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The Richard D. Frisbee III Laboratory of Stem Cell Transplantation and Hematopoietic Graft Engineering, located in the Transfusion Medicine Section of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, is a state-of-the-art class 10,000 clean room facility. In a class 10,000 laboratory, there are fewer than 10,000 particles per cubic foot of air. This laboratory was designed with the goal of performing clinical scale human stem cell isolation and manipulation that will improve upon existing treatments for cancer and hematological diseases. The room was completed in September, 1998, and is used for human gene therapy protocols, hematopoietic stem cell isolation via immunomagnetic CD34+ cell selection, and T cell depletion for mismatched allogeneic transplantation. Other uses include ex vivo expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells. The Laboratory was funded predominantly through a grant from the Richard D. Frisbee III Foundation.


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Still living off credit cards? Can't figure out how much you could or should spend? Need to save for retirement? Deborah McNaughton, a Placentia credit expert, financial coach and author of "Money Trouble: Surviving Your Financial Crisis," provides her financial advice.
Q. My husband and I have a mortgage at 6.375 percent from our last refinance (when that was a good rate), which will be subject to adjustment in 2017. I'm told we have a Fannie Mae 30-year adjustable rate mortgage with Bank of America. I know there must be options that would be much better for our loan terms but am more or less mind-boggled with partial information on various loan programs, etc.
I have concerns about our overall financial picture and credit rating, which I assume will be a definite factor in a refi at this point. We have high credit card balances (mainly from financing our small business) and my husband works sporadically throughout the year in construction while I work full-time running our small business.
We manage to pay our bills but we have a lot of them so debt-to-income is pretty lopsided. Our last refi included payoff of business-generated debt but we are more or less back in that boat again. The mortgage balance is about $290,000, which I don't think exceeds the current value of our place, although I'm not certain what today's value truly is. As far as savings, my husband has a 401(k) with about $30,000 and we each have a mutual fund Roth IRA account with about $8,000 each (all three took a hit during the market meltdown). Business is getting better so prospects for paying down the loan instead of borrowing is becoming more of a reality.
I'm sure you will agree we have more than just mortgage problems, but want to get that in better shape and also move forward to pay down our debt.
A. There are several parts to your question that need to be addressed. The first comment is WOW! A 6.375 percent interest on your mortgage needs to go. By just reducing your interest rate you will be saving quite a bit of money each month that you can apply toward your debt.
When I review clients like yourselves with high debt and a high mortgage interest rate, there are several things to consider. You need to do a couple of things. First get a copy of your credit report from annualcreditreport.com. Review all the entries to make sure they are correct.
Visit redfin.com to check the value of your property to see approximately how much equity you have in your home.
If your current loan is eligible for the HARP2 Fannie Mae program, you may be eligible for a lower interest rate. You can find this out by visiting
knowyouroptions.com/loanlookup. Note that HARP2 refinances do not allow you to take any cash out of your property.
Once you review what your property value is and discover you have enough equity to refinance your loan, taking out cash to pay off your debts may be an option for you. If you opt to do that you will need to change your spending habits and ditch using the credit cards. If you don't, you will land right back into your same situation.
A lender is going to review your FICO score and how much your debt-to-income is, which can be discovered from your credit report. If you do not qualify for the loan because of your debt and credit score, you need to get on a strict budget. You can get a budget worksheet from my website at financialvictory.com. Get help from an expert who can help you lower your debt which, in turn, will increase your credit score. THEN you will be ready to proceed with your refinance.
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I Am Hidden in Here.Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
In this teaser you have to remove the initials of the following clues to spell out the surname of a famous 19th century UK author. Good luck.
1. Comedy partner of Lou Costello.
2. Superman's girlfriend.
3. Author of the novel: "A Bouquet of Barbed Wire" - (1969).
4. A common acronym used on the net to express one's gratitude.
5. Director of: "Sleepless in Seattle" - (1993).
Answer1. Bud Abbott - BA
2. Lois Lane - LL
3. Andrea Newman - AN
4. Thank You - TY
5. Nora Ephron - NE
The surname is: BALLANTYNE
Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894).
N.B. He was a prominent author for boys, writing: "Hudson Bay", "The Coral Island", "Martin Rattler", and many others. Ballantyne's stories are, to a large extent, autobiographical and it is in this sense he was given the title of "Ballantyne the Brave" by his successor as a writer for boys, R.L. Stevenson.
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Arrange 25 five-letter words in a 5-by-5 grid. The five words in each row share a common letter. The five words in each column share a common letter. The five words in each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters.
The words are: agent, azure, bloat, chump, cling, crazy, dozen, exist, flour, glaze, grope, pearl, prune, quest, scarf, scorn, shawl, skirt, spark, sugar, swarm, value, watch, whirl, zebra.
The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2.
One letter of each word is provided in the grid.
Row 1: z n a r u
Row 2: p e u h k
Row 3: e s g f m
Row 4: a l i c w
Row 5: s b r t n
Answerglaze dozen zebra crazy azure
pearl grope prune chump spark
exist scorn sugar scarf swarm
value flour whirl cling shawl
quest bloat skirt watch agent
Common Letters
Rows 1 to 5: z, p, s, l, t
Columns 1 to 5: e, o, r, c, a
Diagonals 1 and 2: g, u
1) A letter must be used five time in order to be a common letter. There are 13 letters that are used at least five times. However, "n" appears in Cell 1.2 and Cell 5.5, so "n" can not be a common letter.
2) Cell 2.1 contains "p". The words in Column 1 do not have the proper letters for "p" to be the common letter. Therefore, the words in Row 2 must share "p".
3) Cell 2.5 contains "k", so it is "spark". Cell 2.4 contains "h", so it is "chump". Cell 2.3 contains "u", so it is "prune".
4) Cell 3.5 contains "m", so it is "swarm".
5) Five words contain "g", so it is a common letter. Cell 3.3 contains "g". Since "grope" must be in Row 2, then the words in Diagonal 1 must share "g". Cell 2.2 is "grope". Cell 2.1 is "pearl".
6) Cell 1.1 contains "z", so it is "glaze". Cell 4.4 contains "c", so it is "cling". Cell 5.5 contains "n", so it is "agent". Cell 3.3 is "sugar".
7) The words in Row 1 must share "z". Cell 1.2 contains "n", so it is "dozen". Cell 1.5 contains "u", so it is "azure".
8) The words in Column 4 must share "c". The words in Column 5 must share "a". The words in Diagonal 2 must share "u".
9) Cell 5.1 contains "u" and "s", so it is "quest".
10) The words in Column 1 must share "e". The words in Column 2 must share "o". The words in Column 3 must share "r".
11) Cell 1.4 is "crazy". Cell 1.3 is "zebra".
12) Cell 5.2 is "bloat". Cell 4.2 is "flour". Cell 3.2 is "scorn".
13) Cell 3.4 is "scarf". Cell 5.4 is "watch".
14) Cell 4.5 is "shawl".
15) The words in Row 5 share "t". The words in Row 4 share "l". The words in Row 3 share "s".
16) Cell 5.3 is "skirt". Cell 4.3 is "whirl".
17) Cell 4.1 is "value". Cell 3.1 is "exist".
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Some experience with Flash Builder and PHP is required.
Flash Builder for PHP builds upon the features introduced in Flash Builder 4 to make it easy to connect to PHP servers and bring data into your Flex applications. Created in cooperation with Zend, Flash Builder for PHP brings the best of Flash Builder and Zend Studio together to streamline the process of connecting, debugging, and optimizing your Flex and PHP applications.
This is Part 1 of a two-part tutorial. In this part of the tutorial I'll walk you through getting set up and bringing in data from a PHP server using Zend AMF. Flash Builder for PHP was optimized to work with Zend Server and you'll get the best integration if you're using the tool in conjunction with it. However this tutorial will walk you through the steps to set up a Flex and PHP application for any generic PHP server.
In Part 2, I'll show you some of the advanced data features of Flash Builder for PHP, such as data management and paging, so you can add advanced functionality to your Flex application.
Before diving into the tutorial, it will help to have a basic understanding of Flash Remoting.
When you're using XML or a similar format to send data to your client applications, much of the data you're transferring is not absolutely necessary. Think of all of the extra characters that are in an XML document. Think of how many times you have to send the attributes and nodes, as well as the beginning tags and the end tags. XML is a great format but there is a great deal of overhead when you're just trying to get data to your client.
Action Message Format (AMF) works over HTTP, but instead of sending lots of extra information like XML, AMF essentially strips out the extra characters and reduces the data to a bare minimum. AMF serializes the data into a binary format that uses much less bandwidth and space than XML does for the same data. This is particularly important when you're sending large sets of data. Instead of sending multiple redundant tags in XML, you're sending the smaller, serialized AMF records. Another benefit of AMF is that it's a native data type for Flash Player. As a result, Flash Player doesn't have to parse the results to pull out the information; the data is available to Flash Player as native ActionScript objects as soon as it is received from the server.
Flash Remoting uses AMF to expose objects and web services on an application server as if they were local ActionScript objects. The only catch is that to use Flash Remoting with PHP you have to be working with PHP objects and classes. The AMF gateway helps translate those PHP objects into ActionScript objects in Flash Player. As a result you can create your own typed objects in PHP and work with those exact custom-typed objects in ActionScript.
Adobe partnered with Zend to provide support for Flash Remoting with AMF in the Zend Framework. There are other projects out there, including AMFPHP for other PHP frameworks, but Zend AMF has the most up-to-date support for Flash Remoting. The Zend Framework is a robust PHP framework that can be used for some very complex projects.
For some PHP developers who just want to connect PHP with Flex it may seem like a lot to chew off. But you don't have to use the entire Zend Framework or change the structure of your project to use Zend AMF. Zend AMF relies on a small but powerful subset of the Zend Framework that can be easily integrated into any PHP project.
The easiest way to get started using Flash Builder for PHP is with Zend Server, a complete, enterprise-ready Web Application Server for running and managing PHP applications. Flash Builder for PHP will recognize your Zend Server installation and configure itself accordingly. However, you can also use any server you want. I use a version of MAMP, which includes everything you need to connect Flex and PHP and I'll use that in this tutorial.
To get started, download the sample file for this article and unzip it. You can use the included php_demos.sql file to create the database and table used in this tutorial. If you're using MySQL, follow these steps:
To build the database, at the mysql prompt, type SOURCE php_demos.sql; and press Enter.
Before creating the application, you'll want to set up the server you're going to use in Flash Builder.
The next step is to create linked Flex and PHP projects, which is exceptionally easy in Flash Builder for PHP.
The PHP project is configured first.
Flash Builder for PHP will create both the PHP and Flex projects in your workspace. The two PHP files you are going to use in this tutorial are ForestServiceTyped.php and NationalForest.php. Both of these rely on a database named national_forests, which you created in Setting up.
You probably noticed that both PHP files have been commented using PHPDoc syntax. The new version of Flash Builder for PHP uses that documentation to help it introspect the classes. In the next step, the Service wizard will use PHPDoc comments to help it determine the types for specific functions and classes so it can map those to their corresponding ActionScript classes.
You'll see that, using the PHPDoc syntax, Flash Builder for PHP has already detected some of the types for the functions (see Figure 4).
For the
getAllForests() and
getForestsPaged() operations, you'll want to define the return type.
getAllForests() in the Data/Services view.
getForestsPaged() method.
Now that your service operations are defined, you can bind them to the user interface elements of the Flex application.
getAllForests method from the Data/Services view and drop it on the DataGrid control.
You should see your data grid loaded with the results from the database.
The next step is to make the data editable.
updateForest() in the Data/Services view and select Generate Form.
// TODO Auto-generated method sub.
protected function dataGrid_selectionChangeHandler(event:GridSelectionEvent):void
nationalForest = dataGrid.selectedItem as NationalForest;
Now when you select an item it will show in the form. You can update the properties in the database by changing them in the form and clicking the update button.
In this tutorial, you learned how to connect a Flex application to a PHP service using Flash Remoting. In Part 2, you'll build on these steps using the advanced data features in Flash Builder for PHP to make your applications more responsive and more intuitive.
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DJ Tony is coming to Detroit on June 24th to be a celebrity judge on Local 4's Super Singer contest June 24 during the Ford Fireworks presented by Target live broadcast. Hosted by Carmen Harlan, Devin Scillian & Chuck Gaidica the program kicks of at 9 p.m. on Local 4, showing off five of the area's best singing talents. Home viewers will be able to join in on the action by voting online at ClickOnDetroit.com for the winner. Anyone who votes can be entered to win a fabulous prize package that includes two tickets to see Beyonce's Mrs. Carter Tour on July 20 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Actor, producer, DJ and America's favorite sidekick on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Tony Okungbowa has turned likeability into an art form.
He was raised in London and Lagos by Nigerian parents in a house where the music reigned supreme. Tony received an undergraduate degree in Drama from England's Middlesex University and after some theatre work in the UK, moved to New York City for graduate study at Lee Strasberg. It was in Manhattan where his career took off, landing roles on shows like "The X-Files," "NYPD Blue" and many others. Next, he was off to Los Angeles where his work as an actor and DJ kicked into high gear. Soon he was spinning at celebrity photo shoots for the top names in Hollywood. It was on one of these photo shoots where he met Ellen DeGeneres, and the rest is history! He's now the man who makes Ellen dance every day, and has been a fixture on the hit show for its incredible 9-season run.
In addition to his daily role on the show, Tony is in constant demand to play at high profile events around the world including the Grammys, the ESPYs and corporate events for Motorola among others. His love of music can also be found in albums he has released and collaborated on, including "Hollywood Sessions Vol. 1", "Total Dance 2009" and the soon to be released "A Night to Remember."
Most recently, Tony has set his sights behind the camera as well. He starred in and produced the film "Ma George," set to be released in 2013. He also starred in and executive produced "Restless City," which was an official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and comes to the big screen later this year. Under his Turntable Studios banner Tony continues to expand his horizons as an entertainer and as a visionary. He's broken ground, charmed the world, and the best is yet to come.
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Chris Robshaw believes experience may be the telling factor in England improving on successive runners-up finishes and winning the RBS 6 Nations.
The last two Championships have seen Stuart Lancaster's England finish second, losing only to eventual winners Wales on both occasions.
The most harrowing of those defeats was the 30-3 rout in Cardiff last year when England's Grand Slam aspirations were obliterated in 80 painful minutes.
"We're a lot more experienced now. If you look at the core group it's very experienced, it's been playing together for two seasons," Robshaw said.
"We've come a long way. In every tournament we continue to improve, although we haven't quite finished it off. There are still areas to improve on.
"In the autumn we got a good win against Australia and a good win against Argentina, but fell just short against New Zealand, so there are little things we are tinkering with.
"As a squad every time we meet up we are further down the line.
"Of course it was very disappointing to go to Cardiff last year and not get over that final hurdle. Wales have beaten us on the last two occasions now.
"But every game in this tournament is a massive occasion, we start away to France and are looking forward to going over there.
"Two away games to start will be challenging, but Stuart and the coaches have it under control. We know we must hit the ground running."
England open their Six Nations campaign in Paris on February 1 and Les Bleus coach Philippe Saint-Andre has set the scene for one of the Championship's most eagerly awaited fixtures.
"We don't start with the starter, but with the 'Rosbif', so with the main course." Saint-Andre said.
"It's always a huge game against England and the atmosphere will be special.
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Angelina Jolie to endorse a presidential candidate, world waits with bated breath, I eat a sandwich
First, the world waited to see the first photos of Angelina Jolie's newborn twins. Now, we wait to see who she'll endorse to be President of the United States. My God, how much power does this woman have? How do we know her breasts aren't intergalactic weapons of doom that will conquer us all? You don't see Hannity & Colmes tackling that issue. For the record, I volunteer myself to investigate. Wilshire & Washington reports:
"I have not decided on a candidate," Jolie says, "I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like international justice, refugees and how to address the needs of children in crisis around the world."
Unlike many other celebrity endorsements, Jolie's carries the weight and influence of her extensive humanitarian work around the world, as the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her statement was an indication that she would be open to choosing a candidate.
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In June, when Entertainment Weekly asked her whether she talked politics with Clint Eastwood, a longtime Republican, on the set of the upcoming movie, "The Changeling," she said, "Actually, we don't disagree as much as you'd think. I think people assume I'm a Democrat. But I'm registered independent and I'm still undecided. So I'm looking at McCain as well as Obama."
To put things into perspective: Angelina Jolie's father Jon Voight wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Times essentially claiming Barack Obama would turn America into Louis Farrakhan Land and enslave the white race. So, for all you political junkies out there, look for Angelina to endorse whichever candidate has a firm stance on kicking your old man down the stairs when he forgets his pills. (Psst. Probably not McCain.)


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THE Nutcracker might be a festive family favourite, but Matthew Bourne's 20th anniversary revival of his version gives the familiar tale a grown-up twist.
Gone is the cloying sense of a well-to-do family bestowing each other with Christmas presents while their rather spoiled children bicker over who gets to keep the nutcracker given to them by their godfather. In its stead is a grim and grey orphanage, presided over by the ghastly Dr Dross and his wife, who have more than a touch of the Third Reich about them. Clara and her orphan friends are relentlessly tormented by Sugar and Fritz, the Dross' own children, and long to escape. Their chance comes when the broken nutcracker comes creepily to life, causing chaos and giving Sugar and Fritz a taste of their own medicine.
In a snowy wonderland, the nutcracker is revealed to be the quiet, dark haired boy that Clara likes from the orphanage. But no sooner have they danced a tender pas de deux than Sugar comes to lure him away, in the way that spoiled little rich girls do.
The second half sees Clara desperately following her beloved through Sweetieland, where the characters become very tasty, in more than one sense of the word, and the dances come thick and fast. Bourne, the "bad boy of ballet", infuses his choreography with touches of flamenco, tap and street, and masses of wit and charm. A trio of liquorice allsorts add some Spanish passion, a lounging, opium addled Knickerbocker Glory performs some very rude moves indeed and a gaggle of fluffy mashmallows prance and preen so much to make one think for a moment we might be watching Clueless: The Ballet.
New Adventures remain consistently one of the best ballet companies around, with performances full not only of technical brilliance but also character and sparkle. And if Clara's happy ending seems slightly contrived, who cares? This breathtaking production has enough magic to make even the impossible seem possible.


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When the waitress takes our lunch order, the sky outside the Rodeo Grocery & Café is blue. But in the time it takes to power through a smothered burrito, the Chiracahua Mountains to the west have disappeared. The wind has changed, and smoke from the Horseshoe Two fire pours from the canyon, turning the sky here in southwestern New Mexico a thick yellow and scenting the two-hour drive north to the Gila National Forest with smoke.
This spring, I've traveled in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and the Dakotas. Everywhere, the symptoms of climate change have been obvious, whether in the form of flood or drought. In early June, however, I need a few days to quiet my mind from its spin around the environmental issues I report. I'm seeking refuge.
It's dry even in the Gila this year; runoff from snowmelt is about a quarter of average. But we wade in the East Fork of the Gila River, inspecting the damp, cool soil beneath riverbank rocks for hellgrammites, tasting mint from an island in the river and checking out the algae streaming below the water's surface.
Later, we drive past a burn scar from the Miller fire that someone sparked at the end of April. Peering from the edge of the Heart Bar Wildlife Management Area, we can see how the fire has scoured out the underbrush, but also streaked the trunks of conifers and cottonwoods black. The pines will be fine, but the cottonwoods growing at the banks of the river can't withstand that heat.
The next evening, the sun glows pinkish-red over Lake Roberts, near Mimbres. A game warden passes through with a young, cinnamon-colored black bear he has darted for relocation. With the forests crackling dry, bears come into town seeking food to sustain themselves. Asleep with a tag in his ear, the bear likely doesn't have a long life ahead of him.
The smoke clears for Saturday morning's Aldo Leopold Kids Fishing Derby. But just before rush hour the night after we return home, smoke from Arizona's Wallow fire billows across the West Mesa and into Albuquerque. After a week of this smoke—of adjusting my daily schedule around winds and forecasts—it becomes routine.
Then one Sunday afternoon, I call my young daughter to the north side of the house and point out a cloud I think signals the coming monsoon season. But after she's gone to bed, I learn the cloud we celebrated was a pyrocumulus cloud spawned by the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos. The next morning, I have to admit my mistake and explain how very big fires—fires that grow almost 44,000 acres in a single day—can sometimes create clouds that resemble thunderheads.
This is the new normal, and I must re-evaluate what I thought I knew as fact before explaining the world to my 5-year-old.
Right now, New Mexico is warmer than it was a decade ago. Since the 1960s, the growing season has lengthened. More than half of the state's native plants and animals have already been affected by climate change; some bird populations have shifted; some flowers bloom earlier. Sand dunes are spreading as vegetation dies. Conifer forests, weakened by drought and susceptible to bark beetles (whose numbers soared thanks to warmer temperatures) are suffering die-offs. Day to day, we have low river flows, dry soils and wildfires. Already this fiscal year, 1,242 square miles of New Mexico have burned. Worldwide, scientists are watching their models and predictions play out—and we're all experiencing symptoms no one expected.


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Cumberland Island, indulgently
Near & Away
Published: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 11:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 11:24 a.m.
Want to savor a day exploring nature with a bit of pampering? For $100, the Greyfield Inn will pick you up by ferry, invite you in to experience its understated historic luxury, then send you off with a picnic lunch to tour the island on one of its bikes.
- Greyfield Inn, 904-261-6408 ; toll Free 866-401-8581; www.greyfieldinn.com
- Lucy R. Ferguson Ferry, Fernandina Beach dock, www.greyfieldinn.com/maps.html
- Cumberland Queen Ferry, St. Mary, Ga.; Reservations M-F, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 877-860-6787; http://www.nps.gov/cuis/reservations.htm
Shelling is a human compulsion.
I only realized this recently while cycling a desolate stretch of beach along the eastern edge of Cumberland Island.
Outwardly, I have no interest in shelling. But the magnetic attraction of those clam-and-conch shaped objects, strewn across the sand as far as the eye can see, is … well, compelling.
At first they all look alike. And then you begin to notice the variations and complexities of color, shade, size and shape. And soon you are on and off your bike; picking up one after another, discarding this one, stashing that one in a net bag, pulling it out again and replacing it with a "better" one. No thought to what in the world you will do with the things when you get them home.
You simply can't help yourself.
Still, CSS (Compulsive Shelling Syndrome) may be the only downside to a getaway day on Cumberland. The rest of it — the waves, the sugar dunes, the ruins, the cathedral oaks, the wild horses and that delicious sense of solitude that comes from being alone on a seemingly endless expanse of beach — all recommend this island escape.
My wife, Jill, and I had been spending a few days at Fernandina Beach, itself a great staycation destination with its historic waterfront downtown, great restaurants and shops and a new greenway that runs south through Amelia Island to connect with a bike-ped path on Big Talbot Island. Standing on the parapets of the Civil War-era stronghold at Fort Clinch State Park, Cumberland Island appears so near — not much more than a stone's throw, really — that you feel as though you can almost reach out and touch it.
But getting to the 17-mile-long Cumberland Island National Seashore typically involves driving north to the town of St. Mary, just across the Georgia line, and boarding the Cumberland Queen Ferry (Adults $20, Senior Citizens, $18, Children, $14). We chose a pricier but more convenient option.
For $100 a head, one can board the Lucy R. Ferguson at the municipal docks in Fernandina for a quick run to the dock of the Greyfield Inn, a 1900-era Carnegie family mansion turned luxury island inn. For that price, we enjoyed the use of the Greyfield's bicycles, kayaks and other recreational gear, daytime access to the historic inn itself (the library and its quirky volumes alone are worth the price of admission) and a lunch packed in an old-fashioned wicker picnic basket. (Compare that to the minimum $425-a-night stay for a room with a shared bath.)
We grabbed two beach cruisers and headed east on a shaded canopied dirt road to the Atlantic. With the wind at our backs (trying not to think about the return trip) we cycled several miles south, encountering exactly two other human beings the entire trip. Eventually we came to the southernmost tip of the island where we observed … the brick walls of Fort Clinch, just a stone's throw away.
At that point the sand becomes too soft to continue around the island, so we retraced our path for a few miles. Then we pushed our bikes through a maze of rolling dunes fringed by marshlands and eventually arrived at the ruins of Dungeness, another Carnegie family mansion that was destroyed by fire in 1959. There is an eerie, almost Ozymandias-like feel to this former retreat of the super wealthy, as recounted in Percy Bysshe Shelley's famous sonnet:
"Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away"
Returning to the Greyfield down an arrow-straight oak-shaded lane, we enjoyed our picnic lunch, browsed about the inn, chatted with guests, strolled its stately grounds and, of course, took snapshots of the wild horses that grazed placidly nearby before boarding the Lucy for the return trip to Fernandina.
Cumberland Island is rich in history and biodiversity, and exploring it fully is the work of days, not a few hours. Still, even a few hours stolen on an island paradise is time worth savoring.
Now, what to do with those shells?
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Ross, Koznick, Knight win U.S. time trials for World Cup berths
Ross, Koznick, Knight win U.S. time trials for World Cup berths{mosimage}LOVELAND VALLEY, Colo. — The U.S. Ski Team held three time trials this week at Loveland Valley and Copper Mountain in Colorado for World Cup start spots in giant slalom and super G as the alpine World Cup heads to North American.
Wednesday, Lauren Ross clinched a giant slalom start in a better-of-two-runs time trial at Loveland; the next day, Chip Knight won the men's time trial at Loveland. Friday, Kristina Koznick ended the trials when she won a super G time trial at Copper, edging Kaylin Richardson by seven-hundredths of a second.
The World Cup, which opened Oct. 22-23 in Soelden, Austria, resumes Nov. 26-27 with men's downhill and super G at Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies and then heads to the VISA Birds of Prey Dec. 1-4 at Beaver Creek, Colorado. The women start the continuous racing phase of their schedule Dec. 2-4 at Lake Louise with two downhills and a super G, then head to Aspen, Colorado, for the Sirius Satellite Radio Aspen Winternational with a super G, GS and slalom Dec. 9-11.
"This was very good with Lauren winning the time trial again, as she did in Soelden," head coach Patrick Riml said. "She was two-tenths ahead of Stacey [Cook], who was another .2 ahead of Kaylin.
"Lauren's been skiing very well and she's shown she can be in that second run. I think this is when she'll make that breakthrough, which would really boost her confidence."
Koznick's time trial earned a place at Lake Louise for the two-time Olympic tech skier. Coaches have not decided who will run the super G at Aspen. "We'll see what happens at Lake Louise," Riml said.
On the men's side, GS/slalom head coach Mike Morin said Knight convincingly beat defeated Tom Rothrock and Jesse Marshall for one of two open GS starts Dec. 3 at Beaver Creek. The first of two NorAm GS races Nov. 28-29 at Keystone will be used to fill the final open GS start, Morin said.
"We've got a new format, a two-run mock race with the first run serving as the time trial, and Chip won the time trial. Making it a one-run trial increases the pressure, which is what they'll face in the World Cup, so we think it works well," according to Morin.
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Harry Leroy STONER, Jr., was born in Maryland and died in Maryland. He married a Ruth ARNOLD, who may have been born in either Maryland or North Carolina. They had three children I believe, one a Thomas STONER, dec'd former captain of police, Eastern Shore, Maryland-died in Maryland of cancer.
Harry Leroy STONER, was an engineer and Vice President of the company that he worked for for years, Ruth his wife had been an insurance agent, I believe, though retired.


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CONTROVERSIAL Halesowen and Rowley Regis UKIP candidate Dean Perks has been urged to stand down after it emerged he owed the taxman more than £10,000 in missed VAT payments.
Mr Perks, who runs property renovations company Changing Rooms, failed in a three year battle with HM Revenue and Customs after they ruled he was VAT registered when he thought he was not.
Mr Perks is also standing for UKIP in next week's Dudley Council elections for Upper Gornal and Woodsetton.
Leader of Sandwell Council Councillor Darren Cooper urged the UKIP candidate to immediately withdraw from the parliamentary and council races.
He said: "Both MPs and councillors have a great responsibility to make important decisions on public money so how can Mr Perks have any credibility when he cannot even run his own finances without getting in trouble over VAT.
"He should stand down or UKIP should deselect him."
Cllr Cooper added: "This is the man who said he looked up to Enoch Powell and believes Islamic Sharia Law has a place in our society, he is a laughing stock.
"And this joke candidate is indicative of all the stories across the country about the kind of people that UKIP attract."
Chairman of Halesowen and Rowley Regis Conservatives councillor Jeff Hill also questioned Mr Perks candidacy. He said: "As Conservatives, we want taxes to be as low as possible for everybody, but that means that everyone - businesses and individuals - must pay their fair share.
"For a parliamentary candidate to have attempted to gain an advantage over law-abiding competitors, by avoiding paying tax that he properly owed, is bound to raise questions over his suitability."
Mr Perks told the News the episode was down to him being misinformed by his accountant and not through trying to avoid tax.
He said: "I was never guilty of not paying VAT, I have never refused to pay a bill back in my life. I am paying back what I owe now.
"I was misinformed by my accountant who told me I was deregistered when I was in fact not, so when I had a tax inspection a couple of years after they clearly wanted their chunk of my earnings.
"I went through several tribunals and appeals as I thought it was a genuine mistake, I even asked Dudley North MP Ian Austin for help but got none."
He added: "I have now received a lump sum from my accountant concerning the matter, and I am paying back what I owe."
"It is a disgrace Councillor Dean Cooper is poking around in my finances and I shall be seeking legal advice about his comments.
"It is an obvious case of attacking the candidate because Labour know they are going to get a kicking at the polls."
The full HMRC tribunal concerning Mr Perks can be found at http://www.financeandtaxtribunals.gov.uk/judgmentfiles/j6351/TC01930.pdf.


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Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Autumn Statement.
George Osborne has missed his fiscal targets and cut corporation tax.
We'll bring you all the day's developments live. By Tom Burgis and Ben Fenton.
15.45: We're winding up the blog now, but you can follow events as they unfold through constantly updating stories on the front page of FT.com
15.31: A representation of the "flamethrower of uncertainty" can be found in the documentation of the OBR. It is also known as a "fan chart". I doubt George Osborne is a fan of it, though.
15.24: Chote speaks of the "flamethrower of uncertainty"- a favourite phrase, unsettlingly enough, of the OBR, which is a chart showing forecasts in a wide range that makes the chart lines look like a firebreathing dragon.
15.18: Chote says that the variation in the possible range in the forecast of net debt figures for the UK is a large number, but is "dwarfed by the scale of uncertainties" on the issuance of debt. I think that's the second time he has said that in his address.
15.12: The Spectator is running a rather scary chart showing the lost output of the current "seven-year slump" in the UK.
15.07: Robert Chote, director of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is live now, going through his department's figures that underpinned the bad news Mr Osborne has just had to deliver.
15.05: Gavyn Davies has blogged for the FT with his view on the autumn statement while the FT's Lucy Warwick-Ching has collated some very interesting instant reaction from personal finance experts.
14.49: Hannah Kuchler on the FT's UK desk has been keeping an eye on business reaction to the autumn statement.
She says:
The CBI, the employer's organisation, urged the government to stick to its guns on deficit reduction to retain international credibility, saying it was no surprise that austerity would last longer than expected.
John Cridland, director-general, welcomed investment in infrastructure and support for exports, but said the proof was in the delivery. He said:
"Businesses need to see the Chancellor's words translated into building sites on the ground."
But the British Chambers of Commerce was less positive, declaring the statement not good enough for a country meant to be in a state of "economic war".
The government is just "tinkering around the edges", John Longworth, the BCC's director general said, adding: "The Budget next March must make truly radical and large-scale choices that support long-term growth and wealth creation. That means reconsidering the 'sacred cows' of the political class, including overseas aid and the gargantuan scale of the welfare state. Only a wholesale re-prioritisation of resources, to unlock private sector finance, investment and jobs, will be enough to win the 'economic war' we are facing. The danger is that our political class is sleepwalking with its eyes open."
14.40: Lionel Barber, the FT's editor, just passed by the live news desk so we asked him what he thought of the autumn statement.
The Chancellor is in a hole, but the good news is that he's stopped digging. The FT supports the government's fiscal stance, but is there more to be done on monetary policy to boost growth? That's the question.
14.26 Who says the British don't like doing things the French way? Might we surmise from this tweet from the BBC's Robert Peston's interview with Danny Alexander, Osborne's Lib Dem No2, that the UK's crediworthiness might be going to way of its Gallic cousins'?
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/Peston/statuses/276330461142327296"]
Others are more chipper:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/MJJHunter/statuses/276330252601524225"]


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'Member when connecting to the internet and being on the phone couldn't happen at the same time?
'Member the Walkman?
'Member when if you wanted to talk to a friend on the phone, you either had to just hope they were home or arrange a specific time to make the call?
'Member when bad meant good and old people were annoyed by it?
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
There are a number of great books out there - available from any science
supply house (a demo a day is one of my favorites). There are also lots of
internet sites! Just type in demo + whatever youre looking to show and you
should get great results. Tina Falconer
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> Thank you Ray Suzor for the ideas! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to
> watch any of the videos - do you have some suggestions as to where I can
> find chemistry "magic" tricks of the type you use?
> Thanks again
> Jeff Bulgrin
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> > In response to Jeff Bulgrin's question on how to start the year, I feel
> that
> > most all chem texts lead off with the boring stuff like measurement and
> > scientific method or defining chemistry; yet the kids at the beginning
> > the school year are psyched up for something new and challenging [but
> > too challenging]. After experimenting with a variety of topics and
> > techniques for 39 years, I find that by starting on day one with magic
> > tricks that introduce chemical compounds and reactions we can go right
> into
> > writing formulas and balancing equations which is the most interesting
> part
> > of chem for kids. The first few labs can deal with formulas and
> > and some of the most spectacular demonstrations [magic tricks] can be
> > repeated later in the course [to their delight] with a more in-depth
> > explanation. This might mean you start with chapter 5, but so what...
> > can come back to visit measurement and sci. method when it is actually
> used.
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> > Ray Suzor
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Angels sent reeling by Rangers' nine-run fourth
ANAHEIM -- With Michael Roth making his first career start and the Angels unsure how much stamina he had, manager Mike Scioscia said Wednesday's series finale had the potential to be a "staff night."
The Angels' ensuing 11-3 loss to the Rangers was exactly that.
After having used Scott Downs, Dane De La Rosa and Ernesto Frieri in each of the past two games -- not to mention Sean Burnett being unavailable because of forearm stiffness -- the Angels entered the series finale against the American League West rivals with a bullpen that consisted of just four relievers -- Jerome Williams, Michael Kohn, David Carpenter and Nick Maronde.
While Scioscia was undoubtedly hoping for Roth to pitch deep into the game and preserve a depleted bullpen, that never came to fruition as Roth lasted just 3 1/3 innings and the Angels were forced to use all four of their available relievers.
Roth cruised through the first three innings, allowing just one hit.
"He did a good job of mixing and matching early in the game," Scioscia said.
But in the fourth, his start -- and the entire game -- unraveled.
The left-hander allowed the first five batters to reach base via three singles and two walks and only recorded one out before Carpenter took over. Inheriting a bases-loaded situation and a 2-0 game, Carpenter walked Ian Kinsler, struck out Elvis Andrus, but then gave up a two-run single to Lance Berkman and a three-run home run to Nelson Cruz. Nick Maronde finished off the inning, but the damage was done.
"Whenever you walk the leadoff guy, that's never a good thing," Roth said. "I made some OK pitches, they put some good swings on it, but two walks is what really killed me."
Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre grounded out against Roth in the first, but in the fourth he walked twice, scoring both times.
"He's a little funky and throws strikes," Beltre said. "We've never faced him before, so it was a little difficult at first. After that, guys started having good at-bats and doing a better job."
When the Angels finally escaped the fourth, they had used a trio of pitchers and had allowed 13 Rangers batters to score nine runs on five hits, five walks and one wild pitch.
A 9-0 deficit is hard to overcome on any night, but with Yu Darvish carving up the Angels, it seemed nearly impossible.
Darvish, who was throwing his fastball in the upper 90s and his breaking ball in the mid 60s, struck out 11 while allowing three hits over six scoreless innings.
"He threw a good game, pitched well," Scioscia said.
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Programmatic Phrase II
Find the common phrase that is represented by the following computer program code. Some amount of computer programming knowledge will help, as certain programming conventions are used. However, it may be solved without, as it is written in a very high-level (i.e., human-like) language.
For Each Thing
If itsPercentQuality = 100
Then itsPrice = 0
Hint"Birth" and "Death" are used for the beginning and ending of the program. So, everything therein could be called "Life."
Answer"The best things in life are free."
Everything between "Birth" and "Death" is "Life." Within "Life," the program is scanning the quality of each "Thing." If the quality is 100%, then it is one of "the best things in life," and its price is set to 0, or "free."
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The UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Music (M.M.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. These programs offer optimal professional training for careers as music teachers, performers, composers, arrangers, and conductors. The specific concentrations offered are described below.
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Department of Music & Dance, UMass Amherst
265 Fine Arts Center East
Amherst, MA 01003-9330
(413) 545-0521
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The Graduate Music Student Handbook gives details about Admission, Auditions, Graduate Assistantships and other financial aid, placement exams, jury, thesis and language requirements and many other topics.
Graduate Program Director
Professor Brent Auerbach
Department of Music and Dance, Fine Arts Center Room 265
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9330
Phone: 413-545-0521
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Areas of Concentration (link to website) & Coordinators:
Collaborative Piano: Prof. Nadine Shank, email@example.com, 413-545-0053
Composition: Prof. Salvatore Macchia, email@example.com, 413-545-6053
Conducting: (For both MM in Conducting & MM in Music Education/Conducting Emphasis)
Wind Conducting: Prof. Matthew Westgate, firstname.lastname@example.com, 413-545-6056
* Orchestral Conducting: Ng Tian Hui, email@example.com, (Admissions temporarily suspended)
Choral Conducting: Prof. Tony Thornton, email@example.com, 413-545-0437
Music Education: Prof. Lisa Lehmberg, firstname.lastname@example.com, 413-545-0612
Music History: Prof. Ernest May, firstname.lastname@example.com, 413-545-0624
Music Theory: Prof. Gary Karpinski, email@example.com, 413-545-4229
Jazz Composition & Arranging: Prof. Jeffrey Holmes, firstname.lastname@example.com, 413-545-6046
Performance: Contact the Professor who teaches your instrument/voice (See Music Faculty by Discipline/Instrument). For the Graduate String Quartet Program, contact Prof. Kathryn Lockwood.
Additional information or mailed forms may be obtained from the Music & Dance Department Director of Admissions:
Director of Music Admissions/Recruiting
(413) 545-6048
Fine Arts Center Room 271
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9300
* Masters in Orchestral Conducting: Admissions temporarily suspended until further notice.
Download: Graduate Music Student Handbook (pdf)
Annotated Graduate Course Guide 2016-17 (pdf)
2017 Grad Teaching Assistantship Application (pdf).
Click or scroll down for information on Diagnostic Exams in Music Theory & Music History.
Total of 33 graduate credits, of which six may be transferred from other institutions (with approval by the Graduate School and Graduate Program Director)
Concentrations: (Click on each for Subplan/Degree Checklist, pdf file)
Core Requirements for all Master of Music concentrations:
Graduate Music Theory - 2 approved courses, 500 level or higher (6 credits)
Graduate Music History - 2 approved courses, 500 level or higher (6 credits)
All M.M. students majoring in History/Musicology, Theory or Music Education/Research are required to write a thesis. In lieu of the thesis, Accompanying majors must accompany four recitals, Composition and Jazz Composition/Arranging majors must submit an original composition in large form, and Performance and Music Education/Applied Music majors must perform a full recital.
Vocal Performance and Music History/Musicology majors have a foreign language proficiency requirement. Please see the Graduate Handbook, pp. 16 & 27 for Vocal Performance majors and p. 25 for Music History majors.
All M.M. students must take a one-hour comprehensive oral examination, conducted by three faculty members, usually in April of the last year of study. Group meetings and consultation with the major professor are offered to help students prepare for the exam.
Administered by the Department of Music & Dance through Continuing & Professional Education, the PPC offers performing musicians in the early stages of their careers the opportunity for private instruction with the faculty members of the UMass Music Department and for participation in the many small and large ensembles of the Department. The pre-requisite for participation in this program is an undergraduate degree in music or demonstrated equivalent musical training. The purpose of the Certificate program is to provide a concentrated year of artistic development, career preparation, and work experience for aspiring professional musicians.
Link to details of the Professional Performance Certificate program
Link to the Application/Audition Request Form (to apply for the program)
Contact with questions: Elizabeth Chang at email@example.com
Post-Baccalaureate Music Teacher Licensure Program
Administered by the College of Education and Continuing & Professional Education.
Qualification: Applicants must have earned a Bachelor's degree in Music (any area).
Description: This program consists of coursework leading to qualification for an Initial Educator License in the state of Massachusetts, in the field of Music: All Levels (PreK-12). Candidates seeking licensure through the Post-Baccalaureate route must formally apply for admission to the licensing program through the College of Education. As part of the application process, candidates submit transcripts for review. The transcript reviews are conducted by music education faculty members, and each transcript is carefully compared to the standard sequence of music content courses required for undergraduates at the university. When courses are identified as missing, candidates must complete the designated university courses to satisfy the requirements. Post-baccalaureate candidates must complete the same university courses as undergraduates in order to fulfill the Content and Professional Standards for Teachers, as outlined in the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Regulations for Educator Licensure.
Contact with questions: Professor Lisa Lehmberg at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Doctor Of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.)
The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Music is intended for advanced musician/scholars who desire to complete their graduate study in a specific area of music and continue the development of their creative, analytical, theoretical, pedagogical and scholarly analytical skills and knowledge.
Concentrations: (Click on each for Degree Checklist, pdf file)
The Ph.D. degree is conferred upon satisfactory completion of a curriculum consisting of a minimum of sixty semester hours of approved course work beyond the Master's degree in Music, including eighteen hours of dissertation credit.
A Ph.D. student must spend a minimum of one academic year of full-time study beyond the Master's degree in residence (not including summer). There is a two-language reading requirement for Ph.D. candidates in Music Theory. Please see the Graduate Handbook (pdf) for details about the language requirement, admissions requirements, the qualifying exam and the dissertatation process.
Diagnostic Examinations
All entering Masters students must take the Diagnostic Examinations in Music Theory and Music History before they may enroll for coursework in these subject areas. Each test takes approximately one hour to complete. The exams are offered during Departmental auditions and/or at the time of the on-campus audition/interview. The exams are also administered before classes begin in the fall and spring semesters.
Applicants for a concentration in Music Theory must pass the corresponding Diagnostic Exam as an entrance test prior to acceptance. Theory applicants must pass all sections of the written theory exam.
The results of the Music History exam will be used to advise students into appropriate graduate level history courses.
Students who do not pass section(s) of the Diagnostic Exam in Music Theory must retake and pass those sections before they may take graduate-level theory courses. Students may study on their own, participate in summer music theory review online, hire a tutor, and/or take the Graduate Theory Review course in the fall to prepare for retaking the exam.
The Department has created two practice exams (pdf) for incoming students, as preparation for the Diagnostic Exam in Music Theory.
Practice Theory Exam 1 Practice Theory Exam 2
List of Instruments/Voice
For a faculty list, please see the Faculty by Discipline page. Click for Graduate String Quartet program info.
Private Lessons (as part of graduate music degree programs) are offered in:
Horn (French horn)
String Bass
Guitar (Jazz only)
Please note: There is no graduate degree in Jazz performance, but candidates for the Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging (click for requirements) may study one of the traditional jazz instruments: saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion/drums, bass, piano, voice or guitar. Please contact the Jazz Program Director, Jeffrey W. Holmes, email@example.com, 413-545-6046 if you have questions.
The UMass Amherst music degree programs are fully accredited by all appropriate state and national agencies such as the Massachusettes Board of Higher Education, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
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text: Athletics not affected by WVU's fiscal restraints By Dave Hickman June 17, 2013 Story Share MORGANTOWN - If ever there was an appropriate time to revisit the relationship between college athletics and college itself, now is that time.In brief? There is none.OK, so maybe that's not entirely true. In fact, the two are linked inexorably. Without the college itself, there are no college athletics. That's pretty obvious.But never has it been so apparent, so evident, that the two operate as separate entities as it has become of late.Specifically, of course, we're talking about West Virginia University and West Virginia University athletics.On the one hand, WVU is suffering through yet another budget crisis, the kind that seems to crop up periodically when the state's economy struggles and funding for education takes the requisite hit. This year, that is likely to add up to about $18 million lost in one form or another from a budget of roughly $900 million, prompting the school's Board of Governors to institute both a pay freeze and tuition hikes.The athletic department, meanwhile, is still recovering from a 2011-12 fiscal-year loss of nearly $13 million. While that figure is expected to drop to almost no loss at all when the 2012-13 figures are completed, it is still a department that appears affected not at all by budget constraints.At least that's the case when seeing that football coach Dana Holgorsen's salary will increase by $200,000 in the coming year, going from $2.3 million to $2.5 million. Toss in the retention bonus due him on March 1 of next year and that's a cool half million in added compensation.Basketball coach Bob Huggins? He made an even $3 million last year, which goes up to $3.1 million next year. Athletic director Oliver Luck, by comparison, is a pauper. Still, the salary that he was promised when he signed on in 2010 ($390,000) was upped to $550,000 last fall. Don't feel sorry for him, though. He can earn performance incentive payments that are capped at $150,000 per year, he was scheduled to receive a $75,000 retention payment last fall and is in line for future retention payments of $225,000 in 2015 and $150,000 in 2017.Keep in mind, too, that these aren't old numbers we're dealing with here. They aren't figures negotiated in better times that are simply and unfortunately coming due now. Holgorsen's contract was renegotiated last August and calls for another $200,000 raise next year and $100,000 raises the two years after that. If he's strapped for cash, there's also another $75,000 annual retention bonus due him at the end of every regular season. That's in addition to the $75,000 retention bonus he earned in March and the aforementioned $300,000 due him next March. And, of course, he can earn up to $600,000 in performance bonuses each year.Huggins signed his latest contract addendum last November. After the $100,000 raise next year come bumps of $150,000, $75,000, $250,000 and $175,000. Some of that money (in decreasing amounts each year) is deferred, but the bottom line is that by 2017-18 he is due a salary of $3.75 million, after which the school will continue to pay him for five years as a coach emeritus, should he decide he's had enough of actual coaching.And Luck, when he signed a new agreement last fall, saw not only his salary but also his retention bonuses go up. Those were in his second pact (signed in 2011), but they were just a flat $25,000 a year. His $75,000 retention bonus last fall was the product of the three $25,000 bonuses he'd earned under that contract, but the new deal gives him an average annual bonus of $75,000 should he remain and collect them. It's all fairly mind-blowing stuff, especially when a teacher or a secretary or a janitor is under a pay freeze and a student's tuition bill is going up.All of which brings us back, of course, to the original point, which is that college athletics have very little to do with college. At least that's true from a financial perspective. I bring up all of these ridiculous coaches' salaries - and be honest, in any framework they are ridiculous - not as a means to argue for or against them, but to illustrate how completely and utterly disconnected they are from the university itself and the budget issues it faces. Fact: WVU's budget includes nothing going to Holgorsen or Huggins. Holgorsen's base pay is $200,000. Huggins' is $250,000. The rest is supplemental pay generated through athletic department revenues and the Mountaineer Athletic Club.None of it, not even the base pay, comes out of that $900 million university budget.And that's the point. The two entities are, at least from a financial standpoint, tied together in name only. The athletic department pays its own bills, from coaching salaries to heating and plumbing for its buildings and, yes, even to paying the university for the scholarships it gives to its athletes. It's not a matter of bookkeeping, where money is just shifted around on paper. It's actual cash that the athletic department generates and, in the case of scholarships and room and board for athletes, pays to the university.Is that right? Well, yes and no. Yes because if a school is going to have a multi-million-dollar athletic department it should pay its own way. Despite that $13 million loss last year, WVU's athletic department has almost always managed to do that. Within a few years, thanks to payments from the Big 12, the department will more than pay its way again.The flip side, though, is that it's just all become so ridiculous, fielding teams and paying coaches nearly 100 times what an average university employee makes. But that's not news, folks, and it's not something you can change by waving a wand and saying it's not fair. Don't live in a bubble and think that what is happening at WVU is any different than at any other major college. The truth is, WVU's athletic budget isn't even close to that of some of the schools in its own conference. The fact that West Virginia generally manages to run things without much of a deficit actually puts them in a minority.Is it right that WVU employees and students are being taxed, in essence, for a budget shortfall while the athletic department continues to spend? Of course not. It flies in the face of everything that collegiate athletics should be about. But the truth is, athletic departments already do a lot for their universities. Does anyone really think any college's enrollment would be what it is if top-flight athletic teams not a part of the draw? As a general rule, they get that perk at no financial cost to the universities themselves.But maybe it's also time to give back a little more. You can't start cutting coaching salaries and slowing down the expansion of facilities because (again, contrary to what should be a school's mission) athletic departments are in an arms race. Take a million bucks here or there away and you fall behind, interest wanes and suddenly your athletic department isn't the drawing card schools hope it will be.But when times are good, as they should be for WVU's athletic department once it begins getting full revenue shares from the Big 12, perhaps some of that extra cash needs to go where the university needs it most. 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Barber Appointed CTB Chair
UCSF Dentistry Dean John D. B. Featherstone takes great pleasure in announcing that Dr. Diane Barber has accepted a five-year appointment as Chair of the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology at the UCSF School of Dentistry, retroactive to December 1, 2013.
Dean Featherstone remarks that "Dr. Barber has done an excellent job as Interim Chair, and I look forward to continuing to work with her as Chair of the Department, and as an important member of the UCSF School of Dentistry leadership team. She is a wonderful role model for our junior faculty. We are fortunate that she was selected and has agreed to lead the department into the future. Please join with me in congratulating Dr. Barber."
Diane Barber received her BS degree in Biological Sciences and MS degree in Physiology from the University of California, Davis, and her PhD in Anatomy from the University of California, Los Angeles. After completing an NIH-NRSA postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, she was an Assistant Professor in the section of Anatomy in the Department of Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine. Wanting to return home to her native California, she joined the UCSF faculty in 1992.
She is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology at the UCSF School of Dentistry, and since February 2010 has served as Interim Chair of the department.
Dr. Barber's research addresses how chemical cues such as growth factors and mechanical cues such as wounding and tensional forces regulate cell behaviors, with a focus on how behavioral responses are different in cancers compared with normal cells. One area of her research program is asking how dynamic changes in intracellular pH induced by extracellular cues regulate behaviors that are aberrant in cancer cells, including migration, proliferation and glycolytic metabolism. These studies span cells to molecules and include determining at the molecular level how protonation functions as a posttranslational modification to regulate protein structure and function. Another area of her research asks how cues generate different actin cytoskeleton architectures to drive diverse cell behaviors, again probing molecular mechanisms through studies on protein structure and function.
Dr. Barber's teaching responsibilities include lecturing in anatomy to professional students, lecturing and co-directing in a cell biology course to graduate students, and training the research and professional advancement of students and postdoctoral fellows. Her service efforts include internal committee work in multiple schools, and UCSF-wide and external participation in several scientific societies, including the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), for which she has chaired symposia and currently serves on the Women in Cell Biology committee.
Dr. Barber was recently profiled in the 2013 UCSF School of Dentistry Magazine, and was the recipient of the Faculty Research Lecturer Award at UCSF Dentistry's Research and Clinical Excellence Day 2013.
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Q: What topic of research could I write a paper on, for Python (Like speed of the scripts, performance, ect.)


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Employers are more flexible than we sometimes give them credit. A new WorldatWork study, Survey on Workplace Flexibility, revealed that there are 12 types of flexibility programs in use in the workplace today, and while a vast majority – 98 percent — of employers offer at least one, the average number of programs offered at… Read More →


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Released in 2005, the guidelines on diet and exercise recommended by the USDA are starting to feel a little outdated. Fortunately, they are in the process of revising the guidelines for 2010. The 2005 guidelines recommend that adults engage in at least 30 minutes of exercise every day. For children, they recommend 60 minutes.
This is just to maintain a healthy heart, for weight loss and weight management, they recommend even more exercise. I love to work up a sweat, but even I have trouble finding 30 minutes to dedicate to exercise on some days.
The number one thing to keep in mind is that your 30 minutes do NOT need to be done all at once—10 minutes here and 20 minutes there, still count as 30 minutes. This idea has always been hard for me to accept, but it's true. On the flip side, your 30 minutes are really only useful to your health if they are above and beyond your normal routine. Depending on your activity level at work, you may need to step it up a notch. If you take the stairs every day to get to your office, you're going to have to find another way to boost your activity.
Here are some tips for getting those extra 30 minutes every day:
1. If you're not already doing it, take the stairs to your office or your dwelling.
2. Fit in a walk on your lunch hour. A 15 minute walk (even if it's a loop around your parking lot) will get your blood pumping and sharpen your mind.
3. This sounds a little silly, but after a few days you'll get over it. While going through your morning routine, fit in some squats and lunges as you go back and forth from the bathroom to the bedroom.
4. Try the "Hit Every Muscle in 5 Minutes" routine from Fitness Magazine. They also have some great 10, 20 and 30 minute routines.
5. After work, fit in a walk with your partner, coworkers or a good friend. Not only will the walk boost your energy, but it will bring you closer to your walking partner.
6. Make your chores count! Add lunges to dish washing and turn up the intensity on your mopping.
7. Sign up for a race or join a team sport. It's amazing how motivating a race date or team sport can be!
You can find more tips for fitting in exercise from the Mayo Clinic here.


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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a little python script that writes the HTML-code of several websites (the sites differ only in integers at the end of the url) in a file. The website is displayed in its HTML-code.
Since the HTML-file contains some information I don't need, it's not necessary to save the whole website.
I only need the content which is in the tag "". In this tag, there is another tag, "", whose content I don't need, either.
In addition to the constrictions above, I don't need to copy the meta-data (i.e. "[: ... :]") which can appear in the tag we want to copy.
Furthermore, it should be added after each page a line break, the tag "
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Is this comprehensible? :S
However, I would be grateful for every propositon and for every hints
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Bottega Veneta Fall 2011
Forgotten just what it's like to see a collection that is full of beautiful, intricate workmanship, sustained passages of fully resolved ideas—and clothes that make you want to run out and buy immediately? See Bottega Veneta, and believe it can still happen, even in this era of one-note shows. But why in this house, and now?
"I am feeling very up. The economy's back, and my customers have no issue with being feminine at all," said Tomas Maier while inspecting the line of models who were about to take to the runway in their beehives and incredibly subtle, super-light coats, suits, and fragile, lacy printed dresses.
Maier's success is that he's the first designer to make completely modern sense of the feeling for the sixties that has Milan in thrall—the craze for Balenciaga-like edge-to-edge coats, tufty mohairs, above-the-knee pleated skirts, and all. Which is, not to be rude, quite unexpected from a designer better known for stripped-down, rigorously unreferenced sporty clothes. (See his winter collection for the evidence.)
But it's close up (as all these clothes deserve to be seen) that it becomes clear just how much Maier's put into creating fabrics that shift this collection light-years forward from the templates set fifty years ago. Or then again, not so clear at all: "I like that you don't know what you see," he explained, picking out a dress which involved lace layered over something printed with something shredded into fringe in the background. The genius of it is that all that complexity doesn't overwhelm the dress, or the woman, and, as exceptional as it is, it does not end up as a crass show-off number. As always, Maier's concern is to outfit the smart woman he knows, who is not one for bling, and who wants to go about life feeling semi-casual, despite the fact she might be carrying several hundred thousand dollars on her person in the way of clothes, a dainty printed sandal with a jewel on the toe, a python bag, and perhaps has a precious Bottega citrine or fire-opal necklace or two nestling at her throat.
If she's really tuned in to Maier's mind, she might also pick up on the possible irony Maier had shaded into to this collection. Look at the edges and the toes of the mohair pumps: some are literally sprayed gray, as if they'd been damaged (or maybe beautifully patinated) by time. That's just part of the dialogue with vintage in this collection. It might have gone a phrase too far with the evening gowns whose satin folds were aged and soiled in the hem, and whose bodices were peeled back to reveal Hessian corsets mimicking Stockman dressmakers' dummies—but the rest was a complete triumph.


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LSU had one of the most productive running games in the Southeastern Conference during the first two months of the season.
The Tigers' passing game suddenly became much more productive during the final month of the regular season, but that coincided with a drop-off in rushing productivity.
So as LSU prepares for its game against Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year's Eve, one of its primary tasks is to find a way to blend the running game of September and October with the passing game of November and finish 2012 with a bang.
"That's our goal," tackle Josh Dworaczyk said. "We've been watching film and trying to get back in the swing of things. We've talked about the last few games. We have not run the ball the way we want to."
And few things if any are a bigger priority for coach Les Miles than running the football effectively. Like all teams, LSU tries to demonstrate to opponents that it's capable of running and passing the ball equally effectively in any situation.
But the Tigers' nature is to prove their ability to rush the ball first, thereby creating an opportunity to have credible play-action as part of their passing game.
In the last four games, however, the Tigers have averaged 3.0 yards per rush after averaging 4.9 in the first eight games.
Although the yards-per-rush average is the best indicator of the drop-off in rushing execution in November, the statistics also demonstrate that LSU was more pass-happy down the stretch.
The Tigers ran the ball on 62.9 percent of their plays during the first eight games and 55.1 percent in their last four games. That represented two different means to similar ends as LSU started 7-1 while averaging 386 total yards and finished 4-1 while averaging 390 yards.
The especially run-heavy play-calling in the first eight games wasn't surprising.
LSU not only has traditionally been an effective running team during Miles' eight seasons, it also was breaking in a new starting quarterback in Zach Mettenberger, featured a relatively inexperienced group of wide receivers and played three opponents — North Texas, Idaho and Towson — that physically were less capable of matching LSU up front as well as SEC opponents were.
Even though starting halfback Alfred Blue was lost for the season to a knee injury in September, freshman Jeremy Hill of Redemptorist took over the run game at midseason and scored eight of his team-leading 10 touchdowns during the second half of the season.
He had a breakout performance against South Carolina in the seventh game, starting a two-game stretch in which he averaged 8.4 yards per carry and 126 yards per game. The last four games he averaged 3.8 and 77.3.
LSU's breakout passing game came in a 21-17 loss to Alabama on Nov. 3. The Tigers had their worst passing game of the season in their previous game, a 23-19 victory at Texas A&M on Oct. 20. In that game, they threw a season-high 29 times but matched a season-low with 11 completions for a season-low 97 yards.
But with an open date between the game against A&M and the game against Alabama, LSU focused on improving its passing game and did just that. The receivers took it upon themselves to put in extra work, catching a collective 200 passes off of a JUGS machine before practice — an exercise that has become routine.
Against the Crimson Tide's top-ranked defense, Mettenberger completed 25-of-36 passes for a season-high 296 yards. Mettenberger and the passing game continued the momentum the next two weeks as the Tigers threw for more than 250 yards against Mississippi State (273) and Ole Miss (282).
Though the passing game wasn't as productive in the regular-season finale against Arkansas (16-for-29, 217 yards), the numbers from the final month were significantly different from what they were for the first eight — 62 percent completions and 267 yards per game compared to 56 percent and 177 yards the first eight games.
Sophomore Jarvis Landry, who had 23 catches during the first eight games, had 29 during the last four, in which he had three of his four touchdown catches.
Guard Trai Turner said finding the optimal blend of rushing and passing success is in LSU's hands, regardless of what Clemson does.
"It's just our execution," Turner said. "We have to come out and execute and not let the defense dictate what we're able to do."
Defense has not been Clemson's strength. It ranks seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference in total defense (411.0 yards per game), eighth in rushing defense (160.7) and passing defense (250.3) and ninth in pass defense efficiency (132.4). Its 22 passing touchdowns allowed are tied for the fourth-most in the ACC.
"At the end of the day, if you get the running game going big, sometimes the passing game might be lacking. And if you get the passing game going big, the running game might be lacking," running back Michael Ford said.
"But when you get them both going big together, it can be amazing."