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$4.3 Million in Local Grants Okayed by TPW Commission
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved $4.3 million in competitive grants for community parks, nature trails and recreation centers throughout the state. Nine projects from among 37 eligible applications submitted for recreation grant matching funds were selected by commissioners for funding.
The $1.4 million in matching funds for local indoor recreation grants was made possible by the Legislature's restoration of appropriations for the 2008-2009 biennium. The money comes from the Texas Recreation and Parks Account (TRPA) program funded by a dedication of a portion of the state sales tax on sporting goods that took effect Sept. 1, 1993.
Weslaco received the largest of three matching grants awarded, $567,890, for a Boys and Girls Club Indoor Recreation Center. The City of Weslaco will use the grant monies to develop a 22,000 square-foot Boys and Girls Club located in the northeast area of the city. The club will include a gymnasium, classrooms, meeting room, locker room, restroom, kitchen, storage, offices, utilities and parking.
Brownwood was awarded $500,000 for a recreation center. The City of Brownwood plans to renovate the Coliseum Annex building into a senior/recreation center located in the central area of the city. It will include a large meeting room, game room, media room, office, commercial kitchen, utilities, parking, and Xeriscape landscaping with drip irrigation.
The Valley community of Combes will receive $327,110 in indoor recreation matching funds to construct a 3,320 square-foot recreation center to be located in the southwest part of town in Community Park. The development phase of the recreation center project includes a weight room, exercise room, arts/crafts room, game table room, reading room, multi-use rooms, aerobics room, and game/social room.
TPW commissioners also approved $2.9 million in outdoor recreation grants to help fund six of the 26 eligible projects submitted to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff for consideration. The grants are funded through the TRPA and Land and Water Conservation Fund to local Texas governments to acquire or develop outdoor recreation sites.
Two Hays County projects were awarded $500,000 each in outdoor recreation grants to fund park and nature preserve projects.
The City of Dripping Springs will use the half-million dollars in matching funds to acquire 48.165 acres by acquisition/donation and develop Harrison Ranch Park located in the far north area of the city. The grant will help fund tent camping, trails, a disc golf course, picnic tables, horseshoes and washer courts, playground, open play area, pavilion, eight acres of dedicated natural open space, and signs.
The City of Kyle will use the outdoor grant to acquire 167 acres and develop the Plum Creek Preserve & Nature Trail, located off Lehman Road and RR 150, in the southeast area of the city. Development will include nature and walking trails, playground, open play area, picnic tables, benches, shade pavilion, horseshoe and washer pits, fishing nooks, a scenic overlook, wildflower and wetland plantings, and interpretive signs.
In Burnet County, the City of Cottonwood Shores received a grant to develop Cottonwood Park on Lake Marble Falls on 13.2 donated acres that will be composed of nine recreation areas linked together with by a 2.8-mile trail. Grant monies will pay for pool renovation, a bathhouse, playground and pavilion, a treescape with climbing nets, tree house, skating rink and cleanup and preservation of an 11-acre natural area. There also will be a playground, water garden with seating, skate park including dirt trail for bikes and basketball goal, memorial garden, picnic tables, sand volleyball court, pavilions, open play area, horseshoe and washer pits, jetty for swimming, canoe launch, and exercise equipment.
The City of Laredo in Webb County was awarded a $499,981 grant to develop Independence Hills Park on 78 acres on donated property south of U.S. Highway 359 in the southeast portion of the city. The grant will help the city with acquisition of 15.38 acres and development of a trail, multi-purpose fields, baseball field, softball field, and basketball court, splash park, amphitheater, botanical garden, pavilions, picnic tables, playground and skate park. Thirty-six acres will be preserved as open space.
Also approved for $500,000 in matching funds were outdoor projects in Jones and Joshua counties.
In Jones County, the City of Abilene will receive grant funds to dedicate 5 acres of wetlands and further develop 35-acre Johnson Park and 115-acre SeaBee Park located on Lake Fort Phantom Hill north of the city. Development will include pavilions, amphitheater/outdoor educational facility, nature trails, sand volleyball court, disc golf course, open play area, picnic tables with grills (some shaded), interpretive signs, interpretive playground, benches, wildlife observation station, non-motorized boating access, marked lake trail, fishing pier, and landscaping.
The City of Joshua in Johnson County was awarded a grant to acquire by purchase and donation 19.35 acres to develop its first city park at the corner of Main Street and Shelby Lane in the north-central part of the city. The park will include a trail, playground, ¾-acre pond with fishing pier, two acres of open space, pavilion, sports practice area, baseball field, picnic tables, and native plantings.
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Do you know, by any chance, a SLA group ("Shark Lovers Anonymous") that could help us to become "clean"?
Just kidding, of course. We most definitely do not want to get cured from the tiger shark addiction!
Here you can see both Leanders "at work": Felix filming his old man playing with a gentle tiger lady. YES, "gentle". However, in order not to be misinterpreted, please read the disclaimer on the right, printed in red.
We don't want to get into trouble with those "experts" who have never dived with tiger sharks, yet insist that tiger sharks are notorious man-eaters, and vociferously claim that what we are doing is "irresponsible" as it might create the impression that these large sharks are as docile as dog puppies.
Unfortunately, these "experts" prefer to believe what other "experts" with NO or very little experience with sharks have been preaching since "Jaws" was released (1975), and before.
Once again: Tiger sharks are most gentle sharks but as predators they are not harmless. Are we, for that matter...??
So, unless you have a LOT of experience diving with sharks and know how they behave in any given circumstance, don't interact with them closely, don't hand-feed them, and humbly enjoy the incredible privilege of being able to observe them in their habitat.
'Relevant experience': I have had my first shark encounters while spear-fishing in the Caribbean back in 1968, and believe that I was able to pass on some of that practically acquired knowledge of shark behavior to Felix who was born eight years after I had seen "my" first shark.
Anyway - as you can see, I just looooove to hug dem striped babes....
Long live the tiger sharks of Tiger Beach, ALL sharks wherever they have "their" beaches...

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Electric cars and hybrids may hold the automotive limelight these days, but automakers have not given up on SUVs. Ford's venerable Explorer gets an update for the 2011 model year that completely redesigns the car from the ground up, making for a modern four-wheel-drive vehicle that justifies itself with a huge cargo area and third-row seating.
The 2011 Ford Explorer retains a trucklike front end, albeit with fewer harsh lines in the body work. Large side windows lead back to an angled C-pillar. The cargo area includes a third row of seats that can fold flat into the floor.
But underneath the Explorer is a very different vehicle from previous generations. Instead of a frame-based platform, the new Explorer uses independent suspension components front and rear. Instead of a V-8, the new Explorer currently comes with a 3.5-liter V-6, and Ford will add its new Ecoboost four cylinder at a later date.
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The 2011 Explorer also gets Ford's latest cabin electronics, although that fact is not unequivocally a good thing. Optional with the Ford Explorer XLT is the MyFord Touch cabin tech interface. This interface includes useful LCDs in the instrument cluster and a large touch screen on the center stack.
The right side display shows infotainment, such as the current track playing on satellite radio.
In the instrument cluster, the LCD to the left of the speedometer shows vehicle data, while the one on the right shows infotainment. Both are configurable with D pads on the steering wheel spokes, letting the driver, for instance, check fuel economy on the left and route guidance on the right. These displays work very well and provide useful information close to the driver's line of sight.
The central touch screen is where the problems begin. Divided into four main areas, audio, navigation, phone, and climate, this touch screen is too slow responding to input. Touch the tab for navigation, and the response is less than instantaneous, such that you might be finding yourself touching it again, thinking it didn't work the first time.
Part of the problem seems to be that Ford used a resistive touch screen instead of the capacitive style of touch screen commonly used on cell phones. A resistive touch screen has the advantage that it can be operated by a person wearing gloves, but it needs a stronger touch than the capacitive style. However, Ford could also use a faster CPU in the system, as some of the slow response seems to do with processing time.
The nav system lost its GPS signal in lightly wooded areas, and took a long time to get it back.
Another major problem with the Explorer is the navigation system. This flash-drive-based system offers some very good features, such as traffic and 3D displays, but it is more prone to losing track of the vehicle than others. While driving in a lightly wooded area, the system lost its GPS fix, showing the vehicle off in random areas of the map. Even after it regained its satellite signal, it took an unreasonably long time, measured in tens of minutes, to regain its position on the map. That performance is exceedingly subpar, and does not measure up to Ford's previous, hard-drive-based navigation system.
Through Sirius Travel Link, the Explorer brings in a lot of useful external data. There is a weather report, sports scores, gas prices at nearby stations, and movie times. The latter two integrate with the navigation system, letting you, for instance, make a gas station in the list of fuel prices the car's destination. This is all fine and good if the navigation system knows the correct location of the car.
One of the star features of the Explorer, seen in other Ford vehicles, is the Sync voice command system. This system has been refined for easier voice inputs, for example, letting you say an entire address string instead of city, street, then street number. Likewise, Sync integrates with the Bluetooth phone system, and allows making calls merely by saying a contact's name.
Although many cars now have dial-by-name for voice command, few can equal Sync's ability to understand band, album, and song names. This feature of Sync works for just about anything plugged into one of the Explorer's two USB ports, whether it be an iPod, Zune, or flash drive. Although this feature works surprisingly well, both USB ports failed during our testing of the Explorer. Although the main interface would show a song being played, audio was not playing through the speakers. The USB ports appeared to be rather finicky.
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Oct. 17, 2008
TPWD, Partners Expanding Bighorn Sheep Restoration Efforts
AUSTIN, Texas — Expanded conservation efforts are in the offing for the desert bighorn sheep, an iconic symbol of wilderness in West Texas, with plans to extend bighorn restocking efforts into Big Bend Ranch State Park and elsewhere in the region as part of a comprehensive Desert Bighorn Sheep Restoration Plan.
One benefit of the broad-based initiative to restore the native ecology in key areas of the Trans Pecos region is that, by providing suitable habitat and travel corridors for desert bighorn sheep, many other native wildlife species will also benefit.
Bighorn sheep vanished from Texas more than 50 years ago due to habitat loss, disease and competition from exotic animals like aoudad sheep and unregulated hunting. But, thanks to broad support, desert bighorns have recovered to population levels unseen since the late 1800s.
Although the restoration efforts to date have been a tremendous success with viable populations totaling nearly 1,200 animals along seven mountain ranges in the Trans Pecos, desert bighorn restoration in Texas is not complete.
A bi-national effort between the United States and Mexico outlined in a comprehensive Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Desert Bighorn Sheep Restoration Plan will now focus on expanding the restoration of desert bighorns on suitable habitat at a landscape level, encompassing another West Texas icon — Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Based on archaeological evidence, desert bighorn sheep once occupied most of the rugged Chihuahuan Desert. This region, which includes Big Bend Ranch State Park, includes suitable habitat within the bighorn's historic range.
"Our immediate focus is on Big Bend Ranch State Park," said Calvin Richardson, bighorn sheep program leader at TPWD. "Big Bend Ranch State Park and the surrounding area have substantial quality habitat for desert sheep, particularly when including the rugged mountain ranges in Canon de Santa Elena Protected Area immediately to the south in Mexico."
As with recovery at other sites, the reintroduction of bighorns here won't be easy and will not occur overnight.
With the help of partners in Mexico, including Cemex Corp., and Texas partners like the Texas Bighorn Society, Wild Sheep Foundation, Dallas Safari Club, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, and private landowners; the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be working to address some challenges over the next few years and prepare Big Bend Ranch State Park and surrounding areas for eventual restoration of desert bighorns.
The objective for Big Bend Ranch State Park, identified in TPWD's Bighorn Sheep Restoration Plan, is for a population of 100 bighorns by 2025. A population of that size is considered to be the minimum for long-term survival.
"Bringing back bighorn sheep is a great idea and we support the concept," said James King, chairman of the Big Bend Ranch State Park Advisory Committee and former West Texas regional director with the Nature Conservancy of Texas. "It is a missing component of the Chihuahuan Desert and there is plenty of suitable habitat available."
Before bighorn sheep can flourish on Big Bend Ranch State Park, department officials say steps must be taken to pave the way. Outlined in the bighorn restoration plan are a suite of strategies in advance of and during reintroduction efforts, including:
- Reduce numbers of exotic and feral animals in the park that threaten establishment of bighorns because of potential disease, social dominance and competition for forage and water. Remove exotic aoudad sheep as one first step.
- Limit bighorn losses to predation.
- Develop accessible and properly located water sources for bighorns.
- Provide education and information to park users and other stakeholders about bighorn relocation.
- Identify bighorn surpluses for translocation and possible augmentation.
- Maximize bighorn translocation effectiveness by creating a "soft release" enclosure at the park.
- Minimize disturbance to the establishing bighorn sheep population by coordinating user group activities at the park.
- Manage establishing bighorn at the park cooperatively with adjacent private landowners and partners in Mexico.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the bighorn restoration at the park through monitoring.
"Our first priority is to restore the native ecology," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "Despite the dramatic success with the desert bighorn program in West Texas, particularly in recent years, TPWD and our partners must be persistent in management and vigilant regarding one of the greatest threats to bighorn sheep — disease."
Because bighorns are highly susceptible to some diseases, contact with domestic sheep or goats or certain exotics, like aoudads, can potentially wipe out an entire population. From the perspective of a bighorn sheep, West Texas is a very different environment than it was 300-400 years ago, with more barriers, more disturbance, and sources of disease that were historically absent. More information is online about Big Bend Ranch State Park and the bighorn restoration effort.
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- http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/habitats/trans_pecos/big_game/desertbighornsheep/
- http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/big_bend_ranch/
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@dsobek @adamfeuerstein Adam - still waiting on your take on the $MNKD data— Patrick Crutcher (@chasingthealpha) August 20, 2013The Afrezza data, as disclosed by MannKind ( MNKD) last week, are: 1. Mediocre. 2. Incomplete. 3. "Positive" if one defines the term only as a drug that technically meets a study's primary endpoints but with data that are neither exciting nor groundbreaking. (See: Mediocre.) 4. Barely approvable, but only if 1) MannKind isn't hiding additional negative data, or 2) FDA doesn't give a crap and simply wants Al Mann to go away. (See: Incomplete.) 5. Insufficient to support MannKind's $1.7 billion market value. (Add in debt, options, warrants and restricted stock, MannKind's enterprise value is a voluminous $2.7 billion.) In the AFFINITY-1 study of Type 1 diabetics (also known as Study 171), Afrezza delivered via the second-generation "Dreamboat" inhaler was numerically inferior to Novo Nordisk's ( NVO) Novolog in terms of A1c reduction, the study's primary endpoint. (-0.21% vs. -0.40% A1c reduction.) The upper end of the confidence interval for the difference between Afrezza and Novolog was 0.36%, which didn't exceed the 0.40% difference that would have caused the study to fail. Therefore, MannKind can claim Afrezza Dreamboat is statistically non-inferior to Novolog -- hence a "positive" study -- but just barely. Afrezza Dreamboat performed worse than Novolog in terms of the percentage of Type 1 patients achieving A1c levels of less than 7% or 6.5% -- important markers of glucose control. Afrezza demonstrated a numerically lower severe hypoglycemic event rate than Novolog but the difference was not statistically significant. MannKind didn't disclose exact numbers. An important goal of the AFFINITY-1 study was to demonstrate equivalence between the new Dreamboat inhaler and the older Medtone inhaler. Here, MannKind is being very opaque about results, stating only that the two devices were "comparable" with respect to lung function, as measured by FEV1. MannKind did not disclose any efficacy results from the Medtone arm of the study. The company clearly has the data, so why is it being withheld? Both Afrezza inhalers cause decreased lung function in patients. MannKind says the lower FEV1 is not clinically significant, but of course, this will be a safety issue only settled by FDA and/or an advisory panel. Some 30% of the patients using the Afrezza Dreamboat inhaler reported cough as an adverse event.
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Hello Marion and all,
Have been Internet-less for a while, moved to my new house and been too busy to set it up but I have been missing my cc family so just checking in here.
This article is very interesting and highlights something I have been thinking about for some time now. Namely, that one of the problems I see with health insurance is that years ago there wasn't a whole lot medicine could do for many illnesses so the payouts that insurance companies had to make were limited by what medicine could do. I am thinking of my mother's dear friend who died of lung cancer in the early 80's. She likely received some diagnostic tests and hospice care benefits. My mother's surgery alone, on the other hand, cost almost $100,000.
With more treatment possibilities premiums have skyrocketed and are out of reach financially for many families. It is ironic that while more treatment is available, insurance has never been harder to get and keep. I know that people on the board have different opinions on the whole health care reform issue but I don't think having to argue with insurance companies is good for a patient's health. If my mother did not have Medicare, I honestly don't think I could have stomached arguing with insurance companies on the phone, I was barely keeping it together.
Here I go answering my own posts again. Coincidentally this popped up today:
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My husband and I have Humana insurance. In network we have a $2,700 deductible then it covers at 100%. Last year my insurance paid $325,000 for Tom's three week stay in the hospital when he had his liver resection. My insurance has never questioned anything that he has had done. He has had multiple ERCP's, Diagnostic Tests, including CTScans and PETscans. He's had numerous ER visits and multiple types of surgeries. To date, everything has been paid, over $1.5 million dollars (probably closer to $2million). And I have an unlimited lifetime max. I don't know that healthcare reform (public option or government run insurance) could top what I now have through my employer.
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Mural Locator is a online geo-location database of information about the murals arts. The purpose of Mural Locator is to provide people with a central resource to find murals and to connect artists, art organizations, and people who appreciate the mural arts.
All you need to document murals in your community is a camera and a computer to upload the mural to Mural Locator. First take a photo of the mural. Next document the street address or latitude and longitude coordinates. Then try to document the artist and mural information. Last simply fill out the submit mural form to Mural Locator. Please be sure that the photo belongs to you and you own the copyright to the photo or your have permission from the owner of the photo.
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Local artist from Burlington, New Jersey showcases his glass blowing and sculpting techniques with stylishly crafted glass art pieces. From custom jewelry and wine glasses to handcrafted marbles and figurines, Pete's attention to detail is truly spectacular to see. Guest's of all ages are welcomed to visit Pete's container for an up close and personal look as he melts, molds and transforms glass into stunning works of art.
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Pupils are putting their pens to paper in preparation for a national reporting competition.
The Year 8 pupils, from Maltings Academy in Spinks Lane, Witham, are taking part in BBC School Report, an annual competition that challenges schoolchildren to produce and publish news reports on their website to a deadline.
They have been brushing up on their planning, interviewing and writing skills for the competition, which will take place in March.
Michael Grant, an associate teacher, said: "The students have been looking at newspapers and identifying news articles and features as well as becoming familiar with page lay-outs and practising writing their own reports.
"It's such an interesting project for the students and something really different for them to get stuck into.
"We do have students who are keen on a career in journalism and this gives them a real taster of what life would be like in the profession.
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The Dominican Republic can boast some very interesting finds in some of its freshwater caves that have been mostly unexplored until now.
Research divers recently uncovered an unexpectedly large variety of fossil remains of extinct species of animals in the underground springs, including crocodiles. The discoveries may turn a new page in paleontology, at least in the Caribbean.
SOUNDBITE: Alfred Rosenberger, Anthropologist, Brooklyn College: "One of the wonderful things we’ve learned here in the past couple of years, is that we can do really solid collecting of paleontological remains in underwater caverns. This is something entirely new. . It really hasn’t been done before systematically and I think it might be a brand new way – certainly for Hispaniola, the island, of Hispaniola, this is the way to do it."
One of the crocodile skeletons is nearly complete, buried in silt except for the end of its snout.
The researchers are excited about this find, because crocodiles have never been reported on this part of the island.
The croc findings were so unexpected and recent, the scientists are still in the midst of research to determine age and species.
Lead scientist and anthropologist Alfred Rosenberger and his team set out to search for monkey remains in the Dominican Republic caves. They found many. And many more remains of different animals, including bats, sloths, birds, snakes, lizards and fish.
One of the cave sites, discovered by locals, has a narrow vertical entrance under a fig tree in the country’s eastern province of La Altagracia.
After about a 26 foot descent, there is a large cave room, and in the surrounding water of this cave, extending at least 28-hundred feet, the crocodile fossils were found in excellent condition.
SOUNDBITE: Alfred Rosenberger, Anthropologist, Brooklyn College: "One of the beautiful things about finding this material in underground caves is that the preservation is extraordinary. It is very rare when doing normal dirt paleontology , so to speak, to be able to find complete bones that are unbroken."
Other caves have more inviting entrances, but because of their remoteness, and the fact they are filled with water, they had remained largely unexplored, until now. And the animal remains have been well preserved in the cold water for millenia.
Funding for the expedition of Rosenberger, the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and collaborators from the Dominican Republic Speleological Society, was provided by a National Geographic /Waitt Foundation grant, with previous support from the Leakey Foundation.


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JUPITER, Fla. -- Dan Johnson arrived at Yankees camp in February as an outside contender for a bench spot, a non-roster invitee hoping to go north with the big club. One injury changed his circumstances quite a bit.
With Mark Teixeira out until May due to a right wrist injury, Johnson has a chance to secure a significant amount of playing time in the early part of the season. He and Juan Rivera figure to be the primary first basemen in Teixeira's absence.
So, in a sense, Johnson's audition began Friday, in his first start since the Yankees learned they would be doing without Teixeira for two months. He went 0-for-2 with no major adventures or misadventures on defense.
"What I want to do is show everything," Johnson said. "All aspects, down to baserunning and fielding. Picking balls out of the dirt, positioning, everything. That's what I feel. Hitting, obviously, but this is my 13th year of doing this. I know that hitting is going to come. In Spring Training, you get different at-bats off different guys and you never kind of settle down. I know that will come, so [I need] patience with that. Other than that, it's everything."
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Phone messages left at the six Indiana health facilities that received batches of the steroid were not returned. The steroid was produced by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. The manufacturer has recalled the medication, and health officials have been scrambling to notify anyone who may have been injected with it.
The Indiana clinics are in Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre Haute and Columbus. OSMC Surgery Center CEO Don Hammond said Friday that two of the Elkhart clinic's patients had been hospitalized with the rare illness.
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text: Benefits of APR not hard to find By Dave Hickman June 12, 2013 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - I should never be confused with an expert on the ins and outs of academics and how they relate to NCAA athletics.I usually concern myself with sticks and balls and the like, and how fast a college student can run or how high he can jump or how far he can throw.Academically, I know he has to do enough to remain eligible, primarily in terms of making both sufficient grades and progress toward a degree. That second element didn't used to be a part of the equation. Now it is, which is good.I also know the general principles regarding admission to school and the acceptance of a scholarship, namely that there is a sliding scale balancing high school grades and college admissions tests. The higher your grades, the lower the test scores need to be, and vice versa.There. Those, in a nutshell, are the basics. They're probably the ones you know, too.And then there's the APR.No, it's not the annual percentage rate on your car loan. In this case it's the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate, which that group has been measuring now for a decade. And I'm still not sure what to make of it.Oh, again, I understand the basics, the formula. Every athlete in a particular sport at a particular school earns points for remaining eligible and in school. Those who fail to do one or the other fail to earn certain of those points. Divide this and multiply that and in a perfect world a school's score - or a sport's score - is 1,000. The NCAA then sets minimum standards and if a sport at a school fails to reach it, it is penalized through a variety of means including - but not limited to - reduced practice time, scholarship reductions and postseason bans. The truth is, after 10 years I've learned the system pretty well for someone who isn't involved in it - a spectator, as it were. And in the past I've tended to criticize it.Now I'm not so sure.Yes, the APR still deserves some criticism. My main beef with it is the same as it's always been, namely that the best way to avoid penalties is not so much to better educate athletes, but to buy into the system. And for the most part, after 10 years everyone has learned to work the system.Consider that, over the years, the number of schools being docked scholarships because of poor APR scores has dwindled to nothing, literally. For instance, the numbers that were released in 2010 - for the 2008-09 school year - showed somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 athletic teams at Division I schools that were forced to reduce scholarships by varying degrees. The next year the number dropped to about 60, then last year to just two. The NCAA released its 2011-12 figures this week and the number is now at zero.Is that because student-athletes are doing better? Well, no doubt that's part of it. But that kind of change in the statistics points pretty clearly, I think, to schools also learning how to manipulate the APR scores.OK, manipulate is probably a bad word. Let's say ease the pain. Over the years, coaches and administrators have learned to address one basic goal above all others. Even if they're going to lose an athlete to transfer or other reasons, make sure he or she does it at the end of a semester and is academically eligible when he does it. In some sports (especially those with small squad sizes), even one guy quitting and dropping out of school while ineligible can mean a huge drop in the APR score. Consider, too, that the highest-profile schools - for lack of a better grouping name we'll call them the BCS-level schools - have seen their APR scores rise and their penalty numbers decrease almost to the point that it's no longer even an issue (provided they keep it up).In the history of the APR, 32 teams have been hit with postseason bans, all in the last two years. Just one - Connecticut's men's basketball team - was a member of a power conference. Most - almost all, in fact - are schools the NCAA terms "limited resource'' schools. And nearly all of those are what the NCAA also has a name for, the HBCUs - historically black colleges and universities.In other words, the schools with the money and the success have figured out how to work inside the system. Others? Not so much.Look at the number of sports teams being penalized in any way for low APR scores. This year, the number was 36, none of them BCS-level schools and virtually none even considered mid-majors. They are almost all the Gramblings and Alabama States and the Norfolk States of the world.A few years ago, that wasn't the case. As recently as two reporting cycles ago, LSU, N.C. State, Rutgers, Louisville, Maryland and others were being docked scholarships in certain sports. Go back five years and the list is too long to chronicle. That one included three West Virginia teams, too - wrestling, men's soccer and women's rowing.Yes, while the scholarship-reduction penalties have declined across the board, the postseason bans are just beginning. But with the exception of the UConn basketball team last season, none of the schools penalized are the ones that have learned the system and have the wherewithal to play in it. Does that mean the APR is useless, though? No. The fact is, if schools are keeping student-athletes eligible and on a better track toward graduation, it's a good thing, even if the primary intent is to avoid APR sanctions. For instance, if a basketball coach fosters a better relationship with a kid so that if he decides to leave he won't do it the wrong way (for APR purposes), fine. And if he manages to make certain the kid stays eligible through the end of the semester so that he won't wreck the team's APR, who does that hurt?The bottom line is it's still a benefit to the student-athlete, no matter the reasoning behind it.Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or email@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Area EMS workers return from assisting with Irma recovery 2 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 3 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 4 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 5 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March Power, Delmarva split twin bill Previous Story SA softball gang together for last time Next Story


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Young Gymnasts from the local area all came together on Saturday 12th July to preform and entertain parents, family and friends in an excellent Display of Sports Acrobatics routines at Romsey School.
Showing great skill and determination young Gymnasts showed sportsmanship, the event organiser Janis Frampton was very proud of all the Gymnasts who performed, and wold like to thank all coaches and helpers who made the day run smoothly. Three Clubs took part New forest Gymnastics Club from Hounsdown School, Romsey Community Gymnastics Club who train at Romsey School on Saturday mornings and Mountbatten Community Gymnastics Club who train either Monday or Tuesday at Mountbatten School, Gymnasts range from 3 to 16 years of age, and new members are always welcome.
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An article in this morning's Herald contains the worrying news of appropriate safeguards not being implemented over Power of Attorneys in Scotland.Powers of attorney were introduced in the year 2000 as part of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act. A power of attorney is a document which enables people to appoint an adult to make financial and welfare decisions on their behalf. Around 200,000 people across Scotland currently have such an order in place.But according to a new report by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, many people are being put at risk because safeguards to protect them from abuse are not being implemented correctly.Between 2003 and 2009, Mr and Mrs D, who both have learning disabilities, were abused physically and financially by a relative who had coerced the couple into giving him control over their affairs. No fewer than 40 concerns were noted over the six years, but it took until 2009 before the power of attorney was revoked and another relative stepped in. The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland says that such examples show a requirement for "urgent changes to legislation". They have called on the Law Society, local authorities and the Office of the Public Guardian to review and take action over their responsibilities under the law. They have also asked the Scottish Government to revise current legislation, in particular to say that powers of attorney should not be granted where the decision to grant is based only on information provided by the third party who will be the attorney.What do you think? Is the current legislation strong enough? Should local authorities be doing more to safeguard against such abuse?
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Dr. James Eberwine, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Professor of Pharmacology and co-director of the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute, has been awarded the National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award, which will provide $2.5 million over the next five years. Dr. Aaron Gitler, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has been awarded the NIH New Innovator Award, which will provide $1.5 million over the same time frame.
Dr. Eberwine investigates how single neurons work in the context of surrounding cells and how this relates to the emerging field of RNA-based therapeutics. Dr. Gitler studies yeast cells to define mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and screen for new treatment targets.
"These programs are central elements of NIH efforts to encourage and fund especially novel investigator-initiated research, even if it might carry a greater-than-usual degree of risk of not succeeding," said NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, on the aim of the Pioneer and Innovator awards. "The awards also reflect our goal of supporting more investigators in the early stages of their careers."
"The Pioneer award will enable us to try many different—some risky—approaches to understanding how a cell's individual biochemical characteristics, or phenotype, develops and is regulated," said Dr. Eberwine. "One can think of this pursuit as a complex maze with many false passages and the funding will enable us to move much more rapidly through this scientific maze."
"The Innovator Award will allow me to take risks and expand my research program in new directions without worrying about funding for a while," said Dr. Gitler. "It will be great to be able to focus all of my attention on research and continue to do the work I am most excited about."
Dr. Eberwine proposes that by transferring the catalogue of RNA molecules from one cell to another in a way that makes the recipient cells' survival dependent on the donor RNA, the recipient cell's phenotype will mimic the donor cell phenotype. Having the ability to transfer phenotypes between cells would provide important new insights into mechanisms controlling cell differentiation and function. Preliminary data show that donor cell RNA populations carry "memory functions" in which donor RNA can induce long-term changes in the genome of host cells to effectively match the inner workings of the donor cell. The ability to selectively and rationally create cellular phenotypes may yield novel individualized therapeutics.
Dr. Gitler studies the mechanisms that cause proteins to misfold and aggregate by identifying genes and cellular pathways that are affected by misfolded human disease proteins. By harnessing baker's yeast as a model system to study the mechanisms underpinning protein-misfolding diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, his lab aims to perform high-throughput, genome-wide screens to elucidate the basic cellular mechanisms of toxicity. These will provide the lab with an opportunity to observe and understand protein folding and misfolding in real time as it occurs in a living cell. The innovative aspect of his approach is not just that they are working in yeast, but that they are using this system as a tool to discover new drug targets.
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Hello Dhamma Wheelers,
I'm wondering if there is a sort of "Looking for a Sutta" thread, where one could ask for specific sutta references. I think human beings in some cases search their memory better than a search box. Even though a search box is great, I find that people find suttas faster and do a better symbolic\semantic search in their minds. Literal words and phrases are easily found on google but when our query is something like: "I know there is a sutta similar to this one but I can't find it" I've only found help in the footers of ATI, case specific search queries in Pali or querying people. Also there are many AN suttas that aren't searchable online, and with these, it's not even possible with search box.
Anyways, this was just an idea that cropped up due to a specific query I have. Does anyone remember a sutta similar to AN 4.95 but it is the Buddha talking to a King (Bimbisāra I think) and is related to sharing or working instead of practicing?


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A permit is required to use or hold an event at the following City owned locations:
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- Because the schedule for Peavey Plaza renovation has not been determined and the reconstruction project of Nicollet Mall is underway, applications for use of Peavey Plaza will only be accepted on a limited case-by-case basis until further notice.
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- Prior to approval, a bond or insurance may be required before a request is approved. If required, the applicant would submit a Certificate of Insurance from their Insurance company (Acord 25 form). If there are questions regarding the need for insurance, contact Janice Saenger at (612) 673-2002.
- Required insurance must provide liability coverage in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for one claimant and one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for any number of claimants.
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California pear grower-shippers expect an early start to their season, which promises excellent quality and ample volumes.
Starkrimsons should start shipping at the end of June or beginning of July, with bartletts following about July 8, said Chris Zanobini, executive director of the Sacramento-based California Pear Advisory Board.
"We've had great growing weather and are going to have a really nice crop," Zanobini said.
"I can't think of one hail incident or anything of that nature."
California growers are expected to ship about 4.5 million boxes of fresh-market pears this season, according to the board.
About 2.8 million of those will come from the river district, with the lake district accounting for another 1.2 million boxes and Mendocino about 418,000 boxes.
Scully Packing Co. LLC, Finley, Calif., expects to begin shipping bartletts about July 8 and boscs three or four weeks later, said Phil Scully, co-owner.
On June 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported prices of $30-33 for 18-kilogram containers of boscs 70-80s from Chile, up from $26-28 last year at the same time.
Volumes should be about normal and quality good, Scully said.
The earlier-than-usual start won't put a damper on demand, he said.
"We're enthusiastic about the start of the season. The volume of imports is very manageable and the anjou crop is cleaning up nicely. It looks like we'll go into the season with a fairly empty pipeline and good quality."
On the organic side, Sedro-Woolley, Wash.-based Viva Tierra, which markets pears grown by Courtland, Calif.-based Greene & Hemly Inc., expects to begin shipping from California in mid-July, said Matt Roberts, Viva Tierra's sales manager.
The company's growers are starting a bit later than other California growers to give a heavy crop time to size, Roberts said.
"We'll be up quite a bit from last year," he said.
"They've had really good weather."
With few Argentinean pears in the pipeline in June, demand for organics should be strong at the beginning of the deal, Roberts said.
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This recipe comes from Jane Evans Bonacci, author of The Heritage Cook, and is part of our Bake a Healthier Holiday partnership with California Olive Ranch.
Spicy and Moist Gingerbread Cake
Jane Evans Bonacci – The Heritage Cook © 2010
Inspired by a recipe from Shuna Fish Lydon
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
Full of the flavors of the holidays, this gingerbread will bring back memories of your childhood delights. Don't be intimidated with the amounts of the spices, they balance against the molasses, ginger and olive oil. The Hazelnut Meal/Flour adds a wonderful nutty flavor and protein. This cake is beautifully dense and improves with time so make it a day or two in advance if you like.
- 3/4 cup California Olive Ranch© Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 tbsp freshly grated Ginger Root
- 1/2 cup unsulphured Molasses
- 3/4 cup Lyle's Golden Cane Syrup or Dark Corn Syrup
- 3/4 cup packed Dark Brown Sugar
- 1 large Egg Yolk
- 3 large Eggs
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill Hazelnut Meal/Flour
- 1 tsp Kosher Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 2-1/2 tsp ground Ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground Cloves
- 2 tsp ground Cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground Cardamom
- 1 tsp ground Mace
- 1/2 tsp ground Black Pepper
- 1 tsp ground Coriander
Preheat the oven to 350°F with the top rack in the center of the oven. Lightly grease a non-stick bundt pan; set aside.
In a saucepan, combine the olive oil, ginger root, molasses, Golden Syrup and brown sugar. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently until the sugar is melted and all the ingredients are well blended. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and sour cream. Set aside.
In the bowl of your standing mixer, combine the flours, salt, baking soda and spices. Blend on low for 30 seconds to evenly distribute the ingredients. Add the oil/sugar mixture and mix until the flour is incorporated. When batter gets thick and hard to stir, pour in egg/sour cream mixture. Beat until smooth; batter will be fairly thin.
Pour into prepared baking pan. Place pan into center of preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 325°F and very carefully spin the pan so the back is facing the front of the oven. Continue baking until the top springs back when touched in the center and the sides pull away from the pan, about 20 more minutes.
Set pan on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack and remove pan. Let cake cool at least until it is barely warm before slicing.
Well wrapped in plastic, this gingerbread will last about 4 days either at room temperature or refrigerated – unless you eat it all first. If you refrigerate it, it will absorb some of the moisture and will be denser and slightly chewy. The cake is best served at room temperature.
I like to serve it dusted with powdered sugar and a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream, flavored with either cinnamon or vanilla. For an extra special treat, serve with a scoop of high-quality vanilla ice cream drizzled with some of the California Olive Ranch© Arbequina Extra Virgin olive oil.
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Just what I wanted!
By Wilko 28
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I used a white frame and it looks great!
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Beautiful picture to complement the others hanging in our family room.
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This is too much like a photograph for me and not as expected. I am still trying to find a place for it but...............not sure now why I bought it.
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Football: Lee Hughes secures point for Forest Green at Aldershot
10:17am Wednesday 19th February 2014
10:17am Wednesday 19th February 2014
Skrill Premier
Aldershot Town 2 Forest Green 2
FOUR goals in just six second half minutes invigorated what had been a drab affair at the Recreation Ground as Forest Green returned to action with a point at Aldershot on Tuesday, writes Richard Joyce.
The recent bad weather had left Ady Pennock's charges without any action for nearly a month ahead of a visit to the club that finished last season rock bottom of the Football League.
However, a gritty showing delivered a useful point with the class of former Premier League star Lee Hughes heavily influential in attack.
James Norwood had put Rovers ahead ten minutes into the second half only for Adam Mekki to level for the hosts a couple of minutes later.
Bradley Bubb then turned the game on its head by giving Aldershot the lead shortly after, however Hughes squeezed in from the tightest of angles to earn Rovers a point.
Luke Oliver was handed his long awaited debut at the back alongside the returning Dale Bennett as Jared Hodgkiss filled the vacant left back role in the absence of Chris Stokes, who is expected to return soon.
A sluggish first half illustrated a lack of match sharpness in both teams' ranks as Norwood blasted over from a difficult position early on.
The England C international was then involved in one of the first half's major talking points as he was hacked down by Shots keeper Glenn Morris in the box, for what looked to be a good shout for a penalty turned down despite Rovers' protests.
Sam Russell was on hand down the other end to deny former Rovers loanee Matt Paterson from firing a low shot in while Danny Wright missed out on a header late in the half.
The opening exchanges in the second period provided little to suggest that there would be major improvements in terms of entertainment value from the opening 45 minutes.
However, a touch of class from Hughes, ten minutes after the break, set Norwood on his way in the box, and he classily despatched the game's opening goal.
Only two minutes later however Mekki was allowed plenty of room and he levelled the affair.
Bubb then handed the hosts the advantage by firing in from close range to switch the tie into Aldershot's favour.
An eye-catching six minute spell was then completed by Hughes' well-executed leveller, which saw him push the ball into the back of the net from the narrowest of angles.
The game was at risk of falling back into the hands of the hosts yet again when Brett Williams' stinging drive was beaten away by Russell.
Rovers had a fantastic opportunity to win it near the end, however Norwood couldn't get his snap-shot on target after the towering Oliver had headed the ball perfectly into his path.
Aldershot: G Morris, J Gibbs, C Barker (A Tonkin 84), J Oastler, J Partington, C Stanley, S Taiwo, A Mekki (J Scott 77), M Paterson (T Plummer 36), B Bubb, B Williams.
Subs not used: M Rowlands, L Williams.
Forest Green: S Russell, E Oshodi, J Hodgkiss, D Bennett, L Oliver, A Bangura, A Barry, M Kelly, J Norwood (E Asafu-Adjaye 85), D Wright (J Walker 74), L Hughes.
Subs not used: M Vieira, P White, P Green.
Referee: Declan Ford.
Attendance: 1,407 (68 away).
Star Man: Lee Hughes.
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Go portland! Beat charlotte! Thats all, goodnight
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
The glory hath departed.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
This isn't one of those games where someone cues everyone and says, "Everyone calm down. It's not that bad."
This one was very, very bad.
-TJ Ford played like crap. Terrible, terrible game.
-We need talent. It's that simple. If we can't get two impact players while Lance and Paul significantly develop than we are probably screwed again next year.
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Really, at this point, we have so many glaring problems with this team. It covers every position, except maybe SF. It is going to take a stroke of master genius on Bird's part to make a good team next year.
I want OJ Mayo on this team, but we needed nothing more than defense tonight and effort.
This team really seems like they don't care at all.
Oh yeah and DC with 0 assists.
talent is not the only thing that wins basketball games now, nor in the future.
This team has no leader. There's no defense in the starting unit, and there's barely an offense. Part of its on the coach. Part of its on the players.
DC's struggling so bad right now. Even if he is our point of the future, he's not mentally mature enough to handle that role right now. Brandon Rush does absolutely nothing, so let PG start. (not Dahntay..that'll just screw up the first unit more.)
All that said. This team is young. Seth warned everyone that games like this..stretches of games like this, would happen. They need to pull themselves out of it. But Vogel's got to be less stubborn about the lineups and such, and adjust to these things.
What about Roy "airball hookshot" Hibbert?
Top 7 in the East are locked. Whoever of the Pacers, Bobcats, Bucks, and Pistons can get hot, or has and favorable schedule that will let them walk into a win or 2... will end up with the 8th seed
Promoting Vogel was kinda like an old girl friend getting a boob job:
Susre you have something new & exciting to play with for a while, but in the end she is the same ol' B**** you broke up with!
"Larry Bird: You are Officially On the Clock! (3/24/08)"
(Watching You Like A Hawk!)
I need advice. I've got one team left to choose for limited League Pass Broadband. Thought I was going to choose between the Sixers and the Bobcats, considering they are the two closest teams to us in the playoff race. But we probably don't come close to catching the Sixers. And the B'cats are so talent deficient, I can't see them making the playoffs. Should I go for entertainment and choose the Knicks as the last team?
Tl,dr: Should I pick Bobcats, Sixers, or Knicks as my final League Pass team?
Oh, and watching this game was like getting a colonic with a spiked tube.
You Got The Tony!!!!!!
Some of the goons have to start. A way back the knicks had a second team that generally beat the first team in practice. Put Danny with the starters or goons and that team will win.
The Sixers are the most intriguing team in the NBA right now I think. I'd go with them.
I haven't been able to watch the last couple of games. Lance seems to rack up assists. Is his passing that good?
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
AJ, Tyler, Jeff, and Dahntay are the four most mentally tough guys on the team. That's a major reason why they are successful. The starters need an injection of that.
Bobcats. The Knicks will be on national TV a fair amount and you might want to root against the Bobcats as the season winds down.
proably the best on the team might even be better than Josh
"Oh lets give the Rockets a big lead then we'll do our best to get back into it"
Any team that's below 500 and gets into the playoffs should be pretty embarrassed and better improve that the following season.
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
The Miami heat lost by 30 last night, guess they need to change everything too.
I was watching the Rockets' broadcast and Drexler was commenting on how Hibbert was a black hole. Whether he shoots, or fumbles it, he's never going to give it back. Paraphrased, but it was something to that extent.
I just wanna say:God.Plz judge me...
Somebody said last night all the team follow Rush to play in the club?
Is that true?


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Chick-fil-A named favorite fast food restaurant in America
A newcomer tops this year's list of favorite fast food restaurants in America.
A newcomer tops this year's list of favorite fast food restaurants in America.
The suspects allegedly demanded money and prescription pills and then stabbed the victim's small dog when he didn't comply.
Coach Mark Hardaway returns for his fourth season at the helm of the Youngstown State volleyball program. Last season, the Penguins ranked i…
The windows of the vehicles parked along Beechwood Drive were smashed.
The Washington Navy Yard went on lockdown Thursday after reports of shots fired.
At least one shark expert now says it's time to close the beaches.
Facebook has updated its logo, but you might not notice at first.
Police said the suspect peppered sprayed the clerk before grabbing money from a register drawer.
Many city residents struggle with finding basic necessities.
A raid on a home in Hanoverton began at 8 p.m. Wednesday and lasted all night.
Walker also drove in the winning run in Tuesday night's 14-inning win – a game that ended early Wednesday morning.
Carrasco gave up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis' glove in the 9th.
The latest weather forecast for Youngstown, Ohio and surrounding areas.
Many golf courses have seen a decline in business, and some have been forced to close temporarily because of all the rain.
Of the eight residents who entered, six of the entries placed and will be competing at the state level.
Ohio public entities that bought rock salt from Cargill or Morton between July 2008 and June 2011 may be eligible to receive a share of the …
The performance audit analyzed ODOT's fleet management and found three areas where savings or increased revenue could occur.
The Episcopal Church joins two other Protestant groups that allow gay marriage: the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (U.S…
The choice marked the first change in more than two decades and furthers the parade's shift toward inclusiveness for gays marching openly.
The former Drug Enforcement Administration agent could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison when sentenced in October.
According to Kysen's mother, the shark wrapped its mouth around his leg and let go immediately.
The tanker overturned Wednesday along Interstate 270 on the west side of Columbus, burning beneath an eastbound Interstate 70 bridge.
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Machado concentrating on just third base
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A year ago, Manny Machado wasn't officially in big league camp, his locker tucked away in the auxiliary clubhouse behind the Major Leaguers.
Fresh off an impressive rookie campaign, the 20-year-old is penciled in as the Orioles' starting third baseman, a position he's still learning but one he will get every opportunity to succeed at.
"It's still tough," said Machado, who made the move from shortstop to third base when he was promoted on Aug 9. "I'm not really used to it, comfortable with it, but it definitely does help that I played it before going into [this season]. I still feel like a shortstop, but it's kind of a good thing sometimes instead of just thinking like a third baseman."
Machado has been doing infield work with third-base coach Bobby Dickerson, and the emphasis is on continuing to shore up Machado's defense at the hot corner, where he posted a .967 fielding percentage in 51 games, committing five errors in 151 chances.
With no clear-cut backup to shortstop J.J. Hardy, could Machado be an option?
"No," manager Buck Showalter said of the prospect of giving Machado any time at shortstop this spring. "It doesn't need to be answered, but the question is whether -- God forbid -- [if] we have a long-term injury to J.J., where do we go? That's why we want to find out our options are at shortstop behind J.J."
Ryan Flaherty and Alexi Casilla are two options in camp to back up Hardy, and the plan is for Machado to stay put at third base and continue to build on a 2012 campaign in which the former first-round pick posted a .262/.294/.445 line with seven homers and 26 RBIs.
"I think last year I locked in watching a lot of video, watching how pitchers pitch, the sequence," Machado, the third overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft said of his first taste of big league pitching. "So this year I am really focusing on watching more video and watching the film of the pitchers we are going to be facing."


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January 13, 2014
New Outlook email is here
Spring Semester has begun and employees are now using the Microsoft Office 365 email system called Outlook.
If you have questions about any aspects of this new email system, you can find answers online here: http://www.cscc.edu/365. There is a menu on the right side of the screen that will help connect your mobile phone to the new system. For additional information as well as training links, log into Blackboard https://courses.cscc.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp using your Columbus State username and password, and click Office 365 Employee Training under the My Organizations tab.
First Wednesday town meeting to be held January 14
The monthly town hall meeting with President Harrison will be held on Tuesday, January 14, at 8:15 a.m., in the Conference Center Ballroom, WD fourth floor.
A live stream will be available at http://www.livestream.com/columbusstate where you can log in using the password: cougars.
MLK Day Celebration is January 16
Columbus State's 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration will take place on Thursday, January 16, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom, 4th floor WD.
The featured speaker will be Donna Brazile, an American author, academic, and political analyst who is Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Al Gore in 2000. The event is free and open to the public.
Those who are unable to attend in person may view the event on a live stream here: http://www.livestream.com/ColumbusState You will be prompted to enter a password to enter the site, which is cougars. Don't miss it!
Open Forums offered for faculty and staff Jan. 21 and 24
In his campus-wide email last week, Dr. Harrison announced that the College will hold open forums to discuss enrollment, the Revised Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, Human Resources updates and upcoming Title IX and EEO training requirements for employees. Terri Gehr and Kim Hall will conduct the forum presentations on Tuesday, January 21, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. and Friday, January 24, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Both forums will be held in the Conference Center Ballroom, fourth floor WD.
If you cannot attend, but would like to watch the live stream broadcast online, visit http://www.livestream.com/ColumbusState You will be prompted to enter a password to enter the site. The password is cougars.
You are strongly encouraged to attend one of the forums. You do not need to preregister to attend one of the forums. Everyone is welcome to attend, and each forum will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
David Tom named Faculty Fellow for Accreditation
David Tom, Ph.D., associate professor in Psychology, has been named Faculty Fellow for Accreditation, succeeding Greg Goodhart, Ph.D., who led the accreditation effort for two years.
Tom has been an accreditation steering committee member since 2011 and participated in the Higher Learning Commission campus visit in 2012. More recently, he helped write Category Four, Understanding Students' and Other Stakeholders' Needs, for the new Systems Portfolio.
Tom joined the Columbus State Department of Psychology staff in 2003. He completed his doctoral studies in Psychology two years later at Ohio State which recognized him as an "outstanding teacher."
Tom will lead the AQIP Accreditation Steering Committee which guides the college's ongoing academic quality improvement process. Included in those duties is the annual selection of action projects and posting related reports, as well as reviewing the Portfolio Feedback Report.
Application not available through January 27
Columbus State's Application for Admission will be offline for scheduled annual maintenance from 8:00 a.m. Monday, January 13 through 8:00 a.m. Monday, January 27. During this time, all applications will be inaccessible, and prospective students will be unable to create, modify, or submit an application. Those with an unfinished application have been notified.
Now that the January 6 late admissions application deadline for Spring 2014 (for full term, 1st eight-week, and 1st five-week courses) has passed, there is a brief window of opportunity to make updates. These updates will be completed and the application will reopen prior to the late/final application period of January 28-February 10 for Spring 2014 2nd eight-week, 2nd five-week, and 3rd five-week terms. The application for Summer and Autumn 2014 will also reopen at 8 a.m. on January 28.
Thank you for your patience and your assistance in communicating this information to prospective students and other stakeholders. Please direct questions and/or concerns that may arise to Tari Blaney at ext. 5021 or Misty Mahefkey at ext. 2557 in the Admissions Office.
"Friday in November" receives multiple award nominations
The Theatre Columbus State play, "A Friday in November" has received five nominations from the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable, including: Outstanding Production of a Play; Excellence in Direction of a Play (Frank Barnhart); Excellence in Acting/Supporting Role in a Play (Madison Lee); Excellence in Acting/Supporting Role in a Play (Carla D'Errico); and Excellence in Music Design (Bill Darby).
Barnhart, instructor in Theater, also has been nominated for an Excellence in Acting Award in a Musical, for his performance in "Hairspray." The 2013 Theatre Roundtable Awards will be held on Sunday, January 26, at 6:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center.
Staff Council sponsors basketball games Jan. 25
Join the Staff Advisory Council on Saturday, January 25, for the Men's and Women's Basketball games against Edison Community College at home. The Lady Cougars begin at 1:00 p.m. and the Cougars begin at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free with your Cougar ID. Staff Council will have giveaways and popcorn at the game!
Time for post-holiday weigh-ins
Were you one of the brave who participated in the Holiday Challenge: Maintain, Don't Gain? Now it's time to do your post-holiday weigh-in with the Mt. Carmel representative! Those participants who maintained their weight within five pounds over the holidays will earn a special gift from the Wellness Initiative at Columbus State. Weigh-in dates are:Wednesday, January 15, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 16 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Both weigh-ins will be done in Rhodes Hall Room 114. Delaware Campus participants should contact Nichole Bowman-Glover for information about the final weigh-ins.
Healthy workshops offered by Human Performance Center
The Human Performance Center in the lower level of Delaware Hall will offer the following workshops in the beginning of the New Year:
New Year, New You
Learn how to make small habit changes that will make a healthy impact on your life.
Monday, January 27, at 12:00 p.m. in Delaware Hall 075B
Heart Health
Learn some simple steps to ensure the health of your heart and the hearts of your loved ones.
Monday, February 17, at 12:00 p.m. in Delaware Hall 075B
Enhance Nutrient Levels in your Meals
This fun, interactive seminar will teach you nutritional ways to enhance your meals with healthy foods and cooking substitutes.
Tuesday, March 25, at 11:00 a.m. in the Human Performance Center- Delaware Hall 083
Awesome Arms
Short sleeves and tank tops are right around the corner. Let the HPC show you how improve your guns.
Thursday, April 24, at 11:00 a.m. in the Human Performance Center- Delaware Hall 083


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Santa Composição Portfolio
Santa Composição, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009
Since 2003, Santa Composição has created editorial projects, visual identities, graphic web materials and content for the development of special lines of products. The formula is simple: to add concept and unity to the different graphic and editorial materials of a company, joining content and design. How? By first understanding the positioning of the mark, product or company so that each action adds value.
Producing a portfolio for ourselves that combines all of our projects in just one piece was a challenge. We also had to show the experience we had in different areas, as well as our work with different tools off-print.
Juror Notes
Couldn't read a word but got the print. A nice package.
Collections: AIGA 365: 31 (2010)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Brand and identity systems design
Format: Catalogue
- Design firm
- Santa Composição
- Creative director
- Mariana Secches
- Illustrator
- Juliana Zugaib
- Photographers
- Andre Brandão, Romulo Fialdini, Geraldo Pestalozzi
- Printer
- Client
- Santa Composição


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Out of curiosity, let's say I visited a site that was designed to exploit Chrome. What is the worst it could do? Install a keylogger for example?
Or would it basically be browser only?
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Out of curiosity, let's say I visited a site that was designed to exploit Chrome. What is the worst it could do? Install a keylogger for example?
Or would it basically be browser only?
Theoretically, it can do anything that the logged in user can do.
In practise, I haven't ever seen a successful browser exploit on Linux.
However, I have had to clean a number of mismanaged Linux servers that were infested with spam sending engines. In all cases it was due to some asshats who thought that a four character root password was really super cool...
The worst thing an exploit can do is cause the execution of commands you didn't intend to execute. But I wouldn't think it would lead to installation of a keylogger, because at that point the exploit developer could do basically anything, so there'd be no need for one.
But as people are fond of saying, that usually doesn't happen. The economics of exploit development for criminal activity are such that it makes the most sense to go from exploit to malware installation, which is going to target Windows systems for the most part. It's not that it can't be done on Linux desktops, just that there's not much economic advantage or incentive in it.
Most of the time the worst result will be that the application crashes.
Chrome's a poor example, you can do very little with a compromised Chrome due to its sandbox. An attacker who exploits Chrome is very limited.
If we talk about Firefox then it can do anything that the logged in user can do. It can keylog, write files to anywhere that your Firefox process can write them, read any files it can read, etc. Your attacker essentially "controls" Firefox's processes and it inherits those abilities.
This scenario is hard to answer since it relies on so many different variables to give an answer in-depth. However, let us assume this is a default installation of Ubuntu being exploited.
Scenario: You're surfing the Internet with your favorite browser and you stumble upon a malicious website that is compromising browsers with a shiny new zero-day.
Cause: Assume the exploit has set the payload to download, compile and execute a bindshell. Now the bindshell is running with whatever account privileges the browser had when exploited. The attacker can now connect to you and further compromise your machine by escalating his/her privileges using whatever exploits he/she has access to.
Prevention: Using secure App Armor profiles (not the default ones) to mitigate the damage compromised software can do would have likely prevented this from happening.
If you get creative, there is so much someone could do given your criteria. However, my given scenario would be the most common and most dangerous of them.
Even if IPTables were set up to disallow all incoming connections except for related/established ones, you would still be vulnerable, because it would be trivial to modify the aforementioned program to connect to the attacker instead of waiting for a remote connection (a reverse shell). Therefore, you are literally establishing the connection to the attacker, and once he/she has completely compromised the machine by escalating his/her privileges, there is no limit to what they could do.
Basically an attacker would have the same access to the machine that the user does. He wouldn't have root unless he has a separate exploit that allows him to escalate (i.e. a flaw in the OS). This means, in order to get root, he would need a browser exploit and an OS exploit.
But even without root, he can initiate connections to servers and make your machine a spam bot, etc.
As was mentioned, the probability of this happening is low, especially with Google Chrome. It uses 2 separate sandboxes. While it's probably not "impossible" to break out of them (a la pinky pie), it would be exceedingly difficult. You can give Firefox close to the same level of security with a strict AA profile.
It is not necessary that there is any vulnerability on the browser itself. The vulnerability may be coming from the website, such as XSS.
I'm far more concerned about that scenario than someone using a second exploit to install a rootkit so they can use my Ubuntu box as a spam server. That's why I only log into my bank from a separate Linux box which isn't used for anything other than work and banking.