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In plotting strategy for William and Mary's football opener, defensive coordinator Bob Shoop studied tape of Oregon, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Northwestern and Bowling Green.
Oh, and Virginia.
The Tribe kicks off 2009 at Virginia on Saturday, but seismic changes among the Cavaliers' coaches and quarterbacks rendered standard preparation obsolete.
Gregg Brandon is Virginia's new offensive coordinator, and he's installed a spread attack that deploys three, four and occasionally five receivers, with a mobile quarterback operating exclusively out of the shotgun.
Vic Hall and Jameel Sewell, the Cavaliers' top quarterbacks, are as difficult to assess as Brandon. Sewell, the 2007 starter, missed last season on academic suspension, while Hall spent virtually all of the last three years on defense - his college quarterback debut came in the 2008 finale at Virginia Tech.
So what's an opposing coach to do?
Shoop broke down the offenses at Bowling Green, where Brandon served as head coach and offensive coordinator, and Northwestern, where Brandon coached receivers. He watched Hall against the Hokies, and Sewell in 2007.
Further, Shoop analyzed other spreads: Oregon's balanced approach, Texas Tech's pass-crazy show and West Virginia's run-first tendencies.
He's like a film-school freshman studying violence. Tarantino, Scorsese and Coppola all are must-sees.
Neither Shoop nor Tribe head coach Jimmye Laycock has seen an all-spread, all-the-time opponent. Colonial Athletic Association rivals New Hampshire, Villanova and James Madison employ elements, but not exclusively.
"I don't want to overstate how unique it is," Shoop said of this week's game-planning, "but (Brandon) is pretty clever at what he does. ... We're going to have to be really good game-day coaches and adjust. It'll be fun. These are the type of challenges you enjoy."
The challenge is easier to enjoy with talent at your disposal. And that Shoop has with a defense that returns eight starters and should rank among the Tribe's best in memory.
Please don't misinterpret. A quality Football Championship Subdivision defense is unlikely to stifle an efficient Bowl Subdivision offense. But there's no denying W&M;'s progress from 2007.
"We may not be there yet, but we're a heck of a lot faster than we were," Laycock said. "We can play some defense. I don't know how well we'll do (Saturday), but in our league, we're going to be able to play defense."
In 2007, Shoop's first season as coordinator, the Tribe defense ranked 108th nationally against the run, 96th against the pass, 83rd in yards allowed and 111th in points allowed. That was among 116 FCS teams.
Not coincidentally, William and Mary finished 4-7.
"I don't think there's an adjective to describe the season we had on defense," senior end Adrian Tracy said of 2007.
As fast a defensive end as you'll find in the CAA, the 6-foot-4, 243-pound Tracy was the linchpin of the Tribe's defensive upgrade last season. He recorded 10 sacks and 51/2 other tackles for loss to earn first-team all-conference and honorable-mention All-America honors.
William and Mary's national defensive rankings improved to 69th versus the run, 24th versus the pass, 37th in yards and 55th in points. The Tribe's record flipped to 7-4, with a season-ending overtime loss to eventual champion Richmond denying W&M; a playoff invite.
"Let's not get carried away," Shoop said. "We weren't the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. We were just better (than in 2007)."
Those teams rode fast, dominant defenses to Super Bowl championships. Dominance for the Tribe is unlikely in the thorny CAA, and certainly against an ACC team, but Shoop says his bunch can slow the Cavaliers.
The keys, he said, are ends Tracy and C.J. Herbert, outside linebackers Wes Steinman and Evan Francks, and safeties David Caldwell and Robert Livingston. Each runs well, and if they play effectively "in space" against the likes of Hall, Jared Green, Torrey Mack and Javaris Brown, William and Mary has a puncher's chance.
Tracy, for example, had arguably his finest game last season against New Hampshire's spread-like offense. His 14 tackles and two sacks helped the Tribe upset the No. 4 Wildcats 38-34 on the road.
"It's more about how we play than what they do," Shoop said. "When we turn it up, we play at a pretty high level."
Said Tracy: "I know what we're capable of. It's exciting. It kind of gives me goose bumps."
David Teel can be reached at 247-4636 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more from Teel, read his blog at dailypress.com/teeltime.


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one of the biggest manufacturers for PC hardware. As a leading manufacturer,
ASUS has taken the first step and introduced the fastest Double Layer
recorder by offering 4X CLV recording speed, reducing the total
burning time to
burn a DL disc by half.
In addition, it supports the fastest writing speeds for ±R
format along with many other interesting features. We will put the ASUS
drive through its paces to see how
it performs as well as to inform users as to what they can expect
from the 4X DL recording speed.
- Official press release
According to the posted press released on 19/7/2004: "...ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
(ASUS) today debuted it's latest internal DVD rewriter, the DRW-1604P,
that supports both 16X DVD+/-Write and 4X DVD+R double layer technology.
With the popularity of digital multimedia entertainment, the demand for larger storage capacity to accommodate video and audio content is on the rise. The ASUS DRW-1604P supports the latest double layer technology, which, as the name suggests, doubles DVD+R media from 4.7GB to 8.5GB or four hours of DVD quality video.
Flexibility for the wide array of media formats is also very important. The ASUS DRW-1604P offers both 16X DVD-Write and 16X DVD+Write, making it capable of reading from and writing on DVD-Writeable/Rewriteable and DVD+Writeable/Rewriteable formats.
With the dual-compatibility feature, the DRW-1604P creates DVDs that can be played or read by most DVD-ROM drives and DVD players. It enables 4X DVD-Rewrite, 4X DVD+Rewrite, 16X DVD-ROM, 32X CD-Write, 24X CD-Rewrite and 40X CD-ROM as well to provide flexibility and high-speed operation.
The ASUS DRW-1604P adopted several innovative technologies found only in ASUS optical drives.
All ASUS proprietary technologies occupy minimal system resources, allowing the PC to remain fully operational and available for other applications even during the recording process.
- Features
The ASUS DRW-1604P supports 16X DVD±R, 4X DVD±RW
and 4X DVD+R DL writing according to the official specifications. As
a CD recorder, it supports 32X CD-R and 24X US-RW writing along with
40X CD-ROM reading. Below are the full specs for the drive:
The drive does not support Mount Rainier, as is the case with almost all
new DVD recorders for both the CD and DVD formats. It uses the well known
II region
allowing a user to change the drive's region at most 5 times. Until now,
there is no
known way to make the drive region-free.
Below are the drive's main specs as given by NeroInfoTool. and DVDInfoPro:
- The drive
We received the bulk version of the ASUS DRW-1604P as the drive's
retail package was not yet available. We would like to thank
ASUS HQ for providing this engineering sample for our review. Below
is a picture of the final retail package along with the package contents:
The bulk package included burning software from Ahead (Nero Express
and InCD), an IDE Cable, audio screws along with the eject pin and
instructions sheet. Lastly, newbie users will find the users manual
and the quick
installation guides useful.
The front of the drive includes all the usual logos to help identify
the supported reading/writing formats, "DVD+R DL", "DVD+RW", "US-RW" and
of course the "ASUS" logo. On the rear panel there are
the analogue and digital audio outputs (SPDIF), the IDE Master/Slave/CS
selection pins, the IDE interface block and the power input. There are
also vent holes for a fan,
but there isn't one installed.
The top of the drive includes the manufacture identification sticker,
which indicates compliances and standards the device meets, place of
manufacture - "Made
in China" - along
with the drive's SN and Model No (written by hand due to the fact that
this is
an engineering sample).
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty. For reference reasons, we post the following pictures. Click on the photos for an enlarged view.
The main chipset comes from NEC, the NEC
D63635GM combined with the NEC C333500:
Below is a close up picture of the drive's pickup/lens system:
- Installation
The device was connected to our test PC and was identified as "ASUS DRW-1604P" under WinXP.
The drive arrived with v0.53 firmware revision,
which was updated to v1.04 and used to perform all the reading/writing
In this review, we will be comparing the drive with the BenQ DW1600A,
Plextor PX-712A and LG GSA-4120B since all these drives have, currently,
the fastest CD/DVD recording speeds.
- Testing software
In order to perform our tests we used:

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U.K. Companies Welcome India's Planned Insurance Reforms
U.K insurance companies have welcomed India's plans to open the door to greater foreign direct investment.
The Indian government yesterday approved proposals to raise the limit on foreign ownership of local insurance companies to 49% from 26%.
Standard Life, which has a 26% stake in a venture called HDFC Standard Life Insurance with Indian lender HDFC, said the proposition is "very encouraging."
"The Indian government and their finance minister are doing the right thing…We would like to look at the opportunity of increasing our stake," said Nathan Parnaby, CEO of Standard Life's Asia and emerging markets division.
Another U.K. insurer, RSA, which owns 26% of Royal Sundaram Alliance, echoed his sentiment.
Louise Shield, an RSA spokeswoman said: "We welcome the move, it's a step in the right direction", though she declined to say whether RSA would seek to increase its stake.
Both Mr. Parnaby and Ms. Shield expressed caution that it may take a while before the proposal is enacted because it still has to be approved by MPs.


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Social Media Platform Reviews
March 13th, 2009
If you're in the market for an enterprise social media/ community platform and haven't uncovered these three resources, check them out:
- Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Social Media
- Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketers (Note: Jive and Telligent have made this report available on their site, so get a free copy for your contact info.)
- CMS Watch's The Enterprise Social Software & Collaboration Report 2009 (Note: This one is over 500 pages, it is pretty pricy and I'm not aware of a free version, but if you are considering one of these platforms covered here, I think it is well worth the investment. You can also get a 40% discount if you are a non profit.)


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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada woman who survived six frigid days in the Sierra says she asked her boyfriend not to venture out for help after their Jeep became stuck in mud on a back road.
Paula Lane says she remembers telling 44-year-old Roderick Clifton they should stay with vehicle and ride out the storm together.
Instead, she says Clifton gave her a wave and walked away.
Speaking Monday on NBC's "Today Show," Lane says she knew she'd never see Clifton again.
Lane is recovering from frostbite at a Carson City hospital. She was rescued by her brother and a friend on Dec. 5 — six days after she and Clifton became stranded in California's remote Hope Valley while traveling back to Gardnerville from visiting relatives.
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Are you responsible for reporting on social media ROI?
Do you need advice on what to share?
ROI reports justify the resources allocated to social media campaigns.
In this article I'll explore four important parts of a social media ROI report that decision makers want to see.
A Bird's-Eye View of ROI Reports
Social media ROI reports are based on prescribed objectives, the progress of the social campaign tasked with meeting those objectives, the analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) and whether the original objectives are met.


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Watching 'Being Flynn' is like eating a heavy meal right before you go to bed, it is very hard to digest. The subject matter is so loaded that it took me a while to understand how I felt about the movie, and that effect on its own says a lot. The movie is entertaining up to a certain point because the story develops delicately and although it only runs for 1hour 42 minutes, there's a precise moment in the end where if it would have finished, it would have been enough. This true-life story no doubt is interesting but perhaps it is this very element of realness what drags it down.
The film narrates the life of Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) from his childhood to his adulthood. He tells us of his absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) and about his obsessiveness of being a writer. Despite many obstacles in his childhood his single mother, Jody (Julianne Moore) was able to raise a somewhat normal child. Although he does seem to be struggling, he starts putting his life on track by working at a shelter in Boston and just as he seems to be shaping his life how he wants it his father comes in to mess with any kind of confidence or goals that he may have. The struggle between these two is what carries the movie forward and what brings on the heavy sentimental tiring subjects.
Dano does a good job at capturing the very complicated life of this man who's had very little in his favor to reach his goals. De Niro plays well the character of an arrogant, self-centered alcoholic; he really is such a versatile actor that you can almost believe him to be this character in real life. There's no denying that the movie is most intense in the homeless shelter scenes, it is such a haunting dose of reality because of the sense that nowadays specially with the economic crisis anyone can end up in this situation.
Most true-life stories that turn into movies usually have great success because of all the elements that it combines, but in this one the sad reality is way heavier than the uplifting moments; therefore you come out depressed and pensive. The fact that it does open our eyes more to certain things we overlook such as homeless people is a very positive point of the movie but having to deal with all the other emotions it brings is too much of a burden to want to be excited about seeing this film.
Rated: Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use, and brief nudity
Release Date: 2012-03-02
Screenplay: Paul Weitz, Nick Flynn
Official Website: http://focusfeatures.com/being_flynn


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'Operation Jungle Red' to raise awareness at WCSU
DANBURY, CONN. — A program that raises awareness of senseless violence on college campuses in the wake of the Virginia Tech University shooting is coming to Western Connecticut State University.
"Operation Jungle Red" (OJR) was created three years ago at Miami University in Ohio by students in a men's health course. The goal of OJR is to start conversations about the acts of violence — including sexual assault, social media violence, domestic violence and campus violence — committed by men. Another goal is to raise awareness of how men are socialized and to focus on the impact of that socialization on society. It also serves to remember the victims of violent acts.
OJR events will take place at WCSU throughout the month of October – Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Students and faculty who want to participate will take the pledge against violence. In doing so, they will receive a free T-shirt or wristband. They also will paint their pinky fingernail "jungle red" and will be encouraged to join an informal discussion on violence. A specific topic will be presented each week.
From 12:30 to 3 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, a sexual assault discussion will take place at the Midtown Student Center courtyard, on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. Danbury.
From 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, a discussion on social media violence will be held in the Westside Campus Center foyer on the university's Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury.
From 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, a domestic violence discussion will take place in the Westside Campus Center foyer on the university's Westside campus.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, a campus violence discussion will be held in the Midtown Student Center courtyard on the university's Midtown campus.
After each discussion, leaders of the OJR committee will walk around campus looking for participants wearing either the OJR T-shirt or wristband. Students who have taken the pledge will be asked to share what they learned during the discussion and will receive a prize.
For more information, call (203) 837-8486.
Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England's best small private universities.


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'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome': Watch Episodes 3 and 4 Right Now!
Whether because we truly missed the franchise, or because we've been waiting since 2010 to see it, in its first two episodes 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome' has lived up to everything we expected it to be. We have to imagine things will get even crazier when Syfy broadcasts the series in its entirety as a full-length movie next year, or even the unrated DVD release, but how would you like to check out the next installments in the Machinima series right now?
Gods be frakkin' praised, even more 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome' has arrived! Whereas last week saw the debut of the first and second episodes of the prequel series, today Machinima has laid on us not one, but two more episodes to satiate our nerdy needs. Not only do we see some impressive battles, but the mission takes a brand-new twist the likes of which even the original series didn't explore.
'Blood & Chrome' acts as a prequel to Ron Moore's 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot, highlighting the early years of the Human-Cylon war, in which a young William Adama (Luke Paqualino) serves as a pilot, alongside battle-weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton). Check out the episode descriptions and videos for the next two installments below, and tell us what you thought in the comments!
'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome,' Episode 3
Reeling from the discovery of the ruins of Battlestar Archeron, Adama and Coker's small Raptor is nearly outmatched when they engage with three enemy Raiders. More secrets are revealed when the crew makes a shocking discovery deep in Cylon space.
'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome,' Episode 4
Adama and Coker prepare for a dangerous mission above the Cylon occupied planet Djerba. Coker reunites with an old friend (Sebastian Spence) and reveals startling news.


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced they have waived OG Michael Shumard.
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The Denver Broncos announced Monday, April 26, they have agreed to terms with undrafted rookie free-agents WR Alric Arnett (West Virginia), RB Toney Baker (North Carolina State), DL Jaron Baston (Missouri), LB Devin Bishop (California), LB Korey Bosworth (California-Los Angeles), S Marcellus Bowman (Boston College), RB Chris Brown (Oklahoma), OT Paul Duncan (Notre Dame), TE Riar Geer (Colorado), OT Chris Marinelli (Stanford), S Kyle McCarthy (Notre Dame), TE Nathan Overbay (Eastern Washington), OG Michael Shumard (Texas A&M), DL Jeff Stehle (Wisconsin), CB Cassius Vaughn (Mississippi) and WR Landis Williams (Maine).
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Bo Marchionte, of NFL Draft Bible, reports Texas A&M OL Michael Shumard measured in at 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds during his Pro Day workout. He posted a time of 5.00 seconds in the 40-yard dash, had 21 reps in the bench press, an 8-foot-10 broad jump and posted times of 7.90 seconds in the 3-cone drill and 4.65 seconds in the 20-yard shuttle.
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A pair of brothers have been locked up following two knife attacks in Matlock.
Harry Stones, 20, and his brother Thomas, 18 – both of whom lived in Jackson Tor Road, Matlock – were told by a judge at Derby Crown Court that someone could have been stabbed to death during the incidents last year.
The first incident took place in Hall Leys Park when Harry Stones pulled a knife out of his trousers when challenged to a fight.
When the man stumbled backwards, Harry was seen 'lunging at him' before running off with his brother on August 3.
Alex Wolfson, prosecuting, said a week after the first incident, Thomas Stone pulled a knife on a man who pinning him against a garden shed.
The man was stabbed twice, once in the chest and then in the abdomen. He needed eight stitches and was kept in hospital overnight.
Harry Stones pleaded guilty to affray and being in possession of a bladed article. Thomas Stones pleaded guilty to wounding and affray
Judge Jonathan Gosling said: "Anybody who takes up a knife and uses it in that way has to receive a custodial sentence."
Speaking directly to Thomas Stones, he said: "I know you were pinned against a wall at the time. I know trouble came to you in numbers but you knew what you were about.
"You were lucky you didn't kill him. You could easily have done,"
Referring to the Hall Leys incident, the judge added: "It would have been terrifying for people in the park during daylight who happened to be there."
David Webster, defending Thomas Stones, said he was 'a minor player' in the first incident and was on bail at the time of the second one.
He said: "It is a sad lesson of what happens when groups – I stop short of calling them gangs – of young men fall into dispute."
The second incident took place when the other group came to the 'Stones territory' and were initially repelled before returning.
Mr Webster described the stabbed man as 'no stranger to the criminal justice system'.
Joe Harvey, defending Harry Stones, said the first incident appeared to have arisen from a disagreement over a girlfriend.
He said Harry had spent five months in custody awaiting sentence and had 'thought about what he wants out of life'.
Mr Harvey said the defendant regretted losing contact with his 18–month–old daughter.
He added: "He has very little recollection of what his daughter looks like and there has been a significant impact on his family."
Harry Stones was sentenced to 18 months in prison while his brother Thomas was sentenced to two years in prison.


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WINDSOR, England (AP) — Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky was found dead on his bathroom floor with his neck bound and a similar piece of material attached to a shower rail, a police officer told a coroner's inquest on Thursday.
Detective Inspector Mark Bissell of Thames Valley Police said there were no signs of a struggle, but that the involvement of a third party "cannot be completely eliminated as tests remain outstanding."
Investigators have not specified the nature of the ligature — a cord or other material used for binding — that was found around the neck of the 67-year-old oligarch.
Berezovsky, a one-time Kremlin powerbroker-turned-critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, lived in self-imposed exile in Britain.
Bissell said Berezovsky was last seen alive at 9:05 p.m. on Friday. His body was found Saturday by a member of his staff at 3:20 p.m. at his mansion in Ascot, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of London.
Police are still searching the property and toxicology tests are being conducted on Berezovsky's body.
Several wealthy Russians have died suddenly in Britain in recent years — most notoriously Berezovsky's friend Alexander Litivinenko, who died in 2006 of poisoning after ingesting the radioactive isotope polonium-210. Britain has accused two Kremlin-linked Russians in the killing of the former KGB agent, who had fled to Britain.
Speculation has swirled about possible foul play in Berezovsky's death. But friends also say he was depressed after losing a 35 million pound ($54 million) lawsuit against a former business partner, Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.
A mathematician-turned-Mercedes dealer, Berezovsky built up his wealth during Russia's chaotic privatization of state assets in the 1990s following the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
Berezovsky helped build up Putin's power base but fell out of favor and was charged in Russia with fraud and embezzlement.
A U.K. coroner's inquest — held to determine the facts in cases of violent or unexplained deaths — opened with a brief hearing Thursday at Windsor's Guildhall, then was adjourned to a later date.
Officials said Berezovsky had legally changed his name to Platon Elenin in 2003 and would be identified by that name at the inquest.


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By Bernard Vaughan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Police Department's "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactics were a "frightening and degrading experience" for four black men who are suing the city, their lawyers argued on Monday, saying the practice was a racist violation of their constitutional rights.
The stops "are not just a minor inconvenience," Darius Charney, an attorney for the plaintiffs suing the city in a class-action lawsuit, said at the start of the federal trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The four men who filed the lawsuit in 2008 include David Floyd, a medical student who was living in the Bronx and was stopped twice. They claim police improperly targeted them because of their race. The suit also calls the tactic a violation of the right against unreasonable searches.
While there have been several other lawsuits, the class-action suit is considered the broadest legal challenge yet to the tactic in which New York City police stop people they suspect of unlawful activity and frisk those they suspect are carrying weapons.
Advocates of stop and frisk, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, say the police practices have helped to reduce crime.
The plaintiffs are seeking changes to the NYPD's supervision of the activity and asking for the court to appoint a monitor to oversee the city's compliance with any relief that the court orders, among other remedies.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin is presiding over the trial, without a jury.
In a January decision related to a separate lawsuit, Scheindlin ordered the NYPD to immediately halt trespass stops outside certain residential buildings in the Bronx. However, she soon lifted her order at the request of the NYPD, which argued it would impose significant burdens on police.
Almost 90 percent of stop-and-frisk stops from 2004 through the first half of 2012 did not result in an arrest or summons, and only 0.15 percent of the stops produced guns, a main objective of the program, said Charney.
Officers are pressured by department-sanctioned quotas to conduct the stops, Charney said. The problems with the tactics, Charney said, "starts at the top and ends with the stop."
Heidi Grossman, an attorney representing the city, told the judge that the police department concentrates its resources on neighborhoods that experience the most crime. She also said that blacks and Latinos are both the overwhelming victims and perpetrators of crime in the city.
"Simply put, crime drives where police officers go, not race," Grossman said.
Grossman pushed back against the idea of an outside monitor, and said that "there is no evidence whatsoever" that officers operate under a quota system.
She also said some plaintiffs had changed the dates and times of alleged interactions with police officers.
"The evidence of the witnesses does not support" that the plaintiffs were stopped "for any reasons other than reasonable suspicion," Grossman said.
On the witness stand Monday, Floyd, the medical student, said that he was stopped and frisked twice, once in 2007 and once in 2008. The second time was in front of the Bronx house he was living in, as he was helping a fellow tenant unlock a door.
"I felt like I was being told I should not leave my home," said Floyd, who is black. "First and foremost, I didn't do anything; I am not a criminal."
On cross-examination, Morgan Kunz, an attorney for the city, sought to portray Floyd, 33, as an activist who changed his testimony regarding dates, times and other details of the 2007 interaction with police.
Floyd testified Monday that he couldn't remember exactly what day in April 2007 the first incident happened. Kunz noted that the badge numbers of officers Floyd said he dealt with in one of the interactions belonged to other officers.
"That's the information the officers gave me," said Floyd, who said he graduated from Syracuse University before pursuing a medical degree in Havana, Cuba.
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Cedar Vale Mennonite Church (Birmingham, Kansas, USA)
The Cedar Vale Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), now extinct, was located near Birmingham, Jackson County, Kansas. The Mennonite settlement was started about 1880. Perhaps the first to arrive was the J. G. Longenecker family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The first settlers thought that a substantial Mennonite community would be formed. This was not the case, but among those who did join the settlement appear such names as Hamilton, Garber, Winey, and Mast. The only resident minister to serve the congregation was Jacob L. Winey. He was ordained in the Catlin Church near Peabody, Kansas, in 1887, and moved to Jackson County in 1895, where he died in 1902. At first the members worshiped in the Methodist church in Birmingham. On one occasion a class of five were baptized in this church by J. M. Shenk of Elida, Ohio. Later, under the leadership of Jacob Winey, the congregation worshiped in the Cedar Vale schoolhouse, and after his death in the New Harmony rural Methodist church.
The congregation was never large. In 1902 twelve members were reported. By 1906 it was apparent that the congregation would not survive and the majority of the remaining members relocated in better established Mennonite settlements. Some of the members remained and became active in other denominations.
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Yoder, Gideon G. "Cedar Vale Mennonite Church (Birmingham, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 23 Sep 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cedar_Vale_Mennonite_Church_(Birmingham,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=113267.
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Yoder, Gideon G. (1953). Cedar Vale Mennonite Church (Birmingham, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cedar_Vale_Mennonite_Church_(Birmingham,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=113267.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 538. All rights reserved.
©1996-2018 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Our lab's version of yeast colony PCR, adapted from the Botstein Lab's protocol. Generally, we use this protocol for checking transformations (ie, to check that a drug marker or fluorescent protein has inserted into the genome correctly) or for PCRing up a piece of DNA from the genome to send for sequencing.
- HotMaster Taq Polymerase
- 10x HotMaster Buffer with Mg2+
- The polymerase and buffer come in the 5 Prime kit FP220320 ordered from Fisher
- 10mM dNTPs
- Forward primer (10μM)
- Reverse primer (10μM)
- Sterile H2O
Add approximately 0.6μL of cells (tiny amount) with the tip of a sterile toothpick into the bottom of PCR tubes or plate. Once you've put cells into the PCR vessel, put the end of the toothpick into ~100μL sterile YPD in either an eppendorf or the well of a culture plate. You will use this to inoculate an overnight culture if your colony PCR works. Keep the eppendorfs or culture plate at either room temperature or 30°C while you run the PCR, either is fine.
Microwave cells in the PCR tube/plate for 1min (2X). Put microwaved cells on ice.
Add the reaction mix (described below) to the PCR tube/plate. It is recommended to make up a master mix if you are doing multiple colonies. Put the PCR tubes/plate into the thermocycler and run the Colony PCR program described below.
PCR Reaction Mix
|10x HotMaster Taq Buffer with Mg2+
|10mM dNTP mix
|10μM Primer 1
|10μM Primer 2
|HotMaster Taq DNA polymerase
|Sterile Water
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Run PCR on Colony PCR program :
- 95°C 4min
- For the following steps, reduce the temperature ‐1°C each cycle and cycle 30x's
- 94°C 1min
- 65°C 1min
- 68°C 2min
- For the following steps, cycle 30x's
- 94°C 30sec
- 50°C 30sec
- 72°C 1min
- 72°C 5min
- 4°C Forever
- Please don't leave the thermocycler running 4°C for longer than an hour or so, it wears out the machine. If you need to leave your PCR for longer, please change the last step of the program so that instead of holding at 4°C the program just ends (letting the samples come to room temperature). Letting the sample come to room temperature, even overnight, does not seem to cause any problems for the DNA.
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Back-up quarterback Tyler Murphy's ability to not only manage the Florida offense, but make plays in it in Saturday's victory over Tennessee, came as no surprise to UF coach Will Muschamp, he said Sunday.
Back-up quarterback Tyler Murphy's ability to not only manage the Florida offense, but make plays in it in Saturday's victory over Tennessee, came as no surprise to UF coach Will Muschamp, he said Sunday.
"Absolutely not," Muschamp said on his television show. "When Jeff (Driskel) had his appendix out to start training camp, Tyler came in and really took a step forward in this program. He did an outstanding job running our football team.
"He had a great training camp and put himself in a position to be very successful, and it certainly carried over to yesterday."
Murphy certainly did not play like a quarterback with zero playing experience at the collegiate level in UF's come-from-behind 31-17 victory. He rushed and passed for a combined 218 yards, throwing for a touchdown and running for one.
Murphy, who completed eight of his 14 pass attempts, also converted some key first downs (running and passing) that kept two critical touchdown drives alive in the third quarter.
"As the backup, you get about one-fourth of the reps (in practice)," Muschamp said. "To go out there and manage our football team and be very productive, too. … look at some of those third-down situations he created with his legs and his arm. We put a lot on him.
"We didn't change much with what the plan was in the run game to get in and out of the right runs vs. the right look they were giving us. He did a fabulous job."
Murphy took over in the first quarter after Driskel sustained a broken lower right leg while throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned 62 yards for a touchdown.
Driskel is out for the season. Muschamp said Sunday the true junior will undergo surgery today.
"I hurt for Jeff because he's worked so hard to put himself in a great position to have an outstanding year. He was going to have an outstanding year," Muschamp said.
The offense struggled early after Murphy took over, but the game (and his confidence) changed when he threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Solomon Patton on a screen early in the second quarter that gave the Gators their first lead, 10-7.
Murphy led the Gators on touchdown drives on their next three possessions, two coming at the start of the second half.
"The first two drives in the third quarter our offense had really won the game," Muschamp said.
The defense also did its part, shutting down the UT offense in the first half while Murphy was getting acclimated and forcing six turnovers for the game.
"I'm very proud of our football team," Muschamp said. "We had adversity in the game and we handled it. You've got to play through adversity. Our kids did that. They responded the way you're supposed to respond.
"They (the defensive players) understand it's our job to put the fires out regardless of the situation, create momentum for our football team."
Murphy will make his first start Saturday night at Kentucky. The No. 2 quarterback is redshirt freshman Skyler Mornhinweg.
The offense will not change much now that Murphy is the quarterback, Muschamp said.
"(Murphy and Driskel) are very similar guys — athletic," Muschamp said. "They can move around and do some different things for us.
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Muschamp will know more about the availability of his other injured players today. Starting cornerback Marcus Roberson (knee) and starting right tackle Tyler Moore (ankle) missed the UT game, while starting cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy (thigh contusion) and starting defensive tackle Leon Orr (shoulder) were injured during the game and did not return.
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According to the well-known marketing research firm J.D. Power and Associates, black is now the most popular choice in new car colors. Almost 22% of cars sold or leased in 2010 were black. More than half of luxury sport models like the BMW 6 series, the Mercedes SL and the Cadillac CTS-V were sold in black, like the beautiful one shown above that is for sale at a Naples Florida dealer. Aside from the fact that black showcases a car's design, this could also be because the range of color choices for these models is usually restricted to black, silver/gray, white/cream or other neutral shades.
The top six colors in car sales for 2010 were black, silver, white, gray, blue and red, in that order. For the past seven years, silver was the most popular color for new cars.
This information is important for car dealers because the color of a car on their lot can affect its retail turn rate. The retail return rate is the average number of days a particular model stays on the lot before being sold; for example, a black vehicle only stayed on the lot an average of 49 days last year. This is important information for car buyers because if your favorite car color is red, which has a less advantageous return rate for a dealer, you can negotiate a better price.
As a side note, color isn't the only factor. A little over 37% of VW GTI models that were gray sold in an average of 45 days. An in-demand model could sell quickly regardless of exterior color. Vehicles like the Hummer sold well in black, gray and bright yellow.
According to the J.D. Power research, age is a factor in color choice, too. The average age of a person buying a black car was 45, which happens to be the youngest average age for any color last year. Silver cars were sold to buyers with an average age of 50; gray cars went to those around 48. Older buyers preferred beige (54) and gold (56).
It might be interesting to see what those color choices were in previous decades. In the 60s and 70s, were Plum Crazy, Matador Red and LeMans Blue in the Top 6? It seemed to me that every mid-sized car in America was gold/tan/beige in the late 90s.
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10 Ways You Can Improve Earth's Health
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The scientific and political arguments surrounding the health of our planet can make the whole topic seem beyond the grasp of the individual. How fast is the climate changing? Exactly what effect to humans have? And what will the government do about it?
How we treat Earth also involves trillions of little decisions by billions of individuals.
That in mind, on this Earth Day, LiveScience presents 10 ideas for saving energy and otherwise cutting down on your impact on the planet. The list was compiled by the Earth Day Network organization and republished here with permission.
1. Change light bulbs
Highly efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) last for years, use a quarter of the energy of regular bulbs and actually produce more light.
Look for the government's ENERGY STAR label, which means the bulb has been tested for quality and efficiency. While each ENERGY STAR qualified bulb will cost more initiallyanywhere from $3 to $9 a pieceremember that there are two price tags: what you pay at the register and what you pay in energy costs to over the bulb's lifetime. So you may pay more up front, but you will actually save hundreds of dollars in your household budget over the long term because of their long life.
While CFLs were harder to find a few years ago, they're now widely available and much more affordable. You'll find them at major home improvement and hardware storeseven grocery and some convenience stores.
Here's the impact. If every household in the U.S. replaced a burned-out bulb with an energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulb, the cumulative effect is enormous. It would prevent more than 13 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmospherewhich is like taking more than a million cars off the road for an entire year.
There are other, simple things with household lighting you can do to conserve: turn off unneeded lights, dim lights when you can and bring natural sunlight into your home when it is feasible.
But changing those old light bulbs and replacing them with ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescents that can last for a decade or more is by far the best thing you can do.
2. Drive differently, or drive a different vehicle
The sad truth is that your car emits as much carbon dioxide as your entire house. That's the bad news. The good news is that anything you can do to improve the fuel efficiency of your car will have an enormous impact on climate change. In fact, experts say that paying attention to fuel efficiency in your car may be the single biggest thing you can do to prevent global warming
Buying a fuel-efficient car (like a hybrid) is wonderful. In fact, replacing your gas-guzzling car with a fuel-efficient one is by far the best thing you can do, out of all your choices. But not all of us can do thatat least, not right now. Carmakers haven't sold enough hybrids in the U.S. yet to make them as affordable as they should be. That will change, but not for a few years.
So, in the interim, there are things you can do with the car you drive now to conserve energy and be more fuel-efficient.
Drive less. Every year, Americans as a whole drive more miles than they did the year before. Stop this trend, and we drive a stake in that trend. Telecommuting and public transportation are great optionsonce a week saves a ton of carbon dioxide a yearbut even piling multiple errands into one trip helps. If you can walk instead of drive, even better.
Get your car tuned up. Just a simple tune-up often improves fuel efficiency by half. If 100,000 of us went out and got a tune up, we save 124,000 tons of carbon dioxide.
Slow down, don't race your car's engine, and watch your idling. All of these save on gas (saving you money) and have a big impact on burning gasoline.
Horribly inefficient SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks now make up more than half of the cars on American roads. The real tragedy is that automakers could double the current average fuel efficiency of SUVs if they wanted to, which would save 70 tons of carbon dioxide per car. The technology exists. Unfortunately, consumer demand does not.
3. Control your temperature
The bad news is that half of your household energy costs go towards just two thingsheating and cooling. The good news is that means you have lots of room for improvement, and even small changes make dramatic improvements in household fuel efficiency.
Older heating and cooling systems are a third less efficient than the new systems. So replacing the old with the new is a wonderful idea, but not very practical for most of us. Things you can do right now to make sure you're setting the right temperature in your house include:
Tune up your heating system. This one thing every couple of years can reduce your heating costs by 10 percent a year.
Clean vents, close unused vents, and change filters in the vents. Again, just these simple things will save you 10 percent.
Buy a programmable thermostat, which can regulate different temperatures at different times of the day. And if you have one, use it! Right now, three-quarters of people who have programmable thermostats don't use them at all.
Add two degrees to the AC thermostat in summer, and two degrees in winter. If everyone did this, the cumulative impact is significant.
Make sure windows and doors are sealed. Again, this will dramatically improve your household fuel efficiency.
Of course, if you can stand it, by far the best approach is to avoid air conditioners at all. Ceiling fans, instead of AC, can reduce your cooling costs by more than half.
4. Tame the refrigerator monster
Did you know that your friendly refrigerator has a voracious energy appetite? It is, by far, the single biggest consumer of electricity in the average household, responsible for 10-15 percent of the electricity you use each month.
Older refrigerators, as a rule, are far less efficient than the newest onesas much as 50 percent more efficient in many cases. But buying a brand-new, energy-efficient refrigerator is almost certainly not in the cards for most of us. Fortunately, other things will help.
Don't set the thermostat too high. Even 1 degree will make a big difference.
If your refrigerator is near a heating vent, or always in the sun, then change the location, cover up the heat vent near it or drape the window.
Turn on your "energy saver" switch near the thermostat.
Clean the condenser coil. This one, very simple thing can improve the efficiency of your refrigerator by a third!
Get rid of your second refrigerator. If you don't need it, don't waste the energy.
Make sure the doors seal properly, and keep the cool in.
5. Twist some knobs
The other big users of energy in your household are your hot water heater, your washer and dryer, and your dishwasher. Each, in its own way, can be inefficient. Here are some things to try:
Either turn the hot water heater down a couple of degrees, or turn on the "energy conservation" setting.
Buy insulation for your hot water heater at a local store and insulate the pipes as well.
Install a timer on your water heater to turn off at night and just before you wake up in the morning.
When possible, wash a few dishes by hand. Over time, that will save a few loads in the dishwasher, conserving energy.
Don't pre-rinse dishes. Today's detergents are powerful enough to do the job.
Wait until you have a full load to run the dishwasher.
Wash clothes in warm water, not hot. The clothes will be just as clean, and you'll cut energy use by 50 percent.
Don't over-dry your clothes. That will save 15 percent.
6. Plant smartly
While it is true that planting more trees will help in the short term because they essentially soak up carbon, they also release carbon dioxide when they die. So it just postpones the problem. But there are other reasons to plant treesas wind breaks to save energy, and as shade to lower cooling costs. And even the short-term help while we get our act together is a good thing.
As for plants, do everything you can in your yard and garden to create ways in which plants use less water. Choose hardier plants, plant things in groups that need more water and put in mulch to help keep moisture in. When you mow your grass, make sure you do it smartlywith sharp blades, and only when the grass needs cutting. Finally, make sure you water your lawn sparingly. All of these will conserve energy.
7. Invest in green energy
Imagine if we ran out of fossil fuels tomorrow, what would we do? Well, we'd get our electricity from renewable sourcessolar panels, geothermal and wind power sources. Many utilities now give consumers the option to buy "green power." Ask for it!
Learn the truth about nuclear power and natural gas as viable "green" options. They aren't. Radioactive waste will be a problem for tens of thousands of years into the future, and natural gas kicks out almost as much carbon dioxide as coal and oil. Natural gas can help us make a transition, but it isn't the solution.
Finally, if you invest, invest in green stocks and renewable energy companies through socially responsible funds. They perform just as well (if not better) than all of the unfiltered funds.
8. Go organic
Even with our vast reservoir of scientific knowledge about farming, most American farmers still spray a billion pounds of pesticides to protect crops each year.
Now here's the kicker: when chemical pesticides are used to kill pests, they also kill off microorganisms that keep carbon contained in the soil. When the microorganisms are gone, the carbon is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. And when those organisms are gone, the soil is no longer naturally fertile and chemical fertilizers become a necessity, not a luxury.
But besides going organicthereby saving the carbon release from soilthere are other simple things you can do with food that will also make a difference:
Eat locally grown food. If the food doesn't have to travel far, there's less carbon dioxide from the trucks that ship it.
Eat fruits and vegetables in season. Again, that saves the enormous transportation costs.
Plant your own vegetable garden. It's not as hard as you might think.
9. Buy recycled
This may sound simple, but it takes less energy to manufacture a recycled product than a brand new one. So if you and every other consumer buy recycled, you'll help create a market, and conserve energy along the way.
Because many manufacturers don't go out of their way to tout their recycled products, you should know that aluminum and tin cans, glass containers, and pulp cardboard have a fair amount of recycled content. So buy away!
Recycled is often considerably cheaper than non-recycled, so it's cost-effective as well as conservation-minded. For instance, recycled paper can be as much as a third cheaper than non-recycled paper.
Finally, before you buy, check to see if the product or its packaging can be recycled. The recyclable logo (three arrows forming a triangle) is fairly common now.
10. Be a minimalist
We know it's difficult, but in today's consumer economy, an easy way to conserve energy is to simply useand buyless. Every time you buy something, energy has gone into getting that product to you. So the less you buy, the more you save energy-wise. It's a simple equation.
This last item on our Top Ten list may, in fact, be the single biggest way to make a dent in the global warming problem. Again, we know it sounds obvious, but buying less thingssome of which you just don't needchanges the energy equation across the board, on every single consumer product. If everyone used less, the impact would be large indeed.
So how about some specific things? Here are a few:
Buy in bulk. In short, bulk items use less packaging, which translates into less energy.
Buy one of something, not 21 of something. You don't need 21 pairs of shoes, if one pair works just as well.
Go through your closet. Donate or recycle what you really don't need, then make a pledge not to replace everything you just got rid of.
Buy quality products that will last longer. Over time, you'll obviously buy fewer products that way.
Be creative in what you use for work, play and leisure. You don't always have to buy new products for activities. Re-use in creative ways.
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We may need to add few more things:
1. stop producing 500 hp sport cars and hummers.
3. all government employees to work without A/C or must be set no less than 80F
4. all government vehicles to have electric cars
5. stop watering golf courts.
6. take shorter showers
7. cook once every three days
However sometimes the automaker lobbyist is so strong, there was a story in Orange County CA, the county had spent $ 800M for mass transportation project for feasibility study etc and for over 5 years and finally they stop it because the council block it (they didn't approve the budget to continue the project).
There were similar stories in Los Angeles County CA for Blue Line, Gold Line, Green Line and Red Line Subway extension projects.
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MODERATOR - I agree with almost all your proposisitions, but you have a very very fatal flaw in your thiking.
You wrote: "Learn the truth about nuclear power ... Radioactive waste will be a problem for tens of thousands of years into the future..." The greens killed nuclear 35 years ago, primarily because local storage of waste concerned them. Accordingly, we have had 35 years of direct injection of CO2 into the entire planetary atmosphere. I think tens of thousands of years might be an apporpriate estimate Slick Move, X-Lax.
Even the Green Peace Guy has seen the (obvious) light: Sequestered nuclear waste is better then universal CO2 dispersal into the entire planetary atmospehere.
In addition, it is the ONLY technology ready for immediated deployment over the next several decades. Go blow on a windmill, you blow hard.
In the mean time the replacement cost for a barrel of oil is about $80 per barrel. At that price N. Americans can squeeze a barrel of oil out of coal sands or coal. My very own brother in law is now contracted to build just such a conversion plant, $2 billion, ready for production in two years.
Do you really think the capitolists are not going to squeeze oil from coal if oil is $150 per barrel and nuclear is a boogyman? The capitolists are already two decades ahead of you revanchests.
PS: Aren't you the ones who ranted the US should convert food to gasohol. Now you *** blame us for world famine. Believe you me. You guys are becoming more and more like sand flies then useful consultants.
Just go home, read by the light of your *** fat candle, and leave the heavy lifting to those who know how to heavy lift. Just keep the *** hell out of our way, you lightweights.
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Thanks for your response. Actually the article was not written by me, I copied it from the above website, so I put it as is, because I thought ethically I didn't have authorization to modify it.
I agree that nuclear energy should be part of the solutions, however I think we don't need to regret that we didn't start it 35 years ago. Perhaps on that time the safety technology as not good as the current one.
With the current technology insha Allah (God will) the probability of Chernobyl accident can be minimized if we can not say can be avoided it.
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I've always washed clothes in cold water.
I don't use a dryer to dry clothes, I use the sun and wind to dry and in winter when we have the heater on and clothes cannot be outside, then the lounge is an obstacle to get around hehe.
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Salam/Peace Angel,
Woo.. that a good move. I did once here in the US, I hang the clothes on the rope in my back yards, but my wife yell to me that's "uncivilized" .. he..he..he.. Because she is the "manager" in our house so I gave up.
Eventhough our family did it all the time before we moved to US.
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The first and farmost important responsability of a humanbeing is to protect environment sourrounding him.All the resources which are present on this earths biosphere are running away, as they got deplenished by its uncontrolled use . I personally go with moderator,who proposed a ten different ways of protecting the earth environment,because unless and untill we protect our sourroundings and use the earth's energy in an effecient way,the earth environment become miserable for our comming generations.The only challenge infront of us is to use the resourses efficiently.... so at we can expect life in comming years..........
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The graphic designer and art director Julien Vallée represents a new generation of designers. The young Canadian is a virtuoso at melding the most diverse analog and digital design techniques. He combines graphic design, stop-motion film, and a talent for staging space to create fascinating worlds of images in his work.
Enthusiastically multidisciplinary, Vallée is as versed in traditional skills such as drawing, cutting, illustration, and collage as he is in the use of technologies such as stop-motion animation, video editing, and interactive design. Thanks to his expertise in both of these realms, the Montreal-based designer seamlessly bridges the gap between the manual and virtual production of art.
Although he mostly develops and stages his installations and stop-motion films using simple materials such as paper, wood, and plastic, Julien Vallée's magically arranged spaces are, at times, reminiscent of the work of a twenty-first-century Escher. The designer's work has already been heaped with prizes such as the ADC Young Guns Award and the Creative Review Award 2010.
The monograph Rock, Paper, Scissors not only presents Julien Vallée's commissioned work for clients such as the New York Times, MTV, AOL, and Computer Arts, but also includes a selection of personal projects. Each book includes a unique log-in code for accessing Vallée's own making-ofs and other video work online.
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The young Canadian designer Julien Vallée is a leading expert at melding a variety of analog and digital design techniques into outstanding work.
Julien Vallée's incomparable visuals explore the relative roles of the computer and handmade processes in design. The young Canadian works in a wide range of fields, including art direction, motion graphics, print design, and art installation as well as video and design for the television industry. With his expert use of manual processes strongly supported by the technological tools of today, he creates outstanding art and design that seamlessly bridges the gaps between these disciplines. This first monograph presents Vallée's commissioned work and personal projects. Each book includes a unique log-in code for accessing Vallée's video work online.
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We appreciate you taking time to consider sponsoring SQLSaturday #102 and we've put together some information that will tell our about plans for the event and show you how your company will benefit from sponsoring our event.
Think of a SQLSaturday as a one day conference. We bring in a lot of volunteer speakers, we have lunch on site, and we have a dedicated area set up for our attendees meet with our sponsors. We work hard to make our event a great experience for everyone, especially our sponsors that enable us to cover the working costs of this event. We're expecting 100+ attendees at SQLSaturday #102.
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Sponsorship ranges from $600 to $2100 depending on the package you select, and we're always willing to discuss custom solutions to meet your needs.
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are not joke punch lines, yet on the NOAA website recently was a game some bureaucrat(s) must have thought was funny. It wasn't.
ESA is one of this nation's most controversial laws. Compliance is often onerous and costly. It is used to protect 2,050 species. Approximately 1,430 are found in some part of the U.S. or its waters, including the 90 marine species NOAA fisheries oversees.
Someone at NOAA must have had too much time on their hands or a boss who wasn't paying attention when he or she created an online game patterned after a March Madness basketball bracket, just like the annual NCAA basketball tournament.
Instead of teams, though, the creator put in the names and photos of endangered marine species on bracket lines, like white abalone, humpback whale, Hawaiian monk seal and Johnson's seagrass. There were a total of 16 endangered species in the brackets.
Click on an image of a species and you would get a page which provides in-depth information about the species. You are also asked to select the species you think would move on to the second round and eventually to the "championship". The implication is that the loser would be the endangered species you think will disappear. Kind of like Russian Roulette with a harpoon.
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"Remember, vote early and vote often to support your species getting to the championship round. Say what you will about charismatic mega-fauna, my money is on the invertebrates, the backbone of the ocean," wrote the gamer who created the March Madness of extinction.
ESA is 40 years old. It has rightfully saved species from extinction. It has also been overzealously employed to the detriment of man. However, there has never been anything comical about it.
On its website, NOAA is called an agency that enriches life through science, according to its administrator, Kathryn Sullivan: From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA's products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America's gross domestic product. NOAA's mission touches the lives of every American, and we are proud of our role in protecting life and property and conserving and protecting natural resources.
The March Madness of species extinction game was in poor taste, points out California Cotton Growers Association President Cannon Michael, a Merced County, Calif., farmer. Cannon deals with water and ESA issues literally on a daily basis on his family's farm.
"The endangered species issue is not really something to make a game out of. The economic impact of these species and the regulations is huge and for the businesses they affect it is no joke."
Apparently others felt like Michael because the game disappeared not long after it went up. Someone at NOAA woke up, finally, after what must have been days on the government payroll playing games with a very serious issue.
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May 17. 2013 2:04AM
Chechen seeks McCain's help via Twitter
By DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
Musa Khadzhimuratov is interviewed by Voice of America over Skype regarding FBI investigation of the Boston bombing. (VOA)
Chechen decries Boston attack
FBI questions former Chechen rebel living in Manchester about repeated meetings with Boston bomber
FBI Director Mueller defends the agency in Boston bombing
Runners invited back to finish Boston
— A former Chechen rebel living in Manchester, who was questioned by the FBI in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, tried to reach out to U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., via Twitter in a series of nine tweets that call on McCain to "tell the truth about Russia and Putin's KGB."
Musa Khadzhimuratov, an aide to one of the leaders of the Chechen separatist movement, came to the U.S. in 2004 through a United Nations refugee program.
In his tweets, which he apparently hoped the Republican senator would see, he calls for help in obtaining citizenship, claiming he was unfairly classified as a terrorist by the Citizenship and Immigration Service.
The tweets, all posted on the same day using
in the text, describe Khadzhimuratov's situation in his own words. Strung together, and correcting for grammar and spelling, they read as follows:
"Dear senator, why is all world so afraid to Mr. Putin? I'm from Chechnya and was shot by Russians; now I'm in a wheelchair.
"I came to the U.S.A. in 2004 as a refugee with my wife and two kids; I worked as bodyguard to Chechen Vice President during 1996-99 years.
"The U.S.A. government moved me and my family here as refugees but when we applied for green card my application was denied.
"USCIS (Citizenship and Immigration Service) now calls me a terrorist. I've lived here seven years; my SSI (Social Security Income) is cut.
"My family got citizenship, but I still live without any papers. Don't know if it was political or some other issue with USCIS.
"I don't have money for a lawyer to fix my case; I just can't understand one thing. Why did government bring us here and then separate my family? They made terrorist of me, and my wife and kids became American. What can I do in a wheelchair?
"My SSI is going to be cut, but INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) doesn't care about it. I'm writing to you because only you can say true about Russia and Putin's KGB."
A link to the Khadzhimuratov Twitter account was forwarded to McCain's Washington office, which did not respond to requests for comment as of late Thursday afternoon.


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Related Reads: Downton Abbey
If you've been enthralled by the miniseries "Downton Abbey" and don't want to leave that world just yet, expand your experience with some of these titles. Article in Themes and Read-Alikes category.
- The World of Downton Abbey, by Jessica Fellowes - the official companion book to the series; explores characters and history of the series to take you deeper into Downton's world.
- The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, by Jessica Fellowes & Matthew Sturgis - including scenes and characters from season 3, the NEW official companion to the series is this updated title.
DVDs to watch
- Downton Abbey - catch up or relive your favorite episodes of the first two seasons.
- Berkeley Square - follows three nannies in turn-of-the-century London; one of the families is headed by an Earl and his American wife.
- Duchess of Duke Street - serves up Edwardian menus, a rags-to-riches tale, and an unforgettable character in Louisa Trotter, based on the real-life Rosa Lewis, hotelier and chef to high society London in the years before the Great War.
- Gosford Park - screenplay by "Downton Abbey"'s Julian Fellowes - shows both above- and below-stairs schemes and intrigue during a weekend hunting party on an estate.
- Howards End - Based on the 1910 novel by E. M. Forster, follows members of three families at three different levels of society as they meet and entangle.
- Upstairs, Downstairs - the 1971-1975 series about the Bellamy household in London; dramatic events in the lives of servants and aristocratic family members in context of historical events 1903-1930.
- Manor House (on VHS only) - a BBC reality-television series designed to show what life was like for the household of a 1905-1914 country house.
- House of Eliott (on VHS only) - a BBC series from the creators of "Upstairs Downstairs" about two sisters in dire straits, who open a fashion house in London between the wars, creating costumes for the aristocracy and challenging views that women could not live independently.
- The American Heiress, by Daisy Goodwin -the story of the daughter of wealthy Americans (her name is even Cora) who marries the eligible Duke of Wareham at the turn of the 20th century
- The Crimson Rooms, by Katherine McMahon - love and mystery surrounding characters in 1920s London, still reeling from the effects of the Great War
- The Dressmaker, by Kate Alcott - a seamstress finds herself on the Titanic voyage, embroiled with two men of different status, she survives the sinking but does not escape the repercussions
- Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett - a saga of five families from all walks of life set against the drama of World War I
- The Go-Between, by L. P. Hartley - a summer on a great estate before-the-wars, containing a tragic love story, is remembered
- Habits of the House, by Fay Weldon - from one of the original writers of the "Upstairs, Downstairs" series comes this depiction of a household - family and staff - on Belgrave Square in London during the season of 1899. The Earl is facing financial concerns and an heiress arrives from Chicago in this first part of a trilogy.
- The House at Riverton, by Kate Morton - intrigue and romance on the grounds of a country house in the early 1920s
- The House at Tyneford, by Natasha Solomons - a young Jewish woman is forced to leave 1938 Vienna and become a parlor maid at a great house in England. In a changing world, a relationship begins with the son of the house.
- The Pursuit of Love, or others by Nancy Mitford
- Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro - though this novel is concerned with staff of a great house during World War II, a little later than our setting in Downton Abbey, you can see echoes of Carson in the main character Stevens, a butler with a fierce dignity and dedication to his profession in the face of changing times
- The Shooting Party, by Isabel Colegate - a witty and moving portrayal of the upper class in 1913 at a weekend shooting party on the estate of an earl
- Upstairs, Downstairs, by John Hawkesworth - the novelization of the British television series
- Penny Vincenzi's Spoils of Time trilogy follows the Lytton family - aristocrats in London and New York during the World Wars. No Angel, Something Dangerous, and Into Temptation.
- Books by Julian Fellowes who wrote the screenplay for "Downton Abbey" - these titles do not take place in the same time period as Downton, but have similar fun with the attitudes and mores of upper classes. Try Snobs or Past Imperfect.
Memoirs or Portraits from Above or Below Stairs
- The Bolter, by Frances Osborne - tells the story of Idina Sackville, who went from high society to a wild bohemian life when she ran off to Africa.
- Below Stairs: the Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" , by Margaret Powell - the true account of a woman who served in some of the great houses in Britain.
- Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey : The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle, by Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon - Tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for Downton Abbey, and the life of Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon (inspiration for Lady Cora Crawley).
- Not in Front of the Servants: A True Portrait of Upstairs, Downstairs Life, by Frank Victor Dawes
- Rose: My Life in Service, by Rose Harrison - "recollections of life in one of England's grandest households by the personal maid to Nancy, Lady Astor"
For endlessly intriguing characters within the British upper classes in the first half of the 20th century, don't look farther than the exploits of the six Mitford sisters.
- Wait For Me! by Deborah, The Duchess of Devonshire
- The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, ed. by Charlotte Mosley
- The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family , by Mary S. Lovell
Rich Yankees
Don't forget those rich Americans - like Cora - who married into the British aristocracy. "I'll give you my family's money to help your floundering estate; you give me your title to lend my nouveau-riche family some class." Get all the juicy details about how these arrangements worked out.
- The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters and the British Aristocratic World into Which They Married, by Elisabeth Kehoe
- To Marry an English Lord: Or How Anglomania Really Got Started, by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace - Julian Fellowes told the NY Times that this was really the book that inspired the countess' character in Downton Abbey.
- Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age, by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
- Or read Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's autobiography The Glitter and the Gold
Contemporary Authors
What might Lady Sybil have been reading while waiting for her chauffeur? Lady Edith while dreaming of someone finally to notice her?
- E.M. Forster - try Howards End
- John Galsworthy, author of the many volumes in the Forsyte Saga, about an upper-class Edwardian family and social change - start with The Man of Property
- W. Somerset Maugham - try Mrs. Craddock
- Vita Sackville-West- try The Edwardians
- Rebecca West - try the posthumously-published Sunflower, about an actress in the 1920s with society connections
- Edith Wharton - try her Pulitzer-winning Age of Innocence for a glimpse of society on this side of the pond
- P. G. Wodehouse - for much-lighter fare satirizing the fops and bimbo heiresses of pre-War London society, look no further than Wodehouse. Try any of the Jeeves and Wooster tales or Blandings Castle.
The Great War and its Effects
Downton Abbey serves as a war hospital and the lives of all its inhabitants are touched in many ways by World War I. Read the following for an understanding of just how far-reaching the war's effects were on British (and others) lives.
- All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque - the epitome of a World War I novel, shows that life in the trenches was brutal for both sides.
- Regeneration, by Pat Barker - based on the real experiences of Seigfried Sassoon, this novel details a military psychiatric hospital and the lives of its shell-shocked soldiers. Try also his novel Life Class.
- Three Soldiers, by John Dos Passos - shows the toll of the war on three American soldiers.
- Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo - this pacifist National Book Award winner from 1939 tells the story of a severely-wounded soldier's recovery.
- Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf - while the title character shows us the life of society between the wars, the character of Septimus Smith shows us the tragic plight of a shell-shocked veteran.
And while you're wallowing the muck of the trenches or recovering in the arms of a nurse, don't forget the classic WWI novels: A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway and Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine.
Mysteries with this Setting
- The Shape of Sand, by Marjorie Eccles
- Broken Music, by Marjorie Eccles
- The Uninvited Guests, by Sadie Jones - At a 1912 country house, a family struggles with class issues and ghosts
- Weekend at Blenheim, by J. P. Morrissey - a gothic mystery with lots of intrigue set at a weekend party in 1905 at Blenheim Castle, peopled with historical figures like Consuelo vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent.
- The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton, by Elizabeth Speller - After the Great War, at a manor house: a young girl went missing thirteen years ago and now a young maid disappears. Lots of details, secrets, and layered relationships.
- The Bess Crawfordseries, by Charles Todd - start with A Duty to the Dead
- The Maisie Dobbs series, by Jacqueline Winspear - start with Maisie Dobbs
- English Country House Murders, with stories by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, et al.
The House
Isn't it charming when Lady Mary calls their house "a bit cramped"? Explore for yourself the great English country houses in the following.
- Historic Houses of Britain, by Mark Girouard
- The Good Country House Guide, by Lydia Greeves
- Life in the English Country House: a Social and Architectural History, by Mark Girouard
- The English Country House: A Grand Tour, by Gervase Jackson-Stops and James Pipkin
- Home Comfort: a History of Domestic Arrangements, by Christina Hardyment - aided by the National Trust, Hardyment details all the tasks that would have to be done to keep up a great house.
Other books to find beyond JMRL:
- What the Butler Winked At, by Eric Horne
- The Dandy Gilver series of mysteries by Catriona McPherson
- Countess Below Stairs, by Eva Ibbotson
- The Last Summer, by Judith Kinghorn
- Ashenden, by Elizabeth Wilhide
- Park Lane, by Frances Osborne
- Crossing on the Paris, by Dana Gynther


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Swift River Bridge #46May 23. 2013 2:58PM
North of NH Route 16
Conway Village, NH
The first bridge on this site was built by John Douglass in 1850. It gave much needed access to the north using West Side Road and served local commerce well until the spring of 1869. At that time, heavy rains swelled the river and the raging waters lifted the bridge from its foundation, turned it around, and sent it rapidly downstream into the Saco River Covered Bridge knocking it off its moorings. Both damaged structures broke up and came to rest two miles downstream. In a striking demonstration of Yankee thrift, much of the lumber salvaged from these two bridges was used in the building of the new Swift River Covered Bridge constructed by Jacob Berry and his son Jacob Jr. The current bridge was bypassed when a new concrete and steel bridge was built nearby in 1974.
Year of Construction: - 1870
Original Cost: - Unknown
One-half mile north of N.H. Route 16 at Conway Village over the Swift River.
Paddleford truss with added arches. The bridge is 129'4" long with a clear span of 110'6". It has an overall width of 21'0" with a roadway width of 17'2", and a minimum vertical clearance of 13'2". The structure is closed to vehicular traffic.
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Natick firefighters rescued horse stuck in blizzard
Pony got out of Natick barn
Natick firefighters rescued horse stuck in blizzard
Pony got out of Natick barn
NATICK, Mass. —
The most unusual area call of the weekend blizzard was likely in Natick, where firefighters Sunday rescued an old horse that got stuck in the snow, our news partners at the MetroWest Daily News reported.
The 34-year-old pony got outside the barn near 186 South Main St. and fell down a slope, Deputy Chief Ed Connelly said, getting tangled up against a fence post.
The snow was too slippery for him to get up on his own, Connelly said, and firefighters from Ladder 1 and Engine 2 eventually had to lift the nearly 1,000-pound animal using straps and a backhoe.
Once they were able to get the horse upright, they supported it for a little while and it was eventually able to walk back into the barn under its own power, Connelly said.


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News: Archives Acquires Musante Collection
We are pleased to announce that actor, director, and writer Tony Musante, Oberlin Class of 1958, has donated his personal-papers collection to the Oberlin College Archives.
The Musante Collection, spanning the years 1954 to 2012, includes extensive biographical information; Musante's handwritten notebooks that contain his thoughts, questions, ideas, and directorial suggestions relating to 116 of his acting roles in film, television, and theater productions; production photos of his work on the stage and in films; scrapbooks relating to his student days at Oberlin and his professional work in film and theater; scripts; playbills; posters signed by co-stars and production crews; and DVDs of many of his movies and television shows. The collection also includes materials relating to his wife, writer Jane Sparkes Musante '59.
The archives will be exhibiting materials from the collection in the Academic Commons of the Mudd Library from March 4 to 17 and in the Goodrich Room on the fourth floor of the Mudd Center from March 18 to 29. For more information, see the complete article on the aquisition of the Musante Collection here.


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Shailene Woodley & Miles Teller win Sundance Special Jury Award for Acting
"The Spectacular Now", the other big buzzed about film of the fest, took home a Special Jury Prize for Acting for its two young stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. The two have received rave reviews from festival goers for their portrayal of a high school couple in James Ponsoldt's coming of age drama. The film was picked up by upstart distribution company A24, so we'll have to wait and see how much the film figures into next year's awards race. A summer release is tentatively scheduled.
Bow Shailene is already winning awards for a film that isn't out yet.
Bow Shailene is already winning awards for a film that isn't out yet.