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Rolling Las Vegas
The table is blanketed with chips, nearly $50,000 worth of colorful tokens belonging to a huddle of 12 anxious bettors, thrown together by chance. They've never met each other before tonight, but like soldiers in combat they share an unspoken bond, an unwavering connection to two small ivory cubes dotted on all six sides ... the dice.
The auto paint supplier from Ohio has only a few hundred riding on the next roll; the real-estate broker to his left is gambling several thousand. But you can't tell who has the most at stake by looking at their faces--everyone at this Caesar's Palace craps table has put on the familiar visage of a dice player awaiting the next fling of the ivory: expectant, slightly pained, aroused. Oblivious to the centurions and Roman goddesses strolling past with trays of cocktails, thoroughly uninterested in the horse races and baseball games being beamed into the adjacent sports book by satellite, these people are fixated on the right hand at the far end of the table, the guy holding the dice.
Some bettors slump on their forearms, feigning nonchalance; some fiddle with their chips, compulsively rearranging them into color-coordinated stacks; some look as if they're praying.
The croupiers try not to appear bored. The box man, sitting at the center of the table, surveys the felt like human radar. The pit boss, vaguely interested, stands in the background with his arms crossed around his ill-fitting suit. For a moment--a moment that will last two seconds--the assembled players will feel as though the entire universe revolves around this slab of wood, this plane of felt in the Nevada desert.
And, a moment later, all the denizens of Caesar's Palace, entranced by their own private dramas, will look up and smile. Because an instant after the dice are flung a startling, joyous yell will be heard--the sound of someone beating the odds. Someone at the craps table will have made his point.
Of all the games of chance, craps holds a special place in the hierarchy of American gambling. Before Ed Thorp wrote Beat the Dealer in 1962, making blackjack the most popular pit game in the world, craps easily held that distinction. From Damon Runyon's dice-shooting hoods to Atlantic City's odds-laying tycoons, craps has always attracted the most interesting gamblers in the casino, the most knowledgeable, the most superstitious, the most courageous. And the noisiest.
Blackjack boasts its studious card counters, baccarat its James Bond pretenders and roulette its wheel-obsessed number watchers. Those that roll the "bones," however, are an altogether different breed, an amalgam of the bookish scholar and the degenerate gambler, thoughtful yet aggressive, cautious yet headstrong, a winner and a loser. Give a linebacker a bankroll and an advanced degree in statistics and you might have the perfect Diceman.
At the craps table you'll recognize everyone from the vaunted "high roller" (the dice game is where this generic term came from) to the tightfisted mathematician with a proven "system." With its low minimum bet--a buck or two at most Las Vegas joints--craps is the most democratic of gambles, attracting both ends of the monetary spectrum. No matter their finances, players at the craps table are there for more or less the same reason: it is the only game in the casino where, if played absolutely correctly, the patron can reduce the house edge to almost zero. And it is the game in which miracles can happen. Very quickly.
Still, the surest way to win at the craps table is not to play. But what fun is that? To novice players the game looks hopelessly complicated and too daunting to learn. In some ways, it is. But for those who have never "rolled the bones," the game can be reduced to its essentials, and a beginner armed with these few basic facts can take on the house with the best possible advantage.
The sequence of each "game" begins with the Come Out Roll. Players bet that the person rolling the dice (the shooter) will roll either a seven or an eleven (called a "pass," a winner) or a two or three (a "don't pass," a loser). This is an even-money bet. If any other number is rolled, except for twelve, which is also a loser, that number becomes the point. According to Howard Schwartz of the Gambler's Book Club in Las Vegas, the casino's edge on those who are betting on a pass roll is a mere 1.414 percent, and with full odds or up to ten times' odds it is a minuscule .18 percent or $1.80 for every $1,000 bet.
If a point is established on the shooter's first roll--dubbed Making the Point in craps jargon--players may make an "odds" bet in addition to their original bet; it is often called a "behind the line" bet, and there is a physical line on the table behind which your odds money is placed. This bet is as low as twice the original bet or as high as ten times. (The more odds the player may take, the better. You want to find a casino that will allow the smallest bet on the pass line and the largest bet behind the line. If a casino lets you bet ten dollars on the pass line and $100 behind the line, you're getting full odds.) Then, if the shooter rolls a seven before he rerolls his established point number, he loses, and must pass the dice. If he rolls his point before he makes a seven, he and the pass/odds bettors win.
The original "pass" bet pays even-money, while the odds bet pays true odds: 2-to-1 on the four and ten, 3-to-2 on the five and nine, and 6-to-5 on the six and eight. Players may also elect to bet the "don't pass" and lay odds, wagering with the house. Maybe one out of ten players do this, and they are generally not appreciated by the other players because they usually go against the majority at the table who are playing the pass line, while the don't-pass bettors are clamoring for a loser seven. (Nonetheless, there is a slight advantage on the don't-pass line.)
In addition to wagering that the shooter will make his point number, players can also bet On The Come. Seven or eleven is an instant winner, otherwise the bet gets placed on the number rolled much like the point. Then if the shooter rolls that number again before he makes a seven, the "come" player wins. This way, a player can conceivably cover all the numbers and reap handsome profits if the shooter rolls a long succession of numbers before a loser seven. But if he's trying to cover all the numbers and a shooter rolls a four, five, six, eight, nine, and ten followed by a seven, the bettor loses everything.
Then, of course, there is the category most easily labeled as All Other Bets or "proposition bets." Here's what Jack Binion, whose casino, Binion's Horseshoe, takes the biggest craps bets in the world, has to say about proposition bets: "The best way to play is to bet the pass line and take all the odds, or the come line and all the odds. If everybody took full odds on every bet, we wouldn't meet our overhead. Basically, forget about all the other bets, the Field [betting the shooter won't roll a five, six, seven, or eight], Hardways [betting the shooter will roll doubles], all the one-roll bets, [betting that the next roll will bring, say, an eleven]--those are all bullshit."
But in craps, as in life, no one at the table is ready to accept that not playing is the best choice or that a wide array of betting possibilities and gambits isn't worth the trouble. In fact, for every cynic watching the action at the table, there's someone with the dice in his hand recalling a story about the lucky sap who won the house--and the car and the boat and everything else.
Anyone who spends more time in a casino than he ought can tell you a craps story or two. A handful of them won't be apocryphal. The fanciful ones are legion: "I saw a guy once. He turned five bucks into $50,000 in 20 minutes. I'm serious"; "There was this rich guy, right? He's betting, like, close to $100,000 a roll..."; "I didn't see it, but I heard there was this guy who bet $250,000 on one roll and had a heart attack while the dice were in the air."
Some of the best (i.e., true) stories emanate from Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas. During three weeks in the spring the Horseshoe is home to the World Series of poker, the planet's premier card-playing tournament. For those weeks in May, Binion's becomes the center of the poker universe. But during the rest of the year, Binion's Horseshoe flourishes on the strength of one remarkable distinction: It has the world's highest limits.
In the Hollywood hit, Indecent Proposal, Robert Redford bets $1 million on the pass line, rolls a winner seven and invests the proceeds in a night of fun with Demi Moore. Impossible, right? Yes and no. In the movie, the gambling sequences take place at the Las Vegas Hilton. "It could never happen here," according to Jerry, one of the Hilton's pit bosses. "We'd let him bet maybe $10,000. We don't need to take any more action than that."
Indeed, at Las Vegas's swanky uptown resorts--Ceasar's Palace, the Mirage, Bally's--all owned and operated by large corporations, relatively low betting limits ($100,000 a roll) reduce the house's exposure to inordinate risk. But down on Fremont Street, the famed Glitter Gulch of countless television shows and tourism commercials, the game is altogether different. At Binion's Horseshoe, not only could the $1 million bet happen, it did.
In 1983, a man named Robert Bergstrom from Austin, Texas, called the Horseshoe's owner, Jack Binion, on the telephone. Bergstrom, who apparently possessed more money than sense, had recently lost $50,000 at the craps table. Thanks to a lucrative real-estate business, his plunge was not going to keep him awake at nights. In fact, Bergstrom was calling Binion to ask whether he could return soon and bet a "significant amount." Binion, adhering to his casino's policy of your first bet is your limit, no matter how high, naturally said yes.
And that was the last he heard of the mysterious Texan ... until three months later.
"The guy calls up," recalls Binion, "and says he's going to be here soon to make a very large bet. One night he shows up with two little suitcases, filled with exactly $777,000. And he says he wants to bet it all."
Binion approved the bet: $777,000 on the pass line.
"I think it was a little old lady who was shooting the dice at the time," Binion remembers. "She made a point of nine, rolled maybe one or two numbers, a six and an eight, I think. And then another nine." Bergstrom was a $777,000 winner.
He promptly collected his plunder, jumped into a beat-up old car and left. "I wanted to win that bet, sure," Binion says. "But we accept our losses. It's all part of the business. The losses definitely happen sometimes, especially when you're talking about a single bet, where we have very little edge. It's like flipping a coin. But, no, I didn't really mind losing that bet. Besides, I want to meet a guy who is capable of betting half a million or more on one roll."
Bergstrom, in fact, came back a few weeks later and bet $548,000 on the pass line. Again, an elderly woman shot the dice. Seconds later, this highest of rollers had 548 more $1,000 chips stacked before him. Shortly thereafter, Bergstrom made his final trip to the Horseshoe. "I'm going to double it or dump it," Binion recalls him saying, just before Bergstrom bet exactly $1 million on the pass line.
Once more, a geriatric lady shot the dice while an enormous audience vied to witness the results. Her first roll established the point--a nine again, a 3-to-2 underdog--and her second roll came up a "six-ace." A loser seven. Bergstrom was never seen again.
While extraordinary, such prodigious bets are not entirely uncommon at Binion's Horseshoe. An octogenarian former jockey, known throughout downtown Las Vegas as Fast Eddie, has on four separate occasions run $100 up to more than $250,000. The poker manager at the Horseshoe, Jim Albrecht says, "Eddie normally plays in the smallest game we offer: $1 to $4 seven-card stud. He is basically a pensioner, living off social security. But that's the game of craps for you--in a very short time, a few hours, Eddie has parlayed a handful of chips from his poker winnings into over $1 million." One time, Fast Eddie set aside enough of his profits to purchase a new condo. The other three times he gave it all back ... to the casino.
"The game goes so damned fast," Binion comments. "It's like a pyramid, the way the money piles up. There's no other game where so much money can be won so fast. It's nothing unusual to take ten dollars and multiply it into $500, $1,000 in a few minutes. And that's very exciting."
The way most accomplished players make their fortunes is by catching what math mavens call "an abnormal deviation." This means that in an infinite string of random numbers, a certain preordained quantity of sevens, elevens and other numbers will be rolled, approximately as many losers as winners. If you are fortunate enough to make your bets during a period of heavy clustering of winning numbers--otherwise known as a "hot streak"--the result can be sublimely gratifying. If you have the heart--some would say ignorance--to press your bets, i.e., increase them with each winning roll, the results can be staggering. And if you happen to be playing during a once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime situation--an hourlong roll without a loser--your retirement will be quite comfortable.
Schwartz, who runs Gambler's Book Club, says, "As the years go on and long stories grow longer, the money won and the number of passes the shooter made seem to grow as memories fade." Indeed, nobody is sure of the longest string of passes--Binion seems to remember someone rolling 37 winners in a row at his casino--but, according to Frank Scoblete, author of Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos, a Hawaiian man, Stanley Fujitake, known as the Golden Arm, made close to 50 passes at the California Casino in Las Vegas. "He held the dice for over three-and-a-quarter hours. It was a magnificent, epic roll."
Scoblete also recalls a woman in Atlantic City who would regularly hold the dice for 40 minutes. A gang of high rollers called the Crew would hire her to shoot the numbers. "I believe some people, whether consciously or unconsciously, can control the dice," Scoblete says. "They develop a certain rhythm, a feel." Find someone with the "feel," and you'll find a crowd of cheering people around the table.
While there's no substitute for dumb luck, some eccentric crap shooters believe in "PK," or psychokinesis, mind over matter. Of course, the surest way to roll a predetermined number is to use "loaded" or doctored dice. Working with a confederate dealer, gangs of cheaters used to introduce phony dice into the game, dice that, for instance, would consistently turn up the number twelve, a 30-to-1 payoff. Modern surveillance and security techniques, though, have made the game of craps impeccably clean. Beating the house requires something more than chicanery.
Regular players employ a wide range of betting "systems," all of which, thanks to the immutable laws of nature, fail to overcome the house advantage. Played long enough, craps will gobble up all the money. Even "professional gamblers"--an oxymoron if there ever was one--cannot beat the game. After winning a six-figure payoff in a preliminary event at the World Series of poker, "Cowboy" Roy Dudley, a full-time card player, said, "All the money I win at poker I lose at the dice table. I just love to gamble." Even games of chance, though, can be approached analytically or superstitiously. While both methods will likely leave the player a loser, the latter is sure to encourage the dice shooter's demise a lot faster.
For instance, many players call off their bets when one of the dice bounces off the table. They imagine that somehow the cubes have "cooled off." Others increase their wager when a woman is rolling the bones, luck being a lady and all. And then there are the utter fools.
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Do we believe the Colts will franchise Freeney or Cato? Will they pay to keep the other & Rhodes? Just a thought... I am a big fan of Rhodes, but would like to keep the defense together and add at draft. I would like Mr. Irsay to speak to Tiki Barber about sharing time if that is the true reason he is retiring. What are your thoughts?
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Nighthawk wrote:mindyourmind wrote:Nighthawk wrote:I've always thought hindu gods were mythical creations of the hindu mind. Surprised a lot of Buddhists take them very seriously.
New to Buddhism then, are you?
Not at all. I knew there was always a belief in gods but didn't get too deeply into it. I'm new to Vajrayana which seems to go into depth with these gods, particularly the hindu ones.
Just keep an open mind as you go further. These "gods" can hinder or help your practice. A good master will help clear things up.


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POLICE and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl has invested more than three quarters of a million pounds to make Gloucestershire a better place to live and work.
Grants totalling £802,325 were awarded to 45 local organisations in his first year in office to reduce crime and create more peace and good order in their communities.
Now the search is about to begin again to find more projects worthy of funding.
"Solutions to local problems usually work best when they come from the people who know their communities best and I am confident we can build on some of last year's success stories", said Mr Surl.
"Some of the schemes like the Door Youth Project in Stroud and GymNation in Gloucester are helping young people make the difficult transition into adulthood.
"Pathfinders is preparing our would-be young drivers for the roads and helping to keep them safe and Keepsafe, which continues to grow right around the county, is helping those who are older and more vulnerable feel more secure.
"I have also been able to support schemes that will help the fight against gangs, alcohol and drug dependency and the impact all of those issues have on crime."
Community groups and organisations are invited to bid for a share of the Commissioner's Fund to develop crime reduction and community safety work.
The fund is the part of the budget that is set aside to fund community safety initiatives in line with the priorities set out in the Police and Crime Plan.
"The aim of the fund is to build a safer, healthier and more just and inclusive Gloucestershire with a better quality of life for all", said commissioning officer Kirsten Fruin.
"There are a number of things which make it unique.
"Firstly it aims to reduce crime and disorder, it aims to make communities stronger and safer, it is targeted on a particular geographical area, community or theme, it encourages co-operation with partners and communities and it aims to bring sustainable benefits to communities.
"Community safety is not just about policing. It's about everyone taking responsibility and playing their part in making their neighbourhood as good as it can be."
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This thread reminded me of an article by Ajahn Geoff.
"The news of the Buddha's Awakening sets the standards for judging the culture we were brought up in, and not the other way around. This is not a question of choosing Asian culture over American. The Buddha's Awakening challenged many of the presuppositions of Indian culture in his day; and even in so-called Buddhist countries, the true practice of the Buddha's teachings is always counter-cultural.
It's a question of evaluating our normal concerns — conditioned by time, space, and the limitations of aging, illness, and death — against the possibility of a timeless, spaceless, limitless happiness. All cultures are tied up in the limited, conditioned side of things, while the Buddha's Awakening points beyond all cultures. It offers the challenge of the Deathless that his contemporaries found liberating and that we, if we are willing to accept the challenge, may find liberating ourselves."
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Police use pepper spray during Portland protest
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police and protesters clashed Saturday afternoon during a march in Northeast Portland.
Police said officers arrested one protester and used pepper spray on several others when they confronted officers with wooden shields.
A group called Portland Action Lab organized the march called "Solidarity Against Austerity." It included some members of Occupy Portland, and several other groups.
The march started at 2 p.m. at Holladay Park in Northeast Portland.
Police used pepper spray on marchers near the Lloyd Center at Northeast 15th and Halsey.
"People had goggles, they didn't have wooden sticks or anything like that," said 15-year-old protester Quetzal Brock. "There were wooden banners right in front just to protect from the police."
Brock said he was pepper sprayed by police.
"I didn't think it would happen to me, especially at this age," said Brock.
Police said they attempted to contact event organizers to find out if the event would be peaceful, but no one with Portland Action Lab responded.
The marchers moved south from there on Northeast 15th Avenue.
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Illinois guard Luther Head is still operating in the afterglow of a great performance at the predraft camp. A number of teams, including the Pacers (No. 17), Celtics (18), Grizzlies (19), Rockets (24), Pistons (26) and Heat (29) have him in the mix for the first round.
Draft Projection: Mid-to-late first round
Similarities: A poor man's Gilbert Arenas.
Notes: Head always was been considered the third wheel at Illinois behind guards Williams and Dee Brown, but he was super for the Illini this season.
Positives: He's a great athlete with excellent floor vision and legit NBA 3-point range. A quick first step allows him to get to the basket, but he's just as happy launching 3s.
Negatives: He has played out of position, on the wing, throughout most of his career because of the presence of Williams and Brown. Can he make the transition to the point in the NBA? Scouts traditionally have been a little down on Head because of his inability to shoot off the dribble, but he seems to have worked on that over last summer. If he's going to be a full-time point guard in the pros, he has to work on his ball handling.
Summary: One of the best players at the Chicago predraft camp. Proved to scouts that he could run the point position, at least some of the time. He tested off the charts athletically and can really stroke it. Probably still underrated at this point.
NBA Comparison: Eddie House
Strengths: High speed, high energy player Very hard to guard as hes constantly moving Good elevation and form on jumper Can create his own shot Gets to the rim and finishes well good leaping ability Attacks the hoop and doesnt back down when hes met by bigger players Moves well without the ball and knows how to come off screens and use other players Clutch. Not afraid to take big shots in crucial points of the game Very confident Not easily rattled or taken out of his game Decent dribbling skills and can take his man off the dribble with ease Terrific work ethic Has shown a dramatic improvement in each of his four years at Illinois
Weaknesses: Head is between positions as he lacks the size to play the NBA 2-guard and hasnt shown the overall skills to play the point full time Hasnt had the opportunity to play point at Illinois because of Deron Williams and Dee Brown, but has good passing and ball handling abilities Needs to show that he can lead a team and control the offense Poor shot selection at times He has all the physical tools to be a great defensive player but has yet to show that he can lock someone down Maturity issues as he had off-court problems during his junior year
Notes: Gets lost in the shuffle with Dee Brown and Deron williams on the team, but some feel he is the best player of the bunch.
Strengths: Arguably the best player on a stacked Illinois squad this year. While Deron Williams and Dee Brown clearly have more upside as point guards in the NBA, Head was statistically the best player during their amazing season.
Head is smooth with the basketball and glides through traffic, and can finish consistently with excellent leaping ability. Luther is such a dynamic scorer, with a great shot (standstill and off the dribble) and terrific ability to get past his defender. Head has nice quickness and tremendous defense. Often overlooked, Head has the capability of shutting down good offensive players on the other team. He is a hard working player who always brings energy to the court.
Weaknesses: At only 63, Head is undersized for a shooting guard in the NBA. While he has good passing skills, he does not have the experience of playing the point guard position. Does not have a pure playmaking mentality, rather he is a score first guard. It is questionable that he could adapt his skills to the point guard position full-time, it is more likely he would be used as a combo guard. At the moment, he plays the role of a shooting guard and would be undersized in nearly all of his match-ups in the pros. At times his shot selection can get questionable, as he will force up a few low percentage three point attempts.
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Twelve aviation associations have written a joint letter to Secretary Janet Napolitano urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to meet its commitment and complete the rulemaking on repair station security by the fourth quarter.
"It is well past time for a regulatory framework for repair station security to be finalized. Congress first mandated action on this rule in 2003 and it has now turned into one of the longest, ongoing policy sagas in aviation," said Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. "Delays in finalizing this rule are keeping aviation businesses from fully competing in emerging markets. Our government needs to get moving on this issue to further security and support economic growth in the industry. We need Secretary Napolitano's unwavering assurance that this rule will be out this year."
Congress established a requirement that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) establish a regulatory framework for repair station security in 2003. In 2007 Congress created a prohibition, beginning in 2008, against the FAA certification of foreign repair stations unless the rulemaking was completed. Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have included language in their respective FY2013 appropriations reports supporting final action on this rule by year-end.
The August 20 letter points out that the TSA stated that the repair station security rule would be completed in the fourth quarter of 2012. "Since that time, we understand that the TSA has completed its work on the rule and sent it to the DHS for review. The undersigned associations want to underscore how important it is that DHS and OMB [Office of Management and Budget] complete consideration in a manner that will permit the repair station security rule to be finalized in the time frame provided by TSA," said the industry groups.
James Coyne, president and CEO of the National Air Transportation Association, told AIN in an exclusive interview, "There are only three things holding up the rulemaking process: politics, politics and politics. Union constituencies are opposed to this and talk it up as much as possible. This whole thing is disgraceful; this is an issue of circumventing the checks and balances of our government. Congress passed the law but the executive branch is dragging its feet pandering to their constituencies who oppose it. It could have been done in six months if they'd wanted to, but it's been almost ten years."
Daniel Fisher, vice president of legislative affairs for the Aeronautical Repair Station Association, warned of dire consequences for further delays, telling AIN, "As we once again approach an important deadline for finalizing the repair station security rules it is imperative that the TSA fully understand the consequences its inaction is having on the aviation maintenance industry. While the FAA is prohibited from certifying new foreign repair stations, U.S. aerospace companies of all sizes are paying the price. Punishing industry and preventing economic growth because of bureaucratic delay is unacceptable and must end."
Signatories of the letter also include the Aerospace Industries Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Airlines for America, Cargo Airline Association, Helicopter Association International, National Air Carrier Association, NBAA, National Association of State Aviation Officials and the Regional Airline Association.
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Why would we want more foreign Repair Stations approved by the FAA?
This will just lead to more outsourcing!
At these locations the employees don't have to read English (the language that all aviation repair documents are written), they don't have to be drug tested and the FAA cannot do surprise inspections at these Repair Stations! Approving any of these is ridiculous, not to mention it moves 1000s of great middle class jobs overseas!


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South Jersey Firefighters in Hot Water Over Cold Water Challenge [VIDEO]
You've probably seen it on Facebook — people doing cold water challenges. A group of South Jersey firefighters are now in trouble for doing a cold water challenge with a bunch of fire trucks.
Firefighters in Washington Township, Gloucester County, posted a video on YouTube showing two firetrucks blasting water at a firefighter. That firefighter gets blown over by the force of the water.
The short video quickly made its rounds on Facebook and it caught the attention of fire district officials who are now disciplining at least a half dozen volunteer firefighters.
Fire District Chief John Hoffman tells the South Jersey Times a press release was sent out that condemned the actions of the firefighters and stated disciplinary actions will be taken after an investigation is done. The press release says, in part, "…the use of the equipment was not approved and the individual firefighters involved behaved inappropriately and outside of the boundaries of department policy, procedures and standing orders."
Hoffman said no firefighters were injured in the incident. The original video was quickly taken down, however a copy has resurfaced.


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My son's desperate act changed our family's future. But God, in His mercy, brought redemption when our former dreams died.
I don't tell the story of my son in order to give anybody the impression that he is a hero—that is far from the truth, in the traditional sense anyway. He shot and killed a man in broad daylight. Instead, I tell it to share with others the painful, incredible passage of faith my family and I have trod for half a decade.
I tell this story because everything I believe about God has been tested by fire, and has withstood the flames. I tell it because my heart has been bruised and broken by sorrow, and then restored by grace.
Our journey began on Oct. 24, 1999. The telephone rang at 12:30 a.m. My husband answered, listened and informed me that our son Jason had been arrested for the murder of his wife's ex-husband. I stood to walk to the bathroom, then fell to the floor in shock.
We wanted to believe that for some reason the news was erroneous, but it wasn't. Our only son—who loved Christ, who was a model student, who lettered in sports, who was president of the National Honor Society, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, who donated his time, his money, even his blood to help others—had become so obsessed with the man who had molested his two stepdaughters that he followed him to a busy restaurant and shot him in plain view of passersby.
Six days after we learned of Jason's arrest, I finally heard my son's voice. A digitized message told me the call was coming from a state institution and asked if I would accept the charges. Jason wept into the phone, "Mom, I've just been beaten up by 10 guys here at the jail. They jumped me and started kicking me in the face. My two front teeth are broken off and these guys stole all my stuff. They took my deodorant, soap and toothpaste ... They just kept kicking me in the head."
My pain was too deep for words. We cried together, a mom and her boy, 1,100 miles apart, embarking on an odyssey of anguish, strife and prayer. When that first conversation with Jason was cut short by the institutional telephone system, I sat at my desk motionless as a deep, guttural wail rose from within. A shroud of grief and fear engulfed me.
Relinquishing the Dream
Maybe it was my training as a pastor's daughter, maybe it was my prayer life or the years I spent reading Scripture. Perhaps it was God's mercy—but through the darkness, I found a path to redemption in the story of Abraham and Isaac.
" ... God tested Abraham, and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he said, 'Here I am.' Then He said, 'Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.'
"So Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey ... Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, 'My father ... Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?' Abraham said, 'My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.' So the two of them went together" (Gen. 22:1-8, MEV).
I know that my son is not a picture of Isaac, who was blameless. I do not excuse what he did; I know his actions would not have been God's plan for his life. Yet Jason is my personal "Isaac."
God enabled me to lay down my claim to him with complete trust and submission, even while my mother's heart recoiled at letting go. In doing so, I recognized that what I sacrificed on the altar was actually my own desires: prideful ambition for my child, longings for family holidays and dreams of an idyllic future.
Abraham trusted God so completely that he was willing to surrender what he loved most deeply, even unto death. And through the blackest vale, I learned to trust like Abraham. Almost immediately after learning of Jason's devastating plight, I made a critical decision that the enemy would not win. I would choose hope. I would choose faith amid unthinkable circumstances.
I wrote a letter to my family proclaiming victory: Included in this walk through the valley of what feels like death is an awareness of His presence I have never experienced before. I can almost hear the sound of angel wings.
All of us have "Isaacs" that we need to leave on the altar—heart sacrifices that challenge us to the core. You probably haven't received a middle-of-the-night phone call informing you that your child has been arrested for murder, but I'm sure of one thing: You have had to let go of a cherished person, opportunity, position, habit or dream. True heart sacrifices involve identifying something precious to us (our Isaac), letting go of our control over it, embracing God's love in the process of the release and resting in the outcome—even if we do not understand the reason behind the sacrifice.
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The seventh annual AgProfessional Editors' Choice New Product of the Year Award winners represent some of the newest, most cutting edge technologies for the agriculture industry.
We believe these 10 represent the best and most innovative products introduced during 2013 for U.S. crop production in 2013 and the upcoming 2014 growing season. We picked these products as being important innovations for AgProfessional's main audiences—agricultural retailers, crop consultants and farm managers. It's these ag professionals who will likely use these products in their operations, sell to customers or recommend to clients.
We never solicit entries for the list of Top 10. Instead, we look back over the year's worth of product announcements and materials provided to us during the year. Our research into picking the Top 10 stems from the information provided to the editorial staff of AgProfessional by companies or their public relations agencies and is followed up with web-based searches. We feel we have again selected innovative products that deserve the highest recognition as 2013 New Products of the Year.
It is challenging every year to sort through all of the products and determine which ones are just product upgrades or tweaks and which are truly innovative products. We are not concerned about whether the product will or has been a financial success but only that it was an innovative product introduced, on a more or less full-scale basis, between November 2012 and November 2013.
In considering a candidate for the Top 10, we consider the publicity the product generated and the excitement the companies showed when introducing their new product. And the product has to be geared toward AgProfessional's audiences specifically. The judging was done by Richard Keller, editor, and Colleen Scherer, managing editor.
All of the products that made the Top 10 list were products that were announced on AgProfessional's website—www.AgProfessional.com—during the year in the new product section. They were also mentioned in either "AgProfessional Weekly" or Dealer Update," our weekly e-newsletters.
We take pride in picking the best of the best for a spot in the Top 10 list of Editors' Choice New Products of the Year. We think it is a prestigious award. Companies have clearly valued being named to the Top 10 list and have shared the announced honor extensively. History also shows us companies appreciate winning the next step in the award process where one product will be named the Readers' Choice Top New Product of 2013.
See the separate short description of how to vote for one of the 10 products as the Readers' Choice award winner. In the most condensed explanation, voting is a simple process of going to www.AgProfessional.com and placing a vote for your favorite.
Company- and inventor-supplied original descriptions of each product are included as follows.
Dow AgroSciences Intrepid Edge Insecticide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved federal registration for Dow AgroScience's Intrepid Edge insecticide in July 2013. The new insecticide features fast knockdown and extended residual control of a broad spectrum of worm species in soybeans, peanuts and pecans.
"Intrepid Edge provides growers with fast knockdown of a broad spectrum of foliage and pod-feeding insects, including corn earworms, loopers and armyworms," said Phil Jost, insecticides portfolio marketing leader for Dow AgroSciences.
"Intrepid Edge has shown extremely good efficacy against soybean pests," said Gus Lorenz, Ph.D., entomologist from the University of Arkansas. "It has provided extended residual control that allows growers to control loopers and a second generation of earworms in one shot."
Intrepid Edge insecticide consists of two modes of action—a Group 5 and Group 18 insecticide—in a ratio that optimizes knockdown and residual control. These two chemistries combine to allow growers to control worms resistant to other insecticides while remaining compatible in an effective integrated pest management program.
"A complex of worm species is often present in the field at the same time," Lorenz said. "The two chemistries mix to give growers and consultant's confidence that they'll receive long-term control of all caterpillars."
Intrepid Edge insecticide attacks targeted insects through contact and ingestion, and maintains effectiveness after rainfall or irrigation through excellent rainfastness. It demonstrates minimal impact on beneficial insects and does not flare mites.
Spinetoram and methoxyfenozide, the two active ingredients in Intrepid Edge, both received the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.
Dow AgroSciences Sulfoxaflor
In May, Dow AgroSciences LLC announced that U.S. regulatory authorities had approved the new insecticidal active ingredient, sulfoxafl or to be marketed in the U.S. as Transform and Closer. The U.S. registration, and the Canadian registration, are the result of a Global Joint Review, which also included Australia.
Sulfoxafl or belongs to a novel chemical class called sulfoximines invented by Dow AgroSciences and offers extremely effective control of many important sap-feeding insect pests. It can be used in a large number of major crops, including cotton, soybean, citrus, pome/stone fruit, nuts, grapes, potatoes, vegetables and strawberries. Sulfoxafl or has unique attributes compared with other sap-feeding insecticides providing a signifi cant new tool for growers for many years to come.
"Sulfoxafl or is an ideal addition to integrated pest management programs. Its unique mode of action provides fast-acting control of harmful pests. Moreover, research data on sulfoxafl or continues to demonstrate lack of crossresistance with other insecticides," said Daniel Kittle, vice president, research and development, Dow AgroSciences. "This innovative new option fits conveniently into growers' existing programs to help them protect yields in a wide variety of foods and fiber around the globe."
In 2012, Dow AgroSciences had a successful South Korean launch of sulfoxafl or and had a U.S. Section 18 Emergency Use Label in cotton.
DuPont Pioneer T Series Soybeans
A new series of Pioneer brand soybean products, developed through DuPont Pioneer's Accelerated Yield Technology (AYT) process, offers North America a broad range of high-yielding varieties. The new line of soybean products, named the T Series and 39 new seed products were available in 2013.
Available in seven maturity groups, T Series products represented the largest number of soybean varieties advanced in a single year by Pioneer. The new T Series varieties succeeded the popular Pioneer Y Series soybeans introduced several years ago.
"The next generation T Series soybean products provide growers a total package that helps them gain the most from every acre," said Don Schafer, DuPont Pioneer senior marketing manager – soybeans. "A step change from earlier offerings, the T Series is a direct result of the AYT system that allows Pioneer soybean breeders to maximize yield potential, agronomic traits and resistance to yield-robbing pests."
Employing environment-specific markers to help optimize yields by geography, the AYT process pinpoints native trait genes for increased defensive trait protection and improved pest resistance packages tailored for specific geographies. AYT employs novel trait integration through a proprietary matrix of gene mapping, molecular breeding technologies and intense local field testing.
Among the new class of T Series soybeans, 34 varieties carried the Roundup Ready gene. There were two new Plenish high oleic varieties, five new products with the LibertyLink gene and two new varieties with the Roundup Ready/STS stack. Also, 32 products were soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistant and 29 carried a major Phytophthora-resistant gene.
To distinguish the new T Series varieties, Pioneer initiated a new soybean product numbering system similar to the current nomenclature used for Pioneer brand corn products.
IN3 Applications The Plant Diagnostic Sample Submission App
Agricultural specialists and others who need to identify plants, plant diseases, insect pests and other plant problems have a new mobile application resource created by eight university labs, including Purdue's Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL) and Ohio State's C. Wayne Ellet Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic.
The Plant Diagnostic Sample Submission app includes submission forms with customized questions about agronomic crops, weeds, vegetables, houseplants, turf and more.
It was developed by IN3 (http://www.in3applications.com), located in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette. IN3 (pronounced IN-cubed) develops and markets mobile applications and educational tools for academic and commercial customers. IN3 is a start-up company with its origins in 3iD, a Purdue Research IT development group.
"The app is for anyone who wants to send a sample," said Tom Creswell, PPDL director. "It guides users through the right questions for their submissions."
It allows users to take and send digital photos and plant problem descriptions to any of the eight participating labs. In addition to Purdue and Ohio State, the university diagnostic labs involved are Alabama Cooperative Extension, University of Connecticut, University of Illinois Extension, University of Kentucky, Michigan State University and University of New Hampshire.
When submitting samples, users answer questions about the specific types of plant problems they need to identify.
Submissions are sent to the labs using the iPhone or iPad built-in mail app, which requires an e-mail account on the device.
PPDL charges its normal sample-handling fees for samples submitted through the app. Each of the diagnostic labs has specific fee policies, so users must check with their preferred lab for details.
The PPDL accepts submissions from the 48 contiguous states. International submissions are not accepted. At start up, Kentucky and New Hampshire laboratories were only accepting samples via the app from Extension educators and specialists who had a proper passcode.
The app is available for free download in the iTunes store.
Precision Laboratories Trident Bio-Inducer for Soybeans
Trident Bio-Inducer for Soybeans from Precision Laboratories is the first seed enhancement product with bio-inducer capabilities, providing growers and retailers with a tool to improve plant health and increase yields.
After a year of severe drought and record-high temperatures throughout most of the United States, growers were looking for assistance to enhance their crop management practices in 2013.
In announcing Trident Bio-Inducer, Terry Culp, vice president of seed and nutrient chemistries, Precision Laboratories, said, growers are making adjustments in their 2013 plans to consider the impact that last year's drought and heat had on soil conditions and to be better prepared for the type of weather challenges they encountered. One tool soybean growers can use to prepare plants for potential stress conditions and to improve overall plant health is an inoculant."
Unlike traditional soybean inoculants, Trident provides proprietary bacteria that are pre-stressed, allowing for 90-day survival on the seed, improved tolerance of seed-applied pesticides and performance across a broad range of spring environments. The bio-inducer within Trident causes nitrogen fixing bacteria to generate nodule-producing chemicals for rapid root nodulation.
The increased nodulation provided enhanced nitrogen fixation, unlocking the full genetic potential of the soybean seed and promoting enhanced plant development. Trident bacteria also replaced the soil rhizobia that degenerated due to soil conditions from the 2012 drought. The results were soybeans that developed earlier and were more robust both above and below ground.
"Plants only have one chance for a good healthy start" said Culp. "Enhanced early plant development enables the crop to better handle in-season stresses and have the ability to finish strong."
Raven Industries Viper 4
Raven Industries, Inc. introduced new advances in precision agriculture technology with the new Viper 4 field computer during the eleventh annual Raven Innovation Summit held June 4-5. Viper 4 improves how customers manage critical machine functions, but more importantly, enhances the way data collected in the field is managed and utilized.
The Viper 4 is a fourth generation field computer. Yet it's also the first in a new generation powered by the new Raven Operating Software, which integrates Raven's full line of products into one connected platform, but is also designed to work with any equipment brand.
The Viper 4 field computer features a 12.1-inch responsive touch screen and sleek design with a rugged magnesium casing.
A customizable user interface utilizing new Raven Operating Software allows users to set up machine profiles, user profiles and grower-farm-field information, expediting job start-up and streamlining information management functionality.
"Data management is critical to our customers' success. Viper 4 hardware, software and third-party applications will operate separate from each other, providing an open platform for data management with our Slingshot API platform and agX compatibility," said Matt Burkhart, vice president and general manager for Raven's Applied Technology Division.
Syngenta Agrisure Duracade Corn Rootworm Trait
Syngenta announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) fully deregulated Agrisure Duracade, enabling seed with the trait to be planted in 2014. Product sales are currently occurring.
Agrisure Duracade expresses a unique protein to control corn rootworm. It has a different mode of action to the company's existing Agrisure RW trait. When combined these traits provide unmatched insect control: USDA data show a tenfold reduction in Western corn rootworm beetle emergence and superior performance against all comparable traits.
"This is the fourth introduction of a proprietary corn trait in the past six years, demonstrating our ability to rapidly deliver ground-breaking innovations to growers," a Syngenta spokesman noted. The technology is available at a time when insect resistance is a rising challenge. Its proven dual mode of action will be indispensable for the eff ective management of corn pests and will raise farm productivity.
Agrisure Duracade is being used to create convenient and effective refuge-in-a-bag solutions for corn rootworm control featuring two new trait stacks: Agrisure Duracade 5122 and Agrisure Duracade 5222.
Syngenta Clariva
Syngenta announced the launch of Clariva, a proprietary seed treatment nematicide based on the Pasteuria technology acquired in 2012.
Clariva consists of naturally occurring soil bacteria with a unique, direct mode of action on nematodes: microscopic worm-shaped soil organisms, which cause significant damage to all major agricultural crops.
Syngenta Chief Operating Officer John Atkin, said, "Soybean growers in particular have long been searching for additional tools to manage the widespread cyst nematode problem, which in the U.S. alone causes more than a billion dollars of annual yield losses. Clariva will take nematode control to a new level and reinforce our global leadership in seed treatment innovation."
Multi-year field trial data demonstrate that Clariva delivers immediate and long-lasting protection of plant root systems resulting in significant yield benefits.
Clariva is available for ordering by retailers to be used in the 2014 growing season as Clariva Complete Beans for soybeans. Further registrations across major crops worldwide are planned.
TeeJet Technologies Matrix Pro GS
The Matrix Pro GS Guidance System offers growers TeeJet exclusive RealView guidance over video along with several new productivity enhancing features.
Matrix Pro GS is the only system available that displays guidance and live video simultaneously, improving accuracy and efficiency in field operations. Up to eight RealView cameras can be used to monitor multiple machine operations while at the same time viewing guidance information.
Companies and growers can choose Matrix Pro 570GS with 5.7-inch (145 mm) display or Matrix Pro 840GS with 8.4-inch (213 mm) display.
Matrix Pro GS builds upon the proven Matrix and Matrix Pro product lines and adds many new capabilities. Advanced swath control capabilities now allow for automatic boom section control (ABSC) on dry spreaders and sprayers with offset booms.
Matrix Pro GS also supports droplet size monitoring capability. This exclusive feature provides real-time display of the droplet size being produced at the sprayer boom allowing operators to optimize their spraying application.
The unique NextRow feature guides operators through turns in row crop environments, helping them find the correct rows to steer between for the next pass. Matrix Pro GS is autosteer and ABSC ready. Adding FieldPilot or UniPilot assisted steering can greatly enhance operator productivity. Adding BoomPilot ABSC is economical and easy as well.
Véto-pharma S.A. Apivar Miticide
Véto-pharma S.A., the French veterinary pharmaceutical company specializing in honeybee health, announced that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Section 3 registration approval of its Apivar miticide effective March 11, 2013. EPA approval means that beekeepers in the U.S. will be allowed to use Apivar to treat honeybee colonies for Varroa mites, one of the leading causes of global honeybee population decline and a contributing factor in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Véto-pharma submitted approval applications for individual states.
"Apivar has earned an excellent reputation as a safe and effective means of controlling Varroa mite infestations in honeybee colonies," said José Nobre, Véto-pharma's president and chief executive officer. "Now American beekeepers can take advantage of the same benefits that much of the rest of the world has enjoyed for some time."
Apivar kills up to 99 percent of Varroa mites in one application; it has proven safe and effective; it leaves no significant residues in hive products; and it is convenient and easy to use."
Varroa mites damage honeybees by feeding off their haemolymph (blood), particularly at the larval stage, where they weaken the host bees and introduce other diseases, viruses and bacteria.
Several research projects conducted by scientists in the U.S., Canada and many European and Asian nations have demonstrated Apivar's safety and eff ectiveness when used in accordance with instructions. Similarly, other studies have proven that residues of Apivar's active ingredient in honey and wax consistently fall below the limits of detection, and are well below the strict limits allowed by many regulatory bodies, notably the U.S. EPA and the European Medicines Agency.
Apivar's long-acting, low-dose formulation means that when beekeepers handle and apply the product as directed, they can be confident they will not be exposed to any hazardous compounds. Apivar does not emit vapors into the beehive atmosphere or the surrounding environment during application, nor does it require measuring, mixing or any complicated application procedures.
Véto-pharma S.A. is a veterinary pharmaceutical company that develops and markets innovative products to help commercial and hobbyist beekeepers prevent and control hive diseases and improve honeybee health. Véto-pharma's products are sold to beekeepers through distributors in North America, Europe and Asia. With headquarters in Paris, the company's U.S. operations are based in New York, N.Y. AG


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A SCHOOLGIRL is set to become Lancashire's 'prom queen' after organising the county's largest charity prom fair.
Accrington teenager Shelby Jones is the brains behind a Prom and Party Fair involving three fashion shows this weekend.
Over 40 high schools and 6th forms across Lancashire are expected to attend the event, which will raise money to support orphans in southern India.
It will display everything required for an unforgettable school prom night.
The Year 11 St Christopher's High pupil got involved in helping the Shining Faces Orphanage and the Indian Christian Mission Centre Orphanage through her school.
The event is also being supported by St Christopher's charity committee, which is a team of dedicated fund raisers.
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By the end of 2012, an estimated 100 of California's dairies will shut their doors for good ― thanks to high feed cost, not enough time to recover from the disastrous year of 2009, and the state's milk-pricing system.
Monday, California's Class 4b milk-pricing formula was the focus of a Wall Street Journal article. For more on that article, click here.
Many dairy farmers don't like the 4b formula and would like to see the value of whey changed so it more closely aligns with the federal order system.
However, the milk-pricing system is just part of the problem.
Leslie Butler, an economist at University of California at Davis, suggests that aligning California's milk-for-cheese prices with those on the federal level may not be enough to save the struggling industry.
High feed cost associated with this year's historic drought alone has driven many dairies to the brink of bankruptcy.
"Supply is shrinking here because milk per cow is going down — feed costs are so high here," Butler told The Wall Street Journal.
Yet, the Class 4b price is still an important factor, points out Rob Vandenheuvel, general manager of the Milk Producers Council in Ontario, Calif.
"A Class 4b price that is closer to the Federal Order Class III price would have had a huge impact on California producers, particularly in being more prepared for 2012 (following a devastating year in 2009)," he told Dairy Herd Network.
"Had the California Class 4b price been in closer alignment with the Federal Order Class III price, cheese-makers would have had to put another roughly $400 million into the pool," Vandenheuvel says. "Would the $400 million have repaid the 2009 debt? No. But that's another $400 million that would have at least put California dairies in a better position going into 2012."
2012 would have been a bad year regardless, Vandenheuvel acknowledges. "But our California dairy farmers would have been better equipped -- and, for many dairies, it would have been the difference between a devastating year (which we had) and an uncomfortable one."
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CLAREMONT – A gas station in the southern end of the city was robbed Monday evening, Claremont Police reported.
The armed robbery, which was reported at about 9:10 p.m., occurred at the Chevron gas station at 860 S. Indian Hill Blvd., said Claremont Police Sgt. Jason Walters.
The station's clerk told police a man with a gun demanded the store's cash, Walters said.
The store employee turned over an undetermined amount of money to the thief who then ran off heading toward American Avenue, Walters said.


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Dealing with vertigo, Cooper doesn't make trip to Seattle
CHICAGO -- White Sox manager Robin Ventura confirmed Wednesday that pitching coach Don Cooper will not make the trip to Seattle because of his ongoing battle with vertigo.
Cooper is the leader of the White Sox staff, although as John Danks pointed out Tuesday night, bullpen coach Bobby Thigpen is a knowledgeable pitching mind and in on all the meetings. So the team's recent struggles can't be directly tied to Cooper's absence.
"You would like to have him back," said Ventura of the effect caused by Cooper's absence over 13 games, non-consecutively. "I don't know if it's 16 runs worth, but we'd like to have him back and be here working. I'd like to have him here. He would like to be here. Pitchers would like him to be here. But I don't think it's 16 runs worth.
"He's just not feeling any better. It wouldn't do him any good to get him on a plane. The doctors have basically said 'Don't fly. That would be the worst thing you could do right now.' Just be here, get some treatment and figure out what's going on."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Tony-winning story of how Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons became international pop superstars.
Four-part harmonies and falsetto abounded at the Right Track Studio on June 27, when the cast members of Jersey Boys pooled their vocal stylings to record a few tracks for Frankie Valli's upcoming new album. Valli, the original lead singer of the Four Seasons, got to see the impersonators of his band snap up a Tony for Best New Musical this year, and John Lloyd Young, his very own likeness, came away with the coveted Tony for Best Lead Actor in a Musical. Young, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and Michael Longoria were all on hand for the union of generations on Valli's new album, and Broadway.com wouldn't dare miss it.


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Dr. Stephen Van Horn partners with colleagues nationwide to change teaching and learning
For as long as anyone can remember, the way teachers ask their students questions in class hasn't changed much—the teacher asks and the students raise their hands and answer.
This tried-and-true system is the case except for the students in Muskingum College's Introduction to Geology class, taught by Assistant Professor of Geology Dr. Stephen Van Horn. There, Dr. Van Horn has taken the questioning, the hand raising and the answering to a whole new level.
Along with a small group of colleagues across the country, Dr. Van Horn is using what is called a personal response system to not just simply ask students questions, but to measure the accuracy of their answers and, to a very real extent, the quality of his teaching. He became involved in the project after hearing about a program at the University of Akron in 2003 and was anxious to join the study.
The study employs a set of small appliances that look a good deal like calculators. At the beginning of class, each student picks up one of the units and takes it to his or her desk.
At various points in the class, Dr. Van Horn will pose a question that is multiple choice. The students, with their response devices, push a button to enter their respective answers. Via a receiver in the classroom, the answers are transmitted, tabulated and projected on a screen for everyone to see. It is then, according to Dr. Van Horn, that things get interesting.
"It's just fascinating," he said, "when you can immediately see what percentage of the class got the question right, what percentage missed the mark, and the range of answers in between. That data gives the class and me a whole new direction to go."
The "new direction" Dr. Van Horn refers to is a bit of an understatement. With the immediate feedback the system provides him, as the teacher, he can immediately make decisions about the effectiveness of the way he is teaching.
"For example," he explained, "if a very high percentage of the students miss the question, I know that there's a very good chance that the information or explanation I've given them is not adequate. On the other hand, if the class is divided closely between two answers, that can lead to really productive discussions, either with me, or amongst themselves."
One of the things Dr. Van Horn has been able to quantify is how well students can explain things to each other. Very often, he recalled, groups of students can discuss the answer to a question and resolve for themselves what lead to the incorrect answers. That, Dr. Van Horn suggests, is an excellent tool for the students and a good lesson for him as a teacher.
"I'm fascinated by how many times the students discuss something, without my interference, and I'll hear voices in the groups saying, 'Oh, now I get it,' or something like that. It's a wonderful thing to see."
Once a discussion takes place, the students once again answer the question using the response mechanism. The tabulation then reveals on screen whether or not improvement has been made.
"You know instantly whether or not a different approach has worked in getting to the right answer, and that's a huge reinforcement for the students and for me," Dr. Van Horn said.
The students in the class are obviously aware of the fact that they're using a new system of learning, but they also know that they're part of a study that is taking place across the country. Muskingum College and Dr. Van Horn is one of little more than a dozen college geosciences teachers who are using the personal response system and evaluating its effectiveness. In mid-November, Dr. Van Horn represented Muskingum and his colleagues on this project when he presented a paper on the subject at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America, held in Colorado.
"The response was excellent," Dr. Van Horn said of his peers' reaction to this study, "and it's not surprising, really. This is very, very exciting stuff for students and those who teach them."
Dr. Van Horn was quick to point out that Muskingum College has been highly supportive of the project, as well. The college purchased the system Dr. Van Horn is using and, now that it's in place, any faculty member on campus can use it.
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"He told me it would make a great koi pond," said James Enos, recalling the dealer in obscure military surplus who did business, along with his dog, in one of the weedy fields around Ramona, California.
"It" was the original logistical container of an MQ-1 Predator Drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle — the most prominent model of drone aircraft that is waging remote-controlled war on suspected terrorist targets in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and elsewhere.
"He was a nice guy," Enos remembered of the dealer who had posted the unusual offering on Craigslist, but was close-lipped about its origin in the murky military surplus community around San Diego. "All he would say was he got it at the port."
The koi pond idea wasn't a bad one, but Enos had other plans for the 27-foot-long fiberglass container with a hinged lid. The sides of the object still wore stickers announcing its original price — almost $18,000 — as well as its overseas destination and even the name of the U.S. military officer who took delivery of it in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The dealer wanted $300.
"I was always looking for large things," said Enos, who said that he first figured the box would make good building material. As a co-director of The Periscope Project, an experimental architecture and design cooperative in San Diego, he was constantly in need of salvageable items to use in construction projects. He knew that a fiberglass object that large, vacuum-formed in the manner of a hot tub, had likely cost thousands of dollars to make. "I had to have it," he said.
But Enos soon realized he had a bona fide readymade on his hands. The huge beige container was a powerful object, one that touched many worlds: the drone war, throwaway culture, the American military-industrial complex and its hold on San Diego, a city whose economy is driven by a weird blend of sunny-California tourism and lucrative government defense contracts.
It also symbolized the controversial, covert military strikes that the presidential candidates have been talking about (and, notably, not talking about) in the run-up to the election. Drones barely came up in the debates — Romney said, briefly, that he supported the President's use of them — but they have become one of the most singular aspects of foreign policy under this administration, and there's no sign that aggressive drone strikes will stop, no matter who wins the election on Tuesday.
Enos and his Periscope Project colleagues decided to turn the drone casing into a "threadbare mobile dwelling unit," adding a reference to downtown San Diego's housing crisis to its other layers of significance. ("Homeless people say to us, 'I want to live in one of these. Is this a FEMA program?'" Enos told me.)
They took the container back to Periscope headquarters in a U-Haul truck and got to work. The first step was to take it apart. It swung open at the top; inside was a formed and padded tray that once cradled the drone precisely, and which Enos and team later turned into a bench.
"It had desiccant bags, like you get when you buy a pair of shoes, the size of loaves of bread," Enos said.
Carefully, Enos and a handful of skilled volunteers installed fans in either end of the case, scraped out glue, and put in wooden platform floors and carpeting. They added built-in shelving and wired the unit for electricity. They cut the hinged lid so that the center part of the container can be propped open to the sky. Furnished this way, the drone "coffin" is like a camper without a motor (it still rolls on the ten-inch casters it came with). Working with found parts and donated labor, the team completed the conversion for under $1,000.
Next, they took it on the road. In the summer of 2011, resident artists from The Periscope Project loaded the completed unit into another U-Haul and set out on a tour of several aerospace industry sites in the San Diego Area. They visited the General Dynamics holding at the Nassco Shipyard; the site of General Atomics Aeronautical — the company that makes the MQ-1 Predator drone — in nearby Poway; and finally Shelter Island, across the San Diego Bay from U.S. Naval Air Station Coronado. (Plastics Research Corporation, the company that manufactures the drone casings for General Atomics Aeronautical, is based in Ontario, California, just east of Los Angeles.) At each stop, the artists unloaded the readymade and sat outside of it in blue deck chairs.
When Enos, who went on to show the "Drone Readymade" at more traditional art-world outlets like UCSD and the San Diego Museum of Art, and plans to feature it in The Periscope Project's annual "Urban Labs" program this summer, talks about what the piece means to him, he speaks less in terms of an interesting feat of salvage or a simple protest against the drone war — though it is both — than of an act of making the invisible visible.
"People don't have spatial literacy," said Enos, invoking the experience of driving down the highway, seeing structures and having no idea what goes on in them or why they are there. Under globalization, so much of what matters happens across oceans, over national borders, hidden from view. We're connected to it, but we don't know how.
"There's this huge visualization movement in the arts now," said Enos, one focused on making complex processes apparent. "Like, can we see? Can we even see what's happening?" Enos thinks the growing interest in making—the scarves-and-wallets economy of hipster small business—is one manifestation of the impulse to understand our place in the web of production and consumption. So how about a literacy of the weapon and the airplane?
Not surprisingly, the return of the 'drone' to its birthplace made some people uneasy. In Poway, the artists attracted the attention of a General Atomics employee, who witnessed them reloading the crate into its truck and believed they might be in process of stealing a Predator drone from the plant. Down the road, near the intersection of I-15, the artists were pulled over and questioned by Poway police, after dropping to the pavement at gunpoint. Forty-five minutes later, when the police realized that what they had intercepted was a conceptual art project and not a domestic terrorist plot in progress, they let the artists go with no charges.
For Enos, the readymade's ability to breed discomfort, to bring the fear and danger latent in the circumstances of its creation to the surface, means that it's a success.
"The moment I'm talking about is when somebody, outside of the place they work, sees a bunch of dopey-looking men, struggling with homemade ramps to put this thing in the back of a U-Haul, but they think, conceivably, these guys could be a rogue group and have a Predator drone that they could launch that could be filled with ordnance or who knows what," he said. "It's about being scared of what you do and who you live with."Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2004-12-08
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December 8, 2004Immaculate Conception of MaryFather Jason Koch, LCLuke
1:26-38In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from
God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a
virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house
of David, and the virgin´s name was Mary. And coming
to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is
with you." But she was greatly troubled at what was
said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid,
Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you
will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and
will be called Son of the Most High, and the
Lord God will give him the throne of David his
father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob
forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be,
since I have no relations with a man?" And the
angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will
be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth,
your relative, has also conceived a son in her old
age, and this is the sixth month for her who
was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God."
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.Introductory Prayer:Lord Jesus, today we
celebrate the feast of your Mother, the Immaculate Conception. Help
me contemplate the glories of Mary and strive to imitate
her virtues of faith and charity. Give me the graces
I need to do this meditation with all my heart,
attention and affection. Make me docile to the inspirations you
generously give me.Petition:Lord, increase my faith and love.1. Gabriel Was
Sent to a Virgin Named Mary. Mary was deep in
prayer in her own home and was probably praying for
the redemption of her people from their sin. Her prayer
was deeply personal, and it must have been the right
moment for God to send his messenger to her. God
always knows the right moment to ask us to be
generous to his will, and he helps us to follow
through with generosity. Lord, open up my heart to receive
your inspirations and will, and to be generous in fulfilling
your plan in my life. 2. Hail Full of
Grace. How often we get confused about what we celebrate
in this feast. Here we concentrate on a young woman
hailed as full of grace. In Mary, there was no
stain of original sin, even from the day she was
conceived in the womb of St Ann. She is truly
full of grace and enriched by God with gifts appropriate
for her role as the Mother of God. She received
these gifts by a singular grace and privilege of almighty
God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ,
her Son (CCC 491). Because of this grace, Mary was
able to give the free assent of her faith to
the announcement of her vocation and all that it demanded
from her. She was able to trust in God completely.3.
Let It Be Done to Me. Marys answer was one
that all of creation waited for. Once Gabriel proposed Gods
will to her, he waited for the answer with great
eagerness because all creation needed her to say Yes. But
would she? Everyday, we receive numerous opportunities to choose whether
or not to follow Gods calling or inspirations. It wasnt
always easy for Mary to believe, yet it was her
faith that made her follow Gods will until the end
of her life. Here, I need to contemplate her, move
my heart and will to decide always for Christ, and
give witness to my faith and my Catholic identity in
every moment of the day. Let it be done to
.Dialogue with Christ: Jesus, how many times am I weak
and dont give you the attention you deserve. Help me
to be more attentive to you in my life and
not be afraid to be what I have been called
to be through baptism. If I am still discerning a
vocation, Lord, give me the courage and strength to confront
that call with love and generosity because I know that
I will never outdo you in generosity. Keep me close
to you and faithful until the end.Resolution: I will make
a special visit to Mary today, asking her to intercede
before God for my family and my country.
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Westbrook's injury rehabilitation has a setback
SAN DIEGO -- Throwing off the mound for the first time in two weeks, Cardinals right-hander Jake Westbrook had to end the session after 20 pitches Wednesday due to discomfort in his right elbow.
It was a development that Westbrook described as "disappointing," and it puts his status in indefinite limbo. Manager Mike Matheny said that it was "too early" to know what Westbrook's next step will be.
"It just didn't feel like I would have liked for it to," Westbrook said. "It's not comfortable. It's definitely not where I want to be. But we'll figure out another course of action."
Westbrook had been methodically building his arm back up after a cortisone shot was administered on Thursday to help break up scar tissue around his elbow. He resumed throwing on flat ground on Sunday, repeated that work on Monday and Tuesday, and had hoped that Wednesday would put him a step closer to returning to the St. Louis rotation, potentially as early as next week.
But Westbrook said he could feel almost immediately that something was not right with his arm. He continued throwing to see if the discomfort would go away before determining that he needed to stop.
On a day that the Cardinals learned that Jaime Garcia would need season-ending surgery, this setback in Westbrook's throwing program throws the rotation into additional flux.
Matheny declined to say whether the organization is considering a change of course with how it plans to fill these open spots in the rotation. Options include summoning pitching prospect Michael Wacha or sending someone out of the current bullpen -- namely Joe Kelly or Carlos Martinez -- to begin building back up as a starter.
"We have to watch and see what happens," Matheny said. "It's hard to say right now."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Corn futures were generally mixed Friday. The potential for favorable midsummer weather is still weighing upon corn prices, since the benign conditions could contribute to a record harvest. However, traders seemed to be reducing short positions before the weekend, since changing forecasts might send prices higher early next week. September corn futures rallied 3.0 cents to $5.44/bushel at their Friday close, while December ended the week unchanged at $5.0075.
The tight old crop situation continues supporting the soybean market. Soybeans are also feeling downward pressure from favorable summer weather, especially with corn leading the way lower lately. However, the current old-crop shortage apparently supported nearby futures Friday, which in turned seemed to spill over into the deferred contracts. August soybean futures leapt 21.5 cents to $14.9075/bushel late Friday afternoon, while August soyoil slipped 0.02 cents to 45.50 cents/pound, and August soymeal jumped $12.0 to $482.4/ton.
Renewed export hopes boosted wheat futures Friday. An early morning USDA report indicated that a private seller had sold 120,000 tonnes of soft red winter wheat to China, thereby reminding traders that the Asian giant may need a great deal more grain later this year. Winter wheat futures rallied in response. However, the prospect of favorable summer weather and a big spring wheat crop undercut the Minneapolis market. September CBOT wheat settled 4.0 cents higher at $6.645/bushel Friday, while September KCBT wheat gained 3.0 cents to $7.0525 and September MGE futures inched 0.25 cent higher to $7.505.
Cattle futures declined modestly Friday. Flat country prices around $119/cwt in the Southern Plains seemingly undercut the market, since bulls have been hoping for a significant rebound from seasonal lows. Traders may also have been unwilling to take a stand ahead of the afternoon release of the monthly USDA Cattle on Feed report. The results largely matched expectations, so futures may react little next Monday. August cattle dipped 0.12 cents to 121.97 cents/pound as trading wound down for the week, while December skidded 0.15 cents to 128.72. August feeder futures rallied 0.17 cents to 152.25 cents/pound, while November moved up 0.15 cents to 158.15.
CME hog prices declined in concert with cattle Friday. Bullish hog traders have very likely been hoping resurgent cattle and beef prices would support the hog and pork complex during the coming weeks and months. Thus, the cash cattle weakness, along with slippage in Corn Belt swine values, apparently caused the weakness experienced by hog futures Friday. August hog futures settled 0.15 cents lower at 96.47 cents/pound Friday, while December sank 0.32 cents to 82.22.


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Orangestone Promotions, Inc., promoters of the Steel City Con (www.steelcitycon.com) are celebrating 20 years as "Pennsylvania's Largest Toy and Pop Culture" convention this December 4-6, 2009 at the Monroeville Convention Center.
The celebrity guest list continues to build as Pittsburgh gets ready to host a national level show. In addition to a massive selection of toys and comic books, attendees will be treated to signing appearances by many pop culture icons. Ghostbusters fans will be able to meet Ernie Hudson who portrayed "Winston" in Ghostbusters 1 & 2. Wrestling fans will be treated to a rare appearance of Kevin Nash who is a Wrestling Legend and TNA Superstar. Wrestling fans will also have an opportunity to meet Traci Brooks and So Cal Val which are both wrestlers for TNA. Star Wars fans will be treated to special signing appearance by Peter Mayhew who portrayed "Chewbacca" in the Star Wars films. Ghost Hunter International fans will be able to meet Robb Demarest who is the lead investigator of the TV series. Sci Fi fans will be able to meet Luciana Carro of Battlestar Galactica. Carro will also have a role in the upcoming TV series Caprica which is the spin-off from Battlestar Galactica. Horror fans will be able to meet C.J. Graham who portrayed "Jason" in Friday the 13th. Additionally attendees can expect to see a large number of comic book artists and illustrators.
In addition to celebrity appearances, the Steel City Con announces that the first 1,000 attendees who purchase a 3 Day Pass will receive a Goodie Bag which is filled with toys and comics valued at more than the price of admission. 3 Day Pass Holders will also receive Early Admission. The Steel City Con is the only convention in the United States that has consistently given away thousands of toys, comic books and collectibles to its attendees for free.
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