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Ruling: Second Amendment Does Not Apply to "Machine Guns"
Sheepdog Academy's alumni already know that H.R. 218-LEOSA, 18 U.S.C. §§ 926B, 926C does not apply to machine guns, silencers, or destructive devices. For those who have not made it to one of our seminars or webinars and expected to argue that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects and individual right to own or carry automatic firearms, be advised that four U.S. Circuit Courts have now held otherwise.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in U.S. v. Mathew Henry that "machine guns" are "dangerous and unusual weapons" within the meaning of the Heller decision and therefore not included within the protections of the Second Amendment. Henry, a resident of Alaska, was prosecuted for illegal possession of a "machine gun" within his home. The firearm was a .308 caliber semi-auto rifle which Henry converted into an automatic rifle. Agents from the ATF found conversion instructions, kits, and parts within Henry's home.
The Ninth Circuit looked to Heller and noted that the High Court stated that the Second Amendment only protects the right to own certain weapons, and that it "does not protect those weapons not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, such as short-barreled shotguns." Id. at 625. The Heller Court also concluded that the "historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of 'dangerous and unusual weapons' " limits the right to keep and carry arms. Id. at 627.
The Ninth Circuited acknowledged that Heller did not specify that machine guns were excluded, but relied upon decisions in other circuits for that support, citing United States v. Allen, 630 F.3d 762, 766 (8th Cir. 2011); United States v. Marzzarella, 614 F.3d 85, 94-95 (3d Cir. 2010). cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. 958 (2011); Hamblen v. United States, 591 F.3d 471, 472, 474 (6th Cir. 2009); United States v. Fincher, 538 F.3d 868, 874 (8th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 555 U.S. 1174 (2009).
The Henry Court reasoned that a machine gun is "unusual" because private possession of all new machine guns, as well as all existing machine guns that were not lawfully possessed before the enactment of § 922(o), has been unlawful since 1986. You can read the decision at
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Sheepdog Exclusive: LEOSA Tested In Hawaii (This Ain't Kansas)
For those who have attended a Sheepdog Academy seminar or webinar, you know that Hawaii is not the most LEOSA friendly state in the union. Handgun carry permits are not a realistic option in Hawaii, so for retired LEOs and all off-duty LEOs other than active Federal LEOs who carry off-duty under Federal agency authority, LEOSA is the only statutory carry authority in Hawaii. Hawaii bans ammunition magazines above ten rounds and requires handgun registration which is preempted by LEOSA.
In November 2011, we wrote about off-duty Diplomatic Security Special Agent Chris Deedy who was charged by Hawaiian authorities in an alleged fatal shooting inside a McDonalds in Waikiki, Hawaii. Deedy's nose was reportedly broken by the aggressor prior to the shooting which was captured on video and is expected to argue self-defense. Since Agent Deedy carried both under LEOSA and his agency's authority in Hawaii, his case is a mixed LEOSA case. However, Mark Hunsaker, a potential witness in the Deedy case has tested LEOSA in Hawaii. No, this was not a defense gimmick. This was valiant conduct which embodies why Congress enacted H.R. 218-LEOSA.
Hunsaker is a licensed accountant in Hawaii and consults for Federal agencies in criminal prosecutions against accountants. He was not, however, consulted by the Deedy defense team for his accounting skills. Hunsaker is also a use of force expert. When he is not preparing 1040 tax forms or assisting the FBI, he moonlights one week per month on the mainland as a deputy sheriff in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
|Deputy Sheriff Hunsaker in Kansas
He took cover, dialed 9-11, and informed the communications center that he was an off-duty officer, described the scene, and requested uniformed assistance. Before the local police arrived, Hunsaker was able to stop the fight from a safe distance. Hunsaker then approached the man with the hammer, he had a wound on the back of his head. "Then he started to go back with the hammer, back towards the guy with the meat cleaver." Hunasker ordered the man with the hammer to stop, which he did. That suspect then fled.
Hunsaker did not pursue, instead he kept sight of the man with the cleaver and waited for the local police. A lone officer was first to respond and Hunsaker assisted as the officer approached and ordered the man to drop the cleaver. The suspect was non-compliant and was subdued by additional responding officers.
Hunsaker likely saved one or both men from killing each other. Hunsaker said it best, "I'm not there to enforce laws," "I'm in there to stop great bodily harm or death." This is precisely the sort of conduct Congress hoped for when it enacted LEOSA in 2004 and expanded its coverage in 2010. 800,000 qualified law enforcement officers and perhaps one million qualified retired LEOs with authority to carry concealed firearms nationwide to stop violent crime and terrorists who prey upon our society.
*We thank Federal LEO Bullock for alerting us to this story. If you know of a LEOSA news story or pending case, let us know so we can help inform others.
An active off-duty officer who was recently arrested for unlawful possession outside his jurisdiction called us in February 2012 and reported that he had already spent $25,000 in legal fees and wished he had taken one of our classes before he was arrested. That officer had been on our contact list for two years and never attended any of our seminars or webinars. Was he too cheap to spend a few dollars or did he think he already knew all he had to? Who knows but that profile no doubt sounds like an active or retired LEO that you know.
Compare his story to the retired LEO alumni from one of our seminars who mistakenly drove into Canada with a backup handgun buried in his trunk. He had no problems leaving the country, but was detained when he crossed the border back into the U.S. Well trained U.S. CBP officers found the handgun. The stunned retired LEO had forgotten about it, and when questioned by CBP said, I have my "grand jury kit" and can explain. One of the CBP officers responded, 'you must have taken the Sheepdog Academy LEOSA seminar.' The retired LEO was then allowed to continue on with his journey and very happy that $50 spent on our seminar saved him a night in jail and thousands of dollars in legal fees.
We cannot guarantee that outcome in every case, but can guarantee we know more about LEOSA than you do and can help you reduce your risk of arrest or risk of being sued for carrying off-duty or as a retiree. Help us help you by signing up today for our DVD and/or seminar materials booklet.
Meanwhile, we will be presenting live LEOSA seminars in Newport News, Virginia on 28 April 2012 and in Las Vegas, Nevada on 24 May 2012. "Like us" on Facebook and see our website for information on course registration: http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses
See what agencies and what LEOs have been to our seminars and webinars: http://www.hr218leosa.com/docs/Table%20of%20LEO%20Authorities.pdf
and http://www.hr218leosa.com/docs/LEOSA-Attendee-Agencies.pdf
and http://www.hr218leosa.com/docs/LEOSA-Attendee-Agencies.pdf
Posted on 4 March 2012 | 9:56 pm
Off-duty Officer Wins LEOSA Settlement for False Arrest
|Jason Davis, Esq.
Coast Guard Reserve Petty Officer Jose Diaz has won a $44,000 settlement from the City of San Fernando, California for false arrest because one of their police officers did not understand HR218-LEOSA. Jason Davis, Esq. represented Diaz who is at least the seventh Coast Guardsmen arrested on charges for unlawfully posessing a firearm since LEOSA was enacted in 2004 and the seventh to beat the charges. Davis and Diaz, however, are the first team to recover a cash settlement.
The San Fernando Police Department is also reportedly now required to implement new policies and procedures regarding LEOSA. Diaz argued that the Police Department had a contest to see who could make more gun arrests. In November of 2007, Diaz was driving to a shooting range when he was subject to a motor vehicle stop to check his vehicle registration.
Upon approaching Diaz's vehicle, the Officer observed a firearms case in the rear seat with a cable lock around the handle of the case. The Officer opened the case which contained two loaded magazines and an unloaded Glock pistol.
Diaz showed his Coast Guard ID and told the Officer that the LEOSA permitted him to carry a firearm, but the Officer did not believe that Diaz was covered by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. Obviously, the arresting officer failed to attend any of
The Officer arrested Diaz for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm. Diaz was spent one day and night in jail. The weapons charges were later dismissed.
Regretfully, no one from Diaz' Command was willing to testify in his case. Nonetheless, Davis and Diaz obtained a great result on their own and Diaz is now being all he can be in the Army National Guard.
If you did not attend our February 2011 or November 2010 LEOSA Seminars, you MUST attend our next LEOSA seminar being held on Saturday, 21 May 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Essex County Police Academy
in Cedar Grove . You can register online by clicking here http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses , New Jersey
If you cannot attend, you can order our November 2010 seminar materials http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses&course=001&material=001
Or contact us to host a live webinar or seminar at your police academy.
If you want faster LEOSA updates, click "Like It" on our Facebook Page.
Posted on 24 January 2011 | 8:14 pm
Warning: N.J. State Police & Hollow Points
The N.J. State Police Firearms Unit has requested that the N.J. Division of Criminal Justice reconsider its guidance regarding the possession of hollow nose ammunition by retired officers. Bottom line, Retired LEOs cannot legally carry hollow nose bullets in New Jersey unless the RLEO is LEOSA compliant.We will discuss this issue in detail at our upcoming LEOSA seminar.
If you did not attend our February 2011 or November 2010 LEOSA Seminars, you MUST attend our next LEOSA seminar being held on Saturday, 21 May 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Essex County Police Academy
in Cedar Grove . You can register online by clicking here http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses , New Jersey
If you cannot attend, you can order our November 2010 seminar materials http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses&course=001&material=001
Or contact us to host a live webinar or seminar at your police academy.
If you want faster LEOSA updates, click "Like It" on our Facebook Page.
Posted on 21 January 2011 | 1:07 pm
LEOSA: Shootout Leaves Two Injured And Everybody Gets Sued
|Probationary Officer Bryan Pour
Does your agency have a LEOSA policy? If not, it should.
During the early morning hours of November 9, 2008, four off-duty
St. Louis, Missouri police officers were socializing at Mack -N- Mick's Sports Bar outside of . Police Officers Ponton Beach, Illinois Pour, Christopher Hantak, Philip Meyer, and another were in plain clothes, but were openly advertising that they were police officers by showing their badges and through other conduct. All but the unidentified officer were carrying their service handguns. Since Bryan does not issue carry permits or offer reciprocity, the three were carrying concealed firearms under LEOSA. Illinois
Pour, age 26, however, was ejected from the bar because of his level of intoxication, but he remained in the parking lot. That is where he became involved in a scuffle with three civilians outside—Kevin Elliott, Ted Wallace, and John Hadley. Pour ended up on the ground. Accounts of what happened next differ.
According to Jeffrey Bladdick, age 25, a friend of the three civilians, he observed Pour on the ground and helped lift him to his feet. Once on his feet, Pour allegedly spun around and fired one round into Bladdick's torso. Bladdick testified that he had not interacted or conversed with Pour at anytime prior to picking him up off the ground. He also testified that he had no idea Pour was a police officer prior to the shooting.
Either way, Pontoon Beach Police then arrived. Responding Police Officer Aaron Morgan then shot off-duty St. Louis Police Officer Christopher Hantak in the head and once in the shoulder after Hantack reportedly refused to drop his handgun. Hantak was intoxicated at the time. Police Officer Morgan was subsequently cleared by a Grand Jury investigation, but was sued by Hantak for alleged excessive force.
According to Pour's attorney, Bladdick struck him over the head with a pipe and that Pour acted in self-defense. Nonetheless, the St. Louis Police Department terminated the employment of Officers Pour, Hantak, and Meyer. Pour later pled guilty in August 2009 to a reduced charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm and received four years probation because of a request for leniency by Bladdick.
Bladdick sued Pour, the members of the St. Louis Police Department Board of Police Commissioners, and the bar. Pour and his agency were sued under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pour was also sued for negligence.
To establish a claim under § 1983, Bladdick must show that Pour "acted under color of state law." However, Pour was not in
and therefore was not acting under state law. He had no police power. Instead, he carried into St. Louis under LEOSA, which is Federal law. At the time of the shooting, Pour was intoxicated and was thus outside the scope of LEOSA coverage as wells as outside the scope of his agency's policy. Illinois
The Federal Court dismissed the § 1983 claims against Pour, holding that he "was acting as a private citizen at the time" and not under color of law. It reasoned that his agency's policy stripped him of authority once he became intoxicated. The policy specifically stated, "LEOSA does not provide authority for a person to carry a concealed firearm while under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating or hallucinating substance." Everything Pour did after he became intoxicated was done for personal reasons, not to further any official policy. Carrying an agency firearm alone, was not enough to establish § 1983 liability.
The Federal Court also dismissed the § 1983 claims against the St. Louis Police Department and reasoned that although the Police Department failed to prohibit the carriage of its firearms across state lines, its LEOSA policy did prohibit carriage of agency firearms while intoxicated and provided for sanctions and other discipline.
Bladdick's state law negligence claims against Pour and the bar were dismissed without prejudice on December 8, 2010, but can be refiled in state court. Importantly, however, while § 1983 claims allow prevailing plaintiffs to recover their attorney fees, negligence claims typically do not.
The lessons here, include the following: 1) Agencies need to have well written LEOSA policies; 2) agencies need to train their officers about LEOSA; 3) booze and firearms do not mix; and 4) anyone who carries a firearm must have LEOSA training and appropriate insurance coverage.
If you did not attend our February 2011 or November 2010 LEOSA Seminars, you MUST attend our next LEOSA seminar being held on Saturday, 21 May 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Essex County Police Academy
in Cedar Grove . You can register online by clicking here http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses , New Jersey
If you cannot attend, you can order our November 2010 seminar materials http://hr218leosa.com/?page=courses&course=001&material=001
Or contact us to host a live webinar or seminar at your police academy.
If you want faster LEOSA updates, click "Like It" on our Facebook Page.
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Interview: KISS' Paul Stanley Slams Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Patti SmithWhile taking shots at Jann Wenner, Patti Smith and others, Stanley reaffirmed his speech at the Rock Hall induction ceremony and clarifies that it was Gene Simmons, not him, who said those 'borderline racist' comments.
KISS Vs. Rock Critics: The Never-Ending BattleRock critic Dave Marsh has some thoughts about "the hottest band in the world."
Geddy Lee On How Rush Finally Made It Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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Minutes to a Healthier You . . .
Did you know that your desk can be germier than your office bathroom? Sounds crazy but it's true.
Think about it: the bathroom gets cleaned daily. What about your desk? For most of us, not so much. So today, take five minutes to clean your desk. Wipe down your mouse, your keyboard, your phone, your desktop, and anything else you touch regularly. This is especially important if you regularly eat at your desk. It only takes five minutes but could save you from any number of pesky germs that could be lurking at your workspace.
For other quick and easy health fixes, check out all my Minutes to a Healthier You.


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Rainy weather caused the 2012 15-year-old Babe Ruth State Tournament to start a day late. Games were scheduled to begin on Wednesday night. The first games of the tournament were played Thursday afternoon.
All games are at Frank Loria Field in Nutter Fort.
Harrison County, Elkins, Taylor County, Logan, Huntington South East and Ceredo-Kenova are the teams in the tournament.
Fans can catch games through Saturday at least. Weather may change dates and times.
Thursday, July 19
Taylor County
Harrison County
Logan/Taylor County
Huntington South East
Elkins/Harrison County
Friday, July 20
Elimination bracket games, Noon and 2:30 p.m.
Winners, 5 p.m.
Elimination bracket game, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 21
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Championship game, 3:30 p.m.
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Overview | Melba B's Story | Edward R's Story | Karen D's Story
Edward is having a passionate affair. But this is no mid-life crisis. It's been going on for 30 years, and it's just fine with his wife. His other great love is muscle cars, and he and his wife have it all worked out, with help from Quik Cash.
With eight kids and 16 grandkids, Melba, 58, is a whirlwind – sewing, cooking (Louisiana-style, just like her mother taught her) and visiting family. When Melba wanted to travel from St. Louis to Chicago for her granddaughter's first communion, Quik Cash helped to make it happen.
With two jobs and an obsession with "The Sopranos" TV series, Karen would have been stranded without her car. But, when her car needed work on its suspension system, the 61-year-old resident of Newport News, Va. found herself in a financial bind. She turned to Quik Cash.


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Selig, McCourt meet briefly to discuss Dodgers
Selig, McCourt meet briefly to discuss Dodgers
Selig, speaking to the media after the quarterly MLB Owners Meetings, said he is anxiously awaiting reports from his representative who is monitoring the franchise and the law firm that has been charged with investigating its finances before making any decisions.
"The outcome is not predetermined," Selig said. "We have a monitoring and an investigative approach to this and when I have all the information, then I'll make decisions. This sport has very definitive rules and it's my job to make sure that the rules are enforced."
Selig confirmed that he met personally with Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Wednesday, the first time the two have met face-to-face since Major League Baseball took control of the Dodgers on April 20. Since then, Selig has appointed former Rangers president Tom Schieffer to monitor the Dodgers and approve all financial transactions larger than $5,000, and has enlisted the international law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP to investigate how McCourt has handled the club's finances.
Selig said he has asked that those reports be filed "expeditiously," but there is no timetable for their completion. At immediate risk, according to news reports, is the possibility that the Dodgers will not be able to make their payroll at the end of May.
McCourt said that he's awaiting Selig's approval of a $3 billion TV rights extension deal with Fox so he can resolve his short-term financial problems, and that was the subject of Wednesday's short meeting. McCourt has already taken a $30 million personal loan from Fox to make his last April and upcoming mid-May payrolls.
"I wanted to convey to [Selig] the timing of the situation in regard to the deal we have pending," McCourt said on Thursday morning before attending the joint meeting.
Asked how the Commissioner responded, McCourt said: "You have to ask him."
Selig said that he will not move forward on any issue involving the Dodgers until he receives the reports.
"Everybody is moving in as expeditious a manner as possible, but I can't set a time limit," Selig said.
In the immediate wake of Selig's actions to take control of the Dodgers on a day-to-day basis, McCourt said that baseball had a "predetermined agenda" of intending to take away his ownership or force him to sell the club.
"Nobody handed the Dodgers to me," said McCourt, who purchased the Dodgers from News Corp., which owns Fox, in 2005 and has since been involved in divorce proceedings with his now-former wife Jamie about whether she owns 50 percent of the franchise. "Nobody is going to take them away."
Under MLB's debt-service rule, which is part of the Basic Agreement, no club is allowed to borrow money to pay expenses. That club must work to decrease those expenses or sell equity in the franchise to raise capital.
Recent financial dilemmas faced by the Padres and Mets have been or are being addressed by owners who followed that rule. In the case of the Padres, as majority owner John Moores and his wife Becky divorced, Moores significantly diminished player payroll while selling 49 percent of the club's equity to a group headed by Jeff Moorad, who has four more years to buy the team in its entirety.
The Mets ownership, headed by Fred Wilpon, has been embroiled in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scandal, which has led to a $1 billion clawback lawsuit against the team's owners. After borrowing money from MLB this past winter to meet expenses, the Mets are in the process of selling up to a 49-percent equity share of the franchise to raise capital.
Selig said on Thursday that MLB's ownership committee has not yet been given any names from the Mets as far as a purchaser, but he's staying in touch with the firm that is handling that transaction on a "daily basis."
"I'm very confident that they're heading toward a very satisfactory conclusion," Selig said. "I've said this before and I'll say it again: when you have a problem, the Mets are doing what you have to do. They're raising equity by selling a portion of the team."
If Selig intends to take any action against McCourt because he's not in compliance with the debt-service rule, he said he'll address that issue at a future date after he receives the reports, which will weigh heavily in his decision.
"Nothing is predetermined," Selig said. "That's why [Schieffer's] there and that's why our law firm, Proskauer, is doing a lot of other work. We wouldn't have to go through all this if it was predetermined. I'm doing it because I think it's the right thing to do."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Red Bull delayed by overnight car modifications
Mark Webber's final day of pre-season testing got off to a slow start this morning as the team was delayed in the garage with overnight changes to the car. Once on track, Mark concentrated on evaluating the changed items and ended the day with seventh-fastest time.
Red Bull Racing did indeed change a lot of things on their car and was seen frequently with flowviz paint to verify car updates. Among those are a new front wing, modified vanity panel and an optimised rear end.
Mark Webber: "I would obviously have liked to get a few more laps in today, but that's the way it goes sometimes in testing. We had a few small issues with the car today which delayed us a couple of times and while it wasn't ideal I think we still learned plenty.
"In terms of the overall feeling at the end of my spell of testing, I think we've done well and we have made a step forward. As I've said before it's very difficult to see a real pecking order. We've just always been focused on what we have to do and not really looked too hard at anyone else. The important thing now is just to get out to Melbourne and get on with the racing. We have some work to do, for sure, and we have a few things we need to iron out, but that's the same for everybody.
"Looking at the first race, I think it's going to be a tight grand prix. There are a lot of quick cars out there and hopefully we have one of them. However, Melbourne is a very particular race, with very specific demands, so we'll treat it as one race, then go to Malaysia and see how things shake up there. The season moves fast and you have to prepare for every race."
Race Engineering Co-ordinator Andy Damerum said: "It wasn't the easiest day for us today. We had quite a bit of work to do overnight with some changes we wanted to make and that delayed us a little bit in getting out in the morning. We had quite a few things we wanted to evaluate today. However, we had much better weather today so when Mark was out we were able to get through quite a lot of work. The guys in the garage did a phenomenal job in getting everything right. Seb's back in the car tomorrow for the final day of testing here in Barcelona."Car: RB9
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Doug Krizner: If your college years were the best years of your life, this one's for you. A growing number of schools want to let you live on campus. . . for eternity. After you die, that is. And as Jeremy Hobson reports, having an eternal connection with an alum can be a powerful fundraising tool.
Jeremy Hobson: Chapman University in Orange, California.
There's a new feature on campus. Water glints in the sunlight and tumbles down a 16-foot wall.Just yards away four marble walls of the same height are checkered with what are called "niches."
You can stand and admire it — or you can have it as your final resting place.
Many already have. Mel Malkoff was contracted by the university to oversee sales and marketing.
Mel Malkoff: We have about 25 or 26 sales, of which only about two-thirds of those have remains placed in them. The others have been purchased pre-need so that they're set aside for people. Thankfully for them they're not using them yet.
If and when they do, it won't come cheap.
Malkoff: At the Heart and Hand level where you can see and touch the stone, these are $5,000. And toward the top, it's $2,500.
Malkoff says those prices do bring in a small profit, but University officials don't highlight that side of it.
Mary Platt is Chapman's communications director.
Mary Platt: We look at certain things as being friend-raising instead of fundraising.
Despite the occasional construction work disturbing the peace at the columbarium, those friends may decide to contribute extra to the college where their cremated remains will be kept.
And alumni donations can add up to nearly a quarter of a university's budget. That's according to John Lippincott, President of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He says universities fully understand the importance of a cradle-to-grave relationship with alums.
John Lippincott: If you go into a college bookstore, more likely than not, you'll find infant clothes with the college logo, which takes care of the cradle part of the equation. And we are seeing institutions now understanding that they can also provide the grave part of that equation.
It's catching on.
Schools from Virginia to Indiana are setting up dorms for the dead, but it's all a bit much for Jennifer Wiegert, who studied at Chapman University until last month.
Jennifer Wiegert: I've graduated. I don't really want to spend more time here.
I'm Jeremy Hobson for Marketplace.


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Parametric Singularity Fusion Algorithm
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15P7T-06-C-M610
Agency Tracking Number: A052-094-2469
Amount: $779,987.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Awards Year: 2006
Solicitation Year: 2005
Solicitation Topic Code: A05-094
Solicitation Number: 2005.2
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Principal Investigator
Name: Igor Ternovskiy
Title: Principal Scientist
Phone: (310) 530-7130
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Phone: (310) 530-7130
Email: email@example.com
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Name: Lothar Kempen
Title: Vice President, R&D
Phone: (310) 530-7130
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Phone: (310) 530-7130
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AbstractThe Army is seeking the development of an innovative image-based fusion and target detection algorithm that can collate incomplete information from multiple and disparate sensors. Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) proposes to develop a differential mapping method that is based on a Parametric Singularity Fusion (PSF) algorithm. The PSF technology derives from IOS' proprietary developments in combined image modeling and fusion. The proposed PSF technology will use an optimal nonlinear filtering approach to implement camera position invariant primitives as building blocks in a 3-D modeling and fusion system that will quickly and accurately sense and understand objects and features in a complex environment. In Phase I, IOS provided proof of feasibility by developing the PSF algorithm to represent the target images as a photometric polynomial model, and producing the conceptual parametric singularity fusion algorithms. In Phase II, IOS will develop robust prototype software that will allow the refined identification and assessment of situations and threats to be achieved, thus increasing the precision of targeting over traditional image fusion methods. In Phase II, IOS will also demonstrate verifiable prototype software.
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Research In Motion has released a new beta in the BlackBerry Beta Zone for BBM. This update to version 184.108.40.206 adds support for OS 5 devices. BBM 7.0 now gives you the freedom to chat with your friends the way you want. Seamlessly switch from a BBM conversation to a BBM Voice chat and talk to your friends, virtually wherever they are in the world, for free1 over Wi-Fi. Stay in touch like never before with BlackBerry® Messenger. Hit the break to find out what's new.
What's new with BBM 7.0.1?
- Support for devices running OS 5.0
- Faster call setup for BBM Voice sessions
- Improved device accessory handling (Bluetooth and headset integration)
- BBID setup and integration improvements
Known issues:
- Incorrect application version, 220.127.116.11 instead of 7.0.1.x
BBM Voice – Technical Requirements
BBM Voice is compatible with the most common personal/home WiFi network configurations. To initiate a BBM Voice chat simply connect to a WiFi access point, and from within any BBM chat, tap the BBM Voice icon or press your phone hard key whenever your contact shows available.
If you are experiencing difficulty making or receiving BBM Voice chats a firewall maybe in place. Firewalls add an additional level of security to your connection by permitting and denying network traffic between devices on the internal network and the internet. BBM Voice uses the following ports and porting forwarding must be enabled for the application to work on a traffic restricted network:
• 62148 to 62169 (UDP)
BBM Voice also communicates with the following addresses; therefore, they need to be white-listed:
• bbm.voip.blackberry.com:443
• turn.voip.dyn.blackberry.net:3478
For guidance on how to setup port forwarding, please contact your network administrator or refer to the documentation included with your router, firewall, or security software.
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We have always loved Jennifer Tilly. And now we get to watch her every week as Crystal, Henry Winklers delightfully ditsy receptionist/girlfriend on the series Out of Practice.
Your relationship with the gays goes back a long time.
Yes, it does. The first time I played a lesbian was on Dream On. But I didnt play the femme, I played the butch. And I had to really fight for that because obviously everybody wants me to be the femme. They offered me the part of the girly one and I said, I want to play the other one because she says mean things and wears pants. So they had me come in to read and I was as mean as I could be, and they gave me the part.
Do you think Crystal may ever explore her sexuality?
There was a line on the show where someone was talking about a girl who swings both ways and they said, She loves sex and her sexual preference is people. They werent talking about Crystal, but that kind of explains Crystal. We were thinking it would be really great if there was a scene where she went to a gay bar with Regina [the shows lesbian character] and shes sitting at the bar and someone hits on her, and she thinks maybe shes a lesbian. OK, I pitched that story.
Many people shy away from gay roles. You want to keep adding them to your resum!
I was upset because I was in Saint Ralph playing a lesbian, and they cut the lesbian part and I was like, Darn, there goes my chance for a one-page profile in Out magazine!
Never! So whats it like being with the Fonz?
When I was a kid, I used to watch TV and there were all these girls around the Fonz. They had their arms around him and were kissing him, and I said, I want to be one of those girls! I found out later theyre called extras. That was my big ambition! I wanted to go to Hollywood and kiss the Fonz. Now I kiss him in almost every episode! Its very bizarre how things come true but not exactly the way you plan. Hes really a lovely man and we have a great time on set. But hes retired the leather jacket. Now hes a mild-mannered gastroenterologist.
Now you wear the leather.
We actually had a scene where I was wearing a little leather bustier and you gather they have a really kinky sex life. But its CBS so its all off-screen. Its funny because in the last episode I had a scene where I was in the bathroom the entire time. I thought, This is very familiar, because in The Women on Broadway I played a character named Crystal who had an entire scene in a bathtub. So I was reliving it. Except when I was on Broadway I got to stand up and display the talent. Here, they were freaking out, The bubbles are melting! The bubbles are melting! They had to go up to the neck. Even if you caught any part of the breastless than you would see on Baywatch!they would run in there with more bubbles. You can only push the envelope so farabout a quarter of an inch!
Another favorite role of mine is Madam Leota in The Haunted Mansionhilarious!
I sometimes work with just body parts, and that was just my head. It was constricting but it was fun.
Do you find nowadays people just call you for roles, or do you still have to audition?
Most of the parts you see me in, I just get offered. People have a very set idea of who I am, and its hard to get away from that sometimes. The funnest thing Ive done lately is the new Terry Gilliam film [Tideland]. I play the most disgusting junkie bad mom youve ever seen. Some of the reviews said, This will cure anyone who has a Jennifer Tilly fetish forever! I was really impressed that Terry Gilliam just called up and offered it to me. I dont know what he saw that he thought I could play this disgusting, monstrous, cellulite-ridden woman, but he saw the inner me.
Do you have a sense of your gay appeal?
Oh, yeah. The movies the gays love: Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, Bound, Relax Its Just Sex It started with Bullets Over Broadway and they love Bella Mafia, oddly enough. They appreciate my sense of humor and they appreciate that I really make an effort to look like a drag queen at any given time.


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Rail passengers are facing major delays due to an incident near Lancaster.
British Transport Police said they were called to a road over rail bridge on Marine Drive at Hest Bank, near Lancaster at 9.15am on Wednesday morning where a man was "threatening to harm himself."
At midday they were still in attendance trying to bring the man down safely from the bridge.
All trains have been stopped in the area. A stretch of the line between Preston and Carlisle is closed and replacement bus journeys are being put on.
Dozens of passengers have been hit by the delays.
A spokesman for Virgin Trains said southbound trains were being terminated at Carlisle and northbound trains are being terminated at Preston.
He said 27 coaches are on order to transport passengers, 19 of those will be for passengers at Preston station, four in Lancaster and four in Carlisle.


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HE usually lives under the sea but children's character SpongeBob SquarePants was on land to meet young Banbury shoppers on Wednesday.
The yellow TV character, who lives in the fictional underwater city Bikini Bottom, was at Castle Quay shopping centre as part of its Fun4Free summer holidays campaign to get more families at the centre.
Salvia Close resident Hayley Anderson, a mum of three, took her four-year-old daughter Lucy Woodward to meet him and shake hands.
She said: "It's her favourite TV show in the whole wide world and was absolutely made up to see him.
"She was looking all over the shopping centre and said 'maybe he's still in Bikini Bottom getting changed' because she couldn't find him at first.
"She saw the zip on the side of his costume but said 'that's because it's his day suit'."
Lucy, who has Sponge Bob-themed bedding and a bag, said: "I enjoyed it a lot because SpongeBob is my favourite programme."
The shopping centre will feature a different character each Wednesday this month, with Dora the Explorer and Fireman Sam already planned.
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- 1 can (16 oz) Pineapple chunks
- ⅓ cup Soy sauce (reduced sodium)
- 1 tsp. Black pepper
- 2 tbsp. Cornstarch
- 2 tbsp. Sugar
- 1 tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 3 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
- 1½ cups Sliced zucchini
- 1 cup Chopped red or green pepper
- Drain pineapple, reserve juice.
- Combine soy sauce, pineapple juice, black pepper, cornstarch, and sugar in small bowl and set aside.
- Cook and stir chicken and garlic in hot oil over medium-high heat in large, nonstick skillet until chicken is lightly browned and no longer pink in center.
- Add zucchini and bell pepper to skillet; cook 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender-crisp.
- Add soy mixture and cook until heated through and sauce is thickened.
- Stir in pineapple chunks.
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Calories: 359 Fat: 5.8g Saturated fat: 1g Unsaturated fat: 2.8g Carbohydrates: 32g Sodium: 1485mg Fiber: 2.4g Protein: 43g


text: Beijing - More than 150 flights from China to Europe have been cancelled in the past week due to ash from a volcano in distant Iceland, stranding hundreds of passengers, the government said Monday."A total of 150 flights have been cancelled since April 14," a spokesperson for China's civil aviation administration said, declining to be named.The figure includes only the nation's four biggest domestic carriers, and not foreign airlines that have cancelled their flights from China.Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Europe and China due to the cloud of glass, sand and rock spewing from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano, which experts say could imperil jet engines.China Southern Airlines said in a statement on Monday that its cancellations alone had stranded nearly 700 passengers in recent days.European and international agencies have been in urgent talks to try to ease the chaos after around 30 countries closed or restricted their airspace due to passenger safety fears, catching 6.8 million passengers in a global backlog.Airlines in China said on Monday they did not know how long the disruptions would last."We have not yet received any information on whether the flights will resume again tomorrow," a hotline operator for China Eastern, the nation's third-largest carrier, said.Hainan Airlines, one of the four Chinese carriers that fly to Europe, said it had already cancelled its Tuesday flight to Brussels.


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Ski resorts know how to have a good time — après-ski drink specials, anyone? More significantly, many ski areas across the U.S. West hold special annual celebrations that provide a ton of entertainment for locals and visitors. Whether you want to participate in zany games, parades or athletic contests — or just watch the antics — consider checking out these quirky ski resort events:
Breckenridge, Colorado – Ullr Fest, January 6-12, 2013: This zany week-long celebration is a tribute to of Ullr (pronounced Ooh-ler), the mythical Norse god of snow. Skiers and snowboarders dress in crazy costumes for the famous (infamous?) Main Street parade and the Ullympics are a hilarious sight. Plus, there's often a bizarre Ullr Dating Game, family ice skating party and other hilarity on tap. Ullr Fest celebrates its 50th anniversary this year!
Winter Park, Colorado – SnowDash, January 26: Are you familiar with those warrior running races that take place in the mud? Well, the SnowDash happens in the snow at more than 9,000 feet in elevation. Organizers promise an exciting obstacle course complete with snow, music, beer and plenty of cheer.
Winter Park, Colorado – Winter Park Wipe Out, April 6: This new adventure challenge race will have participants running around town, completing tasks and challenges like puzzle solving, clue finding and obstacle tackling. Each completed task earns a string of beads. Those who collect enough beads are able to "buy" their way back to the WipeOut Zone in a local park, where live music and beer await. My favorite warning: "Goggles and helmet strongly recommended for the WipeOut Zone, flying objects are likely." What does that mean? Whatever it is, sounds like so much fun!
Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California – Pain McShlonkey Classic, March 29-30: This wonky weekend is a tribute to legendary skier Shane McConkey. Competitions include the Extreme Small Mountain Invitational, Chinese Downhill and a costume contest. Last year, the Red Bull Air Force kicked off the weekend, with notable athletes skydiving into The Village at Squaw Valley.
Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California – Retro Ski Day, April 6: Break out the rear entry boots, all the neon you can find, and your favorite striped sweater for Squaw's annual ode to its roots, complete with some of the original hot doggers. After a colorful ski day, hit the base bar for live music.
Aspen, Colorado – Soupsköl, January 11: Wintersköl is Aspen's annual "toast to winter," but Soupsköl is a highly entertaining festival within a festival! This soup-cooking contest is judged by the public to determine which restaurant has the best soup in town. Just head downtown to Hunter and Cooper streets to sample some free soup and cast your vote!
Crested Butte, Colorado – Alley Loop, February 2: This is not only the highest-altitude Nordic marathon in the United States, it probably is the most exuberant with participants donning costumes for the various course lengths (1.5K, 3K, 5K, 10K, 21K and 42K). Imagine skiers' crazy get-ups like a pack of fairies, a pirate family, Mrs. Potato Head, a pair of aquariums, the alley cats, balloon man and three skiers hooked together as a caterpillar. The cheering is mighty with viewers ringing cowbells all along the race sidelines.
What other quirky ski resort celebrations take place in the West — or anywhere else in the world, for that matter? Let me know in the comments!
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No rally needed as Braves sweep Rockies
No rally needed as Braves sweep Rockies
As the Braves completed an eventful three-game sweep with a 7-2 win over the Rockies on Sunday afternoon, Beachy looked like a future ace and Freeman provided his teammates further reason to believe they can consistently rely on his powerful bat.
"Freddie Freeman is an absolute beast," catcher David Ross said. "That guy is just amazing. I'd love to be like him one day."
Freeman's three-run homer in the third inning off Juan Nicasio provided the necessary support for Beachy, who was charged with two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old, who has a 1.62 ERA through his first six starts, was bidding for a one-hit shutout before finally encountering some trouble in the seventh.
By the time the Rockies scored their only two runs in the seventh, Freeman had already done enough damage against a Colorado staff that has four more months to find a different approach to use against him.
Freeman has batted .435 with eight home runs and a 1.558 OPS in 46 career at-bats against the Rockies. With this success, it seemed fitting that the first triple of his career came during the two-run sixth that gave the Braves some cushion in the series finale.
After driving Nicasio's slider to the right-center-field gap, Freeman proved that determination can sometimes be used as a substitute for speed when legging out a triple.
"I was halfway to second and he was still running after it," Freeman said. "So even if I did hit a wall, I still think I would have made it, even though the parachute came out around second base. But I still made it."
With Freeman and Beachy leading the way, the Braves won for the fourth time in five games and completed their first sweep at Coors Field since Aug. 22-24, 2003.
Unlike their three wins in the previous four days, the Braves won this one without having to erase a deficit of at least five runs.
"Today was a really good outing for Beach and the pitching staff also," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We had something that resembled more of a pitching game, instead of the past two nights."
After watching his starters combine to allow 14 runs during the first two games, Gonzalez could relax through the first six innings as Beachy limited the Rockies to Ramon Hernandez's third-inning single off the right-field wall.
Having thrown 88 pitches through the first six innings, Beachy showed some fatigue as he allowed four of the five batters he faced in the seventh to reach safely. The three singles he surrendered to Troy Tulowitzki, Michael Cuddyer and Ramon Hernandez tarnished his performance.
But Beachy still impressed as he avoided the Coors Field demons that haunted him last year. When he pitched in this offensive haven for the first time, he allowed six earned runs in just 4 2/3 innings.
"I remember last year, the ball might fly a little farther, but as far as my pitches, they worked pretty much the same [at Coors Field]," Beachy said. "I think I let that get to my head a little bit last year. If I stick to my game plan and hit my spots, I'm going to get guys out. I was able to do that in my first six [innings]."
After inheriting a bases-loaded, one-out situation from Beachy, Cristhian Martinez minimized the damage by recording consecutive ground-ball outs. The valuable right-handed reliever proved perfect over 2 2/3 innings and recorded the first save of his career.
"We swung the bats decent today," Tulowitzki said. "We hit into a lot of hard outs. We put a rally together late, we just didn't get that big hit. He did a good job. Obviously [Beachy's] numbers speak for themselves. He's solid."
Through his first six starts, Beachy has posted a 1.62 ERA and limited opponents to a .190 batting average. He has proven to be one of the National League's top pitchers through the season's first month.
"He's maturing as a young pitcher," Gonzalez said. "The more he goes out there, he learns."
The same can be said of Freeman, who has batted .356 with six homers and a .712 slugging percentage in his past 18 games. After the Rockies raised some eyebrows by hitting him with the first pitch he saw on Sunday, the young first baseman followed consecutive two-out singles in the third with a home run that traveled to the back of the Rockies' bullpen.
Freeman then damaged Nicasio again with the sixth-inning triple that capped the impressive contributions he once again produced at the expense of the Rockies.
"I don't know that he gets the hype that most guys do," Ross said. "But that guy is really good. The guy absolutely destroyed [the Rockies]. For them to hit him in the first at-bat, then he said, 'Oh yeah, I'm going to hit a homer and a triple, how you like that?' I would hate to [make him mad]."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Things to do this week in NYC Jun 11-Jun 18: Outdoor ActivitiesJune 11, 2011 - by CG Directory Editor
New York City is not only home to great cultural institutions, shops and events; it's also a place where there are plenty of things to do outside. If you're looking for ways to enjoy New York's beautiful summer weather, we've got some great suggestions for things you can do outdoors?from New York parks and outdoor cafes to flea markets, sporting events, and street fairs. Here are some of our favorite things to do in NYC this week that will get you out of the house!
"HONORING THEIR SACRIFICE" - Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Chapel
The Green-Wood Historic Fund is proud to present "Honoring Their Sacrifice," a special multi-media exhibition featuring never-before-seen Civil War artifacts and fascinating memorabilia gathered from private collections, as well as from the Green-Wood Historic Fund collections. The exhibit, in Green-Wood's Historic Chapel, is free and open to the public from Saturday, May 28, 2011 through Sunday, June 12, 2011. Visitors are welcome on weekdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. and from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends. Many of the artifacts have never been on public display. The exhibition includes two authentic Civil War cannons, life-sized zinc sculptures of Union soldiers, an authentic Civil War uniform, letters written by soldiers in battle, cartes de visite portraits of Civil War soldiers, a Confederate flag captured by Pvt. George Dick of the 13th NY Heavy Artillery, and much more. Visitors will also learn the tales of bravery and patriotism of the Civil War soldiers interred at Green-Wood. More than 4,600 Civil War veterans have been identified at the Cemetery. Brooklyn's Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will serve as a Civil War Sesquicentennial Headquarters in New York as our nation marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. In honor of this historic milestone, the Green-Wood Historic Fund will host a series of commemorative events throughout the 2011 Memorial Day weekend. Admission to the exhibition is free. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.green-wood.com/toursevents or call 718-768-7300
Advancing Nature Photography - Greenwich Audubon Society
Photo hikes led by professional photographer Dan Burns allows you to get outdoors, share photography tips and witness wilderness. Ideal for practicing scenic photography and macro photo techniques.
Evening Lecture Series: The Big World of Elephants - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
From the mountains of Northern Thailand to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee to the International School for Elephant Management in Arkansas, join Rebecca Sterley as she recounts her quest to learn all she can about these gentle giants. There is a $5 suggested donation. Refreshments will be served. This lecture, taking place in the Hanson Exploration Station, is part of the Evening Lecture Series, sponsored by Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo Volunteer Association.
Spa for the Soul- Planting Seeds: Calling Forth Mystery - Trinity Church
Gardening is an endeavor that plunges deep into the mysteries of the Divine. As part of Trinity Wall Street's 17 Days Festival, Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP will explore the planting of seeds as a single sacred story with deep possibilities for healing our endangered planet on Saturday, June 18th from 10am- 3pm at Trinity Church (offices, 74 Trinity Place and churchyard, Broadway at Wall Street). In the afternoon, Kevin Currie, Trinity's gardener-florist-groundskeeper will lead participants outside to plant flowers in the beautiful Trinity churchyard. Admission to the lecture and planting is $25 and includes lunch. For registration and information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call 1-800-457-0224. Sister MacGillis founded Genesis Farm, a learning center where people of good will are welcome to search for more authentic ways to live in harmony with the natural world and each other. In 2005 she received the Thomas Berry Award, and in 2007 was named among the planet's top 15 green religious leaders by Grist magazine. WHAT: Spa for the Soul – Planting Seeds: Calling Forth Mystery Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP, explores the planting of seeds as a single sacred story, fundamental to life itself, with deep possibilities for healing our endangered planet. Planting in historic Trinity Churchyard follows with Kevin Currie, the church's gardener-florist-groundskeeper. WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 10am – 3pm WHERE: Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Place (offices) Trinity Churchyard (Broadway at Wall Street) COST: $25 and includes lunch INFO: To register, contact the Faith Formation & Education Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 1-800-457-0224. For information about the 17 Days Festival, visit www.trinitywallstreet.org/17days.
Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra - New York Botanical Garden
The lush gardens and poetic vistas of the Alhambra -- a legendary Moorish palace and fortress in Granada, Spain -- are re-imagined in NYBG's large-scale, multipart summer exhibition.The exhibit includes a 15,000-square-foot interpretation of Alhambra's gardens in the landmark Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, curated by world-renowned garden writer, designer, and historian Penelope Hobhouse. Closed Mon.
National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes - Mystic Aquarium
Swim through tropical landscapes with turtles, dive beneath the ice with penguins and forage in the forest with a family of bears — experience life as animals do in a new exhibition opening February 9, 2011 at Mystic Aquarium. Through interactive displays, firsthand footage and evocative environments, visitors to the exhibit can explore the many stories and animals that are part of the science and adventure of Crittercam. The exhibit focuses on Crittercam's deployment on seals and sea lions, sharks, sea turtles, whales, penguins, bears and lions.
Writing the Garden: A Collection of Books from The New York Society Library and Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Principal Founder of the Central Park Conservancy - the New York Society Library
Writing the Garden: A Collection of Books from The New York Society Library and Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Principal Founder of the Central Park Conservancy. Books on display span more than 150 years and opening fresh vistas into the World of Gardens. Writing the Garden will feature works by remarkable gardeners who wrote with great knowledge and deep passion stemming from their love of nature, plants, and horticulture.
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Early decision admit rate falls to 26 percent
1,190 students were accepted to the 'strongest and most diverse class in Penn's history'
by Ellie Levitt | Friday, December 10, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Penn applicants across the globe sat anxiously at their computers Friday, counting down the minutes to 3 p.m.
Early decision results were released online last week, with the strongest and most diverse class in Penns history, according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda.
The admittance rate was 26 percent. This number is much lower than the 31-percent acceptance rate last year, Furda said. He explained that the Admissions Office saw an 18-percent increase in applications this year.
This rising trend was not unique to Penn. Columbia University saw an eight-percent increase in applications, Dartmouth College 12-percent and Bucknell, Northwestern and Vanderbilt universities all between 20- and 30-percent.
Given the increase, we did not admit more students, he said. The class size will remain the same we just have a greater level of selectivity.
The University admitted fewer students this year 1,195 students were granted acceptance, while 1,200 were accepted in 2009. The early admits will make up 49 percent of the targeted enrolled class.
The SAT average was 2164, a 3-point increase over last years early admits.
Geographically and racially, the students really set the state for the rest of the class, Furda said. Every gain that takes place early establishes a foundation.
He noted greater geographic diversity within the United States and internationally.
The number of applications from rural Pennsylvania and southeastern states, such as Georgia and Florida, increased due to extensive recruitment efforts in those areas, he said.
International students make up 10 percent of the accepted pool, and 40 percent of all admitted students identified themselves as American Indian, Asian, Latino or black.
In addition to recruitment efforts, Furda also attributes the added diversity to Penns financial-aid message that is getting across. He explained how Penn is shattering assumptions that Early Decision is only for wealthy applicants.
Students realize, whether applying early or regular, that theyre not going to get a better deal than this anywhere else even given Penns price tag, Furda added.


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John Legend (joined by the Salomé Chamber Orchestra) and Ryan Leslie performed Friday night at New York's United Palace Theatre and kicked off the Yahoo! On the Road concert series. Ben Lyons caught up with Ryan Leslie just before the show, and Leslie shared his best advice for going on the road -- which starts with a really good tour bus. Think this will work?
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A lot of buzz has been generated lately regarding the Android platform ranging from comments by Google's Eric Schmidt about leveraging the AdMob acquisition to expand the number of ads on Android devices to the $100 million Verizon Droid marketing campaign. Based on data from a segment of Omniture customers, all the attention has created lift for web usage on Android devices as a whole. The chart below shows comparative mobile page view volume for Android devices during Verizon's launch of the Motorola Droid.
As you'll notice from the chart, mobile web usage on Droid devices during the launch period was 8X higher than usage generated on G1 devices during its launch last year. Also interesting is the apparent lift to all Android usage sparked by the Droid launch and general Android buzz. Here are two reasons why should you care:
(1) The usage gap between the G1 and Droid launches can't be entirely explained by higher Droid sales, indicating users across all Android handsets are increasing their mobile web usage. Increased web usage on Android (and mobile in general) provides higher returns for businesses investing in optimized mobile web experiences.
(2) Increases in Android market share makes investing in Android apps more appealing. Businesses waiting for a tipping point in critical mass before porting their iPhone apps to other platforms like Android should closely watch these trends.
If you are a SiteCatalyst customer and you want to gauge the impact of the Droid launch (or Android in general) on your business, just go to SiteCatalyst > Mobile > Devices and search for the devices you wish to report.
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Indiegogo perks are things you give to contributors to encourage more donations at each level. It's the most important part of how Indiegogo works so it's important to add good ones.
1Sign in to Indiegogo, and then click on your name in the top right.
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New Bern Civic Theatre has announced its 2015 season lineup, with eight productions, a summer youth workshop and a Christmas concert.
New Bern Civic Theatre has announced its 2015 season lineup, with eight productions, a summer youth workshop and a Christmas concert.
The lineup includes musical dramas, children�s musicals, non-musical dramas and more. The rock opera �Rent� kicks off the season in January, an R-rated production based on the book, music and lyrics of Jonathan Larson. It won a Tony for Best Musical.
It is slated Jan. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees Jan. 11 and 18.
Civic provided this overview: �This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers on Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS and modern day life in one truly powerful story.�
�Simply Simone � The Music of Nina Simone� has three performances in February, with 7:30 p.m. shows Feb. 13 and 14 and a 2 p.m. performance on Feb. 15.
It was created by Robert Neblett and David Grapes, with musical arrangement by Vince diMura.
Civic provided this overview: �Child prodigy. Jazz superstar. Civil rights activist. Political exile. Nina Simone was all of these things, and more. One of the true divas of the 20th century and a genuine musical powerhouse, she defined a generation and defied classification. �Simply Simone� is an electric new revue based on the turbulent life and rich artistic legacy of this American musical icon. The score crosses genres from gospel to blues to Broadway to rock and roll.�
In March, youth are served with �Shrek TYA,� a children�s musical.
Shows are March 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m., and March 15 and 22 at 2 p.m.
The music is by Jeanine Tesori, based on the book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Civic provided this overview: ��Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek�� And thus begins the fairy tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you�ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there�s one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie �Shrek.��
The month of May brings �Into the Woods,� an award-winning show that may not be suitable for young children.
Show dates are May 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. performances May 10 and 17.
It is based on the book by James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It had nine nominations and three wins in the 1987 Tony Awards and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
Civic provided this overview: �The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairy tale about wishes, family and the choices we make. The story follows a Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King�s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch�s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone�s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results when they learn the hard way that �happily ever after� isn�t always so happy after all.�
In June, the Next Generation Workshop will be held June 15 through 26, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on June 25 and at 2 p.m. on June 27.
The two-week theater workshop is for youth ages 9 to 13.
�The Outsiders,� produced by NBCT�s Saax Bradbury, is set in July.
Shows are July 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on July 12 and 19.
The intense drama is adapted by Christopher Sergel from the book by S.E. Hinton. There was a film by Francis Ford Coppola.
The Outsiders opens with an orphaned 14-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis, who is a member of the �greasers.�
Their rivals are the upper-class socials, or �Socs,� who enjoy drinking, driving nice cars and beating up greasers. Tensions mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events and results in the death of three teens.
�In the Heights� is a Latin musical scheduled for six shows in August. The show dates are Aug. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. performances Aug. 9 and 16.
Civic provided this overview: ��In The Heights� tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York�s Washington Heights neighborhood � a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It�s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.�
Courtroom drama comes to the Civic state on Pollock Street in September with �A Few Good Men.�
It is rated R, due to language.
Shows are Sept. 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. performances Sept. 13 and 20.
It comes from a book by Aaron Sorkin, which was followed by a film that won Best Picture by the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
Civic offered this overview: �This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover-up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his client and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial.�
The mood shifts to musical drama with �Evita� Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m.
The music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was a Tony Award nominee for Best Revival of a Musical.
Civic offered this overview: � The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicts the infamous real-life story of Eva �Evita� Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados.
Evita�s legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina.�
The season caps off with a holiday musical Christmas Concert Dec. 5 and 12 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 6 and 13 at 2 p.m.
Call 634-9057 for information and tickets about the upcoming season.


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"Cast of silver" (Plectranthus argentatus) adds sparkle to a flower garden. One foot in height, three feet in width, Cast of silver creates a striking background for low-growing annuals and perennials. Beneath an overlay of silver hairs, its leaves are a light, fuzzy, gray-green which grow two-to-five inches long with scalloped margins. Stems and leaves are overspread with a purple cast. In addition to the striking foliage, summer brings lavender flowers which look striking next to salvias and buddleias. Cast of silver can be grown in sun or partial shade in well-drained, moderately fertile soil. Plants mature rapidly in about three months.


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The Stamford Police bomb squad was called to a home on Old King's Highway South on Saturday, Jan. 5, to remove two grenades that had been placed on a pile of scrap metal.
The homeowner told police that he has a pile of scrap metal on his property that friends add to from time to time. When the pile builds up to a certain amount, he will then trade the scrap in for cash, police said.
At around 8 p.m., he found two hand grenades had been added to the pile and he immediately called police and the fire department. A safety perimeter was established and the Stamford Police Department bomb squad contacted. The bomb squad arrived on scene and took the grenades, and later disposed them properly, police said, adding that it doesn't appear that the grenades were live.


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I recommend that everyone here watch Daniel Pink's TED talk on motivation. To sum it up, children aren't going to see increased motivation to do well on their state exams for extrinsic rewards. "Doing well" on those requires a high level of cognitive sophistication, and as you push yourself too hard for an external reward, your ability to complete the task actually diminishes.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
As for the data wall, I'm horrified. Spend less time teaching to the test, and more time focusing on literacy and numeracy, and experiential learning, and your students will do better on the state exam. My recommendation is to ignore the exam completely and focus on improving student engagement in learning.
When I taught 8th grade, and the lowest 25%, I did my best to talk to students prior to testing about their options if they show gains from the previous year and if they didn't. For many that meant they would not either progress to high school OR if they did, they wouldn't get any elective courses and have to take remedial courses instead. That was an external motivator to be sure. But no one really tells them what this all means. Including test scores in their course grades is similar to what states like NY used to do with their Regents exams. You had to have the course grades AND Regents' scores to be promoted.
Totally agree with David Wees! Early childhood children HAVE, are born with intrinsic motivation, we are killing it in our school systems. And a GREAT breakfast for "mind food" would not include pancakes (unless they are whole wheat)and syrup (empty hollow mind blowing carbs, that only last for 1 hour, then drop) stick to protein and whole wheat or oatmeal and a fruit (real ones, not canned)!!
To David Wees,
I agree about not teaching to the test, but I do think with all other stakeholders focused so much on the test, we should be honest with our students about their results. Whether I like it or not (and I don't), the results matter.
Other than our test talks, which are also focused on goals that will help them academically overall- not just on the test, the instrcution is not about THE TEST. It is about literacy, numeracy, experiential learning, etc.
If it were up to me, I would put less importance on the test. But when the state department comes in and says, if your
test scores don't raise- you'll lose your jobs. I don't know the balance between too much assessment and not enough accountability, but we haven't reached it.
If you get the time, check out Freakonomics. It talks about how we do work for extrinsic motivators.
I have to say I agree with MandybFlora. I am curious to see if David Wees has a response.
So many of my students have family units (or lack thereof) where they are struggling just to keep themselves from falling apart. They are not intrinsically motivated to do anything but fall apart. In a edutopian world we would explain to them how important these test scores are for their future and for themselves as an intellectual...but at our 7th grade level there really is no importance other than whether our school passes AYP and whether or not teachers get criticized. Great extrinsic motivation for teachers to try and "intrinsically" motivate our students.
And pancakes....why not....better than the energy drinks they bring with them in the mornings from home! ha! :)
Students aren't allowed to chew gum at our school and of course they love gum. So at the start of every testing session I give them some gum. Such a simple thing and it seems to put them in good spirits at least, before starting the test!
I'm most influenced by David Wees' post and the video by Daniel Pink. While the "test" may represent the "bar" we have to clear, it is not the "bar" that must occupy our total attention. We must focus on "clearing the bar." In that sense, and in the context of my students, who are not those you would find in IB courses, but are the ones "not to be left behind," in addition to content for the test, skills of numeracy, literacy and critical thinking are as important. I will also incorporate some free-thinking, open ended pieces for my students that represent what Daniel Pink advocates. I'll take a look at Freakonomics. My son is a fan of that. I appreciate the information about the New York Regents. The state of California is perfectly willing to hold administrators and teachers accountable, but not the students. It's the state's test, they ought to provide the motivator. At one time they did and my son earned some cash for college.
I think the analogy of clearing the bar is a good one for a number of reasons.
Imagine you are back in school at a track meet (which by the way don't happen anymore in a lot of schools) and you have a high jump set up. The bar for the high jump is initially set so that every student has an opportunity to jump over the bar. Students who cannot jump, for whatever reason, do not participate. Over time, the bar is raised until only a few top students manage to make it over, and eventually a tie occurs, or there is a winner of the competition declared. Every child gets to experience some level of success, although for many children this success will still be a relative success as they will naturally compare their ability.
If the high jump was like how we run standardized tests, every child would be expected to be able to jump over the same bar and labelled a failure if they don't succeed. For some children the bar would be set too low, and they would set lower expectations for themselves in the future. For other children the bar is set too high, and they will label themselves a future. Many of them would not participate in future competitions simply by dropping out of the track and field event. For some children, the entire exercise would be ridiculous because they couldn't possibly jump over. Further, we would judge schools and teachers based on their ability to make kids jump over the bar, without concern about who they are working with. As an aside, some school districts (like NYC for example) would be using a special rubber bar that they can flex to ensure that the "right" number of kids are able to pass it.
I worked in an inner city school in Brooklyn where we struggled with student motivation as you suggest. Our students were 95% Title 1, and our school was easily one of the worst managed schools in Brooklyn (we had 4 principals in 3 years, and the last of those ended up being fired for cheating on state exams).
Focus on making what you do fun, rather than on ensuring you meet absolutely every criteria of the state exam. Focus on mastery of a particular topic.
For example, my colleague taught physics, and one year he made sure he covered every topic. The next year he focused on kinematics and made sure that every kid really understood the concepts from that one (fairly large) unit. He took about 6 weeks to cover all of the other topics before the exam. He went from his first year where 2 kids barely passing the Regents exam to nearly every single student in his class passing for the following two years.
In other words, he ignored trying to cover all of the requirements of the state exam, focused in on what his kids needed to be able to do on a particular area of the assessment, and looked for mastery in that area.
It's encouraging to read that David has experience in the urban setting. I too teach a physics class, and yes, I end up doing deep mastery in kinematics and a survey of the energy topics. I also have suitable success on the state test. It is a practice that evidences the value of numeracy and scientific literacy in the curriculum.
I like David's interpretation of the "bar." My own interpretation is related to my "action" sports of snowboarding, whitewater sports, some cycling and equestrian trail riding. You travel where you look. If you fix your visual attention on a hazard, you run into it. So much for fixing attention on what could be content questions on the test. Be equipped to do more than recite. This is where numeracy and literacy comes into play, and how students have a better chance to clear the bar.


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I have MCTD so was thinking that this was just caused by the autoimmune issues... but now...
Let me back up... I have had hard painful lymph nodes for awhile now. Sometimes it is the string under my arm and up into my neck and behind my collarbone. Other times the ones in my groin are that way... sometimes it is all of them... I mentioned it to doc, and he didn't say much, only that they weren't really enlarged, so he wasn't too worried. (I don't see that doc anymore, btw, but haven't mentioned it to other docs because I don't want to seem like I am complaining about nothing...) But--about 3 weeks ago, the lymph nodes in my left groin were hard and painful, and suddenly there was a red streak coming from the node, going down my leg. Not long, but flaming red and going in a definite line about 2 inches. This didn't last long (a few days maybe) but now the lymph nodes in my jaw are so painful it's like I've been eating jawbreakers, the ones under my left arm are super painful, and I feel like I'm getting sick. Could this be nothing? I'm sure it is...
When I look up hard painful lymph nodes on the 'net I find nothing (unless it is combined with "enlarged" and mine really aren't what I would call "enlarged"... they are visible, but not like--huge or anything)... Sometimes when they flare up like this (although this is the first time with the red streak) I get night sweats, too... like now... (I went through a period of time years ago where I got night sweats almost every night for weeks... but now they come for a few consecutive nights but just every once in a few months.)
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Since Shane Eli's made his Booth debut back in mid-April, we've heard the Los Angeles rapper/producer craft everything from hater-baiting bangers, to mellow reflections on racial identity, to uplifting motivational anthems, to bittersweet chronicles of impossible love... but, can he also keep the club rocking? Well, yeah – as evidenced by I'm Different, the latest world premiere off Eli's forthcoming, Booth-sponsored street album, he most definitely can. Over his own densely-layered blend of simmering synths and handclap percussion, the artist showcases his knack for lyrical stunting. As usual, though, he tempers his braggadocio and game-spitting with some real talk: "You fist-pump, you laugh, you get foolish / Cause bein' you is exactly what cool is." Is there anything this man can't do? I'm not sure, but I do know that fans can expect more eclectically fresh beats and rhymes on Shane Eli's DJBooth.net Presents: The Push LP, set to hit our frontpage for streaming and free download on June 16.


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Would autocad work with a 13 inch MacBook Pro with retina display better than a 13 inch MacBook Pro without retina display?
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AutoDesk AutoCAD for Mac runs perfectly fine on my late 2013 13 Inch pro retina. I only have 4gb of RAM and 128gb ssd with the 2.4ghz i5. But, to answer your question I'm quite sure it'll run better on the retina pro due the Intel Iris Pro 5200 graphics. The Iris Pro was made to work in high intensity programs like that. Also, the 3D wireframing and (some) rendering is fantastic to boot.
In conclusion though, the Retina runs perfectly even though AutoCAD doesn't support our higher resolution. The Macbook Pro non-Retina I can't really speak for except for the fact that it is only running Intel HD4000. I had an ultrabook with that "gpu" in it and it struggled a lot with AutoCAD. My vote would be for the retina, even if it is the "lower end model." 4gb of ram is still a lot and you can always use an external HDD if you need some more breathing room.
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- Dec 15, 2013
As of right now, the current Mac release (AutoCAD 2013) does NOT natively support HiDPI displays. So as far as image quality, unless a program is specifically written to support HiDPI screens, it won't, and in terms of graphical appearance will look the same on a Retina display as it would on a standard display panel, which appears fuzzy in most cases since your eyes are accustomed to the rest of the screen appearing crystal clear.
If by better you mean performance-wise, that entirely dependent upon your Mac's configuration. Any modern Mac should be able to handle AutoCAD sufficiently, but some would work better than others. i7 > i5, 16GB RAM > 8GB RAM, SSD > HDD, etc. On most macs I've worked with, the hard drive is almost always the sole bottleneck of performance. So in that case, the rMBP would undoubtedly outperform the regular one, assuming you leave it at its stock hard drive, RAM, and CPU configuration.
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Lyndon Johnson hit Teheran as though he were running for Shahand if the warmth of his welcome was an indication, he might be able to get the job. With Wife Lady Bird and Daughter Lynda Bird, 18, the Vice President swept down Eisenhower Boulevard, so named after Ike's 1959 visit. Three times Johnson confused his smartly uniformed police escort by halting the motorcade and hopping out of his car to grasp all the outstretched hands within reach (one observer counted 300 in five minutes). The crowds responded with the highest praise they knew: "Javid Shah!" (Long live the King!).
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Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform is giving House Republican's a pass on Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" to let tax rates go up on incomes above $1 million.
In a blog post on ATR's website, the group states that a vote for Plan B, which could come up as early as Thursday, will not be a violation of the pledge.
"This legislation — popularly known as "Plan B"— permanently prevents a tax increase on families making less than $1 million per year. Republicans supporting this bill are this week affirming to their constituents in writing that this bill — the sole purpose of which is to prevent tax increases — is consistent with the pledge they made to them. In ATR's analysis, it is extremely difficult — if not impossible—to fault these Republicans' assertion."