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"That is my son," she told him.
He did not believe that McMillian was beaten to death but thought he had been dragged from the car, maybe 20, 30, 40 yards. He told Unger it looked like it may have been difficult for one person to have done that.
Unger felt frustrated. The sheriff had not come to the house. No one wanted to see McMillian's things, his laptop. Wasn't that a part of any murder investigation? Nor had anyone from the victim assistance office contacted her.
Three days after the body was recovered, McMillian's family released a statement based on their interpretation of what Meredith had told them. They believed McMillian had been tortured before he was killed.
They also believed Reed had not acted alone. McMillian weighed 220 pounds. Reed is a small guy. There was no way, they thought, that Reed could have done this by himself.
"We feel this was not a random act of violence based on the condition of the body when it was found," they said. "Marco, nor anyone, should have their lives end in this manner."
By the time McMillian's funeral was held March 9, many news reports had cast the murder as a hate crime. The family suspected it was a conspiracy of sorts. An autopsy was performed the day after he was found, but it would take six weeks for its release.
The National Black Justice Coalition, whose aim is to empower black LGBT people, said McMillian's death and the "ongoing investigation highlighted the complexity of life for openly gay black men in Mississippi."
McMillian's body lay in a blue casket, his face and body disfigured. The Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper said he resembled Emmett Till.
The service was tearful. Unger felt faint after seeing her son's body and had to be helped to her seat. Civil rights activist and Georgia Rep. John Lewis told the crowd that Marco would live on through the good he had done his community.
As days turned to weeks with no word from authorities, Unger's frustration turned to anger.
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Finally, on May 1, Mississippi Chief Medical Examiner Mark LeVaughn signed and released McMillian's autopsy report.
The conclusion: He had died of asphyxiation. Multiple areas of blunt trauma to the head that are consistent with a beating most likely contributed to his death. It could not be determined whether he was burned before or after his death, but a chart showed burns on McMillian's calves, back, right arm and left hand. The abrasions on his knee were consistent with a "drag type" injury.
The report listed details about blood vessels bursting in McMillian's right eye and said he had bit his tongue. Everything suggested that McMillian had met with a grisly end.
But the autopsy raised more questions. How did he choke to death? There were no marks around his neck.
Meredith, the coroner, refused to sign the autopsy, the first time he'd done that in 24 years on the job.
He disagreed with its findings: What the medical examiner said didn't match what he had seen that day at the levee. He thought the autopsy made McMillian's injuries far more serious than what he observed.
"I am not comfortable putting my name on it," he said. "It's my reputation."
He said the family wants to believe it was a hate crime, that he was targeted because of race or sexual orientation. But in Meredith's mind, it wasn't.
"If it were my child, I'd want it to be on the national news. But it is what it is."
The friend whom Reed visited after McMillian was killed also believes it was meeting between two men that went terribly wrong. She said Reed was trying to defend himself against rape, that there were two victims that night.
"Everything is not based on race," said the friend, who -- like Reed -- is black. "I feel for his family, but we don't know what happened that night. None of us were there."
Shortly after the autopsy was released, McMillian's family held a news conference and demanded a federal investigation. Unger wrote a letter to Eric Holder, the attorney general of the United States, asking him to look into the killing of her son.


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Canadian Sailing Team members Danielle Boyd and Erin Rafuse stopped into the Sail Canada office today, giving us the chance to catch up with the girls on their progress in the new 49er FX; the new Olympic skiff, similar to the 49er but designed for women.
Fresh off the Highway from Florida (boat on the roof and all) the girls are excited about their new rig. They've been logging lots of hours in the FX since the beginning of February. 2012 North American 49er champ Daniel Inkpen worked with the girls to get them accustomed to the boat.
A challenge compared to the radial, it's much faster and requires the added dimension of team work to the racecourse, something new for Rafuse. "The boat is fun, new, exciting and something I'm not used to," explains Erin, excited to do some fleet racing this spring. "I think everyone's pretty excited about it, it's a lot more managable than the 49er, it's good learning."
"The fleet is small but challenging with about 6-8 boats" Boyd tells us, "in Florida there were boats primarily from Canada and the US along with one from Italy, and one from Brazil."
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TEMPE, Arizona—Based on our capacity for thought, social learning and cooperation, humans often hold our own species in high regard compared to all other living things.
It is certainly true that the human species is a statistical outlier along several dimensions, so scientists have recently been working out a sequence of the anatomical and behavioral adaptations that were necessary across evolutionary time for our ancestors to become fully human.
Emboldened by such developments, 25 experts from a range of disciplines gathered February 19-22 at a workshop, "Origins of Human Uniqueness and Behavioral Modernity," organized by Arizona State University's Origins Project to identify the suite of traits that could be used to mark the starting point of humankind.
Participating scientists included paleontologists, anthropologists, archeologists, evolutionary ecologists and biologists, primatologists, developmental psychologists, geneticists and other specialists in cognition, cooperation, culture and social organization.
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, ASU professor and director of ASU's Origins Project, kicked off the workshop by saying it would help lay the foundation for the story of humanity's beginnings and open new avenues for future study.
"We are doing exactly what we had intended—bringing together the best minds from a wide variety of fields—to address a truly fundamental question about the nature of humanity," Krauss said. "What this ultimately means is that we want to understand what happened that led to 'us' and gave us Shakespeare."
The event's co-organizers, paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean of ASU, who directs archeological digs in South Africa aimed at understanding human origins, and anthropologist Kim Hill of ASU, whose focus is the emergence of human uniqueness from the vantage point of nearly 30 years of fieldwork with hunter-gatherer societies, recounted that during the Pleistocene epoch (between 1.8 million and 10,000 years ago) in Africa, a species of hominins walked along an evolutionary trail to "become something more than just bipedal apes," which led humans to persist, led hominins such as Neandertals not to persist, and gave humans the capability to eventually colonize the planet.
The question of how a seemingly feeble, naked ape could survive to become dominant is "one of those topics that always fascinate people," Marean said. He adds that a scientific consensus into "what comprises uniqueness" would also bolster research into human origins by helping to guide the development of identification markers—fossils and artifacts—that would help reveal human emergence in the paleoanthropological record.
The study of human uniqueness is fairly young and a cross-disciplinary approach is necessary, according to Hill. Having recently published research on the topic in the October 2009 issue of Evolutionary Anthropology, Hill said, "We are just now tackling the problem [of human uniqueness]. Most of the recent advances that I am aware of are covered in our review paper, but there are some areas that I know less well such as cognition and neuroscience."
What is meant by human uniqueness is also a point of confusion among scientists. Hill said that evolutionary scientists have historically been reluctant to pronounce humans as distinct. "What we mean by 'unique' is that humans show a combination of characteristics" that make humans a "statistical outlier in the living world" rather than unique "through processes that are unique to our species," he said. Whatever makes humans special, Hill added, it has led us to become biologically dominant—cycling the majority of all the nitrogen on the planet, technologically dominant and extremely complex.


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I think it's sad when people go to an extreme. Squaw bread is awesome and I see only a positive light on the association. Should the British make a stink about "English" Toffee? There is/was nothing offensive in the name!
Milton's Squaw Bread: Not Forgotten, But Is It Gone?
On February 10, Facebook user Eunice Beauchman shared a link on the AIM Santa Barbara Facebook page to a product at Milton's Baking called "Squaw Bread," and urged those who found the name offensive to make their feelings known.
A number of Facebook users posted the Milton's Baking page, and the company responded. The initial reply, on February 11, was polite but noncommital:
Thank you for contacting us. Please be assured we understand your concern and it is not our intention to offend anyone. Our Squaw Bread is sold in Southern California based on a popular western U.S. bread recipe that is most commonly called Squaw Bread and is served in many delis and restaurants here.
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That response was posted 26 days ago -- the Squaw Bread product has been, and remains, absent from the list of products on the company's official website. Is it gone for good? Pending a statement from the company, there's no way to be sure. Such a move would not be without precedent, though: A similar story unfolded last month with the Old Town Bakery in Rancho Cucamonga. Although the debate was much less polite at times, the company did take the Native perspective to heart and announced it would rename its bread.
I think it's sad when people
I think it's sad when people go to an extreme. Squaw bread is awesome and I see only a positive light on the association. Should the British make a stink about "English" Toffee? There is/was nothing offensive in the name!
Forget my previous comment.
Forget my previous comment. I went to the FaceBook page requesting the bread to be renamed. I know understand! I had no idea that the word itself was derogatory. I think most of the current, Non Native American, generations are under the impression that the word simply means "woman". Changing the bread name might be a start. However, I think it is important for public education, as a whole, to let people know how inappropriate and hurtful the word is.
Really? To me this is going
Really? To me this is going to far. What makes the use of the word Squaw offensive? Doesn't it mean woman or wife? If we need to rename Squaw Bread, then shouldn't we rename White Bread too? How about French fries? When does it stop? More importantly, when I go to the store to by Squaw bread, which I love, how can I ask for it?
Italian Ice, English muffins
Italian Ice, English muffins what the heck.
I find nothing offensive with
I find nothing offensive with the name Squaw Bread, I love it and want it where can I find it? I used to buy it at Ralph's and now am unable to find it anywhere, is it discontinued? I hope not. Please tell me where I can find it:


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Muslim activity seemed to be sparse in Northern Europe although a presence, especially economically did exist. Vikings made raids on Muslims lands in Spain and down from Russia to the Abbasid holdings in the east, so the Nordic peoples were not entirely ignorant of what the Islamic world had to offer. Even though not too many Muslims are known to have settled the Viking regions, many northerners did come to stay in Muslim lands, especially during the time of age of corsairs in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Club 3D, european market leader for graphics cards, today announced the release of their Green Edition graphics cards line-up. With the Club 3D Green Edition series you get the latest industry-leading technology to save energy. Step in and be a part of the modern green computer users community. Club 3D Green Edition Series reduces the power consumption up to 40% compared to a standard non green graphics card. Thanks to new PCB design which drastically lowers down the thermal design power. All Club 3D Green Edition graphics cards are equipped with silent high performance coolers with fan control to ensure a low noise in any kind of situation. Designed for mainstream multimedia & gaming PC's and also suitable for professional users. Equipped with the latest features such as NVIDIA SLI, CUDA and PureVideo HD Technology.
YES So none of these cards require power connectors , or only the gts250 require a connector? also, where do they sell club 3d cards anyway
I really don't see the point of releasing new cards on 3 years old tech! jeez. im getting tired of launches of 9800GT or 8800 GT tho and 9800 GTX. when will i ever stop seing those cards. As a little notice, they are barely in sale in norway at the major etailer which have a very very very good selection. Launch something on gtx260/275 club3d?
i thout you got banned anyway it nice to see you back here and why are there not any green edition GTX260/GTX275/GTX285?
This has nothing to do with nVidia, Club3D used their own design and marketting. You don't complain about ATi when Sapphire released a new version of the HD4870...
I do that too. Rebranding is a different thing. They might carried this same chip to next gen dx11. How horrible is that?
Who's "they", and it wouldn't be that horrible... Face it, you tried to troll, and we called you on your BS statement. I'd like to see where you have complained about ATi running out of idea's when an entirely different company released another card based on the same ATi GPU. Show me one post where you have done so in the past.
Its only insulting if it isn't true. If he can manage to show me one of his posts in the past where he has done the same with ATi, then I'll believe he wasn't attempting to troll. Otherwise it is pretty obvious he was bashing nVidia looking to start an argument(AKA Trolling).
Prices vary greatly for area to area, while they might not compete in your market, they certainly still do in the US and other markets. The 9600GT can be had for $60 only $5 more then an HD4670, and the HD4730 isn't even really available here, and when you do find it it is closer to $80+. And the HD4730 is really only marginally better than the 9600GT, the two are so close I doubt you would be able to tell the difference. If I was buying today, the 9600GT would be a much better buy than the HD4730, maybe once the HD4730 supplies start to grow and the price goes down, it will be better able to compete. I already did report my_name_is_earl for trolling, so a mod will come review the topic either way.
I agree with most here. There really is no market for these type of cards when next gen is right around the corner. The timing for this couldn't be worst!
I think it's pretty cool, even if it's old. At least they've learned something so maybe they're quicker to release green cards with the new generation.
Beyond that, these make great HTPC cards. The next generation cards don't really matter in that market, and won't until we start to see some mid-range cards based on them hit the market, so likely another year at least. Until then these cards fit the role perfectly.
Why is it a bad idea to release new versions of old cards? I mean, like my mother wouldn't go and order a brand new GTX285, she'd take the cheaper card that doesn't consume as much power.
Simple, because next gen (and what it offers over current gen) is right around the corner. You shouldn't buy a current gen product now when you (should) know the prices of it will drop (or should drop) when the new and improve products come out. For example...
Well, it is one way to try to sell more old rope. The new power consumption figures are now OK, but still not great. The original power requirements were laughably hot and high.
Because they work and do their job well even for today's games/applications. All of today's games run well with the 9600GT, let alone the 9800GT or GTS 250. If they did use the same G92 chip or make a DX11 revision of it and it works well, why not? The 4770 is just a smaller die revision of the 4830, which in turn is a cutdown 4850, which in turn is a GDDR3 4870 and a HD 4890 is just a binned 4870.
It's insulting even though its true. Example: @ my work, should i go and say to the 1st line support and user; You just cant get more stupid. It's the truth and still insulting, in the example im talking about a power cable that isnt plugged in for instance. Back to nvidia. Selling 3 year old cards, still is abit ... ..... Ati is a diffrent story, those cards are now 1 year and 1 month old and even less. but still 1 year old tech but not as crowded as nvidia 9xxx gtsxxx gtxxx 8xxx series. Market is already stuffed with good nvidia cards.


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Welcome to MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at Bristol Road Church of Christ
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Our M.O.P.S (Mothers of Preschoolers) group meets here at Bristol Rd. Church of Christ twice a month. On the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 9:30 am-11:30 am during our MOPS year. (exceptions are holiday times and summer vacation.) Our new semester begins every in September and registration is ongoing, you may join at anytime.
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June 28, 2010 | SYSTEM & NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR | Toronto | Competition #2010-044
Competition # | 2010-044 |
Date: | June 28,
2010 |
Position: |
Systems & Networks Administrator |
Location: | Toronto, OIS Provincial |
Start Date: | Immediately |
Minimum Start Salary: | $54,252 per annum |
Position Status: |
Permanent, Full-time; 35 hours per week |
Responsible for day-to-day technical monitoring, administration, setup, support and update of the video conference network system and its associated CHS regional offices.
Provincial Direct Services – Videoconference Systems
• Respond to day-to-day user queries regarding the video conference systems
• Train staff members in the use of videoconference
• Plan and execute provincial videoconference installations and upgrades
• Develop and maintain CHS standards for video conference
• Monitor routine operations of systems for QoS and provide support services to CHS offices
• Perform site analysis, makes recommendations and installs video conference systems for all CHS offices
• Provides external consulting and support services as contracted
• Maintain an inventory of all videoconferencing equipment, software and related equipment for the province.
• Liaise with IT department.
• Provide back-up to the Videoconferencing Booking Coordinator when necessary.
• Provide after hours and weekend technical support for videoconference calls.
• Liaise with managers agency-wide to provide Videoconference expertise.
• Other duties as assigned.
Regional Direct Services –Videoconferencing network
• Maintain directory services for video conferencing Multipoint Control Unit
• Maintain videoconferencing end points and Multipoint Control Unit
• Monitor all routine videoconferencing network operations and maintains CHS standards
• Monitor and maintain videoconferencing network and system security and related equipment
• Monitor and maintain daily backup operations for the video conferencing network
• Monitor the video conferencing helpdesk trouble ticketing system
• Plan and execute regional videoconferencing system upgrades,
• Liaise with IT department at Head Office
• Participate in external consulting and support service activities, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Research, negotiate and recommend use of videoconferencing technology/hardware suppliers and service providers
• Research and recommend applications of emerging technologies for videoconferencing including the development special technology projects as required.
• Research costing recommendations for videoconferencing technology initiatives projects
• Schedule the testing of emerging videoconferencing technologies and maintain data records for these technologies
• Perform demonstrations of videoconferencing systems for internal and external users and potential clients
• Initiate and respond to correspondence and TTY/telephone calls
• Prepare and submit reports, proposals, tenders and quotes
• Receive, package and ship equipment
• Update and maintain office files
• Initiate, develop and maintain user manuals, support documents and resource materials for users
• Maintain accurate records and statistics
• Other duties as assigned.
Community Education:
• Participate in the marketing and promotional activities of the IT department
• Participate in community events and special project; May month, United Way Campaigns
• As required, assist OIS Director in the preparation of other community projects
Professional Development:
• Attend internal regional and provincial meetings
• Attend external exploratory and planning meetings
• Participate in workshops, seminars and continuing education courses related to the position
• Keep updated on issues and information on agency activities and needs as they relate to existing and emerging technologies
• Achieve and maintains level of ASL proficiency as published by HR
Director, OIS Provincial, Toronto
• Three year college diploma in Computer Sciences or equivalent
• Formal training on videoconferencing network architecture (routing, switching, videoconferencing equipment and protocols)
• 5-7 years related work experience
• Strong creativity, problem solving and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and communications skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Internet
• Proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) or willingness to learn; French and LSQ assets
• Demonstrated sensitivity to working in a culturally diverse environment
• Regular travel to all CHS offices throughout Ontario
• Some evenings and weekends
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PG&E starts tree removal in county
Published: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 6:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 6:23 p.m.
PG&E is scheduled to begin removing trees Thursday as part of a controversial maintenance program that has targeted thousands of trees along a 39-mile corridor that runs through Sonoma County.
The work — 17 trees in eight locations mainly in Larkfield and Rincon Valley — addresses immediate threats to the high-voltage lines, but does not constitute a start to more far-reaching removals that have caused concern among property owners, according to the company.
"This is urgent work that we need to take care of," said PG&E spokeswoman Brandi Ehlers. "It's an imminent threat."
"It's part of the same line; it's just different work," she said.
Ehlers said the eight property owners affected by today's work have been notified and that the company is still moving forward with outreach to other property owners concerned with the company's new, more aggressive vegetation maintenance plan.
Property owners and environmentalists contend the company has unnecessarily targeted thousands of trees for removal — a move they say will create a 39-mile scar from The Geysers to Petaluma along high-tension lines.
Representatives from the all-volunteer Save Our Sonoma Trees asked PG&E late Wednesday to call off work planned for today until a meeting between the group and PG&E can be set.
"I'm a little surprised that this work is scheduled. We had thought there would be no work until there was discussion," said Tom Birdsall who owns 41 acres on Sonoma Mountain Road.
His group is pressing for a uniform policy on removal, pruning and maintenance.
"Obviously, then it's easier to implement and (it's) more straightforward," Birdsall said. "Most of the landowners now want to be there when any work happens."
Ehlers said those discussions are still in the works and that the 17-tree removal this week is to eliminate immediate threats to high-power lines.
"We also are working with property owners, with homeowners associations and Save Our Sonoma Trees to figure the best course of action and move forward on the larger project," she said.
Assemblyman Michael Allen, D-Santa Rosa, who owns property in Oakmont, where high-power lines stretch across the sky, introduced AB2556 which he said would limit PG&E's ability to clear cut. The bill passed out of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce on Monday and will be taken up in the Appropriations committee in the next few weeks, according to David Miller, Allen's spokesman.
An aerial survey of the 39-mile corridor done approximately two weeks ago identified trees that need to be removed immediately, Ehlers said. A field specialist examined the areas Monday and property owners were alerted beginning Tuesday, Ehlers said.
"They understand the need for the work," she said.
But the potential for the start of seasonal tree removal has some property owners feeling nervous.
"I called and said 'I don't want any trees cut on my property until we meet and you tell me what your plans are,'" said Dan Viele, a property owner on Mountain Meadows Lane off of Sonoma Mountain Road.
Viele and three neighbors are slated to walk their properties in early May to examine trees near the line.
"We need a moratorium; we need time," he said.
"We don't want our forest to burn down; we aren't stupid," he said. "Waiting nine months to a year on something as major as this does not seem a high price to pay for this."
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Ted Leo, Chris Spooner and I went to a basset hound-themed event called The Howlabaloo. Rob Hatch-Miller and Puloma Basu made this video of that important experience, which we showed at last night's live How Was Your Week. Please enjoy it now in the comfort of your homes.
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Book Three in the Lost Horizons series
Can love truly conquer all? Antiel is beginning to think not when her marriage and life falls to pieces. With such varied emotions about her situation she is not sure what to do about anything, so leaves in pursuit of thinking space. When Elladan turns to violence and the wilds beyond the home they once shared together, Antiel thinks their relationship will never be the same.


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By Gary Brown
SAN ANTONIO – After a year of thorough, thoughtful and at times contentious debate, Division III delegates at Saturday's NCAA Convention business session agreed to:
Those three decisions garnered the most discussion during a 90-minute voting session in which delegates considered 14 legislative items, adopting 11 proposals (one that was amended) and defeating one. Two were withdrawn.
Other significant adoptions included the creation of a Division III Men's Volleyball Championship beginning in 2012 and a delineation of legislative oversight between the Presidents and Management Councils.
The proposal that was defeated would have allowed institutions an unlimited number of student-athletes to dress, participate in warm-ups and be in the bench area for an NCAA championship contest (in all sports but football). While that was hotly debated, delegates preferred a resolution from the Presidents Council to charge the Division III Championships Committee with determining the appropriate allowances for championships beginning next fall.
Among the most rigorous debates at Saturday's business session came early in the agenda with Proposal No. 4, which by its adoption allows schools to designate money a student-athlete earns via fundraising toward that student-athlete's actual and necessary expenses for the activity or item in question.
The debate on the Convention floor resembled the many exchanges throughout the year within the governance structure and membership, with supporters citing institutional autonomy and flexibility, and opponents cautioning against compromising the team spirit of college sports.
Presidents Council members were among those opposed.
Jack Ohle from Gustavus Adolphus said supporting the proposal would put institutions in a vulnerable position regarding the management of these fundraising efforts.
"The current legislation makes it clear that any funds raised for an institutional fundraiser must go to the team or institution generally," he said. "Therefore, the funds are controlled by the institution. This proposal confuses who is in control of these funds by increasing pressure on schools to designate funds to specific student-athletes, thereby shifting control to others."
The Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee strongly endorsed the proposal, citing benefits to individual student-athletes in different socioeconomic circumstances and the fact that the legislation makes the practice permissive, not required.
SAAC members enjoyed ample support from the floor, too.
Marywood Athletics Director Mary Jo Gunning said the proposal gives institutions the ability to allow student-athletes to benefit directly from their own efforts. "This would not make fundraising a requirement for participation," she said.
Montclair State AD Holly Gera said the process of "earmarking" is really a matter of record keeping, and that there were enough guidelines in the proposal to preserve the spirit of amateurism.
Joe Onderko, commissioner of the Presidents' Athletic Conference, said while members appreciated the Presidents Council's thoughtful consideration, the proposal was "common sense legislation" and that no competitive advantage could be gained from its passage.
"It is permissive in both intent and application," he said.
Gustavus President Ohle said the Council's opposition was not meant as a reaction against the SAAC. "We heard from the student-athletes, and it is not against them that we make this decision," he said. "But it is an institutional decision that presidents feel strongly about. There appears to be no 'crisis' to change the rules in a manner that will cause increased pressure on individual student-athletes, additional compliance monitoring and confusion, and step away from our team focus."
In the end, though, the motion carried by a 281-187-4 count.
SAAC members also favored Convention Proposal No. 7, which would have allowed certified strength and conditioning personnel to conduct voluntary workouts for student-athletes year-round. However, they had to settle for access only during the academic year.
That's because delegates supported a Presidents Council-sponsored amendment that produced a compromise of sorts to give student-athletes more access but protect their free time during the summer.
Kathy Owens, president at Gwenydd-Mercy and a member of the Presidents Council, said the amendment reinforces the principle of "proportion," which is a key attribute of Division III. "It balances student-athletes' desire for proper training against the potential increased pressure on student-athletes to participate in voluntary workouts year-round," she said.
SAAC members opposed the amendment because they felt it disadvantaged fall-sport athletes in their off-season preparations.
But the amendment passed, 303-164-5. (A motion to refer the entire proposal to committee for further clarification of "nationally recognized" was defeated, 134-324-11.)
The vote on the proposal as amended was just as decisive, with adoption by a 339-128-3 margin.
Delegates also debated the question of bench size. No one in the ballroom seemed to disagree that the current appropriations need review, but there was stern disagreement on the best way to resolve it.
The Presidents Council strongly preferred its resolution to ask the Championships Committee to study the appropriate squad, travel and bench limits for championship competition. The study and any resultant policy changes would be complete by July 1 and would not change current legislation or policy.
But sponsors of Proposal No. 10 (the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, the Empire 8 and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) wanted institutional autonomy to rule right away.
The problem with that approach for some delegates was that Proposal No. 10 didn't include football (the Empire 8 and MIAA had withdrawn Proposal No. 9 addressing all sports). But the overriding concern from the floor was with the "unlimited" nature of the proposal and with the inequities it could produce.
"None of us wants to tell a student-athlete who has practiced all season that NCAA policy prohibits him or her from sitting with their team during the championship, but neither do we want to sit across from a team at those championships that have significantly more student-athletes in uniform," said Emory Athletics Director Tim Downes, who sits on both the Management Council and Championships Committee.
Championships Committee chair Ira Zeff, the AD at Nebraska Wesleyan, said, "The membership would never stand for a rule that allows the home team 40 people on the bench and the visitors 25. Proposal 10 does that."
The resolution, which was adopted by an overwhelming 456-8-2 margin, could result in policy changes that affect championships as early as next fall.
Click here for a summary of all legislative votes at the January 15 business session.


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Plot : A horse, yes you hear it right a horse well more like a shifter, her name is Alpha Derxim, is at a greek god rodeo, this horse is the daughter of Kronos the god of time, she is the FASTEST horse alive along with the most deadly mare, she is the queen of the wild, she is caught and taken to a rodeo, where the greek gods try to tame her, Poseidon even fails to do so, Hades the god of the underworld comes along and tries to tame her, but failing, but to many surpise she makes sure Hades is ok, Hades takes her to the underworld and they go through ton's of advantures, Hades makes her his war/Lead chariot and racing horse. Anyone want to rp Hades ??
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Happy Birthday to Blue!
30 December 2005
Yes, our baby blueys are growing up really fast. The Blue-tongue Lizards that you guys get to meet on a daily basis as part of our Wandering Wildlife program have had their second birthday! They were born during the night between the 18th and 19th of December 2003. That's right, they were born, not hatched. Blue-tongues give birth to live young.Three to five months after mating with Lizzy, our female Flick gave birth to nine beautiful babies. She could have had anywhere up to 25 babies but lucky for her she had just under the average number. When they were born they weighed about 20 grams and were 10cm long. Now after two years they are about 35cm long and weigh just under 500 grams. When they were born they were totally independent and in the wild they would have headed off in their own direction to bask, find food and locate a nice safe place to live. Our blueys could live anywhere up to 20 years.
Flick and Lizzy have since had another litter of six healthy blueys who are now almost one year old and have just started coming out to meet you all. They were also on hand to help celebrate their older siblings' birthday.
So from all the reptile team we sing a very happy birthday to Rylee, JT, Brody, Henry, Yoyo, Louey, Eddie, Pearl and Bindi. And in a few weeks we will do the same for Bronto, Steggy, Rex, Saurus, Mongo and Raptor.
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Next week, the College will begin the summer 4-day class and work weeks. Please refer to the attached document from Human Resource for complete details on work week schedules at Seminole State during the summer months. Five-day work weeks will resume in August.
Three Seminole State faculty have been awarded Endowed Teaching Chairs. Congratulations to professors Bobbie Bell, Jeri Rogers and Mati San-Andres. They have distinguished themselves with their excellence in teaching. They will be recognized during this Friday's Spring Commencement Ceremony, and will each receive a $5,000 Endowed Teaching Chair award from the Foundation for Seminole State College.
Applications are being accepted for the 2010-11 Leadership Academy, comprised of 20-25 faculty and staff members who will participate in 7 all-day leadership development sessions from September 2010 through March 2011. The 2010-11 application form and a fact sheet are attached. Applications will be accepted through June 1st so that the next class may be announced by the end of Term IIIA. Also, several Leadership Academy alumni at each College site have volunteered to be a resource for information or questions about the program. These alumni include:
At 10 a.m. on Monday, May 24, the College will again test our Emergency Notification System for about 90 seconds at the College's four campuses. Here's what you can expect:
The Emergency Response Team (ERT) will observe and learn from the results of this test conducted during morning classes for the first time. Additional reminders about this test will be sent to employees and students several days in advance.
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This is a question about methodology for newcomers in the business of lauching firms. I propose that we list all the things that must be done in order to present a good proposal for potential investors.
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ATLANTA - Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 14 Clemson a wild 25-24 win over No. 9 Louisiana State in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Monday night.
Trailing 24-22, Clemson (11-2) took possession on its 20 with 1:39 remaining. Tajh Boyd completed a pass for 26 yards to DeAndre Hopkins on a fourth-and-16 play during the decisive 10-play drive.
Catanzaro's kick set off a wild celebration on the field and in the stands. Some players collapsed on the field while most of Clemson's orange jerseys met in a midfield circle.
Hopkins, who had 13 catches for 191 yards and two touchdowns, also had receptions for 7 and 13 yards in the final drive. LSU safety Greg Reid was flagged for pass interference while defending Hopkins.
Jeremy Hill ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns for LSU (10-3), which carried a 24-13 lead into the final quarter.
Boyd completed 36 of 50 passes for 346 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. He set career highs for attempts and completions while winning the game MVP award.
LSU scored 10 points off Clemson's two lost fumbles, including one by Sammy Watkins on the second play of the game that set up Hill's first touchdown.
Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7 - Southern California was ranked No. 1 at the beginning of the season, and Matt Barkley was a strong contender for the Heisman Trophy.
lThe year ended with Barkley on the sideline as the Trojans lost to Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.
Tevin Washington threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 21-7 victory on Monday in front of a crowd of 47,922 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.
Washington's 1-yard touchdown run in the third made it 14-7, and he found Orwin Smith for a 17-yard touchdown pass in the fourth.
The Trojans struggled to contain Georgia Tech's triple-option attack. The Yellow Jackets (7-7) rushed for 294 yards on 63 carries while stopping a seven-bowl losing skid.
Liberty Bowl: Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17 - Trey Watts rushed for 149 yards, Alex Singleton ran for three scores and Tulsa beat Iowa State 31-17 on Monday in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., avenging a season-opening loss to the Cyclones.
Iowa State rallied to beat Tulsa 38-23 on Sept. 1, but the Golden Hurricane put together the comeback in the rematch. Tulsa trailed 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The Golden Hurricane (11-3) posted the second 11-win season in school history. Tulsa, which has the smallest enrollment of any Football Bowl Subdivision program, also finished 11-3 in 2008.
Iowa State (6-7) was seeking its second winning season in the last seven years.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
I started the day by stumbling about the house, opening my eyes a bit and then phoning S. to chat a bit this morning. Then P. came over (his mom though I wasn't getting back to this afternoon, so was a bit surprised when I left a message on her phone last night) and we fell back into the usual routines.
I still have to get to the grocery store for some provisions as well as deal with a handful of issues that arose while I was away (including my car developing a small problem which make it unhappy but which was fixed without much hassle and finding out why my landlord still hasn't replaced the old appliances). Such is the never ending stream of things to deal with.
Before I head out to run some errands, though, I popped an external disk onto the Mystery Device which I'm now referring to as "ARM, M.D." in my head (small things amuse me). After some great success with the thing at Tokamak 3, I talked with the people I got it from to figure out how to move it to the next step. The build approach we were using (and by "we", I really mean Artur :) was something we came up with at the moment lacking a proper SDK for the thing. The response was: build stuff on the device itself. Ermmmmmm...
Needless to say, it doesn't exactly have the disk space I need to compile on nor does it have a processor capable of making binaries in reasonable time frames. So I installed icecream on the device so I can actually compile at a reasonable speed using other machines here in the office and added .5TB of storage to it via USB. I half expect this thing to be building for much of the remaining week. It's sort of like going back to my first KDE dev machine: a PII 400. At least while it's compiling, I don't have to pay much attention to it and can do other things.
It is impressive how the machine doesn't get even warm in the least despite being in a small little box with no fans.
Aside from that, I managed to implement a small feature in Plasma::RunnerManager for Ivan so he can clean up some remaining TODOs on the Plasma::Runner integration in Kickoff's search. I also got out a good amount of email and read through the article that Sebas will post tomorrow about Tokamak 3 on theDot. Thanks to Sebas efforts combined with all the proof-reading and fact checking done by Jos and the crew on plasma-devel, it should be a pretty good read. Huzzah!
I have one more feature to implement in the Plasma Desktop Interactive Scripting Console (PDISC! Acronyms are falling from the sky today!) before I can do a proper screen cast of it. It's already pretty interesting what you can do with it, but I figure I may as well wait and show a fully functioning battle station when all that's left are a few laser cannon turrets. Or something like that. Maybe I should try to sleep a bit first. ;)
8 comments:
- Milan said...
All right, now I'm confident that "ARM, M.D." is the Nokia Booklet. ;)
- 8/9/09 01:06
- Matthew said...
@Milan - that was my first guess, but it uses an Atom CPU, not something ARM based.
- 8/9/09 03:28
- Milan said...
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- 8/9/09 08:14
- Milan said...
@Matthew - I thought Nokia Booklet is ARM-based, but now I found out that rumored successor supposed to be ARM-based.
So... My last guess is TouchBook! ;) - 8/9/09 08:16
- Bille said...
It would be amusing if there's a way to have yakuake or some other alpha-blended console slide-down as the pdisc console bound to `~' like in games...
- 8/9/09 09:14
- Johannes said...
Reading about about your jetlag-problems this Blog post I read a couple of weeks ago came to my mind. I don't know if it actually works. But maybe its worth a try. :-)
- 8/9/09 12:09
- ezjd said...
Since you are doing build for ARM, I am curious whether you are doing cross compiling. Real cross-compiling isn't slow while the way a lot of desktop distribution is using qemu to build natively is too slow to be very useful.
Mer project mentions an approach by OBS to use cross compiling while still doing native building looks good though I haven't tried it yet. - 8/9/09 18:08
- Stecchino said...
Dude, compiling on target!?! That is just not done. Build yourself a cross-compiler please, for the sake of the gods of embedded development! ;)
You have several options:
- manual: not recommended
- Kegel's crosstool: http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/
- buildroot: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
or, and I'm hoping the creators of the MD were smart:
- use an OpenEmbedded build, though this is very tied in in with the rootfs generation.
I'm I right in thinking this device has something to do with recent ARM fixes in Amarok as well? Ping me if help is required there. - 24/9/09 12:26


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Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:29 AM
Some hours ago display of a page needed (felt) minutes, now response time is rather short.
Can we have a pinned "Traffic Light" maintained and actualized by the site administration?
Green means "Stable running of the server"
Yellow means "Some change is currently in progress"
Red means "We are working on fixing an issue"
Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:44 AM
Currently I often have troubles with the response time of reboot.pro.
We are there in the same crew. Don't worry.
Green means "Stable running of the server"
Yellow means "Some cange is currently in progress"
Red means "We are working on fixing an issue"
With the current upgrade of IPB/IP.Nexus/IP.Downloads, the indicator will always stay red.
Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:44 AM
I thought, we have switched to a more robust system, one of loadbalancing servers?
Posted 15 May 2012 - 11:12 AM
CloudFlare seemed like a good option, especially for the free price. However, themselves seem to under constant heat because of attacks and load from sites bigger than ours. On my blog I also detailed other things that I didn't liked so much about the service.
So, we are probably better left without cloudflare. I was looking at Coral Network as an option as well, however it is blocked on the company proxy. http://www.coralcdn.org/
My goal is to get better response times from the server, preferably without costs to our side.
Perhaps the paid option of cloudflare is better, for 20 USD a month it is better to bring a decent improvement as we already have too many expenses to manage.
btw: The changes in server performance for people in Germany is different. The server is located in Frankfurt and will be bound to give much better speed than for example, people in the US. With cloudflare, I believe that their servers were no longer located in Germany and thus the reason for apparent speed decrease on the past few days ago.
If someone is willing to code a forum plugin for this purpose, I would gladly use it: http://community.inv...ing-a-hook-r397...
Can we have a pinned "Traffic Light" maintained and actualized by the site administration?
Posted 15 May 2012 - 02:07 PM
My idea was much more simply:If someone is willing to code a forum plugin for this purpose, I would gladly use it: http://community.inv...ing-a-hook-r397
Just create a pinned topic "reboot.pro status" and you, mikorist(?) and whoever is working on the server setup, may edit the topic and change the color.
I created the topic in red color (as supposed by holmes.sherlock ). When you do not like this idea, just delete the topic. When you like it, please set the current color.
Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:02 PM
Last hours I had the feeling that your green OK is correct (inspite I sametimes have some unusual long response times. But that may depend on my local installation.some other sites also have longer response times here). Maybe I have to reinstall my system.
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I'm an experient reboot.pro user and am patient enough to wait after my click for (currently estimated 20+ seconds).
But as visitor of a (for me) new page I would abort after maybe 10 seconds and try the next google result.
EDIT: I do not see any systematic response time. Just after posting that message, everything seems to be "like I see in different sites".
Are there any maintenance task, which sometimes run and slow down the server?
EDIT #2: Saving the above edit needed (estimated) 2 minutes.
Opening the post again for EDIT #2 and tell this, needed (estimated) 30 seconds.
EDIT #3: Saving #2 was just a click ...
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2013 UNHCR country operations profile - South Africa
Working environment
The context
By the end of 2011, some 220,000 asylum-seekers mainly from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Somalia and Zimbabwe were registered in South Africa. The country continues to be the recipient of the highest annual number of asylum applications worldwide, with 106,904 applications in 2011. However, this figure represents a 64 per cent reduction in comparison with 2010, the first such decline in four years. The reduction may be attributed to a number of factors, including a more stable political and socio-economic situation in Zimbabwe and the imposition of restrictive measures by countries in the subregion and beyond to reduce mixed-migration movements.
Although the asylum and immigration system remains conducive to the reception of asylum-seekers and refugees, the relevant legal framework is currently undergoing reforms. This has made access to asylum challenging, particularly for individuals from non-neighbouring countries, who may be denied refuge in South Africa on the basis of the "first country of asylum" policy. Tighter border controls, implemented to reduce irregular movements and fraudulent asylum claims by immigrants, have also played a role in lessening the number of applications.
As of December 2011, some 63,000 people, mainly from Angola, Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda and Somalia, had been recognized as refugees in South Africa. They have been granted freedom of movement, permission to work and the right to access basic social services through grants. However, documentation problems have made it difficult for refugees to enjoy these rights fully.
The needs
The South African asylum system continues to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of asylum applications it receives, making it difficult to ensure that the refugee status determination (RSD) process is always fair and efficient. Hence, supporting the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to improve the quality and quantity of its status decisions remains a priority for UNHCR.
Furthermore, refugees with disabilities, the elderly and children in foster care who qualify for government grants face obstacles in obtaining them. Refugees often receive documents valid only for short periods, making it difficult for them to hold long-term jobs.
Recurrent xenophobic attacks on refugees hampers their integration into local communities. Indeed, fear of attack in the townships forces many refugees to live in more expensive inner-city areas. Accommodation in shelters is temporary and only available for the most vulnerable. UNHCR will continue to increase resettlement submissions from South Africa, particularly for refugees with vulnerabilities that cannot be addressed in the country.
UNHCR 2013 planning figures for South Africa | |||||
Total | 480,520 | 94,350 | 565,520 | 103,090 | |
Refugees | Angola | 5,810 | 1,300 | 5,810 | 1,300 |
Somalia | 26,190 | 5,000 | 29,190 | 5,250 | |
Various | 35,550 | 3,720 | 40,550 | 3,910 | |
Asylum-seekers | Ethiopia | 25,000 | 4,860 | 20,000 | 5,350 |
Malawi | 20,000 | 5,510 | 10,000 | 6,060 | |
Zimbabwe | 261,000 | 50,830 | 361,000 | 55,910 | |
Various | 90,000 | 20,500 | 80,000 | 22,550 |
Main objectives and targets for 2013
Favourable protection environment
Access to legal assistance and legal remedies is improved.
Legal services and clinics are established in each of the nine provinces of the country.
Some 80,000 persons of concern receive legal assistance.
Basic needs and essential services
Shelter and infrastructure are established, improved and maintained.
Three-month transitional shelter grants are provided to 25,000 individuals and families.
Community empowerment and self-reliance
Self-reliance and livelihoods are improved.
Some 2,000 people receive conditional grants to start businesses.
Some 2,000 people receive guidance on business market opportunities.
The quality of registration and profiling is improved or maintained.
All registration staff receive training on gathering information and compiling statistics.
The risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is reduced and the quality of the response to it improved.
Some 1,000 SGBV survivors receive legal representation, accommodation in safe houses, counselling, medical aid and grants to establish businesses.
Some 30 training sessions on SGBV prevention and response are conducted.
Strategy and activities in 2013
UNHCR will advocate for the asylum space established in South Africa to be maintained, allowing both refugees and asylum-seekers to work and study. In view of challenges related to registration and data management, UNHCR will work with the DHA to review the latter's registration and data management systems in order to identify gaps and find solutions.
Activities that promote self-reliance and ease local integration will receive strong UNHCR support. The Office will also continue to provide short-term material assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers with specific needs and help implementing partners to integrate such cases into national and charitable social-service programmes. In addition, UNHCR will create and maintain capacity within the community to respond to SGBV. Public-information materials and tools aimed at promoting tolerance and coexistence will continue to be produced, and resettlement will be used as a protection tool.
UNHCR will advocate for the adoption of the international conventions on statelessness and for national legislation to be made consistent with them. It will also increase efforts to identify stateless people in the region and the root causes of their predicament. Moreover, effective responses to prevent and reduce statelessness will be developed. UNHCR will team up with other UN agencies, civil society and academia to train key stakeholders in order to prevent statelessness and support legal partners working on individual cases of statelessness.
Despite favourable protection policies, implementation of refugees' rights remains a challenge. The imposition of the principle of "first country of asylum" continues to reduce the rights of asylum-seekers.
Furthermore, the lack of employment opportunities for nationals causes tensions between them and refugees, limiting the latter's self-reliance and local-integration opportunities and often making them victims of xenophobic attacks.
Organization and implementation
The Regional Representation in South Africa provides strategic and policy direction, regional coordination, management oversight and technical support to the country operations in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. UNHCR South Africa has field offices in Cape Town and Musina. The Pretoria office is directly responsible for UNHCR's programmes and activities in South Africa as well as in Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Swaziland.
In South Africa, UNHCR will continue its collaboration with relevant government departments and parliamentary committees. Regular consultations with the DHA at all levels help to build mutual trust and a good working relationship. UNHCR will support the DHA with technical advice, and work closely with the Department of Social Development and relevant NGOs on social assistance.
Cooperation with IOM will improve logistical support for refugees in resettlement and voluntary repatriation programmes.
UNHCR will collaborate closely with other UN agencies through the UN Communications Group, UN HIV and AIDS Theme Group and the United Nations Strategic Cooperation Framework process. Furthermore, as the lead agency for the Protection Working Group (PWG), UNHCR will coordinate protection monitoring and common advocacy and media approaches on key protection issues, joint outreach and resource mobilization.
Financial information
The level of funding for the South Africa operation has remained relatively unchanged over the last two years despite growing needs in the areas of social support, legal assistance and response to xenophobia. In 2013, the emphasis will be placed on supporting the DHA to improve the quality and quantity of RSD decisions as well as on programmes to promote tolerance and co-existence to enhance local integration and self-reliance. As a result, the budget for 2013 will total USD 37.4 million, slightly more than the 2012 budget of USD 35.1 million.
Source: UNHCR Global Appeal 2013 Update


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