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Re: Championship picks and previews 2010-11
Championship 22 and 23 January
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Derby - Nottingham
Nottingham have been superb recently and should be able to get something from this one, and I believe they will.
Nottingham to win.
Barnsley - Swansea
Barnsley have been ok at home and they face a terrible away team in Swansea in this one.
Barnsley to win.
Cardiff - Watford
Watford have been superb recently and should have a chance of getting maybee a draw away against Cardiff.
Less than 2.5 goals.
Crystal Palace - Bristol City
Crystal Palace are strong at home and should be able to beat Bristol City in this one, but I expect few goals.
Crystal Palace to win.
Ipswich - Doncaster
Ipswich have failed to impress me, but with a new boss in charge (following the sacking of Roy Keane), I believe the hosts could win this one.
Ipswich to win.
Leicester - Millwall
Millwall at home and Millwall away are two different sides it seems. Leicester could have a chance of winning this one.
Leicester to win.
Middlesbrough - Preston
Middlesbrough have managed to bounce back from their poor first-half of the season and I believe they will be able to win this game.
Middlesbrough to win.
Portsmouth - Leeds
Leeds have failed to impress recently and they are coming off a tough FA Cup game against Arsenal on Wednesday. Should be entertaining at least.
More than 2.5 goals.
Reading - Hull
Reading are impressive at home, but Hull have been superb in their recent away games. This could be a close one.
More than 2.5 goals.
Sheffield Utd - Norwich
Norwich have been impressive recently and based on Sheffield United's recent performances, the visitors could get something from this game.
More than 2.5 goals.
Scunthorpe - Burnley
Scunthorpe have been terrible recently, but Burnley have not been too much better. Many goals is probably the best pick in this one.
More than 2.5 goals.
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QPR - Coventry
QPR had a superb start to the season, but have not been too good recently. They face a weak side in Coventry in this one.
QPR to win with 0-1 handicap.


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Google launched many features that deal with saving personal stuff, but the big picture in which all of them will be integrated is yet to be revealed.
Search across computers (Google Desktop)
Index and search the documents and viewed web pages from across all your computers.
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Access gadget content and settings like To Do lists, Scratch Pad notes, favorite stocks, and more from any computer.
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Do you see a pattern here? Google wants to create a persistent memory for all your virtual belongings: your queries, your bookmarks, your history, and ultimately your files. When you leave a footprint on a computer, it should propagate to Google and become a persistent footprint, something you can retrieve from any other computer connected to the Internet. The computer is just a cache, a temporary place until the information becomes universally available. Wherever you go, you have your online history with you. All the pages you've visited, all the searches you've made, all the chat logs, all the documents.
Google wants to blur the distinction between your personal computer and the web. The first visible sign was when they integrated desktop search interface into Google.com. The second step is creating online tools that partially replace similar desktop applications (see Gmail, Calendar, Writely, Spreadsheets). The third step will be synchronizing the files between online and offline applications and solving the right access problem (what's public, private or restricted).
You can have more than one computer, and all the files will be synchronized. You can be at a public computer and still view and edit your files.
While GDrive is not yet here, its first signs are clearly visible. GDrive will have two components: a desktop client which will be Google Desktop and an online interface that will integrate most of Google's online replacement tools.
"With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)" was the prophecy and the first signs are already here. As in Dali's painting, the vague memories erased by time will be recreated and kept alive.
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I love marigolds for so many reasons, chief among them being how they glow in the dusky evening light on my farm. I also love their old-fashioned feel, that they smell like electricity to me, and the importance they carry in religious and cultural ceremonies in places like India and Burma.
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PRESTONSBURG — Ronald and Loretta Wright appeared separately Tuesday in Floyd District Court, but not much happened in the cases against the husband and wife accused of the shooting death of a McDowell man two weeks ago.
A preliminary hearing was supposed to be held for Ronald Wright, but that was postponed until Thursday, after one of his attorneys, Steven Bailey, told the court that his co-counsel, Jerry Patton, had surgery earlier that morning. Judge Jimmy Marcum continued the hearing until 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Ronald Wright, 64, of Printer, is charged with murder and attemped murder, following the March 12 shooting death of Famer Halbert. Ronald Wright allegedly shot a sleeping Famer Halbert in the head while he and his wife visited the Halberts' home. Halbert's wife, Lorene, and Ronald Wright were each shot in the alleged struggle over the weapon that followed.
Family members have said that the Wrights blamed the Halberts for the death of their son, Matthew, in November. Loretta Wright and Lorene Halbert are sisters.
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Bass said his client represented little flight risk, because she is 60 years old and in poor health. He asked Marcum to consider reducing her $500,000 bond, allow it to be secured with property or a partial payment, and order home incarceration.
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HAZARD – Administrators with child care agencies across Kentucky are bracing for a round of funding cuts that some say will ultimately cost the state more in the long run.
Officials with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services announced in January that child care assistance to low-income families would be reduced to help shore up an $86.6 million budget hole for the Department of Community Based Services. As a result, no new applicants for child care assistance will be accepted beginning in April, while in July the eligibility requirements for assistance will tighten.
For organizations like Community Ministries in Hazard and the children they serve, these cuts will likely have a very negative effect, said Executive Director Adrienne Bush.
"What this means for working families and student families," Bush said, "is that their access to an educational facility for their young child, and even their school-aged child, is going to be cut off."
Community Ministries operates both the New Beginnings daycare near the Hazard ARH and the Starland center on Memorial Drive. At New Beginnings, which offers early childhood education services, approximately 65 percent of the children receive child care assistance from the state. And without that assistance, Bush said, these children would likely not have an option to receive services at the center.
Cutting access to early childhood education services like those at New Beginnings will be detrimental not only to Kentucky's schools in the long run, but also for the state's general welfare, Bush said. According to studies like the HighScope Perry Preschool Study, children enrolled in a quality preschool program on average earn $2,000 more per month when they enter the workforce as adults, compared to students who did not have access to early education services.
"If people don't have access to quality early childhood education, then yes, children are not going to be ready, which we will pay for later on within the school system," Bush said. "And we're going to be paying for it in other ways, through K-TAP (Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program) and food stamps. We'll all pay for it and it will be more expensive."
But it won't be just the children facing an impact, Bush added, especially in Eastern Kentucky where rates of poverty are high. Beginning in July, families in Kentucky must be at 100 percent of the poverty level to be eligible for child care assistance. The current requirement allows eligibility for families at 150 percent, which the Cabinet for Health and Family Services currently defines as a family of four with an annual income of $33,525.
Bush said for many working families in Perry and surrounding counties, this changing threshold will make it much more difficult for them to obtain child care services. She noted one case locally in which children from a family of four attend New Beginnings. Both parents work, but also fall above the 100 percent requirement and below 150 percent. Once the state begins the re-certification process for families receiving assistance, this particular family will be facing tough decisions.
"As soon as they come up for re-certification they're going to get cut off from assistance, and they're not going to be able to afford the market rate," Bush said.
Some also fear that the child care centers themselves could face questions of viability when these cuts take effect. Bush said she's heard of some centers in the region where up to 90 percent of the children receive subsidies from the state. These cuts will affect the bottom line, which in turn will have effects on the broad range of families who rely on these centers.
"When I know that new children aren't going to be accepted into this program, it affects our ability to provide services to people of all income levels, across the community," Bush said.
Bush was one of several people who spoke before a Senate committee last month, urging lawmakers to reverse these cuts mandated at the Executive Branch. But at the same time, Kentucky's budget has little wiggle room. State officials say they realize these cuts will have impacts, but less funds to pay for the increasing demand for these services is taking its toll.
"This is really tough and these are not the kinds of decisions that we want to be making," Audrey Tayse Haynes, secretary for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, told the Herald-Leader in Lexington. "Any reductions in services impacts a child's life."


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ELKIN - Elkin's chances for a berth in the Mountain Valley Conference tournament took a big hit Friday night.
A red-hot Forbush squad cruised past the Lady Elks 63-39, putting Elkin in a position to miss the postseason tourney next week.
With the loss, the Elks fell to 2-13 in league play, dropping them a half-game behind Alleghany (2-12) for the final spot in the tournament with one game remaining.
Forbush pulled ahead early, scoring the first seven points of the game, grabbing a 16-7 lead at the end of one. The Falcons pushed the advantage out to 21-9 midway through the second before Elkin responded.
The Elks closed the half on a 7-2 spurt to head into the locker room within striking distance at 23-16.
But the Falcons dominated the third quarter to put the game out reach. Forbush out-scored the Elks 19-9 in the frame to grab a 42-25 lead heading to the fourth.
In the final period, the Falcons put the finishing touches on the 63-39 victory.
Courtney Beals finished with 10 points on the night, while Makayla Dimmette added nine.
The Lady Elks return to the court Tuesday in their season finale against West Wilkes (9-4) with a berth in the conference tournament on the line.
Elkin will then keep an eye on Alleghany, who take on Forbush and East Wilkes this week to close out their regular season schedule.
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iOS 5 wants: App Store trials, upgrades, and subscriptions
While Apple's iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPad has improved in countless ways since its introduction in 2008 -- including the recent reversal of the cross-compiler ban and the publication of the app review guidelines -- several major problems persist for both develops and users, especially the lack of trial apps, paid upgrades, and subscriptions. While the mobile app ecosystem is the new frontier and arguments can be made about how closely guarded it needs to be, Apple is about to bring the App Store concept "Back to the Mac". That's an environment where developers and users are not only accustomed to, but expect features like trials and upgrades.
So while we're all still waiting on iOS 4.2, I'm going to leap ahead a little and start thinking about what I want in iOS 5. There's lots to cover, notifications, glance-able data, profiles, NFC, etc. Right now, I'm going to focus on the App Store, and whether Apple takes the opportunity to bring some of the Mac back to the iPhone and iPad.
Note: Chad, Bjango's Marc Edwards, and I discussed some of these issues on the last iPad Live! podcast so give that a listen as background.
There is still, some 2+ years later, no way to try out or demo apps on the iTunes App Store. With Mac software many developers choose to provide time-limited demo modes with the option to pay later and transform them into the fully functional versions. "Try before you buy." On the iPhone and iPad App Store, developers are not allowed to time-limit their apps, so that kind of demo is not possible. Unlike some other platforms, Apple doesn't allow for refund periods either. So, if you buy an app and hate it, you can't uninstall it within 24 hours (for example) and get your money back. That's bad for users because it makes them hesitate when shopping and its bad for developers who can end up with customers, for whatever reason, unhappily stuck with their app. (Or it forces prices down to make everything an impulse buy, lowering the market and potential for premium apps.)
The App Store does allow for in-app purchase, and after a previous policy change Apple now allows free apps to charge for in-app purchases, so that can be used as a pseudo-demo mode. For example, Twitterrific is free but if you make the in-app purchase, it removes the adds and enables multiple user accounts. PCalc offers additional functions and themes. Games allow for the purchase of additional levels. There are many examples. However, not all types of apps have features modular enough that they can be easily broken down and divided into a free app with discreet packages available for in-app purchase. It also forces developers to provide a free version, costing them sales from users for whom the free version is enough.
Free or Lite versions are another common work around but they come with their own mixed bag of hurt. Users who start with the free version and decide to buy the paid version have no way of moving their data over form the former to the latter. That's annoying when it's game levels that need to be replayed. It's a royal pain when its important personal or business data that needs to be re-entered or re-generated. Also, for developers, it means having to maintain two closely related yet separate apps. Messy.
Time-limited apps are more elegant. iTunes already handles time-limited movie and TV show rentals for Hollywood, why not for the App Store? Or why not simply provide that 24-hour refund window the way other app marketplaces do. There would be transactional and administrative overhead for Apple, of course, but there's transactional and administrative overhead now for free apps. And the benefits in terms of customer experience -- typically a focus of Apple's -- could make up for it.
When Atebits rewrote Tweetie 2 (now Twitter for iPhone) from the ground up, the only choice was to give it away as a free upgrade to all existing Twitter users (of which there were many) or submit it as a new app and charge everyone full price, existing and new user alike. That's because Apple doesn't provide a mechanism for paid upgrades -- i.e., to charge existing users less than new users. If you upgrade Mac software, developers almost always choose to reward customer loyalty by charging less than they would for a new license. On iPhone or iPad, it's literally all or nothing. That's bad for users because they're out a few extra dollars and that's bad for developers because they suffer push-back from angry users.
iTunes knows what apps we've bought. We know it knows because when we try to buy a paid app we've already bought, iTunes tells use we've already bought it and that we can download it again for free. Why can't the same system be used to determine, for example, that we've already bought Tweetie 1 and hence we can download Tweetie 2 at an upgrade price. Apple could allow developers to set that upgrade price in iTunes Connect, an extension of how they can set universal sale prices today. We've seen some strange screens pop up that seem to indicate Apple is at least experimenting with the idea, but why not pull the trigger? Again, it's more overhead for Apple but the customer experience boost would be enormous.
Before Apple announced iBooks, rumor had it they would announce not only eBooks but electronic magazines and newspapers as well. Going back to the iOS 3 (then iPhone 3.0) Sneak Preview Event, Apple mentioned subscriptions as one of the new App Store features, alongside in-app purchases. Nothing much had come of them, so magazines and newspapers seemed like a perfect fit. But then came the iOS 4 sneak preview event with no mention of either newspapers or magazines, or subscriptions.
Technologically Apple has show with iTunes TV show season passes that they can handle subscriptions. So what's the hang up? Conventional wisdom says there's a battle going on between Apple and the big media companies over who gets ownership of customer data. Media isn't just about selling content it's about collecting marketing data that can be monetized. Apple wants our names, demographics, and card numbers. Big media wants our names, demographics, and card numbers. And we just want our magazines and newspapers.
Apple should offer subscriptions and just let those businesses and developers who want to use it, use it. Customer experience. Again.
In 2008 the App Store revolutionized mobile software. iPhone and iPad users confidently and effortlessly buy and use tons of apps. For those who remember the mobile software space before the App Store, that in and of itself is remarkable. Since then Apple has steadily improved it with in-app purchases, integration with accessories, and now mobile advertising. But there are still a few hurdles that need to be overcome. We've seen hints and heard rumors that Apple is working on almost all of these things. With the Mac App Store on its way, the need is only going to get greater. Hopefully Apple will rise to the occasion come next March/April and the iOS 5 Sneak Preview Event.
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iOS 5 wants: App Store trials, upgrades, and subscriptions
And a Push Notification UI that isn't dreadful! I had seven in a row yesterday—seven—that I had to tap through before I could do anything. Apple needs to rip off Android's alert sheet or something. Or even expand on the Spotlight interface. We can swipe left from the Home screen to get to search, so what about swiping up or down to get to an alerts page?
Before iOS 5.0, FairPlay has to be upgraded to better encrypt and protect the applications and the intellectual property. Sure, piracy can never be truly defeated, and I don't want to knock the jailbreak community either, but there should be a way to at least have the jailbreak community adhere to the AppStore community and not ruin it for the rest of us who legitimately pay for apps.
But, I agree that iOS 5.0 (or even earlier) has to have a notification history and useful information on the lock screen. If anything, the DOA Windows Phone 7 commercials are hinting that we're staring at our screens way too much, and spending an extra 30 seconds to unlock your phone to stare at little number badges on icons, then run into the app to find out what it is, it all has to change.
This is a post about what I want in the App Store for iOS 5. Not what I want in iOS 5 in general (which includes most of the above and more!) We'll be covering all that stuff over the next few months.
Personally, I'd like to be able to not worry about Rene spying on my children while they sleep. You aren't fooling anyone.
Noitfications are the biggie, and I expect that will get overhauled by 5.0. Trials, meh. The trial approach has it's problems too (e.g. apps that fail to unlock properly and then you're stuck with all the trial code to maintain inside the full version). Upgrades, sure, but with current pricing it's really not that big of a deal in most cases. All the whining over Tweetie was unwarranted, and it ended up going free anyway. Subscriptions will come. They'll figure it out, eventually, but that's not an iOS issue. The problem is with the content providers.
None of the stuff on this wish list does anything for the user experience. It likely improves the amount of money a developer can make, but does nothing for the user. What do users get for coughing up more cash?
What I want is access to the file system, a chooser (or better yet a real file manager), a backup/sync service that is separate from iTunes, the ability to manage my music without iTunes, the ability to make apps default for opening certain files, and (the big one) the ability to purchase apps from places other than iTunes.
What I'm interested in is from an IT Administrator's standpoint, and I'm posting it here because it's the App store that certain policies apply to when managing enterprise devices.
Right now I can't enable/disable categories of Apps in the App Store for enterprise use. That means I can block the YouTube app, but I can't stop the user from purchasing another streaming video app, like VLC and chewing through their data allocation (ie 3G) with that. My choice is to block apps one at a time, constantly playing cat-and-mouse with our users or just blocking out the App store in its entirety.
I want to be able to manage Apps in groups like "Streaming" or "Multimedia" while still enabling the use of other Apps that don't have as much of an impact on data usage or productivity.
Not sure i want any of the 3. Trials may push up prices. Subs..i got enough people wanting to auto deduct from me. And upgrades..if it gets to the point where the app needs rewritten, i'll pay again.
What i'd like out of the app store is more ways to sort apps, ignore apps so certain crap apps never appear for me (or ones i own), and actually install the darn app while not kicking me out of the app store app.
@Glenn: You can get your money back on Apple's AppStore as well, although, granted, the function is not only hidden on purpose, but not meant to act as a way to "try out and decide" model.
The ability to select multiple apps for purchase/download would be something I'd appreciate as part of a revamped AppStore, as someone mentioned. The way that updates to apps that we own is handled comes to mind. You can select individual apps to download and install its updates or click Update All to have them all updated in one shot. Better multitasking of the AppStore as it stands right now might be at least a band-aid solution and alleviate the time it takes to open the AppStore back up in order to look for that second or third app that I might want.
I'd like to be able to go through pages and pages of apps, find one I'd like to DL then be able to go back to the same part of the list without having to go back through page after page to get back to where I was. That is very annoying to me.
I want Lock screen widgets and the ability to customize the themes a lot more.
2nded , the last place you want to go is out of the appstore when you are buying stuff.... imagine if that happened in real life, you buy on item, have to leave and reenter to purchase more.
also widgets or lockscreen info .. or both.. and of course notifications...
1) Queue system with background downloading without having to minimize app
2) Ability to allow upgrades to be completed without having to input the password
3) Merge the App, iBooks, and iTunes store into one application
4) Better notifications to show the buyer which apps he/she actually owns
I agree with some of the comments, being kicked out the app store when downloading an app is an extremely irritating thing. Especially when there are a multitude of apps you want to download.
Lol at the "imagine if that. Happened in real life comment," so true. You wouldn't shop like that at a brick and mortar store like that, why should we have to in the app store.
I want a way to load apps from sources other than the apple app store. I don't expect apple to support issues caused by these apps, there can be a disclaimer screen involved, but just because apple doesn't want to be associated with a particular app doesent mean I shouldn't be able to use it.
How about being able to sort by highest rated? The current app store only sorts by most downloaded.
How many times have you found an app under "most popular" that has a one star rating? That means that the app is a concept that a lot of people want but the implementation is crap.
For example I have been looking for a good PIM app since I first got an iPhone and still can't find anything.
(Remembered one more)
5) Allow developers to publicly respond directly to the ratings and comments for their app in the App Store.
Here's what I want:
1 - Better tab management in Safari.
I want to be able to open pages in the background, so I can keep reading the current page. I want an easier way to switch between tabs (side swiping would work nicely), and an easier way to close tabs (something involving a single click).
2 - Different tones for different Push Alerts.
I want to know, without checking my phone, if the alert I just heard was either a new email coming in, a new private message from Facebook, a calendar reminder, or just a notice that it is my turn again on Words for Friends.
Perhaps the option to occasionally blink the LED light if a specific alert category is present, like a Blackberry I had did.
3 - Quicker access to Bluetooth, 3G, or Wifi Setting Changes.
Useful when jumping in and out of the car with a bluetooth enabled GPS, when you don't use bluetooth anywhere else.
4 - Better App Store Multitasking.
Like those above have said; it is annoying to be kicked out of the place you were browsing every time you download an app.
5 - (not necessarily Apple's problem):
An upgrade to Dropbox that lets me upload or download multiple images or files at a time.
Trials, upgrades, and subscriptions all benefit the developers of content, but really do nothing for the end user.
As a developer, advertise that you have a lite version and put it out there. It works just like a trial. I don't want the technical complexity of trying to figure out a system where I can try it for a few days then buy it later. As a consumer, the last thing I need is a system which makes anyone question if I have or have not bought an app. Apple is about reducing complexity and I never have a problem finding a lite version if it exists.
As for upgrades, the tweetie example is bad simply because it fails to realize that maybe I don't want to pay for an upgrade. It's way too easy to upgrade in the apple store and that can be abused by people who charge updates for their software. There would need to be ways to hide updates for paid apps and manage that so I don't get reminded ever day that there's a paid upgrade. As for you the developer, you have to make me want it. Why was tweetie re-written? Did the first one suck? Was it full of bugs? Why did it need a major rewrite in the first place? I'm for any system which makes you the developer work to make me want to buy your software. Sure you have to make money, but I work hard for my money too. I'm the consumer, you have to come get my money, Apple should not make it easier to drop a few bucks and find out I didn't really want the upgrade. There already exist plenty of updates where software actually got nerfed in an upgrade, I would hate to be on the end of that tirade if you paid for an upgrade that nerfed something. It's just dangerous.
Subscriptions - Of all things, this seems simple to me, and I'm sure Rene has it spot on that it's got something to do with data or money control. Otherwise I can't find a problem here if they do it right and do it simple.
I want to see new stuff in OS5 not related to this article, so I'll save it for the next one.
1 thing - DEVICE MANAGEMENT. I have an iPhone 2g that I use on TMo. Some of the apps are now updating to be compatible with iOS 4+ only. If I click the button in iTunes to download all free updates, I will lose the ability to sync that app with my phone forever. There should be an option to set my phone and iOS version in iTunes, so that it will NOT show updates that are not compatible.
My wish list for iOS 5:
- Cross fading music in the iPod app. It's important to me. (It just is).
- Swype option.
- 24 hour App Store refunds (I'd settle for 10 minutes, I can usually tell if an app does not meet my expectations very quickly).
The only notifications I really care about are email, calendar, SMS and the sound is more important to me than the visual alert (which I turn off and can't see anyway because I don't have eyeballs in my trouser pocket). So one more thing:
- Fully customisable and themeable audio schemes. You know, if the iOS developers be arsed.
It'll never happen:
- Full Gmail push support without needing to do it via Google's Exchange ActiveSync.


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On a busy January day in 2006, painters, construction workers and Willamette MBA staff members put the finishing touches on the Willamette University Portland Center. With the paint still drying and the desks freshly assembled, the staff rushed to change their clothes before the students arrived for orientation.
Just seconds before the first students walked in the door, a banner reading "Welcome Inaugural MBA for Professionals Cohort" was attached to the reception desk. A line of eager staff and faculty were waiting to greet them. It was a momentous occasion — and the momentum from it hasn't stopped since.
After the program launched in Portland in January 2006, it was expanded to Willamette University's Salem campus in September. Now, new cohorts start in Salem annually (in September) and semi-annually in Portland (September and January).
Tina Alexander, director of the MBA for Professionals, has seen the program flourish. "It's exciting to see the transformation that takes place from when students first inquire to when they finish," she explains. "During and after the program, students report new jobs, new responsibilities and new successes at work."
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The September 2011 MBA for Professionals commencement adds another group of graduates to the program's alumni community — pushing the total number of graduates to more than 200. In just five years, Willamette's newest MBA program has not only impacted positively the lives of these students — it has also made an indelible mark in Oregon's business community.
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Cower in Fear: A BJJ Black Belt for Asia/Gezere!
And you thought he was deadly before...
Bullshido Admin, Throwdown Co-Founder, Ninja Hunter, and Designated Hitter, Gezere, was awarded his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as of the first of April, 2012... and that's no joke, fool.
This adds to his collection of competition victories and black belts, including the Army Combatives Tournament, the European BJJ Championships, and several more that we won't list here because forum posts are only rated at only 16,000 metric tons of awesome and we don't want to break the forums.
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To heck with the Super Bowl. Our Sunday, February 3 is all about Downton Bowl. (And we're always Team Edith.) This Sunday, Downton Abbey Season 3 is airing what you can either call Episode 5 or Episode 6. The first two episodes aired back-to-back on January 6, but a lot of people lumped eps 1 and 2 together, so they're considering this Episode 5. Whatever you wanna call it, this has all aired already in the U.K., so we know what's going to happen.
Do you want major spoiler details? Here's a relatively short roundup, excerpted from a great play-by-play recap at Heroes and Heartbreakers.
CORA IS NOT SPEAKING TO ROBERT: It's about time someone called out Lord Grantham on his bad decisions. He's always so sure of himself, and yet he keeps screwing up. Anyway, this is the episode after Sybil's death, and it includes the aftermath of her funeral. Matthew comforts Branson and even Thomas is still pretty broken up. Robert wants to move back into his bedroom with Cora, but she shuts him down, reminding him that they should've trusted Dr. Clarkson instead of the snobby guy who was knighted. She's starting to sound more like Branson in terms of rejecting the traditions of the upper-class. Good for her.
WHERE IS BRANSON GOING?: Branson doesn't want to stay at Downton, and who can blame him. He said he wants to leave as soon as he finds a job. Matthew doesn't want to rush him out, but Robert seems to think it's a good idea for Branson to get out and make a life for himself.
BABY GETS A NAME! Tom decides to name the baby after her mother — Sybil. Robert, in his infinite lack of wisdom, feels that might be too painful. Who cares what he thinks, though. Tom also wants the baby to be Catholic, and Robert doesn't like that idea either. There's a big Catholicism debate later and Mary finally does something worthwhile when she tells her father Sybil would be happy for Baby Sybil to be Catholic, since she said so on the day she died.
DOWNSTAIRS FOLKS FALL IN LOVE WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE: The Alfred/Ivy/Daisy/James/Thomas flirtation drama continues. Mrs. Patmore has a great line: "You know the trouble with you lot? You're all in love with the wrong people!" That just about sums it up down there.
WILL DAISY LEAVE DOWNTON? Daisy visits Mr. Mason, William's dad, and he wants her to be his heir and help him run the farm. A bright future for Daisy? It does sound like Alfred isn't that into her, so maybe she should consider leaving Downton.
ETHEL DRAMA: Mr. Carson is a snob, of course, about anyone dealing with Ethel the former prostitute, and he can't believe Ethel is being allowed to wait on members of the family. But Ethel has learned how to cook and the lunch she made was a success.
PEOPLE FINALLY STAND UP FOR EDITH - AND ETHEL: During the lunch, Cora finally learns that Robert was against Edith writing for the London newspaper. She wisely notes that "Robert frequently makes decisions based on values that have no relevance any more." Yep. Carson, too. They are too old school for the new era. Mary and Matthew are Team Edith on this newspaper question, but since Robert just had a fight with Matthew about how Downton is being managed, he gets upset that Matthew has now decided this for them too. He gets mad about Ethel serving them food as well. Why are they making him SO unlikable this season?
CORA AND ROBERT HUG IT OUT: The Dowager Countess has Dr. Clarkson explain his diagnosis, and he admits his treatment would only have had a slim chance of saving Sybil. When he leaves, Robert and Cora hold each other and cry for Sybil.
BATES MAY SOON BE FREE: At first, it looks bad in the prison, because the guards got to Mrs. Bartlett and she denied everything she had told Anna that would've exonerated Bates. But they manage to persuade her to change her mind and she signs a statement. So Bates may soon be free, although it may still not be that easy. This prison storyline really needs to end soon!
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Come and join the ONU Capital City Polar Bears to benefit a great cause! The ONU Washington D.C. Alumni Club would like to invite alumni to participate in the Dining Out for Life event on April 25th!
ONU alumni are invited to meet for happy hour at 5:30 p.m. at the Poste Moderne Brasserie restaurant located at 555 8th Street NW, Washington DC 20436 (nearest metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown on Red, Yellow and Green). The restaurant will donate 25% of your bill to Dining Out for Life organization.
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Welcome to the BIG tent,I grew up in "the church". I had all that upbringing that you talked about, you know where it got me? Shackles just like everyone else. The weight of being afraid of God is a heavy burden to bear, but "perfect love casts out all fear". I knew I was "in" and most of my friends and family too. But still I couldn't reconcile God's love,power, mercy, with eternal hell. The biggest issue for me was "if God knows the end from the beginning, He knows everything that will happen before it does, why would He create children knowing they would never "accept" Him, and they will burn forever. Like you said sounds like a monster.But I still held on, had faith that God is good even in Hell. I was a fervent supporter of the hell doctrine, because thats what the bible said (or so I'd been told). Eventually the deadness of my life was too much to bear. I cried out to God for the truth no matter what the cost, because I knew I was missing something (actually at the time I thought it was some sin in my life that was holding me back). Oh the joy that I was wrong, the problem wasn't with what I was doing (not that sin isn't an issue), it was that I was believing in a man made god. A god cooked up by the religionists. But the truth shall set you free. And He did, now I see what a big tent God has, it covers all of creation. Search, seek, ask, I promise you won't be dissapointed in the Living God. There is a treasure hidden in plain sight, that many walk right by without seeing it, Jesus said seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. Don't allow men to tell you who God is, find out for yourself, He will reveal Himself to you. He is good. He IS love.


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BENNINGTON Rose Marie Tobias, 87, formerly of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2013, at her home following a brief illness.
She was born Oct. 5, 1925, in Poughkeepsie, the daughter of Percey and Amelia (Becker) Brock.
She married Charles Tobias in Poughkeepsie on April 25, 1978.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Robb Bower of San Diego, Calif., and Randolph Bower of New York; a daughter, Rose Mary McGuire of Northfield, N.H.; five step-children: C. Richard Tobias and James E. Tobias, both of St. Petersburg, Fla., Paul J. Tobias of Pavilion, N.Y., Jane T. Sleight of Arlington and Louisa, Va., and John P. Tobias of Pleasant Hill, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Virginia Walsh of New Paltz, N.Y.
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In Memoriam –
Arnold Livingston
We've lived within earshot of Arnold for 29 years, laughed at his Halloween "Scary Guy in the Road" trick, helped a little with sugaring (which when Jesse Cota was alive included a shot of LTD and Sprite to "warm you up"), shared light to dark amber at Sugar House and spent hours looking for his dog or ours. Arnold would always help when he was needed. If it was a job for three guys and we had two, Arnold was there. He was there. His finest quality. And we thought it would always be so.
Arnold could be counted on even when we didn't see him for months on end, except to wave or toot. But, I hope he knew we were there too, though he rarely asked for anything.
Saturday, that knowing calm disappeared with Arnold. It shouldn't have happened, but it did.
Arnold, we will miss your generous soul and I know we are not alone.
– Judy and John Phelon


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Marcia R. BuckinghamMarch 16,2013Marcia R. Buckingham
BELLOWS FALLS Marcia R. Buckingham, 62, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at her home.
She was born July 15, 1950, in Springfield, the daughter of Jack and Joyce (Eastman) Beebe.
She graduated from Springfield High School in 1968, from Thompson School of Nursing with her LPN in 1978, and from New Hampshire Technical College with her ADN in 1988.
On Nov. 15, 1995, she married Steve Buckingham in Claremont, N.H.
Mrs. Buckingham was employed at Springfield Hospital for many years, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for several years and the past 20 years in psychiatric nursing with the Windham Center in Bellows Falls.
She enjoyed singing and attending church.
Survivors include her husband of Bellows Falls; three children, Arthur Godfrey IV, Stephanie Eastman, both of Springfield, and Jennifer Sherman of Fort Myers, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Sonja Alves of Boston, Mass.; three brothers, Jim Beebe of Springfield, Jesse Beebe of Andover and Larry Beebe of San Antonio, Texas; three sisters, Alicia Coppola of Windsor, Judy Graham of Perkinsville and Renée Nagel of Unity, N.H.; seven grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Davis Memorial Chapel in Springfield, where friends may call at 1 p.m. prior to the service officiated by Jesse Beebe. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Springfield.
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Volume 2 | Number 6 | November / December 2011
Executive Messages
Executive Message
A Message from Peter W. Preuss, Ph.D. Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
GEMS: Great Environmental Moments in Science
Listening to Loons: Mercury and MERGANSER
An EPA-led collaborative effort produces a model for predicting mercury levels in New England fish and loons.
Measuring Sustainability
EPA scientists explore how to measure prosperity and environmental quality across the San Luis Basin, a large, rural area in south-central Colorado.
EPA Releases Latest Community Multiscale Air Quality Model
The new version offers tools for controlling air pollution and studying climate change.
Meeting the President
EPA scientists Gayle Hagler and David Reif share their experiences receiving the government's highest honor for early career scientists and engineers —and meeting President Barack Obama.
Q & A on Hydraulic Fracturing
EPA scientist Jeanne Briskin shares information about a recently released research plan.
A Major Step Towards Cleaner Water and Soil
EPA releases a pivotal health assessment addressing the health effects of trichloroethylene.
What's in Your Water?
EPA researchers are developing a library of natural organic matter samples to support and advance drinking water research.
Partner News
RARE Partnerships: EPA Research Program Targets Local Science Needs
For 10 years, EPA's Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) program has brought science expertise to address high-priority regional science needs.
RARE Partnership Tackles Vapor Intrusion
The EPA-led partnership brings scientists together to address the challenges of harmful vapors intruding into buildings.
EPA Research in the News
Net Zero
EPA and the U.S. Army have teamed up to advance the "New Zero" - The Army's initiative to advance energy and water conservation, and reduce waste at military installations.
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The National Research Council of the National Academies of Science releases "Sustainability and the U.S. EPA." The report offers framework to guide EPA on incorporating sustainability in its decision making.
EPA Announces Final Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing
Congressionally directed study will evaluate potential impacts on drinking water.
Former EPA Fellow Wins $100,000 Grant
Former EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellow and current doctoral student Erica Holloman recently received a $100,000 CARE grant from EPA to address community environmental risks.
EPA Among Top 50 Supporters of Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
EPA was recently cited by McGraw-Hill as one of the top 50 supporters of students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities for employment through internships, fellowships and career placement.
Planning for Emergency Drinking Water Supplies
Journal AWWA, a publication of the American Water Works Association, featured a summary of EPA's recently released publication Planning for an Emergency Drinking Water Supply.
Science Wednesday: Highlights From Our Blog
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What does sustainability mean to you? EPA student contractor Abbey Reller shares thoughts she had about sustainability while attending the launch of the book Sustainability and the U.S. EPA. Read Abbey's blog about how the book and how it is helping EPA incorporate sustainability into everything it does.
Durham's Journey to Sustainability
Jing Zhang, an EPA student contractor and Science Wednesday blogger, wrote about how Durham, North Carolina is partnering with EPA and other government agencies and using the National Atlas for Sustainability to create a more sustainable community. Read Jing's blog.
EPA Awards Research Grants to Study Black Carbon
EPA student contractor and blogger Katie Lubinsky contemplates black carbon-also the focus of nine Science to Achieve Results Research Grants recently awarded to eight universities-on her morning drive to work. Read Katie's blog about EPA grants to study black carbon.
Getting the Word Out About EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Research
"Part of my job was to help ensure the study plan and a host of supporting material-from a press release to web site updates to @EPAresearch "tweets"-were ready so we could share the news," writes Dayna Gibbons. Read Dayna's blog about getting the word out about EPA's plan to study hydraulic fracturing.
Wheels of Progress
Astronauts landed on the moon some 18 years before a handle and two wheels became standard fare for a big suitcase. How does this relate to EPA innovations in environmental science? To find out, read EPA science editor Aaron Ferster's blog.
Modeling Matters: See Mack Run the Half-Marathon
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Grants and Funding Opportunities
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McGinnis: Best Picture nominees, Pt. 1Written by Jeff McGinnis | | email@example.com
It's always been my goal to see all the films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards before the Oscar ceremony. Of course, this was a little less complicated back in the days of only five nominees (ah, those nostalgic times of three years ago). Now, as fans are tasked with seeing up to 10 films, those who can say they've seen them all have become rare; rarer still if you hadn't had the chance to catch any of them in their initial theatrical runs — like, say, me. Yeah, I've been busy. Sigh.
So, in an effort to catch up, I have made it my business to see all nine of this year's nominees in the space of about two weeks. (For those who are as crazy as me and are also interested in doing so, five of the films are still showing in theaters in the Toledo area and the other four are available on DVD.) Here are my reactions to the first four I've screened — the last five are coming next week!
"The Descendants." Alexander Payne's film about a man (George Clooney) whose wife has slipped into a coma, and the life he's trying to piece together in her wake, starts out a little awkwardly, with a bit too much narration and exposition. But as it progresses, taking viewers down new paths and building its tale of a father reconnecting with his daughters, the film finds its footing and becomes very compelling.
Clooney's performance as a man whose life wasn't all he thought it was is subtle and involving, and though the film doesn't really build to a grand emotional climax, it doesn't have to — we get the sense that life will go on, and for these characters, who we've grown to like and care about, that's enough. It's not quite the equal of Payne's great film "Sideways," but it's a fine piece of work in its own right. (Now showing at Rave Franklin Park 16 and Rave Levis Commons 12.)
"The Tree of Life." Many find Terrence Malick's film so obtuse it's practically unwatchable. Admittedly, any film with a scope so broad it includes the dawn of creation and the end of life is a little out there. But what I saw was a movie that uses the whole of existence to underscore the power and importance of just a few lives — a family in the mid-20th century. It tells a striking narrative in an unusual way, with a key performance by Brad Pitt.
The end result is not conventional, to be sure, but it's mysterious and involving. It's arranged not like a film, really, but like a musical composition — when I caught onto the flow of the film's construction, I realized I was witnessing a symphony of existence, filtered through one tale of adolescence. It may be unique and somewhat odd, but it's also very beautiful. (Now on DVD.)
"Hugo." Only Martin Scorsese could have made a family film like this, yet it's nothing like you'd expect a family film by Scorsese to be. A lyrical and enchanting tale set in a place that's part Paris and part fantasy, this tale of a young boy who lives in the walls of a train station is a valentine to art of all kinds, filled with stirring images and moments. It is the sort of movie to savor every detail.
As a film outside of Scorsese's usual demographic, it most likely will appeal more to the adults in the audience than the kids, but it's filled with enough delights — both visual and storytelling — to enthrall children as well. And through remarkable effects, an artist of Scorsese's talent is almost able to make 3-D seem viable again. Almost.
The best of the nominated films I've seen so far. (Now showing at Rave Franklin Park 16 and Rave Fallen Timbers 14.)
"The Help." At one point about halfway through Tate Taylor's film about African-American maids in the 1960s South, Octavia Spencer's feisty Minny turns to Emma Stone's Skeeter and asks something like, "Why do you think we need your help to tell our story?" By that point, I was thinking the same thing.
For all the movie wants to believe it's telling a progressive tale of hardship and redemption, when you get to its core, here's yet another movie where the problems of an oppressed minority are fought for mostly by the hero, an attractive white person.
There are indeed some powerful moments here, all provided by Spencer and Viola Davis, whose performance generates true emotion. But these high points are diluted by useless side plots, broadly written moments of comic "payback" and a cartoonish villainess, Hilly, played by Bryce Dallas Howard.
Real racism in this era was far more subtle and institutionalized than Hilly makes it seem, and as a result, much more complicated and evil than a "feel-good" movie like this can depict. The end result is a film that doesn't come close to doing justice to the subjects it tries to cover. (Now on DVD.)
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Kurt Kiefer's Second Avenue Project integrated streetscape elements into a street and sidewalk redevelopment project undertaken by the Seattle Engineering department (now Seattle Department of Transportation) in order to make the street more appealing to pedestrian traffic.
Kiefer's artwork elements engage passers-by physically and mentally, as well as visually, by providing places to sit and think. The artwork consists of small interventions incorporated into the redesigned streetscape. The interventions commemorate pre-existing businesses and make reference to the process of removing Denny Hill (the "Regrade," which took place in the early 1900s). Fiberglas-topped benches with steel, concrete or plastic wood bases, reference trade unions with headquarters in the neighborhood and allude to the history of construction practices. Anodized aluminum light fixture brackets with neon clocks, refer to construction scaffolding and bracing used during the dismantling of Denny Hill. Other art elements include a faux plank walkway fabricated in red tinted concrete and embedded in the sidewalk that replicates temporary sidewalks during the regrade as well as "welcome mats" formed of galvanized steel plates.
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According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:
An Aiken man reported on Friday that someone threw eggs and a "paint-like substance" on his vehicle parked on Fairway Ridge.
A 25-year-old Roseboro, N.C., man was detained for disorderly conduct on Friday after causing a disturbance in two restaurants on Richland Avenue.
A 29-year-old Aiken man was detained for DUI on Friday after he was pulled over for speeding on South Boundary Avenue.
A 23-year-old Aiken man was detained for DUI on Friday after he was pulled over on Hitchcock Parkway for swerving in his lane and off the roadway.
A 30-year-old Aiken man was detained for DUI on Friday after he was pulled over on Centennial Avenue for speeding.
A 44-year-old Aiken man was detained for DUI on Friday after he was pulled over on Richland Avenue for swerving in his lane. He was also charged with driving under suspension-third offense and operating an uninsured vehicle.
A 23-year-old Aiken man was detained for shoplifting on Thursday after he tried to take an HDMI cable from a store on Whiskey Road without paying.
A vehicle break-in was reported on Richland Avenue on Thursday. The owner reported prescription medications missing.
An additional break-in was reported on Belair Terrace on Wednesday. The owner reported a bookbag and its contents missing.
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:
A 34-year-old North Augusta woman was detained for shoplifting on Wednesday after she tried to take several personal hygiene items from a store on Jefferson Davis Highway without paying.
A trailer carrying a golf cart was reported stolen from Whaley Pond Road in Graniteville on Thursday.
A burglary was reported on McDonald Street in Gloverville on Friday. The owner reported DVDs and knives missing.
Additional burglaries were reported on Audubon Circle in North Augusta, Vaucluse Road in Aiken and Edgefield Highway in Aiken.
A vehicle break-in was reported on Henderson Street in Bath on Thursday. Prescription medication was reported missing.
Additional vehicle break-ins were reported on Hampton drive in Warrenville and Old Cherokee Drive in Beech Island.
A burned sedan was found on H&H Street in North Augusta on Thursday.
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