocks. This enabled two L-shaped blocks of residence and tower to be situated properly on the parcel.
The maximum number of residences to be constructed on the parcel area is 524. In the current project, 484 residences have been designed. 188 out of 484 total residences are 2+1 residences/flats. 39 percent of total residences consist of 2+1 flats. 61 % consists of 3+1 and bigger flats. This is a crucial element in terms of projects quality and its characteristic.


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Next month, I'll be heading over to New York for Full Figured Fashion Week! I'm so excited! I will also be attending Lane Bryant's blogger conference again. And as part of this conference they gifted us with a gift card to purchase an outfit for the Lane Bryant Fashion Style Off. Nothing like a little blogger competition! Hahaha! Below is my outfit.
What I'm wearing: Sateen suit jacket in Flame Scarlet, Tribal Tube Top, Relaxed Linen Pant in White, Patent Strap Flip Flop, 7 Row Bangle Set, and ring (not available online) all from Lane Bryant. The necklace is from Runway Boutique and the tote bag is Michael Kors.
I wore this on Mother's Day and I am in love with these linen pants. They kept me amazingly cool on this blistering hot day. I will wear them a lot this summer! The jacket added an amazing pop of color, but was a little too warm to wear that day. But, I can definitely see me wearing it all kinds of different ways.
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Publisher: SCEA
Developer: Drinkbox Studios
Medium: Digital Download
Players: 1-2
Online: N/A
ESRB: RP – Rating Pending
Rarely do games manage to marry style and substance without having divorced one from the other by the completion of a title's development. Cuts are made, or perhaps the vision wasn't clear to begin with. Maybe a wide demographic responds to a more approachable look, or the game design had to be simplified to pacify a publisher's demands. Whatever normally happens, it's the rare points of synchronization in games that breed such inspired response to the fact someone damn well pulled it off.
While these events occur more regularly as indie efforts on the experimentally-friendly PC platform, a longstanding trend of support for creative IP's has existed on Sony's PSN, which introduced its newest candidate this week: Guacamelee!
A combination of Mexican culture, gorgeous vistas, Castlevania design philosophies, and a metric ton of video game references and puns, Guacamelee! brings something for everyone– and almost always in an endearing manner. It's story, for instance, isn't relied too heavily upon, and is entertaining enough that it can hop between lighthearted, somber, and goofy within a few beats of each note without testing the limits of our patience or disbelief. We watch the average Juan walk through town on a normal day to the tune of losing the damsel in distress, then his life, and finally being resurrected as a legendary luchador emblazoned with the power of Mexican heritage and fantasy wrestling maneuvers. It's not important to make this a heavy greek tragedy or some wacky meme generator, but Drinkbox understands that an action game can still have an iota of the player's attention for the brief flashes of dialog parsed here and there– like little reminders that there's still context to all the pretty graphics and action platforming at hand.
Just as well, the pacing in Guacamelee!'s gameplay is a complimentary rapid-fire parallel to the speedy narrative, introducing simple gameplay elements that are almost always multipurposed for both exploration and combat. Granted, normal attacks and the ability to grapple enemies are only going to find application in combat, but most of the special moves will tend to flesh out a little more mobility for the player. The first being an uppercut, will serve as a way of reaching new heights in substitution for a double-jump, which is extended further when the double jump is eventually unlocked.
Small gameplay elements like this are a refreshing blast from the past, when video games were designed intelligently around a few core elements of gameplay, rather than the uncomfortable new trend of assigning special moves to a few select points in a game's path– outside of which they would hardly ever be used or useful. There is no holding 'O' at a context-sensitive barrier in Guacamelee!, and it removes a barrier separating players from playing the game and holding a button to watch a performance act.
Just as well, the combat starts out on a plane of simplicity which curves up into a steady grade of difficulty that within a few hours will have players actively using every attack, dodge, and ability in order to survive the latter enemy and boss encounters. This may not be apparent at the beginning of the title, as from early impressions of Guacamelee!, it seemed that the game was content to offer a pretty, semi-linear Metroidvania experience akin to a few other digital releases this generation; one that would rest on its laurels of having a standout art style to draw its audience's attention.
Enemies, too, join the fray in the game's quick layering of systems, with a bevy of shield types that require coordinated attacks to break down to a point of vulnerability. This simple addition gives enemies the extra padding that can actually spice up a battle, rather than the regular extra padding that enemies will gradually acquire throughout a game. Additionally, the game features alternate dimensions, which at first temps the thought of Symphony of the Night's alternate castle, but is used more as a mechanic than slick technique for adding a life beyond the game's end.
Disappointing at first, but eventually the dimension swapping is incorporated in interesting ways that bring shades of Ikaruga to mind when combat is split 50/50 between enemies who can be affected at a given time.
Guacamelee! is really a game about duality. The title is a cross-purchase for both the PS3 and PS Vita, as well as supporting cross-save transfers, utilization of the Vita as a controller and persistent map if played on PS3, and even co-op support on the console version. The versatility of Drinkbox's little game is such that it can be played in almost any combination of Sony's systems – save for co-op on the Vita – without sacrificing any amount of visual fidelity or controls. This convenience is more and more admirable, when situations such as coming home to upload the Vita save to PSN for console play, then transferring the new PS3 save back to Vita for an extended bathroom break mean that the game is always on your side, at your side.
The design decisions made in Guacamelee! will likely be overlooked as expected features in titles nowadays, but for a game that does everything it can to make life easier for the player while still being a bang-up piece of work, it's done a hell of a job. The most that it could be knocked for is anything that it doesn't have enough of. I would have loved for the campaign to be lengthier, but at the same time I adore that there are sections of the environment with no enemies or boxes to smash. Instead, there's an amount of downtime and pacing in the overworld and 2D dungeons, which most games have forgotten to include.
Guacamelee! to me, was a special game that when I found something to be lackluster, a reasonable justification came to mind for why I felt something was lacking. At once, the combat seemed to have plateaued, but then enemies began shifting between worlds, which led to a spirit of experimentation with that element. Can I throw an enemy in one dimension at another and swap worlds to cause damage to both? Of course. Either by design or oversight, there are layers in the game's mechanics that can be investigated with some amount of reward. This discovery seemed more intentional than a happy accident, but it's a nice touch that means the game is following its own rules on a level that the player can toy with. You'll be thankful you did near the end-game as well, when boss fights are a whole different ball game of testing your reflexes and skillset by that time.
If I had to, I'd nitpick the color-coded blocks that are ability-specific to break through. The map labels these, and their prominence is welcome at a later time when referring to the last few areas available to reach in the map, but this is a convenience that detracts from a sense of investigation that all the other nostalgic touches would have encouraged me to seek out. Use of the touch screen as a method of leaving a breadcrumb trail would have been a more intuitive blend of new technology solutions for an age-old problem of backtracking.
Another gripe is that while the platforming offers some dicey challenges, there are sections that suffer in over-complication of exercising the most recent ability gathered. Even worse, the mixing and matching of platforming and combat don't demonstrate the flow navigation via abilities and jumping as well as when given a cornucopia of walls to maneuver. Instead, these sections are a simple one-two punch of eliminating obstacles so that the platforming can be resumed near the bottom level, which then becomes a simple chore of hopping steps to the next level.
On a more positive side, the striking aesthetics are one for this generation's record books. While the game's screenshots speak for themselves, the animation is spot-on and a delight to behold. Almost very environment has some parallax movement, along with beautiful lighting and atmospheric touches to settle players into the gorgeous world of Guacamelee! It's almost worth the price of admission to see the scope of geography in what could have easily been a game full of repetitively tiled dungeons.
With visuals that could easily be mixed in with a dozen of modern-day cartoons, Drinkbox's magnanimous initiative to maintain a level of artistic fidelity in a 2D action-platformer has been whittled down to core values of new, shiny, and fun. Best of all, it works wonderfully and leaves us wanting simply more to do. While that's the note that anyone would like to end on, as an audience member it's a hard pill to swallow. Hopefully other studios take note from Drinkbox's Guacamelee!, a game that's tastefully ripped the highlights of gaming lore and design, and managed to weave it seamlessly into a stylized Mexican fantasy tale.


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Caracas (AFP) Feb 17, 2009
Venezuela and China agreed to boost economic relations Tuesday, as Vice President Xi Jinping began a two-day visit to the country and Beijing continued to expand its presence in Latin America.
Xi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agreed to establish a joint business committee to foster contacts between business leaders in both nations and increase ties in the service, trade and investment sectors.
"I ask you to unleash all your creativity to lead this business committee to a map full of achievements," Chavez told a meeting of Venezuelan and Chinese business leaders.
"We're sure that through our joint effort the mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Venezuela will know a brighter future," Xi said.
The Chinese leader said China and Venezuela were in gear to strengthen political relations and cooperation in the housing, transport, energy, electricity, trade and financial sectors.
The joint business committee will draw up proposals on how to improve bilateral relations that will be taken up at a meeting of Chinese and Venezuelan experts in Caracas in September.
The foreign ministry said other agreements Xi will sign during his stay here include "joint ventures with Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) for the exploration, exploitation, processing, refining and transportation of crude oil."
Xi's arrival in Venezuela coincides with the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Caracas and Beijing.
Historically cordial, these relations have strengthened since 2001, after both nations "established a strategic partnership for joint development," said Zhang Tuo, China's Ambassador to Caracas.
This rapprochement has helped increase bilateral trade, which peaked at nearly 10 billion dollars in 2008, according to Zhang.
Last year, Venezuela launched its first geostationary satellite thanks to cooperation with China.
The Asian giant currently imports about 364,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC member Venezuela, a figure expected to rise to 500,000 barrels in late 2009.
The two countries have also expanded their military ties. Caracas recently purchased a fleet of 18 K-8 reconnaissance and training aircraft from Beijing.
Venezuela is Xi's latest stop in Latin America after visits to Mexico and Colombia. From Venezuela Xi will travel to Brazil.
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Beck's Dishonest Attack On Obama's Relationship With Israel
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On tonight's show, Glenn Beck criticized the Obama's Administration's foreign policy towards Israel asking, "Israel, are they friend or are they foe?". However, in the midst of all his complaints against the Obama Administration's relations with Israel, Beck did not acknowledge that the Israeli Prime Minister recently praised the Obama administration for defending Israel at the United Nations.
Last Friday, the Obama Administration vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Israeli settlements in occupied territory since 1967 as "illegal". This was the first Security Council veto cast by the Obama administration. As reported by the Washington Post:
The Obama administration Friday cast its first-ever veto in the U.N. Security Council, blocking a Palestinian-backed draft resolution that denounced Israel's settlement policy as an illegal obstacle to peace efforts in the Middle East.
Washington Post: The U.S. vote killed off a measure that was supported by the 14 other members of the Security Council and isolated the United States on a crucial Middle East matter at a time of political upheaval in the region.
The vote Friday brought an end to a last-minute and ultimately failed diplomatic campaign to persuade the Palestinians to drop their resolution in favor of a milder statement rebuking Israel for constructing new settlements in seized Arab lands.
Obama discussed the issue with Abbas, and the administration offered to support a presidential statement saying that Israel's ongoing settlement activities lacked legitimacy. Among other measures, the administration also pledged to consider undertaking the first visit by the U.N. Security Council to the Middle East since 1979.
In fact, the U.S.'s veto led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer the following remarks:
Over the weekend, US President Barack Obama decided to veto a draft UN Security Council decision condemning Israel. Israel deeply appreciates this decision and we remain committed to advancing peace both with our neighbors in the region and with the Palestinians.
Perhaps, Beck's viewers could better decide whether Israel is "friend" or "foe" to the Obama administration if Beck would honestly give them the facts.
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ECE Awards Ceremony - May 21, 2010
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Undergraduate Student Awards
Arthur and Julia Suran Endowed Scholarship
Liyao Miao
The Arthur and Julia Suran Endowed Scholarship is an undergraduate scholarship generously endowed by former ECE Instructor Jerry Suran. This scholarship was given in honor of his parents, Arthur and Julia Suran.
The recipient for the 2009-10 academic year is Liyao Miao. In his nomination, Liyao was described as, "a very bright, hardworking student who is interested in learning." One of Liyao's personal interests is roller coasters. He was twelve years old when he finally overcame his fear of heights and rode on his very first coaster. The thrill stayed with him and in his junior year of high school, he embarked on a month long project to build a model coaster. That experience inspired him to major in engineering. Although he chose to concentrate on Electrical Engineering in college and will not likely be a coaster designer, his interest lives on and paves the way for his future. This summer, Liyao will be interning at Intel. Congratulations Liyao!
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Donovan Carillo
Donovan Carrillo is one of this year's three awardees of the Department Citation.
Donovan is graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Technical Management minor. His 3.97 GPA includes 22 A+ grades. He recently completed an electronics project, assembling and testing expansion boards for the Stellaris microcontroller. Donovan participated in study abroad during the summer of 2008, traveling to London, England to study Shakespeare in live performance and through readings. He is a member of IEEE at UC Davis & Tau Beta Pi. He is president of the Tai Chi Club and the Team Captain for Relay for Life. At home, he volunteers as an interpretive guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. After graduating, Donovan intends to work in industry for a few years to gain practical insight into the uses of engineering before returning to graduate study in the hopes of teaching others in the field of electrical engineering. Congratulations Donovan!
Sunny Dhillon
Sunny Dhillon is one of this year's three awardees of the Department Citation.
Sunny is graduating with a degree in Computer Engineering. His 3.96 GPA include 20 A+ grades. Sunny completed an internship at eBay during the summer after his sophomore year. He is currently interning at Adobe in the Acrobat team where his project was named one of the best Adobe solutions last summer. Here at UC Davis, Sunny has had three research projects. His first research project was at the Hybrid Electrical Vehicle center. His last two research projects have been under the direction of faculty in the Computer Science department: Dr. Michael Gertz and, most recently, Dr. Premkumar Devanbu. Sunny, along with his class partner, also created the UCD Mobile application for the iPhone and Android. The application allows students to interact with bus schedules, real-time locations of buses, class schedules, newspapers, campus TV stations, campus radio, and more. They have been interviewed by ABC and FOX regarding the application. After graduation Sunny will be working full-time at Google as a software engineer while pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science part-time at Stanford. Congratulations Sunny!
Brian Zimmer
Brian Zimmer one of this year's three awardees of the Department Citation.
Brian is graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering and will also receive a Technical Management minor. His 4.0 GPA includes 26 A+ grades so far, including two in courses he took in Singapore while studying abroad. In addition, Brian played on the club ultimate frisbee team all four years of undergrad, and ran his own web development company. Last year he worked in Prof. Amirtharajah's lab and designed an SRAM cell that retained memory as the supply voltage dropped to 45mV for a short period of time. According to Professor Amirtharajah, Brian is "the best undergraduate I have taught or mentored in research in my time at UC Davis." Brian is now working in Prof. Baas's lab. Next year, he will be attending UC Berkeley's PhD program in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Congratulations Brian!
Outstanding Senior Design Project
Cevin Freed
The most Outstanding Senior Design Project was awarded to Cevin Freed & Steven Weiss. Their project was part of a larger project to remotely monitor, in real time, the oxygen saturation and pulse rate of an athlete.
Cevin has pursued intellectual projects and hobbies from a young age. He experimented, used tutorials, and spoke with others to learn computer programming, starting in middle school. While he enjoyed the abstract nature of computer programming and many of the theoretical pursuits in his early years of college, he has recently focused on pursuing more practical problems both through hobbies like welding, and through his work as a lab assistant to Professor Andrew Knoesen, here at UC Davis. Cevin also assisted Professor Knoesen in developing course material for EEC136, a senior design course that is offered this year. Prof. Knoesen has praised Cevin as an excellent technical writer. His work has been posted online and has attracted considerable attention. A person from National Instruments who is responsible for academic operations has commented several times on the clarity of presentation of Cevin's technical writing. We're very lucky that Cevin is an IDP student who will be continuing on for his M.S. here at UC Davis in the Fall. Congratulations Cevin!
Outstanding Senior Design Project
Steven Weiss
The most Outstanding Senior Design Project was awarded to Cevin Freed & Steven Weiss. Their project was part of a larger project to remotely monitor, in real time, the oxygen saturation and pulse rate of an athlete.
Steven returned to school for an electrical engineering degree following a long career as a self-taught electronic engineer. His start in electronics began with a lot of programming in high school, a single introductory electronics class his first time in college, followed by an amateur radio license and a stint in broadcast engineering after leaving school. Moving to Silicon Valley as a design engineer and working my way up, he earned five patents and reached senior engineering positions. He felt constrained by lack of theoretical training, though, and from doing the kind of advanced, creative work of which he felt capable. Returning to school has been a long and difficult, but richly stimulating journey for him, very different from the first time around. Steve explained, "Now I know what I want and why I'm here, I sit up front, and I'm not afraid to ask questions. Going to school is a great privilege, though a difficult path. Perhaps the most difficult thing is seeing how much more there is to learn." We're very lucky that Steve is also an IDP student who will be continuing on for his M.S. here at UC Davis in the Fall. Congratulations Steve!
Graduate Student Awards
Best Poster at Industrial Affiliates Conference
Jovana Ilic
At the annual Industrial Affiliates Conference held this January, each affiliate was encouraged to vote for the best poster amongst those on display by graduate students. Then a committee of board members made the final decision based on these votes. This year's winners were Jovana Ilic and Brady Smith.
Jovana's poster was entitled, "Sparsity-Enhanced DFE for LTE." Her research is in Sparsity-based methods in wireless communications. She is working under the supervision of Professor Thomas Strohmer in the Department of Mathematics. She will be starting an internship at Mathworks in Boston this June and plans to graduate with her doctoral degree in December. Congratulations Jovana!
Best Poster at Industrial Affiliates Conference
Brady Smith
At the annual Industrial Affiliates Conference held this January, each affiliate was encouraged to vote for the best poster amongst those on display by graduate students. Then a committee of board members made the final decision based on these votes. This year's winners were Jovana Ilic and Brady Smith.
Brady's poster was entitled, "Electrostatic Focusing of Electrons off a Large-Area Reticulated Vitreous Carbon (RVC) Field Emission Source." He is working under the supervision of Professor Charles Hunt in the ECE Department. Congratulations Brady!
Best Teaching Assistant
Allen Tang
The awards committee chose the winner for the Best Teaching Assistant based on both student evaluations and faculty comments, while also taking into account the number and breadth of courses the student assisted with. The winner of this year's award is Allen Tang. Allen received outstanding evaluations from students in the courses he assisted. Students described him, "Extremely helpful," "Very approachable," "Very engaging," "Very knowledgeable," and as someone who "genuinely cares that students learn." Congratulations Allen!
IEEE Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year
Stanley Hsu
The IEEE Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year is decided entirely by the students in our department. This year's winner is Stanley Hsu. One student shared that Stanley "makes so much more effort than what is asked of him. He is more dedicated than any TA we've ever had. Not only is he extremely helpful, but he is one of the most knowledgeable TAs I've had in four years here at Davis." Congratulations Stanley!
Anil K. Jain Memorial Prize Award
Dr. Nathaniel J. Guilar
The Anil K. Jain Memorial Prize is for the graduating student with the best doctoral dissertation in the department for the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Prof. Anil Jain, who was a distinguished member of our faculty until his untimely death. The winner of the Anil K. Jain Memorial Prize Award is again determined by our Awards Committee and is based on their reading the dissertations nominated as well as examining papers that have been published and other factors that indicate the quality and impact of the work.
This year's Jain Prize recipient is Dr. Nathaniel J. Guilar. His dissertation, entitled "A Flexible Power Management System for Interfacing with Energy Harvesting Transducers" was supervised by Professor Rajeevan Amirtharajah. Dr. Guilar's dissertation led to various publications, including two at the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in 2008 and 2009. The ISSCC is the premier conference in integrated circuit design and one student publishing two papers there is an outstanding accomplishment. Dr. Guilar is currently working at Agilent Laboratories at the Mixed-Signal Electronics Division in Santa Clara, California. He is working on high speed data converters and frequency synthesizers. His research interests include mixed-signal control systems, energy harvesting devices and analog circuit design. Dr. Guilar's dissertation has also gone on to win the Zuhair A. Munir Best Dissertation Award, which is the best dissertation award for the entire UC Davis College of Engineering. He is also a new father and his 8-month old son is now the center of his life. Congratulations Dr. Nathaniel J. Guilar!
Staff and Faculty Awards
ECE Staff Recognition Award
Stella Heydon
The Staff Recognition Award acknowledges a member of the ECE staff who has excelled in the performance of his or her duties. Faculty, students and staff may nominate a staff member, and then the awards committee picks the winner based on these nominations.
This year's winner is Stella Heydon. Stella's nominator wrote of her, "Ms. Heydon is truly an exceptional staff member...When I approach her, she is always smiling and listens to my needs and takes... immediate action. She goes out of her way to help me... Ms. Heydon is professional and courteous. She also knows payroll inside out and her advice is always sound. We are definitely lucky to have an energetic person in this important position." Congradulations Stella!
IEEE Outstanding Instructor of the Year
Dr. Stephen Lewis
The IEEE Outstanding Instructor of the Year award is given yearly and is decided entirely by the students in our department. This year's recipient is Dr. Stephen Lewis. One student shared that Professor Lewis' presentation in class is clear, distilled well to key concepts, and paced appropriately for students learning new concepts, while taking notes at the same time. He is an excellent teacher with a superb command of the course material." Congratulations Dr. Lewis!
ECE Graduate Student Association Award for Graduate Teaching & Mentorship
Dr. Raj Amirtharajah
The ECE Graduate Student Association Award for Graduate Teaching & Mentorship is determined entirely by our graduate students based on nominations submitted to the GSA. This year's recipient of is Dr. Rajeevan Amirtharajah. In his nomination, students shared that Professor Amirtharajah "always presents to you the facts he knows and gives you options and freedom to explore, which makes you feel that you are indeed the true owner of your research project, and hence motivates you to move forward... [He] is amazingly knowledgeable, and at the same time very honest about what he knows and how much he knows. It is really fun to discuss any research topics with him." Congratulations Dr. Amirtharajah!
2010 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. M. Saif Islam
This year the academic senate awarded three faculty members the 2010 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching. One of this year's awardees is our very own Dr. M Saif Islam. Congratulations Dr. Islam!


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