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Sometimes small policy changes have large long-term effects. A
policy put into place to solve one problem may well end up
affecting other problems down the road.
A good example is the new charging policy for prosecutors. Attorney General John Ashcroft recently ordered federal prosecutors to do less plea-bargaining -- much less. Except in unusual circumstances, they now may accept a plea from a defendant only to the "top" charge -- the most serious charge possible under the facts of a case.
For example, prosecutors no longer can allow a murder charge to be pleaded out as manslaughter. That may be a positive development, since it means that more defendants will be sentenced based upon the true gravity of their offense.
In the short term, the effects of the new charging policy will be dramatic. There will be fewer plea bargains and more trials. And if prosecutors truly stick with the "top charge" policy, there will be longer prison terms under the federal sentencing guidelines.
But it's the long-term effects of the new policy that may be even more important. Congress has the ultimate responsibility for defining what is a crime and setting the sentence for each offense. The new Ashcroft charging policy will go a long way toward preventing Congress from doing what it does best -- avoid accountability for its decisions.
Consider: There are currently more than 3,000 federal crimes on the books. More than 40 percent of them have been added since 1970.
The natural reaction of Congress to any domestic problem is to pass more laws, make more crimes and increase criminal sentences. That's understandable. Raising penalties and creating new crimes is the politically popular act. Really, there is no "anti-criminalization" lobby.
But as Professor William Stuntz of Harvard has explained, there's another reason Congress pays little attention when it decides to make a new crime or raise the penalties -- lawmakers can do it and then hide behind a prosecutor's decision to plea bargain. If the prosecutor bargains in a way that the public supports, the legislators can bask in the reflected glory and say "we gave him the tools he needed." If the prosecutor makes bad bargains (whether too draconian or too lenient) the legislator can blame the prosecutor for misusing discretion.
But hiding from responsibility in that way is fundamentally wrong. Our elected legislators, not the un-elected prosecutors, ultimately should control the criminal law. For example, whether we think drug sentences are too harsh or too light, they are what they are because Congress -- not the prosecutor -- has defined what is a crime and how severely an offender must be treated.
The problem is that plea-bargaining breaks the feedback loop. When Congress hides behind the prosecutor's decisions, it confuses the public as to who bears the ultimate authority for criminal law. That allows craven politicians to pander to public fear by passing criminal laws without any responsibility for the consequences of their decisions.
And therein lies the promise of the new Ashcroft guidelines -- though, no doubt, a promise the attorney general did not intend. By severely limiting plea-bargaining, the new guidelines will lift the veil that protects legislators. Criminal sentences will rise. And when the public now asks, "How can these sentences be so long?" the answer will be "because that's what Congress required," and not "because the prosecutor plea-bargained the case."
As a consequence of this new dynamic, Congress may change how it defines crimes and set sentences, or it may not. But one thing is certain -- increased public awareness of legislature's responsibility for criminal law can only help to make the criminal law more reflective of what the public really wants. And that's a good thing.
Paul Rosenzweig is a senior legal research fellow in the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation and adjunct professor of law at George Mason University. Trent England is a Legal Policy Analyst for The Heritage Foundation.
See overcriminalized.com for more information on this topic.
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Is college radio too small for its own good? Or is its smallness a hidden asset?
Those are the questions we take up this week with guest Ken Mills. He's a radio consultant who works with non-commercial, commercial and college stations. Ken explains why he thinks college radio is hampered by its smallness in a spirited discussion with our college radio correspondent Jennifer Waits, along with hosts Eric Klein and Paul Riismandel.
Then, Eric shares some audio from the antenna raising for the new LPFM station Portland Freeform. He discovered that many of the new station's volunteers were inspired by their college radio experience, and he shares some of their comments.
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Birthday Party Advice Please (piog)
Feedback/advice appreciated: Trini will be turning 4 end of April and
wants to have her first birthday party with friends. We want to keep the
cost down since she is so young and probably won't remember the party a
few years from now (and we are cheap, lol). We have done the park
district for my older son, but that is $200+.

Any ideas for lower cost options? We were thinking a party at the park with a pinata and cake, but were worried that would come off cheesy and also, the whole weather issue. We are considering a home party and rent a bounce house, but that would be weather dependent too. Maybe a home party with a magician?

What are your honest thoughts/opinions? Any other ideas? TIA! :)
Do a crayola theme. You can go to the dollar store, and get plastic buckets each a different color, fill it with coloring/craftyitems, or even theme it to color for each kid, as the favors. Thats a cheap way. Also have it be a craft party, set up different crafts, If its a party at a park, you can bring, disposible pie pans, and bag of cement ($10)and a toss away paint stick and bucket, and another bucket of water. mix the cement and pour it into the pie pans, have each child place their hand in it and press down enough to leave a print. Let them play and eat etc while it dries, if you get quick dry it will be done in an hour or two. And then they can paint their hand print. they can then bring it home with them. The parents will love the stepping stones. You can also buy those glass beads, and have the kids border their stepping stones with them. while wet. To rent the pavilion in our local park its $50 for the whole day. And the kids can run around a playground. You could also, get just cheap craft stuff and let the kids do whatever with it. Do t-shirt with the raised t-shirt glue, markers. etc...There are tons of cheap ways to do a party.
A book exchange party. No presents, everyone brings a book to exchange. You'd probably want to have a few extra on hand in case someone doesn't bring one.
Nothing wrong with a regular old playdate party. Get out some toys for the kids to play. Eat cake and ice cream. If the wheather is good they can play outside with some balls or tag or something. Don't need to spend much money.
I've been stressing, are we going to have enough food, the right food, what if it rains, what movie should we rent ?
I talked to my son about it last night. His advice, the simpler the better so I can enjoy it too.
A party in the park, cake and a pinata is always a good idea. Don't forget to rent a pavilion. Just in case it rains.
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I used to work as a startup attorney and now I've co-founded a startup that in part helps entrepreneurs get legal services, so I've seen startups make a lot of legal mistakes over the years, and there are a few that I keep seeing repeated. These mistakes are almost always the result of a simple failure in common sense; I've seen entrepreneurs of all pedigrees make them. Here are the top four:
Mistake 1: Not having every founder sign up to a vesting schedule and an intellectual property assignment agreement.
If a founder leaves early on, it is a sour note when the remaining team continues to pour their soul into the company while the departing founder holds a large ownership stake. Putting vesting on an founder's ownership means that the company has the right to repurchase part or all of a founder's ownership should a founder choose to leave prior to a certain date. This incentivizes each founder to stay with the company during the crucial first years. When each founder is given ownership in the company, make sure to include a vesting clause in the agreements allocating founder ownership such as stock purchase agreements.
Another sore point, and potentially fatal result of a departing founder, is when founders leave with important intellectual property assets of the company. Intellectual property can include patents, software code, logos, customer lists, and recipes. By having each founder assign their intellectual property to the company, they are further committing themselves to the company's success. You can easily accomplish this by having each founder sign an Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement with the company that lists all the intellectual property the founder will assign to the company.
Mistake 2: Signing agreements without fully understanding the consequences of key clauses.
For one reason or another, entrepreneurs fail to read, let alone understand, the agreements they sign. Whether out of naivety or misunderstanding, entrepreneurs are often caught off guard by clauses in agreements well after signing them.
By not fully understanding the agreement you are signing, you undermine the opportunity to negotiate key terms and end up paying more money than you originally anticipated. A prime example of this is termination clauses and the consequences of ending a relationship early. These type of clauses are often overlooked and can involve heavy fines or payments when a contract is prematurely terminated.
When you sit down to sign any agreement on behalf of your company, make sure you fully understand the following and you will be 95% of the way there. First, understand completely what you are getting or giving up under the contract. Second, determine,what, if any, are the additional payments that could be required under the contract (i.e. termination clauses) or if there are circumstances that limit what you get under the contract. Finally, completely understand who owns what as the relationship persists, especially in the case of intellectual property.
Mistake 3: Failing to quickly fire disrespectful and destructive employees.
Nothing is more poisonous to a young company than an employee who doesn't fit, especially jerks. Hiring people who help to create a great culture and quickly firing those who don't is crucial. Being firm and expecting results is one thing, but destructive people who disrespect and bring down others are undesirable.
These people also tend to be the ones who get the company into legal trouble. They take small disagreements and blow them up into contentious legal situations.
Spotting jerks can be tough, especially ones who have a track record of success. Often, their destructive ways do not appear until well after they are hired. If you have a jerk iin your midst, make sure to record every instance of insubordination and then fire them ASAP. Letting them linger can tear your company apart and increases your chances of legal problems.
Mistake 4: Failing to put important business relationships into writing.
One of the most important facets of successful business relationship is clear expectations of all the parties involved. This is why contracts are so important — they set the expectations of the parties in writing. The most common relationships entered into by early founders are those with contractors. While contractors can perform critical tasks for your organization, so many founders fail to put these relationships into writing. This occurs often with advisors. Failing to put these critical relationships into writing only increases the chances of a misalignment of expectations and a failed relationship.
Every business relationship should have a contract. Even the smallest relationships should have something in writing. Any time anyone will be doing something for your company or you will be doing something for them, get it into writing. Almost all of the relationships you will enter into as an entrepreneur are well paved and there are plenty of resources to assist you — use them.
A little common sense can take you a long way in business. It can also help you avoid the problems that so many entrepreneurs face — especially with the law. While you should always have your lawyer on your speed dial, you can avoid so many legal issues by just using the practical thinking that helped you build your business in the first place.
Matthew Faustman is co-founder and CEO of UpCounsel.com — a marketplace for legal services. You can follow his blog at blog.upcounsel.com.
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USDA Releases Monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
DENVER - According to the report, projected U.S. feed grain supplies for 2010-11 were lowered with reduced carryin and lower projected production. Beginning stocks for corn are projected 125 million bushels lower reflecting higher use in 2009-10. With the forecasted harvested area down, corn production is lowered 125 million bushels, leaving supplies down 250 million bushels and 60 million below the 2009-10 record. Exports for 2010-11 are projected 50 million bushels lower as tighter domestic supplies, strong demand from ethanol production, and rising prices reduce the export competitiveness of U.S. corn. Ending stocks for 2010-11 are projected down 200 million bushels at 1,373 million, 105 million below the 2009-10 projection. The season-average farm price for corn is projected 15 cents higher on both ends of the range to $3.45 to $4.05 per bushel.
U.S. corn use for 2009-10 is projected to be 125 million bushels higher as increased feed and residual use more than offsets a reduction for ethanol. Feed and residual use is projected 175 million bushels higher as June 1 stocks indicated higher-than-expected disappearance during the March-May quarter. Corn use for ethanol is lowered 50 million bushels reflecting the latest ethanol production data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Although daily ethanol disappearance set another record in April, daily production slipped below March's record pace. EIA's new weekly ethanol production data series (first reported for the week ending June 4) suggests June production, while up from April, will not reach the March pace.
Total U.S. meat production forecasts for 2010 and 2011 were adjusted slightly from the previous month. Cow slaughter remains relatively high boosting beef production in 2010. Higher forecast mid-year cattle placements are also expected to boost steer and heifer slaughter later in the year and into early 2011. Pork production is forecast higher for 2010 based on increased slaughter and heavier dressed weights; mainly during the second quarter. The June 1 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report indicated that producers intend to have fewer sows farrow in the second half of 2010. Although largely offset by gains in pigs per litter, year-over growth in sows farrowing in 2011 is slower than previously forecast, and the 2011 pork production forecast is reduced slightly. Broiler production is forecast higher for 2010 and 2011. Hatchery data point toward continued growth in bird numbers and weights have been moving up. Turkey and egg production forecasts are unchanged from last month.
Cattle and hog price forecasts for 2010 are reduced from last month as demand remains relatively weak in the face of higher production.
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I disabled WP Super Cache, and the problem was resolved. I had the same issue with W3 Total Cache, and prefer the simplicity of WP Super Cache for my skill set/knowledge.
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Nearly every American is familiar with Apple, the crown jewel of technology firms, but it's just as likely they've never heard of a company dubbed the "Apple of China": Xiaomi.
On the surface, the two companies have opposing strategies; Apple products sell for a premium at industry-leading margins, while Xiaomi targets budget-conscious consumers by charging little more than their production costs.
But they have more commonalities than they do differentiators; both sell a lifestyle as much as they sell consumer electronics. Xiaomi has strategically skipped over the U.S. in its march through the world's most populous nations — moving from India (number two) to Indonesia (number four), after conquering China (number one). But there's little doubt that one day a more mature Xiaomi will circle back to the lucrative U.S. market.
Thanks to ongoing, fundamental changes currently underway in the domestic wireless landscape, Xiaomi's eventual arrival will probably be well-received.
Goodbye to contracts
Since the beginning of U.S. cellphone sales, Americans have had a skewed perspective on the true costs of mobile hardware, thanks to a status quo in which wireless network operators offer large handset subsidies in exchange for multi-year contracts. And U.S. tech press does nothing to dissuade these perceptions, almost always reporting carrier-subsidized pricing instead of true, unlocked sticker prices.
But times are changing. T-Mobile led the way, and Verizon recently followed suit, introducing a new model that sees handsets sold at full price, albeit broken into payments and rolled into monthly invoices. Still, the sticker shock is bound to be severe for folks who, accustomed to paying no more than $200 for a phone, are now asked for double, triple, or even more.
This disentanglement of hardware and service pricing plays perfectly into Xiaomi's strategy — the company loads up handsets with the same high-end components as its pricier competitors, but severely undercuts them at the register. Subsidies have long dampened the effect that pricing plays in the U.S. wireless market, but with their demise, opportunities will tend to arise for whomever is willing to tolerate the lowest margins. And that could well be Xiaomi.
A cultural divide
If perceived lack of demand was all that was keeping the Chinese unicorn (current valuation: north of $45 billion) from penetrating the U.S. marketplace, it would have arrived long ago, because non-subsidized, prepaid options have been growing in popularity for years now. So something else must be keeping Xiaomi out of our pockets, our entertainment centers, and yes, even our refrigerators.
(Besides smartphones, Xiaomi has quickly expanded to a slew of home entertainment and connected IoT products, from TVs to health bands to air and water purifiers.)
So what else is delaying an eventual influx of Mi-branded products? A lot of it comes down to simple economics: whereas Xiaomi has built up a sizable infrastructure and partner network in Asia over the last several years, its assets in the Western hemisphere are restricted to a single South American nation (Brazil) and a few U.S.distribution channels for its Mi Band wearable. In other words, many of the factors that allowed it to drive down costs at home and among neighboring markets abroad are lost when it comes to large-scale ambitions halfway around the world.
Of course, much of that can be overcome, if the will to do so is strong enough. It seems, then, that the major impediment is at the same time more subtle but also deeper-seated: a cultural divide that places a higher value on intellectual property in the West, as well as a wariness with regard to Chinese brands, in particular, that entrants like Huawei are all too familiar with. Overcoming these intangibles is no small task, even for a company able to throw a lot of money at its problems.
The good news for Xiaomi is that regional brands like Samsung and LG have already found a great deal of success in the U.S., and fellow domestic manufacturers — Huawei, ZTE, and even OnePlus — are making significant inroads in building trust for Chinese-designed and -made electronics. Armed with discount pricing and a cute bunny mascot, Xiaomi seems poised to make an eventually huge impact Stateside — though that rabbit may find a more receptive audience if it sports a Yankees cap, instead.


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My glasses steamed up, but OK with me
Awkward, delicious time at Little Sheep
Ian Anderson 9:30 a.m., Nov. 23
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The University of California–Riverside's California Museum of Photography, which a little over 20 years ago acquired the world's largest collection of late-19th- and early-20th-century stereoviews and their all-important negatives, is proving to be a treasure trove for historians, as well as other people researching and re-creating the past. Filmmaker Stephen Low has been inspired by what he has discovered there. For his 1998 documentary, Mark Twain's America in 3-D, he used the museum's negatives, transferring them to the imax 3-D format. He wouldn't have been able to make a movie of such clarity without them. His earlier imax 3-D production, Across the Sea of Time, features vintage stereoviews of New York, and these he also selected from the museum's rich lode. The films are shown at multi-storied imax theaters with twin imax super 70mm projectors — the largest film frame in motion picture history. So far 23 theaters have been built around the country to accommodate them — there are currently 50 worldwide — and Irvine is lucky enough to have one at Edwards Cinemas, where other new imax 3-D films are being marketed to a new generation without memories of headaches at midnight showings of House of Wax.
More locally, the San Diego Stereo Camera Club, founded in 1952 but with a dwindling membership in recent decades, has been signing up new members. In part the fresh interest has been the result of publicity generated by the nonprofit, all-volunteer stereo enthusiasts' National Stereoscopic Association, which held its annual three-day convention in San Diego in August 1993. With an estimated 1000-plus attendees, it was (and remains) the largest convention turnout in the 25-year history of the Columbus, Ohio–based organization.
On the individual level, Donald S. Kirson, a 42-year-old clinical psychologist who lives with his family in Scripps Ranch, bought a secondhand Realist about four years ago, reviving a boyhood fascination with stereo. He says he found the nearly 50-year-old camera easily ("in 48 hours"), through a Chicago mail-order company, after getting in touch with another mail-order house, Reel 3-D of Culver City, which sells 3-D photographic supplies. An old Clairemont High School friend, David Jon Wiener of La Jolla, was inspired by Don's example to buy a similar camera in the same way at about the same time. Wiener had shared Kirson's fascination with 3-D when they were kids.
Summoning images of horror films past, Wiener refers to stereophotography as "the hobby that would not die" and "the hobby in a coma." Sometimes he even calls it "the hobby that dare not speak its name." But Reel 3-D, for its part, says it has 37,000 names on its expanding mailing list.
And then there are artists like Vibeke Sorensen who are combining sophisticated stereographics with the latest computer technology to express their own highly personal visions.
As I watch Maya in Sorensen's living room, I feel pleasantly — slightly but surely — mind-altered, especially as I listen to the accompanying electronic score, composed by ucsd music professor Rand Steiger, Sorensen's husband.
The visual images are brightly colored, and they are abstract, to be sure — chevrons and paisleys and other curved shapes. But to my surprise they are strangely creaturelike too. They swim and swoop, dive and dance, separate and converge. They make patterns, and the patterns recur — although they are slightly different each time — very much like those created by choreographers. ("Thank you for noticing!" Sorensen says when I make this comment.)
And the shapes are definitely 3-D, with some in the foreground, some in the middle ground, some dashing and dodging around in the background, as mesmerizing as fish in an aquarium can be, although these are ethereal fish.
I enjoy the experience, forgetting the heavy glasses. It's certainly not entertainment, however. What it seems to be is a representation of the process of thinking. After it's over, I feel as if I have been looking inside my own head.
Sitting at her dining room table, her dog, Shiva, at her feet, Sorensen tells me, "When I made Maya, I avoided flat shapes, because it's a curved-space world. Look out the window. There are almost no flat planes in nature." And yet, paradoxically, she says to the imaginary critic who complains about the lack of "trees and people and houses" in her work, a representation of reality wasn't her aim. Anyway, she reminds me, there are plenty of abstract shapes in so-called reality. Rub your eyes, she suggests. "Doesn't it produce great colors? Sometimes I do it and I think, 'If only I could get that on video.' When I close my eyes at night I don't see trees and people and houses. What I see is more like what's in Maya."
Above all, she says, what she wanted to do in Maya was to "explore our understanding of the continuum between our interior and exterior worlds." And for that she needed 3-D.
The work wasn't merely a labor of love. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Sorensen worked on it collaboratively, with X-ray crystallographer Lynn Teneyck and computer scientist Phil Mercurio. Their assignment: to design, build, and test the Interactive Stereoscopic Animation System at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. "The scientists wanted to transfer paradigms for interacting with space," says Sorensen, "and information about stereography from the artistic community" — i.e., herself. As Sorensen explains it, although chemists have long used 3-D imaging ("They think in 3-D, because they visualize molecules"), other kinds of scientists are only just learning to use 3-D for communicating the spatial models of their abstract ideas. Maya was created to "specify and test the parameters" of the Supercomputer Center's stereoscopic system, to show them how to make animation, and in some cases, to show them that it is possible at all.
Sorensen is now a senior fellow at the Supercomputer Center, as well as professor and chair of the Division of Animation and Digital Arts in the School of Cinema-Television at usc. The 45-year-old Danish citizen who is a permanent resident of the United States received her own degrees at the Royal Academy of Art and Architecture in Copenhagen and at the Center for Media Study at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the world beyond academia she has been successful too. Her work has been exhibited in museums here and abroad, broadcast on TV, and featured on the Web. (In 1996, she made a ten-second stereoscopic animated film for Absolut Vodka; it can be seen at www.absolutvodka.com.)


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Satechi releases powered 10-port USB 3.0 hub
Date: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 07:22
Category: Accessory, News
If you were hoping for the mother of all 10-port USB 3.0 hubs with nifty power management controls, this might be it.
Per 9to5Mac, accessory maker Satechi has unveiled a 10-port USB 3.0 adapter complete with three separate banks, power management and includes a 2.1A iPad charging port.
The device is currently retailing for about US$49.99 on Amazon.com and yon nifty video can be seen below:
As always, if you've seen anything entirely new, cool or nifty for the Mac road warrior, please let us know in the comments.


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Financial Barriers And Pricing Strategies Related To Participation In Sports Activities: The Perceptions Of People Of Low Income
Physical activity levels in most affluent countries are low and many people do not meet the current recommendations. Particularly for people with a low income, economic strategies seem promising to stimulate taking part in sports activities. This paper investigated the importance of economic restraints for taking part in sports activities as well as perceptions of low-income people toward different pricing interventions. A qualitative study was conducted, using semistructured, individual interviews with 27 low-income men and women. The framework approach was used to analyze the transcripts of the interviews.
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When shortstop Laura Trout suffered a fractured wrist eight games into the 2011 season, Georgia softball coach Lu Harris-Champer had to do some fishing.
And as the No. 1 Bulldogs (17-1) are set to host No. 21 LSU (15-7) this weekend in their Southeastern Conference opener, it would appear Harris-Champer found the right combination of personnel to keep the machine churning.
Trout returned to the lineup Thursday in Georgia's 8-0 victory over Penn State, but in her absence there were plenty of puzzle pieces to manipulate.
Initially, veteran utility player Brittney Hubbard went in at shortstop, where she played for three games before moving to third base, when Alisa Goler shifted from that position to shortstop.
That situation lasted for five games before Kristyn Sandberg took over at third (moving Hubbard to right field) on Feb. 25, when Georgia beat Oregon State in the Cathedral City Classic in California.
In the four games when Sandberg played third, the Bulldogs' infielders did not commit an error.
"I think they've done a good job all along," Harris-Champer said. "Hubby made some plays that were out of this world at third base and Sandy's stepped in and done a great job, too. And Goler has been amazing at shortstop. They offer different things and I'm proud of them."
"I don't think there's been any drop in our defense," said Goler, who's started eight games at shortstop. "Every player brings something different. Trout is tremendously quick and has great feet. She's got a step on me at short, but with Sandy and Hubbs coming in to play third, it was nice. We're lucky we've got that going for us."
Goler on Wednesday said she's more than familiar with shortstop, having played there for nine years and adding she was recruited at the position.
Hubbard, who has played second, shortstop, third and outfield in her time with the Bulldogs, said she's happy "on the grass," but will play whenever and wherever she's needed.
"I never thought I'd be that comfortable on the grass," she quipped. "But it goes back to where I can be most beneficial to the team. Wherever (Harris-Champer) needs me to get a win, I'm there."
Harris-Champer has been known search for players armed with the ability to field different positions, and it's paying off for her again.
"I think it's really good when we're versatile because it gives us many options," she said. "What that does is it gives you options when people get hurt because it's part of the game and it does happen and you hate it. But then somebody steps in and you try to look for that hot bat and you try to find a way to keep them in the game and you find out the best pieces of the puzzle to keep the best bats in the game."
Clearly, a key piece of the puzzle is Hubbard, who has played in 14 games (with 12 starts) and is having her best year at the plate, batting .371 with two home runs and nine RBIs.
"Since I've been here, (Harris-Champer) has put me in a lot of different positions - I've played shortstop, second base, third base and right field," Hubbard said. "There's the aspect of being put anywhere. Where can you put me to best benefit the team?"
Goler said she's been pleased with the infield's play, but is happy Trout - who was the Bulldogs' Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 - is back in the lineup.
"It's been going well," she said. "I'm looking forward to when Trout is cleared to come back because she and I have worked really well together. But for the time being, I think we're handling it well."
No. 21 LSU at No. 1 Georgia Softball
► WHEN: 6:30 p.m. today, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday
► WHERE: Jack Murphy Softball Stadium
► RECORDS: LSU (15-7, 0-2 SEC). Georgia (18-1).
► PROBABLE PITCHERS: LSU — Meghan Patterson (5-0, 2.20 ERA), Brittany Mack (5-2, 2.23 ERA), Rachele Finco (5-5, 2.55 ERA). Georgia — Morgan Montemayor (7-1, 1.51 ERA), Alison Owen (6-0, 0.44 ERA).
► SERIES: LSU leads 29-14. In last year's series in Baton Rouge, LSU won the first two games 5-1 and 5-3 and Georgia won the finale 3-2.
► SEASON AT A GLANCE: LSU opened SEC play Wednesday at home, losing a pair of games to No. 2 Florida
8-1 and 5-0. Georgia defeated Penn State 8-0 on Thursday evening and will be playing its SEC opener this weekend.
► NOTEWORTHY: The Bulldogs — ranked No. 1 for the third consecutive week — are led at the plate by Megan Wiggins (.443, 20 runs, 22 RBIs, four home runs), Ashley Pauly (.400, 11 runs, nine RBIs, one home run) and Brianna Hesson (.333, 14 runs, six home runs, 23 RBIs). … LSU is paced offensively by Simone Heyward (.370, 18 runs, two RBIs), Tiffany Shaw (.339, 10 runs, five RBIs) and Tammy Wray (.311, 12 runs, 16 RBIs, three home runs). … Georgia is ranked fourth in the SEC in batting at .336; LSU is ranked 11th at .275; The Bulldogs are also ranked fourth in team ERA (1.42) while LSU is ranked seventh (2.35). … LSU coach Yvette Girouard announced last week that this would be her final season with the Tigers. She's posted more than 1,200 victories and had 29 consecutive winning seasons and in 2005 was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame. … Now in her 10th season at Georgia, Lu Harris-Champer has compiled an overall record of 728-246-1 and a 520-182 mark in Athens. … LSU's Heyward has reached base in 17 consecutive games. … Georgia's Wiggins leads the Bulldogs with six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games.
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Jeff Gordon shouted "Oh, yeah boys! Yoo Hoo!" over his radio, then punched his right arm skyward when he emerged from his No. 24 Chevrolet as his resurgent season continues.
Gordon turned a fast lap of 129.466 mph on Saturday to win the pole for the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, edging road racing ace Marcos Ambrose and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson in the second and final round of knockout qualifying.
It was Gordon's first pole of the season, third at Watkins Glen, and 75th of his stellar career.
Just like old times at Watkins Glen International, where Gordon has won four times. And on his son Leo's birthday no less.
"This year has been phenomenal," said Gordon, whose last pole at the storied road course was 11 years ago. "I wished him a happy birthday this morning and said, `All right, I'm going to try to get you that pole.'
"I wasn't real confident in that statement, and now I really can't wait to talk to him."
Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five. AJ Allmendinger was sixth, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman.
Defending race winner Kyle Busch will start 19th. Just missing the final round of qualifying was five-time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart, who will start 13th.
Danica Patrick, who crashed in final practice on Friday and will start at the rear of the field, used the session for practice and ran 11 laps.
With five races left until the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins, the drivers on the cusp of making the 16-driver field didn't fare well. Greg Biffle will start 28th, two spots in front of Kasey Kahne. Rookies Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon were 23rd and 31st.


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President Obama, saying that "words need to lead to action," announced a new initiative Dec. 19 that will identify concrete proposals addressing gun violence that he will send to Congress in January for immediate consideration.
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Seven federal judges filed a class action lawsuit Nov. 30 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims seeking back pay that Article III judges who are serving or served any time from 2006 to the present are owed for cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) they did not receive in six of the past 17 years.
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Back in the north east, stewing hens are relatively easy to find at supermarkets. I've had no such luck here in the south bay, checking the major names (safeway, pw market, lucky, trader joes, whole foods). I don't see them by the bagged poultry and when I ask, a lot of the guys behind the counters have no idea what I'm talking about.
So my questions--
does anyone know where I can find stewing hens for sale in this area?
what exactly does California do with its hens that are too old to lay eggs? Surely they must be sold somewhere in these parts.


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Arizona credit union leaders Wednesday joined in expressing their support for victims of Saturday's Tucson shooting with a number planning to attend tonight's memorial ceremony led by President Obama with CUs also contributing to various local funds.
While 11 Oklahoma state agencies have put in place furlough plans for their employees, Oklahoma Employees Credit Union is bracing for even more salary cuts among its members this year.
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Single Miranda finds a Raison to be cheerful
ANY red-blooded male who fancies the job of escorting MIRANDA RAISON to parties (and playing her favourite board games of Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit) should apply now.
The alluring actress has been single since ending her four-year relationship with Ralf Little, the actor she met on the TV series Married Single Other.
Stowe-educated Miranda, 32, had ended her marriage to her Spooks co-star Raza Jaffray to be with Ralf (best-known as the hapless Antony in The Royle Family).
But she has now moved out of his house in North London.
I've got to know the course at Aldeburgh and I really love it; I hope I'll still be as keen in a few years' time.
Miranda was without a boyfriend at the West End opening night of Charlie And The Chocolate factory, preferring to share the evening with her close friend Rupert Penry-Jones (another Spooks star) and his wife Dervla Kirwan.
Until she finds another suitor, Miranda is taking stock at her rural retreat in Suffolk, where romantic manoeuvres at her pink cottage have been replaced by a more exacting form of physical exertion: golf.
"It's my obsession," she trills. "I've got to know the course at Aldeburgh and I really love it; I hope I'll still be as keen in a few years' time."
So potential lovers must be able to swing a five-iron too. But be warned, Miss Raison admits : "I'm fiercely competitive."


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Hands up if you've been in this meeting
almost every day....
the more telling question is which one are you?
That's a daily occurrence for me!
Taking the place of the 'expert' I wish I was invited to these meetings, currently they take place without me and I get an email detailing impossible tasks...
Nope. My tolerance of idiots wouldn't survive such a meeting.
I'm currently facing censure at work for reacting in almost exactly the same way as yer fella here, and apparently need 'training'.
The kicker is, I need to find the training myself, and report back to those who complained about me when I've 'actioned' this training. And if it doesn't meet their nebulous standards, I could face formal disciplinary action.
I wish I was joking about this, but I'm not. My missus said to me the other day: "does this mean we'll lose the house"? So while this is humorous, you can be really f*cked badly by it.
Ohhh yes, and I'm Mr Anderson frantically banging my head off the edge of table hoping for the end to come or at least unconsciousness until the "meeting" is over.
A couple of my team mates place bets with each other on how long before it will be before I pull The Face. The one that says " I want to repeatedly punch you until you understand, you **** wit". Apparently it does take long usually.
As an electronics / electrical engineer I'd say I was the Asian chap, what tends to happen is that I spend the bulk of the time explaining the laws and fundamentals of primary school physics to the marketing and sales genii ....
Oh and I'm not as diplomatic...
The best meetings are the ones where the client bring along their expert, normally another engineer and we spend most of the meeting looking at each other with increadulous looks on our faces and talking slowly to the sales and marketing children to who think that Ohms law is merely a guideline.....
I always end up inflating balloons
It's not just engineers and their yes-man line managers vs marketing idiots. Reminds me of some journalistic editorial meetings I've been to.
"Why can't we run this story?"
"Because it's not true. This is why it doesn't stack up..."
"But it sounds really good in the press release. I think we should run it anyway. Everyone else will."
As the expert the job in those meetings is to ask questions, make notes and make no comment that could be construed to be a promise. It's very hard to bite your tongue while the Salesman spouts crap and the pointless/project manager stare at you.
Sorry to hear about your situation codybrennan, sounds like you need to find something like a sales for technical people. If the salesman has been on the sales course then he will have a plan for the meeting (BS, BS, BS, BS) also ask that you have a pre meeting with your team to raise concerns and agree on a plan/agreement on how to handle stuff.
yep, saw that and it made me cry. Very well observed
Also I'm taking up 80% of the seats in the room over the course of my job - all except for the design/kitten lady
Last one that even resembled that I attended I instigated a mass walk out, they then cancelled the follow up ones others were due to attended and reviewed the whole point of the meetings we attended to the point they cancelled them altogether.
Used to. Eternally grateful for the fact I dont have to any more.
Mikewsmith- yes, thats exactly what I need, thanks for the tip. You're spot on on how I should have handled it.
The gentle irony is: I identified this need myself a year ago, when taking on the job.
apologies if already done
not had one of those for a few years now as I'm freelance, but It would be the weekly meeting between internal producers (games developer) and external producer (games publisher).
And of course the engineer can be identified by the pen in his shirt pocket
That was brilliant
In my younger days I built financial models to do, amongst other things some fairly complex stuff on how to allocate money. I was forever getting questions that amounted to - can everyone get more than the average increase.
I then got promoted to the man in the suit - my brief for my expert was, lets agree beforehand that they will have no idea - agree in the meeting, then do the sensible thing outside - no-one ever really noticed.
lets agree beforehand that they will have no idea - agree in the meeting, then do the sensible thing outside
I am pretty sure that most successful projects are delivered by giving people what they want, not what they think they want.
I am pretty sure that most successful projects are delivered by giving people what they want, not what they think they want.
Yep 7 red lines all perpendicular all red, 2 blue ones and the green one and 2 transparent ones.
- Follow up meeting. Me: " Now it's not exactly what we discussed, but the work coming out of the US (Japan, Cambridge etc) indicates really strongly that people respond very positively to red lines... in red... They relate to the simplicity, it encourages [the thing you think you want].Look at Megacorp and their blue line in blue strategy, 75% growth over the last two periods. As for perpendicularity - here's some ides, I've got alternating perpendicular - technically we call this a grid, but lets not confuse things (little laugh), or a radiant spiral - appeals to the more artistic types, but maybe two much for the general public -knowing nod to marketing person. Or simple parallel lines - direct, easy to relate to, 80s retro, goes well with red lines in red. Good we're all agreed then. The bill is in the post."
Ha that is somewhat like the "middle management Managing Together" course I'm on just now just completed module 2 of 6.
I will to live is not strong just now.
been there cody.. good luck.
never be afraid to say the bleeding obvious
that was uncomfortable.
i've had to spend several hours explaining 'perpendicularity*' to people who claim to be design engineers.
(*among other things)
I'm the one that slams his fists on the table, declaring everyone is a moron, storms out and slams the door.
That meeting is why I don't have a proper job.
Our meetings aren't that productive. We all had a 3 hour skype call last month in which the only words used were "Oh person X has disconnected" "Hello, can you hear me?" "Sorry, I can't hear you" and variations thereof. But it turned out the purpose of the call was purely so we could say we'd had a call so that's all good.
There's also plenty of 'experts' - let's use IT as an example, who will advise that your project will require a new server to deliver successfully - and then ask you to specify the server, before screwing their face up and explaining DMZs and LANs and whatever else. I DON'T CARE.
You told me I need a server, so tell me which one I need, how much it costs and then go and buy it, install it and take some responsibility for it then performing as it should. Or maybe that's just me.
Ah that problem, it's mostly to avoid turning up on site and finding that nothing works with your set-up. The words you were looking for were not I DONT CARE it's let me find somebody to answer your important questions for you.
I miss the days when I was a whelp analyst - experts could just do a little backwards whistle through their teeth, say "it'll be tricky, we can do it, but it'll cost you" and clients would be so grateful...
I think my brother would empathise with Anderson. When he worked in reprographics an architect came in and asked for his drawing to be 'reduced by 300%'. He politely had to explain that 300% was three times larger, not any amount smaller. And a long conversation ensued where he had to try an extract exactly what he wanted
reduced by 30% - ie 70% of the original size? No.
30% of the original size? No.
reduced by a third? reduced to a third of the size? No
1/300th of the original size? No.
Eventually his boss joined in, siding with the customer "look, its simple, just reduce it by 300%"
Eventually he just scanned it and printed it out exactly half size handed it over and that, apparently, was exactly what was asked for.
I'm sufficiently short of tolerance for people like that that I no longer get invited to meetings of this sort. It's easier for everyone that way and prevents me from having to be a first aider on a regular basis.
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Second Annual Women's Conference Returns to Detroit in 2014
Super Woman Hosts Second Annual Women's Conference Sponsored by Wayne State University.
May 5, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Super Woman Productions and Publishing is hosting the second annual I Feel Good! Mind, Body and Soul Women's Conference on Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 9 am to 2:30 pm eastern at Wayne State University in the General Lectures Building, located 5045 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
Wayne State University is once again sponsoring this community event. I Feel Good! Mind, Body and Soul Women's Conference is for young women ages 11 to 18 years old, adult women 19 years and older and parents. The conference focus is educate and motivate women of all ages to live healthier lives; socially, financially and physically, beginning at a younger age. Tickets for young women 11 to 18 years of age are free, $15 for parents, $20 for individual women. The cost includes 3 workshops per attendee and a gift bag.
The 2014 I Feel Good! Mind, Body and Soul Women's Conference volunteer workshop facilitators are Rasheda Kamaria (Empowered Flower Girl), Cheryl Lacey Donovan (Cheryl Lacey Donovan Ministries), Ivy N. McQuain (The BLI Group), Jaye Hill (Jaye Hill Speaks), Charmaine Johnson-Fuller (Fuller Potentials Coaching), LaTrisha Jackson (Seek Monumental Heights), Phil Black (The Manhood Project), Lacretia Rogers (Detroit CEO Magazine), Stephanie Penn (Daily Venus Diva), Cassandra Jones-McBryde (The Fuller Woman Expo) and Angela T. Jones (Super Woman Productions and Publishing). This year's featured guest speaker is Sonia Jackson Myles (The Sister Accord), who will address the audience as the conclusion of the event. Each facilitator is an accomplished individual in their industry and they avidly work in their communities. Workshops will cover topics for attendees that include bullying, social media, lifestyle choices, wellness and goal setting. Workshops are to motivate people into action for themselves, their families and the community. Young women ages 11 to 18 will be automatically registered for Chica Chat as one of their workshops and each adult will select three workshops to attend. Tickets are currently on sale and available online by visiting the Super Woman Productions and Publishing website under Events and Info.
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J.R. Fitzpatrick will get to do the double next week when the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World series hit Dover International Speedway's Monster Mile.
Fitzpatrick, from Cambridge, Ont., had already been slated to race in the NNS event in the No. 67 Go Canada Racing Ford Mustang as part of his new deal with the Canadian-owned team.
But this week, Chase Mattioli, driver of the No. 99 College Complete.com Ford F150 in the Camping World series, found he had a conflict with final exams at Fordham University where he is majoring in business and marketing.
So he asked the 22-year-old Fitzpatrick to fill in for him.
"I am wearing three hats these days, driver, owner and student," Mattioli said. "With finals at Fordham approaching, I had a discussion with College Complete about stepping aside this week. Obviously, with their focus on education, College Complete agreed it was the right decision."
Go Canada Team owner Steve Meehan agreed to the request.
"The team reached out to us earlier this week and asked us if J.R. could drive in place of Chase," Meehan said. "We are excited to see J.R. get some additional track time prior to the Nationwide Race and delighted that CollegeComplete.com and Chase Mattioli Racing feel equally confident about J.R.'s abilities."


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I have received concerns from many of you about H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that passed the House of Representatives last week.
Our nation is under literally daily attack from cyber criminals. I have attended classified debriefings and the threat is real, widespread, and dangerous. Everyday, cyber terrorists throughout the world exploit the Internet to infiltrate business networks in order to obtain personal records, passwords, bank information, and intellectual property. They breach government databases to extract state secrets, and manipulate infrastructure, including electrical grids. Ensuring the cyber security of the United States is essential to the national security of the country, and CISPA was designed to accomplish this shared goal.
CISPA allows companies to voluntarily provide information related to threats against their networks. Previously, there has been uncertainty as to whether companies can legally share this information. CISPA clarifies this question and allows government agencies to disclose certain classified cyber security information with industry and grant security clearances to industry employees when necessary. Again, it is stressed this is voluntary. No company has to participate. CISPA gives the option to participate in a sharing of threat information and therefore a sharing in ways to thwart and combat the daily attacks. This distribution of information and knowledge will allow for greater coordination to combat threats, identify trends, and prepare for future attacks. This coordination is important because malicious activity against one company or government network tends to correspond with attacks on others. CISPA creates this cooperative environment without extending any new regulatory authority to federal agencies, and again, participation on the part of industry is strictly voluntary.
Many have raised concerns about how the information sharing aspects of CISPA affect privacy. As a former prosecutor and someone skeptical of an expanding size and scope of government, I understand the need to safeguard our constitutional rights, which is why many of us insisted on certain protections and safeguard in this bill. These amendments and safeguards include:
* Limiting government use of shared cyber threat information to:
1. Cyber security
2. Investigation and prosecution of cyber security crimes.
3. Protection of individuals from the danger of death or physical injury.
4. Protection of minors from physical or psychological harm.
5. Protection of the national security of the United States.
* Prohibiting the federal government from using library records, firearms sales records, and tax returns received from private companies under CISPA.
* Narrowing the definitions in the bill regarding what information may be identified, obtained, and shared.
* Sunset the provisions of the legislation after five years so Congress must review the effectiveness of the bill and affirmatively act in order to reauthorize CISPA.
Few if any pieces of legislation rise to the level of perfect. And it is very difficult to harmonize national security, which is the foremost responsibility of the federal government, and protect and defend privacy, which is guaranteed constitutionally.
If you are having any difficulty accessing the full body of the legislation, please click HERE. Summaries of legislation, while helpful, necessarily have to leave something out or else they would not be summaries. On the whole, given the voluntary nature of the law, given the daily threat from foreign countries and companies that seek to steal information, and given the personal privacy protections as well as the limiting language of the sunset provisions, I voted in support of the bill.
I appreciate hearing from you on issues and I encourage you to continue contacting me. Please do not hesitate to call my office at 202-225-6030 if I can ever be of service to you, or you want to know about an issue or vote.
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A few BSOD's in the last month
So around February, I decided to buy parts and build my first P/C. It has been running very good in the last few months, with minimal to no problems. Being an IT major, I manage to take extra cautious care of my P/C, and attempt to troubleshoot and repair any problems that occur. However, in the last month alone, there have been several BSOD's that are concerning me. I've managed to find some decent information about these errors, but I cannot seem to fix the issue at hand. I am unsure whether or not it is a software issue, or a hardware issue that is causing the BSOD's, but I wish to believe that it is a software issue.
To explain how the errors began, I must inform you that I have been patiently awaiting a MMO game to be localized here in America Called PSO2. However, due to my impatience and lack of localization information, as well as delays, I downloaded the Japanese version of the game, as well as English patches in order to be able to do as much as possible in the game. The download was slow, as to be expected of a foreign game, as well as the updating process, but after downloading a tweaker for the game, running it and tweaking the game to apply the English patches, I was able to play, with seemingly no problems whatsoever.
However, a few days had passed, and after utilizing the tweaker to both adjust the game to be in English (as much as possible), and launch the game, I began getting some strange errors on my p/c, and didn't quite put 2 and 2 together. I decided to record my gameplay, using camtasia recorder, while having firefox open so I could post the video online shortly afterward. The recording was successful, but for some odd reason, was saving very slowly, until my computer ave me a Stop Error (BSOD)
I thought my p/c as just overdoing it and had to shut everything down because of stress, or heat (it was a very hot day; I figured my processor was overheating, despite not being overclocked). I ran scans, checked my hard disk using /chkdsk as well as the Error checking tool, and found nothing out of the ordinary (I could have just been reading it all wrong also). I decided to manually patch the game and not utilize the tweaker anymore, which was obviously a bad thing, as when I launched the game (unfortunately using the tweaker) my computer crashed again.
After this I figured the game was to blame, and deleted it, along with the tweaker off of my computer. Afterwards, my computer didn't seem to have much noticeable trouble, besides the monitor not turning on after awakening from sleep mode and me having to power it down by holding the power button, so I decided to re-download PSO2, blaming the tweaker for the stop errors, and using it only once to install the English patch.
My P/C ran well, though over time I noticed slow down. I looked at my task manager, and noticed that one of my scvhost.exe processes was running EXTREMELY high, running at approximately 600k+, which it usually runs at 150k-250k. After restarting my computer, it went back down, but I noticed that after playing PSO2, it would rise, and not go back down until I restarted my computer. I figured I couldn't run PSO2 for too long, or as often, and would take breaks to give my p/c a break as well.
A few days later, PSO2 prompted me for an update, to which I applied it, but then had to re-utilize the tweaker to reinstall the English patch. After which my p/c didn't show any signs of problems, besides the rising memory usage of the scvhost.exe process. After a few hours, I decided to let my computer go into sleep mode, to which it replied with another blue screen. After my computer restarted, I promptly deleted the tweaker, uninstalled PSO2, and deleted its file/folders in my programs folder and decided to not download it again.
Afterwards, I checked my discs again, looked around online for help with some of the errors. though unable to get an accurate answer. I ran scans from both avast! internet security, and a free version of malware bytes. I know two antiviruses don't run well together, so I didn't run them at the same time, and malware bytes only works when I launch it, usually not causing any problems with the antivirus I have installed. I also ran ccleaner, checked for registry errors using ccleaner, and even looked inside of my casing for any loose/damaged components, as well as used a dust remover for dust accumulation on fans.
My p/c ran fine, has been running as when I first got it. However, about a week ago, while watching youtube videos, my p/c began running my weekly virus scan with avast, and promptly blue screened after 5-10% was scanned. I again checked around online for help, but noting was really that much help. I decided to ignore it, figuring it may be something wrong with my software, and promptly checked for updates for my p/c, as well as looking for updates for drivers I had, to which I do believe I found none. I didn't want to run the risk of another blue screen, so i didn't run another virus check.
During last week, I had another problem with my monitor not turning on after sleep mode, to which I responded with a button hold shut down and restart. Two days ago, while putting my p/c in sleep mode at night, I turned away to get prepared for bed, and looked at my p/c to see if it went into sleep mode, and noticed another blue screen error. I checked my p/c yesterday morning and found several files from the PSO2 tweaker in my user/appData/Local folder. I promptly deleted them an searched around for any tweaker or SEGA/PSO2 folders, even going as far as searching through my registry for any of these folders, though there weren't any that I had found/noticed.
Today I decided to run a virus scan, to check if there were any viruses on my p/c. I was watching it, actually waiting to see if it caused a blue screen, and noticed that Avast! found a trojan virus which it promptly deleted from my p/c. Unfortunately, after a few more gigs of memory was scanned (about 5% later) my computer blue screened again. My computer restarted, and did a boot scan, which I had scheduled prior to this, and was able to complete the scan, and found nothing. After my computer loaded up, I searched for any updates, found one, and installed it as soon as possible.
EDIT: Since then, there have been 2 instances of BSOD's, each event occured when putting my p/c into sleep mode for the night. Before and between these two instances, I attempted to mod minecraft, which failed and was followed by me deleting my old .minecraft folder as well as the mod. I'm unsure if the BSOD's were/are caused by this. Full/boot time scans from avast and full scans from malware bytes yield no malicious software found. I have re-uploaded the attachment with the recent blue screens. My p/c has been running fine otherwise, with the exception of the svchost.exe files still running with high cpu usage and causing occasional slowdown (svchost.exe link here: svchost.exe taking up too much CPU?)
I apologize for the... well, massive amount of text, but I'm unsure on whether or not my p/c is now fine or not, and wanted to give you the most accurate description of the events that have occurred in the lat month. I contemplated doing a system restore to last month, but I guess my p/c didn't save restore points past June. I've been contemplating getting another hard drive, backing up my data, and restoring the p/c to factory settings, or finding someone with a proper w7 ultimate 64bit disc to do a clean reinstall of w7, as my disc was lost. If I can, however, I would like to avoid doing this as I'm low on funds. I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
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|25 Jun 2013
Welcome to the forums xStarEclipse and thanks for the great information you have already provided, could you follow Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions to upload all the necessary files.
|My System Specs
|14 Jul 2013
I made sure to re-upload the .zip with the correct files. I think I did it correctly. If I didn't, just reply with what you need and I will provide it.
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|14 Jul 2013
You appear to have a Dell OEM_SLP key on a Gigabyte Retail motherboard, this is a counterfeit installation and very unpredictable, as a result please install with a genuine key. Counterfeit installations usually have many security vulnerabilities, making your system more vulnerable to malicious attacks and exploits.
|My System Specs
|14 Jul 2013
You appear to have a Dell OEM_SLP key on a Gigabyte Retail motherboard, this is a counterfeit installation and very unpredictable, as a result please install with a genuine key. Counterfeit installations usually have many security vulnerabilities, making your system more vulnerable to malicious attacks and exploits.
Hmm, so what do I need to reinstall with what key? When I first assembled my p/c, my friend had set it up and installed things for it to get running, so I'm not entirely sure what he did or how he did it... I asked him about helping me and he did.
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|15 Jul 2013
You need to go and purchase a Windows 7 Retail installation DVD or a Windows 7 System Builder Installation DVD, the Retail DVD is more expensive, but you will be able to use the key on up to 5 different computers I believe.
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|15 Jul 2013
Alright, no problem. Guess my friend didn't install w7 the right way. Is there anything else wrong with my p/c? I mean, I don't want to go out and buy an OS dsic and install it only to have wasted it because there was something wrong with my hardware.
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Album Rating: 4.0"In Your Shadow" can be found here:
Digging: Rina Sawayama - RINA
Good review Greg, although if I'm honest with you I dont really fancy when the summary is exactly the same as the conclusion (word by word I mean).
Album sounds pretty cool, I'll check it out.
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks. I really hate writing summaries. That's why I don't really do it.
The album is kick-ass. I'm sure you'll like it.
Album Rating: 4.0Ah. Nevermind. In fact, I've just written the summary for this album. More people should check it out.
You know your rock so I'll check this out.
Album Rating: 4.0Excellent decision! Initially I read this "You know you rock" I guess it's also true. ;)
I read it that way too. : ) Argh, I only found 'Worlds On Fire' on youtube, but it was cool.
Album Rating: 4.0There are way better tracks here than this one. Check out the one I posted in the first comment.
Song is chill, pretty surprising.
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah. There are not even two similar tracks on this record. The songs, tempos and moods
just change and change to the end. As I put it in the review, there are evident stoner, alternative,
punk, sludge and even rap influences.
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah great song indeed. Is it the same link you gave me couple days ago? Song is still lost somewhere in my shoutbox. Excellent write up, bro. Review makes the album sound pretty interesting.
Album Rating: 4.0Muchas gracias senor. Yes. It's the same link. I'm always glad when at least some Sputnik users want
to check out the album I reviewed.
Album Rating: 4.0World's On Fire:
Album Rating: 3.5Excellent album. Stand Alone, Switchblade, Tried to Build, 2x4 and In your Shadow are my fav here. Songs fluctuate from 4 to 5.
Album Rating: 4.0Excellent choices! I'd perhaps replace Stand Alone with Stepped On, but other than that I couldn't agree more. The consensus is always the same it seems: more people should give it a spin.
Album Rating: 3.5It seems stoner/hard rock and prog have a serious problem in common; It's sooo hard for both genres to get the attention they deserve here on Sputnik. Oh well...
Album Rating: 4.0I totally agree. The guitar work on this album is ace! Especially in Tried To Build An Engine.
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah, guitar is pretty sharp on that one, I also love its funky vibe. It's arguably my favorite track to date.
Album Rating: 3.5double post
Album Rating: 4.02x4 is my favorite. It gives me shivers every time I listen to it. Epic!
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Cates Baldridge
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Fall Term: Monday and Wednesday 11:00-12:00, Tuesday 10:45-12:00, and by appointment
Axinn Center at Starr Library 308
"Voyeuristic Rebellion: Lockwood's Dream and the Reader of Wuthering Heights," Studies in the Novel, Fall, 1988.
"The Problems of Worldliness in Pendennis," Nineteenth- Century Literature., December, 1989.
"Alternatives to Bourgeois Individualism in A Tale of Two Cities," Studies in English Literature, Autumn, 1990.
"Observation and Domination in Hardy's The Woodlanders," Victorian Literature and Culture, Spring 1993.
"The Instabilities of Inheritance in Oliver Twist, Studies in the Novel, Summer, 1993.
"Agnes Grey: Brontë's Bildungsroman That Isn't," The Journal of Narrative Tchnique, Winter 1993.
"Antinomian Reviewers: Hogg's Critique of Romantic-Era Magazine Culture in The Confessions of a Justified Sinner," Studies in the Novel, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter, 2011), pp. 385-405.
"The White Hotel's Scandalous Finale: An Allegory of Reading" The Journal of Modern Literature 37.2 (Winter, 2014)
"The White Hotel's Marcusean 'Camp,'" LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory 27.3 (Summer, 2016), pp. 173-90.
The Dialogics of Dissent in the English Novel, University Press of New England, 1994.
Graham Greene's Fictions: The Virtues of Extremity, University of Missouri Press, 2000.
Prisoners of Prester John: The Portuguese Mission in Ethiopia in Search of the Mythical King, 1520-1526, McFarland and Co., 2012.
Courses offered in the past four years.
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CRWR 0560 - Special Project: Writing ▲ ▹
Special Project: Creative Writing
Approval Required.
Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
CRWR 0701 - Senior Thesis:Creative Writing ▲ ▹
Senior Thesis: Creative Writing
Discussions, workshops, tutorials for those undertaking one-term projects in the writing of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction.
Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
CRWR 0711 - Senior Thesis: Creative Writ.
Senior Thesis: Creative Writing
Discussions, workshops, tutorials for those undertaking two-term projects in the writing of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. (Formerly ENAM 0711)
Fall 2013, Spring 2014
ENAM 0103 - Reading Literature ▹
Reading Literature
Please refer to each section for specific course descriptions. CW LIT
Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2018
ENAM 0205 / CMLT 0205 - Intro:Contemporary Lit. Theory ▲
Introduction to Contemporary Literary Theory
In this course we will introduce several major schools of contemporary literary theory. By reading theoretical texts in close conjunction with works of literature, we will illuminate the ways in which these theoretical stances can produce multiple interpretations of a given literary work. The approaches covered may include New Criticism, Psychoanalysis, Marxism and Cultural Criticism, Race Theory and Multicultural Criticism, Feminism, Post-Colonial Criticism, Queer Studies, Eco-Criticism, Post-Structuralism, and others. These theories will be applied to various works of fiction, poetry, and drama. The goal will be to make students critically aware of the fundamental literary, cultural, political, and moral assumptions underlying every act of interpretation they perform. 3 hrs. lect/disc. EUR LIT
Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017
ENAM 0213 - Modernist Movement
The Modernist Moment
British Modernism is the literary movement that dominated the first half of the 20th century and whose aftershocks are still strongly felt today. By engaging with major authors of the period such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and D. H. Lawrence, we will explore the aspirations and accomplishments of this revolutionary band of writers. We will then read some contemporary works in order to determine whether Modernist methods have become the default setting of 21st century literary fiction, or whether we can justly claim that we are all now thoroughly "post-modern" writers and readers. 3 hrs. lect. EUR LIT
Fall 2013
ENAM 0241 - 19th Century Literature
Nineteenth Century British Literature (II)
The 19th century is the era of "peak novel," for never before or since has the genre exhibited such confidence in its ability to tell the truth about both the teeming world and the private life. But far from merely reflecting social reality, the novelists and poets of the period played an active part in constructing their readers' ideas about gender and sexuality, imperialism and colonialism, class, religion, and technology, insisting that literature be relevant and revelatory in a time of swift and sometimes frightening cultural and intellectual innovation. Works to be covered will include novels by Emily Bronte, Dickens, George Eliot, and Hardy, and the poetry of Tennyson, Browning, and Christina Rossetti. 3 hrs. lect./disc. EUR LIT
Spring 2017
ENAM 0250 - The Romantic Revolution ▹
The Romantic Revolution (II)
he generation of British poets and novelists known collectively as the Romantics decisively rebelled against earlier conceptions of what literature could speak about, how it could best describe a rapidly changing world, and who was fit to be its reader. Arguably the first environmentalists, the Romantics also initiated our modern discussions of gender, class, race, and nationalism. To encounter the Romantics is to witness intellectual courage taking up arms against habit, prejudice, and tyranny. We will trace their genius and daring (and follow their personal attachments for, and rivalries with, each other) through the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, and the novels of Mary Shelley and Emily Brönte. 3 hrs. lect./disc. EUR LIT
Spring 2016, Spring 2018
ENAM 0285 / CMLT 0285 - Magical Realism(s) ▲
Magical Realism(s)
Novels that juxtapose the marvelous with the everyday have shadowed (and mocked) mainstream realism for the better part of two centuries, and have proliferated in recent years to the point where they may constitute the predominant genre of our globalized culture. Why should such strange mélanges of the quotidian and the supernatural strike so many authors as the perfect vehicle to express 20th and 21st century anxieties and possibilities? We will explore examples of these boundary-defying fictions across several decades and various national literatures. Authors to be studied will include Woolf, Kafka, Calvino, Morrison, Pynchon, Rushdie, and Garcia-Marquez. CMP LIT
Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2017
ENAM 0402 - The Modernist Moment
The Modernist Moment
High Modernism can be defined as the unlikely attempt to faithfully depict the fragmentation and randomness of modernity while remaining committed to the notion that art can construct a vision of coherence and beauty that might explain, reconcile, and even heal. Does this enterprise result in a dramatic break with traditional realism, or merely refine and interiorize it? Does its fine-grained psychology mark a retreat from engagement with political issues, or mount a daring challenge to the powers that be? We will press Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, T. S, Eliot, and others for answers to these defining questions. EUR LIT
Fall 2013
ENAM 0463 - Coetzee and DeLillo
Imagined Nations: Coetzee and DeLillo
J. M. Coetzee, chronicler of pre- and post-apartheid South Africa, asserts that "when the order of justice collapses in the state, it collapses in the heart too." But to what extent can art and literature remedy a culture's disease? Don DeLillo, examiner of America's hyper-commercialized soul, fears the extinction of the writer's individual voice in a world where "the future belongs to crowds." Geographically worlds apart, Coetzee and DeLillo are united by an unsparing commitment to diagnose their respective nations' social maladies and to assess literature's imperiled relevance amid the postmodern condition. We will read the best of both authors, including Waiting for the Barbarians, Disgrace, White Noise, and Mao II. 3 hrs. sem. CMP LIT
Spring 2017
ENAM 0500 - Special Project: Lit ▲ ▹
Special Project: Literature
Approval Required.
Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Spring 2018
ENAM 0700 - Senior Thesis:Critical Writing ▲ ▹
Senior Thesis: Critical Writing
Individual guidance and seminar (discussions, workshops, tutorials) for those undertaking one-term projects in literary criticism or analysis. All critical thesis writers also take the Senior Thesis Workshop (ENAM 700Z) in either Fall or Spring Term.
Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
ENAM 0710 - Senior Thesis: Critical Writ.
Senior Thesis: Critical Writing
Individual guidance and seminar (discussions, workshops, tutorials) for those undertaking two-term projects in literary criticism or analysis. All critical thesis writers also take the thesis workshop (ENAM 710z) in both Fall and Spring terms.
Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2014
ENAM 1001 - Fictional Fictions
Fictional Fictions
In this course we will engage with novels whose primary focus is the novel itself—how the genre is imagined, structured, written, sold, read, celebrated, and denounced. Our chosen meta-fictions will variously focus on the psychology of artistic production, on the philosophical issues surrounding the telling of "true lies," on the social function of novels in our culture, and on what is at stake in the supposedly private act of reading. Our texts will include works such as Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, McEwan's Atonement, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, Cunningham's The Hours, and DeLillo's Mao II. This course counts as an ENAM elective. LIT WTR
Winter 2014, Winter 2017
How do works of literature persuade us to undertake the difficult work of opening our closed minds, softening our hard hearts, and questioning our deepest unexamined assumptions? Sometimes by presenting us with protagonists whose flaws seem to far outnumber their virtues, and who resemble people we have been taught to avoid and disdain in our actual lives. Keeping our eyes open as we begin to empathize with various monsters, failures, and lunatics, we will engage fundamental questions concerning literature's persuasive techniques, psychological effects, and social responsibilities. Our syllabus will include novels, poems, and plays from the Elizabethan era to the present day. 3 hrs. sem. CW LIT
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