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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 11620-11621] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-03602] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-9780-5] National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List: Deletion of the Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant) Superfund Site AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Kerr-McGee Sewage Treatment Plant Superfund Site located in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the State of Illinois, through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. DATES: Comments must be received by March 21, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ- SFUND-1990-0011, by one of the following methods:
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Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (312) 353-1063. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, excluding federal holidays. West Chicago Public Library, 118 West Washington Street, West Chicago, IL 60185, Phone: (630) 231-1552. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. CST, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Fischer, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SR-6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-4737, or [email protected]. 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"Gulf Wars," Alan Prendergast,
May 13
I am surprised that you did not mention Ken Salazar's history regarding toxic spills. Remember the Summitville gold mine and the toxic flow that killed everything downstream for miles? When Salazar was head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, he reduced the performance bond that the mining company had to post. The spill was not prevented and the state and federal governments had to pay a huge amount for cleanup.
L. Hagood
Gustavo Arellano
President Barack Obama's position to end the cozy relationship between the Minerals Management Service and the oil industry is long overdue. No longer should permits be issued on assurance, but regulations should be enforced and verified. Obama is calling for accountability from all involved, but the agency that issues the permits and revenues needs to be held accountable as well. It has been the system that has enabled these companies to carry out their "business as usual" rhetoric, as permits for new, off-shore sites are rushed through.
However, the behavior currently exhibited by British Petroleum, Transocean and Halliburton is more like a bunch of schoolchildren on the playground pointing fingers to avoid being sent to the principal's office than classy businessmen. It is time to focus on a real solution to stop the spewing oil instead of planning the right public-relations campaign to save the image of off-shore drilling.
Sara Tscheschke
"Denver's Most Dogged," Kenny Be, May 13
Petrosexuals? Sheer genius! Thanks, Kenny. Your "Denver's Most Dogged" is already on my refrigerator.
Susan Kramer
Kudos on the recent Best of Denver issue! I was so happy to see that Chatfield won the award for Best Dog Park. However, I'm concerned about changes that Colorado State Parks plans to make this summer at Chatfield, as Kenny Be noted. The board currently plans to reduce the available size of the dog park by more than 50 percent! Bill Kane, chairman of the Colorado State Parks board, has an extensive background in "mountain resort design." Is he trying to make our dog park look more like Aspen?
For more information, please search "Don't fence Chatfield" on Facebook. Don't let them fence in Chatfield!
Ethan Masterson
May 13
Joyce Fields hit the nail on the head. No one in Arizona is stopped without probable cause, especially if they are Mexican!
Just in case the racists didn't get it, this is sarcasm.
Bryan Loughry
Posted at westword.com
Ever notice that all the screaming is having little effect on public opinion? Large percentages of Americans support the Arizona law despite reservations about its potential for impinging on some individual rights, and they want similar laws in their own state. That is exactly what the pro-amnesty open-borders crowd is really afraid of, and why they are pulling out all the stops to try and stop the public's desires from being implemented. I'm a lifelong liberal Democrat, and this issue will either cause me to vote Republican for the first time (if the Republican candidate opposes amnesty) or stay at home. I will not vote against my own self-interests, and every Democrat at the state and federal level who supports amnesty – otherwise known as cheap labor – I will not vote for.
Paul Carter
Posted at westword.com
Whatever one thinks of the Arizona law, it is reckless and irresponsible for groups, including the ACLU, to be calling for boycotts. Boycotts usually end up affecting everyone except those who they wish to hurt — in particular, small business owners, who may or may not agree with the laws. Now it's gotten so silly (and sad) that people are boycotting the boycotts!
People really need to start thinking more and stop the knee-jerk reactions!
Barb Adams
I live in metro Denver, and my parents entered the country as illegal immigrants. I wrote this original poem in response to Arizona's SB1070:
Dear Arizona,
Brown is father and brown is mother
And brown is abuelita and many others,
Drinking cafe on a stone patio, smiling into the sun.
Brown is earth and brown is wood
And brown is the sepia of my childhood.
It rolls on my tongue and it shakes my hips
And it fills my eyes like an umber eclipse.
It is not a weapon or shame or suspicious or foreign,
It is not the color of probable cause
No matter what you write in your fist and your laws.
It is just my blood and my soul and my country and you and we
And me.
It is just me.
Linda Thornton
After getting pissed off at the gringos for always putting the Mexicans down, I penned this.
Here we go again: The Mexican nationals are stealing our jobs, invading our land and are going to attack us. The American people have become blind once again to think that these people need to be deported. Let's remember that illegal immigrants come from all nations, not just Mexico. Shouldn't the real issue be how we are going to deal with the threat that is already living among us — "imported radicals/ homegrown radicals"?
While we are so occupied with this issue, the focus has been taken off the growing threat that the radical Muslims are planning. Yes, we need legal immigration — but we need it in a way that is fair and allows the good to stay. Or maybe we should just exchange some of our deadbeats for the good, hardworking people of Mexico. Also, let's not forget we have quite a few illegals entering through the northern border; maybe we need to shut that crossing down, too.
In the end, we will all have to answer to the One who is always protecting us. Viva la raza...have a great day.
Robert Shawn
I love watching and hearing the modern-day race zealot displaying his/her anger over "illegal immigration" while praising the gutsiness of Arizona's woman governor for signing a state law which aims to enforce state immigration laws consistently. I suspect many of those pissed-off "patriots" are the same people who ridiculed me for asking for consistency in civil-rights laws by trying to shut down ladies' nights at bars and restaurants. The principle of the issue is the exact same: consistency in law enforcement. And the fallout from the law enforcement will be the same. In my case, the backlash came from women who have come to expect social favors because of their gender and by men who need to get women drunk to get laid. In Arizona, the backlash will come from illegals who have come to expect social favors because of the color of their skin and from those who need cheap labor to stay in business.
Steve Horner
St. George, Utah
"Death and Taxes," Karina
Longworth, May 13
I thought the History Channel did a better job at telling the Robin Hood story. Russell Crowe can't even get TV viewers to watch the trailers for Robin Hood. Crowe is a mess; soon he will be joining Jude Law in the unemployment line. Both aim at being Hollywood horror stories gone dreadfully wrong.
Thomas Chi
"Oh, Brother!," Patricia Calhoun, May 6
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Thanks for your article on the Karagases and the Wazee Lounge. When I began working at Karman Western Wear (1525 Wazee Street) in 1972, the place was run by two older brothers and was your basic cafe and bar, with worn linoleum floors, chrome and plastic booths and a long bar (still there). Early mornings, the postal workers from the Terminal station drank 25-cent drafts at the bar after getting off their night shifts. The rest of us ate breakfast while they drank beer, and then we drank there in the evenings after work. The sign above the front door (perhaps an old Coca-Cola sign) said "Wazee Lounge and Supper Club"; legend was that the place had actually been a supper club. In any case, it definitely was a bar before Jim and Angelo bought it and refurbished it. I clearly recall being in the old place one night when four men wearing masks pulled guns, fired them into the ceiling, stuffed the patrons in the back room and made the bartender empty the cash register. Apparently having concluded that lightning and armed robbery don't strike twice in the same place, most of us were back in there the following night.
Thanks again for the memories.
Frank Steiger


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The proposed program will provide the students the students with transformational experience of staging and performing a complete opera production at the professional European opera theater with a professional orchestra in an authentic historical and musical setting. The UNF Opera Ensemble has been invited to participate in the European Music Academy in Czech Republic for the summer 2010 program, which will include the complete performance of two opera productions including "Magic Flute" by W. A. Mozart and "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini. To ensure successful performance and interpretation of the opera, the entire learning experience will continue through fall and spring semesters at UNF including additional rehearsals during summer A in 2010. The preparatory learning experience will consist of music rehearsals, language coaching and preliminary staging of the opera. Actual stay in Czech Republic will last approximately 20-26 days during which students will stage and workshop the production with a professional opera conductor and stage director, they will participate in voice master-classes, German diction coaching, and perform additional concert of opera arias and ensembles accompanied by a professional philharmonic orchestra. All performances will be accompanied by the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Field Experience
The UNF Wind Symphony (formerly known as Wind Ensemble) has again been selected to perform on the Distinguished Concerts International New York City, Excellence in EducationConcert Series. Concert venues include two possibilities, Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall. In terms of preparation, we are in the process of selecting repertoire that might be suitable for such a venue. Our rehearsals are scheduled MW from 1:00-2:50 pm every semester. Generally, we would begin dedicating specific rehearsal time of the program repertoire for a performance in the spring of 2011, during the 2010 fall semester up until the actual performance date.
Field Experience
This TLO is a six-week community-based learning experience: three weeks at UNF, and three weeks of in-country study and internship inAntigua, Guatemala. In Guatemala, students will live in small groups with Guatemalan families, in family-run student housing that includes room and board. Students will take courses for UNF credit at the Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Meso América (CIRMA), a research institute and non-profit institution. Students will enroll in two 3-credit courses: "Guatemalan History and Culture: Communities in Peace and Conflict," and "Social Movements and Community Action in Modern Latin America." Both courses revolve around community-based internships. Students will be placed according to their interests, local need, and language ability (none is required) in local community organizations. There, they will work side by side with their Guatemalan contemporaries to address issues of importance to the local community, primarily in the areas of education, health, and poverty.
Service Learning
We propose a study abroad course to Germany that will focus on the international differences in business ethics via collaborative student research. The course will form international student groups with students from UNF and Cologne University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), a peer institution from Germany, and instruct students in the business cultures and business ethics. Additionally, student will be instructed in data gathering techniques to examine the differences in business ethics. The course has the following components: Before the trip students will attend lectures on business ethics, general country customs and background information. During the development of research topics, students will communicate with their counterparts in Germany via email and Blackboard to form international research groups. Students will during this stage form interesting research questions and create survey instruments for data collection purposes. Students will then participate in field study and data collection for 10 days in March 2011. Students will meet business leaders and their counterparts to discuss their research in more detail. They will also visit the historical sites and experience many aspects of the local life. Upon their return from Germany, students will conduct data analysis, and give group project reports and final presentations. Students will present their findings during the class and report their outcomes with their international collaborators.
Funds for these scholarships will be used by individual students for an international language study activity of their own choosing (must be credit bearing, with 6 credits minimum required). Students will be required to identify the particular study abroad activity they will use the funds for. If a scholarship recipient does not participate in the identified study abroad activity, he/she will be required to return the scholarship funds. Priority will be given to Spanish or French language majors who wish to study abroad for one semester. Priority will also be given to students who have studied Chinese at UNF for 4 semesters having completed Beginning Chinese I and II and Intermediate Chinese I and II. A second priority will be given to language minors. Consideration will be given to non-language majors who wish to study Spanish, French, or Chinese, on a funds-available basis. Scholarships will be funded at the amount of $1,000 for a semester award and $500 for a summer award.
Directed Independent Study
This TLO proposal is for ten COEHS students to gain an international experience during their teacher preparation training. Students who desire an international experience will travel to Cuzco, Peru for twelve days to work in inclusive (teaching children with disabilities and those without together) classrooms. This experience is available to all qualified education majors at the primary, elementary, middle grades, secondary and special education levels. The students will spend five school days at Colegio Pukllasunchis. Pukllasunchis. Students will become acquainted with an inclusive educational setting available to students in the Andean region of Peru. The UNF students will have hands-on experience with an innovative curriculum. In addition, UNF students will spend time each day writing in reflective journals and sharing their reflections with fellow UNF students. The students will also spend two weekends on cultural experiences outside of the classroom. The first weekend will be spent exploring Cuzco, with a local guide, and visiting a newly uncovered Incan ruin, Ollantaytambo. The second and final weekend will be spent on an overnight excursion to Aquas Calientes and Machu Picchu--The Lost Citadel of the Incas.
This Spanish Study Abroad Program at the University of Cantabria in Santander offers students the opportunity to study language and culture at one of the 15 top universities in Spain as defined by the Spanish government. UNF students will enroll in an intensive language course focusing on spoken and written Spanish. The students benefit from a rigorous academic program while they also have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Spanish culture, and to travel on their own. The students receive over 60 hours of instruction from University of Cantabria teachers. Dr. Ibanez will teach a six-week course focused on Spain, Cantabria and Santander in order to ensure a comprehensive cultural experience. As part of the culture course, students will travel with me to Burgos and Valladolid in order to view firsthand examples of art and architecture studied in the course.
The Ghana Project is an interdisciplinary team-taught course where students learn about challenges facing the developing world then travel to Ghana for a 21-day trip to apply what they have learned. In 2011, we plan to refine our approach to the community-based transformative learning component by bringing all disciplines together on a single project. Working with the Ho Municipal Civic Union in 2009, we were introduced to a small community that primarily houses people cured of leprosy who, as a result of the disease, have challenges deeply rooted in a cultural stigma attached to the disease that negatively impact their quality of life. Members of the Ho Civic Union (CU) want to address these challenges. Initial ideas are to correct infrastructure needs, collect, organize and update health records and create a public education campaign to combat the stigma attached to cured lepers, encouraging the larger community to support people disabled by leprosy. This experience includes the trip, the spring course preparing them for this opportunity and a Summer A 1-hour course designed to process and reflect on the connection between the classroom and the experience.
The foundational principles for this project are based upon the reality that North Florida's schools are becoming more diverse; our K-12 classrooms are increasingly populated with students from many different cultures. To be pedagogically effective, teachers must develop a greater understanding of culturally-based learning styles. A selected group of academically qualified and recommended students will travel to Plymouth, England where they will participate in a daily teaching internship for three weeks in diverse elementary, special or secondary education classrooms. Plymouth is a center for first and second generation immigrants from African and East and West Asian countries increasing the multicultural training opportunities for our students. This internship will serve as a culminating activity to the fourteen week internship semester in Jacksonville. Students will participate in all aspects of the school day and week, engaging in discussions about the curriculum and organization of British schools. They will practice teach and receive feedback from both their UK teacher and the UNF faculty supervisor. Also, they will attend seminars with home and host faculty at the University College, Plymouth (UCP). This experience also offers our students' many scenic and historical opportunities including a trip into London.
This proposal is aimed at funding 25 semester study abroad students. Over the past 6 years 18 students on average have participated in Coggin Semester Study Abroad with an average of 27 per year for the past two years. All undergraduate students participating in study abroad will be given a scholarship on a first-come-first served basis. Because students must have a minimum GPA to sign up this is a reasonable hurdle for all students who wish to participate. Students must spend the semester abroad and take a minimum of 12 credit hours. Although Coggin has designed faculty lead and summer programs to offer students (those who largely have jobs and families) we believe that the most transformation experience a student can have is when they go away for an entire semester, take classes and live with foreign students. This experience of being independent, at one of our exchange partners, sometimes taking classes in a foreign language or taking language classes, allows students to experience a truly transformational opportunity.
Funds for these scholarships will be used by individual students for the international study activity of their own choosing (must be credit bearing, with 3 credits minimum required). Students will be required to identify the particular study abroad activity they will use the funds for. Priority will be given to students applying for a UNF exchange program, a UNF-connected program, and/or any other program that has a formal relationship with UNF. Other programs may be supported, on a funds-available basis, if approved by the UNF International center and by UNF academic advisors for credit transfer. The programs allowed for these scholarships will vary in length from 3 weeks to a full semester (the majority will be semester in length based on 2009-2010 experience). Scholarships are anticipated to be in two categories: short term ($500) and long term ($1,000). The former would be for a summer or shorter study abroad activity (10 awards); the latter for a semester or longer study activity (15 awards).
The Strasbourg French language and culture study abroad program has been in existence for eleven years, and is a true immersion experience for the students. The program consists of five weeks in France during which the UNF students have French classes 15 hours a week (total 60 contact hours) where native speaker instructors teach entirely in French and their classmates come from all over the world. They live with French families with whom they take two meals a day, so their immersion experience continues outside the classroom, and real cultural contact fills the greater part of most days as they navigate the city independently on foot and on public transportation (and most travel outside the city is by train).
Dr. Schwam- Baird teaches a culture class (Faces of France) three afternoons a week and conducts their many excursions—short afternoon visits to places of interest in the city, full-day Saturday excursions in the region around Strasbourg, and a long weekend in Paris (total about 80 contact hours including the excursions).
All students majoring in International Studies must complete an international educational experience as a requirement for graduation. Many students participate in short-term, UNF faculty-led study abroad programs and can thus benefit from program-specific TLO funding. Increasingly, however, International Studies majors are undertaking semester- or year-long study abroad programs but find the costs prohibitive. This TLO would provide $1,000 travel scholarships for International Studies majors enrolling in a semester- or year-long study abroad program during 2010-2011. Students will choose the programs best-suited to their individual academic needs and interests, though all will be approved by UNF's International Center to qualify for funding. Recent and current locations for long-term study abroad programs by International Studies majors include: China, Egypt, Japan, Morocco, and the United Kingdom.
This Transformational Learning Opportunity will provide 15 students enrolled in CGN 3930, Engineering Field Camp, opportunities to engage in direct field experience in the magnificent natural setting of the American Southwest during the Summer B 2010 session. Engineering Field Camp is designed as an intensive, active-learning 40-hour field course where students, organized into 3-person teams, are immersed in an unfamiliar and sensitive natural environment where sustainable design practices are critical. Over a 3-week period students will participate in 7 field trips to an array of engineering projects focused upon sub-disciplines within civil engineering. Project sites to be visited include Glen Canyon Dam and the Navajo Generating Station among others. A sampling of planned exercises includes field mapping, geologic assessment, and stream flow measurement. The course will also include a special service-learning trip to Walnut Canyon National Monument to assist with the archeological/environmental mapping of ancient Anasazi Indian ruins working along-side researchers from the Museum of Northern Arizona. Lastly, students will visit three National Parks in the region, including Grand Canyon, in order to understand and reflect upon the unique environmental setting for the projects visited.
This six-week family arts-based literacy project will address that need and allow UNF education majors the opportunity to partner with families in authentic learning activities. At the project's onset, leaders will escort UNF students on a guided tour of the urban school neighborhood, followed by a discussion on assumptions and beliefs regarding poverty and diverse cultures. The discussion will be revisited at the end of the 6 weeks. UNF students will implement a series of six weekly family gatherings at Woodland Acres. The sessions will include three parts. Caregivers of underserved kindergarten students will share a meal with each other and UNF students to build social networks and develop community. After the meal, UNF students will work with caregivers on dialogic reading (a child-led style of reading aloud) accompanied by an arts-based literacy activity. Caregivers will receive a copy of the books shared, with question prompts and activities for working with their child at home. At the same time, children will gather in a separate room to share a meal with classmates and UNF students. Following dinner, UNF students will read aloud to small groups of children using a dialogic reading style. Then, the children will rotate through arts-based literacy centers with activities that extend the picture book that was shared. In the last segment of each session, caregivers and children will work together to create art. In week 6, caregivers, children, and UNF students will create collaborative artwork, to be displayed in an Art Exhibit at UNF. The Exhibit will serve as documentation of the learning process of caregivers, children, professors and UNF students.
Field Experience
Service Learning
This proposal is for a course addressing the restoration of structures and writing reports. This proposal introduces the restoration topic to UNF students where they will interact with local firms to learn the performed design, construction, field application and inspection. That helps familiarize the students with the real world application and processes employed by the local industry, identifying a technical problem, and offering a solution. In this project, collaboration with the industry will be conducted to investigate defected structures (including bridges and buildings). That comprehensive industrial exposure will augment the theory taught in courses and will deepen students' understanding of the real world applications. The Co-PI, Marcia Ladendorff, will also improve students' communication skills (oral and written) through presentations and reports.
This community-based TLO will combine study of the cultural portrayal of the disabled with 10 weeks of volunteer work (two hours per week) for a total of 20 hours at one of two sites: Hope Haven and the Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center, both in Jacksonville. Each student will receive funding to cover expenses for travel and possibly for the cost of security checks. Mt. Herman is 12.5 miles from UNF; Hope Haven slightly less. Students will volunteer at times that accommodate both their own schedules and Mt. Herman's / Hope Haven's needs. The TLO will be conducted in conjunction with a literature course (either LIT 4931 or 4093) that will meet for a 75-minute session two days per week. This TLO is open to all undergraduate majors but especially those in Health, Education (Spec. Ed), Political Science, Public Administration, English, History, and Philosophy
Service Learning
This multidisciplinary, community based TLO offers undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about the problem of poverty and homelessness through a partnership with the Clara White Mission for the Homeless (located in downtown Jacksonville). Students will design and implement an organic garden in connection with the Culinary training program offered by Clara White. As a part of its efforts to assist the homeless population, Clara White's Culinary training program helps participants prepare for a successful career in that industry. This TLO will involve UNF students interacting with Clara White program participants as they implement a model organic garden and develop a detailed plan of how the Clara White Mission could implement organic gardening on a larger scale.
Athletic training students will travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL to gain a new perspective on a unique career setting in athletic training. This opportunity will also challenge their knowledge of clinical evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions suffered by physically active individuals. While at the Space Center, students will tour the health facilities and hear from athletic trainers and other health professionals working at the space center. For example, athletic trainers who work at the Kennedy Space Center provide a very unique perspective on duties as an athletic trainer. This opportunity will provide an invaluable experience to athletic training students to broaden their view of career settings for athletic trainers and also will challenge their knowledge on prevention, evaluation, and treatment of injuries related to physical activity. When on a space mission, astronauts are placed in an environment with little to no gravity (non-weight bearing), therefore, this places a challenge on athletic trainers to develop different methods for treating and rehabilitating injuries. Athletic training students at the University of North Florida apply their knowledge in a clinical setting every day, however this provides a very unique clinical setting in which they could gain a totally different perspective on treating and evaluating injuries.
The proposed TLO will give students the opportunity to participate in research while at the same time participating in a practicum as a trained peer counselor. The highlight of this TLO experience will be students' engagement with clients as professionally trained peer counselors (under the direct supervision of agency staff) and their engagement with clients as trained researchers in psychology (under the direct supervision of faculty) in an agency serving the needs of women – the Women's Help Center. Students will work collaboratively with agency officials and faculty mentors to develop shared academic and agency descriptions of problems to be addressed, solutions to be applied, and activities that constitute success. Students will at minimum be expected to be actively engaged in research and/or counseling 10 hours each week for which they are registered – half in counseling and half in research. Students will also be expected to participate in weekly group meetings. During group meetings, faculty mentors will facilitate discussions by students about the skills they have acquired, the insights they have gained about themselves, the perceptions they have developed about the field of psychology, and their perceptions about their roles as stewards of their community.
Students will prepare for a spring immersion experience on the St. Johns River by working with faculty mentors in their respective major disciplines during the spring semester. Each student will design a project to be executed on the river during Spring Break, 2011. The faculty mentor will be responsible for guiding the development of a project worthy of one academic credit (to be awarded at the conclusion of the spring 2011 term) and will hold the student mentee accountable for completion of the project. A final "deliverable" will be required as appropriate for the discipline, for example a scientific report, a completed series of paintings, a term paper, etc. The students will be on a houseboat for 8 continuous days primarily in the middle portion of the St. Johns River. They will visit state parks, springs, tributaries, and other points of natural significance and interact with authors, historians, scientists, engineers, artists, and musicians about the river and its people. An important feature of the student-designed projects is that they must be shared with the other students on the trip, a Project-Based Educational (PBE) approach.
A core competency for undergraduate nursing students is the critical appraisal of evidence in the form of original research reports, systematic research reviews, and data-based clinical practice guidelines. In February 2011, the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) will convene in Jacksonville, Florida; the first occurrence of this meeting in our city. A unique transformative learning opportunity is available for a substantive number of UNF nursing students with the potential to extend their learning about nursing science from the classroom to active participation in a regional discipline-specific research conference. The purpose of this TLO is to provide support for junior-level baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in the two-credit course NUR3167 Nursing Science II to attend the three-day SNRS 2011 Annual Conference and complete course-related learning activities. During the SNRS meeting, students will have the opportunity to view data-based podium and poster presentations by expert nurse researchers from across the southern region and demonstrate in written assignments their ability to critically appraise the sessions they attend.
This TLO describes a 2-credit, direct independent study course that will offer undergraduate students the opportunity to gain hands on experience working with coral reef biology and physiology. The basis for this research opportunity is to work with the understudied, yet extremely important, larval phase using the coral Porites astreoides as a model system. Based upon previous research by the principle investigator, it has been determined that P. astreoides releases its larvae on the new moon of every May. This narrow window (May 3, 2011 ±3 days) dictates the timely offering of this proposed TLO (Total: 2 week duration). Days 1-10 will be designated for the field component of this project (sample collection and experimental set up). Days 11-14 will be used for laboratory analysis of the specimens at UNF (laboratory of Cliff Ross). The field component of this research will take place at Mote Marine Tropical Laboratory (http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/), a fully equipped marine science facility dedicated to marine research, education and conservation. The facility is located within easy access to a variety of coral reef habitats. UNF students will be involved in all aspects of this project including adult coral collection, larvae maintenance, experimental setup, and data collection and analysis.
Undergraduate Research
The Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) has an ongoing a monitoring effort for water quality and fish habitat use within the northern range of the preserve. TLO students will participate in the monitoring, and conduct additional studies to enhance the current program. The Jacksonville field office of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) is sampling fish populations monthly using haul seines at the GTMNERR. Students will use data from the dataloggers as background environmental information. Students will continue the FWRI sampling methods independently, and initiate intensive sampling efforts specifically examining day/night and tidal differences in fish composition. The TLO will be a semester-long course worth 3 credit hours that will involve a weekly meeting of 6 hours, divided between discussions in the environmental center at GTMNERR and field activities. There will be two intensive sampling weekends set aside where students would be divided into teams to looks at 24 hour habitat use patterns. Teams would take turns sampling every 6 hours at two locations above the dam and two locations below the dam, recording fish identifications and numbers as well as water quality parameters. All information will be used to provide talking points for a public workshop led by the students bringing together various stakeholders of the GTMNERR.
TLO support is sought for the UNF Model UN team to attend one conference/competition during 2010-2011: New York, NY. Model UN is an intercollegiate simulation of the UN, intended to educate students about the operations and goals of the UN. In conferences, students study different perspectives of international politics and worldwide problems such as ethnic conflict, hunger, disease, and climate change. Attendance at this Conference will also allow the UNF team to take an in-depth tour of the United Nations, meet with distinguished diplomats, meet with representatives of their assigned countries' embassies and meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The University of North Florida Model United Nations team delegates will prepare for the conferences throughout the year. Bi-weekly meetings will be held approximately one month before conferences, encompassing about two hours of discussion and preparation regarding committee procedures, communication enhancement, and critical thinking. Additional meetings will be held for researching the assigned country position and the topics provided.
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text: Kempton Park - A steering committee has been formed to advise on the best use-options for the land at the Durban International Airport (DIA) site, the minister of transport Sibusiso Ndebele said on Monday.He was speaking at the Airports Company SA's (Acsa) annual results presentation at OR Tambo International Airport."The department of transport remains responsible for the land and we will ensure that due process is followed to obtain the best proposal on the table," the minister said.A Request for Expressions of Interest would ensure that all interested parties were given the opportunity to submit proposals on the land."It is our intention that this process is completed in the shortest time possible in the interest of all bidders and the country as a whole," Ndebele said.Further announcements would be made in the coming weeks. The steering committee would consist of the Department of Transport, the province of KwaZulu-Natal, Acsa, and the city of Durban.


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Writing Exotic Settings
Debbie, here, waving madly to all the Seekers. Ladies, today I bring you a taste of Liberia, Africa. For breakfast, a wonderful fruit platter consisting of mangoes, bananas, plantains, papaya, coconut and pineapples, all native to Liberia. In the crock pot I have a lovely goat soup cooking for lunch. Goat soup, the Liberian National soup is served at celebrations, and since this is the release month for my debut novel, The Doctor's Mission, I thought we ought to break out with a feast. On the table you'll also find several rice and cassava dishes. Be aware that they aren't for the mild spice lovers among us. There's a reason early Portuguese explorers called Liberia "The Pepper Coast."
When I first started pitching The Doctor's Mission at RWA 2010, I constantly heard, "Couldn't you set that somewhere else?" Strangely, that didn't discourage me, because I just knew I couldn't. Missionary Pastor William Mayweather and the lovely Dr. Mary O'Hara were destined to be pioneering jungle missionaries in 1918 Liberia. It's not like I could put them on the moors of Scotland. How ever would I explain cannibals in kilts? Nope, it just wouldn't work.
Fortunately for me, Love Inspired Historical was willing to branch out of their American locales and take a chance on something different, because I love exotic settings in both my books and my movies. Give me a good jungle adventure (Indiana Jones, Romancing the Stone, The African Queen) or plop me down in the middle of desert on a camel (The Wind and the Lion), and I'm a happy camper.
Of course, I'm doubly excited now that Love Inspired has put out a definitive call for more and different locales. So what do you need to know if you're writing a story set not only in a different time, but in an uncommon country for romantic fiction? I'm going to share three tips that I think may help you as a writer make the reader feel right there with your characters.
1. Immerse yourself in the research. If it is a country you've never been to, you need maps, photos of the times, as many first-person native or traveler accounts as you can find, and, if possible, someone with firsthand experience in the country.
For mapping, I did an online search and found standard modern maps. I also fired up Google Earth for a look at the general terrain of Liberia, found some wonderful US Army maps online at the University of Texas that told me where the rapids were in a major river, and referred to maps drawn by hand from missionary accounts and those from the 1926 Harvard expedition.
2. Use accurate details, especially sensory ones.
To research the daily life, I relied heavily on Google books (use the advanced search option), purchased several used books through Amazon and others, and downloaded a lot free for my Nook. You would be amazed at how much people wrote about themselves in the past and just how much of it can be downloaded to your e-reader off Barnes and Noble and Amazon. When I read all those first-person missionary accounts, I paid particular attention to the sights and sounds they described. This is how I learned about the antics of the monkeys in the jungle canopy. Here's an example of how I used them in the opening of the book as Pastor William waits anxiously for the Mission Board's newest workers:
There it was. His ears hadn't deceived him. The escalating cries of monkeys in the tree tops telegraphed a clear message over and above the noise of the busy mission compound. Someone was coming. Finally.
From these same accounts, I learned what Pastor William and Dr. Mary would have experienced on their jungle trek, what they would have seen when they reached the first village, and what they would have heard the next morning when a death was discovered in the village. Here's an example:
William heard the women's wailing over a loss before Hannabo reached him. It was an unmistakable sound in the bush.
Someone had died.
Hannabo came running, out of breath, tension pouring out of his very skin. The smell of fear was strong. They all had to leave the village before accusations began.
Of course, in this case, those wails were the signal for them to run for their lives so they wouldn't be subjected to the poisoning rituals used to find the responsible party. What I didn't tell you is everything I know about the use of sasswood to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual. Which brings me to my third point.
3. Edit your research.
I have cannibals in my book, and yes, they are historically accurate as best I can make them. But, I have to tell you that I know a lot more about cannibalism in Liberia (then and now) than ever made it into my book. I restrained myself for two reasons. First, using a lot of that research would just gross you out. It is a romance, after all. Second, you as a writer need all that knowledge so you know enough to create a naturally believable world. If you share every little research gem you mined, your readers' focus will wander off the story and square onto that little factoid you were dying to use.
Here's how I described Dr. Mary's first encounter after assisting with the delivery of a notorious cannibal chief's baby:
Two feet from the chief, she stopped, afraid to take a breath. As their eyes met, the baby stirred and let out a high piercing wail. Mary startled as did the chief. Then the most amazing thing. His face split into a wide grin, revealing two rows of teeth filed to ominous points. The incongruity of the grin and the deadly teeth drove home the reality of a cannibal standing before her. But apparently proud papa existed in every culture. He thumped his chest and shouted to the compound, pointing to his daughter, and Mary dared take a breath.
You can find a longer excerpt of The Doctor's Mission here:
Or, for more about me and missions, visit my website at www.debbiekaufman.com
Remember, putting your reader in the exotic locale you're writing is your number one goal. Immerse yourself in the research of the time and place so that you can bring it to life. Sensory details are a must. But, whatever you do, use well-edited information from your research to create a believable setting and characters that don't distract the reader from the flow of the story.
Now in the spirit of creating and writing exotic locales, how about a few travel tidbits from the audience today? Have you traveled somewhere and seen something that would make a great story detail? Or maybe you've researched and read a fact you're dying to put into a book. If you're more a homebody, tell us where you'd love to see a story set.
While you're all thinking about what to share, I'm going to use some of that fresh fruit to create a smoothie bar for everyone to enjoy. I think a mango smoothie would take the heat out of the cassava dish I just bit into. See you at the smoothie bar!
Today Debbie has generously offered to give two copies of The Doctor's Mission to two commenters. Winners announced in the Weekend Edition.


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Fernando Alonso says Ferrari "must" improve its form for the upcoming races after a disappointing weekend in Singapore so far the Italian squad.
Alonso, who said before the weekend that he expected Ferrari to be competitive this weekend, qualified down in fifth position, nearly a second off the pace in a car not as strong as his main rivals'.
The championship leader, 37 points ahead of Singapore poleman Lewis Hamilton, admitted Ferrari cannot afford to go into the back-to-back races in Japan and Korea with such a big pace gap to its rivals.
"I was expecting more on Thursday when I got here because you think it can be a better circuit for you," said Alonso. "But after yesterday we saw we weren't as quick as in Monza right from the first laps.
"So being fifth today is probably a bit better than the average this year.
"But we have to score points tomorrow and then we must improve for Suzuka and Korea, because you can't be 1.5 seconds behind your rivals."
Nonetheless, Alonso said Ferrari could be pleased with his qualifying performance given his car's form at Marina Bay.
"I think we can be satisfied," he added. "We haven't been very quick all weekend so fifth is probably the maximum we were hoping for.
"Fifth here is probably better than fourth because you start from the clean side and it can be important. So it's been a good day.
"But anyway, not being in the fight with the best all weekend has been the worst news."
Alonso remains open about his chances of finishing on the podium on Sunday, but he admits the first priority is to finish the race.
"We'll see how the race goes. The important thing is to have a good race and score a lot of points. The top priority is to finish the race, and if the others are faster we'll have to congratulate them.
"It's going to be very open and we'll have to be there knowing we need points."
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Facebook is blocked in China but Zuckerberg was there to meet with the top brass at Baidu, the search engine of choice/availability for Chinese people. It's doubtful that the Chinese government would throw open the gates for something as free speechy as The Face but they could conceivably allow a censored version of the site with some sort of back door mechanism for government censorship on the fly. But would Zuckerberg go for that? A lot of people, a lot of money, a lot of power, a lot of compromising.
Zuckerberg goes to China
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GBP/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General overview
The Bank of England monetary policy last meeting minutes did not support the British pound. In early March the unemployment reduction with the average earnings growth have intensified the UK inflation expectations. From the American monetary regulator, on the contrary, we expected "pigeon" rhetoric in relation to the monetary policy tightening.
The support level of 1.4650 has twice stopped the sellers. The first level testing was followed by a slight correction upwards; the second one has led to the short-term consolidation and a sharp increase.
The price is finding the first support at 1.4650, the next one is 1.4500. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.4800, the next one is at 1.4880.
There is a confirmed and a strong sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen shows an upward moveent and the Kijun-sen shows a downward movement. The downward movement will be until the price is under the Cloud.
The MACD histogram is in a negative territory. The price is correcting.
Trading recommendations
The buyers need to break above 1.4920 for a steady growth. The way to the marks 1.5015, 1.5100 will be opened after this breakthrough.


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Here's a list of recent activities drawing the attention of Texas law enforcement. List compiled on Feb. 17, 2012.
Arlington Police Arrest Man in Shooting Death
Police arrested a 25-year-old Arlington man in connection with the shooting death of a woman who was found in the parking lot of her apartment complex Thursday night. Police said Roshan Sah was arrested on Class C misdemeanor warrants Friday afternoon and later charged with murder in the slaying of 22-year-old Linda Villanueva-Rodriguez, an acquaintance. Her body was found in the parking lot of the Sutter Home Apartments at about 9 p.m. with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Arlington police said residents reported several gunshots shortly before the woman's body was found.
Man Killed in Single-Car Crash on Closed Road
A Rhome man was killed in a bizarre crash overnight in Fort Worth. Thomas Adams, 26, slammed into a backhoe in the 1600 block of East Weatherford Street. To hit the backhoe, Adams had to go around a police barricade, up a sidewalk and finally onto a closed road. Adams was the only person in the truck. There were no other reported injuries.
Sex Offender Strikes Again, Police Say
A convicted North Texas sex offender is charged with having sex with a 16-year-old Garland girl. Police said they believe Brandon Coppock met the girl online. Investigators said Coppock has had contact with other underage girls as well. Coppock was convicted in 2007 of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
Woman Crashes into Police Cruiser
An off-duty police officer is recovering Friday after a driver crashed her BMW into his police cruiser. The officer from the Bardwell Police Department was providing traffic control for a construction crew in Coppell just before midnight when his car was hit from behind in the westbound lanes of Interstate 635 near Freeport Parkway. The driver who struck the officer's car said she didn't notice the stopped vehicles in the roadway. The officer was transported to an area hospital after complaining of neck pain.
Mother, 2 Children Killed in Waco Mobile Home Fire
A mother and her two children died when their mobile home in Waco caught on fire. Firefighters who were called to the mobile home Thursday night found it ablaze with the woman and children trapped inside.


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Producer, John Scott Tyne, talks about the Pirates of the Burning Sea beta testing in his latest developer journal at MMORPG.com.
Operating an MMO beta is fantastic. You get all the fun of interacting with real players who are really playing your game, but you're still below the radar enough that the pressure isn't overwhelming. It's a great opportunity to learn what it's going to be like to run a live service.
We started our beta program a year ago, in late 2005. Players who tried the game back then and then tried it again more recently are amazed at how much has changed. But that's what a year of development gets you! The game has come a long, long way in that year and is much better than ever before.
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Sublingual, RADIATION ROMEO, Bipolar Bear
Moe's Original BBQ - Englewood
3295 S Broadway
Englewood, CO, 80113
Doors 8:30 PM / Show 9:00 PM
This event is 16 and over
All original band out of Thornton, Colorado. A crunchy blend of melodic melodies, dramatic vocals,influences from multiple genres, rhythmic beats and a punch in the gut sound that will keep you wanting more!
We are an original rock band. Our backgrounds lie in heavy metal, prog, and anything else quality. Our influences are endless and ever growing. We are very song oriented, but leave room from prog and other quirks to find their way into our music.
Originally formed in the mid2000s, Nate and Nathan collaberated after leaving Torture Device's brief existence on the planet. The line up has shifted a little over the years, accompanied by a hiatus or two. Chris Curtis is a friend of Nate's and filled the void on bass, and Jeff is a friend of Nathan's and has replaced our previous drummers.
Sublingual is preparing to record a new record, beginning in April/May of 2011.
Pounding drums, screaming guitars, and thumping bass all blended together for a roller coaster ride of music and emotion.
Bipolar Bear was formed on May 18th, 2012 by Justin Shapiro as a solo project. Previously in Spring 2012, the first songs were released via YouTube. Mike Barnes joined the band soon after as the drummer. After months of working on their craft and writing songs the band played it's first gig at the Grizzly Rock in Lakewood, CO on January 10th, 2013 despite the lack of a bassist and second guitarist. However, on January 28th Chris Davila was officially announced as the bassist but eventually departed from it on the eve of May 9th. The band plans on releasing a self titled debut EP this summer.
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I wonder if he had the right to do this.
Well it's a bit late now.
You, the members in here this is still
community. The ownership of the domain name and the responsibility for who pays for it to run and who does the work to make it all happen will not change the experience for you. If you all can work with James, he can help you make this forum as it should be.
Well it's just changed dramatically. What next?
Hello EnglishForum members and guests.
It has been just a little more than a year now since my brother and founder of this fine forum
left us all far too early in a tragic accident
Since then, the forum has had uncertainties and ups and downs. I was closely involved with Mark in much of his forum development projects and I could not bear to get too close to the running of his forum for a long time.
While many people have worked very hard with little praise or appreciation to keep things running behind the scenes, no one has managed to keep things upgraded and feature rich as Mark always did.
The forum (as it stands) works, but as the net marches on, things break and need updating. It has pained me to see much of Marks work slowly break and not keep pace with changes. It has also pained me to see the disruptions and the downtime despite sterling efforts of some behind the scenes.
A little while ago,
I intervened with some minor fixes
following the last move and promised to
sit behind the scenes and try to steer the forum in a better direction
. I promised there would be some upgrades, fixes and changes on the way and today I can announce that this will begin in earnest.
I have decided to give the forum into the care of someone who is already quite capable of running a forum superbly. I have full confidence that he will be able to be a part of this community and give it the care, time and technical skills that are needed.
I have deliberated long over this decision and it has not been an easy one to make. I am quite sure however that this is almost exactly the same sort of decision that Mark would have made (though he may have done it a bit quicker).
I have decided that the future of this forum in order to be sustainable, (both technically and financially), will be in the hands of the
commercial model. This may initially upset some, but as you will see, there are many positives to this change and will enable the forum to reach the point that Mark had intended for it.
I have now handed over ownership to The Local, a small organisation who have a niche expat market and should be a nice fit for the community here. They do not intend to make any big changes in here and want to keep everything much the same as it is. You may notice a small logo in the corner, but I think that will be a small price to pay for having the forum kept as it should be. Ill let James explain that to you, but suffice to say that I would not have transferred the forum to them if I believed it would not be of benefit to the community and Marks legacy.
Some of you have also donated to keep this forum running over the last year and most of that has been used wisely on the hosting that is currently serving you. I will make it my task to properly investigate all donations and make sure that any left over funds will be offered to be returned. I want to make sure that everything is accounted for and nothing goes amiss. Please note: The new owner has nothing to do with past donations, nor will do. Please PM me if you have any concerns about this.
You, the members in here this is still
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Please welcome James (Editor Bob) into your community and with your help, Im sure hell help you to make this a better place.
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The success Mountain Pointe basketball teams had on the court is starting to pay dividends off it.
Both the boys and girls teams won the East Valley Region for the second year in a row.
Mountain Pointe coach Brian Fleming was coach of the year.
Senior Jerome Garrison and senior Tylor Wimbish made first team all-region, senior Steven Knox and sophomore Khari Holloway were second team while senior Izzy Marshall and junior Marcus Ramirez nabbed honorable mention honors. Freshman Jalen Brown was selected to first-team all-defense. Leighton Blackinburg was named all-academic.
For the girls, senior Aleks Cataruzolo and freshman Kaylah Lupoe was a first-team picks, while sophomore Caitlyn Hetrick was chosen for the second team.
Freshman Maddy Sulka, sophomore Ashley Clubb and junior Hannah Sharpe were honorable mention selections.


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Writers and bloggers, if you're not reading your works aloud before publishing or posting them, you'll never be a great writer.
Your writer eyes are blind to seeing the flaws in whatever you write until you take it away from the computer and read it aloud.
To edit your own work, do this:
1. Always print your works-in-process often. Author Anne Lamott says, "Don't be afraid to kill a few trees. Just recycle." (I turn the pages over and put them back through the printer so both sides are used.)
2. Read your writing with fresh eyes. Take it away from the computer. Change seats, go outside in the sun or to the living room couch. Just get away from the desk in order to re-see what you have written with fresh eyes.
3. Grab a highlighter before you go. Why? See #5.
4. Read your writing aloud. Stand up. Face a window or sliding glass door. Imagine the entire world is your audience, out beyond the glass. Read in your big oratory voice as though you're at the front of a huge audience.
5. Whenever you stumble, tick the words or line with a highlighter. Rework those passages when you return to your writing desk.
6. Allow your writing to grow cold. Leave it alone. Don't read it for at least a week, longer if possible. Return to it with fresh eyes. Read aloud again, and listen for what needs changed.
During a recent #litchat on Twitter, author Maggie Dana, said it best:
Reading one's own stuff aloud can really highlight mistakes, not just typos but pace, rhythm, and flow.
Do you read your work aloud?
Please a comment at the bottom of the blog post.


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All quotes by Ray Johnson
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"unconscionable, that someone would attempt to take advantage of the suffering of thousands to his own benefit."
"I didn't ever think I was going to lose my son and wife no never... no. A gush of water hit me in my chest and I lost my balance for about three seconds and when I did my son went over the back of my neck and over my wife's head and into the water. I turned around and I seen my wife go under. When I got to her I went under and I picked her feet up to hurl her up and she fell over. And she was floating to I knew she was dead,"
"The man who is here with, he's helped me. A couple of other people has helped me. I'm waiting on FEMA to give me their part, because the president said you're entitled to 2000 dollars and that check has been mailed."
"Financial-wise, it has meant something to us, ... A lot of people will stop outside the city and get supplies. We get sales tax off the vendors that sell stuff during the concert, and that means probably a quarter of a million dollars to the county."
"That (score) wasn't any indication of the game. We did a good job of getting the ball in the right people's hands in the end. Then they did what they do (best). Marquis had a heck of a game."
"There's great potential for growth for us in the Dayton area. That's especially so with AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory)."
"One thing about Carlsbad, they never give up. They play hard. I thought we had it put away a couple of times, and they came back."


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Reconstructing a Corrupted Registry
|Archived content. No warranty is made as to technical accuracy. Content may contain URLs that were valid when originally published, but now link to sites or pages that no longer exist.
Brien M. Posey, MCSE for TechRepublic.com
September 1999
A wise administrator once said, "The more you know about the Microsoft® Windows® registry, the more dangerous you are." In a way, this is true because when you know nothing about the registry—except for the horror stories you've heard about its destructive power—you're much more careful when making changes than you'd probably be if you knew the entire registry structure inside and out. What this means is that regardless of your skill level, you can inadvertently make a change to the registry that will destroy Windows. Fortunately, there are often steps you can take to correct the action. In this article, I'll show you some techniques you can use to repair a damaged registry.
Using Safe Mode
The easiest way to fix a damaged registry is to boot Windows into Safe Mode and run REGEDIT to make the corrections. Many times this technique will work even when registry problems prevent Windows from booting in Normal Mode, because Safe Mode uses a minimal set of drivers and registry instructions. Of course, for this technique to truly work, you must know where you made the initial mistake in the registry and what needs to be changed to make the correction.
Using the Import Feature
As you may know, the Registry Editor has the ability to import and export the registry to and from a text file. You can do this by using the Import Registry File and Export Registry File commands on the Registry Editor's Registry menu. If you plan on making modifications to your registry, you can export the registry to a text file. If something were to go wrong, you could later import your original registry back in.
Restoring from Backup
The Microsoft Backup tool has the ability to back up and restore the registry. In Windows 95, using the full system backup option automatically backs up the registry. Restoring a single file from such a backup set will restore the registry.
The Windows 98 Backup tool handles the registry differently. When preparing the backup, you can select the Options command from the Job menu. When you see the Backup Job Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab and select the Backup Windows Registry check box. Likewise, you can restore only the registry through a similar process.
The downside to using the backup program to restore the registry is that the registry will be restored to the exact state it was in at the time of the last backup. Therefore, if it's been a while since your last backup and you restore the registry, you'll lose any information relating to programs you've installed since the backup as well as changes you've made to the operating system.
Registry Repair Tools
If you suspect that your registry problems are fairly simple, there are a couple of tools you can run that automatically repair registry errors.
If you're using Windows 98, you can use the Registry Checker program to revert to an older version of the registry. In some situations, Windows 98 is smart enough to detect a severely corrupted registry and revert to an older registry automatically.
If you're not using Windows 98, the latest version of the Norton Utilities by Symantec offers a tool capable of repairing all but the most difficult registry problems.
When Windows Won't Boot
If Windows won't boot at all, you have two options. You could delete your existing copy of Windows and either install a fresh copy or restore a backup. Or you could attempt one last thing to restore the registry to a functional state.
The latter technique involves exporting the registry to a text file, making the necessary changes, and importing the changes back into Windows. What makes this technique so special is that it works in MS-DOS® mode. As you can see in Table A, the REGEDIT command contains several MS-DOS mode switches.
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] filename1 REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /C filename2 REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /E filename3 [regpath1] REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /D regpath2
Table A
REGEDIT Command Switches
Location of System.dat
Location of User.dat
File to import into the registry
/C filename2
File to create registry from
/E filename3
File to export registry to
Starting registry key to export from (defaults to exporting the entire registry)
/D regpath2
Specifies registry key to delete
The REGEDIT command switches.
To create the text file, you must export the registry. Assuming that your registry files are stored in the usual locations, you could do so with the following command:
Issuing this command will produce a text file similar to the one shown in Figure A. But remember, although I'm showing the text file in a Windows-based editor, you'll have only MS-DOS to work with. Therefore, you must have an MS-DOS-based text editor with an unlimited file size capability. The MS-DOS Editor won't work, since the registry export file can be very large. The file I created in our example was 3.5 MB. If you don't have a suitable text editor, you can use another computer to download one from the Internet.
Once you've made the necessary changes to the text file, you must import it. If you want to import the entire registry, you must use this command:
In this article, I've discussed several techniques that you can use to recover a corrupted registry. However, you use these techniques at your own risk. As with any other registry modification, these techniques have the potential to make your problem worse than it already is.
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The Jum Nakao paper dresses are an interesting and creative use of paper that were created for the MoMu fashion exhibit in Antwerp that saw the models ripping the ornate and delicate dresses off of themselves at the end of the show.
The Jum Nakao paper dresses must have taken countless hours to create and are truly a piece of wearable art; it's unfortunate, though, that they were destroyed at the end of the exhibit.
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Watt played with a brace on his left elbow, but it didn't limit him at all. The 2011 first-round pick has the potential to be dominant in Wade Phillips' 3-4 scheme. Over his last three games (including playoffs), Watt has five sacks, one interception return for a touchdown and four passes defensed.


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The Bruins have three power play goals in their last four games and have seen their conversation rate bump from a pitiful 9% success rate to a slightly less pitiful 13%. And they've gone from the second worst in the NHL to third worst… hey, baby steps, folks. Just ahead of them on the "awful PP" list is Buffalo (13.6), Columbus (13.6), and Detroit (13.9).
Bruins were 1-1 last night, 1-2 against the Sabres and 1-6 against the Sabres again.
So why the sudden influx of PPGs?
A possibility. We're not ruling it out… yet. But let's take a look at the recent goals.
More after the jump….
Here's Marchand's goal from last night.
This was a lot of the Jets being too anxious and too aggressive to attack the puck handler — in this case Bergeron. Patrice carries the puck over the blue line and garners the attention of three of the four Winnipeg penalty killers.
That lets Bergern to make a nice, hard pass within Marchand's reach. And then the LBoH just does one of the many things he does best. Dangle through some defenders and humiliate the opposing team.
Looking at that play it's no wonder why Winnipeg's PK is dead last in the NHL.
So they key to this goal was simply getting that puck over the blue line and getting the PKers out of position. It took less than 30 seconds this time around because Winnipeg is awful, awful, awful. A PPG is a PPG but this is just as much the Jets sucking on the PK (66%) as it is Boston earning that goal.
The game before that was the horrible letdown loss against the Buffalo Sabres. One of the highlights though was Douglas Hamilton getting his first goal of his NHL career, and it coming off the PP.
The Sabres were in trouble from the beginning of this video. Holy cow. We're almost surprised Seguin didn't bury this in himself from the start.
But instead, Seguin takes it around the back of the net and dishes it to David Krejci. Now there are three Sabres PKers in the Buffalo crease and while Ryan Miller is crawling around and belly flopping like he thinks he's Dominik Hasek or something. Now normally the Bruins would pass it here because when they finally get the puck in the offensive zone they just want to keep passing the puck to one another in some form of PP circle jerk. But instead, Krejci wrists the puck on net.
It's blocked and it finds it's way to Douglas Hamilton cruising up from the blue line.
Boom. Goal.
Key to this was puck movement but good puck movement. Passing for the sake of passing doesn't do much if the PK unit can follow along. Seguin didn't think he could life over a sprawling Miller (and the way Miller was playing, Seguin might've been right), so he took it around back and gives it to an open Krecji. Then Krecji — instead playing keep away — fires the puck on net. Miller is still sprawling around. It's blocked 'cause there are three Sabres in the crease, so he gives to someone who has a better angle. It's simple and effective. And it worked. Boston was also able to force the Sabres to collapse in on itself, letting Boston creep in closer to the crease and fire hard shots from a shorter range.
Of course, Buffalo sucks. Their PK is 18th in the NHL at 80%. But Miller was carrying the Sabres on his back. During this sequence, he could do nothing but watch… like the penalty killers in front of him.
Boston went 0-4 on the PP against the Rangers. New York's PK is 8th in the NHL, 84%.
And the game before that was another game against the Sabres. Sensing a theme here? Boston went 1-6 on the PP in this game. The lone PPG coming off the stick of Patrice Bergeron.
This angle kinda sucks. It starts off with Peverly winning the face off and getting the puck back to their Chris Bourque. Being pressured by one Sabre defender and not being able to dish the puck off to his right 'cause there are two other Sabres there waiting to pick the pass off, Bourque is left with two options — dish it to Peverly along the boards or fire it off the glass between Marchand and Peverly.
You can easily argue that Bourque should've passed it to Peverly but decisions are made fast and hindsight is 20/20. The puck hits the back end boards and takes a big bounce in Boston's favor. Both Marchand and the man on him over skate the puck. A second Buffalo defender also skated too far in to properly pick up the loose puck. So it finds its way to Patrice Bergeron
And Bergeron does what he does best — be awesome.
Again, good puck movement was key here. When the Bruins try to get too fancy and make the defenders move via passes around the perimeter they fail miserably. And their cross ice passes on the PP are even worse. But when they're firing the puck on net, or at least moving the puck in that North/South direction they're able to cause a little chaos. And chaos on a power play is good for the attackers, bad for the defenders.
Boston needs more chaos in their PP diet.
So does this mean the Bruins PP has turned the corner? *shrugs* We're not convinced. Buffalo and Winnipeg's PK is horrendous. But a PPG is a PPG and sometimes beating up on shitty team can help build some confidence and grow a little momentum from game to game. Boston faces the Lightning on Thursday night. Tampa's PK is 15h in the NHL with a kill rate of 82%, so they're average. Another PPG or two against the Lightning would be good for building more confidence in shaky PP units.


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If you are a person who love about design, you might fall in love with these set of ABC paper Cup where you can make words with it! Designed by creative Koreans, ABC Paper Cup is also one of the Red Dot Design Award winner last year on 2009.
ABC Paper Cup puts an end to the boring design of disposable paper cups, which are easily confused with one another and thus users often have to take a new one. The ABC Paper Cup makes it easy to remember your cup, because it has a unique design in 14 variations, including the alphabet from A to Z. Apart from the cups with their colourful signs and letters in simple, cheerful designs there are also fun suggestions on how the ABC Paper Cups can also be used.
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France has dispatched 80 troops to the Niger capital Niamey following the abduction of seven people including five French nationals, diplomatic and security sources said Monday.
The troops have set up a base in the capital and are working in five teams with a mission to find the seven hostages, the sources said.
They have French Breguet-Atlantique reconnaissance planes at their disposal.
"They have already carried out 21 hours of reconnaissance flights in the area in an effort to locate the hostages", a source said.
The seven were kidnapped on Thursday from their homes in Arlit in northern Niger by suspected Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, or Tuareg bandits who may have planned to sell them on to the Islamists.
They are five French nationals, including a married couple, one Togolese and one Madagascan. All worked for French companies involved in uranium mining in the Arlit region.
France has said it suspects the North African wing of Al-Qaeda -- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) -- and has not ruled taking military action to free the hostages.
"France will do everything to free the hostages," government spokesman Luc Chatel said on Sunday.
Mauritanian troops -- who have operated with French support in recent months -- are already in action against AQIM in northern Mali, but France says its forces are not involved for now.
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Bucs mull September callups for playoff run
Bucs mull September callups for playoff run
In a couple of weeks, many of those wishes will come true. When rosters expand on Sept. 1, the Pirates will make an unspecified number of additions to help with their playoff push.
"We'll have the appropriate number [of young players] to help us be the most competitive [we can be]," said manager Clint Hurdle, who indicated internal discussions about those moves are ongoing. "We'll look at areas where we feel we need personnel to strengthen our club -- a runner, a bat, a reliever, another outfielder."
Hurdle was candid about a pair of factors that affect the number of September additions. There are financial considerations: With MLB's minimum salary at $480,000, the one-month commitment is about $75,000 per each callup, plus routine travel expenses. There are also decisions with priorities: Several Minor League affiliates are in playoff positions, including Triple-A Indianapolis, which would be the source for most callups.
"We have to be sensitive to the needs of the Triple-A team," Hurdle said, "but they need to understand the needs of the Major League team, too."
Remaining in the race for a National League postseason berth would give Hurdle and the Bucs a different perspective on a timeless debate about unfair competition between expanded September rosters. Contenders consider themselves at a disadvantage against the also-rans' parade of players.
"It can get absurd late in the season. One September, we played a team with 37 men," Hurdle said. "You can't out-manage them -- they just keep coming."
With respect to that, Hurdle has made a suggestion to Joe Torre, MLB's executive vice president of baseball operations: Require teams to select and announce the 25 actives from their expanded rosters on a day-by-day basis for each September game. Hurdle got an overall good reaction to that idea when he shared it with other managers at the last Winter Meetings.


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With the President's vacation to Martha's Vineyard is this month, it's said that the Obamas will be staying at a new, modern abode. The Chilmark House, valued at $7.6 million, has an infinity pool, gym, a pond, and ocean views on 9 and a half acres. Click through to HuffPost Home for more photos.
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SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. through its clout behind cloud computing at a press event here Wednesday (Oct. 27), pledging to help drive the creation of standards for cloud networks, including participation in an alliance of global businesses.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) said it helped create the alliance, known as the Open Data Center Alliance, which features more than 70 global businesses and plans to create a roadmap to drive interoperability, flexibility and industry standards for cloud computing and next generation data centers. Companies involved in the alliance—a diverse group of heavyweights from a wide range of vertical markets including Shell Oil, UBS, Lockheed Martin, BMW and the like—together spend more than $50 billion per year in IT investment.
While Intel helped to create the alliance, Kirk Skaugen, Intel vice president and general manager of the company's Data Center Group, stressed that Intel is participating as a technical advisor only, not a voting member. The alliance and its leadership are comprised of heavy IT users, more of which are expected to join in coming months.
Skaugen said Intel was "humbled" to be asked to participate, presumably because of the company's history of helping to drive technology standardization through previous experiences such as the WiFi Alliance. Intel was also asked to participate "I think in large part because we don't sell anything direct to the alliance community," Skaugen said.
Skaugen, as well as Open Data Center Alliance officers Marvin Wheeler, chief strategy officer at Terremark Worldwide Inc., and Curt Aubley, CTO of cyber security at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, said the trend toward cloud computing is being hampered by a lack of standards that create questions about interoperability and security. According to Skaugen, lingering questions about interoperability and security in cloud computing is delaying some $100 billion in planned IT investment.
Skaugen also outlined Intel's "Cloud 2015" vision and unveiled a company initiative called "Cloud Builders," featuring 20 hardware and software makers who have commit ted resources to spur innovation and make clouds easier to deploy, use and share.
"We fundamentally believe that if we catalyze the industry over the next decade or so, that cloud computing can transform the economics of computing," Skaugen said.
Skaugen, noting the existence of other groups dedicated to creating standards for cloud computing such as the IEEE Cloud Computing Standards Study Group, said the Open Data Center Alliance isn't going to necessarily create new standards, but that it would work to have its concerns incorporated into standards developed by other bodies. Skaugen said there are already "seven or eight working groups out there" struggling to be heard.
"Don't think of us [an organization that is going to] recreate the wheel," Skaugen said. "There are lots of good cloud bodies out there."