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WORCESTER, Mass. (courtesy Worcester State sports information) -- Senior Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./Loomis Chaffee) collected her 300th strikeout in the 12-7 game one victory before sophomore Madison Sullivan (Dover, N.H./Dover) knocked in the game-winning run in a 5-4 eight inning triumph for the Judges in the nightcap.
Brandeis (18-16) started off the opener with the early 3-0 advantage in the top of the second. Sophomore Madison Gagnon (Westlake Village, Calif./Westlake) and classmate Jordan Buscetto (Old Lyme, Conn./Old Lyme) had run producing plate appearances to help lead the charge.
Sullivan, senior Leah McWilliams (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), freshman Liana Moss (Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura) and Nolan then chipped in with RBIs as the visitors nearly batted around for a second time with four more scores for the 7-0 edge in the third inning.
The Lancers (10-17) put up a three-spot when the hosts took advantage of a key miscue in the bottom of the third. With the bases loaded, sophomore Meghan Rich (Chelmsford, Mass.) drove a single to right center, which slipped past the dive of the centerfielder and allowed everyone to come home on the misplay.
The Judges responded in the next half inning when junior Anya Kamber (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline) hammered her fourth homer of the season with a solo shot to left center.
Brandeis added one more score in the top of the fifth for the 9-3 margin when sophomore Danielle Novotny (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley) doubled in Moss with two outs.
Worcester State answered in the bottom of the same frame when sophomore Hayley Terry (N. Dighton, Mass.) manufactured a run with a solo base-knock to bring in classmate Sara Pelletier (Leominster, Mass.) before freshman Kayla Humphrey (Wallingford, Conn.) followed with a two-run single to help the Lancers trail by three runs.
Brandeis though put the game out of reach with a trio of scores over the last two stanzas to open up a 12-6 contest. Gagnon drove in her second run of the contest in the top of the eighth while Sullivan added a sacrifice fly and Kamber scampered home on an errant play by the shortstop in the ninth.
The Blue and Gold did not go away quietly as senior Hillary Hart (Clinton, Mass.) connected on an RBI triple to right field for the final tally of the contest.
In all, the Judges banged out 22 hits in the opener - their most in a single game since at least 2005 - led by four apiece from Novotny and Kamber. Moss and Sullivan both finished with two runs and three base-knocks each. Gagnon, McWilliams, Nolan and Buscetto added two for the visitors as Kamber touched home plate four times.
Rich went 2-for-3 to help the Lancers notch eight safeties for the game and Pelletier scored twice with one of her runs coming in the ninth after she doubled to lead off the frame.
Nolan (6-3) became the third Brandeis softball pitcher to reach the 300 strikeout milestone. With 302 punch outs she is just 31 off the second place mark set by Caroline Miller (2009-12). She fanned four and walked three in the opener while allowing six runs (five earned) on six hits
Sophomore Marissa Avanzato (Pittsfield, Mass.) absorbed the setback. Avanzato (1-3) permitted eight runs (six earned) on 14 hits to go with two free passes and one strikeout.
Trailing 4-0 in the nightcap in the bottom of the seventh, Worcester State scored four times in the inning to force extra innings.
Taking advantage of three consecutive miscues by the defense, the Lancers notched their first run on an RBI fielder's choice by junior Taylor Hanley(Wilmington, Mass.) to help bring in Pelletier, who started off the inning with a single.
After an infield solo safety to juice the bases, freshman Courtney Salisbury (Cranston, R.I.) walked in a run to set the stage for Rich who belted a two-run, one out double to right center, which tied up the game at 4-4.
Brandeis junior Nikki Cote (Shelton, Conn./St. Josephs), however, set down the final two batters to help prevent a walk-off victory.
In the top of the eighth, Sullivan gave her team a lift with what proved to be the deciding score on an RBI two-bagger to score Novotny to lead off the frame.
With Humphrey at standing second, the Lancers failed to drive her in as Cote retired the side by setting down all three batters she faced with groundouts.
The Judges originally staked the early 1-0 lead when Gagnon scurried home from third after the second baseman couldn't come up with play to end the top of the first.
Three innings later in the top of the fourth, rookie Madison Hunter (Parker, Colo./Legend High School) drove in Kamber before Novotny crossed the plate to help give the visitors the 3-0 edge after the first baseman dropped the final out of the inning.
Brandeis notched a key run in the top of the seventh for the 4-0 advantage when Moss helped score Gagnon from second with a double to the deep part of centerfield. Gagnon sparked the rally with a walk and she moved into scoring position on a sacrifice.
Cote (6-8) went the distance and she yielded four runs (one earned) while scattering eight hits. She also rung up three on strikes and dealt one walk.
Freshman Mary McKeown (Shrewsbury, Mass.) also matched the effort in the circle going the full eight innings giving up five runs (two earned) and 11 hits. McKeown (0-3) fanned one and gave up one base on balls.
In the second game, Brandeis outhit their opponents 11-8 as Kamber, Sullivan and Hunter all registered a pair of base-knocks each. Gagnon and Novotny both scored twice for the visitors.
Salisbury was the lone multi-hitter for the hosts with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate.
Brandeis hosts Emerson in a 10 a.m. twin bill on Sunday when they will celebrate Senior Day. Tonight's sweep was sweet revenge for when the Blue and Gold knocked the Judges out of the first round of last year's ECAC Division III New England Softball Tournament.
Worcester State will travel to Salem State for a noontime doubleheader against Salem State on Saturday. The Lancers try to secure a first-round bye into next week's MASCAC Tournament.

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Even though the logarithmic depth buffer technique works pretty nicely, it has several problems that make its use problematic in some cases. If you use just the vertex shader modification, you can get depth buffer artifacts on longer triangles that are close to the camera, since the depth values aren't correctly interpolated in perspective. It can be helped by a finer tesselation, or by writing the correct values in the fragment shader (possibly just for the geometry that's not tesselated sufficiently). However, writing the fragment depth in shader disables certain hardware depth buffer optimizations like the early depth test, and adds to the bandwidth. That can pose a problem in scenarios with a higher overdraw.
On Direct3D there's a technique that can provide sufficient depth buffer precision - reverse mapping of far/near planes in a normal floating-point depth buffer. In OpenGL it can't be used directly because of a design flaw that causes a huge loss of precision in depth value computation (not just for the floating point depth buffers, see here). See more detail in maximizing depth buffer range and precision blog post.
There's a way to work around it on Nvidia hardware thanks to the support of an unclamped glDepthRange extension (glDepthRangedNV). However, on AMD it's not supported and there were indications that it may not even be possible. But here's what I found: with a glDepthRange(-1, 1) call that would solve the problem, the arguments are clamped to (0, 1) as per specification. But if we go into the disassembly of the call and make it skip the instruction that would cause it to clamp the lower bound:
... and the reverse FP buffer technique suddenly starts working! With precision good enough to handle the range needed to cover the whole universe. Projection matrix to use with it looks like this:
There's no far term; the zero depth value is projected to infinity. The precision is very high - for near=0.01m the precision measured on the GPU is around 0.03mm at 100m, 0.003m at 10km, and 0.3m at 1000km and so on.
Of course, hacking the driver this way for normal use would be highly impractical, it was done just to show that actually nothing prevents AMD from supporting the unclamped depth range and getting a depth buffer technique that works with great precision without sacrificing the depth optimizations.
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NARROWSBURG, NY — Non-native plants sometimes behave badly; when they do, it's no laughing matter. Bad behavior by non-native plants can include insensitivity to the needs of surrounding native plants and animals (as evidenced by blooming earlier and later than its neighbors and by creeping vines that deprive competitors of sunlight), blind ambition (deep, widespread root systems and/or extensive stem and vine systems that crowd out and strangulate plant competitors), and blatant aggression toward all other living entities (bleeding water and nutrients from soil and emitting toxins that compromise or kill plants, animals and even humans). Whatever their modus operandi, the ultimate result is habitat dominance at the expense of other plant and animal species. These villains are known collectively as invasive plant species.
The federal government defines invasive species (both plant and animal varieties) as "a non-native species whose introduction does, or is likely to, cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal or plant health." [Executive Order 13112, 1999] These species have the ability to displace or eradicate native species, to alter fire regimes, to damage infrastructure and to threaten human livelihoods. Whenever any invasive species is allowed to proliferate unchecked, the consequences are life threatening. Here's why: The invader reduces ecosystem biodiversity, which in turn, wreaks havoc with food chains and food webs. An illustration would be any invasive plant that chokes out the grasses and low bushes on which small herbivores (rabbits, groundhogs) feed. As small herbivores are displaced because their food sources have dried up, carnivores that feed on them (owls, eagles, foxes, bears and wolves) also are at risk because their food sources are not available. How immediate is this problem? Before salt cedar (an invasive tree known for extracting minerals and water from the soil) began its spread in the mid-20th century, 100 acres of land could support 150 species of wildlife. After salt cedar's unchecked spread, the same acreage could support four species only.
Where did the invaders come from and how did they get here? They came to North America from all over the world. Some were introduced inadvertently, arriving as seed and spore stowaways. Others were imported deliberately by immigrants seeking to recreate the farms, gardens, products and vistas of their homelands. If all non-native plants were invasive, life as we know it would have ceased before now. Most non-native plants are not invasive and adapt well to their new environments, causing little or no damage to ecosystems. Some co-exist harmoniously for generations, becoming invasive only after climate, growing season or land development conditions alter significantly. Although biologists and botanists admit that it's difficult to predict with absolute certainty which non-native plants will become invasive, they have identified hallmarks common to most invasive plant species. These include: climatic pre-adaptation; early and frequent production of copious amounts of seed; effective seed dispersal mechanisms; lack of highly specific pollinator requirements; and effective means of vegetative spread. In other words, these plants have developed versatile, highly efficient methods of rapid growth and propagation.
Why has dramatic proliferation of invasive plants gone undetected for so long? Biologist Jamie Myers of the National Park Service in Milanville, PA says simply, "For the most part, the public doesn't recognize invasive plants when it sees them." Few Americans today, even those who have long resided in rural areas, are as familiar with local flora as were their agrarian ancestors. And that, Myers says, is what must change before the tide turns in the battle to contain invasive plants. To that end, federal agencies are partnering with private nonprofit conservation organizations to educate Americans about invasive plants, the conditions that foster their proliferation, and the means to manage and eradicate them. The NPS plans to conduct workshops this summer aimed at teaching the public how to identify, manage and eradicate invasive land and aquatic plant species.
Myers stresses that river valleys are potential hotbeds for invasive species because they provide conditions ideal for invasive spread. Water, wind, soil, birds, animals and humans all do their part to disseminate seeds, spores and roots. But, Myers says, humans are by far the worst culprits. Not only are they more numerous than other agents, but they also travel farther and faster and cause more environmental disturbance wherever they go. Disturbed soil is the best medium for invasive plants.
Prevention is the first line of defense in any management program. Invasive species should not be planted knowingly. Surprisingly, some invaders are available from nurseries—Japanese barberry, purple loosestrife and Japanese honeysuckle among them. To guard against deliberate planting, consumers should be able to identify invaders by both name and appearance; additionally, Myers urges consumers to obtain their plants from native plant providers, plant swaps and nurseries that grow their plants from seeds or cuttings.
Methods for management and eradication of invaders vary in accordance with the individual species' methods of propagation. Options include manual removal (hand weeding), machine removal (mowing, weed whacking), herbicides, grazing (sheep and goats will eat anything edible down to and including roots), burning, and biological attack by natural enemies of the invader (insects, bacteria and fungi). Each method has both advantages and drawbacks, and no one method is safe and effective against all invaders and under all circumstances. There is one more option, to be used either as a last resort and/or a best defense—harvesting. Each plant species, however antisocial its behavior, has attributes that make it useful. Even Japanese knotweed, one of the most tenacious and pervasive invaders, has its uses. The plant's stalks are used in papermaking. Honey made from its blossoms is considered a delicacy. The plant's botanical properties are currently being used in the treatment of Lyme Disease. And bakers may find that the plant's young stalks make a delicious dessert (see Japanese Knotweed Squares recipe).
[Special thanks to Jamie Myers and the NPS for service above and beyond the call of duty. Jamie has considerable experience combating invasive plant species growing along the Upper Delaware, specifically Japanese knotweed and purple loosestrife. Providing guidance and resources to private property owners and community groups alike, Jamie has served on the steering committee for the Delaware River Invasive Plant Partnership and, more recently, on the executive committee for the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership.]


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The Washington Capitals closed out their 2013-14 season today with a 1-0 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in a meaningless game. The Caps finish the season at 38-30-14 (90 points) and have failed to make the post season for the first time since 2006-07.
The failed season is unacceptable on numerous levels. Owner Ted Leonsis blogged over the weekend that the analysis of this club is "fair and deserved" and stated that they will not make any knee jerk reactions and conduct a thorough review before making any decisions.
Last Wednesday I blogged that the Caps need to move on from current GM George McPhee and Coach Adam Oates. I stand by those statements.
Both McPhee and Oates are good men that are very intelligent. There is no denying that. They've done many good things for the NHL and the Capitals organization.
My decision is not personal, they are both likeable people. But the bottom line is despite their intelligence they have failed to get the Caps to be in a position to do what they need to do: Compete for and Win a Stanley Cup.
This Capitals team, over the last three plus seasons has gotten further from lifting Lord Stanley. They are not contenders, as currently configured.
The defense is horribly thin with both Karl Alzner and Oates himself questioning the talent level this week. Putting together a quality defense has been McPhee's achilles heel since he took over the job from David Poile in 1997. He has failed to get to the Eastern Conference Finals with two superstars, Jaromir Jagr and Alexander Ovechkin, primarily because of his inability to put together a strong blue line. Year after year stop gaps like Joel Kwiakowski, Jason Doig, Milan Jurcina, Tyler Sloan, Jack Hillen, etc. have been thrust into prominent roles when they simply weren't qualified to be playing on a club that has Stanley Cup aspirations. This year's defense was easily the worst since 2007-08 and the decision to rush a 19 year old Connor Carrick to the NHL was a disaster and hopefully hasn't wrecked the future of a kid that has promise. Carrick should've been playing in Hershey all season but McPhee hamstrung himself with the salary cap by tying up too much of his money in forwards and forced an already weak defense to once again rot.
McPhee's inability to get a second scoring line has been a problem for years. One of George's best trades ever was acquiring Sergei Fedorov from Columbus at the 2008 deadline. #91 not only brought talent that allowed Coach Bruce Boudreau to have two legit scoring lines, but Fedorov also brought a wealth of experience and leadership to Washington's locker room. He took pressure off of Ovechkin and Alexander Semin played his best hockey during that time. But once Fedorov left in 2009, partly to play with his brother but also because the failed Michael Nylander contract ate up the salary cap room that could have been used to entice Fedorov to stay, things began to unravel. Yes, the team had a great 2009-10 regular season but that team's big holes were at 2nd line center and on defense. The Canadiens knew they only had to shut down one line to win and they did that. From there, things have gotten worse.
The declining talent is troubling and the Martin Erat for Filip Forsberg deal was an indication that this hockey department has lost its way. Whether Forsberg turns into a top six player or not is not what bothers me the most. What is troubling is that McPhee's staff felt that Erat, who had struggled in 2012-13 and was clearly on the down side of his career, was worth a player that they had just lucked into in the first round at the previous draft. It made me start to wonder about the work ethic of the Caps hockey department when you see a move like that made.
Clearly not enough talent has been brought in to help Ovechkin and a lack of experienced leaders, something I blogged about back in the spring of 2011 that the Caps badly needed to add, has put an incredible amount of pressure and scrutiny on the Gr8. Sure Ovechkin could improve defensively, but he's been a reason this team is not a bottom five hockey club for the last three years. He is not the problem. The lack of talent in the top six forwards and on defense along with little support in the leadership department has done serious damage to Ovechkin and probably impacted his ability to enjoy hockey. McPhee and the organization have failed Ovechkin, not the other way around.
As for Oates, I give him full credit for reinvigorating the Gr8 over the last 14 months. An MVP season followed by an NHL leading 51 goals for Ovechkin was made possible by things Oates did, including changing the Caps power play and moving Ovechkin to right wing. Clearly Oates was given a not very perfect set of tools to work with, he inherited an unbalanced roster, but overall he did not come close to optimizing what he was given.
Oates may be a "genius" on technical hockey issues, as Alzner called him on Sunday, but coaching is more of an art and not a science. It's nice to be armed with technical details, but to be a successful coach you have to get people to work together. As The Washington Post's Katie Carrera wrote last week, former Caps goaltending coach Dave Prior said he was forced out because Oates felt he knew goaltending better than a man who has successfully coached it for years, including turning Olie Kolzig into one of the NHL's top goaltenders. The coaching staff's decision to try and change Braden Holtby's game was a disaster and led to an unneeded goaltending carousel that forced Michal Neuvirth out of town.
Being the smartest guy in the room is nice, but when it comes to being a successful leader, it isn't about being smart. It's about gathering input from the people around you, harnessing it, and using it to make the total greater than the sum of its parts. Oates failed to do that this season and the 2013-14 Caps were not a "team."
You simply can't have three players ask for trades in a season, that just shows organizational chaos and that falls on both the GM and the head coach. It was clear that both Oates and McPhee were not on the same page. Dustin Penner was brought in at the deadline and was misused. Several players were not properly deployed and a team that should be playing hockey on Wednesday finished 5th in its' new division. The Caps went 12-15-3 against the Metropolitan Division in 2013-14 with many of the losses coming after December 27th. Overall they were 28-33 in games decided before the shootout. That is clearly not Stanley Cup contending calibre.
In the past, while the team has been steadily eroding since the spring of 2009, the organization's motto has been "we're close" and when they've been bounced out in either the first or second round the excuses have ranged from "facing a hot goaltender" to "injuries."
There are no excuses this year and this team is not close to being a Stanley Cup contender as configured currently. Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Boston all suffered far worse injury situations and made the postseason. The Penguins survived five of their six defensemen out of the lineup, at one point. Those clubs have built depth and they have tremendous leadership and quality coaching. Washington does not compare in those three categories.
In sports, you are either getting better or you are getting worse. The Caps clearly fit the latter right now.
In summary, it seems apparent that the Caps "thorough review" should lead to the same conclusion I've arrived at: both the GM and the coaching staff need to be changed going forward.
The Caps have some key pieces they can build around in Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Holtby, but they need someone running the show that really knows the league and can reshape and balance the roster. The new GM can't overvalue his current players like this regime has done on too many occasions. They need leadership on and off of the ice. Towards that end, Leonsis may want to consider requiring the hockey department to include not only a new GM but a new Director of Player Personnel that has Stanley Cup winning experience. Winning championships is not easy to do, so getting people that have won them before so that they can help teach the others in your organization how to do it seems like a no brainer to me.
They need people that know how to get managers and players to work together. They need a hockey department with a strong work ethic and an attention to detail. They need a coaching staff that gets the club to be a team.
It's 39 years and counting without a Stanley Cup in Washington. I've been watching this club since 1974 and have pretty much seen it all. There's a time to stand pat and let things run it's course and there is a time for change. This club is not on the right path with the current management and coaching.
Time for a big change, because clearly the "status quo" method is not working.


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I'm not sure what my thoughts were on that particular day. I was surprised and delighted to see sirius go on offense for once. By attacking the NAB and C3SR, they are again proving to the commission that they are in direct competition with broadcast radio.
By demonstrating the lengths at which the opposition will go to delay the merger, it takes credibility away from the NAB and C3SR...
I totally agree although I hope that the competition factor is completely obvious and that the NAB and C3SR intentions are totally transparent to those who have control over this decision.
One would hope so. Unfortunately, the NAB seems to have more power than the president. They have now recruited 218 members of Congress to oppose broadcast radio having to pay royalty fees to artists. Kevin Martin obviously fears them as well.
NAB Runs Ad Opposing Performance Royalty
The National Association of Broadcasters ran print advertisements (PDF) this week applauding 218 members of Congress for supporting H. Con. Res. 244 and S. Con. Res. 82.
Those resolutions oppose RIAA-backed legislation that would require broadcasters to compensate record labels for radio airplay of music. The ad ran in �Roll Call,� �Politico,� �The Hill,� �Congress Daily� and �CQ.�
The ad preceded a House subcommittee hearing on the Performance Rights Act, which if passed, would impose a performance royalty on terrestrial stations.
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An Overview of Different Types of Crimes
After you are charged with a criminal offense, the first thing you should do is reach out to a criminal defense attorney. The unfortunate truth is that the criminal law process in the United States is complicated and drawn out. You should also keep in mind that the criminal law process is nothing like you see on television in your favorite crime shows. Television shows and movies tend to glamorize the process.
Unsurprisingly, most people are not in a good state of mind after they have been charged with a crime. Whether you committed the crime or not you would be hard-pressed to represent yourself in court. You need legal representation so you have someone with a clear mind defend you.
Crimes fall into one of two categories. The crime you committed was either a felony or it was a misdemeanor. A felony is the more severe of the two. Felonies almost always lead to jail time. Felonies can include:
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One of the main goals of the defense lawyer that you hire will be to do what they can to get your charges reduced to a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor will do a whole lot less damage to your record and your future. Individuals who have a felony on their record have a hard time getting a place to live, getting a license, and even getting a job. The unfortunate truth is that some landlords do not want to rent to people with a felony on their record and some employers do not want to hire people with a felony on their record. Naturally, it does depend on the nature of your crime. If you have a felony that involves stealing or robbery, you can kiss having a job in retail or sales goodbye. No one is going to want to hire someone who has a record of committing crimes that involve stealing.
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BILL CREED, SJ | Founder and Chaplain to ISP
Bill Creed entered the Jesuits in 1963 after completing a law degree. He has a D.Min, an M.Div, an MTh, an MEd in counseling (awfully dumb to have to go to school that long). As a Jesuit priest he has been involved in establishing three centers for spirituality and has conducted formation/training programs for spiritual directors where he is teacher, supervisor, administrator and colleague. Currently Bill teaches half time in the Institute of Pastoral Studies (a graduate program at Loyola University Chicago) offering "Hearts on Fire – The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola," "Spirituality and the Poor - a Challenge to Personal and Public Discernment," and "Introduction to Spiritual Direction in the Ignatian Tradition." He is chaplain for 45 members of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (Chicago Region) who volunteer two days a week in hands on service of the poor. He assists with the Exercises in Daily Life, an eight-month retreat at Loyola University Chicago where each year 30-36 faculty, staff and grad students make the individual Exercises accompanied by one of 24 directors. He is a spiritual director and
supervisor of spiritual directors for an "Internship in the Spiritual Exercises." And he is cheerful or despondent, depending on how well the White Sox baseball team is doing.
TOM DREXLER | Executive Director
Tom became the first, full-time director of the Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) in April of 2008. For over 20 years Tom has been involved in Catholic education and formation on the secondary level, in higher education, and in post-graduate full-time volunteers programs. In the past, the majority of his work in higher education has been centered on volunteerism and service-learning. For five years he lived and worked in the Dominican Republic creating and directing Creighton University's service learning study abroad program. At DePaul University, Tom coordinated University Ministry's community service efforts, helped established DePaul's Office of Community-based Service Learning before and eventually joined the Mission and Identity Office. For two years Tom was the Executive Director of Jesuit Volunteers International, a two-year post graduate volunteers program with 70 young adults serving in 10 developing nations throughout the world.
CHRISTINE CURRAN| Director of Programs & Mission
Prior to joining ISP, Christine was the Regional Director of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps in Chicago where she led a major organization restructuring, increased membership by 45%, and was responsible for design and implementation of adult faith formation program focusing on, among others things, Ignatian Spirituality. Before IVC, Chris worked as Director of Mission and Community Outreach at the Franciscan Outreach Association, a ministry for women and men who are homeless. Chris holds a Masters in Religious Studies from Yale University was awarded the Joseph Cardinal Bernadin Scholarship in 2008 and currently is enrolled in the Executive Scholars Program at Northwestern University.
WAYNE RICHARD| Program Assistant for Team Formation
Father Bill asked me if I wanted to go on a retreat with him as a team leader, how can you say no to that? Ever since that first retreat some years ago, Wayne has been apart of the Project, a valued resource in both Spiritual Formation of potential leaders, and as a vital link into the world of Social Advocacy as he also works with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. This dual role helps to keep ISP on the cutting edge of information about how to end the injustice of homelessness and model for retreatants about life after addiction. He lives in Chicago.
CATHERINE RUFFING | Director of Development
MATTHEW MEYERS | Regional Coordinator
TMatt comes to ISP from International Program Coordinator at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. Before St. Mary's, Matthew was working in Villanova University's Campus Ministry while pursuing a Masters degree in Theology and a Masters in Public Administration. During his time at Villanova, he led retreats, facilitated reflection on one's experience, and designed and implemented a formation program for student retreat leaders to grow deeper in the Augustinian tradition. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Education from Dayton University, he volunteered for two years with the Marianists in Malawi.
AMANDA ASQUE | Program Assistant for Team Formation
Amanda is a Chicago native and has been active with ISP for several years. She began as a volunteer member of the ISP Chicago Women's Retreat Team. She quickly moved into being a witness coordinator for Chicago helping other women who are experiencing homelessness and recovery to share their stories on retreat. Amanda serves on the national staff helping teams across the country develop and strengthen their witnesses.
STEVE DONALDSON | Regional Coordinator
Steve Donaldson is married and the father of three children, a fifth grader, a high school sophomore and a college freshman. He has worked in parish and retreat ministry and has been involved with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius for over 30 years. Steve serves as a spiritual director and uses these gifts, as well as his organizational skills, to offer retreats and group discernment sessions to diverse groups and communities including the Native American community as well as other religious traditions throughout western Washington.
Steve attended Seattle University. His interests include literature, sports, and travel. He has been involved leading pilgrimages to Spain and Rome, where pilgrims visit the places where Ignatius lived and worked, the place where it all began.
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Hello! I'm sorry for the delay in posting some inspirational images for our modern barn quilt paint along, but we celebrating my birthday on Sunday by spending the weekend in Indianapolis. We had a great time, and I'll share more about my trip with you later this week. Now, onto some barn quilt inspiration!
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Aren't these great? I've also pinned them, and more, to my Modern Barn Quilt Along board on Pinterest. I'll keep adding images there too, so feel free to check back for more inspiration! And since this is a low-key paint along, feel free to start painting any time. Here are links to a couple of my posts last year with more details on how to get started.
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Are Your Kids' Back-to-School Supplies Made with Toxic Chemicals? Read This Before You Shop.Back to school shopping can be expensive: The average American family spends $606 per child every year. Of course, we don't mind spending the money on our kids and it can be a lot of fun. But when you consider how many of the school supplies we purchase are made with toxic chemicals, it can take the joy right out of it and make you feel like you're throwing good money after bad. Do we have alternatives? Absolutely.
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Ortiz expresses desire for multiyear contract
Entering 12th season with Red Sox, star hints at 'moving on' if deal doesn't work out
BOSTON -- David Ortiz epitomizes the type of player who should remain with the Red Sox for the rest of his career.
Ortiz has already been a driving force for three World Series championships -- the first three Boston has seen since 1918. He has been a pillar in the community, and became a civic legend forever by reminding everyone that Boston was "our ... city" in the wake of the tragic bombings at last April's Boston Marathon.
Yet in an interview with Steve Burton of CBS4 Boston that aired on Sunday night, the designated hitter said that if he didn't get the multiyear security he desires, it "might be time to move on."
Keep in mind that Ortiz has said similar things in the past and has always wound up back with the Red Sox, the team he will return to for a 12th season when Spring Training starts.
This doesn't suggest Ortiz is being insincere with his "time to move on" scenario. It's just a reminder that he prefers security and sometimes reacts emotionally when he doesn't have it, or fears he won't have it.
Nor does this suggest a lack of sensitivity by the Red Sox regarding his needs by not already renegotiating a contract that still has a season left.
While Ortiz is 38 years old and is coming off perhaps his finest hour, winning the Most Valuable Player Award of the 2013 World Series with a dominant display, the Red Sox know that Father Time is undefeated. As great a player as Ortiz is, at some point, he will stop being an elite slugger. Ortiz admitted as much in his interview with Burton. Nobody -- not Ortiz, and not the Red Sox -- knows when that will be.
There is also the possibility his body will break down.
It wasn't long ago -- the 2012 season to be exact -- that Ortiz had a right Achilles tendon injury severe enough that he missed almost two months of the season. These injuries happen to athletes in general, and particularly those in their late 30s.
The Red Sox's ownership group and front office want to keep Ortiz in a Boston uniform, fully realizing he is a force in the batter's box and a team leader.
Ortiz is such a revered figure in his own clubhouse that teammates began calling him "Cooperstown" during the 2013 postseason.
But the Red Sox are only engaging in smart business by making sure Ortiz is still healthy and in position to be productive. They could have a better handle on that even by Spring Training.
The Red Sox have always acted in good faith with Ortiz. Even after his injury-plagued 2012 season, the club agreed with him on a multiyear extension, the one that expires after the '14 season.
Here is what general manager Ben Cherington stated earlier this winter when Ortiz expressed hope of an extension:
"What I can say is that we have incredible respect for David, and as I've said before and I'll reiterate, our hope certainly is that he finishes his career in a Red Sox uniform. So, at some point, there will be a conversation about that. I don't know when that will be. The door will always be open to David, and I'm sure at the appropriate time there will be an appropriate time to have the conversation -- and I hope he's in a Red Sox uniform the rest of his career."
So here are the likely scenarios:
The first is that Cherington spends time with Ortiz and his representatives during Spring Training and they reach agreement on an extension for 2015.
The second is that the sides can't reach common ground and revisit the situation, perhaps around the All-Star break, or even after the 2014 season.
In either case, it still seems more likely than not that Ortiz will finish his career in a Boston uniform.
The best-case scenario for everyone involved is that when it truly is time for Ortiz to "move on," he will retire instead of putting on another uniform.


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Sympoz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 106 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
We are a newly formed start-up, creating an exciting new online education platform. We want to make online education much more interactive and social.
In the best classes we have taken, we have learned as much from our discussions and interactions with our fellow classmates and the instructor as we have from the lecture content of the course. Unfortunately, today most online education offerings don't do a great job of enabling this interaction... good news though, we intend to change that.
The courses we intend to offer are non-degree based covering a wide range of topics including (examples below):
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Our target audience will differ by course - with some courses appealing more to people in their late twenties or early thirties - while other courses will appeal more to people in their fifties or sixties. We expect the audience will be split nearly equally between men and women.
With this in mind, we want the logo to convey both the fact that we are creating a fun, social brand - as well as inspire confidence in the quality of our course material.
The company is named Sympoz - pronounced: [sym-pohz] - as in symposium. We have some concerns about the potential for users to mistakenly pronounce it: [sym-pahz] and with this in mind are open to the concept of including a "macron" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron) over the "o" in the logo treatment... some people have suggested that the macron could even be designed to look like a graduation cap with a tassel.
We would like the main color in the logo to be Orange - specifically: ed8a1d
Other colors in our palette include several Blues: 4c8eb0 (background color for the site), 0066ff, 9ad8f9 and Green: 27b342
Use of the "macron" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron) over the "o" is not a must, but it is encouraged.
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After adding my own special touches to a basic foccacia recipe, including sun-dried tomatoes, olives and roasted sweet red peppers, the results were simply delectable. The flavorful, chewy loaf makes a wonderful accompaniment to nearly any meal. —Dee Froemel, Hayward, Wisconsin
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 15 min.
Makes1 loaf (8 wedges)
- 1-1/8 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1-1/3 to 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tablespoons roasted sweet red peppers, drained and chopped
- 2 tablespoons sliced ripe olives, drained
- 5 Greek olives, sliced
- 5 sliced green olives with pimientos, drained
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon shredded Parmesan cheese
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- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and 1 cup flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Stir in tomatoes, peppers, olives and parsley.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 50 minutes.
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- Bake at 400° for 14-18 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts1 wedge: 118 calories, 3g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 418mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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Who will be the starting quarterback for Oklahoma still remains to be seen. But at least we have a tentative date for an announcement.
Sooners coach Bob Stoops said on Friday that on official announcement will come next week.
Will it be redshirt junior Blake Bell (pictured, right)? That still seems to be the general consensus, but the longer Oklahoma's quarterback battle goes on, the more Trevor Knight (pictured, left) figures to have a chance. Stoops has been consistent if nothing else when it's come to his tight-lipped approach on deciding who will succeed Landry Jones.
"It's natural to assume that just because Blake, for the last two years, has done our short-yardage package," Stoops said on the Doug Gottlieb show Thursday. "But what people don't realize who aren't in the coaching game is how a young freshman can change in his second year, the more snaps he gets. Probably the most growth of a quarterback happens in that year, where they're around through another whole summer and another whole training camp. They can make a huge jump. And Trevor has done that."
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The three largest remaining rainforests of the world are the Amazon, the Congo and the rainforests of Indonesia; all are under siege. The main drivers of deforestation are different in each. But what they have in common is an increasing focus on China as the main export destination. But Chinese companies and the government can clean up their act. They do not have to participate in deforestation.
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I hope you and your family had a very happy Halloween! Jeff is out of town on business, so I took the kids to my dad's house for trick or treating. They had a blast!
Aidan was Captain Jack Sparrow. Even though we've never seen any of the Pirates of the Carribean movies, Aidan is obsessed with him. I made his costume using clothing that I found at the thrift store plus some things we had on hand. The shirt and vest are both Irish linen (score!) and the pants were actually a pair of Junior sized capris that I took in. I loved the weave of the fabric and the vintage looking brass buttons and I thought they made excellent pirate pants.
His lovely hair is actually two wigs, with a few strands of beads that I sewed in. Check out the view from behind.
Olivia wanted to be Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz. I originally purchased a McCall's pattern to make a traditional version of Dorothy's dress.
But I ended up making one with my own pattern that I designed myself. That way I didn't have to deal with a new pattern (and zippers!). Plus, with the longer sleeve length she would stay a bit more warm if it was chilly out.
Olivia is tall and skinny! I made her a size 5 dress, which is the size that I've been buying her clothes in lately, but my dress was really big on her. So, I made a little sash and tied it around her dress. Problem solved and she'll have plenty of room to grow into the dress, which means lots of dress up time for her in the future.
Of course Dorothy wouldn't be complete without Toto, right?
And those sparkly ruby red slippers....
Last year I was at Quilt Market during Halloween, so I missed trick or treating with them. They were both so excited about going this year...
but Aidan can be a bit reserved sometimes. He skipped all of the houses that had any kind of spooky decorations.
Olivia, on the other hand, is pretty fearless and had no qualms about any of the houses. Not even this spooky fun house that she and my dad walked through.
Both of them have loads and loads of candy, so I have a feeling that they'll be riding a sugar high for the next few days. Wish me luck. ;)


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Postseason Time
What a finish to the regular baseball season. Now, the fun starts for 10 teams. 20 others are home.
The new second wildcard has changed the postseason experience we've come to know.
The two wildcard teams in each league meet in a one-game playoff on Friday, which is different. The normal follows: best-of-5 Division Series, best-of-7 League Championship Series and best-of-7 World Series.
What's good for baseball is that there are six new teams, granted two coming from the additional wildcard. Unimaginable and improbable are the Orioles and A's.
Orioles were 10 back of the Yankees on July 18, caught them Sept. 4 and tied them 10 times in September before finishing second. Not bad for a team that made 178 roster moves and used 25 different pitchers. A's held sole possession of first place for one day when they won the final game. They have five rookie starters, starting something like 104 times. They hit .238 as a team put can pound the ball.
So, here's a capsule of the 10 postseason teams with reasons why to root for and against?
Yankees: Plenty of postseason experience. Can the bullpen hold up?
Numbers: 245 homers led the universe. Led AL with 45 comeback wins.
Ex-Phillies: OF Ibanez; RHP Garcia.
For: Ibanez, looking for his first ring. Jeter is a class person.
Against: Losing to them in 1950 was a childhood blow; losing to them in 2009 was a senior citizens blow.
Tigers: Gigantic 1-2 punch in Cabrera and Fielder (74 HR, 247 RBI). Ankle of 16-game winner, Scherzer?
Numbers: Fewest wins (88) of postseason clubs. 89 homers by other than Cabrera/Fielder.
Ex-Phillies: OF Berry, once a Phillies minor leaguer.
For: Another ring for Leyland.
Against: 88 season wins.
Rangers: Plenty of postseason experience. Can they overcome the sting of the A's? Overcome losing a 5-game lead with 9 left? (erasing 1964 Phillies ?)
Numbers: Led the world with 808 runs scored. Allowed 707 runs, most of any postseason team.
Ex-Phillies: RHP Oswalt, CH Maddux.
For: Deserve to win after losing last two World Series.
Against: Just because.
A's: Who are these guys? Trailed Texas by 13 on 6/30. Can momentum continue?
Numbers: 53 wins by rookie pitchers, ML record. 3rd AL worst 111 errors. No postseason experience but they are white-hot.
Ex-Phillies: LHP Blackley/OF/1B Moss, played at Lehigh Valley one time.
For: Because they are the underdogs. The franchise once lived in Philadelphia.
Against: Ballpark. Uniform colors.
Orioles: Top closer, plenty of power. Starting pitching?
Numbers: 29-9, 1-run games; 75-1, leading after 8; 16-2, extra inning games, winning last 16.
Ex-Phillies: DH Thome, OF Chavez, CH Russell
For: Ring for Thome.
Against: Still bitter about the I-95 World Series loss to them in 1983!
Cardinals: Lost Carpenter/Pujols/LaRusso but reached postseason. Their worst day is Friday, 9-17. They play at Braves on Friday.
Numbers: .271 team average, 4th best in MLB. Biggest inning is 1st, 115 runs; 58 wins when score 1st.
Ex-Phillies: RHP Lohse, CH Mabry.
For: Always liked the city. Great baseball tradition.
Against: Still remember what they did to the Phillies a year ago.
Nationals: Most wins in baseball, 98. Bullpen and playoff experience?
Numbers: NL's lowest ERA, 3.33 ERA. Led NL East 165 of 175-day season.
Ex-Phillies: OF Werth, LHP Gonzalez, MGR Johnson.
For: Teddy Roosevelt finally won a race.
Against: Natitude slogan. Marketing plan: take over their park and keep Phillies fans out.
Braves: Strong, experienced bullpen. Starting rotation?
Numbers: Scored 700 runs. Gave up 600.
Ex-Phillies: OF Bourn, RHP Durbin, CH McDowell.
For: Chipper's last go-round.
Against: Tom-a-hawk chop.
Reds: Strong bullpen. RH bats vs. Giants RH starters?
Numbers: Among postseason clubs, scored the fewest, 669, but allowed the fewest, 588.
Ex-Phillies: 3B Rolen, INF Valdez, INF Cairo.
For: Dusty Baker deserves a ring.
Against: Mascot, Mr. Red.
Giants: Great starting pitching. Can they score enough runs?
Numbers: 82-2 leading after 8 innings. 103 home runs, fewest in NL.
Ex-Phillies: OF Pence. Burrell, a scout.
For: Another Bay Area World Series with A's, but without an earthquake.
Against: Winning pennant on our turf in 2010.
Prediction: Reds beat Yankees, 4-2.


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A look at North Korea send-ups in pop culture
North Korea's foreign ministry is declaring that the upcoming release of "The Interview," a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco as a talk show twosome recruited to assassinate Kim Jong Un, would be an act of war. This is not the first time the nation's leadership has been poked at in pop culture. Some examples:
-- "Die Another Day": At the beginning of this 2002 installment of the 007 series, James Bond is captured by North Korean forces. After his release, he pursues a North Korean terrorist (played by Rick Yune) across the globe. At the time, North Korea's state-run news agency called the movie "a dirty and cursed burlesque aimed to slander."
-- "Team America: World Police": This 2004 farcical marionette musical from the "South Park" creators featured a puppet Kim Jong Il (voiced by Trey Parker) as a lonely bad guy. The "Dear Leader" croons about his pain in an equally painful broken English ditty.
-- "MADtv": Throughout his tenure on the Fox sketch comedy series, Bobby Lee would pop up as Kim Jong Il in parodies of dating shows and music videos. Lee most notably appeared as the leader in "The Kim Jong Il Show," where the talk show host dictator would fire missiles from behind his desk and shoot audience members who didn't laugh.
-- "The Pacifier": In this 2005 comedy film, "Fast & Furious" star Vin Diesel played a U.S. Navy Seal who unwittingly becomes baby sitter to five children under siege from a pair of masked assailants. The baddies turn out to be the couple next door: undercover North Korean military agents searching for a government secret in the garage.
-- "30 Rock": Margaret Cho impersonated Kim Jong Il in the fifth and sixth seasons of the NBC comedy series. The comedienne was nominated for an Emmy for the part, a zany rendition of the dictator who moonlights as a weatherman, delivering the forecast: "North Korea, everything sunny all the time, always, good time, beach party."
-- "Red Dawn": Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson played teenagers who combated invading North Korean forces in Spokane, Washington. The adversaries in this 2012 remake of the 1984 film weren't always North Korean. They were changed from Chinese in post-production for fear of offending China and its important movie-going market. Hollywood movies aren't generally distributed in North Korea.
-- "Olympus Has Fallen": In this 2013 action film, a band of North Korean terrorists (once again led by Rick Yune) swiftly capture the White House and kidnap the president in hopes of compelling the U.S. to withdraw military forces from the Korean peninsula. The guerillas' plan is foiled by a burly secret service agent played by Gerard Butler.
-- "Glorious Leader!": While popular shoot-'em-up video games like "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2" and "Homefront" have cast North Korea as the adversary, this retro-style run-and-gun game set for release later this year flips the script. Players portray a unicorn- and narwhal-riding Kim Jong Un, who must battle waves of "American imperialist hordes."
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But the Fond du Lac area is much more than just a magnificent lake. Some of Mother Nature's finest work can be seen through our great golf courses, beautiful roads, idyllic towns and hiking and biking trails. This area is a hunter's paradise with our healthy population of deer, turkey, waterfowl and pheasant. Our resurgent downtown is full of fun boutiques, rich offerings of museums and galleries, restaurants that are sure to satisfy your inner gourmand and accommodations to meet every need and budget.
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Three great gift books with international flavors and strong Denver ties
Three key figures in the local museum scene are out with new books this year, just in time for holiday gift giving. In each case, we can thank them; the titles are all well-done and highly readable.
Plus, the efforts give folks here a credible way to endorse their own institutions by supporting the talents of people who make good things happen — in ways other than the typical year-end cash donation. Good books and goodwill are an irresistible combination.
"From Russia with Doubt," by Adam Lerner (Princeton Architectural Press) $30
Lerner, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, offers an art book of a different sort, detailing the ups and downs of collectors Ron and Roger Pollard as they acquired — and then attempted to authenticate — scores of Russian avant-garde paintings. The allusion to a spy novel is fitting; the story is full of intrigue, uncertainty and unexpected twists that come right home to Lerner's museum. The book is soft-covered, but there's a lot to look at: 81 colorful reproductions of the works in question.
"Castiglione: Lost Genius," by Timothy Standring and Martin Clayton (Royal Collection Trust) $55
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is the greatest Italian artist you never heard of. At least that's the working argument for this book that attempts to resurrect the reputation of a talent forgotten by the masses. Castiglione got limited recognition during his lifetime (1609-64) and relatively little after, but the research, as well as the broad representation of 138 masterful sketches, presented here cold be enough to make things right. Standring is the curator of painting and sculpture at the Denver Art Museum and the man who brought us the successful Vincent van Gogh show in 2012. Clayton manages the prints and drawings of the British Royal Collection.


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Most of the time, agriculture stands up to environmental extremists with sound science, reputable studies and steely nerve. Other times, the courts get involved.
For example, under pressure from a recent court settlement in Delaware, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decided to not allow the planting of genetically modified crops this year on government lands in the Southeast Region, which reaches from Arkansas to the Carolinas.
FWS will instead prepare a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) "to evaluate the future use of genetically modified crops (primarily corn and soybeans) on national wildlife refuges in the Southeast Region that allow farming," the FWS Web site says.
GE wheat – a mystery fit for Sherlock Holmes
The PEA will determine whether genetically-modified seeds "will continue to be used in conjunction with non-genetically-modified crop seeds in the Southeast Region or whether their continued use would have significant environmental effects warranting further, more detailed, analysis through an environmental impact statement."
Environmentalists told the court that genetically modified crops pose harm to beneficial insects, increase prevalence of resistant weeds, alter soil ecology, cause genetic contamination of natural plants and harm to amphibians and birds that eat herbicide-tainted crops.
This goes against years of numerous exhaustive studies on genetically-engineered crops proving their safety, not to mention the fact that farmers have flooded fields for wildlife behind genetically-engineered crops for years, on both refuge and traditional farming lands.
Farmers not only profit (which was still legal the last time I checked) by farming refuge lands, but help FWS meet refuge-specific goals and objectives. Many of the lease agreements require farmers to leave a percentage of the crop in the field for wildlife. It's a natural symmetry and synergy between industry, government and environment that has proven itself over and over.
The sad thing is that one of the litigants, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, includes public servants, some of whom work for FWS. The PEER Web site describes a PEER member as a government employee "who is working to change his or her agency for the better, to reform it and to make it more accountable to the public. Using PEER as a vehicle, employees can safely and effectively become anonymous activists for environmental protection."
In other words, they can use their PEER membership to sue their own boss if they don't like what he's doing.
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Census Records for Nevada
This entry was originally written by Nell Sachse Woodard and Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1850 (part of Utah Territory), 1860 (part of Utah Territory), 1870, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1880, 1900, 1920
Industry and Agriculture Schedules
• 1870, 1880
Mortality Schedules
• 1850 (part of Utah Territory), 1860 (part of Utah Territory), 1870, 1880
Union Veterans Schedules
• 1890
For census purposes, the counties of Carson, Humboldt, and St. Mary's were in Utah Territory in 1860. All of the Nevada federal censuses through 1910 are available on microfilm in the Nevada State Library, the Nevada Historical Society, and the Las Vegas Family History Center (FHC).
The mortality, industry (1870, 1880), and agriculture (1870) schedules are located at the Nevada Historical Society. The Nevada State Library has the 1880 agriculture schedule and a typescript of the 1870 mortality schedule, which is indexed. AISI publishes indexes to all the population and mortality schedules (see pages 3-4).
Territorial and State
The Nevada State Library and Archives has a partial census for the territory for 1862 and 1863; there is a full one available for 1875. The 1875 census includes all members of the household and is published in the Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, 1877 (vols. 2 and 3) and the microfiche index. These are available in the Las Vegas FHC as well.
External Links
- Nevada Census Records - free up-to-date guide to accessing Nevada census records. Identifies federal, state, and territorial censuses, as well as substitute records (FamilySearch Research Wiki).


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- "I don't envy the one who gets the Horntail. Vicious thing. Its back end's as dangerous as its front."
- —Charlie Weasley about the first challenge of the Triwizard Tournament[src]
The Hungarian Horntail is a dragon native to Hungary and is considered to be the most dangerous dragon breed. It has brown skin, a spiked tail, and bronze horns protruding from its head. It has yellow eyes with vertical pupils. Its roar is a yowling, screeching scream, and its flame can reach to about fifty feet. While having a very far reaching flame the Horntails breath can reach extremely high temperatures as it made a stone turn red hot in seconds. The Horntail's foods of choice include cattle, sheep, and goat. Its eggs are cement-coloured with very hard shells.
Horntails are also known for being one of the most vicious breeds of dragon; even Rubeus Hagrid commented on their ferocity. Along with their viciousness Horntails are shown being extremely fast while in flight able to keep up with a Firebolt broomstick, a broom capable of going from 0 to 150 miles per hour in 10 seconds. Horntails are also seen able to keep up with Harry Potter's flying skills; a very impressive feat considering Harry's talent as a seeker.
The 1994 Triwizard TournamentEdit
A Hungarian Horntail was to be faced during the First Task of the 1994 Triwizard Tournament, in an effort to retrieve a Golden egg. Harry Potter had to face it after selecting, at random, a tiny model depicting the Horntail from a bag. He Summoned his Firebolt broomstick to him and used it to maneuver around the dragon to retrieve the egg. It is stated that Ron Weasley's brother Charlie helped transport the dragon from Romania.
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- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Horntail broke free of its chain and chased Harry around the castle grounds, almost causing Harry to fall to his death at one point when he was trying to reach his Firebolt, but when the chase continued, Harry flew through the Viaduct, which the Horntail crashed into causing it to fall into the chasm below, presumably to its death.
- When faced with the agony of trying to ask someone to the Yule Ball, Harry said that he would have preferred facing the Horntail again.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Hungarian Horntail model that was given to Harry from Barty Crouch Sr. is seen in the Roast chestnuts sale, located in Diagon Alley. It is possible that Harry gave his dragon to Fred and George who put it there.
- The Horntail is featured in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and lives in The Dark Caves, a wizarding world forestal area with a giant cave.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Hermione falls into the arena with Harry and they both have to battle it. It not only breaks free like in the movie, but it also chases them into the castle.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 in Year 2, there is a moving picture of a wizard being chased by a Horntail in front of Hogwarts. If one gives the wizard a sword he will kill the Horntail and give the player a key.
- The horntail's appearance is based off of the dragons in the movie, "Reign of Fire".
- The appearance of the horntail is more akin to that of a traditional Wyvern; as it has no forelegs, a true classical dragon having forelegs, hindlegs and wings.
- The Hungarian Horntail is part of the Dragon Challenge Roller Coaster in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter along with the Chinese Fireball.
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