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A working draft of resources and reports from an NSF-sponsored project intended to strengthen the role of mathematics in Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programs. Intended as a resource for ATE faculty and members of the mathematical community. Comments are welcome by e-mail to the project directors: Susan L. Forman or Lynn A. Steen.
ATE projects enable teachers and students to look at the world differently. Most mathematics teachers have little experience either using or teaching the kind of mathematical applications that are embedded in ATE projects. So while working on ATE projects, matheamatics faculty become students again: to teach in these programs, they need to acquire new vocabulary, learn new methods, and struggle with new concepts. Through this effort they experience education once again through the eyes of their students. Likewise, ATE students become teachers: as students work in teams to solve real problems, they discover the benefits of learning from each other.
The project approach of ATE programs creates other pedagogical opportunities as well. In traditional mathematics courses dominated by homework and tests, teachers learn more about their students' weaknesses than about their strengths, more about what they can't do than about what they can do. In contrast, students working on ATE projects have much more opportunity to demonstrate their strengths--and more opportunities to work around (or remedy) their weaknesses. Notwithstanding these opportunities for creative pedagogy, many students in ATE programs find that their mathematical experiences remain as they had been in traditional courses, even as other parts of their program adopt more project-oriented, student-active, exploratory characteristics. In this section we examine some of the distinctive pedagogical challenges posed by mathematics in ATE programs.
Unfortunately, few students learn much lasting or important mathematics from worksheets. Worksheets violate most of the pedagogical principles espoused by the mathematics standards. Far too many worksheets offer little more than rote instruction for solving a particular problem or operating particular software. Students who complete worksheets may have solved the problem yet still not have learned anything about problem solving. Often, they don't even have a comprehensive understanding of the particular problem they have just solved.
The challenge of helping students move from simple, one-step problems to cognitively complex multi-step endeavors is significant, but worksheets are rarely an ideal strategy.
More generally, since ATE curricula are often unconventional when measured against traditional academic programs, students need at some point to recognize and be able to describe what they have learned using the conventional language of mathematics. Otherwise they begin to think that their friends in traditional courses are learning all the "right stuff" while they are not. ATE students need not only to solve problems but also to learn proper names for mathematical objects and procedures; to distinguish among guessing, conjecturing, solving, and proving; and to understand the the map of mathematics. Reaching this kind of mathematical closure is an important objective for any ATE program.
In response to demands for more relevance, publishers fill textbooks also with so-called appliedproblems that situate mathematical questions in some context, real or imagined:
If 8 men can do a job in 12 days, how long it will take to complete the job if two men quit?Most of these problems are contrived, and students know it. Rarely do they represent a plausible problem, and even when they do it is unlikely that a person would use school mathematics as the means to solve it. (Stephen would probably take the remaining money out of his pocket and count it.)
Stephen had $24.09 in his pocket. If he spends $10.60 on a book and $3.30 on a snack, how much does he have left?
Authenticproblems, in contrast, arise naturally in work (e.g., controlling processes on assembly lines, laying out new manufacturing facilities, preparing yield maps of a farmer's fields) and in ordinary living (e.g., understanding amounts withheld from a paycheck, planning to buy a car or redecorate a room). Because authentic problems are rooted in context, they rarely survive transplantation to generic mathematics classrooms. Since they can be properly experienced only in an environment that is hospitable to their defining context, they are rarely encountered in traditional classrooms. Even for instructors strongly committed to authenticity, finding and employing natural contexts remains a nearly insurmountable obstacle.
ATE programs can help with the problem of authenticity. Workplace settings connected with the ATE goal can be used to motivate, illustrate, and teach mathematics. For example:
Educators also complain about students' lack of ability to use in new contexts skills learned in other settings. For example, science students fail to recognize in a biology class equations they learned to solve in their mathematics class. Agriculture students fail to recognize patterns in data that they learned about, albeit abstractly, in their statistics course. Students everywhere persist in believing that the mathematics they learn is of little use since they fail to recognize it when it arises outside of mathematics class.
Those who teach mathematics as part of the ATE program can aid transfer of learing by introducing students to the same mathematical concept in a different context. This approach, more self-conscious about the problem of transfer of learning, helps many students recognize that mathematical tools are meant to be used, and can be used in more than one context. But it requires an unusually high degree of coordination between the mathematics program and the ATE program--coordination that is often impeded by turf issues or articulation restrictions.
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Last Updated: October 12, 1999.
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Bravo to Wilson, he is describing prescriptive biology. I really don't know how we as a species can understand or fix our problems unless we are willing to look at them from a naturalistic process.We are ants with technology, and with the ability to use our brains to shape our world. If we refuse to use this ability because we are afraid of how it will affect our religious sensibilities we will be a more spectacular evolutionary failure than ever before seen on our planet.The Earth will long survive us.

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Sometimes the best moments in life occur when you start with few expectations. The post-pub party in the kitchen, the holiday you didn't plan or the race car that you thought was just making up the numbers, but turned out to be much better.
Stewart Imber's Mercedes 300SE fits perfectly into the third of those categories. I had seen the car earlier in the year at Silverstone and it looked nicely turned out, but big - a huge, silver Stuttgart taxi. Imber said at the time that the engine was completely standard, but while 160 horsepower from three litres might have been sufficient for a luxury sedan in 1964, these days it is about average for a sporty hatchback weighing half as much.
So while it was nice to be asked to drive it at last weekend's Goodwood Revival meeting (where the St Mary's Trophy for saloon cars had moved up the order to become a 20-lap, two-driver race), I wasn't expecting a great deal in the way of results. Maybe it would rain and even things up a bit.
Still, Stewart - a card-carrying Mercedes freak since he was a toddler - proved to be a charming host. In 1996 he found his 300, complete with acres of leather and air suspension, in a Scarborough barn, where it had lain sheltered but neglected for some years. It was the perfect basis for a race car - always assuming that a 300SE is the racer you covet.
Imber points out that a German team did make 300s competitive against the pace-setting Fords of his car's heyday. Besides, you open the parts book, ring Mercedes in Germany and most things can be obtained within a couple of days. Try doing that with your Lotus Cortina.
On closer inspection the Merc was smart, too. Prepared as a labour of love by father and son Richard and Stephen Miles at the Tipton Garage in Devon, it looked purposeful despite its size and was sufficiently low that the wheels (wearing tyres about the same size as those on an Aston Martin GT in the paddock) were half-swallowed by the ample arches.
A look underneath revealed independent suspension all round, big springs, upmarket shock absorbers and brakes, while inside was a stick that led to a manual ZF gearbox from that same Aston. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad, after all. And colleague Tony Dron, I discovered, was not in a Lotus Cortina after all but a luminous lime-green Cortina GT owned by a charming Danish dentist. Maybe we could have an intra-Telegraph, Anglo-Teutonic scrap. The forecast said rain was likely. Things were definitely looking up.
Better still were the first few laps of practice. The Mercedes six had an impressive amount of wallop between 3,000rpm and 5,000rpm (overhead cam and fuel injection in 1964, no less), but it was the chassis that surprised me most.
Power steering was another thing I hadn't expected, but it allowed you to sit there and gently turn the wheel with the fingertips while you approached Madgwick, St Mary's and Woodcote at ever higher speeds with each successive lap.
Normally if you try to take more of a big car's energy into the turn, the nose refuses to tuck in and you end up ploughing towards the circuit's edge. Not here. The whole car seemed to lean gently on to the left front wheel and round we went.
The dip in Madgwick's middle part made the tail gently sway to the left, but a gentle straightening of the wheel had it held, then back in shape. Filled with such confidence, I found it was a similar story at St Mary's, the daunting, off-camber right-hander at the end of the top straight. The railway sleeper-lined earth mound rushes towards you flat out in top gear and is one of the things that makes Goodwood special, because it wouldn't be allowed if modern cars raced there. By the end of practice this and Madgwick were tackled without lifting the right foot.
Before I could put these new-found strengths to use, qualifying was cut short when an unfortunate Cortina crashed heavily on the contents of an Alfa Romeo's sump.
Come the race, Stewart did a good job in the first part and handed over to me slightly before half-distance (big car, big doors - easy to swap quickly). Then instead of Dron, who had gone out with water problems, there was a Mini Cooper that proved surprisingly well matched. After an entertaining David and Goliath contest, the struggle went the way of the big chap for a change and, as the faster cars ahead broke down or fell off, I was able to pull away to finish sixth - unexpected, but all the better for that.


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Ratification of child rights convention urged by UNListen /
The UN human rights chief is urging the three countries that have not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to do so in 2014.
The convention was established a quarter of a century ago this year and sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.
South Sudan, Somalia and the United States are the three countries that are yet to ratify the convention.
Navi Pillay is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
"Over the course of those 25 years, the CRC has been the most widely ratified of all the human rights treaties and is just three ratifications short of universal ratification by states. I hope there will be even greater acceptance of this core international human rights treaty in its anniversary year."
The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen.
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- One woman may have been the actual victim but all of us are victims when one woman is attacked like that. It is a statement to be listened to and responded to actively and promptly. Almost 2,000 years ago, a beautiful young mathematician, Hypatia, was set on by a mob whipped up by the local bishop. …
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NRA chief: If putting armed police in schools is crazy, 'then call me crazy'Sun Dec 23, 2012
- I am trying to find words that express my disgust with the NRA leadership. I am not talking about the responsible and upright people who own guns, hunt for food or defend themselves and their stores. I am talking about people like Wayne LaPierre who will not protect me, my sister, my brother-in-law, …
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Lacking support, House pulls last-ditch cliff fix, heads homeThu Dec 20, 2012
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ANTALYA, Turkey, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods said Monday he apologized to his U.S. Ryder Cup teammates for not doing more to prevent Europe's comeback win in this year's event.
Woods, speaking to reporters in Turkey where he's competing in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, said he issued the apologies to rookie teammates Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley after the United States blew a big lead in the final round of the Sept. 28-30 event.
Woods said he regretted he wasn't able to win his team match with partner Steve Stricker against Europeans Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia on the second day, which would have given the Americans a big enough lead to weather Europe's third-round rally, ESPN reported.
The Americans' 10-6 advantage after Round 2 dissipated and they ended up losing 14 1/2 to 13 1/2.
"I had an opportunity to earn three points in team sessions and didn't do that," the world No. 2 said. "My point [in the singles] didn't matter when all was said and done. Steve Stricker and I were sent out to win points and we didn't do it. That was frustrating."


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Super Bowl XLVII Las Vegas Odds
NEW ORLEANS, LA (The Spread) – The line for Super Bowl XLVII is on the move, so where does it sit now as the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers get ready to battle on Sunday?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the 49ers are 4-point favorites versus the Ravens while the over/under total is currently sitting at 47.5 points. The Ravens are also +145 on the money line while the 49ers are -165 on the ML.
In Las Vegas, however, the line is lower. At the Las Vegas Hilton and the MGM Mirage the 49ers are now -3.5 while the over/under total is either 47 or 47.5 depending on the book. San Francisco opened at -3.5 or -4 at most books, but as the big game draws near the line doesn't look like it's going back up to 4.5 (which happened at one point last week). As of this writing, 57% of the bets placed on the Super Bowl favor the Ravens.
It'll be interesting to see whether or not the latest news on Ray Lewis will sway public bettors. According to Sports Illustrated, Lewis contacted the sports science company S.W.A.T.S. in October to help with recovery from his torn triceps. The owner of the company, Mitch Ross, allegedly recorded conversations between himself and Lewis after the linebacker reportedly jumped on a program that includes IGF-1, which is on the NFL's banned-substance list.
According to the latest trends, the under is 4-1 in the Ravens' last five games overall and 4-1 in their last five playoff games. But the over is 6-0 in the 49ers' last six games overall and 5-1 in their last six contests following an ATS win. The over is also 5-0 in San Francisco's last five games versus a team with a winning record.
As for the side, the Ravens are 4-0 against the spread in their last four playoff games and 4-1 ATS in their last five games overall. The Niners, meanwhile, are 5-1 ATS versus a team with a winning record and 25-11-1 ATS in their last 37 games overall.
2013 Super Bowl XLVII Las Vegas Odds
101 Baltimore Ravens +3.5 (47)
102 San Francisco 49ers -3.5
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A guest post written by Fran Esser first posted before the November 2010 elections, we can keep these thoughts in mind during upcoming elections.
New International Bible Version, II Timothy Ch 3 describes Godlessness in the Last Days as follows: "There will be terrible times. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power."
Sound familiar? Do you wonder how the apostle had such insight about current events? Perhaps it is because much of this stuff has been going on for centuries.
Let not your heart be troubled, isn't this erroneous activity coming to the surface for a good cleaning? God promises us this healing in II Chronicles 7: 14, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
During times of uneasiness, the demand for good leadership is more magnified. Election time is always unsettling. Our heads are spinning with political campaigns going full blast in the media and we sometimes wonder how we can make a voting decision amid this turmoil and confusion. Friends tell me they just don't watch the news.
Rather than stick our heads in the sand, we can make the decision to live in harmony under a God-influenced government. With the help of the Ten Commandments, and that good old Sermon on the Mount, we will be led to separate the wheat (the honest good guys) and not be fooled by the tares, (flashy, self serving candidates with mad ambition). Pharaoh of Egypt had the right idea in choosing Joseph next in line to his throne because of his proven insight and integrity to resist all forms of evil. This resulted in benefiting his country, his fellow man and his own family.
If we see that the divine activity of the universe cannot be destroyed because it is based on a spiritual sense of principle (the source of all law), we will be able to cast a wise vote.
Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures writes this magnificent truth: "One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfills the scripture, "Love thy neighbor as thyself;" annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry, – whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed."
Fran Esser is a member of the Mid Valley Interfaith Council, Palm Desert, California.


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It will depend on the circumstance that who is filing for bankruptcy. Such as:
- Who is filing for bankruptcy
- The person who does not file bankruptcy still owes all or his debts
The liability of guarantor takes place when the borrower does not pay the loan. The lender must pursue the borrower in first instance. If the borrower fails to do so; then the lender may ask the guarantor to fulfil his obligation. Personal guaranteeis an important document because it gives the assurance to the lender that guarantor will repay the amount if the borrower does not fulfil his terms. Guarantor liability can be discharged on the filing of the petition for bankruptcy.
What will be happened when the borrower file for bankruptcy, and you have not filed for bankruptcy
If the borrower has filed the bankruptcy; then the borrower liabilities will be discharged and you will be liable to fulfil your obligation. Bankruptcy always discharges the liabilities of the filing person and does not discharge liabilities of other person. As a guarantor you will be responsible to repay the loan amount if the debtor got the bankruptcy protection.
If you have got the bankruptcy protection then the lender cannot pursue you for the repayment of the remaining debt amount. The bankruptcy releases you from the debts, existed at the date of bankruptcy.
What is the law about personal guarantee?
The personal guarantee contract must be in written form and it must be signed by the guarantor. Before entering into the personal guarantee contract, the guarantor must consider the following important points. Such s:
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- What is maxim amount I am guaranteeing?
- Financial position of the debtor
- Is the guarantee for a specific or unlimited sum?
In the case Linda Jane Inkster v Mountain Wear 2004 Limited High Court held thatguarantor must take legal advice before signing the agreement.
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Mitchel Wicker Jr., M.D., Internal Medicine
A Kentucky native, Dr. Mitchell Wicker completed medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan and completed a residency in internal medicine at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan. He returned to Kentucky and started practicing medicine in Hazard in 1981 and is currently the medical director and President of the Hazard Clinic. Dr. Wicker is a Fellow with the American College of Physicians and a Diplomat with American Board of Internal Medicine. He is on staff with Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hazard and participates on the hospital's care and quality committee. He is active with Kentucky Medical Association and participates on several committees with that organization.
Ronald Collier, M.D., Pediatrics
Dr. Ronald Collier, a Whitesburg, Kentucky native attended medical school at the University of Louisville. He did his Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at U of L Health Care University Hospital with a fellowship in Neonatology from U of L. He is board certified with American Board of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Mary Engle, PA
Mary Engle, a certified Physician Assistant, is a graduate of the University of Kentucky's College of Allied Heath. She began her career in healthcare with a LPN degree and a Bachelor's in Nursing prior to attending school to become a Physician Assistant. She has a broad experience in internal medicine, as well as cardiology, emergency medicine, geriatrics and pain management.
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Trena Preston, APRN
Trena Preston, APRN, originally trained as a registered nurse and who currently works as a Nurse Practitioner and obtained her bachelors in nursing and her Family Nurse Practitioner certification from Eastern Kentucky University. She sees patients in our clinic two days a week and sees patients who are in the Hazard Clinic House Call Program as well.
Deborah Anderson, APRN
Deborah Anderson, APRN holds a Doctorate in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She obtained her clinical experience at the highly respected Kaiser Permanente Clinic and University Hospital in Cleveland. She has been working as a provider in the Hazard Clinic House Call Program since 2000.
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Elizabeth Crank, APRN
Elizabeth Crank, APRN is a family nurse practitioner and licensed dietitian who received her Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Eastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from University of Kentucky. Elizabeth is very interested in the treatment of Diabetes and heart disease and uses her background in nutrition to educate our patients with these illnesses and those who may be at risk.


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Cape Town - Lawyer Taswell Papier has
been appointed administrator of the Estate Agency Affairs Board
(EAAB), Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday.
Briefing journalists in Parliament,
Sexwale said the need for an administrator was urgent following a
"series of disturbing events" which had affected the estate
agency industry.
These included the Wendy Machanik saga,
the acrimonious departure of the EAAB's CEO Nomonde Mapetla, and the
Auction Alliance debacle.
Sexwale said it was unclear how deep
the rot was, and the administrator and Special Investigating Unit
(SIU) would separately help determine the extent of wrongdoing in the
"There's a stench here. How far
does it go back, I don't know."
The minister said he was initially in
no hurry to jump in and get involved. But the suspensions and
resignations at the board forced his hand. Last month Sexwale
announced the dissolution of the board and the appointment of a
Special Investigating Unit team.
"I don't want to at this stage
speculate how deep things have gone wrong. But, I heard from
stakeholders in the industry about the fidelity fund... there's been
some suspicious things. I heard about the handshake given to the
previous CEO," Sexwale said.
Mapetla was given a R3 million rand
golden handshake after she was suspended. Her contract was later
terminated. Suspected fraud in the industry's fidelity fund was also
being probed.
Estate agencies and agents were
expected to contribute to the fidelity fund, used to guard against
theft or fraud by attorneys and agencies. The size of the fund was
unknown. It was established in the late 1970s.
Estate agent Machanik and her chief
financial officer, Bruce Bernstein, were arrested last year. They
face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud, failure to keep
accounting records, and failure to reflect over 100 transfers between
the company's trust and business accounts. The amount involved was
about R28m. The matter would be back in court in October.
Papier, former president of the Law
Society of the Cape of Good Hope, would now essentially perform the
functions of both the board and CEO for a six-month term.
"He is expected to implement
appropriate turn-around strategies... implement (a) financial control
system... provide strategic leadership and capability to the
organisation to restore its reputation, ensure sustainability and
organisational efficiency, and implement the organisational strategic
business plan as well as monitoring its performance," Sexwale
The SIU would hold a separate inquiry.
The minister did not rule out involving
the police should there be resistance to the administrator, or if
EAAB staff refused to hand over, or shredded, certain documents.
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Hi new to the forum, has anybody used the caldwell nxt rifle rest, and if so is it Ok to use just for sighting in rifles and such, no competitions. We have shooting benches at my club but Im looking for a little more accuracy in sighting in than just bags, also its getting harder for my dad to shoot as accurate as he used to and I want to keep it as enjoyable as possible for him. Thanks in advance.


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Pioneer Natural Resources to Sell Piece of Wolfcamp Stake to Sinochem for $1.7B
Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) ("Pioneer" or "the Company") today announced that the Company has signed an agreement with Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of the Sinochem Group ("Sinochem"), to sell 40% of Pioneer's interest in approximately 207,000 net acres leased by the Company ("joint interest area") in the highly prospective horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry Trend Area Field for a total price of $1.7 billion. At closing, Sinochem will pay $500 million in cash to Pioneer, before normal closing adjustments, and will pay the remaining $1.2 billion by carrying a portion of Pioneer's share of future drilling and facilities costs ("drilling carry").
The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary governmental approvals. Under the agreement, Sinochem will acquire approximately 82,800 net acres of leasehold held by Pioneer for all Wolfcamp depths and deeper horizons. Pioneer retains 60% of its interest in the Wolfcamp depths and deeper horizons, with Sinochem receiving 40% of Pioneer's interest. Pioneer will continue as operator and will conduct all leasing, drilling, completion, operations and marketing activities in the joint interest area. The joint interest area covers defined portions of Upton, Reagan, Irion, Crockett and Tom Green Counties in Texas. Pioneer retains its current working interests in all horizons shallower than the Wolfcamp horizon.
In addition to funding its own drilling obligations for the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale, Sinochem has agreed to fund 75% of Pioneer's portion of drilling and facilities costs after closing until the $1.2 billion of drilling carry is fully utilized. Pioneer has six years to utilize the drilling carry, subject to extension under certain circumstances. At closing, Sinochem will pay its 40% share of net expenditures in the joint interest area from the December 1, 2012 effective date of the transaction to the closing date. Pioneer and Sinochem have agreed to a development plan which forecasts the drilling of 86 horizontal Wolfcamp Shale wells during 2013, increasing to 120 wells in 2014 and 165 wells in 2015.
To the extent Sinochem elects to participate in any vertical wells that are drilled in the joint interest area after the effective date, Sinochem will receive its share of production and costs from the Wolfcamp and deeper horizons based on the anticipated reserve contribution from the Wolfcamp and deeper intervals relative to anticipated reserves from all completed intervals. Pioneer's and Sinochem's participation in vertical wells will be based on each party's interest without any drilling carry being applied. Pioneer will retain 100% of its existing vertical production in the joint interest area.
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Police say two people suffered non-life threatening injuries following a shooting in Northwest during the early morning hours Sunday.
According to police, the gunshot victims were found just after 2 a.m. by police officers in the 4000 block of V Street NW.
Both were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Officials say a third individual was found in the vicinity in possession of three guns.
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The man who witnessed the shooting death of a Maplewood police officer on Saturday morning says called the incident "a cold-blooded execution.:
Bill Langevin, a former police officer and firefighter in St. Paul, said he was out for a morning run on Saturday when Sgt. Joe Bergeron drove by in his squad car, waved and smiled.
Moments later, Langevin said he watched as a pair of carjacking suspects stepped up to Bergeron's open squad car door, and one of them shot the police sergeant in the head.
"This was just a cold-blooded execution," Langevin told MPR's Morning Edition. "That they just wanted to kill a police officer and they just murdered and executed him."
Langevin said he ran immediately to the squad car to help, and saw that Bergeron had been killed.
"I just reacted without thinking," Langevin said. "I just wished I could have helped him, but he was so mortally wounded. That's the hard part about it ... It's just tragic and I feel so bad for his family."
The suspected shooter in the case, Jason Jones, was killed during a six-hour manhunt for Bergeron's killer. Another suspect, Joshua Martin, 21, was arrested later in the day with help from a description from Langevin.
Martin was charged Monday with second-degree murder and is being held on $2 million bail. He could face indictment for first-degree murder in the case.
Authorities have released two others, a brother and sister from St. Paul, who were arrested Monday on suspicion of helping Martin evade police before his arrest. Officials say the two could still be charged at a later date.
Click the audio link to listen to the full interview. Listeners should be warned that the conversation includes some graphic descriptions of what Langevin saw.


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Hockey season is finally here. That's right, after months and months of off-season, and roughly three weeks of tune-up games, the Panthers are ready to open the 2003-04 campaign against the Carolina Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Office Depot Center (1 Panthers Pkwy., Sunrise).
The 2002 season was tough to swallow -- the team's 24 wins and 70 points placed it third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference -- but there are many bright spots and reasons for optimism this year. The Cats re-signed leading goal scorer Olli Jokinen, traded for solid winger Eric Messier, and picked up a few free agents including winger Lee Goren. By the way, Valeri Bure is back with the squad. And then there's top draft pick Nathan Horton.
The preseason has been tough, with the Panthers again at the bottom of the standings in the Southeast Division. The team's lone preseason win came against these very Hurricanes on September 19, so maybe the Panthers will have a leg up on opening night.
As for the rest of the season, there are a number of dates you might want to circle on your calendar. Mario Lemieux makes two trips to South Florida this year: first on November 7 and again on February 12. Mario pulled an Air Jordan this off-season, retracting his decision to retire and returning for yet another year, his 16th in a Pens sweater. There's not much left in Super Mario's tank, and this season very well could be his last. Make sure to be at the ODC during one of the Cats' contests against the Penguins.
Other notable dates include March 3, when the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils make their way down to South Florida, and November 11, the first of three games against intrastate rivals Tampa Bay Lightning.
So it all gets started Thursday night. Tickets cost $14 to $150. Call 954-835-PUCK. -- Russ Evans
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In terms of women and pool, many people instantly recognize Jeanette Lee, a.k.a. the "Black Widow," as a prominent figure in the world of billiards. But do you know who the number-one-ranked female is? Allison Fisher may be unknown to the general public, but she is the top-ranked women's billiards player in the country, and she's appearing at Billiard Tables and More (8236 Glades Rd., Boca Raton) to sign autographs, give demonstrations, and play whoever's got the balls (pun intended) to challenge her. Fisher won the World Snooker Championship (for the uninitiated, snooker involves 15 red balls that must be pocketed before one proceeds to nail yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, or black balls) at age 17 and continued kicking ass and taking names until 1995, when she took a shot at the Women's Professional Billiards Pro 9-Ball tour. Since then, Fisher has won 90 percent of the matches in her seven-year pro career, has had more ESPN televised tournament match appearances than any player in history, and has even started her own billiards academy to help regular folk perfect their games. Check out Fisher's skills from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Call 561-483-9991. -- Audra Schroeder
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So you're coasting downriver in your new kayak when you hit a rough patch and -- whoops! -- you flip over. You might wonder what to do now that you're upside down, holding your breath, and desperately wiggling from side to side while you try to slip out of your boat and avoid drowning. At this point, you could die in your kayak, slip away from it only to lose the boat as it plummets downstream, or even get away from the boat and still drown trying to get to shore.
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The word sport gets tossed around these days much like the words pretty or unique. Most things that are called unique are not, in fact, one of a kind. And pretty has come to mean anything that is not ugly. Similarly, we must now question how many things called sports are really that. Last year's Winter Olympics featured ice dancing, fer Chrissake. And at Lake Forest Park (3450 SW 48th Ave., Pembroke Park) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. this Friday and subsequent Fridays through November 14, an Ultimate Frisbee League is starting up. Ultimate Frisbee is a game in which you play the traditional game of Frisbee while trying to make your tosses look interesting and creative. If this is a sport, so is hackey sack. Of course, neither one is a sport, you couch potato. Both are games. There's a world of difference. Ice dancing, on the other hand, is neither sport nor game. It's just lame. For more information on the Ultimate Frisbee League or to register, call 954-985-1915. -- Dan Sweeney


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Chicago-based Standard Parking Corp. recently settled a wage-and-hour lawsuit brought by current and former California parking attendants, valets and cashiers. The company will pay more than $4 million to some 7,100 employees.
Their lawsuit claimed Standard Parking—which operates more than 780 parking lots throughout California—failed to pay them the minimum wage and overtime and didn't allow meal breaks.
Under the settlement, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Standard Parking will pay $4.2 million, although the company continues to dispute the allegations.
The suit originated in April 2008 when Jorge Jaime sued in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Other employees filed two separate suits later in 2008, and the three cases were consolidated in December 2008.


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Both of these men are intensely independent; both have strong characters; both are known in the watch world for being outspoken. Yet, they are both also quite different. Jean-François Ruchonnet is a man in perpetual motion, imagining a thousand ideas a second, not able to stand still for an instant. Knowledgeable about everything, ultra-talented, and having started from "zero", Ruchonnet is recognized as the designer of perhaps the best synthesized images ever seen in the watch domain. His very impressive client list reads like the Who's Who of the watchmaking industry. But he does not stop there. He is also, quite notably, the inventor and designer of TAG Heuer's famous Monaco V4 Concept Watch.
Vianney Halter is just the opposite. Calm, serene, fairly discreet, he is one of the most talented and creative young master watchmakers of his generation. Fiercely independent, you must see this artist, of French
origin, at work in his manufacture in Sainte-Croix, in Switzerland. It is a laboratory out of another age, enormously poetic, an improbable cross between the worlds of Jules Verne and Doctor Mabuse. Surrounded by a team of passionate young associates, he takes the craziest ideas and converts them into a type of watchmaking unique in its genre. Among other surprising timekeepers, he is credited with the very innovative Opus III, made for Harry Winston, which is the first watch to totally integrate digital indications on a pure mechanical basis.
Waiting for the V4 and the Opus III
But, apparently there's a hiccup. As of today, neither the V4 nor the Opus III has been produced in series. Have these two creators imagined something that is wildly "innovative" but "impossible" to realize on an industrial level? The two colleagues are conscious of this "hurdle", but they are defending themselves: these two watches will really and truly exist in the not-too-distant future. In fact, according to the brands in question, they are adamant that these watches are in the pipeline. The V4 will be sold starting in 2007; its construction has been entirely re-worked in view of its upcoming commercial scale production, and it is currently in test trials at TAG Heuer. The target date for Harry Winston's Opus III is 2006, and it is currently in its testing phases.
So, with the roads leading to the sales of the V4 and Opus III cleared of their obstacles, our two heroes decided to combine their perfectly complementary talents in order to again surprise, delight, and even shake up the world of timekeeping. But, this is not the first time that these two men have collaborated. Seven years ago, they worked together to create the Antiqua, one of Vianney Halter's first realizations. With the new Cabestan, however, it is something altogether different.
Code name: Cabestan
As Jean-François Ruchonnet (JFR to his friends) declares right up front, "This new timepiece, the Cabestan [capstan] is certainly very spectacular, but it is what I would call 'techno-design.' The watch is totally innovative from its design point of view, but on a technical level, it is not as complex as one would think at first glance. Although its construction is very particular, I would still qualify it as accessible and entirely 'masterable'. In fact, it basically involves a repositioning of elements, which in themselves, are an integral part of traditional watchmaking: a tourbillon, a chain, and a fusee… In the same manner, the majority of the essential component parts come from the traditional assortment. It is the architecture of the movement itself that is unusual, not its individual parts."
A spectacular architecture
This really spectacular architecture seems to be absolutely original. The mechanical design of the Cabestan, including its tourbillon, is totally transversal. The indications (hour, minute, seconds, and power reserve) appear on the cylinders located at the four "corners" of the watch.
Starting from the lower left, we find the barrel, which transmits its driving power to the movement by the intermediary of a chain. This chain is connected to a second cylinder, at the upper left, made up of one part of a fusee (placed horizontally as opposed to the traditional fusees that are always vertical), and the other of the cylindrical power reserve indicator (a total of 72 hours).
Still on the upper end, but this time on the right, we find two cylinders next to each other, providing the perfectly readable hours and minutes. In the lower right hand corner, we can see the tourbillon, which is also placed vertically and is directly linked to another cylinder, which quite logically gives the seconds indication, as the tourbillon makes one rotation per minute.
This completely original mechanical movement, with manual winding, a fusee and a tourbillon, integrates six ball bearings into its operation. It is also water-resistant to 30 metres. The entire movement is visible from above and from the side, under a double sapphire crystal ("Trimaran" model) with three recessed and curved sides, taking the form of a "hood", all in a very sturdy design.
Winding the watch and setting the hour and minutes are effected using a winding stem in the form of a movable "winch" that links directly to one of the small "capstans" that are found at the four exterior angles of the case: at the upper left, it acts directly on the fusee and, by the intermediary of the chain, allows the barrel to be wound; at the upper right, it acts on the minute cylinder which is connected to that of the hours. The two other small "capstans" are only there for decoration and to complete the aesthetics of the case. Once the small winch is used, it is easily stored in the buckle of the watch's bracelet.
This model (patent applied for in 2003), will be realized in a limited series of 135 pieces, of which 15 are in yellow gold, 55 in rose gold, 50 in white gold and 15 in platinum. Its dimensions are 46 mm in length, 36 mm in width, 15 mm in thickness, for a total weight of 230 grams.
From a design point of view, this surprising watch seems to thoroughly follow the nautical theme that it evokes, whether in the general shape of the piece, the "bridge" (dial) that is visible under the sapphire crystal, the use of the chain that denotes the chain of a boat's anchor, or even in the capstans and winch.
The marine inspiration comes from a design trilogy that Jean-François Ruchonnet intends to carry out. "The inspiration for the V4 was the Earth and the automobile. For the Cabestan, it is Water and maritime activities. I have a third piece, waiting in the wings, which is totally innovative and dedicated to Air and aviation," he says.
Intersecting competencies
The role sharing between the two project initiators is clear, as Vianney Halter explains, "It is a very balanced relationship because it is between two independents whose competencies intersect and are mutually supportive, which is not always the case when an independent such as myself has in front of him a large enterprise where relationships are therefore necessarily not balanced. JFR came with the project and it was up to me, as a watchmaker, to make it happen. However, to succeed, I needed the help of not only my own team, but also the support of his team, involving designers, constructors, and a commercial group, which I, alone, do not have."
Exclusive Edition
The Cabestan is an exclusive timepiece not only due to its innovative architecture but also thanks to the choice of an edition strictly limited to 135 pieces, to be delivered from end of 2006 up to the beginning of 2008.
Hour, minutes, secondes, tourbillon and power reserve will take place inside this time vessel, selling for around 220,000 dollars.
The totality of the collection will be made in gold and platinum, and all will be water-resistant to 30 metres.
Open orders
One functional prototype will be presented at Baselworld 2006, and a pre-series of the first ten watches is planned for the end of 2006. These watches are now ready to be ordered through Vianney Halter, at Janvier SA in Sainte-Croix. Attention collectors, and those who love unusual objects !
This somewhat crazy adventure demonstrates that the most visionary independent watchmakers are often the source of watchmaking's vitality, and of the renaissance of mechanical haute horlogerie.
Source: December - January 2006 Issue
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The battle between fashion and comfort has finally subdued. Whoever said you can't be fashionable but extremely cozy at the same time was a big fat liar. Here we are with Jill, Arizka, and Ebba to prove them wrong.
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2 Billion Kids and Counting
Have you ever heard this old African proverb regarding kids?
"It takes a whole village to raise a child."
The idea here is that much more than just parental involvement is needed for children to grow up properly. You need, well, the whole village.
Unless, of course, your family is a village…like the ones that are featured on The Learning Channel that cause an instantaneous 'say wha???'
Like Jon and Kate Plus Eight, and I've heard a proposed reality show idea starring none other than Octomom…yeah, for sure let me know when that one comes out.
But the one that takes the whole enchilada has got to be 18 Kids and Counting. Yes, you have done your math correctly; there is a family/village in Arkansas consisting of mom, dad, and eighteen natural born siblings. To be specific:
It's official: The Duggars are a true pop culture phenomenon. With their regular appearances on national talk shows, their countless press clippings and their enormous online following, this 20-member family from Arkansas has all of America talking.
The patriarch and matriarch of this large-and still growing-group are former high school sweethearts, Jim Bob and Michelle. With values rooted in their strong personal faith, Jim Bob and Michelle firmly believe that every child is a gift to be cherished. After more than 20 years of marriage, the couple has received 18 gifts-ten boys and eight girls. With only two sets of twins among the 18 children, Michelle has been pregnant for 12 years of her life. Another vital piece of Duggar trivia is that each child's name begins with a "J"-Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, and baby Jordyn-Grace. (Source: www.tlc.discovery.com)
You really need a visual on this one:
Oh - and she's pregnant - so that's where the 'and counting' plays in - get it?
What is interesting is that the Duggar's had a miscarriage early on in their marriage which they decided was due to using birth control, so they decided to just let God give them as many children as He decided.
I'm guessing that you've picked up on the results of God's decision.
Can you imagine growing up in this household? I can picture the parents trying to round everyone up for dinner:
"Has anyone seen Jessa through Jackson anywhere?"
"No - but have you checked the lower four counties of Arkansas?"
And where do you keep all food, clothes, and household items? I'm sure their digs would make a super Wal-Mart pretty much look like a corner gas station.
But there would be some very cool benefits to being a Duggar as well - one of the biggest being the fact that you are constantly surrounded by family, and even after everyone is out of the house, you'll have siblings as long as you live.
I think you would always carry around this amazing feeling of belonging to something bigger than yourself, and you would know that no matter what, you have brothers and sisters to call on if you ever had a need.
Come to think of it, I do know that feeling. No, I didn't grow up with a boatload of siblings - just one actually. But in another (and just as real) sense, I have more brothers and sisters than I could ever count - some estimate more than 2 billion! I'm not talking about the brother/sisterhood of humanity - as cool as that is, it doesn't compare to this family:
As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to speak to you."
Jesus asked, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "Look, these are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!" (Matthew 12:46-50).
Isn't that amazing? Jesus states plainly that those who follow God's will become spiritual siblings with Jesus and with each other. Of course the very first step in following God's will is to trust in Jesus for salvation and become a disciple. When you do, you are instantaneously and permanently adopted into the largest family in the universe - the family of God.
Think about it, in every corner of the planet and probably just down the street, you have family. And from my experience, even though our kin can be unkind at times, we still know we have each other's backs.
So maybe you're feeling a little distant or disconnected from your earthly mom, dad and sibs? The great news is that if you have trusted in Jesus as your only hope of salvation, there are literally millions of people out there across the globe who are your brothers and sisters in the deepest and most abiding sense of the word. You are joined by the blood of Jesus Christ, you share the same Holy Spirit living inside your soul, and your final destination will be in heaven forever.
So now you know about your posse… isn't it about time we cut back on watching other 'reality' families and start making ours the best we can? Go out and connect with a bro or sis today, and remember how awesome it is to be a part of the family of God!
Flashpoint: Ignite into Action
God's family needs to have the same qualification as the Learning Channel show - "and counting." In other words, God's household should be growing each and every day. Talk to your friends this week about what it's like to belong to a true and permanent family and share the gospel message that made this possible in the first place.
Accelerant: Feed the Fire
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong (1 Corinthians 1:25-27).
Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you (2 Corinthians 13:11).
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? (James 3:9-11).
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast (1 Peter 5:8-10).


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Ridley Scott
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Josh Hartnett
([Ranger Staff Sgt. Matt] Eversmann)
Ewan McGregor
([Ranger Spec.] Grimes)
Tom Sizemore
([Ranger Lt. Col. Danny] McKnight)
On Saturday, 2 Oct 1993, restless American soldiers stationed at the temporary U.S. base at Mogadishu airport in Somalia, learn of a mission set for the next day. They are to capture warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid and others who have been attempting to stop the distribution of food following a time of famine in which more than 300,000 Somalis have died. Under the command of Maj. Gen William F. Garrison, a down-to-earth career officer from Texas, the men prepare for a potentially dangerous mission, but one that should take no more than thirty minutes. Rangers and Delta Force members are to be dropped into Mogadishu by Black Hawk Helicopters, capture Aidid and a handful of others from the designated site, then leave the area in Humvees which will rendezvous with them on the ground. Most of the men are anxious for the chance to go on a real mission, and spend Saturday evening amusing themselves, watching a video of
The Jerk
, talking and playing chess. Some are afraid, but the idealistic Ranger Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann thinks that their mission will help "The Skinnies" as they call the Somalis. A few soldiers write "death letters" to their families, which some think is unlucky. Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Ranger Spec. Grimes, who frequently complains about being forced to work behind a desk because of excellent typing skills and an ability to make the perfect cup of coffee, is apprehensive after being told that he will be coming on the mission because another soldier has broken his wrist playing Ping Pong. Sure that they will be back before nightfall, some of the men leave night gear and canteens at the base, and as they fly toward the city, chat about how beautiful the blue water and sandy beaches of Somalia are. Passing over one area, they wave to a young boy on the ground, not knowing that the boy is using a cellphone to relay information about the incoming helicopters to Aidid's soldiers. A few minutes later, as the American Black Hawk helicopters hover over the drop site, automatic weapons and mortars are fired at them, causing the first casualty, Ranger Pvt. First Class Todd Blackburn, who sustains a serious injury when he falls to the ground. While some of the men, led by Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight and Delta Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson find the men they have been sent to capture and start to load them on one of the Humvees, extensive sniper fire increases and a Black Hawk flown by Chief Warrant Officer Cliff "Elvis" Wolcott goes down. Via television monitors at the base, Garrison surveys the situation and orders the men to go to the crash site, secure a perimeter and pick up survivors. Garrison then bitterly comments "We just lost the initiative." As various groups approach the crash site, the assault from the Somalis becomes more intense and many of the Humvees are unable to get through. Ranger Sgt. Dominick Pilla, who mans a machine gun on top of one of the Humvees, is the first man killed by gunfire. Meanwhile, the rigid Capt. Mike Steele orders Eversmann to head a group and go to the crash site. Eversmann and several other soldiers reach the site, but are trapped and forced to take cover in an abandoned building. As many more men are killed or sustain multiple injuries, another helicopter, flown by Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant, is hit and forced down. Durant survives the crash, despite a badly broken leg, but cannot leave the helicopter. Hordes of armed civilians now take to the streets and run towards the crash sites, making Garrison realize that all helicopters and Humvees must pull back and regroup. He then sends word to the Pakistani army that also occupies the city that they must assemble as many armored vehicles as possible at Pakistani Stadium, which is located in a safe area of Mogadishu. By the early evening, some of the men still trapped begin to despair that they have been abandoned, but Garrison repeatedly issues orders that no man, dead or alive, will be left behind. By late evening, many of the dead and wounded arrive back at the airport base as more troops prepare a rescue mission. Several men who have sustained injuries, including McKnight, are determined to go back and rejoin the others. In a helicopter over the city, two Delta snipers, Delta Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart and Delta Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, repeatedly request permission to rescue Durant. Garrison finally agrees, after which Shughart and Gordon are dropped near Durant's helicopter and pull him to a safe place. As an increasingly large and hostile group of Somalis draws near, Shughart and Gordon are both killed and their bodies are grabbed by the frenzied mob. After Durant runs out of ammunition, he tries to hold onto a photograph of his wife and young child as the mob attacks him. His life is spared when one of Aidid's men stops them, saying he is wanted as a live prisoner. By early Monday morning, the armored vehicles depart Pakistani Stadium and additional helicopters leave the base. The ground vehicles approach the crash sites and reach the buildings, where pockets of soldiers are holed up. When the convoy reaches Eversmann and his men, they quickly evacuate the wounded and the body of a Ranger Cpl. Jamie Smith, a friend of Eversmann who died from a massive leg wound. There is not enough room in the armored vehicles to hold all the men, though, and many, including Eversmann, must run alongside, using the vehicles as cover. To the cheers of friendly Somalis and their fellow soldiers, the men finally reach Pakistani Stadium at 6:30 on Monday morning, sixteen hours after the start of their mission. As they rest, drink glasses of water offered by Pakistani soldiers and have their wounds tended, several survivors reflect that they did not become soldiers to be heroes. Grimes, who proved his worthiness as a soldier and survived the mission, is handed a cup of tea, and Eversmann sits next Smith's body and explains why he does what he does.
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Columbia Pictures, Inc.
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Revolution Studios
Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.
Scott Free
Columbia Pictures, Inc.
Ridley Scott
Terry Needham
(1st asst dir)
Darin John Rivetti
(Key 2d asst dir)
Alexander Witt
(2d unit dir)
Adam Somner
(1st asst dir, 2d unit)
Hatimi Ahmed
(1st asst dir, Morocco unit)
Rachid Gaidi
(1st asst dir, Morocco unit)
Ali Cherkaoui
(2d asst dir, Morocco unit)
Zine-Eddine Ibnou Jabal
(2d asst dir, Morocco unit)
Basil Grillo
(2d 2d asst dir)
Emma Horton
(2d 2d asst dir)
Hannah Quinn
(2d 2d asst dir)
William Dodds
(3d asst dir, 2d unit)
Simon West
(Exec prod)
Mike Stenson
(Exec prod)
Chad Oman
(Exec prod)
Branko Lustig
(Exec prod)
Jerry Bruckheimer
Ridley Scott
Terry Needham
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Harry Humphries
(Assoc prod)
Pat Sandston
(Assoc prod)
Ken Nolan
Mark Bowden
(Contr wrt)
Steven Zaillian
(Contr wrt)
Eric Roth
(Contr wrt)
Sam Shepard
(Contr wrt)
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Americans in foreign countries
Mogadishu (Somalia)
United States. Army. Special Forces
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Tanks (Military science)
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Huddersfield coach Rick Stone admitted the best team won after Gareth O'Brien inspired Salford to a 30-20 victory at the John Smith's Stadium.
The Giants scored the game's first try through England winger Jermaine McGillvary but failed to finish off a series of other chances and O'Brien made them pay with two tries and seven goals from as many attempts in a 22-point haul.
"Any time you lose, it's disappointing," Stone said. " I thought our effort in the second half was great.
"We had some momentum to win the game but probably didn't stay as composed as we needed to be. Sometimes when you're chasing points, there's a bit of panic and I think there was a bit of that.
"W e tried hard and kept coming back but the opposition kept firing bullets too. It was a decent contest. W e just got beat by a hungrier team, to be honest.
"Full credit goes to the opposition, they deserved to win."
Trailing 16-4 early in the second half, Huddersfield struck back when centre Alex Mellor surged over twice in three minutes to claim his first Super League tries.
"Alex has been really good for us in the first two weeks," Stone said. "His yardage carries were good, he finished off a couple of tries and found a couple of neat passes when he needed to.
"I'm really happy for him."
Salford coach Ian Watson was delighted with the way his side responded to their opening-round home defeat to Wigan.
"It's really pleasing on the back of the Wigan game because we spoke all week about things we need to learn from it and I think we put a few wrongs right tonight," Watson said.
"We had that toughness about us tonight. We showed great determination and great character.
"It's a big win for us because last year in tight games we were coming out on wrong side of them. Hopefully can understand how to manage games."
O'Brien, whose golden-point drop goal saved Salford from relegation at the end of last season, once more took most of the plaudits but Watson was particularly impressed by forwards Lee Mossop and Josh Jones, who clinched the victory with a late solo try.
"I don't like singling people out but I thought Lee Mossop looked like he did when he was playing for England and Josh Jones took his try well at the end," Watson said.
"I know they've not been mentioned but those two are pushing themselves for England spots."
Meanwhile, Watson says Australian stand-off Todd Carney could make his debut against Leeds next Friday after receiving his visa.
The former Catalans Dragons player has been training on his own in Sydney while waiting for the paperwork to go through and is expected to arrive in England this weekend.
"I spoke with Todd this morning and he's really keen to get over," Watson said. "He's trying to get across by Sunday.
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Jeremy Strawn threw eight shutout innings to lead the Owls to a 3-0 victory over Alabama on Sunday. (Photo by Michelle Friswell)
Strawn stymies Alabama for eight scoreless innings on Sunday to help the Owls salvage a game against the Crimson Tide.
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Junior starter Jeremy Strawn turned in a gem of a performance. striking out six and walking none while allowing only four hits in eight innings of work to lead FAU to a 3-0 victory over previously undefeated Alabama and allow the Owls to avoid a series sweep.
Strawn only needed 82 pitches in becoming the first FAU pitcher this season to last eight innings. He threw 61 of his 82 pitches for strikes.
"Jeremy did his job today", head coach John McCormack said. "In fact, he did his job and then some. Guys kept making plays and he kept making pitches."
The FAU (4-3) offense came from an unlikely source. In his first start of the season freshman Brendon Sanger went 1-for-2 and drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single.
"Coach came up to me during batting practice and said, 'Hey I think you're gonna start today so make sure you get some good hacks in,'" Sanger said.
Senior closer Hugh Adams replaced Strawn in the ninth and shut down Alabama (7-1) to collect his second save of the season. His last save opportunity didn't go as well. Adams' first pitch was blasted to left field in a loss to #20 Miami.
"I needed [a clean inning] for myself, my confidence," Adams said.
Owl star performance: Strawn gave the Owls the pitching performance they needed. He only allowed four hits and kept Alabama off the scoreboard while giving FAU bats a chance to heat up. He's 2-0 on the season.
Moving forward: Mark Nelson went 1-for-3 and drove in the Owls' first run of the game. ...Nathan Pittman continues to get on base. He went 0-2 but walked twice and scored a run. ...
Moving backward: Robert Buckley went 0-3 on Sunday and is now 0-for-6 on the season. ...FAU left six runners on base.
Key stat: 1 - extra base hit by the Owls during the 3-game weekend series. Tyler Rocklein doubled on Sunday.
Up next: FAU is back in action on Tuesday when Florida Gulf Coast comes to Boca Raton. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
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Fanuc Robotics America starts 'Save Your Factory' effort
Rochester Hills, MI—To maximize North America's manufacturing competitiveness and halt erosion of manufacturing jobs to low-wage countries, such as China, Fanuc Robotics America Inc. has launched a collaborative initiative, "Save Your Factory," which urges North American manufacturers to recognize automation and robotics as more cost-effective and profitable than moving facilities offshore.
Rochester Hills, MI— To maximize North America's manufacturing competitiveness and halt erosion of manufacturing jobs to low-wage countries, such as China, Fanuc Robotics America Inc. has launched a collaborative initiative, " Save Your Factory ," which urges North American manufacturers to recognize automation and robotics as more cost-effective and profitable than moving facilities offshore.
'Innovation and automation that produces bottom-line results will be the difference between life and death for manufacturers in the near future,' says Rick Schneider, Fanuc Robotics America's president and CEO. 'Automation is absolutely critical for North American manufacturers to be competitive in the world market because it helps companies reduce costs, increase quality, and improve control of their manufacturing operations.'
Schneider adds, for instance, that direct labor and material expenses of manual welding at Cleveland, OH-based Lincoln Electric may cost North American manufacturers approximately 84 cents per part, compared to 30 cents per part in China. 'In this example, robotic welding can cut total delivered part costs for North American manufacturers to match offshore costs, especially when the added burden of shipping and duties that apply to manufacturing in China is recognized. Also, robotic welding can help lessen the potential risks of shipping delays and long-distance quality issues associated with offshore manufacturing.'
The growing consortium for "Save Your Factory" includes Automation Alley, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and several of Fanuc Robotics' integration partners, such as Lincoln Electric, Genesis Systems Group, Automated Concepts, and Robotic Production Technology.
In addition, Fanuc Robotics recently hosted the U.S. Department of Commerce's newly appointed assistant secretary of manufacturing and services, Albert Frink, who toured Fanuc Robotics' facility to learn about issues faced by Michigan's manufacturers. 'Exports and low costs are critical to the U.S. automotive industry, which supports so many manufacturing jobs in Michigan and throughout America,' says Frink. 'This administration will continue to seek feedback from private-sector manufacturers as we work to lower health care costs, eliminate frivolous lawsuits, and remove trade barriers by countries that don't play by the rules.'
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 8 (UPI) -- Tom Lehman made a par on the second playoff hole Sunday to down Peter Senior and win The Tradition, the first major event of the year on the Champions Tour.
Senior shot a 68 and Lehman had a 69 in the final round at the Shoal Creek Country Club and they finished deadlocked at 13-under-par 275.
The players then went out to repeatedly play the 18th hole until one of them captured the sudden death showdown.
They both parred the hole the first time they played it, but Senior drove into the rough on the next trip down the hole and missed the green. He pitched to within 7 feet, but after Lehman had made a routine par Senior missed his putt to give Lehman the victory.
It was the fifth win of Lehman's Champions Tour career and his third this year. He had the lead after the first round, but began the final 18 holes two shots behind front-runner Mark Calcavecchia.
Lehman won another major on the Champions Tour last year at the Senior PGA Championship.
Loren Roberts shot a 65 Sunday to finish alone in third at 277 while Michael Allen was fourth at 278.
Calcavecchia fell back into a tie for fifth at 279 after shooting a 75. Calcavecchia, who had been looking for his first Champions Tour victory, had as much as a six-shot lead on the back nine of the third round Saturday, but wound up with only a one-stroke advantage heading into Sunday's action.


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As part of VICELAND's six-part music documentary series, Noisey, the crew takes it to the Bay Area to interview artists like E-40, Nef The Pharaoh and G-Eazy. During the 44-minute episode, simply titled Bay Area, a team of Bay Area police officers swoop down on a crowd of black kids, including Nef and the reporter conducting the interview, and arrest two of his friends on gun charges, bringing light to the tense situation between police and the black community.
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A fight between a brother and sister resulted in police finding 57 marijuana plants in the garage of a Murrieta home, a sergeant said today.
Carlos Licona, 30, was arrested, as was his sister, Nicole, 19, and a 45-year-old relative, Gloria Licona Eubanks, about 6:15 p.m. Sunday in the 39800 block of Saint Honore Drive, where they live with a 7-year-old child, said Sgt. Julie Hoxmeier.
Eubanks is the grandmother of the child.
Nicole Licona and Eubanks were booked on suspicion of marijuana cultivation and child endangerment, as was Eubanks, who also was booked for allegedly resisting arrest.
They each posted $5,000 bail and are due in court Aug. 24, according to sheriff's records.
Carlos was booked on a prior failure-to-appear warrant in connection with a DUI arrest, authorities said. He is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail, pending arraignment Wednesday at the Southwest Justice Center.
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The city will set up a property tax relief account which will be funded by one-time money. The account will start with $2.8 million from a road repaving program.
The council's ways and means budget committee chair Betsy Hodges introduced the resolution creating the account. Hodges says the account is a short-term solution, but it would reduce the levy increase by 1 percent in 2012.
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